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these<00:14:46.500><c> godly</c><00:14:46.899><c> commands.</c><00:14:48.440><c> They</c><00:14:48.960><c> need</c>

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not<00:14:56.159><c> followed,</c><00:14:57.220><c> the</c><00:14:57.379><c> salvation</c><00:14:57.879><c> of</c><00:14:58.100><c> both</c><00:14:58.299><c> the</c><00:14:58.500><c> husband</c><00:14:58.879><c> and</c><00:14:59.120><c> the</c><00:14:59.360><c> wife</c><00:14:59.620><c> is</c><00:14:59.840><c> put</c><00:15:00.019><c> at</c><00:15:00.220><c> risk.</c><00:15:00.419><c> Because</c><00:15:00.720><c> a</c><00:15:00.899><c> marriage</c>

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that<00:15:01.360><c> is</c><00:15:01.580><c> not</c><00:15:01.860><c> founded</c><00:15:02.559><c> on</c><00:15:03.759><c> godly</c><00:15:04.179><c> principles</c><00:15:04.820><c> is</c><00:15:05.440><c> doomed</c><00:15:05.899><c> to</c>

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spiritual<00:15:06.879><c> failure.</c><00:15:09.799><c> And</c><00:15:09.919><c> there's</c><00:15:10.220><c> wisdom</c>

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says,<00:15:16.500><c> I'm</c><00:15:16.759><c> asking</c><00:15:17.100><c> you</c><00:15:17.360><c> to</c><00:15:17.620><c> submit</c><00:15:17.919><c> to</c>

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your<00:15:18.340><c> husband.</c><00:15:20.399><c> But</c><00:15:20.539><c> you</c><00:15:20.639><c> see,</c><00:15:20.799><c> at</c><00:15:20.940><c> the</c><00:15:21.159><c> same</c><00:15:21.419><c> time,</c><00:15:21.639><c> what</c><00:15:21.759><c> he's</c><00:15:21.960><c> saying</c><00:15:22.220><c> is</c>

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in<00:15:23.720><c> your</c><00:15:24.000><c> life</c><00:15:24.519><c> who</c><00:15:25.419><c> I'm</c><00:15:25.700><c> asking</c><00:15:25.860><c> you</c><00:15:26.080><c> to</c><00:15:26.320><c> submit</c><00:15:26.639><c> to.</c><00:15:28.179><c> And</c><00:15:28.659><c> his</c>

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responsibility,<00:15:31.080><c> his</c><00:15:31.220><c> responsibility</c>

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better<00:15:38.360><c> and</c><00:15:38.700><c> far</c><00:15:38.980><c> superior</c>

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than<00:15:40.120><c> a</c><00:15:40.399><c> relationship</c><00:15:41.039><c> in</c><00:15:41.419><c> which</c><00:15:41.659><c> we're</c><00:15:41.960><c> both</c><00:15:42.340><c> equals</c><00:15:42.940><c> and</c><00:15:43.759><c> we're</c><00:15:43.960><c> both</c><00:15:44.200><c> going</c><00:15:44.460><c> to</c>

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go<00:15:44.799><c> through</c><00:15:45.039><c> life</c><00:15:45.360><c> as</c>

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equals<00:15:46.200><c> sharing</c><00:15:46.940><c> responsibilities?</c><00:15:49.980><c> There's</c><00:15:50.419><c> wisdom</c><00:15:50.879><c> behind</c><00:15:51.279><c> God's</c>

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principles.<00:15:52.820><c> It's</c><00:15:53.279><c> far</c><00:15:53.580><c> better</c><00:15:53.899><c> to</c>

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precious.<00:16:01.100><c> And</c><00:16:01.220><c> that's</c><00:16:01.220><c> why</c>

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the<00:16:02.740><c> women</c><00:16:02.980><c> of</c><00:16:03.220><c> the</c><00:16:03.379><c> world</c><00:16:03.600><c> haven't</c><00:16:04.059><c> a</c><00:16:04.360><c> clue</c><00:16:04.799><c> what</c><00:16:05.779><c> that</c><00:16:06.159><c> entails.</c><00:16:08.200><c> But</c>

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spiritual<00:16:08.759><c> women</c><00:16:09.179><c> can</c><00:16:09.659><c> see</c>

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own<00:16:15.840><c> salvation.</c><00:16:17.700><c> These</c><00:16:17.899><c> principles</c><00:16:18.320><c> don't</c><00:16:18.720><c> relegate</c><00:16:19.159><c> wives</c>

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to<00:16:19.840><c> secondary</c><00:16:20.419><c> status.</c><00:16:21.899><c> And</c><00:16:22.100><c> they</c><00:16:22.220><c> don't</c>

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the<00:16:28.779><c> wives</c><00:16:29.019><c> to</c><00:16:29.220><c> where</c><00:16:29.320><c> they</c><00:16:29.480><c> hold</c><00:16:29.720><c> the</c><00:16:29.860><c> most</c><00:16:30.159><c> important</c><00:16:30.940><c> position</c><00:16:31.600><c> in</c><00:16:31.879><c> their</c><00:16:32.100><c> husband's</c><00:16:32.580><c> life.</c><00:16:33.860><c> And</c><00:16:33.980><c> he</c><00:16:34.080><c> has</c>

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recall<00:17:03.340><c> from</c><00:17:03.559><c> yesterday</c>

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that<00:17:04.079><c> we</c><00:17:04.180><c> talked</c><00:17:04.460><c> about</c><00:17:04.720><c> the</c><00:17:04.859><c> fact</c><00:17:05.039><c> that</c><00:17:05.220><c> God</c><00:17:05.440><c> uses</c><00:17:06.440><c> parables</c>

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and<00:17:11.000><c> describe</c><00:17:11.460><c> a</c><00:17:11.759><c> portion</c><00:17:12.000><c> of</c><00:17:12.140><c> his</c><00:17:12.279><c> message.</c><00:17:13.960><c> It's</c><00:17:14.259><c> typical</c>

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throughout<00:17:17.460><c> scripture</c><00:17:17.900><c> to</c><00:17:18.180><c> teach</c><00:17:18.319><c> us</c><00:17:18.500><c> about</c><00:17:18.700><c> his</c><00:17:18.960><c> character</c>

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level,<00:17:26.740><c> a</c><00:17:27.000><c> deeper</c><00:17:27.339><c> dimension,</c><00:17:27.799><c> if</c><00:17:27.920><c> you</c>

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like,<00:17:28.440><c> or</c><00:17:28.720><c> a</c><00:17:28.920><c> hidden</c><00:17:29.099><c> dimension</c><00:17:29.579><c> within</c><00:17:29.819><c> the</c><00:17:30.079><c> word</c><00:17:30.400><c> that</c><00:17:30.839><c> is</c>

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not<00:17:31.299><c> always</c><00:17:31.759><c> discernible.</c><00:17:32.920><c> And</c><00:17:33.059><c> the</c><00:17:33.200><c> purpose</c>

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be<00:17:35.619><c> able</c><00:17:35.799><c> to</c><00:17:36.420><c> provide</c><00:17:36.680><c> us</c><00:17:36.880><c> with</c><00:17:37.039><c> another</c><00:17:38.000><c> layer</c>

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David<00:17:43.519><c> slaying</c><00:17:43.880><c> Goliath,</c>

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we<00:17:44.539><c> can</c><00:17:44.759><c> also</c><00:17:45.059><c> see</c><00:17:45.279><c> within</c><00:17:45.579><c> that</c><00:17:46.059><c> Christ</c><00:17:46.579><c> slaying</c><00:17:47.339><c> his</c><00:17:47.599><c> own</c>

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Goliath,<00:17:48.619><c> Christ</c><00:17:48.920><c> slaying</c><00:17:49.359><c> sin.</c><00:17:49.660><c> And</c><00:17:49.839><c> it's</c>

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intended<00:17:50.460><c> that</c><00:17:50.599><c> we</c><00:17:50.759><c> be</c><00:17:50.900><c> able</c><00:17:51.099><c> to</c><00:17:51.339><c> see</c><00:17:51.920><c> these</c><00:17:52.619><c> hidden</c><00:17:53.079><c> messages</c>

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within<00:17:53.920><c> the</c><00:17:54.220><c> stories.</c><00:17:55.740><c> It</c><00:17:55.819><c> doesn't</c><00:17:56.079><c> mean</c>

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faced<00:18:06.559><c> real</c><00:18:06.880><c> trials.</c><00:18:07.380><c> They</c><00:18:07.559><c> faced</c>

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real<00:18:08.240><c> decisions.</c><00:18:09.880><c> Esther</c><00:18:10.119><c> really</c><00:18:10.480><c> had</c><00:18:10.599><c> to</c><00:18:10.799><c> wake</c><00:18:10.940><c> up</c><00:18:11.140><c> one</c><00:18:11.319><c> morning</c><00:18:11.519><c> and</c>

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go<00:18:11.859><c> before</c><00:18:12.119><c> the</c><00:18:12.339><c> king.</c><00:18:14.079><c> Haman</c>

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really<00:18:14.400><c> had</c><00:18:14.539><c> to</c><00:18:14.759><c> stand</c><00:18:14.980><c> up</c><00:18:15.200><c> one</c><00:18:15.420><c> day</c><00:18:15.559><c> and</c><00:18:15.740><c> say,</c><00:18:15.980><c> I</c><00:18:16.000><c> will</c><00:18:16.259><c> not</c><00:18:16.440><c> bow</c><00:18:16.579><c> down</c><00:18:16.779><c> to</c>

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Haman.<00:18:17.319><c> Those</c><00:18:17.539><c> things</c><00:18:17.819><c> really</c>

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happened.<00:18:19.240><c> But</c><00:18:19.460><c> at</c><00:18:19.619><c> the</c><00:18:19.759><c> same</c><00:18:20.039><c> time,</c><00:18:20.700><c> there</c><00:18:20.759><c> is</c><00:18:20.940><c> an</c><00:18:21.180><c> element</c><00:18:21.420><c> or</c><00:18:21.680><c> there</c><00:18:21.759><c> is</c><00:18:21.980><c> a</c>

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layer<00:18:22.299><c> or</c><00:18:22.559><c> dimension</c><00:18:22.960><c> of</c>

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God<00:18:27.339><c> has</c><00:18:27.700><c> purposely</c><00:18:28.240><c> recorded</c><00:18:29.299><c> the</c><00:18:29.880><c> book</c>

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of<00:18:30.380><c> Esther,</c><00:18:30.579><c> as</c><00:18:30.759><c> he</c><00:18:30.900><c> does</c><00:18:31.099><c> much</c><00:18:31.299><c> in</c><00:18:31.480><c> the</c><00:18:31.619><c> Bible,</c><00:18:32.019><c> in</c><00:18:32.500><c> a</c><00:18:33.119><c> parable</c>

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form<00:18:34.160><c> in</c><00:18:35.440><c> order</c><00:18:35.640><c> for</c><00:18:35.839><c> us</c><00:18:36.079><c> to</c><00:18:36.339><c> gain</c><00:18:36.759><c> a</c><00:18:37.619><c> further</c>

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appreciation<00:18:38.680><c> of</c><00:18:38.900><c> what</c><00:18:39.039><c> he's</c><00:18:39.200><c> trying</c><00:18:39.460><c> to</c><00:18:39.680><c> teach</c><00:18:39.819><c> us.</c><00:18:43.859><c> The</c><00:18:44.140><c> overall</c><00:18:44.640><c> message</c><00:18:45.220><c> of</c>

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the<00:18:45.539><c> book,</c><00:18:45.680><c> as</c><00:18:45.859><c> we</c>

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mentioned<00:18:46.240><c> yesterday,</c><00:18:46.839><c> was</c><00:18:46.920><c> that</c><00:18:47.019><c> God</c><00:18:47.240><c> is</c><00:18:47.440><c> looking</c><00:18:47.700><c> to</c><00:18:48.019><c> redeem</c><00:18:48.380><c> the</c>

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faithful<00:18:49.000><c> men</c><00:18:49.240><c> and</c><00:18:49.359><c> women</c><00:18:49.599><c> from</c>

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the<00:18:49.980><c> power</c><00:18:50.220><c> of</c><00:18:50.480><c> sin.</c><00:18:51.500><c> Now,</c><00:18:51.940><c> in</c><00:18:52.740><c> number</c><00:18:53.000><c> 10</c><00:18:53.359><c> of</c><00:18:53.539><c> the</c><00:18:53.759><c> handout,</c>

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we'll<00:18:56.079><c> see</c><00:18:56.400><c> in</c><00:18:56.640><c> the</c><00:18:56.740><c> book</c><00:18:56.940><c> of</c><00:18:57.220><c> Esther</c><00:18:57.279><c> that</c>

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there<00:18:57.700><c> are</c><00:18:58.039><c> also</c><00:18:58.500><c> additional</c><00:18:59.279><c> parables</c><00:18:59.859><c> that</c><00:19:00.119><c> will</c><00:19:00.359><c> crop</c><00:19:00.519><c> up</c>

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from<00:19:01.000><c> time</c><00:19:01.200><c> to</c><00:19:01.420><c> time.</c><00:19:02.680><c> The</c><00:19:02.859><c> key</c><00:19:03.019><c> players,</c>

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and<00:19:03.480><c> we</c><00:19:03.619><c> have</c><00:19:03.740><c> them</c><00:19:03.880><c> listed</c><00:19:04.079><c> there,</c><00:19:04.359><c> and</c><00:19:04.359><c> we're</c><00:19:04.539><c> not</c><00:19:04.720><c> going</c><00:19:04.839><c> to</c>

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go<00:19:05.059><c> through,</c><00:19:05.519><c> Vashti</c><00:19:05.859><c> representing</c><00:19:06.359><c> those</c>

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who<00:19:07.180><c> are,</c><00:19:07.720><c> those</c><00:19:07.980><c> who</c><00:19:08.240><c> refuse</c><00:19:08.880><c> to</c><00:19:09.119><c> reflect</c><00:19:09.440><c> the</c><00:19:09.599><c> king's</c><00:19:09.980><c> glory</c>

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and<00:19:10.480><c> are</c><00:19:10.720><c> rejected.</c><00:19:11.900><c> Esther</c><00:19:12.200><c> then</c><00:19:12.460><c> comes</c>

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along<00:19:13.259><c> and</c><00:19:14.099><c> agrees</c><00:19:14.500><c> to</c><00:19:14.940><c> willingly</c><00:19:15.460><c> reflect</c><00:19:16.019><c> the</c><00:19:16.240><c> king's</c><00:19:16.619><c> glory,</c><00:19:16.980><c> and</c>

