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in</c><00:14:08.080><c> Luke</c><00:14:08.299><c> chapter</c><00:14:08.620><c> 13,</c><00:14:09.139><c> and</c><00:14:09.139><c> now</c><00:14:09.659><c> that</c><00:14:09.980><c> tree</c><00:14:10.240><c> was</c> 00:14:10.460 --> 00:14:12.019 to<00:14:10.639><c> suffer</c><00:14:10.919><c> as</c><00:14:11.399><c> a</c><00:14:11.539><c> symbol</c><00:14:11.740><c> of</c><00:14:11.840><c> what's</c> 00:14:12.019 --> 00:14:16.039 going<00:14:12.200><c> to</c><00:14:12.259><c> happen</c><00:14:12.399><c> to</c><00:14:12.539><c> that</c><00:14:12.700><c> nation.</c><00:14:14.080><c> But</c><00:14:14.100><c> you</c><00:14:14.279><c> see,</c><00:14:15.559><c> all</c><00:14:15.620><c> right,</c><00:14:15.799><c> that</c> 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:18.539 time<00:14:16.240><c> had</c><00:14:16.419><c> come,</c><00:14:17.580><c> but</c><00:14:17.679><c> when</c><00:14:17.840><c> Jesus</c><00:14:18.200><c> cursed</c> 00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:23.379 that,<00:14:18.820><c> it</c><00:14:18.879><c> was</c><00:14:19.059><c> only</c><00:14:19.379><c> for</c><00:14:19.740><c> an</c><00:14:20.019><c> age.</c><00:14:21.580><c> Now</c><00:14:21.740><c> we</c><00:14:21.840><c> know</c><00:14:22.159><c> what</c><00:14:22.700><c> Isaiah</c> 00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:26.980 says,<00:14:24.059><c> Israel</c><00:14:24.539><c> shall</c><00:14:25.000><c> blossom</c><00:14:25.519><c> and</c><00:14:26.080><c> bud</c><00:14:26.340><c> and</c> 00:14:26.980 --> 00:14:32.200 fill<00:14:27.440><c> the</c><00:14:27.740><c> face</c><00:14:28.220><c> of</c><00:14:28.639><c> the</c><00:14:28.860><c> world</c><00:14:29.419><c> with</c><00:14:29.720><c> fruit.</c><00:14:30.559><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:30.799><c> 26,</c><00:14:31.539><c> 27</c> 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:33.980 and<00:14:32.779><c> verse</c><00:14:33.159><c> 6,</c> 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:39.419 Israel<00:14:35.580><c> shall</c><00:14:36.039><c> blossom</c><00:14:36.580><c> and</c><00:14:37.120><c> bud</c><00:14:37.340><c> and</c><00:14:37.799><c> fill</c><00:14:38.299><c> the</c><00:14:38.580><c> face</c><00:14:39.000><c> of</c><00:14:39.200><c> the</c> 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:42.120 world<00:14:39.879><c> with</c><00:14:40.159><c> fruit.</c><00:14:41.299><c> But</c><00:14:41.399><c> at</c><00:14:41.399><c> the</c><00:14:41.559><c> moment,</c><00:14:42.059><c> brothers</c> 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:44.580 and<00:14:42.379><c> sisters,</c><00:14:42.960><c> they</c><00:14:42.960><c> are</c><00:14:43.120><c> blasted</c><00:14:43.740><c> and</c><00:14:43.980><c> withered</c><00:14:44.139><c> up</c><00:14:44.299><c> at</c><00:14:44.440><c> the</c> 00:14:44.580 --> 00:14:48.399 roots.<00:14:46.139><c> But</c><00:14:46.360><c> when</c><00:14:46.600><c> that</c><00:14:47.000><c> fruit</c><00:14:47.240><c> comes,</c> 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:54.100 there's<00:14:48.940><c> going</c><00:14:49.080><c> to</c><00:14:49.159><c> be</c><00:14:49.360><c> a</c><00:14:49.639><c> clear</c><00:14:50.120><c> and</c><00:14:50.340><c> unmistakable</c><00:14:51.320><c> recognition</c><00:14:52.379><c> as</c><00:14:53.799><c> who</c> 00:14:54.100 --> 00:14:56.299 is<00:14:55.059><c> the</c><00:14:55.379><c> origin,</c><00:14:55.720><c> the</c><00:14:56.019><c> source</c> 00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:59.820 of<00:14:56.419><c> that</c><00:14:56.740><c> fruit.</c><00:14:57.379><c> Now</c><00:14:57.379><c> you</c><00:14:57.559><c> look</c><00:14:57.840><c> at</c><00:14:57.980><c> Hosea</c><00:14:58.480><c> 14,</c><00:14:59.159><c> a</c><00:14:59.220><c> marvelous</c> 00:14:59.820 --> 00:15:03.379 chapter.<00:15:01.919><c> When</c><00:15:02.059><c> Israel</c><00:15:02.419><c> finally</c><00:15:02.960><c> produces</c> 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:06.600 that<00:15:03.740><c> fruit,</c><00:15:04.000><c> brothers</c><00:15:04.220><c> and</c><00:15:04.460><c> sisters,</c><00:15:05.440><c> they're</c><00:15:05.659><c> going</c><00:15:05.799><c> to</c><00:15:05.820><c> see</c><00:15:06.100><c> that</c><00:15:06.259><c> it's</c><00:15:06.379><c> of</c> 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:08.000 God.<00:15:06.820><c> It</c><00:15:06.840><c> won't</c><00:15:07.080><c> be</c><00:15:07.139><c> any</c><00:15:07.460><c> big</c><00:15:07.700><c> show</c> 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.059 or<00:15:08.240><c> far</c><00:15:08.519><c> off</c><00:15:08.740><c> with</c><00:15:08.879><c> all</c><00:15:09.059><c> these</c><00:15:09.299><c> leaves</c><00:15:09.659><c> and</c><00:15:10.200><c> no</c><00:15:10.519><c> fruit</c><00:15:10.720><c> on</c><00:15:10.879><c> it.</c> 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:13.860 They'll<00:15:11.460><c> recognize</c><00:15:12.039><c> now</c><00:15:12.639><c> there's</c><00:15:13.039><c> only</c><00:15:13.279><c> one</c><00:15:13.519><c> way</c><00:15:13.659><c> to</c> 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:19.440 produce<00:15:14.179><c> fruit,</c><00:15:15.460><c> and</c><00:15:15.740><c> that's</c><00:15:15.899><c> to</c><00:15:16.120><c> cooperate</c><00:15:16.500><c> with</c><00:15:16.740><c> the</c><00:15:16.940><c> Creator.</c><00:15:19.440><c> You</c> 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:23.860 see,<00:15:20.259><c> Hosea</c><00:15:20.700><c> chapter</c><00:15:21.019><c> 14,</c><00:15:22.600><c> it</c><00:15:23.340><c> opens</c><00:15:23.620><c> up,</c> 00:15:23.860 --> 00:15:28.000 O<00:15:24.340><c> Israel,</c><00:15:25.059><c> return</c><00:15:25.440><c> unto</c><00:15:25.679><c> Yahweh</c><00:15:26.080><c> thy</c><00:15:26.379><c> God,</c><00:15:27.179><c> for</c><00:15:27.360><c> thou</c><00:15:27.659><c> hast</c> 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:29.779 fallen<00:15:28.460><c> by</c><00:15:28.799><c> thine</c><00:15:29.000><c> iniquity.</c><00:15:29.340><c> In</c><00:15:29.440><c> other</c><00:15:29.600><c> words,</c> 00:15:29.980 --> 00:15:33.500 brothers<00:15:30.080><c> and</c><00:15:30.360><c> sisters,</c><00:15:31.039><c> their</c><00:15:31.159><c> decline,</c><00:15:31.840><c> and</c><00:15:32.039><c> Hosea,</c><00:15:32.440><c> of</c><00:15:32.539><c> course,</c><00:15:32.860><c> was</c><00:15:33.019><c> 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There's</c><00:15:48.580><c> the</c><00:15:48.759><c> reason.</c> 00:15:49.899 --> 00:15:54.120 Now<00:15:50.340><c> God</c><00:15:50.580><c> says,</c><00:15:50.779><c> I</c><00:15:50.779><c> want</c><00:15:50.960><c> you</c><00:15:51.100><c> to</c><00:15:51.220><c> just</c><00:15:51.399><c> take</c><00:15:51.600><c> words.</c><00:15:54.019><c> Never</c> 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:56.159 mind<00:15:54.279><c> all</c><00:15:54.460><c> your</c><00:15:54.700><c> sacrifices.</c><00:15:55.600><c> Never</c><00:15:55.740><c> mind</c><00:15:55.960><c> all</c> 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:59.580 your<00:15:56.399><c> ceremonies.</c><00:15:57.480><c> Just</c><00:15:57.679><c> come</c><00:15:57.919><c> to</c><00:15:58.059><c> me</c><00:15:58.179><c> and</c><00:15:58.399><c> say</c><00:15:58.600><c> something.</c> 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:02.940 Take<00:16:00.820><c> away</c><00:16:01.059><c> all</c><00:16:01.279><c> iniquity</c><00:16:01.700><c> and</c><00:16:01.860><c> receive</c><00:16:02.179><c> us</c><00:16:02.480><c> graciously,</c> 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:05.820 so<00:16:03.200><c> we</c><00:16:03.399><c> would</c><00:16:03.539><c> enter</c><00:16:03.679><c> the</c><00:16:03.960><c> bullock</c><00:16:04.320><c> of</c><00:16:04.559><c> our</c><00:16:04.779><c> lips.</c><00:16:05.179><c> Bullock</c><00:16:05.620><c> of</c> 00:16:05.820 --> 00:16:07.700 our<00:16:05.960><c> lips.</c><00:16:06.139><c> The</c><00:16:06.379><c> big</c><00:16:06.659><c> sacrifice,</c><00:16:07.299><c> you</c><00:16:07.500><c> see,</c> 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:10.299 the<00:16:08.279><c> largest</c><00:16:08.620><c> of</c><00:16:08.820><c> them</c><00:16:08.960><c> all.</c><00:16:09.340><c> God</c><00:16:09.519><c> says,</c><00:16:09.700><c> the</c><00:16:09.940><c> biggest</c><00:16:10.120><c> thing</c> 00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:14.200 you<00:16:10.419><c> can</c><00:16:10.620><c> do</c><00:16:10.940><c> is</c><00:16:11.419><c> just</c><00:16:12.039><c> say</c><00:16:12.519><c> something</c><00:16:12.980><c> to</c><00:16:13.340><c> me.</c> 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:19.399 And<00:16:14.720><c> we've</c><00:16:14.980><c> got</c><00:16:15.000><c> to</c><00:16:15.179><c> say</c><00:16:15.299><c> in</c><00:16:15.440><c> verse</c><00:16:15.700><c> 3,</c><00:16:17.080><c> Asher</c><00:16:17.200><c> won't</c><00:16:17.460><c> save</c><00:16:17.759><c> us.</c> 00:16:19.919 --> 00:16:22.059 We<00:16:20.000><c> won't</c><00:16:20.279><c> ride</c><00:16:20.519><c> upon</c><00:16:20.779><c> horses.</c> 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:24.700 Neither<00:16:22.639><c> will</c><00:16:22.860><c> we</c><00:16:23.000><c> say</c><00:16:23.200><c> any</c><00:16:23.440><c> more</c><00:16:23.679><c> to</c><00:16:23.860><c> the</c><00:16:24.000><c> work</c><00:16:24.120><c> of</c><00:16:24.299><c> our</c><00:16:24.480><c> own</c> 00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:28.799 hands.<00:16:25.820><c> Ye</c><00:16:25.960><c> are</c><00:16:26.179><c> our</c><00:16:26.360><c> gods.</c><00:16:28.419><c> In</c><00:16:28.580><c> other</c><00:16:28.620><c> words,</c> 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:32.620 in<00:16:28.960><c> admission,</c><00:16:29.600><c> brothers</c><00:16:29.659><c> and</c><00:16:29.899><c> sisters,</c><00:16:31.100><c> of</c><00:16:31.279><c> their</c><00:16:31.639><c> own</c><00:16:31.860><c> iniquity</c><00:16:32.360><c> and</c> 00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:34.659 of<00:16:32.720><c> their</c><00:16:33.039><c> trust</c><00:16:33.379><c> in</c><00:16:33.580><c> the</c><00:16:33.720><c> Gentile</c><00:16:34.259><c> powers,</c> 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:40.480 you<00:16:35.279><c> admit,</c><00:16:35.899><c> says</c><00:16:35.980><c> God,</c><00:16:36.659><c> that</c><00:16:36.820><c> they</c><00:16:37.200><c> are</c><00:16:37.299><c> no</c><00:16:37.519><c> good</c><00:16:37.639><c> to</c><00:16:37.879><c> you,</c><00:16:38.500><c> that</c><00:16:38.659><c> the</c><00:16:38.820><c> Gentile</c><00:16:39.379><c> world</c><00:16:39.779><c> is</c> 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.840 hopeless<00:16:40.919><c> and</c><00:16:41.279><c> helpless</c><00:16:41.580><c> as</c> 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:44.440 you're<00:16:42.200><c> concerned,</c><00:16:43.220><c> that</c><00:16:43.259><c> you've</c><00:16:43.539><c> worshipped</c><00:16:43.960><c> the</c><00:16:44.159><c> work</c><00:16:44.320><c> of</c> 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:46.100 your<00:16:44.500><c> own</c><00:16:44.600><c> hand.</c><00:16:44.779><c> Just</c><00:16:45.220><c> tell</c><00:16:45.500><c> me</c><00:16:45.740><c> that.</c><00:16:45.940><c> He</c><00:16:46.019><c> says,</c> 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:48.419 I'm<00:16:46.320><c> not</c><00:16:46.399><c> interested</c><00:16:46.740><c> in</c><00:16:46.980><c> all</c><00:16:47.100><c> these</c><00:16:47.399><c> bullocks.</c><00:16:47.960><c> You</c><00:16:48.120><c> tell</c><00:16:48.220><c> me</c> 00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:51.620 that.<00:16:49.500><c> And</c><00:16:49.620><c> then</c><00:16:49.820><c> he</c><00:16:49.840><c> says,</c><00:16:50.679><c> he</c><00:16:50.720><c> will</c><00:16:51.259><c> heal</c> 00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:56.159 their<00:16:51.960><c> backslidings.</c><00:16:52.879><c> I</c><00:16:53.039><c> will</c><00:16:53.340><c> love</c><00:16:53.500><c> them</c><00:16:53.940><c> freely.</c><00:16:55.299><c> Verse</c><00:16:55.559><c> 4,</c> 00:16:56.460 --> 00:16:57.960 and<00:16:56.600><c> Paul</c><00:16:56.799><c> talks</c><00:16:57.100><c> about</c><00:16:57.279><c> it,</c><00:16:57.480><c> doesn't</c><00:16:57.500><c> he?</c><00:16:57.720><c> Being</c> 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:01.600 justified<00:16:58.580><c> freely</c><00:16:59.279><c> by</c><00:16:59.580><c> his</c><00:16:59.840><c> grace.</c><00:17:00.820><c> Now</c><00:17:00.940><c> then,</c><00:17:01.179><c> having</c><00:17:01.379><c> done</c> 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:05.400 all<00:17:01.840><c> that,</c><00:17:02.899><c> verse</c><00:17:03.179><c> 6,</c><00:17:04.039><c> his</c><00:17:04.299><c> branches</c><00:17:04.759><c> shall</c><00:17:05.000><c> spread</c> 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:08.079 and<00:17:05.559><c> his</c><00:17:05.799><c> beauty</c><00:17:06.039><c> shall</c><00:17:06.279><c> be</c><00:17:06.460><c> as</c><00:17:06.579><c> the</c><00:17:06.779><c> olive</c><00:17:07.039><c> tree</c><00:17:07.299><c> and</c><00:17:07.460><c> his</c><00:17:07.720><c> smell</c><00:17:07.880><c> as</c> 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:10.720 Lebanon.<00:17:09.359><c> They</c><00:17:09.599><c> that</c><00:17:09.839><c> dwell</c><00:17:09.980><c> under</c><00:17:10.200><c> his</c><00:17:10.460><c> shadow</c> 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:13.839 shall<00:17:10.880><c> return.</c><00:17:12.160><c> They</c><00:17:12.220><c> shall</c><00:17:12.420><c> revive</c><00:17:12.799><c> as</c><00:17:12.980><c> the</c><00:17:13.220><c> corn</c><00:17:13.440><c> and</c><00:17:13.619><c> grow</c> 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:16.140 as<00:17:14.019><c> the</c><00:17:14.220><c> vine.</c><00:17:15.000><c> The</c><00:17:15.140><c> scent</c><00:17:15.519><c> thereof</c><00:17:15.960><c> shall</c> 00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:19.960 be<00:17:16.279><c> as</c><00:17:16.400><c> the</c><00:17:16.619><c> wine</c><00:17:16.839><c> of</c><00:17:17.059><c> Lebanon.</c><00:17:17.839><c> Ephraim</c><00:17:18.180><c> shall</c><00:17:18.400><c> say,</c><00:17:19.480><c> what</c><00:17:19.640><c> have</c><00:17:19.839><c> I</c> 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:23.180 to<00:17:20.099><c> do</c><00:17:20.339><c> any</c><00:17:20.619><c> more</c><00:17:20.759><c> with</c><00:17:21.039><c> idols?</c><00:17:22.359><c> God's</c><00:17:22.839><c> answer,</c> 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:28.019 I<00:17:23.819><c> have</c><00:17:24.039><c> heard</c><00:17:24.240><c> him</c><00:17:24.640><c> and</c><00:17:24.940><c> observed</c><00:17:25.259><c> him.</c><00:17:27.079><c> I</c><00:17:27.279><c> am</c><00:17:27.400><c> like</c><00:17:27.640><c> a</c><00:17:27.819><c> green</c> 00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:31.299 fir<00:17:28.299><c> tree,</c><00:17:28.859><c> says</c><00:17:28.960><c> Ephraim.</c><00:17:30.180><c> And</c><00:17:30.299><c> God</c><00:17:30.460><c> says,</c><00:17:30.859><c> yes,</c> 00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:35.180 from<00:17:31.819><c> me</c><00:17:32.160><c> is</c><00:17:32.359><c> thy</c><00:17:32.539><c> fruit</c><00:17:32.799><c> found.</c><00:17:33.279><c> It's</c><00:17:33.440><c> like</c><00:17:33.559><c> a</c><00:17:33.839><c> dialogue</c><00:17:34.079><c> in</c><00:17:34.319><c> verse</c><00:17:34.720><c> 8</c> 00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:36.599 there.<00:17:35.720><c> Ephraim</c><00:17:36.160><c> says,</c> 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:41.200 what<00:17:37.359><c> am</c><00:17:37.579><c> I</c><00:17:37.720><c> going</c><00:17:37.779><c> to</c><00:17:37.839><c> do</c><00:17:38.279><c> with</c><00:17:38.440><c> idols?</c><00:17:39.599><c> God</c><00:17:39.720><c> says,</c><00:17:40.000><c> I</c><00:17:40.000><c> heard</c><00:17:40.259><c> that</c><00:17:40.880><c> and</c><00:17:41.039><c> I</c> 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:43.079 took<00:17:41.359><c> notice</c><00:17:41.640><c> of</c><00:17:41.759><c> it.</c><00:17:42.619><c> Then</c><00:17:42.779><c> Ephraim</c> 00:17:43.079 --> 00:17:46.160 says,<00:17:43.279><c> I'm</c><00:17:43.480><c> like</c><00:17:43.660><c> a</c><00:17:43.859><c> green</c><00:17:44.099><c> fir</c><00:17:44.380><c> tree.</c><00:17:44.640><c> God</c><00:17:44.859><c> says,</c><00:17:45.160><c> yes,</c><00:17:45.700><c> because</c><00:17:45.900><c> your</c> 00:17:46.160 --> 00:17:48.079 fruit<00:17:46.380><c> is</c><00:17:46.700><c> found</c><00:17:46.960><c> from</c><00:17:47.220><c> me.</c> 00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:51.299 So<00:17:49.099><c> you</c><00:17:49.240><c> see,</c><00:17:49.579><c> brothers</c><00:17:49.640><c> and</c><00:17:49.920><c> sisters,</c><00:17:50.420><c> Israel</c><00:17:50.700><c> will</c><00:17:51.019><c> blossom</c> 00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:53.019 and<00:17:51.599><c> bud.</c><00:17:51.660><c> They</c><00:17:51.839><c> will</c><00:17:52.140><c> fill</c><00:17:52.339><c> the</c><00:17:52.559><c> face</c><00:17:52.700><c> of</c><00:17:52.859><c> the</c> 00:17:53.019 --> 00:17:55.460 world<00:17:53.200><c> with</c><00:17:53.359><c> fruit.</c><00:17:53.900><c> But</c><00:17:54.059><c> now</c><00:17:54.339><c> they'll</c><00:17:54.500><c> get</c><00:17:54.640><c> back</c><00:17:54.839><c> to</c><00:17:54.980><c> the</c><00:17:55.180><c> source</c><00:17:55.359><c> of</c> 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:57.059 it,<00:17:55.559><c> won't</c><00:17:55.700><c> they?</c><00:17:56.160><c> Now</c><00:17:56.400><c> they'll</c><00:17:56.619><c> understand</c> 00:17:57.059 --> 00:18:02.019 that<00:17:57.200><c> it's</c><00:17:57.299><c> not</c><00:17:57.440><c> a</c><00:17:57.599><c> big</c><00:17:57.819><c> show</c><00:17:58.220><c> from</c><00:17:58.500><c> afar</c><00:17:58.940><c> off</c><00:17:59.220><c> being</c><00:17:59.579><c> different</c><00:18:00.019><c> from</c><00:18:00.240><c> anybody</c><00:18:00.559><c> else,</c><00:18:01.599><c> seen</c><00:18:01.799><c> to</c> 00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.839 be<00:18:02.200><c> religious,</c> 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:06.440 giving<00:18:03.660><c> an</c><00:18:03.920><c> aura</c><00:18:04.180><c> of</c><00:18:04.519><c> holiness,</c><00:18:05.579><c> but</c><00:18:05.619><c> underneath</c><00:18:06.140><c> they</c><00:18:06.299><c> were</c> 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:08.700 dead<00:18:06.700><c> men's</c><00:18:07.140><c> bones</c><00:18:07.420><c> and</c><00:18:07.799><c> they</c><00:18:07.920><c> were</c> 00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:11.619 like<00:18:09.339><c> a</c><00:18:09.599><c> fruit</c><00:18:09.759><c> tree,</c><00:18:10.099><c> as</c><00:18:10.160><c> Jude</c><00:18:10.339><c> says,</c><00:18:10.960><c> plucked</c><00:18:11.220><c> up</c><00:18:11.339><c> from</c><00:18:11.500><c> the</c> 00:18:11.619 --> 00:18:13.400 roots,<00:18:11.859><c> twice</c><00:18:12.319><c> dead,</c> 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:18.579 but<00:18:13.839><c> they</c><00:18:14.000><c> gave</c><00:18:14.160><c> every</c><00:18:14.759><c> display</c><00:18:15.799><c> of</c><00:18:16.640><c> doing</c><00:18:16.940><c> the</c><00:18:17.059><c> right</c><00:18:17.359><c> thing.</c> 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:20.859 Now<00:18:19.279><c> his</c><00:18:19.420><c> disciples</c><00:18:19.839><c> heard</c><00:18:20.140><c> that,</c> 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:23.140 says<00:18:21.299><c> Mark,</c><00:18:21.740><c> and</c><00:18:21.839><c> then</c><00:18:21.960><c> he</c><00:18:22.079><c> doesn't</c><00:18:22.299><c> say</c><00:18:22.500><c> any</c><00:18:22.660><c> more</c><00:18:22.819><c> about</c><00:18:23.000><c> it</c> 00:18:23.140 --> 00:18:25.180 for<00:18:23.259><c> a</c><00:18:23.420><c> moment.</c><00:18:24.019><c> Just</c><00:18:24.240><c> makes</c><00:18:24.519><c> the</c><00:18:24.740><c> note</c><00:18:24.900><c> that</c><00:18:25.039><c> they</c> 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:28.920 heard<00:18:25.400><c> all</c><00:18:25.640><c> that.</c><00:18:27.339><c> Now</c><00:18:27.440><c> back</c><00:18:27.640><c> in</c><00:18:27.720><c> Mark</c><00:18:27.980><c> 11,</c><00:18:28.400><c> we</c><00:18:28.559><c> come</c><00:18:28.740><c> to</c><00:18:28.859><c> the</c> 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:30.259 next<00:18:29.220><c> incident,</c><00:18:29.720><c> brothers</c><00:18:29.900><c> and</c><00:18:30.079><c> sisters,</c> 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:34.799 he<00:18:30.480><c> went</c><00:18:30.680><c> into</c><00:18:30.859><c> that</c><00:18:31.079><c> temple</c><00:18:31.500><c> and</c><00:18:33.019><c> he</c><00:18:33.160><c> saw</c><00:18:33.299><c> a</c><00:18:33.460><c> disgraceful</c><00:18:34.099><c> sight.