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from</c><00:33:59.779><c> which</c><00:33:59.960><c> we</c><00:34:00.160><c> are</c> 00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:08.860 saved.<00:34:04.920><c> The</c><00:34:05.279><c> great</c><00:34:05.579><c> fact</c><00:34:06.039><c> that</c><00:34:06.519><c> makes</c><00:34:06.759><c> all</c><00:34:07.039><c> of</c><00:34:07.240><c> Christ's</c><00:34:07.740><c> glory</c><00:34:07.839><c> possible</c><00:34:08.480><c> is</c> 00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.639 that<00:34:09.360><c> he</c><00:34:09.639><c> is</c><00:34:09.639><c> saved</c><00:34:09.639><c> from</c><00:34:09.639><c> the</c> 00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:13.199 great<00:34:09.659><c> sin.</c><00:34:09.659><c> He</c><00:34:09.820><c> conquered</c><00:34:10.639><c> sin.</c><00:34:11.940><c> I</c><00:34:12.119><c> have</c><00:34:12.360><c> glorified</c><00:34:12.980><c> thee</c> 00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:15.760 upon<00:34:13.480><c> the</c><00:34:13.699><c> earth.</c><00:34:14.980><c> That's</c><00:34:15.239><c> the</c><00:34:15.380><c> reason</c><00:34:15.539><c> why</c> 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:20.960 he's<00:34:16.019><c> exalted.</c><00:34:16.460><c> That's</c><00:34:16.719><c> the</c><00:34:16.860><c> reason</c><00:34:17.019><c> why</c><00:34:17.219><c> he's</c><00:34:17.400><c> made</c><00:34:17.579><c> high</c><00:34:17.860><c> priest.</c><00:34:19.159><c> But</c><00:34:19.579><c> this</c><00:34:20.400><c> was</c><00:34:20.599><c> not</c><00:34:20.760><c> to</c> 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.179 be<00:34:21.639><c> a</c><00:34:21.900><c> matter</c> 00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:26.800 of<00:34:22.460><c> the</c><00:34:22.800><c> flesh</c><00:34:23.300><c> conquering</c><00:34:24.320><c> the</c><00:34:24.599><c> flesh.</c><00:34:26.340><c> This</c><00:34:26.500><c> was</c><00:34:26.639><c> going</c><00:34:26.739><c> to</c> 00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:30.039 be<00:34:26.920><c> a</c><00:34:27.039><c> matter</c><00:34:27.219><c> of</c><00:34:27.579><c> God</c><00:34:28.119><c> conquering</c><00:34:29.079><c> sin</c> 00:34:30.480 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00:34:45.400 Father<00:34:42.440><c> supplies</c><00:34:42.880><c> the</c><00:34:43.139><c> Son</c><00:34:43.420><c> and</c><00:34:44.019><c> then</c><00:34:44.159><c> the</c><00:34:44.300><c> help</c><00:34:44.440><c> that</c><00:34:44.599><c> he</c><00:34:44.760><c> supplies</c><00:34:45.179><c> the</c> 00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:47.519 Son.<00:34:46.699><c> It</c><00:34:46.860><c> means</c><00:34:47.079><c> that</c><00:34:47.239><c> the</c> 00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:50.739 glory<00:34:47.820><c> of</c><00:34:48.059><c> being</c><00:34:48.420><c> Savior,</c><00:34:49.079><c> of</c><00:34:49.219><c> being</c><00:34:49.460><c> conqueror</c><00:34:49.980><c> of</c><00:34:50.139><c> sin</c><00:34:50.260><c> is</c><00:34:50.460><c> a</c> 00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:53.159 shared<00:34:51.039><c> glory.