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And<00:12:57.250><c> in</c><00:12:57.450><c> the</c><00:12:57.549><c> book</c><00:12:57.710><c> of</c><00:12:57.889><c> Ruth</c><00:12:58.049><c> you</c><00:12:58.169><c> have</c><00:12:58.389><c> a</c><00:12:58.570><c> story</c><00:12:58.769><c> of</c><00:12:58.870><c> them</c><00:12:59.230><c> going</c><00:12:59.549><c> into</c>

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And<00:13:01.009><c> then</c><00:13:01.129><c> as</c><00:13:01.230><c> you</c><00:13:01.370><c> come</c><00:13:01.570><c> into</c><00:13:01.809><c> the</c><00:13:01.929><c> books</c><00:13:02.129><c> of</c><00:13:02.590><c> 1</c><00:13:02.789><c> and</c><00:13:02.929><c> 2,</c><00:13:03.169><c> Samuel,</c>

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you<00:13:04.149><c> see</c><00:13:04.450><c> a</c><00:13:04.649><c> true</c><00:13:04.929><c> prophet</c><00:13:05.330><c> and</c><00:13:05.669><c> priest</c><00:13:06.029><c> establishing</c><00:13:06.870><c> and</c><00:13:07.250><c> restoring</c><00:13:07.730><c> a</c><00:13:08.029><c> kingdom</c>

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He's<00:13:37.789><c> gone</c><00:13:38.009><c> into</c><00:13:38.289><c> a</c><00:13:38.450><c> far</c><00:13:38.629><c> country,</c><00:13:39.029><c> but</c><00:13:39.169><c> he</c><00:13:39.350><c> will</c><00:13:39.570><c> return.</c>

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they<00:15:49.129><c> cried</c><00:15:49.750><c> unto</c><00:15:50.370><c> the</c><00:15:50.690><c> Lord.</c>

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Now<00:15:53.370><c> as</c><00:15:53.549><c> I've</c><00:15:53.769><c> said,</c><00:15:54.710><c> in</c><00:15:54.870><c> a</c><00:15:55.009><c> way</c><00:15:55.169><c> it's</c><00:15:55.389><c> sad</c><00:15:55.610><c> that</c><00:15:55.750><c> we're</c><00:15:55.950><c> not</c><00:15:56.110><c> given</c><00:15:56.309><c> a</c>

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lot<00:15:56.549><c> of</c><00:15:56.789><c> detail</c>

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about<00:15:57.429><c> the</c><00:15:57.830><c> nearly</c><00:15:58.149><c> 300</c><00:15:58.529><c> years</c><00:15:58.889><c> of</c><00:15:59.110><c> peace</c><00:15:59.429><c> and</c><00:15:59.649><c> rest</c><00:16:00.169><c> which</c>

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they<00:16:00.990><c> enjoyed.</c>

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But<00:16:02.909><c> the</c><00:16:03.169><c> record</c><00:16:03.450><c> concerns</c><00:16:03.990><c> mainly</c><00:16:04.429><c> the</c><00:16:04.789><c> causes</c><00:16:05.389><c> of</c><00:16:06.409><c> oppression</c>

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and<00:16:07.809><c> the</c><00:16:07.950><c> way</c><00:16:08.129><c> in</c><00:16:08.250><c> which</c><00:16:08.429><c> oppression</c><00:16:09.009><c> was</c><00:16:09.590><c> removed.</c>

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And<00:16:11.470><c> crying</c><00:16:11.850><c> unto</c><00:16:12.210><c> the</c><00:16:12.389><c> Lord</c><00:16:12.909><c> is</c><00:16:13.950><c> the</c><00:16:14.110><c> way</c><00:16:14.289><c> in</c><00:16:14.450><c> which</c><00:16:14.610><c> men</c><00:16:14.830><c> and</c>

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women<00:16:15.250><c> lifted</c><00:16:15.649><c> their</c><00:16:15.929><c> burdens</c>

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and<00:16:17.889><c> turned</c><00:16:18.190><c> with</c><00:16:18.429><c> their</c><00:16:18.690><c> supplications</c><00:16:19.269><c> to</c><00:16:19.549><c> God</c>

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and<00:16:21.110><c> found</c><00:16:21.490><c> in</c><00:16:21.730><c> him</c><00:16:22.389><c> a</c><00:16:23.049><c> willing</c><00:16:23.230><c> ear</c><00:16:23.610><c> and</c><00:16:23.789><c> a</c><00:16:23.950><c> ready</c><00:16:24.090><c> arm.</c>

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And<00:16:26.070><c> then</c><00:16:26.250><c> chapters</c><00:16:26.590><c> 17</c><00:16:27.129><c>-21,</c><00:16:28.230><c> well</c><00:16:28.490><c> they</c><00:16:28.570><c> really</c><00:16:28.889><c> belong</c><00:16:29.129><c> with</c>

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those<00:16:29.529><c> first</c><00:16:29.809><c> three</c><00:16:30.090><c> chapters.</c>

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They're<00:16:30.669><c> a</c><00:16:30.769><c> sort</c><00:16:30.889><c> of</c><00:16:31.070><c> appendix,</c><00:16:32.070><c> they're</c><00:16:32.190><c> a</c><00:16:32.370><c> background.</c>

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They<00:16:33.730><c> explain</c><00:16:34.289><c> actually</c><00:16:35.250><c> what</c><00:16:35.950><c> was</c><00:16:36.429><c> the</c><00:16:36.769><c> cause</c><00:16:37.250><c> of</c><00:16:37.669><c> the</c><00:16:37.870><c> oppression.</c>

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They<00:16:38.789><c> tell</c><00:16:39.009><c> us</c><00:16:39.289><c> the</c><00:16:39.649><c> mental</c><00:16:40.070><c> state</c><00:16:40.529><c> of</c><00:16:40.769><c> the</c><00:16:40.889><c> children</c><00:16:41.149><c> of</c><00:16:41.389><c> Israel.</c>

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They<00:16:41.950><c> give</c><00:16:42.070><c> us</c><00:16:42.210><c> an</c><00:16:42.350><c> insight</c><00:16:42.769><c> into</c><00:16:43.009><c> the</c><00:16:43.149><c> sort</c><00:16:43.370><c> of</c><00:16:43.610><c> things</c><00:16:43.950><c> that</c>

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were<00:16:44.509><c> going</c><00:16:44.789><c> on</c>

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that<00:16:45.629><c> brought</c><00:16:45.950><c> about</c><00:16:46.309><c> oppression.</c>

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And<00:16:48.909><c> it</c><00:16:49.009><c> doesn't</c><00:16:49.269><c> make</c><00:16:50.009><c> very</c><00:16:50.909><c> pleasant</c><00:16:51.309><c> reading,</c><00:16:51.850><c> does</c><00:16:51.850><c> it?</c>

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Because<00:16:53.450><c> you</c><00:16:53.590><c> see,</c><00:16:53.789><c> when</c><00:16:53.929><c> you</c><00:16:54.029><c> read</c><00:16:54.230><c> those</c><00:16:54.470><c> last</c><00:16:54.850><c> few</c><00:16:55.129><c> chapters</c>

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as<00:16:56.470><c> a</c><00:16:56.570><c> sort</c><00:16:56.710><c> of</c><00:16:56.950><c> appendix,</c><00:16:57.889><c> as</c><00:16:58.049><c> a</c><00:16:58.230><c> background,</c>

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you<00:16:59.490><c> find</c><00:16:59.769><c> there's</c><00:17:00.169><c> religious</c><00:17:00.590><c> apostasy,</c><00:17:02.070><c> there's</c><00:17:02.289><c> immorality,</c>

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there's<00:17:04.069><c> civil</c><00:17:04.369><c> war,</c><00:17:05.630><c> there's</c><00:17:05.769><c> genocide.</c>

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And<00:17:07.990><c> there</c><00:17:08.190><c> is</c><00:17:08.410><c> that</c><00:17:09.210><c> telling</c><00:17:09.849><c> phrase,</c>

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there<00:17:11.589><c> was</c><00:17:11.890><c> no</c><00:17:12.190><c> king</c><00:17:12.990><c> in</c><00:17:13.730><c> Israel</c>

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and<00:17:15.309><c> every</c><00:17:15.630><c> man</c><00:17:15.829><c> did</c><00:17:15.970><c> that</c><00:17:16.190><c> which</c><00:17:16.309><c> was</c><00:17:16.569><c> right</c><00:17:17.029><c> in</c><00:17:18.089><c> his</c><00:17:18.309><c> own</c><00:17:18.490><c> eyes.</c>

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Now<00:17:20.750><c> brothers</c><00:17:20.930><c> and</c><00:17:21.069><c> sisters,</c><00:17:21.250><c> that</c><00:17:21.569><c> probably</c><00:17:22.009><c> is</c><00:17:22.329><c> the</c><00:17:22.470><c> most</c><00:17:22.849><c> salutary</c><00:17:23.230><c> point</c><00:17:23.490><c> I</c>

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think<00:17:23.890><c> for</c><00:17:24.109><c> us,</c>

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you<00:17:24.509><c> see,</c><00:17:24.690><c> because</c><00:17:25.130><c> we're</c><00:17:25.589><c> in</c><00:17:25.829><c> exactly</c><00:17:26.190><c> the</c><00:17:26.430><c> same</c><00:17:26.609><c> condition</c>

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as<00:17:27.329><c> Israel.</c>

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We<00:17:29.289><c> have</c><00:17:29.630><c> no</c><00:17:30.029><c> visible</c><00:17:30.549><c> king.</c>

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And<00:17:33.609><c> that's</c><00:17:33.809><c> what</c><00:17:34.029><c> human</c><00:17:34.309><c> nature</c><00:17:34.630><c> does.</c>

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When<00:17:35.349><c> there</c><00:17:35.569><c> is</c><00:17:35.809><c> no</c><00:17:36.069><c> visible</c><00:17:36.569><c> king</c><00:17:37.130><c> and</c><00:17:37.569><c> authority</c><00:17:38.210><c> and</c><00:17:38.750><c> figurehead,</c>

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it<00:17:39.769><c> does</c><00:17:40.130><c> that</c><00:17:40.490><c> which</c><00:17:40.670><c> is</c><00:17:40.950><c> right</c><00:17:41.150><c> in</c><00:17:41.309><c> its</c><00:17:41.490><c> own</c><00:17:41.710><c> eyes.</c>

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They<00:17:42.750><c> had</c><00:17:43.009><c> a</c><00:17:43.190><c> king,</c><00:17:43.349><c> of</c><00:17:43.589><c> course,</c>

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as<00:17:45.990><c> Samuel</c><00:17:46.289><c> was</c><00:17:46.549><c> reminded</c><00:17:46.910><c> when</c><00:17:47.089><c> he</c><00:17:47.289><c> took</c><00:17:47.450><c> their</c><00:17:47.670><c> request</c><00:17:48.029><c> to</c><00:17:48.250><c> God.</c>

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They<00:17:49.549><c> have</c><00:17:49.730><c> a</c><00:17:49.910><c> king,</c><00:17:51.150><c> but</c><00:17:51.289><c> they'd</c><00:17:51.609><c> rejected</c><00:17:51.930><c> him</c>

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because<00:17:53.089><c> he</c><00:17:53.230><c> was</c><00:17:53.450><c> invisible,</c><00:17:53.950><c> out</c><00:17:54.210><c> of</c><00:17:54.470><c> sight,</c><00:17:55.609><c> unfeeling,</c><00:17:56.230><c> untouching,</c>

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not<00:17:57.329><c> something</c><00:17:57.730><c> that</c><00:17:57.890><c> they</c><00:17:58.109><c> could</c><00:17:58.410><c> comprehend</c><00:17:59.049><c> readily</c><00:17:59.470><c> and</c><00:18:00.069><c> easily.</c>

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And<00:18:03.029><c> so</c><00:18:03.150><c> it</c><00:18:03.269><c> is</c><00:18:03.490><c> that</c><00:18:04.150><c> the</c><00:18:04.450><c> book</c><00:18:04.569><c> of</c><00:18:04.750><c> Judges</c><00:18:05.049><c> presents</c><00:18:05.470><c> us</c><00:18:05.809><c> with</c>

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this<00:18:07.809><c> pattern.</c>

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They<00:18:09.789><c> drove</c><00:18:10.210><c> not</c><00:18:10.390><c> out</c><00:18:10.670><c> the</c><00:18:10.849><c> inhabitants,</c>

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they<00:18:13.390><c> cried</c><00:18:13.730><c> unto</c><00:18:13.970><c> the</c><00:18:14.170><c> Lord.</c>

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And<00:18:15.869><c> the</c><00:18:16.049><c> problem</c><00:18:16.349><c> wasn't</c><00:18:16.849><c> the</c><00:18:17.210><c> neighbors,</c>

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the<00:18:18.529><c> problem</c><00:18:18.829><c> wasn't</c><00:18:19.170><c> with</c><00:18:19.450><c> other</c><00:18:19.690><c> people,</c>

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the<00:18:20.970><c> problem</c><00:18:21.289><c> was</c><00:18:21.529><c> with</c><00:18:21.710><c> themselves.</c>

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They<00:18:23.410><c> did</c><00:18:23.630><c> that</c><00:18:23.869><c> which</c><00:18:24.009><c> was</c><00:18:24.289><c> right</c><00:18:24.690><c> in</c><00:18:25.349><c> their</c><00:18:25.609><c> own</c><00:18:25.789><c> eyes.</c>

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And<00:18:27.589><c> that's</c><00:18:27.670><c> what</c><00:18:27.789><c> we</c><00:18:27.869><c> have</c><00:18:28.029><c> to</c><00:18:28.190><c> guard</c><00:18:28.349><c> against,</c><00:18:28.890><c> brothers</c><00:18:28.910><c> and</c><00:18:29.069><c> sisters,</c><00:18:29.309><c> isn't</c><00:18:29.470><c> it,</c><00:18:29.650><c> in</c>

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this<00:18:30.549><c> day</c><00:18:30.750><c> and</c><00:18:30.849><c> age,</c>

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in<00:18:32.950><c> the</c><00:18:33.150><c> apathy</c><00:18:33.490><c> and</c><00:18:33.789><c> complacency</c><00:18:34.490><c> of</c><00:18:34.690><c> the</c><00:18:34.869><c> people</c><00:18:35.089><c> round</c><00:18:35.349><c> about</c><00:18:35.630><c> us.</c>

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We<00:18:36.910><c> have</c><00:18:37.170><c> to</c><00:18:37.349><c> guard</c><00:18:37.609><c> against</c><00:18:37.990><c> doing</c><00:18:38.289><c> that</c><00:18:38.950><c> which</c><00:18:39.329><c> is</c><00:18:39.589><c> right</c><00:18:40.009><c> in</c>

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our<00:18:40.890><c> own</c><00:18:41.069><c> eyes.</c>

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And<00:18:43.990><c> so</c><00:18:44.230><c> the</c><00:18:44.609><c> record</c><00:18:45.109><c> there</c><00:18:45.569><c> in</c><00:18:46.349><c> those</c><00:18:46.670><c> chapters</c><00:18:47.009><c> 3</c><00:18:47.410><c> to</c><00:18:47.490><c> 16</c>

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that<00:18:48.130><c> we're</c><00:18:48.329><c> going</c><00:18:48.490><c> to</c><00:18:48.789><c> consider</c><00:18:49.130><c> in</c><00:18:49.710><c> more</c><00:18:49.950><c> detail</c>

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present<00:18:51.250><c> to</c><00:18:51.490><c> us</c><00:18:52.250><c> this</c><00:18:52.990><c> sort</c><00:18:53.210><c> of</c><00:18:53.309><c> two</c><00:18:53.589><c>-fold</c><00:18:53.849><c> act.</c>

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They<00:18:54.809><c> cry</c><00:18:55.049><c> unto</c><00:18:55.250><c> God,</c><00:18:57.130><c> God</c><00:18:57.329><c> delivers</c><00:18:57.730><c> them.</c>

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And<00:18:59.309><c> it's</c><00:18:59.490><c> a</c><00:18:59.670><c> pattern</c><00:18:59.890><c> then</c><00:19:00.190><c> that</c><00:19:00.349><c> is</c><00:19:00.589><c> set</c><00:19:01.109><c> for</c><00:19:01.910><c> some</c><00:19:02.589><c> many</c><00:19:03.309><c> years</c><00:19:03.869><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:04.490><c> land.</c>

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When<00:19:14.849><c> the</c><00:19:15.069><c> Lord</c><00:19:15.369><c> raised</c><00:19:15.809><c> them</c><00:19:16.009><c> up</c><00:19:16.250><c> judges,</c>