</c><00:18:34.339><c> He'd</c><00:18:34.440><c> seen</c><00:18:34.640><c> it</c> 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:36.119 before,<00:18:35.319><c> remember,</c> 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:39.400 in<00:18:36.920><c> verse</c><00:18:37.200><c> 11.</c><00:18:37.559><c> He</c><00:18:37.660><c> had</c><00:18:37.819><c> entered</c><00:18:37.940><c> the</c><00:18:38.200><c> previous</c><00:18:38.619><c> day,</c><00:18:39.140><c> looked</c> 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:41.480 round<00:18:39.700><c> about</c><00:18:39.920><c> upon</c><00:18:40.140><c> all</c><00:18:40.460><c> things,</c> 00:18:41.539 --> 00:18:44.500 took<00:18:41.700><c> it</c><00:18:41.859><c> all</c><00:18:42.019><c> in</c><00:18:42.279><c> and</c><00:18:42.380><c> then</c><00:18:42.500><c> went</c><00:18:42.599><c> out</c><00:18:42.900><c> to</c><00:18:43.039><c> Bethany.</c><00:18:44.079><c> Now</c><00:18:44.259><c> he's</c> 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:48.039 back<00:18:44.700><c> the</c><00:18:44.839><c> next</c><00:18:45.140><c> day</c><00:18:45.619><c> and</c><00:18:46.440><c> in</c><00:18:46.579><c> verse</c><00:18:46.859><c> 15,</c> 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:51.059 and<00:18:48.140><c> they</c><00:18:48.279><c> come</c><00:18:48.579><c> to</c><00:18:48.740><c> Jerusalem</c><00:18:49.099><c> and</c><00:18:49.240><c> Jesus</c><00:18:49.579><c> went</c><00:18:49.779><c> into</c><00:18:49.920><c> the</c><00:18:50.140><c> temple</c><00:18:50.299><c> and</c><00:18:50.500><c> began</c><00:18:50.740><c> to</c> 00:18:51.059 --> 00:18:52.119 cast<00:18:51.279><c> out</c><00:18:51.480><c> them</c><00:18:51.700><c> that</c><00:18:51.940><c> sold</c> 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:54.940 and<00:18:52.339><c> bought</c><00:18:52.519><c> him</c><00:18:52.680><c> the</c><00:18:52.819><c> temple.</c><00:18:53.519><c> Now</c><00:18:53.680><c> what</c><00:18:53.819><c> he</c><00:18:53.920><c> would</c><00:18:54.059><c> have</c><00:18:54.200><c> seen</c><00:18:54.640><c> the</c> 00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:57.160 previous<00:18:55.299><c> day</c><00:18:55.539><c> was</c><00:18:55.720><c> a</c><00:18:55.920><c> disgraceful</c><00:18:56.720><c> sight,</c> 00:18:57.160 --> 00:19:01.500 an<00:18:58.079><c> absolutely</c><00:18:58.859><c> disgraceful</c><00:18:59.900><c> sight.</c><00:19:00.880><c> What</c><00:19:01.019><c> had</c><00:19:01.299><c> happened,</c> 00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:03.380 brothers<00:19:01.779><c> and</c><00:19:02.059><c> sisters,</c><00:19:02.339><c> was</c><00:19:02.579><c> this,</c> 00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:12.220 Annas,<00:19:04.759><c> who</c><00:19:04.819><c> was</c><00:19:05.039><c> the</c><00:19:05.180><c> old</c><00:19:05.539><c> man,</c><00:19:07.440><c> the</c><00:19:08.660><c> malicious,</c><00:19:10.940><c> scheming,</c> 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:15.759 brilliant<00:19:12.940><c> Annas,</c><00:19:14.519><c> who</c><00:19:14.640><c> was</c><00:19:14.839><c> the</c><00:19:15.099><c> father</c><00:19:15.440><c>-in</c><00:19:15.599><c>-law</c> 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:19.359 of<00:19:16.059><c> Caiaphas,</c><00:19:16.680><c> who</c><00:19:17.000><c> was</c><00:19:17.339><c> still</c><00:19:17.819><c> called</c><00:19:18.220><c> in</c><00:19:18.380><c> the</c><00:19:18.500><c> book</c><00:19:18.619><c> of</c><00:19:18.839><c> Acts</c> 00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:21.640 the<00:19:19.880><c> high</c><00:19:20.200><c> priest,</c><00:19:20.559><c> though</c><00:19:20.700><c> he</c><00:19:20.839><c> was</c><00:19:21.160><c> not,</c> 00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:26.339 because<00:19:22.240><c> the</c><00:19:22.539><c> Romans</c><00:19:22.859><c> deposed</c><00:19:23.420><c> him</c><00:19:23.640><c> for</c><00:19:23.920><c> crooked</c><00:19:24.180><c> dealing.</c><00:19:25.880><c> He</c><00:19:25.880><c> was</c><00:19:26.119><c> a</c> 00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:28.440 crook<00:19:26.559><c> through</c><00:19:26.819><c> and</c><00:19:27.019><c> through.</c><00:19:27.980><c> Oh,</c> 00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:31.740 but<00:19:28.779><c> he</c><00:19:28.839><c> looked</c><00:19:29.039><c> all</c><00:19:29.319><c> the</c><00:19:29.480><c> world</c><00:19:29.660><c> like</c><00:19:29.880><c> a</c><00:19:30.059><c> fruitful</c><00:19:30.599><c> fig</c><00:19:30.920><c> tree.</c> 00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:34.640 Oh<00:19:32.599><c> yes,</c><00:19:33.180><c> Annas</c><00:19:33.440><c> was</c><00:19:33.920><c> one</c><00:19:34.160><c> that</c><00:19:34.359><c> was</c> 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:37.299 greatly<00:19:35.039><c> respected.</c><00:19:35.700><c> Why,</c><00:19:35.859><c> the</c><00:19:35.940><c> Lord</c><00:19:36.099><c> was</c><00:19:36.339><c> taken</c><00:19:36.740><c> first</c><00:19:37.099><c> to</c> 00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:40.240 him,<00:19:37.599><c> wasn't</c><00:19:37.740><c> he,</c><00:19:38.579><c> when</c><00:19:38.720><c> they</c><00:19:38.900><c> arrested</c><00:19:39.180><c> him.</c> 00:19:40.420 --> 00:19:43.700 Well,<00:19:40.599><c> it</c><00:19:40.680><c> was</c><00:19:40.859><c> Annas's</c><00:19:41.380><c> family</c><00:19:41.799><c> that</c><00:19:42.079><c> ran</c><00:19:42.259><c> that</c><00:19:42.599><c> market</c><00:19:42.960><c> in</c> 00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:46.619 the<00:19:43.920><c> court</c><00:19:44.000><c> of</c><00:19:44.180><c> the</c><00:19:44.279><c> Gentiles,</c><00:19:45.700><c> so</c><00:19:45.859><c> they</c><00:19:46.059><c> called</c><00:19:46.339><c> it.</c> 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known</c><00:19:59.640><c> everywhere,</c> 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:07.119 and<00:20:02.180><c> the</c><00:20:02.359><c> Jews</c><00:20:02.700><c> saw</c><00:20:03.519><c> the</c><00:20:04.160><c> utter</c><00:20:04.480><c> hypocrisy</c><00:20:05.460><c> of</c><00:20:05.920><c> that</c><00:20:06.160><c> elder</c><00:20:06.480><c> statesman</c><00:20:06.960><c> in</c> 00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:08.039 the<00:20:07.279><c> land,</c><00:20:07.579><c> but</c><00:20:07.640><c> no</c><00:20:07.839><c> one</c><00:20:07.900><c> could</c> 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:11.000 do<00:20:08.119><c> anything</c><00:20:08.240><c> about</c><00:20:08.460><c> it.</c><00:20:08.559><c> He</c><00:20:08.599><c> was</c><00:20:08.680><c> too</c><00:20:08.960><c> powerful,</c><00:20:10.559><c> and</c><00:20:10.839><c> his</c> 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:13.279 family<00:20:11.359><c> ran</c><00:20:11.759><c> those</c><00:20:12.039><c> markets,</c><00:20:12.559><c> brothers</c><00:20:12.720><c> and</c><00:20:12.980><c> 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that</c><00:25:29.960><c> as</c><00:25:30.180><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:25:30.900><c> we</c><00:25:30.900><c> don't</c><00:25:31.539><c> get</c> 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:35.759 paid,<00:25:32.160><c> he</c><00:25:32.279><c> didn't</c><00:25:32.500><c> believe</c><00:25:32.819><c> me.</c><00:25:33.460><c> He</c><00:25:33.559><c> took</c><00:25:33.740><c> me</c><00:25:34.079><c> privately</c><00:25:34.420><c> to</c><00:25:34.640><c> tell</c><00:25:34.759><c> me</c><00:25:34.920><c> this.</c><00:25:35.339><c> Now</c><00:25:35.460><c> why</c><00:25:35.579><c> am</c><00:25:35.740><c> I</c> 00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.259 telling<00:25:35.900><c> you</c><00:25:36.059><c> this</c> 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:40.880 story<00:25:36.440><c> for</c><00:25:36.599><c> this</c><00:25:36.839><c> reason?</c><00:25:37.960><c> And</c><00:25:38.119><c> he</c><00:25:38.220><c> said</c><00:25:38.299><c> to</c><00:25:38.500><c> me,</c><00:25:38.880><c> when</c><00:25:39.000><c> I</c><00:25:39.220><c> finally</c><00:25:40.079><c> convinced</c><00:25:40.619><c> him</c> 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:42.019 that<00:25:41.039><c> not</c><00:25:41.200><c> only</c><00:25:41.380><c> didn't</c><00:25:41.619><c> I</c><00:25:41.759><c> get</c> 00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:44.380 paid,<00:25:42.279><c> but</c><00:25:42.380><c> I</c><00:25:42.480><c> was</c><00:25:42.599><c> out</c><00:25:42.740><c> of</c><00:25:42.920><c> pocket,</c><00:25:43.200><c> he</c><00:25:43.400><c> couldn't</c><00:25:43.720><c> believe</c><00:25:44.059><c> that.</c><00:25:44.240><c> He</c> 00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:46.039 thought<00:25:44.539><c> I</c><00:25:44.640><c> was</c><00:25:44.839><c> lying</c><00:25:45.059><c> to</c><00:25:45.160><c> him.</c><00:25:45.339><c> When</c><00:25:45.480><c> I</c><00:25:45.740><c> finally</c> 00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:48.539 convinced<00:25:46.380><c> him,</c><00:25:46.480><c> this</c><00:25:46.599><c> is</c><00:25:46.759><c> what</c><00:25:46.880><c> he</c><00:25:47.079><c> said,</c><00:25:47.599><c> he</c><00:25:47.680><c> said,</c><00:25:47.859><c> John,</c><00:25:48.140><c> you're</c><00:25:48.380><c> a</c> 00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:51.299 fool.<00:25:49.440><c> He</c><00:25:49.720><c> said,</c><00:25:50.019><c> look,</c><00:25:50.519><c> I</c><00:25:50.900><c> have</c><00:25:51.099><c> the</c> 00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:54.700 reverence.<00:25:51.619><c> He</c><00:25:51.680><c> had</c><00:25:51.819><c> no</c><00:25:52.079><c> respect</c><00:25:52.579><c> for</c><00:25:52.880><c> the</c><00:25:53.259><c> reverence</c><00:25:53.519><c> of</c><00:25:53.720><c> religion.</c><00:25:54.559><c> He</c> 00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:56.740 was<00:25:54.960><c> a</c><00:25:55.099><c> Jew</c><00:25:55.279><c> of</c><00:25:55.480><c> about</c><00:25:55.720><c> 53</c><00:25:56.140><c> years</c><00:25:56.480><c> of</c><00:25:56.640><c> age,</c> 00:25:56.779 --> 00:26:00.400 27<00:25:57.299><c> years</c><00:25:57.740><c> experience</c><00:25:58.220><c> as</c><00:25:58.440><c> a</c><00:25:58.619><c> guide,</c><00:25:58.880><c> a</c><00:25:59.140><c> senior</c><00:25:59.400><c> guide</c><00:25:59.619><c> in</c><00:25:59.740><c> Israel.</c><00:26:00.299><c> And</c> 00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:02.140 he<00:26:00.480><c> said,</c><00:26:00.660><c> John,</c><00:26:01.000><c> I</c><00:26:01.339><c> have</c><00:26:01.500><c> the</c><00:26:01.819><c> reverence</c> 00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:07.019 come<00:26:02.440><c> here.</c><00:26:03.420><c> And</c><00:26:03.680><c> he</c><00:26:03.839><c> said,</c><00:26:04.099><c> they</c><00:26:04.319><c> go</c><00:26:04.559><c> home</c><00:26:04.880><c> loaded.</c><00:26:05.720><c> And</c><00:26:05.940><c> he</c><00:26:06.059><c> said,</c><00:26:06.220><c> they</c><00:26:06.440><c> make</c><00:26:06.740><c> a</c> 00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:08.240 killing<00:26:07.299><c> out</c><00:26:07.539><c> of</c><00:26:07.680><c> the</c><00:26:07.779><c> widow's</c> 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:13.019 two<00:26:08.460><c> mites.</c><00:26:10.619><c> They</c><00:26:11.099><c> actually</c><00:26:11.619><c> sell</c><00:26:11.920><c> replicas</c><00:26:12.359><c> of</c><00:26:12.500><c> the</c><00:26:12.619><c> widow's</c> 00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:15.700 two<00:26:13.259><c> mites</c><00:26:13.500><c> for</c><00:26:13.700><c> a</c><00:26:13.819><c> profit.</c><00:26:15.099><c> He</c><00:26:15.359><c> said,</c><00:26:15.480><c> that</c> 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:21.579 even<00:26:15.980><c> turns</c><00:26:16.279><c> my</c><00:26:16.579><c> stomach</c><00:26:16.819><c> over.</c><00:26:19.059><c> The</c><00:26:19.339><c> doves,</c><00:26:19.779><c> you</c><00:26:19.920><c> see.</c><00:26:21.359><c> So</c><00:26:21.519><c> it</c> 00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:24.400 got<00:26:21.740><c> right</c><00:26:22.000><c> down.</c><00:26:23.460><c> The</c><00:26:23.539><c> little</c><00:26:23.839><c> bird</c><00:26:24.079><c> you</c><00:26:24.200><c> could</c> 00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:27.460 catch<00:26:24.619><c> anywhere,</c><00:26:25.660><c> perhaps</c><00:26:25.660><c> not</c><00:26:26.579><c> very</c><00:26:26.799><c> difficult,</c><00:26:27.240><c> probably</c> 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:30.140 didn't<00:26:27.700><c> cost</c><00:26:27.980><c> them</c><00:26:28.299><c> a</c><00:26:28.400><c> red</c><00:26:28.759><c> cent.</c><00:26:29.720><c> And</c><00:26:29.880><c> even</c> 00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:35.059 the<00:26:30.500><c> poor</c><00:26:30.619><c> paid</c><00:26:30.980><c> up</c><00:26:31.279><c> for</c><00:26:31.440><c> that.</c><00:26:32.640><c> The</c><00:26:32.880><c> doves.</c><00:26:34.420><c> By</c><00:26:34.720><c> the</c><00:26:34.839><c> way,</c><00:26:34.960><c> if</c> 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:36.359 you're<00:26:35.099><c> looking</c><00:26:35.339><c> for</c><00:26:35.539><c> references</c><00:26:35.819><c> for</c><00:26:36.039><c> that,</c> 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:39.279 Leviticus<00:26:36.740><c> 5</c><00:26:37.099><c> verse</c><00:26:37.299><c> 7,</c><00:26:37.960><c> the</c><00:26:38.140><c> margin</c><00:26:38.440><c> will</c><00:26:38.599><c> be</c><00:26:38.819><c> interesting.</c> 00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:41.980 And<00:26:39.680><c> Leviticus</c><00:26:40.019><c> 12</c><00:26:40.339><c> and</c><00:26:40.519><c> verse</c><00:26:40.740><c> 8</c><00:26:41.000><c> will</c><00:26:41.220><c> tell</c><00:26:41.420><c> you</c><00:26:41.720><c> that</c> 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:46.460 the<00:26:42.099><c> doves</c><00:26:42.259><c> were</c><00:26:42.799><c> the</c><00:26:42.920><c> alternative</c><00:26:43.339><c> for</c><00:26:43.539><c> the</c><00:26:43.779><c> poor.</c><00:26:46.220><c> And</c><00:26:46.359><c> he</c> 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:48.880 forbade<00:26:47.079><c> them</c><00:26:47.240><c> to</c><00:26:47.460><c> carry</c><00:26:47.700><c> any</c><00:26:47.980><c> vessel</c><00:26:48.359><c> through</c><00:26:48.660><c> the</c> 00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:51.740 temple.<00:26:49.319><c> Now,</c><00:26:49.819><c> that's</c><00:26:50.019><c> not</c><00:26:50.299><c> really</c><00:26:50.579><c> religious</c><00:26:50.940><c> vessels</c><00:26:51.299><c> there.</c><00:26:51.559><c> That</c> 00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:53.180 was<00:26:52.039><c> a</c><00:26:52.160><c> reference</c><00:26:52.420><c> to</c><00:26:52.599><c> this.</c><00:26:52.740><c> What</c><00:26:52.799><c> I</c><00:26:52.980><c> told</c> 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:56.119 you<00:26:53.359><c> earlier,</c><00:26:53.980><c> that</c><00:26:54.240><c> because</c><00:26:54.599><c> the</c><00:26:54.779><c> Gentile</c><00:26:55.339><c> court</c><00:26:55.559><c> was</c><00:26:55.779><c> so</c> 00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:59.220 extensive,<00:26:56.960><c> the</c><00:26:57.140><c> priest</c><00:26:57.339><c> had</c><00:26:57.660><c> allowed</c><00:26:58.160><c> servants</c><00:26:58.880><c> and</c> 00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:02.559 laborers<00:26:59.640><c> to</c><00:26:59.920><c> carry</c><00:27:00.220><c> their</c><00:27:01.000><c> materials</c><00:27:01.619><c> through</c><00:27:01.920><c> there,</c><00:27:02.519><c> a</c> 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:06.759 shortcut<00:27:03.160><c> through</c><00:27:04.339><c> that</c><00:27:04.720><c> city.</c><00:27:05.940><c> Jesus</c><00:27:06.240><c> wouldn't</c><00:27:06.500><c> allow</c> 00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:11.420 that.<00:27:09.259><c> And</c><00:27:09.700><c> you</c><00:27:09.799><c> see,</c><00:27:10.220><c> it's</c><00:27:10.359><c> obvious</c><00:27:10.720><c> that</c><00:27:10.900><c> they</c><00:27:11.039><c> were</c><00:27:11.200><c> doing</c> 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:14.920 because<00:27:11.700><c> of</c><00:27:11.799><c> what</c><00:27:11.900><c> Enoch</c><00:27:12.160><c> said.</c><00:27:13.940><c> He</c><00:27:14.019><c> said</c><00:27:14.200><c> this,</c> 00:27:15.619 --> 00:27:21.440 my<00:27:16.059><c> house</c><00:27:16.500><c> should</c><00:27:17.700><c> be</c><00:27:17.960><c> called</c><00:27:18.339><c> of</c><00:27:18.759><c> all</c><00:27:19.200><c> nations</c><00:27:19.920><c> the</c><00:27:20.900><c> house</c><00:27:21.140><c> of</c> 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:22.819 prayer.<00:27:21.700><c> So</c><00:27:21.839><c> he's</c><00:27:22.059><c> referring</c><00:27:22.400><c> to</c><00:27:22.579><c> the</c><00:27:22.720><c> court</c> 00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:25.059 of<00:27:22.980><c> the</c><00:27:23.039><c> Gentiles.</c><00:27:23.480><c> He's</c><00:27:23.579><c> not</c><00:27:23.779><c> talking</c><00:27:24.039><c> about</c><00:27:24.240><c> carrying</c><00:27:24.519><c> those</c><00:27:24.839><c> holy</c> 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:26.339 vessels<00:27:25.259><c> in</c><00:27:25.480><c> the</c><00:27:25.599><c> inner</c><00:27:25.799><c> court.</c><00:27:26.140><c> He's</c> 00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:29.599 talking<00:27:26.599><c> about</c><00:27:26.759><c> these</c><00:27:26.980><c> people</c><00:27:27.319><c> tracking</c><00:27:28.259><c> through</c><00:27:28.859><c> that</c><00:27:29.240><c> court</c><00:27:29.460><c> of</c> 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:31.319 the<00:27:29.740><c> Gentiles,</c><00:27:30.319><c> crowding</c><00:27:30.680><c> these</c><00:27:30.960><c> people</c><00:27:31.200><c> out.</c> 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:35.059 He<00:27:31.500><c> said,</c><00:27:31.779><c> listen,</c><00:27:32.400><c> God</c><00:27:32.779><c> is</c><00:27:32.980><c> going</c><00:27:33.119><c> to</c><00:27:33.279><c> provide</c><00:27:33.940><c> a</c><00:27:34.519><c> house</c><00:27:34.819><c> of</c> 00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:37.099 prayer<00:27:35.200><c> for</c><00:27:35.440><c> all</c><00:27:35.660><c> nations.</c><00:27:36.259><c> Never</c><00:27:36.460><c> mind</c><00:27:36.700><c> about</c><00:27:36.920><c> your</c> 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:40.819 attitude.<00:27:38.519><c> My</c><00:27:38.740><c> father</c><00:27:39.079><c> in</c><00:27:39.220><c> heaven</c><00:27:39.359><c> has</c><00:27:39.579><c> a</c><00:27:39.660><c> different</c><00:27:40.039><c> view</c><00:27:40.480><c> of</c> 00:27:40.819 --> 00:27:42.980 men<00:27:41.059><c> than</c><00:27:41.220><c> you</c><00:27:41.400><c> do.</c><00:27:41.519><c> He</c><00:27:41.640><c> sees</c><00:27:41.920><c> them</c><00:27:42.099><c> as</c><00:27:42.259><c> all</c><00:27:42.440><c> equal.</c><00:27:42.799><c> He</c> 00:27:42.980 --> 00:27:46.180 sees<00:27:43.259><c> all</c><00:27:43.559><c> men</c><00:27:43.779><c> in</c><00:27:43.980><c> need.</c><00:27:44.200><c> He</c><00:27:44.299><c> doesn't</c><00:27:44.539><c> believe</c><00:27:44.819><c> anyone's</c><00:27:45.200><c> better</c><00:27:45.460><c> than</c><00:27:45.599><c> anybody</c><00:27:45.880><c> else.</c><00:27:46.099><c> He</c> 00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.880 knows<00:27:46.460><c> they're</c><00:27:46.640><c> not.</c> 00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:49.359 You<00:27:47.119><c> think</c><00:27:47.319><c> they</c><00:27:47.500><c> are.</c><00:27:47.900><c> But</c><00:27:48.019><c> he's</c><00:27:48.180><c> going</c><00:27:48.319><c> to</c><00:27:48.460><c> provide</c><00:27:48.839><c> a</c><00:27:49.079><c> house</c> 00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:56.140 of<00:27:49.599><c> prayer</c><00:27:49.700><c> for</c><00:27:50.039><c> all</c><00:27:50.460><c> nations.</c><00:27:52.559><c> Now,</c><00:27:52.759><c> here's</c><00:27:56.019><c> a</c> 00:27:56.140 --> 00:28:01.259 remarkable<00:27:56.779><c> thing,</c><00:27:57.319><c> brothers</c><00:27:57.420><c> and</c><00:27:57.619><c> sisters,</c><00:27:59.859><c> when</c><00:28:00.420><c> Israel</c> 00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:04.480 were<00:28:01.480><c> given</c><00:28:02.140><c> the</c><00:28:03.039><c> pattern</c><00:28:03.400><c> of</c><00:28:03.859><c> the</c><00:28:04.059><c> tabernacle.