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she<00:19:17.359><c> would</c><00:19:17.579><c> represent</c><00:19:18.079><c> the</c>

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class<00:19:19.599><c> of</c><00:19:19.900><c> the</c><00:19:20.119><c> redeemed,</c><00:19:20.859><c> those</c><00:19:21.380><c> who</c><00:19:21.619><c> are</c><00:19:22.700><c> faithful.</c><00:19:23.440><c> And</c><00:19:23.660><c> the</c><00:19:23.759><c> reason</c><00:19:23.960><c> this</c><00:19:24.160><c> is</c>

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important<00:19:24.980><c> is,</c><00:19:25.779><c> as</c><00:19:26.099><c> we</c><00:19:26.380><c> see</c>

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Esther's<00:19:27.319><c> actions</c><00:19:27.680><c> throughout</c><00:19:27.980><c> the</c><00:19:28.160><c> book</c><00:19:28.299><c> of</c><00:19:28.559><c> Esther,</c><00:19:29.819><c> what</c>

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God<00:19:30.220><c> is</c><00:19:30.500><c> telling</c><00:19:30.660><c> us</c><00:19:30.900><c> is,</c><00:19:31.079><c> this</c><00:19:31.180><c> is</c><00:19:31.339><c> what</c><00:19:31.420><c> I'm</c>

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looking<00:19:31.859><c> for</c><00:19:32.099><c> the</c><00:19:32.359><c> faithful.</c><00:19:33.000><c> This</c><00:19:33.140><c> is</c><00:19:33.279><c> what</c><00:19:33.359><c> I'm</c><00:19:33.519><c> looking</c><00:19:33.740><c> for</c><00:19:33.980><c> the</c><00:19:34.279><c> ecclesia</c><00:19:34.759><c> to</c>

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do<00:19:35.359><c> in</c><00:19:35.539><c> a</c><00:19:35.799><c> similar</c><00:19:36.119><c> situation.</c>

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So<00:19:37.859><c> when</c><00:19:38.019><c> we</c><00:19:38.259><c> see</c><00:19:38.480><c> Esther</c><00:19:38.940><c> act,</c><00:19:40.079><c> that</c><00:19:40.279><c> should</c><00:19:40.460><c> tell</c><00:19:40.599><c> us</c><00:19:40.779><c> this</c>

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is<00:19:41.019><c> what</c><00:19:41.140><c> God</c><00:19:41.319><c> is</c><00:19:41.519><c> looking</c><00:19:41.680><c> for</c><00:19:41.980><c> me</c><00:19:42.180><c> to</c><00:19:42.380><c> do.</c>

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Because<00:19:43.440><c> she</c><00:19:43.680><c> is</c><00:19:44.140><c> represented,</c><00:19:45.480><c> those</c><00:19:45.900><c> who</c><00:19:46.759><c> are</c><00:19:47.279><c> among</c><00:19:47.559><c> the</c>

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faithful.<00:19:48.460><c> So</c><00:19:48.559><c> the</c><00:19:48.720><c> steps</c><00:19:48.940><c> that</c><00:19:49.160><c> she</c><00:19:49.359><c> takes</c>

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for<00:19:50.099><c> redemption</c><00:19:50.579><c> are</c><00:19:50.920><c> the</c><00:19:51.119><c> same</c><00:19:51.339><c> steps</c><00:19:51.759><c> we</c><00:19:52.079><c> need</c><00:19:52.359><c> to</c><00:19:52.579><c> take</c><00:19:52.900><c> for</c><00:19:53.339><c> redemption.</c>

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Haman,<00:19:56.119><c> the</c><00:19:56.299><c> great</c><00:19:56.539><c> enemy</c><00:19:56.859><c> of</c><00:19:57.059><c> the</c><00:19:57.240><c> Jew,</c><00:19:57.680><c> we'll</c><00:19:57.859><c> see</c><00:19:58.059><c> he</c><00:19:59.220><c> is</c><00:19:59.660><c> clearly</c><00:20:00.000><c> represented</c><00:20:00.480><c> in</c>

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the<00:20:00.859><c> book</c>

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of<00:20:02.200><c> sin</c><00:20:02.640><c> and</c><00:20:03.079><c> all</c><00:20:03.299><c> its</c><00:20:03.579><c> manifestations.</c><00:20:05.140><c> He's</c><00:20:05.759><c> represented</c>

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of<00:20:06.579><c> sin</c><00:20:06.759><c> that's</c><00:20:07.059><c> at</c><00:20:07.200><c> work</c><00:20:07.339><c> in</c><00:20:07.500><c> our</c><00:20:07.640><c> nature,</c>

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that<00:20:09.220><c> which</c><00:20:09.440><c> opposes</c><00:20:09.940><c> God</c><00:20:10.259><c> and</c><00:20:10.420><c> his</c><00:20:10.599><c> people,</c><00:20:11.160><c> whether</c><00:20:11.220><c> it</c><00:20:11.359><c> be</c>

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politically<00:20:12.039><c> or</c><00:20:12.619><c> ecclesiastically,</c>

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he<00:20:14.400><c> seeks</c><00:20:14.680><c> to</c><00:20:14.960><c> bring</c><00:20:15.140><c> about</c><00:20:15.420><c> the</c><00:20:15.640><c> destruction</c><00:20:16.119><c> of</c><00:20:16.299><c> God's</c><00:20:16.700><c> people,</c><00:20:16.920><c> and</c>

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he<00:20:17.180><c> is</c><00:20:17.420><c> the</c><00:20:17.559><c> one</c><00:20:17.700><c> who</c><00:20:17.980><c> has</c><00:20:18.440><c> the</c><00:20:18.700><c> power</c><00:20:19.099><c> of</c>

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death.<00:20:20.400><c> So</c><00:20:20.400><c> whatever</c><00:20:20.859><c> is</c><00:20:21.240><c> related</c><00:20:21.539><c> to</c><00:20:21.880><c> sin</c><00:20:22.119><c> in</c><00:20:22.400><c> scripture,</c><00:20:22.920><c> we're</c><00:20:23.059><c> going</c><00:20:23.220><c> to</c>

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see<00:20:23.599><c> is</c><00:20:24.079><c> manifested</c><00:20:24.720><c> in</c><00:20:25.299><c> the</c><00:20:25.519><c> character</c>

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of<00:20:26.079><c> Haman,</c><00:20:26.299><c> and</c><00:20:26.420><c> he</c><00:20:26.599><c> has</c><00:20:26.839><c> a</c><00:20:27.039><c> decree.</c><00:20:27.920><c> And</c><00:20:28.079><c> his</c><00:20:28.319><c> decree,</c><00:20:29.480><c> not</c><00:20:29.759><c> surprisingly,</c><00:20:30.420><c> is</c>

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the<00:20:30.839><c> sentence</c><00:20:31.180><c> of</c><00:20:31.500><c> death,</c>

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the<00:20:32.500><c> law</c><00:20:32.819><c> of</c><00:20:33.079><c> sin</c><00:20:33.220><c> and</c><00:20:33.380><c> death</c><00:20:33.559><c> that</c><00:20:33.819><c> all</c><00:20:34.099><c> mankind</c><00:20:34.680><c> become</c><00:20:35.099><c> subject</c><00:20:35.539><c> to.</c>

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Mordecai,<00:20:37.539><c> on</c><00:20:37.720><c> the</c><00:20:37.839><c> other</c><00:20:38.019><c> hand,</c>

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is<00:20:38.400><c> the</c><00:20:38.599><c> Savior,</c><00:20:39.579><c> the</c><00:20:39.700><c> one</c><00:20:39.799><c> who</c><00:20:40.000><c> took</c><00:20:40.180><c> on</c><00:20:40.519><c> Haman,</c><00:20:41.339><c> who</c><00:20:41.539><c> brought</c>

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about<00:20:41.960><c> his</c><00:20:42.259><c> death</c><00:20:42.859><c> through</c><00:20:44.019><c> Mordecai's</c>

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faithful<00:20:45.400><c> obedience.</c><00:20:46.980><c> And</c><00:20:47.119><c> not</c><00:20:47.299><c> only</c><00:20:47.579><c> so,</c><00:20:47.900><c> but</c><00:20:48.019><c> he</c><00:20:48.259><c> showed</c><00:20:48.460><c> others</c><00:20:49.119><c> the</c><00:20:49.660><c> difficult,</c><00:20:50.980><c> not</c><00:20:51.319><c> easy</c><00:20:51.579><c> to</c>

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stand<00:20:51.960><c> up</c><00:20:52.140><c> to</c>

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Haman,<00:20:52.599><c> the</c><00:20:52.799><c> difficult</c><00:20:53.319><c> but</c><00:20:53.599><c> necessary</c><00:20:55.500><c> steps</c><00:20:56.619><c> that</c><00:20:56.940><c> need</c><00:20:57.099><c> to</c>

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be<00:20:57.480><c> taken</c><00:20:57.960><c> if</c><00:20:58.500><c> we</c><00:20:58.680><c> are</c><00:20:58.859><c> to</c><00:20:59.180><c> break</c><00:20:59.599><c> sin's</c><00:21:00.279><c> hold</c>

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over<00:21:01.079><c> us.</c><00:21:04.240><c> The</c><00:21:04.339><c> king</c><00:21:04.500><c> ends</c><00:21:04.779><c> up</c><00:21:04.980><c> handing</c><00:21:05.160><c> the</c><00:21:05.440><c> whole</c><00:21:05.680><c> kingdom</c>

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over<00:21:06.619><c> to</c><00:21:06.839><c> Mordecai</c><00:21:07.299><c> before</c><00:21:07.680><c> we're</c><00:21:07.920><c> done</c><00:21:08.140><c> to</c>

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rule<00:21:08.619><c> in</c><00:21:08.839><c> righteousness,</c><00:21:09.740><c> a</c><00:21:09.900><c> clear</c><00:21:10.140><c> foreshadowing</c><00:21:10.859><c> of</c><00:21:11.039><c> the</c>

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days<00:21:11.380><c> in</c><00:21:11.599><c> the</c><00:21:11.700><c> future</c><00:21:12.259><c> when</c><00:21:12.900><c> Christ</c><00:21:13.319><c> will</c><00:21:13.640><c> reign</c>

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on<00:21:14.420><c> the</c><00:21:14.599><c> earth.</c><00:21:15.500><c> Mordecai</c><00:21:15.920><c> also</c><00:21:16.259><c> has</c><00:21:16.539><c> a</c><00:21:16.779><c> decree,</c><00:21:17.619><c> and</c><00:21:17.799><c> his</c><00:21:18.160><c> decree</c><00:21:18.700><c> provides</c><00:21:19.299><c> for</c>

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that<00:24:55.920><c> begin</c><00:24:56.440><c> the</c><00:24:56.720><c> book</c><00:24:56.920><c> of</c><00:24:57.220><c> Esther.</c><00:24:57.559><c> By</c><00:24:57.839><c> the</c><00:24:58.059><c> time</c><00:24:58.279><c> we're</c><00:24:58.539><c> done,</c><00:24:59.119><c> you</c>

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will<00:24:59.539><c> have</c><00:24:59.900><c> no</c><00:25:00.259><c> doubt</c><00:25:00.539><c> at</c><00:25:00.920><c> all</c><00:25:01.700><c> when</c><00:25:02.019><c> Mordecai</c>

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is<00:25:02.980><c> reigning</c><00:25:03.480><c> as</c><00:25:03.859><c> the</c><00:25:04.420><c> supreme</c><00:25:04.859><c> ruler</c><00:25:05.180><c> of</c><00:25:05.420><c> the</c><00:25:05.619><c> land</c><00:25:06.039><c> and</c><00:25:06.579><c> responsible</c><00:25:07.039><c> only</c>

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to<00:25:07.680><c> the</c><00:25:07.859><c> king</c><00:25:08.279><c> and</c><00:25:08.799><c> the</c><00:25:08.960><c> whole</c>

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world<00:25:09.859><c> is</c><00:25:10.160><c> bowing</c><00:25:10.539><c> before</c><00:25:10.920><c> him</c><00:25:11.460><c> and</c><00:25:11.980><c> the</c><00:25:12.220><c> Jews</c><00:25:12.500><c> are</c><00:25:12.920><c> exalted,</c>

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it<00:25:13.579><c> will</c><00:25:13.839><c> be</c><00:25:14.079><c> crystal</c><00:25:14.440><c> clear</c><00:25:14.660><c> in</c><00:25:14.839><c> your</c><00:25:15.059><c> mind</c>

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that<00:25:16.220><c> the</c><00:25:16.480><c> writer</c><00:25:16.700><c> ends</c><00:25:17.200><c> the</c><00:25:17.420><c> book</c><00:25:17.619><c> with</c><00:25:17.819><c> the</c><00:25:18.019><c> kingdom.</c><00:25:19.279><c> Don't</c>

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leave<00:25:19.859><c> out</c><00:25:20.079><c> the</c><00:25:20.220><c> possibility</c><00:25:20.819><c> that</c><00:25:21.039><c> the</c><00:25:21.279><c> writer</c>

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begins<00:25:22.000><c> the</c><00:25:22.259><c> book</c><00:25:22.599><c> with</c><00:25:22.920><c> the</c><00:25:23.119><c> kingdom</c><00:25:23.500><c> because</c><00:25:24.400><c> that's</c><00:25:24.759><c> where</c>

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his<00:25:25.619><c> mind</c><00:25:26.019><c> was</c><00:25:26.660><c> in</c><00:25:27.200><c> preparing</c><00:25:27.519><c> these</c><00:25:27.859><c> thoughts.</c>

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Those<00:25:29.819><c> who</c><00:25:30.140><c> walk</c><00:25:30.380><c> by</c><00:25:30.740><c> faith</c><00:25:30.960><c> are</c><00:25:31.279><c> living</c><00:25:31.599><c> for</c><00:25:31.839><c> the</c><00:25:32.019><c> future,</c><00:25:32.680><c> not</c><00:25:32.759><c> the</c><00:25:33.000><c> present,</c><00:25:34.160><c> and</c><00:25:34.259><c> they</c><00:25:34.460><c> can</c><00:25:34.759><c> see</c><00:25:35.059><c> the</c><00:25:35.339><c> events</c><00:25:35.579><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:36.059><c> present</c><00:25:36.279><c> for</c><00:25:36.480><c> their</c><00:25:36.660><c> future</c><00:25:36.920><c> value.</c><00:25:39.619><c> Character</c><00:25:39.940><c> is</c><00:25:40.359><c> a</c><00:25:40.619><c> critical</c><00:25:41.019><c> aspect</c><00:25:41.619><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:42.019><c> book</c><00:25:42.359><c> of</c><00:25:42.700><c> Esther.</c><00:25:43.440><c> You</c><00:25:43.480><c> see,</c>

