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my</c><00:12:33.419><c> word</c><00:12:33.620><c> he</c><00:12:33.799><c> did.</c> 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:36.220 Daniel<00:12:35.500><c> knew</c><00:12:35.720><c> it.</c> 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:39.779 And<00:12:36.799><c> Daniel</c><00:12:37.000><c> was</c><00:12:37.240><c> at</c><00:12:37.360><c> a</c><00:12:37.659><c> fever</c><00:12:37.879><c> pitch</c><00:12:38.100><c> of</c><00:12:38.379><c> excitement</c><00:12:38.899><c> because</c> 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:41.200 he<00:12:40.019><c> felt</c><00:12:40.200><c> that</c><00:12:40.399><c> this</c><00:12:40.539><c> was</c><00:12:40.759><c> it.</c> 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:43.220 The<00:12:41.960><c> time</c><00:12:42.120><c> had</c><00:12:42.419><c> come.</c> 00:12:43.299 --> 00:12:44.919 Well,<00:12:43.440><c> the</c><00:12:43.620><c> time</c><00:12:43.799><c> had</c><00:12:44.080><c> come.</c> 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:48.200 It<00:12:45.539><c> was</c><00:12:45.759><c> not</c><00:12:45.919><c> the</c><00:12:46.120><c> time</c><00:12:46.279><c> that</c><00:12:46.519><c> Daniel</c><00:12:46.720><c> was</c><00:12:46.960><c> ultimately</c><00:12:47.360><c> looking</c><00:12:47.659><c> for.</c> 00:12:48.200 --> 00:12:51.019 And<00:12:48.799><c> later</c><00:12:49.080><c> on</c><00:12:49.340><c> he</c><00:12:49.659><c> was</c><00:12:49.879><c> to</c><00:12:50.039><c> realise</c><00:12:50.419><c> that.</c> 00:12:51.179 --> 00:12:53.000 He<00:12:51.220><c> got</c><00:12:51.500><c> sick</c><00:12:51.759><c> over</c><00:12:52.039><c> it.</c> 00:12:53.179 --> 00:12:55.320 But<00:12:53.240><c> for</c><00:12:53.379><c> the</c><00:12:53.539><c> moment,</c><00:12:53.899><c> brothers</c><00:12:54.039><c> and</c><00:12:54.340><c> sisters,</c><00:12:55.039><c> there's</c><00:12:55.200><c> a</c> 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:57.360 tremendous<00:12:55.759><c> sense</c><00:12:56.120><c> of</c><00:12:56.379><c> excitement.</c> 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:02.559 And<00:12:58.440><c> Belshazzar</c><00:12:59.039><c> the</c><00:12:59.299><c> king</c><00:13:00.039><c> made</c><00:13:01.159><c> a</c><00:13:01.399><c> great</c><00:13:01.620><c> feast.</c> 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:07.679 He<00:13:04.600><c> was</c><00:13:04.820><c> a</c><00:13:04.980><c> fool,</c><00:13:06.039><c> an</c><00:13:06.340><c> absolute</c><00:13:06.720><c> fool.</c> 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:11.299 You<00:13:08.779><c> know,</c><00:13:08.960><c> we</c><00:13:09.059><c> read</c><00:13:09.220><c> in</c><00:13:09.399><c> Daniel</c><00:13:09.679><c> chapter</c><00:13:10.100><c> 7</c><00:13:10.440><c> concerning</c><00:13:10.940><c> him,</c> 00:13:11.539 --> 00:13:12.639 brothers<00:13:11.659><c> and</c><00:13:11.919><c> sisters,</c> 00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:16.840 that<00:13:13.019><c> it</c><00:13:13.779><c> was</c><00:13:13.940><c> in</c><00:13:14.100><c> the</c><00:13:14.279><c> first</c><00:13:14.659><c> year</c><00:13:15.059><c> of</c><00:13:15.279><c> Belshazzar,</c><00:13:16.159><c> king</c><00:13:16.279><c> of</c><00:13:16.500><c> Babylon,</c> 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.720 that<00:13:18.039><c> Daniel</c><00:13:18.399><c> had</c><00:13:18.620><c> a</c><00:13:18.779><c> dream.</c> 00:13:21.019 --> 00:13:23.779 And<00:13:21.159><c> it's</c><00:13:21.600><c> really</c><00:13:21.899><c> significant</c><00:13:22.440><c> that</c><00:13:23.100><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:13:23.620><c> when</c> 00:13:23.779 --> 00:13:25.820 he<00:13:24.080><c> dreamt</c><00:13:24.379><c> of</c><00:13:24.539><c> the</c><00:13:24.740><c> four</c><00:13:25.000><c> great</c><00:13:25.299><c> empires,</c> 00:13:25.960 --> 00:13:31.379 he<00:13:26.240><c> saw</c><00:13:26.519><c> them</c><00:13:26.960><c> as</c><00:13:27.639><c> metals,</c><00:13:28.399><c> a</c><00:13:28.480><c> composite</c><00:13:29.500><c> metallic</c><00:13:30.159><c> image,</c> 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:34.159 beginning<00:13:31.840><c> with</c><00:13:32.059><c> the</c><00:13:32.259><c> gold</c><00:13:32.480><c> and</c><00:13:32.679><c> finishing</c><00:13:32.919><c> with</c><00:13:33.139><c> the</c><00:13:33.360><c> clay.</c> 00:13:34.460 --> 00:13:37.460 That<00:13:34.600><c> was</c><00:13:34.860><c> the</c><00:13:34.980><c> king</c><00:13:35.200><c> of</c><00:13:36.080><c> Babylon's</c><00:13:36.620><c> dream.</c> 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:43.279 But<00:13:37.919><c> in</c><00:13:38.179><c> the</c><00:13:38.279><c> first</c><00:13:38.899><c> year</c><00:13:39.779><c> of</c><00:13:40.320><c> the</c><00:13:40.480><c> grandson</c><00:13:41.240><c> of</c><00:13:42.139><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c> 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:48.460 Daniel<00:13:43.840><c> has</c><00:13:44.100><c> a</c><00:13:44.299><c> dream</c><00:13:44.559><c> and</c><00:13:44.919><c> saw</c><00:13:45.200><c> the</c><00:13:45.500><c> same</c><00:13:46.419><c> prophetic</c><00:13:47.379><c> program</c> 00:13:48.460 --> 00:13:53.299 epitomised<00:13:50.159><c> to</c><00:13:50.360><c> him</c><00:13:50.600><c> as</c><00:13:50.960><c> four</c><00:13:51.740><c> animals,</c> 00:13:54.220 --> 00:13:59.440 beasts,<00:13:56.399><c> brute,</c><00:13:57.379><c> dumb</c><00:13:57.779><c> beasts.</c> 00:13:59.480 --> 00:14:05.059 The<00:13:59.740><c> fourth</c><00:13:59.960><c> one,</c><00:14:01.799><c> so</c><00:14:02.159><c> horrendous</c><00:14:03.259><c> and</c><00:14:03.879><c> horrible</c><00:14:04.440><c> that</c><00:14:05.000><c> it</c> 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:06.379 was<00:14:05.399><c> unnameable.</c> 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:09.840 There<00:14:06.879><c> was</c><00:14:07.000><c> nothing</c><00:14:07.340><c> like</c><00:14:07.659><c> it</c><00:14:07.779><c> in</c><00:14:07.860><c> the</c><00:14:08.039><c> animal</c><00:14:08.259><c> kingdom</c><00:14:08.559><c> at</c><00:14:08.820><c> all.</c> 00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:16.419 That's<00:14:10.940><c> how</c><00:14:11.179><c> Daniel</c><00:14:11.700><c> saw</c><00:14:12.019><c> it</c><00:14:12.820><c> in</c><00:14:13.940><c> the</c><00:14:14.139><c> first</c><00:14:14.440><c> year</c><00:14:14.639><c> of</c><00:14:14.779><c> the</c><00:14:14.899><c> reign</c><00:14:15.059><c> of</c><00:14:15.220><c> Belshazzar.</c> 00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:22.100 He<00:14:17.059><c> never</c><00:14:17.279><c> saw</c><00:14:17.419><c> it</c><00:14:17.600><c> as</c><00:14:18.139><c> a</c><00:14:18.440><c> noble</c><00:14:19.179><c> monument,</c><00:14:21.059><c> but</c><00:14:21.159><c> fierce</c><00:14:21.519><c> beasts.</c> 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:26.139 That<00:14:22.480><c> happened</c><00:14:22.659><c> in</c><00:14:22.840><c> the</c><00:14:22.960><c> first</c><00:14:23.360><c> year</c><00:14:24.460><c> of</c><00:14:24.940><c> Belshazzar.</c> 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:29.399 We<00:14:26.840><c> read</c><00:14:27.080><c> in</c><00:14:27.240><c> chapter</c><00:14:27.500><c> 8,</c><00:14:27.799><c> in</c><00:14:27.940><c> the</c><00:14:28.120><c> third</c><00:14:28.460><c> year</c><00:14:28.779><c> of</c><00:14:29.019><c> the</c><00:14:29.200><c> reign</c> 00:14:29.399 --> 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great</c><00:14:44.139><c> ferocity</c><00:14:44.620><c> and</c><00:14:44.919><c> speed,</c> 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:49.559 running<00:14:46.299><c> headlong</c><00:14:46.759><c> into</c><00:14:46.960><c> this</c><00:14:47.240><c> ram</c><00:14:47.500><c> without</c><00:14:47.740><c> the</c><00:14:47.980><c> two</c><00:14:48.139><c> unequal</c><00:14:48.539><c> horns,</c> 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:51.620 the<00:14:50.399><c> power</c><00:14:50.720><c> of</c><00:14:51.000><c> Medo</c><00:14:51.299><c>-Persia.</c> 00:14:51.700 --> 00:14:55.759 He<00:14:51.799><c> saw</c><00:14:52.019><c> the</c><00:14:52.279><c> Grecian</c><00:14:52.620><c> empire</c><00:14:52.980><c> come</c><00:14:53.399><c> and</c><00:14:54.080><c> overcome</c><00:14:54.539><c> the</c><00:14:55.039><c> Medo</c><00:14:55.399><c>-Persians.</c> 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.840 Daniel<00:14:56.419><c> had</c><00:14:56.639><c> that</c><00:14:56.980><c> vision</c><00:14:57.179><c> in</c><00:14:57.519><c> the</c><00:14:57.759><c> third</c><00:14:58.059><c> year</c><00:14:58.220><c> of</c><00:14:58.419><c> Belshazzar.</c> 00:14:58.940 --> 00:15:01.980 He<00:14:59.059><c> was</c><00:14:59.340><c> way</c><00:14:59.700><c> ahead</c><00:14:59.919><c> of</c><00:15:00.100><c> the</c><00:15:00.299><c> time</c><00:15:00.720><c> when</c><00:15:01.019><c> Belshazzar</c><00:15:01.539><c> was</c><00:15:01.740><c> upon</c> 00:15:01.980 --> 00:15:03.019 the<00:15:02.159><c> throne.</c> 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.860 He<00:15:03.559><c> was</c><00:15:04.039><c> way</c><00:15:04.360><c> ahead</c><00:15:04.620><c> of</c><00:15:04.740><c> the</c><00:15:04.899><c> time.</c> 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:09.419 By<00:15:06.580><c> the</c><00:15:06.820><c> time</c><00:15:07.059><c> the</c><00:15:07.320><c> feast</c><00:15:07.480><c> was</c><00:15:07.720><c> held,</c><00:15:08.200><c> brothers</c><00:15:08.240><c> and</c><00:15:08.519><c> sisters,</c> 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:12.000 Daniel<00:15:09.679><c> was</c><00:15:09.879><c> in</c><00:15:10.100><c> possession</c><00:15:10.460><c> of</c><00:15:10.620><c> a</c><00:15:10.659><c> lot</c><00:15:10.820><c> of</c><00:15:11.000><c> facts.</c> 00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:15.740 And<00:15:13.139><c> with</c><00:15:13.299><c> the</c><00:15:13.419><c> advent</c><00:15:13.659><c> of</c><00:15:13.980><c> Cyrus</c><00:15:14.320><c> to</c><00:15:14.519><c> the</c><00:15:14.679><c> east,</c><00:15:15.200><c> the</c><00:15:15.360><c> king</c><00:15:15.559><c> of</c> 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.860 the<00:15:15.879><c> east,</c> 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:20.740 my<00:15:17.340><c> word,</c><00:15:17.960><c> Daniel</c><00:15:18.379><c> would</c><00:15:18.559><c> have</c><00:15:18.659><c> been</c><00:15:18.779><c> a</c><00:15:19.080><c> fever</c><00:15:19.320><c> pitch</c><00:15:19.519><c> of</c><00:15:19.820><c> excitement.</c> 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:24.039 Now<00:15:21.679><c> this</c><00:15:21.820><c> great</c><00:15:22.259><c> feast</c><00:15:22.600><c> that</c><00:15:22.820><c> Belshazzar</c><00:15:23.399><c> called,</c><00:15:23.740><c> brothers</c> 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:25.399 and<00:15:24.299><c> sisters,</c> 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:30.259 had<00:15:26.899><c> a</c><00:15:27.120><c> religious</c><00:15:27.539><c> aura</c><00:15:27.940><c> about</c><00:15:28.320><c> it,</c><00:15:28.519><c> you</c><00:15:28.659><c> see,</c><00:15:28.899><c> because</c><00:15:29.120><c> in</c><00:15:29.320><c> verse</c><00:15:29.559><c> 4,</c> 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:34.600 they<00:15:31.159><c> drink</c><00:15:31.639><c> wine</c><00:15:32.120><c> and</c><00:15:32.379><c> praise</c><00:15:32.820><c> the</c><00:15:33.100><c> gods,</c><00:15:33.419><c> you</c><00:15:33.659><c> see.</c> 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:38.700 It<00:15:35.460><c> had</c><00:15:35.620><c> a</c><00:15:35.820><c> religious</c><00:15:36.200><c> aura</c><00:15:36.559><c> about</c><00:15:36.919><c> it,</c><00:15:37.039><c> and</c><00:15:37.159><c> it</c><00:15:37.259><c> was</c><00:15:37.480><c> a</c><00:15:37.659><c> celebration.</c> 00:15:39.299 --> 00:15:41.259 It<00:15:39.360><c> was</c><00:15:39.519><c> a</c><00:15:39.620><c> religious</c><00:15:40.000><c> celebration.</c> 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:44.179 And<00:15:42.279><c> you</c><00:15:42.379><c> know,</c><00:15:42.519><c> it</c><00:15:42.559><c> was</c><00:15:42.720><c> during</c><00:15:42.980><c> the</c><00:15:43.220><c> course</c><00:15:43.440><c> of</c><00:15:43.620><c> that</c><00:15:43.899><c> feast</c> 00:15:44.179 --> 00:15:45.700 that<00:15:44.460><c> Babylon</c><00:15:44.720><c> fell.</c> 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:50.899 And<00:15:46.799><c> we</c><00:15:46.980><c> have</c><00:15:47.320><c> the</c><00:15:48.019><c> words</c><00:15:48.299><c> of</c><00:15:48.500><c> the</c><00:15:48.679><c> historian,</c><00:15:50.100><c> Herodotus</c><00:15:50.580><c> actually,</c> 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:54.379 who<00:15:51.360><c> sometimes</c><00:15:51.759><c> is</c><00:15:52.059><c> called</c><00:15:52.240><c> the</c><00:15:52.500><c> father</c><00:15:52.899><c> of</c><00:15:53.139><c> the</c><00:15:53.440><c> historians,</c> 00:15:54.740 --> 00:15:57.200 left<00:15:54.899><c> a</c><00:15:55.159><c> very</c><00:15:55.440><c> graphic</c><00:15:55.799><c> record</c><00:15:56.200><c> of</c><00:15:56.399><c> the</c><00:15:56.519><c> fall</c><00:15:56.679><c> of</c><00:15:56.919><c> Babylon,</c> 00:15:57.440 --> 00:15:58.779 brothers<00:15:57.620><c> and</c><00:15:57.860><c> sisters.</c> 00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:03.500 And<00:15:59.600><c> one</c><00:15:59.820><c> of</c><00:15:59.940><c> the</c><00:15:59.980><c> things</c><00:16:00.279><c> that</c><00:16:00.460><c> he</c><00:16:00.519><c> said</c><00:16:01.539><c> was</c><00:16:02.279><c> that</c><00:16:03.059><c> Cyrus</c> 00:16:03.500 --> 00:16:04.960 took<00:16:03.779><c> advantage</c> 00:16:05.399 --> 00:16:07.620 of<00:16:05.899><c> the</c><00:16:06.019><c> knowledge</c><00:16:06.240><c> that</c><00:16:06.440><c> he</c><00:16:06.480><c> had</c><00:16:06.820><c> that</c><00:16:07.019><c> that</c><00:16:07.299><c> feast</c><00:16:07.419><c> was</c> 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:09.059 being<00:16:07.899><c> held.</c> 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:13.620 Why,<00:16:10.759><c> Belshazzar</c><00:16:11.240><c> had</c><00:16:11.419><c> a</c><00:16:11.659><c> thousand</c><00:16:11.919><c> of</c><00:16:12.080><c> his</c><00:16:12.240><c> lords</c><00:16:12.480><c> there.</c> 00:16:13.940 --> 00:16:15.860 Almost,<00:16:14.159><c> you</c><00:16:14.259><c> might</c><00:16:14.419><c> say,</c><00:16:14.659><c> the</c><00:16:14.700><c> whole</c><00:16:14.940><c> administration</c><00:16:15.679><c> of</c> 00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:17.779 his<00:16:16.019><c> empire</c><00:16:16.379><c> was</c><00:16:16.600><c> there,</c><00:16:16.860><c> brothers</c><00:16:17.139><c> and</c><00:16:17.399><c> sisters.</c> 00:16:18.240 --> 00:16:21.000 He<00:16:18.399><c> was</c><00:16:18.580><c> an</c><00:16:18.700><c> opportunity,</c><00:16:19.100><c> if</c><00:16:19.259><c> ever</c><00:16:19.379><c> there</c><00:16:19.600><c> was,</c><00:16:20.340><c> to</c><00:16:20.679><c> strike</c> 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:23.620 while<00:16:21.200><c> they</c><00:16:21.419><c> were</c><00:16:21.860><c> unexpecting</c><00:16:22.539><c> him.</c> 00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:26.379 And<00:16:24.320><c> here's</c><00:16:24.460><c> what</c><00:16:24.720><c> Herodotus</c><00:16:25.340><c> says.</c> 00:16:26.820 --> 00:16:30.720 Owing<00:16:27.379><c> to</c><00:16:27.519><c> the</c><00:16:27.639><c> vast</c><00:16:28.019><c> size</c><00:16:28.320><c> of</c><00:16:28.480><c> the</c><00:16:28.639><c> place,</c><00:16:30.200><c> the</c><00:16:30.379><c> inhabitants</c> 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:31.940 of<00:16:30.899><c> the</c><00:16:31.039><c> central</c><00:16:31.480><c> parts,</c> 00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:33.840 as<00:16:32.299><c> the</c><00:16:32.519><c> residents</c><00:16:32.799><c> of</c><00:16:33.039><c> Babylon</c><00:16:33.259><c> declare,</c> 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they</c><00:17:01.779><c> were</c><00:17:02.120><c> in</c> 00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:04.099 the<00:17:02.360><c> midst</c><00:17:02.559><c> of</c><00:17:02.720><c> that</c><00:17:03.000><c> reveling</c> 00:17:04.099 --> 00:17:07.039 and<00:17:04.359><c> didn't</c><00:17:04.619><c> know</c><00:17:04.819><c> what</c><00:17:04.940><c> was</c><00:17:05.099><c> happening</c><00:17:05.359><c> outside</c><00:17:05.819><c> the</c><00:17:06.079><c> walls.</c> 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:09.500 And<00:17:07.240><c> what</c><00:17:07.460><c> was</c><00:17:07.660><c> happening</c><00:17:07.920><c> outside</c><00:17:08.359><c> the</c><00:17:08.599><c> walls?</c> 00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:13.339 Here<00:17:10.900><c> upon</c><00:17:11.140><c> the</c><00:17:11.400><c> Persians,</c><00:17:11.900><c> Herodotus</c><00:17:12.339><c> says,</c> 00:17:13.480 --> 00:17:16.140 who<00:17:13.599><c> had</c><00:17:13.700><c> been</c><00:17:13.819><c> left</c><00:17:14.039><c> for</c><00:17:14.220><c> the</c><00:17:14.400><c> purpose</c><00:17:14.619><c> of</c><00:17:14.859><c> Babylon</c><00:17:15.059><c> by</c><00:17:15.299><c> the</c><00:17:15.480><c> riverside,</c> 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:18.799 entered<00:17:16.539><c> the</c><00:17:16.880><c> stream</c><00:17:17.039><c> which</c><00:17:17.220><c> had</c><00:17:17.420><c> now</c><00:17:17.700><c> sunk</c><00:17:17.980><c> so</c><00:17:18.279><c> as</c><00:17:18.440><c> to</c><00:17:18.579><c> reach</c> 00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:20.940 about<00:17:19.099><c> midway</c><00:17:19.960><c> up</c><00:17:20.079><c> a</c><00:17:20.240><c> man's</c><00:17:20.700><c> thigh</c> 00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:22.400 and<00:17:21.380><c> thus</c><00:17:21.599><c> got</c><00:17:21.799><c> into</c><00:17:21.980><c> the</c><00:17:22.200><c> town.</c> 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.019 They<00:17:22.799><c> diverted</c><00:17:23.500><c> the</c><00:17:23.759><c> course</c><00:17:23.980><c> of</c><00:17:24.140><c> the</c><00:17:24.240><c> Euphrates,</c><00:17:24.859><c> brothers</c> 00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:26.359 and<00:17:25.279><c> sisters,</c> 00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:30.180 which<00:17:27.400><c> had</c><00:17:27.619><c> run</c><00:17:27.880><c> diagonally</c><00:17:28.619><c> through</c><00:17:28.819><c> that</c><00:17:29.079><c> city.</c> 00:17:30.980 --> 00:17:33.079 And<00:17:31.079><c> do</c><00:17:31.180><c> you</c><00:17:31.180><c> know</c><00:17:31.299><c> where</c><00:17:31.460><c> they</c><00:17:31.700><c> learned</c><00:17:31.839><c> that</c><00:17:32.160><c> from?</c> 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:38.859 They<00:17:34.400><c> learned</c><00:17:34.700><c> that</c><00:17:35.039><c> from</c><00:17:35.299><c> the</c><00:17:35.640><c> mother</c><00:17:36.220><c> of</c><00:17:36.599><c> Belshazzar,</c> 00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:42.000 who<00:17:39.299><c> some</c><00:17:39.660><c> years</c><00:17:39.980><c> earlier,</c><00:17:40.640><c> and</c><00:17:40.960><c> she</c><00:17:41.140><c> went</c><00:17:41.339><c> 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Cyrus</c><00:18:03.640><c> heard</c><00:18:04.079><c> about</c><00:18:04.420><c> that.</c> 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:07.180 He<00:18:05.460><c> knew</c><00:18:05.759><c> of</c><00:18:05.880><c> the</c><00:18:06.059><c> possibility.</c> 00:18:08.099 --> 00:18:10.660 And<00:18:08.259><c> while</c><00:18:08.359><c> they</c><00:18:08.519><c> were</c><00:18:08.720><c> there</c><00:18:09.180><c> in</c><00:18:09.480><c> their</c><00:18:09.700><c> drunken</c><00:18:09.960><c> revelry,</c> 00:18:10.900 --> 00:18:14.099 he<00:18:11.099><c> diverted</c><00:18:11.680><c> the</c><00:18:12.180><c> course</c><00:18:12.400><c> of</c><00:18:12.579><c> the</c><00:18:12.680><c> river</c><00:18:12.880><c> Euphrates</c> 00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:17.799 till<00:18:14.779><c> it</c><00:18:14.859><c> got</c><00:18:15.140><c> midway</c><00:18:15.579><c> up</c><00:18:15.680><c> to</c><00:18:15.779><c> a</c><00:18:15.940><c> man's</c><00:18:16.359><c> thigh</c><00:18:16.460><c> and</c><00:18:16.599><c> they</c><00:18:16.819><c> marched</c><00:18:17.259><c> under</c> 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.019 the<00:18:18.000><c> wall.</c> 00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:24.539 And<00:18:20.160><c> we</c><00:18:20.220><c> know</c><00:18:20.460><c> what</c><00:18:20.660><c> the</c><00:18:20.880><c> apocalypse</c><00:18:21.259><c> says</c><00:18:21.900><c> concerning</c><00:18:22.559><c> Armageddon,</c><00:18:23.319><c> don't</c><00:18:23.559><c> we?</c> 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:26.720 That<00:18:25.119><c> the</c><00:18:25.220><c> day</c><00:18:25.420><c> will</c><00:18:25.700><c> come,</c><00:18:25.960><c> says</c><00:18:26.119><c> the</c><00:18:26.359><c> apocalypse,</c> 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:29.099 when<00:18:26.920><c> God</c><00:18:27.140><c> will</c><00:18:27.400><c> gather</c><00:18:27.700><c> the</c><00:18:27.920><c> nations</c><00:18:28.200><c> together</c><00:18:28.539><c> in</c><00:18:28.720><c> a</c><00:18:28.880><c> place</c> 00:18:29.099 --> 00:18:30.980 called<00:18:29.299><c> in</c><00:18:29.420><c> the</c><00:18:29.559><c> Hebrew</c><00:18:29.859><c> tongue</c><00:18:30.180><c> Armageddon.</c> 00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:34.039 And<00:18:31.500><c> in</c><00:18:31.759><c> order</c><00:18:31.960><c> to</c><00:18:32.180><c> facilitate</c><00:18:32.680><c> that,</c><00:18:33.220><c> says</c><00:18:33.319><c> the</c><00:18:33.579><c> revelation,</c> 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:37.460 the<00:18:34.680><c> great</c><00:18:35.140><c> river</c><00:18:35.559><c> Euphrates</c><00:18:36.240><c> will</c><00:18:36.480><c> be</c><00:18:36.759><c> dried</c><00:18:36.940><c> up,</c> 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:41.960 that<00:18:37.880><c> the</c><00:18:38.119><c> way</c><00:18:38.319><c> of</c><00:18:38.579><c> the</c><00:18:38.880><c> kings</c><00:18:39.299><c> of</c><00:18:39.700><c> the</c><00:18:40.019><c> east</c><00:18:40.519><c> be</c><00:18:40.880><c> prepared.</c> 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:45.339 That's<00:18:42.700><c> exactly</c><00:18:43.220><c> where</c><00:18:43.480><c> Cyrus</c><00:18:43.799><c> came</c><00:18:44.119><c> from.</c> 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:47.400 He's<00:18:45.720><c> called</c><00:18:45.920><c> Yahweh's</c><00:18:46.599><c> anointed.</c> 00:18:47.640 --> 00:18:49.680 He's<00:18:47.980><c> called</c><00:18:48.180><c> Yahweh's</c><00:18:49.000><c> shepherd.</c> 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:53.680 He's<00:18:50.599><c> typical</c><00:18:50.839><c> of</c><00:18:51.000><c> the</c><00:18:51.099><c> Lord</c><00:18:51.279><c> Jesus</c><00:18:51.779><c> Christ,</c><00:18:52.319><c> brothers</c><00:18:52.460><c> and</c><00:18:52.720><c> sisters.</c> 00:18:53.759 --> 00:18:56.539 And<00:18:53.859><c> when</c><00:18:54.019><c> this</c><00:18:54.339><c> world</c><00:18:54.559><c> is</c><00:18:54.900><c> engaged,</c><00:18:55.640><c> as</c><00:18:55.880><c> it</c><00:18:55.980><c> is</c><00:18:56.180><c> today,</c> 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.299 in<00:18:56.759><c> revelry</c><00:18:57.240><c> and</c><00:18:57.440><c> drunkenness</c><00:18:58.160><c> and</c><00:18:58.579><c> in</c><00:18:58.900><c> stupidity,</c> 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:03.359 a<00:19:00.599><c> world,</c><00:19:00.779><c> brothers</c><00:19:01.039><c> and</c><00:19:01.380><c> sisters,</c><00:19:02.180><c> that</c><00:19:02.299><c> is</c><00:19:02.579><c> intoxicated</c> 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:05.400 with<00:19:03.859><c> all</c><00:19:04.160><c> the</c><00:19:04.359><c> pleasures</c><00:19:04.559><c> of</c><00:19:04.759><c> this</c><00:19:05.000><c> life,</c> 00:19:05.579 --> 00:19:08.700 who<00:19:05.759><c> couldn't</c><00:19:06.259><c> care</c><00:19:06.880><c> a</c><00:19:07.240><c> tut</c><00:19:07.400><c> me</c><00:19:07.660><c> tart</c><00:19:07.980><c> what's</c><00:19:08.380><c> happening</c><00:19:08.519><c> on</c> 00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:09.460 the<00:19:08.720><c> outside</c><00:19:09.059><c> of</c><00:19:09.200><c> them,</c> 00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:12.339 who<00:19:09.980><c> haven't</c><00:19:10.240><c> got</c><00:19:10.440><c> a</c><00:19:10.680><c> clue</c><00:19:10.880><c> what's</c><00:19:11.160><c> going</c><00:19:11.500><c> on,</c> 00:19:12.359 --> 00:19:16.799 especially<00:19:12.839><c> the</c><00:19:13.579><c> indolent,</c><00:19:14.339><c> crazy,</c><00:19:15.420><c> pleasure</c><00:19:15.700><c>-loving</c><00:19:16.000><c> Australians,</c> 00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:20.039 the<00:19:17.440><c> biggest</c><00:19:17.779><c> fools</c><00:19:18.140><c> in</c><00:19:18.319><c> the</c><00:19:18.480><c> world,</c><00:19:19.119><c> who</c><00:19:19.200><c> live</c><00:19:19.339><c> on</c><00:19:19.500><c> the</c><00:19:19.660><c> perimeter</c><00:19:19.880><c> of</c> 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:20.259 the<00:19:20.140><c> world</c> 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:22.039 and<00:19:20.440><c> think</c><00:19:20.619><c> that</c><00:19:20.900><c> nobody</c><00:19:21.160><c> can</c><00:19:21.440><c> touch</c><00:19:21.700><c> us,</c> 00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:24.339 that<00:19:22.279><c> we're</c><00:19:22.500><c> way</c><00:19:22.819><c> away</c><00:19:23.079><c> from</c><00:19:23.259><c> all</c><00:19:23.440><c> the</c><00:19:23.599><c> troubles</c><00:19:23.799><c> of</c><00:19:23.980><c> the</c><00:19:24.119><c> world.</c> 00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:26.559 And<00:19:24.680><c> it's</c><00:19:24.839><c> at</c><00:19:24.900><c> a</c><00:19:25.059><c> time</c><00:19:25.240><c> like</c><00:19:25.480><c> that,</c><00:19:25.799><c> brothers</c><00:19:25.940><c> and</c><00:19:26.220><c> sisters,</c> 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:29.099 that<00:19:26.960><c> the</c><00:19:27.119><c> way</c><00:19:27.299><c> of</c><00:19:27.460><c> the</c><00:19:27.599><c> king</c><00:19:27.799><c> of</c><00:19:28.000><c> the</c><00:19:28.160><c> east,</c><00:19:28.519><c> the</c><00:19:28.799><c> king,</c> 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:33.579 the<00:19:29.299><c> real</c><00:19:29.539><c> anointed,</c><00:19:30.180><c> the</c><00:19:30.319><c> real</c><00:19:30.640><c> shepherd,</c><00:19:31.759><c> the</c><00:19:31.900><c> real</c><00:19:32.220><c> kindly</c><00:19:32.680><c> king,</c> 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:37.000 the<00:19:33.740><c> king</c><00:19:33.940><c> who</c><00:19:34.200><c> will</c><00:19:34.480><c> foster</c><00:19:34.900><c> the</c><00:19:35.359><c> national</c><00:19:35.759><c> spirit</c><00:19:36.039><c> of</c><00:19:36.339><c> one</c><00:19:36.579><c> nation,</c> 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:38.900 that<00:19:37.299><c> all</c><00:19:37.660><c> nations</c><00:19:38.019><c> might</c><00:19:38.279><c> be</c><00:19:38.559><c> joined</c><00:19:38.720><c> to</c><00:19:38.839><c> them.</c> 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:41.460 When<00:19:39.180><c> that</c><00:19:39.440><c> king</c><00:19:39.700><c> comes,</c><00:19:40.380><c> they'll</c><00:19:40.500><c> be</c><00:19:40.700><c> caught</c><00:19:40.839><c> off</c><00:19:41.180><c> guard.</c> 00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:44.660 And<00:19:41.880><c> the</c><00:19:42.039><c> great</c><00:19:42.299><c> power</c><00:19:42.559><c> of</c><00:19:42.799><c> Turkey</c><00:19:43.220><c> has</c><00:19:43.779><c> been</c><00:19:44.079><c> evaporated,</c> 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:45.420 hasn't<00:19:44.940><c> it?