</c> 00:28:04.680 --> 00:28:07.019 Now,<00:28:04.700><c> let's</c><00:28:04.920><c> turn</c><00:28:05.160><c> to</c><00:28:05.319><c> Exodus</c><00:28:05.640><c> 30.</c><00:28:06.019><c> Some</c><00:28:06.220><c> of</c><00:28:06.359><c> you</c><00:28:06.619><c> have</c><00:28:06.799><c> seen</c> 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:09.539 this<00:28:07.259><c> before.</c><00:28:07.799><c> Some</c><00:28:08.039><c> may</c><00:28:08.319><c> have</c><00:28:08.460><c> not</c><00:28:08.579><c> seen</c><00:28:08.839><c> this</c><00:28:09.140><c> before,</c> 00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:12.059 but<00:28:09.980><c> this</c><00:28:10.220><c> is</c><00:28:10.480><c> a</c><00:28:10.579><c> wonderful</c><00:28:11.019><c> thing,</c><00:28:11.299><c> I</c><00:28:11.519><c> believe,</c><00:28:11.839><c> to</c><00:28:11.940><c> which</c> 00:28:12.059 --> 00:28:13.519 Jesus<00:28:12.400><c> was</c><00:28:12.660><c> alluding.</c> 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:18.960 My<00:28:14.900><c> house</c><00:28:15.099><c> should</c><00:28:15.299><c> be</c><00:28:15.440><c> called</c><00:28:15.599><c> a</c><00:28:15.839><c> house</c><00:28:16.160><c> of</c><00:28:16.519><c> prayer</c><00:28:16.779><c> for</c><00:28:17.420><c> all</c><00:28:17.920><c> nations.</c><00:28:18.339><c> Now,</c><00:28:18.519><c> just</c><00:28:18.740><c> have</c><00:28:18.900><c> a</c> 00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:20.039 look<00:28:19.099><c> at</c><00:28:19.200><c> this.</c><00:28:19.859><c> In</c> 00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:25.660 Exodus<00:28:20.400><c> 30,</c><00:28:22.099><c> when</c><00:28:22.420><c> we</c><00:28:22.539><c> have</c><00:28:22.779><c> a</c><00:28:22.940><c> description</c><00:28:23.859><c> of</c><00:28:24.859><c> the</c><00:28:25.039><c> altar</c><00:28:25.359><c> of</c> 00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:28.980 incense,<00:28:27.720><c> look</c><00:28:27.859><c> what</c><00:28:28.059><c> it</c><00:28:28.180><c> says.</c> 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:34.359 Speaking<00:28:30.839><c> of</c><00:28:31.039><c> the</c><00:28:31.119><c> altar</c><00:28:31.380><c> of</c><00:28:31.579><c> incense,</c><00:28:32.119><c> in</c><00:28:32.220><c> verse</c><00:28:32.619><c> 3</c><00:28:33.180><c> of</c><00:28:33.480><c> Exodus</c><00:28:33.859><c> 30,</c> 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.319 it<00:28:34.579><c> says,</c> 00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:39.599 And<00:28:35.819><c> thou</c><00:28:36.019><c> shalt</c><00:28:36.319><c> overlay</c><00:28:36.819><c> it</c><00:28:37.079><c> with</c><00:28:37.259><c> pure</c><00:28:37.579><c> gold</c><00:28:37.940><c> the</c><00:28:38.299><c> top</c><00:28:38.799><c> thereof,</c><00:28:39.480><c> and</c> 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:41.539 the<00:28:39.900><c> sides</c><00:28:40.240><c> thereof</c><00:28:40.839><c> round</c><00:28:41.140><c> about,</c> 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:44.859 and<00:28:42.119><c> the</c><00:28:42.380><c> horns</c><00:28:42.680><c> thereof</c><00:28:43.079><c> thou</c><00:28:43.299><c> shalt</c><00:28:43.519><c> make</c><00:28:43.819><c> unto</c><00:28:44.039><c> it</c><00:28:44.259><c> a</c><00:28:44.539><c> crown</c> 00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:48.440 of<00:28:45.200><c> gold</c><00:28:45.799><c> round</c><00:28:46.259><c> about.</c><00:28:46.920><c> Now,</c><00:28:47.500><c> in</c><00:28:47.779><c> your</c><00:28:48.039><c> Bible,</c> 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:51.319 if<00:28:48.599><c> you've</c><00:28:48.779><c> got</c><00:28:48.839><c> one</c><00:28:49.019><c> like</c><00:28:49.319><c> mine,</c><00:28:49.599><c> you</c><00:28:49.660><c> no</c><00:28:49.799><c> doubt</c><00:28:50.019><c> have.</c><00:28:50.819><c> You've</c><00:28:51.099><c> got</c> 00:28:51.319 --> 00:28:53.559 the<00:28:51.480><c> words</c><00:28:51.700><c> top</c><00:28:52.079><c> and</c><00:28:52.420><c> sides</c><00:28:52.680><c> in</c><00:28:52.839><c> the</c><00:28:53.140><c> margin.</c> 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:56.240 You've<00:28:53.940><c> got</c><00:28:54.019><c> an</c><00:28:54.220><c> alternate</c><00:28:54.539><c> rendering.</c><00:28:54.980><c> It</c><00:28:54.980><c> says</c><00:28:55.220><c> Hebrew,</c> 00:28:56.259 --> 00:29:00.460 roof<00:28:56.680><c> and</c><00:28:56.980><c> walls.</c><00:28:58.680><c> That's</c><00:28:59.059><c> exactly</c><00:28:59.380><c> right.</c> 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:03.720 And<00:29:01.099><c> it's</c><00:29:01.279><c> the</c><00:29:01.380><c> only</c><00:29:01.759><c> piece</c><00:29:02.079><c> of</c><00:29:02.359><c> furniture</c><00:29:02.680><c> described</c><00:29:03.359><c> in</c><00:29:03.519><c> the</c> 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:06.880 tabernacle<00:29:04.160><c> in</c><00:29:04.440><c> terms</c><00:29:04.839><c> of</c><00:29:05.160><c> architectural</c><00:29:05.799><c> terms.</c> 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:10.000 Only<00:29:07.279><c> a</c><00:29:07.500><c> piece</c><00:29:07.500><c> that's</c><00:29:07.839><c> described</c><00:29:08.119><c> like</c><00:29:08.420><c> that.</c><00:29:08.700><c> Why?</c><00:29:09.779><c> Well,</c> 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:12.359 look<00:29:10.180><c> at</c><00:29:10.240><c> it.</c><00:29:10.480><c> Say</c><00:29:10.920><c> this</c><00:29:11.299><c> lectern</c><00:29:11.720><c> here</c><00:29:12.019><c> was</c><00:29:12.200><c> the</c> 00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:14.480 top<00:29:12.460><c> of</c><00:29:12.619><c> the</c><00:29:12.740><c> altar</c><00:29:12.880><c> of</c><00:29:13.019><c> incense.</c><00:29:13.220><c> Not</c><00:29:13.420><c> much</c><00:29:14.039><c> different</c><00:29:14.339><c> in</c> 00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:16.680 that<00:29:14.660><c> size,</c><00:29:15.380><c> really,</c><00:29:15.559><c> but</c><00:29:15.640><c> that</c><00:29:15.740><c> was</c><00:29:15.940><c> square.</c><00:29:16.519><c> But</c> 00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:19.819 that's<00:29:17.279><c> for</c><00:29:17.539><c> an</c><00:29:17.640><c> example.</c><00:29:18.640><c> You've</c><00:29:18.799><c> got</c><00:29:18.900><c> this</c><00:29:19.119><c> flat</c><00:29:19.400><c> top,</c><00:29:19.680><c> you</c> 00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:22.200 see,<00:29:20.079><c> and</c><00:29:20.160><c> they</c><00:29:20.279><c> had</c><00:29:20.420><c> to</c><00:29:20.539><c> put</c><00:29:20.619><c> this</c><00:29:20.859><c> little</c><00:29:21.700><c> crown</c><00:29:21.980><c> of</c> 00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:25.759 gold<00:29:22.380><c> around</c><00:29:22.680><c> about</c><00:29:22.920><c> it,</c><00:29:23.359><c> a</c><00:29:23.460><c> little</c><00:29:23.619><c> ridge</c><00:29:23.799><c> of</c><00:29:24.019><c> gold.</c><00:29:24.299><c> Why?</c><00:29:24.680><c> Because</c><00:29:24.960><c> the</c><00:29:25.160><c> vessels</c><00:29:25.359><c> would</c><00:29:25.559><c> be</c> 00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.140 put<00:29:25.940><c> there</c><00:29:26.079><c> and</c><00:29:26.140><c> it</c> 00:29:26.140 --> 00:29:29.619 would<00:29:26.420><c> save</c><00:29:26.579><c> them</c><00:29:26.779><c> falling</c><00:29:27.059><c> off</c><00:29:27.339><c> the</c><00:29:27.500><c> edge.</c><00:29:28.799><c> And</c><00:29:28.920><c> that's</c><00:29:29.119><c> called</c><00:29:29.339><c> the</c> 00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:32.660 roof.<00:29:30.700><c> And</c><00:29:30.839><c> this</c><00:29:31.019><c> is</c><00:29:31.220><c> called</c><00:29:31.400><c> the</c><00:29:31.640><c> walls.</c> 00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:36.720 And<00:29:32.859><c> in</c><00:29:33.059><c> the</c><00:29:33.099><c> 22nd</c><00:29:33.900><c> chapter</c><00:29:34.299><c> of</c><00:29:34.460><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:29:34.839><c> in</c><00:29:34.980><c> verse</c><00:29:35.220><c> 8,</c><00:29:35.759><c> when</c><00:29:35.940><c> Israel</c><00:29:36.200><c> were</c><00:29:36.420><c> told</c><00:29:36.559><c> to</c> 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.400 build<00:29:36.900><c> their</c><00:29:37.119><c> houses,</c> 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:41.019 they<00:29:37.579><c> had</c><00:29:37.759><c> to</c><00:29:37.880><c> build</c><00:29:38.000><c> them</c><00:29:38.119><c> with</c><00:29:38.279><c> a</c><00:29:38.460><c> flat</c><00:29:38.819><c> roof</c><00:29:39.140><c> and</c><00:29:39.440><c> put</c><00:29:39.720><c> a</c><00:29:39.960><c> bagelment</c><00:29:40.460><c> around</c><00:29:40.779><c> the</c> 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:42.640 outside.<00:29:41.720><c> What</c><00:29:42.140><c> for?</c> 00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:46.119 It<00:29:43.579><c> says</c><00:29:43.839><c> because</c><00:29:44.259><c> people</c><00:29:44.599><c> might</c><00:29:44.900><c> fall</c><00:29:45.160><c> off</c><00:29:45.359><c> there.</c><00:29:45.839><c> What</c><00:29:45.920><c> was</c> 00:29:46.119 --> 00:29:47.839 the<00:29:46.259><c> purpose</c><00:29:46.619><c> of</c><00:29:46.859><c> that</c><00:29:47.039><c> roof?</c> 00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:53.359 Now,<00:29:49.480><c> Jesus</c><00:29:49.539><c> adds</c><00:29:49.839><c> a</c><00:29:49.980><c> detail</c><00:29:50.279><c> in</c><00:29:50.460><c> Luke</c><00:29:50.680><c> 17.</c><00:29:52.660><c> We're</c><00:29:53.099><c> indebted</c> 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:55.420 to<00:29:53.440><c> him</c><00:29:53.559><c> for</c><00:29:53.779><c> another</c><00:29:54.200><c> architectural</c><00:29:55.019><c> detail.</c> 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:57.799 He<00:29:55.779><c> says</c><00:29:56.000><c> that</c><00:29:56.140><c> there</c><00:29:56.180><c> was</c><00:29:56.339><c> an</c><00:29:56.519><c> outside</c><00:29:56.900><c> staircase</c><00:29:57.440><c> coming</c><00:29:57.680><c> to</c> 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was</c><00:30:18.160><c> for</c><00:30:18.440><c> prayer,</c><00:30:19.259><c> exactly</c><00:30:19.500><c> the</c><00:30:19.759><c> same</c><00:30:19.920><c> as</c><00:30:20.059><c> it</c> 00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:22.099 was<00:30:20.240><c> the</c><00:30:20.400><c> order</c><00:30:20.599><c> of</c><00:30:20.859><c> incense,</c><00:30:21.259><c> because</c><00:30:21.339><c> that's</c><00:30:21.559><c> what</c><00:30:21.700><c> incense</c> 00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:25.259 means.<00:30:23.779><c> So</c><00:30:23.980><c> there</c><00:30:24.140><c> was</c><00:30:24.500><c> in</c><00:30:24.660><c> the</c><00:30:24.900><c> Tabernacle,</c> 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:32.640 brothers<00:30:25.539><c> and</c><00:30:25.799><c> sisters,</c><00:30:26.259><c> a</c><00:30:26.420><c> model</c><00:30:26.779><c> of</c><00:30:27.119><c> every</c><00:30:27.559><c> home</c><00:30:28.039><c> in</c><00:30:28.299><c> Christendelfia</c><00:30:30.359><c> in</c><00:30:31.539><c> Israel.</c><00:30:32.460><c> And</c> 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to</c><00:30:44.099><c> pray</c><00:30:44.319><c> privately</c><00:30:44.779><c> in</c><00:30:45.000><c> our</c><00:30:45.140><c> own</c> 00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:49.380 home.<00:30:45.640><c> It</c><00:30:45.779><c> should</c><00:30:45.940><c> be</c><00:30:46.079><c> no</c><00:30:46.259><c> different.</c><00:30:48.019><c> And</c><00:30:48.220><c> what</c><00:30:48.420><c> the</c><00:30:48.539><c> Lord</c><00:30:48.680><c> was</c><00:30:48.880><c> saying</c><00:30:49.160><c> is</c> 00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.680 that<00:30:49.539><c> there</c><00:30:49.680><c> was</c><00:30:49.839><c> this</c><00:30:50.059><c> little</c><00:30:50.380><c> model</c> 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:54.339 of<00:30:50.960><c> everyone's</c><00:30:51.440><c> home</c><00:30:51.759><c> in</c><00:30:52.000><c> the</c><00:30:52.220><c> Tabernacle.</c><00:30:53.839><c> Their</c><00:30:54.019><c> own</c><00:30:54.160><c> homes</c> 00:30:54.339 --> 00:30:59.539 were<00:30:54.619><c> modeled</c><00:30:54.859><c> on</c><00:30:55.059><c> that.</c><00:30:56.839><c> So</c><00:30:57.299><c> every</c><00:30:58.880><c> family</c><00:30:59.420><c> in</c> 00:30:59.539 --> 00:31:02.980 Israel<00:31:00.000><c> had</c><00:31:00.220><c> a</c><00:31:00.480><c> house</c><00:31:00.859><c> of</c><00:31:01.279><c> prayer.</c><00:31:01.980><c> Why</c><00:31:02.220><c> can't</c><00:31:02.440><c> we</c><00:31:02.599><c> build</c><00:31:02.779><c> one</c> 00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:06.420 for<00:31:03.180><c> the</c><00:31:03.299><c> Gentile?</c><00:31:04.720><c> says</c><00:31:04.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:05.319><c> the</c><00:31:05.599><c> prophet.</c> 00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:11.180 This<00:31:07.299><c> house</c><00:31:07.740><c> shall</c><00:31:08.380><c> be</c><00:31:08.599><c> called</c><00:31:09.539><c> a</c><00:31:10.039><c> house</c><00:31:10.380><c> of</c><00:31:10.599><c> prayer</c><00:31:10.819><c> for</c><00:31:11.019><c> all</c> 00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:12.940 nations.<00:31:11.619><c> They</c><00:31:11.839><c> don't</c><00:31:12.019><c> have</c><00:31:12.220><c> them.</c> 00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:18.400 They're<00:31:14.420><c> in</c><00:31:14.660><c> darkness.</c><00:31:17.099><c> Your</c><00:31:17.299><c> houses</c><00:31:17.599><c> have</c><00:31:17.740><c> been</c><00:31:17.960><c> supplied.</c> 00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:20.339 You're<00:31:18.799><c> in</c><00:31:19.000><c> the</c><00:31:19.200><c> truth,</c><00:31:19.480><c> Jesus</c><00:31:19.819><c> was</c><00:31:20.019><c> virtually</c> 00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:24.019 telling<00:31:20.579><c> them</c><00:31:20.740><c> by</c><00:31:20.900><c> this</c><00:31:21.140><c> incident.</c><00:31:22.660><c> And</c><00:31:22.779><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:23.079><c> had</c><00:31:23.319><c> predicted</c><00:31:23.599><c> the</c><00:31:23.839><c> day</c> 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:25.019 when<00:31:24.200><c> the</c><00:31:24.319><c> house</c><00:31:24.519><c> would</c><00:31:24.720><c> be</c><00:31:24.859><c> open</c> 00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:28.599 to<00:31:25.160><c> all</c><00:31:25.460><c> people</c><00:31:26.539><c> who</c><00:31:27.119><c> never</c><00:31:27.339><c> lived</c><00:31:27.519><c> under</c><00:31:27.799><c> the</c><00:31:27.960><c> dispensation,</c> 00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.940 didn't<00:31:28.900><c> have</c><00:31:29.160><c> Israel's</c><00:31:29.680><c> privileges,</c> 00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:35.880 didn't<00:31:30.220><c> understand</c><00:31:31.859><c> that</c><00:31:32.380><c> houses</c><00:31:32.700><c> were</c><00:31:32.940><c> made</c><00:31:33.519><c> to</c><00:31:33.700><c> be</c><00:31:33.920><c> replicas</c><00:31:34.299><c> of</c><00:31:34.480><c> the</c><00:31:34.680><c> Ecclesia.</c> 00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:38.299 That<00:31:36.579><c> when</c><00:31:36.660><c> they</c><00:31:36.799><c> came</c><00:31:37.059><c> to</c><00:31:37.180><c> the</c><00:31:37.319><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:37.619><c> they</c><00:31:37.740><c> should</c><00:31:37.940><c> be</c><00:31:38.099><c> at</c> 00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:39.920 home<00:31:38.539><c> as</c><00:31:38.720><c> much</c><00:31:39.019><c> as</c><00:31:39.200><c> they</c><00:31:39.220><c> own</c><00:31:39.440><c> their</c><00:31:39.660><c> own</c><00:31:39.819><c> home.</c> 00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:42.960 There<00:31:40.019><c> should</c><00:31:40.220><c> be</c><00:31:40.359><c> no</c><00:31:40.619><c> difference.</c><00:31:42.000><c> We</c><00:31:42.160><c> know</c><00:31:42.359><c> there</c><00:31:42.539><c> is,</c><00:31:42.880><c> but</c> 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:46.259 there<00:31:43.099><c> shouldn't</c><00:31:43.359><c> be.</c><00:31:44.900><c> And</c><00:31:44.960><c> so</c><00:31:45.160><c> that</c><00:31:45.319><c> idea</c><00:31:45.759><c> was</c><00:31:46.099><c> in</c> 00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:48.900 here<00:31:46.559><c> describing</c><00:31:47.039><c> it</c><00:31:47.099><c> with</c><00:31:47.299><c> roof</c><00:31:47.640><c> and</c><00:31:47.859><c> walls</c><00:31:48.160><c> and</c><00:31:48.519><c> the</c><00:31:48.640><c> houses</c> 00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:51.940 being<00:31:49.460><c> told</c><00:31:49.859><c> made</c><00:31:50.119><c> exactly</c><00:31:50.700><c> the</c><00:31:50.900><c> same.</c> 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:59.240 But<00:31:53.059><c> God</c><00:31:53.660><c> in</c><00:31:54.539><c> his</c><00:31:54.839><c> graciousness</c><00:31:56.500><c> had</c><00:31:56.839><c> supplied</c><00:31:57.200><c> a</c><00:31:57.380><c> house</c><00:31:57.599><c> of</c><00:31:57.799><c> prayer,</c><00:31:58.019><c> or</c><00:31:58.140><c> is</c><00:31:58.519><c> going</c><00:31:58.759><c> to</c><00:31:58.940><c> supply</c><00:31:59.140><c> a</c> 00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.920 house<00:31:59.420><c> of</c> 00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:05.539 people.<00:32:01.579><c> But</c><00:32:01.759><c> Annas</c><00:32:02.240><c> was</c><00:32:02.480><c> filling</c><00:32:02.680><c> their</c><00:32:02.960><c> court</c><00:32:03.119><c> up</c><00:32:03.400><c> with</c><00:32:03.680><c> animals</c><00:32:04.619><c> and</c> 00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:09.440 tradesmen.<00:32:07.720><c> He</c><00:32:07.779><c> didn't</c><00:32:08.019><c> want</c><00:32:08.339><c> the</c><00:32:08.519><c> Gentiles</c> 00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:13.160 to<00:32:09.880><c> be</c><00:32:10.119><c> part</c><00:32:10.579><c> of</c><00:32:10.779><c> the</c><00:32:10.880><c> house</c><00:32:11.140><c> of</c><00:32:11.259><c> God.</c><00:32:12.299><c> He</c><00:32:12.460><c> couldn't</c><00:32:12.680><c> stand</c><00:32:12.940><c> the</c> 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:17.059 sight<00:32:13.339><c> of</c><00:32:13.400><c> them.</c><00:32:15.500><c> Now</c><00:32:15.559><c> Jesus</c><00:32:15.819><c> went</c><00:32:16.039><c> on</c><00:32:16.119><c> to</c><00:32:16.319><c> say</c> 00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:19.920 that<00:32:18.119><c> God</c><00:32:18.339><c> wanted</c><00:32:18.579><c> us</c><00:32:18.799><c> a</c><00:32:18.839><c> house</c><00:32:19.160><c> of</c><00:32:19.279><c> prayer</c><00:32:19.380><c> for</c><00:32:19.519><c> all</c><00:32:19.720><c> people,</c> 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:22.539 but<00:32:20.140><c> you</c><00:32:20.339><c> have</c><00:32:20.519><c> made</c><00:32:20.759><c> it</c><00:32:21.380><c> a</c><00:32:21.700><c> den</c><00:32:21.819><c> of</c><00:32:22.039><c> thieves.</c> 00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:28.200 Now<00:32:23.160><c> it's</c><00:32:23.279><c> not</c><00:32:23.539><c> thieves,</c><00:32:24.019><c> brothers</c><00:32:24.240><c> and</c><00:32:24.380><c> sisters,</c><00:32:24.740><c> that's</c><00:32:24.960><c> not</c><00:32:25.259><c> what</c><00:32:25.400><c> the</c><00:32:25.539><c> Greek</c><00:32:25.740><c> word</c><00:32:25.940><c> is.</c><00:32:27.220><c> The</c><00:32:27.559><c> Greek</c><00:32:27.819><c> is</c> 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:29.079 not<00:32:28.559><c> a</c><00:32:28.740><c> den</c> 00:32:29.079 --> 00:32:33.619 and<00:32:29.559><c> it's</c><00:32:29.779><c> not</c><00:32:30.019><c> thieves.</c><00:32:31.940><c> The</c><00:32:32.000><c> Greek</c><00:32:32.220><c> word</c><00:32:32.480><c> for</c><00:32:32.680><c> den</c><00:32:32.799><c> is</c><00:32:33.019><c> cave</c> 00:32:33.619 --> 00:32:36.119 and<00:32:34.779><c> the</c><00:32:34.819><c> word</c><00:32:35.099><c> for</c><00:32:35.299><c> thief</c><00:32:35.460><c> is</c><00:32:35.700><c> robbers.</c> 00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:39.900 And<00:32:36.259><c> he's</c><00:32:36.420><c> saying,</c><00:32:36.599><c> well</c><00:32:36.740><c> what's</c><00:32:37.019><c> the</c><00:32:37.140><c> difference?</c><00:32:37.519><c> A</c><00:32:37.680><c> big</c><00:32:37.839><c> difference.