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shines<00:11:27.139><c> forth</c><00:11:27.659><c> as</c><00:11:28.100><c> a</c><00:11:28.519><c> brilliant</c><00:11:28.919><c> character</c><00:11:29.379><c> in</c><00:11:29.559><c> the</c><00:11:29.759><c> scriptures,</c><00:11:30.620><c> coming</c><00:11:31.039><c> out</c><00:11:31.340><c> of</c><00:11:31.379><c> a</c>

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We<00:11:50.700><c> know</c><00:11:50.919><c> that</c><00:11:51.179><c> Daniel</c><00:11:51.460><c> was</c><00:11:51.820><c> young</c><00:11:52.340><c> because</c><00:11:53.279><c> in</c><00:11:53.580><c> the</c><00:11:53.879><c> first</c><00:11:54.120><c> chapter</c><00:11:54.700><c> of</c>

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Daniel,<00:11:56.500><c> we're</c><00:11:56.700><c> told</c><00:11:57.159><c> that</c>

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to<00:12:02.460><c> take</c><00:12:03.019><c> youths,</c><00:12:04.220><c> and</c><00:12:04.360><c> the</c><00:12:04.500><c> word</c><00:12:04.700><c> there</c>

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is<00:12:05.820><c> descriptive</c><00:12:06.700><c> of</c><00:12:07.139><c> people</c><00:12:07.519><c> who</c><00:12:07.679><c> were</c><00:12:07.919><c> very</c><00:12:08.299><c> young.</c>

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And<00:12:09.240><c> it</c><00:12:09.379><c> could</c><00:12:09.600><c> very</c><00:12:09.899><c> well</c><00:12:10.159><c> be</c><00:12:10.379><c> that</c><00:12:10.639><c> Daniel</c><00:12:10.980><c> at</c><00:12:11.159><c> this</c><00:12:11.360><c> particular</c><00:12:11.840><c> time</c><00:12:12.480><c> would</c><00:12:12.960><c> be</c>

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be<00:12:15.419><c> one</c><00:12:15.580><c> of</c><00:12:15.679><c> those</c><00:12:15.940><c> people</c><00:12:16.220><c> we</c><00:12:16.399><c> have</c><00:12:16.580><c> so</c><00:12:16.799><c> much</c><00:12:17.039><c> trouble</c><00:12:17.279><c> with</c>

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today,<00:12:18.419><c> the</c><00:12:18.659><c> teenagers.</c>

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Everyone<00:12:24.539><c> would</c><00:12:24.799><c> admire</c><00:12:25.139><c> Daniel,</c><00:12:26.279><c> even</c><00:12:26.600><c> when</c><00:12:26.759><c> he</c><00:12:26.899><c> was</c><00:12:27.139><c> this</c>

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He<00:12:42.919><c> didn't</c><00:12:43.259><c> just</c><00:12:43.720><c> tell</c><00:12:44.000><c> people</c><00:12:44.360><c> what</c><00:12:44.559><c> God</c><00:12:44.820><c> was</c><00:12:45.039><c> like</c><00:12:45.220><c> and</c><00:12:45.379><c> what</c>

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they<00:12:46.019><c> should</c><00:12:46.200><c> be</c><00:12:46.440><c> like.</c>

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He<00:12:51.600><c> was</c><00:12:51.840><c> a</c><00:12:51.980><c> man</c><00:12:52.179><c> that</c><00:12:52.460><c> saw</c><00:12:52.779><c> principles,</c><00:12:53.480><c> even</c><00:12:53.779><c> in</c><00:12:53.940><c> his</c><00:12:54.139><c> youngness.</c>

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He<00:12:55.659><c> was</c><00:12:55.919><c> a</c><00:12:55.960><c> man</c><00:12:56.259><c> who</c><00:12:56.460><c> was</c><00:12:56.860><c> quite</c><00:12:57.179><c> prepared</c><00:12:57.659><c> to</c><00:12:57.940><c> demonstrate</c><00:12:58.500><c> his</c><00:12:58.860><c> faith,</c><00:12:59.879><c> even</c><00:13:00.299><c> if</c>

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he<00:13:00.759><c> had</c><00:13:00.980><c> to</c><00:13:01.159><c> stand</c><00:13:01.419><c> alone,</c>

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I<00:13:05.039><c> think</c><00:13:05.299><c> we</c><00:13:05.460><c> should</c><00:13:05.779><c> never</c><00:13:06.600><c> lose</c><00:13:07.320><c> the</c><00:13:07.679><c> sight</c><00:13:07.980><c> of</c><00:13:08.279><c> the</c><00:13:08.440><c> picture</c>

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of<00:13:08.980><c> Daniel</c><00:13:09.480><c> taken</c><00:13:10.519><c> to</c><00:13:10.759><c> Babylon.</c>

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We<00:13:16.139><c> know</c><00:13:16.279><c> what</c><00:13:16.539><c> kind</c><00:13:16.679><c> of</c><00:13:16.759><c> a</c><00:13:16.860><c> man</c><00:13:17.000><c> he</c><00:13:17.120><c> was</c><00:13:17.480><c> to</c><00:13:17.779><c> start</c><00:13:17.960><c> with.</c>

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the<00:13:23.879><c> Babylonian</c><00:13:24.440><c> army</c><00:13:24.840><c> and</c><00:13:25.179><c> carried</c>

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across<00:13:26.139><c> or</c><00:13:26.360><c> taken</c><00:13:26.620><c> across</c><00:13:27.100><c> or</c><00:13:27.399><c> dragged</c><00:13:27.659><c> across,</c><00:13:28.220><c> however</c><00:13:28.500><c> they</c><00:13:28.679><c> were</c><00:13:28.919><c> taken,</c><00:13:29.919><c> over</c><00:13:30.159><c> to</c><00:13:30.399><c> Babylon,</c>

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and<00:13:32.200><c> then</c><00:13:32.440><c> coming</c><00:13:32.720><c> to</c><00:13:32.980><c> this</c><00:13:33.320><c> fantastic</c><00:13:34.419><c> city</c><00:13:34.759><c> of</c><00:13:35.059><c> Babylon?</c>

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people<00:13:42.740><c> who</c><00:13:43.220><c> didn't</c><00:13:43.500><c> know</c><00:13:43.759><c> God</c><00:13:44.059><c> would</c>

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Babylon,<00:13:48.200><c> it</c><00:13:48.200><c> was</c><00:13:48.440><c> the</c><00:13:48.539><c> great</c><00:13:48.899><c> city</c><00:13:49.200><c> of</c><00:13:49.360><c> the</c><00:13:49.519><c> day.</c>

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You<00:13:50.919><c> can</c><00:13:51.120><c> well</c><00:13:51.299><c> imagine,</c><00:13:51.960><c> as</c><00:13:51.960><c> Daniel</c><00:13:52.360><c> and</c><00:13:52.460><c> the</c><00:13:52.620><c> other</c><00:13:52.919><c> captives</c><00:13:53.539><c> were</c>

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marching<00:13:54.320><c> through</c><00:13:54.759><c> the</c><00:13:54.960><c> Ishtar</c>

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gates,<00:13:56.559><c> what</c><00:13:56.960><c> thoughts</c><00:13:57.259><c> would</c><00:13:57.440><c> have</c><00:13:57.639><c> come</c><00:13:57.759><c> in</c><00:13:57.840><c> his</c><00:13:58.179><c> mind</c><00:13:58.480><c> as</c>

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he<00:13:58.759><c> saw</c><00:13:59.039><c> those</c><00:13:59.360><c> fantastic</c><00:14:00.220><c> gates</c><00:14:00.879><c> before</c>

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him,<00:14:02.679><c> and</c><00:14:02.840><c> he</c><00:14:02.980><c> saw</c><00:14:03.200><c> the</c><00:14:03.559><c> color</c><00:14:03.759><c> in</c><00:14:03.940><c> the</c><00:14:04.100><c> gates,</c><00:14:04.740><c> and</c><00:14:04.840><c> he</c><00:14:04.960><c> saw</c><00:14:05.139><c> the</c><00:14:05.419><c> pictures</c><00:14:05.759><c> and</c><00:14:05.919><c> the</c><00:14:06.120><c> moldings</c><00:14:06.500><c> in</c><00:14:06.659><c> the</c>

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gates,<00:14:07.480><c> and</c><00:14:07.679><c> he</c><00:14:07.840><c> saw</c><00:14:07.980><c> the</c><00:14:08.259><c> fantastically</c><00:14:09.100><c> high</c><00:14:09.580><c> walls,</c><00:14:10.679><c> and</c>

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he<00:14:11.100><c> knew</c><00:14:11.299><c> of</c><00:14:11.460><c> the</c><00:14:11.759><c> power</c><00:14:12.059><c> and</c><00:14:12.240><c> the</c><00:14:12.500><c> authority</c>

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of<00:14:13.100><c> Babylon,</c><00:14:13.960><c> and</c><00:14:14.159><c> as</c><00:14:14.240><c> he</c><00:14:14.580><c> walked</c><00:14:15.500><c> through</c><00:14:15.720><c> there</c><00:14:16.019><c> to</c><00:14:16.179><c> the</c><00:14:16.379><c> music</c><00:14:16.779><c> and</c>

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ran<00:14:24.759><c> through</c><00:14:25.000><c> his</c><00:14:25.320><c> mind?</c>

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And<00:14:27.059><c> then</c><00:14:27.159><c> as</c><00:14:27.259><c> he</c><00:14:27.440><c> came</c><00:14:27.580><c> into</c><00:14:27.799><c> the</c><00:14:28.000><c> city</c><00:14:28.220><c> itself,</c><00:14:29.480><c> he</c><00:14:29.620><c> would</c>

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have<00:14:30.039><c> seen</c><00:14:30.240><c> the</c><00:14:30.480><c> great</c><00:14:30.740><c> ziggurat</c><00:14:31.200><c> that</c>

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was<00:14:31.580><c> built</c><00:14:31.820><c> there.</c>

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He<00:14:32.740><c> would</c><00:14:32.899><c> have</c><00:14:33.139><c> seen</c><00:14:33.340><c> the</c><00:14:33.779><c> beautiful</c><00:14:34.360><c> hanging</c><00:14:34.759><c> gardens</c><00:14:35.419><c> in</c><00:14:36.019><c> Babylon.</c>

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He<00:14:36.879><c> would</c><00:14:37.080><c> have</c><00:14:37.240><c> seen</c><00:14:37.539><c> the</c><00:14:37.860><c> size</c><00:14:38.279><c> of</c><00:14:38.440><c> the</c><00:14:38.580><c> city,</c><00:14:39.179><c> of</c><00:14:39.360><c> how</c><00:14:39.679><c> it</c><00:14:39.679><c> was</c><00:14:40.559><c> almost</c><00:14:41.559><c> an</c>

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impregnable<00:14:42.460><c> fortress,</c>

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of<00:14:44.179><c> how</c><00:14:44.399><c> in</c><00:14:44.480><c> terms</c><00:14:44.799><c> of</c><00:14:45.039><c> warfare</c><00:14:45.360><c> of</c><00:14:45.539><c> the</c><00:14:45.679><c> day</c><00:14:45.820><c> he</c><00:14:46.000><c> could</c><00:14:46.179><c> have</c>

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felt,<00:14:46.899><c> in</c><00:14:47.159><c> one</c><00:14:47.460><c> sense,</c><00:14:47.879><c> very</c><00:14:48.159><c> secure</c><00:14:48.600><c> in</c><00:14:48.840><c> Babylon,</c>

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because<00:14:50.200><c> who</c><00:14:50.639><c> could</c><00:14:50.919><c> ever</c><00:14:51.259><c> besiege</c><00:14:51.759><c> Babylon,</c><00:14:52.460><c> that</c><00:14:52.700><c> great</c><00:14:53.039><c> city,</c><00:14:53.860><c> and</c><00:14:55.080><c> I</c>

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often<00:14:55.539><c> think</c><00:14:56.820><c> that</c><00:14:57.299><c> whether</c>

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or<00:14:57.679><c> not</c><00:14:57.899><c> Daniel</c><00:14:58.299><c> thought</c><00:14:58.720><c> in</c><00:14:58.919><c> those</c><00:14:59.279><c> terms</c><00:14:59.759><c> that</c><00:15:00.240><c> these</c><00:15:00.580><c> things</c><00:15:00.940><c> would</c>

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have<00:15:01.460><c> impressed</c><00:15:01.960><c> some</c><00:15:02.519><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:03.559><c> captives,</c><00:15:05.440><c> they</c><00:15:05.740><c> would</c><00:15:05.919><c> have</c><00:15:06.080><c> seen</c><00:15:06.320><c> those</c><00:15:06.720><c> big</c><00:15:07.100><c> gates.</c>

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They<00:15:08.779><c> would</c><00:15:08.960><c> have</c><00:15:09.100><c> heard</c><00:15:09.299><c> the</c><00:15:09.539><c> music.</c>

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They<00:15:10.500><c> would</c><00:15:10.679><c> have</c><00:15:10.899><c> saw</c><00:15:11.019><c> the</c><00:15:11.320><c> power</c><00:15:11.759><c> and</c><00:15:11.960><c> the</c><00:15:12.259><c> authority</c><00:15:12.679><c> of</c>

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the<00:15:13.299><c> Babylonian</c><00:15:13.740><c> society,</c><00:15:14.340><c> and</c><00:15:14.340><c> they</c><00:15:14.460><c> would</c>

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have<00:15:14.720><c> said,</c><00:15:14.860><c> boy,</c><00:15:15.240><c> this</c><00:15:15.480><c> is</c><00:15:15.620><c> for</c><00:15:15.860><c> me.</c>

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You<00:15:16.639><c> know,</c><00:15:16.940><c> we've</c><00:15:17.299><c> come</c><00:15:17.440><c> from</c><00:15:17.700><c> Judah,</c><00:15:18.080><c> which</c><00:15:18.320><c> never</c><00:15:18.659><c> was</c><00:15:18.879><c> very</c>

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strong,<00:15:19.539><c> because</c><00:15:19.840><c> God</c><00:15:20.080><c> had</c><00:15:20.240><c> been</c><00:15:20.379><c> cursing</c>

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it.

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God<00:15:22.000><c> hadn't</c><00:15:22.279><c> been</c><00:15:22.480><c> with</c><00:15:22.679><c> the</c><00:15:22.860><c> kings</c><00:15:23.039><c> of</c><00:15:23.320><c> Judah.</c>

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They<00:15:23.960><c> had</c><00:15:24.139><c> been</c><00:15:24.320><c> wicked,</c><00:15:24.639><c> and</c><00:15:24.759><c> these</c><00:15:24.980><c> people</c><00:15:25.200><c> have</c><00:15:25.399><c> gone</c><00:15:25.580><c> through</c><00:15:25.799><c> a</c><00:15:26.039><c> time</c><00:15:26.179><c> of</c><00:15:26.500><c> trial.</c>

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It<00:15:27.519><c> would</c><00:15:27.659><c> have</c><00:15:27.840><c> seemed</c><00:15:28.019><c> like</c><00:15:28.259><c> liberation</c><00:15:28.799><c> to</c><00:15:29.000><c> some</c><00:15:29.200><c> of</c><00:15:29.299><c> them</c>

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to<00:15:29.840><c> walk</c><00:15:30.080><c> into</c><00:15:30.279><c> Babylon,</c><00:15:30.820><c> and</c><00:15:31.600><c> here</c><00:15:31.759><c> they</c>

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would<00:15:32.000><c> have</c><00:15:32.200><c> felt</c><00:15:32.379><c> secure.</c>

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These<00:15:33.559><c> people</c><00:15:33.960><c> were</c><00:15:34.460><c> privileged</c><00:15:34.919><c> people.</c>

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They<00:15:36.039><c> were</c><00:15:36.279><c> taken</c><00:15:36.620><c> now</c><00:15:36.980><c> to</c><00:15:37.139><c> be</c><00:15:37.360><c> instructed</c><00:15:37.940><c> and</c><00:15:38.440><c> to</c><00:15:38.580><c> be</c><00:15:38.759><c> given</c>

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power<00:15:39.580><c> and</c><00:15:39.799><c> really</c><00:15:39.919><c> an</c><00:15:40.139><c> authority</c><00:15:40.460><c> in</c>

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terms<00:15:40.879><c> of</c><00:15:41.039><c> the</c><00:15:41.259><c> captives</c><00:15:42.000><c> by</c><00:15:42.419><c> dwelling</c><00:15:42.720><c> in</c><00:15:43.240><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:15:44.120><c> court.</c>

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But<00:15:46.100><c> we'll</c><00:15:46.379><c> see</c><00:15:46.639><c> how</c><00:15:47.440><c> Daniel</c><00:15:47.779><c> was</c><00:15:48.000><c> impressed</c><00:15:48.340><c> with</c><00:15:48.539><c> these</c><00:15:48.740><c> things</c><00:15:49.120><c> and</c>

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how<00:15:49.639><c> the</c><00:15:49.860><c> others</c><00:15:50.019><c> were</c><00:15:50.259><c> impressed</c>

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as<00:15:51.279><c> we</c><00:15:51.500><c> continue</c><00:15:51.899><c> on.</c>

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Daniel<00:15:54.100><c> would</c><00:15:54.360><c> not</c><00:15:54.600><c> have</c><00:15:54.740><c> been</c><00:15:54.899><c> there</c><00:15:55.120><c> very</c><00:15:55.460><c> long</c><00:15:55.779><c> before</c><00:15:56.139><c> he</c>

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would<00:15:56.440><c> have</c><00:15:56.659><c> seen</c><00:15:56.879><c> what</c><00:15:57.100><c> the</c><00:15:57.379><c> Babylonians</c>

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were<00:15:58.059><c> going</c><00:15:58.159><c> to</c><00:15:58.320><c> try</c><00:15:58.440><c> to</c><00:15:58.559><c> do</c><00:15:58.679><c> with</c><00:15:58.820><c> him.</c>

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It<00:16:00.019><c> wasn't</c><00:16:00.559><c> very</c><00:16:00.940><c> long</c><00:16:01.159><c> we</c><00:16:01.320><c> find</c><00:16:01.740><c> out,</c><00:16:02.700><c> just</c><00:16:03.059><c> in</c><00:16:03.220><c> this</c><00:16:03.399><c> first</c>

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chapter<00:16:04.059><c> here,</c><00:16:04.679><c> that</c><00:16:05.580><c> Daniel's</c><00:16:06.100><c> name</c>

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now<00:16:06.659><c> was</c><00:16:06.840><c> going</c><00:16:07.000><c> to</c><00:16:07.100><c> be</c><00:16:07.299><c> changed.</c>

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Instead<00:16:08.820><c> of</c><00:16:09.019><c> calling</c><00:16:09.340><c> him</c><00:16:09.679><c> Daniel,</c><00:16:10.860><c> it</c><00:16:10.919><c> was</c><00:16:11.200><c> chosen</c><00:16:11.600><c> in</c><00:16:11.799><c> verse</c>

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7,<00:16:13.419><c> Belteshazzar.</c>

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Now<00:16:16.059><c> I</c><00:16:16.059><c> wonder</c><00:16:16.279><c> what</c><00:16:16.580><c> Daniel</c><00:16:16.899><c> would</c><00:16:17.080><c> have</c><00:16:17.200><c> thought</c><00:16:17.419><c> about</c><00:16:17.679><c> that.</c>

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His<00:16:19.879><c> name</c><00:16:20.059><c> had</c><00:16:20.259><c> been</c><00:16:20.480><c> Daniel,</c><00:16:21.019><c> and</c><00:16:21.100><c> now</c><00:16:21.279><c> it</c><00:16:21.379><c> was</c><00:16:21.539><c> Belteshazzar.</c>

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Well<00:16:24.139><c> I'm</c><00:16:24.299><c> sure</c><00:16:24.519><c> that</c><00:16:24.940><c> Daniel</c><00:16:25.259><c> recognized</c><00:16:26.080><c> there</c><00:16:26.259><c> was</c><00:16:26.679><c> significance</c><00:16:27.360><c> in</c><00:16:27.700><c> names,</c><00:16:28.460><c> as</c>

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I'm<00:16:29.000><c> sure</c><00:16:29.179><c> the</c>

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people<00:16:29.580><c> of</c><00:16:29.740><c> the</c><00:16:29.860><c> day</c><00:16:30.080><c> did.</c>

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He<00:16:31.320><c> would</c><00:16:31.500><c> have</c><00:16:31.659><c> known</c><00:16:31.960><c> that</c><00:16:32.179><c> his</c><00:16:32.419><c> name</c><00:16:32.639><c> meant</c><00:16:33.159><c> judgment</c><00:16:33.820><c> of</c>

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El,<00:16:35.419><c> Daniel,</c><00:16:36.320><c> judgment</c><00:16:36.840><c> of</c><00:16:37.299><c> El,</c><00:16:37.720><c> judgment</c><00:16:38.100><c> of</c>

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God,<00:16:39.100><c> and</c><00:16:39.220><c> now</c><00:16:39.440><c> it</c><00:16:39.519><c> was</c><00:16:39.759><c> changed</c><00:16:40.039><c> to</c><00:16:40.240><c> Belteshazzar,</c><00:16:41.139><c> which</c><00:16:41.700><c> was</c><00:16:43.059><c> in</c>

