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by</c> 00:10:15.620 --> 00:10:16.500 the<00:10:15.919><c> sword.</c> 00:10:16.620 --> 00:10:19.840 Ah,<00:10:17.940><c> that's</c><00:10:18.279><c> Hothnai</c><00:10:18.679><c> and</c><00:10:18.879><c> Phineas.</c> 00:10:20.299 --> 00:10:22.360 They<00:10:20.299><c> died</c><00:10:20.840><c> in</c><00:10:21.259><c> battle.</c> 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:27.860 And<00:10:23.159><c> their</c><00:10:23.600><c> widows</c><00:10:24.600><c> made</c><00:10:25.419><c> no</c><00:10:26.480><c> lamentation.</c> 00:10:29.419 --> 00:10:36.100 So<00:10:30.120><c> it</c><00:10:30.600><c> may</c><00:10:30.879><c> be</c><00:10:31.919><c> that</c><00:10:32.720><c> Hothnai's</c><00:10:33.399><c> wife</c><00:10:33.659><c> also</c><00:10:34.539><c> made</c><00:10:35.240><c> no</c><00:10:35.519><c> lamentation.</c> 00:10:36.340 --> 00:10:38.500 See<00:10:36.740><c> how</c><00:10:36.960><c> it</c><00:10:37.080><c> puts</c><00:10:37.320><c> it</c><00:10:37.480><c> in</c><00:10:37.539><c> the</c><00:10:37.659><c> plural?</c><00:10:37.820><c> We</c><00:10:38.000><c> don't</c><00:10:38.279><c> know.</c> 00:10:38.500 --> 00:10:42.879 Maybe<00:10:39.759><c> Phineas's</c><00:10:40.360><c> wife</c><00:10:40.580><c> and</c><00:10:40.820><c> Hothnai's</c><00:10:41.360><c> wife</c><00:10:42.220><c> had</c><00:10:42.500><c> come</c><00:10:42.740><c> to</c> 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:47.100 realise<00:10:43.460><c> that</c><00:10:43.960><c> Samuel</c><00:10:44.659><c> represented</c><00:10:45.940><c> God's</c><00:10:46.559><c> word</c> 00:10:47.100 --> 00:10:50.879 and<00:10:47.539><c> were</c><00:10:48.019><c> encouraged</c><00:10:48.679><c> to</c><00:10:48.919><c> see</c><00:10:49.139><c> things</c><00:10:49.720><c> in</c><00:10:50.059><c> the</c><00:10:50.139><c> right</c><00:10:50.399><c> light.</c> 00:10:51.299 --> 00:10:53.919 But<00:10:51.440><c> it</c><00:10:51.580><c> certainly</c><00:10:52.220><c> is</c><00:10:52.659><c> referring</c><00:10:52.960><c> to</c><00:10:53.179><c> Phineas's</c><00:10:53.659><c> wife.</c> 00:10:54.019 --> 00:10:58.159 She<00:10:54.159><c> made</c><00:10:54.419><c> no</c><00:10:55.259><c> lamentation</c><00:10:56.159><c> for</c><00:10:56.399><c> her</c><00:10:56.679><c> husband</c><00:10:57.139><c> who</c><00:10:57.500><c> had</c><00:10:57.799><c> died</c> 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:00.659 carrying<00:10:58.860><c> that</c><00:10:59.200><c> ark</c><00:10:59.340><c> out</c><00:10:59.539><c> to</c><00:10:59.620><c> the</c><00:10:59.759><c> battlefield.</c> 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:09.159 She<00:11:06.360><c> didn't</c><00:11:07.080><c> shed</c><00:11:07.360><c> one</c><00:11:07.799><c> tear,</c><00:11:08.120><c> brothers</c><00:11:08.259><c> and</c><00:11:08.440><c> sisters,</c><00:11:09.039><c> for</c> 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:10.779 her<00:11:09.460><c> corrupt</c><00:11:09.700><c> husband.</c> 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:14.899 She<00:11:11.440><c> lamented</c><00:11:11.980><c> deeply</c><00:11:12.539><c> that</c><00:11:12.879><c> her</c><00:11:13.179><c> God</c><00:11:13.500><c> had</c><00:11:13.840><c> departed.</c> 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:21.779 So<00:11:16.720><c> she</c><00:11:16.860><c> called</c><00:11:17.039><c> her</c><00:11:17.220><c> son</c><00:11:17.779><c> Ichabod,</c><00:11:20.179><c> which</c><00:11:20.320><c> means</c><00:11:20.580><c> no</c><00:11:20.899><c> glory.</c> 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:25.500 The<00:11:22.860><c> glory</c><00:11:23.320><c> has</c><00:11:23.799><c> departed,</c><00:11:24.240><c> she</c><00:11:24.580><c> said.</c> 00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:28.259 No<00:11:27.840><c> glory.</c> 00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:32.759 Now<00:11:29.159><c> it</c><00:11:29.700><c> appears,</c><00:11:30.480><c> brothers</c><00:11:30.559><c> and</c><00:11:30.759><c> sisters,</c><00:11:32.200><c> that</c><00:11:32.340><c> after</c><00:11:32.580><c> the</c> 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:35.500 Battle<00:11:33.039><c> of</c><00:11:33.320><c> Afek</c><00:11:33.759><c> in</c><00:11:34.179><c> 1</c><00:11:34.500><c> Samuel</c><00:11:34.879><c> 4,</c> 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:39.440 Afek<00:11:36.460><c> was</c><00:11:36.740><c> some</c><00:11:37.299><c> miles</c><00:11:38.000><c> from</c><00:11:38.740><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:46.860 They<00:11:39.720><c> had</c><00:11:39.940><c> to</c><00:11:40.080><c> go,</c><00:11:40.539><c> it</c><00:11:40.620><c> took</c><00:11:40.879><c> probably</c><00:11:41.840><c> a</c><00:11:44.419><c> really</c><00:11:44.960><c> strong</c><00:11:46.179><c> young</c><00:11:46.440><c> man</c> 00:11:46.860 --> 00:11:49.600 to<00:11:47.320><c> have</c><00:11:47.639><c> run</c><00:11:47.919><c> all</c><00:11:48.159><c> that</c><00:11:48.379><c> distance</c><00:11:48.759><c> on</c><00:11:48.919><c> the</c><00:11:49.100><c> same</c><00:11:49.379><c> day</c> 00:11:49.600 --> 00:11:52.639 at<00:11:49.759><c> the</c><00:11:49.820><c> end</c><00:11:49.940><c> of</c><00:11:50.059><c> the</c><00:11:50.200><c> battle</c><00:11:50.379><c> to</c><00:11:50.539><c> bring</c><00:11:50.759><c> the</c><00:11:51.000><c> news</c><00:11:51.299><c> to</c><00:11:51.539><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:55.559 He<00:11:53.279><c> was</c><00:11:53.320><c> a</c><00:11:53.379><c> little</c><00:11:53.440><c> bit</c><00:11:53.600><c> out</c><00:11:53.759><c> of</c><00:11:53.940><c> puff</c><00:11:54.120><c> and</c><00:11:54.279><c> he</c><00:11:54.379><c> had</c><00:11:54.519><c> to</c><00:11:54.580><c> sit</c><00:11:54.740><c> down</c><00:11:55.100><c> and</c> 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:56.679 express<00:11:55.960><c> what</c><00:11:56.120><c> was</c><00:11:56.340><c> going</c><00:11:56.539><c> on</c> 00:11:56.679 --> 00:12:00.820 and<00:11:56.740><c> what</c><00:11:56.820><c> he</c><00:11:57.039><c> saw</c><00:11:57.259><c> on</c><00:11:57.799><c> the</c><00:11:58.000><c> battlefield,</c><00:11:58.519><c> that</c><00:11:58.700><c> man</c><00:11:58.940><c> of</c><00:11:59.200><c> Benjamin</c><00:11:59.559><c> running</c><00:11:59.840><c> across</c><00:12:00.179><c> the</c><00:12:00.440><c> fields.</c> 00:12:01.259 --> 00:12:04.940 So<00:12:01.440><c> there</c><00:12:01.539><c> was</c><00:12:01.720><c> a</c><00:12:01.759><c> bit</c><00:12:01.899><c> of</c><00:12:02.120><c> distance</c><00:12:02.539><c> between</c><00:12:02.899><c> the</c><00:12:03.139><c> battle</c><00:12:03.460><c> and</c><00:12:03.860><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:09.779 But<00:12:06.159><c> it</c><00:12:06.240><c> would</c><00:12:06.440><c> appear</c><00:12:06.759><c> from</c><00:12:07.519><c> the</c><00:12:08.019><c> record</c><00:12:08.299><c> that</c><00:12:08.460><c> after</c><00:12:08.700><c> the</c><00:12:08.879><c> Battle</c><00:12:09.120><c> of</c><00:12:09.399><c> Afek,</c> 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:15.019 the<00:12:10.120><c> Philistines</c><00:12:10.720><c> circled</c><00:12:11.600><c> round</c><00:12:12.299><c> and</c><00:12:13.820><c> sacked</c><00:12:14.159><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:18.360 Not<00:12:15.799><c> on</c><00:12:15.960><c> the</c><00:12:16.080><c> same</c><00:12:16.240><c> day,</c><00:12:16.539><c> but</c><00:12:16.700><c> in</c><00:12:16.899><c> the</c><00:12:16.940><c> next</c><00:12:17.500><c> weeks</c><00:12:17.879><c> and</c><00:12:18.019><c> months</c> 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:21.840 they<00:12:18.600><c> came</c><00:12:18.860><c> around</c><00:12:19.299><c> and</c><00:12:19.620><c> took</c><00:12:20.159><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:26.620 And<00:12:23.000><c> this</c><00:12:23.159><c> would</c><00:12:23.500><c> have</c><00:12:23.740><c> seemed</c><00:12:24.139><c> fairly</c><00:12:24.919><c> evident</c><00:12:25.460><c> by</c><00:12:25.700><c> those</c><00:12:26.019><c> in</c><00:12:26.340><c> Shiloh</c> 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:28.500 that<00:12:26.720><c> that</c><00:12:26.899><c> would</c><00:12:27.039><c> be</c><00:12:27.139><c> the</c><00:12:27.299><c> next</c><00:12:27.559><c> move</c><00:12:27.820><c> the</c><00:12:28.080><c> Philistines</c> 00:12:28.500 --> 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where</c><00:12:45.779><c> they</c><00:12:45.960><c> draw</c> 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:47.080 their<00:12:46.340><c> strength</c><00:12:46.700><c> from.</c> 00:12:47.460 --> 00:12:49.440 Well,<00:12:47.539><c> we've</c><00:12:47.779><c> got</c><00:12:47.879><c> their</c><00:12:48.139><c> art</c><00:12:48.240><c> now.</c><00:12:48.500><c> Let's</c><00:12:48.720><c> go</c><00:12:48.960><c> and</c><00:12:49.059><c> get</c><00:12:49.179><c> their</c> 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.340 tabernacle<00:12:50.000><c> as</c><00:12:50.399><c> well.</c> 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:56.779 So<00:12:52.279><c> Shiloh</c><00:12:52.940><c> was</c><00:12:53.340><c> razed</c><00:12:54.039><c> to</c><00:12:54.220><c> the</c><00:12:54.440><c> ground.</c><00:12:54.700><c> It</c><00:12:54.779><c> was</c><00:12:55.100><c> burnt</c><00:12:55.419><c> to</c><00:12:55.700><c> a</c><00:12:55.840><c> cinder.</c> 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:01.759 And<00:12:57.659><c> we</c><00:12:57.860><c> get</c><00:12:58.080><c> a</c><00:12:58.340><c> sense</c><00:12:58.539><c> of</c><00:12:58.740><c> that</c><00:12:59.120><c> here</c><00:12:59.779><c> in</c><00:13:00.820><c> Psalm</c><00:13:01.080><c> 78.</c> 00:13:02.179 --> 00:13:03.820 Although<00:13:02.299><c> it's</c><00:13:02.460><c> talking</c><00:13:02.720><c> about</c><00:13:02.919><c> the</c><00:13:03.080><c> Battle</c><00:13:03.240><c> of</c><00:13:03.419><c> Afek,</c> 00:13:04.220 --> 00:13:07.659 it<00:13:04.399><c> says</c><00:13:04.639><c> that</c><00:13:04.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:13:05.480><c> forsook</c><00:13:06.159><c> the</c><00:13:06.500><c> tabernacle</c><00:13:07.039><c> of</c><00:13:07.399><c> Shiloh</c> 00:13:07.659 --> 00:13:11.279 and<00:13:08.379><c> then</c><00:13:08.659><c> he</c><00:13:09.220><c> burnt</c><00:13:09.600><c> the</c><00:13:09.840><c> young</c><00:13:10.120><c> men</c><00:13:10.379><c> and</c><00:13:10.580><c> their</c><00:13:10.759><c> maidens</c><00:13:11.000><c> were</c><00:13:11.139><c> not</c> 00:13:11.279 --> 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believe</c><00:13:50.279><c> that</c><00:13:50.659><c> he</c><00:13:50.779><c> was</c><00:13:51.100><c> instrumental</c><00:13:51.740><c> in</c><00:13:52.100><c> arranging</c><00:13:52.740><c> immediately</c> 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:56.240 for<00:13:53.879><c> the</c><00:13:54.059><c> tabernacle</c><00:13:54.460><c> to</c><00:13:54.679><c> be</c><00:13:55.139><c> shifted</c><00:13:55.139><c> to</c><00:13:55.419><c> a</c><00:13:55.559><c> safer</c><00:13:55.740><c> location.</c> 00:13:56.580 --> 00:13:58.539 That<00:13:56.799><c> would</c><00:13:56.960><c> be</c><00:13:57.139><c> no</c><00:13:57.340><c> mean</c><00:13:57.500><c> task.</c> 00:13:59.419 --> 00:14:02.000 They<00:13:59.659><c> had</c><00:13:59.840><c> the</c><00:14:00.100><c> Levites</c><00:14:00.500><c> in</c><00:14:00.679><c> the</c><00:14:00.879><c> past</c><00:14:01.240><c> to</c><00:14:01.480><c> do</c><00:14:01.580><c> that</c><00:14:01.799><c> work,</c> 00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:04.759 and<00:14:02.200><c> they</c><00:14:02.200><c> had</c><00:14:02.460><c> carts,</c><00:14:02.960><c> and</c><00:14:03.019><c> they</c><00:14:03.120><c> put</c><00:14:03.240><c> it</c><00:14:03.379><c> all</c><00:14:03.480><c> on</c><00:14:03.720><c> carts.