</c> 00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:48.519 The<00:19:46.079><c> gates</c><00:19:46.359><c> of</c><00:19:46.559><c> Palestine</c><00:19:47.019><c> are</c><00:19:47.299><c> open,</c><00:19:47.799><c> brothers</c><00:19:47.920><c> and</c><00:19:48.160><c> sisters,</c> 00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:50.019 and<00:19:48.839><c> he's</c><00:19:48.960><c> ready</c><00:19:49.180><c> to</c><00:19:49.359><c> walk</c><00:19:49.599><c> in</c><00:19:49.839><c> there,</c> 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:52.920 and<00:19:50.339><c> Great</c><00:19:50.640><c> Babylon</c><00:19:50.859><c> will</c><00:19:51.180><c> fall</c><00:19:51.400><c> in</c><00:19:51.619><c> one</c><00:19:52.039><c> night,</c><00:19:52.460><c> will</c><00:19:52.599><c> go.</c> 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:57.019 Nobody<00:19:53.700><c> believed</c><00:19:54.180><c> it.</c><00:19:54.839><c> No</c><00:19:55.119><c> one</c><00:19:55.240><c> would</c><00:19:55.480><c> ever</c><00:19:55.859><c> believe</c><00:19:56.140><c> it.</c> 00:19:57.660 --> 00:20:00.079 It<00:19:57.859><c> would</c><00:19:57.920><c> be</c><00:19:58.099><c> impossible</c><00:19:58.640><c> to</c><00:19:58.880><c> believe</c><00:19:59.079><c> that.</c> 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:04.940 But<00:20:00.579><c> in</c><00:20:00.779><c> one</c><00:20:01.059><c> hour,</c><00:20:01.619><c> as</c><00:20:01.859><c> Isaiah</c><00:20:02.259><c> said,</c><00:20:03.440><c> in</c><00:20:03.640><c> one</c><00:20:03.960><c> hour</c><00:20:04.160><c> it</c><00:20:04.220><c> was</c><00:20:04.500><c> gone,</c> 00:20:04.940 --> 00:20:11.859 because<00:20:06.099><c> this</c><00:20:06.460><c> fool,</c><00:20:07.920><c> this</c><00:20:08.380><c> fool</c><00:20:08.960><c> thought</c><00:20:10.160><c> he</c><00:20:10.339><c> could</c><00:20:10.579><c> defy</c><00:20:11.019><c> the</c><00:20:11.160><c> God</c><00:20:11.299><c> of</c><00:20:11.500><c> heaven,</c> 00:20:12.180 --> 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apocalypse,</c><00:20:27.980><c> brothers</c><00:20:28.059><c> and</c><00:20:28.339><c> sisters,</c> 00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:32.460 is<00:20:28.880><c> obviously</c><00:20:29.380><c> written</c><00:20:29.680><c> on</c><00:20:29.980><c> the</c><00:20:30.140><c> basis</c><00:20:30.440><c> of</c><00:20:30.640><c> these</c><00:20:30.880><c> historical</c><00:20:31.440><c> facts,</c> 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:35.640 picking<00:20:33.019><c> them</c><00:20:33.259><c> up</c><00:20:33.500><c> and</c><00:20:33.720><c> transporting</c><00:20:34.279><c> them</c><00:20:34.539><c> into</c><00:20:34.700><c> the</c><00:20:34.880><c> future,</c> 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:39.619 applying<00:20:36.460><c> them</c><00:20:36.680><c> to</c><00:20:36.859><c> our</c><00:20:37.160><c> day</c><00:20:37.380><c> and</c><00:20:37.500><c> what's</c><00:20:37.759><c> happening</c><00:20:38.039><c> now.</c> 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:42.740 Surely<00:20:40.079><c> we</c><00:20:40.220><c> can</c><00:20:40.400><c> see</c><00:20:40.579><c> the</c><00:20:40.759><c> point</c><00:20:40.920><c> here.</c> 00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:48.339 And<00:20:47.000><c> in</c><00:20:47.180><c> the</c><00:20:47.359><c> apocalypse,</c><00:20:47.980><c> you</c><00:20:48.000><c> see,</c> 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:51.660 he<00:20:48.819><c> drank</c><00:20:49.099><c> wine</c><00:20:49.460><c> before</c><00:20:49.839><c> a</c><00:20:50.099><c> thousand</c><00:20:50.440><c> of</c><00:20:50.599><c> his</c><00:20:50.759><c> lords,</c> 00:20:52.160 --> 00:20:53.079 and<00:20:52.279><c> verse</c><00:20:52.519><c> 3</c><00:20:52.799><c> says,</c> 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:56.660 For<00:20:53.279><c> all</c><00:20:53.619><c> nations</c><00:20:54.079><c> have</c><00:20:54.359><c> drunk</c><00:20:54.559><c> of</c><00:20:54.700><c> the</c><00:20:54.960><c> wine</c><00:20:55.440><c> of</c><00:20:56.299><c> the</c><00:20:56.480><c> wrath</c> 00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:58.420 of<00:20:56.839><c> her</c><00:20:57.059><c> fornication,</c> 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making</c><00:21:26.960><c> alliances</c><00:21:27.599><c> with</c><00:21:27.839><c> this</c><00:21:28.099><c> power,</c> 00:21:29.079 --> 00:21:31.299 committing<00:21:29.400><c> fornication,</c> 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:34.380 making<00:21:32.000><c> intimate</c><00:21:32.559><c> alliances</c><00:21:33.259><c> with</c><00:21:33.539><c> the</c><00:21:33.720><c> power</c><00:21:33.960><c> of</c><00:21:34.220><c> Babylon</c> 00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:38.500 while<00:21:34.640><c> the</c><00:21:34.880><c> people</c><00:21:35.200><c> can't</c><00:21:35.660><c> see</c><00:21:35.980><c> through</c><00:21:36.240><c> the</c><00:21:36.460><c> fog</c><00:21:36.640><c> as</c><00:21:36.839><c> to</c><00:21:36.940><c> what's</c><00:21:37.200><c> going</c><00:21:37.420><c> on.</c> 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:42.160 Can't<00:21:39.940><c> you</c><00:21:40.079><c> see</c><00:21:40.180><c> that</c><00:21:40.380><c> happening,</c><00:21:40.720><c> brothers</c><00:21:41.000><c> and</c><00:21:41.259><c> sisters?</c> 00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:45.220 Can't<00:21:43.339><c> you</c><00:21:43.559><c> see</c><00:21:43.720><c> what's</c><00:21:43.980><c> going</c><00:21:44.099><c> to</c><00:21:44.279><c> happen</c> 00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:48.099 as<00:21:45.960><c> Babylon</c><00:21:46.319><c> hands</c><00:21:46.640><c> out</c><00:21:46.920><c> her</c><00:21:47.140><c> wine,</c> 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:52.200 as<00:21:49.339><c> the</c><00:21:49.519><c> great</c><00:21:49.900><c> puffer,</c><00:21:50.420><c> the</c><00:21:50.619><c> papal</c><00:21:51.039><c> system</c><00:21:51.380><c> in</c><00:21:51.579><c> Rome,</c> 00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:55.180 hands<00:21:53.059><c> out</c><00:21:53.319><c> his</c><00:21:53.599><c> wine</c><00:21:53.839><c> to</c><00:21:54.019><c> his</c><00:21:54.319><c> followers</c> 00:21:55.319 --> 00:22:00.039 and<00:21:55.920><c> bemuses</c><00:21:56.380><c> them</c><00:21:56.640><c> and</c><00:21:56.799><c> bewilders</c><00:21:57.259><c> them</c><00:21:57.720><c> with</c><00:21:58.000><c> the</c><00:21:58.180><c> mysticism</c><00:21:58.660><c> of</c><00:21:58.880><c> his</c><00:21:59.019><c> religion?</c> 00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:02.019 And<00:22:00.440><c> the</c><00:22:00.599><c> people</c><00:22:00.779><c> can't</c><00:22:01.180><c> see</c><00:22:01.420><c> where</c><00:22:01.599><c> they're</c><00:22:01.920><c> going</c> 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:04.140 and<00:22:02.359><c> staggering</c><00:22:02.700><c> around</c><00:22:03.099><c> half</c><00:22:03.400><c>-stupid</c> 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:07.220 while<00:22:04.599><c> a</c><00:22:04.839><c> great</c><00:22:05.059><c> alliance</c><00:22:05.519><c> is</c><00:22:05.839><c> made</c><00:22:06.180><c> with</c><00:22:06.400><c> the</c><00:22:06.660><c> powers</c><00:22:07.000><c> of</c> 00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:07.720 this<00:22:07.480><c> world,</c> 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:09.900 including<00:22:08.180><c> the</c><00:22:08.480><c> Soviets,</c><00:22:08.980><c> who</c><00:22:09.119><c> will</c><00:22:09.400><c> rise</c><00:22:09.599><c> again.</c> 00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:11.539 Make<00:22:10.299><c> no</c><00:22:10.640><c> mistake</c><00:22:11.039><c> about</c><00:22:11.319><c> that.</c> 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:14.740 No,<00:22:12.019><c> make</c><00:22:12.380><c> no</c><00:22:12.779><c> mistake</c><00:22:13.220><c> about</c><00:22:13.539><c> that.</c> 00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:16.640 And<00:22:15.140><c> when</c><00:22:15.220><c> that</c><00:22:15.420><c> alliance</c><00:22:15.819><c> is</c><00:22:16.220><c> forged</c> 00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:19.519 and<00:22:17.099><c> the</c><00:22:17.299><c> people</c><00:22:17.779><c> are</c><00:22:18.200><c> inebriated</c><00:22:18.700><c> and</c><00:22:18.920><c> can't</c><00:22:19.359><c> see,</c> 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:21.940 that<00:22:19.599><c> will</c><00:22:19.779><c> be</c><00:22:19.960><c> too</c><00:22:20.279><c> late,</c><00:22:20.660><c> brothers</c><00:22:20.720><c> and</c><00:22:21.000><c> sisters.</c> 00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:25.920 And<00:22:22.700><c> he'll</c><00:22:22.819><c> be</c><00:22:22.960><c> on</c><00:22:23.079><c> the</c><00:22:23.279><c> march</c><00:22:24.019><c> and</c><00:22:24.500><c> he'll</c><00:22:24.700><c> meet</c><00:22:24.960><c> headlong</c> 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:28.339 the<00:22:26.319><c> king</c><00:22:26.819><c> out</c><00:22:27.279><c> of</c><00:22:27.359><c> the</c><00:22:27.579><c> sun's</c><00:22:28.000><c> rising.</c> 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:31.339 He'll<00:22:28.900><c> meet</c><00:22:29.079><c> him</c><00:22:29.200><c> in</c><00:22:29.400><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:22:29.819><c> brothers</c><00:22:30.140><c> and</c><00:22:30.460><c> sisters.</c> 00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:32.619 That's<00:22:32.059><c> the</c><00:22:32.119><c> scenario.</c> 00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:35.640 And<00:22:33.119><c> as</c><00:22:33.299><c> Belshazzar</c><00:22:33.799><c> was</c><00:22:34.039><c> drinking</c><00:22:34.299><c> away</c><00:22:34.660><c> here,</c> 00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:38.440 here<00:22:36.200><c> it</c><00:22:36.440><c> was,</c><00:22:36.740><c> prefiguring</c><00:22:37.180><c> that</c><00:22:37.420><c> ages</c><00:22:37.740><c> to</c><00:22:38.059><c> come</c> 00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:41.019 when<00:22:38.839><c> in</c><00:22:39.039><c> one</c><00:22:39.259><c> hour</c><00:22:39.740><c> Great</c><00:22:40.140><c> Babylon</c><00:22:40.500><c> would</c><00:22:40.799><c> fall.</c> 00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:45.099 It's<00:22:41.519><c> marvelous</c><00:22:41.859><c> how</c><00:22:42.099><c> the</c><00:22:42.279><c> apocalypse</c><00:22:42.660><c> picks</c><00:22:42.980><c> all</c><00:22:43.220><c> this</c><00:22:43.519><c> historical</c><00:22:44.440><c> record</c><00:22:44.859><c> up</c> 00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:47.480 and<00:22:45.420><c> spreads</c><00:22:45.740><c> it</c><00:22:45.920><c> upon</c><00:22:46.079><c> the</c><00:22:46.299><c> pages</c><00:22:46.579><c> of</c><00:22:46.859><c> modern</c><00:22:47.059><c> history.</c> 00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:49.700 It's<00:22:47.799><c> wonderful</c><00:22:48.299><c> how</c><00:22:48.460><c> that's</c><00:22:48.720><c> done.</c> 00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.859 And<00:22:50.160><c> so</c><00:22:50.279><c> they</c><00:22:50.380><c> were</c><00:22:50.539><c> drinking</c><00:22:50.839><c> away,</c><00:22:51.200><c> you</c><00:22:51.440><c> see.</c> 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:54.579 And<00:22:52.420><c> they</c><00:22:52.660><c> brought</c><00:22:52.779><c> out</c><00:22:53.019><c> the</c><00:22:53.240><c> golden</c><00:22:53.559><c> vessels.</c> 00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:59.440 And<00:22:56.200><c> they</c><00:22:56.539><c> poured</c><00:22:56.799><c> the</c><00:22:57.099><c> wine</c><00:22:57.299><c> of</c><00:22:57.579><c> Babylon</c><00:22:57.720><c> into</c><00:22:57.940><c> the</c><00:22:58.180><c> golden</c><00:22:58.460><c> vessels.</c> 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:03.640 It'll<00:23:01.000><c> be</c><00:23:01.200><c> a</c><00:23:01.420><c> sorry</c><00:23:01.640><c> day,</c><00:23:01.980><c> brothers</c><00:23:02.200><c> and</c><00:23:02.480><c> sisters,</c> 00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:08.140 when<00:23:04.279><c> those</c><00:23:04.680><c> who</c><00:23:04.880><c> are</c><00:23:05.119><c> built</c><00:23:05.559><c> to</c><00:23:06.720><c> have</c><00:23:06.859><c> a</c><00:23:07.119><c> capacity</c><00:23:07.559><c> to</c><00:23:07.940><c> take</c> 00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:10.019 in<00:23:08.380><c> Yahweh's</c><00:23:08.940><c> Word</c> 00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:12.579 fill<00:23:10.859><c> that</c><00:23:11.119><c> capacity</c><00:23:11.619><c> with</c><00:23:11.799><c> the</c><00:23:11.960><c> wine</c><00:23:12.119><c> of</c><00:23:12.400><c> Babylon.</c> 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:14.420 It'll<00:23:12.940><c> be</c><00:23:13.079><c> a</c><00:23:13.200><c> sorry</c><00:23:13.440><c> day.</c> 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:17.920 And<00:23:16.160><c> don't</c><00:23:16.500><c> ever</c><00:23:16.819><c> think,</c><00:23:17.079><c> brothers</c><00:23:17.420><c> and</c><00:23:17.680><c> sisters,</c> 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.700 that<00:23:18.119><c> the</c><00:23:18.299><c> wine</c><00:23:18.480><c> of</c><00:23:18.599><c> Babylon</c><00:23:18.940><c> is</c><00:23:19.339><c> simply</c><00:23:19.680><c> only</c><00:23:19.980><c> their</c><00:23:20.200><c> doctrines.</c> 00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:22.539 The<00:23:21.160><c> doctrine</c><00:23:21.380><c> is</c><00:23:21.579><c> a</c><00:23:21.720><c> religious</c><00:23:22.119><c> doctrine.</c> 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:24.980 Don't<00:23:23.039><c> believe</c><00:23:23.420><c> that,</c><00:23:23.759><c> oh,</c><00:23:23.880><c> well,</c><00:23:24.119><c> I</c><00:23:24.339><c> would</c><00:23:24.539><c> never</c><00:23:24.720><c> believe</c> 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:26.119 the<00:23:25.240><c> Trinity.</c> 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:30.220 I<00:23:26.839><c> would</c><00:23:27.079><c> never</c><00:23:27.380><c> believe</c><00:23:27.740><c> in</c><00:23:28.220><c> the</c><00:23:28.480><c> infallibility</c><00:23:29.039><c> of</c><00:23:29.240><c> the</c><00:23:29.380><c> Pope.</c> 00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:33.279 I<00:23:30.680><c> don't</c><00:23:30.900><c> believe</c><00:23:31.240><c> that</c><00:23:31.500><c> Mary's</c><00:23:31.859><c> the</c><00:23:32.000><c> mother</c><00:23:32.180><c> of</c><00:23:32.480><c> God.</c> 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:35.819 I<00:23:33.460><c> don't</c><00:23:33.700><c> believe</c><00:23:33.980><c> in</c><00:23:34.119><c> the</c><00:23:34.259><c> immortality</c><00:23:34.720><c> of</c><00:23:34.940><c> the</c><00:23:34.940><c> soul</c><00:23:35.039><c> or</c><00:23:35.259><c> purgatory</c> 00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:37.880 or<00:23:36.079><c> any</c><00:23:36.279><c> of</c><00:23:36.380><c> those</c><00:23:36.579><c> nonsensical</c><00:23:37.380><c> doctrines.</c> 00:23:38.180 --> 00:23:39.680 Don't<00:23:38.400><c> ever</c><00:23:38.660><c> think,</c><00:23:38.980><c> brothers</c><00:23:39.160><c> and</c><00:23:39.420><c> sisters,</c> 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:42.180 that<00:23:39.839><c> the</c><00:23:40.079><c> wine</c><00:23:40.319><c> only</c><00:23:40.680><c> has</c><00:23:40.940><c> that</c><00:23:41.220><c> mixture.</c> 00:23:43.059 --> 00:23:46.099 This<00:23:43.579><c> is</c><00:23:43.839><c> a</c><00:23:43.980><c> wine</c><00:23:44.160><c> which</c><00:23:44.380><c> has</c><00:23:44.579><c> many</c><00:23:44.859><c> mixtures.</c> 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:50.279 And<00:23:46.839><c> the</c><00:23:47.019><c> doctrine</c><00:23:47.259><c> of</c><00:23:47.519><c> Babylon</c><00:23:47.740><c> today</c><00:23:48.660><c> not</c><00:23:49.180><c> only</c><00:23:49.380><c> is</c><00:23:49.640><c> religious,</c><00:23:50.140><c> but</c> 00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:51.440 it's<00:23:50.460><c> material.</c> 00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:57.299 If<00:23:52.079><c> ever</c><00:23:52.599><c> an</c><00:23:53.359><c> empire</c><00:23:53.700><c> stood</c><00:23:54.160><c> for</c><00:23:54.559><c> material</c><00:23:55.059><c> greatness,</c><00:23:56.039><c> Babylon</c><00:23:56.319><c> did.</c> 00:23:57.900 --> 00:24:00.099 That's<00:23:58.099><c> why</c><00:23:58.259><c> it's</c><00:23:58.480><c> called</c><00:23:58.640><c> the</c><00:23:58.819><c> Golden</c><00:23:59.200><c> City.</c> 00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:04.200 And<00:24:01.140><c> there's</c><00:24:01.319><c> much</c><00:24:01.700><c> intoxication</c><00:24:02.500><c> in</c><00:24:02.700><c> the</c><00:24:02.779><c> world</c><00:24:02.900><c> today,</c><00:24:03.359><c> brothers</c><00:24:03.519><c> and</c><00:24:03.779><c> sisters,</c> 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:07.480 from<00:24:04.779><c> the</c><00:24:05.019><c> Babylonish</c><00:24:05.920><c> materialism</c><00:24:06.720><c> than</c><00:24:06.980><c> there</c><00:24:07.119><c> is</c><00:24:07.299><c> from</c> 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.759 their<00:24:07.700><c> doctrines.</c> 00:24:08.900 --> 00:24:11.039 And<00:24:09.160><c> we</c><00:24:09.299><c> can</c><00:24:09.460><c> be</c><00:24:09.720><c> quickly</c><00:24:10.059><c> swallowed</c><00:24:10.299><c> up</c><00:24:10.519><c> in</c><00:24:10.680><c> that.</c> 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:15.559 Money<00:24:11.980><c> and</c><00:24:12.220><c> the</c><00:24:12.359><c> things</c><00:24:12.559><c> that</c><00:24:12.759><c> money</c><00:24:12.980><c> can</c><00:24:13.259><c> buy,</c><00:24:14.980><c> things</c><00:24:15.119><c> to</c><00:24:15.380><c> do</c> 00:24:15.559 --> 00:24:18.160 and<00:24:15.720><c> the</c><00:24:15.859><c> things</c><00:24:16.019><c> that</c><00:24:16.220><c> money</c><00:24:16.440><c> can</c><00:24:16.980><c> help</c><00:24:17.240><c> us</c><00:24:17.519><c> to</c><00:24:17.680><c> do,</c><00:24:17.940><c> brothers</c> 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.740 and<00:24:18.440><c> sisters,</c> 00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:22.420 is<00:24:19.319><c> a</c><00:24:19.559><c> wine</c><00:24:19.920><c> that</c><00:24:20.279><c> is</c><00:24:20.519><c> tremendously</c><00:24:21.240><c> powerful</c><00:24:21.839><c> to</c><00:24:22.039><c> befuddle</c> 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vast</c><00:24:37.759><c> river</c><00:24:38.740><c> which</c><00:24:39.279><c> runs</c><00:24:39.680><c> through</c> 00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.779 our<00:24:40.500><c> world,</c> 00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:44.640 which<00:24:40.960><c> we</c><00:24:41.299><c> see</c><00:24:41.859><c> as</c><00:24:42.200><c> a</c><00:24:42.480><c> protection</c><00:24:42.880><c> and</c><00:24:43.099><c> as</c><00:24:43.440><c> a</c><00:24:43.440><c> source</c><00:24:43.720><c> of</c><00:24:44.019><c> nourishment</c> 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:48.400 and<00:24:45.559><c> a</c><00:24:45.759><c> source</c><00:24:46.079><c> of</c><00:24:46.279><c> irrigation</c><00:24:46.859><c> and</c><00:24:47.059><c> of</c><00:24:47.359><c> productivity,</c> 00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:51.339 could<00:24:48.480><c> be</c><00:24:48.819><c> gone</c><00:24:49.059><c> in</c><00:24:49.220><c> a</c><00:24:49.539><c> flash</c><00:24:49.859><c> and</c><00:24:50.039><c> the</c><00:24:50.180><c> world</c><00:24:50.440><c> under.</c> 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:53.920 Here<00:24:52.000><c> he</c><00:24:52.180><c> comes,</c><00:24:52.859><c> the</c><00:24:53.079><c> kings</c><00:24:53.339><c> of</c><00:24:53.559><c> the</c><00:24:53.700><c> East.</c> 00:24:54.160 --> 00:24:56.160 And<00:24:54.279><c> we</c><00:24:54.380><c> might</c><00:24:54.539><c> be</c><00:24:54.759><c> found</c><00:24:54.940><c> wanting,</c><00:24:55.460><c> brothers</c><00:24:55.539><c> and</c><00:24:55.799><c> sisters.</c> 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:59.900 We<00:24:56.819><c> might</c><00:24:57.079><c> be</c><00:24:57.299><c> weighed</c><00:24:57.440><c> in</c><00:24:57.619><c> the</c><00:24:57.839><c> balances,</c><00:24:58.420><c> like</c><00:24:58.559><c> Bill</c><00:24:58.799><c> Shazawas.</c> 00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:02.299 In<00:25:00.700><c> one</c><00:25:00.960><c> hour</c><00:25:01.140><c> it</c><00:25:01.319><c> all</c><00:25:01.500><c> happened.</c> 00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:05.460 It<00:25:02.740><c> was</c><00:25:02.940><c> a</c><00:25:03.079><c> tremendous</c><00:25:03.619><c> thing,</c><00:25:04.000><c> it</c><00:25:04.279><c> really</c><00:25:04.559><c> was.</c> 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:08.819 Now,<00:25:06.339><c> verse</c><00:25:06.359><c> 2</c><00:25:06.599><c> of</c><00:25:06.740><c> this</c><00:25:06.900><c> chapter</c><00:25:07.220><c> says,</c> 00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:12.319 while<00:25:09.319><c> the</c><00:25:09.579><c> king</c><00:25:10.539><c> tasted</c><00:25:11.259><c> the</c><00:25:11.539><c> wine.</c> 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:15.680 Now,<00:25:13.759><c> of</c><00:25:13.940><c> course,</c><00:25:14.039><c> he</c><00:25:14.140><c> tasted</c><00:25:14.440><c> the</c><00:25:14.660><c> wine</c><00:25:14.799><c> before,</c><00:25:15.480><c> hadn't</c><00:25:15.579><c> he?</c> 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:18.680 But<00:25:15.859><c> the</c><00:25:16.000><c> word</c><00:25:16.140><c> just</c><00:25:16.460><c> doesn't</c><00:25:16.779><c> mean</c><00:25:17.119><c> simply</c><00:25:17.400><c> to</c><00:25:17.700><c> taste,</c><00:25:18.140><c> brothers</c><00:25:18.240><c> and</c><00:25:18.460><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:21.900 It's<00:25:18.900><c> a</c><00:25:19.059><c> word</c><00:25:19.200><c> which</c><00:25:19.400><c> indicates</c><00:25:19.759><c> he</c><00:25:19.980><c> was</c><00:25:20.240><c> becoming</c><00:25:20.599><c> intoxicated.</c> 00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.859 He<00:25:22.819><c> was</c><00:25:23.059><c> drunk.</c> 00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:26.740 The<00:25:24.940><c> king</c><00:25:25.039><c> was</c><00:25:25.259><c> having</c><00:25:25.339><c> a</c><00:25:25.539><c> mighty</c><00:25:25.819><c> time.</c> 00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:30.440 Look<00:25:27.579><c> at</c><00:25:27.799><c> Proverbs</c><00:25:28.079><c> 23</c><00:25:28.720><c> and</c><00:25:29.240><c> see</c><00:25:29.380><c> what</c><00:25:29.559><c> happens</c><00:25:29.759><c> when</c><00:25:29.880><c> you</c><00:25:30.000><c> get</c><00:25:30.220><c> drunk,</c> 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.519 brothers<00:25:30.779><c> and</c><00:25:31.039><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:39.460 See<00:25:32.680><c> what</c><00:25:32.799><c> happens</c><00:25:33.180><c> when</c><00:25:33.680><c> you</c><00:25:34.119><c> lose</c><00:25:34.480><c> your</c><00:25:34.680><c> sense</c><00:25:34.980><c> of</c><00:25:35.839><c> equilibrium</c><00:25:36.380><c> in</c><00:25:38.579><c> intoxication.</c> 00:25:39.619 --> 00:25:41.240 See<00:25:39.720><c> what</c><00:25:39.880><c> happens.</c> 00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:45.019 And<00:25:42.619><c> Proverbs</c><00:25:42.880><c> 23</c><00:25:43.400><c> describes</c><00:25:43.960><c> it.</c> 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:51.769 Matter<00:25:47.680><c> of</c><00:25:47.680><c> fact,</c><00:25:48.079><c> Proverbs</c><00:25:48.319><c> describes</c><00:25:49.279><c> the</c><00:25:49.740><c> physical</c><00:25:50.140><c> effects</c><00:25:50.599><c> of</c><00:25:51.460><c> drunkenness</c> 00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:57.599 in<00:25:52.319><c> a</c><00:25:52.460><c> very</c><00:25:53.579><c> apt</c><00:25:53.819><c> way,</c><00:25:54.400><c> like</c><00:25:54.640><c> a</c><00:25:54.779><c> man</c><00:25:55.200><c> on</c><00:25:55.700><c> top</c><00:25:55.880><c> of</c><00:25:56.079><c> a</c><00:25:56.220><c> mask</c><00:25:56.500><c> of</c><00:25:56.740><c> a</c><00:25:56.859><c> ship</c> 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:59.960 in<00:25:58.500><c> the</c><00:25:58.640><c> midst</c><00:25:58.799><c> of</c><00:25:59.039><c> a</c><00:25:59.140><c> pitching</c><00:25:59.480><c> sea.</c> 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:02.279 A<00:26:00.400><c> very</c><00:26:00.720><c> apt</c><00:26:00.920><c> description</c><00:26:01.380><c> of</c><00:26:01.900><c> drunkenness.</c> 00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:04.339 But,<00:26:02.720><c> you</c><00:26:02.880><c> know,</c><00:26:02.940><c> this</c><00:26:03.099><c> is</c><00:26:03.240><c> what</c><00:26:03.440><c> happens</c><00:26:03.720><c> when</c><00:26:03.900><c> people</c><00:26:04.140><c> get</c> 00:26:04.339 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giveth</c><00:26:18.660><c> his</c><00:26:18.920><c> colour</c><00:26:19.160><c> in</c><00:26:19.400><c> the</c><00:26:19.579><c> cup,</c><00:26:19.740><c> when</c><00:26:19.900><c> it</c><00:26:20.160><c> moveth</c> 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:22.240 itself<00:26:20.960><c> aright,</c> 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:25.619 sparkles<00:26:23.180><c> and</c><00:26:24.119><c> looks</c><00:26:24.440><c> rich.</c> 00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:32.180 At<00:26:27.140><c> last</c><00:26:27.700><c> it</c><00:26:28.200><c> biteth</c><00:26:28.599><c> like</c><00:26:28.859><c> a</c><00:26:29.079><c> serpent</c><00:26:29.440><c> and</c><00:26:30.660><c> stingeth</c><00:26:31.079><c> like</c><00:26:31.319><c> an</c><00:26:31.480><c> adder,</c> 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:35.339 and<00:26:32.680><c> thine</c><00:26:32.839><c> eyes</c><00:26:33.200><c> shall</c><00:26:33.400><c> behold</c><00:26:33.759><c> strange</c><00:26:34.299><c> women,</c> 00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:39.740 and<00:26:35.759><c> thine</c><00:26:35.980><c> heart</c><00:26:36.500><c> shall</c><00:26:36.839><c> utter</c><00:26:37.599><c> perverse</c><00:26:38.559><c> things.</c> 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:42.099 You<00:26:40.480><c> know</c><00:26:40.640><c> what</c><00:26:40.839><c> wine</c><00:26:41.099><c> does,</c><00:26:41.519><c> brothers</c><00:26:41.640><c> and</c><00:26:41.920><c> sisters?</c> 00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:45.440 You<00:26:42.180><c> know,</c><00:26:42.380><c> people</c><00:26:42.720><c> say,</c><00:26:43.900><c> and</c><00:26:44.339><c> I</c><00:26:44.519><c> know</c><00:26:44.680><c> what</c><00:26:44.779><c> I'm</c><00:26:44.960><c> talking</c><00:26:45.140><c> about,</c> 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:49.079 because<00:26:45.839><c> unfortunately</c><00:26:46.720><c> I</c><00:26:47.460><c> wasn't</c><00:26:47.740><c> always</c><00:26:48.579><c> in</c><00:26:48.740><c> the</c><00:26:48.960><c> truth,</c> 00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:50.960 and<00:26:49.259><c> I</c><00:26:49.559><c> know</c><00:26:49.779><c> this</c><00:26:50.079><c> scene.</c> 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:54.319 You<00:26:51.779><c> know,</c><00:26:51.940><c> people</c><00:26:52.180><c> often</c><00:26:52.539><c> say</c><00:26:52.799><c> that</c><00:26:52.960><c> when</c><00:26:53.119><c> people</c><00:26:53.380><c> get</c><00:26:53.700><c> drunk,</c><00:26:53.900><c> you</c><00:26:53.980><c> know,</c> 00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:57.140 they<00:26:54.880><c> say</c><00:26:55.539><c> stupid</c><00:26:56.000><c> things</c><00:26:56.220><c> they</c><00:26:56.359><c> don't</c><00:26:56.599><c> really</c><00:26:56.940><c> mean.</c> 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.960 I'll<00:26:57.420><c> tell</c><00:26:57.559><c> you</c><00:26:57.640><c> what</c><00:26:57.819><c> happens.