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and<00:17:50.789><c> Darius</c><00:17:51.029><c> tried</c><00:17:51.289><c> to</c><00:17:51.490><c> do</c><00:17:51.609><c> that</c><00:17:51.809><c> by</c><00:17:52.009><c> his</c><00:17:52.230><c> decree,</c><00:17:52.529><c> that</c><00:17:52.690><c> everyone</c><00:17:53.009><c> should</c><00:17:53.269><c> worship</c><00:17:53.589><c> the</c>

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am<00:18:28.710><c> I</c><00:18:28.990><c> to</c><00:18:29.170><c> do</c><00:18:29.390><c> that</c><00:18:29.710><c> thing,</c><00:18:30.390><c> and</c><00:18:31.049><c> in</c><00:18:31.349><c> some</c>

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and<00:18:42.309><c> the</c><00:18:42.670><c> danger</c><00:18:43.069><c> is</c><00:18:43.630><c> that</c><00:18:43.890><c> I</c><00:18:44.009><c> can</c><00:18:44.170><c> be</c><00:18:44.470><c> so</c><00:18:44.769><c> focused,</c><00:18:47.009><c> not</c><00:18:47.109><c> only</c>

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that<00:18:47.549><c> I</c><00:18:47.650><c> can</c><00:18:47.849><c> focus</c><00:18:48.130><c> on</c><00:18:48.269><c> the</c><00:18:48.470><c> wrong</c><00:18:48.650><c> things,</c>

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but<00:18:49.950><c> also</c><00:18:50.569><c> that</c><00:18:50.930><c> I</c><00:18:51.069><c> can</c><00:18:51.430><c> forget</c><00:18:51.890><c> about</c><00:18:52.170><c> everybody</c><00:18:52.609><c> else,</c><00:18:52.910><c> because</c><00:18:53.049><c> I'm</c>

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so<00:18:53.509><c> busy</c><00:18:53.950><c> going</c><00:18:54.309><c> down</c><00:18:54.589><c> this</c>

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and<00:19:06.430><c> I</c><00:19:06.569><c> think</c><00:19:06.730><c> it's</c><00:19:07.029><c> the</c><00:19:07.190><c> same</c><00:19:07.470><c> for</c><00:19:08.069><c> perhaps</c>

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for<00:19:08.490><c> all</c><00:19:08.650><c> of</c><00:19:08.869><c> us,</c><00:19:09.650><c> with</c><00:19:09.869><c> different</c><00:19:10.269><c> aspects</c><00:19:10.809><c> of</c><00:19:11.029><c> our</c><00:19:11.250><c> characters,</c><00:19:12.170><c> with</c><00:19:12.569><c> our</c>

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situations<00:19:13.470><c> that</c><00:19:13.789><c> God</c><00:19:13.950><c> has</c>

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to.<00:19:23.609><c> These</c><00:19:23.829><c> kings</c><00:19:24.150><c> were</c><00:19:24.410><c> used</c><00:19:24.630><c> to</c><00:19:25.250><c> absolute</c>

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power,<00:19:28.210><c> throwing</c><00:19:28.329><c> people</c><00:19:28.609><c> into</c><00:19:28.829><c> furnaces,</c><00:19:29.890><c> into</c><00:19:30.049><c> dens</c><00:19:30.269><c> of</c>

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lions,<00:19:31.289><c> destroying</c><00:19:31.589><c> all</c><00:19:31.890><c> the</c><00:19:32.029><c> wise</c><00:19:32.210><c> men</c>

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a<00:19:44.869><c> great</c><00:19:45.529><c> relevance</c><00:19:46.150><c> actually</c><00:19:46.950><c> to</c><00:19:47.269><c> the</c><00:19:47.369><c> situation</c><00:19:47.849><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:19:48.769><c> was</c><00:19:49.069><c> in,</c>

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kings,<00:20:12.349><c> which</c><00:20:12.529><c> repeats</c><00:20:13.170><c> through</c><00:20:13.829><c> the</c>

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chapters,<00:20:14.950><c> is</c><00:20:15.329><c> their</c><00:20:15.829><c> forgetfulness.</c><00:20:25.789><c> The</c><00:20:26.150><c> three</c><00:20:26.450><c> friends</c>

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would<00:20:50.809><c> have</c><00:20:50.869><c> been</c><00:20:50.970><c> so</c><00:20:51.210><c> impressed</c>

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wallowing<00:22:39.990><c> in</c><00:22:40.150><c> the</c><00:22:40.329><c> mire.</c>

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our<00:23:20.750><c> lives.</c><00:23:26.910><c> But</c><00:23:27.170><c> there</c><00:23:27.430><c> is</c><00:23:27.609><c> nevertheless,</c><00:23:28.269><c> having</c><00:23:28.509><c> said</c><00:23:28.769><c> that,</c><00:23:29.250><c> having</c><00:23:29.470><c> seen</c><00:23:29.990><c> how</c><00:23:30.190><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

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earth,<00:24:43.750><c> peace</c><00:24:43.930><c> be</c><00:24:44.150><c> multiplied</c><00:24:44.750><c> unto</c><00:24:45.029><c> you.</c><00:24:45.490><c> And</c><00:24:45.730><c> now</c><00:24:45.829><c> it's</c><00:24:45.970><c> not</c>

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erupts<00:25:42.009><c> into</c><00:25:42.490><c> this</c><00:25:42.730><c> effusive</c><00:25:43.269><c> praise</c><00:25:43.829><c> of</c><00:25:44.269><c> God.</c><00:25:45.029><c> So</c><00:25:45.289><c> overcome</c>

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is<00:25:45.869><c> he</c><00:25:46.109><c> by</c><00:25:46.430><c> what</c><00:25:46.690><c> God</c><00:25:46.950><c> has</c><00:25:47.170><c> done</c><00:25:47.390><c> for</c><00:25:47.670><c> him.</c>

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And<00:25:47.930><c> there's</c><00:25:48.069><c> more</c><00:25:48.309><c> of</c><00:25:48.450><c> it</c><00:25:48.569><c> as</c><00:25:48.769><c> well</c><00:25:49.069><c> at</c><00:25:49.390><c> the</c><00:25:49.470><c> end</c><00:25:49.690><c> of</c><00:25:49.910><c> the</c><00:25:50.009><c> chapter.</c><00:25:51.910><c> So</c>

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now<00:25:52.250><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:25:52.829><c> knows</c>

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how<00:25:53.970><c> to</c><00:25:54.569><c> speak</c><00:25:54.950><c> about</c><00:25:55.509><c> God.</c><00:25:56.190><c> He's</c><00:25:56.670><c> learned</c><00:25:56.930><c> that</c><00:25:57.289><c> and</c><00:25:57.509><c> this</c><00:25:57.690><c> transforming</c><00:25:58.329><c> experience</c><00:25:59.109><c> of</c>

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his<00:25:59.450><c> life</c>

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has<00:26:00.250><c> given</c><00:26:00.450><c> him</c><00:26:00.630><c> that</c><00:26:00.789><c> and</c><00:26:00.950><c> it's</c><00:26:01.109><c> given</c><00:26:01.289><c> him</c><00:26:01.529><c> the</c><00:26:01.710><c> impetus</c><00:26:02.250><c> to</c>

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find<00:26:03.109><c> out</c><00:26:03.910><c> about</c><00:26:04.809><c> God.</c>

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And<00:26:10.450><c> now</c><00:26:10.750><c> by</c><00:26:10.990><c> writing</c><00:26:11.289><c> this</c><00:26:11.569><c> decree,</c><00:26:11.970><c> which</c><00:26:12.170><c> is</c><00:26:12.329><c> no</c><00:26:12.509><c> longer</c><00:26:12.809><c> a</c>

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command,<00:26:14.049><c> but</c><00:26:14.130><c> which</c><00:26:14.289><c> is</c><00:26:14.450><c> a</c><00:26:14.549><c> description</c>

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of<00:26:15.349><c> what</c><00:26:16.029><c> has</c><00:26:16.269><c> happened</c><00:26:16.549><c> to</c><00:26:16.730><c> him,</c><00:26:20.109><c> he</c><00:26:20.430><c> hopes</c><00:26:20.809><c> to</c><00:26:21.349><c> influence</c><00:26:22.009><c> the</c><00:26:22.529><c> people</c><00:26:22.930><c> of</c>

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his<00:26:23.630><c> realm</c><00:26:23.869><c> and</c><00:26:24.049><c> now</c><00:26:24.170><c> he's</c><00:26:24.309><c> doing</c>

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things<00:26:24.869><c> the</c><00:26:25.049><c> right</c><00:26:25.269><c> way.</c>

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Now<00:26:28.829><c> the</c><00:26:29.049><c> experience</c><00:26:29.630><c> that</c><00:26:29.869><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:26:30.490><c> undergoes</c><00:26:31.490><c> of</c>

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taking<00:26:33.369><c> on</c><00:26:33.609><c> these</c><00:26:33.890><c> animal</c><00:26:34.230><c>-like</c><00:26:34.529><c> features</c><00:26:35.029><c> and</c>

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then<00:26:35.490><c> being</c><00:26:35.990><c> returned</c><00:26:36.630><c> to</c><00:26:37.390><c> a</c><00:26:37.569><c> normal</c><00:26:38.150><c> human</c><00:26:38.589><c> being</c><00:26:38.910><c> again</c><00:26:39.490><c> is</c>

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a<00:26:44.630><c> fascinating</c><00:26:45.150><c> one</c><00:26:45.710><c> and</c><00:26:48.750><c> I</c><00:26:49.329><c> think</c><00:26:49.609><c> there</c>

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is<00:26:50.109><c> in</c><00:26:50.269><c> it</c><00:26:51.549><c> quite</c><00:26:54.049><c> a</c><00:26:54.210><c> lot</c><00:26:54.410><c> of</c><00:26:55.289><c> symbology</c><00:26:55.910><c> which</c><00:26:56.130><c> is</c><00:26:56.349><c> quite</c><00:26:56.569><c> deep.</c><00:26:58.450><c> Have</c>

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a<00:26:58.690><c> look</c><00:26:58.769><c> at</c><00:26:58.849><c> chapter</c><00:26:59.130><c> 2</c><00:26:59.789><c> and</c><00:27:00.230><c> verse</c>

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37<00:27:00.930><c> for</c><00:27:01.509><c> a</c><00:27:01.730><c> moment</c><00:27:02.150><c> and</c><00:27:02.710><c> that</c><00:27:02.970><c> introduces</c><00:27:03.410><c> us</c><00:27:03.670><c> to</c><00:27:03.849><c> the</c><00:27:04.029><c> idea</c><00:27:04.609><c> that</c><00:27:05.049><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:27:05.710><c> is</c>

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in<00:27:06.069><c> a</c><00:27:06.190><c> kind</c>

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of<00:27:06.609><c> way</c><00:27:06.950><c> a</c><00:27:07.289><c> representative</c><00:27:07.849><c> man.</c><00:27:11.170><c> In</c><00:27:11.250><c> other</c><00:27:11.410><c> words</c><00:27:11.589><c> there's</c><00:27:11.789><c> a</c>

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symbolic<00:27:12.349><c> or</c><00:27:12.750><c> parabolic</c><00:27:13.269><c> dimension</c>

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to<00:27:14.150><c> this</c><00:27:14.470><c> as</c><00:27:14.890><c> well</c><00:27:15.069><c> as</c><00:27:15.230><c> the</c><00:27:15.410><c> literal</c><00:27:15.670><c> dimension</c><00:27:16.130><c> of</c><00:27:16.309><c> what</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar<00:27:17.490><c> experiences.</c>

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Chapter<00:27:18.910><c> 2</c><00:27:19.150><c> and</c><00:27:19.309><c> verse</c><00:27:19.470><c> 37</c><00:27:20.029><c> and</c><00:27:20.250><c> 38.</c><00:27:21.710><c> Thou,</c><00:27:22.130><c> O</c><00:27:22.210><c> King,</c><00:27:22.549><c> art</c><00:27:22.630><c> a</c><00:27:22.829><c> king</c><00:27:22.970><c> of</c>

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kings.<00:27:24.109><c> For</c><00:27:24.289><c> the</c><00:27:24.450><c> God</c><00:27:24.569><c> of</c><00:27:24.769><c> heaven</c>

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hath<00:27:25.210><c> given</c><00:27:25.410><c> thee</c><00:27:25.650><c> a</c><00:27:25.769><c> kingdom,</c><00:27:26.190><c> power</c><00:27:26.450><c> and</c><00:27:26.690><c> strength</c><00:27:26.990><c> and</c><00:27:27.190><c> glory,</c><00:27:28.150><c> and</c>

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wheresoever<00:27:29.250><c> the</c><00:27:29.390><c> children</c><00:27:29.690><c> of</c>

00:27:29.849 --> 00:27:32.329
men<00:27:29.970><c> dwell,</c><00:27:30.829><c> the</c><00:27:30.950><c> beasts</c><00:27:31.130><c> of</c><00:27:31.269><c> the</c><00:27:31.430><c> field</c><00:27:31.609><c> and</c><00:27:31.809><c> the</c><00:27:31.950><c> fowls</c><00:27:32.170><c> of</c>

00:27:32.329 --> 00:27:34.049
heaven<00:27:32.569><c> hath</c><00:27:32.730><c> he</c><00:27:32.890><c> given</c><00:27:33.069><c> into</c><00:27:33.390><c> thine</c><00:27:33.549><c> hand,</c>

00:27:34.289 --> 00:27:37.150
and<00:27:34.430><c> hath</c><00:27:34.509><c> made</c><00:27:34.710><c> thee</c><00:27:34.930><c> ruler</c><00:27:35.230><c> over</c><00:27:35.490><c> them</c><00:27:35.730><c> all.</c><00:27:36.549><c> Thou</c><00:27:36.769><c> art</c><00:27:36.990><c> this</c>

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head<00:27:37.289><c> of</c><00:27:37.549><c> gold.</c>

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Now<00:27:37.970><c> do</c><00:27:38.049><c> you</c><00:27:38.109><c> recognise</c><00:27:38.670><c> in</c><00:27:38.829><c> that</c><00:27:39.049><c> language,</c><00:27:40.069><c> verse</c><00:27:40.369><c> 37</c><00:27:40.930><c> and</c>

00:27:41.089 --> 00:27:44.750
38,<00:27:42.190><c> language</c><00:27:42.750><c> that</c><00:27:43.150><c> is</c><00:27:44.170><c> applicable</c><00:27:44.549><c> in</c>

00:27:44.750 --> 00:27:48.329
its<00:27:44.990><c> fullness</c><00:27:45.289><c> really</c><00:27:45.750><c> only</c><00:27:45.970><c> to</c><00:27:46.130><c> the</c><00:27:46.230><c> Lord</c><00:27:46.349><c> Jesus</c><00:27:46.670><c> Christ</c><00:27:47.309><c> and</c>

00:27:48.329 --> 00:27:51.450
which<00:27:48.569><c> also</c><00:27:48.990><c> echoes</c><00:27:49.390><c> back</c><00:27:50.190><c> to</c><00:27:50.750><c> the</c><00:27:50.930><c> language</c>

00:27:51.450 --> 00:27:55.730
about<00:27:52.049><c> Adam</c><00:27:52.529><c> in</c><00:27:52.849><c> the</c><00:27:53.069><c> Garden</c><00:27:53.269><c> of</c><00:27:53.509><c> Eden</c><00:27:53.829><c> as</c><00:27:55.049><c> the</c><00:27:55.230><c> one</c><00:27:55.369><c> who</c><00:27:55.470><c> was</c>

00:27:55.730 --> 00:27:58.630
given<00:27:56.069><c> rule</c><00:27:56.509><c> and</c><00:27:56.750><c> dominion</c><00:27:57.369><c> over</c><00:27:57.849><c> all</c><00:27:58.309><c> these</c>

00:27:58.630 --> 00:28:02.710
things,<00:27:59.430><c> the</c><00:28:00.349><c> animals</c><00:28:00.910><c> and</c><00:28:01.170><c> the</c><00:28:01.349><c> creatures,</c><00:28:02.150><c> the</c><00:28:02.230><c> fowls</c><00:28:02.509><c> of</c>

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heaven,<00:28:04.170><c> and</c><00:28:04.630><c> he</c><00:28:04.930><c> is</c><00:28:05.109><c> to</c><00:28:05.250><c> be</c><00:28:05.410><c> the</c><00:28:05.670><c> ruler</c>

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over<00:28:06.269><c> them</c><00:28:06.490><c> all.</c><00:28:08.569><c> And</c><00:28:08.670><c> verse</c><00:28:08.809><c> 37</c><00:28:09.250><c> of</c><00:28:09.470><c> course</c><00:28:09.650><c> is</c><00:28:09.809><c> the</c><00:28:09.910><c> Lord</c><00:28:10.130><c> Jesus,</c><00:28:10.630><c> isn't</c><00:28:10.630><c> it?</c>

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A<00:28:11.009><c> king</c><00:28:11.170><c> of</c><00:28:11.369><c> kings.</c><00:28:12.450><c> The</c>

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God<00:28:12.750><c> of</c><00:28:12.890><c> heaven</c><00:28:13.089><c> hath</c><00:28:13.250><c> given</c><00:28:13.470><c> him</c><00:28:13.710><c> a</c><00:28:13.849><c> kingdom,</c><00:28:14.470><c> power</c><00:28:14.849><c> and</c><00:28:15.390><c> strength</c><00:28:15.869><c> and</c>

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glory,<00:28:18.450><c> and</c><00:28:18.450><c> some</c><00:28:19.269><c> of</c><00:28:19.430><c> that</c><00:28:19.549><c> is</c>

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even<00:28:19.950><c> taken</c><00:28:20.190><c> into</c><00:28:20.390><c> the</c><00:28:20.509><c> Lord's</c><00:28:20.849><c> prayer,</c><00:28:21.230><c> isn't</c><00:28:21.289><c> it?</c><00:28:25.049><c> So</c><00:28:25.569><c> there's</c><00:28:26.829><c> a</c><00:28:27.970><c> parallel</c><00:28:28.250><c> and</c>

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a<00:28:28.650><c> contrast.</c><00:28:29.470><c> At</c><00:28:29.490><c> the</c>