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and<00:19:17.390><c> the</c><00:19:17.450><c> word</c><00:19:17.630><c> judges</c><00:19:18.029><c> means</c><00:19:18.730><c> deliverer.</c>

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When<00:19:20.150><c> the</c><00:19:20.309><c> Lord</c><00:19:20.549><c> raised</c><00:19:20.849><c> them</c><00:19:21.009><c> up</c><00:19:21.170><c> a</c><00:19:21.390><c> deliverer,</c><00:19:22.029><c> then</c><00:19:22.150><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:19:22.490><c> was</c><00:19:22.750><c> with</c><00:19:22.950><c> him</c>

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and<00:19:23.490><c> delivered</c><00:19:23.769><c> them</c><00:19:23.970><c> out</c><00:19:24.109><c> of</c><00:19:24.190><c> the</c><00:19:24.329><c> hand</c><00:19:24.509><c> of</c><00:19:24.609><c> their</c><00:19:24.750><c> enemies</c>

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all<00:19:25.410><c> the</c><00:19:25.609><c> days</c><00:19:25.869><c> of</c><00:19:26.049><c> the</c><00:19:26.250><c> judge.</c>

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And<00:19:29.109><c> when</c><00:19:29.269><c> the</c><00:19:29.369><c> children</c><00:19:29.589><c> of</c><00:19:29.750><c> Israel</c><00:19:30.190><c> cried</c><00:19:30.950><c> unto</c><00:19:31.150><c> the</c><00:19:31.349><c> Lord,</c>

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the<00:19:31.710><c> Lord</c><00:19:31.950><c> raised</c><00:19:32.190><c> up</c><00:19:32.390><c> a</c><00:19:32.589><c> deliverer</c><00:19:32.849><c> to</c><00:19:32.990><c> the</c><00:19:33.089><c> children</c><00:19:33.329><c> of</c><00:19:33.569><c> Israel</c><00:19:33.829><c> who</c>

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delivered<00:19:35.250><c> them.</c>

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And<00:19:36.009><c> the</c><00:19:36.009><c> word</c><00:19:36.009><c> deliverer,</c>

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So<00:19:36.890><c> here's</c><00:19:37.549><c> the</c><00:19:37.769><c> pattern.</c>

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People<00:19:39.349><c> crying</c><00:19:39.869><c> unto</c><00:19:40.210><c> God</c><00:19:40.849><c> and</c><00:19:41.309><c> God</c><00:19:41.670><c> doing</c><00:19:42.289><c> something</c><00:19:42.650><c> about</c><00:19:42.970><c> it.</c>

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But<00:19:43.589><c> ultimately,</c><00:19:44.089><c> you</c><00:19:44.210><c> know,</c><00:19:44.450><c> they</c><00:19:44.730><c> sink</c><00:19:44.990><c> so</c><00:19:45.369><c> deep</c><00:19:45.589><c> in</c><00:19:45.789><c> the</c><00:19:46.009><c> mire,</c>

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they<00:19:47.190><c> become</c><00:19:47.549><c> so</c><00:19:48.609><c> sucked</c><00:19:48.869><c> in</c><00:19:49.250><c> by</c><00:19:49.490><c> the</c><00:19:49.710><c> world</c><00:19:49.890><c> in</c><00:19:50.049><c> which</c><00:19:50.190><c> they</c><00:19:50.490><c> live</c>

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that<00:19:51.190><c> they</c><00:19:51.410><c> even</c><00:19:51.809><c> stop</c><00:19:52.250><c> crying</c><00:19:52.650><c> unto</c><00:19:52.970><c> God</c><00:19:53.250><c> and</c><00:19:53.529><c> just</c><00:19:53.849><c> accept</c>

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the<00:19:54.650><c> situation</c><00:19:55.109><c> in</c><00:19:55.250><c> which</c><00:19:55.349><c> they</c><00:19:55.569><c> find</c><00:19:55.769><c> themselves.</c>

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They<00:19:57.390><c> become</c><00:19:57.829><c> totally</c><00:19:58.769><c> swallowed</c><00:19:59.289><c> up</c><00:19:59.549><c> by</c><00:19:59.750><c> the</c><00:19:59.970><c> world.</c>

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And<00:20:01.250><c> they</c><00:20:01.450><c> think,</c><00:20:01.589><c> well,</c><00:20:01.750><c> this</c><00:20:01.970><c> is</c><00:20:02.130><c> what</c><00:20:02.230><c> life</c><00:20:02.490><c> has</c><00:20:02.670><c> got</c><00:20:02.829><c> to</c><00:20:03.009><c> be</c><00:20:03.190><c> like.</c>

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And<00:20:04.430><c> when</c><00:20:04.589><c> it</c><00:20:04.730><c> got</c><00:20:04.910><c> to</c><00:20:05.109><c> that</c><00:20:05.369><c> state,</c><00:20:06.190><c> then</c><00:20:06.329><c> when</c><00:20:06.490><c> there</c><00:20:06.650><c> was</c><00:20:06.829><c> no</c>

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eye<00:20:07.190><c> to</c><00:20:07.369><c> pity</c><00:20:07.549><c> nor</c><00:20:07.769><c> arm</c><00:20:07.990><c> to</c><00:20:08.269><c> save,</c>

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then<00:20:09.390><c> God</c><00:20:09.609><c> raised</c><00:20:09.930><c> up</c><00:20:10.190><c> a</c><00:20:10.430><c> deliverer.</c>

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And<00:20:11.890><c> so</c><00:20:11.990><c> it</c><00:20:12.049><c> is</c><00:20:12.150><c> that</c><00:20:12.289><c> when</c><00:20:12.430><c> we</c><00:20:12.690><c> get</c><00:20:12.890><c> to</c><00:20:13.069><c> the</c><00:20:13.210><c> time</c><00:20:13.390><c> of</c><00:20:13.630><c> Samson,</c>

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you<00:20:14.269><c> find</c><00:20:14.549><c> that</c><00:20:14.730><c> they</c><00:20:14.849><c> have</c><00:20:15.130><c> sunk</c><00:20:15.390><c> so</c><00:20:15.769><c> low</c><00:20:16.069><c> that</c><00:20:16.589><c> they're</c><00:20:16.750><c> not</c>

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even<00:20:17.230><c> prepared</c><00:20:17.470><c> to</c><00:20:17.789><c> complain</c><00:20:18.230><c> about</c><00:20:18.490><c> the</c><00:20:18.710><c> problem.</c>

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They're<00:20:20.009><c> just</c><00:20:20.230><c> prepared</c><00:20:20.529><c> to</c><00:20:20.890><c> accept</c><00:20:21.190><c> it.</c>

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And<00:20:22.509><c> it's</c><00:20:22.690><c> God</c><00:20:22.950><c> himself</c><00:20:23.490><c> who</c><00:20:23.670><c> has</c><00:20:23.829><c> to</c><00:20:24.049><c> move</c><00:20:24.289><c> amongst</c><00:20:24.690><c> them</c><00:20:25.289><c> and</c>

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raise<00:20:25.990><c> up</c><00:20:26.670><c> a</c><00:20:26.970><c> deliverer.</c>

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And<00:20:29.349><c> so</c><00:20:29.769><c> the</c><00:20:30.069><c> Book</c><00:20:30.210><c> of</c><00:20:30.369><c> Judges</c><00:20:30.950><c> presents</c><00:20:31.470><c> to</c><00:20:31.710><c> us</c>

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a<00:20:32.869><c> phenomena</c><00:20:33.269><c> which</c><00:20:33.630><c> is</c><00:20:33.950><c> without</c><00:20:34.369><c> parallel,</c><00:20:35.170><c> brothers</c><00:20:35.309><c> and</c><00:20:35.470><c> sisters,</c>

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in<00:20:36.490><c> the</c><00:20:36.690><c> whole</c><00:20:36.930><c> of</c><00:20:37.170><c> the</c><00:20:37.250><c> ancient</c><00:20:37.569><c> world</c><00:20:38.029><c> when</c><00:20:38.269><c> you</c><00:20:38.430><c> think</c><00:20:38.609><c> about</c><00:20:38.849><c> it.</c>

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It<00:20:40.210><c> was</c><00:20:40.390><c> the</c><00:20:40.690><c> placing</c><00:20:41.009><c> of</c><00:20:41.289><c> Israel</c><00:20:41.970><c> among</c><00:20:42.690><c> the</c><00:20:42.950><c> nations</c>

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where<00:20:46.089><c> they</c><00:20:46.329><c> were</c><00:20:46.569><c> meant</c><00:20:46.769><c> to</c><00:20:47.049><c> be</c><00:20:47.849><c> the</c><00:20:48.329><c> kingdom</c><00:20:48.609><c> of</c><00:20:48.829><c> God</c><00:20:48.990><c> on</c><00:20:49.230><c> earth.</c>

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They<00:20:51.309><c> were</c><00:20:51.569><c> meant</c><00:20:51.730><c> to</c><00:20:52.069><c> have</c><00:20:52.470><c> the</c><00:20:53.089><c> greatest</c><00:20:53.430><c> influence</c>

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of<00:20:54.690><c> any</c><00:20:55.170><c> nation</c><00:20:55.710><c> that</c><00:20:56.210><c> ever</c><00:20:56.569><c> sat</c><00:20:56.809><c> upon</c><00:20:57.130><c> the</c><00:20:57.309><c> face</c><00:20:57.490><c> of</c><00:20:57.710><c> the</c><00:20:57.849><c> earth.</c>

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Never<00:20:59.450><c> mind</c><00:20:59.970><c> Assyria</c><00:21:00.930><c> or</c><00:21:01.329><c> Syria</c><00:21:01.930><c> or</c><00:21:02.369><c> Babylonians</c><00:21:03.089><c> or</c><00:21:03.329><c> Medes</c>

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and<00:21:03.890><c> Persians.</c>

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Never<00:21:05.049><c> mind</c><00:21:05.269><c> the</c><00:21:05.549><c> Egyptians</c><00:21:05.970><c> or</c><00:21:06.210><c> anybody</c><00:21:06.509><c> else.</c>

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God<00:21:07.430><c> had</c><00:21:07.750><c> taken</c><00:21:08.069><c> these</c><00:21:08.369><c> people</c><00:21:08.690><c> from</c><00:21:08.970><c> Egypt</c><00:21:09.289><c> and</c><00:21:09.509><c> he</c><00:21:09.650><c> had</c><00:21:09.890><c> put</c>

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them<00:21:10.269><c> in</c><00:21:10.450><c> that</c><00:21:10.690><c> land.</c>

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And<00:21:11.549><c> it</c><00:21:11.650><c> was</c><00:21:11.869><c> his</c><00:21:12.150><c> intention</c><00:21:12.730><c> that</c><00:21:13.190><c> they</c><00:21:13.450><c> should</c><00:21:13.690><c> become</c><00:21:14.029><c> the</c>

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greatest<00:21:14.730><c> influence</c><00:21:15.230><c> on</c><00:21:15.470><c> the</c><00:21:15.710><c> face</c><00:21:15.910><c> of</c><00:21:16.130><c> the</c><00:21:16.269><c> earth.</c>

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They<00:21:17.250><c> contributed</c><00:21:17.710><c> nothing</c><00:21:18.069><c> to</c><00:21:18.289><c> the</c><00:21:18.529><c> arts,</c><00:21:19.109><c> to</c><00:21:19.230><c> culture,</c><00:21:20.750><c> to</c><00:21:21.130><c> architecture.</c>

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None<00:21:23.529><c> of</c><00:21:23.730><c> these</c><00:21:23.990><c> things</c><00:21:24.369><c> had</c><00:21:24.630><c> been</c><00:21:25.069><c> their</c><00:21:25.710><c> particular</c><00:21:26.690><c> emphasis.</c>

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But<00:21:30.210><c> they</c><00:21:30.450><c> were</c><00:21:30.710><c> identified</c><00:21:31.589><c> as</c><00:21:32.710><c> the</c><00:21:32.930><c> people</c><00:21:33.130><c> of</c><00:21:33.349><c> God.</c>

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Yahweh,<00:21:36.750><c> God</c><00:21:36.990><c> of</c><00:21:37.170><c> Abraham,</c><00:21:37.869><c> Isaac</c><00:21:38.309><c> and</c><00:21:38.990><c> Jacob.</c>

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God<00:21:40.609><c> of</c><00:21:40.809><c> the</c><00:21:40.950><c> living.</c><00:21:42.049><c> God</c><00:21:42.349><c> who</c><00:21:42.589><c> created</c><00:21:43.069><c> and</c><00:21:43.410><c> sustained</c><00:21:43.930><c> all</c><00:21:44.490><c> life.</c>

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That<00:21:45.410><c> was</c><00:21:45.630><c> what</c><00:21:45.829><c> they</c><00:21:46.150><c> were</c><00:21:46.289><c> to</c><00:21:46.509><c> contribute</c><00:21:47.089><c> to</c><00:21:47.509><c> the</c><00:21:47.710><c> nations</c>

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of<00:21:48.230><c> the</c><00:21:48.430><c> world.</c>

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A<00:21:49.529><c> testimony</c><00:21:50.349><c> to</c><00:21:52.069><c> the</c><00:21:52.230><c> fact</c><00:21:52.769><c> there</c><00:21:53.730><c> was</c><00:21:53.990><c> one</c><00:21:54.369><c> true</c><00:21:55.289><c> living</c><00:21:55.769><c> God.</c>

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And<00:21:59.049><c> the</c><00:21:59.210><c> placing</c><00:21:59.470><c> of</c><00:21:59.750><c> this</c><00:21:59.990><c> nation</c><00:22:00.670><c> amongst</c><00:22:01.609><c> the</c><00:22:01.970><c> nations</c><00:22:02.250><c> of</c>

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was<00:22:04.650><c> to</c><00:22:05.349><c> show</c><00:22:05.849><c> God's</c><00:22:06.309><c> desire</c><00:22:06.930><c> for</c><00:22:08.990><c> a</c><00:22:09.710><c> people</c><00:22:10.210><c> that</c><00:22:11.029><c> worshipped</c><00:22:11.390><c> him.</c>

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God<00:22:13.470><c> wanted</c><00:22:13.910><c> a</c><00:22:14.210><c> nation</c><00:22:14.450><c> that</c><00:22:14.750><c> was</c><00:22:15.490><c> a</c><00:22:15.869><c> theocracy.</c>

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A<00:22:18.809><c> nation</c><00:22:19.549><c> whose</c><00:22:19.930><c> only</c><00:22:20.609><c> sovereign</c><00:22:21.170><c> was</c><00:22:21.789><c> God.</c>

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Whose<00:22:23.210><c> only</c><00:22:23.549><c> laws</c><00:22:23.890><c> were</c><00:22:24.390><c> divine</c><00:22:24.890><c> commands.</c>

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Whose<00:22:26.690><c> only</c><00:22:27.069><c> rulers</c><00:22:27.450><c> were</c><00:22:27.789><c> priests</c><00:22:28.309><c> who</c><00:22:28.890><c> taught</c><00:22:29.349><c> people</c><00:22:29.769><c> how</c>

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to<00:22:30.369><c> worship</c><00:22:30.650><c> God.</c>

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That's<00:22:32.210><c> what</c><00:22:32.390><c> God</c><00:22:32.710><c> wanted</c><00:22:33.210><c> and</c><00:22:33.549><c> that's</c><00:22:33.809><c> what</c><00:22:33.970><c> God</c><00:22:34.269><c> will</c><00:22:34.549><c> have.</c>

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As<00:22:35.730><c> the</c><00:22:35.769><c> book</c><00:22:35.950><c> of</c><00:22:36.109><c> Revelation</c><00:22:36.430><c> tells</c><00:22:36.769><c> us</c><00:22:37.250><c> when</c><00:22:37.829><c> the</c><00:22:37.930><c> Lord</c>

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Jesus<00:22:38.589><c> Christ</c><00:22:38.910><c> returns.</c>

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That's<00:22:41.289><c> why</c><00:22:41.490><c> Israel</c><00:22:42.410><c> were</c><00:22:42.769><c> put</c><00:22:42.970><c> into</c><00:22:43.190><c> the</c><00:22:43.390><c> land.</c>

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Not<00:22:45.769><c> to</c><00:22:46.009><c> contribute</c><00:22:46.529><c> to</c><00:22:46.789><c> all</c><00:22:47.029><c> the</c><00:22:47.190><c> things</c><00:22:47.430><c> which</c><00:22:47.609><c> men</c><00:22:47.789><c> and</c><00:22:47.890><c> women</c><00:22:48.109><c> think</c><00:22:48.369><c> are</c><00:22:48.609><c> important.</c>

