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promise<00:21:01.960><c> in</c><00:21:02.200><c> Eden</c><00:21:02.339><c> include</c><00:21:02.740><c> the</c><00:21:02.960><c> promise</c><00:21:03.140><c> of</c><00:21:03.319><c> the</c><00:21:03.500><c> seed</c><00:21:03.660><c> to</c><00:21:03.900><c> come?</c><00:21:04.900><c> Oh</c>

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yes,<00:21:05.279><c> the</c><00:21:05.500><c> seed</c><00:21:05.759><c> promises</c><00:21:06.099><c> begin</c><00:21:06.539><c> in</c><00:21:07.059><c> Eden,</c>

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be<00:21:14.380><c> built</c><00:21:14.619><c> out</c><00:21:14.900><c> of</c><00:21:15.119><c> the</c><00:21:15.359><c> foundation</c><00:21:16.039><c> of</c><00:21:16.579><c> Eden,</c><00:21:16.960><c> but</c><00:21:17.140><c> it</c><00:21:17.279><c> will</c>

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Now<00:21:22.680><c> what's</c><00:21:23.019><c> especially</c><00:21:23.319><c> interesting</c><00:21:23.940><c> about</c><00:21:25.119><c> these</c><00:21:25.660><c> three</c><00:21:26.119><c> covenants</c>

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Let's<00:21:35.220><c> see</c><00:21:35.359><c> if</c><00:21:35.420><c> we</c><00:21:35.559><c> can</c><00:21:35.680><c> put</c><00:21:35.819><c> them</c><00:21:35.980><c> together.</c><00:21:36.500><c> Of</c><00:21:36.640><c> course,</c><00:21:36.700><c> you</c>

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know<00:21:36.940><c> them</c><00:21:37.119><c> all</c><00:21:37.299><c> so</c><00:21:37.559><c> well,</c><00:21:37.740><c> really.</c>

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We're<00:21:38.660><c> just</c><00:21:38.759><c> going</c><00:21:38.900><c> to</c><00:21:38.940><c> look</c><00:21:39.099><c> at</c><00:21:39.160><c> them</c><00:21:39.319><c> with</c><00:21:39.660><c> perhaps</c><00:21:40.579><c> fresh</c>

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eyes<00:21:41.059><c> and</c><00:21:41.380><c> new</c><00:21:41.619><c> spectacles</c><00:21:42.160><c> tonight.</c>

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Now<00:21:43.720><c> the</c><00:21:43.839><c> first</c><00:21:44.099><c> one,</c><00:21:44.279><c> let's</c><00:21:44.480><c> come</c><00:21:44.680><c> back</c><00:21:44.880><c> to</c><00:21:45.039><c> Genesis</c><00:21:45.480><c> and</c><00:21:45.960><c> chapter</c><00:21:46.279><c> 17,</c>

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because<00:21:47.000><c> it</c><00:21:47.259><c> relates</c><00:21:47.500><c> to</c><00:21:47.759><c> the</c>

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given<00:21:48.720><c> to</c><00:21:49.039><c> Abraham.</c><00:21:49.980><c> But</c><00:21:50.140><c> I</c><00:21:50.220><c> want</c><00:21:50.339><c> you</c><00:21:50.480><c> to</c><00:21:50.619><c> notice</c><00:21:50.839><c> now</c><00:21:51.119><c> with</c><00:21:51.400><c> perhaps</c><00:21:51.619><c> a</c>

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little<00:21:52.019><c> more</c><00:21:52.440><c> attention</c><00:21:52.960><c> to</c><00:21:53.200><c> detail</c>

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some<00:21:54.259><c> of</c><00:21:54.420><c> the</c><00:21:54.559><c> key</c><00:21:54.799><c> expressions</c><00:21:55.579><c> that</c><00:21:56.460><c> mark</c><00:21:56.740><c> out</c><00:21:57.000><c> the</c><00:21:57.339><c> uniqueness</c><00:21:57.619><c> of</c><00:21:57.960><c> this</c>

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promise<00:21:58.480><c> that</c><00:21:58.700><c> was</c><00:21:59.279><c> made</c><00:21:59.500><c> to</c>

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Abraham,<00:22:00.539><c> because</c><00:22:00.640><c> I</c><00:22:00.839><c> think</c><00:22:00.980><c> this</c><00:22:01.119><c> is</c><00:22:01.240><c> one</c><00:22:01.400><c> of</c><00:22:01.539><c> the</c><00:22:01.779><c> three</c><00:22:02.099><c> great</c><00:22:02.819><c> firstborn</c><00:22:04.180><c> promises</c><00:22:04.779><c> you</c><00:22:05.299><c> see.</c>

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Now<00:22:06.380><c> in</c><00:22:06.559><c> Genesis</c><00:22:06.880><c> 17,</c><00:22:07.579><c> the</c><00:22:07.619><c> record</c><00:22:07.960><c> says</c><00:22:08.299><c> this,</c><00:22:10.039><c> reading</c><00:22:10.299><c> from</c>

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verse<00:22:10.859><c> 7,</c>

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Or<00:22:15.480><c> did</c><00:22:15.579><c> you</c><00:22:15.720><c> notice</c><00:22:15.920><c> that?</c><00:22:16.220><c> So</c><00:22:16.319><c> it</c><00:22:16.460><c> begins</c><00:22:16.660><c> with</c>

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one<00:22:17.180><c> man.</c><00:22:17.799><c> This</c><00:22:17.960><c> promise</c><00:22:18.279><c> came</c><00:22:18.539><c> to</c><00:22:18.759><c> one</c><00:22:18.980><c> man,</c><00:22:19.420><c> just</c><00:22:19.680><c> Abraham</c>

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it<00:22:20.519><c> began</c><00:22:20.859><c> with.</c><00:22:21.480><c> But</c><00:22:21.619><c> it</c><00:22:21.839><c> wasn't</c><00:22:22.039><c> just</c><00:22:22.400><c> between</c><00:22:22.759><c> God</c><00:22:23.039><c> and</c>

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Abraham,<00:22:23.660><c> was</c><00:22:23.740><c> it?</c><00:22:23.940><c> Because</c><00:22:24.380><c> the</c><00:22:24.559><c> verse</c><00:22:24.740><c> goes</c><00:22:24.980><c> on</c><00:22:25.140><c> to</c><00:22:25.359><c> say,</c><00:22:26.259><c> and</c><00:22:26.259><c> thy</c><00:22:26.940><c> seed</c><00:22:27.420><c> after</c><00:22:28.039><c> thee</c><00:22:28.480><c> in</c>

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their<00:22:29.539><c> generations.</c>

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you<00:22:35.519><c> notice</c><00:22:35.920><c> verse</c><00:22:36.240><c> 7</c><00:22:36.519><c> says</c><00:22:36.680><c> it's</c><00:22:37.099><c> also</c><00:22:37.440><c> a</c><00:22:37.720><c> covenant,</c><00:22:38.160><c> not</c><00:22:38.220><c> just</c><00:22:38.420><c> a</c><00:22:38.640><c> promise,</c><00:22:39.259><c> but</c><00:22:39.440><c> a</c>

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covenant.<00:22:41.119><c> Well</c><00:22:41.279><c> what's</c>

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that<00:22:41.700><c> covenant</c><00:22:42.019><c> promise</c><00:22:42.400><c> about</c><00:22:42.720><c> to</c><00:22:42.880><c> this</c><00:22:43.099><c> one</c><00:22:43.319><c> man</c><00:22:43.599><c> and</c><00:22:43.779><c> to</c><00:22:43.880><c> his</c><00:22:44.140><c> seed?</c><00:22:44.819><c> Well</c><00:22:45.019><c> it's</c><00:22:45.220><c> an</c>

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so<00:22:46.720><c> that's</c><00:22:47.019><c> another</c><00:22:47.180><c> key</c><00:22:47.480><c> word.</c><00:22:48.000><c> It's</c><00:22:48.160><c> everlasting</c><00:22:48.960><c> in</c><00:22:49.319><c> its</c><00:22:49.539><c> nature</c><00:22:49.960><c> to</c><00:22:50.500><c> be</c><00:22:50.700><c> a</c>

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after<00:22:54.980><c> thee</c><00:22:55.480><c> the</c><00:22:56.900><c> land</c><00:22:57.859><c> wherein</c><00:22:58.579><c> thou</c><00:22:59.039><c> art</c><00:22:59.480><c> a</c><00:22:59.900><c> stranger,</c>

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all<00:23:01.119><c> the</c><00:23:01.599><c> land</c><00:23:02.059><c> of</c><00:23:02.599><c> Canaan</c><00:23:03.099><c> for</c><00:23:03.440><c> an</c><00:23:03.779><c> everlasting</c><00:23:04.480><c> possession</c>

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are.<00:23:05.460><c> So</c><00:23:05.640><c> the</c><00:23:05.819><c> promise</c><00:23:06.119><c> to</c><00:23:06.400><c> Abraham</c>

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is<00:23:07.380><c> all</c><00:23:07.660><c> about</c><00:23:07.960><c> the</c><00:23:08.180><c> right</c><00:23:08.420><c> of</c><00:23:09.500><c> inheritance.</c><00:23:11.400><c> After</c><00:23:11.480><c> all</c><00:23:11.700><c> when</c>

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Deuteronomy<00:23:12.420><c> chapter</c><00:23:12.759><c> 21</c><00:23:13.279><c> said</c><00:23:13.599><c> that</c><00:23:13.839><c> the</c>