</c><00:32:39.460><c> You</c><00:32:39.539><c> see</c><00:32:39.680><c> a</c> 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:43.740 thief<00:32:40.319><c> is</c><00:32:41.940><c> stealthy</c><00:32:42.759><c> and</c><00:32:42.980><c> secretive.</c> 00:32:44.880 --> 00:32:46.940 He<00:32:45.000><c> doesn't</c><00:32:45.240><c> need</c><00:32:45.420><c> a</c><00:32:45.619><c> cave.</c><00:32:45.859><c> He</c><00:32:46.000><c> could</c><00:32:46.160><c> be</c><00:32:46.319><c> walking</c><00:32:46.559><c> around</c><00:32:46.759><c> in</c> 00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:49.700 society.<00:32:47.759><c> He</c><00:32:48.059><c> could</c><00:32:48.299><c> be,</c><00:32:48.880><c> like</c><00:32:49.200><c> they</c><00:32:49.380><c> are,</c> 00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:51.720 members<00:32:49.980><c> of</c><00:32:50.200><c> parliament,</c><00:32:50.680><c> three</c><00:32:50.920><c> of</c><00:32:51.000><c> them</c><00:32:51.140><c> at</c><00:32:51.180><c> the</c><00:32:51.380><c> moment.</c> 00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:53.160 They're<00:32:52.019><c> up</c><00:32:52.160><c> to</c><00:32:52.359><c> charges,</c><00:32:52.700><c> aren't</c><00:32:52.819><c> they?</c> 00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:57.180 They<00:32:53.539><c> gave</c><00:32:53.779><c> all</c><00:32:54.000><c> the</c><00:32:54.220><c> appearances</c><00:32:54.599><c> of</c><00:32:55.740><c> notoriety</c><00:32:56.400><c> and,</c><00:32:56.980><c> you</c> 00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:59.569 know,<00:32:57.680><c> integrity.</c><00:32:58.380><c> They're</c><00:32:58.599><c> going</c><00:32:58.700><c> to</c><00:32:58.839><c> face</c> 00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:02.579 the<00:33:00.420><c> police</c><00:33:00.720><c> now,</c><00:33:01.519><c> but</c><00:33:01.660><c> they're</c><00:33:01.819><c> thieves.</c><00:33:02.180><c> They</c><00:33:02.339><c> had</c><00:33:02.460><c> their</c> 00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:03.759 hand<00:33:02.759><c> in</c><00:33:02.920><c> the</c><00:33:03.119><c> till,</c><00:33:03.359><c> didn't</c><00:33:03.539><c> they?</c> 00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:07.680 Your<00:33:04.440><c> money</c><00:33:04.640><c> and</c><00:33:04.759><c> my</c><00:33:04.960><c> money.</c><00:33:05.920><c> That's</c><00:33:06.380><c> a</c><00:33:06.539><c> thief.</c><00:33:07.079><c> But</c><00:33:07.240><c> a</c><00:33:07.420><c> robber</c> 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:09.819 is<00:33:07.880><c> different.</c><00:33:08.579><c> He</c><00:33:08.779><c> doesn't</c><00:33:08.980><c> hide</c><00:33:09.200><c> his</c><00:33:09.440><c> intentions.</c> 00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:14.059 He's<00:33:10.440><c> in</c><00:33:10.640><c> a</c><00:33:10.799><c> cave</c><00:33:11.119><c> and</c><00:33:11.680><c> he</c><00:33:12.000><c> rides</c><00:33:12.319><c> out</c><00:33:12.880><c> and</c><00:33:13.259><c> he</c><00:33:13.519><c> attacks</c><00:33:13.779><c> people</c> 00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:15.759 on<00:33:14.240><c> the</c><00:33:14.380><c> road,</c><00:33:14.980><c> bludges</c><00:33:15.240><c> them</c><00:33:15.380><c> to</c><00:33:15.480><c> the</c><00:33:15.619><c> death,</c> 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:18.299 beats<00:33:16.220><c> them</c><00:33:16.339><c> onto</c><00:33:16.519><c> the</c><00:33:16.700><c> ground,</c><00:33:16.900><c> leaves</c><00:33:17.180><c> them</c><00:33:17.599><c> bleeding</c><00:33:17.960><c> and</c> 00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:20.440 tears<00:33:18.680><c> off</c><00:33:18.880><c> in</c><00:33:19.019><c> his</c><00:33:19.240><c> cave</c><00:33:19.559><c> to</c><00:33:19.880><c> count</c><00:33:20.079><c> the</c><00:33:20.279><c> loot.</c> 00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:28.319 He's<00:33:20.980><c> a</c><00:33:21.119><c> bandit.</c><00:33:23.460><c> Anas</c><00:33:23.599><c> made</c><00:33:23.880><c> no</c><00:33:24.200><c> pretence.</c><00:33:26.079><c> There</c><00:33:26.180><c> was</c><00:33:26.339><c> nothing</c><00:33:26.619><c> pretentious</c><00:33:27.119><c> about</c><00:33:27.420><c> this.</c> 00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:32.059 Anas<00:33:28.920><c> had</c><00:33:29.079><c> his</c><00:33:30.000><c> family</c><00:33:30.519><c> set</c><00:33:30.839><c> up.</c><00:33:31.079><c> Everybody</c><00:33:31.440><c> knew</c><00:33:31.700><c> that.</c><00:33:31.940><c> The</c> 00:33:32.059 --> 00:33:33.140 whole<00:33:32.319><c> land</c><00:33:32.440><c> knew</c><00:33:32.700><c> that.</c> 00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:37.799 He<00:33:33.720><c> wasn't</c><00:33:34.019><c> a</c><00:33:34.200><c> thief,</c><00:33:34.500><c> brothers</c><00:33:34.619><c> and</c><00:33:34.759><c> sisters.</c><00:33:34.819><c> He's</c><00:33:35.099><c> a</c><00:33:35.279><c> bandit.</c><00:33:37.319><c> That's</c><00:33:37.660><c> what</c> 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:40.279 he<00:33:37.940><c> was.</c><00:33:39.119><c> He</c><00:33:39.640><c> wasn't</c><00:33:39.880><c> even</c> 00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:42.900 stealthy<00:33:40.640><c> about</c><00:33:40.859><c> it.</c><00:33:41.079><c> He</c><00:33:41.200><c> was</c><00:33:41.440><c> an</c><00:33:41.579><c> absolute</c><00:33:41.980><c> bandit</c><00:33:42.559><c> and</c><00:33:42.759><c> he</c> 00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:49.640 had<00:33:42.960><c> it</c><00:33:43.119><c> all</c><00:33:43.279><c> open</c><00:33:43.660><c> for</c><00:33:43.980><c> everybody</c><00:33:44.359><c> to</c><00:33:44.680><c> see</c><00:33:44.759><c> in</c><00:33:49.400><c> that</c> 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:52.160 Jeremiah,<00:33:49.960><c> isn't</c><00:33:50.099><c> it?</c><00:33:51.000><c> Look</c><00:33:51.160><c> at</c><00:33:51.240><c> the</c><00:33:51.440><c> context</c><00:33:51.680><c> of</c><00:33:51.819><c> that</c><00:33:51.980><c> one.</c> 00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:53.670 Jeremiah<00:33:52.559><c> chapter</c><00:33:52.920><c> 7.</c> 00:33:56.140 --> 00:34:01.460 Look<00:33:56.200><c> at</c><00:33:56.339><c> the</c><00:33:56.500><c> context</c><00:33:56.799><c> of</c><00:33:57.000><c> this.</c><00:33:59.799><c> Exactly</c><00:34:00.180><c> the</c><00:34:00.400><c> same</c><00:34:00.619><c> thing.</c> 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:03.579 Exactly<00:34:02.299><c> the</c><00:34:02.559><c> point,</c><00:34:02.759><c> as</c><00:34:02.880><c> you</c><00:34:02.980><c> would</c><00:34:03.220><c> expect</c> 00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:06.720 when<00:34:03.960><c> Jesus</c><00:34:04.299><c> puts</c><00:34:04.539><c> his</c><00:34:04.720><c> finger</c><00:34:04.960><c> on</c><00:34:05.160><c> these</c><00:34:05.400><c> references,</c><00:34:05.920><c> brothers</c><00:34:06.099><c> and</c><00:34:06.359><c> sisters.</c> 00:34:07.160 --> 00:34:13.760 Surely<00:34:07.519><c> you'd</c><00:34:09.059><c> expect</c><00:34:09.360><c> the</c><00:34:09.519><c> same</c><00:34:09.820><c> context.</c><00:34:10.840><c> What's</c><00:34:11.179><c> the</c><00:34:11.320><c> context?</c><00:34:11.940><c> Verse</c><00:34:12.199><c> 11</c><00:34:12.460><c> is</c><00:34:12.679><c> a</c><00:34:12.780><c> quotation.</c> 00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:18.280 Is<00:34:14.559><c> this</c><00:34:14.860><c> house,</c><00:34:15.199><c> which</c><00:34:15.340><c> is</c><00:34:15.659><c> called</c><00:34:15.880><c> by</c><00:34:16.179><c> my</c><00:34:16.800><c> name,</c><00:34:17.219><c> become</c><00:34:17.820><c> a</c> 00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:21.239 cave<00:34:18.480><c> of</c><00:34:18.760><c> robbers?</c><00:34:20.079><c> There</c><00:34:20.260><c> it</c><00:34:20.440><c> is.</c> 00:34:21.780 --> 00:34:24.659 So<00:34:21.880><c> it's</c><00:34:21.980><c> taken</c><00:34:22.280><c> from</c><00:34:22.480><c> Jeremiah</c><00:34:23.000><c> chapter</c><00:34:23.400><c> 7</c><00:34:23.780><c> and</c><00:34:24.000><c> verse</c><00:34:24.320><c> 11.</c> 00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:28.059 And<00:34:24.860><c> what</c><00:34:25.000><c> was</c><00:34:25.159><c> the</c><00:34:25.260><c> problem?</c><00:34:26.260><c> Well,</c><00:34:27.219><c> verse</c><00:34:27.260><c> 4.</c> 00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:33.920 Trust<00:34:28.940><c> ye</c><00:34:29.199><c> not</c><00:34:29.420><c> in</c><00:34:29.719><c> lying</c><00:34:30.019><c> words,</c><00:34:30.460><c> saying,</c><00:34:31.440><c> the</c><00:34:31.599><c> temple</c><00:34:31.960><c> of</c><00:34:32.280><c> Yahweh,</c><00:34:32.679><c> the</c><00:34:32.880><c> temple</c><00:34:33.199><c> of</c><00:34:33.420><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:38.619 the<00:34:34.360><c> temple</c><00:34:34.760><c> of</c><00:34:35.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:35.400><c> are</c><00:34:35.679><c> these.</c><00:34:36.559><c> Triple</c><00:34:37.159><c> repeated,</c><00:34:38.019><c> brothers</c><00:34:38.340><c> and</c> 00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.940 sisters,<00:34:39.019><c> triple</c><00:34:39.360><c> repetition.</c> 00:34:39.940 --> 00:34:43.980 We<00:34:40.699><c> are</c><00:34:41.219><c> the</c><00:34:41.380><c> temple</c><00:34:41.639><c> of</c><00:34:41.780><c> God.</c><00:34:42.659><c> A</c><00:34:42.739><c> mile</c><00:34:43.119><c> off,</c><00:34:43.500><c> you</c><00:34:43.500><c> could</c><00:34:43.780><c> see</c> 00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:46.039 them<00:34:44.519><c> having</c><00:34:44.920><c> leaves.</c> 00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:51.519 That's<00:34:47.800><c> what</c><00:34:47.920><c> they</c><00:34:48.119><c> thought.</c><00:34:49.260><c> Oh,</c><00:34:49.719><c> they</c><00:34:50.119><c> stood</c><00:34:50.420><c> in</c><00:34:50.619><c> the</c><00:34:50.760><c> gate.</c> 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:53.480 They<00:34:52.039><c> said</c><00:34:52.340><c> that</c><00:34:52.980><c> they</c><00:34:53.059><c> were</c><00:34:53.260><c> the</c><00:34:53.340><c> men</c> 00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:57.519 of<00:34:53.679><c> the</c><00:34:53.760><c> people</c><00:34:54.000><c> of</c><00:34:54.199><c> God.</c><00:34:54.539><c> Look</c><00:34:54.760><c> at</c><00:34:54.920><c> verse</c><00:34:55.159><c> 8.</c><00:34:56.380><c> Behold</c><00:34:56.719><c> ye</c><00:34:57.000><c> trust</c><00:34:57.260><c> in</c> 00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:59.800 lying<00:34:57.900><c> words</c><00:34:58.260><c> that</c><00:34:58.480><c> cannot</c><00:34:58.800><c> profit.</c> 00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:03.420 In<00:35:00.940><c> verse</c><00:35:01.219><c> 10,</c><00:35:01.519><c> did</c><00:35:01.579><c> you</c><00:35:01.719><c> come</c><00:35:01.940><c> and</c><00:35:02.219><c> stand</c><00:35:02.420><c> before</c><00:35:02.780><c> me</c><00:35:03.039><c> in</c><00:35:03.159><c> this</c> 00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:05.980 house,<00:35:04.139><c> which</c><00:35:04.260><c> is</c><00:35:04.519><c> called</c><00:35:04.699><c> by</c><00:35:05.000><c> my</c><00:35:05.239><c> name,</c><00:35:05.539><c> and</c><00:35:05.739><c> say,</c> 00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:08.800 we<00:35:06.340><c> are</c><00:35:06.480><c> delivered</c><00:35:06.820><c> into</c><00:35:07.039><c> all</c><00:35:07.199><c> these</c><00:35:07.420><c> abominations.</c><00:35:08.380><c> And</c><00:35:08.460><c> there</c><00:35:08.579><c> was</c> 00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:10.340 Annas<00:35:09.039><c> walking</c><00:35:09.380><c> around</c><00:35:09.679><c> in</c><00:35:09.800><c> the</c><00:35:09.960><c> land,</c> 00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:12.900 brothers<00:35:10.739><c> and</c><00:35:11.000><c> sisters,</c><00:35:11.599><c> bringing</c><00:35:11.880><c> the</c><00:35:12.099><c> admiration</c><00:35:12.599><c> of</c><00:35:12.780><c> the</c> 00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:15.119 people<00:35:13.139><c> upon</c><00:35:13.440><c> him,</c><00:35:13.960><c> making</c><00:35:14.260><c> out</c><00:35:14.420><c> he</c><00:35:14.500><c> was</c><00:35:14.679><c> religious,</c> 00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:18.099 and<00:35:15.420><c> he</c><00:35:15.519><c> was</c><00:35:15.760><c> a</c><00:35:15.900><c> bandit,</c><00:35:16.599><c> an</c><00:35:16.800><c> open</c><00:35:17.059><c> bandit</c><00:35:17.420><c> in</c><00:35:17.559><c> that</c><00:35:17.780><c> temple.</c> 00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:20.300 It<00:35:18.440><c> wasn't</c><00:35:18.760><c> as</c><00:35:18.920><c> if</c><00:35:19.019><c> there</c><00:35:19.199><c> was</c><00:35:19.199><c> any</c><00:35:19.460><c> hiding</c><00:35:19.699><c> about</c><00:35:20.000><c> this.</c> 00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:23.340 And<00:35:20.579><c> the</c><00:35:20.699><c> same</c><00:35:20.900><c> with</c><00:35:21.079><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:35:21.900><c> the</c><00:35:21.940><c> people</c><00:35:22.139><c> walking</c><00:35:22.500><c> in</c><00:35:22.900><c> and</c> 00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:25.059 linking<00:35:23.599><c> arms</c><00:35:23.960><c> and</c><00:35:24.199><c> singing</c><00:35:24.480><c> their</c><00:35:24.699><c> songs,</c> 00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:28.900 the<00:35:25.260><c> temple</c><00:35:25.579><c> of</c><00:35:25.820><c> Yahweh,</c><00:35:26.119><c> the</c><00:35:26.340><c> temple</c><00:35:26.619><c> of</c><00:35:26.739><c> Yahweh,</c><00:35:27.119><c> the</c><00:35:27.300><c> temple</c><00:35:27.539><c> of</c><00:35:27.760><c> Yahweh</c><00:35:28.079><c> are</c><00:35:28.239><c> we.</c><00:35:28.559><c> And</c><00:35:28.719><c> he</c><00:35:28.760><c> says,</c> 00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:34.519 bandits,<00:35:30.659><c> absolute</c><00:35:31.179><c> bandits.</c><00:35:32.699><c> And</c><00:35:32.739><c> what</c><00:35:32.880><c> would</c><00:35:33.079><c> happen?</c><00:35:34.380><c> Well,</c><00:35:34.440><c> he</c> 00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:37.019 says<00:35:34.659><c> in</c><00:35:34.840><c> verse</c><00:35:35.059><c> 12,</c><00:35:35.460><c> go</c><00:35:35.659><c> to</c><00:35:35.960><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:40.940 Go<00:35:37.820><c> to</c><00:35:37.980><c> Shiloh</c><00:35:38.280><c> where</c><00:35:38.440><c> I</c><00:35:38.659><c> first</c><00:35:39.000><c> set</c><00:35:39.179><c> up</c><00:35:39.380><c> the</c><00:35:39.559><c> tabernacle</c><00:35:40.380><c> and</c> 00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:43.340 see<00:35:41.079><c> what</c><00:35:41.239><c> happened</c><00:35:41.440><c> there.</c><00:35:42.840><c> And</c><00:35:42.980><c> what</c><00:35:43.039><c> was</c><00:35:43.219><c> in</c> 00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:48.539 Shiloh,<00:35:43.820><c> brothers</c><00:35:43.940><c> and</c><00:35:44.119><c> sisters?</c><00:35:44.960><c> Nothing.</c><00:35:47.059><c> It</c><00:35:47.300><c> was</c><00:35:47.480><c> gone.</c> 00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:51.159 And<00:35:49.699><c> Jesus</c><00:35:49.960><c> said,</c><00:35:50.199><c> this</c><00:35:50.480><c> house</c><00:35:50.699><c> should</c><00:35:50.900><c> be</c><00:35:51.019><c> left</c> 00:35:51.159 --> 00:35:57.619 under<00:35:51.360><c> your</c><00:35:51.579><c> desk.</c><00:35:53.659><c> It</c><00:35:53.920><c> won't</c><00:35:54.099><c> be</c><00:35:54.320><c> here.</c><00:35:54.619><c> It'll</c><00:35:54.920><c> be</c><00:35:55.260><c> obliterated.</c><00:35:57.340><c> He</c><00:35:57.440><c> told</c> 00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:59.320 them<00:35:57.780><c> later</c><00:35:58.039><c> on</c><00:35:58.280><c> that.</c><00:35:58.840><c> Go</c><00:35:59.039><c> to</c> 00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:02.579 Shiloh<00:35:59.539><c> when</c><00:35:59.739><c> there</c><00:35:59.820><c> was</c><00:35:59.940><c> nothing</c><00:36:00.199><c> at</c><00:36:00.400><c> Shiloh.</c><00:36:02.159><c> Incredible,</c> 00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:03.679 isn't<00:36:02.820><c> it,</c><00:36:02.980><c> brothers</c><00:36:03.159><c> and</c><00:36:03.320><c> sisters,</c> 00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:07.500 when<00:36:04.320><c> the</c><00:36:04.500><c> Lord</c><00:36:04.699><c> quoted</c><00:36:04.980><c> these</c><00:36:05.280><c> words,</c><00:36:06.059><c> how</c><00:36:06.440><c> accurate</c><00:36:06.880><c> he</c><00:36:07.039><c> was</c> 00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:09.840 with<00:36:07.840><c> the</c><00:36:08.079><c> context</c><00:36:08.440><c> of</c><00:36:08.679><c> those</c><00:36:08.880><c> verses.</c> 00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:16.380 But<00:36:10.840><c> you</c><00:36:10.960><c> know,</c><00:36:12.539><c> that's</c><00:36:12.739><c> negative.</c><00:36:13.900><c> Let's</c><00:36:14.139><c> have</c><00:36:14.320><c> a</c><00:36:14.400><c> look</c><00:36:14.860><c> of</c><00:36:15.079><c> how</c><00:36:15.860><c> a</c> 00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:18.059 true<00:36:16.599><c> worship</c><00:36:16.840><c> would</c><00:36:17.119><c> treat</c><00:36:17.420><c> the</c><00:36:17.599><c> temple</c><00:36:17.820><c> of</c> 00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:21.260 God.<00:36:18.340><c> Let's</c><00:36:18.519><c> have</c><00:36:18.659><c> a</c><00:36:18.820><c> look</c><00:36:18.880><c> at</c><00:36:18.880><c> Psalm</c><00:36:19.159><c> 26,</c><00:36:19.920><c> brothers</c><00:36:20.159><c> and</c><00:36:20.380><c> sisters.</c><00:36:21.099><c> Look</c> 00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:22.679 how<00:36:21.559><c> a</c><00:36:21.679><c> true</c><00:36:21.940><c> worshipper</c> 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:27.360 sees<00:36:23.460><c> the</c><00:36:23.639><c> house</c><00:36:23.920><c> of</c><00:36:24.099><c> God.</c><00:36:25.679><c> Just</c><00:36:25.760><c> have</c><00:36:25.980><c> a</c><00:36:26.079><c> look.</c><00:36:26.559><c> Lovely</c><00:36:27.019><c> words</c> 00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:30.480 here.<00:36:29.019><c> Psalm</c><00:36:29.340><c> 26.</c> 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:43.539 Let's<00:36:39.000><c> read</c><00:36:39.260><c> from</c><00:36:39.719><c> verse</c><00:36:39.920><c> 8.</c><00:36:41.460><c> Look</c><00:36:41.559><c> at</c><00:36:41.699><c> the</c><00:36:41.880><c> contrast</c><00:36:42.300><c> in</c><00:36:42.539><c> attitudes.</c> 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:50.420 Yahweh,<00:36:46.579><c> I</c><00:36:46.579><c> have</c><00:36:47.019><c> loved</c><00:36:47.420><c> the</c><00:36:47.659><c> habitation</c><00:36:48.179><c> of</c><00:36:48.320><c> thy</c><00:36:48.460><c> house,</c><00:36:50.280><c> the</c> 00:36:50.420 --> 00:36:54.880 place<00:36:51.239><c> where</c><00:36:51.960><c> thine</c><00:36:52.280><c> honor</c><00:36:52.820><c> dwelleth.</c> 00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:59.659 Gather<00:36:55.260><c> not</c><00:36:55.820><c> my</c><00:36:56.199><c> soul</c><00:36:56.480><c> with</c><00:36:56.780><c> sinners,</c><00:36:58.280><c> nor</c><00:36:58.519><c> my</c><00:36:58.840><c> life</c><00:36:59.199><c> with</c><00:36:59.420><c> men</c> 00:36:59.659 --> 00:37:03.500 of<00:36:59.920><c> blood,</c><00:37:01.699><c> in</c><00:37:01.860><c> whose</c><00:37:02.059><c> hands</c><00:37:02.460><c> is</c><00:37:02.760><c> mischief</c><00:37:03.079><c> and</c><00:37:03.260><c> their</c> 00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:08.119 right<00:37:03.820><c> hand</c><00:37:04.039><c> is</c><00:37:04.480><c> full</c><00:37:04.739><c> of</c><00:37:05.000><c> bribes.</c><00:37:06.940><c> But</c><00:37:07.199><c> as</c><00:37:07.440><c> for</c><00:37:07.579><c> me,</c><00:37:07.780><c> I</c><00:37:07.900><c> will</c> 00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:11.699 walk<00:37:08.440><c> in</c><00:37:08.679><c> mine</c><00:37:08.820><c> integrity,</c><00:37:10.619><c> redeem</c><00:37:11.000><c> me</c><00:37:11.260><c> and</c><00:37:11.360><c> be</c> 00:37:11.699 --> 00:37:16.760 merciful<00:37:11.980><c> unto</c><00:37:12.320><c> me.</c><00:37:14.059><c> My</c><00:37:14.119><c> foot</c><00:37:14.460><c> standeth</c><00:37:15.079><c> in</c><00:37:15.300><c> an</c><00:37:15.619><c> even</c><00:37:16.059><c> place,</c> 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:19.820 not<00:37:17.099><c> a</c><00:37:17.380><c> crook.</c><00:37:18.300><c> In</c><00:37:18.440><c> the</c><00:37:18.719><c> congregation</c><00:37:19.340><c> will</c><00:37:19.599><c> I</c> 00:37:19.820 --> 00:37:23.760 bless<00:37:20.139><c> Yahweh.