</c> 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.000 When<00:27:00.259><c> people</c><00:27:00.579><c> get</c><00:27:00.920><c> drunk,</c> 00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:06.279 they<00:27:03.339><c> say</c><00:27:03.720><c> stupid</c><00:27:04.140><c> things</c><00:27:04.619><c> that</c><00:27:04.799><c> they</c><00:27:05.119><c> really</c><00:27:05.420><c> mean.</c> 00:27:06.400 --> 00:27:08.420 You<00:27:06.619><c> really</c><00:27:06.980><c> know</c><00:27:07.140><c> what</c><00:27:07.279><c> they're</c><00:27:07.519><c> thinking.</c> 00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:11.099 Because<00:27:09.380><c> it</c><00:27:09.579><c> lowers</c><00:27:09.799><c> their</c><00:27:10.140><c> guard.</c> 00:27:13.039 --> 00:27:15.279 They<00:27:13.380><c> lose</c><00:27:13.680><c> the</c><00:27:13.880><c> sense</c><00:27:14.059><c> of</c><00:27:14.359><c> discretion.</c> 00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:18.900 And<00:27:16.500><c> out</c><00:27:16.759><c> comes</c><00:27:17.119><c> what</c><00:27:17.460><c> really</c><00:27:17.799><c> they're</c><00:27:18.019><c> thinking.</c> 00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:21.980 And<00:27:20.099><c> they</c><00:27:20.279><c> utter</c><00:27:20.420><c> perverse</c><00:27:20.880><c> things.</c> 00:27:22.539 --> 00:27:25.339 And<00:27:23.019><c> what</c><00:27:23.279><c> was</c><00:27:23.539><c> Bill</c><00:27:23.839><c> Shazza</c><00:27:24.200><c> uttering,</c><00:27:24.720><c> brothers</c><00:27:24.880><c> and</c><00:27:25.160><c> sisters,</c> 00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:27.180 when<00:27:25.480><c> he</c><00:27:25.619><c> became</c><00:27:25.920><c> intoxicated?</c> 00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:29.819 Well,<00:27:27.619><c> in</c><00:27:27.779><c> chapter</c><00:27:28.099><c> 5</c><00:27:28.519><c> of</c><00:27:28.680><c> this</c><00:27:28.940><c> chapter,</c><00:27:29.299><c> we're</c><00:27:29.380><c> told</c><00:27:29.680><c> what</c> 00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:31.359 it<00:27:30.019><c> was,</c><00:27:30.240><c> you</c><00:27:30.460><c> see.</c> 00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:34.160 We're<00:27:31.819><c> told</c><00:27:31.980><c> exactly</c><00:27:32.480><c> what</c><00:27:32.680><c> it</c><00:27:32.819><c> was</c><00:27:33.000><c> he</c><00:27:33.099><c> was</c><00:27:33.279><c> thinking.</c> 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:38.240 Because<00:27:35.619><c> in</c><00:27:35.799><c> verse</c><00:27:36.000><c> 23</c><00:27:36.500><c> of</c><00:27:36.700><c> chapter</c><00:27:37.000><c> 5,</c> 00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:40.539 we're<00:27:38.859><c> told,</c><00:27:39.220><c> brothers</c><00:27:39.359><c> and</c><00:27:39.640><c> sisters,</c> 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:44.259 that<00:27:41.000><c> thou</c><00:27:41.240><c> hast</c><00:27:41.500><c> lifted</c><00:27:41.759><c> up</c><00:27:42.019><c> thyself</c><00:27:42.480><c> against</c><00:27:42.740><c> the</c><00:27:42.940><c> Lord</c><00:27:43.140><c> of</c><00:27:43.359><c> heaven.</c> 00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:47.240 That<00:27:45.819><c> was</c><00:27:45.980><c> what</c><00:27:46.099><c> he</c><00:27:46.200><c> was</c><00:27:46.400><c> thinking.</c> 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:50.400 And<00:27:48.079><c> they</c><00:27:48.380><c> have</c><00:27:48.519><c> brought</c><00:27:48.720><c> before</c><00:27:49.319><c> thee</c><00:27:49.579><c> the</c><00:27:49.759><c> vessels</c><00:27:50.119><c> of</c><00:27:50.319><c> the</c> 00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.960 house<00:27:50.619><c> of</c><00:27:50.839><c> God.</c> 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:54.039 And<00:27:51.440><c> you've</c><00:27:51.819><c> caused</c><00:27:51.980><c> your</c><00:27:52.240><c> wives,</c><00:27:53.059><c> oh,</c><00:27:53.259><c> that's</c><00:27:53.559><c> bad</c><00:27:53.720><c> enough,</c> 00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:55.720 your<00:27:54.400><c> lords,</c><00:27:54.759><c> that's</c><00:27:55.079><c> bad</c><00:27:55.259><c> enough,</c> 00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:57.880 your<00:27:56.359><c> lords</c><00:27:56.599><c> to</c><00:27:56.779><c> drink</c><00:27:56.920><c> out</c><00:27:57.039><c> of</c><00:27:57.099><c> it,</c><00:27:57.180><c> and</c><00:27:57.339><c> your</c><00:27:57.539><c> wives.</c> 00:27:58.119 --> 00:28:02.240 But<00:27:58.319><c> you</c><00:27:58.559><c> went</c><00:27:58.680><c> and</c><00:27:58.940><c> brought</c><00:27:59.059><c> in</c><00:27:59.279><c> these</c><00:28:01.460><c> prostitutes,</c> 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:04.799 because<00:28:02.519><c> that's</c><00:28:02.880><c> basically</c><00:28:03.359><c> what</c><00:28:03.579><c> they</c><00:28:03.859><c> were.</c> 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:08.099 And<00:28:06.299><c> they</c><00:28:06.480><c> got</c><00:28:06.680><c> called</c><00:28:06.940><c> in.</c> 00:28:08.579 --> 00:28:11.339 That<00:28:08.680><c> they</c><00:28:08.880><c> might</c><00:28:09.079><c> have</c><00:28:09.180><c> a</c><00:28:09.279><c> bit</c><00:28:09.380><c> of</c><00:28:09.720><c> a</c><00:28:09.839><c> swig</c><00:28:10.240><c> out</c><00:28:10.539><c> of</c><00:28:10.640><c> these</c><00:28:10.859><c> gold</c><00:28:11.220><c> and</c> 00:28:11.339 --> 00:28:12.200 silver<00:28:11.720><c> vessels</c> 00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:14.079 that<00:28:12.619><c> belonged</c><00:28:12.920><c> to</c><00:28:13.160><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:17.220 So<00:28:15.220><c> what</c><00:28:15.319><c> about</c><00:28:15.480><c> your</c><00:28:15.720><c> lords,</c><00:28:16.000><c> bad</c><00:28:16.279><c> enough,</c> 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.980 that<00:28:17.619><c> they</c><00:28:17.799><c> are</c><00:28:18.000><c> the</c><00:28:18.180><c> scum</c><00:28:18.359><c> of</c><00:28:18.500><c> the</c><00:28:18.660><c> earth,</c> 00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.779 and<00:28:19.720><c> your</c><00:28:19.920><c> wives</c><00:28:20.099><c> are</c><00:28:20.259><c> not</c><00:28:20.339><c> much</c><00:28:20.519><c> better.</c> 00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:23.059 But<00:28:21.180><c> you</c><00:28:21.400><c> called</c><00:28:21.599><c> in</c><00:28:21.759><c> these</c><00:28:22.079><c> low</c><00:28:22.480><c> caste</c><00:28:22.779><c> people,</c> 00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:25.779 these<00:28:23.400><c> prostitutes,</c><00:28:24.160><c> these</c><00:28:24.440><c> concubines</c><00:28:25.180><c> that</c><00:28:25.359><c> you</c><00:28:25.599><c> keep.</c> 00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.920 You<00:28:26.420><c> brought</c><00:28:26.660><c> them</c><00:28:26.900><c> in</c><00:28:27.099><c> here.</c> 00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:30.400 And<00:28:28.500><c> that's</c><00:28:28.759><c> what</c><00:28:28.960><c> was</c><00:28:29.099><c> in</c><00:28:29.160><c> his</c><00:28:29.440><c> heart,</c><00:28:29.720><c> brothers</c><00:28:29.839><c> and</c><00:28:30.119><c> sisters,</c> 00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:33.140 that<00:28:30.759><c> he</c><00:28:30.920><c> had</c><00:28:31.059><c> acquainted</c><00:28:31.380><c> the</c><00:28:31.559><c> Lord</c><00:28:31.740><c> of</c><00:28:31.960><c> heaven</c><00:28:32.319><c> with</c><00:28:32.839><c> that</c> 00:28:33.140 --> 00:28:34.220 sort<00:28:33.319><c> of</c><00:28:33.500><c> thing.</c> 00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:37.099 And<00:28:35.079><c> that's</c><00:28:35.339><c> what</c><00:28:35.519><c> wine</c><00:28:35.619><c> had</c><00:28:35.759><c> done</c><00:28:35.940><c> for</c><00:28:36.119><c> him.</c> 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:39.900 And<00:28:37.539><c> out</c><00:28:37.619><c> had</c><00:28:37.799><c> come</c><00:28:37.980><c> what</c><00:28:38.119><c> was</c><00:28:38.400><c> in</c><00:28:38.819><c> the</c><00:28:39.160><c> baseness</c><00:28:39.519><c> of</c><00:28:39.720><c> that</c> 00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:41.079 man's<00:28:40.400><c> thinking.</c> 00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:43.579 And<00:28:41.819><c> wine</c><00:28:42.019><c> had</c><00:28:42.259><c> brought</c><00:28:42.359><c> that</c><00:28:42.599><c> out,</c> 00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.920 and<00:28:43.779><c> he</c><00:28:43.920><c> out</c><00:28:44.000><c> had</c><00:28:44.140><c> perverse</c><00:28:44.559><c> things,</c> 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:46.700 and<00:28:45.079><c> his</c><00:28:45.259><c> eyes</c><00:28:45.500><c> saw</c><00:28:45.740><c> these</c><00:28:46.039><c> strange</c><00:28:46.359><c> women.</c> 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.680 And<00:28:47.220><c> that's</c><00:28:47.440><c> what</c><00:28:47.680><c> happened,</c><00:28:48.059><c> brothers</c><00:28:48.180><c> and</c><00:28:48.420><c> sisters.</c> 00:28:48.940 --> 00:28:51.980 And<00:28:49.200><c> the</c><00:28:49.420><c> real</c><00:28:49.759><c> Belshazzar</c><00:28:50.359><c> came</c><00:28:50.640><c> to</c><00:28:50.799><c> the</c><00:28:51.039><c> surface.</c> 00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:54.619 The<00:28:52.819><c> real</c><00:28:53.200><c> Belshazzar.</c> 00:28:54.940 --> 00:28:57.319 The<00:28:55.299><c> scum</c><00:28:55.660><c> of</c><00:28:55.880><c> the</c><00:28:56.079><c> earth,</c> 00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:59.819 who<00:28:57.740><c> thought</c><00:28:58.019><c> that</c><00:28:58.220><c> he</c><00:28:58.259><c> could</c><00:28:58.519><c> degrade</c><00:28:59.019><c> the</c><00:28:59.220><c> Lord</c><00:28:59.440><c> of</c><00:28:59.640><c> heaven</c> 00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:01.200 in<00:29:00.039><c> that</c><00:29:00.259><c> way,</c> 00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:03.619 and<00:29:01.779><c> thought</c><00:29:01.940><c> that</c><00:29:02.079><c> he</c><00:29:02.160><c> would</c><00:29:02.339><c> get</c><00:29:02.539><c> away</c><00:29:02.779><c> with</c><00:29:02.980><c> it,</c> 00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:07.460 because<00:29:04.339><c> he</c><00:29:04.500><c> was</c><00:29:04.759><c> lifted</c><00:29:05.000><c> up</c><00:29:05.359><c> against</c><00:29:05.660><c> the</c><00:29:05.980><c> Lord</c><00:29:06.319><c> of</c><00:29:06.599><c> heaven.</c> 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:10.200 You<00:29:07.599><c> know,</c><00:29:07.779><c> it's</c><00:29:07.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:08.380><c> 14,</c><00:29:09.819><c> isn't</c><00:29:10.039><c> it?</c> 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:14.220 It<00:29:11.180><c> speaks</c><00:29:11.619><c> about</c><00:29:11.900><c> the</c><00:29:12.099><c> last</c><00:29:12.579><c> king</c><00:29:12.839><c> of</c><00:29:13.720><c> Babylon,</c> 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:16.920 Lucifer,<00:29:16.099><c> son</c><00:29:16.259><c> of</c><00:29:16.359><c> the</c><00:29:16.559><c> morning.</c> 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:19.039 Let's<00:29:17.420><c> have</c><00:29:17.559><c> a</c><00:29:17.640><c> look</c><00:29:17.720><c> at</c><00:29:17.859><c> what</c><00:29:17.900><c> it</c><00:29:18.039><c> says</c><00:29:18.220><c> about</c><00:29:18.539><c> him,</c><00:29:18.960><c> brothers</c> 00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:20.279 and<00:29:19.299><c> sisters.</c> 00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:23.700 This<00:29:20.799><c> is</c><00:29:21.119><c> how</c><00:29:21.539><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:22.119><c> presented</c><00:29:22.740><c> it.</c> 00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:29.640 And<00:29:26.180><c> Isaiah</c><00:29:26.559><c> the</c><00:29:26.740><c> prophet,</c><00:29:27.220><c> he</c><00:29:27.579><c> prophesied</c><00:29:28.059><c> before</c><00:29:28.539><c> Jeremiah,</c> 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:32.740 and<00:29:30.400><c> he</c><00:29:30.599><c> saw</c><00:29:30.799><c> the</c><00:29:30.960><c> doom</c><00:29:31.160><c> of</c><00:29:31.420><c> Babylon,</c><00:29:31.960><c> didn't</c><00:29:31.960><c> he?</c> 00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:38.200 And<00:29:36.079><c> in</c><00:29:36.200><c> chapter</c><00:29:36.440><c> 14</c><00:29:36.859><c> of</c><00:29:37.059><c> Isaiah,</c> 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:40.180 and<00:29:38.920><c> verse</c><00:29:39.180><c> 4,</c> 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:43.140 thou<00:29:40.680><c> shalt</c><00:29:40.920><c> take</c><00:29:41.220><c> up</c><00:29:41.440><c> this</c><00:29:41.759><c> proverb</c><00:29:42.019><c> against</c><00:29:42.359><c> the</c><00:29:42.559><c> king</c><00:29:42.720><c> of</c><00:29:42.940><c> Babylon,</c> 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:45.819 and<00:29:43.359><c> say,</c><00:29:43.619><c> How</c><00:29:43.900><c> hath</c><00:29:44.200><c> the</c><00:29:44.460><c> oppressor</c><00:29:44.880><c> ceased?</c> 00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:48.220 The<00:29:46.359><c> golden</c><00:29:46.779><c> city</c><00:29:47.140><c> ceased.</c> 00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:51.359 Yahweh<00:29:49.380><c> hath</c><00:29:49.640><c> broken</c><00:29:50.019><c> the</c><00:29:50.339><c> staff</c><00:29:50.559><c> of</c><00:29:50.759><c> the</c><00:29:50.880><c> wicked,</c> 00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:53.519 and<00:29:52.019><c> the</c><00:29:52.160><c> scepter</c><00:29:52.400><c> of</c><00:29:52.519><c> the</c><00:29:52.660><c> rulers,</c> 00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:56.819 who<00:29:54.259><c> smoke</c><00:29:54.559><c> the</c><00:29:54.759><c> people</c><00:29:55.019><c> in</c><00:29:55.279><c> wrath</c><00:29:55.460><c> with</c><00:29:55.680><c> a</c><00:29:56.059><c> continual</c><00:29:56.519><c> stroke.</c> 00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:59.799 He<00:29:57.099><c> that</c><00:29:57.279><c> ruled</c><00:29:57.559><c> the</c><00:29:57.779><c> nations</c><00:29:58.039><c> in</c><00:29:58.279><c> anger</c><00:29:58.579><c> is</c><00:29:59.000><c> persecuted</c><00:29:59.480><c> and</c> 00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.519 none<00:30:00.160><c> hindered.</c> 00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:02.880 The<00:30:01.019><c> whole</c><00:30:01.339><c> earth</c><00:30:01.599><c> is</c><00:30:01.799><c> at</c><00:30:02.000><c> rest</c><00:30:02.200><c> and</c><00:30:02.339><c> is</c><00:30:02.599><c> quiet.</c> 00:30:03.339 --> 00:30:04.720 They<00:30:03.619><c> break</c><00:30:03.920><c> forth</c><00:30:04.180><c> into</c><00:30:04.440><c> singing.</c> 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:08.059 They<00:30:05.140><c> did</c><00:30:05.579><c> when</c><00:30:06.099><c> Cyrus</c><00:30:06.519><c> took</c><00:30:06.740><c> over</c><00:30:07.039><c> Babylon.</c> 00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:10.700 And<00:30:08.579><c> in</c><00:30:08.779><c> verse</c><00:30:09.039><c> 14,</c><00:30:09.740><c> verse</c><00:30:10.059><c> 12,</c> 00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:13.640 How<00:30:11.180><c> art</c><00:30:11.359><c> thou</c><00:30:11.579><c> fallen</c><00:30:12.000><c> from</c><00:30:12.279><c> heaven,</c><00:30:12.700><c> O</c><00:30:12.779><c> Lucifer,</c><00:30:13.380><c> son</c><00:30:13.500><c> of</c> 00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.660 the<00:30:13.799><c> morning?</c> 00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:16.960 How<00:30:15.039><c> art</c><00:30:15.140><c> thou</c><00:30:15.359><c> cut</c><00:30:15.579><c> down</c><00:30:15.759><c> of</c><00:30:15.880><c> the</c><00:30:16.079><c> ground</c><00:30:16.240><c> that</c><00:30:16.400><c> is</c><00:30:16.599><c> weak</c><00:30:16.819><c> in</c> 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.380 the<00:30:17.099><c> nations?</c> 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:20.960 For<00:30:17.720><c> thou</c><00:30:17.960><c> hast</c><00:30:18.259><c> set</c><00:30:18.440><c> in</c><00:30:18.660><c> thine</c><00:30:18.759><c> heart,</c><00:30:19.460><c> I</c><00:30:19.680><c> will</c><00:30:19.960><c> ascend</c><00:30:20.339><c> into</c><00:30:20.579><c> heaven.</c> 00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:24.319 Thou<00:30:21.319><c> hast</c><00:30:21.579><c> lifted</c><00:30:21.960><c> up</c><00:30:22.200><c> your</c><00:30:22.539><c> heart</c><00:30:22.700><c> to</c><00:30:22.859><c> the</c><00:30:23.039><c> Lord</c><00:30:23.259><c> of</c><00:30:23.519><c> heaven.</c> 00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.960 That's<00:30:24.880><c> what</c><00:30:24.940><c> he'd</c><00:30:25.220><c> done.</c> 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:27.759 Oh,<00:30:26.759><c> he</c><00:30:26.900><c> said,</c><00:30:27.039><c> that's</c><00:30:27.240><c> what</c><00:30:27.339><c> you</c><00:30:27.519><c> said.</c> 00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:30.440 I<00:30:28.200><c> will</c><00:30:28.380><c> ascend,</c><00:30:28.740><c> he</c><00:30:28.900><c> said,</c><00:30:29.119><c> above</c><00:30:29.319><c> the</c><00:30:29.579><c> stars</c><00:30:29.880><c> of</c><00:30:30.160><c> God.</c> 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:33.900 I<00:30:30.880><c> will</c><00:30:31.140><c> also</c><00:30:31.500><c> mount</c><00:30:31.779><c> upon</c><00:30:32.059><c> the</c><00:30:32.339><c> sides</c><00:30:32.500><c> of</c><00:30:33.359><c> the</c><00:30:33.480><c> congregation,</c> 00:30:34.059 --> 00:30:34.900 the<00:30:34.240><c> sides</c><00:30:34.420><c> of</c><00:30:34.599><c> the</c><00:30:34.700><c> north.</c> 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:37.359 I<00:30:35.299><c> will</c><00:30:35.519><c> ascend</c><00:30:35.859><c> above</c><00:30:36.259><c> the</c><00:30:36.559><c> height</c><00:30:36.779><c> of</c><00:30:36.960><c> the</c><00:30:37.160><c> clouds.</c> 00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:39.900 I<00:30:37.779><c> will</c><00:30:37.940><c> be</c><00:30:38.119><c> like</c><00:30:38.319><c> the</c><00:30:38.539><c> most</c><00:30:38.960><c> high.</c> 00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:43.460 And<00:30:41.539><c> God</c><00:30:41.779><c> said,</c><00:30:42.019><c> I'll</c><00:30:42.299><c> bring</c><00:30:42.440><c> you</c><00:30:42.680><c> down</c><00:30:42.859><c> to</c><00:30:43.140><c> hell.</c> 00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:45.240 I'll<00:30:43.960><c> put</c><00:30:44.059><c> you</c><00:30:44.180><c> in</c><00:30:44.319><c> a</c><00:30:44.460><c> pit.</c> 00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:48.519 And<00:30:46.279><c> he</c><00:30:46.460><c> talked</c><00:30:46.660><c> about</c><00:30:47.039><c> worms</c><00:30:47.579><c> feeding</c><00:30:47.940><c> on</c><00:30:48.140><c> him,</c><00:30:48.400><c> brothers</c> 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:49.720 and<00:30:48.779><c> sisters.</c> 00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:54.660 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God</c><00:31:33.440><c> and</c> 00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.259 not<00:31:33.700><c> of</c><00:31:33.859><c> a</c><00:31:34.000><c> man.</c> 00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:36.940 And<00:31:34.599><c> the</c><00:31:34.740><c> record</c><00:31:35.000><c> says,</c><00:31:35.759><c> he</c><00:31:35.779><c> fell</c><00:31:36.019><c> down</c><00:31:36.279><c> dead</c><00:31:36.460><c> and</c><00:31:36.599><c> was</c><00:31:36.779><c> eaten</c> 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.519 up<00:31:37.160><c> of</c><00:31:37.440><c> worms.</c> 00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:43.119 Just<00:31:39.960><c> like</c><00:31:40.160><c> the</c><00:31:40.299><c> king</c><00:31:40.460><c> of</c><00:31:40.660><c> Babylon,</c><00:31:41.000><c> just</c><00:31:41.180><c> like</c><00:31:41.579><c> Belshazzar</c><00:31:42.200><c> was.</c> 00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:47.579 He<00:31:44.259><c> thought</c><00:31:44.400><c> that</c><00:31:44.640><c> he</c><00:31:45.279><c> ascended</c><00:31:45.680><c> above</c><00:31:46.180><c> the</c><00:31:46.740><c> Lord</c><00:31:47.079><c> of</c><00:31:47.420><c> Heaven.</c> 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:50.220 That's<00:31:47.960><c> what</c><00:31:48.180><c> wine</c><00:31:48.359><c> had</c><00:31:48.559><c> done,</c><00:31:48.779><c> brothers</c><00:31:49.019><c> and</c><00:31:49.279><c> sisters.</c> 00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:52.140 That's<00:31:50.680><c> what</c><00:31:50.880><c> wine</c><00:31:51.099><c> had</c><00:31:51.319><c> done.</c> 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:55.960 And<00:31:53.359><c> we</c><00:31:53.519><c> read</c><00:31:53.779><c> in</c><00:31:53.920><c> that</c><00:31:54.079><c> fifth</c><00:31:54.299><c> chapter</c><00:31:54.619><c> of</c><00:31:54.740><c> Daniel</c><00:31:55.019><c> in</c><00:31:55.240><c> verse</c><00:31:55.500><c> four,</c> 00:31:56.180 --> 00:31:59.279 why<00:31:56.440><c> when</c><00:31:56.920><c> they</c><00:31:57.140><c> got</c><00:31:57.380><c> themselves</c><00:31:57.859><c> inebriated,</c> 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:10.819 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00:32:25.480 You<00:32:24.119><c> know,</c><00:32:24.279><c> the</c><00:32:24.420><c> Bible</c><00:32:24.660><c> is</c><00:32:24.940><c> eloquent.</c> 00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:27.200 In<00:32:26.039><c> few</c><00:32:26.240><c> words,</c><00:32:26.619><c> very</c><00:32:26.880><c> eloquent.</c> 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.859 You've<00:32:27.519><c> got</c><00:32:27.640><c> to</c><00:32:27.740><c> sort</c><00:32:27.880><c> of</c><00:32:28.000><c> be</c><00:32:28.019><c> able</c><00:32:28.140><c> to</c><00:32:28.160><c> have</c><00:32:28.220><c> an</c><00:32:28.440><c> imagination</c> 00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:31.380 to<00:32:29.099><c> see</c><00:32:29.359><c> what</c><00:32:29.599><c> the</c><00:32:29.759><c> Bible</c><00:32:29.920><c> is</c><00:32:30.099><c> trying</c><00:32:30.279><c> to</c><00:32:30.400><c> tell</c><00:32:30.500><c> you.</c> 00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:35.240 And<00:32:32.059><c> I've</c><00:32:32.480><c> seen</c><00:32:32.839><c> these</c><00:32:33.599><c> divorced</c><00:32:34.099><c> feasts,</c><00:32:34.700><c> brothers</c><00:32:34.819><c> and</c><00:32:34.900><c> sisters.</c> 00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:37.140 I<00:32:35.539><c> say</c><00:32:35.700><c> that</c><00:32:35.880><c> to</c><00:32:36.059><c> my</c><00:32:36.299><c> shame.</c> 00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:41.619 I<00:32:37.940><c> look</c><00:32:38.099><c> different</c><00:32:38.400><c> in</c><00:32:38.680><c> Christ</c><00:32:39.119><c> and</c><00:32:39.720><c> thank</c><00:32:40.059><c> God</c><00:32:40.420><c> that</c><00:32:40.599><c> I</c><00:32:40.759><c> did.</c> 00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.900 Never,<00:32:41.920><c> ever</c><00:32:42.140><c> want</c><00:32:42.299><c> to</c><00:32:42.380><c> go</c><00:32:42.500><c> back</c><00:32:42.579><c> to</c><00:32:42.759><c> that.</c> 00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:44.559 It<00:32:43.019><c> was</c><00:32:43.359><c> hateful.</c> 00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:46.440 But<00:32:45.160><c> I</c><00:32:45.440><c> know</c><00:32:45.720><c> what</c><00:32:45.960><c> happens.</c> 00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:49.140 And<00:32:47.400><c> I</c><00:32:47.640><c> can</c><00:32:47.880><c> just</c><00:32:48.200><c> picture</c><00:32:48.400><c> that</c><00:32:48.799><c> scene</c> 00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:52.319 as<00:32:49.720><c> some</c><00:32:50.059><c> drunken</c><00:32:50.440><c> fool</c><00:32:51.059><c> would</c><00:32:51.640><c> stand</c><00:32:51.880><c> up</c><00:32:52.079><c> and</c><00:32:52.180><c> say,</c> 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:55.200 well,<00:32:52.859><c> I</c><00:32:52.880><c> want</c><00:32:53.200><c> to</c><00:32:53.359><c> propose</c><00:32:53.839><c> a</c><00:32:54.160><c> toast</c><00:32:54.500><c> to</c><00:32:54.920><c> Belle.</c> 00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.980 I've<00:32:55.460><c> got</c><00:32:55.539><c> a</c><00:32:55.740><c> gold.</c> 00:32:56.079 --> 00:32:57.339 Gold,<00:32:56.880><c> brothers</c><00:32:56.880><c> and</c><00:32:57.119><c> sisters.</c> 00:32:57.460 --> 00:32:58.920 Gold,<00:32:57.960><c> gold,</c><00:32:58.539><c> gold.</c> 00:32:59.039 --> 00:33:00.680 Yeah,<00:32:59.420><c> gold.</c> 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:03.579 And<00:33:01.339><c> some</c><00:33:01.740><c> fool</c><00:33:01.980><c> would</c><00:33:02.240><c> stand</c><00:33:02.359><c> up</c><00:33:02.579><c> and</c><00:33:02.759><c> say,</c> 00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:06.059 well,<00:33:03.859><c> gold,</c><00:33:04.279><c> yeah,</c><00:33:04.400><c> but</c><00:33:04.500><c> what</c><00:33:04.740><c> about</c><00:33:04.960><c> the</c><00:33:05.279><c> silver?</c> 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:09.140 Inferior<00:33:07.059><c> but</c><00:33:07.259><c> better</c><00:33:07.539><c> than</c><00:33:07.720><c> the</c><00:33:07.880><c> God</c><00:33:07.960><c> of</c><00:33:08.119><c> Heaven,</c><00:33:08.299><c> even</c><00:33:08.740><c> silver.</c> 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:11.539 Yeah,<00:33:09.980><c> yeah,</c><00:33:10.400><c> silver.</c> 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:14.440 Until<00:33:12.180><c> they</c><00:33:12.400><c> got</c><00:33:12.640><c> down</c><00:33:13.059><c> to</c><00:33:13.279><c> cursing</c><00:33:13.660><c> the</c><00:33:13.799><c> God</c><00:33:13.920><c> of</c><00:33:14.079><c> Heaven</c> 00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:16.640 right<00:33:14.859><c> down</c><00:33:15.099><c> to</c><00:33:15.299><c> a</c><00:33:15.599><c> stone.</c> 00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:19.519 And<00:33:17.019><c> they</c><00:33:17.220><c> elevated</c><00:33:17.539><c> a</c><00:33:17.960><c> stone</c><00:33:18.220><c> above</c><00:33:18.519><c> him.</c> 00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.740 This<00:33:20.539><c> is</c><00:33:20.579><c> what</c><00:33:20.680><c> they</c><00:33:20.839><c> did.</c> 00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:24.640 And<00:33:21.940><c> the</c><00:33:22.119><c> lower</c><00:33:22.279><c> they</c><00:33:22.519><c> got,</c><00:33:22.680><c> of</c><00:33:22.859><c> course,</c><00:33:23.160><c> in</c><00:33:23.259><c> their</c><00:33:23.500><c> estimation,</c> 00:33:24.819 --> 00:33:27.640 would<00:33:25.160><c> be</c><00:33:25.380><c> the</c><00:33:25.559><c> greater</c><00:33:25.779><c> insult</c><00:33:26.259><c> to</c><00:33:26.400><c> the</c><00:33:26.539><c> God</c><00:33:26.640><c> of</c><00:33:26.839><c> Heaven.</c> 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:31.640 And<00:33:28.400><c> down</c><00:33:28.579><c> they</c><00:33:28.859><c> came</c><00:33:29.099><c> in</c><00:33:30.059><c> the</c><00:33:30.400><c> gradation</c><00:33:30.859><c> of</c><00:33:31.000><c> those</c><00:33:31.240><c> medals</c> 00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:34.359 as<00:33:32.420><c> they</c><00:33:32.599><c> came</c><00:33:32.839><c> down</c><00:33:33.240><c> from</c><00:33:33.500><c> gold</c><00:33:33.859><c> to</c><00:33:34.079><c> stone</c> 00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:37.339 to<00:33:34.980><c> cast</c><00:33:35.460><c> insults</c><00:33:36.519><c> at</c><00:33:36.539><c> the</c><00:33:36.720><c> God</c><00:33:36.900><c> of</c><00:33:37.039><c> Heaven</c> 00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:39.599 in<00:33:37.660><c> those</c><00:33:37.920><c> golden</c><00:33:38.279><c> vessels,</c><00:33:38.819><c> brothers</c><00:33:38.980><c> and</c><00:33:39.279><c> sisters.