</c> 00:14:04.899 --> 00:14:10.179 And<00:14:05.000><c> the</c><00:14:05.080><c> sons</c><00:14:05.200><c> of</c><00:14:07.960><c> Kohath</c><00:14:08.279><c> would</c><00:14:08.879><c> carry</c><00:14:09.179><c> the</c><00:14:09.720><c> furniture,</c> 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:12.340 and<00:14:10.460><c> then</c><00:14:10.620><c> the</c><00:14:10.639><c> sons</c><00:14:10.840><c> of</c><00:14:11.039><c> Merari</c><00:14:11.399><c> and</c><00:14:11.559><c> Gershon</c><00:14:11.940><c> would</c><00:14:12.159><c> take</c> 00:14:12.340 --> 00:14:13.360 all<00:14:12.559><c> the</c><00:14:12.799><c> heavy</c><00:14:13.039><c> parts,</c> 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:18.139 and<00:14:13.480><c> they'd</c><00:14:13.960><c> carry</c><00:14:14.159><c> it</c><00:14:15.480><c> when</c><00:14:15.860><c> Yahweh</c><00:14:16.620><c> moved</c><00:14:17.019><c> forward.</c> 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:22.039 When<00:14:19.600><c> the</c><00:14:19.820><c> cloud</c><00:14:20.039><c> moved</c><00:14:20.279><c> in</c><00:14:20.500><c> front,</c><00:14:20.659><c> off</c><00:14:20.879><c> they</c><00:14:21.039><c> would</c><00:14:21.240><c> go.</c> 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:26.779 Well,<00:14:22.480><c> here's</c><00:14:23.379><c> Samuel,</c><00:14:24.379><c> knowing</c><00:14:24.700><c> what</c><00:14:24.940><c> might</c><00:14:25.259><c> happen</c><00:14:25.539><c> next,</c> 00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:30.740 instrumental<00:14:27.919><c> in</c><00:14:28.620><c> galvanising</c><00:14:29.460><c> those</c><00:14:29.779><c> that</c><00:14:29.899><c> were</c><00:14:30.080><c> there</c> 00:14:30.740 --> 00:14:34.639 to<00:14:31.820><c> move</c><00:14:32.240><c> the</c><00:14:32.500><c> tabernacle</c><00:14:32.860><c> to</c><00:14:33.059><c> a</c><00:14:33.200><c> safer</c><00:14:33.940><c> location.</c> 00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:36.679 And<00:14:34.919><c> it</c><00:14:35.080><c> appears</c><00:14:35.259><c> that</c><00:14:35.419><c> it</c><00:14:35.460><c> was</c><00:14:35.580><c> taken</c><00:14:35.820><c> to</c><00:14:36.080><c> Mizpah,</c> 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:40.960 which<00:14:37.120><c> is</c><00:14:37.440><c> where</c><00:14:37.860><c> they</c><00:14:38.220><c> gather</c><00:14:38.559><c> in</c><00:14:38.980><c> chapter</c><00:14:39.320><c> 7.</c> 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:49.299 And<00:14:42.940><c> I</c><00:14:44.120><c> can't</c><00:14:45.500><c> determine</c><00:14:45.919><c> exactly</c><00:14:46.840><c> where</c><00:14:47.360><c> Mizpah</c><00:14:48.080><c> is.</c> 00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:53.019 We<00:14:50.039><c> know</c><00:14:50.220><c> that</c><00:14:50.360><c> later</c><00:14:50.639><c> on</c><00:14:51.139><c> the</c><00:14:51.440><c> tabernacle</c><00:14:52.159><c> is</c><00:14:52.519><c> in</c><00:14:52.659><c> a</c><00:14:52.779><c> place</c> 00:14:53.019 --> 00:14:54.039 called<00:14:53.379><c> Nob,</c> 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:56.840 where<00:14:54.440><c> David</c><00:14:54.779><c> flees</c><00:14:55.580><c> when</c><00:14:55.779><c> he's</c><00:14:56.019><c> fleeing</c><00:14:56.220><c> from</c><00:14:56.580><c> Saul,</c> 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:59.559 and<00:14:57.039><c> he</c><00:14:57.320><c> speaks</c><00:14:57.620><c> to</c><00:14:57.879><c> the</c><00:14:58.120><c> priest</c><00:14:58.440><c> there,</c><00:14:58.879><c> and</c><00:14:58.899><c> he</c><00:14:59.120><c> partakes</c><00:14:59.440><c> of</c> 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:00.299 the<00:14:59.799><c> showbread,</c> 00:15:00.559 --> 00:15:03.360 and<00:15:00.659><c> he</c><00:15:00.899><c> asks</c><00:15:01.159><c> for</c><00:15:01.399><c> Goliath's</c><00:15:02.059><c> sword,</c><00:15:02.240><c> you</c><00:15:02.460><c> remember.</c> 00:15:03.399 --> 00:15:05.980 And<00:15:03.620><c> it</c><00:15:03.740><c> may</c><00:15:03.919><c> be</c><00:15:04.139><c> that</c><00:15:04.340><c> Mizpah</c><00:15:04.679><c> and</c><00:15:04.899><c> Nob</c><00:15:05.059><c> are</c><00:15:05.279><c> the</c><00:15:05.440><c> same</c><00:15:05.659><c> place.</c> 00:15:06.080 --> 00:15:08.820 We're<00:15:06.159><c> not</c><00:15:06.539><c> entirely</c><00:15:07.000><c> certain,</c><00:15:07.399><c> but</c><00:15:07.559><c> if</c><00:15:07.679><c> it</c><00:15:07.779><c> was</c><00:15:08.000><c> at</c><00:15:08.179><c> Mizpah</c><00:15:08.539><c> here,</c> 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:11.200 then<00:15:09.059><c> it</c><00:15:09.659><c> moved</c><00:15:09.820><c> to</c><00:15:09.980><c> Nob</c><00:15:10.519><c> later</c><00:15:10.960><c> on.</c> 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:15.919 But<00:15:11.899><c> they're</c><00:15:12.299><c> fairly</c><00:15:12.580><c> close</c><00:15:12.980><c> in</c><00:15:13.200><c> location,</c><00:15:14.039><c> as</c><00:15:14.399><c> it</c><00:15:14.559><c> turns</c><00:15:14.820><c> out.</c> 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three</c><00:15:43.340><c>-year</c><00:15:43.580><c>-old</c><00:15:44.000><c> for</c><00:15:44.460><c> Eli</c><00:15:44.799><c> to</c> 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:46.220 look<00:15:45.179><c> after.</c> 00:15:47.139 --> 00:15:50.539 And<00:15:47.220><c> now</c><00:15:47.340><c> the</c><00:15:47.480><c> tables</c><00:15:47.720><c> have</c><00:15:47.980><c> turned,</c><00:15:48.980><c> and</c><00:15:49.220><c> Samuel's</c><00:15:49.980><c> got</c><00:15:50.139><c> these</c><00:15:50.379><c> two</c> 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.399 little<00:15:50.820><c> boys,</c> 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:56.159 the<00:15:51.940><c> parents</c><00:15:52.000><c> are</c><00:15:53.240><c> dead,</c><00:15:54.039><c> Uncle</c><00:15:54.279><c> Anani</c><00:15:54.600><c> are</c><00:15:54.720><c> dead</c><00:15:54.960><c> too.</c> 00:15:57.059 --> 00:16:00.340 We<00:15:57.379><c> don't</c><00:15:57.600><c> know</c><00:15:57.759><c> about</c><00:15:57.960><c> Hoffnoy's</c><00:15:58.460><c> wife,</c><00:15:58.899><c> but</c><00:15:59.039><c> she</c><00:15:59.139><c> made</c><00:15:59.340><c> no</c><00:15:59.779><c> lamentation.</c> 00:16:00.419 --> 00:16:01.580 We<00:16:00.419><c> don't</c><00:16:00.639><c> know</c><00:16:00.840><c> what</c><00:16:01.059><c> happened</c><00:16:01.279><c> to</c><00:16:01.379><c> her.</c> 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:04.059 Maybe<00:16:01.899><c> she</c><00:16:02.139><c> took</c><00:16:02.320><c> them</c><00:16:03.259><c> on</c><00:16:03.639><c> board.</c> 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:07.120 But<00:16:04.700><c> they</c><00:16:04.879><c> did</c><00:16:05.179><c> grow</c><00:16:05.399><c> up</c><00:16:05.659><c> to</c><00:16:05.779><c> be</c><00:16:05.960><c> priests.</c> 00:16:08.080 --> 00:16:13.500 And<00:16:08.360><c> Ahaitab's</c><00:16:09.200><c> son</c><00:16:09.799><c> probably</c><00:16:11.120><c> took</c><00:16:11.440><c> the</c><00:16:11.679><c> role</c><00:16:11.919><c> of</c><00:16:12.519><c> high</c><00:16:12.860><c> priest</c><00:16:13.220><c> for</c> 00:16:13.500 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remember</c><00:16:28.580><c> that</c><00:16:28.799><c> there</c><00:16:29.360><c> were</c><00:16:29.620><c> two</c><00:16:29.940><c> places</c><00:16:30.440><c> of</c><00:16:30.779><c> worship</c><00:16:31.120><c> when</c> 00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:32.919 David<00:16:32.000><c> came</c><00:16:32.220><c> on</c><00:16:32.419><c> the</c><00:16:32.600><c> scene,</c> 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:38.980 because<00:16:33.500><c> he</c><00:16:33.720><c> brought</c><00:16:33.899><c> the</c><00:16:34.179><c> art</c><00:16:35.559><c> from</c><00:16:36.360><c> Kirjath</c><00:16:36.799><c> Jiram</c><00:16:37.120><c> to</c><00:16:38.139><c> Jerusalem</c> 00:16:38.980 --> 00:16:41.580 and<00:16:39.379><c> set</c><00:16:39.539><c> up</c><00:16:39.700><c> a</c><00:16:40.059><c> new</c><00:16:40.360><c> tabernacle</c><00:16:40.879><c> in</c><00:16:41.080><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:45.120 But<00:16:41.879><c> there</c><00:16:42.019><c> was</c><00:16:42.159><c> still</c><00:16:42.440><c> the</c><00:16:42.659><c> other</c><00:16:42.879><c> tabernacle</c><00:16:44.379><c> over</c><00:16:44.899><c> there</c> 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:46.240 in<00:16:45.340><c> Nob.</c> 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:49.620 And<00:16:46.500><c> so</c><00:16:46.639><c> one</c><00:16:46.840><c> of</c><00:16:46.960><c> the</c><00:16:47.080><c> high</c><00:16:47.299><c> priests</c><00:16:47.659><c> was</c><00:16:48.220><c> put</c><00:16:48.580><c> in</c><00:16:48.960><c> charge</c><00:16:49.299><c> here,</c> 00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:52.860 and<00:16:49.820><c> the</c><00:16:49.899><c> other</c><00:16:50.080><c> high</c><00:16:50.340><c> priest</c><00:16:50.580><c> was</c><00:16:50.799><c> put</c><00:16:51.019><c> in</c><00:16:51.259><c> charge</c><00:16:51.500><c> here.</c> 00:16:54.279 --> 00:17:00.120 And<00:16:54.399><c> Zadok</c><00:16:54.720><c> and</c><00:16:55.120><c> Ahimelech</c><00:16:56.299><c> were</c><00:16:57.639><c> priests</c><00:16:58.820><c> at</c><00:16:59.080><c> the</c><00:16:59.279><c> same</c><00:16:59.600><c> time,</c> 00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:02.039 it<00:17:00.360><c> would</c><00:17:00.580><c> appear,</c><00:17:00.940><c> for</c><00:17:01.179><c> a</c><00:17:01.340><c> period</c><00:17:01.559><c> of</c><00:17:01.840><c> time,</c> 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:06.339 until<00:17:02.279><c> Solomon</c><00:17:02.919><c> eventually</c><00:17:03.779><c> made</c><00:17:04.660><c> Zadok</c><00:17:05.200><c> the</c><00:17:05.500><c> sole</c><00:17:05.819><c> high</c><00:17:06.140><c> priest.</c> 00:17:06.359 --> 00:17:09.440 And<00:17:06.519><c> the</c><00:17:06.680><c> line</c><00:17:06.880><c> switched</c><00:17:07.440><c> from</c><00:17:07.799><c> Ithamar's</c><00:17:08.799><c> line</c><00:17:09.099><c> through</c><00:17:09.299><c> the</c> 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.640 line<00:17:09.559><c> of</c><00:17:09.839><c> Eli</c> 00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:13.940 back<00:17:11.420><c> to</c><00:17:11.779><c> the</c><00:17:11.900><c> line</c><00:17:12.099><c> of</c><00:17:12.420><c> Eliezer</c><00:17:12.900><c> through</c><00:17:13.359><c> Zadok.</c> 00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:18.680 And<00:17:14.259><c> the</c><00:17:14.420><c> prophecy</c><00:17:14.759><c> was</c><00:17:15.079><c> fulfilled</c><00:17:15.500><c> that</c><00:17:15.720><c> was</c><00:17:15.960><c> spoken</c><00:17:16.220><c> in</c><00:17:16.400><c> chapter</c><00:17:16.700><c> 2.</c> 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:23.720 So<00:17:20.039><c> he's</c><00:17:20.180><c> got</c><00:17:20.259><c> quite</c><00:17:20.539><c> a</c><00:17:20.559><c> lot</c><00:17:20.839><c> of</c><00:17:22.460><c> work</c><00:17:22.859><c> on</c><00:17:22.960><c> his</c><00:17:23.259><c> plate,</c><00:17:23.599><c> hasn't</c> 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.200 he,<00:17:23.980><c> Samuel,</c> 00:17:24.339 --> 00:17:26.759 in<00:17:24.519><c> these</c><00:17:25.140><c> first</c><00:17:25.460><c> few</c><00:17:25.660><c> years</c><00:17:25.980><c> here.