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Jerusalem.

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Midian,<00:10:53.820><c> Ephah,</c><00:10:54.340><c> Sheba,</c><00:10:55.419><c> Kedar,</c><00:10:56.139><c> and</c><00:10:56.320><c> Nebioth.</c>

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have<00:11:08.840><c> great</c><00:11:09.279><c> wealth.</c>

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peoples,<00:11:18.960><c> not</c><00:11:19.220><c> in</c><00:11:19.440><c> mass,</c><00:11:19.779><c> but</c><00:11:20.120><c> at</c><00:11:20.340><c> least</c>

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possess.

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nations,<00:11:35.980><c> particularly</c><00:11:36.440><c> Saudi</c><00:11:36.799><c> Arabia.</c>

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future.

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of<00:12:09.659><c> the</c><00:12:09.899><c> traditional</c><00:12:10.259><c> Christmas</c>

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story<00:12:10.940><c> than</c><00:12:11.080><c> most</c><00:12:11.320><c> people,</c><00:12:11.779><c> it's</c><00:12:11.940><c> a</c><00:12:12.159><c> popular</c><00:12:12.340><c> thing</c><00:12:12.600><c> to</c><00:12:12.840><c> say</c>

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carol<00:12:15.620><c> that</c><00:12:15.799><c> begins,</c><00:12:16.779><c> we</c><00:12:16.779><c> three</c><00:12:17.139><c> kings</c><00:12:17.539><c> of</c><00:12:17.820><c> orient</c><00:12:18.120><c> are,</c><00:12:18.720><c> well,</c><00:12:19.059><c> we</c>

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recognize<00:12:19.759><c> that</c><00:12:20.320><c> we</c><00:12:20.559><c> don't</c><00:12:20.759><c> know</c>

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We<00:12:22.639><c> don't</c><00:12:22.879><c> know</c><00:12:23.259><c> for</c><00:12:23.639><c> sure</c><00:12:23.820><c> that</c><00:12:23.940><c> they</c><00:12:24.059><c> were</c><00:12:24.299><c> kings,</c><00:12:25.200><c> and</c><00:12:25.419><c> we</c>

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don't<00:12:26.100><c> know</c><00:12:26.440><c> if</c><00:12:26.639><c> they</c><00:12:26.860><c> came</c><00:12:27.120><c> from</c><00:12:27.299><c> the</c><00:12:27.559><c> orient</c>

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Well,<00:12:31.379><c> I'm</c><00:12:31.639><c> suggesting</c><00:12:32.120><c> that</c><00:12:32.279><c> they</c><00:12:32.440><c> could</c><00:12:32.600><c> have</c><00:12:32.740><c> been</c><00:12:32.919><c> kings,</c>

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but<00:12:33.580><c> don't</c><00:12:34.720><c> quote</c><00:12:35.100><c> me</c><00:12:35.299><c> on</c><00:12:35.419><c> that</c><00:12:35.559><c> as</c>

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something<00:12:35.980><c> dogmatic.</c>

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But<00:12:37.340><c> based</c><00:12:37.940><c> on</c><00:12:38.159><c> Psalm</c><00:12:38.320><c> 72</c><00:12:38.840><c> and</c><00:12:39.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:12:39.379><c> 60,</c><00:12:40.139><c> these</c><00:12:40.360><c> indeed</c><00:12:40.720><c> could</c><00:12:40.899><c> have</c><00:12:41.080><c> been</c><00:12:41.240><c> kings</c><00:12:41.700><c> who</c>

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came<00:12:42.340><c> from</c>

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As<00:12:44.559><c> to</c><00:12:44.679><c> there</c><00:12:44.820><c> being</c><00:12:45.000><c> three</c><00:12:45.299><c> of</c><00:12:45.419><c> them,</c><00:12:45.539><c> of</c><00:12:45.720><c> course,</c><00:12:45.860><c> that's</c><00:12:46.100><c> only</c><00:12:46.340><c> based</c><00:12:46.679><c> on</c>

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the<00:12:47.120><c> idea</c><00:12:47.320><c> that</c><00:12:47.519><c> three</c><00:12:47.799><c> gifts</c>

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were<00:12:48.320><c> given,</c><00:12:49.059><c> and</c><00:12:49.500><c> otherwise</c><00:12:49.820><c> there's</c><00:12:50.019><c> no</c><00:12:50.179><c> basis</c><00:12:50.440><c> in</c><00:12:50.679><c> Scripture.</c>

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And<00:12:51.860><c> with</c><00:12:52.100><c> that</c><00:12:52.299><c> sort</c><00:12:52.440><c> of</c><00:12:52.559><c> thing,</c><00:12:52.740><c> we</c><00:12:52.779><c> can</c><00:12:53.019><c> dismiss</c><00:12:53.340><c> most</c><00:12:53.720><c> of</c>

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the<00:12:55.259><c> Christian</c><00:12:55.659><c> songwriters</c><00:12:56.340><c> as</c><00:12:56.580><c> being</c>

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Bible<00:12:57.120><c> students.</c>

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They<00:12:57.740><c> just</c><00:12:58.179><c> don't</c><00:12:58.679><c> quite</c><00:12:58.940><c> get</c><00:12:59.120><c> it</c><00:12:59.259><c> all</c><00:12:59.419><c> together.</c>

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Okay,<00:13:02.299><c> the</c><00:13:02.559><c> wise</c><00:13:02.860><c> men</c><00:13:03.139><c> came.</c>

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We<00:13:04.500><c> know</c><00:13:04.679><c> they</c><00:13:04.919><c> traveled</c><00:13:05.259><c> a</c><00:13:05.480><c> great</c><00:13:05.639><c> distance.</c>

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We<00:13:08.360><c> can</c><00:13:08.740><c> suppose</c><00:13:09.240><c> that</c><00:13:09.440><c> they</c><00:13:09.740><c> traveled</c><00:13:10.120><c> in</c><00:13:10.559><c> their</c><00:13:10.799><c> journeys</c>

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were<00:13:13.679><c> comfortable</c><00:13:14.080><c> places</c><00:13:14.480><c> that</c><00:13:14.639><c> they</c><00:13:14.799><c> could</c><00:13:14.919><c> have</c><00:13:15.200><c> stopped,</c>

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but<00:13:16.100><c> yet</c><00:13:16.379><c> they</c><00:13:16.620><c> were</c><00:13:16.879><c> following</c><00:13:17.240><c> a</c><00:13:17.600><c> great</c>

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light<00:13:18.259><c> that</c><00:13:18.559><c> led</c><00:13:18.759><c> them</c><00:13:18.980><c> on.</c>

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that<00:13:23.899><c> was</c><00:13:24.139><c> greater</c><00:13:24.379><c> even</c><00:13:24.639><c> than</c><00:13:24.860><c> gold.</c>

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They<00:13:25.960><c> brought</c><00:13:26.159><c> him</c><00:13:26.340><c> their</c><00:13:26.519><c> obedience.</c>

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And<00:13:27.860><c> it's</c><00:13:28.019><c> the</c><00:13:28.200><c> greatest</c><00:13:28.399><c> thing</c><00:13:28.639><c> that</c><00:13:28.799><c> we</c><00:13:28.899><c> can</c><00:13:29.059><c> bring</c><00:13:29.320><c> to</c><00:13:29.539><c> God,</c>

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representative.

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become<00:13:40.539><c> like</c><00:13:41.179><c> people</c><00:13:41.460><c> that</c><00:13:41.620><c> Jesus</c><00:13:41.940><c> spoke</c>

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they<00:14:02.360><c> had</c><00:14:02.460><c> a</c><00:14:02.720><c> common</c><00:14:02.899><c> goal.</c>

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They<00:14:03.620><c> may</c><00:14:03.759><c> have</c><00:14:03.860><c> even</c><00:14:04.100><c> come</c><00:14:04.279><c> from</c><00:14:04.480><c> different</c><00:14:04.740><c> places,</c><00:14:05.120><c> and</c><00:14:05.320><c> then</c><00:14:05.620><c> as</c>

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they<00:14:06.139><c> began</c><00:14:06.399><c> to</c><00:14:06.659><c> follow</c><00:14:06.820><c> this</c><00:14:07.039><c> great</c>

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light<00:14:07.899><c> led</c><00:14:08.379><c> on</c><00:14:08.679><c> by</c><00:14:08.879><c> the</c><00:14:09.039><c> knowledge</c><00:14:09.320><c> that</c><00:14:09.500><c> at</c><00:14:09.639><c> the</c><00:14:09.759><c> end</c><00:14:09.899><c> they</c>

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would<00:14:10.220><c> find</c><00:14:10.480><c> the</c><00:14:10.700><c> king,</c><00:14:11.460><c> they</c><00:14:11.720><c> were</c><00:14:12.000><c> brought</c>

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together.

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submerge<00:14:23.299><c> their</c><00:14:23.539><c> problems</c>

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and<00:14:24.039><c> their</c><00:14:24.220><c> difficulties</c><00:14:24.659><c> because</c><00:14:25.000><c> they</c><00:14:25.139><c> had</c><00:14:25.259><c> a</c><00:14:25.519><c> common</c><00:14:25.720><c> goal</c>

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and<00:14:26.559><c> they</c><00:14:26.779><c> traveled</c><00:14:27.080><c> together</c><00:14:27.620><c> and</c>

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they<00:14:28.059><c> were</c><00:14:28.340><c> called</c><00:14:29.000><c> wise</c><00:14:29.440><c> men.</c>

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common<00:14:33.460><c> goal,</c><00:14:34.019><c> even</c><00:14:34.320><c> though</c><00:14:34.480><c> we</c><00:14:34.620><c> might</c><00:14:34.820><c> disagree</c>

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about<00:14:35.600><c> particulars,</c><00:14:36.299><c> even</c><00:14:36.559><c> though</c><00:14:36.919><c> in</c><00:14:37.200><c> this</c><00:14:37.399><c> sort</c><00:14:37.519><c> of</c><00:14:37.620><c> an</c><00:14:37.799><c> analogy,</c><00:14:38.639><c> some</c><00:14:38.860><c> of</c>

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us<00:14:39.100><c> might</c><00:14:39.279><c> think</c><00:14:39.480><c> we</c><00:14:39.659><c> should</c>

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climb<00:14:40.100><c> right</c><00:14:40.299><c> over</c><00:14:40.480><c> the</c><00:14:40.659><c> mountain</c><00:14:40.840><c> and</c><00:14:41.039><c> others</c><00:14:41.200><c> think</c><00:14:41.460><c> we</c><00:14:41.639><c> should</c><00:14:41.759><c> go</c><00:14:42.039><c> around.</c>

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We're<00:14:46.600><c> seeking</c><00:14:46.899><c> the</c><00:14:47.159><c> kingdom</c><00:14:47.600><c> and</c><00:14:48.419><c> we</c><00:14:48.600><c> must</c><00:14:48.779><c> travel</c><00:14:49.120><c> together,</c><00:14:49.919><c> which</c><00:14:50.080><c> is</c>

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of<00:14:52.080><c> expressing</c><00:14:52.480><c> what</c><00:14:52.759><c> Paul</c><00:14:53.080><c> said</c><00:14:53.340><c> that</c><00:14:53.460><c> we</c><00:14:53.620><c> should</c><00:14:53.740><c> be</c><00:14:54.059><c> subject</c><00:14:54.379><c> to</c><00:14:54.559><c> one</c>

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another,<00:14:55.299><c> that</c><00:14:55.399><c> we</c><00:14:55.539><c> should</c>

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love<00:14:55.960><c> one</c><00:14:56.200><c> another,</c><00:14:56.440><c> that</c><00:14:56.559><c> we</c><00:14:56.700><c> should</c><00:14:56.919><c> submerge</c><00:14:57.480><c> these</c><00:14:57.759><c> difficulties</c><00:14:58.379><c> because</c><00:14:59.240><c> we</c>

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are<00:15:00.000><c> all</c><00:15:00.279><c> one</c>

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body<00:15:00.879><c> and</c><00:15:01.120><c> we</c><00:15:01.299><c> have</c><00:15:01.480><c> one</c><00:15:01.740><c> head</c><00:15:02.179><c> and</c><00:15:02.600><c> that</c><00:15:02.779><c> head</c><00:15:02.919><c> is</c><00:15:03.179><c> Christ.</c>

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What<00:15:06.620><c> was</c><00:15:06.799><c> the</c><00:15:07.080><c> star?</c>

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Again,<00:15:08.259><c> I'm</c><00:15:08.419><c> going</c><00:15:08.480><c> to</c><00:15:08.559><c> make</c><00:15:08.659><c> a</c><00:15:08.820><c> suggestion</c><00:15:09.200><c> here</c><00:15:09.480><c> which</c><00:15:09.779><c> might</c><00:15:10.200><c> be</c>

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new<00:15:10.620><c> and</c><00:15:10.740><c> I'm</c><00:15:10.940><c> not</c><00:15:11.320><c> in</c><00:15:12.100><c> doing</c><00:15:12.299><c> this</c>

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saying<00:15:12.820><c> that</c><00:15:12.960><c> other</c><00:15:13.220><c> possibilities</c><00:15:13.919><c> are</c><00:15:14.879><c> far</c><00:15:15.200><c> off</c><00:15:15.399><c> the</c><00:15:15.580><c> mark</c>

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that<00:15:17.960><c> you</c><00:15:18.740><c> have</c><00:15:19.240><c> perhaps</c><00:15:19.659><c> developed</c><00:15:20.080><c> already.</c>

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I'm<00:15:20.679><c> just</c><00:15:20.940><c> offering</c><00:15:21.320><c> another</c><00:15:21.840><c> suggestion.</c>

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What<00:15:23.120><c> was</c><00:15:23.320><c> the</c><00:15:23.559><c> star?</c>

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Some<00:15:25.019><c> have</c><00:15:25.200><c> suggested</c><00:15:25.559><c> that</c><00:15:25.740><c> the</c><00:15:25.960><c> star</c><00:15:26.159><c> was</c><00:15:26.460><c> what's</c><00:15:26.919><c> called</c><00:15:27.120><c> a</c>

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supernova,<00:15:28.279><c> a</c><00:15:28.440><c> great</c><00:15:28.659><c> star</c><00:15:29.000><c> explosion</c>

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in<00:15:29.700><c> the</c><00:15:29.840><c> heavens</c><00:15:30.100><c> and</c><00:15:30.779><c> there</c><00:15:30.960><c> are</c><00:15:30.960><c> different</c><00:15:31.220><c> possibilities</c>

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suggested<00:15:32.279><c> by</c><00:15:32.600><c> astronomers</c><00:15:33.039><c> who've</c><00:15:33.299><c> looked</c><00:15:33.480><c> into</c>

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this<00:15:34.000><c> thing</c><00:15:34.220><c> as</c><00:15:34.620><c> to</c><00:15:34.740><c> how</c><00:15:34.840><c> this</c><00:15:35.039><c> might</c><00:15:35.200><c> have</c><00:15:35.460><c> happened.</c>

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Others<00:15:36.460><c> figure</c><00:15:36.799><c> that</c><00:15:37.419><c> the</c><00:15:37.840><c> various</c><00:15:38.139><c> planets</c><00:15:38.539><c> that</c><00:15:38.759><c> can</c><00:15:38.899><c> be</c><00:15:39.159><c> seen</c><00:15:39.340><c> at</c>

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particular<00:15:39.899><c> times</c><00:15:40.340><c> from</c><00:15:40.580><c> the</c><00:15:40.779><c> earth</c>

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like<00:15:41.500><c> Mercury</c><00:15:41.960><c> and</c><00:15:42.159><c> Venus</c><00:15:42.500><c> got</c><00:15:42.879><c> together</c><00:15:43.220><c> in</c><00:15:43.399><c> a</c><00:15:43.519><c> sort</c><00:15:43.600><c> of</c><00:15:43.759><c> a</c><00:15:43.960><c> special</c><00:15:44.240><c> conjunction</c><00:15:44.860><c> in</c>