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Esther<00:25:44.200><c> has</c><00:25:44.599><c> no</c><00:25:45.079><c> power</c><00:25:45.500><c> to</c><00:25:45.839><c> interpret</c><00:25:46.660><c> dreams.</c><00:25:48.400><c> Mordecai</c><00:25:48.740><c> will</c><00:25:48.980><c> never</c><00:25:49.200><c> be</c>

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put<00:25:49.599><c> into</c><00:25:49.980><c> a</c><00:25:50.160><c> lion's</c><00:25:50.680><c> den</c><00:25:50.839><c> and</c><00:25:51.140><c> emerge</c>

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and<00:25:51.839><c> have</c><00:25:52.180><c> instant</c><00:25:52.720><c> credibility.</c><00:25:55.779><c> The</c><00:25:55.960><c> credibility</c><00:25:56.680><c> that</c>

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Esther<00:25:57.380><c> and</c><00:25:57.599><c> Mordecai</c><00:25:58.200><c> have</c><00:25:58.680><c> with</c><00:25:59.019><c> the</c><00:25:59.259><c> king</c>

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rests<00:26:00.480><c> solely</c><00:26:01.180><c> upon</c><00:26:01.640><c> their</c><00:26:01.980><c> character.</c><00:26:04.920><c> It's</c><00:26:05.099><c> Esther's</c><00:26:05.740><c> character</c><00:26:06.240><c> and</c>

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it's<00:26:06.819><c> Mordecai's</c><00:26:07.720><c> character</c><00:26:08.140><c> that</c><00:26:08.500><c> will</c>

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cause<00:26:08.960><c> them</c><00:26:09.220><c> to</c><00:26:09.420><c> be</c><00:26:09.619><c> elevated</c><00:26:10.019><c> and</c><00:26:10.720><c> they</c><00:26:11.259><c> have</c><00:26:12.019><c> Esther,</c><00:26:12.799><c> rather</c><00:26:13.200><c> Vashti,</c><00:26:13.900><c> to</c>

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thank<00:26:14.279><c> for</c><00:26:14.500><c> this</c><00:26:14.960><c> because</c><00:26:15.519><c> you</c><00:26:15.640><c> see,</c>

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back<00:26:16.000><c> in</c><00:26:16.180><c> chapter</c><00:26:16.500><c> one,</c><00:26:17.180><c> Vashti</c><00:26:17.500><c> made</c><00:26:17.880><c> character</c><00:26:18.539><c> the</c><00:26:18.940><c> issue.</c>

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When<00:26:20.400><c> the</c><00:26:20.599><c> king</c><00:26:20.759><c> says,</c><00:26:21.519><c> I</c><00:26:21.539><c> need</c><00:26:21.720><c> a</c><00:26:21.900><c> new</c><00:26:22.099><c> queen,</c>

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and<00:26:22.819><c> the</c><00:26:22.980><c> princes</c><00:26:23.359><c> say,</c><00:26:23.960><c> you</c><00:26:24.039><c> need</c><00:26:24.220><c> a</c><00:26:24.359><c> new</c><00:26:24.579><c> queen,</c><00:26:26.079><c> they</c><00:26:26.299><c> needed</c><00:26:26.619><c> one</c>

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who<00:26:27.240><c> was</c><00:26:27.579><c> better,</c><00:26:29.180><c> as</c><00:26:29.359><c> it</c><00:26:29.680><c> describes</c><00:26:30.000><c> in</c>

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chapter<00:26:30.700><c> one.</c><00:26:30.980><c> We</c><00:26:31.099><c> need</c><00:26:31.319><c> to</c><00:26:31.539><c> find</c><00:26:31.680><c> one</c><00:26:31.940><c> who</c><00:26:32.119><c> is</c><00:26:32.359><c> better.</c><00:26:32.779><c> It</c><00:26:32.900><c> doesn't</c><00:26:33.019><c> mean</c><00:26:33.160><c> we</c>

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need<00:26:33.440><c> to</c><00:26:33.619><c> find</c><00:26:33.740><c> one</c><00:26:33.920><c> who</c><00:26:34.000><c> is</c><00:26:34.140><c> more</c>

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beautiful.<00:26:35.079><c> We</c><00:26:35.259><c> need</c><00:26:35.460><c> to</c><00:26:35.759><c> find</c><00:26:35.940><c> a</c><00:26:36.299><c> woman</c><00:26:36.759><c> who</c><00:26:37.339><c> can</c><00:26:37.640><c> fill</c><00:26:37.779><c> the</c><00:26:38.059><c> role</c><00:26:38.279><c> of</c><00:26:38.480><c> a</c>

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queen<00:26:39.119><c> whose</c><00:26:39.539><c> character</c><00:26:40.480><c> will</c><00:26:41.299><c> be</c><00:26:41.640><c> superior</c>

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to<00:26:42.619><c> that</c><00:26:42.839><c> of</c><00:26:43.039><c> Vashti.</c><00:26:45.519><c> When</c><00:26:45.660><c> we</c><00:26:45.779><c> look</c><00:26:45.960><c> at</c><00:26:46.099><c> the</c><00:26:46.259><c> events</c><00:26:47.079><c> of</c><00:26:47.839><c> chapter</c><00:26:48.200><c> two,</c>

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:53.460
we<00:26:51.819><c> note</c><00:26:52.039><c> that</c><00:26:52.240><c> the</c><00:26:52.380><c> king</c><00:26:52.519><c> has</c><00:26:52.759><c> already</c><00:26:53.119><c> had</c>

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a<00:26:53.819><c> beauty</c><00:26:54.160><c> queen</c><00:26:54.799><c> and</c><00:26:56.059><c> that</c><00:26:56.299><c> didn't</c><00:26:56.539><c> work.</c><00:26:58.240><c> So</c><00:26:58.460><c> he's</c><00:26:58.619><c> not</c><00:26:58.880><c> going</c><00:26:59.019><c> to</c>

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go<00:26:59.220><c> out</c><00:26:59.440><c> and</c><00:26:59.660><c> find</c><00:26:59.859><c> himself</c><00:27:00.380><c> another</c><00:27:00.819><c> Vashti</c>

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because<00:27:02.299><c> he</c><00:27:02.460><c> knows</c><00:27:02.700><c> what</c><00:27:02.920><c> happens</c><00:27:03.279><c> with</c><00:27:03.480><c> the</c><00:27:03.700><c> Vashti's</c><00:27:04.240><c> of</c><00:27:04.359><c> the</c><00:27:04.480><c> world.</c><00:27:05.940><c> Chapter</c><00:27:06.200><c> two</c><00:27:06.380><c> is</c>

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another<00:27:06.759><c> example</c><00:27:07.220><c> of</c>

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we<00:27:07.599><c> need</c><00:27:07.779><c> to</c><00:27:07.940><c> look</c><00:27:08.180><c> below</c><00:27:08.500><c> the</c><00:27:08.720><c> surface.</c><00:27:09.279><c> It</c><00:27:09.279><c> reads</c><00:27:09.720><c> on</c><00:27:10.079><c> the</c><00:27:10.200><c> surface</c><00:27:10.839><c> as</c>

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if<00:27:11.559><c> this</c><00:27:11.779><c> is</c><00:27:12.019><c> a</c><00:27:12.180><c> Miss</c><00:27:12.339><c> Universe</c><00:27:12.740><c> contest.</c>

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No<00:27:14.420><c> doubt</c><00:27:14.680><c> when</c><00:27:14.859><c> we</c><00:27:14.940><c> were</c><00:27:15.059><c> coming</c><00:27:15.279><c> up</c><00:27:15.480><c> through</c><00:27:15.680><c> Sunday</c><00:27:15.940><c> school,</c><00:27:16.279><c> if</c><00:27:16.440><c> we</c>

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happened<00:27:16.839><c> to</c><00:27:16.960><c> be</c><00:27:17.119><c> in</c><00:27:18.079><c> that</c><00:27:18.319><c> capacity,</c>

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we<00:27:19.579><c> would</c><00:27:19.779><c> read</c><00:27:19.980><c> this</c><00:27:20.339><c> and</c><00:27:20.420><c> maybe</c><00:27:20.720><c> we</c><00:27:21.220><c> would</c><00:27:21.380><c> read</c><00:27:21.559><c> this</c><00:27:21.779><c> to</c><00:27:21.859><c> other</c><00:27:22.039><c> young</c><00:27:22.279><c> kids</c><00:27:22.640><c> as</c>

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a<00:27:24.000><c> beauty</c><00:27:24.220><c> contest.</c>

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Esther<00:27:25.500><c> is</c><00:27:25.720><c> the</c><00:27:25.799><c> one</c><00:27:25.940><c> who</c><00:27:26.099><c> is</c><00:27:26.279><c> selected.</c><00:27:28.420><c> This</c><00:27:28.660><c> beautiful</c><00:27:29.119><c> young</c><00:27:29.460><c> virgin</c><00:27:29.960><c> is</c>

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called<00:27:30.880><c> from</c><00:27:31.839><c> the</c><00:27:32.000><c> empire</c><00:27:32.400><c> as</c><00:27:32.839><c> all</c><00:27:33.119><c> the</c>

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and<00:27:37.759><c> if</c><00:27:38.039><c> you're</c><00:27:38.500><c> selected,</c><00:27:39.019><c> you</c><00:27:39.180><c> get</c><00:27:39.380><c> to</c><00:27:39.559><c> be</c><00:27:39.799><c> queen</c><00:27:40.140><c> for</c><00:27:40.440><c> life.</c>

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That<00:27:43.279><c> is</c><00:27:43.779><c> not</c><00:27:44.160><c> what's</c><00:27:44.579><c> happening</c><00:27:44.920><c> in</c><00:27:45.200><c> chapter</c><00:27:45.500><c> two.</c>

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The<00:27:49.319><c> mechanics</c><00:27:49.700><c> are</c><00:27:50.000><c> what's</c><00:27:50.220><c> happening</c><00:27:50.440><c> in</c><00:27:50.759><c> chapter</c><00:27:50.880><c> two,</c><00:27:51.200><c> but</c><00:27:51.339><c> this</c><00:27:51.539><c> is</c>

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not<00:27:52.119><c> a</c><00:27:52.400><c> Miss</c>

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Universe<00:27:53.319><c> contest.</c><00:27:54.759><c> Esther</c><00:27:54.980><c> is</c><00:27:55.400><c> selected</c><00:27:56.039><c> to</c><00:27:56.279><c> be</c><00:27:56.539><c> queen</c><00:27:56.839><c> because</c><00:27:57.240><c> of</c>

00:27:57.400 --> 00:28:00.240
her<00:27:57.680><c> character,</c><00:27:58.920><c> not</c><00:27:59.160><c> her</c><00:27:59.420><c> beauty.</c>

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It's<00:28:00.980><c> her</c><00:28:01.319><c> character</c><00:28:01.960><c> that</c><00:28:02.420><c> dominates</c><00:28:03.019><c> the</c><00:28:03.240><c> chapter</c>

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in<00:28:05.740><c> chapter</c><00:28:06.079><c> two.</c><00:28:07.539><c> Unless</c><00:28:07.799><c> this</c><00:28:08.039><c> is</c><00:28:08.279><c> understood</c><00:28:08.640><c> upfront,</c><00:28:10.079><c> the</c><00:28:10.279><c> lessons</c><00:28:10.980><c> she</c><00:28:11.720><c> has</c><00:28:12.000><c> for</c><00:28:12.299><c> us</c>

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will<00:28:14.400><c> be</c><00:28:14.599><c> lost.</c><00:28:15.519><c> If</c><00:28:15.720><c> we</c><00:28:15.900><c> only</c><00:28:16.200><c> see</c><00:28:16.400><c> Esther</c><00:28:16.779><c> is</c><00:28:17.019><c> the</c><00:28:17.140><c> most</c><00:28:17.420><c> beautiful</c><00:28:17.859><c> woman</c>

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in<00:28:18.299><c> the</c><00:28:18.460><c> world</c><00:28:18.740><c> and</c><00:28:18.880><c> that's</c><00:28:19.140><c> why</c><00:28:19.319><c> she</c>

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was<00:28:19.660><c> selected</c><00:28:20.039><c> as</c><00:28:20.299><c> queen,</c><00:28:20.579><c> then</c><00:28:20.720><c> the</c><00:28:21.039><c> power</c><00:28:21.319><c> of</c><00:28:21.579><c> her</c><00:28:21.779><c> example,</c>

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the<00:28:23.380><c> power</c><00:28:23.700><c> of</c><00:28:23.900><c> this</c><00:28:24.140><c> obedient,</c><00:28:25.140><c> modest,</c><00:28:26.039><c> quiet,</c>

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:31.579
gentle<00:28:27.220><c> spirit</c><00:28:27.839><c> of</c><00:28:28.079><c> this</c><00:28:28.319><c> Jewish</c><00:28:28.619><c> maiden</c><00:28:29.079><c> will</c><00:28:29.680><c> be</c><00:28:29.859><c> nullified.</c><00:28:30.980><c> She</c><00:28:31.099><c> is</c><00:28:31.299><c> an</c>

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excellent<00:28:32.039><c> role</c><00:28:32.319><c> model</c><00:28:32.660><c> for</c>

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sisters<00:28:33.460><c> of</c><00:28:33.759><c> all</c><00:28:33.980><c> ages</c><00:28:34.359><c> and</c><00:28:34.759><c> for</c><00:28:35.039><c> brethren,</c><00:28:36.259><c> but</c><00:28:36.279><c> most</c><00:28:36.500><c> especially</c><00:28:37.059><c> for</c>

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sisters<00:28:37.700><c> and</c><00:28:37.920><c> especially</c><00:28:38.460><c> young</c>

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sisters<00:28:39.079><c> and</c><00:28:39.240><c> there's</c><00:28:39.460><c> not</c><00:28:39.680><c> an</c><00:28:39.980><c> overabundance</c><00:28:40.640><c> of</c><00:28:40.779><c> these</c><00:28:40.960><c> in</c>