</c> 00:17:27.099 --> 00:17:29.940 He's<00:17:27.579><c> got</c><00:17:27.680><c> his</c><00:17:27.859><c> work</c><00:17:28.000><c> cut</c><00:17:28.279><c> out</c><00:17:28.480><c> as</c><00:17:28.619><c> a</c><00:17:28.859><c> 20</c><00:17:29.079><c>-year</c><00:17:29.299><c>-old</c><00:17:29.460><c> taking</c><00:17:29.779><c> on</c> 00:17:29.940 --> 00:17:30.480 those<00:17:30.180><c> children,</c> 00:17:30.660 --> 00:17:33.599 moving<00:17:30.759><c> the</c><00:17:31.000><c> tabernacle</c><00:17:31.440><c> and</c><00:17:31.599><c> trying</c><00:17:31.859><c> to</c><00:17:32.019><c> keep</c><00:17:32.140><c> things</c><00:17:32.440><c> together.</c> 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:36.660 The<00:17:33.960><c> leadership's</c><00:17:34.559><c> now</c><00:17:35.339><c> falling</c><00:17:35.960><c> towards</c><00:17:36.380><c> him,</c> 00:17:36.660 --> 00:17:40.059 but<00:17:36.779><c> he</c><00:17:36.880><c> doesn't</c><00:17:37.779><c> appear</c><00:17:38.059><c> to</c><00:17:38.279><c> take</c><00:17:38.440><c> up</c><00:17:38.920><c> that</c><00:17:39.240><c> leadership</c><00:17:39.660><c> just</c> 00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:41.279 at<00:17:40.200><c> the</c><00:17:40.359><c> moment.</c> 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:45.579 But<00:17:43.160><c> the</c><00:17:43.200><c> fact</c><00:17:43.480><c> is</c><00:17:44.119><c> Shiloh</c><00:17:44.720><c> was</c><00:17:44.960><c> no</c><00:17:45.259><c> more.</c> 00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:49.059 It<00:17:46.000><c> became</c><00:17:46.279><c> a</c><00:17:46.480><c> byword,</c><00:17:47.359><c> a</c><00:17:47.500><c> reminder</c><00:17:47.759><c> of</c><00:17:47.920><c> what</c><00:17:48.099><c> God</c><00:17:48.440><c> does</c> 00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:51.359 when<00:17:49.480><c> his</c><00:17:49.660><c> people</c><00:17:49.859><c> no</c><00:17:50.019><c> longer</c><00:17:50.279><c> worship</c><00:17:50.559><c> him</c><00:17:50.700><c> in</c><00:17:50.819><c> the</c><00:17:50.980><c> correct</c><00:17:51.200><c> way.</c> 00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:53.339 And<00:17:51.539><c> remember,</c><00:17:51.859><c> their</c><00:17:52.059><c> worship</c><00:17:52.359><c> was</c><00:17:52.579><c> all</c><00:17:52.799><c> self</c><00:17:53.039><c>-centred,</c> 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:55.240 pharisaical,<00:17:54.160><c> legalistic.</c> 00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:58.660 It's<00:17:55.799><c> exactly</c><00:17:56.079><c> what</c><00:17:56.220><c> you</c><00:17:56.359><c> see</c><00:17:56.480><c> in</c><00:17:56.579><c> the</c><00:17:56.740><c> churches</c><00:17:56.960><c> around</c><00:17:57.279><c> us.</c> 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:01.259 And<00:17:59.920><c> it</c><00:17:59.960><c> had</c><00:18:00.119><c> to</c><00:18:00.279><c> go.</c> 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:09.279 And<00:18:03.000><c> Shiloh,</c><00:18:03.400><c> brothers</c><00:18:03.500><c> and</c><00:18:03.700><c> sisters,</c><00:18:04.180><c> became</c><00:18:04.700><c> a</c><00:18:06.539><c> type</c><00:18:06.960><c> of</c><00:18:07.940><c> what</c><00:18:08.079><c> God</c><00:18:08.339><c> would</c><00:18:08.599><c> do</c> 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:14.119 any<00:18:09.839><c> time</c><00:18:10.380><c> people</c><00:18:11.180><c> start</c><00:18:11.759><c> to</c><00:18:12.019><c> worship</c><00:18:12.259><c> him</c><00:18:12.500><c> in</c><00:18:12.819><c> the</c><00:18:12.960><c> wrong</c><00:18:13.140><c> way.</c> 00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:18.339 And<00:18:14.920><c> he</c><00:18:15.059><c> used</c><00:18:15.319><c> Shiloh</c><00:18:15.740><c> as</c><00:18:16.000><c> a</c><00:18:16.299><c> reminder</c><00:18:16.779><c> that</c><00:18:17.799><c> if</c><00:18:17.900><c> you</c><00:18:18.140><c> start</c> 00:18:18.339 --> 00:18:18.920 going<00:18:18.619><c> down</c> 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:23.460 that<00:18:19.240><c> pharisaical,</c><00:18:19.960><c> legalistic</c><00:18:21.000><c> attitude</c><00:18:21.859><c> and</c><00:18:22.680><c> way</c><00:18:22.920><c> of</c><00:18:23.119><c> worship,</c> 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:26.079 the<00:18:23.900><c> same</c><00:18:24.400><c> thing</c><00:18:24.720><c> will</c><00:18:25.019><c> happen</c><00:18:25.319><c> to</c><00:18:25.579><c> you.</c> 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:28.759 Come<00:18:26.559><c> across</c><00:18:26.779><c> to</c><00:18:26.980><c> Jeremiah</c><00:18:27.359><c> 7.</c> 00:18:31.380 --> 00:18:35.140 In<00:18:31.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:18:31.819><c> 7,</c><00:18:32.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:33.200><c> through</c><00:18:33.359><c> Jeremiah</c><00:18:34.039><c> says</c><00:18:34.619><c> that</c><00:18:34.960><c> the</c> 00:18:35.140 --> 00:18:36.259 people<00:18:35.480><c> have</c><00:18:35.880><c> become</c> 00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:39.819 just<00:18:36.680><c> the</c><00:18:36.920><c> same</c><00:18:37.279><c> as</c><00:18:37.500><c> they</c><00:18:37.680><c> were</c><00:18:38.000><c> back</c><00:18:38.259><c> in</c><00:18:38.400><c> the</c><00:18:38.420><c> days</c><00:18:38.720><c> of</c><00:18:38.920><c> Eli.</c> 00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:45.720 And<00:18:42.099><c> God</c><00:18:42.279><c> was</c><00:18:42.480><c> going</c><00:18:42.660><c> to</c><00:18:42.799><c> act</c><00:18:43.200><c> if</c><00:18:43.500><c> they</c><00:18:43.700><c> didn't</c><00:18:43.980><c> change</c><00:18:44.519><c> their</c><00:18:44.779><c> ways.</c> 00:18:46.220 --> 00:18:47.660 And<00:18:46.319><c> he</c><00:18:46.400><c> was</c><00:18:46.519><c> going</c><00:18:46.660><c> to</c><00:18:46.759><c> act</c><00:18:47.019><c> decisively.</c> 00:18:47.799 --> 00:18:49.980 In<00:18:47.819><c> fact,</c><00:18:48.039><c> he</c><00:18:48.119><c> was</c><00:18:48.220><c> going</c><00:18:48.400><c> to</c><00:18:48.559><c> act</c><00:18:48.720><c> in</c><00:18:48.859><c> the</c><00:18:48.980><c> very</c><00:18:49.279><c> same</c><00:18:49.519><c> way</c><00:18:49.799><c> as</c> 00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.900 he<00:18:50.119><c> acted</c><00:18:50.299><c> at</c><00:18:50.640><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:18:51.119 --> 00:18:55.240 Be<00:18:51.519><c> warned,</c><00:18:53.039><c> says</c><00:18:53.180><c> Yahweh</c><00:18:53.660><c> through</c><00:18:54.000><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:04.180 And<00:19:01.819><c> here's</c><00:19:02.359><c> the</c><00:19:02.480><c> people</c><00:19:02.740><c> in</c><00:19:02.920><c> Jeremiah's</c><00:19:03.559><c> day</c><00:19:03.720><c> that</c><00:19:03.920><c> were</c> 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:05.079 outwardly<00:19:04.720><c> observing</c> 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:09.640 all<00:19:05.640><c> the</c><00:19:05.880><c> rituals,</c><00:19:06.359><c> but</c><00:19:06.579><c> none</c><00:19:06.960><c> of</c><00:19:07.099><c> it</c><00:19:07.299><c> was</c><00:19:07.579><c> affecting</c><00:19:08.019><c> their</c><00:19:08.400><c> hearts.</c> 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:15.960 You<00:19:11.319><c> know,</c><00:19:11.799><c> this</c><00:19:12.019><c> is</c><00:19:12.420><c> such</c><00:19:12.720><c> a</c><00:19:13.019><c> danger,</c><00:19:14.000><c> brothers</c><00:19:14.119><c> and</c><00:19:14.359><c> sisters,</c><00:19:15.319><c> for</c><00:19:15.640><c> all</c> 00:19:15.960 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moment.</c> 00:19:31.059 --> 00:19:36.799 We<00:19:31.220><c> come</c><00:19:31.420><c> here</c><00:19:31.900><c> today</c><00:19:32.539><c> as</c><00:19:33.319><c> we</c><00:19:33.440><c> do</c><00:19:33.759><c> week</c><00:19:34.180><c> by</c><00:19:34.559><c> week</c><00:19:35.039><c> as</c><00:19:35.740><c> a</c><00:19:35.940><c> ritual.</c> 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:40.559 Coming<00:19:37.240><c> here</c><00:19:37.619><c> Sunday</c><00:19:37.980><c> by</c><00:19:38.259><c> Sunday</c><00:19:38.680><c> is</c><00:19:39.380><c> a</c><00:19:39.700><c> ritual.</c> 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:44.039 We<00:19:41.559><c> come</c><00:19:41.779><c> to</c><00:19:42.099><c> break</c><00:19:42.420><c> bread</c><00:19:42.740><c> and</c><00:19:43.259><c> drink</c><00:19:43.740><c> wine.</c> 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:46.000 These<00:19:44.380><c> are</c><00:19:44.799><c> symbols.</c> 00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:49.640 We<00:19:46.559><c> come</c><00:19:46.880><c> to</c><00:19:47.119><c> 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and</c><00:20:05.039><c> the</c><00:20:05.200><c> Sunday</c><00:20:05.420><c> before</c><00:20:05.720><c> that,</c> 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:08.220 and<00:20:06.079><c> the</c><00:20:06.259><c> Sunday</c><00:20:06.440><c> before</c><00:20:06.779><c> that,</c><00:20:06.980><c> to</c><00:20:07.160><c> sit</c><00:20:07.380><c> probably</c><00:20:07.799><c> even</c><00:20:08.059><c> in</c> 00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:10.960 the<00:20:08.319><c> same</c><00:20:08.579><c> chairs</c><00:20:09.259><c> as</c><00:20:09.740><c> last</c><00:20:10.000><c> Sunday.</c> 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:15.200 You<00:20:12.480><c> know,</c><00:20:12.539><c> there's</c><00:20:12.740><c> a</c><00:20:12.900><c> danger</c><00:20:13.400><c> that</c><00:20:13.759><c> we</c><00:20:13.920><c> could</c><00:20:14.039><c> be</c><00:20:14.220><c> doing</c><00:20:14.400><c> all</c> 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:16.660 the<00:20:15.500><c> right</c><00:20:15.839><c> things,</c> 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:20.160 but<00:20:17.380><c> it</c><00:20:17.619><c> doesn't</c><00:20:18.460><c> touch</c><00:20:19.079><c> our</c><00:20:19.720><c> hearts.</c> 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:22.420 It's<00:20:20.619><c> not</c><00:20:20.839><c> reaching</c><00:20:21.200><c> in</c><00:20:21.619><c> here.</c> 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:25.119 We're<00:20:22.720><c> just</c><00:20:22.920><c> observing</c><00:20:23.539><c> these</c><00:20:23.900><c> things,</c><00:20:24.519><c> and</c><00:20:24.539><c> it</c><00:20:24.640><c> makes</c><00:20:24.819><c> us</c> 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:25.759 feel<00:20:25.400><c> good,</c> 00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:29.500 and<00:20:25.960><c> we</c><00:20:26.059><c> think</c><00:20:26.259><c> God's</c><00:20:26.599><c> on</c><00:20:26.759><c> our</c><00:20:27.059><c> side,</c><00:20:28.299><c> but</c><00:20:28.740><c> we're</c><00:20:28.960><c> not</c><00:20:29.160><c> being</c> 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:30.920 touched<00:20:29.799><c> in</c><00:20:30.099><c> here.</c> 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:34.599 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all</c><00:21:07.859><c> about</c><00:21:08.019><c> in</c><00:21:08.319><c> here,</c><00:21:09.180><c> not</c><00:21:09.420><c> about</c> 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:11.920 just<00:21:09.960><c> observing</c><00:21:10.299><c> outward</c><00:21:11.200><c> rituals.</c> 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:14.940 So<00:21:12.359><c> he's</c><00:21:12.579><c> told</c><00:21:12.900><c> not</c><00:21:13.460><c> to</c><00:21:13.680><c> stand</c><00:21:13.799><c> up</c><00:21:13.940><c> at</c><00:21:14.059><c> the</c><00:21:14.279><c> platform</c><00:21:14.619><c> to</c><00:21:14.839><c> give</c> 00:21:14.940 --> 00:21:15.539 the<00:21:15.140><c> exhortation.