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would<00:15:45.720><c> be</c><00:15:45.940><c> seen</c><00:15:46.379><c> late</c><00:15:46.759><c> in</c><00:15:46.919><c> the</c><00:15:47.059><c> evening</c><00:15:47.279><c> or</c><00:15:47.440><c> early</c><00:15:47.679><c> in</c><00:15:47.820><c> the</c><00:15:47.940><c> morning</c><00:15:48.240><c> and</c>

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this<00:15:48.860><c> was</c><00:15:49.100><c> a</c><00:15:49.240><c> sign</c><00:15:49.460><c> that</c><00:15:49.639><c> the</c>

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astronomers<00:15:50.240><c> were</c><00:15:50.480><c> looking</c><00:15:50.720><c> for.</c>

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Others<00:15:52.299><c> suggest</c><00:15:52.659><c> something</c><00:15:53.000><c> special</c><00:15:53.399><c> like</c><00:15:53.700><c> a</c><00:15:53.980><c> comet</c><00:15:54.220><c> or</c><00:15:54.659><c> a</c><00:15:54.820><c> meteor</c><00:15:55.019><c> that</c><00:15:55.240><c> they</c><00:15:55.419><c> then</c><00:15:55.639><c> saw</c><00:15:55.820><c> in</c>

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the<00:15:56.139><c> heavens</c>

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and<00:15:56.539><c> they</c><00:15:56.820><c> followed.</c>

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I<00:15:58.480><c> don't</c><00:15:58.820><c> particularly</c><00:15:59.279><c> like</c><00:15:59.659><c> any</c><00:15:59.919><c> of</c><00:16:00.100><c> those</c><00:16:00.320><c> suggestions.</c>

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It's<00:16:02.179><c> because</c><00:16:02.620><c> I</c><00:16:03.200><c> have</c><00:16:03.340><c> what</c><00:16:03.500><c> I</c><00:16:03.700><c> think</c><00:16:03.820><c> is</c><00:16:03.980><c> a</c><00:16:04.139><c> better</c><00:16:04.279><c> one</c><00:16:04.559><c> and</c>

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you<00:16:06.220><c> can</c><00:16:06.700><c> follow</c><00:16:06.960><c> my</c><00:16:07.299><c> reasoning</c><00:16:07.600><c> and</c><00:16:07.820><c> if</c>

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you<00:16:08.120><c> think</c><00:16:08.279><c> so,</c><00:16:08.840><c> wonderful,</c><00:16:09.259><c> tell</c><00:16:09.419><c> me</c><00:16:09.559><c> about</c><00:16:09.720><c> it</c><00:16:09.919><c> later.</c>

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If<00:16:10.639><c> you</c><00:16:10.840><c> think</c><00:16:11.039><c> I</c><00:16:11.200><c> don't</c><00:16:11.360><c> make</c><00:16:11.580><c> any</c><00:16:11.720><c> sense,</c><00:16:12.159><c> keep</c><00:16:12.279><c> it</c><00:16:12.440><c> to</c><00:16:12.539><c> yourself.</c>

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What<00:16:16.820><c> do</c><00:16:16.919><c> we</c><00:16:17.000><c> know</c><00:16:17.139><c> about</c><00:16:17.360><c> the</c><00:16:17.679><c> star?</c>

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We're<00:16:18.639><c> told</c><00:16:18.879><c> that</c><00:16:19.059><c> the</c><00:16:19.179><c> star</c><00:16:19.399><c> was</c><00:16:19.639><c> seen</c><00:16:19.879><c> by</c><00:16:20.100><c> the</c><00:16:20.259><c> wise</c><00:16:20.539><c> men</c><00:16:21.059><c> that</c><00:16:21.419><c> they</c><00:16:21.600><c> could</c><00:16:21.960><c> follow</c><00:16:22.340><c> it</c>

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to<00:16:23.519><c> Judea.</c>

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We're<00:16:25.740><c> told</c><00:16:26.120><c> that</c><00:16:27.600><c> the</c><00:16:27.919><c> star</c><00:16:28.179><c> led</c><00:16:28.379><c> them</c><00:16:28.659><c> first</c><00:16:28.960><c> to</c><00:16:29.139><c> Jerusalem</c>

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because<00:16:29.840><c> that's</c><00:16:30.039><c> where</c><00:16:30.159><c> they</c><00:16:30.340><c> found</c>

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Herod.

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Now,<00:16:32.019><c> we're</c><00:16:32.279><c> told</c><00:16:32.720><c> or</c><00:16:33.039><c> at</c><00:16:33.139><c> least</c><00:16:33.299><c> we're</c><00:16:33.519><c> not</c><00:16:33.840><c> told</c><00:16:34.200><c> that</c><00:16:35.000><c> Herod</c>

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saw<00:16:35.940><c> the</c><00:16:36.440><c> star.</c>

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Apparently<00:16:37.480><c> he</c><00:16:37.620><c> was</c><00:16:37.919><c> blind</c><00:16:38.320><c> to</c><00:16:38.519><c> it,</c><00:16:38.659><c> whatever</c><00:16:38.940><c> it</c><00:16:39.220><c> was.</c>

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So<00:16:40.840><c> it</c><00:16:41.320><c> might</c><00:16:41.539><c> be</c><00:16:41.779><c> reasonable</c><00:16:42.100><c> to</c><00:16:42.340><c> suppose</c><00:16:42.659><c> that</c><00:16:42.860><c> this</c><00:16:43.039><c> was</c><00:16:43.220><c> a</c>

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star<00:16:43.700><c> or</c><00:16:43.940><c> a</c><00:16:44.120><c> great</c><00:16:44.299><c> light</c><00:16:44.559><c> that</c><00:16:44.679><c> could</c>

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be<00:16:45.080><c> seen</c><00:16:45.279><c> by</c><00:16:45.620><c> some</c><00:16:46.059><c> and</c><00:16:46.519><c> not</c><00:16:46.820><c> seen</c><00:16:47.000><c> by</c><00:16:47.259><c> others</c><00:16:47.639><c> and</c><00:16:49.139><c> as</c><00:16:49.679><c> I'm</c>

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going<00:16:49.940><c> through</c><00:16:50.080><c> these</c><00:16:50.320><c> points,</c><00:16:50.580><c> I'll</c><00:16:50.720><c> just</c>

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mention<00:16:51.100><c> here,</c><00:16:51.940><c> maybe</c><00:16:52.440><c> you'll</c><00:16:52.600><c> see</c><00:16:52.740><c> where</c><00:16:52.899><c> I'm</c><00:16:53.039><c> getting,</c><00:16:53.679><c> but</c>

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in<00:16:54.899><c> Exodus,</c><00:16:56.419><c> remember</c><00:16:56.840><c> that</c><00:16:57.360><c> the</c><00:16:57.580><c> glory</c><00:16:57.799><c> of</c>

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God<00:16:58.340><c> became</c><00:16:58.679><c> a</c><00:16:58.940><c> great</c><00:16:59.120><c> light</c><00:16:59.480><c> to</c><00:16:59.679><c> the</c><00:16:59.899><c> Jews</c><00:17:00.259><c> and</c><00:17:00.860><c> became</c><00:17:01.179><c> great</c>

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darkness<00:17:02.120><c> to</c><00:17:02.919><c> the</c><00:17:03.159><c> Egyptians</c><00:17:03.519><c> who</c><00:17:03.759><c> pursued</c>

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after<00:17:04.380><c> them</c><00:17:04.559><c> and</c><00:17:04.680><c> in</c><00:17:04.859><c> fact</c><00:17:05.019><c> became</c><00:17:05.359><c> a</c><00:17:05.640><c> wall</c><00:17:05.980><c> through</c><00:17:06.400><c> which</c><00:17:06.599><c> they</c><00:17:06.740><c> could</c><00:17:06.940><c> not</c><00:17:07.180><c> pass</c><00:17:07.440><c> as</c>

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they<00:17:07.720><c> were</c><00:17:07.920><c> seeking</c>

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to<00:17:09.500><c> follow</c><00:17:10.019><c> and</c><00:17:10.539><c> attack</c><00:17:10.920><c> the</c><00:17:11.220><c> Jews</c><00:17:11.400><c> who</c><00:17:11.559><c> were</c><00:17:11.720><c> fleeing</c><00:17:11.940><c> from</c><00:17:12.200><c> Egypt.</c>

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Okay,<00:17:14.019><c> enough</c><00:17:14.420><c> of</c><00:17:14.660><c> that.</c>

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The<00:17:18.019><c> star</c><00:17:18.539><c> disappeared</c><00:17:19.119><c> from</c><00:17:19.359><c> the</c><00:17:19.579><c> wise</c><00:17:19.799><c> men's</c><00:17:20.220><c> view</c><00:17:20.400><c> after</c>

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they<00:17:21.039><c> reached</c><00:17:21.279><c> Jerusalem.</c>

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We<00:17:22.660><c> see</c><00:17:22.819><c> this</c><00:17:23.019><c> in</c><00:17:23.160><c> verse</c><00:17:23.380><c> eight</c><00:17:23.720><c> and</c><00:17:23.960><c> verse</c><00:17:24.240><c> nine</c><00:17:24.839><c> and</c><00:17:25.619><c> it</c><00:17:26.279><c> reappeared</c><00:17:26.900><c> suddenly</c><00:17:27.339><c> because</c><00:17:27.700><c> we</c><00:17:27.900><c> read</c>

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verse<00:17:28.319><c> nine</c><00:17:28.799><c> and</c><00:17:29.420><c> lo</c><00:17:29.980><c> which</c><00:17:30.400><c> is</c><00:17:30.680><c> behold</c><00:17:31.319><c> the</c><00:17:31.779><c> star</c><00:17:32.079><c> which</c><00:17:32.259><c> they</c>

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saw<00:17:32.640><c> in</c><00:17:32.779><c> the</c><00:17:32.940><c> east</c><00:17:33.140><c> went</c><00:17:33.299><c> before</c><00:17:33.740><c> them.</c>

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It's<00:17:34.440><c> the</c><00:17:34.599><c> idea</c><00:17:34.859><c> that</c><00:17:35.119><c> the</c><00:17:35.480><c> star</c><00:17:35.660><c> brought</c><00:17:35.880><c> them</c><00:17:36.039><c> as</c><00:17:36.279><c> far</c><00:17:36.420><c> as</c>

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Jerusalem<00:17:36.960><c> and</c><00:17:37.200><c> they</c><00:17:37.839><c> didn't</c><00:17:38.099><c> quite</c><00:17:38.359><c> know</c>

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where<00:17:38.660><c> to</c><00:17:38.819><c> go</c><00:17:39.000><c> from</c><00:17:39.200><c> here</c><00:17:39.440><c> and</c><00:17:39.519><c> they</c><00:17:39.660><c> were</c><00:17:39.839><c> asking</c><00:17:40.200><c> and</c><00:17:40.599><c> then</c>

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again<00:17:41.319><c> as</c><00:17:41.940><c> Herod</c><00:17:42.160><c> had</c><00:17:42.380><c> told</c><00:17:42.519><c> them</c><00:17:42.680><c> you</c>

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must<00:17:42.920><c> go</c><00:17:43.079><c> to</c><00:17:43.259><c> Bethlehem</c><00:17:43.720><c> as</c><00:17:43.819><c> they</c><00:17:44.119><c> started</c><00:17:44.359><c> toward</c><00:17:44.579><c> Bethlehem,</c><00:17:45.819><c> lo</c><00:17:45.920><c> or</c><00:17:46.200><c> behold</c><00:17:46.579><c> the</c>

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star<00:17:47.240><c> appeared</c>

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again<00:17:48.000><c> and</c><00:17:48.440><c> led</c><00:17:48.579><c> them</c><00:17:48.779><c> the</c><00:17:48.900><c> rest</c><00:17:49.079><c> of</c><00:17:49.240><c> the</c><00:17:49.380><c> journey</c><00:17:49.680><c> till</c><00:17:50.019><c> it</c><00:17:50.259><c> came</c><00:17:50.400><c> to</c>

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any<00:18:02.180><c> of</c><00:18:02.279><c> our</c><00:18:02.500><c> possibilities</c><00:18:02.920><c> they</c><00:18:03.079><c> were</c>

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coming<00:18:03.480><c> from</c><00:18:03.680><c> the</c><00:18:03.859><c> east,</c><00:18:04.559><c> let's</c><00:18:04.819><c> figure</c><00:18:05.119><c> out</c><00:18:05.359><c> the</c><00:18:05.539><c> directions,</c><00:18:06.019><c> they</c><00:18:06.099><c> were</c>

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coming<00:18:06.480><c> from</c><00:18:06.660><c> the</c><00:18:06.880><c> east,</c>

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they<00:18:07.900><c> came</c><00:18:08.220><c> to</c><00:18:08.500><c> Jerusalem</c><00:18:08.960><c> following</c><00:18:09.339><c> the</c><00:18:09.660><c> star</c><00:18:09.920><c> and</c><00:18:10.319><c> then</c><00:18:10.759><c> finally</c><00:18:11.240><c> the</c><00:18:11.480><c> star</c><00:18:11.660><c> led</c><00:18:11.859><c> them</c><00:18:12.220><c> south</c><00:18:12.660><c> a</c>

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few<00:18:13.299><c> miles</c><00:18:13.640><c> to</c><00:18:13.839><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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So<00:18:14.819><c> a</c><00:18:14.940><c> very</c><00:18:15.259><c> strange</c><00:18:15.539><c> star</c><00:18:15.940><c> isn't</c><00:18:16.180><c> it</c><00:18:16.339><c> that</c><00:18:16.460><c> can</c><00:18:16.660><c> change</c><00:18:17.000><c> directions</c><00:18:17.619><c> besides</c><00:18:18.839><c> the</c>

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was<00:18:25.920><c> almost</c><00:18:26.140><c> like</c><00:18:26.420><c> a</c><00:18:26.619><c> procession.</c>

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Here<00:18:27.599><c> was</c><00:18:27.779><c> the</c><00:18:28.039><c> star</c><00:18:28.440><c> leading</c><00:18:29.119><c> them</c><00:18:29.680><c> in</c><00:18:30.480><c> a</c><00:18:30.640><c> rather</c><00:18:30.920><c> strange</c>

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way<00:18:31.799><c> apparently</c><00:18:32.279><c> not</c><00:18:32.539><c> too</c><00:18:32.839><c> far</c><00:18:33.099><c> away</c><00:18:33.440><c> that</c>

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they<00:18:33.900><c> couldn't</c><00:18:34.140><c> tell</c><00:18:34.440><c> the</c><00:18:34.720><c> exact</c><00:18:34.980><c> direction</c><00:18:35.440><c> that</c><00:18:35.599><c> they</c><00:18:35.759><c> should</c><00:18:35.960><c> go,</c>

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certain<00:18:43.839><c> place</c><00:18:44.220><c> and</c><00:18:44.559><c> they</c><00:18:44.740><c> knew</c>

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Now<00:18:47.099><c> if</c><00:18:47.319><c> we</c><00:18:47.480><c> put</c><00:18:47.640><c> all</c><00:18:47.920><c> this</c><00:18:48.099><c> together,</c><00:18:49.559><c> what</c><00:18:49.759><c> do</c><00:18:49.900><c> we</c><00:18:50.079><c> have?</c>

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We<00:18:50.740><c> have</c><00:18:51.019><c> a</c><00:18:51.380><c> remarkably</c><00:18:51.859><c> similar</c><00:18:52.339><c> picture</c><00:18:52.700><c> to</c><00:18:52.819><c> what</c><00:18:53.039><c> happened</c>

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They<00:18:55.619><c> followed</c><00:18:56.079><c> a</c><00:18:56.440><c> great</c><00:18:56.640><c> light,</c><00:18:57.359><c> the</c><00:18:57.599><c> glory</c><00:18:57.859><c> of</c><00:18:58.079><c> God.</c>