</c><00:37:20.699><c> In</c><00:37:20.820><c> the</c><00:37:21.159><c> place</c><00:37:21.599><c> where</c><00:37:21.940><c> your</c><00:37:22.380><c> honor</c><00:37:22.900><c> dwells,</c><00:37:23.539><c> I</c> 00:37:23.760 --> 00:37:28.860 stand<00:37:24.579><c> evenly.</c><00:37:26.619><c> I</c><00:37:26.900><c> don't</c><00:37:27.239><c> take</c><00:37:27.599><c> bribes.</c> 00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:31.480 Look<00:37:29.559><c> at</c><00:37:29.659><c> the</c><00:37:29.840><c> attitude</c><00:37:30.260><c> there,</c><00:37:30.659><c> brothers</c><00:37:30.840><c> and</c><00:37:31.079><c> sisters,</c><00:37:31.320><c> of</c> 00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:34.099 a<00:37:31.659><c> person</c><00:37:32.099><c> who</c><00:37:32.679><c> treats</c><00:37:32.900><c> the</c><00:37:33.139><c> house</c><00:37:33.420><c> of</c><00:37:33.579><c> God</c><00:37:33.820><c> with</c> 00:37:34.099 --> 00:37:37.559 reverence<00:37:34.519><c> that</c><00:37:34.699><c> it</c><00:37:34.900><c> ought</c><00:37:35.059><c> to</c><00:37:35.260><c> be</c><00:37:35.480><c> treated</c><00:37:35.760><c> and</c><00:37:36.659><c> whose</c><00:37:36.920><c> life</c> 00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:40.559 was<00:37:38.239><c> accordingly</c><00:37:38.719><c> affected</c><00:37:39.300><c> by</c><00:37:39.559><c> what</c><00:37:39.719><c> he</c><00:37:40.000><c> saw</c><00:37:40.260><c> there</c> 00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:45.760 in<00:37:40.619><c> a</c><00:37:40.960><c> spiritual</c><00:37:41.480><c> way.</c><00:37:42.000><c> Really</c><00:37:42.219><c> lovely</c><00:37:42.719><c> that</c><00:37:42.980><c> reference.</c><00:37:45.099><c> Mark</c><00:37:45.380><c> 11</c> 00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:47.940 and<00:37:45.920><c> verse</c><00:37:46.219><c> 18</c><00:37:47.059><c> says,</c> 00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:52.500 describe<00:37:49.940><c> that</c><00:37:50.159><c> the</c><00:37:50.280><c> chief</c><00:37:50.579><c> priests</c><00:37:50.860><c> heard</c><00:37:51.139><c> it</c><00:37:51.420><c> too.</c><00:37:51.659><c> They</c><00:37:51.820><c> heard</c><00:37:52.079><c> him</c><00:37:52.320><c> as</c> 00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:54.619 he<00:37:52.599><c> came</c><00:37:52.880><c> in</c><00:37:53.139><c> there</c><00:37:53.960><c> and</c><00:37:54.139><c> destroyed</c> 00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:57.380 their<00:37:54.960><c> market.</c><00:37:56.099><c> You</c><00:37:56.119><c> know,</c><00:37:56.500><c> brothers</c><00:37:56.579><c> and</c><00:37:56.800><c> sisters,</c><00:37:57.079><c> as</c><00:37:57.239><c> you</c> 00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:59.400 draw<00:37:57.659><c> nearer</c><00:37:58.300><c> to</c><00:37:58.300><c> the</c><00:37:58.420><c> end</c><00:37:58.539><c> of</c><00:37:58.659><c> the</c><00:37:58.760><c> Lord's</c><00:37:59.119><c> life,</c> 00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:03.059 so<00:37:59.719><c> you</c><00:37:59.920><c> find</c><00:38:00.300><c> a</c><00:38:00.480><c> greater</c><00:38:01.039><c> interplay</c><00:38:01.699><c> with</c><00:38:02.000><c> the</c><00:38:02.260><c> chief</c><00:38:02.579><c> priests.</c><00:38:02.880><c> Now</c> 00:38:03.059 --> 00:38:04.679 you<00:38:03.059><c> don't</c><00:38:03.340><c> find</c><00:38:03.699><c> that</c><00:38:03.840><c> earlier,</c><00:38:04.340><c> you</c><00:38:04.340><c> know.</c> 00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:07.920 Surprising.<00:38:06.559><c> When</c><00:38:06.599><c> you</c><00:38:06.699><c> look</c><00:38:06.860><c> at</c><00:38:07.000><c> the</c><00:38:07.059><c> record</c><00:38:07.320><c> of</c><00:38:07.460><c> the</c><00:38:07.559><c> Lord's</c> 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:12.159 life,<00:38:08.780><c> you</c><00:38:08.780><c> find</c><00:38:09.139><c> him</c><00:38:09.599><c> mostly,</c><00:38:10.340><c> nearly</c><00:38:10.679><c> always,</c> 00:38:12.780 --> 00:38:18.280 confronting<00:38:13.300><c> the</c><00:38:13.820><c> Pharisees</c><00:38:14.440><c> and</c><00:38:14.579><c> the</c><00:38:14.780><c> scribes.</c><00:38:16.820><c> The</c><00:38:17.340><c> priesthood</c><00:38:17.860><c> was</c><00:38:18.079><c> in</c> 00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:19.539 the<00:38:18.440><c> hands</c><00:38:18.659><c> of</c><00:38:18.820><c> the</c><00:38:19.019><c> Sadducees.</c> 00:38:19.619 --> 00:38:23.099 They<00:38:19.639><c> were</c><00:38:19.840><c> a</c><00:38:19.840><c> different</c><00:38:20.340><c> sect,</c><00:38:21.360><c> different</c><00:38:21.699><c> attitude.</c><00:38:22.940><c> And</c> 00:38:23.099 --> 00:38:25.179 Jesus'<00:38:23.599><c> earlier</c><00:38:24.000><c> controversies</c><00:38:24.699><c> were</c><00:38:24.880><c> with</c><00:38:25.019><c> the</c> 00:38:25.179 --> 00:38:29.519 hypocrites.<00:38:26.880><c> But</c><00:38:27.000><c> as</c><00:38:27.360><c> you</c><00:38:27.480><c> notice,</c><00:38:27.860><c> as</c><00:38:27.940><c> he</c><00:38:28.099><c> draws</c><00:38:28.400><c> the</c><00:38:29.079><c> last</c> 00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:31.019 stage<00:38:29.739><c> of</c><00:38:29.900><c> his</c><00:38:30.099><c> ministry,</c><00:38:30.380><c> and</c><00:38:30.579><c> especially</c><00:38:30.880><c> when</c> 00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:35.519 he<00:38:31.440><c> came</c><00:38:31.440><c> in</c><00:38:31.699><c> there</c><00:38:31.920><c> and</c><00:38:32.099><c> attacked</c><00:38:32.460><c> the</c><00:38:32.639><c> center</c><00:38:33.059><c> of</c><00:38:33.659><c> their</c><00:38:34.000><c> commerce,</c><00:38:34.500><c> because</c><00:38:34.559><c> that's</c><00:38:34.840><c> what</c><00:38:35.039><c> it</c><00:38:35.139><c> was,</c> 00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:40.039 it<00:38:35.840><c> was</c><00:38:36.099><c> nothing</c><00:38:36.400><c> else</c><00:38:36.699><c> but</c><00:38:36.840><c> an</c><00:38:37.079><c> emporium,</c><00:38:37.719><c> wasn't</c><00:38:37.880><c> it,</c><00:38:38.199><c> Temple?</c><00:38:39.239><c> It</c><00:38:39.500><c> was</c><00:38:39.780><c> a</c> 00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:41.719 marketplace.<00:38:40.940><c> And</c><00:38:41.019><c> as</c><00:38:41.139><c> he</c><00:38:41.400><c> attacked</c> 00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:44.860 the<00:38:42.000><c> source</c><00:38:42.440><c> of</c><00:38:42.880><c> their</c><00:38:43.159><c> commerce,</c><00:38:43.760><c> you</c><00:38:43.900><c> find</c><00:38:44.119><c> from</c><00:38:44.320><c> here</c><00:38:44.659><c> on</c> 00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:47.119 the<00:38:45.039><c> chief</c><00:38:45.380><c> priests,</c><00:38:45.940><c> the</c><00:38:46.179><c> Sadducees,</c> 00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:51.619 came<00:38:48.019><c> into</c><00:38:48.260><c> the</c><00:38:48.519><c> fore,</c><00:38:49.400><c> and</c><00:38:49.480><c> they</c><00:38:49.659><c> had</c><00:38:49.940><c> determined</c><00:38:50.480><c> not</c><00:38:51.460><c> only</c> 00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.860 to<00:38:51.820><c> kill</c><00:38:51.940><c> him,</c><00:38:52.179><c> brothers</c><00:38:52.320><c> and</c><00:38:52.539><c> sisters,</c> 00:38:52.980 --> 00:38:57.460 it<00:38:53.079><c> doesn't</c><00:38:53.219><c> only</c><00:38:53.440><c> say</c><00:38:53.679><c> that,</c><00:38:54.099><c> in</c><00:38:54.260><c> verse</c><00:38:54.500><c> 18</c><00:38:54.699><c> it</c><00:38:54.880><c> says,</c><00:38:56.039><c> destroy</c><00:38:56.440><c> him.</c> 00:38:58.519 --> 00:39:00.179 So<00:38:58.639><c> what's</c><00:38:58.920><c> the</c><00:38:59.000><c> difference?</c><00:39:00.019><c> Well,</c> 00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:05.380 Greek<00:39:00.500><c> means</c><00:39:00.980><c> utterly</c><00:39:01.800><c> destroy</c><00:39:02.280><c> him.</c><00:39:04.800><c> Now</c><00:39:04.820><c> you</c><00:39:04.900><c> could</c><00:39:05.119><c> kill</c> 00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:10.440 someone<00:39:06.019><c> and</c><00:39:07.639><c> make</c><00:39:07.900><c> them.</c><00:39:09.800><c> Martyrs,</c><00:39:10.219><c> brothers</c> 00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:15.119 and<00:39:10.719><c> sisters,</c><00:39:11.340><c> leave</c><00:39:11.500><c> a</c><00:39:11.679><c> name</c><00:39:11.840><c> behind</c><00:39:12.199><c> them.</c><00:39:14.440><c> Martyrs</c><00:39:14.920><c> leave</c> 00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:17.739 such<00:39:15.400><c> a</c><00:39:15.579><c> name</c><00:39:15.860><c> as</c><00:39:16.360><c> movements</c><00:39:16.739><c> go</c><00:39:17.059><c> on</c><00:39:17.280><c> long</c><00:39:17.460><c> after</c> 00:39:17.739 --> 00:39:21.099 they're<00:39:17.980><c> dead.</c><00:39:19.440><c> They</c><00:39:19.619><c> didn't</c><00:39:19.780><c> just</c><00:39:20.000><c> want</c><00:39:20.159><c> to</c><00:39:20.320><c> kill</c><00:39:20.440><c> him,</c><00:39:20.739><c> because</c><00:39:20.880><c> just</c> 00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:22.780 killing<00:39:21.280><c> him,</c><00:39:21.780><c> they'd</c><00:39:22.019><c> only</c><00:39:22.219><c> give</c><00:39:22.360><c> impetus</c> 00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:26.599 to<00:39:23.019><c> the</c><00:39:23.199><c> movement.</c><00:39:24.280><c> They</c><00:39:24.480><c> wanted</c><00:39:24.699><c> to</c><00:39:25.000><c> utterly</c><00:39:25.480><c> destroy</c><00:39:26.219><c> his</c> 00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:28.760 influence<00:39:27.059><c> and</c><00:39:27.300><c> name</c><00:39:27.519><c> out</c><00:39:27.659><c> of</c><00:39:27.760><c> that</c><00:39:27.920><c> nation.</c><00:39:28.519><c> You</c><00:39:28.519><c> see?</c> 00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:31.960 The<00:39:29.099><c> plan</c><00:39:29.340><c> had</c><00:39:29.460><c> to</c><00:39:29.619><c> be</c><00:39:29.739><c> carefully</c><00:39:30.039><c> made.</c><00:39:30.820><c> You</c><00:39:30.820><c> can't</c><00:39:31.099><c> go</c><00:39:31.239><c> around</c><00:39:31.539><c> stabbing</c><00:39:31.880><c> him</c> 00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:33.679 in<00:39:32.119><c> the</c><00:39:32.280><c> dark.</c><00:39:32.940><c> You</c><00:39:33.119><c> can't</c><00:39:33.480><c> go</c> 00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:36.820 around<00:39:33.840><c> killing</c><00:39:34.079><c> him.</c><00:39:34.519><c> He's</c><00:39:34.719><c> got</c><00:39:34.880><c> to</c><00:39:35.119><c> die</c><00:39:35.239><c> a</c><00:39:35.500><c> certain</c><00:39:35.699><c> way.</c><00:39:36.099><c> We've</c><00:39:36.280><c> got</c><00:39:36.320><c> to</c> 00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:40.679 discredit<00:39:37.420><c> him.</c><00:39:39.679><c> That</c><00:39:39.780><c> was</c><00:39:40.019><c> the</c><00:39:40.219><c> plan</c><00:39:40.539><c> that</c> 00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:44.300 was<00:39:40.920><c> conceived.</c><00:39:42.199><c> As</c><00:39:42.280><c> I</c><00:39:42.559><c> say,</c><00:39:43.059><c> a</c><00:39:43.059><c> lot</c><00:39:43.219><c> of</c><00:39:43.300><c> men</c><00:39:43.440><c> have</c><00:39:43.599><c> been</c><00:39:43.820><c> killed</c><00:39:44.099><c> for</c> 00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:45.860 their<00:39:44.539><c> belief,</c><00:39:44.820><c> only</c><00:39:45.079><c> to</c><00:39:45.320><c> leave</c><00:39:45.500><c> behind</c> 00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:49.559 them<00:39:46.039><c> a</c><00:39:46.139><c> legacy</c><00:39:46.679><c> far</c><00:39:47.119><c> more</c><00:39:47.480><c> powerful</c><00:39:47.940><c> than</c><00:39:48.059><c> their</c><00:39:48.300><c> own</c><00:39:48.500><c> lives.</c> 00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:54.559 These<00:39:50.920><c> guys</c><00:39:51.300><c> are</c><00:39:51.539><c> out</c><00:39:51.780><c> to</c><00:39:52.800><c> utterly</c><00:39:53.559><c> get</c><00:39:54.179><c> rid</c><00:39:54.400><c> of</c> 00:39:54.559 --> 00:40:00.000 his<00:39:54.739><c> name</c><00:39:55.159><c> and</c><00:39:55.619><c> influence</c><00:39:55.980><c> and</c><00:39:56.280><c> memory</c><00:39:56.579><c> of</c><00:39:57.639><c> him.</c><00:39:58.199><c> And</c><00:39:58.320><c> they</c><00:39:58.519><c> knew</c><00:39:59.039><c> they</c><00:39:59.599><c> had</c><00:39:59.780><c> a</c> 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:02.039 task<00:40:00.300><c> ahead</c><00:40:00.519><c> of</c><00:40:00.679><c> him</c><00:40:01.139><c> because</c><00:40:01.539><c> they</c> 00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:09.300 feared<00:40:02.320><c> him.</c><00:40:04.760><c> 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impetus</c><00:40:22.599><c> to</c><00:40:22.760><c> that</c><00:40:22.940><c> movement.</c><00:40:24.559><c> So</c><00:40:24.659><c> they</c><00:40:24.780><c> had</c><00:40:24.940><c> to</c> 00:40:25.059 --> 00:40:26.619 think<00:40:25.280><c> about</c><00:40:25.539><c> this.</c> 00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:29.699 In<00:40:27.420><c> verse</c><00:40:27.679><c> 19,</c><00:40:28.159><c> it</c><00:40:28.280><c> says,</c><00:40:28.599><c> What</c><00:40:28.599><c> even</c><00:40:28.760><c> was</c><00:40:28.980><c> come,</c><00:40:29.280><c> he</c><00:40:29.400><c> went</c><00:40:29.539><c> out</c> 00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:33.019 of<00:40:29.800><c> the</c><00:40:29.980><c> city.</c><00:40:30.940><c> Now</c><00:40:31.260><c> let's</c><00:40:31.679><c> read</c><00:40:31.880><c> how</c><00:40:32.340><c> Matthew</c><00:40:32.760><c> puts</c> 00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:37.420 that<00:40:33.300><c> last</c><00:40:33.519><c> little</c><00:40:33.760><c> notation</c><00:40:34.159><c> in</c><00:40:34.360><c> Matthew</c><00:40:34.679><c> 21.</c><00:40:35.980><c> Just</c><00:40:36.179><c> look</c><00:40:36.320><c> how</c><00:40:36.480><c> Matthew</c><00:40:36.960><c> adds</c><00:40:37.280><c> a</c> 00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:38.900 couple<00:40:37.599><c> of</c><00:40:37.860><c> details</c><00:40:38.139><c> here.</c> 00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:45.420 Mark<00:40:41.860><c> says</c><00:40:42.139><c> he</c><00:40:42.579><c> went</c><00:40:42.760><c> out</c><00:40:42.980><c> of</c><00:40:43.079><c> the</c><00:40:43.260><c> city,</c><00:40:44.300><c> but</c><00:40:44.559><c> Matthew</c><00:40:44.900><c> adds</c><00:40:45.260><c> a</c> 00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:46.869 little<00:40:45.599><c> bit</c><00:40:45.840><c> of</c><00:40:45.920><c> detail</c><00:40:46.199><c> here,</c><00:40:46.519><c> brothers</c><00:40:46.639><c> and</c> 00:40:46.869 --> 00:40:51.429 sisters,<00:40:47.610><c> in</c><00:40:47.610><c> Matthew</c><00:40:47.949><c> 21</c><00:40:48.489><c> and</c><00:40:48.889><c> verse</c><00:40:49.170><c> 17.</c><00:40:50.750><c> Look</c><00:40:50.829><c> how</c><00:40:50.989><c> he</c><00:40:51.150><c> puts</c> 00:40:51.429 --> 00:40:54.150 it.<00:40:52.269><c> Look</c><00:40:52.389><c> at</c><00:40:52.630><c> the</c><00:40:52.750><c> difference.</c><00:40:53.690><c> When</c><00:40:54.010><c> you</c> 00:40:54.150 --> 00:40:57.150 put<00:40:54.289><c> these</c><00:40:54.590><c> records</c><00:40:54.829><c> together,</c><00:40:56.070><c> if</c><00:40:56.190><c> you're</c><00:40:56.349><c> ever</c><00:40:56.530><c> doing</c><00:40:56.730><c> a</c><00:40:56.909><c> study</c><00:40:57.050><c> of</c> 00:40:57.150 --> 00:40:58.889 the<00:40:57.289><c> life</c><00:40:57.429><c> of</c><00:40:57.570><c> the</c><00:40:57.670><c> Lord,</c><00:40:58.190><c> I</c><00:40:58.230><c> thoroughly</c> 00:40:58.889 --> 00:41:02.969 recommend<00:40:59.650><c> to</c><00:41:00.010><c> anybody</c><00:41:00.769><c> doing</c><00:41:01.190><c> the</c><00:41:01.409><c> study</c><00:41:01.610><c> of</c><00:41:01.829><c> the</c><00:41:01.929><c> life</c><00:41:02.170><c> of</c><00:41:02.289><c> the</c><00:41:02.369><c> Lord,</c><00:41:02.889><c> I</c> 00:41:02.969 --> 00:41:03.929 thoroughly<00:41:03.369><c> recommend,</c> 00:41:03.929 --> 00:41:08.829 story<00:41:04.230><c> of</c><00:41:04.369><c> the</c><00:41:04.409><c> Bible</c><00:41:04.590><c> naturally,</c><00:41:05.730><c> I</c><00:41:05.769><c> found</c><00:41:06.130><c> that</c><00:41:06.329><c> magnificent.</c><00:41:07.889><c> But</c><00:41:08.030><c> I'll</c><00:41:08.150><c> tell</c><00:41:08.210><c> you</c><00:41:08.309><c> what</c><00:41:08.409><c> else</c><00:41:08.630><c> I</c> 00:41:08.829 --> 00:41:12.250 recommend.<00:41:09.250><c> When</c><00:41:09.429><c> the</c><00:41:09.570><c> young</c><00:41:09.789><c> people</c><00:41:10.070><c> for</c><00:41:10.230><c> the</c><00:41:10.369><c> youth</c><00:41:10.570><c> conference</c><00:41:10.889><c> in</c><00:41:11.150><c> Sydney</c><00:41:11.389><c> some</c><00:41:11.690><c> years</c><00:41:11.969><c> ago</c> 00:41:12.250 --> 00:41:15.789 put<00:41:12.690><c> out</c><00:41:12.889><c> the</c> 00:41:15.789 --> 00:41:18.690 page.<00:41:16.150><c> Oh,</c><00:41:16.489><c> that</c><00:41:16.690><c> is</c><00:41:16.949><c> invaluable.</c><00:41:17.989><c> And</c><00:41:18.090><c> you</c><00:41:18.130><c> have</c><00:41:18.269><c> that</c><00:41:18.530><c> set</c> 00:41:18.690 --> 00:41:20.309 up<00:41:18.849><c> in</c><00:41:19.030><c> front</c><00:41:19.150><c> of</c><00:41:19.230><c> you</c><00:41:19.289><c> all</c><00:41:19.489><c> the</c><00:41:19.650><c> time.</c><00:41:19.829><c> You</c><00:41:19.869><c> can</c><00:41:20.090><c> read</c> 00:41:20.309 --> 00:41:22.289 across.<00:41:20.710><c> You</c><00:41:20.769><c> don't</c><00:41:20.909><c> have</c><00:41:21.090><c> to</c><00:41:21.110><c> turn</c><00:41:21.389><c> the</c><00:41:21.590><c> pages</c><00:41:21.849><c> and</c><00:41:22.050><c> sort</c><00:41:22.170><c> of</c> 00:41:22.289 --> 00:41:24.670 forget<00:41:22.429><c> what</c><00:41:22.610><c> you</c><00:41:22.769><c> read.</c><00:41:23.269><c> You</c><00:41:23.389><c> can</c><00:41:23.789><c> read</c><00:41:24.070><c> across</c><00:41:24.469><c> and</c> 00:41:24.670 --> 00:41:27.949 compare<00:41:25.050><c> the</c><00:41:25.289><c> records.</c><00:41:25.750><c> It</c><00:41:25.889><c> is</c><00:41:26.190><c> invaluable.</c><00:41:27.369><c> And</c><00:41:27.469><c> this</c><00:41:27.650><c> is</c><00:41:27.849><c> a</c> 00:41:27.949 --> 00:41:29.809 case<00:41:28.150><c> in</c><00:41:28.409><c> point.</c><00:41:28.969><c> Now</c><00:41:29.150><c> Mark</c><00:41:29.269><c> said</c><00:41:29.409><c> he</c><00:41:29.469><c> went</c><00:41:29.570><c> out</c><00:41:29.730><c> of</c> 00:41:29.809 --> 00:41:35.429 the<00:41:29.929><c> city,</c><00:41:30.309><c> but</c><00:41:30.489><c> Matthew</c><00:41:30.809><c> says,</c><00:41:32.329><c> And</c><00:41:32.329><c> he</c><00:41:32.429><c> left</c><00:41:32.789><c> them</c><00:41:34.150><c> and</c><00:41:35.309><c> went</c> 00:41:35.429 --> 00:41:39.050 out<00:41:35.650><c> of</c><00:41:35.750><c> the</c><00:41:35.929><c> city</c><00:41:36.230><c> into</c><00:41:36.610><c> Bethany</c><00:41:37.110><c> and</c><00:41:37.469><c> lodged</c><00:41:37.889><c> there.</c> 00:41:40.030 --> 00:41:43.690 And<00:41:40.329><c> we</c><00:41:40.469><c> know</c><00:41:40.929><c> that</c><00:41:41.289><c> there</c><00:41:41.409><c> was</c><00:41:41.590><c> Bethany,</c><00:41:42.050><c> the</c><00:41:42.070><c> house</c><00:41:42.289><c> of</c><00:41:42.530><c> dates,</c><00:41:43.469><c> Beth</c> 00:41:43.690 --> 00:41:45.489 -face,<00:41:44.050><c> the</c><00:41:44.130><c> house</c><00:41:44.349><c> of</c><00:41:44.750><c> figs.</c> 00:41:46.449 --> 00:41:51.429 And<00:41:46.889><c> he's</c><00:41:47.050><c> just</c><00:41:47.409><c> cursed</c><00:41:47.630><c> the</c><00:41:47.889><c> fig</c><00:41:47.989><c> tree</c><00:41:48.329><c> and</c><00:41:48.610><c> left</c><00:41:48.929><c> them,</c><00:41:49.769><c> Matthew</c><00:41:49.949><c> says,</c><00:41:51.389><c> went</c> 00:41:51.429 --> 00:41:53.170 out<00:41:51.630><c> of</c><00:41:51.750><c> the</c><00:41:51.869><c> city</c><00:41:52.150><c> and</c><00:41:52.429><c> lodged</c> 00:41:53.710 --> 00:41:57.250 Bethany<00:41:54.150><c> and</c><00:41:54.269><c> lodged</c><00:41:54.730><c> there,</c><00:41:55.469><c> the</c><00:41:55.510><c> house</c><00:41:55.789><c> of</c><00:41:56.130><c> dates,</c><00:41:56.849><c> which</c><00:41:56.949><c> is</c><00:41:57.150><c> a</c> 00:41:57.250 --> 00:42:00.250 symbol<00:41:57.409><c> of</c><00:41:57.590><c> the</c><00:41:57.650><c> Gentiles,</c><00:41:58.909><c> having</c><00:41:59.050><c> just</c><00:41:59.369><c> said,</c> 00:42:00.369 --> 00:42:02.909 this<00:42:00.570><c> shall</c><00:42:00.769><c> be</c><00:42:00.929><c> called</c><00:42:01.090><c> a</c><00:42:01.250><c> house</c><00:42:01.449><c> of</c><00:42:01.590><c> prayer</c><00:42:01.730><c> for</c><00:42:01.869><c> all</c><00:42:02.030><c> nations.