</c> 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:20.440 And<00:21:15.680><c> he's</c><00:21:15.759><c> told</c><00:21:15.920><c> to</c><00:21:16.059><c> stand</c><00:21:16.319><c> at</c><00:21:16.460><c> the</c><00:21:16.640><c> door</c><00:21:17.380><c> and</c><00:21:18.740><c> give</c><00:21:18.880><c> the</c><00:21:19.140><c> exhortation.</c> 00:21:20.859 --> 00:21:23.279 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as</c><00:21:36.759><c> doorkeepers</c><00:21:37.359><c> said</c><00:21:37.799><c> that</c><00:21:38.019><c> to</c><00:21:38.180><c> us</c> 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:40.440 as<00:21:38.960><c> we</c><00:21:39.160><c> walked</c><00:21:39.339><c> in,</c> 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.880 good<00:21:40.680><c> morning,</c><00:21:41.039><c> brother,</c><00:21:41.299><c> good</c><00:21:41.420><c> morning,</c><00:21:41.700><c> sister.</c> 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:44.799 Now,<00:21:42.180><c> remember,</c><00:21:42.559><c> amend</c><00:21:42.799><c> your</c><00:21:43.019><c> ways</c><00:21:43.339><c> and</c><00:21:43.700><c> your</c><00:21:43.920><c> doings.</c> 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:46.480 What<00:21:45.200><c> would</c><00:21:45.359><c> you</c><00:21:45.539><c> feel?</c> 00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:49.960 You'd<00:21:47.640><c> walk</c><00:21:47.859><c> in</c><00:21:48.039><c> and</c><00:21:48.160><c> think,</c><00:21:48.279><c> well,</c><00:21:48.480><c> I</c><00:21:48.900><c> think</c><00:21:49.099><c> I'm</c><00:21:49.319><c> doing</c><00:21:49.519><c> okay,</c> 00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:52.700 and<00:21:50.259><c> sit</c><00:21:50.440><c> down</c><00:21:50.619><c> in</c><00:21:50.759><c> your</c><00:21:50.940><c> chair,</c><00:21:51.440><c> okay,</c><00:21:51.779><c> and</c><00:21:51.960><c> think</c><00:21:52.180><c> that</c><00:21:52.519><c> was</c> 00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.500 a<00:21:52.819><c> nice</c><00:21:52.960><c> thing</c><00:21:53.119><c> to</c><00:21:53.339><c> say,</c> 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:55.559 and,<00:21:53.819><c> yep,</c><00:21:53.859><c> that's</c><00:21:54.099><c> what</c><00:21:54.220><c> I'm</c><00:21:54.420><c> here</c><00:21:54.579><c> to</c><00:21:54.779><c> do.</c> 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:57.240 Well,<00:21:55.900><c> that's</c><00:21:56.059><c> what</c><00:21:56.180><c> they</c><00:21:56.380><c> did.</c> 00:21:57.740 --> 00:22:00.480 They<00:21:58.019><c> said</c><00:21:58.339><c> in</c><00:21:58.640><c> verse</c><00:21:58.859><c> 4,</c><00:21:59.099><c> yeah,</c><00:21:59.319><c> yeah,</c><00:21:59.460><c> yeah,</c><00:21:59.799><c> we're</c><00:22:00.019><c> doing</c><00:22:00.240><c> this.</c> 00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:02.619 The<00:22:00.680><c> temple</c><00:22:00.900><c> of</c><00:22:01.119><c> God,</c><00:22:01.319><c> the</c><00:22:01.460><c> temple</c><00:22:01.720><c> of</c><00:22:01.880><c> God,</c><00:22:02.039><c> the</c><00:22:02.180><c> temple</c><00:22:02.400><c> of</c> 00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:03.880 God<00:22:02.819><c> are</c><00:22:02.980><c> we.</c> 00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:06.079 It's<00:22:05.039><c> all</c><00:22:05.220><c> right.</c> 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:09.119 Take<00:22:06.980><c> the</c><00:22:07.200><c> point.</c><00:22:08.220><c> Understand.</c> 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:16.839 Verse<00:22:11.680><c> 4,</c><00:22:13.059><c> verse</c><00:22:13.440><c> 5,</c><00:22:14.880><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:15.240><c> comes</c><00:22:15.640><c> back,</c><00:22:16.140><c> brothers</c><00:22:16.259><c> and</c><00:22:16.480><c> sisters,</c> 00:22:16.900 --> 00:22:22.599 and<00:22:17.059><c> he</c><00:22:17.299><c> says,</c><00:22:18.599><c> for</c><00:22:18.680><c> if</c><00:22:19.200><c> you</c><00:22:19.740><c> thoroughly</c><00:22:20.680><c> amend</c><00:22:21.599><c> your</c><00:22:22.079><c> ways</c> 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:23.940 and<00:22:22.960><c> your</c><00:22:23.220><c> doings,</c> 00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:27.880 if<00:22:24.460><c> you</c><00:22:25.059><c> thoroughly</c><00:22:25.619><c> execute</c><00:22:26.480><c> judgment</c><00:22:26.940><c> between</c><00:22:27.299><c> a</c><00:22:27.519><c> man</c><00:22:27.740><c> and</c> 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.359 his<00:22:28.059><c> neighbour,</c> 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:31.539 if<00:22:29.019><c> you</c><00:22:29.299><c> oppress</c><00:22:29.680><c> not</c><00:22:29.880><c> the</c><00:22:30.140><c> stranger,</c><00:22:30.500><c> the</c><00:22:30.759><c> fatherless,</c><00:22:31.180><c> 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to</c><00:22:41.720><c> you</c><00:22:42.000><c> as</c> 00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:43.660 you<00:22:42.339><c> walked</c><00:22:42.519><c> in.</c> 00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:47.599 That'll<00:22:44.640><c> make</c><00:22:44.720><c> you</c><00:22:44.940><c> stand</c><00:22:45.119><c> up,</c><00:22:45.880><c> sit</c><00:22:46.099><c> up,</c><00:22:46.319><c> and</c><00:22:46.519><c> think</c><00:22:46.980><c> about</c> 00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.220 what<00:22:47.759><c> was</c><00:22:47.940><c> happening</c> 00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:51.180 when<00:22:48.460><c> you</c><00:22:48.640><c> come</c><00:22:48.759><c> in</c><00:22:48.940><c> here</c><00:22:49.420><c> in</c><00:22:50.079><c> the</c><00:22:50.240><c> same</c><00:22:50.420><c> routine</c><00:22:50.799><c> as</c><00:22:50.960><c> you</c><00:22:51.039><c> did</c> 00:22:51.180 --> 00:22:51.619 last<00:22:51.460><c> Sunday</c> 00:22:51.619 --> 00:22:53.940 and<00:22:51.759><c> the</c><00:22:51.819><c> Sunday</c><00:22:52.000><c> before,</c><00:22:52.700><c> sing</c><00:22:52.880><c> the</c><00:22:53.099><c> same</c><00:22:53.339><c> hymns</c><00:22:53.640><c> and</c><00:22:53.799><c> say</c> 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.599 the<00:22:54.119><c> same</c><00:22:54.299><c> words</c> 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:56.319 and<00:22:54.819><c> the</c><00:22:54.900><c> same</c><00:22:55.180><c> type</c><00:22:55.400><c> of</c><00:22:55.619><c> prayers.</c> 00:22:56.839 --> 00:23:01.759 So,<00:22:57.660><c> if</c><00:22:57.779><c> you</c><00:22:57.920><c> haven't</c><00:22:58.059><c> done</c><00:22:58.240><c> it,</c><00:22:58.559><c> verse</c><00:22:58.819><c> 5</c><00:22:59.660><c> and</c><00:23:00.720><c> verse</c><00:23:01.079><c> 3</c><00:23:01.519><c> says</c> 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.460 the<00:23:01.920><c> same</c><00:23:02.180><c> thing,</c> 00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:06.440 but<00:23:02.680><c> the</c><00:23:02.940><c> insertion</c><00:23:03.579><c> of</c><00:23:03.720><c> the</c><00:23:03.859><c> word</c><00:23:04.059><c> thoroughly</c><00:23:04.660><c> makes</c><00:23:05.079><c> the</c><00:23:05.279><c> difference.</c> 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:09.900 Jeremiah<00:23:07.440><c> said,</c><00:23:08.000><c> amend</c><00:23:08.039><c> your</c><00:23:08.240><c> ways</c><00:23:08.440><c> and</c><00:23:08.619><c> your</c><00:23:08.799><c> doings.</c> 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:12.000 And<00:23:10.319><c> they</c><00:23:10.500><c> said,</c><00:23:10.759><c> well,</c><00:23:10.960><c> we're</c><00:23:11.700><c> okay.</c> 00:23:12.099 --> 00:23:15.440 And<00:23:12.119><c> he</c><00:23:12.240><c> said,</c><00:23:12.359><c> no,</c><00:23:12.559><c> no,</c><00:23:12.900><c> no,</c><00:23:13.140><c> thoroughly</c><00:23:13.819><c> amend</c><00:23:14.599><c> your</c><00:23:15.039><c> ways</c> 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.259 and<00:23:15.700><c> your</c><00:23:15.900><c> doings.</c> 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:19.119 Now,<00:23:16.420><c> that's</c><00:23:16.779><c> a</c><00:23:16.900><c> challenge,</c><00:23:17.440><c> brothers</c><00:23:17.539><c> and</c><00:23:17.759><c> sisters,</c><00:23:18.799><c> for</c> 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:20.619 every<00:23:19.480><c> generation.</c> 00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:28.299 And<00:23:23.779><c> so</c><00:23:23.839><c> the</c><00:23:23.980><c> reality</c><00:23:24.579><c> of</c><00:23:25.500><c> what</c><00:23:25.619><c> they</c><00:23:25.839><c> were</c><00:23:25.980><c> doing</c><00:23:26.279><c> is</c><00:23:26.599><c> recorded</c><00:23:27.019><c> in</c><00:23:27.220><c> verse</c><00:23:27.500><c> 8</c><00:23:27.940><c> to</c> 00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.940 verse<00:23:28.819><c> 11.</c> 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:33.099 Behold,<00:23:30.920><c> you</c><00:23:30.940><c> trust</c><00:23:31.279><c> in</c><00:23:31.599><c> lying</c><00:23:31.819><c> words</c><00:23:32.240><c> that</c><00:23:32.440><c> cannot</c><00:23:32.740><c> profit.</c> 00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:36.339 You<00:23:33.420><c> steal.</c><00:23:34.079><c> You</c><00:23:34.279><c> murder.</c><00:23:34.799><c> You</c><00:23:34.960><c> commit</c><00:23:35.140><c> adultery.</c> 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:38.839 You<00:23:36.720><c> swear</c><00:23:36.980><c> falsely.</c><00:23:37.599><c> You</c><00:23:37.680><c> burn</c><00:23:37.900><c> incense</c><00:23:38.240><c> unto</c><00:23:38.559><c> Baal.</c> 00:23:38.940 --> 00:23:41.640 You<00:23:39.039><c> walk</c><00:23:39.299><c> after</c><00:23:39.559><c> other</c><00:23:39.779><c> gods</c><00:23:40.059><c> who</c><00:23:40.359><c> you</c><00:23:40.579><c> know</c><00:23:40.819><c> not.</c> 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:44.240 You<00:23:41.960><c> come</c><00:23:42.160><c> and</c><00:23:42.380><c> stand</c><00:23:42.519><c> before</c><00:23:42.839><c> me</c><00:23:43.019><c> in</c><00:23:43.119><c> this</c><00:23:43.299><c> house,</c><00:23:43.920><c> which</c><00:23:44.019><c> is</c> 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.940 called<00:23:44.380><c> by</c><00:23:44.599><c> my</c><00:23:44.740><c> name,</c> 00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:48.119 and<00:23:45.099><c> say,</c><00:23:45.359><c> we</c><00:23:45.460><c> are</c><00:23:45.640><c> delivered</c><00:23:46.000><c> to</c><00:23:46.200><c> do</c><00:23:46.359><c> all</c><00:23:46.579><c> these</c><00:23:46.839><c> abominations.</c> 00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:51.579 Is<00:23:49.259><c> this</c><00:23:49.539><c> house,</c><00:23:49.980><c> which</c><00:23:50.140><c> is</c><00:23:50.359><c> called</c><00:23:50.460><c> by</c><00:23:50.660><c> my</c><00:23:50.839><c> name,</c><00:23:51.180><c> become</c><00:23:51.339><c> a</c> 00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:53.680 den<00:23:51.660><c> of</c><00:23:51.980><c> robbers</c><00:23:52.339><c> in</c><00:23:52.480><c> your</c><00:23:52.740><c> eyes?</c> 00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:55.880 Behold,<00:23:54.259><c> even</c><00:23:54.559><c> I</c><00:23:54.700><c> have</c><00:23:54.900><c> seen</c><00:23:55.099><c> it,</c><00:23:55.400><c> Seth</c><00:23:55.579><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:57.460 So<00:23:56.039><c> there's</c><00:23:56.319><c> a</c><00:23:56.460><c> list</c><00:23:56.640><c> of</c><00:23:56.740><c> what</c><00:23:56.859><c> they</c><00:23:57.039><c> were</c><00:23:57.180><c> doing.