</c><00:34:51.920><c> But</c><00:34:52.119><c> we</c><00:34:52.500><c> see</c><00:34:52.699><c> a</c><00:34:52.880><c> number</c> 00:34:53.159 --> 00:34:58.860 of<00:34:53.440><c> intimations</c><00:34:53.960><c> of</c><00:34:54.199><c> this</c><00:34:54.639><c> in</c><00:34:55.099><c> the</c><00:34:55.280><c> Old</c><00:34:55.480><c> Testament</c><00:34:56.019><c> and</c><00:34:56.820><c> it</c><00:34:57.079><c> stands</c><00:34:57.320><c> out</c><00:34:57.559><c> particularly</c><00:34:58.199><c> in</c><00:34:58.500><c> respect</c> 00:34:58.860 --> 00:35:02.960 to<00:34:59.079><c> the</c><00:34:59.380><c> prophecies</c><00:34:59.820><c> regarding</c><00:35:00.320><c> the,</c><00:35:01.760><c> and</c><00:35:02.039><c> it's</c><00:35:02.539><c> a</c><00:35:02.599><c> word</c><00:35:02.780><c> that</c> 00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.820 Brother<00:35:03.139><c> Thomas</c><00:35:03.579><c> uses</c><00:35:03.960><c> in</c><00:35:04.260><c> Phanerosis,</c> 00:35:04.820 --> 00:35:12.719 of<00:35:05.440><c> the</c><00:35:05.840><c> preternatural</c><00:35:06.880><c> birth</c><00:35:07.440><c> of</c><00:35:08.659><c> the</c><00:35:09.239><c> Savior.</c><00:35:10.820><c> What</c><00:35:11.440><c> preternatural</c><00:35:12.380><c> means</c> 00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.960 is<00:35:13.199><c> something</c><00:35:13.619><c> out</c> 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:18.159 of<00:35:14.079><c> the</c><00:35:14.300><c> ordinary,</c><00:35:15.079><c> something</c><00:35:15.539><c> beyond</c><00:35:16.000><c> natural.</c><00:35:17.360><c> And</c><00:35:17.619><c> what</c> 00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:19.920 he<00:35:18.300><c> was</c><00:35:18.500><c> alluding</c><00:35:18.860><c> to</c><00:35:19.099><c> in</c><00:35:19.260><c> that</c><00:35:19.539><c> point</c> 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:25.360 was<00:35:20.559><c> the</c><00:35:21.360><c> consistent</c><00:35:22.219><c> element</c><00:35:22.900><c> in</c><00:35:23.139><c> the</c><00:35:23.360><c> prophecies</c><00:35:24.500><c> and</c><00:35:25.099><c> the</c> 00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:27.639 promises<00:35:25.639><c> respecting</c><00:35:26.139><c> the</c><00:35:26.420><c> Savior</c><00:35:26.719><c> that</c> 00:35:27.659 --> 00:35:31.940 yes,<00:35:28.659><c> he</c><00:35:29.039><c> would</c><00:35:29.159><c> be</c><00:35:29.360><c> a</c><00:35:29.519><c> human</c><00:35:29.699><c> being,</c><00:35:31.000><c> but</c><00:35:31.300><c> there</c><00:35:31.500><c> would</c><00:35:31.699><c> be</c> 00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:34.800 something<00:35:32.320><c> miraculous,</c><00:35:33.360><c> something</c><00:35:33.679><c> extraordinary</c> 00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:40.239 about<00:35:35.519><c> his</c><00:35:35.860><c> fatherhood.</c><00:35:37.500><c> And</c><00:35:37.860><c> you</c><00:35:38.019><c> see</c><00:35:38.239><c> that</c><00:35:38.599><c> right</c><00:35:39.019><c> from</c><00:35:39.500><c> Genesis</c><00:35:39.900><c> 3</c> 00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:42.500 .15,<00:35:41.420><c> the</c><00:35:41.780><c> point</c><00:35:41.960><c> of</c><00:35:42.099><c> the</c><00:35:42.280><c> seed</c><00:35:42.360><c> of</c> 00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:46.300 the<00:35:42.619><c> woman.