</c> 00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:41.980 Lower<00:33:40.220><c> and</c><00:33:40.559><c> lower</c><00:33:40.859><c> have</c><00:33:41.160><c> they</c><00:33:41.319><c> got</c><00:33:41.500><c> him</c> 00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:44.440 in<00:33:42.819><c> their</c><00:33:43.099><c> drunken</c><00:33:43.440><c> stupidity.</c> 00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:47.599 Look<00:33:44.880><c> at</c><00:33:45.019><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:45.380><c> 46.</c> 00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:52.900 Praising<00:33:49.940><c> the</c><00:33:50.180><c> gods</c><00:33:50.440><c> of</c><00:33:50.660><c> gold</c><00:33:50.980><c> and</c><00:33:51.119><c> of</c><00:33:51.359><c> silver</c><00:33:51.559><c> and</c><00:33:51.799><c> of</c><00:33:51.839><c> stone.</c> 00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:57.819 And<00:33:55.839><c> what</c><00:33:55.940><c> do</c><00:33:56.000><c> you</c><00:33:56.160><c> do</c><00:33:56.339><c> when</c><00:33:56.500><c> you</c><00:33:56.640><c> do</c><00:33:56.819><c> that?</c> 00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:59.759 Well,<00:33:58.700><c> look</c><00:33:58.839><c> at</c><00:33:58.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:59.259><c> 46.</c> 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:02.660 We've<00:33:59.980><c> already</c><00:34:00.259><c> seen</c><00:34:00.539><c> this</c><00:34:00.779><c> chapter</c><00:34:01.059><c> in</c><00:34:01.240><c> relation</c><00:34:01.619><c> to</c><00:34:02.259><c> Nebo</c> 00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.160 and<00:34:02.920><c> Belle</c> 00:34:03.160 --> 00:34:07.480 in<00:34:03.400><c> chapter</c><00:34:03.700><c> 1</c><00:34:04.000><c> that</c><00:34:04.519><c> was</c><00:34:04.759><c> the</c><00:34:04.940><c> gods</c><00:34:05.160><c> of</c><00:34:05.380><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c> 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:11.619 But<00:34:07.960><c> now</c><00:34:08.239><c> there's</c><00:34:08.420><c> a</c><00:34:08.480><c> message</c><00:34:08.760><c> in</c><00:34:08.960><c> verse</c><00:34:09.219><c> 3</c><00:34:09.420><c> to</c><00:34:09.579><c> the</c><00:34:09.719><c> house</c><00:34:09.920><c> of</c><00:34:10.179><c> Jacob.</c> 00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.559 Never<00:34:12.380><c> mind</c><00:34:12.599><c> about</c><00:34:12.840><c> the</c><00:34:13.019><c> Babylonians.</c> 00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:15.420 What<00:34:13.800><c> is</c><00:34:13.940><c> their</c><00:34:14.139><c> collegiate</c><00:34:14.460><c> going</c><00:34:14.619><c> to</c><00:34:14.739><c> do?</c> 00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:18.099 What<00:34:16.159><c> are</c><00:34:16.260><c> we</c><00:34:16.380><c> going</c><00:34:16.480><c> to</c><00:34:16.599><c> do,</c><00:34:16.860><c> brothers</c><00:34:16.940><c> and</c><00:34:17.219><c> sisters?</c> 00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:21.179 God<00:34:18.900><c> says,</c><00:34:19.119><c> Harken</c><00:34:19.500><c> unto</c><00:34:19.780><c> me,</c><00:34:20.159><c> O</c><00:34:20.260><c> house</c><00:34:20.539><c> of</c><00:34:20.760><c> Jacob,</c> 00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:23.219 and<00:34:21.780><c> all</c><00:34:21.980><c> the</c><00:34:22.199><c> rumored</c><00:34:22.380><c> of</c><00:34:22.519><c> the</c><00:34:22.699><c> house</c><00:34:22.880><c> of</c><00:34:23.059><c> Israel,</c> 00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:25.800 which<00:34:23.380><c> are</c><00:34:23.659><c> borne</c><00:34:24.280><c> from</c><00:34:24.699><c> me</c><00:34:25.119><c> from</c><00:34:25.300><c> the</c><00:34:25.519><c> belly</c> 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:27.719 and<00:34:26.320><c> carried</c><00:34:26.559><c> from</c><00:34:26.800><c> the</c><00:34:27.000><c> womb.</c> 00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:31.179 You<00:34:28.360><c> see,</c><00:34:28.480><c> they</c><00:34:28.699><c> carried</c><00:34:29.059><c> their</c><00:34:29.300><c> gods,</c><00:34:30.840><c> made</c><00:34:31.039><c> them,</c> 00:34:31.179 --> 00:34:33.000 and<00:34:31.280><c> then</c><00:34:31.400><c> they</c><00:34:31.460><c> had</c><00:34:31.519><c> to</c><00:34:31.599><c> put</c><00:34:31.679><c> them</c><00:34:31.820><c> on</c><00:34:32.099><c> carts.</c> 00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.980 And<00:34:33.280><c> the</c><00:34:33.440><c> oxen</c><00:34:33.639><c> had</c><00:34:33.760><c> to</c><00:34:34.119><c> strain</c><00:34:34.320><c> into</c><00:34:34.519><c> the</c><00:34:34.739><c> harness</c> 00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:37.280 to<00:34:35.199><c> pull</c><00:34:35.380><c> the</c><00:34:35.559><c> heavy</c><00:34:35.860><c> metals</c><00:34:36.179><c> along.</c> 00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:39.820 Heavy<00:34:37.920><c> metals</c><00:34:38.340><c> pulled</c><00:34:38.619><c> by</c><00:34:38.880><c> beasts.</c> 00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:41.179 And<00:34:39.940><c> these</c><00:34:40.079><c> are</c><00:34:40.280><c> gods.</c> 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:44.980 Can't<00:34:41.920><c> talk,</c><00:34:42.860><c> can't</c><00:34:43.219><c> hear,</c><00:34:43.579><c> can't</c><00:34:43.900><c> smell,</c> 00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:47.239 can't<00:34:45.940><c> even</c><00:34:46.280><c> walk.</c> 00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:49.039 And<00:34:48.099><c> beasts</c><00:34:48.320><c> have</c><00:34:48.440><c> got</c><00:34:48.539><c> to</c><00:34:48.679><c> pull</c><00:34:48.760><c> them</c><00:34:48.880><c> along.</c> 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:50.699 And<00:34:49.300><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:49.519><c> says,</c><00:34:49.880><c> Look</c><00:34:49.960><c> at</c><00:34:50.139><c> me,</c><00:34:50.460><c> O</c><00:34:50.460><c> Israel.</c> 00:34:50.760 --> 00:34:51.980 What<00:34:50.900><c> are</c><00:34:51.000><c> you</c><00:34:51.039><c> going</c><00:34:51.099><c> to</c><00:34:51.199><c> do</c><00:34:51.320><c> about</c><00:34:51.579><c> this?</c> 00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:54.480 He<00:34:52.340><c> said,</c><00:34:52.440><c> I've</c><00:34:53.000><c> carried</c><00:34:53.239><c> you.</c> 00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:59.760 And<00:34:55.880><c> he</c><00:34:55.940><c> said,</c><00:34:56.039><c> I</c><00:34:56.139><c> did</c><00:34:56.360><c> that</c><00:34:57.800><c> from</c><00:34:59.340><c> the</c><00:34:59.539><c> womb.</c> 00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:01.260 I<00:35:00.219><c> carried</c><00:35:00.480><c> you</c><00:35:00.719><c> from</c><00:35:00.880><c> the</c><00:35:01.099><c> womb.</c> 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:03.280 But<00:35:01.400><c> when</c><00:35:01.519><c> you</c><00:35:01.659><c> were</c><00:35:01.920><c> born,</c><00:35:02.380><c> I</c><00:35:02.679><c> bore</c><00:35:02.800><c> you</c><00:35:03.039><c> up.</c> 00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:06.000 As<00:35:03.860><c> children</c><00:35:04.360><c> I</c><00:35:04.599><c> carried</c><00:35:04.860><c> you.</c> 00:35:06.619 --> 00:35:10.159 Even<00:35:06.719><c> in</c><00:35:06.860><c> your</c><00:35:07.000><c> old</c><00:35:07.219><c> age,</c><00:35:07.579><c> he</c><00:35:07.699><c> says,</c><00:35:07.940><c> I</c><00:35:08.079><c> still</c><00:35:08.420><c> carry</c><00:35:08.719><c> you.</c> 00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:14.420 Verse<00:35:10.780><c> 5,</c><00:35:11.159><c> to</c><00:35:11.360><c> whom</c><00:35:11.860><c> then,</c><00:35:12.320><c> he</c><00:35:12.519><c> said,</c><00:35:12.760><c> will</c><00:35:12.840><c> you</c><00:35:13.019><c> liken</c><00:35:13.239><c> me</c> 00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:18.300 and<00:35:15.559><c> make</c><00:35:15.800><c> me</c><00:35:16.059><c> equal</c><00:35:16.219><c> and</c><00:35:16.460><c> compare</c><00:35:16.800><c> me</c><00:35:17.219><c> that</c><00:35:17.380><c> we</c><00:35:17.599><c> may</c><00:35:17.780><c> be</c><00:35:18.019><c> like?</c> 00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.820 You<00:35:18.599><c> see</c><00:35:18.639><c> what</c><00:35:18.739><c> they</c><00:35:18.980><c> did?</c> 00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:23.619 The<00:35:21.719><c> lack</c><00:35:21.920><c> of</c><00:35:22.219><c> appreciation,</c><00:35:22.960><c> brothers</c><00:35:23.119><c> and</c><00:35:23.400><c> sisters,</c> 00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:29.519 of<00:35:23.820><c> who</c><00:35:24.119><c> God</c><00:35:24.320><c> is</c><00:35:25.340><c> and</c><00:35:26.360><c> the</c><00:35:26.860><c> stupid</c><00:35:27.920><c> way</c><00:35:28.659><c> in</c><00:35:28.780><c> which</c><00:35:28.900><c> they</c><00:35:29.119><c> saw</c> 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:32.639 the<00:35:29.860><c> idols</c><00:35:30.139><c> having</c><00:35:30.519><c> some</c><00:35:31.280><c> power</c><00:35:31.900><c> and</c><00:35:32.260><c> ability</c> 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.739 which<00:35:32.800><c> they</c><00:35:32.940><c> didn't</c><00:35:33.260><c> have.</c> 00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:36.260 Why,<00:35:34.219><c> says</c><00:35:34.340><c> God,</c><00:35:34.820><c> they</c><00:35:35.059><c> lavish</c><00:35:35.360><c> gold</c><00:35:35.679><c> out</c><00:35:35.820><c> of</c><00:35:35.920><c> the</c><00:35:36.099><c> bag.</c> 00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.500 They<00:35:36.460><c> weigh</c><00:35:36.659><c> silver</c><00:35:36.980><c> in</c><00:35:37.119><c> the</c><00:35:37.320><c> balance.</c> 00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:39.559 Hire<00:35:38.099><c> a</c><00:35:38.219><c> goldsmith</c><00:35:38.619><c> and</c><00:35:38.840><c> make</c><00:35:39.000><c> it</c><00:35:39.099><c> for</c><00:35:39.199><c> the</c><00:35:39.360><c> God.</c> 00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:40.860 And<00:35:39.840><c> they</c><00:35:40.059><c> fall</c><00:35:40.199><c> down</c><00:35:40.380><c> to</c><00:35:40.480><c> worship.</c> 00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.800 And<00:35:41.260><c> they</c><00:35:41.539><c> bear</c><00:35:41.679><c> him.</c> 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:43.619 They<00:35:41.960><c> carry</c><00:35:42.320><c> him.</c> 00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:45.400 They<00:35:44.340><c> bear</c><00:35:44.579><c> him</c><00:35:44.739><c> upon</c><00:35:45.000><c> the</c><00:35:45.219><c> shoulder.</c> 00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:47.880 They<00:35:45.579><c> carry</c><00:35:45.880><c> him</c><00:35:46.079><c> and</c><00:35:46.239><c> set</c><00:35:46.420><c> him</c><00:35:46.559><c> in</c><00:35:46.659><c> his</c><00:35:46.920><c> place.</c> 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:51.019 And<00:35:48.039><c> he</c><00:35:48.280><c> standeth</c><00:35:48.599><c> from</c><00:35:48.780><c> his</c><00:35:49.059><c> place</c><00:35:49.320><c> and</c><00:35:49.480><c> shall</c><00:35:49.639><c> not</c><00:35:50.019><c> remove.</c> 00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:53.619 Yea,<00:35:51.480><c> one</c><00:35:51.619><c> shall</c><00:35:51.780><c> cry</c><00:35:52.159><c> unto</c><00:35:52.260><c> him,</c><00:35:52.659><c> but</c><00:35:52.719><c> he</c><00:35:52.880><c> can't</c><00:35:53.239><c> answer.</c> 00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:55.739 He<00:35:54.179><c> can</c><00:35:54.360><c> do</c><00:35:54.460><c> nothing</c><00:35:54.739><c> for</c><00:35:55.059><c> him,</c><00:35:55.320><c> he</c><00:35:55.500><c> says.</c> 00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:58.260 Yet<00:35:56.239><c> they</c><00:35:56.500><c> praise</c><00:35:56.760><c> those</c><00:35:57.039><c> gods</c><00:35:57.260><c> of</c><00:35:57.440><c> silver</c><00:35:57.699><c> and</c><00:35:57.920><c> gold.</c> 00:35:58.260 --> 00:36:04.559 But<00:35:59.219><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:59.539><c> said,</c><00:36:01.280><c> I</c><00:36:01.300><c> carried</c><00:36:01.699><c> you</c><00:36:02.559><c> from</c><00:36:03.360><c> the</c><00:36:03.639><c> womb.</c> 00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:09.099 Now<00:36:05.179><c> listen,</c><00:36:05.659><c> Jacob,</c><00:36:06.320><c> he</c><00:36:06.320><c> says,</c><00:36:06.920><c> to</c><00:36:07.099><c> whom</c><00:36:07.300><c> then</c><00:36:07.539><c> will</c><00:36:07.699><c> you</c><00:36:07.880><c> liken</c><00:36:08.099><c> me?</c> 00:36:10.099 --> 00:36:12.159 You<00:36:10.159><c> know</c><00:36:10.340><c> Israel</c><00:36:10.579><c> never</c><00:36:10.880><c> learnt</c><00:36:11.019><c> that</c><00:36:11.260><c> lesson.</c> 00:36:13.139 --> 00:36:15.280 Right<00:36:13.400><c> up</c><00:36:13.539><c> until</c><00:36:13.719><c> the</c><00:36:13.860><c> days</c><00:36:14.119><c> of</c><00:36:14.280><c> the</c><00:36:14.360><c> Lord</c><00:36:14.539><c> Jesus</c><00:36:14.980><c> Christ,</c> 00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:16.300 they<00:36:15.460><c> never</c><00:36:15.679><c> learnt</c><00:36:15.820><c> that</c><00:36:16.059><c> lesson.</c> 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:18.159 Oh,<00:36:16.840><c> they</c><00:36:16.980><c> didn't</c><00:36:17.199><c> practice</c><00:36:17.579><c> idolatry.</c> 00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:21.960 That<00:36:18.500><c> is</c><00:36:19.980><c> absolute</c><00:36:20.659><c> open</c><00:36:21.219><c> idolatry.</c> 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:24.239 But<00:36:22.179><c> there</c><00:36:22.219><c> was</c><00:36:22.340><c> plenty</c><00:36:22.599><c> of</c><00:36:22.840><c> idolatry,</c><00:36:23.559><c> personal</c><00:36:23.800><c> idolatry,</c> 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:26.059 going<00:36:24.500><c> on,</c><00:36:24.719><c> brothers</c><00:36:24.940><c> and</c><00:36:25.179><c> sisters.</c> 00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:30.079 You<00:36:26.920><c> know,</c><00:36:27.179><c> there</c><00:36:27.239><c> was</c><00:36:27.460><c> a</c><00:36:28.480><c> case</c><00:36:28.639><c> in</c><00:36:28.920><c> point</c><00:36:29.159><c> where</c><00:36:29.559><c> there</c><00:36:29.699><c> was</c><00:36:29.920><c> a</c> 00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:30.619 lame<00:36:30.300><c> man,</c> 00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:33.039 it<00:36:30.880><c> says,</c><00:36:31.599><c> on</c><00:36:31.760><c> one</c><00:36:31.940><c> occasion,</c> 00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:34.880 sat<00:36:33.280><c> by</c><00:36:33.500><c> the</c><00:36:33.619><c> beautiful</c><00:36:34.019><c> gate</c><00:36:34.199><c> of</c><00:36:34.380><c> the</c><00:36:34.519><c> temple</c> 00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:39.000 who<00:36:35.340><c> was</c><00:36:35.820><c> carried</c><00:36:36.539><c> from</c><00:36:37.460><c> the</c><00:36:37.940><c> womb</c> 00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:42.860 and<00:36:40.480><c> whom</c><00:36:40.599><c> those</c><00:36:41.059><c> Judaizers</c><00:36:41.639><c> could</c><00:36:41.860><c> do</c><00:36:42.119><c> nothing</c><00:36:42.420><c> for</c> 00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:46.340 because<00:36:43.179><c> they</c><00:36:43.380><c> had</c><00:36:43.639><c> likened</c><00:36:44.099><c> God</c><00:36:44.599><c> to</c><00:36:45.519><c> something</c><00:36:45.900><c> less</c><00:36:46.199><c> than</c> 00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.579 he<00:36:46.619><c> was.</c> 00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:50.119 And<00:36:48.139><c> when</c><00:36:48.380><c> Peter</c><00:36:48.719><c> and</c><00:36:49.039><c> John</c><00:36:49.360><c> came</c><00:36:49.679><c> along,</c> 00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:54.239 they<00:36:50.639><c> said,</c><00:36:51.679><c> silver</c><00:36:51.679><c> and</c><00:36:52.179><c> gold,</c><00:36:52.780><c> have</c><00:36:53.000><c> we</c><00:36:53.260><c> none?</c> 00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:59.300 And<00:36:56.840><c> he</c><00:36:57.119><c> stood</c><00:36:57.260><c> up</c><00:36:57.519><c> and</c><00:36:57.739><c> walked</c><00:36:58.039><c> and</c><00:36:58.320><c> leapt</c><00:36:58.619><c> and</c><00:36:58.880><c> danced</c><00:36:59.139><c> into</c> 00:36:59.300 --> 00:37:00.480 that<00:36:59.500><c> temple</c> 00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:02.820 because<00:37:01.440><c> they</c><00:37:01.659><c> taught</c><00:37:01.880><c> him,</c><00:37:02.199><c> brothers</c><00:37:02.320><c> and</c><00:37:02.559><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:05.199 what<00:37:03.039><c> Israel</c><00:37:03.400><c> should</c><00:37:03.579><c> have</c><00:37:03.780><c> always</c><00:37:04.099><c> known.</c> 00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:07.559 Yahweh<00:37:06.420><c> carried</c><00:37:06.840><c> them</c><00:37:07.039><c> from</c><00:37:07.219><c> the</c><00:37:07.420><c> womb</c> 00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:10.219 right<00:37:07.860><c> through</c><00:37:07.960><c> to</c><00:37:08.099><c> their</c><00:37:08.219><c> old</c><00:37:08.460><c> age</c><00:37:08.780><c> if</c><00:37:08.920><c> they</c><00:37:09.059><c> had</c><00:37:09.219><c> faith</c><00:37:09.480><c> in</c><00:37:09.719><c> him.</c> 00:37:10.679 --> 00:37:12.159 But<00:37:10.960><c> they</c><00:37:11.039><c> were</c><00:37:11.300><c> blind</c><00:37:11.619><c> to</c><00:37:11.800><c> that.</c> 00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:15.179 They<00:37:12.760><c> may</c><00:37:12.900><c> not</c><00:37:13.039><c> have</c><00:37:13.119><c> been</c><00:37:13.320><c> worshipping</c><00:37:13.699><c> the</c><00:37:13.920><c> idols</c><00:37:14.119><c> of</c><00:37:14.380><c> Babylon,</c> 00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:18.320 but<00:37:15.780><c> they</c><00:37:16.059><c> carried</c><00:37:16.440><c> that</c><00:37:16.780><c> man</c><00:37:17.440><c> by</c><00:37:17.800><c> the</c><00:37:18.039><c> womb</c> 00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:22.440 to<00:37:18.820><c> sit</c><00:37:19.019><c> him</c><00:37:19.139><c> at</c><00:37:19.300><c> the</c><00:37:19.440><c> gate</c><00:37:19.679><c> to</c><00:37:20.139><c> beg</c><00:37:20.380><c> for</c><00:37:20.820><c> silver</c><00:37:21.159><c> and</c><00:37:21.400><c> gold.</c> 00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:24.420 Peter<00:37:23.119><c> said,</c><00:37:23.400><c> we</c><00:37:23.400><c> haven't</c><00:37:23.539><c> got</c><00:37:23.679><c> any.</c> 00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:29.559 But<00:37:25.900><c> he</c><00:37:25.960><c> gave</c><00:37:26.139><c> him</c><00:37:26.380><c> life</c><00:37:26.800><c> and</c><00:37:27.360><c> strength</c><00:37:27.679><c> and</c><00:37:27.960><c> vitality,</c><00:37:28.500><c> didn't</c><00:37:28.659><c> he,</c> 00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:32.039 to<00:37:29.940><c> leap</c><00:37:30.159><c> and</c><00:37:30.460><c> dance</c><00:37:30.699><c> into</c><00:37:30.820><c> that</c><00:37:31.039><c> temple.</c> 00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:34.019 And<00:37:32.300><c> Yahweh</c><00:37:32.579><c> carried</c><00:37:33.019><c> him,</c><00:37:33.340><c> brothers</c><00:37:33.480><c> and</c><00:37:33.699><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:36.820 not<00:37:34.460><c> to</c><00:37:34.639><c> the</c><00:37:34.820><c> gate,</c><00:37:35.280><c> but</c><00:37:35.440><c> right</c><00:37:35.659><c> into</c><00:37:35.800><c> the</c><00:37:36.059><c> precincts</c> 00:37:37.159 --> 00:37:40.199 to<00:37:37.239><c> where</c><00:37:37.360><c> he</c><00:37:37.440><c> could</c><00:37:37.579><c> worship</c><00:37:38.000><c> God</c><00:37:38.360><c> in</c><00:37:38.699><c> spirit</c><00:37:38.900><c> and</c><00:37:39.079><c> in</c><00:37:39.400><c> truth.</c> 00:37:40.260 --> 00:37:41.840 Israel<00:37:40.579><c> never</c><00:37:41.139><c> learnt</c><00:37:41.320><c> that</c><00:37:41.639><c> lesson</c> 00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:43.579 and<00:37:42.079><c> still</c><00:37:42.320><c> haven't</c><00:37:42.539><c> learnt</c><00:37:42.739><c> that</c><00:37:43.039><c> lesson</c> 00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:45.900 despite<00:37:44.500><c> the</c><00:37:44.780><c> fact</c><00:37:44.900><c> that</c><00:37:45.019><c> they</c><00:37:45.179><c> don't</c><00:37:45.420><c> practise</c> 00:37:45.900 --> 00:37:48.260 abject<00:37:46.500><c> idolatry</c><00:37:47.119><c> from</c><00:37:47.360><c> Babylon.</c> 00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:50.840 But<00:37:48.679><c> there</c><00:37:48.760><c> they</c><00:37:48.920><c> were,</c><00:37:49.460><c> praising</c><00:37:49.780><c> these</c><00:37:50.099><c> gods</c><00:37:50.320><c> of</c><00:37:50.539><c> silver</c> 00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:51.179 and<00:37:50.980><c> gold.</c> 00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:52.719 What<00:37:51.739><c> for?</c> 00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:55.619 What<00:37:53.280><c> purpose</c><00:37:53.699><c> was</c><00:37:53.900><c> in</c><00:37:54.019><c> that,</c><00:37:54.440><c> brothers</c><00:37:54.440><c> and</c><00:37:54.679><c> sisters?</c> 00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:58.860 Well,<00:37:57.039><c> verse</c><00:37:57.260><c> 5</c><00:37:57.719><c> of</c><00:37:57.880><c> chapter</c><00:37:58.159><c> 5</c><00:37:58.539><c> says,</c> 00:37:58.980 --> 00:38:01.019 in<00:37:59.059><c> the</c><00:37:59.519><c> same</c><00:38:00.000><c> hour.</c> 00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:05.300 Now,<00:38:02.760><c> the</c><00:38:02.940><c> RSV</c><00:38:03.400><c> says</c><00:38:03.679><c> immediately,</c> 00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:10.639 there<00:38:06.679><c> came</c><00:38:07.059><c> forth</c><00:38:07.699><c> the</c><00:38:09.280><c> fingers</c><00:38:09.619><c> of</c><00:38:09.800><c> a</c><00:38:09.960><c> man's</c><00:38:10.400><c> hand</c> 00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:13.980 and<00:38:10.860><c> wrote</c><00:38:11.699><c> against</c><00:38:12.440><c> the</c><00:38:12.780><c> candlestick</c><00:38:13.219><c> or</c><00:38:13.420><c> lampstand</c> 00:38:13.980 --> 00:38:16.239 upon<00:38:14.199><c> the</c><00:38:14.539><c> plaster</c><00:38:14.940><c> of</c><00:38:15.119><c> the</c><00:38:15.320><c> wall.</c> 00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:20.760 There'd<00:38:17.360><c> be</c><00:38:17.559><c> a</c><00:38:17.619><c> big</c><00:38:18.239><c> chandelier</c><00:38:19.059><c> type</c><00:38:19.380><c> of</c><00:38:19.519><c> thing,</c><00:38:19.719><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:19.920><c> there?</c> 00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:23.119 There'd<00:38:21.039><c> be</c><00:38:21.159><c> many</c><00:38:21.360><c> lights,</c><00:38:21.920><c> brothers</c><00:38:22.019><c> and</c><00:38:22.239><c> sisters,</c><00:38:22.480><c> in</c><00:38:22.599><c> that</c><00:38:22.820><c> chamber.</c> 00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:25.159 There<00:38:23.260><c> was</c><00:38:23.519><c> over</c><00:38:23.820><c> a</c><00:38:23.940><c> thousand</c><00:38:24.320><c> lords,</c><00:38:24.800><c> of</c><00:38:24.920><c> course.</c> 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:27.679 There<00:38:25.500><c> was</c><00:38:25.719><c> at</c><00:38:25.820><c> least</c><00:38:26.059><c> a</c><00:38:26.159><c> thousand</c><00:38:26.480><c> lords,</c><00:38:26.880><c> as</c><00:38:26.960><c> well</c><00:38:27.079><c> as</c><00:38:27.199><c> other</c><00:38:27.360><c> people,</c> 00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:30.519 the<00:38:27.960><c> wives</c><00:38:28.199><c> and</c><00:38:28.500><c> concubines.</c><00:38:28.880><c> The</c><00:38:29.139><c> place</c><00:38:29.260><c> would</c><00:38:29.440><c> be</c><00:38:29.719><c> packed.</c> 00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:33.699 It<00:38:30.659><c> was</c><00:38:30.860><c> a</c><00:38:31.039><c> banquet</c><00:38:31.239><c> hall.</c><00:38:31.619><c> Imagine</c><00:38:31.760><c> the</c><00:38:32.079><c> size</c><00:38:32.280><c> of</c><00:38:32.440><c> that</c><00:38:32.679><c> place.</c> 00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:37.400 You<00:38:34.840><c> have</c><00:38:34.980><c> some</c><00:38:35.239><c> idea</c><00:38:35.639><c> of</c><00:38:35.780><c> what</c><00:38:35.980><c> Babylon</c><00:38:36.199><c> was</c><00:38:36.440><c> like.</c> 00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:39.320 And<00:38:37.840><c> there'd</c><00:38:37.960><c> be</c><00:38:38.139><c> a</c><00:38:38.239><c> well</c><00:38:38.440><c>-lit</c><00:38:38.619><c> place,</c><00:38:38.900><c> of</c><00:38:39.139><c> course,</c> 00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:41.820 but<00:38:39.440><c> there'd</c><00:38:39.659><c> be</c><00:38:39.800><c> one</c><00:38:40.400><c> special</c><00:38:40.980><c> light,</c><00:38:41.280><c> wouldn't</c><00:38:41.539><c> there?</c> 00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:45.039 And<00:38:42.179><c> that</c><00:38:42.440><c> light,</c><00:38:43.639><c> by</c><00:38:43.719><c> the</c><00:38:43.940><c> providence</c><00:38:44.179><c> of</c><00:38:44.420><c> God,</c><00:38:44.719><c> it</c><00:38:44.739><c> seems,</c> 00:38:45.440 --> 00:38:47.539 was<00:38:45.739><c> set</c><00:38:45.880><c> against</c><00:38:46.320><c> a</c><00:38:46.679><c> whitewashed</c><00:38:47.260><c> wall,</c> 00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:50.619 and<00:38:47.739><c> it</c><00:38:47.800><c> gave</c><00:38:48.059><c> that</c><00:38:48.480><c> wall</c><00:38:48.639><c> a</c><00:38:48.820><c> very</c><00:38:49.199><c> glaring</c><00:38:49.539><c> appearance.</c> 00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:54.260 And<00:38:51.360><c> on</c><00:38:51.579><c> that</c><00:38:51.780><c> wall,</c><00:38:53.039><c> immediately,</c><00:38:53.519><c> as</c><00:38:53.639><c> he</c><00:38:53.659><c> lifted</c><00:38:53.900><c> this,</c> 00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.860 as<00:38:54.480><c> some</c><00:38:54.659><c> fool</c><00:38:54.840><c> got</c><00:38:55.059><c> down</c><00:38:55.219><c> at</c><00:38:55.360><c> the</c><00:38:55.599><c> stone,</c> 00:38:56.280 --> 00:38:59.500 well,<00:38:56.679><c> I</c><00:38:56.900><c> reckon</c><00:38:57.119><c> the</c><00:38:57.400><c> god</c><00:38:57.579><c> of</c><00:38:57.800><c> Israel</c><00:38:58.099><c> is</c><00:38:58.320><c> no</c><00:38:58.539><c> better</c><00:38:58.780><c> than</c><00:38:59.039><c> a</c><00:38:59.260><c> rock.</c> 00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:01.619 Don't<00:38:59.739><c> you,</c><00:39:00.320><c> boys?</c><00:39:01.139><c> Yeah!</c> 00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:06.800 And<00:39:02.099><c> immediately,</c><00:39:05.539><c> a</c><00:39:05.719><c> hand</c><00:39:05.900><c> appeared,</c> 00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:10.119 just<00:39:07.119><c> the</c><00:39:07.300><c> fingers</c><00:39:07.579><c> of</c><00:39:07.739><c> a</c><00:39:07.940><c> hand</c><00:39:08.440><c> on</c><00:39:09.519><c> that</c><00:39:09.780><c> wall.</c> 00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:11.480 Old<00:39:10.599><c> ear.</c> 00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:14.960 You<00:39:12.659><c> imagine</c><00:39:12.920><c> the</c><00:39:13.179><c> hush</c><00:39:13.360><c> that</c><00:39:13.579><c> fell</c><00:39:13.679><c> over</c><00:39:13.860><c> that</c><00:39:14.059><c> place.