00:28:29.690 --> 00:28:32.950
same<00:28:29.869><c> time</c><00:28:30.029><c> we're</c><00:28:30.289><c> invited</c><00:28:30.970><c> by</c><00:28:31.349><c> these</c><00:28:31.569><c> verses</c><00:28:31.869><c> to</c><00:28:32.190><c> contrast</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar<00:28:34.009><c> and</c><00:28:34.170><c> the</c><00:28:34.309><c> Lord</c><00:28:34.470><c> Jesus</c>

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Christ<00:28:34.869><c> to</c><00:28:35.069><c> see</c><00:28:35.250><c> certain</c><00:28:35.509><c> ways</c><00:28:35.750><c> in</c><00:28:35.849><c> which</c><00:28:36.029><c> they</c><00:28:36.130><c> were</c><00:28:36.390><c> similar</c>

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and<00:28:37.529><c> the</c><00:28:37.710><c> great</c><00:28:37.970><c> contrast</c><00:28:38.490><c> between</c><00:28:38.910><c> them</c>

00:28:39.230 --> 00:28:48.809
and<00:28:39.529><c> how</c><00:28:40.150><c> the</c><00:28:40.369><c> Lord</c><00:28:40.509><c> Jesus</c><00:28:40.910><c> Christ</c><00:28:41.730><c> is</c><00:28:43.450><c> a</c><00:28:43.630><c> transformed</c><00:28:44.190><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c><00:28:48.289><c> It's</c>

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what<00:28:49.049><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:28:49.630><c> should</c>

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have<00:28:49.990><c> been,</c><00:28:50.450><c> but</c><00:28:50.609><c> of</c><00:28:50.789><c> course</c><00:28:51.109><c> wasn't</c><00:28:51.910><c> because</c><00:28:53.170><c> of</c><00:28:56.150><c> his</c><00:28:56.309><c> sins.</c>

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I'll<00:28:58.809><c> let</c><00:28:58.930><c> you</c><00:28:59.029><c> know</c><00:28:59.069><c> in</c><00:28:59.190><c> chapter</c><00:28:59.450><c> 4</c><00:29:00.029><c> and</c>

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verse<00:29:00.609><c> 11</c><00:29:00.930><c> and</c><00:29:01.089><c> 12</c><00:29:01.630><c> which</c><00:29:02.049><c> continues</c><00:29:02.549><c> this</c><00:29:02.910><c> theme.</c><00:29:06.130><c> What</c><00:29:06.329><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:29:06.789><c> sees</c>

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in<00:29:07.309><c> his</c><00:29:07.569><c> dream</c><00:29:07.910><c> is</c><00:29:08.549><c> a</c>

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tree.<00:29:18.470><c> The</c><00:29:18.809><c> tree</c><00:29:19.730><c> is</c><00:29:19.730><c> a</c><00:29:19.730><c> tree</c><00:29:19.730><c> of</c><00:29:19.730><c> the</c><00:29:19.730><c> Lord</c><00:29:19.730><c> Jesus</c><00:29:19.730><c> Christ.</c><00:29:19.730><c> It's</c><00:29:19.730><c> a</c>

00:29:19.730 --> 00:29:20.230
tree<00:29:19.730><c> of</c><00:29:19.730><c> the</c><00:29:19.730><c> Lord</c><00:29:19.730><c> Jesus</c><00:29:19.730><c> Christ</c>

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and<00:29:23.849><c> verse</c><00:29:23.849><c> 11</c><00:29:24.130><c> and</c><00:29:24.250><c> 12.</c><00:29:24.589><c> The</c><00:29:24.609><c> tree</c><00:29:24.869><c> grew</c><00:29:25.150><c> and</c><00:29:25.269><c> was</c><00:29:25.529><c> strong</c><00:29:25.750><c> and</c>

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the<00:29:26.029><c> height</c><00:29:26.150><c> thereof</c><00:29:26.529><c> reached</c><00:29:26.789><c> unto</c>

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heaven<00:29:27.369><c> and</c><00:29:27.829><c> the</c><00:29:27.990><c> sight</c><00:29:28.109><c> thereof</c><00:29:28.490><c> to</c><00:29:28.650><c> the</c><00:29:28.730><c> end</c><00:29:28.910><c> of</c><00:29:29.049><c> all</c><00:29:29.190><c> the</c>

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earth.<00:29:30.170><c> The</c><00:29:30.309><c> leaves</c><00:29:30.529><c> thereof</c><00:29:30.869><c> were</c><00:29:31.109><c> fair</c>

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and<00:29:31.430><c> the</c><00:29:31.589><c> fruit</c><00:29:31.710><c> thereof</c><00:29:32.130><c> much</c><00:29:32.390><c> and</c><00:29:32.730><c> it</c><00:29:32.849><c> was</c><00:29:33.009><c> meat</c><00:29:33.210><c> for</c><00:29:33.470><c> all.</c>

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under<00:29:35.589><c> it</c><00:29:35.849><c> and</c><00:29:36.150><c> the</c><00:29:36.349><c> fowls</c><00:29:36.529><c> of</c><00:29:36.730><c> the</c><00:29:36.890><c> heaven</c><00:29:37.210><c> dwelt</c><00:29:37.650><c> in</c><00:29:37.869><c> the</c><00:29:38.009><c> boughs</c><00:29:38.170><c> thereof</c><00:29:38.710><c> and</c>

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all<00:29:39.309><c> flesh</c><00:29:39.769><c> was</c><00:29:40.250><c> fed</c>

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of<00:29:41.210><c> it.</c><00:29:44.609><c> You</c><00:29:45.069><c> can</c><00:29:45.369><c> hear</c><00:29:45.730><c> the</c><00:29:45.910><c> language</c><00:29:46.230><c> of</c><00:29:46.410><c> Jesus,</c><00:29:47.009><c> can't</c><00:29:47.210><c> you,</c>

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about<00:29:48.450><c> the</c><00:29:48.690><c> kingdom</c><00:29:48.930><c> of</c><00:29:49.210><c> heaven.</c><00:29:49.730><c> The</c>

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fowls<00:29:56.089><c> of</c><00:29:56.230><c> heaven</c><00:29:56.529><c> lodged</c><00:29:57.250><c> in</c><00:29:57.369><c> the</c><00:29:57.529><c> branches</c><00:29:58.029><c> thereof.</c><00:29:59.769><c> And</c>

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so<00:30:00.009><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:30:00.869><c> dominion</c><00:30:01.589><c> as</c><00:30:01.869><c> this</c><00:30:02.150><c> great</c>

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tree<00:30:02.930><c> which</c><00:30:03.210><c> went</c><00:30:03.490><c> from</c><00:30:03.829><c> earth</c><00:30:04.329><c> even</c><00:30:04.609><c> unto</c><00:30:04.849><c> heaven</c><00:30:05.450><c> was</c><00:30:06.150><c> a</c><00:30:06.430><c> kind</c><00:30:06.650><c> of</c>

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symbolic<00:30:08.569><c> of</c><00:30:09.049><c> the</c><00:30:09.289><c> future</c><00:30:09.569><c> dominion</c>

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of<00:30:10.150><c> the</c><00:30:10.250><c> Lord</c><00:30:10.450><c> Jesus.</c><00:30:10.849><c> It</c><00:30:10.990><c> was</c><00:30:11.190><c> so</c><00:30:11.450><c> absolute</c><00:30:12.029><c> that</c><00:30:12.289><c> it</c><00:30:12.529><c> stands</c>

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as<00:30:12.950><c> a</c><00:30:13.150><c> type</c><00:30:13.430><c> in</c><00:30:13.849><c> a</c><00:30:13.990><c> way</c><00:30:14.269><c> of</c><00:30:14.609><c> that</c><00:30:15.170><c> and</c><00:30:15.849><c> yet</c>

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there<00:30:16.089><c> was</c><00:30:16.289><c> something</c><00:30:16.690><c> terribly</c><00:30:17.289><c> wrong</c><00:30:17.789><c> at</c><00:30:18.130><c> the</c><00:30:18.349><c> heart</c><00:30:18.789><c> of</c><00:30:19.069><c> it</c>

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and<00:30:19.670><c> it</c><00:30:19.869><c> was</c><00:30:20.170><c> that</c><00:30:20.369><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

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was<00:30:21.250><c> full</c><00:30:21.470><c> of</c><00:30:21.769><c> pride</c><00:30:22.230><c> because</c><00:30:22.730><c> of</c><00:30:22.950><c> this</c><00:30:23.150><c> dominion</c><00:30:23.769><c> that</c><00:30:24.089><c> he</c>

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had.<00:30:27.230><c> And</c><00:30:27.309><c> here</c><00:30:28.109><c> we've</c><00:30:28.309><c> got</c><00:30:28.410><c> the</c><00:30:28.769><c> Tower</c>

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of<00:30:29.289><c> Babel</c><00:30:29.509><c> again,</c><00:30:29.930><c> haven't</c><00:30:30.029><c> you?</c><00:30:30.329><c> The</c><00:30:30.509><c> tree</c><00:30:30.829><c> reached</c><00:30:31.349><c> unto</c>

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heaven<00:30:32.150><c> which</c><00:30:32.910><c> was</c><00:30:33.170><c> exactly</c><00:30:33.609><c> what</c><00:30:34.049><c> the</c><00:30:34.289><c> attempt</c>

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of<00:30:34.730><c> the</c><00:30:34.890><c> Tower</c><00:30:35.089><c> of</c><00:30:35.230><c> Babel</c><00:30:35.369><c> was</c><00:30:35.569><c> and</c><00:30:35.750><c> this</c><00:30:36.109><c> kingdom</c><00:30:36.549><c> that</c><00:30:36.710><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:30:37.390><c> had,</c>

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though<00:30:38.150><c> it</c><00:30:38.329><c> had</c><00:30:38.529><c> some</c>

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features<00:30:39.190><c> which</c><00:30:39.730><c> were</c><00:30:40.329><c> typical</c><00:30:40.809><c> of</c><00:30:41.230><c> the</c><00:30:41.410><c> future</c><00:30:41.710><c> kingdom</c><00:30:42.049><c> of</c>

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God<00:30:42.490><c> through</c><00:30:42.710><c> the</c><00:30:42.829><c> Lord</c><00:30:42.950><c> Jesus</c><00:30:43.309><c> Christ,</c>

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nevertheless<00:30:44.589><c> was</c><00:30:44.849><c> a</c><00:30:44.970><c> kingdom</c><00:30:45.150><c> which</c><00:30:45.309><c> was</c><00:30:45.730><c> centred</c><00:30:46.049><c> on</c><00:30:46.349><c> glorifying</c><00:30:46.869><c> man.</c>

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And<00:30:47.930><c> so</c><00:30:48.009><c> that</c><00:30:48.230><c> tree</c><00:30:48.410><c> had</c><00:30:48.609><c> to</c>

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come<00:30:49.029><c> down,</c><00:30:49.710><c> didn't</c><00:30:49.789><c> it?</c><00:30:50.109><c> It</c><00:30:50.269><c> had</c><00:30:50.470><c> to</c><00:30:50.609><c> come</c><00:30:50.849><c> down.</c><00:30:51.849><c> And</c><00:30:52.029><c> the</c><00:30:52.190><c> only</c><00:30:52.430><c> way</c><00:30:52.650><c> that</c><00:30:52.789><c> there</c><00:30:52.970><c> could</c><00:30:53.230><c> be</c><00:30:53.630><c> this</c>

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tree<00:30:54.230><c> of</c><00:30:54.569><c> glory</c><00:30:54.910><c> which</c><00:30:55.269><c> would</c><00:30:55.490><c> reach</c><00:30:55.769><c> to</c><00:30:56.009><c> heaven</c><00:30:56.390><c> and</c><00:30:57.089><c> in</c><00:30:57.289><c> which</c><00:30:57.509><c> all</c>

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the<00:30:58.009><c> fowls</c><00:30:58.250><c> of</c><00:30:58.450><c> the</c><00:30:58.670><c> air,</c><00:30:59.710><c> symbolic</c>

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of<00:31:00.250><c> the</c><00:31:00.410><c> peoples,</c><00:31:01.049><c> would</c><00:31:01.210><c> be</c><00:31:01.430><c> provided</c><00:31:01.829><c> for</c><00:31:02.150><c> and</c><00:31:02.470><c> fed,</c><00:31:02.730><c> the</c>

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only<00:31:03.089><c> way</c><00:31:03.210><c> that</c><00:31:03.309><c> you</c><00:31:03.390><c> could</c><00:31:03.529><c> have</c><00:31:03.730><c> such</c>

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a<00:31:04.170><c> tree</c><00:31:04.250><c> of</c><00:31:04.569><c> glory</c><00:31:04.869><c> linking</c><00:31:05.230><c> earth</c><00:31:05.529><c> and</c><00:31:05.690><c> heaven</c><00:31:06.130><c> would</c><00:31:06.589><c> be</c><00:31:07.470><c> that</c><00:31:07.690><c> there</c><00:31:07.910><c> would</c><00:31:08.170><c> first</c><00:31:08.490><c> be</c>

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a<00:31:08.869><c> tree</c><00:31:09.029><c> of</c><00:31:09.329><c> shame</c>

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and<00:31:13.210><c> that</c><00:31:13.549><c> someone</c><00:31:13.970><c> would</c><00:31:14.230><c> hang</c><00:31:14.450><c> upon</c><00:31:14.769><c> it</c><00:31:15.809><c> and</c><00:31:16.329><c> that</c><00:31:16.630><c> in</c><00:31:16.910><c> that</c>

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way<00:31:17.990><c> earth</c><00:31:18.670><c> and</c><00:31:19.109><c> heaven</c><00:31:19.589><c> would</c><00:31:20.230><c> be</c><00:31:20.730><c> bridged</c>

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as<00:31:21.930><c> it</c><00:31:22.210><c> were.</c><00:31:23.450><c> And</c><00:31:23.650><c> then</c><00:31:23.890><c> once</c><00:31:24.369><c> all</c><00:31:24.869><c> human</c><00:31:25.289><c> pride</c><00:31:25.650><c> and</c><00:31:25.869><c> ambition</c><00:31:26.190><c> is</c><00:31:26.410><c> put</c>

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down<00:31:27.150><c> as</c><00:31:27.549><c> it</c><00:31:27.750><c> so</c><00:31:28.029><c> powerfully</c>

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was<00:31:28.910><c> upon</c><00:31:29.349><c> the</c><00:31:29.650><c> cross,</c><00:31:31.710><c> only</c><00:31:32.049><c> then</c><00:31:32.589><c> can</c><00:31:33.170><c> there</c><00:31:33.410><c> be</c><00:31:33.809><c> this</c><00:31:34.210><c> great</c>

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tree<00:31:35.170><c> and</c><00:31:36.170><c> only</c><00:31:36.450><c> then</c><00:31:36.769><c> can</c><00:31:36.970><c> the</c><00:31:37.170><c> dominion</c>

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that<00:31:37.690><c> Adam</c><00:31:37.849><c> was</c><00:31:38.130><c> given</c><00:31:38.349><c> and</c><00:31:38.589><c> failed</c><00:31:38.789><c> to</c><00:31:39.069><c> keep</c><00:31:39.309><c> finally</c><00:31:39.789><c> be</c><00:31:40.170><c> exercised</c><00:31:41.150><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:41.650><c> grace</c><00:31:41.849><c> of</c><00:31:42.089><c> God</c><00:31:42.390><c> through</c><00:31:42.809><c> the</c>

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reign<00:31:43.230><c> of</c><00:31:43.430><c> the</c><00:31:43.529><c> Lord</c><00:31:43.690><c> Jesus</c><00:31:44.069><c> Christ.</c><00:31:45.269><c> And</c><00:31:45.509><c> that</c><00:31:45.670><c> was</c><00:31:45.890><c> the</c><00:31:46.049><c> lesson</c><00:31:46.569><c> that</c>

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Nebuchadnezzar<00:31:47.509><c> had</c><00:31:47.910><c> to</c><00:31:48.329><c> learn.</c>

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So<00:31:49.630><c> these</c><00:31:50.029><c> echoes,</c><00:31:50.630><c> they're</c><00:31:50.849><c> really</c><00:31:51.109><c> quite</c><00:31:51.369><c> fascinating,</c><00:31:52.390><c> aren't</c><00:31:52.549><c> they?</c><00:31:52.690><c> How</c><00:31:52.890><c> Jesus</c><00:31:53.230><c> picks</c><00:31:53.529><c> up</c>

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this<00:31:53.950><c> language</c>

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of<00:31:54.829><c> the</c><00:31:55.049><c> tree</c><00:31:55.109><c> and</c><00:31:55.230><c> other</c><00:31:55.509><c> prophecies</c><00:31:55.930><c> do</c><00:31:56.309><c> as</c><00:31:56.750><c> well.</c><00:31:57.130><c> And</c><00:31:57.269><c> of</c>

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course<00:31:57.710><c> there</c><00:31:57.910><c> are</c><00:31:58.029><c> the</c><00:31:58.210><c> prophecies</c><00:31:58.470><c> that</c>

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talk<00:31:58.869><c> about</c><00:31:59.089><c> the</c><00:31:59.230><c> Lord</c><00:31:59.369><c> Jesus</c><00:31:59.670><c> as</c><00:32:00.170><c> a</c><00:32:00.430><c> branch</c><00:32:00.670><c> and</c><00:32:00.869><c> budding</c><00:32:01.289><c> forth</c><00:32:01.710><c> like</c><00:32:02.109><c> this</c><00:32:02.309><c> great</c><00:32:02.569><c> plant.</c><00:32:03.569><c> And</c><00:32:03.829><c> there</c>

00:32:03.970 --> 00:32:06.730
are<00:32:04.130><c> other</c><00:32:04.390><c> prophecies</c><00:32:04.990><c> that</c><00:32:05.349><c> talk</c><00:32:05.630><c> of</c><00:32:05.829><c> the</c><00:32:05.990><c> nations</c><00:32:06.390><c> being</c>

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like<00:32:07.089><c> trees</c><00:32:07.509><c> and</c><00:32:07.869><c> having</c><00:32:08.049><c> to</c><00:32:08.269><c> be</c><00:32:08.450><c> hewed</c><00:32:08.710><c> down</c>

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because<00:32:10.150><c> of</c><00:32:11.109><c> their</c><00:32:12.809><c> pride</c><00:32:13.309><c> and</c><00:32:13.750><c> their</c><00:32:14.009><c> arrogance.</c><00:32:16.829><c> Now</c><00:32:17.009><c> that</c>