</c><00:35:43.539><c> I</c><00:35:43.579><c> mean,</c><00:35:43.840><c> we're</c><00:35:44.159><c> very</c><00:35:44.460><c> familiar</c><00:35:44.780><c> with</c><00:35:44.960><c> that.</c><00:35:45.599><c> Let's</c><00:35:45.860><c> just</c><00:35:46.079><c> have</c><00:35:46.219><c> a</c> 00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.880 look<00:35:46.440><c> over</c><00:35:46.619><c> there</c><00:35:46.719><c> for</c> 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:51.500 a<00:35:46.960><c> moment</c><00:35:47.099><c> just</c><00:35:47.260><c> so</c><00:35:47.500><c> we</c><00:35:47.980><c> have</c><00:35:48.119><c> it</c><00:35:48.260><c> in</c><00:35:48.400><c> front</c><00:35:48.500><c> of</c><00:35:48.699><c> our</c><00:35:49.079><c> faces,</c><00:35:50.880><c> the</c><00:35:51.219><c> seed</c><00:35:51.360><c> of</c> 00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:54.179 the<00:35:51.599><c> woman</c><00:35:51.820><c> point.</c><00:35:53.400><c> And</c><00:35:53.800><c> notice</c> 00:35:54.179 --> 00:36:00.159 that<00:35:54.940><c> in</c><00:35:55.480><c> the</c><00:35:56.260><c> promise</c><00:35:56.579><c> there</c><00:35:56.780><c> in</c><00:35:56.980><c> Genesis</c><00:35:57.260><c> 3</c><00:35:57.559><c>.15,</c><00:36:00.019><c> there's</c> 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:04.800 nothing<00:36:00.480><c> said</c><00:36:00.659><c> about</c><00:36:01.039><c> Adam's</c><00:36:01.659><c> seed.</c><00:36:04.239><c> It's</c> 00:36:04.820 --> 00:36:09.500 the<00:36:05.380><c> woman's</c><00:36:06.019><c> seed.</c><00:36:06.219><c> It's</c><00:36:06.360><c> Eve's.</c><00:36:07.940><c> I</c><00:36:08.099><c> will</c><00:36:08.280><c> put</c><00:36:08.480><c> enmity</c><00:36:08.840><c> between</c><00:36:09.239><c> thee</c> 00:36:09.500 --> 00:36:11.099 and<00:36:09.579><c> the</c><00:36:09.739><c> woman</c><00:36:09.980><c> and</c><00:36:10.260><c> between</c><00:36:10.639><c> thy</c> 00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:16.860 seed<00:36:11.320><c> and</c><00:36:11.480><c> her</c><00:36:11.880><c> seed.</c><00:36:13.539><c> It</c><00:36:13.639><c> shall</c><00:36:13.840><c> bruise</c><00:36:14.119><c> thy</c><00:36:14.360><c> head.</c><00:36:15.880><c> Thou</c><00:36:16.079><c> shalt</c><00:36:16.340><c> bruise</c><00:36:16.659><c> his</c> 00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:19.639 heel.<00:36:19.139><c> I'm</c><00:36:19.380><c> sorry.</c><00:36:19.639><c> It</c> 00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:23.380 shall<00:36:19.840><c> bruise</c><00:36:20.179><c> thy,</c><00:36:21.900><c> you</c><00:36:22.139><c> know,</c><00:36:22.260><c> the</c><00:36:22.500><c> seed</c><00:36:22.659><c> shall</c><00:36:22.860><c> bruise</c><00:36:23.159><c> thy</c> 00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:24.559 head<00:36:23.559><c> and</c><00:36:23.739><c> thou</c><00:36:23.920><c> shalt</c><00:36:24.079><c> bruise</c><00:36:24.380><c> his</c> 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:28.920 heel,<00:36:24.820><c> talking</c><00:36:25.059><c> to</c><00:36:25.239><c> the</c><00:36:25.400><c> serpent.