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But<00:22:50.250><c> to</c><00:22:50.529><c> grow</c><00:22:50.970><c> in</c><00:22:51.329><c> stature</c><00:22:52.049><c> that</c><00:22:52.670><c> they</c><00:22:52.890><c> might</c><00:22:53.130><c> show</c><00:22:53.450><c> men</c><00:22:53.650><c> and</c><00:22:53.829><c> women</c>

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how<00:22:55.150><c> to</c><00:22:55.369><c> worship</c><00:22:55.670><c> God</c><00:22:56.269><c> and</c><00:22:56.890><c> how</c><00:22:57.089><c> to</c><00:22:57.269><c> live</c><00:22:57.410><c> their</c><00:22:57.589><c> lives</c><00:22:57.809><c> before</c><00:22:58.210><c> God.</c>

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And<00:23:00.190><c> I</c><00:23:00.329><c> suppose</c><00:23:00.970><c> that's</c><00:23:01.750><c> why</c><00:23:02.029><c> we</c><00:23:02.269><c> feel</c><00:23:02.670><c> the</c><00:23:02.910><c> book</c><00:23:03.130><c> is</c><00:23:03.390><c> sometimes</c><00:23:03.910><c> such</c><00:23:04.150><c> a</c>

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record<00:23:04.650><c> of</c><00:23:05.369><c> dismal</c><00:23:06.250><c> failure.</c>

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And<00:23:09.650><c> so</c><00:23:09.849><c> with</c><00:23:10.089><c> judges</c><00:23:10.450><c> we</c><00:23:10.690><c> leave</c><00:23:10.950><c> the</c><00:23:11.150><c> wilderness.</c>

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And<00:23:13.450><c> we</c><00:23:13.670><c> move</c><00:23:13.910><c> into</c><00:23:14.529><c> the</c><00:23:14.970><c> promised</c><00:23:15.210><c> land.</c>

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And<00:23:17.269><c> with</c><00:23:17.470><c> judges</c><00:23:17.809><c> the</c><00:23:18.109><c> early</c><00:23:18.549><c> victories</c><00:23:18.970><c> have</c><00:23:19.210><c> now</c><00:23:19.430><c> been</c><00:23:19.730><c> accomplished.</c>

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The<00:23:24.190><c> enemy</c><00:23:24.470><c> has</c><00:23:24.670><c> been</c><00:23:25.009><c> put</c><00:23:25.329><c> to</c><00:23:25.609><c> flight.</c>

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The<00:23:27.589><c> walls</c><00:23:27.849><c> of</c><00:23:28.049><c> the</c><00:23:28.190><c> cities</c><00:23:28.490><c> have</c><00:23:28.710><c> been</c><00:23:28.869><c> brought</c><00:23:29.130><c> down.</c>

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The<00:23:30.869><c> heathen</c><00:23:31.869><c> have</c><00:23:32.309><c> been</c><00:23:32.630><c> slain</c><00:23:33.230><c> and</c><00:23:33.829><c> destroyed.</c>

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And<00:23:37.970><c> in</c><00:23:38.170><c> the</c><00:23:38.390><c> birth</c><00:23:38.690><c> throes</c><00:23:38.990><c> of</c><00:23:39.250><c> this</c><00:23:39.490><c> nation,</c><00:23:40.490><c> this</c><00:23:40.650><c> people</c>

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of<00:23:41.150><c> God.</c>

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We<00:23:43.089><c> find</c><00:23:43.410><c> ourselves</c><00:23:43.970><c> plunged</c><00:23:44.690><c> into</c><00:23:44.890><c> an</c><00:23:45.109><c> atmosphere</c><00:23:45.490><c> which</c><00:23:46.430><c> makes</c><00:23:46.950><c> exciting</c><00:23:47.470><c> reading,</c><00:23:47.849><c> my</c><00:23:47.890><c> sisters.</c>

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You<00:23:49.789><c> know,</c><00:23:50.509><c> we</c><00:23:50.609><c> have</c><00:23:50.809><c> to</c><00:23:50.970><c> stop</c><00:23:51.150><c> reading</c><00:23:51.470><c> the</c><00:23:51.690><c> Bible.</c><00:23:52.210><c> I've</c><00:23:52.390><c> said</c><00:23:52.490><c> this</c><00:23:52.690><c> before,</c><00:23:53.170><c> haven't</c><00:23:53.170><c> I?</c>

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We<00:23:53.589><c> have</c><00:23:53.769><c> to</c><00:23:53.869><c> stop</c><00:23:54.069><c> reading</c><00:23:54.390><c> it</c><00:23:54.609><c> as</c><00:23:55.049><c> observers.</c>

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You<00:23:56.869><c> know,</c><00:23:57.089><c> we</c><00:23:57.309><c> sit</c><00:23:57.509><c> in</c><00:23:57.690><c> the</c><00:23:57.970><c> stadium</c><00:23:58.430><c> and</c><00:23:59.269><c> we</c><00:23:59.549><c> watch</c><00:23:59.829><c> the</c><00:24:00.069><c> people</c><00:24:00.410><c> down</c>

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there<00:24:01.470><c> getting</c><00:24:02.190><c> on</c><00:24:02.410><c> with</c><00:24:02.589><c> it.</c>

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Oh,<00:24:03.769><c> well</c><00:24:04.009><c> played,</c><00:24:04.569><c> Samuel.</c><00:24:04.769><c> What</c><00:24:04.950><c> a</c><00:24:05.269><c> good</c><00:24:05.490><c> thing</c><00:24:05.950><c> Sampson's</c>

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done.<00:24:06.990><c> Oh,</c><00:24:07.250><c> how</c><00:24:07.529><c> awful</c><00:24:08.109><c> that</c><00:24:08.630><c> is.</c>

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And<00:24:09.329><c> we're</c><00:24:09.490><c> watching</c><00:24:09.829><c> it</c><00:24:10.289><c> like</c><00:24:10.849><c> interested</c><00:24:11.269><c> spectators</c><00:24:11.990><c> but</c>

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never<00:24:12.670><c> actually</c><00:24:13.089><c> involved</c><00:24:13.589><c> in</c><00:24:13.750><c> it.</c>

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But<00:24:15.990><c> that's</c><00:24:16.210><c> not</c><00:24:16.369><c> how</c><00:24:16.509><c> you're</c><00:24:16.710><c> supposed</c><00:24:16.910><c> to</c><00:24:17.069><c> read</c><00:24:17.269><c> the</c><00:24:17.490><c> Bible.</c>

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You're<00:24:19.190><c> supposed</c><00:24:19.390><c> to</c><00:24:19.930><c> put</c><00:24:20.089><c> on</c><00:24:20.369><c> the</c><00:24:20.609><c> shoes</c><00:24:20.890><c> and</c><00:24:21.309><c> the</c><00:24:21.609><c> toga</c><00:24:21.829><c> and</c>

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get<00:24:22.289><c> in</c><00:24:22.569><c> there</c>

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and<00:24:23.130><c> actually</c><00:24:23.369><c> be</c><00:24:23.650><c> part</c><00:24:23.990><c> of</c><00:24:24.170><c> it</c><00:24:24.450><c> and</c><00:24:24.710><c> feel</c><00:24:25.210><c> it</c><00:24:25.529><c> and</c><00:24:25.769><c> understand</c>

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what<00:24:26.589><c> it</c><00:24:26.730><c> is</c>

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because<00:24:27.250><c> it's</c><00:24:27.509><c> God</c><00:24:27.869><c> talking</c><00:24:28.309><c> to</c><00:24:28.750><c> you</c><00:24:29.109><c> and</c><00:24:29.309><c> to</c><00:24:29.509><c> me,</c><00:24:30.269><c> not</c><00:24:30.589><c> to</c><00:24:31.049><c> them.</c>

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That's<00:24:31.690><c> how</c><00:24:31.849><c> we</c><00:24:31.990><c> read</c><00:24:32.190><c> the</c><00:24:32.329><c> Bible,</c><00:24:32.569><c> isn't</c><00:24:32.650><c> it?</c><00:24:32.930><c> It's</c><00:24:32.990><c> what</c><00:24:33.150><c> he</c>

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said<00:24:33.430><c> to</c><00:24:33.650><c> them.</c>

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It's<00:24:35.130><c> how</c><00:24:35.289><c> he</c><00:24:35.450><c> handled</c><00:24:35.910><c> those</c><00:24:36.410><c> people.</c>

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And<00:24:38.049><c> we're</c><00:24:38.230><c> having</c><00:24:38.250><c> to</c><00:24:38.450><c> read</c><00:24:38.609><c> the</c><00:24:38.710><c> Bible</c><00:24:38.970><c> like</c><00:24:39.230><c> that.</c>

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We've<00:24:39.809><c> got</c><00:24:39.910><c> to</c><00:24:40.089><c> climb</c><00:24:40.390><c> inside</c><00:24:40.849><c> its</c><00:24:41.109><c> pages</c><00:24:41.549><c> and</c><00:24:42.049><c> be</c><00:24:42.690><c> part</c><00:24:43.130><c> of</c><00:24:43.549><c> what</c><00:24:43.769><c> is</c>

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going<00:24:44.289><c> on.</c>

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And<00:24:45.710><c> then</c><00:24:45.910><c> we'll</c><00:24:46.150><c> begin</c><00:24:46.329><c> to</c><00:24:46.650><c> appreciate</c><00:24:47.089><c> what</c><00:24:47.309><c> it</c><00:24:47.509><c> is</c><00:24:48.269><c> that</c><00:24:48.589><c> God's</c><00:24:48.869><c> trying</c><00:24:49.069><c> to</c>

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teach<00:24:49.470><c> us.</c>

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And<00:24:52.069><c> so</c><00:24:52.289><c> we're</c><00:24:53.230><c> plunged</c><00:24:53.609><c> into</c><00:24:53.890><c> this</c><00:24:54.630><c> strange</c><00:24:55.170><c> at</c><00:24:55.190><c> times</c><00:24:55.930><c> atmosphere</c>

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that<00:24:56.869><c> seems</c><00:24:57.329><c> to</c><00:24:57.950><c> have</c><00:24:58.089><c> little</c><00:24:58.450><c> spiritual</c><00:24:59.130><c> ardour.</c>

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It's<00:25:00.400><c> full</c><00:25:00.619><c> of</c><00:25:00.839><c> warlike</c><00:25:01.880><c> activities,</c><00:25:03.059><c> military</c><00:25:03.460><c> preparations,</c><00:25:04.500><c> councils</c><00:25:04.740><c> of</c><00:25:05.059><c> war,</c>

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the<00:25:06.460><c> clash</c><00:25:06.640><c> of</c><00:25:06.920><c> weapons,</c><00:25:07.420><c> there</c><00:25:07.500><c> are</c><00:25:07.779><c> violent</c><00:25:08.180><c> deaths,</c><00:25:10.039><c> battle</c><00:25:10.180><c> after</c><00:25:10.539><c> battle,</c>

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iron<00:25:11.440><c> chariots</c><00:25:11.940><c> hurtle</c><00:25:12.400><c> along</c><00:25:12.640><c> the</c><00:25:12.859><c> valleys,</c><00:25:13.599><c> the</c><00:25:13.759><c> riverbanks</c><00:25:14.319><c> pour</c><00:25:14.759><c> out.</c>

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Confrontation<00:25:17.779><c> takes</c><00:25:18.240><c> place,</c><00:25:19.480><c> the</c><00:25:19.640><c> hillsides</c><00:25:20.160><c> bristle</c><00:25:20.640><c> with</c>

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armed<00:25:21.279><c> men.</c>

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Just<00:25:23.400><c> try</c><00:25:23.880><c> and</c><00:25:24.359><c> visualize</c><00:25:25.059><c> these</c><00:25:25.859><c> things,</c><00:25:26.359><c> brothers</c><00:25:26.460><c> and</c><00:25:26.660><c> sisters.</c>

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The<00:25:28.140><c> intrigues,</c><00:25:30.140><c> the</c><00:25:30.359><c> internal</c><00:25:30.940><c> politics</c><00:25:31.539><c> of</c><00:25:32.539><c> civil</c><00:25:33.160><c> society.</c>

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Songs<00:25:36.019><c> are</c><00:25:36.319><c> about</c><00:25:36.619><c> strife</c><00:25:37.680><c> and</c><00:25:38.119><c> conquest.</c>

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The<00:25:40.000><c> heroes</c><00:25:40.359><c> are</c><00:25:40.539><c> those</c><00:25:40.920><c> who</c><00:25:41.359><c> smite</c><00:25:41.720><c> them,</c><00:25:42.099><c> circumcise</c><00:25:43.079><c> hip</c>

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and<00:25:44.099><c> thigh.</c>

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It's<00:25:44.660><c> a</c><00:25:44.759><c> real</c><00:25:45.519><c> adventure</c><00:25:46.240><c> story.</c>

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But<00:25:47.660><c> it's</c><00:25:47.859><c> an</c><00:25:48.059><c> adventure</c><00:25:48.400><c> story</c><00:25:48.720><c> with</c><00:25:48.940><c> a</c><00:25:49.160><c> difference</c><00:25:49.480><c> because</c>

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God<00:25:50.940><c> is</c><00:25:51.740><c> the</c><00:25:51.960><c> victor.</c>

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And<00:25:55.140><c> we're</c><00:25:55.299><c> always</c><00:25:55.539><c> on</c><00:25:55.720><c> the</c><00:25:55.920><c> side</c><00:25:56.059><c> of</c><00:25:56.240><c> the</c><00:25:56.339><c> winners.</c>

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Well,<00:25:58.779><c> we</c><00:25:58.880><c> like</c><00:25:59.099><c> to</c><00:25:59.460><c> think</c><00:25:59.859><c> we're</c><00:26:00.359><c> always</c><00:26:00.640><c> on</c><00:26:00.799><c> the</c><00:26:00.980><c> side</c><00:26:01.140><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:01.400><c> winners.</c>

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We<00:26:02.480><c> like</c><00:26:02.720><c> to</c><00:26:02.900><c> think</c><00:26:03.079><c> we're</c><00:26:03.539><c> the</c><00:26:03.680><c> ones</c><00:26:04.140><c> who</c><00:26:04.599><c> would</c><00:26:04.779><c> have</c><00:26:04.839><c> done</c>

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the<00:26:05.279><c> opposing,</c><00:26:05.859><c> the</c><00:26:06.059><c> standing</c><00:26:06.359><c> up.</c>

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We're<00:26:07.700><c> the</c><00:26:07.819><c> ones</c><00:26:08.079><c> who</c><00:26:08.220><c> would</c><00:26:08.420><c> not</c><00:26:08.599><c> have</c><00:26:08.799><c> been</c><00:26:09.119><c> compromising,</c>

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taking<00:26:10.240><c> the</c><00:26:10.579><c> expedient</c><00:26:11.160><c> route,</c>

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allowing<00:26:12.240><c> something</c><00:26:12.680><c> to</c><00:26:12.980><c> happen</c><00:26:13.299><c> for</c><00:26:13.680><c> the</c><00:26:13.880><c> sake</c><00:26:14.039><c> of</c><00:26:14.299><c> a</c><00:26:14.400><c> quiet</c><00:26:14.640><c> life.</c>

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We're<00:26:15.940><c> always</c><00:26:16.220><c> the</c><00:26:16.420><c> ones</c><00:26:17.000><c> that</c><00:26:17.359><c> would</c><00:26:17.680><c> never</c><00:26:17.960><c> allow</c><00:26:18.180><c> ourselves,</c><00:26:18.619><c> aren't</c><00:26:18.819><c> we,</c>

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to<00:26:19.559><c> be</c><00:26:19.740><c> put</c><00:26:20.079><c> into</c><00:26:20.579><c> that</c><00:26:20.839><c> situation.</c>

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This<00:26:23.660><c> other</c><00:26:23.819><c> book</c><00:26:23.980><c> of</c><00:26:24.140><c> Judges</c><00:26:24.500><c> is</c><00:26:25.259><c> quite</c><00:26:25.599><c> different</c><00:26:26.039><c> from</c><00:26:26.460><c> some</c><00:26:26.680><c> of</c>

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the<00:26:26.940><c> other</c><00:26:27.140><c> early</c><00:26:28.039><c> pages</c><00:26:28.460><c> of</c><00:26:29.160><c> scripture.</c>

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The<00:26:30.619><c> land</c><00:26:30.839><c> is</c><00:26:31.039><c> different</c><00:26:31.359><c> now.</c>

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It's<00:26:33.099><c> not</c><00:26:33.299><c> the</c><00:26:33.500><c> same</c><00:26:33.720><c> as</c><00:26:33.880><c> when</c><00:26:34.559><c> Abraham</c><00:26:35.099><c> and</c><00:26:35.779><c> Isaac</c><00:26:36.319><c> fed</c><00:26:36.839><c> their</c>