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was<00:32:17.650><c> then</c><00:32:18.150><c> the</c><00:32:18.549><c> number</c><00:32:18.970><c> one</c><00:32:19.349><c> sin</c><00:32:19.750><c> of</c><00:32:20.309><c> Nebuchadnezzar.</c>

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It<00:32:21.569><c> was</c><00:32:21.750><c> his</c><00:32:22.190><c> pride</c><00:32:22.750><c> and</c><00:32:23.130><c> we</c><00:32:23.269><c> need</c><00:32:23.470><c> to</c><00:32:23.650><c> explore</c><00:32:24.049><c> that</c><00:32:24.710><c> briefly.</c>

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He<00:32:30.109><c> had</c><00:32:30.210><c> good</c><00:32:30.450><c> reason</c><00:32:30.650><c> to</c><00:32:30.829><c> be</c><00:32:31.049><c> proud.</c><00:32:32.809><c> He</c>

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hardly<00:32:33.950><c> blamed</c><00:32:34.329><c> him</c><00:32:34.549><c> for</c><00:32:34.690><c> being</c><00:32:34.970><c> proud</c><00:32:35.549><c> in</c><00:32:35.970><c> a</c><00:32:36.109><c> way.</c><00:32:38.190><c> When</c><00:32:38.349><c> we</c>

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think<00:32:38.809><c> of</c><00:32:39.150><c> some</c><00:32:39.369><c> of</c><00:32:39.549><c> the</c><00:32:39.710><c> things</c><00:32:39.910><c> that</c><00:32:40.130><c> we're</c>

00:32:40.470 --> 00:32:49.309
proud<00:32:40.730><c> about,</c><00:32:43.390><c> and</c><00:32:43.450><c> you</c><00:32:43.589><c> contrast</c><00:32:43.930><c> that</c><00:32:44.230><c> with</c><00:32:44.390><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:32:45.589><c> then</c><00:32:45.789><c> it's</c><00:32:48.210><c> almost</c><00:32:48.569><c> pitiful</c><00:32:49.009><c> that</c><00:32:49.150><c> we</c>

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have<00:32:49.450><c> any</c>

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pride<00:32:49.849><c> at</c><00:32:50.130><c> all</c><00:32:50.829><c> given</c><00:32:51.750><c> what</c><00:32:51.990><c> he</c><00:32:52.210><c> had</c><00:32:52.390><c> accomplished.</c><00:32:54.009><c> And</c><00:32:54.170><c> yet</c>

00:32:54.269 --> 00:32:58.710
of<00:32:54.430><c> course</c><00:32:54.589><c> we</c><00:32:54.849><c> do.</c><00:32:56.750><c> And</c><00:32:57.029><c> pride</c><00:32:57.390><c> is</c><00:32:58.430><c> this</c>

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huge<00:32:59.569><c> barrier</c><00:33:00.730><c> to</c><00:33:02.730><c> God</c><00:33:03.490><c> because</c><00:33:08.029><c> it</c><00:33:14.930><c> veils</c><00:33:15.289><c> us</c><00:33:15.670><c> seeing</c><00:33:15.869><c> him,</c>

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doesn't<00:33:16.309><c> it?</c><00:33:17.049><c> It</c><00:33:17.349><c> prevents</c><00:33:17.589><c> us</c><00:33:17.990><c> from</c><00:33:18.349><c> seeing</c>

00:33:18.710 --> 00:33:22.750
him<00:33:19.009><c> because</c><00:33:19.329><c> we're</c><00:33:19.549><c> so</c><00:33:19.789><c> busy</c><00:33:20.049><c> seeing</c><00:33:20.410><c> ourself</c><00:33:21.329><c> that</c><00:33:21.890><c> we</c><00:33:22.089><c> can't</c><00:33:22.490><c> see</c>

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him.<00:33:24.089><c> We</c><00:33:24.529><c> block</c><00:33:24.869><c> him</c><00:33:25.109><c> out</c><00:33:25.529><c> by</c><00:33:25.890><c> our</c>

00:33:26.109 --> 00:33:35.029
self<00:33:26.829><c>-projection.</c><00:33:32.150><c> And</c><00:33:32.490><c> we</c><00:33:33.450><c> can</c><00:33:33.609><c> be</c><00:33:33.890><c> proud</c><00:33:34.130><c> of</c><00:33:34.329><c> all</c><00:33:34.569><c> sorts</c><00:33:34.849><c> of</c>

00:33:35.029 --> 00:33:36.730
things.<00:33:35.250><c> And</c><00:33:35.309><c> this</c><00:33:35.549><c> is</c><00:33:36.150><c> tremendously</c>

00:33:36.730 --> 00:33:40.910
difficult<00:33:37.329><c> because</c><00:33:37.710><c> it's</c><00:33:37.849><c> not</c><00:33:38.069><c> just</c><00:33:39.829><c> what</c><00:33:39.970><c> we</c><00:33:40.230><c> achieve,</c><00:33:40.789><c> it's</c>

00:33:40.910 --> 00:33:43.410
not<00:33:41.089><c> just</c><00:33:41.250><c> how</c><00:33:41.430><c> good</c><00:33:41.650><c> a</c><00:33:41.769><c> magician</c><00:33:42.130><c> we</c><00:33:42.470><c> are.</c>

00:33:45.009 --> 00:33:47.970
We<00:33:45.490><c> can</c><00:33:45.690><c> be</c><00:33:45.890><c> proud</c><00:33:45.990><c> about</c><00:33:46.269><c> things</c><00:33:46.490><c> in</c><00:33:46.690><c> the</c><00:33:46.890><c> truth</c><00:33:47.150><c> as</c><00:33:47.430><c> well,</c><00:33:47.609><c> things</c><00:33:47.829><c> to</c>

00:33:47.970 --> 00:33:49.250
do<00:33:48.009><c> with</c><00:33:48.210><c> God.</c><00:33:48.769><c> We</c><00:33:48.869><c> can</c><00:33:49.029><c> be</c>

00:33:49.250 --> 00:33:52.970
proud<00:33:49.450><c> about</c><00:33:49.809><c> our</c><00:33:50.390><c> righteousness</c><00:33:50.869><c> as</c><00:33:51.190><c> we</c><00:33:51.450><c> perceive</c><00:33:51.869><c> it,</c><00:33:52.329><c> about</c><00:33:52.549><c> things</c><00:33:52.809><c> that</c>

00:33:52.970 --> 00:33:54.650
we<00:33:53.069><c> get</c><00:33:53.289><c> involved</c><00:33:53.809><c> in.</c>

00:33:54.750 --> 00:33:59.589
And<00:33:54.990><c> you</c><00:33:55.289><c> can</c><00:33:55.470><c> get</c><00:33:55.710><c> yourself</c><00:33:56.109><c> all</c><00:33:57.789><c> steamed</c><00:33:58.170><c> up</c><00:33:58.450><c> about</c><00:33:58.730><c> this,</c>

00:33:59.589 --> 00:34:04.230
but<00:34:01.670><c> the</c><00:34:01.849><c> answer</c><00:34:02.130><c> in</c><00:34:02.289><c> fact</c><00:34:02.410><c> is</c><00:34:02.609><c> not</c><00:34:02.910><c> to</c><00:34:03.130><c> withdraw.</c>

00:34:04.390 --> 00:34:07.630
You<00:34:04.529><c> could</c><00:34:04.750><c> take</c><00:34:05.730><c> a</c><00:34:05.869><c> view</c><00:34:06.089><c> that</c><00:34:06.329><c> says,</c><00:34:07.029><c> well,</c><00:34:07.109><c> if</c><00:34:07.309><c> it's</c><00:34:07.509><c> going</c>

00:34:07.630 --> 00:34:10.769
to<00:34:07.730><c> make</c><00:34:07.869><c> me</c><00:34:08.150><c> proud</c><00:34:08.849><c> doing</c><00:34:09.429><c> that,</c><00:34:10.329><c> then</c>

00:34:10.769 --> 00:34:14.110
I'd<00:34:11.030><c> best</c><00:34:11.130><c> not</c><00:34:11.369><c> do</c><00:34:11.550><c> it</c><00:34:11.690><c> in</c><00:34:11.809><c> the</c><00:34:12.010><c> first</c><00:34:12.250><c> place,</c><00:34:12.789><c> because</c><00:34:13.010><c> there's</c><00:34:13.130><c> no</c><00:34:13.230><c> better</c><00:34:13.469><c> excuse</c><00:34:13.869><c> for</c>

00:34:14.110 --> 00:34:14.670
laziness<00:34:14.510><c> and</c>

00:34:14.670 --> 00:34:23.869
doing<00:34:14.869><c> nothing</c><00:34:15.210><c> than</c><00:34:15.449><c> that,</c><00:34:15.989><c> isn't</c><00:34:16.210><c> there?</c><00:34:18.030><c> And</c><00:34:18.489><c> that's</c><00:34:23.230><c> clearly</c><00:34:23.510><c> not</c>

00:34:23.869 --> 00:34:24.630
the<00:34:24.050><c> way.</c>

00:34:24.550 --> 00:34:28.369
And<00:34:24.789><c> we</c><00:34:25.070><c> are,</c><00:34:25.429><c> all</c><00:34:25.670><c> of</c><00:34:25.809><c> us,</c><00:34:26.250><c> at</c><00:34:26.429><c> every</c><00:34:26.750><c> point,</c><00:34:27.469><c> a</c><00:34:27.630><c> mixture</c><00:34:28.070><c> of</c>

00:34:28.369 --> 00:34:32.550
motives.<00:34:30.869><c> And</c><00:34:30.989><c> probably</c><00:34:31.210><c> most</c><00:34:31.530><c> of</c><00:34:31.710><c> the</c><00:34:32.230><c> good</c>

00:34:32.550 --> 00:34:38.510
things<00:34:32.909><c> that</c><00:34:33.190><c> we</c><00:34:33.449><c> do,</c><00:34:34.250><c> they</c><00:34:34.369><c> may</c><00:34:34.610><c> be</c><00:34:34.849><c> in</c><00:34:35.010><c> them.</c><00:34:37.690><c> They</c><00:34:38.070><c> may</c><00:34:38.269><c> be</c>

00:34:38.510 --> 00:34:42.130
largely,<00:34:39.889><c> almost</c><00:34:40.369><c> completely</c><00:34:40.969><c> good</c><00:34:41.510><c> motives,</c>

00:34:42.389 --> 00:34:45.769
but<00:34:42.570><c> there'll</c><00:34:42.789><c> be</c><00:34:42.909><c> something</c><00:34:43.289><c> in</c><00:34:43.550><c> there,</c><00:34:43.809><c> probably.</c><00:34:45.110><c> And</c><00:34:45.269><c> what</c><00:34:45.349><c> we're</c><00:34:45.510><c> trying</c><00:34:45.670><c> to</c>

00:34:45.769 --> 00:34:46.730
do<00:34:45.929><c> is</c><00:34:46.210><c> push</c><00:34:46.489><c> it</c><00:34:46.630><c> out.</c>

00:34:46.909 --> 00:34:51.889
And<00:34:47.329><c> we</c><00:34:47.469><c> can't</c><00:34:47.690><c> get</c><00:34:47.889><c> to</c><00:34:48.050><c> the</c><00:34:48.130><c> bottom</c><00:34:48.429><c> of</c><00:34:48.630><c> it,</c><00:34:48.789><c> you</c><00:34:49.030><c> know,</c><00:34:49.030><c> we</c><00:34:49.269><c> can't.</c><00:34:50.190><c> You</c><00:34:50.650><c> can't</c><00:34:51.030><c> separate</c><00:34:51.449><c> it</c><00:34:51.769><c> out.</c>

00:34:51.889 --> 00:34:56.889
You<00:34:52.010><c> can't</c><00:34:52.949><c> say,</c><00:34:54.210><c> well,</c><00:34:54.250><c> I</c><00:34:55.250><c> did</c><00:34:55.849><c> that</c><00:34:56.090><c> for</c><00:34:56.230><c> good</c><00:34:56.449><c> reasons,</c><00:34:56.869><c> but</c>

00:34:56.889 --> 00:34:59.030
there<00:34:57.010><c> was</c><00:34:57.210><c> also</c><00:34:57.590><c> this.</c><00:34:58.010><c> You</c><00:34:58.250><c> can</c><00:34:58.550><c> start</c><00:34:58.829><c> to</c>

00:34:59.030 --> 00:35:01.889
do<00:34:59.130><c> it,</c><00:34:59.510><c> but</c><00:34:59.750><c> you</c><00:34:59.909><c> can</c><00:35:00.130><c> never</c><00:35:00.309><c> get</c><00:35:00.510><c> to</c><00:35:00.650><c> the</c><00:35:00.730><c> bottom</c><00:35:01.050><c> of</c><00:35:01.630><c> your</c>

00:35:01.889 --> 00:35:04.030
own<00:35:02.130><c> motivation,</c><00:35:02.989><c> can</c><00:35:03.250><c> you?</c><00:35:03.630><c> And</c><00:35:03.809><c> you</c><00:35:03.849><c> can</c>

00:35:04.030 --> 00:35:07.190
sort<00:35:04.110><c> of</c><00:35:04.250><c> lose</c><00:35:04.489><c> yourself</c><00:35:04.849><c> in</c><00:35:05.110><c> introspection,</c><00:35:06.110><c> worrying</c><00:35:06.349><c> about</c><00:35:06.769><c> it,</c>

00:35:07.550 --> 00:35:09.429
and<00:35:07.829><c> stifle</c><00:35:08.150><c> yourself</c><00:35:08.510><c> from</c><00:35:08.789><c> doing</c><00:35:09.050><c> anything.</c>

00:35:09.929 --> 00:35:13.389
I<00:35:10.030><c> remember</c><00:35:10.230><c> Brother</c><00:35:10.489><c> Dennis</c><00:35:10.829><c> Gillett,</c><00:35:11.230><c> some</c><00:35:11.369><c> of</c><00:35:11.489><c> you</c><00:35:12.230><c> may</c><00:35:12.510><c> have</c><00:35:12.869><c> known</c><00:35:13.030><c> him,</c><00:35:13.289><c> or</c>

00:35:13.389 --> 00:35:13.909
he<00:35:13.469><c> may</c><00:35:13.570><c> have</c><00:35:13.670><c> spoken</c>

00:35:13.909 --> 00:35:17.630
here,<00:35:14.110><c> I</c><00:35:14.190><c> don't</c><00:35:14.409><c> know.</c><00:35:15.389><c> And</c><00:35:15.869><c> it</c><00:35:15.889><c> was</c><00:35:16.210><c> him</c><00:35:16.409><c> who</c><00:35:16.530><c> made</c><00:35:16.710><c> that</c><00:35:17.030><c> point</c><00:35:17.230><c> very</c>

00:35:17.630 --> 00:35:21.389
powerfully,<00:35:18.510><c> I</c><00:35:19.230><c> think,</c><00:35:20.130><c> that</c>

00:35:21.409 --> 00:35:26.150
we<00:35:21.889><c> mustn't</c><00:35:22.369><c> be,</c><00:35:23.750><c> we</c><00:35:23.849><c> mustn't</c><00:35:24.190><c> stop</c><00:35:24.530><c> doing</c><00:35:24.849><c> things</c><00:35:25.349><c> just</c><00:35:25.730><c> because</c><00:35:25.989><c> we</c>

00:35:26.150 --> 00:35:27.969
might<00:35:26.369><c> be</c><00:35:26.630><c> proud</c><00:35:26.909><c> if</c><00:35:27.250><c> we</c><00:35:27.449><c> do</c><00:35:27.690><c> them.</c>

00:35:28.030 --> 00:35:31.269
We<00:35:28.309><c> have</c><00:35:28.550><c> to</c><00:35:28.710><c> do</c><00:35:28.889><c> them,</c><00:35:29.269><c> and</c><00:35:29.369><c> we</c><00:35:29.469><c> have</c><00:35:29.630><c> to</c><00:35:29.809><c> deal</c><00:35:29.989><c> with</c><00:35:30.210><c> our</c><00:35:30.469><c> pride</c><00:35:30.829><c> as</c>

00:35:31.269 --> 00:35:32.909
we<00:35:31.510><c> go.</c><00:35:31.989><c> And</c><00:35:32.210><c> we</c><00:35:32.269><c> have</c><00:35:32.389><c> to</c><00:35:32.570><c> recognise</c>

00:35:32.909 --> 00:35:36.230
that<00:35:33.070><c> we</c><00:35:33.210><c> probably</c><00:35:33.449><c> never</c><00:35:33.809><c> will</c><00:35:34.090><c> purge</c><00:35:34.409><c> it</c><00:35:34.610><c> away</c><00:35:34.989><c> entirely,</c>

00:35:36.309 --> 00:35:38.889
but<00:35:37.329><c> that's</c><00:35:37.909><c> what</c><00:35:38.070><c> we've</c><00:35:38.349><c> got</c><00:35:38.489><c> to</c><00:35:38.650><c> be</c>

00:35:38.889 --> 00:35:44.630
trying<00:35:39.110><c> to</c><00:35:39.289><c> do.</c><00:35:39.389><c> We've</c><00:35:39.610><c> got</c><00:35:39.710><c> to</c><00:35:39.929><c> try</c><00:35:40.349><c> to</c><00:35:40.750><c> have</c><00:35:41.050><c> our</c><00:35:41.510><c> motives</c><00:35:41.889><c> the</c><00:35:43.409><c> right</c><00:35:43.730><c> ones,</c><00:35:44.250><c> but</c><00:35:44.489><c> we</c>

00:35:44.630 --> 00:35:45.489
must<00:35:44.849><c> recognise</c>

00:35:45.489 --> 00:35:48.570
and<00:35:45.630><c> ask</c><00:35:45.909><c> for</c><00:35:46.190><c> forgiveness</c><00:35:46.630><c> for</c><00:35:47.130><c> things</c><00:35:47.429><c> which</c><00:35:47.710><c> are</c><00:35:47.849><c> in</c><00:35:48.050><c> there</c>

00:35:48.570 --> 00:35:51.630
that<00:35:49.130><c> ought</c><00:35:49.369><c> not</c><00:35:49.650><c> to</c><00:35:49.869><c> be.</c><00:35:51.329><c> So</c><00:35:51.489><c> this</c>

00:35:51.630 --> 00:35:54.670
is<00:35:51.769><c> a</c><00:35:51.849><c> matter</c><00:35:52.030><c> then</c><00:35:52.230><c> of</c><00:35:52.309><c> being</c><00:35:52.590><c> aware</c><00:35:52.989><c> of</c><00:35:53.190><c> the</c><00:35:53.329><c> dangers</c><00:35:53.829><c> of</c><00:35:54.329><c> it,</c>