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scripture,<00:28:42.539><c> so</c><00:28:42.819><c> it's</c><00:28:43.480><c> important</c><00:28:44.019><c> that</c><00:28:44.220><c> we</c><00:28:44.359><c> be</c><00:28:44.519><c> able</c>

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to<00:28:45.000><c> identify</c><00:28:45.420><c> these</c><00:28:45.680><c> when</c><00:28:45.819><c> they</c><00:28:46.019><c> come</c><00:28:46.200><c> along.</c><00:28:47.000><c> Her</c><00:28:47.359><c> faithfulness</c><00:28:47.960><c> in</c><00:28:48.079><c> a</c><00:28:48.240><c> time</c>

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of<00:28:48.660><c> crisis,</c><00:28:49.220><c> her</c><00:28:49.380><c> willingness</c>

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to<00:28:49.980><c> put</c><00:28:50.079><c> her</c><00:28:50.279><c> life</c><00:28:50.500><c> on</c><00:28:50.740><c> the</c><00:28:50.859><c> line,</c><00:28:51.819><c> her</c><00:28:52.019><c> willingness</c><00:28:52.460><c> to</c><00:28:52.720><c> put</c>

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:56.000
her<00:28:53.140><c> needs</c><00:28:53.539><c> above</c><00:28:53.819><c> the</c><00:28:54.039><c> needs</c><00:28:54.220><c> of</c><00:28:54.980><c> an</c><00:28:55.240><c> ecclesia</c>

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and<00:28:56.200><c> her</c><00:28:56.819><c> initial</c><00:28:57.240><c> reluctance</c><00:28:57.900><c> to</c><00:28:58.099><c> take</c><00:28:58.420><c> that</c><00:28:58.759><c> step,</c><00:28:59.259><c> but</c><00:28:59.400><c> then</c><00:28:59.579><c> her</c>

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decision<00:29:00.119><c> to</c><00:29:00.440><c> trust</c><00:29:00.799><c> God</c><00:29:01.140><c> and</c><00:29:01.319><c> to</c><00:29:01.539><c> take</c><00:29:01.720><c> that</c>

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step.<00:29:02.200><c> These</c><00:29:02.400><c> are</c><00:29:02.700><c> marvelous</c><00:29:03.440><c> examples</c><00:29:04.140><c> of</c><00:29:04.339><c> the</c><00:29:04.500><c> life</c><00:29:04.680><c> of</c><00:29:04.900><c> this</c><00:29:05.079><c> young</c><00:29:05.680><c> Jewish</c><00:29:06.099><c> maiden.</c><00:29:08.279><c> The</c>

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proof<00:29:08.759><c> that</c><00:29:08.920><c> it's</c><00:29:09.079><c> her</c>

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character<00:29:09.980><c> in</c><00:29:10.980><c> chapter</c><00:29:11.359><c> two</c><00:29:12.799><c> is</c><00:29:13.099><c> in</c><00:29:13.480><c> the</c><00:29:13.839><c> regard</c><00:29:14.279><c> that</c><00:29:14.559><c> others</c>

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:17.960
have<00:29:15.079><c> for</c><00:29:15.359><c> her.</c><00:29:16.380><c> In</c><00:29:16.640><c> verse</c><00:29:16.900><c> two</c><00:29:17.240><c> of</c><00:29:17.460><c> chapter</c><00:29:17.700><c> two,</c>

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we<00:29:18.059><c> know</c><00:29:18.339><c> that</c><00:29:18.559><c> the</c><00:29:18.839><c> qualifying</c><00:29:19.299><c> factor</c><00:29:19.700><c> to</c><00:29:19.920><c> be</c><00:29:20.180><c> called</c><00:29:20.720><c> if</c><00:29:21.299><c> you</c><00:29:21.500><c> were</c><00:29:21.660><c> a</c>

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virgin<00:29:22.039><c> was</c><00:29:22.299><c> to</c><00:29:22.480><c> be</c><00:29:22.619><c> very</c><00:29:22.940><c> beautiful</c>

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:27.980
and<00:29:24.119><c> Esther</c><00:29:24.380><c> is</c><00:29:25.299><c> stunningly</c><00:29:26.240><c> beautiful.</c><00:29:27.339><c> In</c><00:29:27.460><c> verse</c><00:29:27.680><c> seven,</c>

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:29.799
when<00:29:28.119><c> it</c><00:29:28.279><c> uses</c><00:29:28.539><c> the</c><00:29:28.799><c> words</c><00:29:28.980><c> to</c><00:29:29.259><c> describe</c><00:29:29.599><c> how</c>

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:33.279
she<00:29:29.940><c> was</c><00:29:30.200><c> fair</c><00:29:30.599><c> and</c><00:29:30.940><c> beautiful</c><00:29:31.519><c> or</c><00:29:32.220><c> beautiful</c><00:29:32.619><c> and</c><00:29:32.880><c> lovely</c><00:29:33.119><c> as</c>

00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:35.400
it<00:29:33.400><c> is</c><00:29:33.519><c> in</c><00:29:33.660><c> the</c><00:29:33.839><c> RSV,</c><00:29:34.259><c> when</c><00:29:34.400><c> you</c><00:29:34.579><c> trace</c><00:29:34.819><c> those</c><00:29:35.140><c> words</c>

00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:38.099
back,<00:29:35.759><c> there's</c><00:29:35.920><c> only</c><00:29:36.240><c> a</c><00:29:36.579><c> select</c><00:29:36.799><c> group</c><00:29:37.079><c> in</c><00:29:37.359><c> scripture</c><00:29:37.759><c> that</c>

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:41.819
are<00:29:38.700><c> described</c><00:29:39.180><c> with</c><00:29:39.420><c> those</c><00:29:39.720><c> words.</c><00:29:41.359><c> Those</c><00:29:41.640><c> would</c>

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:44.160
be<00:29:41.980><c> that</c><00:29:42.119><c> the</c><00:29:42.359><c> Sarahs</c><00:29:42.680><c> and</c><00:29:42.779><c> the</c><00:29:43.000><c> Rebekahs</c><00:29:43.440><c> and</c><00:29:43.559><c> the</c><00:29:43.700><c> Rachels</c>

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:46.960
and<00:29:44.299><c> the</c><00:29:44.539><c> Abigales</c><00:29:45.140><c> and</c><00:29:45.539><c> the</c><00:29:45.759><c> Bashevens</c>

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:50.779
and<00:29:48.019><c> Bashtai</c><00:29:48.539><c> is</c><00:29:48.900><c> included</c><00:29:49.220><c> in</c><00:29:49.359><c> that</c><00:29:49.559><c> group</c><00:29:49.720><c> as</c><00:29:49.960><c> well,</c><00:29:50.500><c> but</c>

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:53.480
her<00:29:51.039><c> beauty</c><00:29:51.279><c> only</c><00:29:51.660><c> generated</c><00:29:52.099><c> the</c><00:29:52.359><c> invitation</c>

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:58.559
it<00:29:54.279><c> was</c><00:29:54.539><c> her</c><00:29:54.859><c> character</c><00:29:55.559><c> that</c><00:29:56.579><c> won</c><00:29:56.700><c> her</c><00:29:56.920><c> the</c><00:29:57.079><c> crown.</c><00:29:57.859><c> She</c><00:29:58.059><c> is</c><00:29:58.319><c> a</c>

00:29:58.559 --> 00:30:01.259
trusting,<00:29:59.099><c> gentle,</c><00:29:59.579><c> and</c><00:29:59.819><c> quiet</c><00:30:00.160><c> spirit.</c>

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:08.420
She<00:30:01.660><c> has</c><00:30:01.880><c> a</c><00:30:02.099><c> lovely</c><00:30:02.500><c> charm</c><00:30:02.799><c> about</c><00:30:03.119><c> her</c><00:30:03.700><c> and</c><00:30:04.140><c> she</c><00:30:05.160><c> meekly</c><00:30:05.900><c> submits</c><00:30:06.720><c> to</c><00:30:07.279><c> what</c><00:30:07.440><c> is</c><00:30:07.640><c> right.</c>

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:13.420
She's<00:30:09.940><c> obedient</c><00:30:10.359><c> to</c><00:30:10.599><c> Mordecai</c><00:30:11.420><c> both</c><00:30:12.299><c> when</c><00:30:12.579><c> she's</c><00:30:12.900><c> living</c><00:30:13.180><c> in</c>

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:16.519
a<00:30:13.519><c> household</c><00:30:14.259><c> and</c><00:30:15.299><c> after,</c><00:30:15.759><c> as</c><00:30:15.980><c> you</c><00:30:16.180><c> recall,</c>

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:19.339
when<00:30:16.720><c> she's</c><00:30:16.980><c> now</c><00:30:17.259><c> on</c><00:30:17.539><c> the</c><00:30:17.759><c> throne</c><00:30:18.039><c> and</c><00:30:18.359><c> having</c><00:30:18.559><c> been</c><00:30:18.960><c> selected</c>

00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:21.240
as<00:30:19.619><c> the</c><00:30:19.799><c> queen.</c><00:30:20.140><c> So</c><00:30:20.279><c> her</c><00:30:20.519><c> obedience</c><00:30:21.039><c> to</c>

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:25.299
Mordecai<00:30:21.779><c> doesn't</c><00:30:22.099><c> change</c><00:30:23.279><c> between</c><00:30:24.380><c> the</c><00:30:24.579><c> time</c><00:30:24.799><c> she</c><00:30:24.920><c> was</c><00:30:25.119><c> at</c>

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:27.900
home<00:30:25.599><c> and</c><00:30:25.759><c> the</c><00:30:25.920><c> time</c><00:30:26.119><c> that</c><00:30:26.299><c> she</c><00:30:26.400><c> has</c><00:30:26.660><c> become</c><00:30:26.940><c> queen,</c>

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:33.460
and<00:30:28.140><c> that's</c><00:30:28.519><c> reflected</c><00:30:28.880><c> in</c><00:30:29.059><c> verses</c><00:30:29.400><c> 10</c><00:30:29.920><c> and</c><00:30:30.180><c> verses</c><00:30:30.599><c> 20</c><00:30:31.079><c> of</c><00:30:31.339><c> the</c><00:30:31.480><c> second</c><00:30:31.700><c> chapter.</c><00:30:32.960><c> She's</c><00:30:33.359><c> in</c>

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the<00:30:33.619><c> palace,</c>

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he's<00:30:35.759><c> at</c><00:30:36.000><c> the</c><00:30:36.140><c> gate,</c><00:30:38.059><c> she's</c><00:30:38.420><c> on</c><00:30:38.619><c> the</c><00:30:38.859><c> throne,</c><00:30:39.460><c> and</c><00:30:40.279><c> she's</c><00:30:40.799><c> still</c><00:30:41.119><c> obeying</c><00:30:42.460><c> her</c><00:30:42.779><c> cousin.</c>

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:49.200
The<00:30:45.900><c> first</c><00:30:46.200><c> person</c><00:30:46.539><c> to</c><00:30:46.700><c> come</c><00:30:46.839><c> in</c><00:30:47.019><c> contact</c><00:30:47.440><c> with</c><00:30:48.200><c> chapter</c><00:30:48.200><c> 2</c><00:30:48.859><c> is</c>

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:52.259
Haggai,<00:30:50.400><c> the</c><00:30:50.559><c> one</c><00:30:50.740><c> who</c><00:30:50.900><c> was</c><00:30:51.200><c> specifically</c><00:30:51.740><c> appointed</c>

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:57.599
by<00:30:52.559><c> the</c><00:30:52.740><c> king</c><00:30:53.299><c> to</c><00:30:54.579><c> be</c><00:30:54.880><c> in</c><00:30:55.140><c> charge</c><00:30:55.420><c> of</c><00:30:55.599><c> the</c><00:30:55.740><c> women</c><00:30:55.980><c> of</c><00:30:56.220><c> the</c><00:30:56.380><c> court.</c><00:30:57.119><c> It</c><00:30:57.259><c> says</c><00:30:57.519><c> in</c>

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:58.680
verse<00:30:57.819><c> 9</c><00:30:58.119><c> that</c><00:30:58.240><c> the</c><00:30:58.420><c> maiden</c>

00:30:58.680 --> 00:31:04.839
pleased<00:30:59.119><c> him</c><00:30:59.519><c> and</c><00:30:59.680><c> won</c><00:30:59.819><c> his</c><00:31:00.119><c> favor</c><00:31:00.619><c> and</c><00:31:01.880><c> speedily</c><00:31:02.480><c> or</c><00:31:02.680><c> quickly,</c><00:31:03.400><c> he</c><00:31:03.759><c> quickly</c><00:31:04.119><c> provided</c><00:31:04.539><c> her</c>

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.660
with<00:31:04.960><c> ointments</c>

00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:09.920
and<00:31:06.200><c> such</c><00:31:06.539><c> things</c><00:31:07.119><c> as</c><00:31:07.539><c> belonged</c><00:31:07.779><c> to</c><00:31:08.000><c> her.</c><00:31:08.799><c> A</c><00:31:09.019><c> better</c><00:31:09.180><c> rendering</c><00:31:09.539><c> would</c><00:31:09.759><c> be</c>

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:11.299
her<00:31:10.299><c> portion</c><00:31:10.660><c> of</c><00:31:10.920><c> food.</c>

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And<00:31:11.740><c> with</c><00:31:11.920><c> seven</c><00:31:12.299><c> chosen</c><00:31:12.740><c> maids</c><00:31:13.099><c> from</c><00:31:13.299><c> the</c><00:31:13.440><c> king's</c><00:31:13.779><c> palace</c><00:31:14.200><c> and</c><00:31:14.940><c> he</c>

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:17.660
preferred<00:31:16.279><c> or</c><00:31:16.599><c> advanced</c><00:31:17.039><c> her</c><00:31:17.380><c> and</c><00:31:17.500><c> her</c>

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:21.660
maids<00:31:17.940><c> to</c><00:31:18.119><c> the</c><00:31:18.299><c> best</c><00:31:18.539><c> place</c><00:31:18.960><c> in</c><00:31:19.240><c> the</c><00:31:19.400><c> house</c><00:31:19.619><c> of</c><00:31:19.799><c> the</c><00:31:19.940><c> women.</c><00:31:21.480><c> So</c>

00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:23.759
Haggai<00:31:22.000><c> sees</c><00:31:22.359><c> her</c><00:31:22.559><c> and</c><00:31:22.700><c> remember</c><00:31:22.960><c> his</c><00:31:23.180><c> job</c>