</c> 00:23:57.460 --> 00:24:00.059 They<00:23:58.140><c> were</c><00:23:58.319><c> saying</c><00:23:58.740><c> we</c><00:23:59.059><c> are</c><00:23:59.259><c> the</c><00:23:59.400><c> temple</c><00:23:59.579><c> of</c><00:23:59.759><c> God.</c> 00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:02.759 But<00:24:00.259><c> the</c><00:24:00.359><c> reality</c><00:24:00.779><c> was</c><00:24:01.420><c> they</c><00:24:01.660><c> were</c><00:24:01.900><c> nowhere</c><00:24:02.019><c> near</c><00:24:02.380><c> the</c><00:24:02.559><c> temple</c> 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:05.400 of<00:24:02.960><c> God</c><00:24:03.299><c> in</c><00:24:03.960><c> their</c><00:24:04.279><c> hearts.</c> 00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:09.920 So<00:24:06.299><c> verse</c><00:24:06.539><c> 12,</c><00:24:08.700><c> here</c><00:24:08.700><c> comes</c><00:24:08.940><c> a</c><00:24:09.119><c> warning.</c> 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:17.480 But<00:24:11.220><c> go</c><00:24:11.880><c> ye</c><00:24:12.240><c> now</c><00:24:12.720><c> unto</c><00:24:13.160><c> my</c><00:24:13.700><c> place,</c><00:24:14.180><c> which</c><00:24:14.440><c> was</c><00:24:14.859><c> in</c><00:24:16.359><c> Shiloh,</c> 00:24:17.859 --> 00:24:20.960 where<00:24:18.019><c> I</c><00:24:18.279><c> set</c><00:24:18.400><c> my</c><00:24:18.700><c> name</c><00:24:18.960><c> at</c><00:24:19.180><c> the</c><00:24:19.400><c> first</c><00:24:19.640><c> and</c><00:24:19.920><c> see</c><00:24:20.160><c> what</c><00:24:20.319><c> I</c><00:24:20.579><c> did</c> 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:23.539 for<00:24:21.240><c> the</c><00:24:21.460><c> wickedness</c><00:24:21.819><c> of</c><00:24:21.960><c> my</c><00:24:22.140><c> people</c><00:24:22.500><c> back</c><00:24:22.980><c> then.</c> 00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:25.680 And<00:24:24.140><c> he</c><00:24:24.640><c> sacked</c><00:24:25.140><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.420 He<00:24:25.859><c> got</c><00:24:26.119><c> rid</c><00:24:26.500><c> of</c><00:24:26.759><c> the</c><00:24:26.880><c> high</c><00:24:27.099><c> priest.</c> 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:29.839 He<00:24:27.579><c> took</c><00:24:27.819><c> the</c><00:24:28.059><c> other</c><00:24:28.299><c> priests</c><00:24:28.559><c> and</c><00:24:28.779><c> killed</c><00:24:29.000><c> them</c><00:24:29.160><c> on</c><00:24:29.299><c> the</c><00:24:29.460><c> battlefield.</c> 00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:35.059 He<00:24:30.299><c> had</c><00:24:30.539><c> the</c><00:24:30.960><c> art</c><00:24:31.240><c> captured</c><00:24:32.500><c> and</c><00:24:32.640><c> the</c><00:24:32.819><c> tabernacle</c><00:24:33.220><c> was</c><00:24:33.980><c> taken</c><00:24:34.240><c> away.</c> 00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:40.099 Shiloh<00:24:35.640><c> no</c><00:24:36.000><c> longer</c><00:24:36.400><c> existed</c><00:24:36.960><c> because</c><00:24:38.119><c> of</c><00:24:38.480><c> this</c><00:24:38.779><c> type</c><00:24:39.019><c> of</c><00:24:39.240><c> behaviour.</c> 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:43.059 Take<00:24:40.900><c> the</c><00:24:41.140><c> warning,</c><00:24:41.799><c> says</c><00:24:41.980><c> Jeremiah.</c> 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:45.460 See<00:24:43.839><c> what</c><00:24:43.980><c> I</c><00:24:44.180><c> did</c><00:24:44.319><c> there.</c> 00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:51.539 In<00:24:46.839><c> verse</c><00:24:47.200><c> 13,</c><00:24:48.259><c> God</c><00:24:48.480><c> says,</c><00:24:48.940><c> I</c><00:24:48.960><c> tried,</c><00:24:49.539><c> I</c><00:24:49.799><c> tried,</c><00:24:50.160><c> I</c><00:24:50.640><c> tried</c><00:24:51.259><c> to</c> 00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:53.200 tell<00:24:51.759><c> you.</c> 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:57.259 I<00:24:54.460><c> got</c><00:24:54.599><c> up</c><00:24:54.779><c> early</c><00:24:55.000><c> in</c><00:24:55.140><c> the</c><00:24:55.220><c> morning</c><00:24:55.660><c> speaking,</c><00:24:56.460><c> but</c><00:24:56.559><c> you</c><00:24:56.839><c> did</c> 00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:58.599 not<00:24:57.680><c> hear.</c> 00:24:58.779 --> 00:25:02.240 I<00:24:58.900><c> called</c><00:24:59.180><c> to</c><00:24:59.380><c> you,</c><00:24:59.660><c> but</c><00:24:59.759><c> you</c><00:25:00.039><c> didn't</c><00:25:01.059><c> answer.</c> 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:06.319 And<00:25:02.900><c> the</c><00:25:03.000><c> word</c><00:25:03.180><c> of</c><00:25:03.339><c> God</c><00:25:03.700><c> was</c><00:25:04.119><c> precious</c><00:25:04.599><c> in</c><00:25:04.819><c> those</c><00:25:05.160><c> days.</c> 00:25:06.819 --> 00:25:09.019 Therefore,<00:25:07.279><c> verse</c><00:25:07.539><c> 14,</c><00:25:07.920><c> will</c><00:25:08.039><c> I</c><00:25:08.180><c> do</c><00:25:08.299><c> unto</c><00:25:08.420><c> this</c><00:25:08.660><c> house</c><00:25:08.880><c> which</c> 00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:10.799 is<00:25:09.220><c> called</c><00:25:09.319><c> by</c><00:25:09.539><c> my</c><00:25:09.680><c> name</c><00:25:09.859><c> wherein</c><00:25:10.079><c> you</c><00:25:10.359><c> trusted</c> 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:13.980 and<00:25:11.240><c> unto</c><00:25:11.339><c> the</c><00:25:11.559><c> place</c><00:25:11.759><c> which</c><00:25:11.920><c> I</c><00:25:12.059><c> gave</c><00:25:12.240><c> to</c><00:25:12.420><c> you</c><00:25:12.559><c> and</c><00:25:12.680><c> to</c><00:25:12.779><c> your</c><00:25:12.960><c> fathers</c><00:25:13.279><c> as</c> 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:17.460 I<00:25:14.299><c> have</c><00:25:14.519><c> done</c><00:25:14.980><c> in</c><00:25:15.819><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:21.900 He<00:25:18.559><c> got</c><00:25:18.779><c> up</c><00:25:18.980><c> early</c><00:25:19.680><c> in</c><00:25:19.799><c> the</c><00:25:19.920><c> morning</c><00:25:20.180><c> and</c><00:25:20.319><c> he</c><00:25:20.599><c> tried</c><00:25:20.839><c> and</c><00:25:21.000><c> he</c><00:25:21.160><c> tried</c><00:25:21.460><c> and</c><00:25:21.579><c> he</c> 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:24.440 tried,<00:25:22.720><c> but</c><00:25:22.880><c> it</c><00:25:22.980><c> was</c><00:25:23.180><c> no</c><00:25:23.460><c> use.</c> 00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:27.400 So<00:25:24.839><c> God</c><00:25:25.019><c> says,</c><00:25:25.279><c> I'm</c><00:25:25.359><c> going</c><00:25:25.400><c> to</c><00:25:25.460><c> have</c><00:25:25.579><c> to</c><00:25:25.700><c> repeat</c><00:25:26.240><c> what</c><00:25:26.640><c> I</c><00:25:26.880><c> did</c> 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:29.500 in<00:25:27.900><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:33.720 I<00:25:31.099><c> just</c><00:25:31.180><c> want</c><00:25:31.259><c> you</c><00:25:31.400><c> to</c><00:25:31.400><c> notice</c><00:25:31.759><c> in</c><00:25:31.980><c> verse</c><00:25:32.200><c> 16</c><00:25:32.740><c> to</c><00:25:32.920><c> verse</c><00:25:33.180><c> 20</c><00:25:33.559><c> a</c> 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:37.039 number<00:25:33.960><c> of</c><00:25:34.380><c> phrases</c><00:25:34.779><c> that</c><00:25:35.220><c> come</c><00:25:35.420><c> up.</c> 00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:43.220 He<00:25:40.220><c> says</c><00:25:40.400><c> this</c><00:25:40.559><c> to</c><00:25:40.779><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:25:41.299><c> verse</c><00:25:41.700><c> 16.</c> 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:47.799 Therefore,<00:25:44.779><c> pray</c><00:25:45.099><c> not</c><00:25:45.539><c> thou</c><00:25:45.920><c> for</c><00:25:46.119><c> this</c><00:25:46.319><c> people,</c><00:25:46.960><c> neither</c><00:25:47.160><c> lift</c><00:25:47.480><c> up</c> 00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:49.359 cry<00:25:48.160><c> nor</c><00:25:48.440><c> prayer</c><00:25:48.759><c> for</c><00:25:48.980><c> them,</c> 00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:52.660 neither<00:25:49.880><c> make</c><00:25:50.220><c> intercession</c><00:25:50.740><c> to</c><00:25:50.940><c> me,</c><00:25:51.240><c> for</c><00:25:51.420><c> I</c><00:25:51.700><c> will</c><00:25:52.059><c> not</c><00:25:52.359><c> hear.</c> 00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:55.519 Number<00:25:53.059><c> one,</c><00:25:53.319><c> don't</c><00:25:53.640><c> pray,</c><00:25:54.019><c> I'm</c><00:25:54.180><c> not</c><00:25:54.359><c> going</c><00:25:54.480><c> to</c><00:25:54.660><c> hear.</c> 00:25:56.779 --> 00:26:00.420 Then<00:25:56.940><c> he</c><00:25:57.000><c> says</c><00:25:57.240><c> to</c><00:25:57.460><c> Jeremiah</c><00:25:57.839><c> in</c><00:25:58.039><c> verse</c><00:25:58.200><c> 17,</c><00:25:59.640><c> seeest</c><00:26:00.019><c> thou</c><00:26:00.180><c> not</c> 00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.940 what<00:26:00.599><c> they</c><00:26:00.980><c> do?</c> 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:06.200 Can<00:26:03.099><c> you</c><00:26:03.259><c> see</c><00:26:03.380><c> what</c><00:26:03.500><c> they're</c><00:26:03.799><c> doing,</c><00:26:05.140><c> Jeremiah?</c> 00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:08.380 That's<00:26:06.759><c> number</c><00:26:07.039><c> two.</c> 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:15.640 In<00:26:09.559><c> verse</c><00:26:09.859><c> 18,</c><00:26:11.720><c> the</c><00:26:13.079><c> children</c><00:26:13.599><c> gather</c><00:26:13.920><c> wood</c><00:26:14.339><c> in</c><00:26:15.200><c> the</c><00:26:15.400><c> streets</c> 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.200 of<00:26:15.799><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:20.099 The<00:26:16.420><c> fathers</c><00:26:16.880><c> kindle</c><00:26:17.220><c> the</c><00:26:17.420><c> fire,</c><00:26:17.740><c> the</c><00:26:17.819><c> women</c><00:26:18.180><c> knead</c><00:26:18.420><c> their</c><00:26:18.700><c> dough</c><00:26:19.059><c> to</c> 00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:21.400 make<00:26:20.420><c> cakes.</c> 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:23.980 So<00:26:21.579><c> there's</c><00:26:21.839><c> children,</c><00:26:22.519><c> there's</c><00:26:22.700><c> fathers,</c><00:26:23.220><c> there's</c><00:26:23.559><c> women</c> 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.599 involved<00:26:24.519><c> in</c><00:26:24.720><c> this.</c> 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:29.259 Everyone<00:26:26.079><c> in</c><00:26:26.359><c> the</c><00:26:26.640><c> streets</c><00:26:26.819><c> of</c><00:26:27.019><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:27.519><c> are</c><00:26:28.539><c> involved</c><00:26:28.940><c> in</c><00:26:29.119><c> this.</c> 00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.740 That's<00:26:29.519><c> number</c><00:26:29.759><c> three.</c> 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:37.619 They're<00:26:32.839><c> making</c><00:26:32.839><c> cakes</c><00:26:33.460><c> to</c><00:26:33.839><c> the</c><00:26:34.460><c> Queen</c><00:26:35.140><c> of</c><00:26:35.619><c> Heaven</c><00:26:36.160><c> to</c><00:26:37.460><c> pour</c> 00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:40.140 out<00:26:37.819><c> drink</c><00:26:38.079><c> offerings</c><00:26:38.559><c> unto</c><00:26:38.880><c> other</c><00:26:39.140><c> gods.