</c><00:42:02.690><c> So</c><00:42:02.849><c> he</c> 00:42:02.909 --> 00:42:04.889 left<00:42:03.190><c> them</c><00:42:03.510><c> and</c><00:42:03.610><c> went</c><00:42:03.789><c> there.</c> 00:42:05.809 --> 00:42:09.349 Matthew,<00:42:06.090><c> I</c><00:42:06.369><c> believe,</c><00:42:06.670><c> gives</c><00:42:06.809><c> that</c><00:42:07.090><c> detail</c><00:42:07.369><c> for</c><00:42:07.550><c> that</c><00:42:07.769><c> reason.</c><00:42:09.230><c> Then</c> 00:42:09.349 --> 00:42:10.469 we<00:42:09.469><c> come</c><00:42:09.630><c> back</c><00:42:09.849><c> next</c><00:42:10.130><c> morning,</c> 00:42:10.469 --> 00:42:13.170 the<00:42:11.070><c> third</c><00:42:11.349><c> day.</c><00:42:11.809><c> This</c><00:42:11.809><c> is</c><00:42:11.949><c> three</c><00:42:12.190><c> days</c><00:42:12.409><c> rather,</c><00:42:12.869><c> the</c><00:42:12.989><c> three</c> 00:42:13.170 --> 00:42:15.309 days<00:42:13.429><c> to</c><00:42:13.650><c> go.</c><00:42:14.530><c> And</c><00:42:14.630><c> in</c><00:42:14.809><c> Mark</c><00:42:15.010><c> again,</c> 00:42:15.449 --> 00:42:18.670 in<00:42:15.510><c> chapter</c><00:42:15.750><c> 11</c><00:42:16.010><c> and</c><00:42:16.150><c> verse</c><00:42:16.389><c> 20,</c><00:42:17.730><c> now</c><00:42:17.949><c> we've</c><00:42:18.110><c> got</c><00:42:18.230><c> this</c><00:42:18.530><c> point</c> 00:42:18.670 --> 00:42:20.329 about<00:42:18.989><c> this</c><00:42:19.289><c> fig</c><00:42:19.489><c> tree.</c> 00:42:22.550 --> 00:42:25.570 Now<00:42:22.670><c> you</c><00:42:22.849><c> just</c><00:42:23.210><c> follow</c><00:42:23.610><c> this,</c><00:42:24.210><c> brothers</c><00:42:24.269><c> and</c><00:42:24.449><c> sisters.</c><00:42:24.690><c> It</c><00:42:24.690><c> says,</c><00:42:25.369><c> And</c><00:42:25.409><c> in</c> 00:42:25.570 --> 00:42:26.170 the<00:42:25.789><c> morning,</c> 00:42:26.269 --> 00:42:29.289 as<00:42:26.510><c> they</c><00:42:26.750><c> passed</c><00:42:27.170><c> by,</c><00:42:27.389><c> now</c><00:42:27.570><c> where</c><00:42:27.750><c> are</c><00:42:28.010><c> they?</c><00:42:28.869><c> Well,</c><00:42:29.030><c> they're</c> 00:42:29.289 --> 00:42:30.889 around<00:42:29.530><c> about</c><00:42:29.730><c> just</c><00:42:29.949><c> outside</c><00:42:30.289><c> of</c><00:42:30.530><c> Bethany.</c> 00:42:30.949 --> 00:42:35.170 They're<00:42:31.230><c> on</c><00:42:31.429><c> the</c><00:42:31.710><c> southern</c><00:42:32.050><c> slopes</c><00:42:32.590><c> of</c><00:42:33.110><c> Olivet.</c><00:42:34.449><c> Now,</c><00:42:34.730><c> it's</c> 00:42:35.170 --> 00:42:37.389 important<00:42:35.889><c> to</c><00:42:36.110><c> know</c><00:42:36.289><c> that,</c> 00:42:37.570 --> 00:42:42.889 because<00:42:38.050><c> this</c><00:42:38.269><c> is</c><00:42:38.510><c> one</c><00:42:38.849><c> of</c><00:42:38.909><c> those</c><00:42:39.289><c> passages</c><00:42:39.829><c> that</c><00:42:40.949><c> on</c><00:42:41.150><c> the</c><00:42:41.349><c> surface</c><00:42:41.769><c> presents</c><00:42:42.170><c> a</c><00:42:42.289><c> bit</c><00:42:42.389><c> of</c><00:42:42.530><c> a</c><00:42:42.630><c> difficulty.</c> 00:42:42.949 --> 00:42:47.150 How<00:42:43.110><c> do</c><00:42:43.289><c> you</c><00:42:43.389><c> read</c><00:42:43.550><c> it?</c><00:42:43.849><c> What</c><00:42:43.949><c> does</c><00:42:44.210><c> it</c><00:42:44.210><c> mean?</c><00:42:45.789><c> Well,</c><00:42:46.849><c> he</c><00:42:46.869><c> comes</c> 00:42:47.150 --> 00:42:49.170 there<00:42:47.489><c> and</c><00:42:47.610><c> they</c><00:42:47.869><c> note</c><00:42:48.070><c> this</c><00:42:48.429><c> tree,</c> 00:42:49.329 --> 00:42:51.710 dried<00:42:49.650><c> up</c><00:42:49.829><c> from</c><00:42:49.969><c> the</c><00:42:50.150><c> brutes.</c><00:42:50.449><c> Now,</c><00:42:50.570><c> you</c><00:42:50.690><c> remember</c><00:42:50.849><c> the</c><00:42:50.989><c> disciples</c><00:42:51.369><c> heard</c> 00:42:51.710 --> 00:42:53.030 him<00:42:51.929><c> curse</c><00:42:52.070><c> that</c><00:42:52.349><c> tree.</c> 00:42:53.050 --> 00:42:58.250 Obviously,<00:42:53.349><c> Mark</c><00:42:53.630><c> is</c><00:42:53.769><c> saying</c><00:42:54.150><c> that</c><00:42:55.150><c> it</c><00:42:55.449><c> quite</c><00:42:55.650><c> surprised</c><00:42:56.150><c> them.</c><00:42:58.050><c> And</c> 00:42:58.250 --> 00:43:00.730 Peter,<00:42:59.710><c> calling</c><00:43:00.030><c> to</c><00:43:00.309><c> remembrance,</c> 00:43:00.730 --> 00:43:06.309 said<00:43:00.969><c> unto</c><00:43:01.190><c> the</c><00:43:01.369><c> master,</c><00:43:02.170><c> now</c><00:43:02.329><c> just</c><00:43:02.769><c> note</c><00:43:03.230><c> what</c><00:43:03.590><c> he</c><00:43:03.809><c> says.</c><00:43:05.710><c> Master,</c><00:43:06.170><c> he</c> 00:43:06.309 --> 00:43:07.610 says,<00:43:06.710><c> look</c><00:43:06.849><c> at</c><00:43:06.929><c> this</c><00:43:07.130><c> fig</c><00:43:07.289><c> tree,</c> 00:43:08.030 --> 00:43:12.449 which<00:43:08.349><c> you</c><00:43:08.769><c> cursed.</c><00:43:09.409><c> It's</c><00:43:09.750><c> withered</c><00:43:10.010><c> away.</c><00:43:11.889><c> Well,</c><00:43:12.050><c> it's</c><00:43:12.230><c> true</c> 00:43:12.449 --> 00:43:16.050 enough,<00:43:12.889><c> isn't</c><00:43:13.030><c> it?</c><00:43:14.550><c> He</c><00:43:14.750><c> did</c><00:43:15.030><c> curse</c><00:43:15.329><c> it.</c> 00:43:17.150 --> 00:43:19.769 But<00:43:17.250><c> you</c><00:43:17.429><c> see,</c><00:43:17.789><c> there</c><00:43:17.909><c> was</c><00:43:18.070><c> something</c><00:43:18.309><c> in</c><00:43:18.510><c> the</c><00:43:18.730><c> tone</c><00:43:18.889><c> of</c><00:43:19.150><c> Peter,</c><00:43:19.610><c> and</c> 00:43:19.769 --> 00:43:20.610 the<00:43:19.869><c> Lord</c><00:43:20.070><c> would</c><00:43:20.349><c> know.</c> 00:43:20.929 --> 00:43:25.110 He<00:43:21.369><c> knew</c><00:43:21.550><c> what</c><00:43:21.710><c> was</c><00:43:21.849><c> in</c><00:43:22.030><c> man.</c><00:43:23.889><c> And</c><00:43:23.989><c> it</c><00:43:24.510><c> would</c><00:43:24.650><c> have</c><00:43:24.769><c> been</c><00:43:24.909><c> said</c> 00:43:25.110 --> 00:43:26.269 something<00:43:25.369><c> like</c><00:43:25.710><c> this.</c> 00:43:26.269 --> 00:43:29.190 They're<00:43:26.909><c> going</c><00:43:27.090><c> by</c><00:43:27.269><c> and</c><00:43:27.429><c> Peter</c><00:43:27.550><c> looks</c><00:43:27.769><c> at</c><00:43:27.869><c> it.</c><00:43:27.889><c> He</c><00:43:27.969><c> hadn't</c><00:43:28.190><c> forgotten</c><00:43:28.610><c> what</c><00:43:28.829><c> happened</c><00:43:28.989><c> the</c> 00:43:29.190 --> 00:43:30.250 previous<00:43:29.510><c> day.</c> 00:43:30.949 --> 00:43:37.550 And<00:43:30.949><c> he</c><00:43:30.989><c> said,</c><00:43:31.710><c> Master,</c><00:43:32.690><c> that</c><00:43:34.030><c> fig</c><00:43:34.349><c> tree,</c><00:43:34.869><c> which</c><00:43:35.030><c> you</c><00:43:36.969><c> cursed</c> 00:43:37.550 --> 00:43:40.789 it.<00:43:39.329><c> It's</c><00:43:39.449><c> withered</c><00:43:39.690><c> away.</c> 00:43:41.889 --> 00:43:46.210 And<00:43:42.070><c> the</c><00:43:42.190><c> Lord</c><00:43:42.329><c> could</c><00:43:42.670><c> read</c><00:43:42.949><c> him</c><00:43:43.230><c> like</c><00:43:43.489><c> a</c><00:43:43.710><c> book,</c><00:43:45.789><c> because</c><00:43:46.070><c> it</c> 00:43:46.210 --> 00:43:47.809 was<00:43:46.389><c> so</c><00:43:46.550><c> out</c><00:43:46.690><c> of</c><00:43:46.829><c> character</c><00:43:47.170><c> of</c><00:43:47.389><c> the</c><00:43:47.530><c> Lord,</c> 00:43:48.250 --> 00:43:51.909 in<00:43:48.510><c> Peter's</c><00:43:48.889><c> mind,</c><00:43:49.050><c> to</c><00:43:49.150><c> do</c><00:43:49.230><c> something</c><00:43:49.489><c> like</c><00:43:49.789><c> that.</c><00:43:50.769><c> This,</c><00:43:51.250><c> brothers</c><00:43:51.269><c> and</c><00:43:51.510><c> sisters,</c> 00:43:51.909 --> 00:43:58.489 is<00:43:52.389><c> the</c><00:43:52.630><c> Lord's</c><00:43:53.269><c> only</c><00:43:54.289><c> destructive</c><00:43:54.949><c> miracle.</c><00:43:57.849><c> Now,</c><00:43:58.190><c> that</c> 00:43:58.489 --> 00:43:59.690 would<00:43:58.670><c> arrest</c><00:43:58.929><c> anyone's</c><00:43:59.329><c> attention,</c> 00:43:59.730 --> 00:44:01.969 wouldn't<00:43:59.869><c> it?</c><00:44:00.090><c> You'd</c><00:44:00.329><c> think,</c><00:44:00.809><c> what</c><00:44:00.969><c> was</c><00:44:01.150><c> the</c><00:44:01.289><c> point?</c><00:44:01.570><c> It's</c><00:44:01.590><c> only</c><00:44:01.849><c> an</c> 00:44:01.969 --> 00:44:05.630 innocent<00:44:02.269><c> tree.</c><00:44:03.570><c> Why</c><00:44:04.090><c> make</c><00:44:04.429><c> it</c><00:44:04.670><c> suffer?</c> 00:44:06.210 --> 00:44:15.449 Note<00:44:06.570><c> the</c><00:44:06.889><c> answer.</c><00:44:09.309><c> Verse</c><00:44:09.469><c> 22,</c><00:44:11.170><c> have</c><00:44:11.530><c> faith</c><00:44:12.010><c> in</c><00:44:12.329><c> God.</c><00:44:12.630><c> Now,</c><00:44:12.989><c> what</c><00:44:13.150><c> does</c><00:44:13.329><c> that</c><00:44:13.670><c> mean?</c><00:44:15.090><c> Well,</c><00:44:15.349><c> if</c> 00:44:15.449 --> 00:44:16.309 we<00:44:15.610><c> took</c><00:44:15.809><c> the</c><00:44:16.070><c> text</c> 00:44:16.309 --> 00:44:20.730 of<00:44:16.469><c> the</c><00:44:16.670><c> authorized</c><00:44:16.969><c> version,</c><00:44:17.369><c> it</c><00:44:17.369><c> would</c><00:44:17.570><c> be</c><00:44:17.789><c> meaningless,</c><00:44:18.150><c> because</c><00:44:18.809><c> what's</c><00:44:19.349><c> the</c><00:44:19.449><c> point?</c><00:44:19.909><c> Whether</c><00:44:20.030><c> you</c><00:44:20.230><c> curse</c><00:44:20.429><c> a</c><00:44:20.630><c> fig</c> 00:44:20.730 --> 00:44:23.610 tree,<00:44:21.210><c> or</c><00:44:21.289><c> whether</c><00:44:21.329><c> you</c><00:44:21.570><c> heal</c><00:44:21.769><c> the</c><00:44:22.050><c> sick,</c><00:44:22.809><c> give</c><00:44:23.050><c> sight</c><00:44:23.269><c> to</c><00:44:23.429><c> the</c> 00:44:23.610 --> 00:44:25.110 blind,<00:44:24.230><c> or</c><00:44:24.389><c> hear</c><00:44:24.550><c> into</c><00:44:24.690><c> the</c><00:44:24.969><c> dead,</c> 00:44:25.150 --> 00:44:28.750 you've<00:44:25.329><c> got</c><00:44:25.349><c> to</c><00:44:25.550><c> have</c><00:44:25.550><c> faith</c><00:44:25.869><c> in</c><00:44:26.130><c> God.</c><00:44:26.570><c> But</c><00:44:26.750><c> it's</c><00:44:26.929><c> not</c><00:44:27.050><c> have</c><00:44:27.269><c> faith</c><00:44:27.590><c> in</c><00:44:27.829><c> God.</c> 00:44:30.070 --> 00:44:33.349 There's<00:44:30.210><c> an</c><00:44:30.369><c> enormous</c><00:44:30.769><c> difference</c><00:44:31.349><c> what</c><00:44:31.730><c> the</c><00:44:32.010><c> margin</c><00:44:32.289><c> says.</c> 00:44:34.489 --> 00:44:37.230 Have<00:44:34.769><c> the</c><00:44:35.070><c> faith</c><00:44:35.610><c> of</c><00:44:36.150><c> God.</c> 00:44:38.329 --> 00:44:41.429 That,<00:44:38.690><c> brothers</c><00:44:38.969><c> and</c><00:44:39.230><c> sisters,</c><00:44:39.789><c> is</c><00:44:40.050><c> different.</c><00:44:41.010><c> Matter</c><00:44:41.190><c> of</c> 00:44:41.429 --> 00:44:46.010 fact,<00:44:42.050><c> it's</c><00:44:42.510><c> very</c><00:44:42.989><c> different.</c><00:44:44.610><c> Because</c><00:44:44.849><c> you</c><00:44:45.050><c> see,</c> 00:44:46.590 --> 00:44:52.130 you've<00:44:47.030><c> got</c><00:44:47.030><c> to</c><00:44:47.409><c> act</c><00:44:47.429><c> in</c><00:44:47.849><c> faith,</c><00:44:48.269><c> in</c><00:44:48.489><c> having</c><00:44:48.750><c> faith</c><00:44:49.389><c> in</c><00:44:50.130><c> God.</c> 00:44:52.769 --> 00:44:54.449 But<00:44:52.909><c> Peter,</c><00:44:53.110><c> if</c><00:44:53.230><c> you</c><00:44:53.409><c> want</c><00:44:53.610><c> to</c><00:44:53.750><c> know</c><00:44:54.070><c> what</c><00:44:54.269><c> I'm</c> 00:44:54.449 --> 00:44:57.670 doing<00:44:54.670><c> with</c><00:44:54.849><c> that</c><00:44:55.090><c> fig</c><00:44:55.230><c> tree,</c><00:44:55.389><c> if</c><00:44:55.489><c> you</c><00:44:55.750><c> think,</c><00:44:56.010><c> Peter,</c><00:44:57.190><c> that</c><00:44:57.449><c> I</c> 00:44:57.670 --> 00:44:59.530 am<00:44:57.750><c> being</c><00:44:58.010><c> unreasonable</c><00:44:58.750><c> with</c><00:44:58.889><c> what</c><00:44:59.030><c> I</c><00:44:59.250><c> did,</c> 00:44:59.670 --> 00:45:05.349 and<00:44:59.769><c> it</c><00:44:59.849><c> was</c><00:45:00.050><c> a</c><00:45:00.170><c> burst</c><00:45:00.369><c> of</c><00:45:00.610><c> anger,</c><00:45:02.349><c> I've</c><00:45:02.769><c> got</c><00:45:02.909><c> the</c><00:45:03.150><c> faith</c><00:45:03.349><c> of</c><00:45:03.650><c> God.</c><00:45:04.789><c> Not</c><00:45:05.010><c> in</c> 00:45:05.349 --> 00:45:08.389 God,<00:45:05.909><c> I've</c><00:45:06.409><c> got.</c><00:45:07.510><c> In</c><00:45:07.730><c> other</c><00:45:07.869><c> words,</c> 00:45:08.710 --> 00:45:12.469 there<00:45:08.789><c> was</c><00:45:08.969><c> a</c><00:45:09.090><c> purpose</c><00:45:09.469><c> in</c><00:45:09.670><c> that,</c><00:45:10.010><c> Peter.</c><00:45:11.489><c> It</c><00:45:11.730><c> was</c><00:45:11.949><c> something</c> 00:45:12.469 --> 00:45:14.489 that<00:45:13.210><c> God</c><00:45:13.449><c> wanted</c><00:45:13.730><c> me</c><00:45:13.929><c> to</c><00:45:14.090><c> do.</c><00:45:14.269><c> It's</c><00:45:14.369><c> not</c> 00:45:14.489 --> 00:45:16.969 question<00:45:14.809><c> of</c><00:45:14.989><c> me</c><00:45:15.070><c> having</c><00:45:15.369><c> faith</c><00:45:15.789><c> in</c><00:45:15.969><c> God,</c><00:45:16.250><c> although</c><00:45:16.349><c> he</c><00:45:16.510><c> always</c><00:45:16.789><c> had</c> 00:45:16.969 --> 00:45:19.869 that.<00:45:17.769><c> There</c><00:45:17.889><c> was</c><00:45:18.090><c> the</c><00:45:18.309><c> faith</c><00:45:18.670><c> of</c><00:45:19.230><c> God</c><00:45:19.550><c> about</c> 00:45:19.869 --> 00:45:26.349 that.<00:45:21.710><c> Now,</c><00:45:21.929><c> what</c><00:45:21.989><c> was</c><00:45:22.210><c> it?</c><00:45:23.949><c> You</c><00:45:24.130><c> see,</c><00:45:25.349><c> in</c><00:45:25.429><c> other</c><00:45:25.610><c> words,</c><00:45:25.989><c> brothers</c><00:45:26.070><c> and</c> 00:45:26.349 --> 00:45:27.710 sisters,<00:45:26.610><c> Jesus</c><00:45:26.929><c> is</c><00:45:27.190><c> saying,</c><00:45:27.329><c> let</c><00:45:27.489><c> me</c> 00:45:27.710 --> 00:45:32.309 paraphrase,<00:45:28.190><c> he's</c><00:45:28.269><c> saying</c><00:45:28.449><c> to</c><00:45:28.650><c> Peter,</c><00:45:29.150><c> Peter,</c><00:45:30.909><c> there</c><00:45:31.090><c> was</c><00:45:31.269><c> some</c><00:45:31.530><c> objectivity</c><00:45:32.130><c> in</c> 00:45:32.309 --> 00:45:33.809 me<00:45:32.449><c> doing</c><00:45:32.650><c> that.</c><00:45:33.329><c> That</c><00:45:33.449><c> wasn't</c> 00:45:33.809 --> 00:45:37.030 an<00:45:34.309><c> act</c><00:45:34.530><c> of</c><00:45:34.909><c> spite</c><00:45:35.150><c> against</c><00:45:35.429><c> an</c><00:45:35.670><c> innocent</c><00:45:35.949><c> tree.</c><00:45:36.530><c> That</c><00:45:36.690><c> wasn't</c> 00:45:37.030 --> 00:45:39.570 venting<00:45:37.489><c> my</c><00:45:38.489><c> feeling</c><00:45:38.889><c> because</c><00:45:39.070><c> I</c><00:45:39.269><c> just</c><00:45:39.449><c> went</c> 00:45:39.570 --> 00:45:43.389 hungry.<00:45:40.150><c> I'm</c><00:45:40.210><c> not</c><00:45:40.409><c> like</c><00:45:40.710><c> that,</c><00:45:41.090><c> Peter.</c><00:45:42.389><c> I</c><00:45:42.570><c> acted</c><00:45:42.809><c> within</c><00:45:43.190><c> the</c> 00:45:43.389 --> 00:45:46.710 limits,<00:45:43.869><c> as</c><00:45:44.449><c> I</c><00:45:44.650><c> always</c><00:45:44.949><c> do,</c><00:45:45.710><c> of</c><00:45:45.869><c> God's</c><00:45:46.289><c> purpose.</c> 00:45:47.070 --> 00:45:55.130 Peter,<00:45:48.070><c> it's</c><00:45:48.170><c> the</c><00:45:48.349><c> faith</c><00:45:48.530><c> of</c><00:45:48.769><c> God</c><00:45:49.030><c> that</c><00:45:49.269><c> did</c><00:45:49.369><c> that.</c><00:45:50.969><c> It</c><00:45:51.130><c> was</c><00:45:51.309><c> his</c><00:45:51.570><c> will.</c><00:45:53.230><c> Not</c><00:45:53.449><c> the</c><00:45:53.650><c> spirit</c><00:45:53.809><c> of</c><00:45:53.989><c> vindication,</c> 00:45:55.449 --> 00:46:04.969 but<00:45:55.590><c> an</c><00:45:55.829><c> object</c><00:45:56.090><c> lesson,</c><00:45:57.269><c> Peter.</c><00:45:58.849><c> Now,</c><00:46:00.469><c> verse</c><00:46:00.710><c> 23,</c><00:46:03.269><c> Peter,</c><00:46:04.110><c> truly</c><00:46:04.530><c> I</c> 00:46:04.969 --> 00:46:06.130 say<00:46:05.110><c> unto</c><00:46:05.329><c> you,</c> 00:46:07.090 --> 00:46:13.130 that<00:46:07.570><c> whosoever</c><00:46:08.050><c> shall</c><00:46:08.269><c> say</c><00:46:08.550><c> unto</c><00:46:09.530><c> this</c><00:46:10.369><c> mountain,</c><00:46:12.530><c> not</c><00:46:12.769><c> any</c> 00:46:13.130 --> 00:46:15.389 mountain,<00:46:13.929><c> this</c><00:46:14.170><c> one,</c><00:46:14.750><c> be</c><00:46:14.849><c> thou</c><00:46:15.030><c> removed,</c> 00:46:15.530 --> 00:46:17.630 and<00:46:15.590><c> be</c><00:46:15.710><c> thou</c><00:46:15.929><c> cast</c><00:46:16.230><c> into</c><00:46:16.409><c> the</c><00:46:16.630><c> sea,</c><00:46:16.789><c> and</c><00:46:16.929><c> shall</c><00:46:17.090><c> not</c><00:46:17.329><c> doubt</c><00:46:17.489><c> in</c> 00:46:17.630 --> 00:46:19.449 his<00:46:17.789><c> heart,</c><00:46:18.050><c> but</c><00:46:18.150><c> shall</c><00:46:18.289><c> believe</c><00:46:18.610><c> those</c><00:46:18.949><c> things</c> 00:46:19.449 --> 00:46:26.230 which<00:46:19.849><c> he</c><00:46:20.550><c> 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acted</c><00:46:43.349><c> out</c><00:46:43.670><c> of</c><00:46:43.829><c> a</c><00:46:43.829><c> bit</c><00:46:44.110><c> of</c><00:46:44.550><c> spite</c><00:46:44.949><c> about</c> 00:46:45.769 --> 00:46:49.329 an<00:46:46.070><c> innocent</c><00:46:46.349><c> tree.</c><00:46:47.929><c> Peter,</c><00:46:48.210><c> that</c><00:46:48.610><c> was</c><00:46:48.869><c> within</c> 00:46:49.329 --> 00:46:53.309 the<00:46:49.869><c> boundary</c><00:46:50.250><c> of</c><00:46:50.630><c> God's</c><00:46:51.110><c> purpose.</c><00:46:52.429><c> Now,</c><00:46:52.590><c> Peter,</c><00:46:52.829><c> see</c><00:46:53.050><c> this</c> 00:46:53.309 --> 00:46:56.650 mountain<00:46:53.570><c> here?</c><00:46:55.650><c> It</c><00:46:55.750><c> could</c><00:46:55.889><c> be</c><00:46:56.090><c> no</c><00:46:56.230><c> other</c><00:46:56.429><c> mountain</c> 00:46:56.650 --> 00:46:59.409 than<00:46:56.829><c> Olivet</c><00:46:57.409><c> because</c><00:46:57.710><c> that's</c><00:46:57.969><c> where</c><00:46:58.090><c> they</c><00:46:58.349><c> were.</c><00:46:59.210><c> Now,</c><00:46:59.329><c> he</c> 00:46:59.409 --> 00:47:00.610 said,<00:46:59.409><c> you</c><00:46:59.530><c> could</c><00:46:59.710><c> say</c><00:46:59.889><c> to</c><00:46:59.989><c> that</c><00:47:00.150><c> mountain,</c> 00:47:00.610 --> 00:47:04.550 if<00:47:01.090><c> you</c><00:47:01.269><c> had</c><00:47:01.449><c> the</c><00:47:01.650><c> faith</c><00:47:01.849><c> of</c><00:47:02.090><c> God,</c><00:47:03.690><c> you</c><00:47:03.690><c> could</c><00:47:03.929><c> throw</c><00:47:04.110><c> that</c><00:47:04.329><c> in</c> 00:47:04.550 --> 00:47:07.789 the<00:47:04.650><c> sea.</c><00:47:06.329><c> Why</c><00:47:06.730><c> that</c><00:47:06.989><c> mountain?</c> 00:47:08.690 --> 00:47:12.130 Because<00:47:08.989><c> you</c><00:47:09.090><c> see,</c><00:47:09.349><c> Jesus</c><00:47:09.730><c> is</c><00:47:10.050><c> talking</c><00:47:10.389><c> about</c><00:47:11.110><c> mountains</c><00:47:11.710><c> of</c> 00:47:12.130 --> 00:47:14.710 evil<00:47:12.550><c> and</c><00:47:12.929><c> mountains</c><00:47:13.409><c> of</c><00:47:13.690><c> difficulties,</c> 00:47:15.610 --> 00:47:21.570 and<00:47:16.250><c> God's</c><00:47:16.570><c> going</c><00:47:16.730><c> to</c><00:47:16.869><c> remove</c><00:47:17.050><c> them.</c><00:47:18.550><c> That</c><00:47:18.869><c> mountain,</c><00:47:19.429><c> brothers</c><00:47:19.550><c> and</c><00:47:19.789><c> sisters,</c><00:47:20.110><c> that</c><00:47:20.349><c> mountain</c><00:47:20.650><c> there</c><00:47:21.070><c> in</c><00:47:21.449><c> the</c> 00:47:21.570 --> 00:47:26.230 1<00:47:21.829><c> Kings</c><00:47:22.170><c> 11</c><00:47:22.690><c> verses</c><00:47:23.030><c> 6</c><00:47:23.429><c> and</c><00:47:23.530><c> 7</c><00:47:24.150><c> and</c><00:47:24.550><c> the</c><00:47:24.730><c> 2</c><00:47:24.969><c> Kings</c><00:47:25.449><c> chapter</c><00:47:25.789><c> 23</c> 00:47:26.230 --> 00:47:29.309 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anybody,</c><00:47:55.949><c> and</c><00:47:55.989><c> it</c><00:47:56.190><c> became</c><00:47:56.409><c> known</c><00:47:56.630><c> as</c> 00:47:56.809 --> 00:47:58.550 the<00:47:56.969><c> Mount</c><00:47:57.150><c> of</c><00:47:57.469><c> Corruption,</c> 00:47:59.570 --> 00:48:07.210 and<00:47:59.630><c> it</c><00:47:59.949><c> stood</c><00:48:00.130><c> there</c><00:48:00.949><c> in</c><00:48:01.650><c> front</c><00:48:01.809><c> of</c><00:48:02.010><c> Jerusalem</c><00:48:02.570><c> as</c><00:48:03.510><c> an</c><00:48:03.829><c> obstacle</c><00:48:04.550><c> to</c><00:48:04.750><c> God's</c><00:48:05.210><c> purpose,</c><00:48:05.610><c> just</c><00:48:06.070><c> like</c><00:48:06.429><c> that</c><00:48:06.829><c> fig</c><00:48:07.010><c> tree</c> 00:48:07.210 --> 00:48:15.150 had<00:48:07.530><c> stood</c><00:48:07.650><c> there</c><00:48:08.550><c> as</c><00:48:09.989><c> an</c><00:48:10.369><c> obstacle</c><00:48:11.030><c> of</c><00:48:11.210><c> God's</c><00:48:11.690><c> purpose.