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no<00:16:43.360><c> reflection</c><00:16:44.419><c> the</c><00:16:45.080><c> judgment</c><00:16:45.419><c> of</c>

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El,<00:16:46.720><c> but</c><00:16:47.019><c> was</c><00:16:47.379><c> changed</c><00:16:47.659><c> to</c><00:16:47.940><c> something</c><00:16:48.279><c> which</c><00:16:48.600><c> meant</c><00:16:48.940><c> keeper</c>

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of<00:16:49.940><c> the</c><00:16:50.179><c> hidden</c><00:16:50.419><c> treasures</c><00:16:50.860><c> of</c><00:16:51.299><c> Bel.</c>

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And<00:16:52.080><c> who</c><00:16:52.240><c> was</c><00:16:52.440><c> Bel?</c>

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Nothing<00:16:54.320><c> to</c><00:16:54.600><c> do</c><00:16:54.700><c> with</c><00:16:54.960><c> El.</c>

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Bel<00:16:56.700><c> was</c><00:16:56.940><c> a</c><00:16:57.100><c> god</c><00:16:57.220><c> of</c><00:16:57.480><c> Babylon.</c>

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He<00:16:58.519><c> was</c><00:16:58.700><c> one</c><00:16:58.899><c> of</c><00:16:58.980><c> these</c><00:16:59.519><c> things</c><00:16:59.799><c> that</c><00:17:00.159><c> men</c><00:17:00.460><c> had</c><00:17:00.860><c> made,</c><00:17:02.139><c> and</c><00:17:02.299><c> which</c><00:17:02.519><c> had</c>

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not<00:17:03.059><c> used</c><00:17:03.279><c> their</c><00:17:03.539><c> minds</c><00:17:03.860><c> or</c><00:17:04.039><c> their</c>

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intelligence<00:17:04.720><c> as</c><00:17:04.960><c> God</c><00:17:05.259><c> tells</c><00:17:05.579><c> us</c><00:17:06.019><c> in</c><00:17:06.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:06.720><c> 44.</c>

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They<00:17:08.099><c> hadn't</c><00:17:08.420><c> used</c><00:17:08.720><c> their</c><00:17:09.019><c> mind</c><00:17:09.180><c> or</c><00:17:09.319><c> their</c><00:17:09.640><c> intelligence.</c>

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They<00:17:10.480><c> made</c><00:17:10.960><c> the</c><00:17:11.240><c> thing</c><00:17:11.420><c> and</c><00:17:11.619><c> then</c><00:17:11.740><c> they</c><00:17:12.099><c> bowed</c><00:17:12.380><c> down</c><00:17:12.700><c> and</c><00:17:13.019><c> served</c><00:17:13.299><c> it.</c>

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What<00:17:15.539><c> kind</c><00:17:15.779><c> of</c><00:17:16.019><c> intelligent</c><00:17:16.400><c> beings</c><00:17:16.740><c> would</c><00:17:16.980><c> do</c><00:17:17.180><c> that?</c>

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And<00:17:18.400><c> yet</c><00:17:18.660><c> this</c><00:17:19.039><c> is</c><00:17:19.220><c> what</c><00:17:19.339><c> he</c><00:17:19.619><c> found</c><00:17:19.859><c> all</c><00:17:20.200><c> the</c><00:17:20.299><c> way</c><00:17:20.440><c> through</c><00:17:20.700><c> Babylon.</c>

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And<00:17:23.140><c> it</c><00:17:23.420><c> would</c><00:17:23.660><c> seem</c><00:17:23.859><c> that</c><00:17:24.140><c> some</c><00:17:24.380><c> of</c><00:17:24.480><c> them</c><00:17:24.559><c> never</c><00:17:24.980><c> saw</c><00:17:25.259><c> what</c><00:17:25.480><c> Daniel</c><00:17:25.920><c> saw</c><00:17:26.400><c> in</c>

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these<00:17:27.240><c> gods</c><00:17:27.559><c> and</c><00:17:27.720><c> in</c><00:17:27.859><c> the</c>

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worship<00:17:28.220><c> of</c><00:17:28.440><c> these</c><00:17:28.619><c> gods.</c>

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However,<00:17:30.519><c> while</c><00:17:30.599><c> we're</c><00:17:30.779><c> on</c><00:17:31.019><c> names,</c><00:17:31.359><c> we'll</c><00:17:31.420><c> go</c><00:17:31.599><c> down</c><00:17:31.819><c> to</c><00:17:32.000><c> the</c>

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others,<00:17:32.720><c> Daniel's</c><00:17:33.220><c> friends,</c><00:17:34.380><c> Hananiah,</c>

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which<00:17:35.759><c> means</c><00:17:36.200><c> Yah</c><00:17:36.660><c> has</c><00:17:36.940><c> been</c><00:17:37.240><c> gracious</c><00:17:37.900><c> in</c><00:17:38.440><c> Hebrew.</c>

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But<00:17:39.819><c> when</c><00:17:40.000><c> it's</c><00:17:40.420><c> changed,</c><00:17:41.079><c> as</c><00:17:41.160><c> it</c><00:17:41.319><c> was</c><00:17:41.519><c> to</c><00:17:41.859><c> Shadrach,</c><00:17:43.119><c> suggests</c><00:17:43.440><c> the</c><00:17:43.779><c> inspiration</c><00:17:44.539><c> of</c>

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the<00:17:45.079><c> sun.</c>

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And<00:17:46.960><c> also</c><00:17:47.259><c> as</c><00:17:47.460><c> a</c><00:17:47.619><c> reflection</c><00:17:48.119><c> on</c><00:17:48.400><c> the</c><00:17:48.640><c> worship</c><00:17:48.940><c> of</c><00:17:49.160><c> the</c><00:17:49.400><c> gods</c>

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of<00:17:49.920><c> Babylon.</c>

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No<00:17:51.759><c> longer</c><00:17:52.079><c> did</c><00:17:52.220><c> it</c><00:17:52.400><c> give</c><00:17:52.579><c> glory</c><00:17:53.039><c> to</c><00:17:53.380><c> God.</c>

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No<00:17:54.660><c> longer</c><00:17:55.180><c> did</c><00:17:55.400><c> it</c><00:17:55.500><c> talk</c><00:17:55.779><c> about</c><00:17:56.019><c> the</c><00:17:56.420><c> graciousness</c><00:17:57.200><c> of</c><00:17:57.440><c> Yahweh,</c><00:17:58.759><c> but</c>

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now<00:17:59.119><c> it</c><00:17:59.380><c> talked</c><00:17:59.579><c> about</c><00:17:59.920><c> some</c><00:18:00.380><c> god</c><00:18:00.940><c> of</c><00:18:01.180><c> the</c><00:18:01.440><c> sun.</c>

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And<00:18:03.119><c> you</c><00:18:03.220><c> can</c><00:18:03.559><c> see</c><00:18:03.759><c> the</c><00:18:03.980><c> purpose</c><00:18:04.339><c> of</c><00:18:04.539><c> the</c><00:18:04.700><c> Babylonians.</c>

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They<00:18:06.319><c> don't</c><00:18:06.599><c> want</c><00:18:06.779><c> Daniel</c><00:18:07.299><c> remembering</c><00:18:08.059><c> judgment</c><00:18:08.480><c> of</c><00:18:08.740><c> El.</c>

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of<00:18:13.099><c> Yahweh.</c>

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They<00:18:14.259><c> want</c><00:18:14.559><c> these</c><00:18:14.920><c> young</c><00:18:15.180><c> men</c><00:18:15.400><c> now</c><00:18:15.579><c> to</c><00:18:15.740><c> think</c><00:18:15.880><c> about</c><00:18:16.259><c> Babylon</c>

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and<00:18:17.579><c> about</c><00:18:17.779><c> the</c><00:18:18.079><c> power</c><00:18:18.319><c> and</c><00:18:18.519><c> the</c><00:18:18.720><c> authority</c>

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of<00:18:19.099><c> the</c><00:18:19.240><c> gods</c><00:18:19.400><c> of</c><00:18:19.640><c> Babylon.</c>

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They<00:18:20.799><c> wanted</c><00:18:21.019><c> them</c><00:18:21.220><c> to</c><00:18:21.319><c> put</c><00:18:21.539><c> two</c><00:18:21.759><c> and</c><00:18:21.900><c> two</c><00:18:22.039><c> together.</c>

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Because<00:18:23.640><c> it</c><00:18:23.799><c> would</c><00:18:23.920><c> be</c><00:18:24.140><c> quite</c><00:18:24.460><c> current</c><00:18:24.759><c> and</c><00:18:25.039><c> common</c><00:18:25.319><c> thinking</c>

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in<00:18:25.799><c> those</c><00:18:26.039><c> days</c><00:18:26.500><c> that</c><00:18:27.019><c> the</c><00:18:27.400><c> God</c><00:18:27.720><c> who</c><00:18:28.099><c> won</c>

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was<00:18:28.759><c> really</c><00:18:29.000><c> the</c><00:18:29.119><c> most</c><00:18:29.400><c> powerful</c><00:18:29.839><c> one.</c>

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And<00:18:30.859><c> which</c><00:18:31.119><c> God</c><00:18:31.319><c> had</c><00:18:31.579><c> won.</c>

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Hadn't<00:18:33.019><c> been</c><00:18:33.240><c> the</c><00:18:33.400><c> gods</c><00:18:33.660><c> of</c><00:18:33.980><c> Babylon</c><00:18:34.299><c> which</c><00:18:34.700><c> had</c><00:18:35.240><c> won</c><00:18:35.440><c> over</c><00:18:35.740><c> the</c><00:18:35.940><c> gods</c><00:18:36.160><c> of</c><00:18:36.359><c> Israel?</c>

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Hadn't<00:18:38.200><c> they</c><00:18:38.460><c> taken</c><00:18:38.779><c> the</c><00:18:39.240><c> vessels</c><00:18:39.660><c> out</c><00:18:39.880><c> of</c><00:18:40.019><c> the</c><00:18:40.259><c> temple</c><00:18:40.480><c> of</c>

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Yahweh<00:18:41.119><c> and</c><00:18:41.460><c> they</c><00:18:41.660><c> hadn't</c><00:18:41.819><c> been</c><00:18:42.140><c> stopped?</c>

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They'd<00:18:43.579><c> gotten</c><00:18:43.759><c> the</c><00:18:44.000><c> vessels</c><00:18:44.359><c> and</c><00:18:44.779><c> they</c><00:18:44.960><c> took</c><00:18:45.079><c> the</c><00:18:45.299><c> vessels</c>

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and<00:18:45.740><c> now</c><00:18:45.900><c> they</c><00:18:46.039><c> were</c><00:18:46.119><c> in</c><00:18:46.220><c> the</c><00:18:46.400><c> temples</c><00:18:46.579><c> of</c><00:18:46.859><c> Babylon.</c>

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And<00:18:48.259><c> everything</c><00:18:48.740><c> was</c><00:18:49.240><c> mocking.</c>

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Absolutely<00:18:51.400><c> mocking</c><00:18:52.039><c> of</c><00:18:52.220><c> the</c><00:18:52.380><c> religion</c><00:18:52.819><c> that</c><00:18:53.299><c> these</c><00:18:53.579><c> young</c>

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Jews<00:18:54.119><c> had.</c>

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How<00:18:55.960><c> would</c><00:18:56.160><c> they</c><00:18:56.279><c> have</c><00:18:56.500><c> felt</c><00:18:56.660><c> in</c><00:18:56.920><c> that?</c>

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What<00:18:58.660><c> would</c><00:18:58.900><c> Daniel</c><00:18:59.220><c> have</c><00:18:59.460><c> thought</c><00:18:59.660><c> about</c><00:18:59.980><c> that?</c>

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Having<00:19:00.380><c> his</c><00:19:00.599><c> name</c><00:19:00.819><c> changed</c><00:19:01.180><c> to</c><00:19:01.380><c> Belteshazzar</c><00:19:02.359><c> and</c><00:19:02.920><c> Hananiah</c>

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to<00:19:03.640><c> Shadrach.</c>

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And<00:19:05.039><c> Mishael</c><00:19:05.440><c> which</c><00:19:05.680><c> means</c><00:19:06.079><c> who</c><00:19:06.500><c> is</c><00:19:07.079><c> as</c><00:19:07.500><c> El</c><00:19:07.960><c> changed</c><00:19:08.799><c> to</c><00:19:09.980><c> Meshach.</c>

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Which<00:19:11.079><c> means</c><00:19:11.460><c> he</c><00:19:11.839><c> who</c><00:19:12.099><c> belongs</c><00:19:12.640><c> to</c><00:19:13.240><c> the</c><00:19:13.480><c> goddess</c><00:19:13.779><c> Shaka.</c>

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Once<00:19:15.400><c> again</c><00:19:15.859><c> changing</c><00:19:16.619><c> completely</c><00:19:17.200><c> the</c><00:19:17.460><c> emphasis</c><00:19:17.779><c> of</c><00:19:18.039><c> the</c><00:19:18.220><c> gods</c><00:19:18.619><c> of</c><00:19:18.960><c> Israel.</c>

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The<00:19:19.980><c> god</c><00:19:20.220><c> of</c><00:19:20.359><c> Israel</c><00:19:20.680><c> rather.</c>

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Yahweh<00:19:21.940><c> to</c><00:19:22.160><c> the</c><00:19:22.440><c> gods</c><00:19:22.799><c> of</c><00:19:23.200><c> Babylon.</c>

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And<00:19:24.519><c> then</c><00:19:24.720><c> Azariah</c><00:19:25.900><c> meaning</c><00:19:26.440><c> helped</c><00:19:26.980><c> of</c><00:19:27.460><c> Yah</c><00:19:27.700><c> changing</c><00:19:28.279><c> to</c><00:19:28.740><c> Abednego</c><00:19:29.380><c> servant</c><00:19:30.480><c> of</c>

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the<00:19:31.400><c> shining</c><00:19:31.660><c> fire.</c>

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And<00:19:33.660><c> every</c><00:19:34.099><c> single</c><00:19:34.480><c> case</c><00:19:34.799><c> it</c><00:19:35.000><c> was</c><00:19:35.220><c> changing</c><00:19:35.660><c> a</c><00:19:36.200><c> name</c><00:19:36.579><c> that</c><00:19:37.160><c> referred</c><00:19:37.579><c> to</c>

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the<00:19:38.059><c> glory</c><00:19:38.359><c> or</c><00:19:38.619><c> the</c><00:19:38.859><c> aspects</c><00:19:39.200><c> of</c><00:19:39.519><c> God</c>

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to<00:19:40.359><c> the</c><00:19:40.619><c> name</c><00:19:40.839><c> that</c><00:19:41.079><c> referred</c><00:19:41.299><c> to</c><00:19:41.460><c> the</c><00:19:41.740><c> glory</c><00:19:42.019><c> or</c><00:19:42.240><c> the</c><00:19:42.460><c> aspects</c>

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of<00:19:43.180><c> the</c><00:19:43.460><c> gods</c><00:19:43.740><c> of</c><00:19:44.000><c> Babylon.</c>

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And<00:19:44.940><c> it</c><00:19:45.039><c> was</c><00:19:45.279><c> a</c><00:19:45.480><c> complete</c><00:19:46.160><c> brainwashing</c><00:19:46.960><c> program</c><00:19:47.460><c> set</c><00:19:47.799><c> up</c><00:19:48.299><c> by</c>

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the<00:19:48.880><c> authorities</c><00:19:49.220><c> in</c><00:19:49.460><c> Babylon</c>

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to<00:19:50.279><c> take</c><00:19:50.559><c> these</c><00:19:50.900><c> young</c><00:19:51.099><c> men</c><00:19:51.279><c> and</c><00:19:51.440><c> to</c><00:19:51.799><c> transform</c><00:19:52.299><c> them</c><00:19:52.740><c> from</c><00:19:53.059><c> people</c><00:19:53.380><c> of</c>

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Israel<00:19:53.980><c> into</c><00:19:54.759><c> Chaldeans.</c>

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Can<00:19:56.960><c> you</c><00:19:57.160><c> imagine</c><00:19:57.720><c> a</c><00:19:58.599><c> society</c><00:19:59.240><c> more</c><00:19:59.779><c> abrasive</c><00:20:00.440><c> to</c><00:20:00.660><c> one's</c><00:20:01.299><c> spiritual</c><00:20:01.500><c> attitudes</c><00:20:02.019><c> than</c><00:20:02.220><c> this?</c>

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Can<00:20:03.900><c> you</c><00:20:04.119><c> imagine</c><00:20:04.559><c> any</c><00:20:04.940><c> society</c><00:20:05.440><c> more</c><00:20:05.940><c> calculated</c><00:20:06.579><c> to</c><00:20:07.339><c> destroy</c><00:20:08.079><c> one's</c>

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faith<00:20:09.039><c> than</c><00:20:09.680><c> this?</c>

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And<00:20:10.940><c> yet</c><00:20:11.259><c> out</c><00:20:11.500><c> of</c><00:20:11.660><c> this</c><00:20:11.880><c> we</c><00:20:12.079><c> find</c><00:20:12.380><c> this</c><00:20:12.960><c> impressive</c><00:20:13.619><c> character</c><00:20:14.119><c> Daniel.</c>

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And<00:20:15.400><c> we</c><00:20:15.559><c> see</c><00:20:15.740><c> these</c><00:20:16.099><c> shining</c><00:20:16.660><c> gems</c><00:20:17.160><c> in</c><00:20:17.700><c> these</c><00:20:18.000><c> three</c><00:20:18.160><c> of</c><00:20:18.259><c> his</c><00:20:18.460><c> friends.</c>

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Oh<00:20:20.119><c> I</c><00:20:20.240><c> think</c><00:20:20.460><c> there</c><00:20:20.640><c> were</c><00:20:20.799><c> more.</c>

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I<00:20:22.740><c> don't</c><00:20:22.880><c> think</c><00:20:23.000><c> there</c><00:20:23.160><c> was</c><00:20:23.299><c> just</c><00:20:23.720><c> four.</c>

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I<00:20:25.259><c> think</c><00:20:25.420><c> there</c><00:20:25.599><c> would</c><00:20:25.720><c> have</c><00:20:25.839><c> been</c><00:20:26.059><c> many</c><00:20:26.359><c> more</c><00:20:26.799><c> of</c><00:20:27.059><c> the</c><00:20:27.119><c> young</c>

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men<00:20:27.559><c> of</c><00:20:27.720><c> Israel</c><00:20:28.079><c> that</c><00:20:28.339><c> were</c><00:20:28.539><c> taken.</c>

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But<00:20:29.920><c> the</c><00:20:30.099><c> others</c><00:20:30.240><c> aren't</c><00:20:30.460><c> mentioned.</c>

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And<00:20:31.940><c> it's</c><00:20:32.240><c> probably</c><00:20:32.579><c> quite</c><00:20:33.880><c> important</c><00:20:34.480><c> why</c><00:20:34.799><c> they</c><00:20:34.960><c> were</c><00:20:35.119><c> not</c><00:20:35.359><c> mentioned.</c>

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Because<00:20:37.220><c> there</c><00:20:37.380><c> was</c><00:20:37.599><c> only</c><00:20:37.980><c> four</c><00:20:38.339><c> examples</c><00:20:38.799><c> of</c><00:20:38.940><c> faith.</c>

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And<00:20:40.539><c> the</c><00:20:40.640><c> others</c><00:20:40.859><c> when</c><00:20:41.039><c> they</c><00:20:41.299><c> walked</c><00:20:41.500><c> through</c><00:20:41.720><c> the</c><00:20:41.839><c> Ishtar</c>

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gates<00:20:42.759><c> they</c><00:20:43.079><c> were</c><00:20:43.299><c> just</c><00:20:43.519><c> too</c><00:20:43.740><c> impressed.</c>

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They<00:20:45.619><c> just</c><00:20:46.039><c> felt</c><00:20:46.240><c> so</c><00:20:46.660><c> secure</c><00:20:46.980><c> in</c><00:20:47.259><c> Babylon</c><00:20:47.579><c> that</c><00:20:47.799><c> they</c><00:20:48.000><c> weren't</c>

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prepared<00:20:48.640><c> to</c><00:20:48.940><c> change.</c>

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This<00:20:49.500><c> is</c><00:20:49.640><c> what</c><00:20:49.779><c> they</c><00:20:50.059><c> wanted.</c>

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And<00:20:50.920><c> you</c><00:20:51.019><c> can</c><00:20:51.200><c> imagine</c><00:20:51.440><c> them</c><00:20:51.740><c> settling</c><00:20:51.960><c> into</c><00:20:52.279><c> Babylon</c><00:20:52.779><c> and</c><00:20:53.440><c> really</c><00:20:53.799><c> feeling</c><00:20:54.079><c> at</c>

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home<00:20:54.400><c> there.</c>

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This<00:20:54.920><c> is</c><00:20:55.079><c> what</c><00:20:55.240><c> they</c><00:20:55.460><c> had</c><00:20:55.759><c> wanted.</c>

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However,<00:20:58.299><c> we</c><00:20:58.420><c> will</c><00:20:58.640><c> see</c><00:20:58.880><c> how</c><00:20:59.099><c> Daniel's</c><00:21:00.039><c> faith</c><00:21:00.420><c> and</c><00:21:00.940><c> his</c><00:21:01.180><c> integrity</c>