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The<00:18:58.900><c> glory</c><00:18:59.160><c> of</c><00:18:59.299><c> God</c><00:18:59.579><c> led</c><00:18:59.839><c> them</c><00:19:00.099><c> out</c><00:19:00.380><c> of</c><00:19:00.500><c> Egypt</c><00:19:00.880><c> and</c><00:19:01.099><c> they</c><00:19:01.420><c> followed.</c>

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Sometimes<00:19:02.799><c> during</c><00:19:03.279><c> the</c><00:19:03.480><c> day</c><00:19:03.660><c> the</c><00:19:03.799><c> glory</c><00:19:04.039><c> of</c><00:19:04.160><c> God</c><00:19:04.480><c> disappeared</c>

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and<00:19:05.180><c> became</c><00:19:05.460><c> a</c><00:19:05.660><c> pillar.</c>

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At<00:19:06.339><c> night</c><00:19:06.539><c> it</c><00:19:06.640><c> could</c><00:19:06.839><c> be</c><00:19:07.000><c> seen</c><00:19:07.180><c> brightly,</c><00:19:07.680><c> at</c><00:19:07.740><c> least</c><00:19:07.940><c> this</c><00:19:08.140><c> is</c>

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Sometimes<00:19:11.519><c> the</c><00:19:11.799><c> great</c><00:19:12.039><c> light,</c><00:19:12.519><c> the</c><00:19:12.660><c> glory</c><00:19:12.900><c> of</c><00:19:13.079><c> God's</c><00:19:13.559><c> presence,</c><00:19:13.859><c> the</c><00:19:14.000><c> pillar</c><00:19:14.259><c> of</c>

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fire,<00:19:15.000><c> sometimes</c><00:19:15.519><c> it</c>

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stopped<00:19:16.319><c> and</c><00:19:17.119><c> they</c><00:19:17.319><c> knew</c><00:19:17.500><c> that</c><00:19:17.640><c> they</c><00:19:17.779><c> must</c><00:19:18.019><c> camp</c><00:19:18.279><c> and</c><00:19:18.519><c> wait</c>

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And<00:19:20.160><c> finally</c><00:19:20.660><c> when</c><00:19:21.000><c> they</c><00:19:21.160><c> got</c><00:19:21.339><c> to</c><00:19:21.480><c> the</c><00:19:21.740><c> promised</c><00:19:21.960><c> land</c><00:19:22.359><c> it</c><00:19:22.819><c> disappeared</c><00:19:23.460><c> or</c>

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more<00:19:24.359><c> particularly</c><00:19:24.859><c> it</c>

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was<00:19:25.119><c> taken,</c><00:19:25.759><c> the</c><00:19:25.960><c> glory</c><00:19:26.140><c> of</c><00:19:26.299><c> God</c><00:19:26.519><c> was</c><00:19:26.720><c> taken</c><00:19:26.980><c> and</c><00:19:27.160><c> made</c><00:19:27.279><c> its</c><00:19:27.539><c> presence</c><00:19:27.779><c> in</c>

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in<00:19:29.500><c> the</c><00:19:29.640><c> temple.</c>

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So<00:19:30.440><c> what</c><00:19:30.579><c> we</c><00:19:30.839><c> have</c><00:19:30.980><c> here</c><00:19:32.039><c> is</c><00:19:32.720><c> the</c><00:19:33.460><c> wise</c><00:19:33.740><c> men</c><00:19:34.019><c> following</c><00:19:34.420><c> in</c><00:19:34.579><c> a</c><00:19:34.660><c> sort</c><00:19:34.779><c> of</c><00:19:35.000><c> procession,</c><00:19:35.859><c> following</c><00:19:36.160><c> a</c><00:19:36.539><c> great</c>

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light<00:19:37.140><c> which</c><00:19:37.460><c> was</c><00:19:37.740><c> called</c><00:19:37.920><c> a</c><00:19:38.240><c> star</c><00:19:38.559><c> and</c><00:19:39.000><c> yet</c><00:19:39.200><c> was</c><00:19:39.440><c> it</c><00:19:39.619><c> a</c><00:19:39.819><c> star</c>

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or<00:19:40.480><c> was</c><00:19:40.740><c> it</c><00:19:41.240><c> in</c><00:19:41.700><c> fact</c><00:19:42.019><c> the</c><00:19:42.960><c> glory</c><00:19:43.259><c> of</c><00:19:43.480><c> God</c>

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leading<00:19:44.380><c> the</c><00:19:44.660><c> way</c><00:19:44.940><c> to</c><00:19:45.400><c> bring</c><00:19:45.640><c> others</c><00:19:46.079><c> to</c><00:19:46.539><c> his</c><00:19:46.859><c> son</c><00:19:47.099><c> who</c><00:19:47.299><c> was</c><00:19:47.500><c> the</c><00:19:47.720><c> true</c><00:19:47.900><c> light</c><00:19:48.119><c> of</c>

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into<00:19:54.099><c> all</c><00:19:54.359><c> the</c><00:19:54.799><c> possibilities</c><00:19:55.380><c> and</c><00:19:55.720><c> science</c><00:19:56.119><c> that</c><00:19:56.339><c> have</c><00:19:56.519><c> been</c>

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suggested<00:19:57.220><c> around</c><00:19:57.819><c> us,</c><00:19:58.059><c> then</c><00:19:58.220><c> we</c><00:19:58.420><c> may</c>

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And<00:20:13.420><c> so</c><00:20:13.599><c> Herod</c><00:20:13.880><c> hears</c><00:20:14.339><c> and</c><00:20:15.059><c> if</c><00:20:15.200><c> you</c><00:20:15.319><c> know</c><00:20:15.500><c> something</c><00:20:15.819><c> about</c><00:20:16.099><c> the</c><00:20:16.299><c> man</c><00:20:16.519><c> Herod</c><00:20:16.839><c> you</c><00:20:16.960><c> know</c><00:20:17.220><c> that</c><00:20:17.339><c> when</c><00:20:17.500><c> he</c>

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hears<00:20:18.119><c> and</c><00:20:18.519><c> when</c><00:20:18.660><c> he</c><00:20:18.859><c> is</c><00:20:19.039><c> upset,</c><00:20:19.740><c> the</c><00:20:19.819><c> whole</c><00:20:20.200><c> city</c><00:20:20.440><c> is</c><00:20:20.720><c> upset</c><00:20:21.039><c> too.</c>

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madman,<00:20:37.720><c> consumed</c><00:20:38.339><c> with</c><00:20:38.619><c> the</c><00:20:38.799><c> idea</c><00:20:39.220><c> that</c>

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others<00:20:40.119><c> were</c><00:20:40.460><c> plotting</c><00:20:40.660><c> against</c><00:20:41.059><c> him</c><00:20:41.200><c> to</c><00:20:41.400><c> take</c><00:20:41.519><c> his</c><00:20:41.839><c> throne.</c>

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He<00:20:42.839><c> was</c><00:20:43.000><c> a</c><00:20:43.059><c> very</c><00:20:43.799><c> wise</c><00:20:44.119><c> man,</c><00:20:44.400><c> a</c><00:20:44.500><c> very</c><00:20:44.880><c> cunning</c><00:20:45.099><c> man,</c><00:20:45.460><c> but</c><00:20:45.599><c> apparently</c><00:20:46.039><c> his</c>

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depravity,<00:20:47.799><c> his</c><00:20:48.359><c> eagerness</c>

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for<00:20:49.059><c> power,</c><00:20:49.660><c> his</c><00:20:49.799><c> ambition</c><00:20:50.380><c> finally</c><00:20:51.180><c> drove</c><00:20:51.500><c> him</c><00:20:51.900><c> right</c><00:20:52.119><c> over</c>

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the<00:20:52.559><c> brink.</c>

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And<00:20:53.839><c> he</c><00:20:54.240><c> becomes</c><00:20:54.660><c> practically</c><00:20:55.420><c> a</c><00:20:55.759><c> caricature</c><00:20:56.259><c> of</c><00:20:56.400><c> the</c><00:20:56.579><c> rulers</c>

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of<00:20:57.000><c> this</c><00:20:57.220><c> world</c><00:20:57.519><c> who</c><00:20:57.700><c> are</c><00:20:57.819><c> led</c><00:20:58.000><c> astray</c>

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by<00:20:58.940><c> the</c><00:20:59.140><c> pursuit</c><00:20:59.339><c> of</c><00:20:59.599><c> power</c><00:20:59.900><c> and</c><00:21:00.160><c> riches</c><00:21:00.460><c> and</c><00:21:00.920><c> can't</c><00:21:01.299><c> see</c><00:21:01.460><c> in</c>

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their<00:21:01.720><c> very</c><00:21:02.059><c> midst</c><00:21:02.400><c> that</c><00:21:02.859><c> which</c><00:21:03.039><c> is</c><00:21:03.240><c> much</c>

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greater<00:21:03.779><c> than</c><00:21:03.920><c> the</c><00:21:04.160><c> world</c><00:21:04.339><c> can</c><00:21:04.579><c> offer.</c>

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And<00:21:09.559><c> when</c><00:21:10.039><c> Herod</c><00:21:10.319><c> had</c><00:21:10.579><c> gathered</c><00:21:10.700><c> together</c><00:21:11.059><c> all</c><00:21:11.359><c> the</c><00:21:11.539><c> chief</c><00:21:11.779><c> priests</c><00:21:12.039><c> and</c><00:21:12.319><c> scribes</c><00:21:12.680><c> of</c>

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the<00:21:12.940><c> people,</c>

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he<00:21:13.319><c> demanded</c><00:21:13.660><c> of</c><00:21:13.819><c> them</c><00:21:14.000><c> where</c><00:21:14.259><c> Christ</c><00:21:14.599><c> should</c><00:21:14.799><c> be</c><00:21:15.079><c> born.</c>

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And<00:21:15.700><c> they</c><00:21:15.839><c> said</c><00:21:16.019><c> unto</c><00:21:16.200><c> him,</c><00:21:16.539><c> In</c><00:21:16.680><c> Bethlehem</c><00:21:17.200><c> of</c><00:21:17.380><c> Judea,</c><00:21:17.859><c> for</c><00:21:18.000><c> thus</c><00:21:18.140><c> it</c>

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is<00:21:18.420><c> written,</c><00:21:19.180><c> and</c><00:21:19.359><c> thou,</c><00:21:19.880><c> O</c><00:21:19.880><c> Bethlehem</c>

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in<00:21:20.559><c> the</c><00:21:20.680><c> land</c><00:21:20.920><c> of</c><00:21:21.160><c> Judah,</c><00:21:21.779><c> art</c><00:21:21.859><c> not</c><00:21:22.259><c> the</c><00:21:22.500><c> least</c><00:21:22.740><c> among</c><00:21:22.980><c> the</c><00:21:23.160><c> princes</c><00:21:23.420><c> of</c>

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Judah,<00:21:23.920><c> for</c><00:21:24.059><c> out</c><00:21:24.259><c> of</c><00:21:24.380><c> these</c><00:21:24.539><c> shall</c>

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come<00:21:24.940><c> a</c><00:21:25.119><c> governor</c><00:21:25.480><c> that</c><00:21:26.059><c> shall</c><00:21:26.279><c> rule</c><00:21:26.559><c> my</c><00:21:26.880><c> people</c><00:21:27.200><c> Israel.</c>

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And<00:21:28.099><c> of</c><00:21:28.240><c> course</c><00:21:28.339><c> that's</c><00:21:28.680><c> a</c><00:21:28.819><c> prophecy</c><00:21:29.079><c> from</c><00:21:29.339><c> Micah</c><00:21:29.720><c> 5.</c>

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We've<00:21:30.279><c> mentioned</c><00:21:30.460><c> it</c><00:21:30.640><c> once</c><00:21:30.859><c> before</c><00:21:31.319><c> in</c><00:21:31.680><c> one</c><00:21:31.799><c> of</c><00:21:31.920><c> our</c><00:21:32.059><c> other</c><00:21:32.240><c> classes.</c>

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Herod<00:21:33.279><c> had</c><00:21:33.420><c> to</c><00:21:33.619><c> turn</c><00:21:33.819><c> to</c><00:21:33.940><c> those</c><00:21:34.240><c> who</c><00:21:34.339><c> were</c><00:21:34.460><c> the</c><00:21:34.680><c> scholars</c><00:21:34.980><c> in</c>

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Israel<00:21:35.599><c> to</c><00:21:35.960><c> find</c><00:21:36.200><c> out</c><00:21:36.480><c> where</c><00:21:37.079><c> the</c><00:21:37.779><c> king</c><00:21:38.039><c> was</c><00:21:38.279><c> to</c>

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be<00:21:38.660><c> born.</c>

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And<00:21:39.400><c> yet</c><00:21:39.519><c> when</c><00:21:39.680><c> he</c><00:21:39.940><c> heard</c><00:21:40.119><c> of</c><00:21:40.279><c> his</c><00:21:40.519><c> birth,</c><00:21:41.859><c> he</c><00:21:42.500><c> determined</c><00:21:43.079><c> at</c>

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that<00:21:43.559><c> point</c><00:21:43.920><c> to</c><00:21:44.359><c> kill</c><00:21:44.619><c> him,</c><00:21:45.099><c> to</c><00:21:45.319><c> remove</c><00:21:45.660><c> any</c><00:21:46.019><c> opposition</c>

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to<00:21:47.059><c> his</c><00:21:47.259><c> own</c><00:21:47.599><c> rule,</c><00:21:48.059><c> his</c><00:21:48.220><c> own</c><00:21:48.480><c> authority.</c>

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Jesus<00:21:50.839><c> was</c><00:21:51.039><c> to</c><00:21:51.160><c> be</c><00:21:51.359><c> born</c><00:21:51.480><c> in</c><00:21:51.660><c> Bethlehem.</c>

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The<00:21:53.200><c> name</c><00:21:53.420><c> Bethlehem</c><00:21:53.940><c> means</c><00:21:54.200><c> the</c><00:21:54.460><c> house</c><00:21:54.640><c> of</c><00:21:54.940><c> bread.</c>

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Out<00:21:56.720><c> of</c><00:21:57.000><c> the</c><00:21:57.180><c> house</c><00:21:57.420><c> of</c><00:21:57.660><c> bread</c><00:21:57.880><c> came</c><00:21:58.160><c> Jesus</c><00:21:58.619><c> who</c><00:21:58.720><c> was</c><00:21:58.940><c> the</c><00:21:59.079><c> bread</c><00:21:59.180><c> of</c>

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life,<00:21:59.920><c> who</c><00:22:00.119><c> was</c><00:22:00.359><c> in</c><00:22:00.579><c> fact</c><00:22:00.859><c> the</c><00:22:01.279><c> bread</c>

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that<00:22:01.680><c> came</c><00:22:02.059><c> down</c><00:22:02.400><c> from</c><00:22:02.579><c> heaven,</c><00:22:03.240><c> the</c><00:22:03.460><c> manna</c><00:22:03.759><c> of</c><00:22:03.940><c> God,</c><00:22:04.819><c> such</c><00:22:05.039><c> that</c><00:22:05.240><c> if</c>

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a<00:22:05.500><c> man</c><00:22:05.700><c> eat,</c><00:22:06.339><c> he</c><00:22:06.519><c> would</c><00:22:06.720><c> never</c><00:22:07.200><c> hunger</c>

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again.