00:35:54.769 --> 00:35:57.289
but<00:35:55.010><c> not</c><00:35:55.250><c> getting</c><00:35:55.630><c> so</c><00:35:55.969><c> hung</c><00:35:56.190><c> up</c><00:35:56.369><c> about</c><00:35:56.710><c> it</c>

00:35:57.289 --> 00:36:02.690
that<00:35:58.050><c> we</c><00:35:58.510><c> stop</c><00:35:59.650><c> being</c><00:36:00.130><c> busy</c><00:36:00.710><c> in</c><00:36:01.210><c> God's</c><00:36:01.610><c> service.</c>

00:36:09.329 --> 00:36:16.769
Let's<00:36:10.730><c> look</c><00:36:11.090><c> at</c><00:36:11.409><c> the</c><00:36:11.829><c> moment</c><00:36:12.389><c> which</c><00:36:13.889><c> brings</c><00:36:14.309><c> about</c><00:36:15.070><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:36:16.030><c> downfall</c>

00:36:16.769 --> 00:36:19.409
in<00:36:17.250><c> chapter</c><00:36:17.650><c> 4</c><00:36:18.429><c> and</c>

00:36:19.409 --> 00:36:22.650
verses<00:36:19.869><c> 28</c><00:36:20.590><c> to</c><00:36:20.789><c> 30.</c>

00:36:36.090 --> 00:36:41.349
All<00:36:36.610><c> this</c><00:36:36.989><c> came</c><00:36:37.250><c> upon</c><00:36:38.389><c> King</c><00:36:39.869><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:36:40.769><c> all</c><00:36:40.929><c> the</c><00:36:41.050><c> things</c><00:36:41.170><c> that</c>

00:36:41.349 --> 00:36:42.349
he<00:36:41.550><c> had</c><00:36:41.610><c> dreamed.</c><00:36:41.949><c> At</c><00:36:42.070><c> the</c><00:36:42.150><c> end</c>

00:36:42.349 --> 00:36:45.510
of<00:36:42.750><c> twelve</c><00:36:42.969><c> months</c><00:36:43.369><c> he</c><00:36:43.750><c> walked</c><00:36:44.030><c> in</c><00:36:44.230><c> the</c><00:36:44.369><c> palace</c><00:36:44.650><c> of</c><00:36:44.849><c> the</c><00:36:44.969><c> kingdom</c><00:36:45.210><c> of</c>

00:36:45.510 --> 00:36:48.230
Babylon.<00:36:47.150><c> The</c><00:36:47.329><c> king</c><00:36:47.590><c> spake</c><00:36:47.969><c> and</c>

00:36:48.230 --> 00:36:52.929
said,<00:36:49.329><c> is</c><00:36:49.510><c> not</c><00:36:49.769><c> this</c><00:36:50.369><c> great</c><00:36:50.989><c> Babylon</c><00:36:51.409><c> that</c><00:36:51.610><c> I</c><00:36:51.829><c> have</c><00:36:52.030><c> built</c><00:36:52.389><c> for</c>

00:36:52.929 --> 00:36:56.150
the<00:36:53.130><c> house</c><00:36:53.650><c> of</c><00:36:54.250><c> the</c><00:36:54.469><c> kingdom</c><00:36:54.869><c> by</c><00:36:55.949><c> the</c>

00:36:56.150 --> 00:37:00.730
weight<00:36:56.449><c> of</c><00:36:56.949><c> my</c><00:36:57.250><c> power</c><00:36:57.650><c> and</c><00:36:58.449><c> for</c><00:36:58.610><c> the</c><00:36:58.829><c> honour</c><00:36:59.090><c> of</c><00:36:59.409><c> my</c><00:36:59.570><c> majesty?</c>

00:37:01.789 --> 00:37:03.989
Is<00:37:01.849><c> not</c><00:37:02.030><c> this</c><00:37:02.250><c> great</c><00:37:02.530><c> Babylon</c><00:37:02.889><c> that</c><00:37:03.409><c> I</c>

00:37:03.989 --> 00:37:07.309
have<00:37:04.269><c> built</c><00:37:04.610><c> what</c><00:37:05.369><c> I've</c><00:37:05.989><c> done?</c><00:37:06.289><c> And</c><00:37:06.489><c> that's</c><00:37:06.710><c> what</c><00:37:06.909><c> pride</c><00:37:07.090><c> is</c>

00:37:07.309 --> 00:37:08.610
essentially,<00:37:07.769><c> isn't</c><00:37:07.849><c> it?</c><00:37:07.969><c> It's</c><00:37:08.269><c> focus</c>

00:37:08.610 --> 00:37:17.769
on<00:37:09.289><c> I</c><00:37:09.909><c> rather</c><00:37:10.570><c> than</c><00:37:11.050><c> him.</c><00:37:13.630><c> And</c><00:37:14.030><c> the</c><00:37:14.250><c> great</c><00:37:14.989><c> kingdom,</c><00:37:17.150><c> the</c><00:37:17.349><c> house</c><00:37:17.570><c> of</c>

00:37:17.769 --> 00:37:19.250
the<00:37:17.889><c> kingdom,</c><00:37:18.210><c> the</c><00:37:18.329><c> palace,</c><00:37:19.150><c> and</c>

00:37:19.250 --> 00:37:22.630
he<00:37:19.510><c> was</c><00:37:19.610><c> walking</c><00:37:19.989><c> in</c><00:37:20.190><c> the</c><00:37:20.349><c> palace,</c><00:37:20.789><c> the</c><00:37:21.210><c> house</c><00:37:21.570><c> of</c><00:37:21.750><c> this</c><00:37:21.909><c> kingdom,</c><00:37:22.510><c> this</c>

00:37:22.630 --> 00:37:25.250
great<00:37:22.809><c> palace,</c><00:37:24.070><c> and</c><00:37:24.429><c> it</c><00:37:24.769><c> transpires</c>

00:37:25.250 --> 00:37:31.650
now<00:37:25.630><c> then</c><00:37:25.949><c> that</c><00:37:26.230><c> this</c><00:37:26.429><c> isn't</c><00:37:26.809><c> the</c><00:37:27.010><c> house</c><00:37:27.289><c> of</c><00:37:27.510><c> his</c><00:37:27.769><c> God.</c><00:37:31.130><c> He's</c>

00:37:31.650 --> 00:37:32.929
not<00:37:31.829><c> worshipping</c><00:37:32.210><c> another</c><00:37:32.469><c> God,</c><00:37:32.849><c> is</c>

00:37:32.929 --> 00:37:35.349
he?<00:37:32.949><c> He's</c><00:37:33.150><c> worshipping</c><00:37:33.449><c> himself.</c><00:37:34.530><c> And</c><00:37:34.730><c> that</c><00:37:34.829><c> comes</c><00:37:35.050><c> out</c><00:37:35.210><c> in</c>

00:37:35.349 --> 00:37:37.429
that<00:37:35.510><c> last</c><00:37:35.809><c> phrase,</c><00:37:36.449><c> for</c><00:37:36.650><c> the</c><00:37:36.889><c> honour</c><00:37:37.110><c> of</c>

00:37:37.429 --> 00:37:41.409
my<00:37:37.670><c> majesty.</c><00:37:38.590><c> The</c><00:37:38.789><c> only</c><00:37:39.070><c> God</c><00:37:39.269><c> in</c><00:37:39.429><c> that</c><00:37:39.650><c> temple,</c><00:37:40.070><c> in</c><00:37:40.190><c> that</c><00:37:40.389><c> palace,</c><00:37:41.250><c> was</c>

00:37:41.409 --> 00:37:44.329
himself.<00:37:43.070><c> And</c><00:37:43.489><c> he</c><00:37:43.789><c> fell</c><00:37:44.030><c> down</c>

00:37:44.329 --> 00:37:48.389
too<00:37:44.610><c> then,</c><00:37:45.309><c> before</c><00:37:45.630><c> the</c><00:37:45.889><c> image,</c><00:37:46.670><c> before</c><00:37:46.949><c> his</c><00:37:47.150><c> own</c><00:37:47.349><c> image.</c>

00:37:58.250 --> 00:38:04.710
The<00:37:58.849><c> key</c><00:37:59.329><c> is</c><00:37:59.690><c> to</c><00:38:00.469><c> see</c><00:38:00.829><c> ourselves</c><00:38:01.510><c> and</c><00:38:02.010><c> to</c><00:38:02.309><c> see</c><00:38:02.570><c> why</c><00:38:03.090><c> it's</c><00:38:03.670><c> offensive</c><00:38:04.309><c> to</c>

00:38:04.710 --> 00:38:06.090
God.<00:38:05.210><c> You</c><00:38:05.210><c> can</c><00:38:05.429><c> meet</c><00:38:05.809><c> people</c>

00:38:06.090 --> 00:38:09.130
sometimes,<00:38:06.630><c> don't</c><00:38:06.750><c> you,</c><00:38:07.130><c> and</c><00:38:07.489><c> you</c><00:38:07.710><c> have</c><00:38:07.889><c> a</c><00:38:07.969><c> conversation</c><00:38:08.409><c> with</c><00:38:08.590><c> them</c><00:38:08.889><c> and</c>

00:38:09.130 --> 00:38:10.250
you<00:38:09.289><c> realise</c><00:38:09.590><c> at</c><00:38:09.750><c> the</c><00:38:09.829><c> end</c><00:38:09.989><c> of</c><00:38:10.090><c> it</c>

00:38:10.250 --> 00:38:12.949
that<00:38:10.690><c> they've</c><00:38:11.110><c> been</c><00:38:11.289><c> talking</c><00:38:11.590><c> about</c><00:38:11.869><c> themselves</c><00:38:12.469><c> all</c><00:38:12.789><c> the</c>

00:38:12.949 --> 00:38:18.110
time<00:38:13.590><c> and,</c><00:38:14.530><c> you</c><00:38:15.789><c> know,</c><00:38:15.969><c> people</c><00:38:16.230><c> like</c><00:38:16.489><c> that.</c>

00:38:18.789 --> 00:38:24.809
And,<00:38:20.250><c> but</c><00:38:20.389><c> in</c><00:38:20.590><c> a</c><00:38:20.849><c> sense</c><00:38:21.110><c> we're</c><00:38:21.489><c> all</c><00:38:21.710><c> sort</c><00:38:21.909><c> of</c><00:38:22.010><c> obsessed</c><00:38:22.429><c> by</c><00:38:22.789><c> ourselves.</c><00:38:24.489><c> And</c>

00:38:24.809 --> 00:38:26.550
we<00:38:25.250><c> perhaps</c><00:38:25.590><c> paint,</c><00:38:26.250><c> you</c><00:38:26.349><c> know,</c>

00:38:26.769 --> 00:38:31.610
there's<00:38:27.110><c> a</c><00:38:27.250><c> kind</c><00:38:27.489><c> of</c><00:38:27.690><c> veneer</c><00:38:28.110><c> or</c><00:38:28.329><c> mask</c><00:38:28.690><c> of</c><00:38:29.809><c> concern</c><00:38:30.210><c> about</c><00:38:30.510><c> other</c><00:38:30.809><c> things,</c><00:38:31.389><c> but</c>

00:38:31.610 --> 00:38:32.949
underneath<00:38:32.190><c> we're</c><00:38:32.710><c> all</c>

00:38:32.949 --> 00:38:39.869
pretty<00:38:33.250><c> much,</c><00:38:33.969><c> you</c><00:38:34.030><c> know,</c><00:38:34.650><c> there's</c><00:38:34.949><c> that</c><00:38:35.349><c> within</c><00:38:35.670><c> us.</c><00:38:37.289><c> And</c><00:38:37.730><c> it's</c><00:38:38.090><c> all</c><00:38:38.389><c> about</c><00:38:39.050><c> trying</c><00:38:39.610><c> to</c>

00:38:39.869 --> 00:38:40.289
make<00:38:40.010><c> the</c>

00:38:40.289 --> 00:38:43.510
focus<00:38:40.690><c> more</c><00:38:41.369><c> upon</c><00:38:41.789><c> God.</c><00:38:42.630><c> And</c><00:38:42.789><c> that's</c><00:38:42.909><c> what</c><00:38:43.050><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

00:38:43.510 --> 00:38:46.369
learns,<00:38:44.190><c> as</c><00:38:44.329><c> we'll</c><00:38:44.570><c> come</c><00:38:44.809><c> to</c><00:38:45.050><c> at</c><00:38:45.369><c> the</c><00:38:45.550><c> end</c><00:38:45.849><c> of</c><00:38:46.190><c> the</c>

00:38:46.369 --> 00:38:49.670
chapter.<00:38:46.869><c> So</c><00:38:47.090><c> what</c><00:38:47.250><c> is</c><00:38:47.530><c> the</c><00:38:47.809><c> antidote</c><00:38:48.369><c> then</c><00:38:48.730><c> for</c><00:38:49.030><c> this</c><00:38:49.309><c> great</c>

00:38:49.670 --> 00:38:52.010
pride<00:38:50.230><c> that</c><00:38:50.570><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:38:51.170><c> has</c><00:38:51.670><c> in</c>

00:38:52.010 --> 00:38:55.469
himself,<00:38:52.969><c> this</c><00:38:53.210><c> great</c><00:38:53.530><c> selfishness?</c><00:38:54.610><c> Well,</c><00:38:54.829><c> the</c><00:38:55.030><c> antidote</c>

00:38:55.469 --> 00:38:58.789
for<00:38:55.809><c> it</c><00:38:56.090><c> is</c><00:38:56.469><c> humiliation.</c><00:38:58.170><c> He</c><00:38:58.369><c> needs</c><00:38:58.630><c> to</c>

00:38:58.789 --> 00:39:07.469
be<00:38:58.989><c> humbled</c><00:38:59.489><c> by</c><00:39:00.110><c> God.</c><00:39:04.570><c> And</c><00:39:04.849><c> you</c><00:39:05.210><c> read</c><00:39:05.550><c> about</c><00:39:05.769><c> that</c><00:39:06.469><c> in</c><00:39:07.110><c> several</c>

00:39:07.469 --> 00:39:11.070
passages,<00:39:08.789><c> verse</c><00:39:09.389><c> 16.</c>

00:39:16.369 --> 00:39:19.090
Let<00:39:16.590><c> his</c><00:39:16.829><c> heart</c><00:39:17.050><c> be</c><00:39:17.289><c> changed</c><00:39:17.550><c> from</c><00:39:17.849><c> man's,</c><00:39:18.210><c> and</c><00:39:18.269><c> let</c><00:39:18.429><c> a</c><00:39:18.590><c> beast's</c><00:39:18.969><c> heart</c>

00:39:19.090 --> 00:39:20.530
be<00:39:19.289><c> given</c><00:39:19.489><c> unto</c><00:39:19.730><c> him,</c><00:39:20.210><c> and</c><00:39:20.369><c> let</c>

00:39:20.530 --> 00:39:24.050
seven<00:39:20.789><c> times</c><00:39:21.150><c> pass</c><00:39:21.469><c> over</c><00:39:21.690><c> him.</c><00:39:22.449><c> This</c><00:39:22.750><c> matter</c><00:39:23.010><c> is</c><00:39:23.250><c> by</c><00:39:23.489><c> the</c><00:39:23.710><c> decree</c><00:39:23.849><c> of</c>

00:39:24.050 --> 00:39:25.510
the<00:39:24.190><c> watchers,</c><00:39:24.869><c> and</c><00:39:25.030><c> the</c><00:39:25.190><c> demand</c>

00:39:25.510 --> 00:39:28.670
by<00:39:25.829><c> the</c><00:39:26.030><c> word</c><00:39:26.289><c> of</c><00:39:26.610><c> the</c><00:39:26.750><c> holy</c><00:39:26.969><c> ones,</c><00:39:27.550><c> to</c><00:39:27.730><c> the</c><00:39:27.949><c> intent</c><00:39:28.250><c> that</c><00:39:28.469><c> the</c>

00:39:28.670 --> 00:39:30.710
living<00:39:28.869><c> may</c><00:39:29.170><c> know</c><00:39:29.510><c> that</c><00:39:29.829><c> the</c><00:39:30.050><c> Most</c><00:39:30.389><c> High</c>

00:39:30.710 --> 00:39:35.409
ruleth<00:39:31.090><c> in</c><00:39:31.289><c> the</c><00:39:31.449><c> kingdom</c><00:39:31.690><c> of</c><00:39:31.969><c> men,</c><00:39:32.610><c> and</c><00:39:32.869><c> giveth</c><00:39:33.070><c> it</c><00:39:33.510><c> to</c><00:39:33.710><c> whomsoever</c><00:39:34.130><c> he</c><00:39:34.449><c> will,</c><00:39:35.150><c> and</c>

00:39:35.409 --> 00:39:36.090
setteth<00:39:35.590><c> up</c><00:39:35.809><c> over</c>

00:39:36.090 --> 00:39:43.389
it<00:39:36.429><c> the</c><00:39:36.750><c> basest</c><00:39:37.409><c> of</c><00:39:37.869><c> men.</c><00:39:39.150><c> And</c><00:39:39.570><c> so</c><00:39:39.750><c> the</c><00:39:40.489><c> tree</c><00:39:41.130><c> which</c><00:39:42.090><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:39:43.030><c> dreams</c>

00:39:43.389 --> 00:39:46.349
of,<00:39:45.750><c> which</c><00:39:45.989><c> represents</c>

00:39:46.349 --> 00:39:49.010
himself,<00:39:47.090><c> as</c><00:39:47.309><c> you</c><00:39:47.469><c> read</c><00:39:47.650><c> through</c><00:39:47.909><c> the</c><00:39:48.150><c> dream,</c><00:39:48.590><c> you</c><00:39:48.630><c> find</c><00:39:48.849><c> that</c>

00:39:49.010 --> 00:39:51.650
the<00:39:49.210><c> tree</c><00:39:49.429><c> becomes</c><00:39:49.989><c> a</c><00:39:50.329><c> man,</c><00:39:51.110><c> and</c><00:39:51.289><c> then</c>

00:39:51.650 --> 00:39:56.869
the<00:39:51.869><c> man</c><00:39:52.070><c> becomes</c><00:39:52.550><c> an</c><00:39:52.789><c> animal,</c><00:39:53.469><c> or</c><00:39:54.510><c> a</c><00:39:54.789><c> bird,</c><00:39:55.489><c> or</c><00:39:55.610><c> some</c><00:39:56.090><c> concoction</c><00:39:56.489><c> of</c><00:39:56.670><c> the</c>