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father's<00:23:14.759><c> inheritance,</c><00:23:15.579><c> a</c><00:23:15.740><c> double</c><00:23:16.000><c> portion</c><00:23:16.319><c> was</c><00:23:16.500><c> to</c><00:23:16.640><c> be</c><00:23:16.759><c> given</c><00:23:16.920><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:17.259><c> firstborn</c><00:23:17.740><c> son,</c><00:23:18.519><c> what</c><00:23:18.759><c> do</c><00:23:18.880><c> you</c><00:23:19.039><c> think</c><00:23:19.220><c> the</c>

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inheritance<00:23:20.000><c> was</c><00:23:20.579><c> that</c><00:23:20.940><c> most</c><00:23:21.359><c> sons</c><00:23:21.720><c> received</c><00:23:22.299><c> from</c><00:23:22.539><c> their</c>

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fathers?<00:23:23.539><c> But</c><00:23:23.779><c> the</c><00:23:24.000><c> father's</c><00:23:24.460><c> lands,</c><00:23:25.019><c> the</c><00:23:25.099><c> father's</c>

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flocks,<00:23:27.519><c> the</c><00:23:27.660><c> father's</c><00:23:28.079><c> vineyards,</c><00:23:29.039><c> the</c><00:23:29.180><c> father's</c><00:23:30.099><c> olive</c><00:23:30.380><c> yards,</c><00:23:31.079><c> that</c><00:23:31.220><c> all</c><00:23:31.700><c> appertain</c><00:23:32.220><c> to</c>

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the<00:23:32.619><c> land</c><00:23:33.059><c> of</c><00:23:33.400><c> the</c>

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family.<00:23:34.380><c> And</c><00:23:34.880><c> to</c><00:23:35.099><c> Abraham</c><00:23:35.480><c> is</c><00:23:35.759><c> promised</c><00:23:36.279><c> the</c><00:23:37.559><c> promise</c><00:23:37.839><c> of</c><00:23:38.079><c> inheritance,</c><00:23:38.680><c> isn't</c><00:23:38.880><c> it?</c>

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In<00:23:40.039><c> the</c><00:23:40.240><c> land.</c><00:23:42.500><c> So</c><00:23:42.819><c> covenant,</c>

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thee,<00:23:44.259><c> seed,</c><00:23:45.019><c> everlasting,</c><00:23:46.440><c> land,</c><00:23:47.000><c> they're</c><00:23:47.119><c> all</c><00:23:47.299><c> key</c><00:23:47.519><c> words.</c>

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Just<00:23:48.559><c> one</c><00:23:48.759><c> more</c><00:23:48.920><c> though</c><00:23:49.079><c> that's</c><00:23:49.319><c> not</c><00:23:49.579><c> there,</c>

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but<00:23:50.279><c> it</c><00:23:50.359><c> is</c><00:23:50.640><c> in</c><00:23:50.799><c> Genesis</c><00:23:51.180><c> chapter</c><00:23:51.819><c> 22.</c><00:23:53.480><c> One</c><00:23:53.839><c> key</c><00:23:54.359><c> further</c><00:23:54.700><c> word</c>

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just<00:23:55.259><c> to</c><00:23:56.079><c> round</c><00:23:56.319><c> out</c><00:23:56.579><c> that</c><00:23:56.940><c> story,</c>

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and<00:23:58.359><c> that's</c><00:23:59.160><c> this</c><00:23:59.440><c> phrase</c><00:23:59.720><c> in</c><00:24:00.119><c> Genesis</c><00:24:00.480><c> chapter</c><00:24:00.819><c> 22,</c><00:24:03.240><c> and</c><00:24:03.240><c> reading</c><00:24:03.740><c> just</c><00:24:04.240><c> verses</c><00:24:04.559><c> 16</c>

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and<00:24:05.359><c> 17.</c>

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And<00:24:08.500><c> the</c><00:24:08.640><c> angel</c><00:24:08.980><c> said,</c><00:24:09.559><c> verse</c><00:24:09.660><c> 16,</c><00:24:10.920><c> by</c><00:24:11.160><c> myself</c><00:24:11.940><c> have</c><00:24:12.640><c> I</c><00:24:13.119><c> sworn,</c>

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ah,<00:24:14.440><c> so</c><00:24:14.660><c> there's</c><00:24:14.920><c> our</c><00:24:15.099><c> final</c><00:24:15.359><c> word,</c><00:24:15.819><c> it</c><00:24:15.980><c> isn't</c>

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a<00:24:16.599><c> covenant,</c><00:24:17.259><c> it's</c><00:24:17.440><c> a</c><00:24:17.599><c> covenant</c><00:24:17.859><c> that's</c><00:24:18.660><c> sworn</c><00:24:18.900><c> with</c><00:24:19.119><c> an</c><00:24:19.240><c> oath</c>

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of<00:24:19.579><c> God,</c><00:24:20.299><c> by</c><00:24:20.519><c> myself</c><00:24:21.119><c> have</c><00:24:21.420><c> I</c><00:24:21.799><c> sworn,</c><00:24:22.519><c> saith</c><00:24:22.660><c> Yahweh,</c>

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for<00:24:23.819><c> because</c><00:24:24.099><c> thou</c><00:24:24.240><c> hast</c><00:24:24.460><c> done</c><00:24:24.700><c> this</c><00:24:24.960><c> thing,</c><00:24:25.180><c> and</c><00:24:25.259><c> not</c><00:24:25.440><c> withheld</c><00:24:25.700><c> thy</c><00:24:26.039><c> son,</c><00:24:26.279><c> thine</c><00:24:26.339><c> only</c><00:24:26.680><c> son,</c><00:24:27.019><c> that</c><00:24:27.079><c> in</c>

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blessing<00:24:27.859><c> I</c><00:24:28.099><c> will</c><00:24:28.279><c> bless</c><00:24:28.559><c> thee,</c><00:24:29.180><c> and</c><00:24:29.339><c> in</c><00:24:29.460><c> multiplying</c><00:24:29.960><c> I</c><00:24:30.160><c> will</c>

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multiply<00:24:30.839><c> thy</c><00:24:31.200><c> seed</c><00:24:31.400><c> as</c><00:24:31.559><c> the</c><00:24:31.839><c> stars</c><00:24:32.039><c> of</c><00:24:32.220><c> the</c><00:24:32.339><c> heaven,</c>

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as<00:24:32.700><c> the</c><00:24:32.980><c> sand</c><00:24:33.259><c> which</c><00:24:33.380><c> is</c><00:24:33.500><c> upon</c><00:24:33.700><c> the</c><00:24:33.960><c> seashore,</c><00:24:34.720><c> and</c><00:24:35.119><c> thy</c><00:24:35.579><c> seed</c>

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shall<00:24:37.200><c> possess</c><00:24:38.099><c> the</c><00:24:38.720><c> gate</c><00:24:38.900><c> of</c><00:24:39.019><c> his</c><00:24:39.180><c> enemies.</c>

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Possess<00:24:39.900><c> the</c><00:24:40.079><c> gate</c><00:24:40.220><c> of</c><00:24:40.339><c> his</c><00:24:40.480><c> enemies,</c><00:24:40.799><c> that</c><00:24:41.160><c> means</c><00:24:41.539><c> he'll</c><00:24:42.000><c> take</c><00:24:42.259><c> control</c><00:24:42.940><c> of</c>

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their<00:24:43.519><c> territory.</c><00:24:44.460><c> This</c><00:24:44.759><c> is</c><00:24:45.039><c> the</c>

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promise<00:24:45.720><c> of</c><00:24:46.339><c> inheritance</c><00:24:47.380><c> in</c><00:24:47.859><c> the</c><00:24:48.099><c> land,</c><00:24:48.880><c> isn't</c><00:24:49.079><c> it?</c><00:24:50.480><c> Sworn</c>

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with<00:24:50.880><c> an</c><00:24:51.000><c> oath</c><00:24:51.240><c> to</c><00:24:51.480><c> one</c><00:24:51.720><c> man</c><00:24:52.180><c> and</c><00:24:52.559><c> to</c><00:24:52.740><c> his</c><00:24:52.920><c> seed</c>

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as<00:24:54.019><c> a</c><00:24:54.220><c> covenant</c><00:24:54.500><c> of</c><00:24:54.900><c> everlasting</c><00:24:55.619><c> possession.</c><00:24:56.640><c> This</c><00:24:56.779><c> has</c><00:24:56.960><c> come</c><00:24:57.119><c> to</c>

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one<00:24:57.619><c> passage</c><00:24:57.940><c> in</c><00:24:58.079><c> the</c><00:24:58.140><c> New</c><00:24:58.380><c> Testament,</c>

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just<00:24:58.960><c> to</c><00:24:59.160><c> round</c><00:24:59.299><c> that</c><00:24:59.579><c> out</c><00:24:59.900><c> before</c><00:25:00.259><c> we</c><00:25:00.500><c> move</c><00:25:00.680><c> on.</c><00:25:02.039><c> The</c><00:25:02.220><c> promise</c>

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to<00:25:02.619><c> Abraham,</c><00:25:03.480><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:03.720><c> chapter</c><00:25:04.259><c> 11.</c>

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Now<00:25:05.740><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:06.000><c> 11</c><00:25:06.339><c> says</c><00:25:06.759><c> somewhat</c><00:25:07.200><c> of</c><00:25:07.420><c> the</c><00:25:07.559><c> same</c><00:25:07.880><c> thing</c><00:25:08.299><c> when</c>

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the<00:25:09.380><c> apostle</c><00:25:09.740><c> describes</c><00:25:10.460><c> the</c><00:25:11.259><c> promise</c><00:25:11.539><c> made</c><00:25:11.740><c> to</c>