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:27.920
is<00:31:24.579><c> to</c><00:31:24.819><c> find</c><00:31:25.039><c> a</c><00:31:25.380><c> replacement</c><00:31:25.660><c> for</c><00:31:25.900><c> the</c><00:31:26.059><c> king</c><00:31:26.420><c> and</c><00:31:27.539><c> that's</c><00:31:27.740><c> what</c>

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:29.299
the<00:31:28.039><c> king</c><00:31:28.160><c> is</c><00:31:28.359><c> interested</c><00:31:28.640><c> in.</c><00:31:28.839><c> Haggai,</c>

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:33.140
how<00:31:29.579><c> are</c><00:31:29.759><c> we</c><00:31:29.880><c> doing?</c><00:31:30.660><c> I</c><00:31:30.819><c> need</c><00:31:30.980><c> a</c><00:31:31.119><c> new</c><00:31:31.279><c> queen.</c><00:31:32.400><c> So</c><00:31:32.559><c> that's</c><00:31:32.839><c> his</c>

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:37.240
sole<00:31:33.420><c> job</c><00:31:34.000><c> and</c><00:31:34.660><c> he</c><00:31:34.940><c> sees</c><00:31:35.200><c> Esther</c><00:31:35.539><c> and</c><00:31:35.859><c> he</c><00:31:36.279><c> immediately,</c>

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immediately<00:31:38.299><c> elevates</c><00:31:38.700><c> her</c><00:31:40.240><c> to</c><00:31:40.740><c> the</c><00:31:40.859><c> highest</c><00:31:41.119><c> position</c><00:31:41.500><c> in</c>

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:44.359
the<00:31:41.839><c> court</c><00:31:41.940><c> of</c><00:31:42.099><c> the</c><00:31:42.259><c> women</c><00:31:42.500><c> and</c><00:31:43.119><c> gives</c><00:31:43.400><c> her</c><00:31:43.799><c> the</c><00:31:44.059><c> seven</c>

00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:48.380
maidens<00:31:44.799><c> and</c><00:31:45.059><c> the</c><00:31:45.240><c> ointments</c><00:31:45.700><c> and</c><00:31:45.980><c> such</c><00:31:46.119><c> things</c><00:31:46.579><c> as</c><00:31:46.779><c> she</c><00:31:47.000><c> needs.</c><00:31:48.200><c> And</c>

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:50.000
the<00:31:48.500><c> word</c><00:31:48.660><c> there</c><00:31:48.920><c> for</c><00:31:49.180><c> speedily</c><00:31:49.640><c> in</c><00:31:49.819><c> the</c>

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:55.519
Hebrew,<00:31:51.059><c> it</c><00:31:51.759><c> tells</c><00:31:51.980><c> us</c><00:31:52.160><c> that</c><00:31:52.299><c> he</c><00:31:52.420><c> was</c><00:31:52.619><c> suddenly</c><00:31:53.000><c> alarmed</c><00:31:54.819><c> having</c><00:31:55.200><c> seen</c>

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:57.640
her<00:31:55.880><c> and</c><00:31:56.180><c> he</c><00:31:56.359><c> begins</c><00:31:56.599><c> to</c><00:31:56.920><c> bark</c><00:31:57.059><c> the</c><00:31:57.339><c> orders.</c>

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I<00:31:57.940><c> need</c><00:31:58.119><c> this</c><00:31:58.359><c> for</c><00:31:58.519><c> her</c><00:31:58.720><c> and</c><00:31:58.799><c> I</c><00:31:58.940><c> need</c><00:31:59.079><c> this</c><00:31:59.440><c> and</c><00:31:59.559><c> I</c><00:31:59.680><c> need</c><00:31:59.819><c> this</c><00:32:00.099><c> and</c><00:32:00.220><c> I</c>

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and<00:32:02.259><c> I</c><00:32:02.380><c> want</c><00:32:02.519><c> you</c><00:32:02.660><c> to</c><00:32:02.859><c> find</c><00:32:03.059><c> seven</c><00:32:03.420><c> young</c><00:32:03.680><c> maidens</c><00:32:03.920><c> from</c><00:32:04.099><c> the</c>

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king's<00:32:04.559><c> house</c><00:32:04.839><c> that</c><00:32:05.180><c> will</c><00:32:05.359><c> tell</c><00:32:05.539><c> her</c><00:32:05.660><c> how</c><00:32:05.740><c> to</c><00:32:05.940><c> conduct</c>

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herself<00:32:06.740><c> and</c><00:32:07.559><c> she's</c><00:32:07.880><c> only</c><00:32:08.220><c> just</c><00:32:08.539><c> arrived.</c><00:32:11.759><c> But</c><00:32:11.920><c> what's</c><00:32:12.200><c> even</c>

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.920
more<00:32:12.819><c> remarkable</c>

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is<00:32:16.160><c> the</c><00:32:16.440><c> second</c><00:32:17.279><c> category</c><00:32:18.039><c> of</c><00:32:18.960><c> people</c><00:32:19.559><c> that</c><00:32:19.900><c> are</c><00:32:20.119><c> impressed</c>

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with<00:32:20.859><c> Esther.</c><00:32:21.680><c> And</c><00:32:22.039><c> before</c><00:32:22.359><c> we</c><00:32:22.599><c> leave</c><00:32:22.759><c> Haggai,</c>

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remember<00:32:23.559><c> he's</c><00:32:23.799><c> a</c><00:32:23.960><c> eunuch.</c><00:32:25.700><c> So</c><00:32:25.920><c> her</c><00:32:26.180><c> beauty</c><00:32:26.579><c> and</c><00:32:26.799><c> all</c><00:32:26.980><c> of</c><00:32:27.119><c> the</c>

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physical<00:32:27.599><c> attraction</c><00:32:28.099><c> have</c><00:32:28.400><c> nothing</c><00:32:28.759><c> to</c><00:32:29.059><c> do</c>

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:34.099
with<00:32:29.900><c> his</c><00:32:30.220><c> appreciation</c><00:32:30.880><c> for</c><00:32:31.220><c> her.</c><00:32:31.420><c> That</c><00:32:31.599><c> is</c><00:32:31.819><c> beyond</c><00:32:32.180><c> him.</c><00:32:33.519><c> But</c><00:32:33.759><c> here</c><00:32:33.980><c> is</c>

00:32:34.099 --> 00:32:35.359
a<00:32:34.299><c> eunuch</c><00:32:34.500><c> that</c><00:32:34.799><c> sees</c><00:32:34.980><c> in</c><00:32:35.119><c> this</c>

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Jewish<00:32:35.720><c> maiden,</c><00:32:36.000><c> not</c><00:32:36.259><c> knowing</c><00:32:36.440><c> she's</c><00:32:36.660><c> Jewish,</c><00:32:37.619><c> her</c><00:32:37.839><c> supreme</c>

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value<00:32:39.299><c> because</c><00:32:41.819><c> of</c><00:32:41.980><c> her</c><00:32:42.180><c> character.</c>

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What's<00:32:44.339><c> even</c><00:32:44.599><c> more</c><00:32:44.920><c> amazing</c><00:32:45.559><c> is</c><00:32:46.500><c> that</c><00:32:46.660><c> she</c><00:32:46.859><c> is</c><00:32:47.160><c> highly</c><00:32:47.579><c> regarded</c><00:32:48.200><c> by</c><00:32:48.500><c> the</c>

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other<00:32:48.819><c> women.</c>

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Look<00:32:50.980><c> for</c><00:32:51.119><c> instance</c><00:32:51.359><c> in</c><00:32:51.500><c> verse</c><00:32:51.740><c> 15,</c><00:32:52.680><c> when</c><00:32:52.799><c> the</c><00:32:53.039><c> turn</c><00:32:53.200><c> came</c><00:32:53.460><c> for</c>

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:55.700
Esther,<00:32:54.099><c> the</c><00:32:54.279><c> daughter</c><00:32:54.480><c> of</c><00:32:54.759><c> Avahel,</c><00:32:55.140><c> the</c><00:32:55.259><c> uncle</c><00:32:55.539><c> of</c>

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:58.740
Mordecai,<00:32:56.640><c> who</c><00:32:56.799><c> had</c><00:32:57.099><c> adopted</c><00:32:57.420><c> her</c><00:32:57.740><c> as</c><00:32:57.940><c> his</c><00:32:58.119><c> own</c><00:32:58.339><c> daughter</c><00:32:58.579><c> to</c>

00:32:58.740 --> 00:33:01.299
go<00:32:58.920><c> into</c><00:32:59.119><c> the</c><00:32:59.339><c> king,</c><00:32:59.579><c> she</c><00:32:59.740><c> asked</c><00:32:59.960><c> for</c><00:33:00.200><c> nothing</c><00:33:00.579><c> except</c>

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Haggai<00:33:01.920><c> the</c><00:33:02.019><c> king's</c><00:33:02.400><c> unit</c><00:33:02.839><c> who</c><00:33:03.859><c> had</c><00:33:04.059><c> charge</c><00:33:04.339><c> of</c><00:33:04.480><c> the</c><00:33:04.599><c> woman</c>

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advised.<00:33:05.980><c> Now</c><00:33:06.180><c> Esther</c><00:33:06.539><c> found</c><00:33:07.039><c> favor</c><00:33:07.539><c> and</c><00:33:08.240><c> that's</c>

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the<00:33:08.799><c> word</c><00:33:09.119><c> chen</c><00:33:09.599><c> in</c><00:33:09.839><c> Hebrew.</c><00:33:10.380><c> It's</c><00:33:10.700><c> translated</c><00:33:11.099><c> grace</c><00:33:11.480><c> in</c><00:33:11.660><c> verse</c><00:33:11.819><c> 17.</c>

00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:14.700
She<00:33:12.579><c> found</c><00:33:12.880><c> grace</c><00:33:13.339><c> or</c><00:33:13.660><c> favor</c><00:33:13.900><c> in</c><00:33:14.160><c> the</c><00:33:14.339><c> eyes</c><00:33:14.559><c> of</c>

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:17.980
all<00:33:14.920><c> who</c><00:33:15.079><c> saw</c><00:33:15.279><c> her.</c><00:33:16.180><c> Imagine</c><00:33:16.579><c> the</c><00:33:16.839><c> atmosphere</c><00:33:17.359><c> in</c><00:33:17.599><c> this</c><00:33:17.759><c> house</c>

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:20.420
of<00:33:18.200><c> women.</c><00:33:18.819><c> You</c><00:33:19.079><c> only</c><00:33:19.359><c> get</c><00:33:19.559><c> one</c><00:33:19.859><c> chance</c>

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:25.619
and<00:33:21.019><c> if</c><00:33:21.180><c> you're</c><00:33:21.359><c> not</c><00:33:21.619><c> selected,</c><00:33:22.039><c> you</c><00:33:22.259><c> have</c><00:33:22.519><c> no</c><00:33:22.759><c> future.</c><00:33:23.920><c> You</c><00:33:24.119><c> have</c><00:33:24.380><c> no</c><00:33:24.599><c> husband.</c><00:33:24.960><c> You</c><00:33:25.059><c> will</c><00:33:25.220><c> be</c><00:33:25.380><c> a</c>

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concubine<00:33:26.000><c> of</c>

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the<00:33:26.440><c> king</c><00:33:26.440><c> for</c><00:33:26.660><c> the</c><00:33:26.720><c> rest</c><00:33:26.920><c> of</c><00:33:27.059><c> your</c><00:33:27.220><c> life.</c><00:33:27.819><c> You</c><00:33:27.839><c> will</c><00:33:28.119><c> probably</c>

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:31.440
have<00:33:28.700><c> no</c><00:33:28.900><c> children</c><00:33:29.339><c> and</c><00:33:30.740><c> the</c><00:33:30.880><c> most</c><00:33:31.059><c> beautiful</c>

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:38.500
women<00:33:31.660><c> of</c><00:33:31.839><c> the</c><00:33:32.000><c> world</c><00:33:32.240><c> have</c><00:33:32.400><c> been</c><00:33:32.680><c> called</c><00:33:33.339><c> and</c><00:33:35.140><c> they</c><00:33:35.299><c> are</c><00:33:35.539><c> busily</c><00:33:35.900><c> preparing</c><00:33:36.380><c> themselves</c><00:33:37.259><c> and</c>

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they're<00:33:38.700><c> in</c><00:33:38.880><c> a</c><00:33:39.099><c> do</c>

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:45.000
or<00:33:39.559><c> die</c><00:33:39.819><c> situation</c><00:33:40.980><c> and</c><00:33:42.660><c> the</c><00:33:43.019><c> competitiveness</c><00:33:43.660><c> and</c><00:33:44.119><c> the</c><00:33:44.299><c> cattiness</c><00:33:44.740><c> and</c>

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:46.700
the<00:33:45.119><c> jealousy</c><00:33:45.579><c> and</c><00:33:45.880><c> the</c><00:33:46.119><c> envy</c><00:33:46.339><c> and</c><00:33:46.519><c> the</c>

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:49.980
malice<00:33:46.960><c> that</c><00:33:47.099><c> would</c><00:33:47.319><c> normally</c><00:33:47.819><c> be</c><00:33:48.640><c> associated</c><00:33:49.140><c> with</c><00:33:49.359><c> that</c><00:33:49.640><c> kind</c><00:33:49.779><c> of</c>

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:53.519
environment<00:33:50.539><c> and</c><00:33:52.259><c> the</c><00:33:52.599><c> stress</c><00:33:53.000><c> that</c><00:33:53.160><c> would</c><00:33:53.359><c> have</c>

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:58.480
existing<00:33:54.480><c> in</c><00:33:54.619><c> that</c><00:33:54.859><c> situation</c><00:33:55.519><c> and</c><00:33:56.220><c> out</c><00:33:56.559><c> of</c><00:33:56.819><c> all</c><00:33:57.119><c> of</c><00:33:57.339><c> this,</c>

00:33:58.660 --> 00:34:02.619
this<00:33:59.160><c> young</c><00:33:59.720><c> Jewish</c><00:34:00.279><c> maiden</c><00:34:00.940><c> finds</c><00:34:01.759><c> grace</c>