00:39:56.869 --> 00:39:58.969
two,<00:39:57.389><c> and</c><00:39:57.610><c> then</c><00:39:58.050><c> becomes</c><00:39:58.409><c> back</c>

00:39:58.969 --> 00:40:03.789
to<00:39:59.309><c> a</c><00:39:59.510><c> man</c><00:39:59.869><c> again.</c><00:40:00.909><c> And</c><00:40:01.170><c> it's</c><00:40:01.349><c> God</c><00:40:01.710><c> who</c><00:40:01.989><c> is</c><00:40:02.190><c> in</c><00:40:02.389><c> control</c><00:40:03.090><c> of</c><00:40:03.510><c> all</c>

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of<00:40:04.050><c> this.</c>

00:40:06.829 --> 00:40:11.150
Verse<00:40:07.070><c> 25</c><00:40:07.630><c> and</c><00:40:07.730><c> 26.</c><00:40:09.570><c> They</c><00:40:09.750><c> shall</c><00:40:09.969><c> drive</c><00:40:10.289><c> thee</c><00:40:10.510><c> from</c><00:40:10.730><c> men,</c><00:40:11.030><c> and</c>

00:40:11.150 --> 00:40:12.570
thy<00:40:11.289><c> dwelling</c><00:40:11.590><c> shall</c><00:40:11.849><c> be</c><00:40:12.050><c> with</c><00:40:12.250><c> the</c><00:40:12.429><c> beasts</c>

00:40:12.570 --> 00:40:14.909
of<00:40:12.670><c> the</c><00:40:12.829><c> field,</c><00:40:13.550><c> and</c><00:40:13.550><c> they</c><00:40:13.730><c> shall</c><00:40:13.849><c> make</c><00:40:14.090><c> thee</c><00:40:14.329><c> to</c><00:40:14.449><c> eat</c><00:40:14.630><c> grass</c>

00:40:14.909 --> 00:40:16.650
as<00:40:15.110><c> oxen,</c><00:40:15.710><c> and</c><00:40:15.849><c> they</c><00:40:16.070><c> shall</c><00:40:16.230><c> wet</c><00:40:16.429><c> thee</c>

00:40:16.650 --> 00:40:18.610
with<00:40:16.789><c> the</c><00:40:16.949><c> dew</c><00:40:17.030><c> of</c><00:40:17.230><c> heaven,</c><00:40:17.530><c> and</c><00:40:17.650><c> seven</c><00:40:17.909><c> times</c><00:40:18.190><c> shall</c><00:40:18.369><c> pass</c>

00:40:18.610 --> 00:40:20.769
over<00:40:18.889><c> thee,</c><00:40:19.650><c> till</c><00:40:19.730><c> thou</c><00:40:19.909><c> know</c><00:40:20.170><c> that</c><00:40:20.309><c> the</c><00:40:20.489><c> Most</c>

00:40:20.769 --> 00:40:24.170
High<00:40:20.969><c> ruleth</c><00:40:21.250><c> in</c><00:40:21.409><c> the</c><00:40:21.530><c> kingdom</c><00:40:21.730><c> of</c><00:40:21.909><c> men,</c><00:40:22.889><c> and</c><00:40:23.230><c> giveth</c><00:40:23.449><c> it</c><00:40:23.949><c> to</c>

00:40:24.170 --> 00:40:27.190
whomsoever<00:40:24.670><c> he</c><00:40:25.409><c> will.</c><00:40:26.190><c> And</c><00:40:26.429><c> it's</c><00:40:26.670><c> there</c><00:40:26.909><c> again</c>

00:40:27.190 --> 00:40:35.929
in<00:40:27.389><c> verse</c><00:40:27.650><c> 32</c><00:40:28.250><c> and</c><00:40:28.750><c> verse</c><00:40:29.489><c> 33.</c><00:40:34.130><c> And</c><00:40:34.150><c> he</c><00:40:34.269><c> ate</c><00:40:34.469><c> grass</c><00:40:35.110><c> as</c><00:40:35.570><c> oxen,</c>

00:40:35.949 --> 00:40:38.489
and<00:40:36.130><c> his</c><00:40:36.530><c> body</c><00:40:37.010><c> was</c><00:40:37.309><c> wet</c><00:40:37.590><c> with</c><00:40:38.010><c> the</c><00:40:38.210><c> dew</c>

00:40:38.489 --> 00:40:41.809
of<00:40:38.829><c> heaven,</c><00:40:39.550><c> till</c><00:40:39.670><c> his</c><00:40:39.789><c> hairs</c><00:40:40.070><c> were</c><00:40:40.269><c> grown</c><00:40:40.409><c> like</c><00:40:40.690><c> eagle's</c><00:40:41.090><c> feathers,</c><00:40:41.690><c> and</c>

00:40:41.809 --> 00:40:43.730
his<00:40:41.969><c> nails</c><00:40:42.329><c> like</c><00:40:42.849><c> bird's</c>

00:40:43.730 --> 00:40:45.969
claws.<00:40:44.230><c> And</c><00:40:44.429><c> notice</c><00:40:44.630><c> that</c><00:40:44.889><c> phrase</c><00:40:45.110><c> again</c><00:40:45.389><c> in</c><00:40:45.530><c> the</c><00:40:45.570><c> middle</c><00:40:45.769><c> of</c>

00:40:45.969 --> 00:40:48.969
verse<00:40:46.150><c> 32,</c><00:40:47.269><c> until</c><00:40:47.590><c> thou</c><00:40:47.869><c> know</c><00:40:48.349><c> that</c><00:40:48.789><c> the</c>

00:40:48.969 --> 00:40:53.050
Most<00:40:49.369><c> High</c><00:40:49.730><c> ruleth</c><00:40:50.170><c> in</c><00:40:50.550><c> the</c><00:40:50.750><c> kingdoms</c><00:40:51.130><c> of</c><00:40:51.469><c> men.</c><00:40:52.090><c> And</c><00:40:52.329><c> we've</c><00:40:52.630><c> met</c><00:40:52.750><c> that</c><00:40:52.889><c> in</c>

00:40:53.050 --> 00:40:54.269
each<00:40:53.210><c> of</c><00:40:53.349><c> those</c><00:40:53.570><c> three</c><00:40:53.809><c> passages</c>

00:40:54.269 --> 00:41:00.929
now<00:40:54.789><c> that</c><00:40:55.090><c> we've</c><00:40:55.389><c> looked</c><00:40:55.610><c> at.</c><00:40:56.110><c> This</c><00:40:56.429><c> would</c><00:40:56.750><c> be</c><00:40:57.269><c> until</c><00:40:57.949><c> he</c><00:40:58.269><c> knows</c><00:40:58.909><c> something.</c><00:41:00.570><c> And</c>

00:41:00.929 --> 00:41:03.849
it's<00:41:01.289><c> there</c><00:41:01.650><c> again</c><00:41:02.630><c> later</c>

00:41:03.849 --> 00:41:13.610
on<00:41:04.550><c> in</c><00:41:04.829><c> chapter</c><00:41:05.289><c> 5</c><00:41:05.969><c> and</c><00:41:06.309><c> verse</c><00:41:06.610><c> 19.</c><00:41:12.449><c> As</c><00:41:12.650><c> for</c><00:41:12.849><c> the</c><00:41:12.989><c> majesty</c><00:41:13.389><c> that</c>

00:41:13.610 --> 00:41:16.130
God<00:41:13.869><c> gave</c><00:41:14.190><c> him,</c><00:41:15.070><c> all</c><00:41:15.289><c> peoples</c><00:41:15.650><c> and</c><00:41:15.889><c> nations</c>

00:41:16.130 --> 00:41:18.590
and<00:41:16.369><c> languages</c><00:41:16.710><c> trembled</c><00:41:17.190><c> and</c><00:41:17.409><c> feared</c><00:41:17.590><c> before</c><00:41:18.030><c> him,</c><00:41:18.369><c> whom</c><00:41:18.469><c> he</c>

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would<00:41:18.710><c> he</c><00:41:18.969><c> slew,</c><00:41:19.210><c> and</c><00:41:19.309><c> whom</c><00:41:19.409><c> he</c><00:41:19.550><c> would</c><00:41:19.670><c> he</c>

00:41:19.829 --> 00:41:22.369
kept<00:41:19.969><c> alive,</c><00:41:20.389><c> and</c><00:41:20.530><c> whom</c><00:41:20.630><c> he</c><00:41:20.730><c> would</c><00:41:20.849><c> he</c><00:41:21.010><c> set</c><00:41:21.130><c> up,</c><00:41:21.849><c> and</c><00:41:22.110><c> whom</c><00:41:22.230><c> he</c>

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would<00:41:22.469><c> he</c><00:41:22.610><c> put</c><00:41:22.769><c> down.</c><00:41:23.530><c> But</c><00:41:23.789><c> when</c><00:41:23.949><c> his</c><00:41:24.130><c> heart</c>

00:41:24.230 --> 00:41:27.409
was<00:41:24.429><c> lifted</c><00:41:24.650><c> up</c><00:41:24.869><c> and</c><00:41:24.989><c> his</c><00:41:25.230><c> mind</c><00:41:25.469><c> hardened</c><00:41:25.809><c> in</c><00:41:26.110><c> pride,</c><00:41:26.989><c> he</c><00:41:27.170><c> was</c>

00:41:27.409 --> 00:41:29.909
deposed<00:41:28.269><c> from</c><00:41:28.429><c> his</c><00:41:28.670><c> kingly</c><00:41:29.050><c> throne,</c><00:41:29.650><c> and</c>

00:41:29.909 --> 00:41:33.010
they<00:41:30.050><c> took</c><00:41:30.289><c> his</c><00:41:30.570><c> glory</c><00:41:30.889><c> from</c><00:41:31.130><c> him.</c><00:41:31.809><c> Verse</c><00:41:31.909><c> 21</c><00:41:32.269><c> describes</c><00:41:32.750><c> what</c>

00:41:33.010 --> 00:41:37.789
happened<00:41:33.269><c> to</c><00:41:33.429><c> him,</c><00:41:36.110><c> till</c><00:41:36.469><c> he</c><00:41:36.750><c> knew</c><00:41:37.130><c> that</c><00:41:37.570><c> the</c>

00:41:37.789 --> 00:41:40.570
Most<00:41:38.030><c> High</c><00:41:38.250><c> God</c><00:41:38.550><c> ruled</c><00:41:38.829><c> in</c><00:41:39.010><c> the</c><00:41:39.130><c> kingdom</c><00:41:39.349><c> of</c><00:41:39.570><c> men,</c><00:41:40.210><c> and</c><00:41:40.429><c> that</c>

00:41:40.570 --> 00:41:43.630
he<00:41:40.769><c> appointeth</c><00:41:41.090><c> over</c><00:41:41.449><c> it</c><00:41:42.010><c> whomsoever</c><00:41:42.710><c> he</c>

00:41:43.630 --> 00:41:48.130
will,<00:41:44.030><c> till</c><00:41:44.489><c> he</c><00:41:44.929><c> knows.</c><00:41:45.750><c> Now</c><00:41:46.050><c> there</c><00:41:46.230><c> are</c><00:41:46.530><c> then</c><00:41:47.010><c> these</c><00:41:47.550><c> points</c>

00:41:48.130 --> 00:41:53.469
in<00:41:48.750><c> life</c><00:41:49.429><c> when</c><00:41:50.510><c> we</c><00:41:51.289><c> know.</c><00:41:52.570><c> These</c><00:41:52.929><c> points</c>

00:41:53.469 --> 00:41:58.449
of<00:41:54.030><c> insight,</c><00:41:54.929><c> deep</c><00:41:55.070><c> insight,</c><00:41:56.110><c> perception,</c><00:41:57.590><c> and</c><00:41:57.769><c> they</c><00:41:58.230><c> might</c>

00:41:58.449 --> 00:42:01.039
be<00:41:58.650><c> quite</c><00:41:58.969><c> rare.</c><00:42:00.409><c> Of</c><00:42:00.550><c> course</c><00:42:00.710><c> we're</c>

00:42:01.389 --> 00:42:05.670
all<00:42:01.610><c> the</c><00:42:01.829><c> time</c><00:42:02.269><c> getting</c><00:42:02.789><c> to</c><00:42:03.090><c> know</c><00:42:03.369><c> more,</c><00:42:04.369><c> but</c><00:42:04.369><c> perhaps</c><00:42:05.050><c> for</c><00:42:05.309><c> each</c><00:42:05.510><c> of</c>

00:42:05.670 --> 00:42:07.550
us<00:42:05.809><c> there</c><00:42:05.989><c> have</c><00:42:06.170><c> been</c><00:42:06.369><c> critical</c><00:42:06.929><c> moments</c>

00:42:07.550 --> 00:42:11.489
in<00:42:08.070><c> our</c><00:42:08.309><c> lives</c><00:42:08.650><c> when</c><00:42:08.989><c> we've</c><00:42:09.369><c> really</c><00:42:09.889><c> known</c><00:42:10.329><c> something</c><00:42:10.809><c> with</c><00:42:11.289><c> a</c>

00:42:11.489 --> 00:42:13.590
depth<00:42:11.849><c> and</c><00:42:12.130><c> a</c><00:42:12.150><c> penetration</c><00:42:12.769><c> and</c><00:42:13.070><c> insight</c>

00:42:13.590 --> 00:42:19.110
that<00:42:13.989><c> we've</c><00:42:14.329><c> not</c><00:42:14.650><c> known</c><00:42:14.909><c> it</c><00:42:15.489><c> before.</c><00:42:17.289><c> And</c><00:42:17.550><c> this</c><00:42:17.730><c> is</c><00:42:17.869><c> what</c><00:42:18.309><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:42:18.949><c> had</c>

00:42:19.110 --> 00:42:19.869
to<00:42:19.289><c> go</c><00:42:19.429><c> through.</c><00:42:19.710><c> This</c>

00:42:19.869 --> 00:42:22.269
was<00:42:19.949><c> the</c><00:42:20.090><c> humiliation</c><00:42:20.630><c> that</c><00:42:20.769><c> he</c><00:42:20.869><c> had</c><00:42:21.070><c> to</c><00:42:21.210><c> suffer,</c><00:42:21.690><c> until</c><00:42:22.050><c> that</c>

00:42:22.269 --> 00:42:24.570
moment<00:42:22.570><c> was</c><00:42:22.829><c> reached,</c><00:42:23.130><c> until</c><00:42:23.409><c> he</c><00:42:23.610><c> knew.</c>

00:42:25.130 --> 00:42:28.670
And<00:42:25.389><c> then</c><00:42:25.889><c> everything</c><00:42:26.769><c> could</c><00:42:27.150><c> be</c><00:42:27.550><c> restored.</c><00:42:27.889><c> So</c><00:42:28.030><c> there's</c><00:42:28.150><c> such</c><00:42:28.409><c> a</c>

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premium<00:42:28.929><c> then</c><00:42:29.230><c> placed</c><00:42:29.590><c> on</c><00:42:29.769><c> his</c>

00:42:30.150 --> 00:42:34.030
knowing<00:42:30.550><c> this</c><00:42:31.369><c> thing.</c><00:42:32.570><c> Now</c><00:42:32.829><c> what</c><00:42:32.969><c> do</c><00:42:33.170><c> you</c><00:42:33.409><c> know</c><00:42:33.570><c> and</c><00:42:33.670><c> what</c><00:42:33.829><c> do</c>

00:42:34.030 --> 00:42:36.610
I<00:42:34.230><c> know?</c><00:42:35.210><c> And</c><00:42:35.409><c> what</c><00:42:35.610><c> do</c><00:42:35.769><c> I</c><00:42:35.909><c> still</c><00:42:36.170><c> have</c><00:42:36.409><c> to</c>

00:42:36.610 --> 00:42:40.010
know<00:42:36.769><c> that</c><00:42:36.929><c> I</c><00:42:37.150><c> don't</c><00:42:37.429><c> know?</c><00:42:37.889><c> And</c><00:42:38.110><c> of</c><00:42:38.250><c> course</c><00:42:38.369><c> I</c><00:42:38.489><c> don't</c><00:42:38.769><c> know</c><00:42:39.250><c> what</c><00:42:39.530><c> the</c><00:42:39.710><c> answer</c><00:42:39.949><c> to</c>

00:42:40.010 --> 00:42:49.849
that<00:42:40.190><c> is.</c><00:42:43.170><c> And</c><00:42:43.550><c> I</c><00:42:43.750><c> won't</c>

00:42:49.849 --> 00:42:57.070
need<00:42:50.110><c> to</c><00:42:50.130><c> live</c><00:42:50.550><c> with</c><00:42:50.949><c> that</c><00:42:51.389><c> kind</c><00:42:51.829><c> of</c><00:42:53.789><c> awareness</c><00:42:54.329><c> of</c><00:42:55.469><c> our</c><00:42:55.750><c> ignorance</c><00:42:56.389><c> and</c>

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with<00:42:57.289><c> that</c><00:42:57.550><c> sense</c><00:42:57.809><c> of</c><00:42:58.170><c> discovery,</c>

00:42:59.690 --> 00:43:04.170
with<00:42:59.829><c> that</c><00:43:00.170><c> alertness</c><00:43:00.989><c> to</c><00:43:01.289><c> what</c><00:43:01.570><c> God</c><00:43:02.070><c> might</c><00:43:02.489><c> be</c><00:43:02.809><c> teaching</c><00:43:03.110><c> us,</c>

00:43:04.630 --> 00:43:07.650
to<00:43:04.769><c> what</c><00:43:04.989><c> we</c><00:43:05.210><c> have</c><00:43:05.349><c> come</c><00:43:05.570><c> to</c><00:43:05.789><c> know</c><00:43:05.989><c> so</c><00:43:06.510><c> far</c><00:43:06.929><c> and</c>

00:43:07.650 --> 00:43:13.630
what<00:43:07.849><c> there</c><00:43:08.070><c> may</c><00:43:08.409><c> still</c><00:43:08.769><c> be</c><00:43:09.570><c> to</c><00:43:10.010><c> know.</c><00:43:12.150><c> To</c><00:43:12.429><c> not</c><00:43:12.630><c> just</c><00:43:13.190><c> blindly</c>