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Abraham<00:25:12.359><c> on</c><00:25:12.779><c> this</c><00:25:13.259><c> wise,</c><00:25:14.359><c> Hebrews</c><00:25:14.559><c> 11,</c><00:25:15.440><c> and</c><00:25:15.599><c> perhaps</c><00:25:15.920><c> reading</c>

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from<00:25:16.660><c> verse</c><00:25:16.940><c> 8.</c>

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And<00:25:19.299><c> the</c><00:25:19.460><c> record</c><00:25:19.720><c> says</c><00:25:20.019><c> by</c><00:25:20.380><c> faith</c><00:25:21.140><c> Abraham</c><00:25:21.700><c> when</c><00:25:21.839><c> he</c><00:25:21.960><c> was</c><00:25:22.180><c> called</c><00:25:22.339><c> to</c><00:25:22.480><c> go</c><00:25:23.039><c> out</c><00:25:23.500><c> into</c><00:25:23.799><c> a</c>

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place<00:25:24.640><c> which</c><00:25:25.099><c> he</c><00:25:25.299><c> should</c>

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after<00:25:26.059><c> receive,</c><00:25:27.220><c> and</c><00:25:27.339><c> here's</c><00:25:27.539><c> our</c><00:25:27.759><c> key</c><00:25:27.980><c> word</c><00:25:28.160><c> why,</c><00:25:28.500><c> for</c><00:25:28.740><c> an</c><00:25:28.980><c> inheritance.</c><00:25:29.799><c> That's</c><00:25:30.099><c> what</c><00:25:30.220><c> he</c>

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was<00:25:30.539><c> promised.</c><00:25:31.220><c> He</c>

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was<00:25:31.539><c> promised</c><00:25:31.779><c> a</c><00:25:32.019><c> place</c><00:25:32.299><c> which</c><00:25:32.660><c> he</c><00:25:32.839><c> should</c><00:25:32.960><c> receive</c><00:25:33.380><c> for</c><00:25:33.799><c> an</c>

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inheritance.<00:25:35.000><c> He</c><00:25:35.240><c> obeyed</c><00:25:35.640><c> and</c><00:25:35.700><c> he</c><00:25:35.839><c> went</c><00:25:35.960><c> out</c><00:25:36.180><c> not</c><00:25:36.380><c> knowing</c>

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whether<00:25:36.880><c> he</c><00:25:37.099><c> went,</c><00:25:37.619><c> and</c><00:25:37.740><c> by</c><00:25:38.079><c> faith</c><00:25:38.480><c> he</c><00:25:39.160><c> sojourned</c><00:25:40.240><c> in</c><00:25:40.759><c> the</c><00:25:41.319><c> land</c><00:25:41.960><c> of</c>

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the<00:25:43.559><c> promise</c><00:25:44.119><c> as</c><00:25:45.160><c> in</c><00:25:45.359><c> a</c><00:25:45.660><c> strange</c><00:25:46.119><c> country</c>

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because<00:25:47.839><c> he</c><00:25:47.980><c> hadn't</c><00:25:48.180><c> received</c><00:25:48.599><c> it</c><00:25:48.779><c> yet,</c><00:25:48.960><c> dwelling</c><00:25:49.359><c> in</c><00:25:49.759><c> tabernacles</c><00:25:50.240><c> with</c>

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Isaac<00:25:50.819><c> and</c><00:25:51.339><c> Jacob,</c><00:25:51.880><c> the</c><00:25:51.960><c> heirs</c><00:25:52.079><c> with</c>

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him<00:25:52.440><c> of</c><00:25:52.619><c> the</c><00:25:52.779><c> same</c><00:25:53.059><c> promise.</c><00:25:53.880><c> So</c><00:25:54.099><c> here</c><00:25:54.220><c> it</c><00:25:54.259><c> is</c><00:25:54.359><c> in</c><00:25:54.480><c> the</c><00:25:54.559><c> New</c><00:25:54.740><c> Testament</c><00:25:55.099><c> record,</c><00:25:55.480><c> the</c>

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promise<00:25:55.799><c> to</c><00:25:55.980><c> Abraham</c><00:25:56.259><c> was</c><00:25:56.460><c> the</c>

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right<00:25:56.779><c> of</c><00:25:57.019><c> inheritance,</c><00:25:57.920><c> sworn</c><00:25:58.259><c> with</c><00:25:58.480><c> an</c><00:25:58.680><c> oath,</c><00:25:59.279><c> the</c><00:25:59.500><c> land</c><00:25:59.779><c> that</c><00:25:59.920><c> would</c><00:26:00.099><c> be</c>

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given<00:26:00.400><c> to</c><00:26:00.680><c> him</c><00:26:00.920><c> in</c><00:26:01.259><c> due</c><00:26:01.500><c> course,</c><00:26:01.799><c> which</c>

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one<00:26:02.640><c> day</c><00:26:02.839><c> he</c><00:26:02.920><c> would</c><00:26:03.160><c> inherit</c><00:26:03.500><c> and</c><00:26:04.160><c> his</c><00:26:04.539><c> seed</c><00:26:04.720><c> after</c><00:26:05.140><c> him.</c><00:26:05.579><c> Isn't</c><00:26:05.759><c> that</c>

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the<00:26:06.019><c> promise</c><00:26:06.220><c> to</c><00:26:06.440><c> Abraham</c><00:26:06.660><c> in</c><00:26:06.819><c> a</c><00:26:06.940><c> nutshell,</c>

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brothers<00:26:07.539><c> and</c><00:26:07.740><c> sisters?</c><00:26:09.079><c> Both</c><00:26:09.240><c> Old</c><00:26:09.380><c> and</c><00:26:09.400><c> New</c><00:26:09.680><c> Testament</c><00:26:10.039><c> records?</c><00:26:11.940><c> I</c>

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think<00:26:12.660><c> so.</c>

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Ah,<00:26:15.660><c> but</c><00:26:15.779><c> what</c><00:26:15.940><c> about</c><00:26:16.099><c> the</c><00:26:16.259><c> next</c><00:26:16.519><c> one?</c><00:26:18.200><c> Now</c><00:26:18.440><c> the</c><00:26:18.480><c> next</c><00:26:18.779><c> one</c><00:26:18.920><c> is</c>

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something<00:26:19.180><c> you</c><00:26:19.319><c> might</c><00:26:19.599><c> not</c><00:26:19.819><c> have</c><00:26:20.000><c> quite</c><00:26:20.259><c> thought</c><00:26:20.579><c> of</c>

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because<00:26:21.339><c> it's</c><00:26:21.660><c> in</c><00:26:22.099><c> Numbers</c><00:26:22.500><c> chapter</c><00:26:22.880><c> 25.</c>

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Now<00:26:33.279><c> let's</c><00:26:33.619><c> just</c><00:26:33.779><c> see</c><00:26:33.839><c> if</c><00:26:33.920><c> we</c><00:26:34.039><c> can</c><00:26:34.519><c> find</c><00:26:34.740><c> the</c><00:26:34.980><c> same</c><00:26:35.180><c> language,</c>

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the<00:26:35.980><c> same</c><00:26:36.460><c> terms</c><00:26:36.880><c> of</c><00:26:37.319><c> expression,</c><00:26:37.920><c> the</c><00:26:38.000><c> same</c><00:26:38.279><c> ideas</c>

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that<00:26:40.240><c> were</c><00:26:40.539><c> all</c><00:26:41.319><c> encompassed</c><00:26:41.920><c> in</c><00:26:42.059><c> the</c><00:26:42.240><c> promise</c><00:26:42.480><c> to</c><00:26:42.720><c> Abraham</c>

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in<00:26:44.160><c> another</c><00:26:44.500><c> one,</c><00:26:44.980><c> this</c><00:26:45.200><c> time</c><00:26:45.799><c> Numbers</c><00:26:46.240><c> chapter</c><00:26:46.539><c> 25</c>

00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:52.039
and<00:26:48.500><c> the</c><00:26:48.740><c> promise</c><00:26:48.980><c> made</c><00:26:49.259><c> to</c><00:26:49.480><c> Phineas.</c><00:26:50.920><c> Verse</c><00:26:51.220><c> 11</c><00:26:51.599><c> of</c><00:26:51.819><c> Numbers</c>

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25<00:26:52.720><c> says</c><00:26:53.240><c> that</c><00:26:53.880><c> Phineas,</c><00:26:54.640><c> the</c><00:26:54.700><c> son</c><00:26:55.000><c> of</c><00:26:55.339><c> Eliezer,</c>

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the<00:26:55.900><c> son</c><00:26:56.039><c> of</c><00:26:56.240><c> Aaron,</c><00:26:56.559><c> the</c><00:26:56.680><c> priest,</c><00:26:57.200><c> had</c><00:26:57.599><c> turned</c><00:26:57.960><c> my</c><00:26:58.220><c> rock</c><00:26:58.359><c> away</c>

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from<00:26:58.839><c> the</c><00:26:59.059><c> children</c><00:26:59.259><c> of</c><00:26:59.400><c> Israel</c><00:26:59.900><c> while</c><00:27:00.440><c> he</c><00:27:00.579><c> was</c>

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zealous<00:27:01.559><c> for</c><00:27:01.759><c> my</c><00:27:02.000><c> sake</c><00:27:02.220><c> among</c><00:27:02.500><c> them</c><00:27:02.720><c> that</c><00:27:02.880><c> I</c><00:27:03.140><c> consumed</c><00:27:03.519><c> not</c><00:27:03.799><c> the</c><00:27:04.000><c> children</c><00:27:04.220><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:27:04.720><c> and</c><00:27:04.940><c> my</c><00:27:05.140><c> jealousy.</c>