</c><00:48:13.289><c> It</c><00:48:13.429><c> was</c><00:48:13.670><c> God's</c><00:48:14.170><c> purpose</c><00:48:14.389><c> to</c><00:48:14.630><c> make</c><00:48:14.769><c> that</c><00:48:14.969><c> a</c> 00:48:15.150 --> 00:48:15.690 house<00:48:15.349><c> of</c><00:48:15.590><c> prayer</c> 00:48:15.690 --> 00:48:19.829 for<00:48:15.909><c> all</c><00:48:16.090><c> nations,</c><00:48:16.650><c> and</c><00:48:17.289><c> the</c><00:48:17.590><c> fig</c><00:48:17.829><c> tree</c><00:48:18.010><c> of</c><00:48:18.150><c> Israel</c><00:48:18.570><c> was</c><00:48:18.929><c> standing</c><00:48:19.309><c> there</c> 00:48:19.829 --> 00:48:21.630 as<00:48:20.190><c> an</c><00:48:20.550><c> obstacle</c><00:48:21.030><c> to</c><00:48:21.190><c> that</c><00:48:21.349><c> purpose,</c> 00:48:21.630 --> 00:48:24.170 and<00:48:21.809><c> he</c><00:48:21.989><c> blew</c><00:48:22.309><c> it</c><00:48:22.409><c> out</c><00:48:22.550><c> of</c><00:48:22.650><c> the</c><00:48:22.849><c> ground,</c><00:48:23.289><c> didn't</c><00:48:23.369><c> he?</c><00:48:23.630><c> He</c><00:48:23.849><c> cursed</c><00:48:24.010><c> it</c> 00:48:24.170 --> 00:48:26.389 and<00:48:24.349><c> withered</c><00:48:24.590><c> away,</c><00:48:25.650><c> and</c><00:48:25.710><c> that</c><00:48:26.050><c> mountain</c> 00:48:26.389 --> 00:48:30.010 overshadowing<00:48:27.269><c> Jerusalem</c><00:48:27.809><c> on</c><00:48:28.070><c> the</c><00:48:28.269><c> east</c><00:48:28.550><c> is</c><00:48:28.989><c> an</c><00:48:29.289><c> obstacle</c><00:48:29.789><c> of</c> 00:48:30.010 --> 00:48:32.730 God's<00:48:30.929><c> purpose</c><00:48:31.170><c> to</c><00:48:31.469><c> build</c><00:48:31.769><c> that</c><00:48:32.050><c> house</c><00:48:32.349><c> of</c><00:48:32.590><c> prayer</c> 00:48:32.730 --> 00:48:36.849 for<00:48:32.929><c> all</c><00:48:33.110><c> nations.</c><00:48:33.429><c> What's</c><00:48:33.730><c> going</c><00:48:33.849><c> to</c><00:48:33.929><c> happen</c><00:48:34.090><c> to</c><00:48:34.269><c> Olibe?</c><00:48:36.349><c> His</c> 00:48:36.849 --> 00:48:39.170 feet<00:48:37.090><c> in</c><00:48:37.289><c> that</c><00:48:37.570><c> day</c><00:48:37.989><c> shall</c><00:48:38.230><c> touch</c><00:48:38.530><c> that</c><00:48:38.769><c> mountain,</c> 00:48:39.449 --> 00:48:43.289 and<00:48:39.630><c> it</c><00:48:39.789><c> will</c><00:48:40.050><c> disappear,</c><00:48:41.530><c> and</c><00:48:41.889><c> what's</c><00:48:42.210><c> the</c><00:48:42.309><c> purpose</c><00:48:42.650><c> of</c><00:48:42.829><c> it?</c> 00:48:43.429 --> 00:48:46.989 To<00:48:43.909><c> lift</c><00:48:44.250><c> up</c><00:48:44.550><c> Jerusalem</c><00:48:45.010><c> to</c><00:48:45.349><c> build</c><00:48:45.710><c> a</c><00:48:46.050><c> house</c><00:48:46.369><c> of</c><00:48:46.670><c> prayer</c> 00:48:46.989 --> 00:48:53.230 for<00:48:47.349><c> all</c><00:48:47.969><c> nations,</c><00:48:50.050><c> and</c><00:48:50.070><c> who</c><00:48:50.329><c> was</c><00:48:50.590><c> it</c><00:48:50.750><c> that</c><00:48:50.929><c> put</c><00:48:51.030><c> all</c><00:48:51.250><c> the</c><00:48:51.429><c> abominations</c><00:48:51.929><c> up</c><00:48:52.190><c> there?</c><00:48:52.989><c> A</c> 00:48:53.230 --> 00:48:54.510 man<00:48:53.530><c> that</c><00:48:53.750><c> you</c><00:48:53.929><c> could</c><00:48:54.230><c> see</c> 00:48:54.510 --> 00:49:00.349 for<00:48:54.869><c> a</c><00:48:55.050><c> mile</c><00:48:55.369><c> off</c><00:48:56.309><c> having</c><00:48:57.030><c> leaves.</c><00:48:59.170><c> His</c><00:48:59.309><c> kingdom</c><00:48:59.710><c> glittered</c> 00:49:00.349 --> 00:49:02.349 and<00:49:00.510><c> blistered</c><00:49:00.929><c> all</c><00:49:01.150><c> over</c><00:49:01.329><c> the</c><00:49:01.510><c> place.</c> 00:49:02.829 --> 00:49:06.909 His<00:49:03.050><c> streets</c><00:49:03.250><c> were</c><00:49:03.489><c> virtually</c><00:49:03.869><c> paved</c><00:49:04.230><c> with</c><00:49:04.550><c> gold.</c><00:49:06.469><c> At</c><00:49:06.610><c> the</c><00:49:06.690><c> end</c><00:49:06.809><c> of</c> 00:49:06.909 --> 00:49:08.190 his<00:49:07.090><c> life,</c><00:49:07.670><c> corruption</c><00:49:07.849><c> set</c><00:49:08.110><c> in,</c> 00:49:08.210 --> 00:49:10.849 but<00:49:08.329><c> it</c><00:49:08.530><c> looked</c><00:49:08.710><c> magnificent,</c><00:49:09.449><c> and</c><00:49:09.630><c> he's</c><00:49:09.869><c> made</c><00:49:10.050><c> that</c><00:49:10.369><c> mountain</c><00:49:10.550><c> a</c><00:49:10.750><c> Mount</c> 00:49:10.849 --> 00:49:12.289 of<00:49:11.030><c> Corruption,</c><00:49:11.409><c> and</c><00:49:11.550><c> there</c><00:49:11.710><c> it</c><00:49:11.869><c> is</c> 00:49:12.710 --> 00:49:15.369 geographically<00:49:13.110><c> a</c><00:49:13.389><c> barrier</c><00:49:13.670><c> to</c><00:49:13.829><c> God's</c><00:49:14.210><c> purpose,</c><00:49:15.090><c> because</c><00:49:15.090><c> as</c> 00:49:15.369 --> 00:49:16.570 long<00:49:15.550><c> as</c><00:49:15.710><c> that</c><00:49:15.889><c> mountain</c><00:49:16.130><c> exists,</c> 00:49:16.710 --> 00:49:20.889 that<00:49:16.769><c> house</c><00:49:17.030><c> can</c><00:49:17.190><c> never</c><00:49:17.389><c> be</c><00:49:17.630><c> built.</c><00:49:19.269><c> He</c><00:49:19.429><c> said</c><00:49:19.670><c> this</c><00:49:20.510><c> mountain,</c> 00:49:21.030 --> 00:49:23.510 Peter.<00:49:22.070><c> Think</c><00:49:22.269><c> about</c><00:49:22.570><c> that.</c><00:49:23.070><c> Just</c><00:49:23.309><c> like</c> 00:49:23.510 --> 00:49:25.630 that<00:49:23.730><c> fig</c><00:49:23.909><c> tree</c><00:49:24.130><c> stood</c><00:49:24.329><c> in</c><00:49:24.489><c> the</c><00:49:24.530><c> way</c><00:49:24.690><c> of</c><00:49:24.769><c> God's</c><00:49:25.150><c> purpose.</c><00:49:25.429><c> It</c> 00:49:25.630 --> 00:49:28.389 was<00:49:26.210><c> in</c><00:49:26.469><c> God's</c><00:49:26.869><c> purpose</c><00:49:27.070><c> to</c><00:49:27.190><c> get</c><00:49:27.309><c> rid</c><00:49:27.469><c> of</c><00:49:27.530><c> them,</c> 00:49:29.329 --> 00:49:32.449 for<00:49:29.449><c> exactly</c><00:49:29.929><c> the</c><00:49:30.130><c> same</c><00:49:30.329><c> reason.</c><00:49:31.250><c> The</c><00:49:31.409><c> Jews</c><00:49:31.710><c> stood</c><00:49:31.909><c> in</c><00:49:32.070><c> the</c><00:49:32.130><c> way</c><00:49:32.309><c> of</c> 00:49:32.449 --> 00:49:34.869 the<00:49:32.530><c> Gentiles</c><00:49:33.289><c> to</c><00:49:33.590><c> worship,</c><00:49:34.170><c> and</c><00:49:34.369><c> that</c><00:49:34.610><c> mountain</c> 00:49:34.869 --> 00:49:37.969 stands<00:49:35.230><c> in</c><00:49:35.409><c> the</c><00:49:35.530><c> way</c><00:49:35.949><c> of</c><00:49:36.150><c> God's</c><00:49:36.590><c> purpose</c><00:49:36.690><c> with</c><00:49:36.869><c> the</c><00:49:37.070><c> city,</c><00:49:37.730><c> and</c> 00:49:37.969 --> 00:49:42.269 it<00:49:38.070><c> was</c><00:49:38.230><c> the</c><00:49:38.369><c> Mount</c><00:49:38.469><c> of</c><00:49:38.710><c> Corruption.</c><00:49:39.190><c> He</c><00:49:39.369><c> wants</c><00:49:39.590><c> to</c> 00:49:42.269 --> 00:49:47.650 out<00:49:43.010><c> of</c><00:49:43.269><c> existence,</c><00:49:44.550><c> and</c><00:49:44.590><c> in</c><00:49:44.710><c> the</c><00:49:44.809><c> day</c><00:49:45.030><c> when</c><00:49:45.170><c> he</c><00:49:45.230><c> comes</c><00:49:45.590><c> to</c><00:49:45.750><c> that</c><00:49:45.929><c> mountain,</c><00:49:46.409><c> it'll</c><00:49:46.530><c> go.</c> 00:49:48.289 --> 00:49:52.809 You<00:49:48.389><c> know,</c><00:49:48.769><c> we</c><00:49:48.889><c> don't</c><00:49:49.190><c> want</c><00:49:49.349><c> to</c><00:49:49.469><c> turn</c><00:49:49.570><c> these</c><00:49:49.750><c> other</c><00:49:49.929><c> references</c><00:49:50.210><c> up,</c><00:49:50.849><c> but</c><00:49:50.969><c> Zechariah</c><00:49:51.550><c> chapter</c><00:49:51.869><c> 4</c><00:49:52.349><c> refers</c> 00:49:52.809 --> 00:49:55.730 to<00:49:53.070><c> Babylon</c><00:49:53.289><c> as</c><00:49:53.469><c> a</c><00:49:53.630><c> great</c><00:49:53.829><c> mountain,</c><00:49:54.809><c> the</c><00:49:54.989><c> same</c><00:49:55.170><c> as</c><00:49:55.309><c> Jeremiah</c> 00:49:55.730 --> 00:49:58.449 51<00:49:56.269><c> does.</c><00:49:57.050><c> To</c><00:49:57.110><c> the</c><00:49:57.289><c> same</c><00:49:57.730><c> power,</c><00:49:58.289><c> Babylon</c> 00:49:58.449 --> 00:50:01.929 refers<00:49:58.789><c> as</c><00:49:58.969><c> a</c><00:49:59.150><c> great</c><00:49:59.329><c> mountain,</c><00:50:00.010><c> which</c><00:50:00.130><c> will</c><00:50:00.349><c> be</c><00:50:00.590><c> cast</c><00:50:01.010><c> bamming</c><00:50:01.690><c> into</c> 00:50:01.929 --> 00:50:05.690 the<00:50:02.170><c> sea,</c><00:50:04.130><c> because</c><00:50:04.570><c> Babylon</c><00:50:05.030><c> stood</c><00:50:05.489><c> in</c> 00:50:05.690 --> 00:50:08.349 the<00:50:05.809><c> way</c><00:50:06.010><c> of</c><00:50:06.150><c> God's</c><00:50:06.610><c> purpose.</c><00:50:06.909><c> Why</c><00:50:07.210><c> did</c><00:50:07.409><c> it?</c><00:50:07.730><c> Because</c><00:50:08.070><c> it</c><00:50:08.130><c> was</c> 00:50:08.349 --> 00:50:11.170 the<00:50:08.550><c> Medo</c><00:50:08.929><c>-Persians</c><00:50:09.349><c> who</c><00:50:09.489><c> were</c><00:50:09.730><c> coming</c><00:50:10.070><c> to</c><00:50:10.429><c> do</c><00:50:10.730><c> what?</c> 00:50:11.170 --> 00:50:17.630 To<00:50:11.650><c> issue</c><00:50:11.849><c> a</c><00:50:12.130><c> decree</c><00:50:12.489><c> to</c><00:50:12.969><c> get</c><00:50:13.110><c> the</c><00:50:13.829><c> Jews</c><00:50:14.090><c> back</c><00:50:14.550><c> to</c><00:50:14.710><c> the</c><00:50:14.849><c> Holy</c><00:50:15.090><c> Land,</c><00:50:15.389><c> which</c><00:50:15.489><c> was</c><00:50:15.869><c> the</c><00:50:15.909><c> faith</c><00:50:16.409><c> of</c><00:50:17.130><c> God,</c> 00:50:18.010 --> 00:50:23.210 not<00:50:18.250><c> in</c><00:50:18.730><c> God.</c><00:50:19.969><c> It</c><00:50:20.070><c> was</c><00:50:20.409><c> God's</c><00:50:21.150><c> faith</c><00:50:21.670><c> to</c><00:50:22.070><c> get</c><00:50:22.329><c> those</c><00:50:22.769><c> men</c><00:50:22.929><c> back</c> 00:50:23.210 --> 00:50:24.489 into<00:50:23.369><c> the</c><00:50:23.469><c> land.</c><00:50:23.610><c> Not</c><00:50:23.710><c> that</c><00:50:23.929><c> God</c><00:50:24.130><c> needs</c> 00:50:24.489 --> 00:50:28.130 faith<00:50:24.809><c> in</c><00:50:24.989><c> that</c><00:50:25.230><c> sense,</c><00:50:25.789><c> but</c><00:50:25.909><c> it</c><00:50:25.989><c> was</c><00:50:26.230><c> the</c><00:50:26.369><c> purpose</c><00:50:26.869><c> of</c><00:50:27.190><c> God</c><00:50:27.550><c> to</c> 00:50:28.130 --> 00:50:29.469 get<00:50:28.349><c> the</c><00:50:28.570><c> Jews</c><00:50:28.750><c> back</c><00:50:29.030><c> to</c><00:50:29.130><c> the</c><00:50:29.230><c> Holy</c><00:50:29.329><c> Land.</c> 00:50:29.789 --> 00:50:36.670 The<00:50:29.969><c> mountain</c><00:50:30.329><c> in</c><00:50:30.530><c> the</c><00:50:30.650><c> way</c><00:50:30.829><c> was</c><00:50:31.230><c> Babylon.</c><00:50:33.869><c> Zechariah</c><00:50:34.429><c> chapter</c><00:50:34.829><c> 4,</c><00:50:35.650><c> Jeremiah</c><00:50:36.030><c> 51</c> 00:50:36.670 --> 00:50:40.690 referred<00:50:37.090><c> to</c><00:50:37.250><c> it</c><00:50:37.289><c> as</c><00:50:37.510><c> a</c> 00:50:40.690 --> 00:50:46.050 evil<00:50:41.070><c> obstacle</c><00:50:42.110><c> to</c><00:50:43.050><c> the</c><00:50:43.829><c> purpose</c><00:50:44.210><c> of</c><00:50:44.489><c> God.</c><00:50:45.349><c> Have</c><00:50:45.389><c> the</c><00:50:45.670><c> faith</c> 00:50:46.050 --> 00:50:50.090 of<00:50:46.530><c> God,</c><00:50:46.929><c> Peter.</c><00:50:49.130><c> Whatever</c><00:50:49.429><c> you</c><00:50:49.690><c> do,</c> 00:50:50.369 --> 00:50:53.449 do<00:50:50.449><c> it</c><00:50:50.869><c> within</c><00:50:51.230><c> the</c><00:50:51.530><c> purpose</c><00:50:51.769><c> and</c><00:50:52.130><c> framework</c><00:50:52.530><c> that</c><00:50:52.789><c> God</c><00:50:53.030><c> has</c> 00:50:53.449 --> 00:50:57.809 ahead<00:50:53.710><c> of</c><00:50:53.809><c> him.</c><00:50:55.409><c> Work</c><00:50:55.730><c> within</c><00:50:56.190><c> his</c><00:50:56.570><c> work,</c><00:50:56.889><c> Peter.</c> 00:50:57.989 --> 00:51:02.530 That<00:50:58.130><c> was</c><00:50:58.349><c> not</c><00:50:58.650><c> the</c><00:50:58.849><c> work</c><00:50:59.070><c> of</c><00:50:59.650><c> a</c><00:50:59.690><c> spirit</c><00:51:00.010><c> of</c><00:51:00.469><c> an</c><00:51:00.710><c> angry,</c><00:51:01.210><c> vindictive</c><00:51:01.829><c> man</c><00:51:02.110><c> against</c><00:51:02.329><c> an</c> 00:51:02.530 --> 00:51:03.710 innocent<00:51:02.789><c> tree.</c><00:51:03.269><c> That's</c> 00:51:03.710 --> 00:51:06.110 the<00:51:03.789><c> purpose</c><00:51:04.090><c> of</c><00:51:04.289><c> God,</c><00:51:04.530><c> because</c><00:51:04.750><c> it</c><00:51:05.110><c> symbolized</c><00:51:05.670><c> people</c><00:51:05.969><c> who</c> 00:51:06.110 --> 00:51:08.610 were<00:51:06.389><c> standing</c><00:51:06.750><c> in</c><00:51:06.969><c> the</c><00:51:07.130><c> way</c><00:51:07.469><c> of</c><00:51:07.849><c> God's</c><00:51:08.289><c> purpose.</c> 00:51:08.610 --> 00:51:13.570 Now<00:51:09.070><c> that</c><00:51:09.309><c> mountain</c><00:51:09.650><c> does</c><00:51:09.869><c> the</c><00:51:09.969><c> same</c><00:51:10.289><c> thing.</c><00:51:12.389><c> It's</c><00:51:12.550><c> an</c><00:51:12.809><c> incredible</c><00:51:13.250><c> thing,</c> 00:51:13.769 --> 00:51:14.510 brothers<00:51:13.849><c> and</c><00:51:14.090><c> sisters.</c> 00:51:15.010 --> 00:51:19.510 Now<00:51:15.150><c> Jesus</c><00:51:15.429><c> said</c><00:51:15.690><c> this</c><00:51:16.250><c> in</c><00:51:16.469><c> Mark</c><00:51:16.750><c> 11.</c><00:51:18.590><c> He</c><00:51:18.630><c> 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in</c><00:51:30.010><c> his</c><00:51:30.230><c> heart,</c> 00:51:31.210 --> 00:51:33.289 but<00:51:31.409><c> shall</c><00:51:31.570><c> believe</c><00:51:32.050><c> that</c><00:51:32.269><c> those</c><00:51:32.489><c> things</c><00:51:32.710><c> which</c> 00:51:33.289 --> 00:51:36.869 he<00:51:33.469><c> says</c><00:51:33.690><c> shall</c><00:51:33.929><c> come</c><00:51:34.170><c> to</c><00:51:34.389><c> pass,</c><00:51:35.269><c> he</c><00:51:35.469><c> shall</c><00:51:35.769><c> have</c><00:51:36.369><c> whatsoever</c> 00:51:36.869 --> 00:51:39.949 he<00:51:37.250><c> saith.</c><00:51:37.889><c> Now</c><00:51:38.369><c> cast</c><00:51:38.789><c> into</c><00:51:39.170><c> the</c><00:51:39.469><c> sea</c> 00:51:39.949 --> 00:51:44.050 is<00:51:40.630><c> an</c><00:51:40.789><c> expression,</c><00:51:41.389><c> brothers</c><00:51:41.530><c> and</c><00:51:41.750><c> sisters,</c><00:51:42.269><c> from</c><00:51:42.329><c> Micah</c><00:51:42.929><c> 7.</c> 00:51:44.510 --> 00:51:45.730 Have<00:51:44.670><c> a</c><00:51:44.769><c> look</c><00:51:44.889><c> at</c><00:51:44.949><c> it.</c> 00:51:47.869 --> 00:51:53.670 Now<00:51:48.130><c> here</c><00:51:48.530><c> he's</c><00:51:48.869><c> going</c><00:51:48.989><c> to</c><00:51:50.269><c> put</c><00:51:50.269><c> this</c><00:51:50.949><c> mountain</c><00:51:51.550><c> on</c><00:51:52.289><c> a</c><00:51:52.409><c> moral</c><00:51:52.650><c> plunge.</c> 00:51:56.349 --> 00:51:58.789 We've<00:51:56.469><c> got</c><00:51:56.530><c> to</c><00:51:56.750><c> have</c><00:51:56.750><c> the</c><00:51:56.949><c> faith</c><00:51:57.170><c> of</c><00:51:57.429><c> God,</c><00:51:57.829><c> brothers</c><00:51:58.070><c> and</c><00:51:58.349><c> sisters,</c><00:51:58.630><c> to</c> 00:51:58.789 --> 00:51:59.750 do<00:51:58.969><c> this.</c> 00:52:05.710 --> 00:52:11.070 In<00:52:06.170><c> Micah's</c><00:52:06.630><c> prophecy,</c><00:52:08.389><c> now</c><00:52:08.449><c> look</c><00:52:08.550><c> what</c><00:52:08.690><c> 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00:52:55.590 --> 00:53:00.510 Last<00:52:55.909><c> verse,</c><00:52:56.690><c> now</c><00:52:56.789><c> listen</c><00:52:57.050><c> to</c><00:52:57.230><c> this.</c><00:52:59.010><c> They</c><00:52:59.090><c> will</c><00:52:59.349><c> perform</c><00:52:59.909><c> the</c> 00:53:00.510 --> 00:53:02.789 truth<00:53:01.110><c> to</c><00:53:01.530><c> Jacob</c> 00:53:03.909 --> 00:53:10.690 and<00:53:04.650><c> the</c><00:53:05.050><c> mercy</c><00:53:05.429><c> to</c><00:53:05.789><c> Abraham.</c><00:53:07.530><c> Now</c><00:53:07.730><c> let's</c><00:53:07.889><c> take</c><00:53:08.070><c> that</c><00:53:08.269><c> last</c><00:53:08.590><c> verse</c><00:53:08.829><c> first.</c><00:53:09.230><c> Paul</c><00:53:09.510><c> quotes</c><00:53:09.889><c> that</c><00:53:10.449><c> in</c> 00:53:10.690 --> 00:53:12.570 Romans<00:53:11.130><c> 15.</c> 00:53:12.769 --> 00:53:16.650 Now<00:53:13.449><c> I</c><00:53:13.690><c> say</c><00:53:13.889><c> that</c><00:53:14.110><c> 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truth</c><00:53:29.809><c> to</c><00:53:30.090><c> Jacob</c><00:53:30.530><c> and</c><00:53:31.349><c> it's</c><00:53:31.750><c> the</c><00:53:32.250><c> mercy</c> 00:53:32.809 --> 00:53:35.250 to<00:53:33.130><c> Abraham</c><00:53:33.570><c> and</c><00:53:33.690><c> to</c><00:53:33.829><c> the</c><00:53:33.969><c> Gentiles</c><00:53:34.489><c> who</c><00:53:34.670><c> are</c> 00:53:35.250 --> 00:53:40.130 father<00:53:35.550><c> of</c><00:53:35.730><c> many</c><00:53:35.949><c> nations,</c><00:53:36.329><c> you</c><00:53:36.469><c> see.</c><00:53:38.389><c> So</c><00:53:38.610><c> God</c><00:53:38.769><c> has</c><00:53:39.030><c> raised</c><00:53:39.250><c> up</c> 00:53:40.130 --> 00:53:43.429 two<00:53:40.510><c> classes</c><00:53:40.909><c> of</c><00:53:41.190><c> people.</c><00:53:42.409><c> He's</c><00:53:42.650><c> going</c><00:53:42.809><c> to</c><00:53:42.909><c> make</c><00:53:43.050><c> them</c> 00:53:43.429 --> 00:53:48.190 interact<00:53:43.889><c> 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you</c><00:54:38.809><c> think</c><00:54:38.949><c> how</c><00:54:39.130><c> different</c><00:54:39.429><c> that</c><00:54:39.610><c> was</c><00:54:39.929><c> than</c><00:54:40.110><c> the</c><00:54:40.210><c> way</c><00:54:40.349><c> the</c> 00:54:40.530 --> 00:54:44.530 Jew<00:54:40.650><c> thought.</c><00:54:42.610><c> He</c><00:54:42.849><c> thought</c><00:54:43.050><c> that</c><00:54:43.230><c> I</c><00:54:43.429><c> sin</c><00:54:43.670><c> today,</c> 00:54:44.929 --> 00:54:49.969 make<00:54:45.070><c> an</c><00:54:45.309><c> offering.</c><00:54:46.550><c> I</c><00:54:46.769><c> sin</c><00:54:46.949><c> the</c><00:54:47.090><c> next</c><00:54:47.389><c> day</c><00:54:47.610><c> and</c><00:54:47.710><c> I</c><00:54:47.869><c> make</c><00:54:47.989><c> another</c><00:54:48.269><c> offering</c><00:54:48.469><c> and</c><00:54:48.550><c> he</c><00:54:48.789><c> thought</c><00:54:48.969><c> that</c><00:54:49.150><c> by</c><00:54:49.369><c> a</c><00:54:49.630><c> series</c> 00:54:49.969 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do<00:55:13.869><c> that?</c><00:55:14.409><c> He</c><00:55:14.530><c> put</c><00:55:14.690><c> his</c><00:55:14.929><c> son</c><00:55:15.150><c> on</c><00:55:15.369><c> the</c><00:55:15.449><c> cross</c> 00:55:18.829 --> 00:55:24.869 and<00:55:19.389><c> in</c><00:55:19.730><c> one</c><00:55:20.210><c> fell</c><00:55:20.530><c> swoop</c><00:55:21.309><c> threw</c><00:55:21.530><c> him</c><00:55:21.750><c> on</c><00:55:21.869><c> the</c><00:55:22.110><c> sea.</c><00:55:23.489><c> Now</c><00:55:23.630><c> we</c><00:55:23.730><c> know</c><00:55:24.030><c> that</c><00:55:24.250><c> literally</c><00:55:24.590><c> we</c> 00:55:24.869 --> 00:55:25.769 go<00:55:25.050><c> on</c><00:55:25.309><c> sinning,</c> 00:55:25.769 --> 00:55:29.349 we<00:55:25.869><c> know</c><00:55:26.130><c> we</c><00:55:26.250><c> do</c><00:55:26.530><c> sin</c><00:55:26.670><c> every</c><00:55:26.989><c> day,</c><00:55:27.190><c> we</c><00:55:27.210><c> know</c><00:55:27.389><c> that</c><00:55:27.469><c> to</c><00:55:27.590><c> be</c><00:55:27.769><c> a</c><00:55:27.909><c> fact.</c><00:55:29.289><c> But</c> 00:55:29.349 --> 00:55:30.969 the<00:55:29.510><c> power</c><00:55:29.809><c> of</c><00:55:30.070><c> forgiveness</c><00:55:30.369><c> brothers</c><00:55:30.710><c> and</c> 00:55:30.969 --> 00:55:34.429 sisters<00:55:31.610><c> doesn't</c><00:55:32.090><c> rest</c><00:55:32.389><c> with</c><00:55:32.630><c> us</c><00:55:32.909><c> making</c><00:55:33.230><c> a</c><00:55:33.469><c> sacrifice.