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:06.680
and<00:34:03.079><c> favor</c><00:34:03.380><c> in</c><00:34:03.640><c> the</c><00:34:03.880><c> eyes</c><00:34:04.220><c> of</c><00:34:04.420><c> all</c><00:34:04.619><c> these</c><00:34:04.779><c> women.</c><00:34:05.900><c> How</c><00:34:06.220><c> in</c><00:34:06.440><c> the</c>

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:11.119
world<00:34:07.000><c> is</c><00:34:07.259><c> that</c><00:34:07.460><c> possible?</c><00:34:09.960><c> We</c><00:34:10.239><c> don't</c><00:34:10.519><c> know</c><00:34:10.780><c> for</c>

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:20.159
sure,<00:34:13.559><c> but</c><00:34:14.260><c> we</c><00:34:14.519><c> can</c><00:34:15.219><c> imagine</c><00:34:16.059><c> that</c><00:34:17.639><c> a</c><00:34:17.960><c> quiet,</c><00:34:18.840><c> gentle</c><00:34:19.320><c> spirit</c>

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:26.400
that<00:34:21.940><c> was</c><00:34:22.260><c> genuinely</c><00:34:23.019><c> helpful</c><00:34:24.000><c> and</c><00:34:25.119><c> kind</c>

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:34.239
and<00:34:27.059><c> considerate,</c><00:34:30.260><c> like</c><00:34:30.840><c> the</c><00:34:31.280><c> spirit</c><00:34:31.659><c> of</c><00:34:31.940><c> Christ,</c><00:34:33.320><c> that</c><00:34:33.500><c> doesn't</c><00:34:33.880><c> seek</c>

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:35.940
its<00:34:34.500><c> own</c><00:34:34.800><c> benefit</c><00:34:35.199><c> and</c><00:34:35.500><c> its</c><00:34:35.679><c> own</c>

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:47.420
but<00:34:36.440><c> is</c><00:34:36.820><c> there</c><00:34:37.099><c> to</c><00:34:37.380><c> serve.</c><00:34:38.820><c> That</c><00:34:39.219><c> kind</c><00:34:39.679><c> of</c><00:34:40.139><c> spirit</c><00:34:40.840><c> can</c><00:34:43.619><c> nullify,</c><00:34:45.559><c> can</c><00:34:45.920><c> disempower</c><00:34:46.920><c> all</c><00:34:47.300><c> of</c>

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.099
the<00:34:47.659><c> natural</c>

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:52.360
tendencies<00:34:48.880><c> that</c><00:34:49.579><c> would</c><00:34:49.800><c> have</c><00:34:49.960><c> been</c><00:34:50.199><c> at</c><00:34:50.599><c> work</c><00:34:51.019><c> in</c><00:34:51.980><c> the</c><00:34:52.079><c> house</c>

00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:55.940
of<00:34:52.579><c> the</c><00:34:52.719><c> women,</c><00:34:54.300><c> such</c><00:34:54.519><c> that</c><00:34:54.860><c> each</c><00:34:55.300><c> of</c><00:34:55.500><c> the</c><00:34:55.679><c> other</c>

00:34:55.940 --> 00:35:03.179
came<00:34:56.519><c> to</c><00:34:57.000><c> respect</c><00:34:57.960><c> and</c><00:34:59.000><c> honor</c><00:34:59.500><c> and</c><00:35:01.000><c> show</c><00:35:01.340><c> favor</c><00:35:02.000><c> to</c><00:35:02.559><c> Esther.</c>

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:07.179
That's<00:35:04.260><c> the</c><00:35:04.460><c> kind</c><00:35:04.659><c> of</c><00:35:05.019><c> character</c><00:35:05.500><c> Esther</c><00:35:06.000><c> had</c>

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:09.900
and<00:35:07.659><c> that</c><00:35:07.840><c> was</c><00:35:08.059><c> the</c><00:35:08.219><c> kind</c><00:35:08.440><c> of</c><00:35:08.719><c> character</c><00:35:09.059><c> that</c><00:35:09.280><c> she</c><00:35:09.420><c> was</c><00:35:09.659><c> able</c>

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:14.579
to<00:35:10.199><c> maintain</c><00:35:11.079><c> and</c><00:35:12.420><c> she</c><00:35:12.699><c> lived</c><00:35:12.980><c> above</c><00:35:13.639><c> the</c><00:35:14.000><c> rest</c><00:35:14.280><c> of</c>

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:17.679
the<00:35:14.800><c> fray</c><00:35:15.059><c> that</c><00:35:15.179><c> was</c><00:35:15.380><c> taking</c><00:35:15.679><c> place</c><00:35:16.219><c> in</c><00:35:16.500><c> that</c><00:35:16.639><c> house</c><00:35:16.920><c> of</c><00:35:17.159><c> women.</c><00:35:17.500><c> She</c>

00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:20.139
was<00:35:18.019><c> unfazed</c><00:35:18.599><c> by</c><00:35:18.860><c> the</c><00:35:19.219><c> stress</c><00:35:19.539><c> that</c><00:35:19.719><c> was</c><00:35:19.900><c> all</c>

00:35:20.139 --> 00:35:24.619
around<00:35:20.400><c> her</c><00:35:20.840><c> and</c><00:35:21.239><c> they</c><00:35:21.420><c> would</c><00:35:21.639><c> hear</c><00:35:21.900><c> of</c><00:35:22.159><c> women</c><00:35:22.400><c> going</c><00:35:22.699><c> into</c><00:35:22.900><c> the</c><00:35:23.139><c> king</c><00:35:23.460><c> and</c><00:35:24.039><c> then</c><00:35:24.179><c> they</c><00:35:24.280><c> would</c><00:35:24.420><c> go</c>

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.219
into<00:35:24.800><c> the</c><00:35:25.019><c> second</c>

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:30.719
house.<00:35:27.380><c> These</c><00:35:28.039><c> women</c><00:35:28.280><c> understood</c><00:35:29.179><c> what</c><00:35:29.699><c> was</c><00:35:29.940><c> happening</c><00:35:30.420><c> and</c>

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:34.539
yet<00:35:30.980><c> in</c><00:35:31.219><c> all</c><00:35:31.519><c> of</c><00:35:31.719><c> this,</c><00:35:33.059><c> a</c><00:35:33.360><c> spiritual</c><00:35:33.960><c> character</c>

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:38.559
emerges<00:35:35.219><c> that</c><00:35:36.199><c> genuinely</c><00:35:36.760><c> has</c><00:35:37.159><c> the</c><00:35:37.440><c> interest</c><00:35:37.760><c> of</c><00:35:38.039><c> others</c><00:35:38.280><c> at</c>

00:35:38.559 --> 00:35:43.699
heart<00:35:39.300><c> and</c><00:35:41.420><c> is</c><00:35:41.699><c> not</c><00:35:42.159><c> fazed</c><00:35:42.519><c> by</c><00:35:42.739><c> the</c><00:35:43.099><c> stressful</c>

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:49.440
situation<00:35:44.500><c> that</c><00:35:44.780><c> she</c><00:35:44.980><c> faced.</c><00:35:46.960><c> You</c><00:35:47.099><c> see,</c><00:35:47.380><c> the</c><00:35:47.579><c> truth</c><00:35:47.980><c> can</c><00:35:48.639><c> distinguish</c><00:35:49.099><c> us,</c>

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:51.159
brethren<00:35:49.679><c> and</c><00:35:49.920><c> sisters,</c><00:35:50.559><c> when</c><00:35:50.739><c> we</c><00:35:50.960><c> are</c>

00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:55.760
surrounded<00:35:51.739><c> by</c><00:35:52.260><c> the</c><00:35:52.400><c> Gentiles</c><00:35:53.219><c> and</c><00:35:53.619><c> living</c><00:35:53.860><c> in</c><00:35:54.079><c> a</c><00:35:54.179><c> Gentile</c><00:35:54.699><c> influence.</c><00:35:55.519><c> If</c>

00:35:55.760 --> 00:35:57.340
we<00:35:56.059><c> stay</c><00:35:56.420><c> faithful</c><00:35:56.880><c> to</c><00:35:57.099><c> the</c>

00:35:57.340 --> 00:36:00.420
principles<00:35:57.760><c> of</c><00:35:58.000><c> God,</c><00:35:58.300><c> it</c><00:35:58.480><c> will</c><00:35:58.780><c> distinguish</c><00:35:59.219><c> us</c><00:35:59.800><c> and</c><00:36:00.179><c> that's</c>

00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:02.400
not<00:36:00.639><c> to</c><00:36:00.860><c> say</c><00:36:01.039><c> that</c><00:36:01.300><c> others</c><00:36:01.480><c> will</c><00:36:01.820><c> regard</c><00:36:02.079><c> us</c>

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:08.039
and<00:36:02.519><c> we</c><00:36:02.639><c> will</c><00:36:02.880><c> eventually</c><00:36:03.179><c> be</c><00:36:03.440><c> chosen</c><00:36:03.739><c> for</c><00:36:04.079><c> special</c><00:36:04.400><c> positions</c><00:36:04.820><c> like</c><00:36:05.139><c> Esther</c><00:36:05.340><c> was.</c><00:36:07.059><c> These</c><00:36:07.320><c> women</c><00:36:07.539><c> had</c><00:36:07.760><c> no</c>

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:11.699
control<00:36:08.480><c> over</c><00:36:08.719><c> who</c><00:36:08.940><c> the</c><00:36:09.079><c> king</c><00:36:09.239><c> would</c><00:36:09.500><c> choose</c><00:36:10.000><c> but</c><00:36:10.539><c> they</c><00:36:10.900><c> did</c><00:36:11.199><c> have</c><00:36:11.460><c> a</c>

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:14.840
deep<00:36:11.980><c>-seated</c><00:36:12.239><c> respect</c><00:36:12.840><c> for</c><00:36:13.099><c> Esther</c><00:36:13.460><c> and</c><00:36:14.599><c> what</c>

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:18.500
she<00:36:15.039><c> took</c><00:36:15.219><c> in</c><00:36:15.460><c> with</c><00:36:15.679><c> her</c><00:36:15.800><c> to</c><00:36:15.960><c> see</c><00:36:16.119><c> the</c><00:36:16.360><c> king</c><00:36:16.780><c> was</c><00:36:17.360><c> something</c><00:36:17.719><c> that</c><00:36:17.940><c> the</c><00:36:18.139><c> rest</c><00:36:18.340><c> of</c>

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.599
them<00:36:18.639><c> didn't</c><00:36:18.980><c> have</c><00:36:19.199><c> and</c><00:36:19.320><c> they</c><00:36:19.500><c> knew</c>

00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:22.480
they<00:36:19.840><c> didn't</c><00:36:19.920><c> have</c><00:36:20.159><c> it.</c><00:36:20.800><c> Haggai</c><00:36:21.000><c> knew</c><00:36:21.159><c> they</c><00:36:21.280><c> didn't</c><00:36:21.539><c> have</c><00:36:21.739><c> it.</c>

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:25.280
She<00:36:22.880><c> took</c><00:36:23.099><c> into</c><00:36:23.320><c> the</c><00:36:23.559><c> king</c><00:36:23.820><c> a</c><00:36:24.340><c> character</c><00:36:24.880><c> and</c>

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:29.659
remember<00:36:25.699><c> Vashti</c><00:36:26.159><c> had</c><00:36:26.380><c> made</c><00:36:26.639><c> character</c><00:36:27.000><c> the</c><00:36:27.280><c> issue</c><00:36:27.739><c> such</c><00:36:29.059><c> that</c><00:36:29.280><c> when</c><00:36:29.460><c> she</c>

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:31.500
goes<00:36:29.880><c> into</c><00:36:30.099><c> the</c><00:36:30.340><c> king,</c><00:36:30.659><c> the</c><00:36:30.739><c> king</c><00:36:30.980><c> is</c><00:36:31.280><c> the</c>

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:35.440
last<00:36:31.860><c> person</c><00:36:32.340><c> in</c><00:36:32.559><c> the</c><00:36:32.780><c> chapter</c><00:36:33.239><c> to</c><00:36:34.380><c> select</c><00:36:34.659><c> her</c><00:36:34.940><c> as</c><00:36:35.079><c> the</c><00:36:35.239><c> next</c>

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:38.420
queen<00:36:35.760><c> because</c><00:36:36.000><c> Haggai</c><00:36:36.420><c> already</c><00:36:36.739><c> has.</c><00:36:38.199><c> Her</c>

00:36:38.420 --> 00:36:40.219
contemporaries,<00:36:39.119><c> the</c><00:36:39.280><c> other</c><00:36:39.400><c> women</c><00:36:39.619><c> in</c><00:36:39.760><c> the</c><00:36:39.900><c> court</c><00:36:40.019><c> of</c><00:36:40.119><c> the</c>

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:43.000
women,<00:36:40.400><c> already</c><00:36:40.780><c> have.</c><00:36:41.119><c> They</c><00:36:41.360><c> know</c><00:36:41.920><c> that</c><00:36:42.420><c> this</c><00:36:42.699><c> woman</c>

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:47.860
is<00:36:43.360><c> phenomenal.</c><00:36:45.440><c> She</c><00:36:45.639><c> stands</c><00:36:46.019><c> apart</c><00:36:46.480><c> from</c><00:36:46.659><c> the</c><00:36:46.800><c> rest</c><00:36:47.059><c> of</c><00:36:47.179><c> us</c>

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:49.760
so<00:36:48.320><c> that</c><00:36:48.400><c> when</c><00:36:48.579><c> the</c><00:36:48.780><c> king</c><00:36:48.940><c> selects</c><00:36:49.579><c> Esther,</c>

00:36:49.980 --> 00:36:54.719
it<00:36:50.000><c> wouldn't</c><00:36:50.300><c> have</c><00:36:50.599><c> surprised</c><00:36:51.099><c> any</c><00:36:51.559><c> of</c><00:36:51.760><c> them.</c><00:36:53.480><c> But</c><00:36:53.619><c> like</c><00:36:54.000><c> with</c>

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:57.000
Haggai<00:36:55.340><c> and</c><00:36:55.460><c> the</c><00:36:55.639><c> other</c><00:36:55.820><c> women,</c><00:36:56.280><c> the</c><00:36:56.420><c> king</c>

00:36:57.000 --> 00:37:00.380
chooses<00:36:57.559><c> Esther</c><00:36:58.179><c> because</c><00:36:58.800><c> of</c><00:36:59.039><c> her</c><00:36:59.360><c> character.</c><00:36:59.840><c> As</c><00:36:59.960><c> it</c><00:37:00.159><c> says</c>