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paid<00:21:02.420><c> off</c><00:21:02.819><c> in</c><00:21:03.160><c> very</c><00:21:03.740><c> rich</c><00:21:04.000><c> dividends</c><00:21:04.519><c> for</c><00:21:04.779><c> him.</c>

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We<00:21:08.180><c> consider,</c><00:21:08.799><c> I</c><00:21:09.160><c> think,</c><00:21:09.740><c> some</c><00:21:09.920><c> of</c><00:21:10.039><c> the</c><00:21:10.200><c> other</c><00:21:10.460><c> aspects</c><00:21:10.880><c> first</c>

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before<00:21:11.700><c> we</c><00:21:11.859><c> go</c><00:21:12.059><c> back</c>

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and<00:21:12.440><c> to</c><00:21:12.559><c> consider</c><00:21:12.920><c> some</c><00:21:13.160><c> of</c><00:21:13.279><c> the</c><00:21:13.819><c> exhortational</c><00:21:14.519><c> features</c>

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for<00:21:15.160><c> ourselves.</c>

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If<00:21:17.019><c> we</c><00:21:17.220><c> consider</c><00:21:17.660><c> Daniel's</c><00:21:18.680><c> stand</c><00:21:19.099><c> now,</c><00:21:20.259><c> it</c><00:21:20.480><c> comes</c><00:21:20.900><c> up</c><00:21:21.160><c> right</c>

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next<00:21:21.720><c> in</c><00:21:21.839><c> verse</c><00:21:22.099><c> 8.</c>

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Right<00:21:23.220><c> away</c><00:21:23.519><c> Daniel's</c><00:21:23.980><c> got</c><00:21:24.079><c> to</c><00:21:24.200><c> do</c><00:21:24.299><c> something.</c>

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He's<00:21:25.640><c> a</c><00:21:25.759><c> young</c><00:21:25.960><c> man</c><00:21:26.339><c> and</c><00:21:26.440><c> he's</c><00:21:26.640><c> been</c><00:21:26.940><c> really</c><00:21:27.339><c> impressed.</c>

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At<00:21:28.140><c> least</c><00:21:28.440><c> they've</c><00:21:28.839><c> tried</c><00:21:29.099><c> to</c><00:21:29.359><c> impress</c><00:21:29.599><c> him</c><00:21:29.740><c> by</c><00:21:30.039><c> Babylon.</c>

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But<00:21:31.160><c> now</c><00:21:31.759><c> something</c><00:21:32.339><c> happens</c><00:21:32.900><c> where</c><00:21:33.160><c> Daniel's</c><00:21:33.759><c> got</c><00:21:33.940><c> to</c><00:21:34.160><c> do</c><00:21:34.380><c> something.</c>

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He<00:21:34.900><c> couldn't</c><00:21:35.180><c> help</c><00:21:35.480><c> walk</c><00:21:35.720><c> through</c><00:21:35.900><c> the</c><00:21:36.079><c> gates.</c>

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He<00:21:37.039><c> couldn't</c><00:21:37.259><c> do</c><00:21:37.420><c> much</c><00:21:37.680><c> about</c><00:21:37.900><c> the</c><00:21:38.079><c> name</c><00:21:38.359><c> change.</c>

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He<00:21:39.180><c> had</c><00:21:39.359><c> to</c><00:21:39.559><c> hear</c><00:21:39.660><c> the</c><00:21:39.859><c> music.</c>

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But<00:21:41.640><c> how</c><00:21:41.880><c> about</c><00:21:42.000><c> eating</c><00:21:42.240><c> the</c><00:21:42.519><c> food?</c>

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This<00:21:44.380><c> was</c><00:21:44.579><c> something</c><00:21:44.839><c> that</c><00:21:44.980><c> was</c><00:21:45.180><c> going</c><00:21:45.279><c> to</c><00:21:45.440><c> come</c><00:21:45.680><c> right</c>

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inside<00:21:46.720><c> Daniel.</c>

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And<00:21:48.119><c> there</c><00:21:48.240><c> were</c><00:21:48.519><c> certain</c><00:21:48.799><c> things,</c><00:21:49.259><c> we</c><00:21:49.400><c> don't</c><00:21:49.660><c> know</c><00:21:49.880><c> exactly</c><00:21:50.380><c> which,</c>

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but<00:21:51.440><c> there</c><00:21:51.559><c> were</c><00:21:51.779><c> certain</c><00:21:52.000><c> things</c><00:21:52.359><c> which</c><00:21:52.700><c> would</c><00:21:52.980><c> have</c><00:21:53.240><c> seemed</c>

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were<00:21:54.259><c> transgressed</c><00:21:55.160><c> in</c><00:21:55.359><c> Daniel's</c><00:21:55.880><c> mind.</c>

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It<00:21:56.700><c> may</c><00:21:57.039><c> have</c><00:21:57.220><c> been</c><00:21:57.380><c> the</c><00:21:57.440><c> fact</c><00:21:57.759><c> that</c><00:21:58.000><c> some</c><00:21:58.180><c> of</c><00:21:58.279><c> these</c><00:21:58.539><c> animals</c>

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were<00:21:59.140><c> unclean</c><00:21:59.839><c> under</c><00:22:00.180><c> the</c><00:22:00.400><c> Jewish</c><00:22:00.619><c> law.</c>

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It<00:22:01.940><c> may</c><00:22:02.160><c> have</c><00:22:02.359><c> been</c><00:22:02.500><c> that</c><00:22:02.700><c> Daniel</c><00:22:03.099><c> knew</c><00:22:03.460><c> that</c><00:22:03.700><c> these</c><00:22:03.960><c> animals</c>

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had<00:22:04.519><c> not</c><00:22:04.720><c> been</c><00:22:04.980><c> killed</c><00:22:05.339><c> properly.</c>

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Or<00:22:06.880><c> it</c><00:22:07.059><c> may</c><00:22:07.299><c> have</c><00:22:07.539><c> been</c><00:22:07.640><c> that</c><00:22:07.859><c> Daniel</c><00:22:08.299><c> knew</c><00:22:08.720><c> that</c><00:22:08.960><c> these</c><00:22:09.599><c> were</c>

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dedicated<00:22:10.460><c> to</c><00:22:10.779><c> idols.</c>

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Now<00:22:13.319><c> any</c><00:22:13.539><c> one</c><00:22:13.700><c> of</c><00:22:13.819><c> those</c><00:22:14.119><c> things</c><00:22:14.400><c> would</c><00:22:14.640><c> have</c><00:22:14.799><c> been</c><00:22:14.960><c> reason</c><00:22:15.259><c> for</c><00:22:15.440><c> Daniel</c><00:22:15.880><c> to</c>

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do<00:22:16.259><c> what</c><00:22:16.400><c> he</c><00:22:16.500><c> did</c><00:22:16.640><c> in</c><00:22:16.799><c> verse</c><00:22:17.039><c> 8.</c>

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He<00:22:18.559><c> purposed</c><00:22:19.259><c> in</c><00:22:19.480><c> his</c><00:22:19.819><c> heart</c><00:22:20.299><c> that</c><00:22:20.740><c> he</c><00:22:20.880><c> would</c><00:22:21.240><c> not</c><00:22:21.519><c> defile</c><00:22:21.859><c> himself</c><00:22:22.339><c> with</c><00:22:22.559><c> a</c>

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portion<00:22:22.940><c> of</c><00:22:23.079><c> the</c><00:22:23.220><c> king's</c><00:22:23.519><c> meat.</c>

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Now<00:22:25.420><c> I</c><00:22:25.619><c> think</c><00:22:25.880><c> this</c><00:22:26.140><c> is</c><00:22:26.740><c> really</c><00:22:27.160><c> fantastic.</c>

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Because<00:22:29.000><c> you</c><00:22:29.099><c> can</c><00:22:29.299><c> imagine</c><00:22:29.680><c> Daniel</c><00:22:30.279><c> making</c><00:22:30.839><c> a</c><00:22:31.200><c> stand</c><00:22:31.480><c> against</c>

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some<00:22:32.180><c> of</c><00:22:32.400><c> the</c><00:22:32.519><c> ideas</c><00:22:32.880><c> of</c><00:22:33.140><c> Babylon.</c>

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Maybe,<00:22:34.900><c> you</c><00:22:34.920><c> know,</c><00:22:35.140><c> in</c><00:22:35.160><c> terms</c><00:22:35.460><c> of</c><00:22:35.799><c> him</c><00:22:36.000><c> having</c><00:22:36.380><c> to</c><00:22:37.119><c> state</c><00:22:37.460><c> a</c><00:22:37.839><c> belief</c><00:22:38.160><c> in</c>

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the<00:22:40.019><c> supremacy</c><00:22:40.619><c> of</c><00:22:40.859><c> the</c><00:22:41.000><c> gods</c><00:22:41.180><c> of</c><00:22:41.460><c> Babylon.</c>

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You<00:22:41.880><c> can</c><00:22:42.059><c> imagine</c><00:22:42.359><c> Daniel</c><00:22:42.680><c> saying,</c><00:22:43.000><c> no,</c><00:22:43.160><c> I</c><00:22:43.279><c> won't</c><00:22:43.480><c> do</c><00:22:43.700><c> that.</c>

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But<00:22:45.420><c> here</c><00:22:45.599><c> was</c><00:22:45.839><c> the</c><00:22:46.000><c> matter</c><00:22:46.180><c> of</c><00:22:46.579><c> eating.</c>

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Eating<00:22:48.380><c> things</c><00:22:48.819><c> like</c><00:22:49.259><c> this.</c>

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And<00:22:50.799><c> I'm</c><00:22:51.099><c> sure,</c><00:22:52.200><c> I'm</c><00:22:52.619><c> sure</c><00:22:52.859><c> that</c><00:22:53.140><c> Daniel,</c><00:22:53.559><c> in</c><00:22:53.880><c> the</c><00:22:54.200><c> aspects</c><00:22:54.740><c> that</c><00:22:55.319><c> he</c><00:22:55.599><c> manifests,</c>

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had<00:22:56.839><c> a</c><00:22:57.259><c> very</c><00:22:57.700><c> deep</c><00:22:58.299><c> understanding</c><00:22:58.960><c> of</c><00:22:59.299><c> principles.</c>

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That<00:23:01.279><c> Daniel</c><00:23:01.519><c> wasn't</c><00:23:01.779><c> a</c><00:23:02.000><c> person</c><00:23:02.200><c> that</c><00:23:02.339><c> was</c><00:23:02.539><c> only</c><00:23:02.819><c> motivated</c>

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by<00:23:03.700><c> law</c><00:23:04.019><c> itself.</c>

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That<00:23:05.259><c> the</c><00:23:05.480><c> law</c><00:23:05.700><c> says,</c><00:23:06.019><c> I</c><00:23:06.160><c> shall</c><00:23:06.420><c> not</c><00:23:06.640><c> do</c><00:23:06.839><c> this,</c><00:23:07.119><c> therefore</c><00:23:07.400><c> I</c>

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shall<00:23:07.839><c> not</c><00:23:08.079><c> do</c><00:23:08.180><c> it.</c>

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But<00:23:08.420><c> he</c><00:23:08.720><c> recognized</c><00:23:09.180><c> principles.</c>

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And<00:23:11.740><c> so</c><00:23:11.940><c> Daniel</c><00:23:12.259><c> wasn't</c><00:23:12.480><c> going</c><00:23:12.660><c> to</c><00:23:12.819><c> defile</c><00:23:13.019><c> himself</c><00:23:13.380><c> with</c>

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this<00:23:14.259><c> food.</c>

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And<00:23:15.759><c> it's</c><00:23:16.059><c> very</c><00:23:16.599><c> interesting</c><00:23:17.119><c> to</c><00:23:17.359><c> see</c><00:23:17.940><c> what</c><00:23:18.259><c> Daniel</c><00:23:18.599><c> did.</c>

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He<00:23:20.539><c> says</c><00:23:20.859><c> with</c><00:23:21.019><c> respect</c><00:23:21.500><c> to</c><00:23:21.960><c> the</c><00:23:22.259><c> man</c><00:23:22.720><c> that</c><00:23:22.819><c> was</c><00:23:23.000><c> in</c><00:23:23.200><c> charge</c><00:23:23.420><c> of</c>

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him,<00:23:23.900><c> Melzar,</c>

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and<00:23:24.900><c> he</c><00:23:25.220><c> told</c><00:23:25.380><c> them,</c><00:23:25.920><c> look,</c><00:23:26.539><c> I</c><00:23:26.759><c> don't</c><00:23:26.960><c> want</c><00:23:27.099><c> to</c><00:23:27.200><c> eat</c><00:23:27.380><c> this</c><00:23:27.660><c> food.</c>

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:31.700
Now<00:23:29.339><c> God</c><00:23:29.539><c> had</c><00:23:29.839><c> brought</c><00:23:30.019><c> Daniel</c><00:23:30.400><c> into</c><00:23:30.619><c> favor</c><00:23:31.000><c> with</c><00:23:31.200><c> this</c><00:23:31.500><c> man.</c>

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We<00:23:31.920><c> don't</c><00:23:32.119><c> exactly</c><00:23:32.579><c> know</c><00:23:32.859><c> how,</c><00:23:33.299><c> but</c><00:23:34.059><c> like</c><00:23:34.519><c> Joseph</c><00:23:35.019><c> with</c>

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proper<00:23:35.980><c> living,</c>

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and<00:23:37.339><c> with</c><00:23:37.720><c> being</c><00:23:38.079><c> honest,</c><00:23:39.039><c> and</c><00:23:39.200><c> a</c><00:23:39.319><c> man</c><00:23:39.480><c> of</c><00:23:39.779><c> integrity,</c>

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you<00:23:41.000><c> can</c><00:23:41.200><c> well</c><00:23:41.339><c> imagine</c><00:23:41.900><c> that</c><00:23:42.140><c> he</c><00:23:42.279><c> would</c><00:23:42.519><c> have</c><00:23:42.779><c> got</c><00:23:42.980><c> the</c><00:23:43.259><c> favor</c>

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of<00:23:43.720><c> Melzar</c><00:23:44.099><c> rather</c><00:23:44.559><c> quickly.</c>

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And<00:23:46.319><c> so</c><00:23:46.579><c> here</c><00:23:46.799><c> was</c><00:23:47.000><c> a</c><00:23:47.359><c> confrontation</c><00:23:47.980><c> now</c><00:23:48.220><c> between</c><00:23:48.599><c> two</c><00:23:48.880><c> people</c><00:23:49.160><c> that</c>

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had<00:23:49.480><c> respect</c><00:23:49.920><c> for</c><00:23:50.119><c> one</c><00:23:50.259><c> another.</c>

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Daniel<00:23:51.619><c> says,</c><00:23:51.880><c> I</c><00:23:51.980><c> don't</c><00:23:52.220><c> want</c><00:23:52.359><c> to</c><00:23:52.460><c> eat</c><00:23:52.599><c> that,</c><00:23:53.039><c> Melzar.</c>

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And<00:23:53.920><c> Melzar</c><00:23:54.160><c> says,</c><00:23:54.400><c> if</c><00:23:54.500><c> you</c><00:23:54.700><c> don't</c><00:23:54.880><c> eat</c><00:23:55.059><c> that,</c><00:23:55.299><c> my</c><00:23:55.539><c> own</c><00:23:55.960><c> head</c>

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is<00:23:56.480><c> in</c><00:23:56.599><c> danger.</c>

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Daniel<00:23:58.960><c> says,</c><00:23:59.359><c> my</c><00:23:59.579><c> spiritual</c><00:24:00.059><c> life</c><00:24:00.279><c> is</c><00:24:00.500><c> in</c><00:24:00.680><c> danger.</c>

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And<00:24:01.059><c> Melzar</c><00:24:01.420><c> says,</c><00:24:01.759><c> my</c><00:24:01.920><c> physical</c><00:24:02.279><c> life</c><00:24:02.500><c> is</c><00:24:02.700><c> in</c><00:24:02.859><c> danger.</c>

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And<00:24:04.960><c> it's</c><00:24:05.119><c> very</c><00:24:05.420><c> interesting</c><00:24:05.859><c> to</c><00:24:06.099><c> see</c><00:24:06.240><c> what</c><00:24:06.519><c> happens</c><00:24:07.200><c> with</c><00:24:07.579><c> respect</c><00:24:07.980><c> to</c>

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who<00:24:08.380><c> compromises.</c>

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When<00:24:10.740><c> it</c><00:24:10.839><c> comes</c><00:24:11.180><c> down</c><00:24:11.579><c> to</c><00:24:12.400><c> the</c><00:24:12.900><c> actual</c><00:24:13.559><c> decision</c><00:24:14.240><c> that</c><00:24:14.359><c> was</c><00:24:14.579><c> made,</c>

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it<00:24:15.400><c> wasn't</c><00:24:15.920><c> Melzar</c><00:24:16.359><c> that</c><00:24:16.619><c> made</c><00:24:16.859><c> it.</c>

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It<00:24:18.660><c> shows</c><00:24:18.940><c> you</c><00:24:19.200><c> the</c><00:24:19.599><c> aggressiveness</c><00:24:20.180><c> in</c><00:24:20.619><c> terms</c><00:24:20.940><c> of</c><00:24:21.180><c> spiritual</c>

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matters<00:24:21.980><c> of</c><00:24:22.119><c> this</c><00:24:22.319><c> young</c><00:24:22.539><c> man,</c><00:24:23.059><c> Daniel.</c>

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He's<00:24:24.039><c> not</c><00:24:24.359><c> waiting</c><00:24:24.619><c> till</c><00:24:25.220><c> Melzar</c><00:24:25.740><c> gets</c><00:24:25.980><c> a</c><00:24:26.180><c> hold</c><00:24:26.299><c> of</c><00:24:26.519><c> something</c>

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where<00:24:27.720><c> Daniel</c><00:24:28.079><c> hasn't</c><00:24:28.279><c> got</c><00:24:28.460><c> any</c><00:24:28.680><c> alternative</c><00:24:29.180><c> but</c><00:24:29.400><c> to</c><00:24:29.680><c> change.</c>

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He<00:24:30.339><c> suggests</c><00:24:30.839><c> to</c><00:24:31.220><c> Melzar</c><00:24:31.599><c> that</c><00:24:31.799><c> maybe</c><00:24:32.019><c> the</c><00:24:32.220><c> best</c><00:24:32.400><c> way</c><00:24:32.619><c> out</c><00:24:32.819><c> is</c>

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that<00:24:33.940><c> Melzar</c><00:24:34.380><c> gives</c><00:24:34.640><c> him</c><00:24:34.900><c> a</c><00:24:35.160><c> 10</c><00:24:35.400><c>-day</c><00:24:35.720><c> trial</c><00:24:36.140><c> period</c><00:24:36.660><c> on</c><00:24:37.460><c> some</c>

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other<00:24:38.039><c> thing</c><00:24:38.240><c> that</c><00:24:38.380><c> would</c><00:24:38.579><c> not</c><00:24:38.819><c> defile</c><00:24:39.140><c> him.</c>

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That<00:24:39.480><c> is,</c><00:24:40.160><c> this</c><00:24:40.400><c> pulse</c><00:24:40.779><c> he</c><00:24:40.960><c> talks</c><00:24:41.240><c> about</c><00:24:41.480><c> in</c><00:24:41.599><c> verse</c><00:24:41.839><c> 12.</c>

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Prove<00:24:42.900><c> thy</c><00:24:43.079><c> servants</c><00:24:43.440><c> with</c><00:24:43.759><c> pulse,</c><00:24:44.779><c> which</c><00:24:44.960><c> would</c><00:24:45.119><c> have</c><00:24:45.259><c> been</c>

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grain,<00:24:46.200><c> cereals,</c><00:24:46.859><c> and</c><00:24:47.099><c> vegetables,</c><00:24:48.160><c> but</c><00:24:48.519><c> not</c><00:24:48.819><c> meat.</c>

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And<00:24:50.099><c> he</c><00:24:50.200><c> would</c><00:24:50.400><c> not</c><00:24:50.559><c> have</c><00:24:50.680><c> been</c><00:24:50.920><c> defiled</c><00:24:51.319><c> in</c><00:24:51.440><c> his</c><00:24:51.700><c> mind</c><00:24:51.920><c> by</c><00:24:52.200><c> eating</c><00:24:52.440><c> of</c>

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these<00:24:52.880><c> things.</c>

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So<00:24:55.220><c> now</c><00:24:55.440><c> comes</c><00:24:55.799><c> the</c><00:24:56.460><c> time</c><00:24:56.799><c> of</c><00:24:57.099><c> trial.</c>

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And<00:24:58.740><c> we</c><00:24:59.240><c> find</c><00:24:59.579><c> that</c><00:24:59.880><c> Melzar</c><00:25:00.480><c> agrees</c><00:25:01.839><c> to</c><00:25:02.079><c> this.</c>

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This<00:25:02.500><c> is</c><00:25:02.740><c> OK.</c>

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But<00:25:04.220><c> I</c><00:25:04.420><c> think</c><00:25:04.539><c> there's</c><00:25:04.799><c> a</c><00:25:04.980><c> lesson</c><00:25:05.220><c> in</c><00:25:05.380><c> that</c><00:25:05.500><c> we've</c><00:25:05.940><c> got</c><00:25:06.119><c> to</c><00:25:06.319><c> try</c>