</c><00:36:26.960><c> Now,</c><00:36:27.480><c> what</c><00:36:27.699><c> is</c><00:36:27.940><c> so</c><00:36:28.219><c> extraordinary</c><00:36:28.639><c> about</c> 00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:31.519 this<00:36:29.619><c> is</c><00:36:30.360><c> how</c><00:36:30.760><c> unusual</c> 00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:38.699 it<00:36:31.639><c> is</c><00:36:31.880><c> to</c><00:36:32.159><c> have</c><00:36:33.179><c> anybody</c><00:36:33.840><c> referred</c><00:36:34.320><c> to</c><00:36:34.579><c> as</c><00:36:34.760><c> a</c><00:36:35.099><c> seed</c><00:36:35.219><c> of</c><00:36:35.400><c> a</c><00:36:35.519><c> woman.</c><00:36:38.139><c> And</c> 00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:40.500 how<00:36:38.980><c> unusual</c><00:36:39.500><c> it</c><00:36:39.699><c> is</c><00:36:39.820><c> to</c><00:36:40.099><c> find</c> 00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:44.480 a<00:36:41.000><c> woman</c><00:36:41.280><c> having</c><00:36:41.559><c> any</c><00:36:41.980><c> mention,</c><00:36:42.460><c> let</c><00:36:42.559><c> alone</c><00:36:42.940><c> prominence,</c><00:36:44.300><c> in</c> 00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:46.440 connection<00:36:44.800><c> with</c><00:36:45.079><c> a</c><00:36:45.239><c> genealogy</c><00:36:45.820><c> or</c><00:36:46.000><c> in</c><00:36:46.239><c> connection</c> 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:51.340 with<00:36:46.719><c> ancestry</c><00:36:47.260><c> or</c><00:36:47.539><c> descendants.</c><00:36:48.960><c> I</c><00:36:49.079><c> mean,</c><00:36:49.280><c> you</c><00:36:49.559><c> stop</c><00:36:49.760><c> and</c><00:36:49.920><c> think</c><00:36:50.099><c> about</c><00:36:50.539><c> the</c><00:36:50.860><c> number</c><00:36:51.099><c> of</c> 00:36:51.340 --> 00:36:51.719 women<00:36:51.519><c> that</c> 00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:56.300 are<00:36:51.920><c> mentioned</c><00:36:52.179><c> in</c><00:36:52.360><c> the</c><00:36:52.599><c> genealogies</c><00:36:53.340><c> in</c><00:36:53.559><c> Chronicles</c><00:36:54.920><c> or</c><00:36:56.099><c> in</c> 00:36:56.300 --> 00:37:00.460 Numbers.<00:36:57.440><c> There</c><00:36:57.639><c> are</c><00:36:58.059><c> very</c><00:36:58.659><c> few.</c><00:37:00.019><c> 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made</c><00:37:44.579><c> a</c><00:37:44.840><c> promise</c><00:37:45.300><c> that</c><00:37:46.519><c> my</c><00:37:47.519><c> seed</c> 00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:50.619 would<00:37:49.119><c> be</c><00:37:49.519><c> the</c><00:37:49.739><c> one</c><00:37:50.079><c> through</c><00:37:50.400><c> whom</c> 00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:54.579 a<00:37:50.840><c> nation</c><00:37:51.139><c> came</c><00:37:51.599><c> and</c><00:37:52.840><c> through</c><00:37:53.400><c> whom</c><00:37:53.579><c> the</c><00:37:53.820><c> Savior</c><00:37:54.059><c> would</c><00:37:54.320><c> come.</c> 00:37:54.820 --> 00:37:57.860 I've<00:37:55.300><c> got</c><00:37:55.440><c> a</c><00:37:55.699><c> seed.</c><00:37:56.280><c> I've</c><00:37:56.579><c> got</c><00:37:56.719><c> Ishmael.</c> 00:37:57.860 --> 00:38:05.059 Accept<00:37:58.599><c> Ishmael.</c><00:38:01.079><c> But</c><00:38:01.239><c> the</c><00:38:01.619><c> promised</c><00:38:02.000><c> seed</c><00:38:02.699><c> must</c><00:38:03.840><c> be</c><00:38:04.519><c> through</c> 00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:08.219 Sarah.