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Wherefore,<00:27:07.460><c> say,</c><00:27:07.980><c> and</c><00:27:08.079><c> now</c><00:27:08.259><c> comes</c><00:27:08.539><c> the</c><00:27:08.759><c> promise,</c><00:27:09.619><c> behold,</c><00:27:11.559><c> I</c>

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give<00:27:11.960><c> unto</c><00:27:12.220><c> him,</c><00:27:13.059><c> ah</c><00:27:13.700><c> so</c><00:27:13.740><c> that's</c><00:27:14.039><c> one</c><00:27:14.240><c> man,</c>

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just<00:27:15.000><c> one</c><00:27:15.240><c> man,</c><00:27:15.660><c> Phineas,</c><00:27:16.140><c> I</c><00:27:16.339><c> give</c><00:27:16.519><c> unto</c><00:27:16.779><c> him</c><00:27:17.200><c> my</c><00:27:18.400><c> covenant,</c>

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ah<00:27:19.380><c> so</c><00:27:19.460><c> there's</c><00:27:19.640><c> our</c><00:27:19.880><c> second</c><00:27:20.160><c> keyword,</c>

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it's<00:27:21.299><c> a</c><00:27:21.599><c> covenant</c><00:27:21.880><c> that's</c><00:27:22.259><c> given,</c><00:27:23.220><c> and</c><00:27:23.680><c> he</c><00:27:24.160><c> shall</c><00:27:24.599><c> have</c><00:27:25.039><c> it</c><00:27:25.279><c> and</c><00:27:25.779><c> his</c><00:27:26.359><c> seed</c><00:27:26.720><c> after</c><00:27:27.259><c> him.</c><00:27:27.660><c> So</c>

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there's<00:27:28.339><c> our</c><00:27:28.519><c> third</c>

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keyword,<00:27:29.299><c> it</c><00:27:29.440><c> involves</c><00:27:29.839><c> a</c><00:27:30.200><c> seed</c><00:27:30.380><c> to</c><00:27:30.680><c> come,</c><00:27:31.640><c> and</c><00:27:31.799><c> how</c><00:27:32.019><c> long</c><00:27:32.180><c> will</c><00:27:32.319><c> this</c><00:27:32.500><c> be?</c>

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Even<00:27:33.140><c> the</c><00:27:33.380><c> covenant</c><00:27:33.619><c> of</c><00:27:33.880><c> an</c><00:27:34.200><c> everlasting</c>

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priesthood<00:27:40.700><c> because</c><00:27:41.140><c> he</c><00:27:41.299><c> was</c><00:27:41.779><c> zealous</c><00:27:42.059><c> for</c><00:27:42.259><c> his</c><00:27:42.440><c> God</c><00:27:42.599><c> and</c><00:27:43.039><c> made</c><00:27:43.240><c> an</c>

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atonement<00:27:43.740><c> for</c><00:27:43.920><c> the</c><00:27:44.119><c> children</c><00:27:44.339><c> of</c><00:27:44.500><c> Israel.</c>

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So<00:27:45.079><c> you</c><00:27:45.180><c> see</c><00:27:45.240><c> all</c><00:27:45.359><c> the</c><00:27:45.460><c> keywords,</c><00:27:45.940><c> give</c><00:27:46.079><c> unto</c><00:27:46.259><c> him,</c><00:27:46.619><c> one</c><00:27:46.779><c> man,</c>

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it's<00:27:47.519><c> a</c><00:27:47.700><c> covenant,</c><00:27:48.299><c> it</c><00:27:48.460><c> involves</c><00:27:48.819><c> his</c><00:27:49.140><c> seed,</c>

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it's<00:27:49.779><c> of</c><00:27:49.880><c> an</c><00:27:50.019><c> everlasting</c><00:27:50.539><c> nature,</c><00:27:51.019><c> but</c><00:27:51.240><c> it's</c><00:27:51.380><c> not</c><00:27:51.519><c> the</c><00:27:51.660><c> right</c>

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of<00:27:52.019><c> inheritance</c><00:27:52.339><c> promised</c><00:27:52.859><c> to</c><00:27:53.420><c> Phineas,</c>

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the<00:27:54.619><c> son</c><00:27:54.799><c> of</c><00:27:55.000><c> Eliezer.</c><00:27:57.400><c> No,</c><00:27:57.559><c> this</c><00:27:57.779><c> tyrant's</c><00:27:58.099><c> the</c><00:27:58.240><c> right</c><00:27:58.380><c> of</c>

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priesthood,<00:27:59.559><c> isn't</c><00:27:59.859><c> it?</c>

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Mind<00:28:01.940><c> you,</c><00:28:02.160><c> it</c><00:28:02.200><c> doesn't</c><00:28:02.460><c> say</c><00:28:02.700><c> it's</c><00:28:02.920><c> sworn</c><00:28:03.039><c> with</c><00:28:03.240><c> an</c><00:28:03.380><c> oath,</c><00:28:03.640><c> does</c><00:28:03.740><c> it,</c>

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in<00:28:04.039><c> Numbers</c><00:28:04.420><c> chapter</c><00:28:04.740><c> 25,</c>

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but<00:28:06.039><c> I</c><00:28:06.299><c> rather</c><00:28:06.539><c> think</c><00:28:06.720><c> it</c><00:28:06.940><c> was,</c><00:28:07.440><c> I</c><00:28:07.559><c> think</c><00:28:07.700><c> the</c><00:28:07.839><c> very</c><00:28:08.059><c> promise</c><00:28:08.420><c> was</c><00:28:08.740><c> sworn</c><00:28:09.000><c> with</c><00:28:09.200><c> an</c><00:28:09.319><c> oath</c><00:28:09.500><c> in</c><00:28:09.900><c> a</c><00:28:10.099><c> passage</c>

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that<00:28:10.460><c> you</c><00:28:10.579><c> all</c><00:28:10.720><c> know</c><00:28:10.839><c> very,</c><00:28:11.079><c> very</c><00:28:11.259><c> well.</c><00:28:11.720><c> Now</c><00:28:12.059><c> where</c><00:28:12.180><c> would</c><00:28:12.299><c> that</c><00:28:12.539><c> be</c>

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where<00:28:12.859><c> a</c><00:28:13.099><c> priesthood</c><00:28:13.539><c> or</c><00:28:13.680><c> the</c><00:28:13.900><c> promise</c>

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of<00:28:14.240><c> a</c><00:28:14.380><c> priesthood</c><00:28:14.700><c> was</c><00:28:15.119><c> sworn</c><00:28:15.640><c> with</c><00:28:15.859><c> an</c><00:28:15.960><c> oath?</c><00:28:17.099><c> It's</c><00:28:17.460><c> Psalm</c><00:28:17.640><c> 110.</c><00:28:19.240><c> Now</c><00:28:19.420><c> come</c><00:28:19.539><c> and</c><00:28:19.619><c> have</c><00:28:19.700><c> a</c>

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look<00:28:19.920><c> at</c><00:28:20.059><c> that,</c>

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because<00:28:20.779><c> when</c><00:28:21.019><c> you</c><00:28:21.160><c> stop</c><00:28:21.319><c> and</c><00:28:21.539><c> think</c><00:28:21.720><c> about</c><00:28:22.000><c> this,</c><00:28:22.400><c> you</c><00:28:22.460><c> realise</c><00:28:22.940><c> that</c>

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the<00:28:23.299><c> promise</c><00:28:23.579><c> of</c><00:28:23.940><c> Psalm</c><00:28:24.299><c> 110</c><00:28:25.240><c> must</c><00:28:26.680><c> relate</c>

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to<00:28:27.420><c> the</c><00:28:27.799><c> same</c><00:28:28.299><c> everlasting</c><00:28:29.460><c> priesthood</c><00:28:30.079><c> that</c><00:28:30.259><c> was</c><00:28:30.559><c> promised</c>

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to<00:28:31.140><c> Phineas</c><00:28:31.539><c> of</c><00:28:31.759><c> old.</c><00:28:33.680><c> And</c><00:28:33.859><c> we're</c><00:28:34.000><c> told</c><00:28:34.200><c> this</c>

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in<00:28:34.579><c> Psalm</c><00:28:34.759><c> 110,</c><00:28:35.440><c> are</c><00:28:35.519><c> we</c><00:28:35.700><c> not?</c><00:28:37.119><c> Where</c><00:28:37.299><c> the</c><00:28:37.420><c> record</c><00:28:37.680><c> says</c><00:28:37.960><c> in</c><00:28:38.119><c> verse</c><00:28:38.400><c> 4</c>

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of<00:28:39.059><c> Psalm</c><00:28:39.539><c> 110,</c><00:28:41.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:41.740><c> hath</c><00:28:42.319><c> sworn,</c><00:28:50.220><c> ah</c><00:28:50.220><c> so</c>

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ever<00:28:50.680><c> after</c><00:28:51.519><c> the</c><00:28:51.900><c> order</c><00:28:52.380><c> of</c><00:28:53.180><c> Melchizedek.</c><00:28:54.660><c> Now</c><00:28:55.019><c> brothers</c><00:28:55.180><c> and</c>

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sisters,<00:28:55.579><c> can</c><00:28:55.579><c> I</c><00:28:55.680><c> just</c><00:28:55.859><c> make</c><00:28:56.039><c> this</c><00:28:56.200><c> suggestion</c><00:28:56.599><c> to</c>

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you?<00:28:57.220><c> There</c><00:28:57.259><c> cannot</c><00:28:57.700><c> be</c><00:28:58.579><c> two</c><00:28:59.059><c> everlasting</c><00:28:59.940><c> priesthoods</c><00:29:00.920><c> that</c>