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to<00:25:06.720><c> see.</c>

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So<00:25:08.579><c> often</c><00:25:09.039><c> we</c><00:25:09.220><c> find</c><00:25:09.759><c> that</c><00:25:10.079><c> the</c><00:25:10.140><c> one</c><00:25:10.359><c> who</c><00:25:10.619><c> compromises</c><00:25:11.279><c> is</c><00:25:11.420><c> the</c>

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brother<00:25:11.980><c> or</c><00:25:12.160><c> sister</c>

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or<00:25:13.119><c> the</c><00:25:13.319><c> young</c><00:25:13.539><c> person</c><00:25:13.859><c> who's</c><00:25:14.059><c> a</c><00:25:14.160><c> chrysalithian.</c>

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Not<00:25:15.880><c> Daniel.</c>

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He<00:25:17.460><c> can't</c><00:25:17.720><c> afford</c><00:25:17.920><c> to</c><00:25:18.180><c> compromise.</c>

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His<00:25:19.880><c> spiritual</c><00:25:20.400><c> life</c><00:25:20.819><c> is</c><00:25:21.119><c> at</c><00:25:21.400><c> stake.</c>

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He<00:25:22.779><c> cannot</c><00:25:23.180><c> compromise.</c>

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If<00:25:24.759><c> anyone's</c><00:25:25.180><c> going</c><00:25:25.299><c> to</c><00:25:25.519><c> compromise,</c><00:25:26.140><c> Melzar,</c><00:25:26.619><c> it</c><00:25:26.680><c> better</c><00:25:26.859><c> be</c>

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you,<00:25:27.279><c> because</c><00:25:27.519><c> I</c><00:25:27.740><c> can't.</c>

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And<00:25:29.460><c> so</c><00:25:29.640><c> Melzar,</c><00:25:31.099><c> with</c><00:25:31.400><c> this</c><00:25:31.640><c> idea</c><00:25:31.960><c> of</c><00:25:32.200><c> 10</c><00:25:32.420><c> days,</c><00:25:32.859><c> thinks,</c>

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well,<00:25:33.240><c> that's</c><00:25:33.460><c> not</c><00:25:33.720><c> bad,</c><00:25:33.940><c> we'll</c><00:25:34.140><c> see</c><00:25:34.279><c> what</c><00:25:34.500><c> happens</c><00:25:34.720><c> after</c><00:25:35.000><c> 10</c><00:25:35.259><c> days.</c>

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We<00:25:36.059><c> don't</c><00:25:36.380><c> know</c><00:25:36.619><c> what</c><00:25:36.859><c> Daniel</c><00:25:37.160><c> would</c><00:25:37.319><c> have</c><00:25:37.539><c> done</c><00:25:38.259><c> if</c><00:25:39.200><c> he</c><00:25:39.319><c> had</c>

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not<00:25:39.740><c> been</c><00:25:40.079><c> fairer</c><00:25:40.700><c> and</c><00:25:40.940><c> fatter</c><00:25:41.140><c> in</c><00:25:41.500><c> flesh.</c>

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But<00:25:42.519><c> we</c><00:25:42.740><c> do</c><00:25:42.980><c> know</c><00:25:43.279><c> that</c><00:25:43.480><c> Daniel</c><00:25:43.759><c> would</c><00:25:43.920><c> have</c><00:25:44.079><c> said</c><00:25:44.299><c> this</c><00:25:44.519><c> because</c><00:25:44.880><c> his</c>

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faith<00:25:45.460><c> in</c><00:25:45.720><c> God,</c>

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that<00:25:46.660><c> by</c><00:25:46.880><c> not</c><00:25:47.299><c> defiling</c><00:25:47.619><c> himself,</c><00:25:48.180><c> God</c><00:25:48.519><c> would</c><00:25:48.779><c> bless.</c>

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Now<00:25:50.660><c> that</c><00:25:50.799><c> shows</c><00:25:51.140><c> a</c><00:25:51.400><c> real</c><00:25:51.759><c> deep</c><00:25:52.119><c> understanding</c><00:25:52.779><c> of</c><00:25:53.180><c> spiritual</c>

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truths<00:25:54.140><c> at</c><00:25:54.299><c> an</c><00:25:54.519><c> early</c><00:25:54.759><c> age</c><00:25:54.940><c> for</c><00:25:55.099><c> Daniel</c><00:25:55.420><c> to</c><00:25:55.619><c> say</c><00:25:55.759><c> that</c><00:25:56.220><c> and</c><00:25:56.460><c> to</c>

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believe<00:25:56.799><c> that.</c>

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If<00:25:58.579><c> he</c><00:25:58.779><c> goes</c><00:25:59.019><c> out</c><00:25:59.299><c> and</c><00:25:59.460><c> does</c><00:25:59.700><c> something</c><00:26:00.180><c> to</c><00:26:00.619><c> keep</c><00:26:00.819><c> himself</c>

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from<00:26:01.440><c> being</c><00:26:01.720><c> defiled,</c>

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he<00:26:02.579><c> knows</c><00:26:02.940><c> that</c><00:26:03.160><c> God</c><00:26:03.380><c> will</c><00:26:03.579><c> help</c><00:26:03.799><c> him.</c>

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Get<00:26:13.680><c> the</c><00:26:13.779><c> little</c><00:26:13.940><c> drink</c><00:26:14.079><c> of</c><00:26:14.200><c> water</c><00:26:14.380><c> we'll</c><00:26:14.519><c> be</c><00:26:14.660><c> taking</c><00:26:14.880><c> each</c>

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day<00:26:15.279><c> about</c><00:26:15.480><c> this</c><00:26:15.779><c> time.</c>

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And<00:26:17.019><c> it</c><00:26:18.720><c> helps</c><00:26:19.000><c> too,</c><00:26:19.339><c> don't</c><00:26:19.500><c> worry.</c>

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Now<00:26:21.420><c> I</c><00:26:21.480><c> think</c><00:26:21.660><c> there's</c><00:26:22.099><c> another</c><00:26:22.500><c> aspect</c><00:26:22.880><c> I'd</c><00:26:23.200><c> like</c><00:26:23.319><c> just</c><00:26:23.519><c> to</c>

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mention<00:26:23.960><c> with</c><00:26:24.079><c> respect</c><00:26:24.440><c> to</c><00:26:24.640><c> Daniel.</c>

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We<00:26:25.440><c> did</c><00:26:25.759><c> mention</c><00:26:26.000><c> it</c><00:26:26.160><c> earlier,</c><00:26:26.619><c> but</c><00:26:27.680><c> Daniel's</c><00:26:28.339><c> previous</c><00:26:28.759><c> training</c><00:26:29.240><c> must</c>

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:32.160
have<00:26:29.759><c> been</c><00:26:29.940><c> something</c><00:26:30.279><c> that</c><00:26:30.400><c> was</c><00:26:30.579><c> done</c><00:26:30.799><c> very</c><00:26:31.279><c> thorough.</c>

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There<00:26:40.359><c> must</c><00:26:40.759><c> have</c><00:26:44.299><c> been</c><00:26:44.500><c> some</c><00:26:45.299><c> older</c><00:26:45.720><c> people</c><00:26:46.099><c> in</c><00:26:46.200><c> Israel</c><00:26:46.660><c> who</c>

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weren't<00:26:47.319><c> caught</c><00:26:47.640><c> up</c><00:26:48.059><c> with</c><00:26:48.259><c> the</c><00:26:48.400><c> age,</c>

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:52.700
who<00:26:49.799><c> were</c><00:26:50.019><c> very</c><00:26:50.579><c> serious</c><00:26:51.000><c>-minded</c><00:26:51.299><c> people</c><00:26:51.700><c> instructing</c><00:26:52.400><c> Daniel,</c>

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I<00:26:53.000><c> can't</c><00:26:53.579><c> understand</c><00:26:54.259><c> how</c><00:26:54.720><c> Daniel</c><00:26:55.079><c> could</c><00:26:55.319><c> have</c><00:26:55.599><c> possibly</c><00:26:56.059><c> understood</c>

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and<00:26:57.200><c> have</c><00:26:57.440><c> such</c><00:26:57.759><c> spiritual</c><00:26:58.440><c> discernment</c><00:26:58.980><c> at</c><00:26:59.099><c> an</c><00:26:59.279><c> early</c><00:26:59.539><c> age</c>

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unless<00:27:00.440><c> his</c><00:27:01.319><c> parents,</c>

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or<00:27:01.960><c> some</c><00:27:02.220><c> of</c><00:27:02.339><c> his</c><00:27:02.559><c> associates,</c><00:27:03.579><c> had</c><00:27:03.680><c> been</c><00:27:03.940><c> very</c><00:27:04.599><c> careful</c><00:27:05.039><c> in</c>

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.940
the<00:27:05.640><c> training</c><00:27:05.880><c> of</c><00:27:06.180><c> Daniel.</c>

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We<00:27:08.220><c> know</c><00:27:08.460><c> the</c><00:27:08.599><c> verse</c><00:27:08.819><c> that</c><00:27:09.000><c> says</c><00:27:09.279><c> bring</c><00:27:09.539><c> up</c><00:27:09.740><c> a</c><00:27:09.940><c> child</c><00:27:10.180><c> in</c><00:27:10.380><c> the</c>

00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:12.099
way<00:27:10.599><c> he</c><00:27:10.779><c> will</c><00:27:11.019><c> go,</c><00:27:11.380><c> he</c><00:27:11.539><c> should</c><00:27:11.740><c> go,</c>

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:14.339
and<00:27:12.220><c> when</c><00:27:12.339><c> he</c><00:27:12.480><c> is</c><00:27:12.619><c> old</c><00:27:12.759><c> he</c><00:27:12.859><c> will</c><00:27:13.079><c> not</c><00:27:13.279><c> depart</c><00:27:13.599><c> from</c><00:27:13.819><c> it.</c>

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And<00:27:14.720><c> I</c><00:27:14.859><c> feel</c><00:27:15.059><c> this</c><00:27:15.339><c> is</c><00:27:15.660><c> a</c><00:27:15.720><c> situation</c><00:27:16.240><c> that</c><00:27:16.519><c> happened</c><00:27:16.779><c> in</c><00:27:16.960><c> Daniel.</c>

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:22.000
He<00:27:17.960><c> was</c><00:27:18.279><c> told</c><00:27:18.559><c> at</c><00:27:18.740><c> a</c><00:27:18.859><c> young</c><00:27:19.059><c> age</c><00:27:19.519><c> the</c><00:27:19.859><c> principles</c><00:27:20.640><c> to</c><00:27:20.940><c> live</c><00:27:21.140><c> by.</c>

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:25.880
He<00:27:22.460><c> wasn't</c><00:27:22.779><c> just</c><00:27:23.180><c> told,</c><00:27:23.619><c> look</c><00:27:23.660><c> Daniel,</c><00:27:24.460><c> here's</c><00:27:24.720><c> all</c><00:27:24.960><c> the</c><00:27:25.119><c> laws,</c><00:27:25.599><c> now</c>

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keep<00:27:26.140><c> them.</c>

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He<00:27:27.559><c> was</c><00:27:27.779><c> given</c><00:27:27.960><c> an</c><00:27:28.180><c> understanding.</c>

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It<00:27:29.779><c> was</c><00:27:30.059><c> much</c><00:27:30.319><c> more</c><00:27:30.599><c> than</c><00:27:30.660><c> just</c><00:27:30.960><c> knowledge.</c>

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:35.059
He<00:27:32.259><c> knew</c><00:27:32.480><c> how</c><00:27:32.779><c> to</c><00:27:33.180><c> deal</c><00:27:33.400><c> with</c><00:27:33.579><c> a</c><00:27:33.740><c> situation</c><00:27:34.259><c> had</c><00:27:34.500><c> it</c><00:27:34.859><c> never</c>

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:36.960
been<00:27:35.359><c> faced</c><00:27:35.700><c> with</c><00:27:35.880><c> before.</c>

00:27:37.539 --> 00:27:39.440
Now<00:27:37.660><c> that's</c><00:27:37.920><c> quite</c><00:27:38.180><c> different</c><00:27:38.640><c> from</c><00:27:39.019><c> training.</c>

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That's<00:27:40.200><c> education.</c>

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That's<00:27:41.920><c> giving</c><00:27:42.140><c> a</c><00:27:42.359><c> person</c><00:27:42.640><c> a</c><00:27:42.960><c> broad</c><00:27:43.160><c> base</c><00:27:43.559><c> so</c><00:27:43.819><c> that</c><00:27:44.000><c> then</c><00:27:44.140><c> he</c>

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:47.019
can<00:27:44.819><c> deal</c><00:27:45.220><c> with</c><00:27:45.480><c> situations</c><00:27:45.960><c> he's</c><00:27:46.240><c> never</c><00:27:46.460><c> met</c><00:27:46.640><c> before,</c>

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:49.500
and<00:27:47.259><c> Daniel</c><00:27:47.599><c> dealt</c><00:27:47.880><c> with</c><00:27:48.019><c> them</c><00:27:48.180><c> very</c><00:27:48.539><c> well.</c>

00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:53.180
So<00:27:50.119><c> someone</c><00:27:50.500><c> back</c><00:27:50.779><c> in</c><00:27:50.900><c> Israel</c><00:27:51.160><c> had</c><00:27:51.359><c> done</c><00:27:51.680><c> a</c><00:27:52.240><c> very</c><00:27:52.599><c> good</c><00:27:52.859><c> and</c>

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.299
thorough<00:27:53.339><c> job</c><00:27:53.700><c> with</c><00:27:53.880><c> Daniel.</c>

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As<00:27:54.920><c> we</c><00:27:55.140><c> mentioned</c><00:27:55.420><c> yesterday</c><00:27:55.839><c> in</c><00:27:56.099><c> Psalm</c><00:27:56.539><c> 78,</c><00:27:58.019><c> God</c><00:27:58.039><c> had</c><00:27:58.359><c> instructed</c><00:27:58.900><c> the</c><00:27:59.180><c> children</c><00:27:59.460><c> of</c><00:27:59.559><c> Israel</c>

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with<00:28:00.700><c> a</c><00:28:01.220><c> responsibility</c><00:28:02.019><c> to</c><00:28:02.500><c> teach</c><00:28:02.920><c> their</c><00:28:03.440><c> children</c><00:28:03.920><c> the</c><00:28:04.480><c> mighty</c><00:28:04.920><c> works</c><00:28:05.259><c> of</c><00:28:05.460><c> God.</c>

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:08.940
He<00:28:06.779><c> didn't</c><00:28:07.119><c> just</c><00:28:07.440><c> tell</c><00:28:07.619><c> them,</c><00:28:07.980><c> look,</c><00:28:08.119><c> go</c><00:28:08.339><c> and</c><00:28:08.539><c> tell</c><00:28:08.619><c> them</c><00:28:08.799><c> the</c>

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:10.799
Ten<00:28:09.160><c> Commandments.</c>

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Tell<00:28:11.339><c> them</c><00:28:11.900><c> about</c><00:28:12.200><c> the</c><00:28:12.519><c> mighty</c><00:28:12.759><c> things</c><00:28:13.059><c> that</c><00:28:13.279><c> God</c><00:28:13.500><c> did</c><00:28:13.700><c> when</c>

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they<00:28:13.940><c> came</c><00:28:14.079><c> out</c><00:28:14.240><c> of</c><00:28:14.380><c> Egypt.</c>

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Make<00:28:15.759><c> it</c><00:28:16.099><c> live</c><00:28:16.240><c> for</c><00:28:16.480><c> them,</c><00:28:16.839><c> the</c><00:28:17.039><c> mighty</c><00:28:17.480><c> deeds</c><00:28:17.819><c> that</c><00:28:18.059><c> God</c><00:28:18.339><c> did.</c>

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:23.579
Make<00:28:19.779><c> those</c><00:28:20.140><c> children</c><00:28:20.720><c> see</c><00:28:21.019><c> in</c><00:28:21.079><c> their</c><00:28:21.359><c> mind's</c><00:28:21.819><c> eye</c><00:28:22.240><c> themselves</c><00:28:23.180><c> walking</c>

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through<00:28:23.819><c> the</c><00:28:23.900><c> Red</c><00:28:24.220><c> Sea.</c>

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:28.559
Make<00:28:25.519><c> them</c><00:28:25.900><c> feel</c><00:28:26.380><c> thirsty</c><00:28:26.720><c> in</c><00:28:26.859><c> their</c><00:28:27.140><c> mind</c><00:28:27.539><c> and</c><00:28:27.940><c> suddenly</c><00:28:28.319><c> see</c>

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:32.579
that<00:28:28.880><c> rock</c><00:28:29.319><c> give</c><00:28:29.900><c> water</c><00:28:30.259><c> to</c><00:28:30.500><c> feed</c><00:28:30.640><c> hundreds</c><00:28:30.900><c> of</c><00:28:31.099><c> thousands</c><00:28:31.380><c> of</c><00:28:31.599><c> people.</c>

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:38.480
These<00:28:33.680><c> were</c><00:28:33.900><c> the</c><00:28:34.099><c> kinds</c><00:28:34.299><c> of</c><00:28:34.440><c> things</c><00:28:34.680><c> I</c><00:28:34.960><c> feel</c><00:28:35.339><c> that</c><00:28:35.839><c> give</c><00:28:36.059><c> Daniel</c><00:28:36.660><c> a</c><00:28:37.200><c> real</c><00:28:37.619><c> fortification</c><00:28:38.299><c> in</c>

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.839
the<00:28:38.579><c> time</c><00:28:38.700><c> of</c><00:28:38.960><c> trial.</c>

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:43.359
You<00:28:40.759><c> see,</c><00:28:40.920><c> you</c><00:28:41.039><c> have</c><00:28:41.279><c> to</c><00:28:41.460><c> make</c><00:28:41.599><c> a</c><00:28:41.779><c> distinction</c><00:28:42.119><c> between</c><00:28:42.680><c> seeing</c><00:28:43.000><c> those</c>

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:45.220
great<00:28:43.720><c> big</c><00:28:44.099><c> Ishtar</c><00:28:44.680><c> gates,</c>

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:50.160
the<00:28:45.859><c> work</c><00:28:46.119><c> of</c><00:28:46.339><c> man,</c><00:28:47.680><c> and</c><00:28:47.759><c> the</c><00:28:47.920><c> rock</c><00:28:48.339><c> out</c><00:28:48.619><c> of</c><00:28:48.759><c> which</c><00:28:48.880><c> comes</c><00:28:49.180><c> water.</c>

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:53.819
Now<00:28:51.500><c> we</c><00:28:51.539><c> know</c><00:28:51.940><c> that</c><00:28:52.180><c> men</c><00:28:52.380><c> can</c><00:28:52.640><c> do</c><00:28:52.839><c> great</c><00:28:53.099><c> and</c><00:28:53.259><c> mighty</c><00:28:53.440><c> things</c>

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:55.220
if<00:28:53.960><c> they</c><00:28:54.119><c> put</c><00:28:54.279><c> their</c><00:28:54.500><c> minds</c><00:28:54.759><c> to</c><00:28:54.960><c> it.</c>

00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:58.839
They<00:28:55.519><c> can</c><00:28:55.740><c> put</c><00:28:55.900><c> men</c><00:28:56.099><c> on</c><00:28:56.299><c> the</c><00:28:56.460><c> moon,</c><00:28:57.440><c> but</c><00:28:57.640><c> only</c><00:28:58.079><c> if</c><00:28:58.279><c> they</c><00:28:58.500><c> abide</c>

00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:01.400
by<00:28:59.259><c> precise</c><00:29:00.099><c> law.</c>

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:05.460
But<00:29:02.500><c> God</c><00:29:02.700><c> is</c><00:29:02.940><c> not</c><00:29:03.119><c> bound</c><00:29:03.720><c> by</c><00:29:04.059><c> precise</c><00:29:04.460><c> law.</c>

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:09.079
By<00:29:06.220><c> what</c><00:29:06.500><c> law</c><00:29:06.740><c> do</c><00:29:06.900><c> you</c><00:29:07.019><c> strike</c><00:29:07.220><c> a</c><00:29:07.440><c> rock</c><00:29:07.619><c> and</c><00:29:07.740><c> out</c><00:29:07.859><c> comes</c><00:29:08.079><c> water?</c>

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:12.920
By<00:29:09.940><c> what</c><00:29:10.180><c> law</c><00:29:10.480><c> do</c><00:29:10.640><c> you</c><00:29:10.759><c> push</c><00:29:11.039><c> back</c><00:29:11.359><c> a</c><00:29:11.640><c> sea</c><00:29:11.859><c> and</c><00:29:12.000><c> you</c><00:29:12.180><c> walk</c><00:29:12.400><c> through</c><00:29:12.579><c> it</c><00:29:12.720><c> on</c>

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:14.019
dry<00:29:13.119><c> ground?</c>

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:18.240
By<00:29:14.759><c> what</c><00:29:15.059><c> law</c><00:29:15.319><c> do</c><00:29:15.480><c> you</c><00:29:15.740><c> operate</c><00:29:16.440><c> and</c><00:29:16.779><c> accomplish</c><00:29:17.339><c> the</c><00:29:17.819><c> deeds</c>