<00:38:06.019><c> And</c><00:38:06.199><c> to</c><00:38:06.599><c> stress</c><00:38:06.980><c> the</c><00:38:07.280><c> point</c> 00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:14.460 that<00:38:08.940><c> the</c><00:38:09.760><c> woman</c><00:38:09.980><c> was</c><00:38:10.380><c> critical</c><00:38:10.900><c> in</c><00:38:11.059><c> this</c><00:38:11.300><c> regard,</c><00:38:12.619><c> God,</c><00:38:13.039><c> before</c><00:38:13.460><c> providing</c><00:38:13.940><c> that</c> 00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.340 seed,<00:38:14.860><c> let</c><00:38:15.000><c> Sarah</c> 00:38:15.340 --> 00:38:19.440 get<00:38:15.599><c> past</c><00:38:16.019><c> the</c><00:38:16.599><c> years</c><00:38:16.840><c> of</c><00:38:17.119><c> childbearing.</c><00:38:18.639><c> And</c><00:38:18.920><c> so</c><00:38:19.099><c> in</c><00:38:19.219><c> verse</c> 00:38:19.440 --> 00:38:21.719 18<00:38:19.820><c> of</c><00:38:19.980><c> Genesis</c><00:38:20.320><c> 17,</c><00:38:20.840><c> when</c><00:38:20.920><c> Abraham</c><00:38:21.320><c> says,</c> 00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:27.440 oh,<00:38:22.420><c> that</c><00:38:22.639><c> Ishmael</c><00:38:23.119><c> might</c><00:38:23.340><c> live</c><00:38:23.619><c> before</c><00:38:24.019><c> thee,</c><00:38:24.159><c> God</c><00:38:24.460><c> said,</c><00:38:25.800><c> this</c><00:38:26.199><c> promise</c><00:38:26.579><c> might</c><00:38:26.820><c> have</c><00:38:26.960><c> been</c><00:38:27.059><c> a</c><00:38:27.219><c> promise</c> 00:38:27.440 --> 00:38:29.400 to<00:38:27.579><c> Abraham,</c><00:38:27.940><c> but</c><00:38:28.039><c> it</c><00:38:28.139><c> was</c><00:38:28.320><c> a</c><00:38:28.440><c> promise</c><00:38:28.599><c> to</c><00:38:28.800><c> Abraham</c><00:38:29.099><c> and</c><00:38:29.239><c> his</c> 00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:32.440 wife.<00:38:30.960><c> And</c><00:38:31.099><c> so</c><00:38:31.239><c> the</c><00:38:31.500><c> prominence</c><00:38:32.000><c> of</c><00:38:32.219><c> 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is</c><00:39:17.139><c> actually</c><00:39:17.460><c> a</c><00:39:17.639><c> Messianic</c><00:39:18.179><c> title.</c><00:39:19.739><c> You</c><00:39:20.079><c> need</c><00:39:20.260><c> to</c> 00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:23.719 have<00:39:20.420><c> a</c><00:39:20.500><c> look</c><00:39:20.619><c> at</c><00:39:21.239><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:21.639><c> 53</c><00:39:22.739><c> and</c><00:39:23.320><c> Isaiah</c> 00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:36.139 59.<00:39:27.159><c> In</c><00:39:27.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:39:27.920><c> 53,</c><00:39:29.340><c> you</c><00:39:33.119><c> might</c><00:39:33.380><c> not</c><00:39:33.619><c> pick</c><00:39:33.780><c> it</c><00:39:34.000><c> off</c><00:39:34.239><c> so</c><00:39:34.500><c> readily</c><00:39:34.739><c> if</c><00:39:35.739><c> the</c> 00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:37.119 point<00:39:36.300><c> were</c><00:39:36.480><c> not</c><00:39:36.659><c> elaborated</c> 00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:43.619 further<00:39:37.440><c> on.