00:43:13.630 --> 00:43:17.190
carry<00:43:14.050><c> on</c><00:43:14.469><c> day</c><00:43:14.789><c> after</c><00:43:15.110><c> day,</c><00:43:16.329><c> unthinkingly</c>

00:43:17.190 --> 00:43:21.510
stumbling<00:43:17.789><c> through</c><00:43:18.090><c> our</c><00:43:18.369><c> lives,</c><00:43:19.110><c> but</c><00:43:19.329><c> to</c><00:43:19.570><c> look</c><00:43:19.869><c> for</c><00:43:20.130><c> these</c><00:43:20.409><c> points</c><00:43:20.889><c> of</c>

00:43:21.510 --> 00:43:23.269
insight<00:43:22.090><c> and</c><00:43:22.590><c> understanding.</c>

00:43:23.550 --> 00:43:28.010
When<00:43:23.789><c> we've</c><00:43:24.329><c> seen</c><00:43:24.409><c> something</c><00:43:24.829><c> about</c><00:43:25.210><c> God</c><00:43:25.610><c> that</c><00:43:25.889><c> we</c><00:43:26.090><c> didn't</c><00:43:26.510><c> fathom</c><00:43:27.130><c> before,</c><00:43:27.869><c> we</c>

00:43:28.010 --> 00:43:28.949
might<00:43:28.269><c> have</c><00:43:28.710><c> known</c>

00:43:28.949 --> 00:43:31.469
it,<00:43:29.110><c> we</c><00:43:29.230><c> might</c><00:43:29.369><c> have</c><00:43:29.510><c> been</c><00:43:29.590><c> able</c><00:43:29.769><c> to</c><00:43:29.969><c> say</c><00:43:30.150><c> it</c><00:43:30.349><c> in</c><00:43:30.590><c> words,</c><00:43:31.250><c> but</c>

00:43:31.469 --> 00:43:33.530
we<00:43:31.650><c> didn't</c><00:43:31.869><c> really</c><00:43:32.349><c> know</c><00:43:32.489><c> it</c><00:43:32.710><c> with</c><00:43:32.949><c> the</c><00:43:33.150><c> depth</c>

00:43:33.530 --> 00:43:37.789
that<00:43:33.909><c> we've</c><00:43:34.170><c> now</c><00:43:34.489><c> come</c><00:43:34.750><c> to</c><00:43:34.929><c> know</c><00:43:35.070><c> it.</c><00:43:35.389><c> And</c><00:43:35.670><c> we</c><00:43:35.730><c> need</c><00:43:35.949><c> to</c><00:43:36.210><c> leverage</c><00:43:36.949><c> those</c>

00:43:37.789 --> 00:43:40.130
insights.<00:43:39.170><c> We</c><00:43:39.349><c> need</c><00:43:39.590><c> to</c><00:43:39.889><c> treasure</c>

00:43:40.130 --> 00:43:45.849
them<00:43:40.610><c> and</c><00:43:41.070><c> to</c><00:43:41.710><c> use</c><00:43:41.949><c> them</c><00:43:42.170><c> as</c><00:43:42.369><c> a</c><00:43:42.530><c> basis</c><00:43:43.130><c> to</c><00:43:44.369><c> become</c><00:43:44.869><c> more</c><00:43:45.449><c> than</c>

00:43:45.849 --> 00:43:47.170
we<00:43:46.130><c> were,</c><00:43:46.829><c> to</c><00:43:47.030><c> become</c><00:43:47.170><c> more</c><00:43:47.170><c> than</c><00:43:47.170><c> we</c>

00:43:47.190 --> 00:43:51.210
were,<00:43:47.349><c> to</c><00:43:47.349><c> become</c><00:43:47.349><c> more</c><00:43:47.570><c> like</c><00:43:47.889><c> the</c><00:43:48.030><c> Lord</c><00:43:48.289><c> Jesus.</c><00:43:50.710><c> And</c><00:43:50.929><c> this</c>

00:43:51.210 --> 00:43:53.289
transformation<00:43:51.809><c> for</c><00:43:52.010><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c>

00:43:53.289 --> 00:44:01.550
is<00:43:53.989><c> about</c><00:43:57.929><c> this</c><00:43:58.190><c> shift</c><00:43:58.389><c> of</c><00:43:58.670><c> focus,</c><00:43:59.909><c> that</c><00:44:00.030><c> he</c><00:44:00.230><c> is</c><00:44:00.530><c> nothing,</c><00:44:01.070><c> though</c><00:44:01.309><c> he</c>

00:44:01.550 --> 00:44:03.190
seemed<00:44:01.769><c> to</c><00:44:01.909><c> be</c><00:44:02.130><c> everything,</c><00:44:02.969><c> and</c><00:44:03.070><c> though</c>

00:44:03.190 --> 00:44:07.530
his<00:44:03.349><c> dominion</c><00:44:03.750><c> was</c><00:44:04.110><c> so</c><00:44:04.510><c> enormous,</c><00:44:05.789><c> yet</c><00:44:05.969><c> he</c><00:44:06.150><c> was</c><00:44:06.429><c> nothing</c><00:44:06.929><c> in</c>

00:44:07.530 --> 00:44:09.750
comparison<00:44:07.949><c> with</c><00:44:08.230><c> God.</c><00:44:08.710><c> That's</c><00:44:08.989><c> what</c><00:44:09.210><c> he</c><00:44:09.530><c> had</c>

00:44:09.750 --> 00:44:13.349
to<00:44:10.010><c> come</c><00:44:10.269><c> to</c><00:44:10.750><c> know.</c><00:44:11.250><c> And</c><00:44:11.469><c> he</c><00:44:11.530><c> had</c><00:44:11.690><c> to</c><00:44:11.809><c> be</c><00:44:12.030><c> humiliated</c><00:44:12.750><c> in</c><00:44:13.110><c> order</c>

00:44:13.349 --> 00:44:15.809
to<00:44:13.610><c> know</c><00:44:13.789><c> it.</c><00:44:14.829><c> And</c><00:44:15.070><c> sometimes</c><00:44:15.489><c> moments</c>

00:44:15.809 --> 00:44:17.650
of<00:44:16.510><c> embarrassment</c><00:44:16.510><c> like</c><00:44:16.750><c> that</c><00:44:16.849><c> are</c><00:44:16.949><c> very</c><00:44:17.210><c> powerful,</c><00:44:17.530><c> aren't</c>

00:44:17.650 --> 00:44:18.849
they?<00:44:17.809><c> I</c><00:44:17.829><c> remember</c><00:44:18.070><c> once</c><00:44:18.309><c> I</c><00:44:18.409><c> was</c><00:44:18.550><c> walking</c>

00:44:18.849 --> 00:44:22.030
with<00:44:19.489><c> Anita,</c><00:44:19.889><c> my</c><00:44:20.070><c> wife,</c><00:44:20.670><c> and</c><00:44:20.789><c> we</c><00:44:20.889><c> were</c><00:44:21.409><c> going</c><00:44:21.710><c> through</c><00:44:21.889><c> this</c>

00:44:22.030 --> 00:44:23.449
area<00:44:22.190><c> that</c><00:44:22.349><c> had</c><00:44:22.429><c> some</c><00:44:22.550><c> very</c><00:44:22.769><c> nice</c><00:44:22.969><c> houses</c><00:44:23.269><c> in</c>

00:44:23.449 --> 00:44:26.570
it.<00:44:23.889><c> And</c><00:44:24.050><c> we</c><00:44:24.150><c> were</c><00:44:24.389><c> stood</c><00:44:24.530><c> looking</c><00:44:25.010><c> at</c><00:44:25.150><c> these</c><00:44:25.369><c> houses</c><00:44:25.730><c> and</c><00:44:25.909><c> talking</c><00:44:26.170><c> about</c><00:44:26.389><c> how</c>

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much<00:44:26.690><c> we'd</c><00:44:26.929><c> like</c><00:44:27.050><c> to</c><00:44:27.230><c> live</c>

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there<00:44:27.570><c> and</c><00:44:27.610><c> how</c><00:44:27.789><c> impressed</c><00:44:28.190><c> we</c><00:44:28.429><c> were</c><00:44:28.730><c> by</c><00:44:28.949><c> them.</c><00:44:29.090><c> Suddenly</c><00:44:29.349><c> there</c><00:44:30.250><c> was</c>

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a<00:44:30.949><c> hoot</c><00:44:31.329><c> from</c><00:44:31.510><c> someone's</c><00:44:32.090><c> car</c><00:44:32.349><c> horn,</c>

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and<00:44:32.949><c> this</c><00:44:33.130><c> brother</c><00:44:33.349><c> was</c><00:44:33.510><c> hanging</c><00:44:33.750><c> out</c><00:44:33.989><c> the</c><00:44:34.090><c> window</c><00:44:34.630><c> and</c><00:44:36.389><c> making</c><00:44:36.530><c> some</c>

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sarcastic<00:44:37.409><c> comments</c><00:44:37.909><c> about</c><00:44:38.710><c> us</c>

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eyeing<00:44:39.530><c> up</c><00:44:39.630><c> these</c><00:44:39.849><c> houses.</c><00:44:42.949><c> And</c><00:44:42.949><c> of</c><00:44:43.329><c> course</c><00:44:43.469><c> there's</c><00:44:43.650><c> nothing</c>

00:44:43.909 --> 00:44:45.369
wrong<00:44:44.210><c> with</c><00:44:44.409><c> looking</c><00:44:44.610><c> at</c><00:44:44.769><c> a</c><00:44:44.869><c> nice</c><00:44:45.110><c> house</c>

00:44:45.369 --> 00:44:50.250
and<00:44:45.650><c> saying</c><00:44:45.750><c> that's</c><00:44:46.110><c> really</c><00:44:46.429><c> nice.</c><00:44:48.690><c> But</c><00:44:48.690><c> the</c><00:44:49.829><c> point</c><00:44:50.070><c> would</c>

00:44:50.250 --> 00:44:53.269
have<00:44:50.429><c> never</c><00:44:50.610><c> been</c><00:44:50.929><c> made</c><00:44:51.289><c> unless</c><00:44:51.769><c> he'd</c><00:44:53.130><c> pipped</c>

00:44:53.269 --> 00:44:56.710
his<00:44:53.510><c> horn.</c><00:44:53.789><c> I</c><00:44:53.789><c> would</c><00:44:53.989><c> never</c><00:44:55.090><c> have</c><00:44:55.269><c> caught</c><00:44:55.489><c> myself.</c><00:44:56.210><c> And</c><00:44:56.309><c> suddenly</c><00:44:56.489><c> there</c>

00:44:56.710 --> 00:44:58.969
I<00:44:56.869><c> was,</c><00:44:57.389><c> caught</c><00:44:57.650><c> at</c><00:44:58.070><c> it,</c><00:44:58.710><c> caught</c>

00:44:58.969 --> 00:45:04.170
in<00:44:59.150><c> the</c><00:44:59.449><c> act.</c><00:45:00.230><c> And</c><00:45:00.789><c> I</c><00:45:01.230><c> saw</c><00:45:01.489><c> it</c><00:45:01.849><c> then</c><00:45:02.269><c> for</c><00:45:03.130><c> the</c><00:45:03.510><c> smallness</c><00:45:03.989><c> that</c>

00:45:04.170 --> 00:45:06.889
it<00:45:04.429><c> was.</c><00:45:05.809><c> And</c><00:45:05.829><c> whether</c><00:45:06.170><c> I</c><00:45:06.409><c> actually</c><00:45:06.570><c> live</c><00:45:06.750><c> in</c>

00:45:06.889 --> 00:45:12.630
that<00:45:07.050><c> house</c><00:45:07.329><c> or</c><00:45:07.550><c> not,</c><00:45:08.409><c> that's</c><00:45:08.730><c> not</c><00:45:08.909><c> what</c><00:45:09.070><c> life's</c><00:45:09.510><c> about.</c><00:45:12.210><c> And</c>

00:45:12.630 --> 00:45:15.010
it<00:45:12.789><c> was</c><00:45:13.090><c> because</c><00:45:13.469><c> of</c><00:45:14.210><c> that</c><00:45:14.530><c> that</c><00:45:14.710><c> I</c><00:45:14.809><c> was</c>

00:45:15.010 --> 00:45:20.530
able<00:45:15.250><c> to</c><00:45:15.449><c> see</c><00:45:15.630><c> it,</c><00:45:16.090><c> and</c><00:45:16.230><c> it</c><00:45:16.389><c> made</c><00:45:16.670><c> a</c><00:45:16.849><c> difference.</c><00:45:18.730><c> There's</c><00:45:18.829><c> nothing</c><00:45:19.030><c> like</c><00:45:19.289><c> being</c><00:45:19.530><c> embarrassed,</c><00:45:20.429><c> is</c>

00:45:20.530 --> 00:45:24.050
there?<00:45:21.369><c> Those</c><00:45:21.630><c> moments</c><00:45:22.030><c> when</c><00:45:22.250><c> your</c><00:45:22.469><c> cheeks</c><00:45:22.809><c> start</c><00:45:23.489><c> to</c><00:45:23.769><c> burn</c>

00:45:24.050 --> 00:45:28.909
and<00:45:25.230><c> you</c><00:45:25.650><c> never</c><00:45:25.869><c> forget</c><00:45:26.510><c> what</c><00:45:26.829><c> it</c><00:45:27.050><c> was</c><00:45:27.690><c> later</c>

00:45:28.909 --> 00:45:31.929
on<00:45:29.110><c> in</c><00:45:29.309><c> life.</c><00:45:29.590><c> You</c><00:45:29.590><c> can</c><00:45:29.829><c> always</c><00:45:30.050><c> remember.</c><00:45:31.250><c> In</c><00:45:31.570><c> those</c><00:45:31.769><c> verses</c>

00:45:31.929 --> 00:45:33.769
we've<00:45:32.130><c> just</c><00:45:32.309><c> looked</c><00:45:32.510><c> at,</c><00:45:32.710><c> verses</c><00:45:32.849><c> 19</c><00:45:33.210><c>-21</c>

00:45:33.769 --> 00:45:39.210
of<00:45:33.949><c> chapter</c><00:45:34.269><c> 5,</c><00:45:34.710><c> there</c><00:45:34.730><c> is</c><00:45:35.849><c> this</c><00:45:36.449><c> transformation.</c><00:45:38.329><c> Verse</c><00:45:38.550><c> 19</c>

00:45:39.210 --> 00:45:41.309
is<00:45:39.409><c> all</c><00:45:39.690><c> about</c><00:45:40.150><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:45:40.969><c> power.</c>

00:45:41.309 --> 00:45:44.130
Whom<00:45:41.869><c> he</c><00:45:42.030><c> would</c><00:45:42.190><c> he</c><00:45:42.409><c> slew,</c><00:45:43.010><c> whom</c><00:45:43.110><c> he</c><00:45:43.250><c> would</c><00:45:43.389><c> he</c><00:45:43.550><c> kept</c><00:45:43.710><c> alive,</c>

00:45:44.369 --> 00:45:45.889
whom<00:45:44.489><c> he</c><00:45:44.630><c> would</c><00:45:44.750><c> he</c><00:45:44.949><c> set</c><00:45:45.110><c> up,</c><00:45:45.409><c> whom</c><00:45:45.550><c> he</c><00:45:45.730><c> would</c>

00:45:45.889 --> 00:45:48.710
he<00:45:46.210><c> put</c><00:45:46.510><c> down.</c><00:45:46.929><c> It</c><00:45:47.010><c> was</c><00:45:47.110><c> all</c><00:45:47.230><c> about</c><00:45:47.449><c> what</c><00:45:47.789><c> he</c><00:45:48.110><c> would,</c><00:45:48.329><c> what</c><00:45:48.510><c> he</c>

00:45:48.710 --> 00:45:50.650
wanted<00:45:49.030><c> to</c><00:45:49.309><c> do.</c><00:45:49.750><c> I</c><00:45:49.929><c> shall</c><00:45:50.070><c> do</c><00:45:50.230><c> this</c><00:45:50.469><c> and</c>

00:45:50.650 --> 00:45:55.949
that<00:45:50.969><c> and</c><00:45:51.190><c> the</c><00:45:51.369><c> other.</c><00:45:53.730><c> His</c><00:45:54.010><c> transformation</c><00:45:54.550><c> came</c><00:45:55.150><c> because</c>

00:45:55.949 --> 00:46:04.230
of<00:45:56.690><c> verse</c><00:45:57.210><c> 21.</c><00:46:02.369><c> Because</c><00:46:02.750><c> of</c><00:46:03.110><c> external</c><00:46:03.690><c> things</c>

00:46:04.230 --> 00:46:07.389
which<00:46:04.690><c> happened</c><00:46:05.010><c> to</c><00:46:05.309><c> him,</c><00:46:05.690><c> and</c><00:46:05.909><c> now</c><00:46:06.150><c> he</c><00:46:06.389><c> becomes</c><00:46:06.750><c> the</c><00:46:07.030><c> subject</c>

00:46:07.389 --> 00:46:09.849
of<00:46:07.650><c> passive</c><00:46:08.030><c> sentences</c><00:46:08.590><c> instead</c><00:46:09.289><c> of</c><00:46:09.530><c> active</c>

00:46:09.849 --> 00:46:13.650
ones.<00:46:10.789><c> They</c><00:46:11.230><c> fed</c><00:46:11.530><c> him.</c><00:46:12.030><c> His</c><00:46:12.230><c> dwelling</c><00:46:12.550><c> was</c><00:46:12.909><c> with</c><00:46:13.170><c> the</c><00:46:13.369><c> wild</c>

00:46:13.650 --> 00:46:17.530
asses.<00:46:15.469><c> His</c><00:46:15.710><c> body</c><00:46:16.030><c> was</c><00:46:16.489><c> wet</c><00:46:16.849><c> with</c><00:46:17.349><c> the</c>

00:46:17.530 --> 00:46:20.409
dew<00:46:17.650><c> of</c><00:46:17.909><c> heaven.</c><00:46:18.630><c> And</c><00:46:18.769><c> instead</c><00:46:18.949><c> of</c><00:46:19.110><c> being</c><00:46:19.369><c> the</c><00:46:19.610><c> great</c><00:46:19.929><c> actor,</c>

00:46:20.630 --> 00:46:23.150
the<00:46:20.809><c> great</c><00:46:21.070><c> one</c><00:46:21.309><c> who</c><00:46:21.409><c> did</c><00:46:21.610><c> whatever</c><00:46:21.929><c> he</c><00:46:22.210><c> wanted,</c>