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:20.279
that<00:29:18.460><c> God</c><00:29:18.640><c> talks</c><00:29:18.980><c> about</c><00:29:19.200><c> in</c><00:29:19.359><c> Egypt?</c>

00:29:21.079 --> 00:29:24.460
God<00:29:21.319><c> is</c><00:29:21.559><c> not</c><00:29:21.880><c> bound</c><00:29:22.220><c> by</c><00:29:22.380><c> what</c><00:29:22.539><c> we</c><00:29:22.700><c> know</c><00:29:22.799><c> to</c><00:29:22.920><c> be</c><00:29:23.059><c> natural</c><00:29:23.440><c> law.</c>

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:27.680
And<00:29:25.039><c> Daniel</c><00:29:25.279><c> would</c><00:29:25.460><c> have</c><00:29:25.559><c> been</c><00:29:25.740><c> impressed</c><00:29:26.240><c> by</c><00:29:26.559><c> this.</c>

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:29.920
He<00:29:27.980><c> would</c><00:29:28.160><c> have</c><00:29:28.299><c> seen</c><00:29:28.500><c> the</c><00:29:28.720><c> Ishtar</c><00:29:29.079><c> gates</c><00:29:29.339><c> and</c><00:29:29.579><c> said,</c><00:29:29.839><c> well,</c>

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:31.079
that's<00:29:30.240><c> the</c><00:29:30.380><c> work</c><00:29:30.480><c> of</c><00:29:30.740><c> man.</c>

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:34.599
And<00:29:31.779><c> he</c><00:29:31.940><c> would</c><00:29:32.099><c> have</c><00:29:32.299><c> remembered</c><00:29:32.819><c> the</c><00:29:33.420><c> rock</c><00:29:33.819><c> which</c><00:29:34.380><c> brought</c>

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forth<00:29:34.900><c> water</c>

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and<00:29:36.140><c> remembered</c><00:29:36.539><c> the</c><00:29:36.900><c> sea</c><00:29:37.220><c> which</c><00:29:37.480><c> divided</c><00:29:37.880><c> and</c><00:29:38.059><c> the</c><00:29:38.119><c> men</c>

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.119
walked<00:29:38.599><c> through</c>

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:41.640
and<00:29:39.640><c> known</c><00:29:39.759><c> that</c><00:29:39.960><c> men</c><00:29:40.220><c> could</c><00:29:40.559><c> not</c><00:29:40.720><c> have</c><00:29:40.859><c> done</c><00:29:41.019><c> that.</c>

00:29:41.940 --> 00:29:43.700
Only<00:29:42.259><c> God</c><00:29:42.519><c> could</c><00:29:42.700><c> have</c><00:29:42.799><c> done</c><00:29:42.980><c> it.</c>

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:48.339
And<00:29:44.119><c> so</c><00:29:44.380><c> inside</c><00:29:44.839><c> the</c><00:29:45.039><c> mind</c><00:29:45.240><c> of</c><00:29:45.480><c> Daniel,</c><00:29:46.940><c> he</c><00:29:47.039><c> was</c><00:29:47.299><c> not</c><00:29:47.519><c> being</c><00:29:47.819><c> impressed</c>

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:51.019
by<00:29:48.880><c> these</c><00:29:49.220><c> mighty</c><00:29:49.519><c> things</c><00:29:49.759><c> he</c><00:29:49.960><c> saw</c><00:29:50.099><c> in</c><00:29:50.259><c> the</c><00:29:50.299><c> city</c><00:29:50.480><c> of</c><00:29:50.680><c> Babylon</c>

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:55.400
because<00:29:51.779><c> he</c><00:29:52.000><c> was</c><00:29:52.279><c> just</c><00:29:52.720><c> too</c><00:29:53.019><c> impressed</c><00:29:53.640><c> with</c><00:29:54.079><c> the</c><00:29:54.299><c> mighty</c><00:29:54.559><c> works</c><00:29:54.799><c> of</c><00:29:55.039><c> God</c>

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:58.779
which<00:29:55.759><c> he</c><00:29:56.079><c> saw</c><00:29:56.319><c> through</c><00:29:56.599><c> the</c><00:29:56.759><c> eye</c><00:29:56.920><c> of</c><00:29:57.160><c> faith</c><00:29:57.319><c> in</c><00:29:57.500><c> his</c><00:29:57.759><c> word.</c>

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:05.140
Now<00:30:00.440><c> I</c><00:30:00.559><c> think</c><00:30:01.380><c> that</c><00:30:02.000><c> we</c><00:30:02.160><c> can</c><00:30:02.440><c> see</c><00:30:03.079><c> a</c><00:30:03.299><c> fantastic</c><00:30:04.000><c> parallel</c><00:30:04.519><c> in</c>

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:06.220
all<00:30:05.380><c> of</c><00:30:05.559><c> this</c><00:30:05.720><c> chapter</c>

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:09.339
with<00:30:06.740><c> respect</c><00:30:07.319><c> to</c><00:30:07.720><c> our</c><00:30:07.940><c> own</c><00:30:08.220><c> life.</c>

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:15.099
When<00:30:09.980><c> we</c><00:30:10.259><c> think</c><00:30:10.819><c> of</c><00:30:11.619><c> the</c><00:30:12.140><c> stature</c><00:30:12.640><c> of</c><00:30:13.099><c> ourselves</c><00:30:13.720><c> in</c><00:30:13.940><c> terms</c><00:30:14.299><c> of</c>

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God's<00:30:15.660><c> word</c>

00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:18.539
and<00:30:16.079><c> in</c><00:30:16.140><c> terms</c><00:30:16.539><c> of</c><00:30:16.859><c> ages</c><00:30:17.140><c> gone</c><00:30:17.480><c> by,</c><00:30:17.940><c> brethren</c><00:30:18.039><c> and</c><00:30:18.259><c> sisters,</c>

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:22.680
I<00:30:18.920><c> don't</c><00:30:19.420><c> think</c><00:30:19.619><c> we</c><00:30:19.819><c> can</c><00:30:20.079><c> conclude</c><00:30:20.539><c> but</c><00:30:20.859><c> that</c><00:30:21.039><c> we</c><00:30:21.259><c> are</c><00:30:21.579><c> weak.</c>

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:27.880
We<00:30:24.599><c> certainly</c><00:30:25.099><c> hope</c><00:30:25.440><c> and</c><00:30:25.740><c> pray</c><00:30:26.200><c> that</c><00:30:26.839><c> when</c><00:30:27.019><c> God</c><00:30:27.319><c> sees</c><00:30:27.640><c> us,</c>

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:32.140
he<00:30:28.000><c> doesn't</c><00:30:28.359><c> see</c><00:30:28.880><c> what</c><00:30:29.140><c> he</c><00:30:29.400><c> saw</c><00:30:29.599><c> in</c><00:30:29.819><c> Jeremiah</c><00:30:30.220><c> chapter</c><00:30:30.599><c> 5.</c>

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:36.579
But<00:30:32.880><c> I'm</c><00:30:33.059><c> sure</c><00:30:33.460><c> if</c><00:30:33.680><c> we</c><00:30:33.859><c> have</c><00:30:34.079><c> a</c><00:30:34.279><c> little</c><00:30:34.559><c> reflection</c><00:30:35.200><c> on</c><00:30:36.380><c> the</c>

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:38.200
things<00:30:36.940><c> that</c><00:30:37.119><c> have</c><00:30:37.359><c> gone</c><00:30:37.720><c> past</c>

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:42.859
in<00:30:38.400><c> just</c><00:30:38.599><c> the</c><00:30:38.700><c> last</c><00:30:39.079><c> few</c><00:30:39.319><c> hundred</c><00:30:39.660><c> years,</c><00:30:40.480><c> we</c><00:30:40.819><c> have</c><00:30:41.099><c> not</c><00:30:41.279><c> exceeded</c><00:30:41.700><c> our</c><00:30:41.980><c> fathers.</c>

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:49.099
We<00:30:44.019><c> have</c><00:30:44.299><c> not</c><00:30:44.539><c> become</c><00:30:44.960><c> collectively</c><00:30:45.660><c> more</c><00:30:46.319><c> spiritual,</c><00:30:47.819><c> have</c><00:30:47.880><c> outdone,</c>

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:51.500
have<00:30:49.460><c> advanced</c><00:30:49.839><c> the</c><00:30:50.099><c> cause</c><00:30:50.299><c> of</c><00:30:50.460><c> the</c><00:30:50.599><c> truth</c><00:30:50.779><c> more</c><00:30:51.160><c> than</c><00:30:51.240><c> our</c>

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.940
fathers<00:30:51.759><c> have</c><00:30:51.980><c> done.</c>

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:55.740
In<00:30:53.440><c> many</c><00:30:53.700><c> cases,</c><00:30:54.279><c> our</c><00:30:54.400><c> young</c><00:30:54.640><c> people</c><00:30:54.880><c> are</c><00:30:55.000><c> being</c><00:30:55.299><c> brought</c><00:30:55.559><c> up</c>

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:58.539
in<00:30:55.940><c> the</c><00:30:56.240><c> weakness</c><00:30:56.579><c> of</c><00:30:56.819><c> the</c><00:30:57.019><c> truth</c><00:30:57.200><c> today.</c>

00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:04.119
But<00:30:59.559><c> that's</c><00:30:59.980><c> no</c><00:31:00.339><c> reason</c><00:31:00.680><c> why</c><00:31:00.940><c> there</c><00:31:01.059><c> shouldn't</c><00:31:01.299><c> be</c><00:31:01.619><c> people</c><00:31:02.119><c> like</c><00:31:02.539><c> the</c><00:31:02.799><c> parents</c><00:31:03.059><c> of</c><00:31:03.240><c> Daniel.</c>

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:07.920
It<00:31:05.240><c> doesn't</c><00:31:05.519><c> matter</c><00:31:05.759><c> how</c><00:31:06.079><c> weak</c><00:31:06.279><c> the</c><00:31:06.460><c> Ecclesia</c><00:31:06.740><c> is.</c>

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:11.839
It<00:31:08.220><c> doesn't</c><00:31:08.339><c> matter</c><00:31:08.720><c> how</c><00:31:09.480><c> much</c><00:31:10.140><c> the</c><00:31:11.000><c> problems</c><00:31:11.440><c> of</c><00:31:11.599><c> the</c><00:31:11.660><c> world</c>

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:13.519
are<00:31:11.980><c> coming</c><00:31:12.180><c> into</c><00:31:12.359><c> the</c><00:31:12.500><c> Ecclesia.</c>

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:16.700
There's<00:31:14.380><c> no</c><00:31:14.700><c> reason</c><00:31:15.019><c> why</c><00:31:15.240><c> there</c><00:31:15.400><c> shouldn't</c><00:31:15.680><c> be</c><00:31:16.000><c> parents</c><00:31:16.440><c> of</c>

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:18.339
Daniel<00:31:17.200><c> today</c><00:31:17.839><c> living</c>

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:22.359
who<00:31:19.319><c> see</c><00:31:19.579><c> the</c><00:31:19.980><c> essentialness</c><00:31:20.539><c> of</c><00:31:20.700><c> it,</c><00:31:21.279><c> of</c><00:31:21.619><c> training</c><00:31:21.940><c> up</c><00:31:22.200><c> a</c>

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:23.339
child<00:31:22.700><c> properly,</c>

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:26.319
giving<00:31:24.079><c> him</c><00:31:24.339><c> an</c><00:31:24.559><c> understanding</c><00:31:25.160><c> at</c><00:31:25.339><c> an</c><00:31:25.539><c> early</c><00:31:25.859><c> age,</c>

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:30.660
giving<00:31:26.839><c> him</c><00:31:27.099><c> a</c><00:31:27.420><c> vision</c><00:31:27.680><c> of</c><00:31:27.859><c> the</c><00:31:27.980><c> mighty</c><00:31:28.220><c> acts</c><00:31:28.460><c> of</c><00:31:28.660><c> God</c><00:31:28.839><c> in</c><00:31:29.099><c> times</c><00:31:29.359><c> past</c>

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:34.039
so<00:31:31.640><c> that</c><00:31:31.759><c> when</c><00:31:31.900><c> he</c><00:31:32.099><c> walks</c><00:31:32.359><c> through</c><00:31:32.599><c> the</c><00:31:32.720><c> Ishtar</c><00:31:33.119><c> gates,</c>

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:36.920
he's<00:31:34.420><c> not</c><00:31:34.680><c> going</c><00:31:34.779><c> to</c><00:31:34.839><c> be</c><00:31:35.019><c> impressed</c><00:31:35.279><c> by</c><00:31:35.460><c> the</c><00:31:35.579><c> works</c><00:31:35.759><c> of</c><00:31:35.980><c> man.</c>

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:40.000
You<00:31:37.420><c> know,</c><00:31:38.140><c> there's</c><00:31:38.519><c> a</c><00:31:38.680><c> real</c><00:31:38.960><c> parallel</c><00:31:39.319><c> here</c><00:31:39.599><c> in</c><00:31:39.700><c> what</c><00:31:39.859><c> our</c>

00:31:40.000 --> 00:31:41.400
young<00:31:40.140><c> people</c><00:31:40.380><c> do.</c>

00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:46.660
Here<00:31:41.720><c> was</c><00:31:41.960><c> Daniel</c><00:31:42.579><c> leaving</c><00:31:43.259><c> home,</c><00:31:44.460><c> going</c><00:31:44.779><c> to</c><00:31:45.000><c> a</c><00:31:45.180><c> faraway</c><00:31:45.640><c> city,</c>

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:50.119
going<00:31:47.099><c> to</c><00:31:47.299><c> a</c><00:31:47.440><c> university,</c><00:31:48.579><c> going</c><00:31:48.819><c> to</c><00:31:49.000><c> the</c><00:31:49.099><c> University</c><00:31:49.480><c> of</c><00:31:49.700><c> Babylon</c>

00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:53.380
to<00:31:50.819><c> take</c><00:31:51.079><c> a</c><00:31:51.359><c> three</c><00:31:51.579><c>-year</c><00:31:51.880><c> course,</c><00:31:52.319><c> a</c><00:31:52.599><c> degree</c><00:31:52.839><c> course,</c>

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:55.960
a<00:31:54.039><c> course</c><00:31:54.200><c> if</c><00:31:54.319><c> he</c><00:31:54.559><c> finished,</c><00:31:54.759><c> he</c><00:31:54.880><c> had</c><00:31:55.039><c> a</c><00:31:55.200><c> reward</c><00:31:55.460><c> for</c><00:31:55.720><c> it.</c>

00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:58.680
At<00:31:56.259><c> the</c><00:31:56.400><c> University</c><00:31:56.819><c> of</c><00:31:57.059><c> Babylon,</c><00:31:57.880><c> what's</c><00:31:58.180><c> he</c><00:31:58.220><c> going</c><00:31:58.339><c> to</c><00:31:58.559><c> take?</c>

00:31:58.680 --> 00:32:01.880
He's<00:31:58.940><c> going</c><00:31:59.039><c> to</c><00:31:59.180><c> take</c><00:31:59.319><c> the</c><00:31:59.599><c> learning</c><00:31:59.819><c> and</c><00:32:00.000><c> the</c><00:32:00.160><c> wisdom</c><00:32:00.400><c> of</c><00:32:00.619><c> the</c><00:32:00.779><c> Chaldeans.</c>

00:32:02.440 --> 00:32:04.759
We<00:32:02.740><c> do</c><00:32:02.900><c> the</c><00:32:03.119><c> same</c><00:32:03.279><c> today</c><00:32:03.500><c> with</c><00:32:03.660><c> our</c><00:32:03.859><c> children.</c>

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:07.559
We<00:32:05.200><c> send</c><00:32:05.400><c> them</c><00:32:05.619><c> to</c><00:32:06.420><c> Babylon.</c>

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:11.160
We<00:32:08.319><c> send</c><00:32:08.519><c> them</c><00:32:08.700><c> there</c><00:32:08.980><c> to</c><00:32:09.140><c> get</c><00:32:09.319><c> a</c><00:32:09.619><c> course,</c><00:32:10.259><c> a</c><00:32:10.539><c> degree</c><00:32:10.740><c> course,</c>

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:12.680
a<00:32:11.279><c> number</c><00:32:11.539><c> of</c><00:32:11.759><c> years.</c>

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:16.660
We<00:32:13.440><c> send</c><00:32:13.680><c> them</c><00:32:13.859><c> there</c><00:32:14.140><c> and</c><00:32:14.380><c> I</c><00:32:14.660><c> think</c><00:32:14.839><c> if</c><00:32:15.059><c> we</c><00:32:15.319><c> see</c><00:32:15.519><c> in</c><00:32:15.660><c> this</c><00:32:15.900><c> chapter</c><00:32:16.279><c> of,</c>

00:32:16.660 --> 00:32:19.819
the<00:32:16.880><c> first</c><00:32:17.099><c> chapter</c><00:32:17.400><c> of</c><00:32:17.660><c> Daniel,</c><00:32:18.000><c> there</c><00:32:18.160><c> is</c><00:32:18.359><c> a</c><00:32:18.500><c> fantastic</c><00:32:19.299><c> parallel</c>

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:24.140
between<00:32:20.559><c> what</c><00:32:20.880><c> those</c><00:32:21.259><c> of</c><00:32:21.619><c> our</c><00:32:21.839><c> young</c><00:32:22.000><c> people</c><00:32:22.220><c> today</c><00:32:22.539><c> have</c><00:32:22.779><c> to</c><00:32:23.000><c> endure</c>

00:32:24.420 --> 00:32:26.259
and<00:32:24.900><c> what</c><00:32:25.059><c> Daniel</c><00:32:25.420><c> endured.</c>

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:28.819
You<00:32:27.000><c> have</c><00:32:27.160><c> a</c><00:32:27.240><c> look</c><00:32:27.359><c> at</c><00:32:27.480><c> this.</c>

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:31.960
First<00:32:29.180><c> of</c><00:32:29.359><c> all,</c><00:32:29.779><c> Daniel</c><00:32:29.920><c> comes</c><00:32:30.240><c> into</c><00:32:30.519><c> this</c><00:32:30.819><c> great</c><00:32:31.119><c> city.</c>

00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:34.880
He<00:32:32.279><c> comes</c><00:32:32.579><c> in</c><00:32:32.799><c> and</c><00:32:32.900><c> he</c><00:32:33.119><c> sees,</c><00:32:33.420><c> as</c><00:32:33.619><c> we've</c><00:32:33.960><c> said,</c><00:32:34.180><c> these</c><00:32:34.420><c> mighty</c>

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.859
Ishtar<00:32:35.359><c> gates.</c>

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:38.079
And<00:32:36.440><c> what's</c><00:32:36.640><c> the</c><00:32:36.880><c> first</c><00:32:37.099><c> thing</c><00:32:37.319><c> our</c><00:32:37.519><c> young</c><00:32:37.660><c> people</c><00:32:37.900><c> do</c>

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:40.519
when<00:32:38.180><c> they</c><00:32:38.380><c> walk</c><00:32:38.579><c> into</c><00:32:38.819><c> the</c><00:32:39.019><c> centers</c><00:32:39.220><c> of</c><00:32:39.400><c> education</c><00:32:39.839><c> in</c><00:32:40.000><c> this</c><00:32:40.200><c> world?</c>

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:44.779
But<00:32:40.960><c> they're</c><00:32:41.220><c> impressed</c><00:32:41.900><c> by</c><00:32:42.640><c> the</c><00:32:42.960><c> mighty</c><00:32:43.480><c> works</c><00:32:43.980><c> of</c><00:32:44.319><c> man.</c>

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:47.140
If<00:32:45.539><c> not</c><00:32:45.839><c> by</c><00:32:46.039><c> the</c><00:32:46.160><c> very</c><00:32:46.440><c> building</c><00:32:46.700><c> itself,</c>

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:50.039
which<00:32:47.420><c> today</c><00:32:47.720><c> is</c><00:32:48.019><c> generally</c><00:32:48.400><c> rather</c><00:32:48.819><c> spectacular,</c>

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:52.680
then<00:32:50.220><c> at</c><00:32:50.420><c> least</c><00:32:50.640><c> by</c><00:32:50.859><c> the</c><00:32:51.059><c> wisdom</c><00:32:51.380><c> of</c><00:32:51.559><c> the</c><00:32:51.700><c> men</c><00:32:51.960><c> that</c><00:32:52.140><c> are</c><00:32:52.339><c> there</c>

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:58.380
or<00:32:53.180><c> by</c><00:32:53.579><c> the</c><00:32:54.299><c> equipment</c><00:32:54.700><c> or</c><00:32:55.619><c> by</c><00:32:56.019><c> the</c><00:32:56.519><c> grounds</c><00:32:56.859><c> that</c><00:32:57.019><c> are</c><00:32:57.200><c> beautiful</c><00:32:57.599><c> and</c><00:32:57.839><c> luxurious,</c>

00:32:58.740 --> 00:33:01.000
there's<00:32:59.019><c> a</c><00:32:59.079><c> lot</c><00:32:59.279><c> of</c><00:32:59.619><c> parallels</c><00:32:59.900><c> between</c><00:33:00.380><c> walking</c><00:33:00.720><c> through</c>

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.940
the<00:33:01.180><c> Ishtar</c><00:33:01.519><c> gates</c>

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:05.920
and<00:33:02.359><c> walking</c><00:33:02.680><c> into</c><00:33:02.940><c> the</c><00:33:03.119><c> modern</c><00:33:03.720><c> centers</c><00:33:04.420><c> of</c><00:33:04.779><c> education.</c>

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:09.440
And<00:33:06.319><c> when</c><00:33:06.480><c> our</c><00:33:06.680><c> young</c><00:33:06.900><c> people</c><00:33:07.180><c> walk</c><00:33:07.460><c> in</c><00:33:07.700><c> there,</c><00:33:08.200><c> immediately,</c>

00:33:09.700 --> 00:33:12.539
immediately<00:33:10.259><c> there's</c><00:33:10.680><c> an</c><00:33:10.940><c> attack</c><00:33:11.220><c> on</c><00:33:11.420><c> our</c><00:33:11.599><c> religion.</c>

00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:14.259
Immediately.