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flocks<00:26:37.460><c> in</c><00:26:37.700><c> the</c><00:26:37.859><c> plains</c><00:26:38.160><c> of</c><00:26:38.460><c> Mamre.</c>

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It<00:26:40.279><c> isn't</c><00:26:40.559><c> the</c><00:26:40.839><c> same</c><00:26:41.680><c> as</c><00:26:42.640><c> when</c><00:26:42.779><c> those</c><00:26:43.079><c> noble</c><00:26:43.519><c> and</c><00:26:44.519><c> courteous</c>

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men<00:26:45.299><c> that</c><00:26:46.160><c> they</c><00:26:46.380><c> met,</c>

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their<00:26:46.960><c> contemporaries,</c><00:26:47.759><c> Anar</c><00:26:48.000><c> and</c><00:26:48.180><c> Eshkol,</c><00:26:49.380><c> those</c><00:26:49.660><c> sort</c><00:26:49.859><c> of</c>

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people<00:26:50.240><c> have</c><00:26:50.500><c> gone.</c>

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No<00:26:52.559><c> longer</c><00:26:52.980><c> is</c><00:26:53.799><c> Ephron</c><00:26:54.220><c> the</c><00:26:54.420><c> Hittite</c><00:26:54.900><c> or</c><00:26:55.660><c> Abimelek</c><00:26:56.160><c> of</c><00:26:56.380><c> Gera</c>

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living<00:26:57.480><c> in</c><00:26:57.700><c> the</c><00:26:57.839><c> land</c><00:26:58.140><c> with</c><00:26:58.940><c> the</c><00:26:59.180><c> men</c><00:26:59.420><c> and</c><00:26:59.660><c> women</c><00:26:59.980><c> of</c><00:27:00.240><c> God.</c>

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Where<00:27:02.220><c> once</c><00:27:02.579><c> Melchizedek,</c><00:27:04.519><c> royal</c><00:27:04.740><c> priest</c><00:27:05.079><c> and</c><00:27:05.279><c> king</c><00:27:05.500><c> reigned,</c>

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now<00:27:06.960><c> there</c><00:27:07.200><c> just</c><00:27:07.519><c> stood</c><00:27:07.700><c> the</c><00:27:07.980><c> pagan</c><00:27:08.480><c> Jebusite</c><00:27:09.420><c> in</c><00:27:10.380><c> that</c><00:27:10.720><c> fortress.</c>

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Idolatry<00:27:14.420><c> reigned</c><00:27:15.240><c> unchecked</c><00:27:16.059><c> across</c><00:27:16.359><c> this</c><00:27:16.640><c> land.</c>

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Canaan<00:27:18.859><c> had</c><00:27:19.140><c> become</c><00:27:19.460><c> full</c><00:27:19.779><c> of</c><00:27:20.000><c> the</c><00:27:20.119><c> hideous</c><00:27:20.460><c> worship</c><00:27:20.859><c> of</c>

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Baal,<00:27:22.480><c> Molech,</c><00:27:23.759><c> Ashtaroth</c>

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and<00:27:25.660><c> finally</c><00:27:26.299><c> the</c><00:27:27.279><c> iniquity</c><00:27:27.819><c> of</c><00:27:28.000><c> the</c><00:27:28.160><c> Amorites</c><00:27:28.880><c> had</c><00:27:29.740><c> filled</c><00:27:29.900><c> up.</c>

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And<00:27:31.940><c> those</c><00:27:32.279><c> 70</c><00:27:32.700><c> that</c><00:27:32.900><c> had</c><00:27:33.079><c> gone</c><00:27:33.279><c> down</c><00:27:33.579><c> into</c><00:27:33.839><c> Egypt</c><00:27:34.200><c> had</c><00:27:34.400><c> now</c><00:27:34.599><c> returned</c><00:27:35.240><c> as</c>

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a<00:27:35.920><c> million</c><00:27:36.119><c> or</c><00:27:36.420><c> more</c>

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and<00:27:36.940><c> had</c><00:27:37.220><c> come</c><00:27:37.380><c> to</c><00:27:37.640><c> claim</c><00:27:37.819><c> their</c><00:27:38.119><c> inheritance</c><00:27:38.480><c> and</c><00:27:38.920><c> to</c><00:27:39.259><c> drive</c>

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.960
off<00:27:39.680><c> the</c><00:27:39.960><c> face</c><00:27:40.180><c> of</c><00:27:40.359><c> the</c><00:27:40.519><c> earth</c>

00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:46.400
a<00:27:41.880><c> pagan</c><00:27:42.200><c> idolatry</c><00:27:42.880><c> and</c><00:27:43.059><c> apostasy,</c><00:27:44.579><c> an</c><00:27:44.740><c> immorality</c><00:27:45.680><c> that</c>

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filled<00:27:46.640><c> God's</c><00:27:47.119><c> land.</c>

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A<00:27:48.960><c> few</c><00:27:49.140><c> had</c><00:27:49.319><c> come</c><00:27:49.619><c> back</c><00:27:50.579><c> as</c><00:27:51.000><c> the</c><00:27:51.160><c> many</c><00:27:51.779><c> and</c><00:27:52.980><c> people</c><00:27:53.279><c> trembled</c>

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as<00:27:54.880><c> they</c><00:27:55.119><c> viewed</c><00:27:55.299><c> this</c><00:27:55.559><c> nation.</c>

00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:03.720
And<00:27:59.119><c> so,</c><00:27:59.380><c> brothers</c><00:27:59.480><c> and</c><00:27:59.640><c> sisters,</c><00:28:01.299><c> as</c><00:28:01.480><c> we</c><00:28:01.740><c> consider</c><00:28:02.400><c> these</c><00:28:02.920><c> people</c>

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we<00:28:05.500><c> have</c><00:28:05.700><c> to</c><00:28:05.900><c> realize</c><00:28:06.319><c> that</c><00:28:06.519><c> there</c><00:28:06.680><c> was</c><00:28:06.920><c> a</c><00:28:07.119><c> cycle</c><00:28:07.339><c> of</c><00:28:07.579><c> life</c>

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:09.500
being<00:28:08.200><c> repeated</c>

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that's<00:28:10.500><c> repeated</c><00:28:10.819><c> in</c><00:28:11.079><c> our</c><00:28:11.259><c> lives.</c>

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:18.279
There<00:28:13.779><c> is</c><00:28:13.960><c> a</c><00:28:14.160><c> cycle</c><00:28:14.579><c> of</c><00:28:15.400><c> human</c><00:28:15.619><c> nature</c><00:28:16.259><c> that</c><00:28:17.019><c> is</c><00:28:17.200><c> never</c><00:28:17.420><c> ending</c>

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:21.180
and<00:28:19.059><c> that's</c><00:28:19.319><c> why</c><00:28:19.500><c> it's</c><00:28:19.740><c> important</c><00:28:20.059><c> for</c><00:28:20.259><c> us</c><00:28:20.380><c> to</c><00:28:20.619><c> take</c><00:28:20.779><c> hold</c><00:28:21.019><c> of</c>

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.599
the<00:28:21.319><c> lessons</c>

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:24.660
as<00:28:21.779><c> we</c><00:28:21.960><c> come</c><00:28:22.119><c> to</c><00:28:22.279><c> them</c><00:28:22.619><c> in</c><00:28:23.079><c> the</c><00:28:23.200><c> book</c><00:28:23.319><c> of</c><00:28:23.519><c> Judges.</c>

00:28:39.799 --> 00:28:44.859
It's<00:28:40.440><c> a</c><00:28:40.519><c> cycle</c><00:28:41.000><c> of</c><00:28:42.660><c> truth,</c><00:28:43.799><c> really.</c>

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:51.940
Of<00:28:45.640><c> sin,</c><00:28:47.240><c> of</c><00:28:47.420><c> suffering,</c><00:28:49.019><c> of</c><00:28:49.119><c> supplication</c><00:28:50.180><c> and</c><00:28:50.880><c> salvation.</c>

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:55.880
And<00:28:53.180><c> we</c><00:28:53.259><c> go</c><00:28:53.460><c> through</c><00:28:53.619><c> that</c><00:28:53.799><c> almost</c><00:28:54.099><c> daily,</c><00:28:54.480><c> don't</c><00:28:54.640><c> we?</c>

00:28:57.140 --> 00:29:00.700
Those<00:28:57.460><c> sins</c><00:28:57.819><c> which</c><00:28:58.160><c> do</c><00:28:58.420><c> so</c><00:28:58.720><c> easily</c><00:28:59.400><c> beset</c><00:28:59.880><c> us.</c>

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:05.720
They<00:29:01.839><c> cause</c><00:29:02.140><c> us</c><00:29:03.119><c> all</c><00:29:03.539><c> sorts</c><00:29:03.859><c> of</c><00:29:04.119><c> problems</c><00:29:04.400><c> of</c><00:29:04.579><c> our</c><00:29:04.759><c> own</c><00:29:04.940><c> making</c>

00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:08.839
and<00:29:06.039><c> you</c><00:29:06.160><c> don't</c><00:29:06.319><c> need</c><00:29:06.500><c> me</c><00:29:06.720><c> to</c><00:29:07.059><c> catalog</c><00:29:07.299><c> them</c><00:29:07.539><c> for</c><00:29:07.839><c> you.</c>

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:11.019
We're<00:29:09.980><c> bowed</c><00:29:10.220><c> down</c><00:29:10.440><c> with</c><00:29:10.579><c> them,</c><00:29:10.700><c> aren't</c><00:29:10.859><c> we?</c>

00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:14.039
We're<00:29:11.660><c> so</c><00:29:11.880><c> determined</c><00:29:12.359><c> every</c><00:29:12.640><c> morning</c><00:29:12.940><c> when</c><00:29:13.119><c> we</c><00:29:13.339><c> rise</c><00:29:13.680><c> to</c><00:29:13.839><c> a</c>

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.500
fresh<00:29:14.220><c> day</c>

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not<00:29:14.920><c> to</c><00:29:15.200><c> repeat</c><00:29:15.480><c> the</c><00:29:15.700><c> mistakes</c><00:29:16.039><c> of</c><00:29:16.259><c> the</c><00:29:16.359><c> day</c><00:29:16.579><c> before</c>

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:19.259
and<00:29:17.420><c> by</c><00:29:17.640><c> the</c><00:29:17.799><c> time</c><00:29:17.920><c> we're</c><00:29:18.240><c> halfway</c><00:29:18.400><c> through</c><00:29:18.759><c> the</c><00:29:18.940><c> day</c>

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:21.319
it<00:29:19.660><c> doesn't</c><00:29:19.920><c> look</c><00:29:20.099><c> any</c><00:29:20.339><c> different</c><00:29:20.579><c> to</c><00:29:20.759><c> the</c><00:29:20.859><c> day</c><00:29:21.039><c> that</c><00:29:21.200><c> went</c>

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:23.160
before,<00:29:21.839><c> does</c><00:29:21.920><c> it?</c>

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:28.079
And<00:29:25.480><c> so</c><00:29:25.599><c> it</c><00:29:25.660><c> is</c><00:29:25.859><c> that</c><00:29:26.059><c> we</c><00:29:26.359><c> fall</c><00:29:26.599><c> on</c><00:29:26.799><c> our</c><00:29:26.960><c> knees</c>

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:30.839
and<00:29:28.980><c> we</c><00:29:29.180><c> cry</c><00:29:29.359><c> unto</c><00:29:29.599><c> our</c><00:29:29.859><c> God</c>

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:34.859
and<00:29:32.059><c> we</c><00:29:32.400><c> seek</c><00:29:32.740><c> His</c><00:29:33.099><c> mercy</c><00:29:33.400><c> and</c><00:29:33.559><c> His</c><00:29:33.759><c> forgiveness.</c>

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:38.759
And<00:29:35.640><c> He</c><00:29:35.759><c> is</c><00:29:35.900><c> a</c><00:29:35.980><c> God</c><00:29:36.160><c> of</c><00:29:36.259><c> love</c><00:29:37.039><c> and</c><00:29:37.480><c> compassion.</c>

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:41.640
And<00:29:39.680><c> those</c><00:29:39.880><c> who</c><00:29:40.099><c> confess</c><00:29:40.480><c> their</c><00:29:40.759><c> sins</c><00:29:41.019><c> and</c><00:29:41.259><c> acknowledge</c>

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.940
their<00:29:41.920><c> weaknesses</c>

00:29:43.339 --> 00:29:46.819
and<00:29:43.940><c> come</c><00:29:44.180><c> to</c><00:29:44.400><c> Him</c><00:29:44.740><c> in</c><00:29:45.160><c> true</c><00:29:45.480><c> spirit</c>

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:50.559
will<00:29:47.880><c> indeed</c><00:29:48.220><c> find</c><00:29:48.539><c> a</c><00:29:48.700><c> God</c><00:29:49.000><c> who</c><00:29:49.200><c> will</c><00:29:49.500><c> save.</c>

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:55.660
And<00:29:51.900><c> so</c><00:29:52.019><c> as</c><00:29:52.180><c> you</c><00:29:52.579><c> look</c><00:29:52.779><c> down</c><00:29:53.059><c> the</c><00:29:53.200><c> pattern</c><00:29:53.680><c> of</c><00:29:53.960><c> these</c><00:29:54.420><c> main</c><00:29:54.819><c> judges</c><00:29:55.160><c> which</c><00:29:55.480><c> are</c>

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.599
presented<00:29:56.000><c> to</c><00:29:56.279><c> us</c>

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:59.680
that's<00:29:57.160><c> the</c><00:29:57.440><c> sequence</c><00:29:57.880><c> that</c><00:29:58.059><c> we're</c><00:29:58.220><c> going</c><00:29:58.420><c> to</c><00:29:58.680><c> see.</c>

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:07.859
A<00:30:00.359><c> sequence</c><00:30:00.880><c> of</c><00:30:02.099><c> people</c><00:30:02.539><c> who</c><00:30:04.480><c> couldn't</c><00:30:05.160><c> stop</c><00:30:05.660><c> themselves</c><00:30:06.140><c> doing</c><00:30:06.539><c> the</c><00:30:06.759><c> things</c>

00:30:08.819 --> 00:30:10.920
that<00:30:09.339><c> they</c><00:30:09.559><c> wanted</c><00:30:09.880><c> to</c><00:30:10.160><c> do.</c>

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:13.140
And<00:30:11.420><c> that's</c><00:30:11.660><c> the</c><00:30:11.740><c> truth</c><00:30:11.900><c> of</c><00:30:12.059><c> it,</c><00:30:12.220><c> isn't</c><00:30:12.359><c> it?</c>

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:15.920
We<00:30:13.839><c> actually</c><00:30:14.200><c> want</c><00:30:14.440><c> to</c><00:30:14.640><c> do</c><00:30:14.799><c> these</c><00:30:15.039><c> things.</c>

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.500
We're<00:30:16.960><c> very</c><00:30:17.220><c> good</c><00:30:17.380><c> at</c><00:30:17.480><c> saying</c><00:30:17.819><c> about</c><00:30:18.079><c> other</c><00:30:18.319><c> people</c>

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:20.160
they<00:30:18.660><c> shouldn't</c><00:30:18.920><c> do</c><00:30:19.119><c> this</c><00:30:19.299><c> and</c><00:30:19.440><c> they</c><00:30:19.559><c> shouldn't</c><00:30:19.799><c> do</c><00:30:20.000><c> that</c>

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:22.359
but<00:30:20.279><c> we</c><00:30:20.500><c> want</c><00:30:20.680><c> to</c><00:30:20.819><c> do</c><00:30:20.900><c> it</c><00:30:21.000><c> with</c><00:30:21.240><c> them.</c>

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:26.859
We<00:30:22.920><c> don't</c><00:30:23.059><c> want</c><00:30:23.480><c> to</c><00:30:23.839><c> prevent</c><00:30:24.140><c> ourselves</c><00:30:24.819><c> from</c><00:30:25.819><c> doing</c><00:30:26.099><c> it.</c>

00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:33.759
And<00:30:28.940><c> what</c><00:30:29.160><c> was</c><00:30:29.420><c> the</c><00:30:29.740><c> cause</c><00:30:30.079><c> of</c><00:30:30.359><c> this</c><00:30:31.640><c> cycle</c><00:30:32.240><c> of</c><00:30:32.599><c> human</c><00:30:32.779><c> nature?</c>