00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:03.940
in<00:37:00.480><c> verse</c><00:37:00.699><c> 17,</c><00:37:01.780><c> he</c><00:37:02.019><c> delighted</c><00:37:02.599><c> in</c><00:37:02.920><c> her</c><00:37:03.260><c> and</c><00:37:03.420><c> he</c><00:37:03.679><c> is</c>

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:11.300
the<00:37:04.380><c> third</c><00:37:04.380><c> person</c><00:37:05.219><c> in</c><00:37:05.639><c> the</c><00:37:05.900><c> chapter</c><00:37:06.440><c> to</c><00:37:07.139><c> show</c><00:37:07.360><c> her</c><00:37:07.960><c> favor.</c><00:37:10.679><c> And</c><00:37:10.920><c> there's</c><00:37:11.139><c> a</c>

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:13.780
reason<00:37:11.980><c> that</c><00:37:12.760><c> Haserurus</c><00:37:13.440><c> would</c><00:37:13.639><c> have</c>

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:20.659
been<00:37:13.920><c> so</c><00:37:14.219><c> impressed</c><00:37:14.539><c> with</c><00:37:14.880><c> Esther.</c><00:37:16.599><c> It's</c><00:37:17.260><c> the</c><00:37:17.340><c> same</c><00:37:17.539><c> reason</c><00:37:17.840><c> any</c><00:37:18.239><c> husband</c><00:37:18.699><c> would</c><00:37:18.920><c> be</c><00:37:19.159><c> impressed</c><00:37:19.699><c> with</c><00:37:20.000><c> a</c><00:37:20.260><c> character</c>

00:37:20.659 --> 00:37:24.940
like<00:37:21.119><c> Esther's</c><00:37:22.380><c> and</c><00:37:23.039><c> it</c><00:37:23.239><c> has</c><00:37:23.460><c> to</c><00:37:23.639><c> do</c><00:37:23.760><c> with</c><00:37:23.940><c> how</c><00:37:24.159><c> husbands</c><00:37:24.579><c> are</c>

00:37:24.940 --> 00:37:29.360
by<00:37:25.260><c> nature</c><00:37:25.760><c> and</c><00:37:26.679><c> how</c><00:37:27.019><c> easily</c><00:37:27.519><c> we</c><00:37:28.340><c> can</c><00:37:28.539><c> be</c><00:37:28.860><c> overcome</c>

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:32.940
by<00:37:29.659><c> certain</c><00:37:30.119><c> sins</c><00:37:30.639><c> because</c><00:37:31.059><c> of</c><00:37:31.219><c> our</c><00:37:31.500><c> temperament.</c><00:37:32.300><c> The</c><00:37:32.539><c> same</c>

00:37:32.940 --> 00:37:35.599
characteristics<00:37:33.719><c> that</c><00:37:34.019><c> God</c><00:37:34.239><c> has</c><00:37:34.539><c> given</c><00:37:34.719><c> us</c><00:37:35.199><c> to</c><00:37:35.340><c> be</c>

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:41.980
leaders<00:37:36.260><c> and</c><00:37:37.420><c> to</c><00:37:37.519><c> be</c><00:37:37.639><c> head</c><00:37:37.780><c> of</c><00:37:37.900><c> the</c><00:37:38.099><c> household,</c><00:37:39.099><c> if</c><00:37:39.239><c> left</c><00:37:39.579><c> unchecked,</c><00:37:41.739><c> can</c>

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:46.260
cause<00:37:42.179><c> us</c><00:37:42.420><c> to</c><00:37:42.539><c> be</c><00:37:43.079><c> pretty</c><00:37:43.400><c> ugly</c><00:37:44.280><c> at</c><00:37:45.099><c> times.</c>

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:51.699
But<00:37:47.400><c> you</c><00:37:47.659><c> put</c><00:37:48.000><c> a</c><00:37:48.500><c> spirit</c><00:37:48.880><c> and</c><00:37:49.199><c> a</c><00:37:49.380><c> nature</c><00:37:49.820><c> and</c><00:37:50.659><c> a</c><00:37:50.980><c> demeanor</c><00:37:51.340><c> like</c>

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:54.139
Esther<00:37:52.159><c> into</c><00:37:52.579><c> that</c><00:37:52.940><c> household,</c>

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:59.000
a<00:37:55.320><c> quiet</c><00:37:55.800><c> and</c><00:37:56.159><c> gentle</c><00:37:56.519><c> spirit,</c><00:37:57.219><c> a</c><00:37:57.340><c> hidden</c><00:37:57.559><c> person</c><00:37:57.920><c> of</c><00:37:58.119><c> the</c><00:37:58.320><c> heart.</c><00:37:58.579><c> That</c><00:37:58.719><c> is</c>

00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:00.579
precisely<00:37:59.619><c> what's</c><00:38:00.059><c> needed</c>

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:04.500
to<00:38:01.400><c> counteract</c><00:38:02.039><c> those</c><00:38:02.340><c> natural</c><00:38:02.820><c> tendencies</c><00:38:03.400><c> that</c><00:38:03.940><c> all</c><00:38:04.139><c> of</c><00:38:04.260><c> us</c>

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:08.360
have<00:38:04.719><c> as</c><00:38:04.960><c> men.</c><00:38:06.000><c> And</c><00:38:06.280><c> it</c><00:38:06.559><c> helps</c><00:38:06.940><c> men</c><00:38:07.400><c> return</c>

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:12.079
to<00:38:08.800><c> righteousness.</c><00:38:09.440><c> And</c><00:38:09.539><c> if</c><00:38:09.599><c> you</c><00:38:09.760><c> want</c><00:38:09.960><c> proof</c><00:38:10.219><c> of</c><00:38:10.400><c> this</c><00:38:10.559><c> in</c><00:38:10.699><c> the</c><00:38:10.860><c> scripture,</c><00:38:11.739><c> take</c><00:38:11.960><c> a</c>

00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:13.599
look<00:38:12.199><c> at</c><00:38:12.400><c> what</c><00:38:12.679><c> effect</c><00:38:13.039><c> Abigail</c>

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:19.699
has<00:38:13.900><c> on</c><00:38:14.239><c> David.</c><00:38:16.079><c> David,</c><00:38:16.639><c> a</c><00:38:16.760><c> God</c><00:38:17.099><c>-fearing</c><00:38:17.360><c> man.</c><00:38:19.039><c> His</c><00:38:19.219><c> request</c>

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:23.260
of<00:38:20.000><c> Nabal</c><00:38:20.219><c> had</c><00:38:20.440><c> been</c><00:38:20.840><c> spurned.</c><00:38:22.139><c> He</c><00:38:22.460><c> was</c><00:38:22.679><c> not</c><00:38:22.880><c> going</c><00:38:23.059><c> to</c>

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:25.619
provide<00:38:23.539><c> David</c><00:38:23.860><c> with</c><00:38:24.099><c> any</c><00:38:24.360><c> provisions,</c><00:38:24.860><c> even</c><00:38:25.079><c> though</c><00:38:25.280><c> David</c>

00:38:25.619 --> 00:38:28.539
and<00:38:25.760><c> his</c><00:38:25.980><c> men</c><00:38:26.179><c> had</c><00:38:26.940><c> had</c><00:38:27.239><c> protected</c><00:38:27.760><c> Nabal</c><00:38:28.320><c> and</c>

00:38:28.539 --> 00:38:36.239
Nabal's<00:38:29.139><c> investment</c><00:38:29.559><c> and</c><00:38:29.739><c> his</c><00:38:30.000><c> property.</c><00:38:31.000><c> And</c><00:38:31.280><c> David</c><00:38:31.579><c> explodes,</c><00:38:33.920><c> literally</c><00:38:34.300><c> explodes.</c><00:38:36.039><c> And</c>

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.920
his<00:38:36.440><c> reaction</c>

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:41.360
is<00:38:37.260><c> to</c><00:38:37.440><c> unleash</c><00:38:37.840><c> a</c><00:38:38.179><c> barrage</c><00:38:38.800><c> of</c><00:38:39.179><c> sin</c><00:38:39.599><c> because</c><00:38:40.579><c> of</c><00:38:40.719><c> his</c><00:38:40.900><c> anger</c>

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:44.340
and<00:38:41.739><c> his</c><00:38:42.079><c> pride</c><00:38:42.519><c> and</c><00:38:42.780><c> his</c><00:38:43.019><c> arrogance</c><00:38:43.400><c> and</c><00:38:43.619><c> his</c>

00:38:45.320 --> 00:38:49.980
vengefulness,<00:38:46.260><c> all</c><00:38:46.300><c> of</c><00:38:46.460><c> these</c><00:38:46.719><c> characteristics</c><00:38:47.519><c> that</c><00:38:48.880><c> husbands</c><00:38:49.300><c> have</c>

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:51.699
in<00:38:50.260><c> most</c><00:38:50.500><c> cases.</c>

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:55.519
Every<00:38:52.860><c> man</c><00:38:53.260><c> should</c><00:38:53.539><c> gird</c><00:38:53.800><c> iron</c><00:38:53.960><c> his</c><00:38:54.239><c> sword,</c><00:38:54.539><c> he</c><00:38:54.739><c> says,</c><00:38:55.239><c> and</c><00:38:55.400><c> he</c>

00:38:55.519 --> 00:38:57.139
gives<00:38:55.699><c> the</c><00:38:55.920><c> command</c><00:38:56.280><c> they're</c><00:38:56.460><c> going</c><00:38:56.679><c> to</c><00:38:56.960><c> settle</c>

00:38:57.139 --> 00:39:02.539
this<00:38:57.519><c> on</c><00:38:57.820><c> the</c><00:38:58.099><c> battlefield.</c><00:39:00.300><c> The</c><00:39:00.519><c> very</c><00:39:00.880><c> men,</c><00:39:01.460><c> the</c><00:39:01.579><c> very</c><00:39:01.860><c> shepherds</c><00:39:02.280><c> of</c>

00:39:02.539 --> 00:39:04.420
Nabal<00:39:02.980><c> that</c><00:39:03.320><c> David's</c><00:39:03.840><c> men</c><00:39:03.960><c> had</c><00:39:04.119><c> been</c>

00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:07.940
protecting,<00:39:05.079><c> they're</c><00:39:05.440><c> now</c><00:39:05.679><c> going</c><00:39:05.860><c> to</c><00:39:06.079><c> slaughter</c><00:39:06.599><c> because</c>

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:12.139
David<00:39:08.400><c> has</c><00:39:08.760><c> momentarily</c><00:39:10.320><c> allowed</c><00:39:10.980><c> the</c><00:39:11.699><c> natural</c>

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:16.159
tendencies<00:39:12.659><c> of</c><00:39:12.860><c> the</c><00:39:13.079><c> flesh</c><00:39:13.360><c> to</c><00:39:13.760><c> dominate</c><00:39:14.280><c> his</c><00:39:14.760><c> thinking.</c><00:39:16.059><c> And</c>

00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:18.820
along<00:39:16.380><c> comes</c><00:39:16.719><c> Abigail</c><00:39:17.199><c> with</c><00:39:17.420><c> this</c><00:39:17.719><c> gentle</c><00:39:18.139><c> and</c><00:39:18.500><c> quiet</c>

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:24.480
spirit,<00:39:19.659><c> precisely,</c><00:39:20.599><c> precisely</c><00:39:21.139><c> what</c><00:39:21.340><c> David</c><00:39:21.619><c> needed</c><00:39:22.039><c> at</c><00:39:22.579><c> that</c><00:39:22.840><c> point.</c><00:39:24.179><c> And</c>

00:39:24.480 --> 00:39:26.699
she<00:39:24.800><c> exposes</c><00:39:25.260><c> for</c><00:39:25.599><c> David</c><00:39:26.000><c> his</c><00:39:26.400><c> own</c>

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:29.480
foolishness<00:39:27.380><c> and</c><00:39:27.679><c> points</c><00:39:27.940><c> out</c><00:39:28.199><c> to</c><00:39:28.300><c> him,</c><00:39:28.820><c> you're</c><00:39:28.920><c> heading</c><00:39:29.219><c> in</c>

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a<00:39:29.679><c> wrong</c><00:39:29.900><c> direction,</c><00:39:30.539><c> David.</c><00:39:31.199><c> You</c><00:39:31.519><c> need</c><00:39:31.699><c> to</c><00:39:32.079><c> rethink</c>

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what<00:39:32.699><c> you're</c><00:39:32.940><c> about</c><00:39:33.139><c> to</c><00:39:33.340><c> do.</c><00:39:34.900><c> And</c><00:39:35.199><c> as</c><00:39:35.380><c> a</c><00:39:35.639><c> result,</c><00:39:36.079><c> she's</c><00:39:36.460><c> able</c>

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to<00:39:36.960><c> return</c><00:39:37.260><c> him</c><00:39:37.800><c> to</c><00:39:38.300><c> righteousness.</c><00:39:38.820><c> And</c><00:39:39.119><c> he</c><00:39:39.340><c> thanks</c>

00:39:39.760 --> 00:39:46.019
her<00:39:40.199><c> for</c><00:39:40.400><c> it,</c><00:39:40.579><c> but</c><00:39:40.679><c> more</c><00:39:40.940><c> importantly,</c><00:39:41.420><c> he</c><00:39:41.599><c> thanks</c><00:39:41.920><c> God</c><00:39:42.260><c> for</c><00:39:42.559><c> it</c><00:39:43.780><c> because</c><00:39:44.059><c> he</c><00:39:44.320><c> realizes</c><00:39:44.739><c> this</c><00:39:44.980><c> is</c><00:39:45.239><c> exactly</c><00:39:45.639><c> what</c><00:39:45.840><c> I</c>

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needed.<00:39:47.400><c> And</c><00:39:47.500><c> you</c><00:39:47.679><c> see,</c><00:39:48.099><c> wives,</c><00:39:48.300><c> why</c><00:39:48.519><c> God</c><00:39:48.820><c> places</c><00:39:49.340><c> such</c><00:39:49.659><c> a</c><00:39:49.960><c> high</c><00:39:50.420><c> value</c><00:39:51.000><c> on</c>

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the<00:39:51.679><c> quiet,</c><00:39:52.739><c> gentle</c><00:39:53.420><c> spirit.</c><00:39:54.980><c> We</c><00:39:55.199><c> need</c>

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that<00:39:55.739><c> as</c><00:39:55.900><c> husbands.</c><00:39:57.280><c> Left</c><00:39:57.500><c> to</c><00:39:57.780><c> ourselves,</c><00:39:58.260><c> we</c><00:39:58.500><c> will</c><00:39:58.659><c> go</c><00:39:58.920><c> off</c>