00:46:23.190 --> 00:46:26.329
he<00:46:23.349><c> now</c><00:46:23.590><c> becomes</c><00:46:23.969><c> the</c><00:46:24.250><c> great</c><00:46:24.489><c> victim</c><00:46:24.989><c> as</c><00:46:25.449><c> everything</c><00:46:25.829><c> is</c><00:46:26.110><c> done</c>

00:46:26.329 --> 00:46:29.210
to<00:46:26.550><c> him.</c><00:46:27.349><c> And</c><00:46:27.769><c> he</c><00:46:27.949><c> discovers</c><00:46:28.469><c> that</c><00:46:28.949><c> the</c>

00:46:29.210 --> 00:46:36.869
heavens<00:46:29.690><c> do</c><00:46:30.349><c> rule</c><00:46:30.889><c> and</c><00:46:31.469><c> that</c><00:46:31.690><c> he</c><00:46:31.889><c> doesn't.</c><00:46:35.190><c> And</c><00:46:35.590><c> just</c><00:46:35.750><c> the</c><00:46:35.889><c> other</c><00:46:36.050><c> phrase</c><00:46:36.349><c> there</c><00:46:36.670><c> in</c>

00:46:36.869 --> 00:46:38.289
verse<00:46:37.050><c> 20,</c><00:46:38.050><c> which</c>

00:46:38.289 --> 00:46:42.650
is<00:46:38.710><c> a</c><00:46:38.869><c> powerful</c><00:46:39.269><c> one,</c><00:46:39.869><c> is</c><00:46:39.989><c> his</c><00:46:40.150><c> mind</c><00:46:40.570><c> was</c><00:46:40.949><c> hardened</c><00:46:41.449><c> in</c><00:46:42.289><c> pride.</c>

00:46:42.829 --> 00:46:44.550
That's<00:46:43.150><c> another</c><00:46:43.389><c> danger</c><00:46:43.829><c> of</c><00:46:44.070><c> pride</c><00:46:44.409><c> that</c>

00:46:44.550 --> 00:46:49.030
we<00:46:44.650><c> need</c><00:46:44.829><c> to</c><00:46:44.949><c> just</c><00:46:45.190><c> pick</c><00:46:45.349><c> up</c><00:46:45.510><c> on</c><00:46:45.650><c> in</c><00:46:45.869><c> passing.</c><00:46:47.550><c> Pride</c><00:46:48.130><c> hardens</c>

00:46:49.030 --> 00:46:54.489
us.<00:46:51.070><c> It</c><00:46:51.469><c> makes</c><00:46:51.730><c> us</c><00:46:52.929><c> unable</c><00:46:53.550><c> to</c><00:46:53.849><c> perceive</c>

00:46:54.489 --> 00:46:58.150
the<00:46:54.969><c> wisdom</c><00:46:55.269><c> of</c><00:46:55.550><c> God.</c><00:46:56.030><c> That's</c><00:46:56.429><c> the</c><00:46:56.550><c> danger</c><00:46:57.010><c> of</c><00:46:57.369><c> it.</c><00:46:57.829><c> My</c><00:46:57.969><c> time's</c>

00:46:58.150 --> 00:46:59.829
gone<00:46:58.489><c> and</c><00:46:58.909><c> I</c><00:46:59.090><c> want</c><00:46:59.250><c> to</c><00:46:59.409><c> just</c><00:46:59.550><c> look</c><00:46:59.710><c> at</c>

00:46:59.829 --> 00:47:03.449
one<00:47:00.070><c> final</c><00:47:00.389><c> passage</c><00:47:00.750><c> just</c><00:47:01.010><c> to</c><00:47:01.230><c> finish.</c><00:47:01.769><c> And</c><00:47:01.829><c> that's</c><00:47:02.269><c> verse</c><00:47:02.670><c> 34</c>

00:47:03.449 --> 00:47:08.269
-37.<00:47:07.429><c> The</c><00:47:07.650><c> key</c><00:47:07.969><c> insight</c><00:47:08.269><c> in</c><00:47:08.269><c> this</c><00:47:08.269><c> passage</c>

00:47:08.289 --> 00:47:14.349
then,<00:47:10.389><c> the</c><00:47:10.710><c> key</c><00:47:10.929><c> perception</c><00:47:11.630><c> that</c><00:47:12.590><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:47:13.170><c> had,</c><00:47:14.230><c> was</c>

00:47:14.349 --> 00:47:17.010
to<00:47:14.550><c> see</c><00:47:14.690><c> himself</c><00:47:15.090><c> as</c><00:47:15.269><c> an</c><00:47:15.469><c> animal</c><00:47:15.789><c> and</c><00:47:16.750><c> to</c>

00:47:17.010 --> 00:47:20.630
realise<00:47:17.630><c> that</c><00:47:18.170><c> while</c><00:47:18.449><c> he</c><00:47:18.710><c> basked</c><00:47:19.070><c> in</c><00:47:19.150><c> his</c><00:47:19.349><c> own</c><00:47:19.590><c> glory,</c><00:47:20.269><c> he</c><00:47:20.409><c> was</c>

00:47:20.630 --> 00:47:22.929
nothing<00:47:20.909><c> better</c><00:47:21.230><c> than</c><00:47:21.429><c> an</c><00:47:21.650><c> animal.</c><00:47:22.469><c> He</c><00:47:22.730><c> had</c>

00:47:22.929 --> 00:47:25.949
to<00:47:23.130><c> become</c><00:47:23.369><c> an</c><00:47:23.590><c> animal</c><00:47:23.949><c> to</c><00:47:24.329><c> see</c><00:47:24.590><c> that.</c><00:47:24.809><c> He</c><00:47:24.889><c> had</c><00:47:25.070><c> to</c><00:47:25.269><c> eat</c><00:47:25.469><c> grass</c>

00:47:25.949 --> 00:47:29.929
like<00:47:26.469><c> the</c><00:47:26.710><c> oxen.</c><00:47:28.329><c> Like</c><00:47:28.710><c> sheep</c><00:47:29.110><c> they</c><00:47:29.730><c> are</c>

00:47:29.929 --> 00:47:37.949
laid<00:47:30.250><c> in</c><00:47:30.889><c> the</c><00:47:31.170><c> grave,</c><00:47:32.050><c> Psalm</c><00:47:32.250><c> 49.</c><00:47:35.570><c> The</c><00:47:35.869><c> beasts</c><00:47:36.829><c> that</c><00:47:37.409><c> perish,</c>

00:47:38.269 --> 00:47:38.269
man<00:47:38.269><c> and</c><00:47:38.269><c> beast,</c><00:47:38.269><c> they</c><00:47:38.269><c> are</c><00:47:38.269><c> laid</c><00:47:38.269><c> in</c><00:47:38.269><c> the</c>

00:47:38.289 --> 00:47:41.469
grave,<00:47:38.289><c> man</c><00:47:38.349><c> that</c><00:47:38.530><c> is</c><00:47:38.690><c> in</c><00:47:38.889><c> honour</c><00:47:39.389><c> and</c><00:47:39.989><c> understandeth</c><00:47:40.869><c> not.</c>

00:47:41.829 --> 00:47:44.590
And<00:47:42.190><c> now</c><00:47:42.690><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:47:43.530><c> does</c><00:47:43.849><c> understand</c>

00:47:44.590 --> 00:47:50.409
and<00:47:44.989><c> God</c><00:47:45.389><c> gives</c><00:47:45.889><c> him</c><00:47:46.210><c> back</c><00:47:46.590><c> his</c><00:47:47.050><c> humanity</c><00:47:47.550><c> again.</c><00:47:48.610><c> Verse</c><00:47:48.849><c> 34.</c>

00:47:53.090 --> 00:47:55.630
Sorry,<00:47:53.429><c> not</c><00:47:53.510><c> chapter</c><00:47:53.730><c> 5,</c><00:47:54.110><c> chapter</c><00:47:54.349><c> 4.</c>

00:47:58.789 --> 00:48:02.389
At<00:47:58.909><c> the</c><00:47:59.050><c> end</c><00:47:59.210><c> of</c><00:47:59.389><c> the</c><00:47:59.550><c> days,</c><00:48:00.230><c> I,</c><00:48:00.530><c> Nebuchadnezzar,</c><00:48:01.929><c> lifted</c><00:48:02.130><c> up</c>

00:48:02.389 --> 00:48:04.250
mine<00:48:02.530><c> eyes</c><00:48:02.750><c> unto</c><00:48:02.949><c> heaven</c><00:48:03.269><c> and</c><00:48:03.469><c> my</c><00:48:03.730><c> understanding</c>

00:48:04.250 --> 00:48:11.750
returned<00:48:04.670><c> to</c><00:48:04.889><c> me.</c><00:48:06.289><c> And</c><00:48:06.489><c> now</c><00:48:06.710><c> notice</c><00:48:06.989><c> the</c><00:48:07.190><c> emphasis.</c><00:48:08.349><c> And</c><00:48:08.349><c> I</c><00:48:08.550><c> blessed</c><00:48:09.050><c> the</c><00:48:09.789><c> most</c><00:48:10.210><c> high</c><00:48:10.670><c> and</c><00:48:11.309><c> I</c><00:48:11.550><c> praised</c>

00:48:11.750 --> 00:48:15.869
and<00:48:11.969><c> honoured</c><00:48:12.630><c> him</c><00:48:13.130><c> that</c><00:48:13.630><c> liveth</c><00:48:13.829><c> forever,</c><00:48:15.150><c> whose</c><00:48:15.369><c> dominion</c>

00:48:15.869 --> 00:48:17.929
is<00:48:16.070><c> an</c><00:48:16.190><c> everlasting</c><00:48:16.610><c> dominion</c><00:48:17.130><c> and</c><00:48:17.510><c> his</c>

00:48:17.929 --> 00:48:21.949
kingdom<00:48:18.389><c> is</c><00:48:19.090><c> from</c><00:48:19.550><c> generation</c><00:48:20.150><c> to</c><00:48:20.349><c> generation.</c><00:48:21.389><c> And</c><00:48:21.610><c> all</c><00:48:21.769><c> the</c>

00:48:21.949 --> 00:48:23.409
inhabitants<00:48:22.289><c> of</c><00:48:22.530><c> the</c><00:48:22.690><c> earth</c><00:48:22.829><c> are</c><00:48:23.070><c> reputed</c>

00:48:23.409 --> 00:48:27.389
as<00:48:23.650><c> nothing</c><00:48:23.929><c> and</c><00:48:24.489><c> he</c><00:48:24.869><c> doth</c><00:48:25.190><c> according</c><00:48:25.750><c> to</c><00:48:26.210><c> his</c><00:48:26.570><c> will</c><00:48:26.869><c> in</c><00:48:27.190><c> the</c>

00:48:27.389 --> 00:48:28.889
army<00:48:27.590><c> of</c><00:48:27.789><c> heaven</c><00:48:27.969><c> and</c><00:48:28.170><c> among</c><00:48:28.329><c> the</c><00:48:28.570><c> inhabitants</c>

00:48:28.889 --> 00:48:32.090
of<00:48:29.070><c> the</c><00:48:29.250><c> earth.</c><00:48:29.769><c> And</c><00:48:29.909><c> none</c><00:48:30.070><c> can</c><00:48:30.389><c> stay</c><00:48:30.690><c> his</c><00:48:31.170><c> hand</c><00:48:31.530><c> or</c><00:48:31.730><c> say</c><00:48:31.889><c> unto</c>

00:48:32.090 --> 00:48:35.769
him,<00:48:32.730><c> what</c><00:48:32.849><c> doest</c><00:48:33.369><c> thou?</c><00:48:35.030><c> It's</c><00:48:35.590><c> about</c>

00:48:35.769 --> 00:48:41.389
seeing<00:48:36.070><c> the</c><00:48:36.349><c> bigness</c><00:48:36.730><c> of</c><00:48:36.949><c> God,</c><00:48:38.369><c> that</c><00:48:38.670><c> it's</c><00:48:38.929><c> all</c><00:48:39.170><c> about</c><00:48:39.469><c> him</c><00:48:39.869><c> and</c><00:48:40.150><c> that</c><00:48:40.269><c> it's</c><00:48:40.449><c> not</c><00:48:40.690><c> about</c><00:48:41.010><c> me</c>

00:48:41.389 --> 00:48:42.010
and<00:48:41.610><c> that</c><00:48:41.789><c> I</c>

00:48:42.010 --> 00:48:45.230
only<00:48:42.289><c> take</c><00:48:42.489><c> on</c><00:48:42.690><c> any</c><00:48:42.969><c> significance</c><00:48:43.429><c> at</c><00:48:43.730><c> all</c><00:48:44.030><c> in</c><00:48:44.469><c> relation</c><00:48:44.929><c> to</c>

00:48:45.230 --> 00:48:48.409
him.<00:48:46.050><c> It's</c><00:48:46.429><c> about</c><00:48:46.690><c> turning</c><00:48:47.170><c> to</c><00:48:47.389><c> him</c><00:48:47.590><c> again</c><00:48:48.010><c> and</c>

00:48:48.409 --> 00:48:55.690
to<00:48:48.690><c> see</c><00:48:48.889><c> him</c><00:48:49.329><c> for</c><00:48:49.710><c> all</c><00:48:50.010><c> that</c><00:48:50.150><c> he</c><00:48:50.349><c> is.</c><00:48:51.489><c> That's</c><00:48:51.849><c> what</c><00:48:52.010><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:48:52.929><c> came</c><00:48:53.230><c> to</c><00:48:53.489><c> do.</c><00:48:53.750><c> Verse</c><00:48:53.909><c> 37.</c><00:48:54.730><c> Now</c><00:48:54.730><c> I,</c>

00:48:55.769 --> 00:48:58.090
Nebuchadnezzar,<00:48:56.329><c> praise</c><00:48:56.590><c> and</c><00:48:56.849><c> extol</c><00:48:57.289><c> and</c><00:48:57.570><c> honour</c><00:48:57.690><c> the</c><00:48:57.869><c> king</c>

00:48:58.090 --> 00:49:00.210
of<00:48:58.289><c> heaven,</c><00:48:59.110><c> all</c><00:48:59.230><c> whose</c><00:48:59.429><c> works</c><00:48:59.630><c> are</c><00:48:59.909><c> truth</c>

00:49:00.210 --> 00:49:03.829
and<00:49:00.610><c> his</c><00:49:00.849><c> ways</c><00:49:01.050><c> judgment,</c><00:49:02.309><c> and</c><00:49:02.510><c> those</c><00:49:02.730><c> that</c><00:49:02.989><c> walk</c><00:49:03.130><c> in</c><00:49:03.409><c> pride</c>

00:49:03.829 --> 00:49:06.309
he<00:49:04.309><c> is</c><00:49:04.449><c> able</c><00:49:04.630><c> to</c><00:49:04.849><c> abase.</c>

00:49:15.389 --> 00:49:18.210
I<00:49:15.869><c> think</c><00:49:16.030><c> we</c><00:49:16.210><c> all</c><00:49:16.329><c> want</c><00:49:16.449><c> to</c><00:49:16.610><c> thank</c><00:49:16.730><c> very</c><00:49:16.969><c> much</c><00:49:17.369><c> our</c><00:49:17.809><c> brother</c>

00:49:18.210 --> 00:49:21.429
Mark<00:49:20.050><c> for</c><00:49:20.449><c> his</c><00:49:20.650><c> talks</c><00:49:20.829><c> this</c><00:49:21.070><c> morning.</c><00:49:21.289><c> There</c>

00:49:21.429 --> 00:49:23.769
are<00:49:21.610><c> so</c><00:49:21.610><c> many</c><00:49:21.809><c> points</c><00:49:22.090><c> that</c><00:49:22.230><c> he</c><00:49:22.329><c> brought</c><00:49:22.570><c> forward</c><00:49:22.929><c> which</c><00:49:23.210><c> are</c>

00:49:23.769 --> 00:49:26.690
helpful<00:49:24.050><c> to</c><00:49:24.269><c> us.</c><00:49:25.889><c> And</c><00:49:26.050><c> I</c><00:49:26.210><c> thought</c><00:49:26.369><c> really</c>

00:49:26.690 --> 00:49:31.050
the<00:49:27.090><c> words</c><00:49:27.349><c> of</c><00:49:27.570><c> the</c><00:49:27.730><c> opening</c><00:49:28.010><c> hymn</c><00:49:28.289><c> were</c><00:49:28.750><c> very,</c><00:49:29.230><c> very</c><00:49:29.789><c> appropriate</c><00:49:30.389><c> in</c><00:49:30.610><c> terms</c><00:49:30.869><c> of</c>

00:49:31.050 --> 00:49:31.949
the<00:49:31.250><c> themes</c><00:49:31.449><c> which</c><00:49:31.809><c> Mark</c>

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was<00:49:32.230><c> stressing</c><00:49:32.630><c> this</c><00:49:33.110><c> morning.</c><00:49:33.949><c> You</c><00:49:34.130><c> just</c><00:49:34.329><c> think</c><00:49:34.510><c> again</c><00:49:34.769><c> of</c>

00:49:34.969 --> 00:49:37.469
that<00:49:35.550><c> opening</c><00:49:35.909><c> verse</c><00:49:36.190><c> of</c><00:49:36.429><c> the</c><00:49:36.949><c> hymn</c><00:49:37.289><c> with</c>

00:49:37.469 --> 00:49:41.030
which<00:49:37.630><c> we</c><00:49:37.849><c> began</c><00:49:38.110><c> our</c><00:49:38.309><c> meeting</c><00:49:38.570><c> this</c><00:49:38.869><c> morning.</c><00:49:40.289><c> Great</c><00:49:40.550><c> is</c><00:49:40.769><c> thy</c>

00:49:41.030 --> 00:49:44.730
faithfulness,<00:49:42.869><c> O</c><00:49:43.030><c> God</c><00:49:43.289><c> my</c><00:49:43.570><c> Father,</c><00:49:44.510><c> there</c>

00:49:44.730 --> 00:49:48.710
is<00:49:45.050><c> no</c><00:49:45.050><c> shadow</c><00:49:45.510><c> of</c><00:49:45.889><c> turning</c><00:49:46.190><c> with</c><00:49:46.570><c> thee.</c><00:49:47.730><c> Thou</c><00:49:47.909><c> changest</c><00:49:48.469><c> not</c>