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:37.599
What<00:30:34.400><c> brought</c><00:30:34.619><c> about</c><00:30:35.039><c> this</c><00:30:36.099><c> problem</c><00:30:36.720><c> that</c><00:30:36.880><c> we</c><00:30:37.079><c> see</c><00:30:37.279><c> here</c>

00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:40.500
of<00:30:37.859><c> sin</c><00:30:38.259><c> and</c><00:30:38.680><c> suffering</c><00:30:39.140><c> and</c><00:30:39.519><c> supplication</c>

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:42.400
which<00:30:41.019><c> led</c><00:30:41.240><c> ultimately</c><00:30:41.680><c> to</c><00:30:41.960><c> salvation?</c>

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:47.279
Well<00:30:42.640><c> let's</c><00:30:42.779><c> go</c><00:30:43.240><c> to</c><00:30:43.839><c> the</c><00:30:43.920><c> book</c><00:30:44.119><c> of</c><00:30:44.339><c> Judges,</c><00:30:45.640><c> to</c><00:30:45.819><c> chapter</c><00:30:46.140><c> 2.</c>

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:12.259
Verse<00:31:09.079><c> 7,</c><00:31:10.079><c> Judges</c><00:31:10.480><c> chapter</c><00:31:10.839><c> 2.</c>

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:15.400
And<00:31:12.759><c> the</c><00:31:12.900><c> people</c><00:31:13.220><c> served</c><00:31:13.720><c> the</c><00:31:13.900><c> Lord</c><00:31:14.160><c> all</c><00:31:14.539><c> the</c><00:31:14.700><c> days</c><00:31:14.920><c> of</c><00:31:15.140><c> Joshua</c>

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:18.299
and<00:31:15.599><c> all</c><00:31:15.880><c> the</c><00:31:16.019><c> days</c><00:31:16.240><c> of</c><00:31:16.400><c> the</c><00:31:16.579><c> elders</c><00:31:16.799><c> that</c><00:31:17.059><c> outlived</c><00:31:17.819><c> Joshua</c>

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:20.880
who<00:31:18.619><c> had</c><00:31:18.819><c> seen</c><00:31:18.960><c> all</c><00:31:19.299><c> the</c><00:31:19.480><c> great</c><00:31:19.680><c> works</c><00:31:20.119><c> of</c><00:31:20.339><c> the</c><00:31:20.500><c> Lord</c>

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:23.960
that<00:31:21.160><c> he</c><00:31:22.599><c> did</c><00:31:22.859><c> for</c><00:31:23.380><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:26.940
And<00:31:24.799><c> Joshua</c><00:31:25.200><c> the</c><00:31:25.380><c> son</c><00:31:25.619><c> of</c><00:31:25.819><c> Nun</c><00:31:25.980><c> the</c><00:31:26.200><c> servant</c><00:31:26.500><c> of</c><00:31:26.680><c> the</c><00:31:26.779><c> Lord</c>

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:28.700
died<00:31:27.319><c> being</c><00:31:27.559><c> 110</c><00:31:28.160><c> years</c><00:31:28.539><c> old</c>

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:30.819
and<00:31:28.839><c> they</c><00:31:29.059><c> buried</c><00:31:29.220><c> him</c><00:31:29.380><c> in</c><00:31:29.519><c> the</c><00:31:29.680><c> borders</c><00:31:29.920><c> of</c><00:31:30.140><c> his</c><00:31:30.339><c> inheritance</c>

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:33.980
in<00:31:31.740><c> Timnatheres</c><00:31:32.559><c> in</c><00:31:33.079><c> the</c><00:31:33.240><c> mount</c><00:31:33.480><c> of</c><00:31:33.680><c> Ephraim</c>

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:36.339
on<00:31:34.180><c> the</c><00:31:34.299><c> north</c><00:31:34.539><c> side</c><00:31:34.859><c> of</c><00:31:35.059><c> the</c><00:31:35.119><c> hill</c><00:31:35.299><c> of</c><00:31:35.519><c> Gaiash.</c>

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:39.319
And<00:31:36.700><c> also</c><00:31:36.940><c> all</c><00:31:37.319><c> that</c><00:31:37.539><c> generation</c><00:31:38.059><c> were</c><00:31:38.259><c> gathered</c><00:31:38.500><c> unto</c><00:31:38.700><c> their</c><00:31:38.960><c> fathers</c>

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:41.279
and<00:31:39.539><c> there</c><00:31:39.720><c> arose</c><00:31:39.980><c> another</c><00:31:40.319><c> generation</c><00:31:40.839><c> after</c><00:31:41.099><c> them</c>

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:44.059
which<00:31:41.500><c> knew</c><00:31:41.779><c> not</c><00:31:42.019><c> the</c><00:31:42.240><c> Lord</c><00:31:42.900><c> nor</c><00:31:43.359><c> yet</c><00:31:43.599><c> the</c><00:31:43.819><c> works</c>

00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:46.660
which<00:31:44.299><c> he</c><00:31:44.480><c> had</c><00:31:44.700><c> done</c><00:31:45.019><c> for</c><00:31:45.619><c> Israel.</c>

00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:48.160
There's<00:31:47.140><c> the</c><00:31:47.319><c> problem,</c><00:31:47.819><c> isn't</c><00:31:47.900><c> it?</c>

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:50.460
That's<00:31:48.619><c> the</c><00:31:48.859><c> root</c><00:31:49.079><c> of</c><00:31:49.299><c> the</c><00:31:49.480><c> problem.</c>

00:31:50.859 --> 00:31:53.759
Joshua<00:31:51.420><c> and</c><00:31:51.980><c> those</c><00:31:52.319><c> elders</c><00:31:52.619><c> who</c><00:31:52.799><c> had</c><00:31:52.940><c> come</c><00:31:53.140><c> into</c><00:31:53.380><c> the</c><00:31:53.599><c> land</c>

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:55.880
with<00:31:53.960><c> Joshua</c><00:31:54.339><c> had</c><00:31:54.819><c> died.</c>

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:58.019
And<00:31:56.519><c> the</c><00:31:56.700><c> people</c><00:31:56.980><c> who</c><00:31:57.180><c> had</c><00:31:57.500><c> experienced</c>

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.680
not<00:31:58.279><c> just</c><00:31:58.519><c> the</c><00:31:58.720><c> coming</c><00:31:58.900><c> out</c><00:31:59.119><c> of</c><00:31:59.319><c> Egypt</c>

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:01.700
but<00:32:00.059><c> also</c><00:32:00.500><c> the</c><00:32:00.779><c> going</c><00:32:00.980><c> into</c><00:32:01.240><c> the</c><00:32:01.480><c> land</c>

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:03.859
those<00:32:02.259><c> people</c><00:32:02.619><c> had</c><00:32:02.900><c> died.</c>

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:05.480
And<00:32:04.119><c> so</c><00:32:04.220><c> you</c><00:32:04.400><c> now</c><00:32:04.599><c> had</c><00:32:04.779><c> a</c><00:32:04.960><c> generation</c>

00:32:05.480 --> 00:32:08.500
who<00:32:05.880><c> had</c><00:32:06.119><c> not</c><00:32:06.359><c> experienced</c><00:32:07.240><c> the</c><00:32:07.640><c> initial</c><00:32:07.980><c> delivery</c>

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:10.779
and<00:32:08.980><c> the</c><00:32:09.160><c> initial</c><00:32:09.460><c> establishment</c><00:32:10.019><c> in</c><00:32:10.279><c> the</c><00:32:10.440><c> land.</c>

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:13.640
To<00:32:11.440><c> them</c><00:32:11.640><c> it</c><00:32:11.740><c> was</c><00:32:11.940><c> just</c><00:32:12.480><c> stories.</c>

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:16.119
It<00:32:14.119><c> was</c><00:32:14.319><c> just</c><00:32:14.720><c> things</c><00:32:15.119><c> that</c><00:32:15.440><c> their</c><00:32:15.720><c> fathers</c>

00:32:16.119 --> 00:32:18.200
and<00:32:16.359><c> their</c><00:32:16.599><c> grandfathers</c><00:32:17.160><c> talked</c><00:32:17.740><c> about.</c>

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:20.619
It<00:32:19.160><c> wasn't</c><00:32:19.539><c> the</c><00:32:19.779><c> real</c><00:32:20.180><c> world.</c>

00:32:20.859 --> 00:32:23.240
The<00:32:21.000><c> real</c><00:32:21.319><c> world</c><00:32:21.539><c> was</c><00:32:21.720><c> the</c><00:32:21.859><c> one</c><00:32:22.160><c> they</c><00:32:22.460><c> lived</c><00:32:22.759><c> in.</c>

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:26.059
The<00:32:23.720><c> real</c><00:32:24.039><c> world</c><00:32:24.259><c> was</c><00:32:24.440><c> the</c><00:32:24.539><c> one</c><00:32:24.720><c> that</c><00:32:24.940><c> they</c><00:32:25.220><c> experienced.</c>

00:32:26.460 --> 00:32:28.819
The<00:32:26.579><c> real</c><00:32:26.920><c> world</c><00:32:27.140><c> was</c><00:32:27.319><c> the</c><00:32:27.460><c> one</c><00:32:27.599><c> that</c><00:32:27.740><c> they</c><00:32:28.019><c> had</c><00:32:28.319><c> to</c><00:32:28.460><c> deal</c><00:32:28.680><c> with</c>

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:30.380
not<00:32:28.980><c> the</c><00:32:29.160><c> one</c><00:32:29.259><c> that</c><00:32:29.440><c> you</c><00:32:29.779><c> dealt</c><00:32:30.099><c> with</c>

00:32:30.380 --> 00:32:32.240
in<00:32:30.759><c> your</c><00:32:31.059><c> generation.</c>

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:35.700
And<00:32:34.119><c> so</c><00:32:34.220><c> it</c><00:32:34.359><c> was</c><00:32:34.619><c> that</c>

00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:37.740
what<00:32:36.339><c> we</c><00:32:36.519><c> have</c><00:32:36.680><c> here</c>

00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:39.960
is<00:32:38.420><c> an</c><00:32:38.680><c> important</c><00:32:38.920><c> lesson.</c>

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:42.460
It's<00:32:41.039><c> an</c><00:32:41.279><c> important</c><00:32:41.519><c> lesson,</c><00:32:42.059><c> brothers</c><00:32:42.119><c> and</c><00:32:42.299><c> sisters</c>

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:45.700
to<00:32:42.720><c> teach</c><00:32:43.259><c> the</c><00:32:43.619><c> next</c><00:32:43.880><c> generation</c><00:32:44.839><c> faithfully.</c>

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:47.180
Faithfully.

00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:49.319
Properly.

00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:51.339
Thoroughly.

00:32:51.640 --> 00:32:53.500
Life<00:32:51.900><c> doesn't</c><00:32:52.319><c> change.</c>

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:55.319
It<00:32:53.720><c> doesn't</c><00:32:54.000><c> matter</c><00:32:54.259><c> how</c><00:32:54.599><c> real</c><00:32:54.839><c> they</c><00:32:55.099><c> think</c>

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:57.539
this<00:32:55.700><c> world</c><00:32:55.920><c> is</c><00:32:56.140><c> now</c><00:32:56.380><c> because</c><00:32:56.599><c> it's</c><00:32:56.880><c> no</c><00:32:57.160><c> different</c>

00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.480
to<00:32:57.740><c> the</c><00:32:57.859><c> last</c><00:32:58.220><c> one.</c>

00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:00.759
It<00:32:58.880><c> isn't</c><00:32:59.079><c> any</c><00:32:59.380><c> different</c><00:32:59.619><c> to</c><00:32:59.779><c> the</c><00:32:59.900><c> one</c><00:33:00.000><c> that</c><00:33:00.160><c> my</c><00:33:00.460><c> father</c>

00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:03.160
or<00:33:00.960><c> my</c><00:33:01.279><c> grandfather</c><00:33:01.799><c> grew</c><00:33:02.079><c> up</c><00:33:02.279><c> in.</c>

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:05.240
It<00:33:03.339><c> isn't</c><00:33:03.539><c> any</c><00:33:03.819><c> different</c><00:33:04.059><c> to</c><00:33:04.200><c> the</c><00:33:04.400><c> world</c><00:33:04.599><c> that</c><00:33:04.819><c> the</c><00:33:04.960><c> men</c>

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.980
who<00:33:05.500><c> went</c><00:33:05.660><c> into</c><00:33:05.900><c> the</c><00:33:06.059><c> land</c><00:33:06.220><c> under</c><00:33:06.460><c> Joshua</c>

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:09.160
and<00:33:07.279><c> the</c><00:33:07.480><c> elders</c><00:33:07.920><c> inhabited.</c>

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:12.980
We<00:33:10.099><c> might</c><00:33:10.380><c> drive</c><00:33:10.779><c> in</c><00:33:10.960><c> a</c><00:33:11.140><c> four</c><00:33:11.420><c> wheel</c><00:33:11.680><c> vehicle</c>

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:16.740
and<00:33:13.539><c> we</c><00:33:13.680><c> might</c><00:33:13.880><c> laugh</c><00:33:14.220><c> at</c><00:33:14.400><c> the</c><00:33:14.539><c> thought</c><00:33:14.660><c> of</c><00:33:14.940><c> chariots</c>

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:19.519
but<00:33:17.420><c> human</c><00:33:17.759><c> nature</c><00:33:18.039><c> never</c><00:33:18.380><c> changes.</c>

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:21.640
And<00:33:19.839><c> the</c><00:33:20.019><c> principle</c><00:33:20.359><c> is</c><00:33:20.599><c> that</c><00:33:20.720><c> you</c><00:33:20.900><c> must</c><00:33:21.279><c> teach</c>

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:23.700
the<00:33:21.839><c> next</c><00:33:22.160><c> generation</c><00:33:22.920><c> thoroughly</c>

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:25.740
and<00:33:24.640><c> completely</c>

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.720
to<00:33:26.740><c> know</c><00:33:27.240><c> God</c>

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:29.940
and<00:33:28.039><c> to</c><00:33:28.460><c> understand</c><00:33:28.980><c> His</c><00:33:29.359><c> works.</c>

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.440
And<00:33:30.480><c> if</c><00:33:30.579><c> they</c><00:33:30.839><c> don't</c>

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:33.500
then<00:33:32.119><c> they</c><00:33:32.279><c> won't.</c>

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:35.599
And<00:33:34.460><c> the</c><00:33:34.660><c> cause</c><00:33:34.880><c> of</c><00:33:35.079><c> this</c><00:33:35.220><c> you</c><00:33:35.440><c> see</c>

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:37.099
is<00:33:35.759><c> back</c><00:33:36.000><c> there</c><00:33:36.160><c> in</c><00:33:36.339><c> chapter</c><00:33:36.579><c> one,</c><00:33:36.880><c> isn't</c><00:33:36.980><c> it?</c>

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:39.599
Just<00:33:37.319><c> look</c><00:33:37.519><c> back</c><00:33:37.759><c> into</c><00:33:38.019><c> chapter</c><00:33:38.400><c> one.</c>

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:49.160
It's<00:33:47.559><c> quite</c><00:33:47.900><c> clear</c><00:33:48.240><c> from</c><00:33:48.519><c> this</c><00:33:48.759><c> chapter</c>

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:51.859
why<00:33:49.940><c> they</c><00:33:50.619><c> had</c><00:33:50.799><c> a</c><00:33:51.000><c> problem.</c>

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:53.359
They<00:33:52.099><c> were</c><00:33:52.380><c> told</c><00:33:52.559><c> to</c><00:33:52.839><c> drive</c><00:33:53.099><c> out</c>

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:54.640
the<00:33:53.599><c> inhabitants</c><00:33:53.960><c> of</c><00:33:54.180><c> the</c><00:33:54.339><c> land</c>

00:33:54.640 --> 00:33:56.019
to<00:33:54.960><c> get</c><00:33:55.160><c> rid</c><00:33:55.319><c> of</c><00:33:55.500><c> them.</c>

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:58.460
And<00:33:56.539><c> you</c><00:33:56.619><c> notice</c><00:33:56.940><c> in</c><00:33:57.160><c> chapter</c><00:33:57.440><c> one</c><00:33:57.660><c> that</c><00:33:57.900><c> initially</c>

00:33:58.460 --> 00:34:00.799
Judah<00:33:58.940><c> and</c><00:33:59.519><c> Simeon</c><00:33:59.839><c> did.</c>

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:03.039
They<00:34:01.420><c> went</c><00:34:01.700><c> forward,</c><00:34:02.339><c> two</c><00:34:02.640><c> of</c><00:34:02.819><c> them.</c>

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:04.240
And<00:34:03.480><c> they</c><00:34:03.599><c> were</c><00:34:03.799><c> successful</c>