</c> 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:42.019 That's<00:26:40.440><c> number</c><00:26:40.680><c> four.</c> 00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:47.980 And<00:26:43.160><c> all</c><00:26:43.759><c> of</c><00:26:43.960><c> this</c><00:26:44.539><c> is</c><00:26:45.279><c> provoking</c><00:26:46.000><c> me</c><00:26:46.539><c> to</c><00:26:46.960><c> anger</c><00:26:47.380><c> at</c><00:26:47.779><c> the</c><00:26:47.839><c> end</c> 00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:49.440 of<00:26:48.099><c> verse</c><00:26:48.319><c> 18.</c> 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:51.960 That's<00:26:50.099><c> number</c><00:26:50.339><c> five.</c> 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:56.619 And<00:26:52.980><c> then</c><00:26:53.119><c> down</c><00:26:53.220><c> in</c><00:26:53.380><c> verse</c><00:26:53.539><c> 20,</c><00:26:54.740><c> therefore</c><00:26:54.920><c> thus</c><00:26:55.259><c> saith</c><00:26:55.980><c> the</c> 00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.180 Lord<00:26:56.819><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:26:57.180 --> 00:27:01.059 Behold<00:26:57.599><c> my</c><00:26:57.740><c> anger</c><00:26:58.059><c> and</c><00:26:58.400><c> my</c><00:26:58.779><c> fury</c><00:26:59.180><c> shall</c><00:26:59.480><c> be</c><00:26:59.940><c> poured</c><00:27:00.319><c> out</c><00:27:00.799><c> upon</c> 00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:03.200 this<00:27:01.380><c> place.</c> 00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:06.980 That's<00:27:03.859><c> number</c><00:27:04.099><c> six.</c><00:27:04.720><c> My</c><00:27:05.059><c> fury</c><00:27:05.359><c> will</c><00:27:05.619><c> be</c><00:27:05.819><c> poured</c><00:27:05.980><c> out.</c> 00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:11.619 Now<00:27:07.920><c> all</c><00:27:08.119><c> of</c><00:27:08.319><c> those</c><00:27:08.599><c> things,</c><00:27:09.099><c> brothers</c><00:27:09.220><c> and</c><00:27:09.500><c> sisters,</c><00:27:10.880><c> happened.</c> 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:16.000 You<00:27:12.440><c> come</c><00:27:12.599><c> across</c><00:27:12.940><c> to</c><00:27:13.299><c> Ezekiel</c><00:27:13.920><c> chapter</c><00:27:14.319><c> eight</c><00:27:14.700><c> and</c><00:27:15.019><c> nine.</c> 00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:20.279 All<00:27:17.319><c> of</c><00:27:17.539><c> those</c><00:27:17.839><c> things</c><00:27:18.359><c> that</c><00:27:18.740><c> I</c><00:27:18.880><c> ask</c><00:27:19.019><c> you</c><00:27:19.200><c> to</c><00:27:19.420><c> tuck</c><00:27:19.539><c> away</c><00:27:19.900><c> are</c> 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:24.079 all<00:27:20.640><c> found</c><00:27:21.079><c> in</c><00:27:21.380><c> Ezekiel</c><00:27:22.119><c> eight</c><00:27:22.700><c> and</c><00:27:23.079><c> nine.</c> 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:40.019 And<00:27:32.279><c> here</c><00:27:32.519><c> Ezekiel</c><00:27:33.720><c> is</c><00:27:35.079><c> taken</c><00:27:35.579><c> to</c><00:27:36.180><c> that</c><00:27:36.480><c> temple</c><00:27:37.400><c> in</c><00:27:38.839><c> a</c><00:27:38.960><c> vision.</c> 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:44.140 And<00:27:41.880><c> on</c><00:27:42.000><c> the</c><00:27:42.099><c> outside</c><00:27:42.559><c> everyone</c><00:27:43.019><c> seemed</c><00:27:43.279><c> to</c><00:27:43.440><c> be</c><00:27:43.579><c> doing</c><00:27:43.779><c> just</c> 00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:45.539 the<00:27:44.240><c> right</c><00:27:44.440><c> things.</c> 00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:50.839 But<00:27:46.420><c> Ezekiel</c><00:27:46.960><c> was</c><00:27:47.220><c> given</c><00:27:47.519><c> a</c><00:27:47.779><c> most</c><00:27:48.279><c> unique</c><00:27:48.880><c> privilege</c><00:27:49.420><c> of</c><00:27:50.099><c> seeing</c><00:27:50.500><c> into</c> 00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:52.299 the<00:27:51.000><c> hearts</c><00:27:51.220><c> and</c><00:27:51.359><c> minds</c><00:27:51.559><c> of</c><00:27:51.720><c> God's</c><00:27:52.079><c> people.</c> 00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.900 Have<00:27:52.720><c> a</c><00:27:52.779><c> look</c><00:27:52.880><c> at</c><00:27:52.960><c> verse</c><00:27:53.240><c> eight.</c> 00:27:53.900 --> 00:27:56.799 Then<00:27:54.460><c> he</c><00:27:54.559><c> said</c><00:27:54.700><c> unto</c><00:27:54.900><c> me,</c><00:27:55.200><c> Son</c><00:27:55.319><c> of</c><00:27:55.480><c> man,</c><00:27:55.740><c> dig</c><00:27:55.980><c> now</c><00:27:56.240><c> in</c><00:27:56.400><c> the</c><00:27:56.599><c> wall.</c> 00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:59.119 And<00:27:57.019><c> when</c><00:27:57.299><c> I</c><00:27:57.559><c> had</c><00:27:57.759><c> digged</c><00:27:57.940><c> in</c><00:27:58.119><c> the</c><00:27:58.299><c> wall,</c><00:27:58.539><c> behold</c><00:27:58.759><c> a</c><00:27:58.960><c> door.</c> 00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:03.400 And<00:27:59.259><c> he</c><00:27:59.339><c> said</c><00:27:59.480><c> unto</c><00:27:59.619><c> me,</c><00:27:59.900><c> Go</c><00:28:00.079><c> in,</c><00:28:00.400><c> and</c><00:28:00.539><c> behold</c><00:28:00.920><c> the</c><00:28:01.460><c> wicked</c><00:28:01.900><c> abominations</c><00:28:02.539><c> that</c><00:28:02.680><c> they</c><00:28:02.859><c> do</c><00:28:03.019><c> here.</c> 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:05.859 So<00:28:03.880><c> I</c><00:28:04.019><c> went</c><00:28:04.240><c> in</c><00:28:04.579><c> and</c><00:28:04.799><c> saw.</c> 00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:09.279 And<00:28:06.319><c> behold,</c><00:28:06.599><c> every</c><00:28:07.200><c> form</c><00:28:07.500><c> of</c><00:28:07.779><c> creeping</c><00:28:08.039><c> thing</c><00:28:08.359><c> and</c><00:28:08.539><c> abominable</c><00:28:09.079><c> beasts</c> 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:11.980 and<00:28:09.440><c> all</c><00:28:09.559><c> the</c><00:28:09.740><c> idols</c><00:28:09.900><c> of</c><00:28:10.079><c> Israel</c><00:28:10.539><c> were</c><00:28:11.099><c> portrayed</c><00:28:11.480><c> upon</c><00:28:11.740><c> the</c> 00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:13.460 wall<00:28:12.180><c> round</c><00:28:12.480><c> about.</c> 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:16.940 And<00:28:14.700><c> there</c><00:28:14.859><c> stood</c><00:28:14.980><c> before</c><00:28:15.359><c> them</c><00:28:15.539><c> seventy</c><00:28:15.880><c> men</c><00:28:16.140><c> of</c><00:28:16.279><c> the</c><00:28:16.440><c> ancients</c><00:28:16.700><c> of</c><00:28:16.819><c> the</c> 00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.640 house<00:28:17.099><c> of</c><00:28:17.279><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:22.279 And<00:28:18.160><c> in</c><00:28:18.279><c> the</c><00:28:18.400><c> midst</c><00:28:18.559><c> of</c><00:28:18.720><c> them</c><00:28:18.920><c> stood</c><00:28:19.200><c> Jehaniah</c><00:28:19.880><c> the</c><00:28:20.099><c> son</c><00:28:20.339><c> of</c><00:28:20.579><c> Shefan</c><00:28:20.960><c> with</c><00:28:21.240><c> every</c><00:28:21.519><c> man</c><00:28:21.720><c> his</c><00:28:21.940><c> censer</c><00:28:22.200><c> in</c> 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:24.920 his<00:28:22.460><c> hand</c><00:28:22.619><c> and</c><00:28:22.799><c> a</c><00:28:22.940><c> thick</c><00:28:23.140><c> cloud</c><00:28:23.339><c> of</c><00:28:23.539><c> incense</c><00:28:23.759><c> went</c><00:28:23.940><c> up.</c> 00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:28.839 Then<00:28:25.519><c> said</c><00:28:25.779><c> he</c><00:28:25.920><c> unto</c><00:28:26.119><c> me,</c><00:28:27.019><c> Son</c><00:28:27.240><c> of</c><00:28:27.440><c> man,</c><00:28:27.779><c> hast</c><00:28:27.940><c> thou</c><00:28:28.140><c> seen</c><00:28:28.619><c> what</c> 00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:34.039 the<00:28:29.059><c> ancients</c><00:28:29.440><c> of</c><00:28:30.339><c> the</c><00:28:30.519><c> house</c><00:28:30.779><c> of</c><00:28:30.920><c> Israel</c><00:28:31.200><c> do</c><00:28:31.680><c> in</c><00:28:32.519><c> the</c><00:28:33.019><c> dark?</c> 00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:38.420 Every<00:28:34.759><c> man</c><00:28:35.079><c> in</c><00:28:35.279><c> the</c><00:28:35.539><c> chambers</c><00:28:36.119><c> of</c><00:28:36.680><c> his</c><00:28:37.480><c> imagery.</c> 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:42.440 So<00:28:38.759><c> Ezekiel</c><00:28:39.220><c> was</c><00:28:39.440><c> given</c><00:28:39.680><c> a</c><00:28:39.880><c> unique</c><00:28:40.240><c> privilege</c><00:28:40.700><c> to</c><00:28:40.940><c> go</c><00:28:41.299><c> inside</c> 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:45.400 the<00:28:43.000><c> minds</c><00:28:43.660><c> of</c><00:28:44.220><c> the</c><00:28:44.440><c> people</c><00:28:44.720><c> of</c><00:28:44.880><c> his</c><00:28:45.140><c> day.</c> 00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:49.740 To<00:28:46.160><c> go</c><00:28:46.460><c> inside</c><00:28:47.039><c> to</c><00:28:47.240><c> the</c><00:28:47.460><c> chambers</c><00:28:47.839><c> of</c><00:28:48.039><c> their</c><00:28:48.420><c> imaginations.</c> 00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:53.500 And<00:28:50.039><c> there</c><00:28:50.160><c> they</c><00:28:50.359><c> are</c><00:28:50.559><c> sitting</c><00:28:50.819><c> as</c><00:28:51.000><c> you</c><00:28:51.220><c> are</c><00:28:51.480><c> in</c><00:28:52.259><c> your</c><00:28:52.579><c> seats</c><00:28:52.940><c> here.</c> 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:56.500 There<00:28:53.940><c> they</c><00:28:54.240><c> were</c><00:28:54.579><c> sitting</c><00:28:54.980><c> in</c><00:28:55.299><c> the</c><00:28:55.539><c> temple.</c> 00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.819 And<00:28:57.160><c> on</c><00:28:57.380><c> the</c><00:28:57.559><c> outside</c><00:28:57.940><c> it</c><00:28:58.099><c> looked</c><00:28:58.220><c> like</c><00:28:58.359><c> they</c><00:28:58.500><c> were</c><00:28:58.640><c> doing</c> 00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:00.420 everything<00:28:59.279><c> right.</c> 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:03.640 But<00:29:02.039><c> God</c><00:29:02.220><c> says,</c><00:29:02.559><c> Ezekiel,</c><00:29:02.859><c> I'm</c><00:29:03.000><c> going</c><00:29:03.079><c> to</c><00:29:03.180><c> take</c><00:29:03.259><c> you</c><00:29:03.380><c> inside</c> 00:29:03.640 --> 00:29:04.279 their<00:29:03.940><c> minds.</c> 00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:06.500 This<00:29:04.539><c> is</c><00:29:04.720><c> what</c><00:29:04.819><c> they're</c><00:29:05.160><c> thinking</c><00:29:05.680><c> while</c><00:29:05.960><c> they're</c><00:29:06.259><c> sitting</c> 00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:10.740 here<00:29:06.839><c> singing</c><00:29:07.140><c> these</c><00:29:07.440><c> hymns,</c><00:29:08.259><c> doing</c><00:29:08.480><c> these</c><00:29:08.799><c> readings</c><00:29:09.180><c> and</c><00:29:10.180><c> partaking</c><00:29:10.559><c> of</c> 00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.319 the<00:29:10.940><c> emblems.</c> 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:14.460 Have<00:29:11.519><c> a</c><00:29:11.519><c> look</c><00:29:11.740><c> what's</c><00:29:11.960><c> going</c><00:29:12.299><c> on</c><00:29:12.619><c> in</c><00:29:12.759><c> their</c><00:29:13.079><c> minds.</c> 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.700 In<00:29:15.640><c> the</c><00:29:15.900><c> chambers</c><00:29:16.539><c> of</c><00:29:17.140><c> their</c><00:29:17.660><c> imagery.