00:49:48.710 --> 00:49:51.670
thy<00:49:49.010><c> compassions,</c><00:49:49.769><c> they</c><00:49:50.190><c> fail</c><00:49:50.489><c> not,</c><00:49:51.230><c> as</c><00:49:51.489><c> thou</c>

00:49:51.670 --> 00:49:56.590
hast<00:49:51.889><c> been</c><00:49:52.170><c> thou</c><00:49:52.630><c> hast</c><00:49:52.949><c> forever</c><00:49:53.550><c> will</c><00:49:53.809><c> be.</c><00:49:54.730><c> Now</c><00:49:55.130><c> that</c><00:49:55.309><c> is</c><00:49:55.530><c> God,</c>

00:49:57.150 --> 00:49:59.050
speaking<00:49:57.409><c> of</c><00:49:57.570><c> God,</c><00:49:57.789><c> but</c><00:49:57.909><c> is</c><00:49:58.110><c> also</c><00:49:58.610><c> talking</c>

00:49:59.050 --> 00:50:04.510
of<00:49:59.530><c> those</c><00:49:59.829><c> who</c><00:50:00.070><c> reflect</c><00:50:00.429><c> the</c><00:50:00.630><c> nature</c><00:50:00.889><c> of</c><00:50:01.130><c> God.</c><00:50:01.389><c> And</c><00:50:01.590><c> surely</c><00:50:01.849><c> that</c><00:50:02.130><c> verse</c><00:50:02.369><c> reflects</c><00:50:02.889><c> the</c><00:50:03.369><c> nature</c><00:50:03.650><c> of</c><00:50:03.949><c> Daniel</c>

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and<00:50:04.829><c> even</c><00:50:05.269><c> Nebuchadnezzar</c><00:50:06.449><c> after</c><00:50:06.989><c> his</c><00:50:07.429><c> transformation.</c><00:50:09.690><c> There</c><00:50:10.210><c> is</c>

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no<00:50:10.690><c> shadow</c><00:50:11.090><c> of</c><00:50:11.429><c> turning</c><00:50:11.670><c> with</c><00:50:11.969><c> thee.</c><00:50:14.090><c> There's</c>

00:50:14.710 --> 00:50:20.809
their<00:50:15.010><c> faith</c><00:50:15.130><c> and</c><00:50:15.309><c> their</c><00:50:15.530><c> confidence</c><00:50:15.989><c> in</c><00:50:16.309><c> God.</c><00:50:19.769><c> Now</c><00:50:20.329><c> we're</c><00:50:20.530><c> going</c><00:50:20.610><c> to</c>

00:50:20.809 --> 00:50:21.690
conclude<00:50:21.050><c> with</c><00:50:21.329><c> the</c><00:50:21.449><c> singing</c>

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of<00:50:22.010><c> hymn</c><00:50:22.210><c> number</c><00:50:22.610><c> 91.</c><00:50:24.849><c> We'll</c><00:50:25.090><c> ask</c><00:50:25.510><c> incidentally</c><00:50:26.210><c> those</c><00:50:26.489><c> who</c>

00:50:26.769 --> 00:50:28.429
are<00:50:27.150><c> looking</c><00:50:27.409><c> after</c><00:50:27.670><c> the</c><00:50:27.869><c> table</c><00:50:28.130><c> setting</c>

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duties<00:50:28.849><c> to</c><00:50:29.469><c> leave</c><00:50:29.610><c> now</c><00:50:29.889><c> before</c><00:50:30.250><c> we</c><00:50:30.809><c> sing</c><00:50:31.090><c> this</c><00:50:31.349><c> hymn.</c><00:50:33.429><c> And</c><00:50:33.750><c> then</c><00:50:33.889><c> we'll</c><00:50:34.070><c> sing</c><00:50:34.230><c> this</c><00:50:34.489><c> hymn</c><00:50:34.650><c> number</c><00:50:35.110><c> 91</c><00:50:35.809><c> and</c>

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we'll<00:50:36.610><c> ask</c><00:50:36.789><c> our</c><00:50:36.969><c> brother</c><00:50:37.250><c> Bob</c><00:50:37.610><c> Schneider</c><00:50:37.969><c> from</c><00:50:38.130><c> the</c><00:50:38.329><c> Baltimore</c><00:50:38.670><c> Ecclesia</c>

00:50:39.110 --> 00:50:41.829
to<00:50:39.769><c> lead</c><00:50:39.969><c> us</c><00:50:40.250><c> in</c><00:50:40.449><c> a</c><00:50:41.489><c> closing</c>

00:50:41.829 --> 00:50:47.690
prayer.<00:50:44.769><c> So</c><00:50:45.050><c> hymn</c><00:50:45.230><c> number</c><00:50:45.429><c> 91</c><00:50:45.869><c> or</c><00:50:46.090><c> it's</c><00:50:46.210><c> hymn</c><00:50:46.369><c> number</c><00:50:46.570><c> 52</c><00:50:47.170><c> in</c>

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the<00:50:48.030><c> old</c><00:50:48.690><c> hymn</c><00:50:48.949><c> book.</c><00:50:51.349><c> High</c><00:50:51.349><c> overlashing</c>

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waves<00:50:52.750><c> our</c><00:50:53.869><c> God</c><00:50:54.110><c> has</c><00:50:54.429><c> thrown.</c><00:50:55.489><c> Proud</c><00:50:55.769><c> billows</c><00:50:56.190><c> bide</c><00:50:56.570><c> their</c><00:50:56.809><c> wrath</c><00:50:56.989><c> at</c>

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his<00:50:57.369><c> command.</c><00:50:58.630><c> Lofty</c><00:50:59.070><c> as</c><00:50:59.289><c> hills</c>

00:50:59.550 --> 00:51:04.210
roll<00:50:59.909><c> on</c><00:51:00.170><c> your</c><00:51:00.389><c> restive</c><00:51:00.889><c> might.</c><00:51:01.789><c> Fling</c><00:51:02.309><c> seas</c><00:51:02.849><c> in</c><00:51:03.170><c> thunder</c><00:51:03.510><c> against</c><00:51:03.949><c> the</c>

00:51:04.210 --> 00:51:06.110
granite<00:51:04.510><c> height.</c><00:51:05.469><c> Yet</c><00:51:05.789><c> shall</c>

00:51:06.110 --> 00:51:11.590
you<00:51:06.690><c> like</c><00:51:06.929><c> glass</c><00:51:07.469><c> beneath</c><00:51:08.190><c> his</c><00:51:08.570><c> hand.</c><00:51:09.329><c> Hymn</c><00:51:09.610><c> number</c><00:51:10.269><c> 91</c><00:51:10.829><c> or</c><00:51:11.030><c> 52</c>

00:51:11.590 --> 00:51:13.849
in<00:51:11.929><c> the</c><00:51:12.050><c> second,</c><00:51:12.329><c> in</c><00:51:12.610><c> the</c><00:51:12.789><c> old</c><00:51:12.969><c> book.</c>

00:51:38.150 --> 00:51:50.590
Proud<00:51:39.550><c> billows</c><00:51:40.889><c> bide</c><00:51:42.750><c> their</c><00:51:43.369><c> wrath</c><00:51:44.269><c> at</c><00:51:45.030><c> his</c><00:51:45.949><c> command.</c><00:51:49.190><c> Lofty</c>

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as<00:51:51.130><c> hills</c><00:51:52.150><c> roll</c><00:51:53.489><c> on</c><00:51:54.329><c> your</c><00:51:55.150><c> restive</c><00:51:56.989><c> might.</c>

00:51:58.250 --> 00:52:10.530
Fling<00:52:00.369><c> seas</c><00:52:01.250><c> in</c><00:52:01.829><c> thunder</c><00:52:03.590><c> against</c><00:52:05.070><c> the</c><00:52:05.769><c> granite</c><00:52:07.590><c> height.</c><00:52:09.730><c> Yet</c>

00:52:10.530 --> 00:52:21.090
shall<00:52:11.449><c> you</c><00:52:12.489><c> like</c><00:52:13.389><c> glass</c><00:52:14.889><c> beneath</c><00:52:16.650><c> his</c><00:52:18.969><c> hand.</c>

00:52:21.590 --> 00:52:32.690
Proud<00:52:23.090><c> troughs,</c><00:52:23.789><c> O</c><00:52:24.789><c> hideous,</c><00:52:27.230><c> walk</c><00:52:27.610><c> their</c><00:52:28.190><c> beachy</c><00:52:29.969><c> bay.</c><00:52:31.730><c> Face</c>

00:52:32.690 --> 00:52:41.329
their<00:52:33.690><c> horizon,</c><00:52:36.789><c> all</c><00:52:37.210><c> to</c><00:52:37.949><c> lofty</c><00:52:39.230><c> bay.</c>

00:52:41.550 --> 00:52:50.570
To<00:52:42.309><c> conscious</c><00:52:43.429><c> people's,</c><00:52:46.469><c> for</c><00:52:46.909><c> thine</c><00:52:47.429><c> ocean</c><00:52:48.570><c> tide.</c><00:52:50.409><c> For</c><00:52:50.570><c> thine</c><00:52:50.570><c> ocean</c><00:52:50.570><c> tide.</c><00:52:50.570><c> For</c>

00:52:50.570 --> 00:52:51.070
thine<00:52:50.570><c> ocean</c><00:52:50.570><c> tide.</c>

00:52:52.010 --> 00:53:05.590
Nations<00:52:53.409><c> in</c><00:52:54.289><c> praise,</c><00:52:56.030><c> the</c><00:52:56.590><c> sufferer</c><00:52:58.510><c> devised.</c><00:53:01.909><c> Yet</c><00:53:03.150><c> on</c><00:53:04.349><c> your</c>

00:53:05.590 --> 00:53:14.869
knee,<00:53:06.949><c> whose</c><00:53:07.489><c> death</c><00:53:08.070><c> Jesus</c><00:53:09.690><c> prayed.</c><00:53:13.630><c> His</c>

00:53:14.869 --> 00:53:29.130
death<00:53:16.130><c> shall</c><00:53:16.130><c> haunt</c><00:53:17.510><c> his</c><00:53:18.889><c> holy</c><00:53:19.809><c> content.</c><00:53:23.590><c> Roasted</c><00:53:24.989><c> with</c><00:53:25.849><c> waters,</c><00:53:28.710><c> yet</c>

00:53:29.130 --> 00:53:34.170
there<00:53:29.590><c> will</c><00:53:30.489><c> he</c><00:53:30.969><c> stand.</c><00:53:33.510><c> High</c>

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sun<00:53:35.050><c> and</c><00:53:35.710><c> mountain,</c><00:53:37.949><c> kneeling,</c><00:53:39.289><c> blessing</c><00:53:40.190><c> free.</c><00:53:43.090><c> Of</c><00:53:44.489><c> day</c><00:53:44.849><c> and</c>

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day<00:53:44.849><c> and</c><00:53:44.849><c> night.</c>

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He<00:53:44.869><c> shall</c><00:53:45.610><c> fathom</c><00:53:48.070><c> all</c><00:53:48.989><c> the</c><00:53:49.489><c> silent</c><00:53:50.849><c> sea.</c><00:53:53.449><c> And</c><00:53:54.849><c> join</c><00:53:55.510><c> the</c><00:53:56.429><c> man</c>

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through<00:53:58.710><c> all</c><00:53:59.889><c> despair.</c><00:54:02.969><c> Amen.</c>

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Almighty<00:54:14.090><c> and</c><00:54:14.550><c> Merciful</c><00:54:14.949><c> Heavenly</c><00:54:15.389><c> Father,</c><00:54:17.010><c> Thou</c><00:54:17.309><c> who</c><00:54:17.409><c> art</c>

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from<00:54:17.889><c> everlasting</c><00:54:18.449><c> to</c><00:54:18.730><c> everlasting,</c><00:54:19.469><c> we</c>

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bless<00:54:19.829><c> Thy</c><00:54:20.050><c> glorious</c><00:54:20.530><c> name.</c><00:54:22.789><c> We</c><00:54:22.949><c> seek</c><00:54:23.250><c> to</c><00:54:23.449><c> draw</c><00:54:23.610><c> an</c><00:54:23.730><c> eye</c><00:54:23.869><c> before</c><00:54:24.130><c> Thy</c>

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throne<00:54:24.650><c> of</c><00:54:24.809><c> grace,</c><00:54:25.170><c> Heavenly</c>

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Father,<00:54:25.829><c> in</c><00:54:25.989><c> thanksgiving</c><00:54:26.570><c> for</c><00:54:27.510><c> all</c><00:54:27.769><c> Thy</c><00:54:27.929><c> blessings</c><00:54:28.349><c> of</c><00:54:28.570><c> this</c>

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day.<00:54:31.329><c> We</c><00:54:31.630><c> come</c><00:54:31.829><c> before</c><00:54:32.130><c> Thee</c><00:54:32.309><c> now</c><00:54:32.730><c> in</c><00:54:33.090><c> Jesus'</c>

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name,<00:54:35.590><c> to</c><00:54:35.809><c> thank</c><00:54:36.010><c> Thee,</c><00:54:36.170><c> Heavenly</c><00:54:36.489><c> Father,</c><00:54:36.829><c> for</c><00:54:36.989><c> the</c><00:54:37.170><c> lessons</c>

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that<00:54:37.670><c> have</c><00:54:37.909><c> been</c><00:54:38.090><c> brought</c><00:54:38.349><c> forward</c>

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from<00:54:38.849><c> Thy</c><00:54:39.050><c> word</c><00:54:39.230><c> of</c><00:54:39.469><c> truth.</c><00:54:41.789><c> And</c><00:54:41.909><c> if</c><00:54:42.010><c> we</c><00:54:42.170><c> have</c><00:54:43.989><c> sung</c><00:54:44.289><c> in</c><00:54:44.489><c> our</c>

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hymn,<00:54:45.170><c> that</c><00:54:45.269><c> Thou</c><00:54:45.550><c> wouldest</c><00:54:45.869><c> allow</c><00:54:46.190><c> base</c>

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men<00:54:47.570><c> to</c><00:54:50.030><c> arise</c><00:54:50.510><c> to</c><00:54:50.690><c> serve</c><00:54:50.949><c> Thy</c><00:54:51.190><c> purpose,</c><00:54:54.449><c> and</c><00:54:54.650><c> at</c><00:54:54.829><c> Thy</c><00:54:54.989><c> command</c>

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they<00:54:57.889><c> fall</c><00:54:58.309><c> and</c><00:54:58.530><c> vanish</c><00:54:58.829><c> away.</c><00:55:01.710><c> And</c>

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these<00:55:02.329><c> have</c><00:55:02.429><c> been</c><00:55:03.329><c> brought</c><00:55:03.590><c> forth,</c><00:55:03.869><c> Heavenly</c><00:55:04.230><c> Father,</c><00:55:04.550><c> by</c><00:55:04.809><c> our</c><00:55:05.570><c> brother</c><00:55:05.889><c> this</c><00:55:06.170><c> morning</c><00:55:07.030><c> as</c>

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a<00:55:08.690><c> great</c><00:55:09.050><c> faith</c>

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of<00:55:11.170><c> Thy</c><00:55:11.789><c> three</c><00:55:12.690><c> servants</c><00:55:13.289><c> who</c><00:55:16.949><c> stood</c><00:55:17.989><c> firm</c><00:55:18.750><c> on</c><00:55:18.909><c> their</c><00:55:19.150><c> beliefs</c>

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to<00:55:23.570><c> withstand</c><00:55:24.289><c> the</c><00:55:24.750><c> pressures</c><00:55:25.190><c> brought</c>

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upon<00:55:26.250><c> them.</c><00:55:29.730><c> May</c><00:55:30.369><c> this</c><00:55:30.969><c> serve</c><00:55:31.389><c> Heavenly</c><00:55:31.769><c> Father</c><00:55:32.050><c> to</c><00:55:32.289><c> guide</c><00:55:32.469><c> us,</c><00:55:33.389><c> to</c>

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strengthen<00:55:33.969><c> us</c><00:55:35.150><c> that</c><00:55:37.289><c> our</c><00:55:37.610><c> faith</c>

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may<00:55:38.130><c> be</c><00:55:39.650><c> as</c><00:55:42.690><c> strong</c><00:55:42.929><c> as</c><00:55:43.210><c> theirs</c><00:55:43.650><c> to</c><00:55:44.409><c> withstand</c><00:55:44.909><c> the</c><00:55:45.190><c> pressures</c>

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put<00:55:45.730><c> upon</c><00:55:46.010><c> us</c><00:55:46.869><c> by</c><00:55:48.130><c> the</c><00:55:48.289><c> world</c><00:55:48.550><c> in</c><00:55:48.730><c> which</c>

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we<00:55:49.769><c> live.</c><00:55:52.949><c> That</c><00:55:53.210><c> we</c><00:55:53.309><c> might</c><00:55:54.010><c> hold</c><00:55:55.190><c> fast,</c><00:55:55.869><c> Heavenly</c><00:55:55.869><c> Father,</c><00:55:58.630><c> to</c>

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those<00:55:59.110><c> things</c><00:55:59.389><c> which</c><00:55:59.610><c> we</c><00:56:00.289><c> believe</c><00:56:00.489><c> to</c>

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be<00:56:01.210><c> Thy</c><00:56:01.449><c> truths</c><00:56:01.789><c> and</c><00:56:01.969><c> for</c><00:56:02.190><c> that</c><00:56:02.369><c> great</c><00:56:02.610><c> hope</c><00:56:03.050><c> that</c><00:56:04.050><c> we</c><00:56:04.309><c> share</c>

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together<00:56:04.909><c> in</c><00:56:05.110><c> Jesus.</c><00:56:07.769><c> That</c><00:56:07.829><c> we</c><00:56:08.210><c> come</c><00:56:08.849><c> now</c>

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in<00:56:09.130><c> Thy</c><00:56:09.389><c> presence,</c><00:56:10.070><c> Heavenly</c><00:56:10.070><c> Father,</c><00:56:14.010><c> and</c><00:56:14.449><c> give</c><00:56:14.590><c> Thee</c><00:56:14.869><c> our</c>

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thanks<00:56:15.469><c> for</c><00:56:15.889><c> all</c><00:56:16.090><c> Thy</c><00:56:16.269><c> blessings</c><00:56:17.150><c> to</c><00:56:18.849><c> be</c>

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now<00:56:19.550><c> in</c><00:56:20.949><c> Jesus'</c><00:56:22.789><c> name.</c><00:56:23.389><c> Amen.</c>

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Amen.