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:05.559
and<00:34:04.420><c> they</c><00:34:04.660><c> established</c><00:34:04.940><c> their</c><00:34:05.259><c> portion</c>

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.960
and<00:34:05.799><c> their</c><00:34:05.960><c> boundaries</c><00:34:06.299><c> and</c><00:34:06.500><c> their</c><00:34:06.700><c> lots.</c>

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:08.760
But<00:34:07.599><c> as</c><00:34:07.839><c> time</c><00:34:08.079><c> went</c><00:34:08.340><c> on</c>

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:11.119
the<00:34:09.340><c> enthusiasm</c><00:34:10.019><c> for</c><00:34:10.199><c> this</c><00:34:10.380><c> sort</c><00:34:10.559><c> of</c><00:34:10.780><c> work</c>

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:12.719
became<00:34:11.760><c> less.</c>

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:14.760
And<00:34:13.519><c> so</c><00:34:13.760><c> you</c><00:34:13.980><c> see</c>

00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.920
there<00:34:15.739><c> in</c><00:34:15.920><c> verse</c><00:34:16.139><c> 21</c>

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:19.059
you<00:34:18.500><c> find</c>

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:21.539
Benjamin<00:34:19.980><c> did</c><00:34:20.840><c> not</c><00:34:21.039><c> drive</c><00:34:21.300><c> out</c>

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.420
the<00:34:21.719><c> Jebusites</c>

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:24.980
but<00:34:23.119><c> the</c><00:34:23.340><c> children</c><00:34:23.800><c> of</c><00:34:24.239><c> the</c><00:34:24.400><c> Jebusites</c>

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:27.059
dwelt<00:34:25.500><c> with</c><00:34:26.039><c> Benjamin.</c>

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:29.579
And<00:34:27.800><c> then</c><00:34:27.920><c> you</c><00:34:28.019><c> find</c><00:34:28.280><c> in</c><00:34:28.420><c> verse</c><00:34:28.619><c> 27</c>

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:31.780
neither<00:34:30.179><c> did</c><00:34:30.639><c> Manasseh</c>

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:33.519
drive<00:34:32.059><c> out</c><00:34:32.679><c> the</c><00:34:32.960><c> inhabitants.</c>

00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:35.820
But<00:34:34.079><c> the</c><00:34:34.360><c> Canaanites</c><00:34:34.780><c> would</c><00:34:35.039><c> dwell</c><00:34:35.239><c> in</c><00:34:35.400><c> the</c><00:34:35.579><c> land</c>

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.800
and<00:34:36.159><c> what</c><00:34:36.360><c> did</c><00:34:36.460><c> they</c><00:34:36.619><c> do?</c>

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:39.219
They<00:34:36.960><c> put</c><00:34:37.159><c> the</c><00:34:37.400><c> Canaanites</c><00:34:37.900><c> to</c><00:34:38.199><c> tribute.</c>

00:34:39.280 --> 00:34:40.880
Oh<00:34:39.539><c> yes,</c><00:34:40.099><c> they</c><00:34:40.300><c> were</c><00:34:40.519><c> actually</c>

00:34:40.880 --> 00:34:43.679
useful<00:34:41.280><c> these</c><00:34:41.539><c> people</c><00:34:41.940><c> because</c><00:34:42.260><c> you</c><00:34:42.400><c> could</c><00:34:42.619><c> take</c><00:34:42.820><c> money</c><00:34:43.079><c> from</c><00:34:43.340><c> them.</c>

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:45.739
You<00:34:44.099><c> could</c><00:34:44.320><c> tax</c><00:34:44.639><c> them.</c>

00:34:46.420 --> 00:34:47.579
And<00:34:46.519><c> then</c><00:34:46.599><c> you</c><00:34:46.659><c> get</c><00:34:46.900><c> to</c>

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:49.380
verse<00:34:48.300><c> 29</c>

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:52.019
neither<00:34:50.760><c> did</c><00:34:51.079><c> Ephraim</c>

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.800
verse<00:34:52.360><c> 30</c>

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.820
neither<00:34:53.099><c> did</c><00:34:53.320><c> Zebulun</c>

00:34:53.820 --> 00:34:55.880
verse<00:34:54.079><c> 31,</c><00:34:54.920><c> neither</c><00:34:54.940><c> did</c><00:34:55.179><c> Asher</c>

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:59.320
verse<00:34:56.239><c> 33,</c><00:34:57.300><c> neither</c><00:34:57.699><c> did</c><00:34:58.119><c> Naphtali.</c>

00:34:59.340 --> 00:35:00.960
None<00:34:59.539><c> of</c><00:34:59.780><c> them,</c><00:35:00.239><c> you</c><00:35:00.539><c> see</c>

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:02.659
drove<00:35:01.579><c> out</c><00:35:01.920><c> the</c><00:35:02.119><c> Canaanite</c>

00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:04.559
but<00:35:03.139><c> they</c><00:35:03.460><c> dwelt</c><00:35:03.780><c> with</c><00:35:04.019><c> them</c>

00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:06.739
they<00:35:04.880><c> put</c><00:35:05.099><c> them</c><00:35:05.300><c> down</c><00:35:05.539><c> as</c><00:35:05.840><c> tributaries</c>

00:35:06.739 --> 00:35:10.420
and<00:35:07.920><c> then</c><00:35:08.119><c> you</c><00:35:08.340><c> see</c><00:35:08.519><c> how</c><00:35:08.760><c> the</c><00:35:08.960><c> emphasis</c><00:35:09.280><c> changes.</c>

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:13.079
They<00:35:12.639><c> dwelt</c>

00:35:13.079 --> 00:35:14.300
among.

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.699
It's<00:35:14.980><c> changed</c><00:35:15.280><c> now.</c>

00:35:16.179 --> 00:35:17.820
First<00:35:16.440><c> of</c><00:35:16.599><c> all</c><00:35:16.780><c> it</c><00:35:16.840><c> was</c><00:35:17.000><c> the</c><00:35:17.139><c> children</c><00:35:17.420><c> of</c><00:35:17.579><c> Israel</c>

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:19.559
who<00:35:18.000><c> were</c><00:35:18.179><c> in</c><00:35:18.260><c> the</c><00:35:18.440><c> ascendancy.</c>

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:22.340
And<00:35:19.840><c> some</c><00:35:20.019><c> of</c><00:35:20.139><c> them</c><00:35:20.380><c> pushed</c><00:35:20.760><c> out</c><00:35:21.059><c> the</c><00:35:21.320><c> inhabitants.</c>

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.900
And<00:35:22.699><c> then</c><00:35:22.900><c> some</c><00:35:23.079><c> of</c><00:35:23.179><c> them</c><00:35:23.380><c> allowed</c>

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:26.079
these<00:35:24.280><c> people</c><00:35:24.579><c> to</c><00:35:24.820><c> live</c><00:35:24.960><c> after</c><00:35:25.280><c> they'd</c><00:35:25.599><c> moved</c><00:35:25.840><c> in.</c>

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:27.960
And<00:35:26.260><c> then</c><00:35:26.420><c> some</c><00:35:26.599><c> of</c><00:35:26.679><c> them</c><00:35:26.780><c> said,</c><00:35:26.960><c> well</c><00:35:27.119><c> we</c><00:35:27.260><c> could</c><00:35:27.480><c> tax</c><00:35:27.739><c> them</c>

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:29.260
and<00:35:28.199><c> we</c><00:35:28.320><c> could</c><00:35:28.460><c> make</c><00:35:28.699><c> use</c><00:35:28.980><c> of</c><00:35:29.119><c> them.</c>

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:32.039
And<00:35:29.619><c> then</c><00:35:29.820><c> you</c><00:35:30.099><c> find</c><00:35:30.679><c> that</c><00:35:31.099><c> instead</c><00:35:31.320><c> of</c><00:35:31.559><c> driving</c><00:35:31.800><c> them</c>

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:33.840
out<00:35:32.239><c> and</c><00:35:32.440><c> instead</c><00:35:32.619><c> of</c><00:35:32.820><c> putting</c><00:35:32.960><c> them</c><00:35:33.159><c> under</c><00:35:33.460><c> tribute</c>

00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:36.679
they<00:35:34.260><c> just</c><00:35:34.639><c> live</c><00:35:35.119><c> next</c><00:35:35.579><c> door</c><00:35:35.780><c> to</c><00:35:35.900><c> them.</c>

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:39.159
And<00:35:37.880><c> then</c><00:35:38.059><c> you</c><00:35:38.280><c> find</c>

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:40.820
verse<00:35:39.519><c> 34</c>

00:35:40.849 --> 00:35:43.280
the<00:35:41.199><c> Amorites</c><00:35:41.820><c> forced</c><00:35:42.199><c> the</c><00:35:42.420><c> children</c><00:35:42.719><c> of</c><00:35:42.940><c> Dan</c>

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.599
into<00:35:43.960><c> the</c><00:35:44.179><c> mountain.</c>

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:47.960
And<00:35:44.960><c> now</c><00:35:45.360><c> the</c><00:35:45.699><c> circle</c><00:35:46.000><c> has</c><00:35:46.320><c> turned</c><00:35:46.519><c> completely</c><00:35:47.039><c> round.</c>

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.119
The<00:35:48.420><c> children</c><00:35:48.659><c> of</c><00:35:48.900><c> Israel</c>

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:50.619
are<00:35:49.340><c> being</c><00:35:49.840><c> pushed</c><00:35:50.239><c> out.</c>

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:53.420
And<00:35:51.019><c> you</c><00:35:51.199><c> see</c><00:35:51.420><c> how</c><00:35:51.880><c> just</c><00:35:52.320><c> in</c><00:35:52.900><c> a</c><00:35:53.179><c> few</c>

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.739
generations

00:35:54.849 --> 00:35:56.699
the<00:35:55.199><c> willpower,</c><00:35:56.019><c> the</c><00:35:56.300><c> drive</c>

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:59.289
the<00:35:57.300><c> enthusiasm,</c><00:35:58.760><c> the</c><00:35:58.940><c> motivation</c>

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:01.139
to<00:36:00.420><c> do</c><00:36:00.639><c> what</c><00:36:00.840><c> God</c>

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:03.320
had<00:36:01.360><c> given</c><00:36:01.519><c> them</c><00:36:01.699><c> to</c><00:36:01.960><c> do</c><00:36:02.199><c> was</c><00:36:02.579><c> completely</c>

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.619
diluted

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because<00:36:05.420><c> they</c><00:36:05.780><c> became</c><00:36:06.139><c> comfortable</c>

00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:09.159
with<00:36:07.880><c> the</c><00:36:08.099><c> world</c><00:36:08.519><c> in</c><00:36:09.039><c> which</c>

00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:10.880
they<00:36:09.340><c> found</c><00:36:09.559><c> themselves.</c>

00:36:12.239 --> 00:36:13.340
And<00:36:12.320><c> so</c><00:36:12.440><c> it</c><00:36:12.519><c> is</c><00:36:12.760><c> that</c>

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:15.159
God<00:36:14.019><c> deliberately</c><00:36:14.780><c> left</c>

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:17.719
them<00:36:15.920><c> those</c><00:36:16.739><c> that</c><00:36:17.039><c> would</c>

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:19.199
oppose<00:36:18.199><c> them.</c>

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:21.059
Here<00:36:19.619><c> in</c><00:36:19.900><c> chapter</c><00:36:20.219><c> 3,</c><00:36:20.639><c> if</c><00:36:20.760><c> you</c><00:36:20.900><c> have</c>

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:23.460
a<00:36:21.119><c> look</c><00:36:21.219><c> at</c><00:36:21.440><c> the</c><00:36:21.480><c> beginning</c><00:36:21.739><c> of</c><00:36:21.980><c> chapter</c><00:36:22.239><c> 3</c>

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:25.059
it<00:36:24.599><c> starts</c><00:36:24.880><c> off</c>

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:26.980
right<00:36:25.199><c> at</c><00:36:25.380><c> the</c><00:36:25.440><c> very</c><00:36:25.639><c> beginning.</c><00:36:26.199><c> Now</c><00:36:26.300><c> these</c><00:36:26.639><c> are</c><00:36:26.900><c> the</c>

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:29.159
nations<00:36:27.380><c> which</c><00:36:27.659><c> the</c><00:36:27.820><c> Lord</c><00:36:28.039><c> left</c><00:36:28.340><c> to</c><00:36:28.599><c> prove</c><00:36:28.760><c> Israel</c>

00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:31.199
by<00:36:29.480><c> them.</c><00:36:30.000><c> Even</c><00:36:30.280><c> as</c><00:36:30.539><c> many</c><00:36:30.739><c> of</c><00:36:31.019><c> Israel</c>

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:33.739
had<00:36:31.380><c> not</c><00:36:31.679><c> known</c><00:36:31.880><c> all</c><00:36:32.260><c> the</c><00:36:32.440><c> wars</c><00:36:32.739><c> of</c><00:36:33.000><c> Canaan.</c>

00:36:34.019 --> 00:36:35.179
Now<00:36:34.179><c> we've</c><00:36:34.420><c> got</c><00:36:34.500><c> a</c><00:36:34.639><c> generation</c>

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:37.460
that<00:36:35.519><c> have</c><00:36:35.739><c> grown</c><00:36:35.980><c> up</c><00:36:36.139><c> without</c><00:36:36.340><c> even</c><00:36:36.659><c> knowing</c><00:36:36.820><c> how</c><00:36:37.079><c> difficult</c>

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:39.380
it<00:36:37.659><c> was</c><00:36:37.780><c> to</c><00:36:38.079><c> establish</c><00:36:38.400><c> the</c><00:36:38.679><c> truth</c><00:36:38.820><c> in</c><00:36:38.980><c> the</c><00:36:39.139><c> first</c>

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:41.480
place.<00:36:40.639><c> They</c><00:36:40.780><c> don't</c><00:36:41.019><c> know</c><00:36:41.219><c> the</c>

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:43.400
suffering<00:36:41.780><c> and</c><00:36:42.039><c> the</c><00:36:42.219><c> hardship</c><00:36:42.659><c> and</c><00:36:43.079><c> the</c>

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:45.460
sacrifices<00:36:43.780><c> that</c><00:36:44.000><c> were</c><00:36:44.179><c> made</c><00:36:44.559><c> to</c><00:36:44.920><c> get</c><00:36:45.139><c> the</c>

00:36:45.460 --> 00:36:46.940
truth<00:36:45.679><c> established.</c>

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:50.000
They<00:36:48.860><c> just</c><00:36:49.079><c> see</c><00:36:49.260><c> it</c><00:36:49.440><c> as</c><00:36:49.659><c> is.</c>

00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:51.679
Nice<00:36:50.460><c> hall.</c>

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:53.360
Settled<00:36:52.400><c> routine.</c>

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:55.059
Comfortable<00:36:54.099><c> pattern.</c>

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:57.000
Fit<00:36:55.679><c> into</c><00:36:56.019><c> life</c><00:36:56.320><c> when</c><00:36:56.480><c> you</c><00:36:56.699><c> like.</c>

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:59.119
Come<00:36:57.619><c> and</c><00:36:57.860><c> go.</c><00:36:58.400><c> As</c><00:36:58.480><c> long</c><00:36:58.599><c> as</c><00:36:58.679><c> you're</c><00:36:58.900><c> there</c>

00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:01.280
often<00:36:59.440><c> enough</c><00:36:59.639><c> to</c><00:36:59.780><c> get</c><00:36:59.900><c> a</c><00:37:00.119><c> tick</c><00:37:00.239><c> you</c><00:37:00.340><c> won't</c><00:37:00.559><c> get</c><00:37:00.820><c> chased</c><00:37:01.019><c> by</c>

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:03.360
the<00:37:01.440><c> ABs</c><00:37:01.739><c> if</c><00:37:01.900><c> you</c><00:37:02.039><c> miss</c><00:37:02.199><c> the</c><00:37:02.360><c> odd</c><00:37:02.519><c> one.</c>

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.679
It's<00:37:05.079><c> all</c>

00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:07.059
nice<00:37:06.400><c> and</c><00:37:06.800><c> easy</c>

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.460
isn't<00:37:07.300><c> it?</c>

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:10.860
And<00:37:09.019><c> so</c><00:37:09.159><c> God</c><00:37:09.380><c> left</c><00:37:09.780><c> nations</c><00:37:10.300><c> to</c><00:37:10.619><c> prove</c>

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:12.940
them.<00:37:12.139><c> Namely</c><00:37:12.460><c> it</c><00:37:12.579><c> says</c><00:37:12.760><c> in</c>

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:15.179
verse<00:37:13.139><c> 3,</c><00:37:13.900><c> five</c><00:37:14.159><c> laws</c><00:37:14.420><c> of</c><00:37:14.599><c> the</c><00:37:14.760><c> Philistines</c>

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:16.980
the<00:37:15.460><c> Canaanite,</c><00:37:16.000><c> the</c><00:37:16.139><c> Sidonians</c><00:37:16.679><c> and</c><00:37:16.820><c> the</c>

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:19.019
Hivites<00:37:17.360><c> that</c><00:37:17.619><c> dwelt</c><00:37:17.980><c> in</c><00:37:18.380><c> Mount</c><00:37:18.599><c> Lebanon</c>

00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:20.920
from<00:37:19.599><c> the</c><00:37:19.800><c> Mount</c><00:37:20.179><c> Baal</c><00:37:20.579><c>-Hurman</c>

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:22.980
unto<00:37:21.159><c> the</c><00:37:21.380><c> entering</c><00:37:21.579><c> in</c><00:37:21.800><c> of</c><00:37:21.980><c> Hamath</c><00:37:22.340><c> and</c><00:37:22.719><c> they</c>

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:24.739
were<00:37:23.199><c> to</c><00:37:23.559><c> prove</c><00:37:23.940><c> Israel</c>

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:27.019
by<00:37:25.420><c> them.</c>

00:37:27.880 --> 00:37:29.139
The<00:37:27.960><c> Philistines.</c>

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:31.099
The<00:37:29.719><c> Canaanite,</c><00:37:30.320><c> the</c><00:37:30.420><c> Sidonians</c>

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:32.500
and<00:37:31.300><c> the</c><00:37:31.440><c> Hivites.</c>

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:35.059
Each<00:37:33.340><c> of</c><00:37:33.659><c> these</c><00:37:34.179><c> represents</c>

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:37.960
a<00:37:36.039><c> certain</c><00:37:36.260><c> attitude</c><00:37:36.679><c> of</c><00:37:36.960><c> mind.</c>

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.940
A<00:37:38.559><c> certain</c>

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:40.219
problem.