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And<00:22:10.900><c> so</c><00:22:11.180><c> Herod</c><00:22:11.440><c> says</c><00:22:11.940><c> in</c><00:22:12.160><c> verse</c><00:22:12.420><c> 8,</c><00:22:13.220><c> speaking</c><00:22:13.359><c> to</c><00:22:13.559><c> the</c><00:22:13.720><c> wise</c>

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men,<00:22:14.200><c> being</c><00:22:14.440><c> very</c><00:22:14.900><c> crafty</c><00:22:15.299><c> and</c><00:22:15.480><c> cunning,</c>

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and<00:22:15.779><c> that's</c><00:22:15.980><c> just</c><00:22:16.220><c> the</c><00:22:16.319><c> way</c><00:22:16.480><c> Herod</c><00:22:16.740><c> could</c><00:22:17.000><c> be.</c>

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Herod<00:22:18.079><c> says</c><00:22:18.380><c> in</c><00:22:18.519><c> verse</c><00:22:18.779><c> 8,</c><00:22:20.220><c> Go</c><00:22:20.420><c> and</c><00:22:20.759><c> search</c><00:22:21.059><c> diligently</c><00:22:21.579><c> for</c>

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him,<00:22:23.700><c> bring</c><00:22:23.940><c> me</c><00:22:24.240><c> word</c><00:22:24.420><c> again</c><00:22:24.799><c> that</c><00:22:24.900><c> I</c><00:22:25.119><c> may</c><00:22:25.279><c> come</c><00:22:25.700><c> and</c><00:22:26.160><c> worship</c><00:22:26.440><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:27.440><c> of</c><00:22:27.619><c> course</c><00:22:27.759><c> we</c><00:22:27.859><c> know</c><00:22:28.059><c> what</c><00:22:28.160><c> he</c><00:22:28.299><c> was</c><00:22:28.519><c> plotting.</c>

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He<00:22:28.900><c> was</c><00:22:29.140><c> plotting</c><00:22:29.359><c> the</c><00:22:29.619><c> death</c><00:22:29.779><c> of</c><00:22:29.940><c> the</c><00:22:30.140><c> child</c><00:22:30.500><c> to</c><00:22:30.940><c> remove</c><00:22:31.359><c> anything</c><00:22:31.839><c> that</c>

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opposed<00:22:32.400><c> him.</c>

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And<00:22:34.660><c> when</c><00:22:34.799><c> you</c><00:22:34.980><c> find</c><00:22:35.200><c> him,</c><00:22:35.420><c> come</c><00:22:35.680><c> back</c><00:22:36.059><c> and</c><00:22:36.380><c> I</c><00:22:36.519><c> will</c><00:22:36.779><c> come</c><00:22:37.140><c> and</c>

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lay<00:22:37.680><c> everything</c><00:22:38.059><c> before</c><00:22:38.559><c> him,</c><00:22:39.140><c> he</c><00:22:39.440><c> who</c>

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will<00:22:39.740><c> be</c><00:22:39.859><c> the</c><00:22:40.059><c> true</c><00:22:40.339><c> king</c><00:22:40.599><c> in</c><00:22:40.779><c> Israel.</c>

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What<00:22:42.259><c> a</c><00:22:42.500><c> lie</c><00:22:42.680><c> it</c><00:22:42.980><c> was.</c>

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What<00:22:43.880><c> a</c><00:22:44.299><c> despicable</c><00:22:44.759><c> lie.</c>

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And<00:22:46.759><c> yet</c><00:22:46.940><c> there's</c><00:22:47.259><c> a</c><00:22:47.400><c> lesson</c><00:22:47.619><c> there,</c><00:22:47.859><c> I</c><00:22:48.039><c> think,</c><00:22:49.039><c> that</c><00:22:49.259><c> if</c><00:22:49.440><c> we</c>

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take<00:22:49.920><c> the</c><00:22:50.140><c> attitude</c><00:22:50.480><c> of</c><00:22:50.759><c> Herod</c><00:22:51.059><c> and</c><00:22:51.440><c> if</c><00:22:51.579><c> we</c>

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say<00:22:52.019><c> to</c><00:22:52.299><c> others,</c><00:22:52.779><c> you</c><00:22:52.940><c> go</c><00:22:53.180><c> and</c><00:22:53.420><c> search</c><00:22:53.619><c> and</c><00:22:53.779><c> you</c><00:22:54.000><c> find</c><00:22:54.299><c> what's</c>

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right<00:22:54.859><c> and</c><00:22:55.059><c> wrong</c><00:22:55.240><c> and</c><00:22:55.319><c> then</c><00:22:55.460><c> you</c><00:22:55.619><c> come</c><00:22:55.799><c> back</c>

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and<00:22:56.359><c> tell</c><00:22:56.359><c> me,</c><00:22:57.319><c> rather</c><00:22:57.700><c> than</c><00:22:58.160><c> saying,</c><00:22:58.700><c> if</c><00:22:58.980><c> this</c><00:22:59.279><c> is</c><00:22:59.740><c> the</c><00:23:00.019><c> truth</c>

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or<00:23:00.380><c> if</c><00:23:00.500><c> this</c><00:23:00.680><c> is</c><00:23:00.839><c> the</c><00:23:01.019><c> king,</c><00:23:01.299><c> let</c><00:23:01.460><c> us</c>

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go<00:23:01.920><c> and</c><00:23:02.220><c> find</c><00:23:02.460><c> it</c><00:23:02.819><c> or</c><00:23:03.059><c> him,</c><00:23:04.200><c> then</c><00:23:04.500><c> we</c><00:23:04.700><c> can</c><00:23:04.880><c> be</c><00:23:05.259><c> guilty</c><00:23:05.539><c> of</c><00:23:05.700><c> the</c>

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same<00:23:06.079><c> lie.</c>

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If<00:23:06.700><c> we</c><00:23:06.960><c> send</c><00:23:07.200><c> others</c><00:23:07.519><c> as</c><00:23:07.720><c> our</c><00:23:08.019><c> representatives</c><00:23:08.440><c> on</c><00:23:08.680><c> our</c><00:23:08.880><c> behalf</c><00:23:09.359><c> to</c><00:23:09.819><c> find</c><00:23:10.059><c> the</c><00:23:10.299><c> truth</c><00:23:10.480><c> for</c><00:23:10.759><c> us,</c><00:23:10.940><c> to</c><00:23:11.039><c> live</c>

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the<00:23:11.539><c> truth,</c><00:23:11.779><c> to</c><00:23:11.940><c> preach</c><00:23:12.180><c> the</c><00:23:12.460><c> truth,</c><00:23:12.900><c> and</c><00:23:13.059><c> then</c><00:23:13.160><c> we</c><00:23:13.359><c> say,</c><00:23:13.559><c> well,</c><00:23:13.640><c> you</c>

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come<00:23:13.980><c> back</c><00:23:14.200><c> later</c><00:23:14.440><c> and</c><00:23:14.619><c> get</c><00:23:14.779><c> us,</c>

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just<00:23:15.599><c> like</c><00:23:15.880><c> Herod</c><00:23:16.140><c> said,</c><00:23:16.960><c> we</c><00:23:17.220><c> are</c><00:23:17.420><c> deceiving</c><00:23:17.880><c> God</c><00:23:18.339><c> and</c><00:23:18.640><c> we</c><00:23:18.720><c> are</c>

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deceiving<00:23:19.440><c> ourselves.</c>

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And<00:23:21.039><c> we</c><00:23:21.160><c> may</c><00:23:21.339><c> not</c><00:23:21.519><c> be</c><00:23:21.700><c> those</c><00:23:22.039><c> who</c><00:23:22.740><c> literally</c><00:23:23.180><c> would</c><00:23:23.460><c> seek</c><00:23:23.660><c> the</c>

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death<00:23:24.019><c> of</c><00:23:24.279><c> Christ,</c><00:23:25.019><c> but</c><00:23:25.259><c> we</c><00:23:25.420><c> are</c><00:23:25.519><c> doing</c>

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what<00:23:25.940><c> Paul</c><00:23:26.299><c> says</c><00:23:26.579><c> in</c><00:23:26.759><c> Hebrews</c><00:23:27.099><c> 10</c><00:23:27.720><c> is,</c><00:23:29.140><c> despite</c><00:23:29.339><c> our</c><00:23:29.880><c> scorn</c><00:23:30.480><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:31.160><c> one</c><00:23:31.339><c> who</c><00:23:31.599><c> died</c><00:23:31.859><c> for</c><00:23:32.140><c> us</c><00:23:32.559><c> and</c><00:23:32.900><c> we</c>

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are<00:23:33.200><c> treading</c><00:23:33.440><c> him</c><00:23:33.660><c> underfoot</c><00:23:34.259><c> and</c><00:23:34.799><c> we're</c><00:23:35.119><c> treating</c><00:23:35.359><c> him</c><00:23:35.779><c> as</c>

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an<00:23:36.480><c> open,</c><00:23:37.319><c> shameful</c><00:23:37.619><c> and</c><00:23:37.980><c> contemptible</c>

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thing,<00:23:39.500><c> that</c><00:23:39.640><c> he</c><00:23:39.759><c> is</c><00:23:39.960><c> not</c><00:23:40.220><c> worth</c><00:23:40.460><c> enough</c><00:23:40.920><c> that</c><00:23:41.180><c> we</c><00:23:41.380><c> would</c><00:23:41.559><c> go</c>

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and<00:23:42.400><c> find</c><00:23:42.660><c> the</c><00:23:42.880><c> place</c><00:23:43.079><c> where</c><00:23:43.299><c> he</c><00:23:43.519><c> is</c><00:23:43.880><c> and</c>

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seek<00:23:44.519><c> to</c><00:23:44.819><c> obey</c><00:23:45.079><c> him</c><00:23:45.599><c> to</c><00:23:45.900><c> the</c><00:23:46.059><c> best</c><00:23:46.240><c> of</c><00:23:46.420><c> our</c><00:23:46.619><c> ability.</c>

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And<00:23:53.859><c> so</c><00:23:54.420><c> the</c><00:23:54.640><c> wise</c><00:23:54.920><c> men</c><00:23:55.200><c> come,</c><00:23:55.920><c> in</c><00:23:56.079><c> verse</c><00:23:56.359><c> 11,</c><00:23:57.140><c> and</c><00:23:57.259><c> they</c><00:23:57.480><c> enter</c>

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into<00:23:57.880><c> the</c><00:23:58.079><c> house.</c>

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Remember<00:23:58.619><c> we</c><00:23:58.819><c> said</c><00:23:59.019><c> this</c><00:23:59.200><c> is</c><00:23:59.380><c> now</c><00:23:59.599><c> a</c><00:23:59.599><c> house</c><00:23:59.900><c> and</c><00:24:00.079><c> not</c><00:24:00.240><c> the</c><00:24:00.460><c> stable,</c><00:24:00.700><c> indicating</c><00:24:01.140><c> that</c>

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Joseph<00:24:01.680><c> and</c><00:24:01.859><c> Mary</c>

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have<00:24:02.579><c> apparently</c><00:24:02.940><c> taken</c><00:24:03.200><c> up</c><00:24:03.480><c> residence</c><00:24:03.880><c> here.</c>

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They<00:24:04.920><c> saw</c><00:24:05.180><c> the</c><00:24:05.359><c> young</c><00:24:05.599><c> child</c><00:24:05.980><c> with</c><00:24:06.220><c> Mary</c><00:24:06.539><c> his</c><00:24:06.740><c> mother</c><00:24:07.039><c> and</c><00:24:07.460><c> they</c><00:24:07.759><c> fell</c><00:24:07.920><c> down</c><00:24:08.279><c> and</c>

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worshiped<00:24:08.920><c> him.</c>

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And<00:24:09.660><c> when</c><00:24:09.799><c> they</c><00:24:09.980><c> had</c><00:24:10.140><c> opened</c><00:24:10.420><c> their</c><00:24:10.700><c> treasures,</c><00:24:11.160><c> they</c><00:24:11.359><c> presented</c><00:24:11.660><c> unto</c>

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him<00:24:12.200><c> gifts,</c><00:24:13.160><c> gold</c><00:24:13.579><c> and</c><00:24:14.079><c> incense</c>

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and<00:24:15.059><c> myrrh.</c>

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Gold<00:24:16.720><c> is</c><00:24:16.900><c> a</c><00:24:17.079><c> symbol</c><00:24:17.319><c> of</c><00:24:17.819><c> tried</c><00:24:18.079><c> faith.</c>

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It's<00:24:18.700><c> used</c><00:24:18.900><c> by</c><00:24:19.140><c> Peter</c><00:24:19.380><c> in</c><00:24:19.559><c> 1</c><00:24:19.759><c> Peter</c><00:24:20.240><c> chapter</c><00:24:20.819><c> 1</c><00:24:21.099><c> and</c><00:24:21.279><c> verse</c><00:24:21.519><c> 7.</c>

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It<00:24:22.220><c> is</c><00:24:22.440><c> a</c><00:24:22.559><c> comparison</c><00:24:23.119><c> of</c><00:24:24.440><c> the</c><00:24:25.099><c> preciousness</c><00:24:25.619><c> of</c><00:24:25.880><c> faith</c><00:24:26.200><c> which</c>

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has<00:24:26.799><c> been</c><00:24:27.000><c> tried</c><00:24:27.299><c> by</c><00:24:27.640><c> fire.</c>

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I<00:24:28.779><c> think</c><00:24:28.920><c> that's</c><00:24:29.180><c> important.</c>

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They<00:24:30.200><c> came</c><00:24:30.619><c> and</c><00:24:30.839><c> they</c><00:24:31.119><c> finally,</c><00:24:31.500><c> when</c><00:24:31.660><c> they</c><00:24:31.940><c> arrived,</c><00:24:32.599><c> offered</c><00:24:32.839><c> the</c><00:24:33.299><c> gift</c><00:24:33.480><c> of</c>

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a<00:24:33.799><c> tried</c><00:24:34.019><c> faith.</c>

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You<00:24:35.000><c> know,</c><00:24:35.140><c> when</c><00:24:35.259><c> we</c><00:24:35.519><c> begin</c><00:24:35.859><c> our</c><00:24:36.299><c> journey</c><00:24:36.680><c> in</c><00:24:37.259><c> the</c><00:24:37.480><c> truth,</c><00:24:38.000><c> our</c>

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probation<00:24:38.839><c> and</c><00:24:39.259><c> our</c><00:24:39.640><c> sojourn</c><00:24:40.160><c> through</c>

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the<00:24:40.559><c> world</c><00:24:40.900><c> leading</c><00:24:41.680><c> to</c><00:24:42.019><c> the</c><00:24:42.200><c> kingdom,</c><00:24:42.660><c> we</c><00:24:42.940><c> have</c><00:24:43.119><c> a</c><00:24:43.319><c> faith,</c><00:24:43.519><c> no</c>

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doubt,<00:24:43.980><c> but</c><00:24:44.099><c> it's</c><00:24:44.279><c> a</c><00:24:44.420><c> faith</c><00:24:44.579><c> that</c><00:24:44.779><c> hasn't</c>

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been<00:24:45.339><c> tried.</c>

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But<00:24:46.039><c> when</c><00:24:46.180><c> we</c><00:24:46.420><c> finally</c><00:24:46.660><c> come</c><00:24:46.920><c> to</c><00:24:47.099><c> the</c><00:24:47.259><c> end</c><00:24:47.400><c> and</c><00:24:47.619><c> find</c><00:24:47.859><c> Jesus,</c>

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if<00:24:48.400><c> we</c><00:24:48.539><c> can</c><00:24:48.759><c> present</c><00:24:49.119><c> to</c><00:24:49.319><c> him</c><00:24:49.619><c> the</c><00:24:50.140><c> gift</c><00:24:50.420><c> of</c>

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a<00:24:50.839><c> faith</c><00:24:51.019><c> that</c><00:24:51.200><c> has</c><00:24:51.440><c> been</c><00:24:51.740><c> tried</c><00:24:52.039><c> in</c><00:24:52.200><c> the</c><00:24:52.400><c> fires</c><00:24:52.660><c> of</c><00:24:52.920><c> life,</c><00:24:53.579><c> that</c><00:24:53.660><c> has</c>

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been<00:24:54.079><c> purified</c><00:24:54.619><c> in</c><00:24:54.880><c> difficulties</c>