</c> 00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:18.940 It'd<00:39:17.119><c> be</c><00:39:17.280><c> electrifying,</c><00:39:17.860><c> wouldn't</c><00:39:17.940><c> it?</c> 00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:22.480 Imagine<00:39:19.519><c> the</c><00:39:19.739><c> noise,</c><00:39:20.179><c> the</c><00:39:20.420><c> clamor,</c><00:39:21.320><c> the</c><00:39:21.480><c> calling</c><00:39:21.699><c> out,</c><00:39:22.099><c> the</c><00:39:22.239><c> singing,</c> 00:39:22.699 --> 00:39:25.260 the<00:39:22.800><c> ribald</c><00:39:23.320><c> mirth,</c><00:39:23.800><c> brothers</c><00:39:23.900><c> and</c><00:39:24.099><c> sisters,</c><00:39:24.900><c> and</c><00:39:25.019><c> then</c> 00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:26.920 absolute<00:39:25.739><c> silence.</c> 00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:29.619 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was</c><00:39:56.800><c> commanded</c> 00:39:57.179 --> 00:39:57.780 by<00:39:57.480><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:39:57.860 --> 00:40:00.019 that<00:39:58.159><c> when</c><00:39:58.400><c> he</c><00:39:58.639><c> got</c><00:39:58.840><c> there,</c><00:39:59.099><c> they</c><00:39:59.239><c> were</c><00:39:59.340><c> to</c><00:39:59.500><c> take</c><00:39:59.639><c> the</c><00:39:59.860><c> people</c> 00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:01.199 to<00:40:00.380><c> Shechem.</c> 00:40:01.860 --> 00:40:04.840 They<00:40:02.079><c> crossed</c><00:40:02.400><c> at</c><00:40:02.619><c> Jericho,</c><00:40:03.059><c> at</c><00:40:03.179><c> Gilgal</c><00:40:03.480><c> there</c><00:40:03.639><c> in</c><00:40:03.800><c> Jericho.</c> 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:07.800 Shechem<00:40:05.360><c> is</c><00:40:05.679><c> the</c><00:40:05.800><c> geographical</c><00:40:06.460><c> center</c><00:40:06.860><c> of</c><00:40:07.000><c> the</c><00:40:07.159><c> land,</c><00:40:07.619><c> north</c> 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:08.300 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finger</c><00:40:57.300><c> of</c><00:40:57.579><c> God.</c> 00:40:58.019 --> 00:41:00.699 And<00:40:58.199><c> Exodus</c><00:40:58.480><c> goes</c><00:40:58.760><c> on</c><00:40:58.960><c> to</c><00:40:59.139><c> say</c><00:40:59.320><c> they</c><00:40:59.659><c> were</c><00:40:59.880><c> written</c><00:41:00.039><c> on</c><00:41:00.400><c> this</c> 00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.059 side<00:41:00.980><c> and</c><00:41:01.300><c> that</c><00:41:01.699><c> side</c> 00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:06.780 with<00:41:02.239><c> the</c><00:41:02.340><c> finger</c><00:41:02.739><c> of</c><00:41:02.920><c> God,</c><00:41:04.780><c> indelibly</c><00:41:05.539><c> scored</c><00:41:05.960><c> there</c> 00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:09.320 with<00:41:07.239><c> the</c><00:41:07.460><c> principles</c><00:41:07.860><c> of</c><00:41:08.059><c> the</c><00:41:08.219><c> Ten</c><00:41:08.480><c> Commandments.</c> 00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:13.659 Thou<00:41:09.800><c> shalt</c><00:41:10.039><c> have</c><00:41:10.360><c> no</c><00:41:10.900><c> other</c><00:41:11.659><c> gods</c><00:41:12.000><c> before</c><00:41:12.480><c> me.</c> 00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:18.239 Thou<00:41:14.699><c> shalt</c><00:41:15.059><c> not</c><00:41:15.559><c> make</c><00:41:15.840><c> any</c><00:41:16.199><c> graven</c><00:41:16.500><c> image,</c><00:41:16.860><c> nor</c><00:41:17.000><c> bow</c><00:41:17.380><c> down</c><00:41:18.039><c> to</c> 00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:19.739 any<00:41:18.440><c> molten</c><00:41:18.719><c> image.</c> 00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:24.000 Engrave<00:41:20.900><c> with</c><00:41:21.099><c> the</c><00:41:21.500><c> finger</c><00:41:21.820><c> of</c><00:41:22.239><c> God</c><00:41:22.519><c> in</c><00:41:22.780><c> that</c><00:41:23.019><c> rock.</c> 00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:31.019 And<00:41:25.400><c> here's</c><00:41:25.579><c> that</c><00:41:25.860><c> same</c><00:41:26.179><c> finger</c><00:41:26.760><c> writing</c><00:41:28.460><c> on</c><00:41:28.800><c> that</c><00:41:29.039><c> wall,</c><00:41:29.519><c> brothers</c><00:41:29.599><c> and</c><00:41:29.880><c> sisters.</c> 00:41:31.300 --> 00:41:35.320 All<00:41:31.820><c> were</c><00:41:32.099><c> lit</c><00:41:32.480><c> and</c><00:41:33.619><c> plastered</c><00:41:34.219><c> with</c><00:41:34.420><c> whitewash</c><00:41:34.840><c> there,</c> 00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:39.820 whitewash<00:41:36.099><c> that</c><00:41:36.199><c> it</c><00:41:36.320><c> would</c><00:41:36.500><c> appear</c><00:41:37.019><c> very</c><00:41:37.820><c> clearly</c><00:41:38.219><c> to</c><00:41:38.659><c> that</c><00:41:38.880><c> king.</c> 00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:45.400 And<00:41:42.159><c> the</c><00:41:42.280><c> king</c><00:41:42.559><c> saw,</c><00:41:43.039><c> it</c><00:41:43.179><c> says,</c><00:41:43.519><c> part</c><00:41:43.780><c> of</c><00:41:43.940><c> a</c><00:41:44.139><c> hand</c><00:41:44.340><c> that</c><00:41:44.639><c> wrote.</c> 00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:49.440 It's<00:41:46.159><c> been</c><00:41:46.320><c> 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did</c><00:41:56.280><c> see</c><00:41:56.440><c> that</c><00:41:56.719><c> writing.</c> 00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:59.579 But<00:41:58.039><c> they</c><00:41:58.199><c> couldn't</c><00:41:58.500><c> understand</c><00:41:58.980><c> it.</c> 00:41:59.579 --> 00:42:02.380 And<00:42:00.099><c> consequently</c><00:42:00.380><c> they</c><00:42:00.599><c> couldn't</c><00:42:00.920><c> interpret</c><00:42:01.360><c> it.</c> 00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.699 But<00:42:02.960><c> the</c><00:42:03.099><c> king</c><00:42:03.260><c> saw</c><00:42:03.539><c> it.</c> 00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:06.019 He<00:42:03.920><c> saw</c><00:42:04.380><c> the</c><00:42:04.940><c> part</c><00:42:05.099><c> of</c><00:42:05.300><c> a</c><00:42:05.460><c> hand</c><00:42:05.619><c> that</c><00:42:05.860><c> wrote.</c> 00:42:06.179 --> 00:42:08.619 It<00:42:06.340><c> was</c><00:42:06.599><c> an</c><00:42:07.019><c> eerie</c><00:42:07.360><c> experience.</c> 00:42:09.679 --> 00:42:13.159 It<00:42:10.159><c> would</c><00:42:10.360><c> be</c><00:42:10.500><c> an</c><00:42:10.719><c> eerie</c><00:42:11.000><c> experience</c><00:42:11.559><c> for</c><00:42:11.760><c> any</c><00:42:11.960><c> of</c><00:42:12.059><c> us,</c><00:42:12.380><c> brothers</c><00:42:12.440><c> and</c><00:42:12.739><c> sisters,</c><00:42:12.960><c> to</c> 00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:14.639 see<00:42:13.300><c> that.</c> 00:42:15.219 --> 00:42:20.320 But<00:42:15.500><c> it</c><00:42:15.679><c> was</c><00:42:15.940><c> more</c><00:42:16.400><c> eerie</c><00:42:17.039><c> for</c><00:42:17.579><c> a</c><00:42:17.739><c> Babylonian</c><00:42:18.239><c> to</c><00:42:18.460><c> see</c><00:42:18.639><c> it.</c> 00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:23.539 Because<00:42:20.960><c> he</c><00:42:21.219><c> believed</c><00:42:21.500><c> in</c><00:42:21.739><c> hobgoblins</c><00:42:22.340><c> and</c><00:42:22.559><c> ghosts</c> 00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:27.400 and<00:42:24.500><c> all</c><00:42:24.719><c> sorts</c><00:42:25.019><c> of</c><00:42:25.920><c> funny</c><00:42:26.199><c> things</c><00:42:26.559><c> that</c><00:42:26.800><c> happened</c><00:42:26.920><c> in</c><00:42:27.079><c> the</c><00:42:27.179><c> back</c><00:42:27.280><c> of</c> 00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:27.800 the<00:42:27.599><c> garden.</c> 00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:30.400 He<00:42:28.079><c> was</c><00:42:28.480><c> terribly</c><00:42:28.880><c> superstitious.</c> 00:42:31.340 --> 00:42:35.699 And<00:42:31.519><c> he</c><00:42:31.940><c> would</c><00:42:32.239><c> really</c><00:42:32.840><c> be</c><00:42:33.500><c> absolutely</c><00:42:34.079><c> terrified</c><00:42:34.619><c> of</c><00:42:34.840><c> that.</c> 00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.840 He<00:42:36.159><c> saw</c><00:42:36.460><c> it.</c> 00:42:37.320 --> 00:42:40.239 And<00:42:37.400><c> it</c><00:42:37.480><c> says</c><00:42:37.719><c> his</c><00:42:38.400><c> countenance</c><00:42:38.900><c> changed</c><00:42:39.440><c> in</c><00:42:39.639><c> verse</c><00:42:39.880><c> 6.</c> 00:42:40.480 --> 00:42:43.820 Now<00:42:40.599><c> that's</c><00:42:40.880><c> interesting.</c><00:42:41.659><c> His</c><00:42:41.900><c> countenance</c><00:42:42.440><c> changed.</c> 00:42:44.340 --> 00:42:46.920 Now<00:42:44.519><c> you</c><00:42:44.639><c> know</c><00:42:44.780><c> the</c><00:42:44.900><c> word</c><00:42:45.159><c> countenance</c><00:42:45.739><c> is</c><00:42:46.239><c> the</c><00:42:46.460><c> Chaldean</c> 00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:48.400 word<00:42:47.380><c> zef,</c> 00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:52.380 which<00:42:48.699><c> we</c><00:42:48.880><c> would</c><00:42:49.320><c> spell</c><00:42:49.659><c> zed,</c><00:42:50.960><c> I</c><00:42:51.280><c> think</c><00:42:51.480><c> for</c><00:42:51.679><c> the</c><00:42:51.880><c> sake</c><00:42:52.039><c> of</c><00:42:52.199><c> our</c> 00:42:52.380 --> 00:42:54.039 American<00:42:52.659><c> friends</c><00:42:52.920><c> z,</c> 00:42:55.900 --> 00:43:00.159 which<00:42:56.460><c> is</c><00:42:57.019><c> the</c><00:42:57.219><c> equivalent</c><00:42:57.500><c> of</c><00:42:57.699><c> the</c><00:42:57.820><c> Hebrew</c><00:42:58.119><c> word</c><00:42:58.519><c> zif,</c> 00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:04.980 which<00:43:01.440><c> is</c><00:43:01.739><c> the</c><00:43:01.920><c> name</c><00:43:02.099><c> of</c><00:43:02.300><c> the</c><00:43:02.559><c> second</c><00:43:02.880><c> month</c><00:43:03.300><c> of</c><00:43:03.539><c> the</c><00:43:03.679><c> Jewish</c><00:43:03.940><c> year.</c> 00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:07.619 Because<00:43:05.500><c> it</c><00:43:05.619><c> was</c><00:43:05.840><c> the</c><00:43:06.099><c> springtime,</c><00:43:06.679><c> you</c><00:43:06.760><c> see.</c> 00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:11.199 And<00:43:08.159><c> the</c><00:43:08.260><c> word</c><00:43:08.480><c> zif</c><00:43:08.739><c> means</c><00:43:09.380><c> brightness</c><00:43:09.980><c> and</c><00:43:10.320><c> splendour</c><00:43:10.679><c> and</c><00:43:10.880><c> colour</c> 00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:14.079 because<00:43:11.599><c> it's</c><00:43:11.940><c> describing</c><00:43:12.320><c> the</c><00:43:12.559><c> month</c><00:43:12.719><c> of</c><00:43:12.920><c> the</c><00:43:13.139><c> flowers.</c> 00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:16.980 And<00:43:15.579><c> you</c><00:43:15.719><c> see</c><00:43:15.800><c> what's</c><00:43:16.019><c> happening.</c> 00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:21.019 Belshazzar<00:43:18.019><c> in</c><00:43:18.280><c> one</c><00:43:18.579><c> second,</c><00:43:19.500><c> his</c><00:43:19.739><c> face</c><00:43:20.059><c> is</c><00:43:20.239><c> all</c><00:43:20.500><c> flushed,</c> 00:43:21.019 --> 00:43:25.800 his<00:43:21.239><c> cheeks</c><00:43:21.659><c> are</c><00:43:21.940><c> rosy</c><00:43:22.280><c> and</c><00:43:22.480><c> red</c><00:43:22.639><c> with</c><00:43:23.880><c> the</c><00:43:24.920><c> effect</c><00:43:25.440><c> of</c><00:43:25.659><c> the</c> 00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.619 wine<00:43:26.000><c> that</c><00:43:26.079><c> he's</c><00:43:26.280><c> drinking.</c> 00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:29.460 He's<00:43:27.019><c> singing</c><00:43:27.260><c> all</c><00:43:27.559><c> the</c><00:43:27.739><c> Babylonian</c><00:43:28.300><c> songs</c><00:43:28.659><c> and</c><00:43:28.880><c> cursing</c><00:43:29.340><c> the</c> 00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:30.219 God<00:43:29.639><c> of</c><00:43:29.800><c> Israel.</c> 00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:32.860 And<00:43:30.539><c> he's</c><00:43:30.699><c> having</c><00:43:30.800><c> a</c><00:43:31.059><c> right</c><00:43:31.239><c> old</c><00:43:31.539><c> time</c><00:43:31.780><c> with</c><00:43:31.940><c> his</c><00:43:32.159><c> arms</c><00:43:32.340><c> probably</c><00:43:32.599><c> around</c> 00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:34.159 a<00:43:32.980><c> couple</c><00:43:33.139><c> of</c><00:43:33.260><c> his</c><00:43:33.480><c> concubines,</c> 00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:38.280 having<00:43:34.539><c> a</c><00:43:34.840><c> glorious</c><00:43:35.179><c> time,</c><00:43:35.780><c> and</c><00:43:35.880><c> his</c><00:43:36.079><c> face</c><00:43:36.380><c> is</c><00:43:36.599><c> like</c><00:43:37.119><c> the</c><00:43:37.579><c> springtime.</c> 00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:41.860 And<00:43:38.739><c> all</c><00:43:38.900><c> of</c><00:43:39.119><c> a</c><00:43:39.139><c> sudden</c><00:43:39.460><c> it's</c><00:43:40.059><c> as</c><00:43:40.300><c> white</c><00:43:40.460><c> as</c><00:43:40.659><c> a</c><00:43:40.840><c> ghost.</c> 00:43:43.300 --> 00:43:45.440 And<00:43:43.780><c> he</c><00:43:44.019><c> sees</c><00:43:44.179><c> his</c><00:43:44.440><c> fingers.</c> 00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:48.019 What's<00:43:47.199><c> that?</c> 00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:49.179 Imagine<00:43:48.920><c> it.</c> 00:43:49.380 --> 00:43:51.420 You<00:43:49.400><c> know,</c><00:43:49.579><c> the</c><00:43:49.719><c> word</c><00:43:49.900><c> is</c><00:43:50.079><c> so</c><00:43:50.320><c> well</c><00:43:50.500><c> chosen,</c><00:43:50.940><c> isn't</c><00:43:51.000><c> it?</c> 00:43:51.679 --> 00:43:53.300 Beautifully<00:43:52.239><c> chosen.</c> 00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:55.159 Now<00:43:53.880><c> look</c><00:43:53.960><c> what</c><00:43:54.159><c> happened.</c> 00:43:56.440 --> 00:43:59.840 His<00:43:56.659><c> joints</c><00:43:57.179><c> and</c><00:43:57.739><c> his</c><00:43:57.980><c> loins</c><00:43:58.380><c> were</c><00:43:58.820><c> loosed.</c> 00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:03.760 Now<00:44:00.300><c> the</c><00:44:00.340><c> word</c><00:44:00.599><c> joints</c><00:44:01.340><c> has</c><00:44:02.039><c> come</c><00:44:02.219><c> from</c><00:44:02.840><c> a</c><00:44:02.960><c> Chaldean</c><00:44:03.380><c> word</c><00:44:03.619><c> he,</c> 00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:05.199 meaning<00:44:04.239><c> knots.</c> 00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:08.460 So<00:44:06.340><c> he</c><00:44:07.119><c> got</c><00:44:07.340><c> untied.</c> 00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:12.960 You<00:44:10.480><c> know,</c><00:44:11.519><c> untied</c><00:44:11.800><c> his</c><00:44:11.960><c> knots.</c> 00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:15.300 All<00:44:13.460><c> his</c><00:44:13.619><c> ligaments</c><00:44:13.960><c> became</c><00:44:14.260><c> loose.</c> 00:44:16.300 --> 00:44:20.300 And<00:44:16.780><c> the</c><00:44:17.260><c> RSV</c><00:44:17.739><c> says</c><00:44:18.159><c> his</c><00:44:18.619><c> limbs</c><00:44:18.880><c> gave</c><00:44:19.219><c> way.</c> 00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:23.000 He<00:44:20.739><c> just</c><00:44:20.940><c> dropped</c><00:44:21.199><c> away</c><00:44:21.440><c> from</c><00:44:21.579><c> the</c><00:44:21.619><c> rest</c><00:44:21.800><c> of</c><00:44:21.920><c> his</c><00:44:22.099><c> body.</c> 00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:24.019 Clonk. 00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:27.139 And<00:44:24.380><c> then</c><00:44:24.619><c> because</c><00:44:25.139><c> all</c><00:44:25.460><c> the</c><00:44:25.639><c> knots</c><00:44:25.840><c> were</c><00:44:26.059><c> untied,</c><00:44:26.659><c> it</c><00:44:26.659><c> says</c> 00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:29.960 his<00:44:27.519><c> knees</c><00:44:27.739><c> going...</c> 00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:31.300 You<00:44:30.360><c> can</c><00:44:30.579><c> imagine</c><00:44:30.800><c> the</c><00:44:31.099><c> scene.</c> 00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:34.320 I<00:44:31.440><c> mean,</c><00:44:31.780><c> it's</c><00:44:32.039><c> not</c><00:44:32.260><c> said</c><00:44:32.400><c> for</c><00:44:32.599><c> nothing,</c><00:44:32.980><c> brothers</c><00:44:33.119><c> and</c><00:44:33.360><c> sisters.</c> 00:44:34.739 --> 00:44:36.500 Because<00:44:35.219><c> you</c><00:44:35.340><c> know</c><00:44:35.500><c> what?</c> 00:44:36.659 --> 00:44:38.380 Now<00:44:36.800><c> here's</c><00:44:36.960><c> a</c><00:44:37.119><c> remarkable</c><00:44:37.480><c> thing.</c> 00:44:39.099 --> 00:44:41.780 That's<00:44:39.559><c> told</c><00:44:39.739><c> us</c><00:44:39.980><c> because</c><00:44:40.460><c> God</c><00:44:40.679><c> is</c><00:44:40.860><c> trying</c><00:44:41.000><c> to</c><00:44:41.159><c> tell</c><00:44:41.260><c> us</c><00:44:41.500><c> the</c> 00:44:41.780 --> 00:44:43.320 effect<00:44:42.019><c> of</c><00:44:42.139><c> what</c><00:44:42.320><c> that</c><00:44:42.480><c> had</c><00:44:42.639><c> upon</c><00:44:42.840><c> the</c><00:44:43.079><c> king.</c> 00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:48.719 But<00:44:43.699><c> not</c><00:44:43.900><c> only</c><00:44:44.119><c> that,</c><00:44:45.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:44:45.860><c> said</c><00:44:46.719><c> it</c><00:44:46.880><c> would</c><00:44:47.119><c> have</c><00:44:47.239><c> that</c><00:44:47.500><c> effect</c><00:44:47.719><c> upon</c><00:44:48.019><c> him</c> 00:44:48.719 --> 00:44:52.219 200<00:44:49.380><c> years</c><00:44:50.179><c> before</c><00:44:50.920><c> it</c><00:44:51.219><c> happened.</c> 00:44:52.659 --> 00:44:56.099 He<00:44:52.820><c> even</c><00:44:53.119><c> prophesied</c><00:44:53.960><c> about</c><00:44:54.340><c> his</c><00:44:54.639><c> knocking</c><00:44:55.000><c> knees.</c> 00:44:56.860 --> 00:44:57.639 Do<00:44:57.000><c> you</c><00:44:57.059><c> believe</c><00:44:57.300><c> it?</c> 00:44:57.860 --> 00:44:58.940 Isaiah<00:44:58.139><c> 45.</c> 00:44:59.099 --> 00:45:01.659 We've<00:44:59.280><c> read</c><00:44:59.500><c> chapter</c><00:44:59.800><c> 44,</c><00:45:00.719><c> but</c><00:45:00.800><c> look.</c> 00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:04.480 Look<00:45:02.320><c> what</c><00:45:02.480><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:02.800><c> 45</c><00:45:03.340><c> says.</c> 00:45:08.360 --> 00:45:09.340 Can<00:45:08.480><c> you</c><00:45:08.659><c> believe</c><00:45:08.940><c> it?</c> 00:45:09.500 --> 00:45:10.039 Look<00:45:09.739><c> here.</c> 00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:15.239 So<00:45:11.000><c> we</c><00:45:11.159><c> read</c><00:45:11.340><c> chapter</c><00:45:11.639><c> 44,</c><00:45:12.400><c> verse</c><00:45:12.579><c> 28</c><00:45:13.039><c> about</c><00:45:13.360><c> Cyrus</c><00:45:13.920><c> the</c><00:45:14.320><c> shepherd.</c> 00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:18.480 But<00:45:15.800><c> chapter</c><00:45:16.079><c> 45,</c><00:45:16.599><c> there's</c><00:45:16.820><c> no</c><00:45:17.059><c> chapter</c><00:45:17.320><c> divisions</c><00:45:17.699><c> or</c><00:45:18.019><c> verses</c><00:45:18.300><c> in</c> 00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:20.019 the<00:45:18.639><c> original</c><00:45:18.940><c> Hebrew,</c><00:45:19.300><c> brothers</c><00:45:19.539><c> and</c><00:45:19.780><c> sisters.</c> 00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:22.800 We'll<00:45:20.440><c> read</c><00:45:20.539><c> straight</c><00:45:20.840><c> on</c><00:45:21.000><c> in</c><00:45:21.159><c> chapter</c><00:45:21.360><c> 45,</c><00:45:22.039><c> verse</c><00:45:22.280><c> 1.</c> 00:45:23.119 --> 00:45:27.099 Thus<00:45:23.179><c> saith</c><00:45:23.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:45:23.900><c> to</c><00:45:24.059><c> his</c><00:45:24.199><c> anointed</c><00:45:24.619><c> to</c><00:45:24.860><c> Cyrus,</c><00:45:26.179><c> whose</c><00:45:26.300><c> right</c><00:45:26.659><c> hand</c><00:45:26.920><c> I</c> 00:45:27.099 --> 00:45:29.860 have<00:45:27.300><c> holden,</c><00:45:28.039><c> to</c><00:45:28.300><c> subdue</c><00:45:28.699><c> nations</c><00:45:29.119><c> before</c><00:45:29.579><c> him.</c> 00:45:29.860 --> 00:45:31.340 Now<00:45:30.059><c> look</c><00:45:30.199><c> at</c><00:45:30.380><c> this.</c> 00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:34.940 I<00:45:31.659><c> will</c><00:45:31.980><c> loose</c><00:45:32.800><c> the</c><00:45:33.300><c> loins</c><00:45:33.659><c> of</c><00:45:33.980><c> kings.</c> 00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:38.219 To<00:45:35.800><c> open</c><00:45:36.139><c> before</c><00:45:36.539><c> him</c><00:45:36.800><c> the</c><00:45:36.980><c> two</c><00:45:37.219><c> lead</c><00:45:37.380><c> gates,</c><00:45:37.739><c> and</c><00:45:37.900><c> the</c><00:45:38.039><c> gates</c> 00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:39.239 shall<00:45:38.440><c> not</c><00:45:38.679><c> be</c><00:45:38.960><c> shut.</c> 00:45:39.239 --> 00:45:42.340 I<00:45:40.159><c> will</c><00:45:40.340><c> go</c><00:45:40.579><c> before</c><00:45:40.900><c> them</c><00:45:41.000><c> to</c><00:45:41.119><c> make</c><00:45:41.219><c> the</c><00:45:41.380><c> crooked</c><00:45:41.579><c> places</c><00:45:41.980><c> straight.</c> 00:45:42.480 --> 00:45:45.679 I<00:45:42.500><c> will</c><00:45:42.719><c> break</c><00:45:42.960><c> in</c><00:45:43.219><c> pieces</c><00:45:43.420><c> the</c><00:45:43.679><c> gates</c><00:45:43.920><c> of</c><00:45:44.199><c> brass,</c><00:45:45.000><c> and</c><00:45:45.199><c> cut</c><00:45:45.380><c> in</c> 00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:49.519 sunder<00:45:46.099><c> the</c><00:45:46.599><c> bands</c><00:45:47.019><c> of</c><00:45:47.340><c> iron,</c><00:45:47.800><c> who</c><00:45:48.119><c> loose</c><00:45:48.440><c> the</c><00:45:48.719><c> loins</c><00:45:49.039><c> of</c><00:45:49.340><c> kings.</c> 00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:52.659 And<00:45:49.880><c> that</c><00:45:50.159><c> is</c><00:45:50.539><c> exactly</c><00:45:51.139><c> what</c><00:45:51.460><c> happened</c><00:45:51.719><c> on</c><00:45:52.079><c> the</c><00:45:52.179><c> very</c><00:45:52.440><c> night</c> 00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:54.260 that<00:45:52.920><c> Babylon</c><00:45:53.159><c> fell.</c> 00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:56.619 And<00:45:54.860><c> Isaiah</c><00:45:55.099><c> prophesied</c><00:45:55.679><c> that.</c> 00:45:56.800 --> 00:45:58.380 And<00:45:57.000><c> Daniel</c><00:45:57.239><c> who</c><00:45:57.420><c> was,</c><00:45:57.699><c> I</c><00:45:57.940><c> know</c><00:45:58.159><c> that.</c> 00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:59.619 I<00:45:58.619><c> just</c><00:45:58.820><c> read</c><00:45:58.940><c> it</c><00:45:59.059><c> in</c><00:45:59.199><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:01.840 And<00:46:00.179><c> brothers</c><00:46:00.340><c> and</c><00:46:00.559><c> sisters,</c><00:46:00.760><c> if</c><00:46:00.920><c> I</c><00:46:01.139><c> knew</c><00:46:01.280><c> it,</c><00:46:01.500><c> I'll</c><00:46:01.679><c> tell</c><00:46:01.739><c> you</c> 00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:02.820 somebody<00:46:02.079><c> else</c><00:46:02.340><c> who</c><00:46:02.460><c> knew</c><00:46:02.619><c> it.</c> 00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:04.000 Daniel<00:46:03.320><c> knew</c><00:46:03.559><c> it.</c> 00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:07.940 And<00:46:04.260><c> Daniel</c><00:46:04.420><c> would</c><00:46:04.579><c> be</c><00:46:04.800><c> watching</c><00:46:05.059><c> him</c><00:46:05.840><c> and</c><00:46:07.139><c> seeing</c><00:46:07.400><c> God</c><00:46:07.679><c> under</c> 00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:08.539 the<00:46:08.199><c> knots.</c> 00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:10.500 In<00:46:09.460><c> his</c><00:46:09.719><c> body.</c> 00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:15.360 And<00:46:14.320><c> he'd</c><00:46:14.440><c> be</c><00:46:14.619><c> watching</c><00:46:14.940><c> this.</c> 00:46:15.760 --> 00:46:17.579 And<00:46:15.860><c> he'd</c><00:46:16.039><c> think,</c><00:46:16.179><c> yeah,</c><00:46:16.420><c> that's</c><00:46:16.619><c> right.</c> 00:46:18.679 --> 00:46:20.900 This<00:46:18.900><c> night</c><00:46:19.159><c> that</c><00:46:19.380><c> guy's</c><00:46:19.679><c> going</c><00:46:19.780><c> to</c><00:46:19.920><c> go.</c> 00:46:21.639 --> 00:46:23.679 Daniel<00:46:21.940><c> even</c><00:46:22.219><c> prophesied</c><00:46:22.739><c> that.</c> 00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:25.940 What<00:46:24.340><c> a</c><00:46:24.519><c> remarkable</c><00:46:25.000><c> thing.</c> 00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:27.960 And<00:46:26.539><c> of</c><00:46:26.659><c> course</c><00:46:26.659><c> he</c><00:46:26.920><c> shrieks</c><00:46:27.340><c> in</c><00:46:27.519><c> verse</c><00:46:27.760><c> 7.</c> 00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:30.000 He<00:46:28.119><c> cried</c><00:46:28.400><c> aloud,</c><00:46:28.940><c> it</c><00:46:29.199><c> says.</c> 00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:31.579 In<00:46:30.400><c> the</c><00:46:30.579><c> margin</c><00:46:30.760><c> it</c><00:46:30.880><c> says,</c><00:46:31.219><c> with</c><00:46:31.300><c> might.</c> 00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:34.219 Same<00:46:32.219><c> word</c><00:46:32.460><c> as</c><00:46:32.599><c> when</c><00:46:32.760><c> the</c><00:46:32.880><c> herald</c><00:46:33.119><c> with</c><00:46:33.340><c> might</c><00:46:33.639><c> said,</c><00:46:33.940><c> this</c><00:46:34.039><c> is</c> 00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:34.699 great<00:46:34.440><c> Babylon.</c> 00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:36.199 And<00:46:34.820><c> now</c><00:46:35.000><c> he</c><00:46:35.199><c> cries</c><00:46:35.440><c> out.</c> 00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:38.239 Bring<00:46:37.119><c> me</c><00:46:37.559><c> my</c><00:46:37.780><c> wise</c><00:46:38.039><c> men.</c> 00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:40.480 He<00:46:38.840><c> screamed</c><00:46:39.059><c> for</c><00:46:39.300><c> the</c><00:46:39.559><c> scientists.</c> 00:46:40.659 --> 00:46:43.659 There's<00:46:40.860><c> got</c><00:46:40.980><c> to</c><00:46:41.079><c> be</c><00:46:41.159><c> some</c><00:46:41.480><c> rational</c><00:46:41.980><c> explanation</c><00:46:42.539><c> for</c><00:46:42.780><c> this.</c> 00:46:44.440 --> 00:46:46.059 There's<00:46:44.599><c> got</c><00:46:44.699><c> to</c><00:46:44.780><c> be</c><00:46:44.940><c> a</c><00:46:45.059><c> rational</c><00:46:45.440><c> explanation.</c> 00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:48.340 It's<00:46:46.280><c> like</c><00:46:46.460><c> a</c><00:46:46.920><c> person</c><00:46:47.179><c> that</c><00:46:47.360><c> might</c><00:46:47.500><c> be</c><00:46:47.659><c> in</c><00:46:47.800><c> a</c><00:46:47.900><c> house</c><00:46:48.079><c> and</c><00:46:48.239><c> the</c> 00:46:48.340 --> 00:46:49.639 thing's<00:46:48.679><c> shaking</c><00:46:48.840><c> to</c><00:46:49.019><c> its</c><00:46:49.199><c> foundations</c> 00:46:49.639 --> 00:46:51.840 and<00:46:49.860><c> telegraph</c><00:46:50.320><c> poles</c><00:46:50.599><c> have</c><00:46:50.840><c> fallen</c><00:46:50.960><c> over</c><00:46:51.219><c> and</c><00:46:51.420><c> cars</c><00:46:51.639><c> have</c> 00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:52.420 been<00:46:51.900><c> thrown</c><00:46:52.119><c> around.</c> 00:46:52.659 --> 00:46:56.360 And<00:46:52.800><c> he</c><00:46:53.000><c> shrieks</c><00:46:53.159><c> for</c><00:46:53.420><c> a</c><00:46:53.579><c> scientist</c><00:46:53.940><c> who</c><00:46:55.699><c> can</c><00:46:55.699><c> explain</c><00:46:56.000><c> that</c><00:46:56.199><c> a</c> 00:46:56.360 --> 00:46:57.420 cat<00:46:56.539><c> walked</c><00:46:56.739><c> past</c><00:46:57.039><c> or</c><00:46:57.199><c> something.