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relate<00:29:01.279><c> to</c><00:29:01.420><c> the</c><00:29:01.559><c> future</c><00:29:01.859><c> age.</c><00:29:02.480><c> There</c><00:29:02.640><c> cannot</c><00:29:02.900><c> be</c>

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an<00:29:03.259><c> everlasting</c><00:29:03.759><c> priesthood</c><00:29:04.240><c> that</c><00:29:04.440><c> belongs</c><00:29:04.740><c> to</c><00:29:05.019><c> Phineas</c><00:29:05.579><c> and</c>

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a<00:29:06.200><c> separate</c><00:29:06.480><c> everlasting</c><00:29:07.140><c> priesthood</c><00:29:07.640><c> that</c><00:29:07.880><c> Christ</c>

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is<00:29:08.720><c> related</c><00:29:08.960><c> in</c><00:29:09.180><c> some</c><00:29:09.460><c> way</c><00:29:09.680><c> to</c><00:29:09.819><c> Melchizedek</c><00:29:10.680><c> as</c><00:29:11.279><c> sort</c><00:29:11.440><c> of</c><00:29:11.619><c> rival</c><00:29:12.160><c> everlasting</c><00:29:13.039><c> priesthoods</c><00:29:13.680><c> of</c>

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the<00:29:13.940><c> kingdom</c><00:29:14.160><c> age.</c>

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There<00:29:14.839><c> must</c><00:29:14.960><c> be</c><00:29:15.119><c> one</c><00:29:15.200><c> on</c><00:29:15.380><c> the</c><00:29:15.480><c> same,</c><00:29:15.740><c> don't</c><00:29:15.799><c> you</c><00:29:15.960><c> think?</c><00:29:16.299><c> Can't</c>

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be<00:29:16.640><c> two.</c><00:29:17.660><c> I</c><00:29:17.920><c> think</c><00:29:18.039><c> the</c><00:29:18.160><c> only</c><00:29:18.359><c> difference</c><00:29:18.680><c> is</c>

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that<00:29:19.720><c> the</c><00:29:19.960><c> promise</c><00:29:20.480><c> to</c><00:29:20.819><c> Phineas</c><00:29:21.299><c> in</c><00:29:21.599><c> Numbers</c><00:29:22.000><c> 25</c><00:29:22.859><c> is</c><00:29:24.220><c> the</c><00:29:24.420><c> promise</c><00:29:24.779><c> concerning</c><00:29:25.259><c> all</c>

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the<00:29:26.180><c> seed</c><00:29:26.359><c> who</c><00:29:26.519><c> shall</c>

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inherit<00:29:27.119><c> with</c><00:29:27.380><c> Phineas,</c><00:29:28.740><c> but</c><00:29:28.799><c> the</c><00:29:29.059><c> oath</c><00:29:29.299><c> of</c><00:29:29.640><c> Psalm</c><00:29:29.839><c> 110</c><00:29:30.839><c> seals</c>

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that<00:29:33.079><c> same</c><00:29:33.880><c> priesthood</c><00:29:34.660><c> in</c><00:29:35.220><c> the</c><00:29:35.460><c> matter</c><00:29:35.799><c> of</c><00:29:36.160><c> the</c>

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high<00:29:36.779><c> priest</c><00:29:37.200><c> of</c><00:29:37.480><c> that</c><00:29:37.759><c> order.</c><00:29:38.960><c> Numbers</c><00:29:39.240><c> 25</c><00:29:39.799><c> is</c><00:29:40.000><c> about</c><00:29:40.140><c> all</c>

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the<00:29:40.640><c> seed</c><00:29:40.799><c> that</c><00:29:41.019><c> should</c><00:29:41.180><c> inherit</c><00:29:41.559><c> the</c><00:29:41.920><c> everlasting</c>

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priesthood.<00:29:43.339><c> Psalm</c><00:29:43.559><c> 110</c><00:29:44.200><c> is</c><00:29:44.599><c> an</c><00:29:44.720><c> oath</c><00:29:44.819><c> concerning</c><00:29:45.240><c> the</c><00:29:45.480><c> high</c>

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priest<00:29:46.019><c> who</c><00:29:46.319><c> will</c><00:29:46.640><c> lead</c><00:29:47.039><c> that</c><00:29:47.539><c> priest</c><00:29:47.799><c> the</c><00:29:48.039><c> order</c>

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in<00:29:48.640><c> the</c><00:29:48.759><c> age</c><00:29:48.980><c> to</c><00:29:49.180><c> come.</c><00:29:49.740><c> The</c><00:29:49.920><c> promise</c><00:29:50.160><c> to</c><00:29:50.400><c> Phineas</c><00:29:51.039><c> is</c><00:29:51.299><c> all</c><00:29:51.539><c> about</c><00:29:51.779><c> the</c>

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right<00:29:52.240><c> of</c><00:29:52.680><c> priesthood.</c>

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Well<00:29:55.599><c> that</c><00:29:55.720><c> leaves</c><00:29:55.920><c> us</c><00:29:56.079><c> with</c><00:29:56.259><c> the</c><00:29:56.400><c> third</c><00:29:56.599><c> one</c><00:29:56.920><c> and</c><00:29:57.299><c> you'd</c><00:29:57.619><c> never</c><00:29:57.839><c> guess</c><00:29:58.099><c> what</c>

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that<00:29:58.559><c> is,</c><00:29:58.960><c> would</c><00:29:59.059><c> you?</c><00:29:59.400><c> Well</c><00:29:59.579><c> of</c><00:29:59.660><c> course</c>

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we<00:29:59.980><c> know</c><00:30:00.099><c> it's</c><00:30:00.339><c> the</c><00:30:00.460><c> promise</c><00:30:00.740><c> to</c><00:30:00.980><c> David.</c><00:30:01.500><c> So</c><00:30:01.740><c> come</c><00:30:01.960><c> back</c><00:30:02.140><c> to</c><00:30:02.339><c> the</c><00:30:02.559><c> second</c><00:30:02.819><c> of</c>

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Samuel<00:30:03.380><c> and</c><00:30:04.380><c> in</c><00:30:04.700><c> chapter</c><00:30:04.859><c> seven</c><00:30:05.279><c> which</c>

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is<00:30:05.960><c> of</c><00:30:06.140><c> course</c><00:30:06.339><c> our</c><00:30:06.859><c> our</c><00:30:07.200><c> primary</c><00:30:07.420><c> text,</c><00:30:08.000><c> is</c><00:30:08.019><c> it</c><00:30:08.140><c> not,</c><00:30:08.339><c> for</c><00:30:08.519><c> the</c>

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Davidic<00:30:09.339><c> covenant</c><00:30:09.700><c> and</c><00:30:10.200><c> let's</c><00:30:10.480><c> just</c><00:30:10.680><c> read</c><00:30:10.779><c> a</c><00:30:10.940><c> few</c>

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verses<00:30:11.400><c> here,</c><00:30:12.099><c> followed</c><00:30:12.500><c> by</c><00:30:13.279><c> one</c><00:30:13.720><c> in</c><00:30:14.319><c> the</c><00:30:14.519><c> book</c><00:30:14.839><c> of</c><00:30:15.079><c> Psalms.</c><00:30:17.200><c> I</c>

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was<00:30:17.559><c> going</c><00:30:17.700><c> to</c><00:30:17.819><c> take</c><00:30:17.980><c> you</c><00:30:18.099><c> by</c><00:30:18.220><c> the</c><00:30:18.319><c> way,</c>

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which<00:30:18.579><c> I</c><00:30:18.720><c> didn't,</c><00:30:19.000><c> to</c><00:30:19.059><c> Hebrews</c><00:30:19.319><c> chapter</c><00:30:19.759><c> seven</c><00:30:20.220><c> verse</c><00:30:20.480><c> 21,</c><00:30:20.960><c> but</c><00:30:21.119><c> you</c><00:30:21.480><c> might</c><00:30:21.640><c> like</c><00:30:21.880><c> to</c>

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take<00:30:22.160><c> a</c><00:30:22.279><c> note</c><00:30:22.400><c> of</c><00:30:22.539><c> that,</c>

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which<00:30:23.059><c> makes</c><00:30:23.480><c> the</c><00:30:23.740><c> point</c><00:30:23.900><c> that</c><00:30:24.160><c> the</c><00:30:24.660><c> promise</c><00:30:24.920><c> of</c><00:30:25.200><c> Psalm</c><00:30:25.380><c> 110</c>

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was<00:30:26.160><c> indeed</c><00:30:26.579><c> God</c><00:30:26.980><c> swearing</c><00:30:27.480><c> that</c><00:30:27.839><c> priesthood</c><00:30:28.259><c> with</c>

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an<00:30:28.660><c> oath</c><00:30:28.859><c> unto</c><00:30:29.619><c> the</c><00:30:30.220><c> high</c><00:30:30.519><c> priest</c><00:30:30.759><c> of</c><00:30:30.900><c> that</c><00:30:31.119><c> order.</c><00:30:31.559><c> Hebrews</c>

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consecrated<00:30:35.140><c> with</c><00:30:35.579><c> an</c><00:30:35.740><c> oath</c><00:30:35.880><c> to</c><00:30:36.079><c> that</c><00:30:36.539><c> order</c><00:30:36.900><c> of</c><00:30:37.339><c> priesthood,</c>

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which<00:30:38.299><c> we</c><00:30:38.759><c> believe</c><00:30:38.900><c> to</c><00:30:39.119><c> be</c><00:30:39.240><c> the</c><00:30:39.460><c> same</c>