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and<00:24:56.019><c> persecutions</c><00:24:56.680><c> and</c><00:24:56.880><c> hard</c><00:24:57.220><c> decisions,</c><00:24:58.099><c> then</c><00:24:58.319><c> in</c><00:24:58.579><c> fact</c><00:24:58.779><c> it</c>

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will<00:24:59.099><c> be</c><00:24:59.519><c> a</c><00:24:59.759><c> gift</c><00:24:59.980><c> that</c><00:25:00.180><c> is</c><00:25:00.380><c> worth</c><00:25:00.579><c> much.</c>

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It<00:25:01.319><c> will</c><00:25:01.480><c> be</c><00:25:01.640><c> a</c><00:25:01.819><c> gift</c><00:25:02.000><c> that</c><00:25:02.140><c> has</c><00:25:02.339><c> been</c><00:25:02.599><c> tempered</c><00:25:02.880><c> by</c><00:25:03.140><c> obedience</c>

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and<00:25:04.119><c> by</c><00:25:04.480><c> long,</c><00:25:05.259><c> careful</c><00:25:05.920><c> looking</c><00:25:06.579><c> forward</c>

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to<00:25:07.299><c> the</c><00:25:07.559><c> end.</c>

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It<00:25:08.359><c> will</c><00:25:08.579><c> be</c><00:25:08.900><c> a</c><00:25:09.299><c> tried</c><00:25:09.599><c> faith,</c><00:25:10.299><c> which</c><00:25:10.539><c> is,</c><00:25:10.880><c> in</c><00:25:11.059><c> the</c><00:25:11.220><c> sight</c><00:25:11.339><c> of</c>

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God,<00:25:12.160><c> even</c><00:25:12.420><c> more</c><00:25:12.680><c> precious</c><00:25:13.220><c> than</c><00:25:13.720><c> gold</c>

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which<00:25:14.380><c> perishes.</c>

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They<00:25:16.059><c> brought</c><00:25:16.339><c> also</c><00:25:16.880><c> frankincense,</c><00:25:18.099><c> which</c><00:25:18.099><c> is</c><00:25:19.460><c> a</c><00:25:19.460><c> symbol</c><00:25:19.740><c> in</c>

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scripture<00:25:20.279><c> of</c><00:25:20.460><c> the</c><00:25:20.660><c> prayers</c><00:25:20.900><c> of</c><00:25:21.099><c> the</c>

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saints,<00:25:21.940><c> Psalm</c><00:25:22.119><c> 141</c><00:25:22.859><c> and</c><00:25:23.000><c> verse</c><00:25:23.279><c> 2,</c><00:25:24.079><c> Revelation</c><00:25:24.519><c> 8</c><00:25:25.119><c> and</c><00:25:25.420><c> verse</c><00:25:25.740><c> 4.</c>

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And<00:25:27.059><c> finally</c><00:25:27.319><c> they</c><00:25:27.579><c> brought</c><00:25:27.859><c> myrrh,</c><00:25:28.859><c> which</c><00:25:29.059><c> symbolizes</c><00:25:29.700><c> self</c>

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-sacrifice<00:25:30.819><c> and</c><00:25:31.220><c> was</c><00:25:31.460><c> used</c><00:25:31.759><c> in</c><00:25:32.000><c> preparing</c><00:25:32.380><c> bodies</c>

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for<00:25:33.240><c> burial</c><00:25:33.680><c> and</c><00:25:34.180><c> was</c><00:25:34.480><c> in</c><00:25:34.640><c> fact</c><00:25:35.019><c> used</c><00:25:35.660><c> in</c><00:25:35.839><c> the</c><00:25:36.000><c> burial</c><00:25:36.259><c> of</c><00:25:36.500><c> Christ.</c>

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So<00:25:37.799><c> they</c><00:25:38.019><c> brought</c><00:25:38.220><c> three</c><00:25:38.579><c> gifts,</c><00:25:38.940><c> one</c><00:25:39.259><c> which</c><00:25:39.539><c> symbolized</c><00:25:40.160><c> kingship,</c><00:25:41.579><c> the</c>

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gold,<00:25:42.819><c> the</c><00:25:43.140><c> gold</c><00:25:43.420><c> of</c><00:25:43.619><c> the</c><00:25:43.740><c> king,</c>

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and<00:25:44.119><c> the</c><00:25:44.119><c> gold</c><00:25:44.380><c> of</c><00:25:44.559><c> a</c><00:25:44.740><c> crown.</c>

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One<00:25:45.660><c> which</c><00:25:45.940><c> symbolized</c><00:25:47.000><c> Christ's</c><00:25:47.700><c> role</c><00:25:47.900><c> as</c><00:25:48.140><c> a</c><00:25:48.339><c> mediator</c><00:25:48.740><c> between</c><00:25:49.039><c> God</c>

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and<00:25:49.539><c> man,</c><00:25:49.839><c> the</c><00:25:50.039><c> frankincense,</c><00:25:50.740><c> the</c>

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prayers<00:25:51.200><c> of</c><00:25:51.420><c> the</c><00:25:51.579><c> saints</c><00:25:51.799><c> that</c><00:25:52.059><c> arose</c><00:25:52.559><c> to</c><00:25:53.200><c> God</c><00:25:53.500><c> as</c><00:25:53.700><c> a</c><00:25:53.839><c> sweet</c>

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smelling<00:25:54.339><c> savor.</c>

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And<00:25:56.799><c> they</c><00:25:57.180><c> brought</c><00:25:57.460><c> myrrh,</c><00:25:58.079><c> the</c><00:25:58.259><c> symbol</c><00:25:58.660><c> of</c><00:25:59.259><c> death,</c><00:26:00.119><c> burial,</c>

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self<00:26:01.200><c>-sacrifice,</c><00:26:02.359><c> speaking</c><00:26:02.660><c> of</c><00:26:03.440><c> the</c><00:26:04.220><c> sacrificial</c>

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role<00:26:05.059><c> of</c><00:26:05.259><c> Christ</c><00:26:05.599><c> in</c><00:26:05.779><c> giving</c><00:26:05.960><c> his</c><00:26:06.180><c> life</c><00:26:06.599><c> for</c><00:26:06.980><c> the</c><00:26:07.200><c> sins</c><00:26:07.380><c> of</c><00:26:07.559><c> the</c><00:26:07.720><c> world.</c>

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And<00:26:08.099><c> so</c><00:26:08.200><c> the</c><00:26:08.380><c> three</c><00:26:08.619><c> gifts</c><00:26:08.920><c> then</c><00:26:09.500><c> speak</c><00:26:09.819><c> of</c><00:26:09.960><c> the</c><00:26:10.200><c> three</c><00:26:10.420><c> aspects</c><00:26:10.960><c> of</c><00:26:11.200><c> Christ's</c><00:26:11.660><c> work</c><00:26:11.819><c> on</c>

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our<00:26:12.200><c> behalf.</c>

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And<00:26:13.200><c> if</c><00:26:13.319><c> we</c><00:26:13.480><c> take</c><00:26:13.700><c> them</c><00:26:13.839><c> in</c><00:26:13.960><c> the</c><00:26:14.200><c> reverse</c><00:26:14.420><c> order,</c><00:26:14.839><c> we</c><00:26:14.839><c> have</c><00:26:15.059><c> first</c><00:26:15.359><c> of</c>

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all<00:26:15.740><c> myrrh,</c><00:26:16.480><c> his</c><00:26:16.579><c> sacrifice.</c>

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Secondly,<00:26:18.140><c> Christ</c><00:26:18.579><c> as</c><00:26:18.839><c> a</c><00:26:19.019><c> mediator</c><00:26:19.420><c> through</c><00:26:19.599><c> the</c><00:26:19.819><c> frankincense</c><00:26:20.440><c> that</c><00:26:20.700><c> arises</c><00:26:21.880><c> in</c><00:26:22.220><c> prayer.</c>

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And<00:26:23.240><c> thirdly,</c><00:26:23.599><c> Christ</c><00:26:23.940><c> is</c><00:26:24.119><c> the</c><00:26:24.339><c> king</c><00:26:24.680><c> who</c><00:26:25.039><c> will</c><00:26:25.339><c> come</c><00:26:25.740><c> and</c><00:26:26.259><c> reign.</c>

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Likewise<00:26:29.500><c> men,</c><00:26:30.420><c> we</c><00:26:30.700><c> follow</c><00:26:31.000><c> the</c><00:26:31.299><c> star.</c>

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We<00:26:32.220><c> travel</c><00:26:32.599><c> a</c><00:26:32.759><c> long</c><00:26:33.059><c> road,</c><00:26:33.599><c> but</c><00:26:33.740><c> we</c><00:26:34.000><c> keep</c><00:26:34.180><c> our</c><00:26:34.480><c> eye</c><00:26:34.700><c> on</c><00:26:34.900><c> that</c><00:26:35.160><c> which</c><00:26:35.299><c> is</c>

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set<00:26:35.660><c> before</c><00:26:35.980><c> us.</c>

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And<00:26:37.319><c> God</c><00:26:37.539><c> says</c><00:26:37.900><c> in</c><00:26:38.019><c> his</c><00:26:38.200><c> holy</c><00:26:38.519><c> word</c><00:26:38.759><c> in</c><00:26:38.920><c> the</c><00:26:39.039><c> Old</c><00:26:39.240><c> Testament</c><00:26:39.700><c> that</c><00:26:40.240><c> his</c><00:26:40.559><c> word,</c><00:26:41.220><c> his</c><00:26:41.460><c> scriptures</c><00:26:41.880><c> are</c><00:26:42.200><c> a</c><00:26:42.420><c> light</c>

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unto<00:26:43.180><c> our</c><00:26:43.539><c> path,</c><00:26:44.480><c> a</c><00:26:44.700><c> lamp</c><00:26:45.119><c> that</c><00:26:45.480><c> leads</c><00:26:45.660><c> us</c><00:26:45.940><c> forward,</c><00:26:46.539><c> that</c><00:26:46.740><c> gives</c><00:26:46.920><c> us</c>

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:49.059
light<00:26:47.539><c> in</c><00:26:47.940><c> a</c><00:26:48.160><c> dark</c><00:26:48.400><c> and</c><00:26:48.640><c> perverse</c>

00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:52.539
and<00:26:49.420><c> crooked</c><00:26:49.680><c> and</c><00:26:50.059><c> cruel</c><00:26:50.339><c> and</c><00:26:50.599><c> evil</c><00:26:50.839><c> world</c><00:26:51.359><c> that</c><00:26:51.980><c> leads</c><00:26:52.240><c> us</c>

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:54.420
onward<00:26:53.000><c> through</c><00:26:53.259><c> the</c><00:26:53.460><c> darkness</c><00:26:53.980><c> toward</c>

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:57.200
the<00:26:54.599><c> light</c><00:26:54.819><c> of</c><00:26:54.980><c> God's</c><00:26:55.460><c> kingdom</c><00:26:55.700><c> and</c><00:26:55.880><c> God's</c><00:26:56.339><c> glory.</c>

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:06.259
We<00:27:00.980><c> follow</c><00:27:01.500><c> a</c><00:27:01.799><c> long</c><00:27:02.099><c> road,</c><00:27:04.000><c> and</c><00:27:04.119><c> some</c><00:27:04.380><c> of</c><00:27:04.519><c> us</c><00:27:05.039><c> fall</c><00:27:05.299><c> asleep</c><00:27:05.740><c> along</c><00:27:06.039><c> the</c>

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trail,<00:27:07.220><c> but</c><00:27:07.359><c> we</c><00:27:07.500><c> know</c><00:27:07.700><c> that</c><00:27:07.839><c> when</c>

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:11.200
we<00:27:08.079><c> come</c><00:27:08.240><c> to</c><00:27:08.420><c> the</c><00:27:08.599><c> end</c><00:27:08.779><c> we</c><00:27:08.880><c> will</c><00:27:09.099><c> find</c><00:27:09.640><c> all</c><00:27:10.059><c> of</c><00:27:10.259><c> those</c><00:27:10.640><c> who</c><00:27:10.960><c> have</c>

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:13.380
accompanied<00:27:11.519><c> us</c><00:27:11.779><c> on</c><00:27:11.980><c> the</c><00:27:12.119><c> journey,</c><00:27:13.180><c> along</c>

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:16.880
with<00:27:13.660><c> the</c><00:27:13.880><c> wise</c><00:27:14.119><c> men</c><00:27:14.519><c> who</c><00:27:15.160><c> took</c><00:27:15.359><c> one</c><00:27:15.680><c> journey</c><00:27:15.980><c> and</c><00:27:16.240><c> found</c><00:27:16.400><c> a</c><00:27:16.599><c> babe</c><00:27:16.720><c> in</c>

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:20.099
a<00:27:16.980><c> manger,</c><00:27:17.819><c> but</c><00:27:18.119><c> perhaps</c><00:27:18.819><c> we</c><00:27:19.500><c> suspect</c>

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:23.380
then<00:27:20.720><c> began</c><00:27:21.259><c> a</c><00:27:21.619><c> longer</c><00:27:21.940><c> journey</c><00:27:22.299><c> of</c><00:27:22.539><c> service</c><00:27:22.880><c> and</c><00:27:23.059><c> devotion</c>

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:25.359
to<00:27:23.559><c> God</c><00:27:23.960><c> and</c><00:27:24.339><c> will</c><00:27:24.519><c> in</c><00:27:24.720><c> fact</c><00:27:24.880><c> at</c><00:27:25.079><c> the</c><00:27:25.220><c> end</c>

00:27:25.359 --> 00:27:30.980
of<00:27:25.420><c> that</c><00:27:25.700><c> journey</c><00:27:26.180><c> like</c><00:27:26.619><c> us</c><00:27:27.039><c> find</c><00:27:27.640><c> not</c><00:27:28.079><c> a</c><00:27:29.380><c> baby</c><00:27:29.559><c> in</c><00:27:29.700><c> a</c><00:27:29.839><c> house,</c><00:27:30.619><c> not</c><00:27:30.799><c> a</c>

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baby<00:27:31.220><c> held</c><00:27:31.480><c> in</c><00:27:31.619><c> his</c><00:27:31.839><c> mother's</c>

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arms,<00:27:32.819><c> but</c><00:27:33.039><c> will</c><00:27:33.400><c> in</c><00:27:33.640><c> fact</c><00:27:34.000><c> find</c><00:27:34.720><c> a</c><00:27:35.059><c> king</c><00:27:35.319><c> upon</c><00:27:35.599><c> a</c><00:27:35.880><c> throne.</c>

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What<00:27:38.660><c> happened</c><00:27:38.880><c> to</c><00:27:39.039><c> the</c><00:27:39.200><c> gifts?</c>

00:27:40.279 --> 00:27:43.400
I<00:27:40.420><c> think</c><00:27:40.539><c> it's</c><00:27:40.740><c> a</c><00:27:40.880><c> reasonable</c><00:27:41.680><c> supposition</c><00:27:42.480><c> that</c><00:27:42.940><c> the</c><00:27:43.180><c> gold</c>

00:27:43.400 --> 00:27:44.839
itself,<00:27:43.799><c> if</c><00:27:43.980><c> it</c><00:27:44.079><c> was</c><00:27:44.259><c> worth</c><00:27:44.420><c> much,</c><00:27:44.740><c> if</c>

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:47.099
there<00:27:45.039><c> was</c><00:27:45.200><c> much</c><00:27:45.440><c> of</c><00:27:45.599><c> it</c><00:27:45.700><c> as</c><00:27:45.859><c> a</c><00:27:45.940><c> matter</c><00:27:46.140><c> of</c><00:27:46.319><c> fact,</c><00:27:46.779><c> would</c><00:27:46.880><c> then</c>

00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:49.619
be<00:27:47.400><c> used</c><00:27:47.799><c> providentially</c><00:27:48.660><c> to</c><00:27:49.259><c> sustain</c>