00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:18.519
Those<00:33:16.000><c> people</c><00:33:16.400><c> in</c><00:33:16.619><c> the</c><00:33:16.779><c> days</c><00:33:16.980><c> of</c><00:33:17.180><c> Daniel,</c><00:33:17.599><c> what</c><00:33:17.839><c> did</c><00:33:17.980><c> they</c><00:33:18.160><c> do?</c>

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:20.539
They<00:33:19.000><c> changed</c><00:33:19.380><c> his</c><00:33:19.700><c> name.</c>

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:22.180
What<00:33:20.940><c> did</c><00:33:21.039><c> they</c><00:33:21.259><c> do</c><00:33:21.380><c> in</c><00:33:21.579><c> changing</c><00:33:21.799><c> his</c><00:33:22.039><c> name?</c>

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:23.980
They<00:33:22.440><c> mocked</c><00:33:22.720><c> his</c><00:33:22.920><c> religion.</c>

00:33:24.019 --> 00:33:26.440
What<00:33:24.160><c> did</c><00:33:24.240><c> they</c><00:33:24.380><c> do</c><00:33:24.519><c> in</c><00:33:24.640><c> taking</c><00:33:24.859><c> the</c><00:33:25.420><c> vessels</c><00:33:25.819><c> of</c><00:33:26.059><c> the</c><00:33:26.240><c> temple</c>

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:26.980
of<00:33:26.640><c> Yahweh</c>

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:28.599
to<00:33:27.460><c> the</c><00:33:27.680><c> temples</c><00:33:28.019><c> in</c><00:33:28.279><c> Babylon?</c>

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:31.440
They<00:33:29.259><c> mocked</c><00:33:29.720><c> the</c><00:33:29.839><c> power</c><00:33:30.180><c> of</c><00:33:30.420><c> our</c><00:33:30.640><c> God.</c>

00:33:31.640 --> 00:33:33.119
What<00:33:31.779><c> did</c><00:33:31.859><c> they</c><00:33:31.960><c> do</c><00:33:32.079><c> today?</c>

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:36.099
Our<00:33:34.039><c> children,</c><00:33:34.500><c> our</c><00:33:34.619><c> young</c><00:33:34.779><c> people</c><00:33:35.019><c> go</c><00:33:35.220><c> into</c><00:33:35.420><c> the</c><00:33:35.680><c> centers</c><00:33:35.900><c> of</c>

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.900
education<00:33:36.579><c> today</c>

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:40.519
and<00:33:37.119><c> the</c><00:33:37.240><c> very</c><00:33:37.599><c> first</c><00:33:37.839><c> thing</c><00:33:37.980><c> they</c><00:33:38.180><c> do</c><00:33:38.279><c> is</c><00:33:38.500><c> tell</c><00:33:38.700><c> you</c><00:33:38.880><c> that</c><00:33:39.019><c> this</c><00:33:39.279><c> is</c><00:33:39.539><c> trash.</c>

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:44.839
They<00:33:41.579><c> mock</c><00:33:41.880><c> our</c><00:33:42.299><c> God</c><00:33:42.619><c> day</c><00:33:43.220><c> one</c><00:33:43.539><c> and</c><00:33:43.859><c> every</c><00:33:44.180><c> day</c><00:33:44.380><c> thereafter,</c>

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:48.079
telling<00:33:45.160><c> us</c><00:33:45.559><c> that</c><00:33:45.839><c> the</c><00:33:46.000><c> Bible</c><00:33:46.279><c> is</c><00:33:46.519><c> no</c><00:33:46.720><c> guide</c><00:33:47.000><c> for</c><00:33:47.240><c> life,</c>

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:50.259
telling<00:33:48.559><c> us</c><00:33:48.740><c> that</c><00:33:48.900><c> the</c><00:33:49.079><c> first</c><00:33:49.279><c> few</c><00:33:49.539><c> chapters</c><00:33:49.799><c> of</c><00:33:50.000><c> the</c><00:33:50.039><c> Bible</c>

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:51.859
are<00:33:50.539><c> complete</c><00:33:50.900><c> myth</c>

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:55.019
and<00:33:52.440><c> that</c><00:33:52.599><c> the</c><00:33:52.759><c> wisdom</c><00:33:52.980><c> of</c><00:33:53.220><c> man</c><00:33:53.420><c> should</c><00:33:53.619><c> replace</c><00:33:54.000><c> this.</c>

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:57.299
And<00:33:55.700><c> when</c><00:33:55.880><c> our</c><00:33:56.099><c> children</c><00:33:56.359><c> get</c><00:33:56.539><c> out</c><00:33:56.700><c> of</c><00:33:56.859><c> there,</c><00:33:57.000><c> they</c><00:33:57.119><c> have</c>

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.380
their<00:33:57.500><c> names</c><00:33:57.720><c> changed.</c>

00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:01.019
Sure,<00:33:59.279><c> it's</c><00:33:59.440><c> the</c><00:33:59.539><c> idea</c><00:33:59.819><c> of</c><00:34:00.019><c> our</c><00:34:00.160><c> environment</c><00:34:00.559><c> to</c><00:34:00.839><c> change</c>

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.420
their<00:34:01.259><c> names.</c>

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.859
You<00:34:01.619><c> add</c><00:34:01.740><c> a</c><00:34:01.859><c> little</c><00:34:02.019><c> thing</c><00:34:02.160><c> at</c><00:34:02.339><c> the</c><00:34:02.420><c> end</c><00:34:02.559><c> of</c><00:34:02.660><c> it.</c>

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:08.079
You<00:34:03.259><c> call</c><00:34:03.420><c> them</c><00:34:03.619><c> a</c><00:34:03.859><c> BA</c><00:34:04.099><c> or</c><00:34:04.500><c> a</c><00:34:04.740><c> BSC</c><00:34:05.240><c> or</c><00:34:05.720><c> an</c><00:34:05.980><c> MA</c><00:34:06.180><c> or</c><00:34:06.359><c> an</c><00:34:06.559><c> MSC</c><00:34:07.099><c> or</c><00:34:07.400><c> a</c><00:34:07.619><c> PhD.</c>

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:11.179
And<00:34:08.579><c> this</c><00:34:08.800><c> changes</c><00:34:09.099><c> their</c><00:34:09.380><c> life</c><00:34:09.579><c> because</c><00:34:09.840><c> now</c><00:34:10.159><c> they</c><00:34:10.400><c> feel</c><00:34:10.619><c> they</c><00:34:10.780><c> have</c><00:34:10.940><c> a</c>

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:12.559
power<00:34:11.400><c> and</c><00:34:11.679><c> authority.</c>

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:15.820
They<00:34:12.800><c> have</c><00:34:12.960><c> the</c><00:34:13.199><c> wisdom</c><00:34:13.579><c> of</c><00:34:13.820><c> the</c><00:34:14.019><c> Chaldeans</c><00:34:14.480><c> behind</c><00:34:14.840><c> them.</c>

00:34:16.159 --> 00:34:17.460
Their<00:34:16.440><c> name</c><00:34:16.639><c> has</c><00:34:16.940><c> changed.</c>

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:22.780
And<00:34:18.079><c> if</c><00:34:18.219><c> they</c><00:34:18.559><c> think</c><00:34:18.840><c> about</c><00:34:19.179><c> that</c><00:34:19.579><c> change</c><00:34:19.980><c> in</c><00:34:20.239><c> name</c><00:34:20.760><c> and</c><00:34:21.559><c> if</c><00:34:21.659><c> they</c><00:34:22.019><c> contemplate</c><00:34:22.500><c> on</c><00:34:22.659><c> it,</c>

00:34:22.800 --> 00:34:25.539
as<00:34:23.039><c> Daniel,</c><00:34:23.539><c> if</c><00:34:23.679><c> he</c><00:34:23.960><c> contemplated</c><00:34:24.360><c> on</c><00:34:24.599><c> Belteshazzar,</c>

00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:28.679
would<00:34:25.880><c> be</c><00:34:26.139><c> left</c><00:34:26.340><c> completely</c><00:34:27.039><c> out</c><00:34:27.300><c> of</c><00:34:27.420><c> God's</c><00:34:27.820><c> picture.</c>

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:33.760
There's<00:34:29.139><c> no</c><00:34:29.500><c> honor</c><00:34:29.820><c> in</c><00:34:30.019><c> a</c><00:34:30.199><c> BA</c><00:34:30.559><c> or</c><00:34:30.880><c> an</c><00:34:31.139><c> MSC</c><00:34:31.679><c> or</c><00:34:31.900><c> a</c><00:34:32.119><c> PhD</c><00:34:32.480><c> to</c><00:34:32.840><c> God.</c>

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:35.139
It's<00:34:34.119><c> to</c><00:34:34.300><c> man.</c>

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:37.239
There's<00:34:35.679><c> no</c><00:34:35.920><c> wisdom</c><00:34:36.219><c> there</c><00:34:36.500><c> to</c><00:34:36.760><c> God.</c>

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:40.739
And<00:34:37.719><c> we</c><00:34:37.900><c> know</c><00:34:38.119><c> how</c><00:34:38.340><c> that</c><00:34:38.440><c> in</c><00:34:38.659><c> God's</c><00:34:39.019><c> Word,</c><00:34:40.059><c> the</c><00:34:40.219><c> terms</c><00:34:40.380><c> of</c><00:34:40.559><c> the</c>

00:34:40.739 --> 00:34:42.000
wisdom<00:34:41.139><c> and</c><00:34:41.400><c> the</c><00:34:41.699><c> power</c>

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:45.880
and<00:34:42.239><c> the</c><00:34:42.340><c> riches</c><00:34:42.619><c> of</c><00:34:42.780><c> this</c><00:34:43.000><c> world</c><00:34:43.320><c> is</c><00:34:43.780><c> nothing</c><00:34:44.440><c> compared</c><00:34:45.619><c> with</c>

00:34:45.880 --> 00:34:47.380
the<00:34:46.199><c> glory</c><00:34:46.500><c> and</c><00:34:46.679><c> the</c><00:34:46.960><c> honor</c>

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:51.199
and<00:34:47.760><c> the</c><00:34:48.119><c> beauty</c><00:34:48.380><c> of</c><00:34:48.699><c> knowing</c><00:34:49.000><c> God</c><00:34:49.559><c> and</c><00:34:49.980><c> His</c><00:34:50.260><c> Word.</c>

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:54.639
So<00:34:52.199><c> if</c><00:34:52.360><c> we're</c><00:34:52.579><c> sending</c><00:34:52.820><c> our</c><00:34:53.119><c> children</c><00:34:53.500><c> or</c><00:34:53.800><c> if</c><00:34:53.980><c> we</c><00:34:54.179><c> ourselves</c>

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:56.179
are<00:34:54.780><c> going</c><00:34:54.980><c> to</c><00:34:55.159><c> university,</c>

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:58.800
let's<00:34:56.760><c> make</c><00:34:57.039><c> sure</c><00:34:57.260><c> that</c><00:34:57.420><c> we've</c><00:34:57.679><c> got</c><00:34:57.880><c> some</c><00:34:58.099><c> background</c><00:34:58.539><c> like</c>

00:34:58.800 --> 00:35:00.059
Daniel<00:34:59.199><c> had.</c>

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:03.179
If<00:35:00.519><c> we're</c><00:35:00.739><c> going</c><00:35:00.900><c> to</c><00:35:01.059><c> walk</c><00:35:01.239><c> through</c><00:35:01.539><c> Ishtar</c><00:35:02.139><c> gates</c><00:35:02.480><c> in</c><00:35:02.800><c> life,</c>

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:05.019
they're<00:35:03.920><c> all</c><00:35:04.219><c> over</c><00:35:04.440><c> the</c><00:35:04.639><c> place.</c>

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:07.280
They're<00:35:05.599><c> not</c><00:35:05.820><c> just</c><00:35:06.059><c> in</c><00:35:06.360><c> education</c><00:35:06.840><c> circles.</c>

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:08.820
They're<00:35:07.639><c> in</c><00:35:07.820><c> places</c><00:35:08.019><c> of</c><00:35:08.260><c> employment.</c>

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:12.420
They're<00:35:09.380><c> in</c><00:35:09.619><c> places</c><00:35:09.900><c> of</c><00:35:10.119><c> the</c><00:35:10.300><c> endeavor</c><00:35:10.639><c> of</c><00:35:10.900><c> men</c><00:35:11.139><c> all</c><00:35:11.639><c> over</c><00:35:11.860><c> the</c><00:35:12.079><c> earth</c>

00:35:12.420 --> 00:35:14.920
where<00:35:12.820><c> men</c><00:35:13.019><c> and</c><00:35:13.159><c> women</c><00:35:13.340><c> walk</c><00:35:13.679><c> through</c><00:35:13.880><c> the</c><00:35:14.159><c> Ishtar</c><00:35:14.599><c> gates</c>

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:18.059
and<00:35:15.039><c> they're</c><00:35:15.440><c> mightily</c><00:35:15.780><c> impressed</c><00:35:16.280><c> by</c><00:35:16.760><c> the</c><00:35:16.920><c> wisdom</c><00:35:17.119><c> of</c><00:35:17.260><c> the</c><00:35:17.420><c> world.</c>

00:35:18.079 --> 00:35:21.320
They<00:35:18.639><c> forget</c><00:35:19.219><c> about</c><00:35:20.320><c> Israel.</c>

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:24.539
They<00:35:22.539><c> forget</c><00:35:22.980><c> some</c><00:35:23.320><c> of</c><00:35:23.400><c> them</c><00:35:23.480><c> even</c><00:35:23.679><c> use</c><00:35:23.800><c> it</c><00:35:23.960><c> as</c><00:35:24.059><c> an</c><00:35:24.280><c> excuse.</c>

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:27.019
Well,<00:35:24.900><c> it</c><00:35:25.059><c> was</c><00:35:25.340><c> weak.</c><00:35:25.920><c> The</c><00:35:26.079><c> Ecclesia</c><00:35:26.340><c> was</c><00:35:26.659><c> weak.</c>

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:29.460
No<00:35:27.639><c> one</c><00:35:27.840><c> seemed</c><00:35:27.980><c> to</c><00:35:28.079><c> be</c><00:35:28.199><c> living</c><00:35:28.320><c> the</c><00:35:28.619><c> truth.</c>

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:32.519
That's<00:35:30.059><c> no</c><00:35:30.440><c> reason</c><00:35:30.780><c> to</c><00:35:31.000><c> forsake</c><00:35:31.480><c> God.</c>

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:35.199
Daniel<00:35:33.239><c> never</c><00:35:33.559><c> forsook</c><00:35:34.079><c> God.</c>

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:38.400
Daniel<00:35:35.659><c> in</c><00:35:35.820><c> time</c><00:35:36.119><c> like</c><00:35:36.340><c> this</c><00:35:36.559><c> had</c><00:35:36.880><c> faith</c><00:35:37.480><c> that</c><00:35:37.940><c> was</c>

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:40.000
absolutely<00:35:39.079><c> impressive</c>

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:43.300
throughout<00:35:40.380><c> God's</c><00:35:40.860><c> Word</c><00:35:41.199><c> of</c><00:35:41.639><c> the</c><00:35:41.860><c> principles</c><00:35:42.280><c> that</c><00:35:42.539><c> he</c><00:35:42.739><c> saw</c>

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:47.159
and<00:35:43.800><c> how</c><00:35:44.099><c> he</c><00:35:44.780><c> endeavored</c><00:35:45.340><c> to</c><00:35:45.579><c> maintain</c><00:35:46.000><c> them.</c>

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.760
And<00:35:47.639><c> I</c><00:35:47.780><c> think,</c><00:35:48.139><c> brothers</c><00:35:48.280><c> and</c><00:35:48.519><c> sisters,</c>

00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:51.719
there<00:35:48.960><c> is</c><00:35:49.239><c> one</c><00:35:49.760><c> main</c><00:35:50.139><c> principle</c><00:35:50.599><c> that</c><00:35:50.880><c> we</c><00:35:51.119><c> are</c><00:35:51.199><c> losing</c><00:35:51.519><c> sight</c>

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.920
of<00:35:51.840><c> today.</c>

00:35:54.199 --> 00:35:55.679
We're<00:35:54.380><c> really</c><00:35:54.579><c> losing</c><00:35:54.820><c> sight</c><00:35:54.980><c> of</c><00:35:55.099><c> it</c><00:35:55.219><c> today.</c>

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:58.559
And<00:35:56.219><c> that's</c><00:35:56.440><c> found</c><00:35:56.539><c> in</c><00:35:56.679><c> 1</c><00:35:56.880><c> Corinthians</c><00:35:57.380><c> chapter</c><00:35:57.820><c> 6.</c>

00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:01.639
I<00:35:58.900><c> think</c><00:35:59.059><c> it's</c><00:35:59.519><c> associated</c><00:36:00.000><c> with</c><00:36:00.539><c> the</c><00:36:00.739><c> kind</c><00:36:00.920><c> of</c><00:36:01.119><c> things</c><00:36:01.340><c> that</c>

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:04.219
Daniel<00:36:02.320><c> stood</c><00:36:02.800><c> against</c><00:36:03.300><c> in</c><00:36:03.519><c> his</c><00:36:03.800><c> life</c>

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:08.199
where<00:36:04.739><c> he</c><00:36:04.960><c> would</c><00:36:05.320><c> not</c><00:36:05.820><c> defile</c><00:36:06.280><c> himself</c><00:36:06.800><c> with</c><00:36:07.079><c> the</c><00:36:07.280><c> food.</c>

00:36:08.679 --> 00:36:12.480
So<00:36:09.019><c> we</c><00:36:09.219><c> should</c><00:36:09.420><c> be</c><00:36:09.840><c> very</c><00:36:10.400><c> careful</c><00:36:10.780><c> that</c><00:36:10.960><c> we</c><00:36:11.139><c> don't</c><00:36:11.420><c> defile</c><00:36:11.900><c> ourselves</c>

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:16.000
with<00:36:12.739><c> the</c><00:36:12.900><c> ways</c><00:36:13.440><c> of</c><00:36:15.119><c> modern</c><00:36:15.360><c> life.</c>

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:19.519
1<00:36:16.579><c> Corinthians</c><00:36:17.199><c> chapter</c><00:36:17.760><c> 6</c><00:36:18.199><c> at</c><00:36:18.519><c> verse</c><00:36:18.760><c> 12.</c>

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:24.579
All<00:36:20.219><c> things</c><00:36:20.539><c> are</c><00:36:20.880><c> lawful</c><00:36:21.300><c> unto</c><00:36:21.519><c> me,</c><00:36:21.900><c> but</c><00:36:22.119><c> all</c><00:36:22.440><c> things</c><00:36:22.780><c> are</c><00:36:23.119><c> not</c><00:36:23.360><c> expedient.</c>

00:36:24.840 --> 00:36:28.119
All<00:36:25.159><c> things</c><00:36:25.400><c> are</c><00:36:25.639><c> lawful</c><00:36:26.000><c> for</c><00:36:26.219><c> me,</c><00:36:26.480><c> but</c><00:36:26.639><c> I</c><00:36:26.860><c> will</c><00:36:27.159><c> not</c><00:36:27.420><c> be</c><00:36:27.699><c> brought</c><00:36:27.880><c> under</c>

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:29.099
the<00:36:28.420><c> power</c><00:36:28.719><c> of</c><00:36:28.980><c> any.</c>

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:32.400
That's<00:36:29.420><c> a</c><00:36:29.679><c> little</c><00:36:29.860><c> verse,</c><00:36:30.619><c> but</c><00:36:30.880><c> it's</c><00:36:31.420><c> mighty.</c>

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:37.139
I'm<00:36:34.340><c> sure</c><00:36:34.679><c> that</c><00:36:35.059><c> Daniel</c><00:36:35.320><c> would</c><00:36:35.519><c> have</c><00:36:35.679><c> realized</c><00:36:36.320><c> that</c><00:36:36.820><c> meats</c>

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:40.699
really<00:36:37.780><c> don't</c><00:36:38.239><c> give</c><00:36:38.420><c> us</c><00:36:38.599><c> any</c><00:36:38.860><c> advantage</c><00:36:39.219><c> before</c><00:36:39.639><c> God.</c>

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:43.460
They<00:36:41.159><c> don't</c><00:36:41.360><c> make</c><00:36:41.519><c> us</c><00:36:41.780><c> better</c><00:36:42.099><c> if</c><00:36:42.260><c> we</c><00:36:42.480><c> eat</c><00:36:42.679><c> or</c><00:36:42.920><c> worse</c><00:36:43.139><c> if</c><00:36:43.280><c> we</c>