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priesthood<00:30:40.500><c> promise</c><00:30:40.880><c> to</c><00:30:41.119><c> Phineas.</c><00:30:41.819><c> In</c><00:30:41.980><c> the</c><00:30:42.180><c> second</c><00:30:42.480><c> of</c><00:30:42.720><c> Samuel</c><00:30:43.140><c> and</c>

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chapter<00:30:44.259><c> seven</c><00:30:44.759><c> we've</c><00:30:45.240><c> got</c><00:30:45.400><c> the</c><00:30:45.619><c> covenant</c>

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made<00:30:46.359><c> with</c><00:30:46.700><c> David.</c><00:30:49.000><c> Second</c><00:30:49.079><c> of</c><00:30:49.279><c> Samuel</c><00:30:49.519><c> chapter</c><00:30:49.799><c> seven</c><00:30:50.359><c> says</c>

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in<00:30:50.940><c> particular</c><00:30:51.359><c> in</c><00:30:51.920><c> verses</c><00:30:52.319><c> 12</c><00:30:53.000><c> and</c><00:30:53.500><c> 13</c><00:30:54.440><c> the</c><00:30:55.000><c> record</c>

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says<00:30:55.559><c> and</c><00:30:56.019><c> when</c><00:30:56.099><c> thy</c><00:30:56.339><c> days</c><00:30:56.559><c> be</c><00:30:56.819><c> fulfilled</c><00:30:57.259><c> and</c><00:30:57.460><c> thou</c><00:30:57.559><c> shalt</c><00:30:57.759><c> sleep</c><00:30:58.119><c> with</c><00:30:58.339><c> thy</c><00:30:58.539><c> fathers,</c><00:30:59.440><c> I</c>

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will<00:30:59.700><c> set</c><00:30:59.920><c> up</c><00:31:00.119><c> thy</c><00:31:00.359><c> seed</c>

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after<00:31:01.119><c> thee</c><00:31:01.319><c> which</c><00:31:01.559><c> shall</c><00:31:01.880><c> proceed</c><00:31:02.259><c> out</c><00:31:02.460><c> of</c><00:31:02.660><c> thy</c><00:31:02.859><c> bowels</c><00:31:03.579><c> and</c>

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I<00:31:04.000><c> will</c><00:31:04.200><c> establish</c><00:31:04.839><c> his</c><00:31:05.940><c> kingdom.</c><00:31:07.220><c> He</c><00:31:07.519><c> shall</c><00:31:07.700><c> build</c>

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a<00:31:08.259><c> house</c><00:31:08.259><c> for</c><00:31:08.460><c> my</c><00:31:08.680><c> name</c><00:31:08.819><c> and</c><00:31:08.980><c> I</c><00:31:09.059><c> will</c><00:31:09.319><c> establish</c><00:31:09.900><c> the</c><00:31:10.559><c> throne</c>

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of<00:31:11.579><c> his</c><00:31:11.859><c> kingdom</c><00:31:12.500><c> forever.</c><00:31:14.299><c> So</c><00:31:14.539><c> here</c><00:31:14.799><c> now</c><00:31:15.039><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:15.480><c> promise</c><00:31:15.680><c> to</c><00:31:15.920><c> David,</c><00:31:16.400><c> we</c><00:31:16.519><c> don't</c><00:31:16.720><c> have</c><00:31:16.900><c> the</c><00:31:17.039><c> right</c><00:31:17.220><c> of</c><00:31:17.480><c> inheritance,</c><00:31:18.220><c> do</c>

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we?<00:31:18.460><c> We</c><00:31:18.619><c> don't</c><00:31:18.839><c> have</c><00:31:18.980><c> the</c><00:31:19.200><c> right</c><00:31:19.359><c> of</c>

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priesthood,<00:31:20.299><c> but</c><00:31:20.559><c> what</c><00:31:20.859><c> do</c><00:31:21.099><c> we</c><00:31:21.359><c> have?</c><00:31:22.319><c> We</c><00:31:22.519><c> have</c><00:31:22.779><c> the</c><00:31:23.019><c> right</c><00:31:23.220><c> of</c>

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rulership,<00:31:24.839><c> promise</c><00:31:25.180><c> to</c><00:31:25.440><c> David,</c><00:31:26.640><c> the</c><00:31:26.900><c> right</c><00:31:27.079><c> of</c>

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rulership.<00:31:28.200><c> Or</c><00:31:28.200><c> did</c><00:31:28.319><c> you</c><00:31:28.460><c> notice,</c><00:31:28.920><c> brothers</c><00:31:29.039><c> and</c><00:31:29.180><c> sisters,</c>

00:31:29.859 --> 00:31:32.519
that<00:31:30.140><c> the</c><00:31:30.400><c> order</c><00:31:30.599><c> of</c><00:31:30.960><c> these</c><00:31:31.299><c> promises</c><00:31:31.759><c> in</c><00:31:32.220><c> the</c>

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chronological<00:31:33.240><c> sequence</c><00:31:33.839><c> that</c><00:31:34.019><c> they</c><00:31:34.279><c> are</c><00:31:34.680><c> unfolded</c><00:31:35.359><c> in</c><00:31:35.680><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:36.359><c> biblical</c><00:31:36.740><c> record</c><00:31:37.380><c> is</c><00:31:37.940><c> exactly</c><00:31:38.880><c> the</c><00:31:39.480><c> order</c>

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of<00:31:40.339><c> the</c><00:31:40.539><c> firstborn</c><00:31:41.000><c> rights</c><00:31:41.400><c> in</c><00:31:41.640><c> the</c><00:31:41.720><c> book</c><00:31:41.859><c> of</c><00:31:42.039><c> Genesis.</c><00:31:42.839><c> First</c>

00:31:43.160 --> 00:31:45.420
the<00:31:43.319><c> right</c><00:31:43.519><c> of</c><00:31:43.779><c> inheritance</c><00:31:44.160><c> to</c><00:31:44.420><c> Abraham,</c>

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then<00:31:46.539><c> the</c><00:31:46.759><c> right</c><00:31:46.900><c> of</c><00:31:47.240><c> priesthood</c><00:31:47.619><c> to</c><00:31:47.819><c> Phineas,</c><00:31:49.200><c> and</c><00:31:49.700><c> lastly</c>

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:53.019
the<00:31:50.299><c> right</c><00:31:50.500><c> of</c><00:31:50.779><c> rulership</c><00:31:51.180><c> which</c><00:31:51.720><c> comes</c><00:31:52.079><c> to</c><00:31:52.299><c> David</c><00:31:52.559><c> in</c>

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the<00:31:53.180><c> second</c><00:31:53.380><c> of</c><00:31:53.539><c> Samuel</c><00:31:53.799><c> chapter</c><00:31:54.119><c> seven.</c><00:31:54.619><c> Come</c><00:31:54.799><c> to</c><00:31:55.000><c> Psalm</c><00:31:55.160><c> 89</c>

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and<00:31:56.180><c> let</c><00:31:56.359><c> me</c><00:31:56.480><c> show</c><00:31:56.599><c> you</c><00:31:56.720><c> how</c><00:31:56.839><c> all</c><00:31:56.980><c> those</c><00:31:57.180><c> key</c><00:31:57.460><c> words</c>

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we<00:31:58.000><c> were</c><00:31:58.200><c> talking</c><00:31:58.380><c> about</c><00:31:58.599><c> earlier</c><00:31:58.980><c> all</c><00:31:59.460><c> suddenly</c><00:31:59.980><c> jump</c><00:32:00.680><c> out</c>

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of<00:32:01.240><c> the</c><00:32:01.480><c> psalm</c><00:32:01.940><c> because,</c><00:32:02.880><c> brothers</c><00:32:02.880><c> and</c><00:32:02.980><c> sisters,</c>

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once<00:32:03.420><c> you</c><00:32:03.559><c> see</c><00:32:03.799><c> it,</c><00:32:05.400><c> you</c><00:32:05.660><c> see</c><00:32:05.900><c> it.</c><00:32:07.720><c> So</c><00:32:07.900><c> come</c><00:32:08.039><c> and</c><00:32:08.119><c> have</c><00:32:08.200><c> a</c><00:32:08.279><c> look</c>

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and<00:32:08.700><c> see</c><00:32:08.859><c> whether</c><00:32:09.000><c> you</c><00:32:09.160><c> can</c><00:32:09.380><c> see</c><00:32:09.519><c> it</c><00:32:10.099><c> in</c><00:32:10.380><c> Psalm</c><00:32:10.619><c> 89</c>

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because<00:32:11.259><c> it's</c><00:32:11.420><c> all</c><00:32:11.680><c> there</c><00:32:11.920><c> you</c><00:32:12.140><c> see,</c><00:32:12.759><c> Psalm</c><00:32:12.920><c> 89,</c><00:32:14.579><c> and</c><00:32:15.079><c> now</c><00:32:15.319><c> here's</c><00:32:15.579><c> the</c>

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psalmist's<00:32:17.039><c> commentary</c><00:32:17.359><c> upon</c><00:32:17.619><c> the</c><00:32:17.880><c> promise</c>

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to<00:32:18.339><c> David.</c><00:32:19.559><c> I</c><00:32:20.019><c> will</c><00:32:20.240><c> sing</c><00:32:20.420><c> verse</c><00:32:20.660><c> one</c><00:32:20.859><c> of</c><00:32:20.980><c> the</c><00:32:21.119><c> mercies</c><00:32:21.559><c> of</c><00:32:21.920><c> Yahweh</c><00:32:22.240><c> forever</c><00:32:22.700><c> with</c><00:32:23.240><c> my</c>