</c><00:55:33.969><c> God's</c><00:55:34.230><c> done</c> 00:55:34.429 --> 00:55:37.889 that<00:55:34.989><c> and</c><00:55:36.250><c> we</c><00:55:36.570><c> have</c><00:55:36.769><c> within</c><00:55:37.010><c> our</c><00:55:37.329><c> grasp</c><00:55:37.670><c> the</c> 00:55:37.889 --> 00:55:41.190 power<00:55:38.190><c> of</c><00:55:38.530><c> forgiveness</c><00:55:38.789><c> because</c><00:55:39.170><c> in</c><00:55:39.510><c> one</c><00:55:39.989><c> great</c><00:55:40.489><c> action</c><00:55:40.909><c> he</c> 00:55:41.190 --> 00:55:44.789 threw<00:55:41.349><c> him</c><00:55:41.469><c> in</c><00:55:41.690><c> the</c><00:55:41.750><c> sea.</c><00:55:44.050><c> Now</c><00:55:44.150><c> that's</c><00:55:44.289><c> what</c><00:55:44.489><c> Mike</c><00:55:44.710><c> is</c> 00:55:44.789 --> 00:55:48.010 saying<00:55:45.110><c> and</c><00:55:45.269><c> Jesus</c><00:55:45.590><c> is</c><00:55:45.849><c> saying</c><00:55:46.030><c> to</c><00:55:46.269><c> Peter,</c><00:55:46.550><c> Peter</c><00:55:46.969><c> there</c><00:55:47.809><c> are</c> 00:55:48.010 --> 00:55:50.989 obstacles<00:55:48.389><c> to</c><00:55:48.570><c> God's</c><00:55:48.949><c> purpose.</c><00:55:50.070><c> That</c><00:55:50.329><c> nation</c><00:55:50.690><c> is</c> 00:55:50.989 --> 00:55:53.090 standing<00:55:51.230><c> in</c><00:55:51.409><c> the</c><00:55:51.550><c> way</c><00:55:51.670><c> of</c><00:55:51.829><c> those</c><00:55:52.050><c> Gentiles</c><00:55:52.510><c> coming</c><00:55:52.769><c> in</c><00:55:52.969><c> there</c> 00:55:53.090 --> 00:55:54.389 and<00:55:53.230><c> that's</c><00:55:53.510><c> going</c><00:55:53.610><c> to</c><00:55:53.690><c> be</c><00:55:53.809><c> a</c><00:55:53.929><c> house</c><00:55:54.070><c> of</c><00:55:54.269><c> prayer</c> 00:55:54.389 --> 00:55:57.570 for<00:55:54.550><c> all</c><00:55:54.690><c> nations.</c><00:55:55.650><c> That</c><00:55:55.829><c> mountain</c><00:55:56.170><c> there</c><00:55:56.530><c> Peter</c><00:55:56.690><c> is</c><00:55:56.889><c> in</c><00:55:57.050><c> a</c><00:55:57.170><c> place</c><00:55:57.349><c> where</c><00:55:57.570><c> it</c> 00:55:57.570 --> 00:55:59.710 shouldn't<00:55:57.849><c> be</c><00:55:58.130><c> because</c><00:55:58.409><c> that</c><00:55:59.449><c> city</c> 00:55:59.710 --> 00:56:03.090 can't<00:56:00.090><c> take</c><00:56:00.349><c> that</c><00:56:00.610><c> temple</c><00:56:00.849><c> until</c><00:56:01.110><c> that</c><00:56:01.389><c> goes.</c><00:56:02.590><c> Both</c><00:56:02.849><c> of</c><00:56:02.989><c> them</c> 00:56:03.090 --> 00:56:05.230 are<00:56:03.230><c> obstacles.</c><00:56:04.250><c> They</c><00:56:04.489><c> are</c><00:56:04.690><c> iniquitous</c><00:56:05.030><c> because</c> 00:56:05.230 --> 00:56:07.309 they<00:56:05.429><c> were</c><00:56:05.630><c> doing</c><00:56:05.829><c> and</c><00:56:06.150><c> that's</c><00:56:06.469><c> the</c><00:56:06.590><c> mountain</c><00:56:06.750><c> of</c><00:56:06.989><c> corruption</c> 00:56:07.309 --> 00:56:10.869 and<00:56:07.710><c> Peter</c><00:56:07.969><c> your</c><00:56:08.170><c> biggest</c><00:56:08.510><c> problem</c><00:56:08.929><c> is</c><00:56:09.730><c> your</c><00:56:09.909><c> sins.</c> 00:56:11.789 --> 00:56:15.630 That's<00:56:12.070><c> where</c><00:56:12.170><c> our</c><00:56:12.309><c> problem</c><00:56:12.590><c> is.</c><00:56:14.329><c> And</c><00:56:14.429><c> if</c><00:56:14.590><c> the</c><00:56:14.769><c> fig</c><00:56:14.949><c> tree</c><00:56:15.130><c> nation</c><00:56:15.469><c> of</c> 00:56:15.630 --> 00:56:17.909 Israel<00:56:15.989><c> was</c><00:56:16.429><c> an</c><00:56:16.630><c> obstacle</c><00:56:17.050><c> to</c><00:56:17.269><c> the</c><00:56:17.449><c> Gentiles,</c> 00:56:17.969 --> 00:56:20.030 that<00:56:18.170><c> mountain</c><00:56:18.550><c> was</c><00:56:18.750><c> an</c><00:56:18.949><c> obstacle</c><00:56:19.269><c> to</c><00:56:19.449><c> the</c><00:56:19.550><c> building</c><00:56:19.730><c> of</c><00:56:19.909><c> the</c> 00:56:20.030 --> 00:56:22.230 temple,<00:56:20.769><c> then</c><00:56:20.789><c> the</c><00:56:21.110><c> obstacle</c><00:56:21.469><c> that</c><00:56:21.730><c> stands</c><00:56:21.909><c> in</c><00:56:22.070><c> our</c> 00:56:22.230 --> 00:56:27.110 kingdom<00:56:22.690><c> of</c><00:56:22.869><c> God</c><00:56:23.170><c> is</c><00:56:23.570><c> our</c><00:56:23.849><c> sin</c><00:56:23.989><c> and</c><00:56:24.210><c> they</c><00:56:24.389><c> are</c><00:56:24.690><c> mountains.</c><00:56:26.949><c> And</c> 00:56:27.110 --> 00:56:30.190 there's<00:56:27.349><c> no</c><00:56:28.030><c> way</c><00:56:28.570><c> known</c><00:56:29.150><c> brothers</c><00:56:29.489><c> and</c><00:56:29.769><c> sisters</c> 00:56:30.190 --> 00:56:33.610 that<00:56:30.590><c> we're</c><00:56:30.889><c> going</c><00:56:30.989><c> to</c><00:56:31.269><c> overcome</c><00:56:31.929><c> unless</c><00:56:32.510><c> we</c><00:56:32.710><c> have</c><00:56:32.889><c> the</c><00:56:33.190><c> faith</c> 00:56:33.610 --> 00:56:38.050 of<00:56:34.650><c> God.</c><00:56:35.090><c> That</c><00:56:35.349><c> is</c><00:56:35.869><c> not</c><00:56:36.570><c> so</c><00:56:36.929><c> much</c><00:56:37.190><c> a</c><00:56:37.489><c> faith</c><00:56:37.690><c> in</c><00:56:37.869><c> the</c> 00:56:38.050 --> 00:56:43.070 belief<00:56:38.210><c> in</c><00:56:38.369><c> what</c><00:56:38.590><c> we</c><00:56:38.849><c> can</c><00:56:39.050><c> do</c><00:56:39.530><c> 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what</c><00:56:58.409><c> things</c><00:56:58.750><c> ever</c><00:56:58.949><c> ye</c><00:56:59.210><c> desire</c> 00:56:59.510 --> 00:57:01.369 when<00:56:59.730><c> ye</c><00:56:59.929><c> pray,</c><00:57:00.349><c> believe</c><00:57:00.610><c> that</c><00:57:00.750><c> ye</c><00:57:00.929><c> have</c><00:57:01.090><c> received</c> 00:57:01.369 --> 00:57:06.789 them.<00:57:03.050><c> And</c><00:57:03.190><c> it's</c><00:57:03.349><c> in</c><00:57:03.530><c> the</c><00:57:03.690><c> past</c><00:57:03.929><c> tense.</c><00:57:04.550><c> Believe</c><00:57:04.789><c> you</c><00:57:05.130><c> have</c><00:57:05.449><c> received</c><00:57:05.929><c> them.</c><00:57:06.050><c> That's</c><00:57:06.349><c> the</c><00:57:06.510><c> sort</c><00:57:06.650><c> of</c> 00:57:06.789 --> 00:57:07.150 faith<00:57:06.949><c> you've</c> 00:57:07.150 --> 00:57:15.409 got<00:57:07.210><c> to</c><00:57:07.349><c> have.</c><00:57:09.230><c> And</c><00:57:09.329><c> you</c><00:57:09.489><c> shall</c><00:57:09.630><c> have</c><00:57:09.829><c> them.</c><00:57:11.489><c> And</c><00:57:11.650><c> when</c><00:57:11.849><c> you</c><00:57:12.110><c> stand</c><00:57:12.329><c> praying,</c><00:57:12.889><c> forgive.</c><00:57:13.429><c> See</c><00:57:13.670><c> the</c><00:57:13.869><c> context?</c><00:57:14.510><c> What</c><00:57:14.690><c> is</c> 00:57:15.949 --> 00:57:19.090 God<00:57:16.469><c> praying</c><00:57:16.469><c> for?</c><00:57:16.929><c> We're</c><00:57:17.449><c> praying</c><00:57:17.630><c> for</c><00:57:17.889><c> forgiveness</c><00:57:18.429><c> brothers</c><00:57:18.829><c> and</c> 00:57:19.090 --> 00:57:22.190 sisters.<00:57:21.110><c> And</c><00:57:21.210><c> that's</c><00:57:21.610><c> the</c><00:57:21.849><c> mountain</c> 00:57:22.190 --> 00:57:26.690 that<00:57:22.530><c> stands</c><00:57:22.789><c> in</c><00:57:22.989><c> the</c><00:57:23.110><c> way</c><00:57:23.309><c> between</c><00:57:23.650><c> us</c><00:57:23.889><c> and</c><00:57:24.010><c> the</c><00:57:24.170><c> kingdom.</c><00:57:26.489><c> So</c> 00:57:26.690 --> 00:57:30.389 Jesus<00:57:26.969><c> is</c><00:57:27.250><c> saying,</c><00:57:28.070><c> I'm</c><00:57:28.250><c> not</c><00:57:28.429><c> vindictive.</c><00:57:29.829><c> I'm</c><00:57:30.110><c> working</c> 00:57:30.389 --> 00:57:33.050 in<00:57:30.550><c> God's</c><00:57:30.949><c> purpose.</c><00:57:31.489><c> I</c><00:57:31.630><c> want</c><00:57:31.789><c> to</c><00:57:31.889><c> get</c><00:57:31.969><c> rid</c><00:57:32.090><c> of</c><00:57:32.230><c> all</c><00:57:32.369><c> obstacles</c> 00:57:33.050 --> 00:57:35.250 to<00:57:33.929><c> the</c><00:57:34.210><c> establishment</c><00:57:34.550><c> of</c><00:57:34.750><c> his</c><00:57:34.889><c> purpose.</c> 00:57:35.710 --> 00:57:38.250 The<00:57:35.849><c> Jews</c><00:57:36.050><c> are</c><00:57:36.210><c> going</c><00:57:36.269><c> to</c><00:57:36.369><c> have</c><00:57:36.469><c> to</c><00:57:36.630><c> go</c><00:57:36.909><c> temporarily</c><00:57:37.530><c> because</c> 00:57:38.250 --> 00:57:43.889 they<00:57:38.570><c> stand</c><00:57:38.809><c> in</c><00:57:38.889><c> his</c><00:57:39.110><c> way.</c><00:57:43.010><c> That</c><00:57:43.530><c> mountain's</c> 00:57:43.889 --> 00:57:49.429 standing<00:57:44.570><c> in</c><00:57:44.829><c> your</c><00:57:45.150><c> way.</c><00:57:45.570><c> Now</c><00:57:45.769><c> he</c><00:57:45.929><c> says,</c><00:57:47.489><c> you</c><00:57:47.570><c> ask</c><00:57:47.809><c> your</c><00:57:47.949><c> heavenly</c><00:57:48.230><c> father.</c><00:57:48.829><c> Believe</c><00:57:49.230><c> that</c> 00:57:49.429 --> 00:57:49.989 you've<00:57:49.650><c> got</c><00:57:49.809><c> what</c> 00:57:49.989 --> 00:57:51.550 you've<00:57:50.289><c> asked</c><00:57:50.449><c> for.</c><00:57:50.570><c> That's</c><00:57:50.849><c> the</c><00:57:50.949><c> sort</c><00:57:51.090><c> of</c><00:57:51.250><c> faith</c><00:57:51.389><c> you've</c><00:57:51.550><c> got</c> 00:57:51.550 --> 00:57:55.130 to<00:57:51.670><c> have,</c><00:57:51.789><c> the</c><00:57:52.150><c> confidence.</c><00:57:53.730><c> But</c><00:57:53.849><c> he</c><00:57:53.949><c> says,</c><00:57:54.829><c> when</c><00:57:54.929><c> you</c> 00:57:55.130 --> 00:58:00.409 pray,<00:57:55.809><c> forgive.</c><00:57:57.110><c> Why?</c><00:57:57.550><c> Because</c><00:57:57.809><c> he</c><00:57:57.949><c> said,</c><00:57:58.469><c> if</c><00:57:58.550><c> you</c><00:57:58.750><c> don't</c><00:57:58.989><c> forgive</c><00:57:59.250><c> men,</c><00:57:59.610><c> their</c><00:57:59.710><c> trespasses,</c><00:58:00.190><c> God</c> 00:58:00.409 --> 00:58:00.929 won't<00:58:00.630><c> forgive</c> 00:58:00.929 --> 00:58:04.329 yours.<00:58:01.210><c> You</c><00:58:01.489><c> see</c><00:58:01.750><c> the</c><00:58:02.010><c> context</c><00:58:02.510><c> of</c><00:58:02.650><c> what</c><00:58:02.789><c> he's</c><00:58:02.989><c> talking</c><00:58:03.230><c> about?</c><00:58:04.130><c> Now</c> 00:58:04.329 --> 00:58:05.630 Peter<00:58:04.449><c> would</c><00:58:04.590><c> have</c><00:58:04.730><c> to</c><00:58:04.869><c> work</c><00:58:05.090><c> this</c><00:58:05.349><c> out.</c><00:58:05.630><c> He</c> 00:58:05.630 --> 00:58:07.070 would<00:58:05.750><c> have</c><00:58:05.889><c> to</c><00:58:05.889><c> work</c><00:58:06.070><c> it</c><00:58:06.250><c> through.</c><00:58:06.429><c> Because</c><00:58:06.610><c> when</c><00:58:06.769><c> you</c><00:58:06.929><c> read</c> 00:58:07.070 --> 00:58:08.969 those<00:58:07.329><c> words</c><00:58:07.489><c> on</c><00:58:07.670><c> the</c><00:58:07.889><c> surface,</c><00:58:08.389><c> they</c><00:58:08.610><c> just</c><00:58:08.789><c> don't</c> 00:58:08.969 --> 00:58:11.829 make<00:58:09.110><c> any</c><00:58:09.309><c> sense.</c><00:58:09.670><c> They</c><00:58:09.769><c> don't</c><00:58:09.969><c> seem</c><00:58:10.070><c> to</c><00:58:10.170><c> be</c><00:58:10.510><c> in</c><00:58:10.949><c> context.</c><00:58:11.309><c> They</c><00:58:11.329><c> think,</c><00:58:11.489><c> what</c><00:58:11.610><c> on</c> 00:58:11.829 --> 00:58:12.909 earth<00:58:11.829><c> are</c><00:58:11.909><c> you</c><00:58:11.969><c> getting</c><00:58:12.210><c> at?</c> 00:58:13.190 --> 00:58:16.829 He's<00:58:13.590><c> trying</c><00:58:13.809><c> to</c><00:58:14.010><c> teach</c><00:58:14.210><c> Peter,</c><00:58:14.730><c> brothers</c><00:58:14.849><c> and</c><00:58:15.070><c> sisters,</c><00:58:16.070><c> that</c><00:58:16.150><c> there's</c><00:58:16.610><c> a</c> 00:58:16.829 --> 00:58:18.250 mountainous<00:58:17.349><c> problem</c><00:58:17.670><c> ahead</c><00:58:17.949><c> of</c><00:58:18.110><c> all</c> 00:58:18.250 --> 00:58:21.130 of<00:58:18.329><c> us,</c><00:58:18.570><c> and</c><00:58:18.690><c> it's</c><00:58:18.909><c> our</c><00:58:19.090><c> sins.</c><00:58:20.070><c> Now</c><00:58:20.230><c> God</c><00:58:20.349><c> will</c><00:58:20.590><c> cast</c><00:58:20.889><c> them</c><00:58:20.989><c> into</c> 00:58:21.130 --> 00:58:23.030 the<00:58:21.389><c> sea.</c><00:58:21.570><c> He'll</c><00:58:21.710><c> get</c><00:58:21.889><c> out</c><00:58:22.010><c> of</c><00:58:22.110><c> them</c><00:58:22.190><c> and</c><00:58:22.469><c> throw</c><00:58:22.869><c> them</c> 00:58:23.030 --> 00:58:26.030 in<00:58:23.190><c> the</c><00:58:23.329><c> sea,</c><00:58:23.909><c> providing</c><00:58:24.389><c> we</c><00:58:24.610><c> have</c><00:58:24.789><c> the</c><00:58:25.070><c> faith</c><00:58:25.349><c> of</c><00:58:25.670><c> God.</c><00:58:25.869><c> Now</c> 00:58:26.030 --> 00:58:28.489 what<00:58:26.090><c> does</c><00:58:26.230><c> that</c><00:58:26.449><c> mean?</c><00:58:27.130><c> Well,</c><00:58:27.650><c> who</c><00:58:27.889><c> was</c><00:58:28.190><c> it</c><00:58:28.349><c> that</c> 00:58:28.489 --> 00:58:34.070 forgave<00:58:28.809><c> his</c><00:58:29.030><c> enemies?</c><00:58:30.829><c> Jesus</c><00:58:31.230><c> Christ.</c><00:58:31.690><c> When</c><00:58:31.889><c> did</c><00:58:31.949><c> he</c><00:58:32.070><c> do</c><00:58:32.269><c> that?</c><00:58:33.670><c> He</c> 00:58:34.070 --> 00:58:36.750 did<00:58:34.190><c> it</c><00:58:34.309><c> on</c><00:58:34.429><c> the</c><00:58:34.610><c> cross.</c><00:58:36.090><c> What</c><00:58:36.329><c> did</c><00:58:36.489><c> that</c> 00:58:36.750 --> 00:58:47.909 accomplish?<00:58:38.750><c> Two</c><00:58:38.989><c> things.</c><00:58:41.530><c> Two</c><00:58:41.769><c> things.</c><00:58:44.829><c> It</c><00:58:45.050><c> removed</c><00:58:45.550><c> from</c><00:58:46.909><c> him</c><00:58:46.909><c> a</c> 00:58:47.909 --> 00:58:50.349 mountainous<00:58:48.429><c> problem</c><00:58:48.809><c> of</c><00:58:48.969><c> his</c><00:58:49.170><c> nature.</c> 00:58:51.650 --> 00:58:56.849 For<00:58:51.869><c> flesh</c><00:58:52.130><c> and</c><00:58:52.329><c> blood</c><00:58:52.610><c> cannot</c><00:58:52.989><c> inherit</c><00:58:53.389><c> the</c><00:58:53.610><c> kingdom</c><00:58:53.829><c> of</c><00:58:54.030><c> God.</c><00:58:56.550><c> It</c> 00:58:56.849 --> 00:59:00.010 removed<00:58:57.250><c> that,</c><00:58:58.769><c> and</c><00:58:59.110><c> that</c><00:58:59.449><c> mountainous</c> 00:59:00.010 --> 00:59:02.989 problem<00:59:00.309><c> was</c><00:59:00.570><c> removed</c><00:59:00.909><c> because</c><00:59:01.190><c> he</c><00:59:01.429><c> carried</c><00:59:01.710><c> out</c><00:59:02.070><c> that</c><00:59:02.550><c> practice</c><00:59:02.849><c> that</c> 00:59:02.989 --> 00:59:04.590 he<00:59:03.030><c> was</c><00:59:03.250><c> talking</c><00:59:03.449><c> Peter</c><00:59:03.789><c> about.</c> 00:59:04.829 --> 00:59:09.550 He<00:59:05.309><c> had</c><00:59:05.510><c> no</c><00:59:05.789><c> sins,</c><00:59:07.630><c> but</c><00:59:07.650><c> he</c><00:59:07.730><c> was</c><00:59:07.909><c> a</c><00:59:07.969><c> mortal</c><00:59:08.250><c> man.</c><00:59:09.130><c> His</c><00:59:09.269><c> nature</c> 00:59:09.550 --> 00:59:11.630 was<00:59:09.829><c> prone</c><00:59:10.070><c> to</c><00:59:10.289><c> sin,</c><00:59:10.630><c> just</c><00:59:10.889><c> like</c><00:59:11.170><c> ours</c><00:59:11.349><c> is.</c><00:59:11.489><c> And</c> 00:59:11.630 --> 00:59:14.949 that<00:59:11.789><c> is</c><00:59:12.090><c> a</c><00:59:12.489><c> mountainous</c><00:59:12.969><c> problem.</c><00:59:13.969><c> It</c><00:59:14.150><c> never</c><00:59:14.389><c> succumbed</c><00:59:14.809><c> to</c> 00:59:14.949 --> 00:59:18.530 it,<00:59:14.989><c> but</c><00:59:15.170><c> it's</c><00:59:15.329><c> there.</c><00:59:16.710><c> But</c><00:59:16.869><c> that</c><00:59:17.090><c> sacrifice</c><00:59:17.710><c> took</c><00:59:18.030><c> it</c> 00:59:18.530 --> 00:59:23.690 and<00:59:18.929><c> destroyed</c><00:59:19.389><c> it.</c><00:59:22.110><c> And</c><00:59:22.230><c> the</c><00:59:22.369><c> other</c><00:59:22.510><c> thing</c><00:59:22.630><c> it</c><00:59:22.789><c> accomplished,</c><00:59:23.349><c> brothers</c><00:59:23.429><c> and</c> 00:59:23.690 --> 00:59:24.590 sisters,<00:59:24.010><c> it</c><00:59:24.269><c> achieved</c> 00:59:24.590 --> 00:59:30.210 for<00:59:24.829><c> us</c><00:59:25.690><c> the</c><00:59:26.230><c> forgiveness</c><00:59:26.610><c> of</c><00:59:26.909><c> sins.</c><00:59:29.170><c> For</c><00:59:29.269><c> he</c><00:59:29.389><c> had</c><00:59:29.570><c> no</c><00:59:29.849><c> sins</c><00:59:30.010><c> to</c> 00:59:30.210 --> 00:59:33.849 be<00:59:30.389><c> forgiven,</c><00:59:32.349><c> but</c><00:59:32.829><c> the</c><00:59:33.030><c> fact</c><00:59:33.190><c> that</c><00:59:33.349><c> he</c><00:59:33.489><c> forgave</c> 00:59:33.849 --> 00:59:37.869 those<00:59:34.269><c> who</c><00:59:34.570><c> sinned</c><00:59:34.769><c> against</c><00:59:35.130><c> him</c><00:59:35.989><c> was</c><00:59:36.429><c> so</c><00:59:36.750><c> seen</c><00:59:36.929><c> by</c><00:59:37.170><c> his</c><00:59:37.409><c> father</c><00:59:37.670><c> that</c> 00:59:37.869 --> 00:59:39.409 the<00:59:38.030><c> benefits</c><00:59:38.289><c> of</c><00:59:38.530><c> that</c><00:59:38.710><c> attitude</c><00:59:39.090><c> flowed</c> 00:59:39.409 --> 00:59:43.690 out<00:59:39.570><c> to</c><00:59:39.690><c> us</c><00:59:39.909><c> who</c><00:59:40.070><c> have</c><00:59:40.269><c> got</c><00:59:40.510><c> sins.</c><00:59:42.250><c> And</c><00:59:42.730><c> we</c><00:59:42.949><c> got</c><00:59:43.230><c> the</c><00:59:43.409><c> benefit</c> 00:59:43.690 --> 00:59:46.269 of<00:59:44.030><c> that.</c><00:59:45.130><c> And</c><00:59:45.389><c> that's</c><00:59:45.449><c> why</c><00:59:45.610><c> that</c><00:59:45.969><c> sacrifice</c> 00:59:46.269 --> 00:59:49.989 was<00:59:46.510><c> so</c><00:59:46.829><c> acceptable.</c><00:59:47.949><c> It's</c><00:59:48.150><c> a</c><00:59:48.230><c> marvelous</c><00:59:48.670><c> teaching,</c><00:59:49.150><c> isn't</c><00:59:49.309><c> it?</c><00:59:49.650><c> It's</c><00:59:49.929><c> a</c> 00:59:49.989 --> 00:59:51.489 wonderful<00:59:50.510><c> teaching.</c><00:59:51.130><c> And</c><00:59:51.269><c> what</c> 00:59:51.489 --> 00:59:54.289 appears<00:59:51.969><c> to</c><00:59:52.210><c> be</c><00:59:52.309><c> very</c><00:59:52.590><c> ambiguous,</c><00:59:53.349><c> when</c><00:59:53.469><c> you</c><00:59:53.630><c> put</c><00:59:53.730><c> it</c><00:59:53.869><c> all</c><00:59:53.989><c> in</c> 00:59:54.289 --> 00:59:56.389 context,<00:59:54.630><c> you</c><00:59:54.750><c> can</c><00:59:54.929><c> see</c><00:59:55.070><c> what</c><00:59:55.190><c> he's</c><00:59:55.309><c> getting</c><00:59:55.550><c> at.</c> 00:59:56.630 --> 01:00:00.630 Peter,<00:59:56.829><c> I'm</c><00:59:57.090><c> here</c><00:59:57.289><c> to</c><00:59:57.409><c> get</c><00:59:57.489><c> rid</c><00:59:57.630><c> of</c><00:59:57.750><c> obstacles.</c><00:59:59.429><c> Every</c><00:59:59.909><c> obstacle</c><01:00:00.389><c> I</c><01:00:00.530><c> want</c> 01:00:00.630 --> 01:00:01.510 to<01:00:00.730><c> get</c><01:00:00.829><c> rid</c><01:00:00.949><c> of.</c><01:00:01.070><c> And</c><01:00:01.210><c> the</c><01:00:01.329><c> biggest</c> 01:00:01.510 --> 01:00:05.769 one<01:00:01.630><c> you</c><01:00:01.829><c> got,</c><01:00:02.269><c> Peter,</c><01:00:02.690><c> is</c><01:00:02.750><c> yourself.</c><01:00:05.070><c> And</c><01:00:05.070><c> when</c><01:00:05.269><c> you</c><01:00:05.489><c> pray,</c> 01:00:05.989 --> 01:00:08.429 Peter,<01:00:06.170><c> you'll</c><01:00:06.349><c> be</c><01:00:06.510><c> sure</c><01:00:07.050><c> that</c><01:00:07.429><c> you</c><01:00:07.610><c> forgive</c> 01:00:08.469 --> 01:00:11.710 your<01:00:08.869><c> brothers</c><01:00:09.090><c> and</c><01:00:09.269><c> sisters.</c><01:00:09.510><c> Because</c><01:00:09.630><c> if</c><01:00:09.730><c> you</c><01:00:09.869><c> don't,</c><01:00:11.550><c> then</c> 01:00:11.710 --> 01:00:13.429 you'll<01:00:11.909><c> have</c><01:00:12.010><c> your</c><01:00:12.210><c> obstacle</c><01:00:12.610><c> before</c><01:00:13.030><c> you</c><01:00:13.190><c> and</c><01:00:13.289><c> you</c> 01:00:13.429 --> 01:00:16.590 won't<01:00:13.690><c> be</c><01:00:13.909><c> in</c><01:00:14.050><c> that</c><01:00:14.250><c> city.</c><01:00:15.269><c> It'll</c><01:00:15.489><c> be</c><01:00:15.630><c> a</c><01:00:15.750><c> barrier.</c><01:00:16.030><c> It'll</c><01:00:16.210><c> be</c><01:00:16.489><c> a</c> 01:00:16.590 --> 01:00:17.909 mountainous<01:00:17.190><c> barrier</c><01:00:17.429><c> to</c><01:00:17.610><c> you.</c> 01:00:18.349 --> 01:00:21.349 And<01:00:18.449><c> never</c><01:00:18.610><c> get</c><01:00:18.750><c> rid</c><01:00:18.849><c> of</c><01:00:18.949><c> it.</c><01:00:19.349><c> Let</c><01:00:19.550><c> God</c><01:00:19.849><c> cast</c><01:00:20.170><c> it</c><01:00:20.309><c> into</c><01:00:20.489><c> the</c><01:00:20.710><c> sea.</c>