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.059
don't<00:36:43.679><c> eat.</c>

00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:47.340
But<00:36:44.599><c> there's</c><00:36:44.880><c> some</c><00:36:45.079><c> spiritual</c><00:36:45.579><c> principles</c><00:36:46.059><c> that</c><00:36:46.400><c> do.</c>

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:50.280
And<00:36:47.659><c> these</c><00:36:47.900><c> spiritual</c><00:36:48.320><c> principles</c><00:36:48.880><c> had</c><00:36:49.159><c> better</c><00:36:49.420><c> be</c><00:36:49.639><c> lived</c><00:36:49.880><c> by.</c>

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:54.280
And<00:36:50.639><c> if</c><00:36:50.760><c> we</c><00:36:51.059><c> don't,</c><00:36:51.699><c> we</c><00:36:51.860><c> can</c><00:36:52.059><c> be</c><00:36:52.599><c> spiritually</c><00:36:53.119><c> shipwrecked.</c>

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:57.079
And<00:36:54.699><c> so</c><00:36:54.880><c> we</c><00:36:55.059><c> find</c><00:36:55.280><c> today</c><00:36:55.619><c> that</c><00:36:55.840><c> people</c><00:36:56.119><c> are</c><00:36:56.519><c> ignoring</c>

00:36:57.079 --> 00:37:01.260
the<00:36:57.760><c> things</c><00:36:58.059><c> which,</c><00:36:58.860><c> oh,</c><00:36:59.159><c> there's</c><00:36:59.460><c> nothing</c><00:36:59.739><c> wrong</c><00:37:00.139><c> in</c><00:37:00.440><c> them.</c>

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:03.960
But<00:37:01.940><c> they're</c><00:37:02.139><c> not</c><00:37:02.400><c> expedient.</c>

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:06.400
And<00:37:04.519><c> I</c><00:37:04.639><c> think</c><00:37:04.840><c> one</c><00:37:05.039><c> of</c><00:37:05.159><c> the</c><00:37:05.280><c> ones</c><00:37:05.420><c> that</c><00:37:05.559><c> we've</c><00:37:05.780><c> got</c><00:37:05.900><c> to</c><00:37:06.059><c> take</c><00:37:06.159><c> an</c>

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:08.840
exception<00:37:06.719><c> to</c><00:37:07.059><c> is</c><00:37:07.500><c> hair</c><00:37:07.820><c> length.</c>

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:12.380
There's<00:37:10.360><c> nothing</c><00:37:10.579><c> wrong</c><00:37:10.880><c> in</c><00:37:11.119><c> long</c><00:37:11.300><c> hair.</c>

00:37:13.000 --> 00:37:17.119
But<00:37:13.179><c> if</c><00:37:13.380><c> one's</c><00:37:13.820><c> brother</c><00:37:14.159><c> or</c><00:37:14.619><c> sister</c><00:37:15.019><c> is</c><00:37:15.340><c> being</c><00:37:15.599><c> offended</c><00:37:16.179><c> because</c><00:37:16.579><c> one's</c><00:37:16.900><c> got</c>

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:17.599
long<00:37:17.400><c> hair,</c>

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:21.199
it's<00:37:17.860><c> time</c><00:37:18.079><c> to</c><00:37:18.219><c> get</c><00:37:18.300><c> a</c><00:37:18.440><c> haircut,</c><00:37:19.099><c> if</c><00:37:19.260><c> for</c><00:37:19.400><c> no</c><00:37:19.579><c> other</c><00:37:19.739><c> reason</c><00:37:20.000><c> at</c><00:37:20.219><c> all.</c>

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:24.159
Now,<00:37:21.860><c> these</c><00:37:22.099><c> are</c><00:37:22.320><c> the</c><00:37:22.500><c> principles</c><00:37:22.980><c> which</c><00:37:23.340><c> we,</c><00:37:23.619><c> I</c><00:37:23.800><c> think,</c><00:37:24.039><c> are</c>

00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:25.559
losing<00:37:24.500><c> today.</c>

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:30.659
If<00:37:26.719><c> we</c><00:37:26.980><c> can't</c><00:37:28.019><c> accept</c><00:37:28.019><c> the</c><00:37:28.400><c> fact</c><00:37:28.599><c> that</c><00:37:28.780><c> we</c><00:37:28.900><c> find</c><00:37:29.199><c> down</c><00:37:29.460><c> here</c><00:37:29.719><c> with</c><00:37:29.940><c> respect</c><00:37:30.440><c> in</c>

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.800
this<00:37:30.840><c> chapter,</c>

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:35.539
the<00:37:32.480><c> things</c><00:37:32.679><c> that</c><00:37:32.940><c> Paul</c><00:37:33.179><c> says,</c><00:37:34.099><c> well,</c><00:37:34.260><c> it's</c><00:37:34.400><c> actually</c><00:37:34.659><c> in</c><00:37:34.840><c> chapter</c><00:37:35.159><c> 8.</c>

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:38.400
He<00:37:35.980><c> talks</c><00:37:36.280><c> about</c><00:37:36.519><c> the</c><00:37:36.800><c> same</c><00:37:37.099><c> idea</c><00:37:37.579><c> of</c><00:37:37.920><c> conscience.</c>

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:43.300
And<00:37:38.559><c> he</c><00:37:38.719><c> says,</c><00:37:40.920><c> and</c><00:37:40.920><c> through</c><00:37:41.440><c> thy</c><00:37:41.820><c> knowledge,</c><00:37:42.440><c> verse</c><00:37:42.800><c> 11,</c>

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:47.119
shall<00:37:43.820><c> the</c><00:37:44.139><c> weak</c><00:37:44.380><c> brother</c><00:37:44.780><c> perish</c><00:37:45.179><c> for</c><00:37:45.480><c> whom</c><00:37:45.659><c> Christ</c><00:37:46.119><c> died?</c>

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:51.860
He's<00:37:48.500><c> talking</c><00:37:48.780><c> about</c><00:37:49.199><c> some</c><00:37:49.619><c> person</c><00:37:50.019><c> who</c><00:37:50.179><c> has</c><00:37:50.320><c> a</c><00:37:50.500><c> weak</c><00:37:50.659><c> conscience.</c>

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:58.340
Well,<00:37:52.500><c> I</c><00:37:52.500><c> feel</c><00:37:52.699><c> this</c><00:37:52.940><c> is</c><00:37:53.119><c> the</c><00:37:53.519><c> worst</c><00:37:53.699><c> situation</c><00:37:54.340><c> when</c><00:37:54.579><c> a</c><00:37:54.760><c> brother</c><00:37:54.980><c> or</c><00:37:55.159><c> sister</c><00:37:55.940><c> who</c><00:37:56.699><c> is</c><00:37:57.500><c> older,</c>

00:37:58.579 --> 00:38:00.599
who<00:37:58.760><c> is</c><00:37:59.119><c> higher</c><00:37:59.340><c> in</c><00:37:59.539><c> esteem</c><00:37:59.900><c> in</c><00:38:00.019><c> the</c><00:38:00.139><c> Ecclesia,</c>

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:03.380
takes<00:38:01.280><c> liberties</c><00:38:01.800><c> which</c><00:38:02.159><c> younger</c><00:38:02.460><c> people</c><00:38:02.820><c> then</c><00:38:03.139><c> see,</c>

00:38:03.400 --> 00:38:06.179
well,<00:38:04.099><c> brother</c><00:38:04.280><c> so</c><00:38:04.519><c>-and</c><00:38:04.719><c>-so</c><00:38:04.820><c> or</c><00:38:05.059><c> sister</c><00:38:05.380><c> so</c><00:38:05.639><c>-and</c><00:38:05.780><c>-so</c><00:38:05.860><c> is</c><00:38:06.039><c> doing</c>

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:08.119
it,<00:38:06.380><c> why</c><00:38:06.639><c> can't</c><00:38:07.000><c> I?</c>

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:10.460
That<00:38:08.960><c> that's</c><00:38:09.260><c> a</c><00:38:09.440><c> tragedy.</c>

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:15.559
It<00:38:12.039><c> shows</c><00:38:12.300><c> a</c><00:38:12.539><c> real</c><00:38:12.920><c> lack</c><00:38:13.199><c> of</c><00:38:13.599><c> consideration</c><00:38:14.079><c> for</c><00:38:14.300><c> one's</c><00:38:14.659><c> brother.</c>

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:18.360
When<00:38:16.179><c> it</c><00:38:16.340><c> comes</c><00:38:16.619><c> down</c><00:38:16.940><c> to</c><00:38:17.079><c> what</c><00:38:17.280><c> all</c><00:38:17.679><c> these</c><00:38:17.920><c> things</c><00:38:18.119><c> we're</c>

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:19.139
talking<00:38:18.679><c> about</c>

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:24.440
should<00:38:19.500><c> mean</c><00:38:19.820><c> to</c><00:38:20.000><c> us,</c><00:38:21.119><c> a</c><00:38:21.360><c> change</c><00:38:21.619><c> in</c><00:38:21.840><c> life,</c><00:38:23.000><c> we</c><00:38:23.380><c> fail.</c>

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:29.019
Because<00:38:25.679><c> we</c><00:38:25.880><c> find</c><00:38:26.159><c> people</c><00:38:26.860><c> forgetting</c><00:38:27.599><c> that</c><00:38:28.460><c> the</c><00:38:28.679><c> love</c><00:38:28.860><c> of</c>

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:30.059
their<00:38:29.199><c> brother</c>

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:33.659
is<00:38:30.719><c> a</c><00:38:30.960><c> mighty</c><00:38:31.159><c> important</c><00:38:31.679><c> aspect</c><00:38:32.059><c> of</c><00:38:32.199><c> our</c><00:38:32.480><c> discipleship.</c>

00:38:33.800 --> 00:38:37.159
That<00:38:33.900><c> if</c><00:38:34.019><c> there's</c><00:38:34.280><c> anything</c><00:38:34.699><c> that's</c><00:38:34.980><c> going</c><00:38:35.079><c> to</c><00:38:35.280><c> cause</c><00:38:35.440><c> our</c><00:38:35.840><c> brother</c><00:38:36.019><c> to</c><00:38:36.300><c> stumble,</c>

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:39.300
let's<00:38:38.340><c> change</c><00:38:38.699><c> our</c><00:38:38.960><c> ways.</c>

00:38:39.719 --> 00:38:41.920
And<00:38:39.880><c> if</c><00:38:39.940><c> there's</c><00:38:40.199><c> a</c><00:38:40.400><c> sister</c><00:38:40.739><c> or</c><00:38:40.980><c> a</c><00:38:41.280><c> brother</c><00:38:41.480><c> in</c><00:38:41.619><c> the</c><00:38:41.739><c> meeting</c>

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:43.199
that<00:38:42.099><c> doesn't</c><00:38:42.260><c> like</c><00:38:42.500><c> our</c><00:38:42.760><c> long</c><00:38:42.920><c> hair,</c>

00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:45.039
why<00:38:43.739><c> don't</c><00:38:43.900><c> we</c><00:38:44.079><c> cut</c><00:38:44.280><c> it?</c>

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:49.820
It's<00:38:45.980><c> for</c><00:38:46.139><c> the</c><00:38:46.320><c> sake</c><00:38:46.460><c> of</c><00:38:46.659><c> the</c><00:38:46.860><c> weak</c><00:38:47.079><c> brother</c><00:38:47.559><c> that</c><00:38:48.840><c> we</c><00:38:48.980><c> do</c><00:38:49.139><c> this,</c>

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:52.079
not<00:38:50.300><c> because</c><00:38:50.599><c> of</c><00:38:50.739><c> the</c><00:38:50.960><c> strong</c><00:38:51.159><c> brother.</c>

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:55.400
And<00:38:52.780><c> this</c><00:38:53.019><c> situation</c><00:38:53.539><c> grows</c><00:38:53.920><c> and</c><00:38:54.159><c> develops</c><00:38:54.400><c> all</c><00:38:54.820><c> the</c><00:38:54.940><c> way</c><00:38:55.139><c> through.</c>

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:58.059
It's<00:38:56.000><c> principles,</c><00:38:56.599><c> brethren</c><00:38:56.719><c> and</c><00:38:56.880><c> sisters,</c><00:38:57.099><c> we're</c><00:38:57.320><c> feeling</c><00:38:57.559><c> on.</c>

00:38:58.539 --> 00:39:00.619
So<00:38:58.780><c> many</c><00:38:58.980><c> young</c><00:38:59.139><c> people</c><00:38:59.420><c> come</c><00:38:59.659><c> to</c><00:38:59.820><c> us</c><00:39:00.000><c> today</c><00:39:00.199><c> and</c><00:39:00.320><c> they</c><00:39:00.519><c> say,</c>

00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:03.440
well,<00:39:00.800><c> look,</c><00:39:00.920><c> there's</c><00:39:01.179><c> no</c><00:39:01.380><c> verse</c><00:39:01.559><c> that</c><00:39:01.760><c> says</c><00:39:01.860><c> I</c><00:39:02.000><c> can't</c><00:39:02.260><c> do</c><00:39:02.440><c> that.</c>

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:06.980
And<00:39:04.300><c> there</c><00:39:04.480><c> isn't</c><00:39:04.619><c> any</c><00:39:04.880><c> verse</c><00:39:05.119><c> that</c><00:39:05.400><c> says</c><00:39:05.559><c> exactly</c><00:39:06.239><c> that</c><00:39:06.800><c> you</c>

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:08.380
can't<00:39:07.239><c> do</c><00:39:07.420><c> this</c><00:39:07.800><c> or</c><00:39:08.059><c> that,</c>

00:39:08.659 --> 00:39:11.340
that's<00:39:08.920><c> a</c><00:39:09.079><c> problem</c><00:39:09.199><c> of</c><00:39:09.340><c> this</c><00:39:09.519><c> age,</c><00:39:09.719><c> but</c><00:39:09.940><c> there's</c><00:39:10.300><c> principles.</c>

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:14.800
And<00:39:12.380><c> Daniel</c><00:39:12.719><c> was</c><00:39:13.000><c> instructed</c><00:39:13.420><c> in</c><00:39:13.659><c> principles.</c>

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:19.619
Daniel<00:39:15.440><c> was</c><00:39:15.659><c> a</c><00:39:15.719><c> man</c><00:39:15.980><c> who</c><00:39:16.480><c> knew</c><00:39:17.099><c> via</c><00:39:17.860><c> the</c><00:39:18.320><c> attitude</c><00:39:18.800><c> that</c><00:39:18.980><c> he</c><00:39:19.079><c> was</c><00:39:19.280><c> to</c><00:39:19.460><c> have,</c>

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:22.280
via<00:39:19.900><c> God's</c><00:39:20.320><c> word,</c><00:39:20.719><c> how</c><00:39:20.980><c> he</c><00:39:21.119><c> should</c><00:39:21.300><c> approach</c><00:39:21.659><c> things.</c>

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:26.679
And<00:39:22.960><c> I'm</c><00:39:23.139><c> sure</c><00:39:23.599><c> that</c><00:39:23.980><c> Daniel</c><00:39:24.300><c> was</c><00:39:24.619><c> an</c><00:39:24.920><c> example</c><00:39:25.380><c> to</c><00:39:25.639><c> every</c><00:39:25.980><c> other</c><00:39:26.239><c> young</c><00:39:26.440><c> man</c>

00:39:26.679 --> 00:39:29.659
that<00:39:26.880><c> came</c><00:39:27.019><c> from</c><00:39:27.179><c> Israel</c><00:39:27.679><c> and</c><00:39:27.940><c> was</c><00:39:28.139><c> in</c><00:39:28.360><c> Babylon</c><00:39:28.659><c> of</c><00:39:28.920><c> how</c><00:39:29.139><c> to</c><00:39:29.340><c> live.</c>

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:32.860
And<00:39:30.440><c> God</c><00:39:30.739><c> richly</c><00:39:31.280><c> blessed</c><00:39:31.480><c> him</c><00:39:31.699><c> for</c><00:39:31.840><c> that.</c>

00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:36.860
I<00:39:33.920><c> think</c><00:39:34.119><c> when</c><00:39:34.300><c> we</c><00:39:34.579><c> consider</c><00:39:34.980><c> the</c><00:39:35.900><c> background</c><00:39:36.260><c> of</c><00:39:36.559><c> Daniel,</c>

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:40.320
we<00:39:37.099><c> can</c><00:39:37.440><c> only</c><00:39:37.719><c> consider</c><00:39:38.199><c> as</c><00:39:38.400><c> parents</c><00:39:39.039><c> the</c><00:39:39.480><c> responsibility</c><00:39:40.139><c> on</c>

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:41.679
our<00:39:40.539><c> shoulders,</c>

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:45.880
the<00:39:42.579><c> responsibility</c><00:39:43.300><c> that's</c><00:39:43.739><c> on</c><00:39:43.940><c> us</c><00:39:44.260><c> to</c><00:39:44.539><c> train</c><00:39:44.900><c> up</c><00:39:45.340><c> our</c><00:39:45.619><c> children</c>

00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:47.860
in<00:39:46.059><c> the</c><00:39:46.179><c> way</c><00:39:46.360><c> that</c><00:39:46.539><c> they</c><00:39:46.699><c> should</c><00:39:46.920><c> go.</c>

00:39:48.179 --> 00:39:51.579
I<00:39:48.420><c> believe</c><00:39:48.659><c> God</c><00:39:48.900><c> has</c><00:39:49.139><c> given</c><00:39:49.280><c> us</c><00:39:49.559><c> the</c><00:39:49.840><c> picture</c><00:39:50.139><c> of</c><00:39:50.320><c> Daniel</c><00:39:50.679><c> as</c><00:39:51.000><c> confidence</c>

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:55.420
that<00:39:52.400><c> a</c><00:39:52.539><c> young</c><00:39:52.739><c> man</c><00:39:52.940><c> like</c><00:39:53.179><c> Daniel,</c><00:39:53.800><c> going</c><00:39:54.300><c> off</c><00:39:54.619><c> to</c><00:39:54.760><c> a</c><00:39:54.960><c> place</c><00:39:55.179><c> I</c>

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:56.880
think<00:39:55.739><c> far</c><00:39:56.239><c> worse</c>

00:39:56.880 --> 00:40:00.840
than<00:39:57.300><c> our</c><00:39:57.579><c> children</c><00:39:57.780><c> will</c><00:39:57.920><c> go</c><00:39:58.059><c> off</c><00:39:58.320><c> to,</c><00:39:58.840><c> could</c><00:39:59.079><c> maintain</c><00:39:59.579><c> his</c><00:39:59.860><c> faith</c>

00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:04.300
because<00:40:01.400><c> he</c><00:40:01.539><c> was</c><00:40:01.780><c> a</c><00:40:01.920><c> man</c><00:40:02.300><c> who</c><00:40:02.860><c> had</c><00:40:03.019><c> an</c><00:40:03.340><c> appreciation</c><00:40:03.860><c> of</c><00:40:04.059><c> the</c>

00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:05.519
principles<00:40:04.619><c> of</c><00:40:04.820><c> God's</c><00:40:05.159><c> word.</c>

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:10.219
And<00:40:05.940><c> in</c><00:40:06.059><c> this</c><00:40:06.340><c> difficult</c><00:40:06.840><c> situation,</c><00:40:08.119><c> he</c><00:40:08.300><c> came</c><00:40:08.579><c> out</c><00:40:09.340><c> shining.</c>

00:40:10.760 --> 00:40:15.039
Well,<00:40:11.099><c> we</c><00:40:11.179><c> look</c><00:40:11.420><c> in</c><00:40:11.619><c> conclusion</c><00:40:12.480><c> at</c><00:40:13.579><c> the</c><00:40:13.780><c> reward</c><00:40:14.400><c> that</c><00:40:14.880><c> was</c>

00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:16.300
offered<00:40:15.360><c> Daniel.</c>

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:19.219
When<00:40:16.619><c> he</c><00:40:16.840><c> came</c><00:40:17.119><c> out</c><00:40:17.360><c> after</c><00:40:17.659><c> this</c><00:40:18.019><c> trial</c><00:40:18.260><c> period,</c>

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:22.739
he<00:40:19.380><c> came</c><00:40:19.679><c> out</c><00:40:20.079><c> fairer</c><00:40:20.579><c> and</c><00:40:20.840><c> fatter</c><00:40:21.099><c> and</c><00:40:21.340><c> flesh</c><00:40:21.559><c> than</c><00:40:21.639><c> all</c><00:40:21.940><c> the</c><00:40:22.139><c> children</c>

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:25.199
was<00:40:23.039><c> to</c><00:40:23.199><c> eat</c><00:40:23.340><c> the</c><00:40:23.539><c> portion</c><00:40:23.719><c> of</c><00:40:23.880><c> the</c><00:40:24.019><c> king's</c><00:40:24.320><c> meat.</c>

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:28.659
That<00:40:25.380><c> tells</c><00:40:25.659><c> us</c><00:40:25.880><c> in</c><00:40:25.920><c> verse</c><00:40:26.139><c> 17</c><00:40:26.679><c> that</c><00:40:26.860><c> God</c><00:40:27.179><c> gave</c><00:40:27.420><c> them</c><00:40:27.679><c> knowledge</c><00:40:28.039><c> and</c><00:40:28.380><c> skill</c>