00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:04.099
like<00:39:59.480><c> David.</c><00:40:02.099><c> But</c><00:40:02.260><c> when</c><00:40:02.460><c> that</c><00:40:02.760><c> quiet,</c><00:40:03.280><c> gentle</c><00:40:03.599><c> spirit</c>

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is<00:40:04.400><c> present</c><00:40:04.679><c> in</c><00:40:04.900><c> the</c><00:40:05.079><c> home,</c><00:40:06.659><c> it</c><00:40:07.099><c> can</c><00:40:07.340><c> be</c><00:40:07.699><c> immensely</c><00:40:08.320><c> beneficial</c><00:40:09.039><c> to</c><00:40:09.400><c> husbands</c><00:40:09.880><c> who</c><00:40:10.159><c> are</c><00:40:10.380><c> seeking</c><00:40:10.679><c> to</c><00:40:11.099><c> stay</c>

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on<00:40:11.579><c> the</c><00:40:11.760><c> path</c><00:40:12.179><c> that</c><00:40:12.460><c> leads</c><00:40:12.679><c> to</c><00:40:12.880><c> the</c><00:40:13.019><c> kingdom.</c><00:40:14.139><c> And</c><00:40:14.360><c> it's</c><00:40:14.519><c> why</c>

00:40:14.820 --> 00:40:18.260
in<00:40:14.980><c> God's</c><00:40:15.380><c> wisdom,</c><00:40:15.960><c> he</c><00:40:16.019><c> made</c><00:40:16.760><c> wives,</c><00:40:17.539><c> made</c><00:40:17.820><c> women</c>

00:40:18.260 --> 00:40:22.699
the<00:40:18.480><c> way</c><00:40:18.679><c> he</c><00:40:18.880><c> did</c><00:40:19.460><c> because</c><00:40:20.920><c> when</c><00:40:21.340><c> righteousness</c><00:40:21.860><c> governs</c><00:40:22.440><c> her</c>

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character,<00:40:23.420><c> she</c><00:40:23.659><c> is</c><00:40:24.019><c> the</c><00:40:24.480><c> perfect</c><00:40:25.139><c> spiritual</c><00:40:26.000><c> match</c>

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:33.599
for<00:40:28.039><c> the</c><00:40:28.360><c> man.</c><00:40:30.780><c> The</c><00:40:30.940><c> danger</c><00:40:31.219><c> is,</c><00:40:32.360><c> wives,</c><00:40:32.900><c> that</c><00:40:33.079><c> you</c><00:40:33.159><c> know</c><00:40:33.300><c> from</c>

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past<00:40:33.780><c> experience,</c>

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when<00:40:36.420><c> we</c><00:40:36.980><c> as</c><00:40:37.239><c> husbands</c><00:40:37.719><c> become</c><00:40:38.199><c> explosive</c><00:40:39.119><c> as</c><00:40:39.579><c> David</c><00:40:39.940><c> was,</c><00:40:41.559><c> you</c><00:40:41.699><c> can</c><00:40:41.960><c> either</c><00:40:42.280><c> pour</c><00:40:42.480><c> gasoline</c><00:40:43.400><c> or</c>

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water<00:40:44.940><c> on</c><00:40:45.280><c> the</c><00:40:45.460><c> fire.</c>

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You<00:40:50.500><c> see,</c><00:40:51.260><c> husbands,</c><00:40:51.480><c> why</c><00:40:51.719><c> it's</c><00:40:51.940><c> critical</c><00:40:52.400><c> that</c><00:40:52.619><c> we</c><00:40:52.800><c> encourage</c><00:40:53.780><c> our</c><00:40:54.719><c> wives</c><00:40:55.059><c> to</c>

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develop<00:40:55.980><c> the</c><00:40:56.579><c> quiet</c><00:40:56.900><c> and</c><00:40:57.139><c> the</c>

00:40:57.280 --> 00:41:01.599
gentle<00:40:57.599><c> spirit.</c><00:40:58.079><c> We</c><00:40:58.239><c> need</c><00:40:58.539><c> that</c><00:40:58.880><c> in</c><00:40:59.079><c> our</c><00:40:59.280><c> homes.</c><00:41:00.699><c> When</c><00:41:00.960><c> the</c><00:41:01.159><c> pressures</c><00:41:01.380><c> of</c>

00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:03.000
work<00:41:01.880><c> and</c><00:41:02.039><c> the</c><00:41:02.179><c> pressures</c><00:41:02.380><c> of</c><00:41:02.599><c> ecclesial</c>

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life<00:41:03.360><c> and</c><00:41:03.559><c> raising</c><00:41:03.820><c> teenagers</c><00:41:04.519><c> and</c><00:41:05.320><c> the</c><00:41:05.519><c> financial</c><00:41:05.880><c> pressures</c><00:41:06.179><c> we</c><00:41:06.480><c> face</c>

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are<00:41:07.059><c> bearing</c><00:41:07.360><c> down</c><00:41:07.619><c> upon</c><00:41:07.940><c> us,</c>

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it's<00:41:09.659><c> wonderful</c><00:41:10.239><c> to</c><00:41:10.500><c> have</c><00:41:10.619><c> that</c><00:41:10.860><c> as</c><00:41:11.099><c> a</c><00:41:11.420><c> spiritual</c><00:41:11.880><c> resource</c>

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in<00:41:12.639><c> our</c><00:41:12.840><c> home.</c><00:41:13.099><c> And</c><00:41:13.300><c> when</c><00:41:13.519><c> we</c><00:41:13.820><c> kill</c><00:41:14.000><c> it,</c>

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:15.900
and<00:41:14.380><c> we</c><00:41:14.519><c> can</c><00:41:14.840><c> easily</c><00:41:15.219><c> kill</c><00:41:15.460><c> it</c><00:41:15.579><c> by</c><00:41:15.820><c> our</c><00:41:15.900><c> actions,</c><00:41:15.900><c> it's</c><00:41:15.900><c> wonderful</c><00:41:15.900><c> to</c><00:41:15.900><c> have</c><00:41:15.900><c> that</c><00:41:15.900><c> as</c>

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a<00:41:15.900><c> spiritual</c><00:41:15.900><c> resource</c>

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in<00:41:16.260><c> our</c><00:41:16.260><c> actions.</c><00:41:17.360><c> We</c><00:41:17.360><c> are</c><00:41:17.659><c> only</c><00:41:18.079><c> dooming</c><00:41:18.380><c> ourselves.</c>

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:27.099
Even<00:41:23.619><c> husbands</c><00:41:24.059><c> outside</c><00:41:24.679><c> the</c><00:41:24.980><c> truth,</c><00:41:25.780><c> as</c><00:41:25.960><c> Ahasuerus</c><00:41:26.659><c> likely</c>

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was,<00:41:28.079><c> can</c><00:41:28.239><c> appreciate</c><00:41:29.099><c> the</c><00:41:29.579><c> spirit</c><00:41:29.880><c> of</c><00:41:30.239><c> Esther.</c>

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:39.780
And<00:41:31.539><c> that's</c><00:41:31.739><c> why</c><00:41:32.679><c> when</c><00:41:35.400><c> she</c><00:41:35.599><c> comes</c><00:41:35.880><c> before</c><00:41:36.380><c> him,</c><00:41:38.019><c> and</c><00:41:38.559><c> she</c><00:41:38.739><c> doesn't</c><00:41:39.079><c> change</c><00:41:39.440><c> her</c>

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character,<00:41:40.480><c> you</c><00:41:40.639><c> notice,</c>

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this<00:41:41.800><c> is</c><00:41:41.980><c> the</c><00:41:42.280><c> same</c><00:41:42.579><c> Esther</c><00:41:42.940><c> at</c><00:41:43.239><c> the</c><00:41:43.480><c> end</c><00:41:43.739><c> of</c><00:41:43.920><c> the</c><00:41:44.099><c> 12</c><00:41:44.360><c> months</c>

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:47.280
as<00:41:45.119><c> it</c><00:41:45.360><c> was</c><00:41:45.599><c> at</c><00:41:45.840><c> the</c><00:41:45.960><c> beginning</c><00:41:46.280><c> of</c><00:41:46.519><c> the</c><00:41:46.679><c> 12</c><00:41:46.920><c> months.</c>

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Because<00:41:47.639><c> when</c><00:41:48.119><c> she</c><00:41:48.420><c> goes</c><00:41:48.659><c> into</c><00:41:48.900><c> the</c><00:41:49.119><c> court</c><00:41:49.300><c> of</c><00:41:49.519><c> the</c><00:41:49.679><c> women,</c><00:41:50.619><c> Haggai</c><00:41:50.980><c> immediately</c><00:41:51.960><c> esteems</c><00:41:52.500><c> her</c><00:41:52.880><c> as</c>

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the<00:41:53.320><c> best</c>

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and<00:41:54.179><c> elevates</c><00:41:54.679><c> her.</c><00:41:55.239><c> At</c><00:41:55.420><c> the</c><00:41:55.579><c> end</c><00:41:55.780><c> of</c><00:41:55.920><c> that</c><00:41:56.099><c> 12</c><00:41:56.380><c> months</c><00:41:56.619><c> of</c><00:41:56.920><c> preparation,</c><00:41:58.360><c> the</c>

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king<00:41:58.679><c> chooses</c><00:41:59.139><c> her</c><00:41:59.440><c> because</c><00:41:59.699><c> of</c><00:41:59.840><c> her</c>

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character,<00:42:00.360><c> because</c><00:42:00.619><c> her</c><00:42:00.920><c> character</c><00:42:01.159><c> hasn't</c><00:42:01.460><c> changed.</c><00:42:02.980><c> Hasn't</c><00:42:03.360><c> changed.</c><00:42:04.500><c> She</c>

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has<00:42:04.920><c> been</c><00:42:05.159><c> 12</c><00:42:05.599><c> months</c><00:42:06.199><c> in</c><00:42:06.500><c> a</c><00:42:06.719><c> royal</c>

00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:16.119
ball.<00:42:09.940><c> Everything</c><00:42:10.400><c> you</c><00:42:11.000><c> wanted</c><00:42:11.420><c> is</c><00:42:12.059><c> available</c><00:42:12.500><c> to</c><00:42:12.800><c> you.</c><00:42:14.639><c> Everything.</c><00:42:15.900><c> And</c>

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the<00:42:16.360><c> best,</c><00:42:17.119><c> you've</c><00:42:17.360><c> got</c><00:42:17.599><c> seven</c>

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individuals<00:42:18.519><c> who</c><00:42:18.760><c> wake</c><00:42:18.920><c> up</c><00:42:19.099><c> in</c><00:42:19.239><c> the</c><00:42:19.340><c> morning</c><00:42:19.539><c> and</c><00:42:19.820><c> their</c><00:42:20.039><c> sole</c>

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:25.059
responsibility<00:42:21.260><c> is</c><00:42:22.860><c> to</c><00:42:23.159><c> take</c><00:42:23.340><c> care</c><00:42:23.599><c> of</c><00:42:23.820><c> your</c><00:42:24.000><c> needs.</c>

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Imagine<00:42:27.360><c> sisters</c><00:42:27.800><c> living</c><00:42:28.079><c> in</c><00:42:28.300><c> that</c><00:42:28.639><c> kind</c><00:42:28.860><c> of</c><00:42:29.000><c> a</c><00:42:29.219><c> situation</c><00:42:29.639><c> for</c><00:42:30.000><c> one</c><00:42:30.280><c> year.</c><00:42:30.900><c> You</c><00:42:31.420><c> have</c><00:42:31.639><c> all</c><00:42:31.960><c> that</c><00:42:32.119><c> available</c><00:42:32.500><c> to</c><00:42:32.800><c> you.</c>

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And<00:42:35.019><c> it</c><00:42:35.239><c> didn't</c><00:42:35.739><c> change</c><00:42:36.300><c> her</c><00:42:36.579><c> character.</c><00:42:38.260><c> She</c><00:42:38.320><c> is</c><00:42:38.599><c> the</c><00:42:38.739><c> same</c>

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person<00:42:39.320><c> at</c><00:42:39.579><c> the</c><00:42:39.820><c> end</c><00:42:40.079><c> of</c><00:42:40.280><c> that</c><00:42:40.440><c> period</c><00:42:40.760><c> as</c><00:42:40.960><c> she</c><00:42:41.119><c> was</c>

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at<00:42:41.480><c> the</c><00:42:41.579><c> beginning.</c><00:42:43.659><c> And</c><00:42:43.840><c> she's</c><00:42:44.179><c> likely</c><00:42:44.500><c> only</c><00:42:44.960><c> in</c><00:42:45.179><c> her</c><00:42:45.400><c> late</c>

00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:50.420
teens,<00:42:46.519><c> maybe</c><00:42:46.980><c> her</c><00:42:47.239><c> early</c><00:42:47.500><c> 20s,</c><00:42:49.619><c> unaffected</c><00:42:50.199><c> by</c>

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:57.340
her<00:42:50.719><c> circumstances.</c><00:42:52.519><c> She</c><00:42:53.159><c> has</c><00:42:53.460><c> the</c><00:42:53.880><c> world</c><00:42:54.239><c> at</c><00:42:54.500><c> her</c><00:42:54.840><c> fingertips.</c><00:42:56.639><c> And</c><00:42:57.159><c> she</c>

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doesn't<00:42:57.760><c> change</c><00:42:58.260><c> her</c><00:42:58.599><c> character.</c>

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An<00:43:00.760><c> amazing</c><00:43:01.199><c> insight</c><00:43:01.679><c> into</c><00:43:02.500><c> the</c><00:43:02.599><c> aspect</c><00:43:03.139><c> of</c><00:43:04.719><c> her,</c><00:43:05.159><c> of</c><00:43:05.260><c> Esther</c>

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as<00:43:05.639><c> a</c><00:43:05.800><c> person.</c>

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But<00:43:07.900><c> we'll</c><00:43:08.039><c> leave</c><00:43:08.139><c> it</c><00:43:08.300><c> at</c><00:43:08.400><c> that</c><00:43:08.619><c> and</c><00:43:08.780><c> pick</c><00:43:09.000><c> up</c><00:43:09.539><c> tomorrow,</c><00:43:10.400><c> Lord</c><00:43:10.500><c> willing.</c>

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Thank<00:43:33.780><c> you.</c>