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:52.420
the<00:27:49.880><c> family</c><00:27:50.099><c> as</c><00:27:50.259><c> they</c><00:27:50.460><c> fled</c><00:27:50.619><c> into</c><00:27:50.859><c> Egypt,</c><00:27:51.519><c> because</c><00:27:51.819><c> here</c><00:27:52.019><c> was</c>

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:54.539
Joseph<00:27:52.819><c> already</c><00:27:53.200><c> who</c><00:27:53.500><c> perhaps</c><00:27:53.980><c> left</c><00:27:54.240><c> one</c>

00:27:54.539 --> 00:27:57.599
job<00:27:54.799><c> in</c><00:27:54.980><c> one</c><00:27:55.200><c> home,</c><00:27:55.539><c> had</c><00:27:55.640><c> gone</c><00:27:55.819><c> into</c><00:27:56.019><c> Bethlehem</c><00:27:56.700><c> and</c><00:27:56.980><c> the</c><00:27:57.140><c> times</c><00:27:57.400><c> were</c>

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difficult<00:27:58.079><c> and</c><00:27:58.200><c> he</c><00:27:58.299><c> wouldn't</c>

00:27:58.539 --> 00:28:01.099
have<00:27:58.759><c> much</c><00:27:59.039><c> to</c><00:27:59.240><c> take</c><00:27:59.440><c> care</c><00:27:59.579><c> of</c><00:27:59.720><c> his</c><00:27:59.859><c> family,</c><00:28:00.359><c> and</c><00:28:00.579><c> now</c><00:28:00.839><c> again</c>

00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:02.400
he's<00:28:01.240><c> being</c><00:28:01.500><c> asked</c><00:28:01.740><c> to</c><00:28:01.920><c> leave</c><00:28:02.140><c> and</c><00:28:02.259><c> go</c>

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into<00:28:02.559><c> Egypt.</c>

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Well,<00:28:03.559><c> there</c><00:28:03.740><c> were</c><00:28:05.000><c> large</c><00:28:05.740><c> communities</c><00:28:06.359><c> of</c><00:28:06.619><c> Jews</c><00:28:06.799><c> in</c><00:28:07.019><c> Egypt</c>

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:09.180
and<00:28:07.759><c> there</c><00:28:08.240><c> the</c><00:28:08.400><c> little</c><00:28:08.599><c> family</c><00:28:08.980><c> could</c>

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:11.680
be<00:28:09.400><c> sheltered</c><00:28:09.779><c> and</c><00:28:09.980><c> protected,</c><00:28:10.660><c> but</c><00:28:10.839><c> here</c><00:28:11.039><c> they</c><00:28:11.200><c> were</c><00:28:11.339><c> again</c>

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:13.299
going<00:28:11.960><c> into</c><00:28:12.180><c> another</c><00:28:12.480><c> strange</c><00:28:12.859><c> place</c>

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:16.359
and<00:28:13.720><c> the</c><00:28:13.900><c> gold</c><00:28:14.140><c> then</c><00:28:14.420><c> would</c><00:28:14.619><c> be</c><00:28:14.900><c> providentially</c><00:28:15.420><c> provided</c><00:28:15.940><c> to</c>

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:17.539
make<00:28:16.500><c> that</c><00:28:16.740><c> trip</c><00:28:16.920><c> and</c><00:28:17.079><c> to</c><00:28:17.319><c> support</c>

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:20.700
them<00:28:17.720><c> perhaps</c><00:28:18.119><c> until</c><00:28:18.339><c> Joseph</c><00:28:18.799><c> could</c><00:28:19.319><c> find</c><00:28:19.619><c> work</c><00:28:19.940><c> to</c><00:28:20.160><c> take</c><00:28:20.339><c> care</c><00:28:20.519><c> of</c>

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his<00:28:20.900><c> family.</c>

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What<00:28:24.079><c> happened</c><00:28:24.380><c> to</c><00:28:24.539><c> the</c><00:28:24.700><c> myrrh?</c>

00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:29.759
Is<00:28:26.240><c> it</c><00:28:26.420><c> too</c><00:28:26.640><c> far</c><00:28:26.940><c>-fetched</c><00:28:27.299><c> to</c><00:28:27.500><c> suppose</c><00:28:28.019><c> that</c><00:28:28.660><c> Mary,</c><00:28:29.160><c> with</c><00:28:29.500><c> a</c>

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sword<00:28:30.039><c> piercing</c><00:28:30.480><c> her</c><00:28:30.779><c> own</c><00:28:31.099><c> soul</c><00:28:31.400><c> also</c><00:28:32.039><c> and</c>

00:28:32.359 --> 00:28:34.740
knowing<00:28:32.660><c> that</c><00:28:32.900><c> this</c><00:28:33.099><c> child</c><00:28:33.460><c> that</c><00:28:33.599><c> was</c><00:28:33.819><c> born</c><00:28:34.039><c> to</c><00:28:34.200><c> her</c><00:28:34.380><c> would</c><00:28:34.539><c> be</c>

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:37.500
a<00:28:34.819><c> child</c><00:28:35.400><c> destined</c><00:28:36.099><c> to</c><00:28:36.380><c> die</c><00:28:36.700><c> and</c><00:28:37.119><c> die</c><00:28:37.339><c> in</c>

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a<00:28:37.700><c> special</c><00:28:37.960><c> way?</c>

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Is<00:28:38.940><c> it</c><00:28:39.099><c> too</c><00:28:39.279><c> much</c><00:28:39.440><c> to</c><00:28:39.759><c> suppose</c><00:28:40.119><c> that</c><00:28:40.319><c> Mary,</c><00:28:41.200><c> as</c><00:28:41.460><c> she</c><00:28:41.680><c> took</c><00:28:41.839><c> the</c>

00:28:42.140 --> 00:28:43.960
thoughts<00:28:42.359><c> of</c><00:28:42.619><c> God</c><00:28:42.900><c> and</c><00:28:43.180><c> kept</c><00:28:43.380><c> them</c><00:28:43.700><c> and</c>

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:47.380
pondered<00:28:44.359><c> them,</c><00:28:44.819><c> might</c><00:28:45.019><c> also</c><00:28:45.420><c> take</c><00:28:45.700><c> the</c><00:28:45.920><c> myrrh</c><00:28:46.519><c> and</c><00:28:46.779><c> keep</c><00:28:46.920><c> it</c>

00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:49.640
and<00:28:47.559><c> wrap</c><00:28:47.779><c> it</c><00:28:47.980><c> up</c><00:28:48.180><c> and</c><00:28:48.460><c> cherish</c><00:28:48.779><c> it</c><00:28:49.339><c> and</c>

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:53.519
look<00:28:49.859><c> forward</c><00:28:50.220><c> to</c><00:28:50.400><c> the</c><00:28:50.619><c> time</c><00:28:51.000><c> in</c><00:28:51.539><c> sorrow</c><00:28:52.000><c> and</c><00:28:52.299><c> yet</c><00:28:52.500><c> with</c><00:28:52.960><c> joy</c>

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:55.720
that<00:28:54.119><c> that</c><00:28:54.400><c> myrrh</c><00:28:54.559><c> would</c><00:28:54.819><c> serve</c><00:28:55.000><c> its</c><00:28:55.220><c> purpose,</c>

00:28:56.039 --> 00:29:02.119
that<00:28:56.200><c> the</c><00:28:56.440><c> gift</c><00:28:56.640><c> of</c><00:28:56.839><c> the</c><00:28:57.039><c> kings</c><00:28:57.380><c> who</c><00:28:57.599><c> came</c><00:28:57.859><c> from</c><00:28:58.059><c> the</c><00:28:58.259><c> east,</c><00:28:59.180><c> which</c><00:28:59.940><c> showed</c><00:29:00.859><c> the</c><00:29:01.160><c> kingship</c><00:29:01.599><c> of</c><00:29:01.779><c> Christ</c>

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:05.140
even<00:29:02.339><c> at</c><00:29:02.500><c> his</c><00:29:02.720><c> birth,</c><00:29:03.140><c> would</c><00:29:03.259><c> then</c><00:29:03.700><c> seal</c><00:29:03.960><c> his</c><00:29:04.220><c> perfect</c><00:29:04.619><c> life</c>

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:06.900
as<00:29:05.559><c> he</c><00:29:05.700><c> was</c><00:29:05.940><c> prepared</c><00:29:06.319><c> for</c><00:29:06.579><c> burial?</c>

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:08.819
I<00:29:07.539><c> don't</c><00:29:07.700><c> think</c><00:29:07.819><c> it's</c><00:29:07.960><c> too</c><00:29:08.220><c> far</c><00:29:08.480><c>-fetched.</c>

00:29:08.900 --> 00:29:12.660
I<00:29:09.000><c> think</c><00:29:09.200><c> in</c><00:29:09.359><c> fact</c><00:29:09.799><c> that</c><00:29:10.359><c> could</c><00:29:10.680><c> have</c><00:29:10.920><c> been</c><00:29:11.359><c> what</c><00:29:11.740><c> Mary</c><00:29:12.019><c> did,</c>

00:29:13.099 --> 00:29:16.059
waiting<00:29:13.500><c> for</c><00:29:14.079><c> the</c><00:29:14.299><c> sacrifice</c><00:29:14.759><c> of</c><00:29:15.000><c> Christ.</c>

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:23.460
Now<00:29:18.339><c> we</c><00:29:18.599><c> move</c><00:29:18.880><c> into</c><00:29:20.000><c> the</c><00:29:20.420><c> second</c><00:29:20.660><c> section</c><00:29:21.000><c> of</c><00:29:21.160><c> Matthew</c><00:29:21.519><c> 2,</c><00:29:22.519><c> verse</c><00:29:22.720><c> 13,</c>

00:29:23.819 --> 00:29:25.319
and<00:29:24.500><c> when</c><00:29:24.640><c> they</c><00:29:24.799><c> were</c><00:29:25.000><c> departed,</c>

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:28.160
behold<00:29:25.700><c> the</c><00:29:25.920><c> angel</c><00:29:26.200><c> of</c><00:29:26.400><c> the</c><00:29:26.480><c> Lord</c><00:29:26.680><c> appeared</c><00:29:27.160><c> to</c><00:29:27.599><c> Joseph</c><00:29:27.859><c> in</c><00:29:28.019><c> a</c>

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:30.000
dream,<00:29:28.680><c> saying,</c><00:29:28.980><c> Arise</c><00:29:29.319><c> and</c><00:29:29.460><c> take</c><00:29:29.640><c> the</c><00:29:29.799><c> young</c>

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:32.740
child<00:29:30.460><c> and</c><00:29:30.819><c> his</c><00:29:31.000><c> mother</c><00:29:31.220><c> and</c><00:29:31.500><c> flee</c><00:29:31.660><c> into</c><00:29:31.880><c> Egypt</c><00:29:32.200><c> and</c><00:29:32.400><c> be</c><00:29:32.579><c> thou</c>

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:34.640
there<00:29:32.980><c> until</c><00:29:33.180><c> I</c><00:29:33.359><c> bring</c><00:29:33.599><c> thee</c><00:29:33.819><c> word</c><00:29:34.160><c> for</c>

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:37.779
Herod<00:29:34.880><c> will</c><00:29:35.119><c> seek</c><00:29:35.339><c> the</c><00:29:35.539><c> young</c><00:29:35.799><c> child</c><00:29:36.119><c> to</c><00:29:36.359><c> destroy</c><00:29:36.759><c> him.</c>

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When<00:29:38.619><c> he</c><00:29:38.819><c> arose</c><00:29:39.119><c> he</c><00:29:39.240><c> took</c><00:29:39.380><c> the</c><00:29:39.579><c> young</c><00:29:39.779><c> child</c><00:29:40.099><c> and</c><00:29:40.240><c> his</c><00:29:40.440><c> mother</c>

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by<00:29:41.000><c> night</c><00:29:41.220><c> and</c><00:29:41.440><c> departed</c><00:29:41.680><c> into</c><00:29:41.920><c> Egypt</c>

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and<00:29:42.680><c> was</c><00:29:42.839><c> there</c><00:29:43.079><c> until</c><00:29:43.279><c> the</c><00:29:43.440><c> death</c><00:29:43.640><c> of</c><00:29:43.859><c> Herod</c><00:29:44.000><c> that</c><00:29:44.099><c> it</c><00:29:44.259><c> might</c>

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be<00:29:44.700><c> fulfilled,</c><00:29:45.420><c> which</c><00:29:45.619><c> was</c><00:29:45.799><c> spoken</c><00:29:46.240><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:46.940><c> Lord</c><00:29:47.140><c> by</c><00:29:47.359><c> the</c><00:29:47.519><c> prophet</c><00:29:47.740><c> saying,</c><00:29:48.220><c> Out</c><00:29:48.380><c> of</c><00:29:48.539><c> Egypt</c><00:29:48.859><c> have</c><00:29:49.079><c> I</c>

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called<00:29:49.559><c> my</c><00:29:49.960><c> son.</c>

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This<00:29:51.200><c> portion</c><00:29:51.539><c> of</c><00:29:51.700><c> Matthew</c><00:29:52.059><c> could</c><00:29:52.240><c> be</c><00:29:52.519><c> called</c><00:29:52.740><c> the</c><00:29:53.039><c> Egypt</c><00:29:53.380><c> section.</c>

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It<00:29:54.619><c> is</c><00:29:54.859><c> the</c><00:29:55.079><c> anti</c><00:29:55.319><c>-type</c><00:29:55.519><c> of</c><00:29:55.700><c> Old</c><00:29:55.920><c> Testament</c><00:29:56.220><c> history</c><00:29:56.579><c> found</c><00:29:56.880><c> in</c>

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Genesis<00:29:57.440><c> and</c><00:29:57.700><c> Exodus.</c>

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Our<00:29:58.599><c> brother</c><00:29:58.799><c> in</c><00:29:58.940><c> our</c><00:29:59.099><c> previous</c><00:29:59.400><c> class</c><00:29:59.680><c> was</c><00:29:59.880><c> pointing</c><00:30:00.140><c> out</c><00:30:00.420><c> to</c>

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us<00:30:00.779><c> how</c><00:30:01.220><c> God</c><00:30:01.579><c> operated</c><00:30:02.039><c> in</c><00:30:02.259><c> Old</c><00:30:02.460><c> Testament</c>

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times<00:30:03.200><c> and</c><00:30:03.519><c> this</c><00:30:03.759><c> becomes</c><00:30:04.000><c> a</c><00:30:04.240><c> pattern</c><00:30:04.440><c> of</c><00:30:04.599><c> what</c><00:30:04.779><c> God</c><00:30:05.059><c> does</c><00:30:05.480><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:05.839><c> New</c><00:30:06.000><c> Testament</c><00:30:06.420><c> with</c><00:30:06.799><c> his</c><00:30:07.119><c> son.</c>

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There<00:30:07.859><c> was</c><00:30:08.339><c> a</c><00:30:08.640><c> plural</c><00:30:08.940><c> son</c><00:30:09.240><c> in</c><00:30:09.400><c> Old</c><00:30:09.619><c> Testament</c><00:30:10.000><c> times</c><00:30:10.299><c> who</c><00:30:10.440><c> was</c>

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called<00:30:10.839><c> the</c><00:30:11.079><c> firstborn</c><00:30:11.539><c> and</c><00:30:11.660><c> this</c><00:30:11.819><c> was</c>

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the<00:30:12.299><c> nation</c><00:30:12.299><c> of</c><00:30:12.420><c> Israel.</c>

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This<00:30:13.660><c> nation</c><00:30:14.000><c> of</c><00:30:14.099><c> Israel</c><00:30:14.420><c> then</c><00:30:14.700><c> gives</c><00:30:14.980><c> way</c><00:30:15.240><c> to</c><00:30:15.440><c> a</c><00:30:15.579><c> certain</c><00:30:15.740><c> extent</c><00:30:16.059><c> in</c>

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God's<00:30:16.619><c> purpose</c><00:30:16.880><c> and</c><00:30:17.160><c> we</c><00:30:17.279><c> come</c>