00:40:28.659 --> 00:40:29.920
and<00:40:28.880><c> all</c><00:40:29.099><c> learning</c><00:40:29.320><c> and</c><00:40:29.519><c> wisdom.</c>

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:32.880
And<00:40:30.460><c> Daniel</c><00:40:30.739><c> had</c><00:40:30.940><c> understanding</c><00:40:31.420><c> in</c><00:40:31.639><c> all</c><00:40:31.880><c> visions</c><00:40:32.159><c> and</c><00:40:32.480><c> dreams.</c>

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:35.920
And<00:40:33.400><c> the</c><00:40:33.639><c> king</c><00:40:33.840><c> in</c><00:40:33.920><c> verse</c><00:40:34.119><c> 20</c><00:40:34.460><c> found</c><00:40:34.739><c> them</c><00:40:34.920><c> in</c><00:40:35.039><c> all</c><00:40:35.219><c> matters</c><00:40:35.500><c> of</c><00:40:35.699><c> wisdom</c>

00:40:35.920 --> 00:40:39.539
and<00:40:36.119><c> understanding</c><00:40:36.659><c> ten</c><00:40:37.420><c> times</c><00:40:37.880><c> better</c><00:40:38.320><c> than</c><00:40:38.800><c> all</c><00:40:39.239><c> the</c><00:40:39.400><c> men</c>

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.960
of<00:40:39.659><c> his</c><00:40:39.900><c> realm.</c>

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.679
Now,<00:40:41.980><c> that's</c><00:40:42.199><c> the</c><00:40:42.340><c> blessing</c><00:40:42.539><c> of</c><00:40:42.739><c> God.</c>

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:49.239
And<00:40:44.199><c> that</c><00:40:44.460><c> blessing</c><00:40:44.780><c> of</c><00:40:44.960><c> God</c><00:40:45.300><c> follows</c><00:40:46.500><c> a</c><00:40:47.119><c> stand</c><00:40:47.480><c> which</c><00:40:47.760><c> requires</c><00:40:48.280><c> faith.</c>

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:54.400
It's<00:40:50.599><c> a</c><00:40:50.780><c> real</c><00:40:51.179><c> beautiful</c><00:40:51.860><c> chapter</c><00:40:52.280><c> for</c><00:40:52.519><c> a</c><00:40:52.699><c> young</c><00:40:52.940><c> person</c><00:40:53.260><c> to</c><00:40:53.579><c> contemplate.</c>

00:40:54.539 --> 00:40:56.260
Be<00:40:54.900><c> like</c><00:40:55.239><c> Daniel.</c>

00:40:56.659 --> 00:41:00.199
The<00:40:56.880><c> reward</c><00:40:57.260><c> that</c><00:40:57.519><c> Daniel</c><00:40:57.840><c> got</c><00:40:58.059><c> is</c><00:40:58.440><c> far</c><00:40:58.900><c> worth</c><00:40:59.159><c> more</c><00:40:59.559><c> than</c><00:40:59.739><c> anything</c>

00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:03.300
that<00:41:00.440><c> those</c><00:41:00.719><c> people</c><00:41:01.219><c> that</c><00:41:01.820><c> didn't</c><00:41:02.260><c> do</c><00:41:02.440><c> this</c><00:41:02.659><c> could</c><00:41:02.840><c> have</c><00:41:03.039><c> got</c>

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:07.820
by<00:41:03.800><c> the</c><00:41:04.360><c> immediate</c><00:41:04.820><c> pleasures</c><00:41:05.500><c> of</c><00:41:06.019><c> indulging</c><00:41:06.599><c> in</c><00:41:07.059><c> the</c><00:41:07.320><c> luxuries</c>

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:09.420
and<00:41:08.019><c> pleasures</c><00:41:08.340><c> of</c><00:41:08.579><c> Babylon.</c>

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:13.079
And<00:41:10.400><c> I</c><00:41:11.079><c> think</c><00:41:11.500><c> that</c><00:41:11.679><c> there's</c><00:41:11.880><c> something</c><00:41:12.199><c> that</c><00:41:12.380><c> we</c><00:41:12.659><c> lose</c><00:41:12.900><c> sight</c>

00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:13.480
of<00:41:13.219><c> today</c>

00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:15.659
in<00:41:13.659><c> this</c><00:41:13.860><c> chapter</c><00:41:14.199><c> as</c><00:41:14.480><c> well.</c>

00:41:15.840 --> 00:41:19.820
We<00:41:16.179><c> just</c><00:41:16.659><c> can't</c><00:41:16.960><c> take</c><00:41:17.239><c> for</c><00:41:17.579><c> granted</c><00:41:18.059><c> that</c><00:41:18.719><c> verse</c><00:41:18.960><c> 17</c><00:41:19.460><c> means</c>

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:23.480
that<00:41:20.019><c> God</c><00:41:20.340><c> just</c><00:41:20.719><c> sort</c><00:41:20.880><c> of</c><00:41:21.420><c> casually</c><00:41:21.920><c> helped</c><00:41:22.320><c> Daniel.</c>

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:25.340
It<00:41:23.800><c> says,</c><00:41:24.139><c> as</c><00:41:24.219><c> for</c><00:41:24.460><c> these</c><00:41:24.739><c> four</c><00:41:25.000><c> children,</c>

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:30.260
that<00:41:25.639><c> God</c><00:41:25.880><c> gave</c><00:41:26.300><c> them</c><00:41:26.659><c> knowledge</c><00:41:27.199><c> and</c><00:41:27.739><c> skill</c><00:41:28.219><c> in</c><00:41:28.539><c> all</c><00:41:28.760><c> learning</c><00:41:29.039><c> and</c><00:41:29.219><c> wisdom.</c>

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:33.179
Look,<00:41:31.099><c> we're</c><00:41:31.300><c> brought</c><00:41:31.579><c> up</c><00:41:31.780><c> today,</c><00:41:32.199><c> brothers</c><00:41:32.340><c> and</c><00:41:32.559><c> sisters,</c>

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:37.639
I<00:41:33.619><c> think,</c><00:41:35.139><c> in</c><00:41:35.460><c> so</c><00:41:35.920><c> many</c><00:41:36.159><c> ways,</c><00:41:36.559><c> in</c><00:41:36.699><c> a</c><00:41:36.940><c> false</c><00:41:37.179><c> sense,</c>

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:40.179
from<00:41:38.159><c> the</c><00:41:38.599><c> absolute</c><00:41:38.940><c> knowledge</c><00:41:39.219><c> we</c><00:41:39.440><c> find</c><00:41:39.539><c> in</c><00:41:39.679><c> God's</c><00:41:40.039><c> word,</c>

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:43.460
that<00:41:40.340><c> we</c><00:41:40.480><c> should</c><00:41:40.860><c> start</c><00:41:41.360><c> questioning</c><00:41:41.960><c> far</c><00:41:42.519><c> more</c><00:41:42.920><c> seriously</c>

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:46.219
everything<00:41:44.300><c> this</c><00:41:44.599><c> world</c><00:41:44.800><c> has</c><00:41:45.019><c> got</c><00:41:45.159><c> to</c><00:41:45.400><c> offer.</c>

00:41:46.739 --> 00:41:49.440
You've<00:41:47.300><c> probably</c><00:41:47.619><c> heard</c><00:41:47.800><c> about</c><00:41:47.980><c> the</c><00:41:48.239><c> IQ</c><00:41:48.579><c> tests</c><00:41:48.960><c> that</c><00:41:49.159><c> this</c>

00:41:49.440 --> 00:41:50.260
world<00:41:49.679><c> suggests</c>

00:41:50.260 --> 00:41:52.340
they're<00:41:50.699><c> able</c><00:41:50.920><c> to</c><00:41:51.139><c> label</c><00:41:51.340><c> our</c><00:41:51.579><c> youngsters</c><00:41:51.940><c> with.</c>

00:41:52.739 --> 00:41:54.460
And<00:41:53.019><c> they</c><00:41:53.099><c> give</c><00:41:53.239><c> them</c><00:41:53.400><c> an</c><00:41:53.519><c> IQ</c><00:41:53.800><c> test</c><00:41:54.039><c> and</c><00:41:54.139><c> they</c><00:41:54.340><c> say,</c>

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:56.320
well,<00:41:54.699><c> he</c><00:41:54.780><c> didn't</c><00:41:55.019><c> score</c><00:41:55.300><c> very</c><00:41:55.579><c> well</c><00:41:55.679><c> in</c><00:41:55.840><c> that</c><00:41:56.039><c> test,</c>

00:41:56.579 --> 00:41:59.059
so<00:41:56.820><c> obviously</c><00:41:57.320><c> you</c><00:41:57.719><c> shouldn't</c><00:41:57.960><c> have</c><00:41:58.139><c> very</c><00:41:58.440><c> high</c><00:41:58.639><c> ambitions</c>

00:41:59.059 --> 00:42:00.260
for<00:41:59.260><c> him.</c>

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:04.380
That<00:42:01.239><c> is</c><00:42:01.539><c> absolutely</c><00:42:02.199><c> without</c><00:42:02.579><c> regard</c><00:42:02.980><c> of</c><00:42:03.139><c> God's</c><00:42:03.480><c> word.</c>

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:09.300
Can<00:42:04.980><c> you</c><00:42:05.219><c> imagine</c><00:42:05.800><c> how</c><00:42:06.679><c> Solomon</c><00:42:07.260><c> would</c><00:42:07.679><c> have</c><00:42:07.960><c> scored</c><00:42:08.300><c> an</c><00:42:08.619><c> IQ</c><00:42:08.940><c> test</c>

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:12.659
before<00:42:10.039><c> and</c><00:42:10.480><c> after</c><00:42:10.820><c> his</c><00:42:11.139><c> prayer</c><00:42:11.460><c> for</c><00:42:11.719><c> wisdom?</c>

00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:18.179
Surely<00:42:15.739><c> he</c><00:42:15.940><c> would</c><00:42:16.119><c> have</c><00:42:16.380><c> proved</c><00:42:16.579><c> that</c><00:42:16.860><c> the</c><00:42:17.179><c> IQ</c><00:42:17.579><c> tests</c><00:42:17.800><c> of</c><00:42:18.019><c> man</c>

00:42:18.179 --> 00:42:20.079
were<00:42:18.400><c> of</c><00:42:18.599><c> no</c><00:42:18.880><c> consequence,</c>

00:42:20.179 --> 00:42:22.840
because<00:42:20.659><c> there's</c><00:42:20.980><c> a</c><00:42:21.179><c> variable</c><00:42:21.619><c> which</c><00:42:21.920><c> the</c><00:42:22.159><c> man</c><00:42:22.280><c> of</c><00:42:22.440><c> the</c><00:42:22.559><c> world</c>

00:42:22.840 --> 00:42:24.460
does<00:42:23.139><c> not</c><00:42:23.340><c> allow.</c>

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:28.179
And<00:42:25.219><c> that's</c><00:42:25.519><c> God</c><00:42:25.800><c> to</c><00:42:26.139><c> influence</c><00:42:26.559><c> a</c><00:42:26.780><c> man</c><00:42:26.920><c> to</c><00:42:27.099><c> that</c><00:42:27.239><c> degree.</c>

00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:30.199
God<00:42:28.960><c> says</c><00:42:29.179><c> he</c><00:42:29.380><c> will.</c>

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:33.159
James<00:42:30.760><c> chapter</c><00:42:31.119><c> 1</c><00:42:31.320><c> says,</c><00:42:31.880><c> pray</c><00:42:31.900><c> for</c><00:42:32.179><c> it,</c><00:42:32.440><c> and</c><00:42:32.559><c> God</c><00:42:32.760><c> will</c><00:42:33.000><c> bless</c>

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:34.679
us<00:42:33.340><c> with</c><00:42:33.480><c> it.</c>

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:37.539
And<00:42:35.260><c> young</c><00:42:35.420><c> people</c><00:42:35.679><c> who</c><00:42:35.840><c> are</c><00:42:35.980><c> going</c><00:42:36.119><c> to</c><00:42:36.380><c> school,</c>

00:42:37.860 --> 00:42:40.260
I<00:42:38.119><c> think,</c><00:42:38.340><c> and</c><00:42:38.400><c> really</c><00:42:38.599><c> take</c><00:42:38.800><c> heart</c><00:42:39.039><c> in</c><00:42:39.219><c> this,</c>

00:42:40.300 --> 00:42:43.619
that<00:42:40.460><c> getting</c><00:42:40.719><c> down</c><00:42:40.900><c> on</c><00:42:41.039><c> their</c><00:42:41.179><c> hands</c><00:42:41.480><c> and</c><00:42:41.659><c> knees</c><00:42:41.840><c> and</c><00:42:42.079><c> praying</c><00:42:42.440><c> for</c><00:42:43.179><c> help</c>

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:46.199
in<00:42:44.260><c> terms</c><00:42:44.519><c> of</c><00:42:44.780><c> wisdom</c><00:42:45.179><c> and</c><00:42:45.500><c> understanding</c>

00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:49.239
and<00:42:47.059><c> maintaining</c><00:42:47.679><c> their</c><00:42:48.039><c> integrity</c><00:42:48.559><c> and</c><00:42:48.719><c> their</c><00:42:49.000><c> faith</c>

00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:51.579
while<00:42:49.480><c> inside</c><00:42:49.920><c> those</c><00:42:50.219><c> Ishtar</c><00:42:50.619><c> gates</c>

00:42:52.300 --> 00:42:54.880
is<00:42:52.780><c> what</c><00:42:52.920><c> will</c><00:42:53.280><c> prove</c><00:42:53.400><c> to</c><00:42:53.559><c> be</c><00:42:53.739><c> a</c><00:42:53.900><c> great</c><00:42:54.079><c> blessing</c><00:42:54.440><c> to</c><00:42:54.579><c> them</c><00:42:54.760><c> in</c>

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:56.139
the<00:42:54.960><c> long</c><00:42:55.199><c> run.</c>

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:58.980
And<00:42:56.559><c> we</c><00:42:56.679><c> as</c><00:42:56.900><c> brethren</c><00:42:57.079><c> and</c><00:42:57.340><c> sisters,</c><00:42:57.719><c> not</c><00:42:58.059><c> involved</c><00:42:58.460><c> in</c><00:42:58.699><c> schooling,</c>

00:42:59.179 --> 00:43:02.179
but<00:42:59.300><c> also</c><00:42:59.739><c> going</c><00:42:59.980><c> through</c><00:43:00.300><c> our</c><00:43:00.719><c> Ishtar</c><00:43:01.159><c> gates</c><00:43:01.480><c> in</c><00:43:01.699><c> life,</c>

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:05.119
where<00:43:02.760><c> we</c><00:43:02.960><c> are</c><00:43:03.219><c> impressed</c><00:43:03.639><c> by</c><00:43:03.920><c> the</c><00:43:04.079><c> wisdom</c><00:43:04.400><c> and</c><00:43:04.619><c> the</c><00:43:04.880><c> knowledge</c>

00:43:05.119 --> 00:43:07.599
and<00:43:05.300><c> the</c><00:43:05.539><c> glory</c><00:43:05.760><c> and</c><00:43:05.940><c> the</c><00:43:06.059><c> might</c><00:43:06.199><c> of</c><00:43:06.440><c> man,</c>

00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:10.059
must<00:43:07.980><c> also</c><00:43:08.460><c> keep</c><00:43:08.699><c> in</c><00:43:08.880><c> perspective</c>

00:43:10.219 --> 00:43:12.579
that<00:43:10.699><c> we</c><00:43:10.880><c> need</c><00:43:11.139><c> wisdom</c><00:43:11.480><c> of</c><00:43:11.659><c> a</c><00:43:11.880><c> different</c><00:43:12.079><c> sort,</c>

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:16.099
a<00:43:13.420><c> wisdom</c><00:43:13.679><c> that</c><00:43:13.960><c> matters</c><00:43:14.440><c> far</c><00:43:14.960><c> more</c><00:43:15.360><c> than</c><00:43:15.460><c> any</c><00:43:15.760><c> wisdom</c>

00:43:16.099 --> 00:43:18.760
that<00:43:16.360><c> men</c><00:43:16.579><c> can</c><00:43:16.880><c> measure</c><00:43:17.159><c> by</c><00:43:17.380><c> an</c><00:43:17.599><c> IQ</c><00:43:17.760><c> test.</c>

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:22.980
This<00:43:19.599><c> kind</c><00:43:19.820><c> of</c><00:43:19.980><c> wisdom</c><00:43:20.440><c> we</c><00:43:20.920><c> know,</c><00:43:21.340><c> if</c><00:43:21.500><c> we</c><00:43:21.880><c> find,</c>

00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:26.940
is<00:43:23.599><c> far</c><00:43:23.880><c> more</c><00:43:24.219><c> satisfying</c><00:43:24.820><c> than</c><00:43:25.239><c> anything</c><00:43:25.719><c> that</c><00:43:26.000><c> man</c><00:43:26.219><c> can</c><00:43:26.500><c> possess</c>

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:31.500
via<00:43:27.440><c> his</c><00:43:27.900><c> degrees</c><00:43:28.460><c> and</c><00:43:29.139><c> via</c><00:43:29.420><c> his</c><00:43:29.880><c> courses</c><00:43:30.219><c> to</c><00:43:30.500><c> knowledge.</c>

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:36.159
And<00:43:31.980><c> we</c><00:43:32.119><c> know,</c><00:43:32.340><c> in</c><00:43:32.579><c> conclusion,</c><00:43:33.360><c> that</c><00:43:33.679><c> verse</c><00:43:34.119><c> 4</c><00:43:35.300><c> of</c><00:43:35.559><c> 1</c><00:43:35.820><c> Timothy</c>

00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:38.800
chapter<00:43:36.840><c> 1,</c>

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:44.900
rather,<00:43:39.940><c> that's</c><00:43:40.420><c> 1</c><00:43:40.739><c> Timothy</c><00:43:41.219><c> chapter</c><00:43:41.920><c> 4,</c><00:43:43.260><c> at</c><00:43:43.440><c> verse</c><00:43:43.739><c> 8,</c>

00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:47.780
tells<00:43:45.139><c> us</c><00:43:45.579><c> that</c><00:43:45.679><c> with</c><00:43:45.880><c> respect</c><00:43:46.519><c> to</c><00:43:46.800><c> godliness,</c>

00:43:48.539 --> 00:43:52.500
with<00:43:48.679><c> respect</c><00:43:49.159><c> to</c><00:43:49.360><c> our</c><00:43:49.559><c> objectives</c><00:43:50.320><c> of</c><00:43:51.460><c> trying</c><00:43:51.760><c> to</c><00:43:52.079><c> cultivate</c>

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:53.119
a<00:43:52.820><c> mind</c>

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:55.519
and<00:43:53.320><c> a</c><00:43:53.579><c> character</c><00:43:53.820><c> that</c><00:43:54.059><c> are</c><00:43:54.059><c> pleasing</c><00:43:54.260><c> to</c><00:43:54.460><c> God,</c>

00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:58.719
with<00:43:55.739><c> respect</c><00:43:56.119><c> to</c><00:43:56.300><c> godliness,</c><00:43:56.960><c> it</c><00:43:56.980><c> has</c><00:43:57.320><c> promise</c><00:43:57.820><c> of</c><00:43:58.159><c> the</c><00:43:58.360><c> life</c>

00:43:58.719 --> 00:44:00.900
that<00:43:59.039><c> now</c><00:43:59.380><c> is.</c>

00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:04.420
That<00:44:01.519><c> the</c><00:44:01.760><c> way</c><00:44:02.019><c> that</c><00:44:02.340><c> Daniel</c><00:44:02.639><c> chose,</c><00:44:03.139><c> if</c><00:44:03.460><c> we</c><00:44:03.719><c> choose</c><00:44:03.940><c> it,</c>

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:07.739
will<00:44:04.760><c> have</c><00:44:05.059><c> blessings</c><00:44:05.679><c> right</c><00:44:06.360><c> now</c>

00:44:07.739 --> 00:44:11.179
in<00:44:08.300><c> satisfaction</c><00:44:08.880><c> that</c><00:44:09.239><c> this</c><00:44:09.500><c> world</c><00:44:09.800><c> cannot</c><00:44:10.179><c> offer.</c>

00:44:11.860 --> 00:44:14.480
Now<00:44:12.000><c> I'd</c><00:44:12.199><c> hope</c><00:44:12.300><c> to</c><00:44:12.539><c> cover</c><00:44:12.739><c> chapter</c><00:44:13.099><c> 6</c><00:44:13.400><c> today,</c>

00:44:14.599 --> 00:44:17.139
so<00:44:14.880><c> we'll</c><00:44:15.179><c> endeavor</c><00:44:15.400><c> to</c><00:44:16.039><c> deal</c><00:44:16.340><c> with</c><00:44:16.559><c> that</c><00:44:16.699><c> tomorrow</c>

00:44:17.139 --> 00:44:20.079
and<00:44:18.079><c> as</c><00:44:18.320><c> well</c><00:44:18.440><c> the</c><00:44:18.639><c> other</c><00:44:18.820><c> chapters</c><00:44:19.039><c> we</c><00:44:19.300><c> mentioned.</c>