</c> 00:46:57.780 --> 00:46:59.280 A<00:46:57.980><c> natural</c><00:46:58.320><c> phenomena.</c> 00:46:59.639 --> 00:47:02.139 Try<00:46:59.980><c> and</c><00:47:00.219><c> find</c><00:47:00.320><c> some</c><00:47:00.780><c> explanation</c><00:47:01.460><c> for</c><00:47:01.699><c> this.</c> 00:47:02.139 --> 00:47:04.260 And<00:47:02.719><c> he</c><00:47:02.880><c> calls</c><00:47:03.260><c> for</c><00:47:03.559><c> his</c><00:47:03.719><c> wise</c><00:47:03.980><c> men.</c> 00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:06.519 What<00:47:04.619><c> can</c><00:47:04.840><c> they</c><00:47:04.980><c> do</c><00:47:05.159><c> for</c><00:47:05.380><c> him?</c> 00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:09.940 Isaiah<00:47:06.659><c> again,</c><00:47:07.480><c> brothers</c><00:47:07.559><c> and</c><00:47:07.840><c> sisters,</c><00:47:08.260><c> 47.</c> 00:47:12.400 --> 00:47:15.639 Isaiah<00:47:12.699><c> the</c><00:47:12.960><c> prophet</c><00:47:13.219><c> foresaw</c><00:47:13.960><c> that</c><00:47:14.900><c> this</c><00:47:15.059><c> would</c><00:47:15.239><c> happen.</c> 00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:18.199 Nothing<00:47:16.260><c> could</c><00:47:16.480><c> be</c><00:47:16.639><c> done</c><00:47:16.780><c> for</c><00:47:16.980><c> him.</c> 00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:21.440 In<00:47:18.880><c> Isaiah</c><00:47:19.320><c> chapter</c><00:47:19.599><c> 47.</c> 00:47:22.820 --> 00:47:25.099 Speaking<00:47:23.019><c> again</c><00:47:23.440><c> in</c><00:47:23.739><c> Babylon,</c><00:47:24.219><c> see</c><00:47:24.340><c> verse</c><00:47:24.659><c> 1.</c> 00:47:25.219 --> 00:47:29.199 Come<00:47:25.480><c> down</c><00:47:26.000><c> and</c><00:47:26.480><c> sit</c><00:47:26.820><c> in</c><00:47:27.340><c> the</c><00:47:27.539><c> dust,</c><00:47:28.019><c> O</c><00:47:28.079><c> virgin</c><00:47:28.420><c> daughter</c><00:47:28.760><c> of</c><00:47:29.000><c> Babylon.</c> 00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:30.039 Sit<00:47:29.519><c> on</c><00:47:29.739><c> the</c><00:47:29.920><c> ground.</c> 00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:31.760 There<00:47:30.139><c> is</c><00:47:30.380><c> no</c><00:47:30.679><c> throne.</c> 00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:33.639 So<00:47:32.179><c> it's</c><00:47:32.340><c> the</c><00:47:32.420><c> end</c><00:47:32.659><c> of</c><00:47:32.860><c> Babylon.</c> 00:47:34.260 --> 00:47:35.119 What's<00:47:34.480><c> going</c><00:47:34.579><c> to</c><00:47:34.699><c> happen?</c> 00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:36.099 Verse<00:47:35.619><c> 11.</c> 00:47:36.280 --> 00:47:38.099 Therefore<00:47:36.599><c> shall</c><00:47:36.920><c> evil</c><00:47:37.119><c> come</c><00:47:37.400><c> upon</c><00:47:37.679><c> thee.</c> 00:47:38.579 --> 00:47:41.480 Thou<00:47:38.719><c> shalt</c><00:47:39.019><c> not</c><00:47:39.480><c> know</c><00:47:39.880><c> from</c><00:47:40.219><c> whence</c><00:47:40.420><c> it</c><00:47:40.579><c> arises.</c> 00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:44.159 And<00:47:42.320><c> mischief</c><00:47:42.639><c> shall</c><00:47:42.960><c> fall</c><00:47:43.380><c> upon</c><00:47:43.739><c> thee.</c> 00:47:44.440 --> 00:47:46.800 Thou<00:47:44.579><c> shalt</c><00:47:44.820><c> not</c><00:47:45.139><c> be</c><00:47:45.340><c> able</c><00:47:45.519><c> to</c><00:47:45.679><c> put</c><00:47:45.760><c> it</c><00:47:45.940><c> off.</c> 00:47:47.260 --> 00:47:49.340 And<00:47:47.480><c> desolation</c><00:47:47.960><c> shall</c><00:47:48.119><c> come</c><00:47:48.360><c> upon</c><00:47:48.579><c> thee,</c><00:47:48.920><c> suddenly,</c><00:47:49.239><c> which</c> 00:47:49.340 --> 00:47:51.159 thou<00:47:49.519><c> shalt</c><00:47:49.780><c> not</c><00:47:50.179><c> know.</c> 00:47:51.820 --> 00:47:55.659 Stand<00:47:52.280><c> now</c><00:47:52.599><c> with</c><00:47:52.840><c> thine</c><00:47:53.119><c> enchantments,</c><00:47:54.719><c> and</c><00:47:54.960><c> with</c><00:47:55.059><c> the</c><00:47:55.159><c> multitude</c><00:47:55.500><c> of</c> 00:47:55.659 --> 00:47:56.980 thy<00:47:55.840><c> sorceries,</c> 00:47:56.980 --> 00:47:59.380 wherein<00:47:57.480><c> thou</c><00:47:57.699><c> hast</c><00:47:57.940><c> laboured</c><00:47:58.320><c> from</c><00:47:58.719><c> thy</c><00:47:58.980><c> youth.</c> 00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:02.099 If<00:48:00.000><c> so</c><00:48:00.300><c> be,</c><00:48:00.639><c> that</c><00:48:00.760><c> thou</c><00:48:00.940><c> shalt</c><00:48:01.119><c> be</c><00:48:01.340><c> able</c><00:48:01.519><c> to</c><00:48:01.800><c> profit.</c> 00:48:02.599 --> 00:48:04.840 If<00:48:02.840><c> so</c><00:48:03.139><c> be,</c><00:48:03.420><c> thou</c><00:48:03.559><c> mayest</c><00:48:03.940><c> prevail.</c> 00:48:05.300 --> 00:48:08.199 Thou<00:48:05.539><c> art</c><00:48:05.880><c> withered</c><00:48:06.159><c> in</c><00:48:06.320><c> the</c><00:48:06.480><c> multitude</c><00:48:06.780><c> of</c><00:48:07.000><c> thy</c><00:48:07.159><c> councils.</c> 00:48:08.380 --> 00:48:13.340 Let<00:48:08.579><c> now</c><00:48:08.880><c> the</c><00:48:09.159><c> astrologers,</c><00:48:09.840><c> the</c><00:48:10.179><c> stargazers,</c><00:48:11.739><c> the</c><00:48:11.920><c> monthly</c><00:48:12.380><c> prognosticators,</c> 00:48:13.420 --> 00:48:16.420 stand<00:48:13.719><c> up</c><00:48:14.059><c> and</c><00:48:14.480><c> save</c><00:48:14.880><c> thee</c><00:48:15.219><c> from</c><00:48:15.539><c> all</c><00:48:15.820><c> these</c><00:48:16.079><c> things</c><00:48:16.260><c> that</c> 00:48:16.420 --> 00:48:17.199 shall<00:48:16.539><c> come</c><00:48:16.739><c> upon</c><00:48:16.980><c> thee.</c> 00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:18.539 Call<00:48:17.719><c> your</c><00:48:17.940><c> wise</c><00:48:18.280><c> men.</c> 00:48:18.539 --> 00:48:20.400 And<00:48:18.719><c> that's</c><00:48:18.880><c> exactly</c><00:48:19.159><c> what</c><00:48:19.340><c> he</c><00:48:19.500><c> did.</c> 00:48:22.039 --> 00:48:23.360 Isn't<00:48:22.199><c> that</c><00:48:22.360><c> incredible?</c> 00:48:24.920 --> 00:48:25.679 Isn't<00:48:25.099><c> that</c><00:48:25.320><c> incredible?</c> 00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:28.780 I<00:48:25.820><c> mean,</c><00:48:26.099><c> here's</c><00:48:26.300><c> Isaiah,</c><00:48:27.559><c> almost</c><00:48:27.800><c> word</c><00:48:28.079><c> for</c><00:48:28.300><c> word,</c><00:48:28.559><c> telling</c> 00:48:28.780 --> 00:48:29.760 you<00:48:29.059><c> 200</c><00:48:29.380><c> years,</c> 00:48:30.099 --> 00:48:32.559 the<00:48:30.199><c> details</c><00:48:30.639><c> of</c><00:48:30.820><c> all</c><00:48:30.900><c> that's</c><00:48:31.059><c> happening</c><00:48:31.280><c> in</c><00:48:31.460><c> that</c><00:48:31.699><c> feast.</c> 00:48:33.119 --> 00:48:34.820 Everything<00:48:33.360><c> that's</c><00:48:33.619><c> going</c><00:48:33.780><c> on.</c> 00:48:35.400 --> 00:48:37.639 Daniel<00:48:35.619><c> had</c><00:48:35.800><c> all</c><00:48:35.920><c> the</c><00:48:36.219><c> preview</c><00:48:36.500><c> of</c><00:48:36.699><c> that.</c> 00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:41.420 And<00:48:38.599><c> so</c><00:48:38.719><c> he</c><00:48:38.940><c> calls</c><00:48:39.239><c> for</c><00:48:39.420><c> his</c><00:48:39.659><c> wise</c><00:48:39.860><c> men,</c><00:48:40.400><c> the</c><00:48:40.639><c> astrologers</c><00:48:41.159><c> and</c> 00:48:41.420 --> 00:48:43.099 the<00:48:41.619><c> Chaldeans</c><00:48:41.960><c> and</c><00:48:42.119><c> the</c><00:48:42.360><c> Seusses,</c> 00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:45.239 exactly<00:48:43.579><c> as</c><00:48:43.820><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:44.119><c> said</c><00:48:44.340><c> he</c><00:48:44.559><c> would.</c> 00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:49.820 And<00:48:46.800><c> he</c><00:48:46.900><c> got</c><00:48:47.059><c> the</c><00:48:47.300><c> result</c><00:48:47.760><c> exactly</c><00:48:48.719><c> that</c><00:48:48.920><c> Isaiah</c><00:48:49.300><c> described</c> 00:48:49.820 --> 00:48:50.340 he<00:48:49.940><c> would</c><00:48:50.139><c> get.</c> 00:48:50.659 --> 00:48:51.519 Nothing. 00:48:53.099 --> 00:48:54.699 And<00:48:53.360><c> he</c><00:48:53.559><c> promised</c><00:48:53.780><c> them</c><00:48:53.980><c> all</c><00:48:54.179><c> sorts</c><00:48:54.400><c> of</c><00:48:54.559><c> things.</c> 00:48:54.699 --> 00:48:57.539 He<00:48:54.860><c> promised</c><00:48:55.099><c> them</c><00:48:55.400><c> a</c><00:48:56.260><c> third</c><00:48:56.400><c> rule</c><00:48:56.599><c> in</c><00:48:56.739><c> the</c><00:48:56.860><c> kingdom,</c><00:48:57.239><c> a</c><00:48:57.340><c> chain</c> 00:48:57.539 --> 00:48:59.480 of<00:48:57.699><c> gold</c><00:48:57.820><c> around</c><00:48:58.079><c> their</c><00:48:58.300><c> neck</c><00:48:58.539><c> and</c><00:48:58.679><c> so</c><00:48:58.940><c> on.</c> 00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:03.639 Well,<00:48:59.940><c> they</c><00:49:00.019><c> all</c><00:49:00.239><c> came</c><00:49:00.500><c> in</c><00:49:00.739><c> and</c><00:49:01.460><c> they</c><00:49:01.900><c> couldn't</c><00:49:02.139><c> read</c><00:49:02.360><c> the</c><00:49:02.599><c> writings,</c><00:49:02.900><c> says</c><00:49:03.119><c> verse</c><00:49:03.340><c> 8,</c> 00:49:03.739 --> 00:49:05.599 and<00:49:03.880><c> they</c><00:49:04.079><c> couldn't</c><00:49:04.320><c> tell</c><00:49:04.480><c> him</c><00:49:04.800><c> the</c><00:49:05.019><c> interpretation.</c> 00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:06.900 And<00:49:05.840><c> what</c><00:49:06.039><c> happened?</c> 00:49:08.019 --> 00:49:11.780 Well,<00:49:08.340><c> the</c><00:49:08.559><c> face</c><00:49:08.880><c> of</c><00:49:09.079><c> Belshazzar,</c><00:49:09.719><c> says</c><00:49:09.880><c> verse</c><00:49:10.179><c> 9,</c><00:49:11.300><c> went</c><00:49:11.500><c> just</c> 00:49:11.780 --> 00:49:13.380 another<00:49:12.059><c> shade</c><00:49:12.320><c> of</c><00:49:12.519><c> grey.</c> 00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:15.579 Changed<00:49:14.639><c> again.</c> 00:49:15.980 --> 00:49:17.320 Can<00:49:16.099><c> you</c><00:49:16.199><c> imagine</c><00:49:16.440><c> it?</c> 00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:19.739 Can<00:49:18.000><c> you</c><00:49:18.139><c> see</c><00:49:18.280><c> the</c><00:49:18.460><c> king's</c><00:49:18.900><c> face?</c> 00:49:20.460 --> 00:49:23.280 See<00:49:20.699><c> him</c><00:49:20.900><c> rosy,</c><00:49:21.480><c> red,</c><00:49:21.739><c> laughing,</c><00:49:22.360><c> big</c><00:49:22.539><c> smile?</c> 00:49:23.280 --> 00:49:26.300 Wine<00:49:24.059><c> dripping</c><00:49:24.300><c> down</c><00:49:24.559><c> his</c><00:49:25.079><c> beard</c><00:49:25.300><c> or</c><00:49:25.440><c> whatever.</c> 00:49:26.539 --> 00:49:29.119 And<00:49:26.539><c> then</c><00:49:27.679><c> white</c><00:49:27.880><c> as</c><00:49:28.139><c> a</c><00:49:28.239><c> ghost.</c> 00:49:29.199 --> 00:49:31.119 And<00:49:29.280><c> now</c><00:49:29.500><c> it's</c><00:49:29.940><c> sickly</c><00:49:30.300><c> grey.</c> 00:49:31.519 --> 00:49:34.980 And<00:49:31.579><c> you</c><00:49:32.019><c> see,</c><00:49:32.420><c> because</c><00:49:32.960><c> where's</c><00:49:33.539><c> he</c><00:49:33.619><c> going</c><00:49:33.679><c> to</c><00:49:33.780><c> go</c><00:49:33.920><c> from</c><00:49:34.159><c> now?</c> 00:49:35.360 --> 00:49:38.159 There's<00:49:35.659><c> no</c><00:49:36.000><c> rational</c><00:49:36.519><c> explanation</c><00:49:37.260><c> for</c><00:49:37.480><c> this.</c> 00:49:38.659 --> 00:49:43.079 There<00:49:38.780><c> isn't</c><00:49:38.980><c> even</c><00:49:39.239><c> any</c><00:49:40.239><c> magical</c><00:49:41.099><c> explanation</c><00:49:41.840><c> for</c><00:49:42.119><c> it.</c> 00:49:43.099 --> 00:49:44.159 There's<00:49:43.360><c> nothing.</c> 00:49:44.539 --> 00:49:48.460 And<00:49:44.739><c> the</c><00:49:44.940><c> fingers</c><00:49:45.159><c> are</c><00:49:45.420><c> still</c><00:49:45.659><c> there,</c><00:49:47.039><c> hanging</c><00:49:47.219><c> in</c><00:49:47.440><c> the</c><00:49:47.599><c> air.</c> 00:49:48.699 --> 00:49:49.739 Oh<00:49:49.000><c> dear.</c> 00:49:49.780 --> 00:49:51.019 Now<00:49:49.960><c> what</c><00:49:50.099><c> do</c><00:49:50.159><c> you</c><00:49:50.320><c> do?</c> 00:49:51.219 --> 00:49:54.780 But<00:49:51.619><c> you</c><00:49:51.800><c> see,</c><00:49:52.159><c> brothers</c><00:49:52.260><c> and</c><00:49:52.500><c> sisters,</c><00:49:52.760><c> when</c><00:49:52.880><c> he</c><00:49:53.219><c> shrieked</c><00:49:53.539><c> out,</c> 00:49:56.079 --> 00:49:59.300 there<00:49:56.179><c> was</c><00:49:56.400><c> a</c><00:49:56.539><c> person,</c><00:49:57.260><c> a</c><00:49:57.460><c> woman,</c><00:49:57.639><c> who</c><00:49:57.800><c> wasn't</c><00:49:58.079><c> at</c><00:49:58.320><c> the</c><00:49:58.460><c> feast.</c> 00:50:00.260 --> 00:50:01.460 And<00:50:00.539><c> she</c><00:50:00.739><c> caught</c><00:50:01.000><c> the</c><00:50:01.219><c> noise.</c> 00:50:01.679 --> 00:50:02.780 She'd<00:50:02.000><c> heard</c><00:50:02.079><c> the</c><00:50:02.260><c> noise</c><00:50:02.440><c> before.</c> 00:50:02.820 --> 00:50:03.780 You<00:50:02.920><c> know</c><00:50:03.039><c> how</c><00:50:03.139><c> you</c><00:50:03.199><c> can</c><00:50:03.400><c> tell</c><00:50:03.500><c> a</c><00:50:03.639><c> noise?</c> 00:50:04.199 --> 00:50:06.840 You<00:50:04.380><c> know,</c><00:50:04.780><c> the</c><00:50:04.860><c> neighbour</c><00:50:05.159><c> might</c><00:50:05.440><c> still</c><00:50:05.679><c> have</c><00:50:05.940><c> a</c><00:50:06.300><c> party</c><00:50:06.480><c> or</c><00:50:06.659><c> something,</c> 00:50:07.059 --> 00:50:08.619 and<00:50:07.139><c> they</c><00:50:07.340><c> make</c><00:50:07.519><c> all</c><00:50:07.739><c> sorts</c><00:50:07.960><c> of</c><00:50:08.139><c> noise,</c><00:50:08.380><c> don't</c><00:50:08.400><c> they?</c> 00:50:08.980 --> 00:50:11.280 But<00:50:09.199><c> if</c><00:50:09.320><c> there</c><00:50:09.420><c> was</c><00:50:09.559><c> a</c><00:50:09.699><c> fire</c><00:50:09.880><c> in</c><00:50:10.039><c> the</c><00:50:10.199><c> place</c><00:50:10.400><c> or</c><00:50:10.619><c> somebody</c><00:50:10.940><c> died</c> 00:50:11.280 --> 00:50:11.739 in<00:50:11.420><c> there</c><00:50:11.559><c> or</c><00:50:11.559><c> something,</c> 00:50:11.760 --> 00:50:13.159 you'd<00:50:11.960><c> hear</c><00:50:12.039><c> a</c><00:50:12.219><c> different</c><00:50:12.360><c> sort</c><00:50:12.579><c> of</c><00:50:12.719><c> noise,</c><00:50:13.019><c> wouldn't</c><00:50:13.079><c> you?</c> 00:50:13.159 --> 00:50:14.659 You'd<00:50:13.460><c> pick</c><00:50:13.559><c> the</c><00:50:13.780><c> difference.</c> 00:50:15.079 --> 00:50:17.260 And<00:50:15.480><c> she</c><00:50:15.699><c> heard</c><00:50:15.940><c> that</c><00:50:16.420><c> shriek.</c> 00:50:17.260 --> 00:50:19.820 She<00:50:17.780><c> knew</c><00:50:17.960><c> that</c><00:50:18.139><c> something</c><00:50:18.320><c> had</c><00:50:18.539><c> happened</c><00:50:18.699><c> in</c><00:50:18.900><c> there.</c> 00:50:20.760 --> 00:50:23.320 Now<00:50:20.880><c> the</c><00:50:21.019><c> queen,</c><00:50:21.659><c> by</c><00:50:21.940><c> reason</c><00:50:22.219><c> of</c><00:50:22.420><c> the</c><00:50:22.619><c> words</c><00:50:22.800><c> of</c><00:50:22.980><c> the</c><00:50:23.139><c> king,</c> 00:50:23.400 --> 00:50:23.780 you<00:50:23.559><c> see,</c> 00:50:23.880 --> 00:50:26.739 she'd<00:50:24.260><c> heard</c><00:50:24.400><c> him</c><00:50:24.719><c> shriek.</c> 00:50:27.139 --> 00:50:30.519 She<00:50:27.360><c> heard</c><00:50:27.559><c> the</c><00:50:27.800><c> lords,</c><00:50:28.360><c> and</c><00:50:28.460><c> she</c><00:50:28.699><c> came</c><00:50:28.960><c> into</c><00:50:29.099><c> the</c><00:50:29.300><c> banquet</c><00:50:29.539><c> house.</c> 00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:34.480 Now<00:50:31.619><c> here's</c><00:50:31.940><c> that</c><00:50:32.179><c> very</c><00:50:32.539><c> wise</c><00:50:32.880><c> woman</c><00:50:33.159><c> that</c><00:50:33.320><c> went</c><00:50:33.480><c> down</c><00:50:33.739><c> in</c><00:50:33.960><c> history.</c> 00:50:34.820 --> 00:50:36.079 And<00:50:34.820><c> it</c><00:50:35.000><c> crosses,</c><00:50:35.400><c> her</c><00:50:35.559><c> name</c><00:50:35.800><c> was.</c> 00:50:36.340 --> 00:50:39.119 And<00:50:36.519><c> they</c><00:50:36.760><c> write</c><00:50:36.960><c> glowingly</c><00:50:37.480><c> of</c><00:50:37.579><c> her,</c><00:50:37.920><c> the</c><00:50:38.219><c> historians,</c> 00:50:39.579 --> 00:50:40.699 of<00:50:39.760><c> the</c><00:50:39.940><c> wisdom</c><00:50:40.159><c> of</c><00:50:40.300><c> that</c><00:50:40.519><c> woman.</c> 00:50:40.739 --> 00:50:42.199 She's<00:50:41.039><c> the</c><00:50:41.199><c> daughter</c><00:50:41.460><c> of</c><00:50:41.659><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c> 00:50:42.219 --> 00:50:44.019 She's<00:50:42.519><c> the</c><00:50:42.659><c> mother</c><00:50:42.840><c> of</c><00:50:43.019><c> that</c><00:50:43.219><c> boy.</c> 00:50:44.739 --> 00:50:47.519 And<00:50:45.219><c> she</c><00:50:45.420><c> comes</c><00:50:45.699><c> in</c><00:50:45.880><c> with</c><00:50:46.039><c> a</c><00:50:46.199><c> message</c><00:50:46.420><c> for</c><00:50:46.659><c> him,</c><00:50:46.920><c> brothers</c><00:50:47.000><c> and</c><00:50:47.260><c> sisters,</c> 00:50:47.619 --> 00:50:50.300 a<00:50:47.920><c> very,</c><00:50:48.260><c> very</c><00:50:48.739><c> wonderful</c><00:50:49.199><c> message,</c> 00:50:50.940 --> 00:50:53.900 a<00:50:51.260><c> marvellous</c><00:50:51.760><c> message</c><00:50:52.079><c> she</c><00:50:52.280><c> had</c><00:50:52.420><c> for</c><00:50:52.599><c> this</c><00:50:52.760><c> young</c><00:50:53.019><c> fellow.</c> 00:50:54.260 --> 00:50:56.599 Mind<00:50:54.380><c> you,</c><00:50:54.440><c> he</c><00:50:54.519><c> didn't</c><00:50:54.760><c> heed</c><00:50:54.960><c> it,</c><00:50:55.500><c> but</c><00:50:55.780><c> she</c><00:50:55.980><c> had</c><00:50:56.159><c> a</c><00:50:56.320><c> message</c> 00:50:56.599 --> 00:50:58.099 for<00:50:56.800><c> him.</c> 00:50:59.000 --> 00:51:04.920 She<00:50:59.159><c> was</c><00:50:59.360><c> a</c><00:50:59.500><c> woman</c><00:51:00.320><c> old</c><00:51:01.739><c> enough</c><00:51:02.219><c> to</c><00:51:03.219><c> remember</c><00:51:03.539><c> better</c><00:51:03.840><c> times.</c> 00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:08.280 She<00:51:06.440><c> was</c><00:51:06.619><c> a</c><00:51:06.739><c> woman</c><00:51:06.940><c> old</c><00:51:07.239><c> enough,</c><00:51:07.719><c> brothers</c><00:51:07.760><c> and</c><00:51:08.019><c> sisters,</c> 00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:13.860 to<00:51:08.480><c> see</c><00:51:08.940><c> that</c><00:51:09.920><c> her</c><00:51:10.219><c> son</c><00:51:10.739><c> was</c><00:51:11.760><c> nothing</c><00:51:12.079><c> like</c><00:51:12.380><c> her</c><00:51:12.619><c> father,</c> 00:51:14.460 --> 00:51:16.599 and<00:51:14.539><c> it</c><00:51:14.760><c> grieved</c><00:51:15.019><c> her.</c> 00:51:16.860 --> 00:51:20.079 And<00:51:17.000><c> so</c><00:51:17.059><c> she</c><00:51:17.239><c> came</c><00:51:17.480><c> in,</c><00:51:17.860><c> and</c><00:51:17.860><c> she</c><00:51:18.019><c> said</c><00:51:18.239><c> to</c><00:51:18.739><c> Belshazzar,</c> 00:51:20.599 --> 00:51:22.360 do<00:51:20.739><c> you</c><00:51:20.900><c> know,</c><00:51:21.260><c> that</c><00:51:21.420><c> you</c><00:51:21.500><c> don't</c><00:51:21.820><c> know,</c><00:51:22.000><c> she</c><00:51:22.179><c> said,</c> 00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:26.699 you're<00:51:22.820><c> not</c><00:51:23.019><c> aware</c><00:51:23.260><c> of</c><00:51:23.460><c> this,</c><00:51:25.039><c> but</c><00:51:25.219><c> if</c><00:51:25.400><c> you</c><00:51:25.980><c> were</c><00:51:26.199><c> aware</c><00:51:26.440><c> of</c><00:51:26.559><c> it,</c> 00:51:26.719 --> 00:51:30.079 you'd<00:51:27.000><c> know</c><00:51:27.300><c> that</c><00:51:27.460><c> there</c><00:51:27.699><c> is</c><00:51:28.559><c> a</c><00:51:28.800><c> man</c><00:51:29.019><c> in</c><00:51:29.139><c> your</c><00:51:29.420><c> kingdom</c><00:51:29.739><c> who</c> 00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:30.619 could<00:51:30.199><c> help</c><00:51:30.420><c> you.</c> 00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:32.780 And<00:51:30.800><c> when</c><00:51:30.900><c> she</c><00:51:31.099><c> uses</c><00:51:31.340><c> the</c><00:51:31.460><c> word</c><00:51:31.699><c> man,</c><00:51:32.239><c> brothers</c><00:51:32.400><c> and</c><00:51:32.599><c> sisters,</c> 00:51:32.820 --> 00:51:34.920 she<00:51:33.039><c> chooses</c><00:51:33.460><c> the</c><00:51:33.639><c> word</c><00:51:33.920><c> giver.</c> 00:51:35.659 --> 00:51:38.539 She<00:51:36.199><c> said,</c><00:51:36.719><c> you</c><00:51:36.719><c> don't</c><00:51:37.059><c> know,</c><00:51:37.420><c> there's</c><00:51:37.619><c> a</c><00:51:37.739><c> fellow</c><00:51:37.860><c> in</c><00:51:37.980><c> your</c><00:51:38.219><c> kingdom,</c> 00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:40.219 he's<00:51:39.099><c> a</c><00:51:39.400><c> great</c><00:51:39.800><c> man.</c> 00:51:40.300 --> 00:51:42.079 That's<00:51:40.440><c> what</c><00:51:40.619><c> the</c><00:51:40.699><c> word</c><00:51:40.880><c> giver</c><00:51:41.199><c> means.</c> 00:51:42.380 --> 00:51:46.900 He<00:51:42.519><c> actually</c><00:51:42.980><c> worked</c><00:51:43.559><c> for</c><00:51:43.880><c> Belshazzar,</c><00:51:44.860><c> and</c><00:51:45.000><c> he</c><00:51:45.219><c> didn't</c><00:51:45.579><c> know</c><00:51:45.840><c> him.</c> 00:51:47.519 --> 00:51:50.000 But<00:51:47.719><c> he</c><00:51:47.860><c> was</c><00:51:48.119><c> a</c><00:51:48.460><c> great</c><00:51:48.900><c> man.</c> 00:51:51.300 --> 00:51:54.599 But<00:51:51.400><c> you</c><00:51:51.519><c> see,</c><00:51:52.039><c> fools</c><00:51:52.320><c> don't</c><00:51:53.019><c> know</c><00:51:53.420><c> great</c><00:51:53.739><c> men.</c> 00:51:55.699 --> 00:51:57.500 But<00:51:55.940><c> he</c><00:51:56.079><c> worked</c><00:51:56.300><c> for</c><00:51:56.519><c> him.</c> 00:51:58.280 --> 00:52:00.519 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00:52:14.380 working<00:52:12.380><c> on</c><00:52:12.579><c> behalf</c><00:52:12.820><c> of</c><00:52:13.000><c> Belshazzar</c><00:52:13.460><c> in</c><00:52:13.599><c> chapter</c><00:52:13.840><c> 8,</c> 00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:19.199 but<00:52:14.800><c> he</c><00:52:14.920><c> was</c><00:52:15.199><c> not</c><00:52:15.579><c> master</c><00:52:15.940><c> of</c><00:52:16.079><c> the</c><00:52:16.239><c> magicians</c><00:52:16.639><c> that</c><00:52:17.039><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:52:17.699><c> had</c><00:52:17.920><c> made</c><00:52:18.139><c> him.</c> 00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:21.760 Now<00:52:19.900><c> listen</c><00:52:20.099><c> to</c><00:52:20.199><c> what</c><00:52:20.320><c> the</c><00:52:20.500><c> Queen</c><00:52:20.679><c> says.</c> 00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:24.500 And<00:52:22.739><c> she</c><00:52:22.840><c> comes</c><00:52:23.079><c> in</c><00:52:23.260><c> in</c><00:52:23.400><c> verse</c><00:52:23.599><c> 10,</c><00:52:23.940><c> and</c><00:52:24.039><c> she</c><00:52:24.239><c> said,</c> 00:52:24.920 --> 00:52:28.579 O<00:52:25.039><c> King,</c><00:52:25.480><c> live</c><00:52:25.480><c> forever,</c><00:52:27.059><c> let</c><00:52:27.199><c> not</c><00:52:27.420><c> thy</c><00:52:27.619><c> thoughts</c><00:52:27.960><c> trouble</c><00:52:28.300><c> thee,</c> 00:52:28.579 --> 00:52:30.239 nor<00:52:28.940><c> let</c><00:52:29.159><c> thy</c><00:52:29.380><c> countenance</c><00:52:29.780><c> be</c><00:52:30.099><c> changed.</c> 00:52:30.440 --> 00:52:33.059 There<00:52:30.480><c> is</c><00:52:30.739><c> a</c><00:52:30.860><c> great</c><00:52:31.099><c> man</c><00:52:31.360><c> in</c><00:52:31.480><c> your</c><00:52:31.679><c> kingdom,</c><00:52:32.079><c> you</c><00:52:32.099><c> know,</c> 00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:34.760 in<00:52:33.340><c> whom</c><00:52:33.480><c> is</c><00:52:33.659><c> the</c><00:52:33.800><c> Spirit</c><00:52:34.000><c> of</c><00:52:34.159><c> the</c><00:52:34.280><c> Holy</c><00:52:34.519><c> Gods,</c> 00:52:35.239 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a</c><00:52:49.320><c> look</c><00:52:49.440><c> at</c><00:52:49.559><c> this.</c> 00:52:56.559 --> 00:52:59.480 This<00:52:57.079><c> is</c><00:52:57.340><c> going</c><00:52:57.360><c> back</c><00:52:57.639><c> to</c><00:52:57.760><c> the</c><00:52:57.940><c> days</c><00:52:58.079><c> of</c><00:52:58.960><c> her</c><00:52:59.119><c> father,</c> 00:52:59.619 --> 00:53:01.800 the<00:52:59.699><c> grandfather</c><00:53:00.260><c> of</c><00:53:00.460><c> Belshazzar.</c> 00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:03.400 This<00:53:02.000><c> is</c><00:53:02.260><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:53:02.760><c> I'm</c><00:53:02.900><c> talking</c><00:53:03.139><c> about.</c> 00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:05.019 And<00:53:03.559><c> in</c><00:53:03.719><c> chapter</c><00:53:03.900><c> 2</c><00:53:04.139><c> in</c><00:53:04.300><c> verse</c><00:53:04.480><c> 22,</c> 00:53:05.380 --> 00:53:08.519 speaking<00:53:05.599><c> of</c><00:53:05.860><c> Daniel,</c><00:53:06.420><c> Daniel</c><00:53:06.820><c> says</c><00:53:07.079><c> concerning</c><00:53:07.500><c> God,</c> 00:53:09.239 --> 00:53:11.219 that<00:53:09.360><c> God</c><00:53:09.579><c> reveals</c><00:53:09.980><c> deep</c><00:53:10.320><c> and</c><00:53:10.599><c> secret</c><00:53:10.860><c> things,</c> 00:53:11.340 --> 00:53:15.519 he<00:53:11.460><c> knoweth</c><00:53:11.780><c> what</c><00:53:11.960><c> is</c><00:53:12.119><c> in</c><00:53:12.440><c> darkness,</c><00:53:12.739><c> and</c><00:53:12.940><c> the</c><00:53:13.239><c> light</c><00:53:13.820><c> dwelleth</c><00:53:14.340><c> with</c><00:53:14.619><c> him.</c> 00:53:16.219 --> 00:53:18.900 And<00:53:16.559><c> they</c><00:53:16.699><c> had</c><00:53:16.880><c> attributed</c><00:53:17.239><c> that</c><00:53:17.739><c> light</c><00:53:18.119><c> with</c><00:53:18.460><c> Daniel.</c> 00:53:18.900 --> 00:53:22.260 But<00:53:19.400><c> Daniel</c><00:53:19.679><c> says,</c><00:53:20.500><c> no,</c><00:53:20.900><c> the</c><00:53:21.039><c> light</c><00:53:21.460><c> dwells</c><00:53:21.920><c> 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world,</c> 00:54:20.519 --> 00:54:23.380 and<00:54:20.659><c> in</c><00:54:20.820><c> him</c><00:54:20.940><c> was</c><00:54:21.119><c> the</c><00:54:21.360><c> life</c><00:54:21.719><c> and</c><00:54:21.920><c> the</c><00:54:22.099><c> light</c><00:54:22.260><c> of</c><00:54:22.480><c> men.</c> 00:54:23.980 --> 00:54:26.019 Light<00:54:24.360><c> comes</c><00:54:24.699><c> from</c><00:54:24.960><c> God,</c><00:54:25.420><c> brothers</c><00:54:25.539><c> and</c><00:54:25.820><c> sisters,</c> 00:54:26.019 --> 00:54:27.320 and<00:54:26.159><c> if</c><00:54:26.239><c> we've</c><00:54:26.440><c> got</c><00:54:26.559><c> any</c><00:54:26.760><c> light</c><00:54:27.039><c> at</c><00:54:27.199><c> all,</c> 00:54:27.400 --> 00:54:29.519 it's<00:54:27.440><c> because</c><00:54:27.820><c> we</c><00:54:28.280><c> walk</c><00:54:28.460><c> in</c><00:54:28.619><c> the</c><00:54:28.800><c> light</c><00:54:28.980><c> of</c><00:54:29.199><c> God.</c> 00:54:29.900 --> 00:54:31.940 In<00:54:30.260><c> 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00:54:39.840 --> 00:54:42.079 But<00:54:40.019><c> at</c><00:54:40.179><c> least</c><00:54:40.420><c> the</c><00:54:40.659><c> queen</c><00:54:40.860><c> knew</c><00:54:41.139><c> that.</c> 00:54:42.639 --> 00:54:45.119 When<00:54:42.880><c> she</c><00:54:43.099><c> reminded</c><00:54:43.539><c> her</c><00:54:43.900><c> son</c><00:54:44.239><c> Bill</c><00:54:44.480><c> Shazir</c><00:54:44.840><c> of</c><00:54:44.940><c> that,</c> 00:54:45.340 --> 00:54:48.639 I<00:54:45.420><c> want</c><00:54:45.619><c> you</c><00:54:45.719><c> to</c><00:54:45.820><c> notice</c><00:54:46.059><c> the</c><00:54:46.380><c> emphasis</c><00:54:46.940><c> and</c><00:54:47.599><c> the</c><00:54:48.000><c> respect</c> 00:54:48.639 --> 00:54:51.420 with<00:54:49.159><c> which</c><00:54:49.320><c> she</c><00:54:49.639><c> speaks</c><00:54:49.940><c> about</c><00:54:50.320><c> her</c><00:54:50.840><c> father</c><00:54:51.199><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c> 00:54:51.900 --> 00:54:54.539 in<00:54:52.079><c> verse</c><00:54:52.340><c> 11</c><00:54:52.619><c> of</c><00:54:52.840><c> chapter</c><00:54:53.119><c> 5</c><00:54:53.460><c> of</c><00:54:53.619><c> Daniel.