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mouth<00:32:24.779><c> will</c><00:32:25.119><c> I</c><00:32:25.380><c> make</c><00:32:25.599><c> known</c><00:32:25.920><c> thy</c>

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faithfulness<00:32:27.000><c> to</c><00:32:27.119><c> all</c><00:32:27.359><c> generations.</c><00:32:28.259><c> I've</c><00:32:28.579><c> said</c><00:32:28.740><c> mercy</c><00:32:29.160><c> shall</c><00:32:29.359><c> be</c>

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built<00:32:29.640><c> up</c><00:32:29.839><c> forever</c><00:32:30.119><c> thy</c><00:32:30.500><c> faithfulness</c><00:32:31.259><c> shall</c>

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thou<00:32:31.640><c> establish</c><00:32:32.160><c> in</c><00:32:32.460><c> the</c><00:32:32.599><c> very</c><00:32:32.859><c> heavens.</c><00:32:33.680><c> Then</c><00:32:33.779><c> the</c><00:32:34.019><c> psalmist</c>

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says<00:32:34.640><c> this,</c><00:32:35.359><c> verse</c><00:32:35.579><c> three,</c><00:32:36.759><c> look</c><00:32:36.859><c> at</c><00:32:36.940><c> all</c><00:32:37.079><c> the</c>

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key<00:32:37.359><c> words.</c><00:32:39.279><c> I</c><00:32:39.440><c> have</c><00:32:39.700><c> made</c><00:32:39.960><c> a</c><00:32:40.240><c> covenant</c><00:32:40.680><c> with</c><00:32:42.359><c> my</c><00:32:42.759><c> chosen.</c><00:32:44.460><c> I</c>

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have<00:32:45.119><c> sworn</c><00:32:46.079><c> unto</c><00:32:47.319><c> David</c><00:32:47.819><c> my</c><00:32:48.200><c> servant</c><00:32:48.900><c> thy</c><00:32:50.319><c> seed</c><00:32:51.180><c> will</c>

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I<00:32:52.339><c> establish</c><00:32:52.819><c> forever</c><00:32:53.859><c> and</c><00:32:55.400><c> build</c><00:32:55.619><c> up</c><00:32:56.079><c> thy</c><00:32:56.440><c> throne</c><00:32:57.019><c> to</c><00:32:57.799><c> all</c>

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generations.<00:32:59.339><c> Ah,</c><00:32:59.700><c> there's</c><00:33:00.140><c> all</c><00:33:00.680><c> the</c><00:33:00.920><c> key</c><00:33:01.240><c> phrases</c>

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that<00:33:02.160><c> we</c><00:33:02.359><c> found</c><00:33:02.519><c> in</c><00:33:02.700><c> the</c><00:33:02.920><c> promise</c><00:33:03.119><c> to</c><00:33:03.359><c> Abraham</c><00:33:03.720><c> and</c><00:33:04.140><c> in</c><00:33:04.319><c> the</c><00:33:04.480><c> promise</c><00:33:04.680><c> to</c>

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Phineas,<00:33:05.440><c> now</c><00:33:05.619><c> in</c><00:33:05.740><c> the</c><00:33:05.940><c> promise</c><00:33:06.099><c> to</c><00:33:06.319><c> David.</c>

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The<00:33:07.859><c> promise</c><00:33:08.000><c> made</c><00:33:08.220><c> to</c><00:33:08.359><c> one</c><00:33:08.559><c> man,</c><00:33:09.839><c> considered</c><00:33:09.980><c> to</c><00:33:10.099><c> be</c><00:33:10.279><c> a</c><00:33:10.460><c> covenant,</c><00:33:10.900><c> sworn</c>

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with<00:33:11.299><c> an</c><00:33:11.460><c> oath,</c><00:33:11.839><c> involves</c><00:33:12.200><c> the</c><00:33:12.519><c> seed,</c>

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is<00:33:13.079><c> everlasting</c><00:33:13.660><c> in</c><00:33:14.039><c> its</c><00:33:14.259><c> nature,</c><00:33:14.960><c> and</c><00:33:15.339><c> pertains</c><00:33:15.819><c> to</c><00:33:16.039><c> the</c><00:33:16.299><c> throne</c><00:33:16.660><c> or</c>

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to<00:33:17.259><c> the</c><00:33:17.380><c> matter</c><00:33:17.599><c> of</c><00:33:18.019><c> rulership</c><00:33:18.460><c> you</c><00:33:18.759><c> see.</c>

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The<00:33:20.720><c> promise</c><00:33:20.960><c> to</c><00:33:21.180><c> Abraham,</c><00:33:22.799><c> the</c><00:33:22.880><c> promise</c><00:33:23.140><c> to</c><00:33:23.380><c> Phineas,</c><00:33:25.619><c> and</c>

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the<00:33:25.940><c> promise</c><00:33:26.140><c> to</c><00:33:26.359><c> David.</c>

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So<00:33:28.839><c> I</c><00:33:28.880><c> think</c><00:33:29.019><c> that</c><00:33:29.299><c> here</c><00:33:29.559><c> are</c><00:33:29.859><c> the</c><00:33:30.079><c> three</c><00:33:30.519><c> great</c><00:33:31.059><c> covenants</c><00:33:32.400><c> or</c>

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promises<00:33:33.279><c> of</c><00:33:33.680><c> the</c><00:33:34.039><c> firstborn</c><00:33:34.900><c> you</c><00:33:35.339><c> see,</c>

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and<00:33:36.700><c> the</c><00:33:36.940><c> marvelous</c><00:33:37.160><c> thing</c><00:33:37.440><c> about</c><00:33:37.660><c> the</c><00:33:37.900><c> scriptures</c><00:33:38.200><c> brothers</c>

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and<00:33:38.680><c> sisters</c><00:33:38.799><c> is</c><00:33:39.180><c> that</c><00:33:39.339><c> we're</c><00:33:39.660><c> blessed</c><00:33:39.880><c> to</c>

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inherit<00:33:40.680><c> these</c><00:33:41.180><c> promises</c><00:33:41.700><c> with</c><00:33:42.299><c> our</c><00:33:42.599><c> Lord</c><00:33:42.779><c> Jesus</c><00:33:43.200><c> Christ</c><00:33:43.799><c> because</c><00:33:44.279><c> of</c>

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course<00:33:44.619><c> he's</c><00:33:44.880><c> the</c><00:33:45.140><c> special</c><00:33:45.519><c> seed,</c>

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the<00:33:46.279><c> preeminent</c><00:33:46.900><c> singular</c><00:33:47.440><c> seed</c><00:33:47.839><c> to</c><00:33:48.220><c> whom</c><00:33:48.339><c> the</c><00:33:48.579><c> promise</c><00:33:48.759><c> belongs</c><00:33:49.240><c> but</c>

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we're<00:33:49.859><c> the</c><00:33:50.039><c> multitudinous</c><00:33:50.799><c> seed</c><00:33:50.920><c> that</c><00:33:51.119><c> hope</c>

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:54.980
to<00:33:51.559><c> share</c><00:33:51.839><c> in</c><00:33:52.240><c> those</c><00:33:52.539><c> promises</c><00:33:52.900><c> together</c><00:33:53.539><c> with</c><00:33:53.819><c> the</c><00:33:54.059><c> man</c><00:33:54.460><c> to</c>

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whom<00:33:55.119><c> the</c><00:33:55.380><c> promise</c><00:33:55.559><c> was</c><00:33:55.940><c> originally</c><00:33:56.380><c> given</c>

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is<00:33:59.319><c> what's</c><00:33:59.559><c> going</c><00:33:59.640><c> to</c><00:33:59.859><c> happen</c><00:34:00.079><c> isn't</c><00:34:00.319><c> it.</c>

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You<00:34:00.960><c> see</c><00:34:01.599><c> Abraham</c><00:34:02.279><c> and</c><00:34:02.920><c> all</c><00:34:03.440><c> his</c><00:34:03.759><c> spiritual</c><00:34:04.480><c> children</c><00:34:05.299><c> will</c>

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be<00:34:06.359><c> provided</c><00:34:06.779><c> with</c><00:34:07.200><c> an</c><00:34:07.420><c> inheritance</c><00:34:07.900><c> but</c><00:34:08.179><c> only</c>

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it<00:34:14.420><c> were</c><00:34:14.539><c> the</c><00:34:14.760><c> double</c><00:34:15.039><c> portion</c>

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of<00:34:16.500><c> the</c><00:34:16.760><c> inheritance</c><00:34:17.119><c> and</c><00:34:17.239><c> he</c><00:34:17.380><c> has</c><00:34:17.480><c> a</c><00:34:17.679><c> special</c><00:34:17.940><c> part</c><00:34:18.260><c> in</c><00:34:18.420><c> the</c>

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be<00:34:22.300><c> token</c><00:34:22.500><c> the</c><00:34:22.739><c> double</c><00:34:22.960><c> portion</c><00:34:24.559><c> and</c><00:34:25.320><c> Phineas</c><00:34:25.619><c> and</c><00:34:25.760><c> his</c><00:34:25.960><c> spiritual</c><00:34:26.400><c> offspring</c><00:34:26.780><c> are</c>

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all<00:34:27.280><c> going</c><00:34:27.400><c> to</c><00:34:27.579><c> be</c><00:34:27.800><c> consecrated</c>

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to<00:34:28.619><c> priesthood</c><00:34:29.199><c> in</c><00:34:29.800><c> the</c><00:34:29.980><c> age</c><00:34:30.199><c> to</c><00:34:30.420><c> come</c><00:34:30.739><c> but</c><00:34:31.159><c> only</c><00:34:31.460><c> one</c><00:34:31.940><c> son</c><00:34:32.239><c> the</c>