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:43.840
The<00:37:41.380><c> Philistines,</c><00:37:41.860><c> the</c><00:37:41.980><c> word</c><00:37:42.159><c> means</c><00:37:42.519><c> an</c><00:37:42.840><c> immigrant.</c>

00:37:44.619 --> 00:37:45.480
One<00:37:44.860><c> who's</c><00:37:45.099><c> always</c>

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:47.099
dissatisfied<00:37:46.280><c> and</c><00:37:46.579><c> moving</c><00:37:46.800><c> on</c>

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:49.039
and<00:37:47.380><c> in</c><00:37:47.619><c> scripture</c><00:37:47.900><c> they</c><00:37:48.139><c> always</c><00:37:48.559><c> represent</c>

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:51.420
that<00:37:49.380><c> which</c><00:37:49.599><c> is</c><00:37:49.900><c> unclean.</c>

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.960
Unacceptable.

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.199
The

00:37:55.199 --> 00:37:57.599
Canaanite.<00:37:56.380><c> He</c><00:37:56.579><c> was</c><00:37:56.780><c> the</c><00:37:57.019><c> merchant.</c>

00:37:58.039 --> 00:37:59.440
One<00:37:58.480><c> who</c><00:37:58.880><c> was</c><00:37:59.099><c> always</c>

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:01.440
prepared<00:37:59.719><c> to</c><00:38:00.079><c> bend</c><00:38:00.539><c> the</c><00:38:00.880><c> knee</c>

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:04.380
to<00:38:02.019><c> prosper</c><00:38:02.460><c> and</c><00:38:02.980><c> to</c><00:38:03.239><c> advance.</c>

00:38:05.860 --> 00:38:07.659
The<00:38:06.000><c> Sidonians</c><00:38:06.840><c> means</c><00:38:07.360><c> to</c>

00:38:07.659 --> 00:38:09.440
lie<00:38:07.860><c> in</c><00:38:08.059><c> wait.</c><00:38:08.320><c> They</c><00:38:08.400><c> had</c><00:38:08.679><c> Gael</c><00:38:09.139><c> and</c>

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:11.619
Cunningham.<00:38:09.860><c> We</c><00:38:09.980><c> know</c><00:38:10.179><c> who</c><00:38:10.460><c> they</c><00:38:11.400><c> reared</c>

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:13.599
up<00:38:11.900><c> to</c><00:38:12.099><c> trouble</c><00:38:12.320><c> Israel.</c><00:38:12.519><c> They</c><00:38:12.699><c> were</c><00:38:12.900><c> always</c><00:38:13.159><c> a</c><00:38:13.340><c> problem</c>

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:15.139
weren't<00:38:13.780><c> they?</c><00:38:14.079><c> Jezebel.</c>

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:18.280
And<00:38:16.159><c> even</c><00:38:16.440><c> in</c><00:38:16.639><c> the</c><00:38:16.719><c> book</c><00:38:16.800><c> of</c><00:38:16.980><c> Revelation</c>

00:38:18.539 --> 00:38:19.659
Jezebel<00:38:19.099><c> is</c><00:38:19.300><c> still</c>

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:21.019
a<00:38:19.880><c> problem</c>

00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:24.420
because<00:38:21.860><c> she</c><00:38:22.340><c> had</c><00:38:22.500><c> not</c><00:38:22.659><c> been</c><00:38:22.900><c> driven</c><00:38:23.159><c> out.</c>

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.940
And<00:38:25.960><c> the</c><00:38:26.159><c> Hivites.</c>

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:29.699
Oh<00:38:27.500><c> they're</c><00:38:29.199><c> nice.</c>

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.800
The<00:38:30.219><c> name</c><00:38:30.400><c> means</c>

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:33.280
villager<00:38:31.340><c> to</c><00:38:31.579><c> dwell</c><00:38:31.920><c> peaceably.</c>

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:35.099
They're<00:38:33.800><c> your</c><00:38:33.920><c> nice</c><00:38:34.199><c> next</c><00:38:34.480><c> door</c><00:38:34.599><c> neighbour.</c>

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.980
Kind,<00:38:35.860><c> gentle</c><00:38:36.219><c> folk.</c><00:38:36.539><c> Quite</c><00:38:36.760><c> happy</c>

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:39.239
to<00:38:37.119><c> have</c><00:38:37.219><c> you</c><00:38:37.380><c> alongside.</c><00:38:38.519><c> Always</c><00:38:38.880><c> willing</c>

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:41.360
to<00:38:39.480><c> talk</c><00:38:39.699><c> to</c><00:38:39.900><c> you</c><00:38:40.139><c> past</c><00:38:40.440><c> the</c><00:38:40.679><c> time</c><00:38:40.860><c> of</c><00:38:41.059><c> day</c>

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:43.099
but<00:38:42.099><c> they</c><00:38:42.280><c> don't</c><00:38:42.500><c> actually</c><00:38:42.800><c> want</c>

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:44.980
anything<00:38:43.460><c> to</c><00:38:43.840><c> do</c><00:38:43.980><c> with</c><00:38:44.139><c> your</c><00:38:44.400><c> principles</c>

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:47.059
or<00:38:45.820><c> your</c><00:38:46.079><c> standards.</c>

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.199
And<00:38:48.760><c> you</c><00:38:48.880><c> see</c>

00:38:49.199 --> 00:38:51.039
apart<00:38:49.639><c> from</c><00:38:49.820><c> the</c><00:38:50.039><c> Philistines,</c><00:38:50.539><c> these</c><00:38:50.739><c> people</c>

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:52.480
weren't<00:38:51.360><c> warlike</c><00:38:51.940><c> people.</c>

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:55.079
They<00:38:53.000><c> didn't</c><00:38:53.280><c> come</c><00:38:53.559><c> in</c><00:38:53.820><c> with</c><00:38:54.000><c> the</c><00:38:54.380><c> spear</c><00:38:54.619><c> and</c><00:38:54.800><c> the</c>

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:57.119
shield<00:38:55.340><c> and</c><00:38:55.539><c> the</c><00:38:55.679><c> buckler</c><00:38:55.960><c> and</c><00:38:56.380><c> demand</c><00:38:56.860><c> with</c>

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:59.219
a<00:38:57.380><c> sword</c><00:38:57.579><c> pointed</c><00:38:57.820><c> at</c><00:38:57.980><c> your</c><00:38:58.260><c> throat</c><00:38:58.500><c> that</c><00:38:58.880><c> you</c>

00:38:59.219 --> 00:39:00.960
do<00:38:59.500><c> as</c><00:38:59.679><c> I</c><00:38:59.940><c> tell</c><00:39:00.199><c> you</c><00:39:00.400><c> to</c><00:39:00.619><c> do.</c>

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:04.119
Oh<00:39:01.519><c> no,</c><00:39:01.659><c> these</c><00:39:01.800><c> people</c><00:39:02.059><c> were</c><00:39:02.280><c> more</c><00:39:02.599><c> cunning</c><00:39:02.840><c> than</c><00:39:03.119><c> that.</c>

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:05.019
They<00:39:04.639><c> saw</c>

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:06.900
the<00:39:05.260><c> victories</c><00:39:05.639><c> that</c><00:39:06.019><c> the</c><00:39:06.079><c> children</c><00:39:06.260><c> of</c><00:39:06.320><c> Israel</c><00:39:06.639><c> won</c>

00:39:06.900 --> 00:39:08.960
when<00:39:07.119><c> God</c><00:39:07.320><c> was</c><00:39:07.480><c> on</c><00:39:07.639><c> their</c><00:39:07.900><c> side.</c>

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.599
You<00:39:10.000><c> know,</c>

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:12.619
they<00:39:11.340><c> became</c><00:39:11.940><c> very</c><00:39:12.320><c> clever.</c>

00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:15.239
Why<00:39:13.300><c> go</c><00:39:13.440><c> up</c><00:39:13.579><c> against</c><00:39:13.900><c> a</c><00:39:14.039><c> God</c><00:39:14.139><c> like</c><00:39:14.440><c> that?</c>

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.980
You<00:39:15.679><c> know,</c><00:39:15.840><c> you</c><00:39:15.980><c> can</c><00:39:16.219><c> get</c><00:39:16.380><c> these</c><00:39:16.659><c> people</c>

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:20.039
to<00:39:17.239><c> do</c><00:39:17.360><c> what</c><00:39:17.539><c> you</c><00:39:17.800><c> want</c><00:39:18.099><c> in</c><00:39:18.360><c> a</c><00:39:18.460><c> more</c><00:39:18.699><c> subtle</c><00:39:18.880><c> way.</c>

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:22.280
Yes.

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:24.280
The<00:39:23.599><c> insidious</c>

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.420
corruption

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:27.840
of<00:39:26.280><c> these</c><00:39:26.559><c> people</c><00:39:27.099><c> into</c><00:39:27.639><c> the</c>

00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:29.360
life<00:39:28.079><c> and</c><00:39:28.260><c> the</c><00:39:28.440><c> fabric</c><00:39:28.679><c> of</c><00:39:28.880><c> Israel</c>

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:31.880
was<00:39:30.340><c> 100</c><00:39:30.739><c>%</c><00:39:31.099><c> Berlin</c><00:39:31.380><c> sisters</c>

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:34.320
in<00:39:32.300><c> culture,</c><00:39:33.320><c> in</c><00:39:33.480><c> religion,</c>

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.719
in<00:39:34.699><c> commerce,</c>

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:37.539
in<00:39:36.199><c> family</c><00:39:36.480><c> life.</c>

00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:39.739
The<00:39:38.159><c> record</c><00:39:38.380><c> tells</c><00:39:38.719><c> us</c><00:39:39.019><c> that</c><00:39:39.199><c> they</c><00:39:39.300><c> took</c><00:39:39.539><c> their</c>

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:41.760
daughters<00:39:40.639><c> to</c><00:39:40.880><c> be</c><00:39:41.039><c> their</c><00:39:41.280><c> wives</c>

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:44.039
and<00:39:43.039><c> gradually</c><00:39:43.460><c> they</c><00:39:43.840><c> settled</c>

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:46.539
down<00:39:44.820><c> into</c><00:39:45.539><c> a</c><00:39:45.820><c> comfortable</c>

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:48.099
way<00:39:46.880><c> of</c><00:39:47.119><c> life.</c>

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.900
And<00:39:48.900><c> so</c><00:39:49.099><c> you</c><00:39:49.300><c> see</c>

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:52.599
we<00:39:50.500><c> all</c><00:39:50.800><c> have</c><00:39:51.039><c> to</c><00:39:51.159><c> confront</c><00:39:51.559><c> the</c><00:39:51.800><c> Philistine.</c>

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.099
The<00:39:53.800><c> dissatisfied</c>

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:56.099
attitude<00:39:55.079><c> of</c><00:39:55.260><c> life.</c>

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:58.000
That's<00:39:56.579><c> the</c><00:39:56.760><c> Coca</c><00:39:57.000><c>-Cola</c>

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:59.980
business<00:39:59.039><c> mission</c><00:39:59.579><c> statement,</c>

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:01.559
isn't<00:40:00.280><c> it?</c>

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:04.239
The<00:40:01.860><c> world</c><00:40:02.099><c> belongs</c><00:40:02.679><c> to</c><00:40:02.900><c> the</c><00:40:03.119><c> discontented.</c>

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.960
That's<00:40:04.840><c> how</c><00:40:04.980><c> they</c><00:40:05.199><c> succeed,</c><00:40:05.579><c> with</c><00:40:05.760><c> one</c>

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:06.920
product.

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:09.300
Never<00:40:08.000><c> be</c><00:40:08.239><c> satisfied.</c>

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:12.360
We<00:40:10.980><c> always</c><00:40:11.340><c> have</c><00:40:11.579><c> to</c><00:40:11.800><c> confront</c>

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:13.820
the<00:40:12.739><c> Canaanite</c>

00:40:13.900 --> 00:40:15.900
with<00:40:14.500><c> his</c><00:40:14.739><c> enticing</c><00:40:15.239><c> offers</c><00:40:15.639><c> which</c>

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:18.039
lead<00:40:16.179><c> to</c><00:40:16.420><c> a</c><00:40:16.539><c> watering</c><00:40:16.780><c> down</c><00:40:17.179><c> and</c><00:40:17.360><c> a</c><00:40:17.599><c> corruption</c>

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:21.079
of<00:40:19.019><c> our</c><00:40:19.280><c> standards</c><00:40:19.739><c> and</c><00:40:19.980><c> our</c><00:40:20.139><c> beliefs.</c>

00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:22.239
We<00:40:21.280><c> always</c><00:40:21.619><c> have</c><00:40:21.820><c> to</c>

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:24.179
confront<00:40:22.679><c> the</c><00:40:22.980><c> Sidonian</c><00:40:23.519><c> who</c><00:40:23.880><c> has</c>

00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:26.079
an<00:40:24.440><c> appearance</c><00:40:24.900><c> of</c><00:40:25.239><c> religion,</c>

00:40:26.119 --> 00:40:28.280
a<00:40:26.260><c> form</c><00:40:26.559><c> of</c><00:40:26.880><c> godliness,</c><00:40:27.480><c> a</c><00:40:27.579><c> way</c><00:40:27.760><c> of</c><00:40:27.960><c> worship</c>

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:30.690
but<00:40:28.619><c> in</c><00:40:28.900><c> fact</c><00:40:29.059><c> it</c><00:40:29.239><c> is</c><00:40:29.440><c> total</c><00:40:29.940><c> apostasy</c>

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:32.500
in<00:40:31.119><c> the</c><00:40:31.300><c> sight</c><00:40:31.440><c> of</c><00:40:31.679><c> God.</c>

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:35.099
There<00:40:32.880><c> can</c><00:40:33.059><c> be</c><00:40:33.219><c> no</c><00:40:33.420><c> mixing</c><00:40:33.719><c> of</c><00:40:33.940><c> the</c><00:40:34.079><c> two.</c>

00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:36.920
And<00:40:36.239><c> then</c><00:40:36.380><c> we</c><00:40:36.480><c> always</c><00:40:36.699><c> have</c>

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:38.590
to<00:40:37.019><c> beware</c><00:40:37.320><c> of</c><00:40:37.500><c> the</c><00:40:37.639><c> High</c><00:40:37.840><c> Vite.</c>

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:40.619
The<00:40:39.500><c> nice,</c>

00:40:41.019 --> 00:40:42.440
gentle,<00:40:42.179><c> peaceable</c>

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:44.380
people<00:40:43.019><c> who</c><00:40:43.880><c> put</c><00:40:44.039><c> their</c><00:40:44.219><c> arm</c>