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to<00:30:17.559><c> the</c><00:30:17.640><c> New</c><00:30:17.819><c> Testament</c><00:30:18.119><c> and</c><00:30:18.279><c> we</c><00:30:18.460><c> find</c><00:30:18.740><c> that</c><00:30:19.180><c> to</c><00:30:19.400><c> a</c><00:30:19.519><c> certain</c><00:30:19.700><c> degree</c><00:30:20.140><c> this</c><00:30:20.599><c> Israel</c><00:30:20.920><c> is</c>

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rejected<00:30:21.519><c> or</c>

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at<00:30:21.759><c> least</c><00:30:21.960><c> set</c><00:30:22.240><c> aside</c><00:30:22.660><c> for</c><00:30:22.839><c> the</c><00:30:23.039><c> time</c><00:30:23.259><c> being</c><00:30:23.559><c> while</c><00:30:24.019><c> God</c><00:30:24.319><c> now</c>

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begins<00:30:24.940><c> to</c><00:30:25.220><c> work</c><00:30:25.420><c> with</c><00:30:25.839><c> an</c><00:30:26.200><c> individual</c>

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son<00:30:27.240><c> who</c><00:30:27.579><c> is</c><00:30:27.779><c> also</c><00:30:28.160><c> called</c><00:30:28.460><c> his</c><00:30:28.720><c> firstborn</c><00:30:29.240><c> son.</c>

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So<00:30:30.019><c> there</c><00:30:30.160><c> is</c><00:30:30.339><c> his</c><00:30:30.539><c> firstborn</c><00:30:30.980><c> in</c><00:30:31.140><c> the</c><00:30:31.339><c> plural</c><00:30:31.619><c> national</c><00:30:32.119><c> sense</c><00:30:32.559><c> and</c>

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the<00:30:33.019><c> firstborn</c><00:30:33.420><c> in</c><00:30:33.559><c> the</c><00:30:33.819><c> singular</c><00:30:34.440><c> individual</c>

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sense<00:30:35.500><c> which</c><00:30:35.660><c> is</c><00:30:35.900><c> Christ</c><00:30:36.279><c> and</c><00:30:36.740><c> we</c><00:30:36.980><c> find</c><00:30:37.220><c> Christ</c><00:30:37.619><c> undergoing</c>

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the<00:30:38.460><c> same</c><00:30:38.759><c> sort</c><00:30:39.099><c> of</c><00:30:39.420><c> trials</c><00:30:39.660><c> in</c><00:30:39.839><c> his</c><00:30:39.960><c> early</c><00:30:40.140><c> life</c>

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leading<00:30:41.039><c> up</c><00:30:41.319><c> to</c><00:30:41.920><c> the</c><00:30:42.200><c> time</c><00:30:42.420><c> of</c><00:30:42.539><c> his</c><00:30:42.759><c> ministry</c><00:30:43.079><c> and</c><00:30:43.240><c> even</c><00:30:43.400><c> his</c>

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death<00:30:43.819><c> and</c><00:30:44.000><c> his</c><00:30:44.180><c> resurrection.</c>

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The<00:30:45.259><c> same</c><00:30:45.500><c> things</c><00:30:45.759><c> that</c><00:30:45.920><c> we</c><00:30:46.059><c> see</c><00:30:46.240><c> happening</c><00:30:46.519><c> to</c><00:30:46.740><c> Israel</c><00:30:47.059><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:47.339><c> Old</c><00:30:47.500><c> Testament.</c>

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We<00:30:48.279><c> see</c><00:30:48.440><c> him</c><00:30:48.640><c> going</c><00:30:48.859><c> down</c><00:30:49.180><c> into</c><00:30:49.359><c> Egypt</c><00:30:49.779><c> being</c><00:30:50.240><c> delivered</c><00:30:50.640><c> out</c>

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of<00:30:51.039><c> Egypt</c><00:30:51.380><c> all</c><00:30:51.779><c> for</c><00:30:51.920><c> the</c><00:30:52.140><c> preservation</c><00:30:52.519><c> of</c><00:30:52.740><c> his</c>

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life.

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We<00:30:53.640><c> see</c><00:30:53.819><c> him</c><00:30:54.000><c> thereafter</c><00:30:54.460><c> as</c><00:30:54.680><c> a</c><00:30:54.759><c> matter</c><00:30:54.940><c> of</c><00:30:55.140><c> fact</c><00:30:55.460><c> being</c><00:30:55.880><c> baptized</c><00:30:56.480><c> which</c>

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was<00:30:56.980><c> patterned</c><00:30:57.460><c> by</c><00:30:58.099><c> the</c>

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nation<00:30:59.119><c> of</c><00:30:59.299><c> Israel</c><00:30:59.519><c> being</c><00:30:59.819><c> baptized</c><00:31:00.400><c> in</c><00:31:00.539><c> the</c><00:31:00.680><c> Red</c><00:31:00.920><c> Sea.</c>

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After<00:31:01.740><c> his</c><00:31:01.980><c> baptism</c><00:31:02.299><c> we</c><00:31:02.500><c> see</c><00:31:02.640><c> Jesus</c><00:31:02.960><c> going</c><00:31:03.240><c> into</c><00:31:03.420><c> the</c><00:31:03.619><c> wilderness</c><00:31:03.940><c> where</c>

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for<00:31:04.319><c> 40</c><00:31:04.559><c> days</c><00:31:04.920><c> he</c><00:31:05.059><c> was</c><00:31:05.240><c> tempted</c>

00:31:05.619 --> 00:31:08.980
and<00:31:06.019><c> was</c><00:31:06.259><c> perfect</c><00:31:06.599><c> and</c><00:31:07.119><c> showed</c><00:31:07.240><c> himself</c><00:31:07.640><c> truly</c><00:31:07.900><c> to</c><00:31:08.079><c> be</c><00:31:08.180><c> the</c><00:31:08.359><c> firstborn</c><00:31:08.740><c> of</c>

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God<00:31:09.279><c> in</c><00:31:09.599><c> his</c><00:31:09.779><c> perfect</c><00:31:10.059><c> obedience.</c>

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Which<00:31:10.839><c> again</c><00:31:11.160><c> was</c><00:31:11.440><c> patterned</c><00:31:11.880><c> by</c><00:31:12.480><c> the</c><00:31:13.000><c> 40</c><00:31:13.259><c> years</c><00:31:13.619><c> trek</c><00:31:14.000><c> of</c><00:31:14.400><c> the</c>

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Jews<00:31:14.819><c> in</c><00:31:14.960><c> the</c><00:31:15.119><c> wilderness</c><00:31:15.500><c> leading</c>

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to<00:31:16.240><c> the</c><00:31:16.519><c> promised</c><00:31:16.720><c> land.</c>

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We<00:31:17.339><c> have</c><00:31:17.500><c> so</c><00:31:17.680><c> many</c><00:31:17.900><c> analogies</c><00:31:18.339><c> like</c><00:31:18.539><c> this</c><00:31:18.779><c> developed</c><00:31:19.240><c> in</c><00:31:19.720><c> Christ</c><00:31:20.019><c> and</c>

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Christ<00:31:20.819><c> of</c><00:31:21.079><c> course</c><00:31:21.240><c> is</c><00:31:21.440><c> the</c><00:31:21.740><c> true</c>

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Israel,<00:31:22.880><c> Israel</c><00:31:23.279><c> meaning</c><00:31:23.559><c> the</c><00:31:23.819><c> prince</c><00:31:24.079><c> with</c><00:31:24.319><c> God.</c>

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:27.960
Christ<00:31:25.339><c> is</c><00:31:25.539><c> the</c><00:31:25.680><c> one</c><00:31:26.059><c> who</c><00:31:26.440><c> truly</c><00:31:26.740><c> deserves</c><00:31:27.200><c> the</c><00:31:27.420><c> right</c><00:31:27.579><c> to</c><00:31:27.759><c> be</c>

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prince<00:31:28.279><c> or</c><00:31:28.559><c> king</c><00:31:28.799><c> and</c><00:31:28.980><c> to</c><00:31:29.180><c> rule</c><00:31:29.319><c> with</c><00:31:29.539><c> God</c>

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because<00:31:30.140><c> of</c><00:31:30.279><c> his</c><00:31:30.440><c> perfect</c><00:31:30.740><c> obedience.</c>

00:31:31.619 --> 00:31:35.140
Christ<00:31:31.960><c> becomes</c><00:31:32.380><c> therefore</c><00:31:32.900><c> the</c><00:31:33.359><c> true</c><00:31:33.640><c> Israel</c><00:31:34.160><c> as</c><00:31:34.579><c> he</c><00:31:34.779><c> was</c><00:31:34.920><c> in</c>

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fact<00:31:35.279><c> the</c><00:31:35.480><c> true</c><00:31:35.700><c> Judah,</c><00:31:36.000><c> the</c><00:31:36.180><c> one</c><00:31:36.339><c> who</c>

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:45.200
Now<00:31:42.380><c> we</c><00:31:42.619><c> call</c><00:31:42.819><c> this</c><00:31:43.019><c> the</c><00:31:43.240><c> Egypt</c><00:31:43.480><c> section</c><00:31:43.839><c> also</c><00:31:44.240><c> because</c><00:31:44.579><c> of</c><00:31:44.819><c> Joseph.</c>

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Like<00:31:45.740><c> the</c><00:31:45.960><c> first</c><00:31:46.180><c> Joseph</c><00:31:46.519><c> in</c><00:31:46.680><c> Old</c><00:31:46.920><c> Testament</c><00:31:47.240><c> times,</c><00:31:48.019><c> this</c>

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Joseph<00:31:48.559><c> dreamed</c><00:31:49.099><c> dreams</c><00:31:49.579><c> and</c><00:31:49.759><c> God</c><00:31:50.039><c> gave</c><00:31:50.279><c> him</c>

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special<00:31:50.839><c> revelations</c><00:31:51.539><c> and</c><00:31:51.880><c> then</c><00:31:52.059><c> he</c><00:31:52.279><c> acted.</c>

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Like<00:31:53.259><c> the</c><00:31:53.460><c> first</c><00:31:53.700><c> Joseph,</c><00:31:54.460><c> this</c><00:31:54.660><c> Joseph</c><00:31:55.059><c> led</c><00:31:55.420><c> Israel</c><00:31:56.079><c> and</c><00:31:56.220><c> the</c>

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person<00:31:56.599><c> of</c><00:31:56.779><c> Christ</c><00:31:57.180><c> into</c><00:31:57.839><c> Egypt</c><00:31:58.380><c> that</c><00:31:58.819><c> his</c>

00:31:59.059 --> 00:32:02.380
life<00:31:59.579><c> might</c><00:31:59.819><c> be</c><00:32:00.099><c> preserved</c><00:32:00.559><c> and</c><00:32:01.079><c> then</c><00:32:01.619><c> saw</c><00:32:01.819><c> that</c><00:32:01.980><c> it</c><00:32:02.119><c> was</c><00:32:02.299><c> in</c>

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:04.559
fact<00:32:02.579><c> preserved</c><00:32:03.079><c> and</c><00:32:03.319><c> finally</c><00:32:03.960><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:32:04.720><c> the</c><00:32:04.900><c> person</c><00:32:05.079><c> of</c><00:32:05.319><c> Christ,</c><00:32:05.859><c> the</c><00:32:06.079><c> hope</c><00:32:06.259><c> of</c><00:32:06.539><c> Israel</c><00:32:06.880><c> returned</c>

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:09.819
out<00:32:07.720><c> of</c><00:32:07.859><c> Egypt</c><00:32:08.259><c> back</c><00:32:08.799><c> into</c><00:32:09.259><c> the</c><00:32:09.579><c> promised</c>

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land.

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And<00:32:18.700><c> so</c><00:32:18.819><c> they</c><00:32:19.000><c> fled</c><00:32:19.200><c> into</c><00:32:19.420><c> Egypt.</c>

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:22.160
We<00:32:20.140><c> have</c><00:32:20.299><c> to</c><00:32:20.440><c> imagine</c><00:32:20.740><c> this</c><00:32:21.059><c> scene</c><00:32:21.240><c> like</c><00:32:21.440><c> we</c><00:32:21.599><c> do</c><00:32:21.700><c> the</c><00:32:21.920><c> others.</c>

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:25.380
This<00:32:22.559><c> little</c><00:32:22.980><c> lonely</c><00:32:23.359><c> family</c><00:32:23.839><c> wondering</c><00:32:24.319><c> where</c><00:32:24.640><c> God</c><00:32:24.900><c> is</c><00:32:25.079><c> going</c><00:32:25.220><c> to</c>

00:32:25.380 --> 00:32:26.740
send<00:32:25.500><c> them</c><00:32:25.680><c> next</c><00:32:25.980><c> and</c><00:32:26.140><c> yet</c><00:32:26.380><c> they</c>

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obey<00:32:27.019><c> because</c><00:32:27.380><c> they</c><00:32:27.579><c> are</c><00:32:27.720><c> told.</c>

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And<00:32:28.519><c> Joseph</c><00:32:28.779><c> takes</c><00:32:29.059><c> this</c><00:32:29.660><c> initiative</c><00:32:30.180><c> and</c><00:32:30.420><c> moves</c><00:32:30.680><c> as</c><00:32:30.819><c> God</c><00:32:31.079><c> has</c>

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told<00:32:31.420><c> him</c><00:32:31.559><c> not</c><00:32:31.759><c> knowing</c><00:32:32.019><c> where</c><00:32:32.240><c> they</c>

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will<00:32:32.579><c> go,</c><00:32:32.859><c> not</c><00:32:32.940><c> knowing</c><00:32:33.220><c> where</c><00:32:33.480><c> they</c><00:32:33.619><c> will</c><00:32:33.859><c> finally</c><00:32:34.240><c> wind</c><00:32:34.819><c> up,</c>

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but<00:32:35.180><c> going</c><00:32:35.440><c> forward</c><00:32:35.799><c> in</c><00:32:36.079><c> faith</c><00:32:36.279><c> because</c>

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God<00:32:36.920><c> has</c><00:32:37.180><c> said</c><00:32:37.480><c> this</c><00:32:38.039><c> must</c><00:32:38.240><c> be</c><00:32:38.480><c> done.</c>

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And<00:32:40.220><c> we</c><00:32:40.359><c> think</c><00:32:40.440><c> of</c><00:32:40.559><c> the</c><00:32:40.680><c> sort</c><00:32:40.799><c> of</c><00:32:40.980><c> trip</c><00:32:41.079><c> it</c><00:32:41.279><c> was</c><00:32:41.420><c> and</c><00:32:41.579><c> here</c><00:32:41.700><c> they</c>

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:43.099
were<00:32:42.000><c> already</c><00:32:42.359><c> cut</c><00:32:42.599><c> off</c><00:32:42.779><c> from</c><00:32:42.920><c> their</c>

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:46.460
family<00:32:43.440><c> and</c><00:32:43.740><c> now</c><00:32:43.980><c> another</c><00:32:44.240><c> step</c><00:32:44.519><c> would</c><00:32:44.640><c> be</c><00:32:44.859><c> taken</c><00:32:45.059><c> and</c><00:32:45.160><c> who</c><00:32:45.319><c> would</c><00:32:45.500><c> know</c><00:32:45.640><c> what</c><00:32:45.779><c> would</c><00:32:46.019><c> come</c><00:32:46.140><c> of</c><00:32:46.279><c> them.</c>

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It's<00:32:46.859><c> almost</c><00:32:47.079><c> as</c><00:32:47.259><c> though</c><00:32:47.359><c> they're</c><00:32:47.660><c> submerged</c><00:32:48.220><c> and</c><00:32:48.799><c> buried</c><00:32:49.019><c> in</c>

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.940
Egypt<00:32:49.500><c> until</c><00:32:49.740><c> the</c><00:32:49.980><c> time</c><00:32:50.140><c> that</c><00:32:50.339><c> God</c><00:32:50.579><c> calls</c>