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Lord<00:34:42.699><c> Jesus</c><00:34:43.119><c> Christ</c>

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to<00:34:47.760><c> be</c><00:34:48.000><c> elevated</c><00:34:48.320><c> to</c><00:34:48.659><c> rulership</c>

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in<00:34:49.519><c> the</c><00:34:49.840><c> kingdom</c><00:34:50.239><c> but</c><00:34:50.659><c> only</c><00:34:50.920><c> one</c><00:34:51.340><c> son</c><00:34:51.719><c> he</c><00:34:52.039><c> which</c><00:34:52.239><c> is</c><00:34:52.559><c> called</c><00:34:52.900><c> Shiloh</c><00:34:53.639><c> will</c><00:34:54.059><c> be</c>

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made<00:34:54.539><c> the</c><00:34:54.880><c> chief</c><00:34:55.239><c> ruler</c>

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isn't<00:34:59.960><c> there</c><00:35:00.280><c> you</c><00:35:00.559><c> see</c><00:35:00.880><c> we're</c><00:35:01.300><c> all</c><00:35:01.760><c> sharers</c>

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but<00:35:04.219><c> Christ</c><00:35:04.860><c> as</c><00:35:05.980><c> the</c><00:35:06.260><c> real</c><00:35:06.760><c> firstborn</c><00:35:07.519><c> son</c><00:35:08.079><c> of</c><00:35:08.440><c> his</c><00:35:08.800><c> father's</c>

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family<00:35:10.039><c> takes</c><00:35:11.380><c> the</c><00:35:13.139><c> pre</c><00:35:13.480><c>-eminent</c><00:35:14.000><c> position</c>

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special<00:35:25.639><c> men</c><00:35:26.219><c> to</c><00:35:26.480><c> whom</c><00:35:26.800><c> these</c><00:35:27.420><c> promises</c><00:35:27.840><c> were</c><00:35:28.099><c> made</c><00:35:28.300><c> and</c><00:35:28.619><c> I</c>

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I<00:35:32.059><c> think</c><00:35:32.239><c> that</c><00:35:32.659><c> lying</c><00:35:32.880><c> inside</c><00:35:33.380><c> these</c><00:35:33.800><c> three</c><00:35:34.139><c> covenants</c><00:35:34.539><c> is</c><00:35:34.760><c> a</c>

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it<00:35:37.260><c> but</c><00:35:37.460><c> of</c><00:35:37.699><c> course</c><00:35:37.820><c> you've</c><00:35:38.019><c> got</c><00:35:38.099><c> to</c><00:35:38.320><c> think</c><00:35:38.539><c> you</c><00:35:38.760><c> see</c><00:35:39.019><c> I</c><00:35:39.400><c> think</c>

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that<00:35:39.940><c> all</c><00:35:40.199><c> of</c><00:35:40.380><c> these</c><00:35:40.619><c> covenants</c><00:35:41.480><c> must</c><00:35:42.099><c> in</c><00:35:43.360><c> fact</c>

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promise<00:35:46.699><c> immortality</c><00:35:47.179><c> because</c><00:35:48.179><c> otherwise</c><00:35:48.460><c> they</c><00:35:48.719><c> cannot</c><00:35:48.880><c> be</c>

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eternal<00:35:56.519><c> in</c><00:35:56.840><c> the</c><00:35:57.000><c> land</c>

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promised<00:36:02.900><c> that</c>

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rulership<00:36:03.639><c> which</c><00:36:03.820><c> is</c><00:36:04.099><c> forevermore</c><00:36:04.920><c> these</c><00:36:05.599><c> promises</c><00:36:06.079><c> cannot</c>

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be<00:36:07.079><c> fulfilled</c><00:36:07.840><c> unless</c><00:36:08.900><c> the</c><00:36:09.519><c> inheritors</c><00:36:10.300><c> receive</c>

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immortality<00:36:13.659><c> they</c><00:36:14.260><c> can</c><00:36:14.440><c> never</c><00:36:14.719><c> receive</c><00:36:15.119><c> the</c><00:36:15.460><c> fullness</c><00:36:15.679><c> of</c>

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:18.380
these<00:36:16.159><c> promises</c><00:36:16.579><c> unless</c><00:36:17.099><c> they</c><00:36:17.340><c> have</c><00:36:17.659><c> immortality</c>

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that's<00:36:18.800><c> the</c><00:36:18.900><c> only</c><00:36:18.980><c> way</c><00:36:19.119><c> that</c><00:36:19.280><c> these</c><00:36:19.519><c> promises</c><00:36:19.780><c> can</c><00:36:20.000><c> be</c><00:36:20.199><c> fulfilled</c><00:36:20.639><c> now</c>

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the<00:36:21.260><c> burning</c><00:36:21.480><c> question</c>

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brothers<00:36:22.300><c> it</c><00:36:22.420><c> is</c><00:36:22.719><c> perhaps</c><00:36:23.000><c> the</c><00:36:23.199><c> burning</c><00:36:23.420><c> question</c><00:36:23.739><c> of</c><00:36:23.900><c> the</c><00:36:24.019><c> bible</c><00:36:24.300><c> account</c><00:36:24.599><c> itself</c><00:36:25.039><c> is</c>

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how<00:36:25.739><c> can</c><00:36:26.099><c> sinful</c><00:36:26.500><c> men</c>

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and<00:36:27.260><c> women</c><00:36:27.639><c> no</c><00:36:28.019><c> matter</c><00:36:28.219><c> how</c><00:36:28.639><c> great</c><00:36:28.820><c> our</c><00:36:29.119><c> yearning</c><00:36:29.559><c> ever</c><00:36:29.940><c> be</c><00:36:30.179><c> given</c><00:36:30.440><c> immortality</c><00:36:31.280><c> by</c>

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almighty<00:36:32.159><c> god</c><00:36:32.460><c> and</c><00:36:32.599><c> the</c>

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majesty<00:36:33.099><c> of</c><00:36:33.260><c> his</c><00:36:33.360><c> holiness</c><00:36:33.719><c> how</c><00:36:34.199><c> can</c><00:36:34.420><c> we</c><00:36:34.639><c> as</c><00:36:34.920><c> sinful</c><00:36:35.400><c> men</c><00:36:35.860><c> and</c>

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women<00:36:36.300><c> receive</c><00:36:36.760><c> the</c><00:36:36.940><c> blessing</c><00:36:37.239><c> of</c><00:36:37.579><c> immortality</c>

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to<00:36:40.579><c> that</c><00:36:40.699><c> isn't</c><00:36:43.320><c> there</c>

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we<00:36:43.619><c> can't</c><00:36:44.820><c> actually</c><00:36:45.780><c> unless</c><00:36:47.340><c> first</c><00:36:47.699><c> our</c><00:36:48.019><c> sins</c><00:36:48.320><c> might</c><00:36:48.579><c> be</c><00:36:48.860><c> forgiven</c><00:36:49.079><c> that</c>

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we<00:36:49.440><c> can</c><00:36:49.679><c> stand</c><00:36:49.940><c> before</c><00:36:50.320><c> god</c><00:36:50.599><c> and</c>

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be<00:36:51.519><c> counted</c><00:36:51.760><c> righteous</c><00:36:52.239><c> in</c><00:36:52.480><c> his</c><00:36:52.820><c> sight</c><00:36:53.239><c> if</c><00:36:53.780><c> we're</c><00:36:53.960><c> not</c><00:36:54.139><c> counted</c><00:36:54.440><c> righteous</c><00:36:54.920><c> in</c><00:36:55.119><c> the</c>

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sight<00:36:55.480><c> of</c><00:36:55.719><c> god</c><00:36:55.940><c> then</c>

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he<00:36:56.539><c> cannot</c><00:36:56.940><c> grant</c><00:36:57.340><c> us</c><00:36:57.920><c> immortality</c><00:36:58.719><c> it's</c><00:36:59.139><c> as</c><00:36:59.360><c> simple</c><00:36:59.519><c> as</c><00:36:59.760><c> that</c>

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if<00:37:01.239><c> we</c><00:37:01.420><c> don't</c><00:37:01.719><c> stand</c><00:37:02.079><c> as</c><00:37:02.440><c> clean</c><00:37:02.800><c> before</c><00:37:03.179><c> god</c>

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he<00:37:04.059><c> cannot</c><00:37:04.380><c> immortalize</c><00:37:05.119><c> us</c><00:37:05.579><c> because</c><00:37:05.960><c> he</c><00:37:06.179><c> desires</c><00:37:06.539><c> to</c><00:37:06.840><c> perpetuate</c><00:37:07.300><c> himself</c><00:37:07.840><c> and</c><00:37:08.139><c> not</c><00:37:08.360><c> us</c>

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and<00:37:10.239><c> the</c><00:37:10.380><c> blessing</c><00:37:10.659><c> that</c><00:37:10.920><c> comes</c><00:37:11.159><c> of</c><00:37:11.360><c> inheritance</c><00:37:11.800><c> and</c><00:37:12.000><c> of</c><00:37:12.260><c> priesthood</c><00:37:12.719><c> and</c>

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of<00:37:13.239><c> rulership</c><00:37:13.619><c> in</c><00:37:13.739><c> the</c><00:37:13.920><c> end</c>

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is<00:37:14.460><c> not</c><00:37:15.059><c> for</c><00:37:15.239><c> our</c><00:37:15.500><c> benefit</c><00:37:15.780><c> and</c><00:37:15.960><c> not</c><00:37:16.079><c> for</c><00:37:16.320><c> our</c><00:37:16.599><c> glory</c><00:37:16.900><c> but</c><00:37:17.260><c> for</c>

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