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:46.119
around<00:40:44.579><c> you</c><00:40:44.760><c> and</c><00:40:44.840><c> say</c><00:40:44.960><c> how</c><00:40:45.219><c> nice</c><00:40:45.440><c> it</c><00:40:45.579><c> is</c><00:40:45.719><c> to</c><00:40:45.860><c> have</c><00:40:45.960><c> you</c>

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:48.349
living<00:40:46.280><c> next</c><00:40:46.639><c> to</c><00:40:46.739><c> us.</c><00:40:47.699><c> We're</c><00:40:47.840><c> so</c><00:40:48.059><c> pleased</c>

00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:50.659
that<00:40:49.159><c> you're</c><00:40:49.440><c> my</c><00:40:49.659><c> neighbor.</c>

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.219
But<00:40:51.659><c> don't</c><00:40:51.820><c> talk</c><00:40:52.019><c> to</c><00:40:52.119><c> me</c>

00:40:52.219 --> 00:40:53.420
about<00:40:52.460><c> religion.</c>

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:56.320
You<00:40:55.460><c> see,</c>

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:58.300
that's<00:40:56.820><c> how</c><00:40:57.000><c> the</c><00:40:57.179><c> children</c><00:40:57.420><c> of</c><00:40:57.599><c> Israel</c>

00:40:58.300 --> 00:41:00.099
were<00:40:58.780><c> gradually</c><00:40:59.599><c> worn</c>

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:02.519
down,<00:41:01.260><c> broken</c><00:41:01.519><c> down.</c>

00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:04.099
And<00:41:03.179><c> you</c><00:41:03.280><c> see</c><00:41:03.440><c> what</c><00:41:03.599><c> it</c><00:41:03.840><c> says</c>

00:41:04.099 --> 00:41:06.960
back<00:41:04.400><c> in</c><00:41:04.599><c> chapter</c><00:41:04.880><c> 2,</c><00:41:05.739><c> verse</c><00:41:06.019><c> 11.</c>

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:08.119
As<00:41:07.219><c> a</c><00:41:07.659><c> consequence</c>

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:10.119
of<00:41:08.360><c> these</c><00:41:08.659><c> people,</c><00:41:09.920><c> the</c>

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:12.019
children<00:41:10.599><c> of</c><00:41:10.840><c> Israel</c><00:41:11.480><c> did</c>

00:41:12.019 --> 00:41:14.760
evil<00:41:12.619><c> in</c><00:41:12.860><c> the</c><00:41:13.139><c> sight</c><00:41:13.440><c> of</c><00:41:13.659><c> the</c><00:41:13.820><c> Lord.</c>

00:41:15.699 --> 00:41:16.760
That's<00:41:16.260><c> what</c><00:41:16.380><c> happens</c>

00:41:16.760 --> 00:41:18.420
when<00:41:16.940><c> all</c><00:41:17.260><c> these</c><00:41:17.519><c> things</c><00:41:17.800><c> come</c><00:41:18.059><c> together</c>

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:20.179
in<00:41:18.519><c> your</c><00:41:18.739><c> life,</c><00:41:19.099><c> Brennan</c><00:41:19.260><c> sisters.</c>

00:41:20.420 --> 00:41:22.260
They<00:41:20.679><c> cause</c><00:41:20.860><c> you</c><00:41:21.119><c> to</c><00:41:21.300><c> do</c><00:41:21.559><c> evil</c><00:41:21.880><c> because</c>

00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:23.920
you<00:41:22.559><c> forget</c><00:41:23.039><c> that</c><00:41:23.500><c> vision</c>

00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:26.880
that<00:41:24.440><c> God</c><00:41:24.619><c> has</c><00:41:24.860><c> given</c><00:41:25.019><c> you</c><00:41:25.639><c> of</c><00:41:25.800><c> the</c><00:41:25.980><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:41:30.159 --> 00:41:31.219
So,

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:35.579
because<00:41:33.800><c> they</c><00:41:34.079><c> did</c><00:41:34.260><c> evil,</c>

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:38.760
God<00:41:37.420><c> delivered</c><00:41:37.800><c> them</c>

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:42.980
into<00:41:40.679><c> the</c><00:41:40.900><c> hands</c><00:41:41.139><c> of</c><00:41:41.340><c> those</c><00:41:41.539><c> that</c><00:41:41.699><c> would</c><00:41:41.920><c> oppress</c><00:41:42.199><c> them.</c>

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.900
So,

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:02.460
and<00:42:00.900><c> that's</c><00:42:01.039><c> where</c><00:42:01.219><c> they</c><00:42:01.360><c> ended</c>

00:42:03.079 --> 00:42:05.159
on<00:42:04.059><c> their</c><00:42:04.280><c> knees</c>

00:42:05.980 --> 00:42:08.579
because<00:42:06.960><c> they</c><00:42:07.940><c> had</c><00:42:08.239><c> lacked</c>

00:42:08.579 --> 00:42:10.079
the<00:42:08.860><c> foresight,</c>

00:42:10.880 --> 00:42:12.280
the<00:42:11.079><c> understanding,</c>

00:42:12.940 --> 00:42:14.280
and<00:42:13.380><c> the</c><00:42:13.539><c> determination</c>

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:19.639
to<00:42:15.860><c> do</c><00:42:16.239><c> what</c><00:42:16.559><c> God</c><00:42:17.019><c> had</c><00:42:17.420><c> asked</c><00:42:17.639><c> them</c><00:42:17.820><c> to</c><00:42:18.039><c> do.</c>

00:42:19.659 --> 00:42:21.400
To<00:42:19.840><c> go</c><00:42:19.980><c> into</c><00:42:20.159><c> the</c><00:42:20.360><c> land</c>

00:42:21.579 --> 00:42:23.519
to<00:42:22.019><c> establish</c><00:42:22.340><c> His</c><00:42:22.559><c> Kingdom.</c>

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:25.820
Now,<00:42:25.119><c> they</c><00:42:25.340><c> were</c><00:42:25.599><c> called,</c>

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:28.400
Brennan<00:42:26.199><c> sisters,</c><00:42:26.679><c> to</c><00:42:26.800><c> be</c><00:42:26.940><c> a</c><00:42:27.079><c> holy</c><00:42:27.280><c> people.</c>

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:29.699
It's<00:42:28.599><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:29.000><c> 7,</c><00:42:29.320><c> isn't</c><00:42:29.559><c> it?</c>

00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:31.579
We're<00:42:29.900><c> going</c><00:42:30.019><c> to</c><00:42:30.159><c> conclude</c><00:42:30.460><c> with</c><00:42:30.679><c> these.</c><00:42:31.000><c> Now</c><00:42:31.079><c> just</c><00:42:31.260><c> look</c><00:42:31.440><c> at</c>

00:42:31.579 --> 00:42:33.440
Deuteronomy<00:42:32.059><c> 7.</c>

00:42:37.019 --> 00:42:38.019
Just<00:42:37.219><c> remind</c><00:42:37.579><c> yourself</c>

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:39.679
of<00:42:38.179><c> what</c><00:42:38.320><c> it</c><00:42:38.519><c> was</c><00:42:38.760><c> that</c><00:42:39.039><c> these</c><00:42:39.380><c> people</c>

00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:41.219
were<00:42:39.880><c> expected.</c>

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:43.599
The<00:42:41.760><c> message</c><00:42:41.960><c> of</c><00:42:42.179><c> Moses</c><00:42:42.480><c> as</c><00:42:42.719><c> they</c>

00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:45.900
stood<00:42:43.900><c> on</c><00:42:44.099><c> the</c><00:42:44.340><c> plain</c><00:42:44.559><c> waiting</c><00:42:44.980><c> to</c><00:42:45.260><c> enter</c>

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:47.739
the<00:42:46.320><c> promised</c><00:42:46.559><c> land.</c><00:42:46.980><c> Deuteronomy</c><00:42:47.340><c> 7,</c>

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:49.739
verse<00:42:48.039><c> 6.</c>

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:53.900
For<00:42:51.579><c> thou</c><00:42:51.820><c> art</c><00:42:52.059><c> an</c><00:42:52.199><c> holy</c><00:42:52.539><c> people</c><00:42:52.900><c> unto</c><00:42:53.099><c> the</c><00:42:53.280><c> Lord</c><00:42:53.440><c> thy</c><00:42:53.679><c> God.</c>

00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:55.780
The<00:42:54.059><c> Lord</c><00:42:54.300><c> thy</c><00:42:54.500><c> God</c><00:42:54.739><c> hath</c><00:42:54.960><c> chosen</c><00:42:55.400><c> thee</c>

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:57.780
to<00:42:56.119><c> be</c><00:42:56.300><c> a</c><00:42:56.539><c> special</c><00:42:56.840><c> people</c><00:42:57.199><c> unto</c><00:42:57.400><c> himself</c>

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:59.820
above<00:42:58.019><c> all</c><00:42:58.380><c> the</c><00:42:58.619><c> people</c><00:42:59.139><c> that</c><00:42:59.340><c> are</c><00:42:59.460><c> upon</c>

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the<00:43:00.059><c> face</c><00:43:00.300><c> of</c><00:43:00.519><c> the</c><00:43:00.659><c> earth.</c>

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The<00:43:01.539><c> Lord</c><00:43:01.800><c> did</c><00:43:01.960><c> not</c><00:43:02.119><c> set</c><00:43:02.239><c> his</c><00:43:02.420><c> love</c><00:43:02.639><c> upon</c><00:43:02.900><c> you</c><00:43:03.039><c> nor</c><00:43:03.280><c> choose</c><00:43:03.619><c> you</c>

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because<00:43:04.340><c> you</c><00:43:04.519><c> were</c><00:43:04.699><c> more</c><00:43:05.059><c> in</c><00:43:05.260><c> number</c><00:43:05.420><c> than</c><00:43:05.639><c> any</c>

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people,<00:43:06.539><c> for</c><00:43:06.739><c> ye</c><00:43:06.960><c> were</c><00:43:07.159><c> the</c><00:43:07.500><c> fewest</c>

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of<00:43:07.920><c> all</c><00:43:08.139><c> people,</c><00:43:09.139><c> but</c><00:43:09.280><c> because</c><00:43:09.599><c> the</c><00:43:09.800><c> Lord</c>

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loved<00:43:10.659><c> you,</c><00:43:11.340><c> and</c><00:43:11.480><c> because</c><00:43:11.760><c> he</c>

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would<00:43:12.079><c> keep</c><00:43:12.320><c> the</c><00:43:12.559><c> oath</c><00:43:12.719><c> which</c><00:43:12.920><c> he</c><00:43:13.099><c> had</c><00:43:13.239><c> sworn</c><00:43:13.480><c> unto</c><00:43:13.719><c> your</c>

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fathers,<00:43:14.719><c> hath</c><00:43:14.820><c> the</c><00:43:14.980><c> Lord</c><00:43:15.320><c> brought</c><00:43:15.599><c> you</c><00:43:15.780><c> out</c>

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with<00:43:16.199><c> a</c><00:43:16.320><c> mighty</c><00:43:16.559><c> hand,</c><00:43:17.260><c> and</c><00:43:17.460><c> redeemed</c><00:43:17.840><c> you</c>

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out<00:43:18.139><c> of</c><00:43:18.239><c> the</c><00:43:18.400><c> house</c><00:43:18.679><c> of</c><00:43:18.900><c> Bonman</c><00:43:19.239><c> from</c><00:43:19.599><c> the</c><00:43:19.760><c> hand</c>

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of<00:43:20.300><c> Pharaoh,</c><00:43:21.059><c> king</c><00:43:21.519><c> of</c><00:43:21.840><c> Egypt.</c>

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Know<00:43:23.420><c> therefore</c>

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that<00:43:24.260><c> the</c><00:43:24.380><c> Lord</c><00:43:24.679><c> thy</c><00:43:24.900><c> God,</c><00:43:25.300><c> He</c><00:43:25.539><c> is</c><00:43:25.880><c> God,</c>

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the<00:43:26.719><c> faithful</c><00:43:27.099><c> God,</c>

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which<00:43:28.179><c> keepeth</c><00:43:28.619><c> covenant</c><00:43:28.940><c> and</c><00:43:29.219><c> mercy</c>

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with<00:43:30.159><c> them</c><00:43:30.360><c> that</c><00:43:30.659><c> love</c><00:43:30.800><c> him</c><00:43:31.000><c> and</c><00:43:31.159><c> keep</c><00:43:31.400><c> him</c>

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to<00:43:32.239><c> a</c><00:43:32.380><c> thousand</c><00:43:32.800><c> generations.</c>

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And<00:43:36.059><c> that's</c><00:43:36.300><c> where</c><00:43:36.500><c> you</c><00:43:36.659><c> and</c><00:43:36.739><c> I</c><00:43:36.880><c> stand,</c>

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brothers<00:43:37.340><c> and</c><00:43:37.619><c> sisters.</c>

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We<00:43:38.900><c> are</c><00:43:39.260><c> a</c><00:43:39.780><c> holy</c><00:43:40.079><c> people.</c>

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Come<00:43:41.940><c> out</c><00:43:42.159><c> from</c><00:43:42.380><c> among</c><00:43:42.639><c> them</c>

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and<00:43:43.960><c> be</c><00:43:44.179><c> separate.</c>

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Touch<00:43:45.840><c> not</c><00:43:46.139><c> the</c><00:43:46.400><c> unclean</c><00:43:46.780><c> thing.</c>

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You<00:43:48.480><c> are</c><00:43:48.760><c> lively</c><00:43:49.099><c> stones</c>

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built<00:43:51.440><c> into</c><00:43:52.019><c> a</c>

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living<00:43:52.380><c> house,</c>

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a<00:43:54.099><c> holy</c><00:43:54.340><c> priesthood,</c>

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a<00:43:55.820><c> special</c><00:43:56.119><c> people.</c>

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That<00:43:57.760><c> is</c><00:43:58.099><c> what</c><00:43:58.340><c> God</c><00:43:58.739><c> has</c>

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called<00:43:59.480><c> us</c><00:43:59.960><c> to.</c>

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And<00:44:01.280><c> he</c><00:44:01.420><c> has</c><00:44:01.519><c> put</c><00:44:01.599><c> us</c><00:44:01.900><c> in</c><00:44:02.059><c> the</c><00:44:02.159><c> middle</c><00:44:02.300><c> of</c><00:44:02.460><c> an</c>

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idolatrous<00:44:03.219><c> and</c><00:44:03.619><c> pagan</c>

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and<00:44:04.659><c> corrupt</c><00:44:04.920><c> world.</c>

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And<00:44:06.599><c> he</c><00:44:06.659><c> hasn't</c><00:44:06.820><c> asked</c><00:44:07.059><c> us</c><00:44:07.199><c> to</c><00:44:07.320><c> be</c><00:44:07.519><c> comfortable</c>

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and<00:44:08.559><c> satisfied.</c><00:44:09.599><c> He</c><00:44:09.780><c> hasn't</c><00:44:10.000><c> asked</c><00:44:10.280><c> us</c>

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to<00:44:11.420><c> turn</c><00:44:11.699><c> our</c><00:44:11.980><c> back</c><00:44:12.219><c> on</c><00:44:12.500><c> all</c>

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the<00:44:12.980><c> iniquity</c><00:44:13.360><c> that</c><00:44:13.539><c> goes</c><00:44:13.719><c> on</c><00:44:13.940><c> around</c><00:44:14.219><c> us.</c>

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But<00:44:15.599><c> he</c><00:44:15.739><c> has</c><00:44:15.900><c> asked</c><00:44:16.079><c> us</c><00:44:16.239><c> to</c><00:44:16.440><c> shine</c>

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like<00:44:17.039><c> lights</c><00:44:17.559><c> that</c><00:44:18.300><c> men</c><00:44:18.519><c> and</c><00:44:18.639><c> women</c>

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may<00:44:19.059><c> see</c><00:44:19.260><c> the</c><00:44:19.460><c> difference.</c>

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The<00:44:21.619><c> sad</c><00:44:21.780><c> thing</c><00:44:21.960><c> is,</c><00:44:22.280><c> brothers</c><00:44:22.380><c> and</c><00:44:22.639><c> sisters,</c>

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isn't<00:44:23.039><c> it,</c><00:44:24.079><c> that</c><00:44:24.280><c> we</c><00:44:24.579><c> like</c>

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them<00:44:25.559><c> end</c><00:44:26.139><c> up</c><00:44:26.300><c> on</c><00:44:26.440><c> our</c><00:44:26.639><c> knees</c>

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crying<00:44:28.239><c> unto</c><00:44:28.460><c> the</c><00:44:28.659><c> Lord</c>

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to<00:44:29.860><c> save</c><00:44:30.099><c> us</c>

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from<00:44:31.219><c> our</c><00:44:31.420><c> sins.</c>