</c> 00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:26.059 Now<00:29:23.819><c> remember</c><00:29:23.960><c> those</c><00:29:24.220><c> six</c><00:29:24.500><c> things</c><00:29:24.859><c> that</c><00:29:25.039><c> I</c><00:29:25.200><c> mentioned?</c> 00:29:26.660 --> 00:29:27.579 What<00:29:26.740><c> was</c><00:29:26.880><c> the</c><00:29:27.000><c> first</c><00:29:27.279><c> one?</c> 00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:31.339 Jeremiah<00:29:28.259><c> said</c><00:29:29.039><c> that</c><00:29:29.160><c> God</c><00:29:29.359><c> said,</c><00:29:29.859><c> I</c><00:29:29.859><c> will</c><00:29:30.220><c> not</c><00:29:30.779><c> hear.</c> 00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:34.619 Have<00:29:31.960><c> a</c><00:29:32.039><c> look</c><00:29:32.099><c> at</c><00:29:32.200><c> chapter</c><00:29:32.380><c> 8</c><00:29:32.559><c> verse</c><00:29:32.819><c> 18</c><00:29:33.220><c> at</c><00:29:33.380><c> the</c><00:29:33.500><c> very</c><00:29:33.740><c> end.</c> 00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:37.480 Even<00:29:34.700><c> though</c><00:29:34.839><c> they</c><00:29:35.119><c> cry</c><00:29:35.339><c> with</c><00:29:35.519><c> a</c><00:29:35.599><c> loud</c><00:29:35.720><c> voice,</c><00:29:36.140><c> yet</c><00:29:36.480><c> I</c><00:29:37.079><c> will</c> 00:29:37.480 --> 00:29:39.339 not<00:29:38.059><c> hear</c><00:29:38.420><c> them.</c> 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:44.680 He<00:29:40.680><c> said</c><00:29:40.940><c> to</c><00:29:41.279><c> Jeremiah,</c><00:29:42.500><c> see</c><00:29:42.759><c> us</c><00:29:42.940><c> what</c><00:29:43.079><c> they</c><00:29:43.359><c> do.</c> 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:50.619 Well<00:29:45.240><c> here</c><00:29:45.759><c> to</c><00:29:46.059><c> Ezekiel</c><00:29:46.559><c> in</c><00:29:46.799><c> verse</c><00:29:47.000><c> 6</c><00:29:47.839><c> he</c><00:29:48.240><c> says,</c><00:29:49.519><c> he</c><00:29:49.559><c> said,</c><00:29:50.059><c> furthermore</c><00:29:50.259><c> unto</c><00:29:50.440><c> me,</c> 00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:54.039 son<00:29:50.759><c> of</c><00:29:50.920><c> man,</c><00:29:51.539><c> see</c><00:29:51.759><c> us</c><00:29:52.019><c> thou</c><00:29:52.279><c> what</c><00:29:52.519><c> they</c><00:29:52.900><c> do.</c> 00:29:57.700 --> 00:30:01.640 In<00:29:57.839><c> Jeremiah</c><00:29:58.279><c> 7,</c><00:30:00.039><c> the</c><00:30:00.160><c> streets</c><00:30:00.440><c> of</c><00:30:00.720><c> Jerusalem</c><00:30:01.119><c> were</c><00:30:01.380><c> filled</c> 00:30:01.640 --> 00:30:02.660 with<00:30:01.900><c> people.</c> 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:08.299 With<00:30:03.619><c> men,</c><00:30:04.599><c> women,</c><00:30:05.440><c> children,</c><00:30:06.339><c> fathers,</c><00:30:07.720><c> doing</c><00:30:07.859><c> all</c><00:30:08.099><c> these</c> 00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.200 abominable<00:30:08.799><c> things.</c> 00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:19.440 Well<00:30:09.559><c> in</c><00:30:09.720><c> chapter</c><00:30:10.019><c> 9,</c><00:30:15.359><c> chapter</c><00:30:15.500><c> 9</c><00:30:15.980><c> verse</c><00:30:16.480><c> 4</c><00:30:17.000><c> to</c><00:30:17.160><c> 6,</c><00:30:18.660><c> Yahweh</c><00:30:18.839><c> said,</c><00:30:19.440><c> go</c> 00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:21.400 through<00:30:19.740><c> those</c><00:30:20.099><c> streets.</c> 00:30:24.119 --> 00:30:26.240 And<00:30:24.200><c> in</c><00:30:24.319><c> verse</c><00:30:24.480><c> 5,</c><00:30:24.960><c> to</c><00:30:25.039><c> the</c><00:30:25.220><c> others</c><00:30:25.400><c> he</c><00:30:25.559><c> said</c><00:30:25.720><c> in</c><00:30:25.859><c> my</c><00:30:25.940><c> hearing,</c> 00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:29.339 go<00:30:26.579><c> ye</c><00:30:26.740><c> after</c><00:30:27.119><c> him</c><00:30:27.400><c> through</c><00:30:27.559><c> the</c><00:30:27.779><c> city</c><00:30:28.039><c> and</c><00:30:28.619><c> smite.</c> 00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:32.000 Let<00:30:30.019><c> not</c><00:30:30.299><c> your</c><00:30:30.519><c> eyes</c><00:30:30.880><c> spare,</c><00:30:31.359><c> neither</c><00:30:31.559><c> have</c><00:30:31.799><c> pity.</c> 00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:35.859 Slay<00:30:32.779><c> old,</c><00:30:33.680><c> young,</c><00:30:34.200><c> both</c><00:30:34.440><c> maids,</c><00:30:34.960><c> little</c><00:30:35.160><c> children</c><00:30:35.440><c> and</c><00:30:35.539><c> women.</c> 00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.839 There's<00:30:36.200><c> the</c><00:30:36.420><c> category</c><00:30:36.700><c> again.</c> 00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:42.519 Go<00:30:38.500><c> through</c><00:30:38.680><c> those</c><00:30:38.940><c> same</c><00:30:39.259><c> streets</c><00:30:39.880><c> and</c><00:30:40.519><c> this</c><00:30:40.759><c> time</c><00:30:41.140><c> kill</c><00:30:42.039><c> the</c> 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:44.759 children<00:30:42.819><c> and</c><00:30:43.000><c> the</c><00:30:43.180><c> fathers</c><00:30:43.480><c> and</c><00:30:43.660><c> the</c><00:30:43.799><c> women.</c> 00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:51.240 Jeremiah<00:30:48.220><c> said</c><00:30:48.779><c> that</c><00:30:48.960><c> they</c><00:30:49.200><c> were</c><00:30:49.519><c> worshipping</c><00:30:50.079><c> the</c><00:30:50.339><c> queen</c><00:30:50.640><c> of</c><00:30:51.000><c> heaven.</c> 00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:55.740 Well<00:30:51.660><c> chapter</c><00:30:52.480><c> 8</c><00:30:52.740><c> verse</c><00:30:52.960><c> 16,</c><00:30:54.319><c> it</c><00:30:54.319><c> says</c><00:30:54.440><c> at</c><00:30:54.599><c> the</c><00:30:54.759><c> end</c><00:30:54.900><c> there</c><00:30:55.019><c> were</c><00:30:55.180><c> these</c><00:30:55.480><c> 20</c> 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:57.680 men<00:30:56.019><c> and</c><00:30:56.140><c> they</c><00:30:56.359><c> had</c><00:30:56.539><c> their</c><00:30:56.819><c> backs</c><00:30:57.119><c> to</c><00:30:57.400><c> God.</c> 00:30:57.859 --> 00:31:01.319 And<00:30:57.859><c> they</c><00:30:58.019><c> were</c><00:30:58.240><c> looking</c><00:30:58.500><c> into</c><00:30:58.759><c> the</c><00:30:58.960><c> heavens</c><00:30:59.279><c> and</c><00:30:59.579><c> worshipping</c><00:30:59.920><c> the</c><00:31:00.140><c> sun.</c> 00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:09.700 The<00:31:05.539><c> next</c><00:31:05.779><c> thing</c><00:31:05.960><c> that</c><00:31:06.160><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:06.759><c> said</c><00:31:07.619><c> was</c><00:31:08.660><c> that</c><00:31:09.000><c> this</c><00:31:09.339><c> was</c> 00:31:09.700 --> 00:31:12.339 provoking<00:31:10.460><c> me</c><00:31:10.880><c> to</c><00:31:11.279><c> anger.</c> 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:16.079 Have<00:31:13.380><c> a</c><00:31:13.440><c> look</c><00:31:13.539><c> at</c><00:31:13.640><c> verse</c><00:31:13.819><c> 17.</c> 00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:19.440 Halfway<00:31:18.099><c> through</c><00:31:18.220><c> the</c><00:31:18.359><c> verse,</c><00:31:18.579><c> for</c><00:31:18.700><c> they</c><00:31:18.880><c> have</c><00:31:19.079><c> filled</c><00:31:19.220><c> the</c> 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:24.279 land<00:31:19.539><c> with</c><00:31:19.779><c> violence</c><00:31:20.099><c> and</c><00:31:20.220><c> have</c><00:31:20.460><c> returned</c><00:31:20.859><c> to</c><00:31:21.339><c> provoke</c><00:31:21.880><c> me</c><00:31:22.920><c> to</c><00:31:23.319><c> anger.</c> 00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:27.220 And<00:31:25.220><c> then</c><00:31:25.480><c> finally</c><00:31:25.660><c> the</c><00:31:25.799><c> last</c><00:31:26.019><c> thing</c><00:31:26.140><c> that</c><00:31:26.299><c> we</c><00:31:26.500><c> saw</c><00:31:26.759><c> was</c><00:31:27.019><c> that</c> 00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:29.440 God<00:31:27.420><c> said</c><00:31:27.579><c> my</c><00:31:27.859><c> fury</c><00:31:28.160><c> will</c><00:31:28.339><c> come</c><00:31:28.519><c> up</c><00:31:28.740><c> and</c><00:31:29.000><c> pour</c><00:31:29.160><c> out.</c> 00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:34.740 Well<00:31:29.619><c> verse</c><00:31:29.920><c> 18,</c><00:31:31.599><c> therefore</c><00:31:31.960><c> will</c><00:31:32.420><c> I</c><00:31:32.599><c> also</c><00:31:32.980><c> deal</c><00:31:33.420><c> in</c><00:31:34.319><c> fury.</c> 00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:39.180 Can<00:31:34.960><c> you</c><00:31:35.339><c> see</c><00:31:35.839><c> that</c><00:31:36.720><c> what</c><00:31:37.039><c> happened</c><00:31:37.339><c> is</c><00:31:37.599><c> a</c><00:31:37.799><c> prophecy</c><00:31:38.039><c> in</c><00:31:38.259><c> Jeremiah</c><00:31:38.700><c> is</c><00:31:38.980><c> going</c><00:31:39.079><c> to</c> 00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.759 be<00:31:39.299><c> fulfilled</c><00:31:39.640><c> in</c><00:31:39.880><c> Ezekiel.</c> 00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:44.779 God<00:31:41.299><c> had</c><00:31:41.460><c> had</c><00:31:41.619><c> enough,</c><00:31:41.960><c> destroy</c><00:31:42.500><c> them</c><00:31:42.759><c> just</c><00:31:43.200><c> like</c><00:31:43.740><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:47.119 He's<00:31:45.519><c> going</c><00:31:45.640><c> to</c><00:31:45.660><c> have</c><00:31:45.759><c> to</c><00:31:45.859><c> leave.</c><00:31:46.619><c> He's</c><00:31:46.720><c> going</c><00:31:46.859><c> to</c><00:31:46.880><c> have</c><00:31:46.960><c> to</c> 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.440 leave<00:31:47.259><c> them.</c> 00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:51.740 He's<00:31:47.559><c> going</c><00:31:47.660><c> to</c><00:31:47.700><c> have</c><00:31:47.839><c> to</c><00:31:49.559><c> depart</c><00:31:50.200><c> from</c><00:31:50.400><c> their</c><00:31:50.680><c> presence.</c> 00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:54.480 He's<00:31:52.279><c> going</c><00:31:52.400><c> to</c><00:31:52.420><c> have</c><00:31:52.519><c> to</c><00:31:52.680><c> forsake</c><00:31:53.099><c> them.</c> 00:31:56.940 --> 00:32:00.680 And<00:31:57.039><c> the</c><00:31:57.160><c> symbol</c><00:31:57.319><c> of</c><00:31:57.500><c> the</c><00:31:57.720><c> truth</c><00:31:58.420><c> of</c><00:31:59.359><c> God</c><00:31:59.619><c> leaving</c><00:32:00.039><c> them</c><00:32:00.240><c> brothers</c><00:32:00.440><c> and</c> 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:05.859 sisters<00:32:01.259><c> here</c><00:32:02.059><c> in</c><00:32:02.259><c> Ezekiel</c><00:32:03.339><c> was</c><00:32:03.920><c> that</c><00:32:04.099><c> his</c><00:32:04.339><c> glory</c><00:32:04.859><c> would</c><00:32:05.079><c> have</c> 00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:08.079 to<00:32:06.119><c> depart</c><00:32:06.660><c> from</c><00:32:06.980><c> them.</c> 00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:12.920 This<00:32:08.940><c> is</c><00:32:09.420><c> exactly</c><00:32:10.059><c> the</c><00:32:10.279><c> same</c><00:32:10.539><c> as</c><00:32:10.900><c> the</c><00:32:11.099><c> word</c><00:32:11.619><c> Ichabod.</c> 00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:15.380 The<00:32:13.619><c> glory</c><00:32:14.039><c> has</c><00:32:14.819><c> departed.