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:52.140
them<00:32:51.160><c> back.</c>

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.740
Do<00:32:53.519><c> we</c><00:32:53.720><c> have</c><00:32:53.839><c> that</c><00:32:54.079><c> kind</c><00:32:54.299><c> of</c><00:32:54.500><c> faith?</c>

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:57.319
Do<00:32:55.079><c> we</c><00:32:55.240><c> have</c><00:32:55.359><c> the</c><00:32:55.539><c> kind</c><00:32:55.700><c> of</c><00:32:55.900><c> faith</c><00:32:56.099><c> that</c><00:32:56.259><c> would</c><00:32:56.440><c> accept</c><00:32:57.019><c> what</c>

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:59.059
God<00:32:57.819><c> tells</c><00:32:58.259><c> Joseph</c><00:32:58.740><c> here?</c>

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Be<00:32:59.500><c> thou</c><00:32:59.759><c> there</c><00:32:59.980><c> in</c><00:33:00.160><c> Egypt</c><00:33:00.460><c> until</c><00:33:01.019><c> I</c><00:33:01.299><c> bring</c><00:33:01.559><c> thee</c><00:33:01.799><c> word,</c><00:33:02.440><c> not</c>

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:05.279
saying<00:33:03.160><c> oh</c><00:33:03.539><c> wait</c><00:33:03.740><c> six</c><00:33:03.980><c> months</c><00:33:04.220><c> or</c><00:33:04.420><c> so</c>

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:10.339
but<00:33:05.440><c> saying</c><00:33:05.839><c> be</c><00:33:06.339><c> there</c><00:33:07.079><c> until</c><00:33:07.740><c> and</c><00:33:08.500><c> until</c><00:33:08.920><c> is</c><00:33:09.160><c> such</c><00:33:09.299><c> a</c><00:33:09.500><c> word</c><00:33:09.819><c> we</c>

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:11.559
don't<00:33:10.579><c> know</c><00:33:10.759><c> the</c><00:33:10.940><c> end</c><00:33:11.140><c> of</c><00:33:11.279><c> it.</c>

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:14.740
And<00:33:11.839><c> this</c><00:33:12.019><c> was</c><00:33:12.240><c> Joseph</c><00:33:12.619><c> and</c><00:33:13.019><c> this</c><00:33:13.220><c> was</c><00:33:13.380><c> their</c><00:33:13.500><c> situation.</c>

00:33:15.819 --> 00:33:18.740
We<00:33:16.160><c> I</c><00:33:16.400><c> think</c><00:33:16.640><c> have</c><00:33:17.039><c> the</c><00:33:17.279><c> same</c><00:33:17.480><c> philosophy</c><00:33:18.000><c> if</c><00:33:18.180><c> we</c><00:33:18.299><c> can</c><00:33:18.500><c> truly</c>

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:20.859
say<00:33:19.119><c> if</c><00:33:19.500><c> the</c><00:33:19.700><c> Lord</c><00:33:19.900><c> will</c><00:33:20.259><c> we</c><00:33:20.519><c> will</c><00:33:20.680><c> do</c>

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:23.619
this<00:33:21.059><c> or</c><00:33:21.259><c> that</c><00:33:21.519><c> instead</c><00:33:21.880><c> of</c><00:33:22.099><c> trying</c><00:33:22.299><c> to</c><00:33:22.579><c> circumvent</c><00:33:22.920><c> his</c><00:33:23.119><c> purpose</c><00:33:23.400><c> and</c>

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step<00:33:23.799><c> around</c><00:33:24.140><c> it</c><00:33:24.279><c> and</c><00:33:24.380><c> go</c><00:33:24.619><c> forward</c>

00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:27.839
and<00:33:25.099><c> do</c><00:33:25.220><c> our</c><00:33:25.400><c> own</c><00:33:25.640><c> thing</c><00:33:25.819><c> and</c><00:33:26.079><c> say</c><00:33:26.359><c> tomorrow</c><00:33:27.200><c> I</c><00:33:27.380><c> will</c><00:33:27.519><c> go</c><00:33:27.660><c> into</c>

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:29.599
the<00:33:28.039><c> city</c><00:33:28.220><c> and</c><00:33:28.380><c> do</c><00:33:28.539><c> this</c><00:33:28.779><c> or</c><00:33:28.980><c> that</c><00:33:29.160><c> and</c><00:33:29.400><c> buy</c>

00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:30.140
and<00:33:29.920><c> sell.</c>

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But<00:33:30.599><c> if</c><00:33:30.799><c> we</c><00:33:31.059><c> say</c><00:33:31.380><c> with</c><00:33:32.099><c> all</c><00:33:32.299><c> that</c><00:33:32.440><c> we</c><00:33:32.559><c> do</c><00:33:32.779><c> or</c><00:33:32.960><c> if</c><00:33:33.059><c> at</c><00:33:33.220><c> least</c><00:33:33.480><c> that</c>

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:35.259
thought<00:33:34.019><c> is</c><00:33:34.259><c> implicit</c><00:33:34.660><c> that</c><00:33:34.960><c> if</c><00:33:35.119><c> the</c>

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:37.559
Lord<00:33:35.460><c> will</c><00:33:35.819><c> these</c><00:33:36.059><c> things</c><00:33:36.299><c> will</c><00:33:36.559><c> happen</c><00:33:36.779><c> and</c><00:33:37.019><c> if</c><00:33:37.119><c> we</c><00:33:37.319><c> truly</c>

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:39.500
commit<00:33:37.819><c> ourselves</c><00:33:38.279><c> into</c><00:33:38.480><c> his</c><00:33:38.759><c> hands</c><00:33:39.140><c> then</c>

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:43.359
I<00:33:39.660><c> think</c><00:33:39.859><c> our</c><00:33:40.079><c> way</c><00:33:40.259><c> through</c><00:33:40.500><c> life</c><00:33:40.740><c> will</c><00:33:40.940><c> be</c><00:33:41.119><c> led</c><00:33:41.380><c> in</c><00:33:41.819><c> a</c><00:33:41.940><c> much</c><00:33:42.319><c> better</c><00:33:42.940><c> a</c>

00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:44.980
much<00:33:43.599><c> more</c><00:33:43.920><c> faithful</c><00:33:44.279><c> way</c><00:33:44.680><c> than</c>

00:33:44.980 --> 00:33:48.799
if<00:33:45.099><c> we</c><00:33:45.259><c> try</c><00:33:45.380><c> to</c><00:33:45.640><c> take</c><00:33:46.019><c> our</c><00:33:46.539><c> fate</c><00:33:46.740><c> into</c><00:33:47.019><c> our</c><00:33:47.160><c> own</c><00:33:47.359><c> hands.</c>

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:55.660
What<00:33:52.700><c> about</c><00:33:52.900><c> this</c><00:33:53.160><c> prophecy</c><00:33:53.519><c> verse</c><00:33:53.819><c> 15</c><00:33:54.319><c> out</c><00:33:54.599><c> of</c><00:33:54.839><c> Egypt</c><00:33:55.180><c> have</c><00:33:55.380><c> I</c>

00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:57.279
called<00:33:55.880><c> my</c><00:33:56.279><c> son.</c>

00:33:57.720 --> 00:34:01.539
As<00:33:57.880><c> we've</c><00:33:58.059><c> been</c><00:33:58.180><c> hearing</c><00:33:58.400><c> this</c><00:33:58.640><c> week</c><00:33:58.880><c> Hosea</c><00:33:59.299><c> is</c><00:33:59.480><c> a</c><00:33:59.640><c> very</c><00:33:59.980><c> enigmatic</c><00:34:00.519><c> prophecy</c><00:34:00.960><c> and</c><00:34:01.359><c> I</c>

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.380
think<00:34:01.700><c> there</c>

00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:05.079
as<00:34:02.559><c> our</c><00:34:02.779><c> brother</c><00:34:03.059><c> has</c><00:34:03.200><c> been</c><00:34:03.339><c> developing</c><00:34:03.720><c> in</c><00:34:04.200><c> the</c><00:34:04.279><c> book</c><00:34:04.480><c> of</c><00:34:04.740><c> Hosea.</c>

00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:07.700
There<00:34:05.500><c> is</c><00:34:05.700><c> God's</c><00:34:06.259><c> loving</c><00:34:06.460><c> treatment</c><00:34:06.799><c> of</c><00:34:06.940><c> his</c><00:34:07.099><c> nation</c><00:34:07.339><c> Israel</c>

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:09.280
under<00:34:07.920><c> the</c><00:34:08.139><c> figures</c><00:34:08.400><c> of</c><00:34:08.599><c> an</c><00:34:08.780><c> unfaithful</c>

00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:14.679
wife<00:34:09.559><c> being</c><00:34:09.860><c> brought</c><00:34:10.099><c> back</c><00:34:10.340><c> to</c><00:34:10.559><c> him</c><00:34:10.780><c> or</c><00:34:11.039><c> perhaps</c><00:34:11.400><c> a</c><00:34:11.639><c> wayward</c><00:34:11.960><c> child</c><00:34:12.420><c> as</c><00:34:12.599><c> we</c><00:34:12.780><c> read</c><00:34:12.900><c> in</c><00:34:13.079><c> Hosea</c><00:34:13.519><c> 11</c><00:34:13.940><c> a</c><00:34:14.320><c> child</c>

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:17.420
that<00:34:14.820><c> was</c><00:34:14.940><c> going</c><00:34:15.179><c> astray</c><00:34:15.579><c> until</c><00:34:15.820><c> God</c><00:34:16.159><c> takes</c><00:34:16.460><c> that</c><00:34:16.719><c> child</c><00:34:17.079><c> and</c>

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.739
lifts<00:34:17.599><c> it</c><00:34:17.800><c> up</c><00:34:17.940><c> and</c><00:34:18.199><c> carries</c><00:34:18.380><c> it</c><00:34:18.559><c> in</c><00:34:18.639><c> the</c>

00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:21.199
right<00:34:18.940><c> way</c><00:34:19.139><c> and</c><00:34:19.360><c> sustains</c><00:34:19.760><c> it</c><00:34:20.179><c> until</c><00:34:20.340><c> it</c><00:34:20.559><c> goes</c><00:34:20.760><c> forward.</c>

00:34:21.500 --> 00:34:26.880
And<00:34:21.780><c> so</c><00:34:22.079><c> this</c><00:34:22.599><c> theme</c><00:34:22.860><c> is</c><00:34:23.059><c> the</c><00:34:23.260><c> theme</c><00:34:23.460><c> of</c><00:34:23.659><c> God's</c><00:34:24.280><c> continuing</c><00:34:24.559><c> love</c><00:34:24.920><c> for</c><00:34:25.079><c> his</c><00:34:25.280><c> nation</c><00:34:25.639><c> and</c><00:34:26.559><c> there</c><00:34:26.719><c> is</c>

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.199
a<00:34:27.019><c> second</c>

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:31.219
that<00:34:27.599><c> works</c><00:34:27.900><c> right</c><00:34:28.179><c> in</c><00:34:28.340><c> with</c><00:34:28.519><c> it</c><00:34:28.619><c> and</c><00:34:28.699><c> that</c><00:34:28.900><c> is</c><00:34:29.340><c> Israel's</c><00:34:29.980><c> continuing</c><00:34:30.400><c> rejection</c><00:34:30.980><c> of</c>

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.599
him<00:34:31.539><c> and</c><00:34:32.139><c> so</c><00:34:32.300><c> we</c><00:34:32.440><c> have</c>

00:34:32.599 --> 00:34:35.800
God's<00:34:33.099><c> love</c><00:34:33.280><c> is</c><00:34:33.579><c> shown</c><00:34:33.780><c> through</c><00:34:34.619><c> the</c><00:34:35.019><c> many</c><00:34:35.219><c> wonderful</c><00:34:35.539><c> things</c>

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:37.199
that<00:34:35.960><c> he</c><00:34:36.059><c> did</c><00:34:36.179><c> to</c><00:34:36.360><c> the</c><00:34:36.460><c> nation</c><00:34:36.679><c> of</c><00:34:36.820><c> Israel</c>

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:40.059
caring<00:34:37.639><c> for</c><00:34:37.880><c> them</c><00:34:38.019><c> as</c><00:34:38.199><c> a</c><00:34:38.360><c> father</c><00:34:38.539><c> does</c><00:34:38.780><c> for</c><00:34:39.019><c> a</c><00:34:39.199><c> child</c><00:34:39.599><c> and</c><00:34:39.960><c> yet</c>

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:42.059
they<00:34:40.320><c> rejected</c><00:34:40.719><c> him</c><00:34:41.059><c> and</c><00:34:41.480><c> we</c><00:34:41.659><c> carry</c><00:34:41.800><c> this</c>

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:44.800
forward<00:34:42.300><c> to</c><00:34:42.460><c> the</c><00:34:42.579><c> book</c><00:34:42.699><c> of</c><00:34:42.860><c> Matthew</c><00:34:43.400><c> particularly</c><00:34:44.079><c> the</c><00:34:44.320><c> gospel</c><00:34:44.619><c> of</c>

00:34:44.800 --> 00:34:46.039
Matthew<00:34:45.079><c> even</c><00:34:45.340><c> more</c><00:34:45.559><c> than</c><00:34:45.659><c> the</c><00:34:45.820><c> other</c>

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:49.960
gospels<00:34:46.679><c> and</c><00:34:46.920><c> we</c><00:34:47.099><c> see</c><00:34:47.179><c> in</c><00:34:47.320><c> the</c><00:34:47.440><c> gospel</c><00:34:47.679><c> of</c><00:34:47.840><c> Matthew</c><00:34:48.320><c> two</c><00:34:49.400><c> main</c>

00:34:49.960 --> 00:34:51.920
themes<00:34:50.360><c> we</c><00:34:50.659><c> see</c><00:34:50.900><c> God's</c><00:34:51.340><c> love</c><00:34:51.519><c> for</c><00:34:51.679><c> his</c>

00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:54.739
people<00:34:52.159><c> and</c><00:34:52.320><c> giving</c><00:34:52.539><c> them</c><00:34:52.780><c> a</c><00:34:52.960><c> king</c><00:34:53.219><c> and</c><00:34:53.639><c> we</c><00:34:53.800><c> see</c><00:34:54.079><c> secondly</c><00:34:54.500><c> a</c>

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sort<00:34:54.980><c> of</c><00:34:55.460><c> the</c><00:34:56.739><c> what's</c><00:34:57.780><c> the</c><00:34:57.900><c> musical</c><00:34:58.199><c> word</c><00:34:58.480><c> you</c>

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have<00:34:59.280><c> one</c><00:34:59.980><c> sound</c><00:35:00.440><c> and</c><00:35:00.619><c> then</c><00:35:00.719><c> the</c><00:35:00.920><c> alternate</c><00:35:01.260><c> sound</c><00:35:01.659><c> the</c><00:35:02.179><c> opposite</c><00:35:02.659><c> this</c>

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many<00:37:49.219><c> Rachel's</c><00:37:49.760><c> throughout</c><00:37:50.000><c> the</c><00:37:50.260><c> history</c>

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wept<00:37:58.679><c> for</c><00:37:58.860><c> their</c><00:37:59.059><c> fathers</c><00:37:59.539><c> because</c><00:38:00.480><c> Israel</c>

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dream<00:38:20.440><c> to</c><00:38:21.179><c> Joseph</c><00:38:21.619><c> in</c><00:38:21.820><c> Egypt</c><00:38:22.099><c> saying</c>

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a<00:39:33.579><c> little</c><00:39:33.960><c> secluded</c><00:39:34.519><c> backwater</c><00:39:35.079><c> of</c><00:39:35.260><c> Israel</c>

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live<00:39:39.019><c> in</c><00:39:39.219><c> Jerusalem</c><00:39:39.619><c> or</c><00:39:39.840><c> in</c><00:39:39.960><c> Judea</c><00:39:40.300><c> was</c>

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