</c> 00:54:54.980 --> 00:54:56.960 Now<00:54:55.099><c> listen</c><00:54:55.260><c> to</c><00:54:55.300><c> what</c><00:54:55.420><c> she</c><00:54:55.619><c> says</c><00:54:55.820><c> here.</c> 00:54:58.039 --> 00:55:01.840 She<00:54:58.199><c> says,</c><00:54:59.159><c> look,</c><00:55:00.340><c> light,</c><00:55:00.860><c> understanding,</c><00:55:01.539><c> and</c><00:55:01.659><c> wisdom,</c> 00:55:01.940 --> 00:55:03.619 like<00:55:02.019><c> the</c><00:55:02.159><c> wisdom</c><00:55:02.320><c> of</c><00:55:02.440><c> the</c><00:55:02.579><c> gods</c><00:55:02.719><c> was</c><00:55:02.960><c> found</c><00:55:03.219><c> in</c><00:55:03.360><c> him.</c> 00:55:03.840 --> 00:55:05.260 Now<00:55:03.980><c> listen</c><00:55:04.199><c> to</c><00:55:04.360><c> this.</c> 00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:07.739 Whom<00:55:05.760><c> the</c><00:55:05.900><c> king</c><00:55:06.460><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:55:07.119><c> thy</c><00:55:07.360><c> father,</c> 00:55:07.780 --> 00:55:11.860 that<00:55:07.920><c> is</c><00:55:08.039><c> thy</c><00:55:08.239><c> grandfather,</c><00:55:09.760><c> the</c><00:55:09.960><c> king,</c><00:55:10.239><c> I</c><00:55:10.579><c> say,</c><00:55:11.099><c> thy</c><00:55:11.239><c> grandfather.</c> 00:55:12.019 --> 00:55:14.179 Now<00:55:12.360><c> can</c><00:55:12.940><c> you</c><00:55:13.039><c> imagine</c><00:55:13.320><c> her</c><00:55:13.599><c> saying</c><00:55:13.940><c> this?</c> 00:55:14.340 --> 00:55:15.440 Just<00:55:14.659><c> try</c><00:55:14.820><c> a</c><00:55:15.019><c> picture</c><00:55:15.039><c> of</c><00:55:15.239><c> the</c><00:55:15.320><c> scene.</c> 00:55:15.719 --> 00:55:16.599 Why<00:55:15.940><c> is</c><00:55:16.059><c> that</c><00:55:16.219><c> repeated?</c> 00:55:16.900 --> 00:55:18.559 Now<00:55:17.039><c> you</c><00:55:17.179><c> imagine</c><00:55:17.400><c> what</c><00:55:17.559><c> she's</c><00:55:17.739><c> saying.</c> 00:55:18.739 --> 00:55:21.480 She<00:55:18.880><c> says</c><00:55:19.079><c> to</c><00:55:19.239><c> Bill</c><00:55:19.360><c> Shazir,</c><00:55:19.940><c> look,</c><00:55:20.519><c> son,</c> 00:55:22.679 --> 00:55:24.159 there's<00:55:22.980><c> a</c><00:55:23.119><c> great</c><00:55:23.340><c> man</c><00:55:23.539><c> in</c><00:55:23.639><c> your</c><00:55:23.940><c> kingdom.</c> 00:55:24.260 --> 00:55:25.780 You<00:55:24.440><c> don't</c><00:55:24.659><c> know</c><00:55:24.840><c> him,</c><00:55:25.139><c> but</c><00:55:25.300><c> you</c><00:55:25.519><c> should.</c> 00:55:26.059 --> 00:55:31.280 He<00:55:26.280><c> walks</c><00:55:26.679><c> for</c><00:55:26.960><c> you,</c><00:55:29.179><c> but</c><00:55:29.420><c> you've</c><00:55:29.739><c> not</c><00:55:29.900><c> noticed</c><00:55:30.219><c> him.</c> 00:55:31.820 --> 00:55:33.400 He<00:55:32.260><c> can</c><00:55:32.480><c> 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what</c><00:55:51.239><c> she's</c><00:55:51.579><c> saying?</c> 00:55:52.639 --> 00:55:55.300 You're<00:55:53.099><c> nothing</c><00:55:53.460><c> like</c><00:55:54.059><c> my</c><00:55:54.360><c> father.</c> 00:55:56.800 --> 00:56:00.639 He<00:55:57.500><c> elevated</c><00:55:58.119><c> him</c><00:55:58.780><c> to</c><00:55:59.380><c> be</c><00:55:59.579><c> master</c><00:55:59.960><c> of</c><00:56:00.199><c> magicians.</c> 00:56:00.639 --> 00:56:03.340 And<00:56:00.840><c> the</c><00:56:00.960><c> inference</c><00:56:01.280><c> is</c><00:56:02.000><c> your</c><00:56:02.639><c> grandfather</c> 00:56:03.340 --> 00:56:07.599 did<00:56:04.119><c> not</c><00:56:04.440><c> make</c><00:56:05.260><c> irresponsible</c><00:56:06.380><c> decisions.</c> 00:56:10.099 --> 00:56:12.039 And<00:56:10.260><c> the</c><00:56:10.400><c> very</c><00:56:10.639><c> fact</c><00:56:10.820><c> that</c><00:56:10.980><c> she</c><00:56:11.139><c> repeated</c><00:56:11.579><c> that</c><00:56:11.860><c> name</c> 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00:56:42.139 We<00:56:37.840><c> only</c><00:56:38.199><c> claim</c><00:56:38.679><c> one</c><00:56:39.179><c> thing,</c><00:56:40.079><c> to</c><00:56:40.360><c> have</c><00:56:40.539><c> lived</c><00:56:40.880><c> longer</c> 00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:45.699 and<00:56:43.559><c> have</c><00:56:43.800><c> been</c><00:56:43.960><c> there</c><00:56:44.179><c> and</c><00:56:44.400><c> done</c><00:56:44.519><c> that.</c> 00:56:46.519 --> 00:56:49.719 And<00:56:46.739><c> forever</c><00:56:47.099><c> we're</c><00:56:47.380><c> being</c><00:56:47.699><c> reminded</c><00:56:48.119><c> as</c><00:56:48.360><c> old</c><00:56:48.599><c> people</c> 00:56:50.380 --> 00:56:55.260 that<00:56:51.019><c> we</c><00:56:51.340><c> should</c><00:56:51.539><c> try</c><00:56:52.039><c> and</c><00:56:52.539><c> understand</c><00:56:53.539><c> the</c><00:56:54.219><c> teenagers.</c> 00:56:55.579 --> 00:56:57.800 Well,<00:56:55.760><c> I've</c><00:56:56.019><c> got</c><00:56:56.119><c> a</c><00:56:56.300><c> message</c><00:56:56.619><c> for</c><00:56:56.800><c> you</c><00:56:57.039><c> all,</c> 00:56:57.800 --> 00:56:59.760 especially<00:56:58.480><c> the</c><00:56:58.739><c> teenagers.</c> 00:57:00.659 --> 00:57:04.639 It<00:57:00.880><c> is</c><00:57:01.420><c> high</c><00:57:01.900><c> time</c><00:57:02.659><c> that</c><00:57:03.739><c> the</c><00:57:04.099><c> teenagers</c> 00:57:04.639 --> 00:57:09.900 try<00:57:05.559><c> to</c><00:57:05.960><c> understand</c><00:57:07.619><c> their</c><00:57:08.059><c> grandpas</c><00:57:08.519><c> and</c><00:57:08.800><c> grandmas.</c> 00:57:11.300 --> 00:57:14.039 Because<00:57:12.219><c> for</c><00:57:12.420><c> your</c><00:57:12.980><c> information,</c> 00:57:15.059 --> 00:57:16.639 we<00:57:15.300><c> do</c><00:57:15.579><c> understand</c><00:57:16.079><c> teenagers</c> 00:57:16.639 --> 00:57:19.980 because<00:57:17.260><c> as</c><00:57:17.699><c> astonishing</c><00:57:18.099><c> as</c><00:57:18.320><c> this</c><00:57:18.579><c> fact</c><00:57:18.699><c> might</c><00:57:18.980><c> appear,</c> 00:57:20.139 --> 00:57:22.699 we<00:57:20.320><c> were</c><00:57:20.619><c> actually</c><00:57:21.099><c> once</c><00:57:21.579><c> teenagers.</c> 00:57:23.739 --> 00:57:25.920 We've<00:57:24.300><c> done</c><00:57:24.500><c> it.</c><00:57:25.039><c> We've</c><00:57:25.340><c> been</c><00:57:25.539><c> there.</c> 00:57:25.920 --> 00:57:28.440 But<00:57:26.380><c> you</c><00:57:26.639><c> haven't</c><00:57:26.880><c> been</c><00:57:27.099><c> where</c><00:57:27.260><c> we've</c><00:57:27.619><c> been.</c> 00:57:28.539 --> 00:57:30.860 And<00:57:28.860><c> that's</c><00:57:29.099><c> what</c><00:57:29.260><c> she</c><00:57:29.420><c> was</c><00:57:29.519><c> telling</c><00:57:29.679><c> that</c><00:57:29.840><c> young</c><00:57:30.079><c> fella.</c> 00:57:31.820 --> 00:57:34.820 And<00:57:32.139><c> all</c><00:57:32.559><c> over</c><00:57:32.860><c> the</c><00:57:33.099><c> world,</c><00:57:33.599><c> 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came,</c><01:06:33.579><c> didn't</c><01:06:33.719><c> it,</c><01:06:33.840><c> Bill</c><01:06:34.019><c> Shazer?</c> 01:06:34.219 --> 01:06:36.179 You<01:06:34.420><c> know</c><01:06:34.559><c> when</c><01:06:34.679><c> it</c><01:06:34.900><c> came,</c><01:06:35.340><c> when</c><01:06:35.460><c> you</c><01:06:35.659><c> got</c><01:06:35.719><c> to</c><01:06:35.820><c> the</c><01:06:35.940><c> point</c><01:06:36.059><c> of</c> 01:06:36.179 --> 01:06:36.719 that<01:06:36.440><c> party,</c> 01:06:36.719 --> 01:06:39.320 when<01:06:37.059><c> you</c><01:06:37.260><c> denigrated</c><01:06:37.800><c> the</c><01:06:37.960><c> God</c><01:06:38.119><c> of</c><01:06:38.280><c> Israel</c><01:06:38.559><c> to</c><01:06:38.800><c> a</c><01:06:39.059><c> stone,</c> 01:06:39.519 --> 01:06:41.840 from<01:06:39.760><c> gold</c><01:06:40.079><c> to</c><01:06:40.320><c> stone,</c><01:06:40.579><c> and</c><01:06:40.719><c> you</c><01:06:40.960><c> laughed</c><01:06:41.139><c> him</c><01:06:41.360><c> 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there.</c> 01:06:54.300 --> 01:06:57.519 Meany,<01:06:54.639><c> meany,</c><01:06:55.360><c> tickle,</c><01:06:56.440><c> you</c><01:06:56.579><c> fasten.</c> 01:06:59.219 --> 01:07:01.039 Now<01:06:59.420><c> let</c><01:06:59.559><c> me</c><01:06:59.679><c> tell</c><01:06:59.800><c> you</c><01:06:59.880><c> what</c><01:06:59.960><c> it</c><01:07:00.139><c> means.</c> 01:07:01.519 --> 01:07:05.940 The<01:07:02.039><c> word</c><01:07:02.320><c> meany,</c><01:07:03.159><c> Bill</c><01:07:03.340><c> Shazer,</c><01:07:03.599><c> means</c><01:07:04.519><c> to</c><01:07:05.059><c> number.</c> 01:07:07.219 --> 01:07:13.340 And<01:07:07.440><c> God</c><01:07:07.639><c> has</c><01:07:07.920><c> numbered</c><01:07:08.199><c> your</c><01:07:08.460><c> kingdom</c><01:07:09.099><c> and</c><01:07:11.139><c> finished</c><01:07:11.460><c> it.</c> 01:07:15.760 --> 01:07:19.119 Seventy<01:07:16.199><c> years</c><01:07:16.480><c> it</c><01:07:16.639><c> was</c><01:07:16.780><c> numbered,</c><01:07:18.239><c> and</c><01:07:18.420><c> they've</c><01:07:18.659><c> come</c><01:07:18.880><c> nigh</c> 01:07:19.119 --> 01:07:20.219 to<01:07:19.199><c> an</c><01:07:19.360><c> end.</c> 01:07:20.519 --> 01:07:24.780 There<01:07:20.579><c> were</c><01:07:20.739><c> those</c><01:07:21.179><c> certain</c><01:07:22.300><c> periods</c><01:07:23.019><c> of</c><01:07:23.320><c> desolation</c><01:07:23.760><c> of</c><01:07:23.980><c> Jerusalem.</c> 01:07:24.800 --> 01:07:26.659 There<01:07:24.900><c> were</c><01:07:25.059><c> a</c><01:07:25.179><c> couple</c><01:07:25.320><c> of</c><01:07:25.539><c> periods</c><01:07:25.659><c> in</c><01:07:25.800><c> which</c><01:07:25.920><c> the</c><01:07:26.159><c> 70</c><01:07:26.400><c> years</c> 01:07:26.659 --> 01:07:27.099 were<01:07:26.840><c> numbered,</c> 01:07:27.099 --> 01:07:29.360 and<01:07:27.320><c> one</c><01:07:27.500><c> of</c><01:07:27.539><c> those</c><01:07:27.860><c> periods</c><01:07:28.059><c> was</c><01:07:28.320><c> up.</c> 01:07:30.860 --> 01:07:33.380 And<01:07:31.000><c> not</c><01:07:31.119><c> only</c><01:07:31.280><c> was</c><01:07:31.440><c> it</c><01:07:31.579><c> up,</c><01:07:31.820><c> brothers</c><01:07:32.119><c> and</c><01:07:32.360><c> sisters,</c> 01:07:33.599 --> 01:07:36.480 not<01:07:33.800><c> only</c><01:07:34.000><c> was</c><01:07:34.179><c> the</c><01:07:34.440><c> accuracy</c><01:07:35.000><c> of</c><01:07:35.219><c> the</c><01:07:35.360><c> number</c><01:07:35.639><c> there,</c> 01:07:36.760 --> 01:07:42.440 but<01:07:36.840><c> look</c><01:07:37.039><c> at</c><01:07:37.159><c> Jeremiah</c><01:07:37.559><c> 27,</c><01:07:41.059><c> concerning</c><01:07:41.519><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c> 01:07:42.639 --> 01:07:44.480 You<01:07:42.800><c> just</c><01:07:43.019><c> listen</c><01:07:43.199><c> to</c><01:07:43.380><c> this.</c> 01:07:45.820 --> 01:07:47.599 The<01:07:46.039><c> time</c><01:07:46.239><c> is</c><01:07:46.420><c> up.</c> 01:07:49.460 --> 01:07:52.219 It<01:07:49.639><c> speaks</c><01:07:50.000><c> of</c><01:07:50.199><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><01:07:51.000><c> God's</c><01:07:51.460><c> servant.</c> 01:07:52.980 --> 01:07:55.659 In<01:07:53.119><c> Jeremiah</c><01:07:53.599><c> 27</c><01:07:54.199><c> and</c><01:07:54.380><c> verse</c><01:07:54.579><c> 6,</c><01:07:55.360><c> God</c><01:07:55.480><c> said,</c> 01:07:55.659 --> 01:07:58.980 And<01:07:55.940><c> now</c><01:07:56.059><c> have</c><01:07:56.300><c> I</c><01:07:56.440><c> given</c><01:07:56.579><c> all</c><01:07:56.860><c> these</c><01:07:57.139><c> lands</c><01:07:57.460><c> at</c><01:07:57.619><c> the</c><01:07:57.780><c> hand</c><01:07:58.199><c> of</c><01:07:58.460><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c> 01:07:58.980 --> 01:08:00.199 king<01:07:59.199><c> of</c><01:07:59.360><c> Babylon,</c><01:07:59.699><c> my</c><01:07:59.900><c> servant.</c> 01:08:00.559 --> 01:08:02.880 And<01:08:00.760><c> the</c><01:08:00.920><c> beast</c><01:08:01.039><c> of</c><01:08:01.219><c> the</c><01:08:01.400><c> field</c><01:08:01.559><c> have</c><01:08:01.699><c> I</c><01:08:01.880><c> given</c><01:08:02.059><c> him</c><01:08:02.280><c> also</c><01:08:02.639><c> to</c> 01:08:02.880 --> 01:08:04.320 serve<01:08:03.139><c> him.</c> 01:08:04.420 --> 01:08:14.059 And<01:08:04.699><c> all</c><01:08:04.980><c> nations</c><01:08:05.500><c> shall</c><01:08:05.800><c> serve</c><01:08:06.139><c> him</c><01:08:06.940><c> and</c><01:08:07.780><c> his</c><01:08:08.239><c> son</c><01:08:08.880><c> and</c><01:08:11.179><c> his</c><01:08:12.480><c> grandson</c> 01:08:14.780 --> 01:08:18.340 until<01:08:15.340><c> the</c><01:08:15.900><c> very</c><01:08:16.560><c> time</c><01:08:17.039><c> of</c><01:08:17.399><c> the</c><01:08:17.640><c> land</c><01:08:18.079><c> come.</c> 01:08:18.340 --> 01:08:20.439 And<01:08:18.619><c> here's</c><01:08:19.020><c> his</c><01:08:19.439><c> grandson.</c> 01:08:22.239 --> 01:08:23.739 Here<01:08:22.479><c> he</c><01:08:22.680><c> is.</c> 01:08:23.739 --> 01:08:30.420 They'll<01:08:24.140><c> serve</c><01:08:24.439><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><01:08:26.600><c> his</c><01:08:26.880><c> son,</c><01:08:28.800><c> and</c><01:08:29.279><c> his</c><01:08:29.779><c> grandson</c> 01:08:30.420 --> 01:08:34.239 until<01:08:31.380><c> the</c><01:08:31.739><c> time</c><01:08:31.960><c> of</c><01:08:32.100><c> the</c><01:08:32.239><c> land</c><01:08:32.439><c> shall</c><01:08:32.600><c> come.</c> 01:08:34.720 --> 01:08:36.180 Else<01:08:34.979><c> you</c><01:08:35.159><c> have</c><01:08:35.260><c> that?</c> 01:08:36.500 --> 01:08:38.079 Your<01:08:36.739><c> number's</c><01:08:37.180><c> up.</c> 01:08:39.119 --> 01:08:39.979 The<01:08:39.340><c> time</c><01:08:39.500><c> has</c><01:08:39.739><c> come.</c> 01:08:40.340 --> 01:08:41.699 Nothing<01:08:40.619><c> can</c><01:08:40.779><c> be</c><01:08:40.899><c> done</c><01:08:41.060><c> for</c><01:08:41.300><c> you.</c> 01:08:41.939 --> 01:08:43.539 No<01:08:42.079><c> good</c><01:08:42.220><c> appealing,</c><01:08:43.199><c> nothing.</c> 01:08:43.680 --> 01:08:44.840 You're<01:08:43.859><c> finished.</c> 01:08:46.319 --> 01:08:48.960 Not<01:08:46.460><c> only</c><01:08:46.600><c> are</c><01:08:46.760><c> you</c><01:08:46.779><c> finished,</c><01:08:48.359><c> but</c><01:08:48.579><c> teakle.</c> 01:08:48.979 --> 01:08:51.039 You've<01:08:49.220><c> been</c><01:08:49.479><c> weighed</c><01:08:49.779><c> in</c><01:08:49.979><c> the</c><01:08:50.199><c> balances.</c> 01:08:52.800 --> 01:08:56.500 You<01:08:53.279><c> know,</c><01:08:54.000><c> as</c><01:08:54.079><c> foolish</c><01:08:54.340><c> as</c><01:08:54.539><c> he</c><01:08:54.619><c> was,</c><01:08:55.159><c> brothers</c><01:08:55.220><c> and</c><01:08:55.479><c> sisters,</c> 01:08:56.880 --> 01:08:58.720 the<01:08:57.020><c> fact</c><01:08:57.180><c> that</c><01:08:57.300><c> they</c><01:08:57.399><c> had</c><01:08:57.579><c> the</c><01:08:57.739><c> vessels</c><01:08:57.939><c> of</c><01:08:58.140><c> the</c><01:08:58.279><c> temple</c><01:08:58.500><c> there,</c> 01:08:59.039 --> 01:09:01.539 they<01:08:59.399><c> would</c><01:08:59.560><c> have</c><01:08:59.720><c> known</c><01:09:00.020><c> something</c><01:09:00.439><c> of</c><01:09:00.640><c> the</c><01:09:00.840><c> customs</c><01:09:01.260><c> of</c><01:09:01.439><c> the</c> 01:09:01.539 --> 01:09:02.319 Jewish<01:09:01.760><c> people</c> 01:09:02.319 --> 01:09:03.899 about<01:09:02.880><c> Wayne.</c> 01:09:05.779 --> 01:09:10.260 Very<01:09:06.260><c> interesting</c><01:09:06.739><c> what</c><01:09:06.880><c> they</c><01:09:07.140><c> did</c><01:09:07.960><c> under</c><01:09:08.260><c> the</c><01:09:08.439><c> law</c><01:09:08.659><c> about</c><01:09:09.140><c> Wayne.</c> 01:09:11.500 --> 01:09:13.640 You<01:09:11.659><c> see,</c><01:09:11.859><c> when</c><01:09:12.060><c> men</c><01:09:12.439><c> committed</c><01:09:12.800><c> a</c><01:09:13.020><c> trespass,</c> 01:09:13.960 --> 01:09:17.020 which<01:09:14.180><c> of</c><01:09:14.380><c> course</c><01:09:14.880><c> a</c><01:09:15.239><c> trespass</c><01:09:15.640><c> was</c><01:09:15.840><c> when</c><01:09:16.100><c> you</c><01:09:16.340><c> violated</c><01:09:16.779><c> the</c> 01:09:17.020 --> 01:09:18.720 rights<01:09:17.199><c> of</c><01:09:17.399><c> another</c><01:09:17.600><c> person,</c> 01:09:19.340 --> 01:09:24.380 you<01:09:19.899><c> had</c><01:09:20.239><c> to</c><01:09:20.560><c> restore</c><01:09:21.079><c> that</c><01:09:22.159><c> which</c><01:09:22.399><c> you</c><01:09:22.680><c> stole,</c><01:09:23.060><c> for</c><01:09:23.859><c> example,</c> 01:09:24.699 --> 01:09:28.079 you<01:09:24.760><c> had</c><01:09:24.960><c> to</c><01:09:25.239><c> restore</c><01:09:25.539><c> that</c><01:09:25.779><c> and</c><01:09:26.020><c> add</c><01:09:26.220><c> a</c><01:09:26.380><c> fifth</c><01:09:26.579><c> part</c><01:09:26.939><c> to</c><01:09:27.180><c> it.</c> 01:09:29.119 --> 01:09:31.560 And<01:09:29.300><c> because</c><01:09:29.520><c> in</c><01:09:29.680><c> those</c><01:09:29.880><c> days</c><01:09:30.180><c> they</c><01:09:30.520><c> never</c><01:09:30.760><c> had</c><01:09:31.020><c> coins,</c> 01:09:31.920 --> 01:09:35.460 they<01:09:31.960><c> didn't</c><01:09:32.180><c> have</c><01:09:32.439><c> minted</c><01:09:33.039><c> coins,</c><01:09:33.640><c> they</c><01:09:33.939><c> paid</c><01:09:34.220><c> in</c><01:09:34.579><c> weight</c><01:09:34.859><c> by</c> 01:09:35.460 --> 01:09:36.239 silver<01:09:35.720><c> and</c><01:09:35.960><c> gold,</c> 01:09:36.539 --> 01:09:39.399 so<01:09:36.720><c> you</c><01:09:36.859><c> would</c><01:09:37.060><c> say,</c><01:09:37.619><c> well,</c><01:09:37.699><c> I</c><01:09:37.880><c> took</c><01:09:38.079><c> X</c><01:09:38.460><c> amount</c><01:09:38.720><c> of</c><01:09:38.920><c> weight</c><01:09:39.100><c> of</c> 01:09:39.399 --> 01:09:40.340 gold<01:09:39.720><c> from</c><01:09:39.880><c> this</c><01:09:40.180><c> brother,</c> 01:09:40.439 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--> 01:09:58.640 Look,<01:09:54.000><c> you</c><01:09:54.159><c> put</c><01:09:54.319><c> those</c><01:09:54.600><c> scales</c><01:09:54.880><c> over</c><01:09:55.180><c> here,</c><01:09:56.479><c> I've</c><01:09:57.439><c> got</c><01:09:57.560><c> my</c><01:09:57.800><c> own.</c> 01:09:59.239 --> 01:10:02.779 And<01:09:59.539><c> out</c><01:09:59.779><c> from</c><01:09:59.979><c> the</c><01:10:00.119><c> tabernacle</c><01:10:00.520><c> somewhere</c><01:10:00.920><c> came</c><01:10:02.260><c> the</c><01:10:02.579><c> shekel</c> 01:10:02.779 --> 01:10:04.079 of<01:10:02.939><c> the</c><01:10:03.140><c> sanctuary,</c> 01:10:04.560 --> 01:10:09.699 God<01:10:04.619><c> had</c><01:10:04.760><c> his</c><01:10:04.920><c> own</c><01:10:05.119><c> weights,</c><01:10:07.460><c> because</c><01:10:07.779><c> yours</c><01:10:08.079><c> might</c><01:10:08.359><c> be</c><01:10:08.579><c> falsified.</c> 01:10:10.899 --> 01:10:14.319 And<01:10:11.439><c> Amos</c><01:10:11.760><c> the</c><01:10:11.939><c> prophet</c><01:10:12.279><c> said</c><01:10:12.699><c> they</c><01:10:13.199><c> falsified</c><01:10:13.819><c> the</c><01:10:14.039><c> balances</c> 01:10:14.319 --> 01:10:15.699 of<01:10:14.539><c> deceit,</c> 01:10:16.640 --> 01:10:18.520 calling<01:10:16.739><c> the</c><01:10:16.960><c> ephah</c><01:10:17.279><c> small</c><01:10:17.520><c> and</c><01:10:17.640><c> the</c><01:10:17.800><c> shekel</c><01:10:17.979><c> great,</c> 01:10:18.939 --> 01:10:20.699 depending<01:10:19.159><c> on</c><01:10:19.260><c> whether</c><01:10:19.380><c> their</c><01:10:19.539><c> buying</c><01:10:19.680><c> or</c><01:10:19.819><c> selling.</c> 01:10:21.319 --> 01:10:26.520 They<01:10:21.520><c> had</c><01:10:21.859><c> doctored</c><01:10:22.300><c> weights,</c><01:10:24.220><c> but</c><01:10:24.380><c> you</c><01:10:24.380><c> see</c><01:10:24.680><c> Yahweh</c><01:10:25.020><c> kept</c><01:10:25.340><c> his</c><01:10:25.659><c> scales</c><01:10:26.079><c> in</c> 01:10:26.520 --> 01:10:27.859 the<01:10:26.760><c> tabernacle.</c> 01:10:28.579 --> 01:10:31.939 The<01:10:28.840><c> shekel</c><01:10:29.079><c> of</c><01:10:29.199><c> the</c><01:10:29.359><c> sanctuary</c><01:10:29.560><c> was</c><01:10:29.800><c> a</c><01:10:29.939><c> weight,</c><01:10:31.300><c> his</c><01:10:31.579><c> weight,</c> 01:10:32.399 --> 01:10:35.659 and<01:10:32.560><c> brothers</c><01:10:32.779><c> and</c><01:10:33.020><c> sisters,</c><01:10:33.319><c> guess</c><01:10:33.600><c> what,</c><01:10:34.100><c> it</c><01:10:34.300><c> was</c><01:10:34.520><c> perfect.</c> 01:10:38.020 --> 01:10:40.100 Now<01:10:38.380><c> he</c><01:10:38.500><c> says,</c><01:10:38.819><c> you've</c><01:10:38.939><c> been</c><01:10:39.100><c> weighed</c><01:10:39.239><c> in</c><01:10:39.359><c> the</c><01:10:39.579><c> balances</c><01:10:39.840><c> and</c> 01:10:40.100 --> 01:10:41.039 found<01:10:40.239><c> wanting.</c> 01:10:43.220 --> 01:10:45.439 Not<01:10:43.579><c> according</c><01:10:43.920><c> to</c><01:10:44.159><c> your</c><01:10:44.420><c> estimation.</c> 01:10:45.619 --> 01:10:47.319 It's<01:10:45.739><c> no</c><01:10:45.859><c> good</c><01:10:45.939><c> us</c><01:10:46.100><c> going</c><01:10:46.260><c> to</c><01:10:46.399><c> the</c><01:10:46.560><c> judge</c><01:10:46.720><c> of</c><01:10:46.899><c> all</c><01:10:47.060><c> the</c><01:10:47.199><c> earth,</c> 01:10:47.479 --> 01:10:48.039 brothers<01:10:47.560><c> and</c><01:10:47.819><c> sisters,</c> 01:10:48.220 --> 01:10:50.659 and<01:10:48.220><c> say,</c><01:10:48.680><c> look,</c><01:10:48.760><c> it</c><01:10:48.920><c> wasn't</c><01:10:49.119><c> fair,</c><01:10:49.619><c> it</c><01:10:49.760><c> really</c><01:10:49.880><c> wasn't</c><01:10:50.039><c> my</c><01:10:50.380><c> fault,</c><01:10:50.579><c> it</c> 01:10:50.659 --> 01:10:51.420 was<01:10:50.760><c> the</c><01:10:50.880><c> Ecclesiast's</c><01:10:51.260><c> fault.</c> 01:10:51.539 --> 01:10:53.560 It<01:10:51.640><c> is</c><01:10:51.800><c> always</c><01:10:51.939><c> the</c><01:10:52.119><c> Ecclesiast's</c><01:10:52.600><c> fault</c><01:10:52.760><c> when</c><01:10:53.119><c> people</c><01:10:53.340><c> leave</c> 01:10:53.560 --> 01:10:55.619 the<01:10:53.840><c> truth</c><01:10:54.020><c> or</c><01:10:54.479><c> people</c><01:10:54.699><c> get</c><01:10:54.819><c> into</c><01:10:54.979><c> troubles.</c> 01:10:55.920 --> 01:10:58.460 No<01:10:56.279><c> one</c><01:10:56.460><c> loves</c><01:10:56.699><c> me,</c><01:10:57.000><c> there's</c><01:10:57.260><c> no</c><01:10:57.500><c> love</c><01:10:57.760><c> in</c><01:10:57.920><c> the</c><01:10:58.100><c> Ecclesiast,</c> 01:10:58.460 --> 01:10:59.159 not<01:10:58.640><c> my</c><01:10:58.899><c> fault.</c> 01:10:59.439 --> 01:11:00.340 It's<01:10:59.659><c> the</c><01:10:59.680><c> Ecclesiast's</c><01:11:00.140><c> fault.</c> 01:11:00.340 --> 01:11:03.979 Well,<01:11:01.279><c> Jesus</c><01:11:01.560><c> is</c><01:11:01.699><c> going</c><01:11:01.760><c> to</c><01:11:01.840><c> say,</c><01:11:02.180><c> well,</c><01:11:02.560><c> hang</c><01:11:02.699><c> on,</c><01:11:03.399><c> I'm</c><01:11:03.640><c> talking</c><01:11:03.800><c> about</c> 01:11:03.979 --> 01:11:05.539 you,<01:11:04.380><c> not</c><01:11:04.479><c> the</c><01:11:04.659><c> Ecclesia.</c> 01:11:05.960 --> 01:11:07.359 This<01:11:06.140><c> is</c><01:11:06.380><c> my</c><01:11:06.579><c> weight.</c> 01:11:08.560 --> 01:11:10.920 And<01:11:08.779><c> we're</c><01:11:08.939><c> going</c><01:11:08.979><c> to</c><01:11:09.060><c> be</c><01:11:09.319><c> weighed</c><01:11:09.479><c> in</c><01:11:09.739><c> those</c><01:11:10.000><c> balances,</c><01:11:10.579><c> brothers</c><01:11:10.659><c> and</c> 01:11:10.920 --> 01:11:12.460 sisters,<01:11:11.220><c> not</c><01:11:11.439><c> our</c><01:11:11.659><c> own.</c> 01:11:13.300 --> 01:11:14.979 And<01:11:13.579><c> that's</c><01:11:13.739><c> what</c><01:11:13.979><c> Daniel</c><01:11:14.199><c> meant</c><01:11:14.399><c> when</c><01:11:14.539><c> he</c><01:11:14.619><c> said,</c><01:11:14.779><c> you've</c> 01:11:14.979 --> 01:11:16.199 been<01:11:15.439><c> found</c><01:11:15.859><c> wanting</c> 01:11:16.199 --> 01:11:18.640 because<01:11:16.500><c> you've</c><01:11:16.819><c> been</c><01:11:16.920><c> put</c><01:11:17.079><c> into</c><01:11:17.260><c> divine</c><01:11:17.680><c> balances</c><01:11:18.060><c> and</c><01:11:18.260><c> you've</c><01:11:18.579><c> gone</c> 01:11:18.640 --> 01:11:19.760 way<01:11:18.880><c> down.</c> 01:11:21.159 --> 01:11:22.939 It's<01:11:21.600><c> a</c><01:11:21.720><c> very,</c><01:11:21.979><c> very</c><01:11:22.340><c> sobering</c><01:11:22.720><c> message.</c> 01:11:23.159 --> 01:11:25.939 And<01:11:23.340><c> if</c><01:11:23.500><c> you're</c><01:11:23.699><c> making</c><01:11:24.000><c> notes,</c><01:11:24.640><c> brothers</c><01:11:24.699><c> and</c><01:11:25.000><c> sisters,</c><01:11:25.720><c> make</c><01:11:25.819><c> a</c> 01:11:25.939 --> 01:11:26.720 note<01:11:26.039><c> of</c><01:11:26.180><c> this,</c> 01:11:26.720 --> 01:11:30.760 that<01:11:27.699><c> in</c><01:11:27.779><c> the</c><01:11:27.979><c> first</c><01:11:28.239><c> of</c><01:11:28.500><c> Samuel</c><01:11:28.819><c> chapter</c><01:11:29.159><c> 2</c><01:11:29.420><c> and</c><01:11:29.560><c> verse</c><01:11:29.739><c> 3,</c> 01:11:31.060 --> 01:11:32.800 Yahweh<01:11:31.300><c> weighs</c><01:11:31.560><c> actions.</c> 01:11:35.680 --> 01:11:40.060 In<01:11:35.800><c> Proverbs</c><01:11:36.119><c> 16</c><01:11:36.579><c> and</c><01:11:36.739><c> verse</c><01:11:36.979><c> 2,</c><01:11:38.159><c> he</c><01:11:38.300><c> weighs</c><01:11:38.760><c> motives.</c> 01:11:42.239 --> 01:11:46.619 And<01:11:42.439><c> in</c><01:11:42.659><c> Psalm</c><01:11:42.899><c> 62</c><01:11:43.439><c> and</c><01:11:43.640><c> verse</c><01:11:43.899><c> 9,</c><01:11:45.500><c> he</c><01:11:45.720><c> weighs</c><01:11:46.000><c> the</c><01:11:46.260><c> measure</c><01:11:46.479><c> of</c> 01:11:46.619 --> 01:11:47.699 your<01:11:46.840><c> pride.</c> 01:11:49.859 --> 01:11:53.800 So<01:11:50.000><c> he</c><01:11:50.140><c> weighs</c><01:11:50.520><c> your</c><01:11:50.819><c> actions,</c><01:11:51.680><c> by</c><01:11:51.800><c> him</c><01:11:51.960><c> actions</c><01:11:52.340><c> are</c><01:11:52.579><c> weighed,</c><01:11:52.899><c> said</c><01:11:52.939><c> Hannah.</c> 01:11:54.100 --> 01:11:58.619 He<01:11:54.579><c> weighs</c><01:11:54.859><c> our</c><01:11:55.180><c> motives</c><01:11:55.680><c> in</c><01:11:56.859><c> Proverbs</c><01:11:57.079><c> 16,</c><01:11:57.579><c> verse</c><01:11:57.760><c> 2.</c> 01:11:59.000 --> 01:12:02.680 And<01:11:59.100><c> in</c><01:11:59.260><c> Psalm</c><01:11:59.460><c> 62,</c><01:12:00.000><c> verse</c><01:12:00.300><c> 9,</c><01:12:01.579><c> he</c><01:12:01.720><c> can</c><01:12:01.979><c> weigh</c><01:12:02.140><c> the</c><01:12:02.340><c> measure</c><01:12:02.539><c> of</c> 01:12:02.680 --> 01:12:03.779 your<01:12:02.899><c> pride.</c> 01:12:04.680 --> 01:12:06.600 They<01:12:04.800><c> can</c><01:12:04.939><c> all</c><01:12:05.100><c> be</c><01:12:05.359><c> weighed</c><01:12:05.479><c> accurately.</c> 01:12:08.199 --> 01:12:09.479 Very<01:12:08.560><c> interesting.</c> 01:12:10.600 --> 01:12:14.439 And<01:12:10.720><c> then</c><01:12:10.800><c> when</c><01:12:10.960><c> Daniel</c><01:12:11.399><c> interpreted</c><01:12:12.079><c> the</c><01:12:12.279><c> word,</c><01:12:12.819><c> you</c><01:12:12.859><c> fasten,</c><01:12:13.779><c> he</c><01:12:13.979><c> didn't</c><01:12:14.199><c> say</c> 01:12:14.439 --> 01:12:15.439 you<01:12:14.699><c> fasten,</c><01:12:15.060><c> did</c><01:12:15.119><c> he?</c> 01:12:15.539 --> 01:12:19.319 In<01:12:15.720><c> verse</c><01:12:15.880><c> 28,</c><01:12:17.279><c> he</c><01:12:17.500><c> uses</c><01:12:17.739><c> the</c><01:12:17.920><c> word,</c><01:12:18.340><c> Peres.</c> 01:12:20.579 --> 01:12:22.380 Why<01:12:21.060><c> would</c><01:12:21.180><c> he</c><01:12:21.279><c> do</c><01:12:21.420><c> that?</c> 01:12:23.399 --> 01:12:24.960 You<01:12:23.880><c> know</c><01:12:24.060><c> why?</c> 01:12:25.760 --> 01:12:27.500 It<01:12:25.920><c> seems</c><01:12:26.140><c> a</c><01:12:26.359><c> change,</c><01:12:26.659><c> doesn't</c><01:12:26.899><c> it?