</c><00:39:40.179><c> But</c><00:39:40.380><c> you</c><00:39:40.599><c> see,</c><00:39:42.019><c> it</c><00:39:42.079><c> reads,</c><00:39:42.539><c> verse</c><00:39:42.880><c> 1</c><00:39:43.159><c> of</c><00:39:43.320><c> Isaiah</c> 00:39:43.619 --> 00:39:45.340 53,<00:39:44.079><c> who</c><00:39:44.219><c> hath</c><00:39:44.400><c> believed</c><00:39:44.719><c> our</c><00:39:44.940><c> report</c> 00:39:45.340 --> 00:39:50.059 and<00:39:45.559><c> to</c><00:39:45.699><c> whom</c><00:39:45.820><c> is</c><00:39:46.000><c> the</c><00:39:46.159><c> arm</c><00:39:46.260><c> of</c><00:39:46.380><c> the</c><00:39:46.500><c> Lord</c><00:39:46.659><c> revealed?</c><00:39:47.239><c> For</c><00:39:47.320><c> he</c><00:39:48.380><c> shall</c><00:39:48.599><c> grow</c><00:39:48.820><c> up</c><00:39:49.019><c> before</c><00:39:49.340><c> him</c><00:39:49.519><c> as</c><00:39:49.699><c> a</c><00:39:49.840><c> tender</c> 00:39:50.059 --> 00:39:53.719 plant.<00:39:50.500><c> Well,</c><00:39:50.559><c> when</c><00:39:50.639><c> you</c><00:39:50.780><c> look,</c><00:39:51.920><c> when</c><00:39:52.079><c> you</c><00:39:52.199><c> start</c><00:39:52.360><c> putting</c><00:39:52.619><c> the</c><00:39:53.000><c> antecedents</c><00:39:53.500><c> to</c> 00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:54.960 the<00:39:53.920><c> pronouns</c><00:39:54.340><c> of</c> 00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:59.980 verse<00:39:55.219><c> 2,</c><00:39:56.340><c> he</c><00:39:56.559><c> shall</c><00:39:56.780><c> grow</c><00:39:56.960><c> up</c><00:39:57.159><c> before</c><00:39:57.539><c> him.</c><00:39:58.519><c> Who's</c><00:39:59.059><c> the</c><00:39:59.199><c> he?</c> 00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:03.159 Well,<00:40:01.940><c> you</c><00:40:02.019><c> look</c><00:40:02.139><c> back</c><00:40:02.400><c> up</c><00:40:02.559><c> to</c><00:40:02.699><c> the</c><00:40:02.860><c> previous</c> 00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:11.199 verse<00:40:03.559><c> and</c><00:40:04.679><c> there's</c><00:40:05.639><c> only</c><00:40:05.900><c> one</c><00:40:06.179><c> party</c><00:40:06.400><c> there.</c><00:40:06.599><c> That's</c><00:40:06.900><c> the</c><00:40:07.099><c> Lord.</c><00:40:07.619><c> Until</c><00:40:07.760><c> you</c><00:40:07.960><c> realize</c><00:40:08.380><c> the</c><00:40:09.159><c> arm</c><00:40:09.840><c> of</c><00:40:11.039><c> the</c> 00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:15.639 Lord<00:40:11.579><c> is</c><00:40:12.579><c> alluding</c><00:40:12.880><c> to</c><00:40:13.079><c> the</c><00:40:13.199><c> Messiah.</c><00:40:14.400><c> That's</c><00:40:14.840><c> a</c><00:40:15.039><c> Messianic</c> 00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:20.039 title.<00:40:18.519><c> And</c><00:40:18.880><c> it</c><00:40:19.119><c> continues</c><00:40:19.619><c> on.</c><00:40:20.019><c> I'll</c> 00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:22.480 be<00:40:20.639><c> identifying</c><00:40:20.639><c> the</c><00:40:20.780><c> person,</c><00:40:21.059><c> of</c><00:40:21.219><c> course,</c><00:40:21.480><c> that's</c><00:40:21.639><c> being</c><00:40:21.960><c> alluded</c><00:40:22.219><c> to</c> 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