</c> 01:12:27.960 --> 01:12:32.420 Meaning<01:12:28.239><c> tinkle,</c><01:12:29.380><c> you</c><01:12:29.600><c> fasten,</c><01:12:30.039><c> then</c><01:12:30.140><c> he's</c><01:12:30.359><c> got</c><01:12:30.659><c> tinkle,</c><01:12:31.680><c> Peres,</c><01:12:32.199><c> you</c><01:12:32.239><c> see?</c> 01:12:32.500 --> 01:12:34.600 Peres,<01:12:33.119><c> or</c><01:12:33.260><c> meaning</c><01:12:33.539><c> tinkle,</c><01:12:34.159><c> Peres.</c> 01:12:35.100 --> 01:12:37.539 Why<01:12:35.340><c> have</c><01:12:35.500><c> we</c><01:12:35.600><c> got</c><01:12:35.819><c> Peres</c><01:12:36.199><c> instead</c><01:12:36.439><c> of</c><01:12:36.579><c> you</c><01:12:36.760><c> fasten?</c> 01:12:38.439 --> 01:12:42.460 Because<01:12:38.699><c> you</c><01:12:38.859><c> see,</c><01:12:39.300><c> you</c><01:12:39.420><c> fasten</c><01:12:39.760><c> is</c><01:12:40.119><c> the</c><01:12:40.479><c> plural</c><01:12:40.920><c> of</c><01:12:41.359><c> Peres.</c> 01:12:43.199 --> 01:12:45.300 It's<01:12:43.680><c> the</c><01:12:43.920><c> plural</c><01:12:44.220><c> of</c><01:12:44.600><c> Peres.</c> 01:12:45.720 --> 01:12:48.079 And<01:12:45.899><c> why</c><01:12:46.119><c> would</c><01:12:46.239><c> he</c><01:12:46.539><c> use</c><01:12:46.939><c> the</c><01:12:47.239><c> singular?</c> 01:12:49.060 --> 01:12:50.279 Why<01:12:49.279><c> did</c><01:12:49.420><c> he</c><01:12:49.560><c> not</c><01:12:49.720><c> use</c><01:12:49.939><c> the</c><01:12:50.159><c> plural?</c> 01:12:50.359 --> 01:12:51.420 You<01:12:50.479><c> know</c><01:12:50.600><c> why</c><01:12:50.899><c> he</c><01:12:51.020><c> didn't?</c> 01:12:51.420 --> 01:12:54.920 Because<01:12:51.880><c> the</c><01:12:52.140><c> singular,</c><01:12:52.840><c> Peres,</c><01:12:53.199><c> is</c><01:12:53.380><c> used</c><01:12:53.720><c> as</c><01:12:53.899><c> a</c><01:12:54.100><c> proper</c><01:12:54.359><c> noun</c> 01:12:54.920 --> 01:12:57.659 for<01:12:56.140><c> the</c><01:12:56.439><c> Persians.</c> 01:12:59.840 --> 01:13:02.100 So<01:13:00.020><c> Daniel</c><01:13:00.319><c> knows</c><01:13:00.640><c> who</c><01:13:01.039><c> he</c><01:13:01.159><c> is</c><01:13:01.300><c> that's</c><01:13:01.479><c> going</c><01:13:01.579><c> to</c><01:13:01.760><c> come.</c> 01:13:02.380 --> 01:13:05.460 Of<01:13:02.579><c> course</c><01:13:02.659><c> he</c><01:13:02.800><c> does,</c><01:13:03.560><c> because</c><01:13:03.720><c> he's</c><01:13:04.000><c> chaps</c><01:13:04.539><c> risen</c><01:13:05.039><c> from</c><01:13:05.279><c> the</c> 01:13:05.460 --> 01:13:07.319 east<01:13:05.619><c> by</c><01:13:05.880><c> Cyrus</c><01:13:06.300><c> by</c><01:13:06.560><c> now.</c> 01:13:08.260 --> 01:13:11.359 And<01:13:08.439><c> the</c><01:13:08.520><c> very</c><01:13:08.800><c> word,</c><01:13:09.100><c> Peres,</c><01:13:09.539><c> in</c><01:13:09.680><c> the</c><01:13:09.880><c> singular,</c><01:13:10.720><c> is</c><01:13:10.920><c> used</c><01:13:11.079><c> to</c> 01:13:11.359 --> 01:13:12.760 describe<01:13:11.699><c> the</c><01:13:12.079><c> Persians.</c> 01:13:13.020 --> 01:13:14.579 That's<01:13:13.300><c> the</c><01:13:13.420><c> word</c><01:13:13.579><c> for</c><01:13:13.840><c> it.</c> 01:13:15.039 --> 01:13:16.180 He<01:13:15.199><c> changes</c><01:13:15.579><c> it.</c> 01:13:16.560 --> 01:13:19.859 Because<01:13:16.859><c> really,</c><01:13:17.279><c> you</c><01:13:17.300><c> fasten</c><01:13:17.619><c> means</c><01:13:17.880><c> to</c><01:13:18.119><c> divide</c><01:13:18.359><c> or</c><01:13:18.560><c> to</c><01:13:18.779><c> split</c><01:13:18.899><c> up.</c> 01:13:21.020 --> 01:13:24.960 And<01:13:21.539><c> the</c><01:13:21.779><c> Persians</c><01:13:22.039><c> were</c><01:13:22.199><c> the</c><01:13:22.300><c> ones</c><01:13:22.439><c> going</c><01:13:22.640><c> to</c><01:13:22.840><c> split</c><01:13:23.000><c> that</c><01:13:23.260><c> kingdom</c><01:13:23.520><c> in</c><01:13:23.800><c> two.</c> 01:13:25.760 --> 01:13:27.279 And<01:13:26.039><c> he</c><01:13:26.079><c> knew</c><01:13:26.260><c> that,</c><01:13:26.539><c> brothers</c><01:13:26.699><c> and</c><01:13:26.920><c> sisters.</c> 01:13:27.500 --> 01:13:30.420 Not<01:13:27.640><c> only</c><01:13:27.819><c> because</c><01:13:28.140><c> of</c><01:13:28.279><c> the</c><01:13:28.420><c> prophecy</c><01:13:28.659><c> of</c><01:13:28.840><c> Isaiah</c><01:13:29.100><c> 45,</c> 01:13:30.800 --> 01:13:33.479 but<01:13:30.960><c> the</c><01:13:31.140><c> prophecy</c><01:13:31.399><c> of</c><01:13:31.640><c> Isaiah</c><01:13:32.039><c> 13,</c> 01:13:33.699 --> 01:13:35.699 which<01:13:33.920><c> said</c><01:13:34.140><c> concerning</c><01:13:34.680><c> Babylon,</c> 01:13:35.979 --> 01:13:38.239 that<01:13:36.119><c> the</c><01:13:36.439><c> Medes</c><01:13:36.859><c> who</c><01:13:37.159><c> were</c><01:13:37.319><c> with</c><01:13:37.539><c> the</c><01:13:37.739><c> Persians</c> 01:13:38.239 --> 01:13:40.260 would<01:13:38.600><c> be</c><01:13:38.720><c> the</c><01:13:38.979><c> power</c><01:13:39.180><c> that</c><01:13:39.319><c> would</c><01:13:39.520><c> overthrow</c><01:13:39.859><c> Babylon.</c> 01:13:40.319 --> 01:13:42.460 So<01:13:40.520><c> he</c><01:13:40.739><c> knew</c><01:13:41.060><c> who</c><01:13:41.220><c> they</c><01:13:41.479><c> were.</c> 01:13:43.180 --> 01:13:44.939 He<01:13:43.380><c> changes</c><01:13:43.640><c> you</c><01:13:43.899><c> fasten</c><01:13:44.199><c> to</c><01:13:44.500><c> Peres.</c> 01:13:45.399 --> 01:13:47.140 The<01:13:45.739><c> Persians</c><01:13:46.079><c> would</c><01:13:46.340><c> come.</c> 01:13:49.359 --> 01:13:52.680 Well,<01:13:49.619><c> he</c><01:13:49.640><c> made</c><01:13:49.859><c> Daniel</c><01:13:50.180><c> the</c><01:13:50.380><c> third</c><01:13:50.619><c> ruler</c><01:13:50.859><c> in</c><01:13:51.000><c> the</c><01:13:51.119><c> kingdom.</c> 01:13:52.920 --> 01:13:54.239 Put<01:13:53.060><c> a</c><01:13:53.640><c> chain</c><01:13:53.800><c> about</c><01:13:53.960><c> his</c><01:13:54.140><c> neck.</c> 01:13:54.420 --> 01:13:56.340 You<01:13:54.500><c> wonder</c><01:13:54.640><c> how</c><01:13:54.819><c> the</c><01:13:54.960><c> king</c><01:13:55.039><c> could</c><01:13:55.260><c> do</c><01:13:55.380><c> that</c><01:13:55.520><c> in</c><01:13:55.659><c> those</c><01:13:55.800><c> circumstances.</c> 01:13:56.699 --> 01:13:57.720 But<01:13:56.939><c> I</c><01:13:57.220><c> don't</c><01:13:57.439><c> wonder.</c> 01:13:57.939 --> 01:14:00.560 You<01:13:57.979><c> see,</c><01:13:58.300><c> brothers</c><01:13:58.439><c> and</c><01:13:58.619><c> sisters,</c><01:13:58.619><c> he</c><01:13:58.800><c> was</c><01:13:59.000><c> so</c><01:13:59.340><c> petrified.</c> 01:14:00.640 --> 01:14:02.500 He<01:14:00.920><c> was</c><01:14:01.180><c> completely</c><01:14:01.600><c> beside</c><01:14:01.979><c> himself.</c> 01:14:02.899 --> 01:14:04.220 He<01:14:02.979><c> was</c><01:14:03.220><c> a</c><01:14:03.479><c> ghastly</c><01:14:03.960><c> color.</c> 01:14:04.359 --> 01:14:05.960 He<01:14:04.420><c> was</c><01:14:04.720><c> desperately</c><01:14:05.260><c> sick</c><01:14:05.579><c> and</c><01:14:05.800><c> ill.</c> 01:14:06.000 --> 01:14:07.420 The<01:14:06.199><c> man</c><01:14:06.399><c> was</c><01:14:06.699><c> eaten</c><01:14:06.960><c> out.</c> 01:14:07.859 --> 01:14:09.380 He'd<01:14:08.039><c> had</c><01:14:08.140><c> a</c><01:14:08.359><c> dressing</c><01:14:08.560><c> down</c><01:14:08.760><c> from</c><01:14:08.920><c> his</c><01:14:09.140><c> mother.</c> 01:14:09.720 --> 01:14:12.539 He'd<01:14:09.899><c> had</c><01:14:10.039><c> a</c><01:14:10.260><c> first</c><01:14:10.479><c> class</c><01:14:11.020><c> dressing</c><01:14:11.359><c> down</c><01:14:11.640><c> from</c><01:14:12.140><c> Daniel.</c> 01:14:12.779 --> 01:14:15.260 He<01:14:12.939><c> had</c><01:14:13.140><c> been</c><01:14:13.539><c> thoroughly</c><01:14:13.939><c> humiliated</c><01:14:14.560><c> and</c><01:14:14.859><c> shamed.</c> 01:14:15.399 --> 01:14:16.680 And<01:14:15.479><c> yet</c><01:14:15.579><c> he</c><01:14:15.699><c> knew</c><01:14:15.840><c> the</c><01:14:16.159><c> truthfulness</c><01:14:16.460><c> at</c><01:14:16.619><c> all.</c> 01:14:16.680 --> 01:14:18.239 But<01:14:16.779><c> it</c><01:14:16.819><c> was</c><01:14:16.979><c> too</c><01:14:17.260><c> late.</c> 01:14:18.720 --> 01:14:20.920 It<01:14:19.199><c> was</c><01:14:19.680><c> too</c><01:14:20.020><c> late.</c> 01:14:21.319 --> 01:14:24.060 And<01:14:21.380><c> he</c><01:14:21.460><c> made</c><01:14:21.680><c> Daniel</c><01:14:22.060><c> the</c><01:14:22.279><c> third</c><01:14:22.600><c> ruler</c><01:14:22.880><c> in</c><01:14:23.079><c> the</c><01:14:23.260><c> kingdom.</c> 01:14:24.180 --> 01:14:25.159 Now,<01:14:24.279><c> you</c><01:14:24.319><c> know,</c><01:14:24.579><c> brothers</c><01:14:24.720><c> and</c><01:14:24.960><c> sisters,</c> 01:14:25.220 --> 01:14:26.420 can<01:14:25.359><c> you</c><01:14:25.500><c> imagine</c><01:14:25.760><c> what</c><01:14:25.939><c> happened?</c> 01:14:26.680 --> 01:14:28.000 That<01:14:26.739><c> when</c><01:14:26.920><c> Darius</c><01:14:27.380><c> on</c><01:14:27.659><c> behalf,</c> 01:14:28.100 --> 01:14:30.460 who<01:14:28.140><c> was</c><01:14:28.819><c> operating</c><01:14:29.180><c> there</c><01:14:29.420><c> on</c><01:14:29.600><c> behalf</c><01:14:29.920><c> of</c><01:14:30.300><c> Cyrus,</c> 01:14:30.720 --> 01:14:32.720 when<01:14:30.880><c> Darius</c><01:14:31.300><c> came</c><01:14:31.539><c> into</c><01:14:31.680><c> the</c><01:14:31.880><c> kingdom,</c> 01:14:32.760 --> 01:14:34.539 he's<01:14:33.100><c> told</c><01:14:33.220><c> he's</c><01:14:33.500><c> 62</c><01:14:33.840><c> years</c><01:14:34.199><c> of</c><01:14:34.399><c> age,</c> 01:14:34.560 --> 01:14:37.239 which<01:14:34.699><c> was</c><01:14:34.939><c> Daniel's</c><01:14:35.500><c> age</c><01:14:35.760><c> at</c><01:14:35.979><c> the</c><01:14:36.060><c> death</c><01:14:36.279><c> of</c><01:14:36.439><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c> 01:14:37.720 --> 01:14:39.680 And<01:14:37.979><c> so</c><01:14:38.079><c> when</c><01:14:38.479><c> Darius</c><01:14:38.920><c> comes</c><01:14:39.119><c> into</c><01:14:39.260><c> the</c><01:14:39.479><c> kingdom,</c> 01:14:39.800 --> 01:14:42.439 he'd<01:14:39.939><c> say</c><01:14:40.220><c> when</c><01:14:40.760><c> the</c><01:14:40.960><c> kingdom's</c><01:14:41.300><c> in</c><01:14:41.439><c> ruins,</c><01:14:41.840><c> smoking</c><01:14:42.159><c> ruins,</c> 01:14:42.619 --> 01:14:46.020 Belshazzar<01:14:43.039><c> had</c><01:14:43.100><c> just</c><01:14:43.300><c> been</c><01:14:43.960><c> cut</c><01:14:44.220><c> to</c><01:14:44.479><c> pieces</c><01:14:44.699><c> and</c><01:14:45.300><c> destroyed,</c> 01:14:46.020 --> 01:14:48.239 and<01:14:46.460><c> he'd</c><01:14:46.699><c> walk</c><01:14:46.899><c> in</c><01:14:47.079><c> there</c><01:14:47.279><c> in</c><01:14:47.319><c> the</c><01:14:47.420><c> midst</c><01:14:47.579><c> of</c><01:14:47.699><c> his</c><01:14:47.880><c> ruin</c><01:14:47.979><c> and</c><01:14:48.119><c> said,</c> 01:14:48.420 --> 01:14:49.600 who's<01:14:48.739><c> in</c><01:14:48.960><c> charge</c><01:14:49.260><c> here?</c> 01:14:49.920 --> 01:14:53.619 And<01:14:50.119><c> Daniel</c><01:14:50.239><c> would</c><01:14:50.460><c> say,</c><01:14:51.819><c> I</c><01:14:52.000><c> am.</c> 01:14:54.000 --> 01:14:55.239 Of<01:14:54.079><c> course</c><01:14:54.279><c> he</c><01:14:54.460><c> is.</c> 01:14:55.920 --> 01:14:57.300 I<01:14:56.359><c> am.</c> 01:14:58.159 --> 01:15:00.079 Now,<01:14:58.319><c> Bonitas</c><01:14:58.600><c> is</c><01:14:58.800><c> not</c><01:14:59.020><c> there.</c> 01:15:00.260 --> 01:15:01.779 Belshazzar's<01:15:00.699><c> not</c><01:15:00.880><c> there.</c> 01:15:01.979 --> 01:15:03.399 He's<01:15:02.279><c> in</c><01:15:02.500><c> charge.</c> 01:15:03.880 --> 01:15:06.260 He<01:15:04.140><c> took</c><01:15:04.340><c> over,</c><01:15:04.859><c> just</c><01:15:05.020><c> like</c><01:15:05.239><c> that.</c> 01:15:07.239 --> 01:15:10.100 You<01:15:07.380><c> know,</c><01:15:07.920><c> in</c><01:15:08.060><c> that</c><01:15:08.260><c> same</c><01:15:08.539><c> night,</c><01:15:09.100><c> Belshazzar</c><01:15:09.479><c> was</c><01:15:09.720><c> slain.</c> 01:15:10.380 --> 01:15:12.100 You<01:15:10.520><c> look</c><01:15:10.640><c> at</c><01:15:10.800><c> this</c><01:15:11.039><c> in</c><01:15:11.260><c> Jeremiah</c><01:15:11.680><c> 51.</c> 01:15:12.140 --> 01:15:13.640 We'll<01:15:12.439><c> conclude</c><01:15:12.720><c> with</c><01:15:12.899><c> this,</c><01:15:13.239><c> brothers</c><01:15:13.300><c> and</c><01:15:13.500><c> sisters,</c> 01:15:13.659 --> 01:15:15.100 the<01:15:14.000><c> scene</c><01:15:14.220><c> of</c><01:15:14.399><c> the</c><01:15:14.539><c> fall</c><01:15:14.680><c> of</c><01:15:14.899><c> Babylon.</c> 01:15:15.100 --> 01:15:18.500 You<01:15:15.100><c> know,</c><01:15:16.340><c> beautifully</c><01:15:16.539><c> portrayed</c><01:15:17.119><c> by</c><01:15:17.439><c> Yahweh</c><01:15:17.779><c> long</c><01:15:18.220><c> before</c> 01:15:18.500 --> 01:15:19.880 it<01:15:18.720><c> happened.</c> 01:15:20.319 --> 01:15:23.140 Beautifully<01:15:20.800><c> said</c><01:15:21.000><c> here</c><01:15:21.279><c> by</c><01:15:22.100><c> Jeremiah.</c> 01:15:23.260 --> 01:15:24.960 And<01:15:23.300><c> you</c><01:15:23.439><c> get</c><01:15:23.600><c> the</c><01:15:23.859><c> drama</c><01:15:24.060><c> of</c><01:15:24.239><c> it</c><01:15:24.359><c> all,</c><01:15:24.600><c> you</c><01:15:24.600><c> know,</c> 01:15:25.119 --> 01:15:27.239 the<01:15:25.279><c> drama</c><01:15:25.560><c> of</c><01:15:25.840><c> it</c><01:15:25.920><c> all</c><01:15:25.920><c> in</c><01:15:26.020><c> this</c><01:15:26.239><c> chapter.</c> 01:15:28.079 --> 01:15:31.739 Jeremiah<01:15:28.600><c> speaks</c><01:15:29.119><c> in</c><01:15:29.659><c> verse</c><01:15:29.899><c> 37</c><01:15:30.479><c> of</c><01:15:30.720><c> chapter</c><01:15:30.960><c> 30</c><01:15:31.300><c> of</c><01:15:31.479><c> chapter</c> 01:15:31.739 --> 01:15:33.199 51,<01:15:32.399><c> verse</c><01:15:32.600><c> 37,</c> 01:15:33.560 --> 01:15:34.720 Babylon<01:15:33.819><c> should</c><01:15:34.020><c> become</c><01:15:34.380><c> ruin.</c> 01:15:35.020 --> 01:15:36.739 The<01:15:35.079><c> word</c><01:15:35.260><c> heaps</c><01:15:35.539><c> there</c><01:15:35.659><c> means</c><01:15:35.859><c> a</c><01:15:36.039><c> ruin.</c> 01:15:37.319 --> 01:15:39.680 And<01:15:37.500><c> then</c><01:15:37.659><c> he</c><01:15:37.899><c> describes</c><01:15:38.380><c> what's</c><01:15:38.640><c> going</c><01:15:38.720><c> to</c><01:15:38.899><c> happen.</c> 01:15:40.140 --> 01:15:42.600 In<01:15:40.260><c> verse</c><01:15:40.500><c> 44,</c><01:15:41.000><c> I</c><01:15:41.159><c> will</c><01:15:41.399><c> punish</c><01:15:41.779><c> Baal</c><01:15:42.060><c> in</c><01:15:42.260><c> Babylon.</c> 01:15:42.600 --> 01:15:45.960 In<01:15:43.460><c> verse</c><01:15:43.779><c> 45,</c><01:15:44.399><c> he</c><01:15:44.399><c> says,</c><01:15:44.720><c> my</c><01:15:44.840><c> people,</c><01:15:45.220><c> get</c><01:15:45.399><c> out</c><01:15:45.619><c> of</c><01:15:45.760><c> here,</c> 01:15:46.000 --> 01:15:48.859 which<01:15:46.119><c> they</c><01:15:46.340><c> did</c><01:15:46.479><c> when</c><01:15:46.680><c> the</c><01:15:46.920><c> Persians</c><01:15:47.180><c> came</c><01:15:47.479><c> and</c><01:15:47.640><c> made</c><01:15:47.800><c> their</c><01:15:47.939><c> decree.</c> 01:15:49.180 --> 01:15:51.960 And<01:15:49.300><c> in</c><01:15:49.399><c> verse</c><01:15:49.640><c> 57,</c><01:15:50.239><c> he</c><01:15:50.500><c> describes</c><01:15:50.880><c> the</c><01:15:51.180><c> scene.</c> 01:15:52.340 --> 01:15:55.279 I<01:15:52.340><c> will</c><01:15:52.560><c> make</c><01:15:52.840><c> drunk</c><01:15:53.119><c> her</c><01:15:53.380><c> princes,</c><01:15:54.619><c> her</c><01:15:54.859><c> wise</c><01:15:55.140><c> men,</c> 01:15:55.359 --> 01:15:57.439 her<01:15:55.579><c> captains,</c><01:15:56.000><c> and</c><01:15:56.119><c> her</c><01:15:56.300><c> rulers,</c><01:15:56.520><c> and</c><01:15:56.619><c> her</c><01:15:56.800><c> mighty</c><01:15:57.060><c> men.</c> 01:15:57.619 --> 01:16:00.920 And<01:15:58.039><c> they</c><01:15:58.260><c> shall</c><01:15:58.500><c> sleep</c><01:15:58.920><c> a</c><01:15:59.260><c> perpetual</c><01:15:59.680><c> sleep</c><01:16:00.119><c> and</c><01:16:00.420><c> not</c><01:16:00.619><c> awake,</c> 01:16:01.079 --> 01:16:03.520 saith<01:16:01.239><c> the</c><01:16:01.520><c> king</c><01:16:01.779><c> whose</c><01:16:02.039><c> name</c><01:16:02.380><c> is</c><01:16:02.699><c> Yahweh</c><01:16:03.060><c> of</c><01:16:03.300><c> armies.</c> 01:16:03.720 --> 01:16:05.800 And<01:16:03.939><c> can</c><01:16:04.079><c> you</c><01:16:04.199><c> imagine</c><01:16:04.439><c> all</c><01:16:04.680><c> those</c><01:16:04.960><c> drunks</c><01:16:05.199><c> in</c><01:16:05.380><c> that</c><01:16:05.640><c> feast,</c> 01:16:05.960 --> 01:16:06.600 brothers<01:16:06.100><c> and</c><01:16:06.359><c> sisters?</c> 01:16:06.960 --> 01:16:08.760 There<01:16:07.100><c> would</c><01:16:07.380><c> have</c><01:16:07.500><c> been</c><01:16:07.579><c> many</c><01:16:07.800><c> of</c><01:16:07.859><c> them</c><01:16:08.039><c> awake</c><01:16:08.319><c> because</c><01:16:08.600><c> of</c> 01:16:08.760 --> 01:16:09.760 the<01:16:08.960><c> horror</c><01:16:09.159><c> of</c><01:16:09.340><c> that</c><01:16:09.539><c> writing,</c> 01:16:09.760 --> 01:16:13.060 but<01:16:10.060><c> there</c><01:16:10.140><c> would</c><01:16:10.319><c> be</c><01:16:10.399><c> many</c><01:16:10.659><c> also</c><01:16:11.520><c> slumped</c><01:16:11.840><c> over</c><01:16:12.060><c> a</c><01:16:12.279><c> chair</c><01:16:12.460><c> or</c> 01:16:13.060 --> 01:16:13.960 crumpled<01:16:13.340><c> in</c><01:16:13.560><c> a</c><01:16:13.680><c> corner,</c> 01:16:14.260 --> 01:16:16.520 snoring<01:16:14.619><c> away</c><01:16:14.939><c> in</c><01:16:15.100><c> a</c><01:16:15.239><c> drunken</c><01:16:15.520><c> stupor.</c> 01:16:16.640 --> 01:16:18.460 And<01:16:17.159><c> they</c><01:16:17.279><c> never</c><01:16:17.520><c> woke</c><01:16:17.760><c> up.</c> 01:16:18.920 --> 01:16:21.779 And<01:16:18.939><c> they</c><01:16:19.180><c> never</c><01:16:19.380><c> will</c><01:16:19.520><c> wake</c><01:16:19.859><c> up.</c> 01:16:22.100 --> 01:16:25.960 Boom!<01:16:22.779><c> And</c><01:16:22.880><c> they're</c><01:16:23.039><c> gone</c><01:16:23.460><c> in</c><01:16:24.100><c> the</c><01:16:24.159><c> midst</c><01:16:24.300><c> of</c><01:16:24.439><c> this</c><01:16:24.600><c> drunken</c><01:16:24.899><c> revelry.</c> 01:16:26.000 --> 01:16:29.220 And<01:16:26.119><c> as</c><01:16:26.260><c> for</c><01:16:26.399><c> Belshazzar,</c><01:16:26.859><c> look</c><01:16:27.000><c> at</c><01:16:27.100><c> verse</c><01:16:27.300><c> 31</c><01:16:28.220><c> of</c><01:16:28.619><c> this</c><01:16:28.779><c> chapter.</c> 01:16:29.640 --> 01:16:31.680 One<01:16:29.960><c> post</c><01:16:30.500><c> that</c><01:16:31.159><c> is</c><01:16:31.359><c> messenger.</c> 01:16:31.939 --> 01:16:34.000 One<01:16:32.220><c> messenger</c><01:16:32.619><c> run</c><01:16:32.840><c> to</c><01:16:33.000><c> meet</c><01:16:33.079><c> another.</c> 01:16:34.380 --> 01:16:36.380 And<01:16:34.619><c> one</c><01:16:34.880><c> messenger</c><01:16:35.140><c> to</c><01:16:35.300><c> meet</c><01:16:35.399><c> another.</c> 01:16:36.539 --> 01:16:40.119 To<01:16:37.000><c> show</c><01:16:37.180><c> the</c><01:16:37.359><c> king</c><01:16:37.479><c> of</c><01:16:37.659><c> Babylon</c><01:16:37.840><c> the</c><01:16:38.079><c> city</c><01:16:38.220><c> is</c><01:16:38.420><c> taken</c><01:16:38.619><c> at</c><01:16:38.840><c> one</c><01:16:39.060><c> end.</c> 01:16:40.520 --> 01:16:44.539 Babylon,<01:16:40.840><c> brothers</c><01:16:41.039><c> and</c><01:16:41.239><c> sisters,</c><01:16:41.819><c> was</c><01:16:41.840><c> 14</c><01:16:42.460><c> miles</c><01:16:42.979><c> in</c><01:16:43.140><c> every</c><01:16:43.359><c> direction.</c> 01:16:45.239 --> 01:16:47.539 14<01:16:45.699><c> miles</c><01:16:46.159><c> in</c><01:16:46.340><c> every</c><01:16:46.539><c> direction.</c> 01:16:48.439 --> 01:16:52.340 With<01:16:48.619><c> walls</c><01:16:49.180><c> so</c><01:16:49.640><c> wide</c><01:16:50.119><c> that</c><01:16:50.760><c> three</c><01:16:51.100><c> and</c><01:16:51.300><c> four</c><01:16:51.619><c> chariots</c><01:16:52.079><c> could</c> 01:16:52.340 --> 01:16:53.960 ride<01:16:52.520><c> abreast.</c> 01:16:54.840 --> 01:16:57.760 And<01:16:55.000><c> the</c><01:16:55.199><c> wall</c><01:16:55.359><c> is</c><01:16:55.619><c> breached</c><01:16:55.939><c> here,</c><01:16:56.460><c> but</c><01:16:56.560><c> the</c><01:16:56.760><c> feast</c><01:16:56.960><c> is</c><01:16:57.520><c> way</c> 01:16:57.760 --> 01:16:59.039 over<01:16:58.020><c> there.</c> 01:16:59.439 --> 01:17:02.180 So<01:16:59.640><c> a</c><01:16:59.779><c> fellow</c><01:16:59.979><c> races</c><01:17:00.439><c> up,</c><01:17:01.699><c> catches</c><01:17:01.960><c> up,</c> 01:17:02.180 --> 01:17:04.560 I've<01:17:02.439><c> had</c><01:17:02.439><c> it,</c><01:17:02.439><c> I've</c><01:17:02.699><c> had</c><01:17:02.840><c> it,</c><01:17:03.140><c> please</c><01:17:03.560><c> carry</c><01:17:03.800><c> it,</c><01:17:04.260><c> tell</c><01:17:04.380><c> the</c> 01:17:04.560 --> 01:17:06.380 king<01:17:04.800><c> it's</c><01:17:05.460><c> all</c><01:17:05.460><c> over.</c> 01:17:07.159 --> 01:17:10.560 And<01:17:07.199><c> he</c><01:17:07.319><c> meets</c><01:17:07.500><c> her,</c><01:17:08.340><c> hey,</c><01:17:08.819><c> you</c><01:17:08.880><c> better</c><01:17:09.020><c> go</c><01:17:09.279><c> on,</c><01:17:09.560><c> tell</c><01:17:09.760><c> the</c><01:17:09.920><c> king</c><01:17:10.039><c> it's</c><01:17:10.199><c> all</c><01:17:10.439><c> over.</c> 01:17:10.600 --> 01:17:13.340 And<01:17:10.680><c> the</c><01:17:10.819><c> third</c><01:17:11.039><c> messenger</c><01:17:11.380><c> races</c><01:17:11.979><c> in,</c><01:17:12.640><c> bursts</c><01:17:12.840><c> at</c><01:17:12.960><c> the</c><01:17:13.100><c> door,</c> 01:17:13.760 --> 01:17:15.739 Belshazzar,<01:17:14.979><c> we're</c><01:17:15.439><c> gone!</c> 01:17:16.060 --> 01:17:17.239 That<01:17:16.239><c> was</c><01:17:16.479><c> it.</c> 01:17:17.300 --> 01:17:20.100 And<01:17:17.579><c> Jeremiah</c><01:17:17.840><c> describes</c><01:17:18.300><c> that</c><01:17:18.560><c> beautifully,</c><01:17:19.119><c> doesn't</c><01:17:19.260><c> he?</c> 01:17:20.159 --> 01:17:21.460 Look<01:17:20.399><c> at</c><01:17:20.539><c> that.</c> 01:17:21.520 --> 01:17:23.439 What<01:17:21.720><c> a</c><01:17:21.979><c> drama</c><01:17:22.300><c> in</c><01:17:22.539><c> the</c><01:17:22.640><c> midst</c><01:17:22.779><c> of</c><01:17:22.939><c> that</c><01:17:23.180><c> feast.</c> 01:17:23.920 --> 01:17:26.300 And<01:17:23.920><c> as</c><01:17:24.279><c> Daniel</c><01:17:24.539><c> would</c><01:17:24.699><c> be</c><01:17:24.920><c> announcing,</c><01:17:25.520><c> brothers</c><01:17:25.640><c> and</c><01:17:25.920><c> sisters,</c> 01:17:26.720 --> 01:17:28.359 you've<01:17:27.020><c> been</c><01:17:27.220><c> numbered</c><01:17:27.479><c> Belshazzar.</c> 01:17:28.539 --> 01:17:30.140 Yahweh<01:17:28.880><c> has</c><01:17:29.159><c> weighed</c><01:17:29.359><c> your</c><01:17:29.640><c> actions.</c> 01:17:30.140 --> 01:17:32.659 He's<01:17:31.239><c> weighed</c><01:17:31.460><c> your</c><01:17:31.699><c> motives.</c> 01:17:32.699 --> 01:17:34.399 He's<01:17:33.039><c> weighed</c><01:17:33.260><c> your</c><01:17:33.520><c> pride.</c> 01:17:34.539 --> 01:17:35.319 And<01:17:34.659><c> guess</c><01:17:34.899><c> what?</c> 01:17:35.619 --> 01:17:38.680 The<01:17:35.899><c> balances</c><01:17:36.300><c> are</c><01:17:36.920><c> dead</c><01:17:37.159><c> against</c><01:17:37.539><c> you.</c> 01:17:39.220 --> 01:17:41.140 You're<01:17:39.460><c> heavily</c><01:17:40.159><c> outweighed.</c> 01:17:41.359 --> 01:17:43.220 You've<01:17:41.640><c> had</c><01:17:41.779><c> it,</c><01:17:42.039><c> Belshazzar.</c> 01:17:43.600 --> 01:17:45.279 And<01:17:43.779><c> your</c><01:17:44.220><c> king</c><01:17:44.340><c> is</c><01:17:44.500><c> going</c><01:17:44.600><c> to</c><01:17:44.699><c> be</c><01:17:44.840><c> divided,</c> 01:17:45.600 --> 01:17:48.300 and<01:17:45.640><c> it's</c><01:17:45.840><c> going</c><01:17:45.920><c> to</c><01:17:46.039><c> be</c><01:17:46.220><c> divided</c><01:17:46.640><c> by</c><01:17:47.439><c> the</c><01:17:47.899><c> Persians,</c> 01:17:48.380 --> 01:17:51.100 and<01:17:48.479><c> the</c><01:17:48.659><c> door</c><01:17:49.119><c> bursts</c><01:17:49.439><c> open,</c><01:17:49.819><c> and</c><01:17:49.960><c> the</c><01:17:50.119><c> third</c><01:17:50.340><c> messenger,</c> 01:17:51.340 --> 01:17:54.260 King,<01:17:52.880><c> we've</c><01:17:53.199><c> had</c><01:17:53.279><c> it.</c> 01:17:54.760 --> 01:17:56.000 And<01:17:55.100><c> boom,</c><01:17:55.399><c> it</c><01:17:55.520><c> was</c><01:17:55.640><c> gone.</c> 01:17:56.000 --> 01:17:59.939 And<01:17:56.579><c> in</c><01:17:56.840><c> one</c><01:17:57.119><c> hour,</c><01:17:58.279><c> Great</c><01:17:58.359><c> Babylon</c><01:17:58.680><c> came</c><01:17:58.979><c> to</c><01:17:59.140><c> an</c><01:17:59.239><c> end.</c> 01:18:00.399 --> 01:18:04.619 Isn't<01:18:00.779><c> it</c><01:18:01.079><c> marvellous</c><01:18:02.000><c> that</c><01:18:02.359><c> if</c><01:18:02.460><c> we</c><01:18:02.560><c> never</c><01:18:02.800><c> had</c><01:18:02.979><c> the</c><01:18:03.279><c> historian's</c><01:18:03.840><c> pen,</c> 01:18:05.260 --> 01:18:08.560 you<01:18:05.479><c> could</c><01:18:05.680><c> take</c><01:18:05.859><c> Isaiah</c><01:18:06.340><c> and</c><01:18:06.539><c> Jeremiah's</c><01:18:07.199><c> prophecy</c><01:18:07.420><c> alone,</c> 01:18:09.020 --> 01:18:10.439 and<01:18:09.039><c> you</c><01:18:09.119><c> could</c><01:18:09.260><c> put</c><01:18:09.420><c> all</c><01:18:09.640><c> that</c><01:18:09.779><c> together,</c> 01:18:10.800 --> 01:18:13.659 and<01:18:10.859><c> you</c><01:18:10.920><c> could</c><01:18:11.199><c> see</c><01:18:11.399><c> exactly</c><01:18:12.119><c> what</c><01:18:12.399><c> happened</c><01:18:12.579><c> in</c><01:18:12.760><c> that</c><01:18:12.920><c> kingdom.</c> 01:18:13.960 --> 01:18:16.199 You<01:18:14.479><c> could</c><01:18:14.680><c> witness</c><01:18:14.960><c> the</c><01:18:15.300><c> feast.</c> 01:18:16.319 --> 01:18:18.039 You<01:18:16.460><c> could</c><01:18:16.680><c> see</c><01:18:16.819><c> the</c><01:18:17.159><c> pride.</c> 01:18:18.439 --> 01:18:20.960 You<01:18:18.520><c> could</c><01:18:18.720><c> see</c><01:18:18.819><c> the</c><01:18:19.060><c> king's</c><01:18:19.439><c> knees</c><01:18:19.659><c> knocking</c><01:18:20.000><c> together.</c> 01:18:21.220 --> 01:18:23.359 You<01:18:21.340><c> know</c><01:18:21.520><c> the</c><01:18:21.640><c> name</c><01:18:21.840><c> of</c><01:18:22.000><c> the</c><01:18:22.100><c> king</c><01:18:22.300><c> that's</c><01:18:22.560><c> coming.</c> 01:18:23.420 --> 01:18:25.479 You<01:18:23.899><c> see</c><01:18:24.159><c> the</c><01:18:24.439><c> drunken</c><01:18:24.739><c> revelry,</c> 01:18:25.800 --> 01:18:27.640 and<01:18:25.840><c> you</c><01:18:25.979><c> watch</c><01:18:26.239><c> the</c><01:18:26.500><c> messengers,</c><01:18:26.899><c> one</c><01:18:27.100><c> after</c><01:18:27.319><c> the</c><01:18:27.460><c> other,</c> 01:18:27.939 --> 01:18:29.899 taking<01:18:28.039><c> over</c><01:18:28.340><c> from</c><01:18:28.420><c> each</c><01:18:28.579><c> other,</c><01:18:28.899><c> racing</c><01:18:29.159><c> to</c><01:18:29.340><c> that</c><01:18:29.500><c> palace,</c> 01:18:30.300 --> 01:18:34.159 announcing<01:18:30.520><c> to</c><01:18:30.739><c> the</c><01:18:30.899><c> king,</c><01:18:31.579><c> and</c><01:18:31.739><c> in</c><01:18:32.300><c> one</c><01:18:33.060><c> hour,</c> 01:18:34.899 --> 01:18:36.619 the<01:18:35.039><c> golden</c><01:18:35.380><c> city</c><01:18:35.680><c> ceased.</c> 01:18:37.300 --> 01:18:38.880 And<01:18:37.539><c> Daniel</c><01:18:37.720><c> stood</c><01:18:38.020><c> there,</c><01:18:38.399><c> brothers</c><01:18:38.420><c> and</c><01:18:38.659><c> sisters,</c> 01:18:39.039 --> 01:18:43.079 in<01:18:39.100><c> the</c><01:18:39.199><c> midst</c><01:18:39.479><c> of</c><01:18:40.500><c> Babylon,</c><01:18:41.180><c> and</c><01:18:41.359><c> Darius</c><01:18:41.640><c> came</c><01:18:41.979><c> in</c><01:18:42.180><c> and</c><01:18:42.319><c> said,</c> 01:18:43.100 --> 01:18:46.439 Who's<01:18:43.579><c> in</c><01:18:43.819><c> charge?</c><01:18:44.180><c> And</c><01:18:44.220><c> he</c><01:18:44.340><c> said,</c><01:18:44.920><c> I</c><01:18:45.739><c> am.</c>