</c> 00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:18.440 If<00:32:15.539><c> you</c><00:32:15.660><c> haven't</c><00:32:15.940><c> coloured</c><00:32:16.160><c> this</c><00:32:16.359><c> in</c><00:32:16.480><c> before,</c><00:32:16.920><c> just</c><00:32:17.019><c> have</c><00:32:17.160><c> a</c><00:32:17.240><c> look</c><00:32:17.720><c> at</c><00:32:17.920><c> chapter</c><00:32:18.099><c> 8</c> 00:32:18.440 --> 00:32:19.619 verse<00:32:18.839><c> 4.</c> 00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:23.759 Behold<00:32:20.140><c> the</c><00:32:20.359><c> glory</c><00:32:20.980><c> of</c><00:32:21.200><c> the</c><00:32:21.400><c> God</c><00:32:21.579><c> of</c><00:32:21.759><c> Israel</c><00:32:21.960><c> was</c><00:32:22.180><c> there</c><00:32:22.819><c> according</c><00:32:23.480><c> to</c> 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.839 the<00:32:23.960><c> vision.</c> 00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:28.279 But<00:32:25.839><c> the</c><00:32:26.079><c> glory</c><00:32:26.319><c> of</c><00:32:26.460><c> the</c><00:32:26.559><c> God</c><00:32:26.680><c> of</c><00:32:26.980><c> Israel</c><00:32:27.180><c> has</c><00:32:27.319><c> been</c><00:32:27.559><c> pushed</c><00:32:27.940><c> out.</c> 00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:31.799 An<00:32:28.759><c> image</c><00:32:29.180><c> of</c><00:32:29.500><c> jealousy</c><00:32:29.940><c> has</c><00:32:30.059><c> been</c><00:32:30.240><c> put</c><00:32:30.400><c> in</c><00:32:30.500><c> its</c><00:32:30.779><c> place.</c> 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:35.720 So<00:32:32.779><c> the</c><00:32:32.920><c> glory</c><00:32:33.200><c> of</c><00:32:33.420><c> God</c><00:32:33.660><c> is</c><00:32:33.839><c> starting</c><00:32:34.119><c> to</c><00:32:34.460><c> move.</c> 00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:39.880 Chapter<00:32:37.440><c> 9</c><00:32:37.900><c> verse</c><00:32:38.180><c> 3.</c> 00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:43.019 And<00:32:40.079><c> the</c><00:32:40.299><c> glory</c><00:32:40.660><c> of</c><00:32:41.160><c> the</c><00:32:41.279><c> God</c><00:32:41.440><c> of</c><00:32:41.660><c> Israel</c><00:32:41.900><c> was</c><00:32:42.240><c> gone</c><00:32:42.480><c> up</c><00:32:42.759><c> from</c> 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:46.200 the<00:32:43.279><c> cherub</c><00:32:43.460><c> whereupon</c><00:32:43.880><c> he</c><00:32:44.039><c> was</c><00:32:44.299><c> to</c><00:32:44.539><c> the</c><00:32:44.900><c> threshold</c><00:32:45.440><c> of</c><00:32:45.839><c> the</c><00:32:46.039><c> house.</c> 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:49.920 It's<00:32:46.579><c> moved</c><00:32:47.039><c> from</c><00:32:47.819><c> the</c><00:32:48.079><c> most</c><00:32:48.339><c> holy</c><00:32:48.559><c> place</c><00:32:48.940><c> and</c><00:32:49.059><c> it's</c><00:32:49.319><c> now</c><00:32:49.640><c> on</c> 00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.440 the<00:32:50.160><c> threshold.</c> 00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:53.440 The<00:32:50.819><c> glory</c><00:32:51.240><c> is</c><00:32:51.759><c> departing.</c> 00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:58.680 Then<00:32:56.619><c> chapter</c><00:32:56.779><c> 10</c><00:32:57.160><c> verse</c><00:32:57.500><c> 18.</c> 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:02.980 Then<00:32:59.799><c> the</c><00:32:59.940><c> glory</c><00:33:00.460><c> of</c><00:33:00.740><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:01.059><c> departed</c><00:33:01.640><c> from</c><00:33:01.859><c> off</c><00:33:02.019><c> the</c><00:33:02.220><c> threshold</c><00:33:02.640><c> of</c><00:33:02.839><c> the</c> 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:05.099 house<00:33:03.180><c> and</c><00:33:03.380><c> stood</c><00:33:03.559><c> over</c><00:33:03.799><c> the</c><00:33:04.019><c> cherubims.</c> 00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:08.119 And<00:33:06.220><c> the</c><00:33:06.339><c> cherubims</c><00:33:06.720><c> lifted</c><00:33:06.940><c> up</c><00:33:07.140><c> their</c><00:33:07.240><c> wings</c><00:33:07.519><c> and</c><00:33:07.799><c> mounted</c> 00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:09.440 up<00:33:08.359><c> from</c><00:33:08.539><c> the</c><00:33:08.720><c> earth</c><00:33:08.880><c> in</c><00:33:09.039><c> my</c><00:33:09.259><c> sight.</c> 00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:12.279 And<00:33:09.660><c> it</c><00:33:09.980><c> leaves</c><00:33:10.619><c> the</c><00:33:11.079><c> temple.</c> 00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:15.680 And<00:33:13.759><c> then</c><00:33:13.859><c> you</c><00:33:13.900><c> come</c><00:33:14.039><c> over</c><00:33:14.180><c> to</c><00:33:14.299><c> chapter</c><00:33:14.539><c> 11.</c> 00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:18.640 Yeah,<00:33:16.240><c> chapter</c><00:33:16.420><c> 10</c><00:33:16.859><c> and</c><00:33:17.079><c> verse</c><00:33:17.440><c> 22.</c> 00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:22.279 Then<00:33:20.400><c> did</c><00:33:20.579><c> the</c><00:33:20.740><c> cherubims</c><00:33:21.119><c> lift</c><00:33:21.279><c> up</c><00:33:21.420><c> their</c><00:33:21.559><c> wings</c><00:33:21.960><c> and</c><00:33:22.140><c> the</c> 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.019 wills<00:33:22.579><c> beside</c><00:33:22.819><c> them.</c> 00:33:23.039 --> 00:33:25.579 And<00:33:23.200><c> the</c><00:33:23.460><c> glory</c><00:33:23.779><c> of</c><00:33:23.960><c> the</c><00:33:24.079><c> God</c><00:33:24.200><c> of</c><00:33:24.339><c> Israel</c><00:33:24.599><c> was</c><00:33:24.920><c> over</c><00:33:25.180><c> them</c><00:33:25.339><c> above.</c> 00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:28.380 And<00:33:25.859><c> the</c><00:33:26.059><c> glory</c><00:33:26.460><c> of</c><00:33:26.779><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:27.039><c> went</c><00:33:27.279><c> up</c><00:33:27.539><c> from</c><00:33:27.759><c> the</c><00:33:27.920><c> midst</c><00:33:28.059><c> of</c><00:33:28.240><c> the</c> 00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:31.859 city<00:33:28.599><c> and</c><00:33:28.859><c> stood</c><00:33:29.160><c> upon</c><00:33:29.460><c> the</c><00:33:29.700><c> mountain,</c><00:33:30.559><c> the</c><00:33:30.740><c> Mount</c><00:33:30.980><c> of</c><00:33:31.339><c> Olives.</c> 00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:34.380 And<00:33:32.259><c> from</c><00:33:32.480><c> there</c><00:33:32.720><c> it</c><00:33:32.920><c> returned</c><00:33:33.200><c> to</c><00:33:33.440><c> God.</c> 00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:36.359 It<00:33:35.279><c> left</c><00:33:35.440><c> from</c><00:33:35.619><c> the</c><00:33:35.700><c> Mount</c><00:33:35.819><c> of</c><00:33:36.059><c> Olives.</c> 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:40.579 This<00:33:36.819><c> is</c><00:33:37.059><c> the</c><00:33:37.220><c> whole</c><00:33:37.660><c> same</c><00:33:38.099><c> story</c><00:33:38.519><c> of</c><00:33:38.700><c> 1</c><00:33:39.000><c> Samuel</c><00:33:39.400><c> 4.</c> 00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:42.299 They're<00:33:41.119><c> doing</c><00:33:41.200><c> the</c><00:33:41.519><c> same</c><00:33:41.779><c> things.</c> 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:44.259 Shiloh's<00:33:43.279><c> getting</c><00:33:43.700><c> sacked.</c> 00:33:44.440 --> 00:33:45.859 Well,<00:33:44.700><c> it's</c><00:33:44.940><c> going</c><00:33:45.039><c> to</c><00:33:45.160><c> be</c><00:33:45.380><c> repeated.</c> 00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.599 The<00:33:46.480><c> glory</c><00:33:46.759><c> is</c><00:33:47.019><c> departing.</c> 00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:48.200 The<00:33:47.859><c> Ichabod.</c> 00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:53.240 Well,<00:33:48.700><c> the</c><00:33:48.839><c> glory</c><00:33:49.099><c> is</c><00:33:49.380><c> departing</c><00:33:49.839><c> here</c><00:33:50.220><c> in</c><00:33:50.460><c> Ezekiel</c><00:33:51.019><c> 8</c><00:33:51.480><c> and</c><00:33:51.720><c> 9.</c> 00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:58.980 There's<00:33:57.299><c> a</c><00:33:57.380><c> powerful</c><00:33:57.759><c> lesson</c><00:33:58.059><c> for</c><00:33:58.240><c> us</c><00:33:58.420><c> here,</c><00:33:58.680><c> brothers</c><00:33:58.779><c> and</c> 00:33:58.980 --> 00:34:00.519 sisters,<00:33:59.240><c> in</c><00:33:59.359><c> this</c><00:33:59.599><c> story.</c> 00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:04.099 We're<00:34:01.680><c> laboring</c><00:34:01.920><c> this</c><00:34:02.140><c> because</c><00:34:02.359><c> we</c><00:34:02.720><c> want</c><00:34:02.859><c> to</c><00:34:03.059><c> take</c><00:34:03.240><c> you</c><00:34:03.380><c> to</c><00:34:03.519><c> some</c><00:34:03.740><c> words</c><00:34:03.960><c> of</c> 00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.799 the<00:34:04.240><c> Apostle</c><00:34:04.579><c> Paul</c> 00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:08.679 and<00:34:04.920><c> put</c><00:34:05.099><c> this</c><00:34:05.339><c> in</c><00:34:06.200><c> an</c><00:34:06.339><c> application</c><00:34:06.880><c> for</c><00:34:07.079><c> you</c><00:34:07.299><c> and</c><00:34:07.400><c> for</c><00:34:07.599><c> me.</c> 00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:11.840 Paul<00:34:09.659><c> brings</c><00:34:09.980><c> this</c><00:34:10.360><c> all</c><00:34:10.880><c> out</c><00:34:11.179><c> for</c><00:34:11.360><c> us.</c> 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:16.380 There's<00:34:12.280><c> two</c><00:34:12.460><c> things</c><00:34:12.659><c> we</c><00:34:12.820><c> just</c><00:34:13.039><c> have</c><00:34:13.239><c> to</c><00:34:13.639><c> note</c><00:34:13.960><c> here</c><00:34:14.300><c> in</c><00:34:14.420><c> Ezekiel</c><00:34:14.880><c> 8</c><00:34:15.199><c> and</c><00:34:15.380><c> 9.</c> 00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:19.380 Before<00:34:16.940><c> 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gods</c><00:34:56.219><c> in</c><00:34:57.139><c> the</c><00:34:57.300><c> place</c><00:34:57.579><c> of</c><00:34:57.840><c> God.</c> 00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:03.480 And<00:34:59.420><c> that</c><00:34:59.679><c> resulted</c><00:35:00.300><c> in</c><00:35:01.480><c> chapter</c><00:35:01.739><c> 9,</c><00:35:02.239><c> verse</c><00:35:02.460><c> 9.</c> 00:35:04.559 --> 00:35:07.500 If<00:35:04.659><c> you've</c><00:35:04.960><c> got</c><00:35:05.420><c> idols</c><00:35:05.860><c> all</c><00:35:06.179><c> in</c><00:35:06.320><c> your</c><00:35:06.559><c> mind,</c><00:35:06.960><c> brothers</c><00:35:07.099><c> and</c><00:35:07.280><c> sisters,</c><00:35:07.340><c> if</c> 00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:10.280 you've<00:35:07.760><c> pushed</c><00:35:08.159><c> God</c><00:35:08.460><c> out</c><00:35:08.699><c> and</c><00:35:08.800><c> you've</c><00:35:08.960><c> got</c><00:35:09.079><c> other</c><00:35:09.280><c> things</c><00:35:09.679><c> in</c> 00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.679 your<00:35:10.639><c> mind,</c> 00:35:12.219 --> 00:35:16.519 it<00:35:12.780><c> means</c><00:35:13.340><c> that</c><00:35:13.619><c> you</c><00:35:13.719><c> have</c><00:35:13.960><c> a</c><00:35:14.199><c> mind</c><00:35:14.539><c> that</c><00:35:14.760><c> can</c><00:35:15.039><c> no</c><00:35:15.340><c> longer</c><00:35:15.880><c> make</c> 00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.880 good<00:35:17.099><c> decisions.</c> 00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:20.500 Verse<00:35:18.460><c> 9,</c><00:35:19.360><c> chapter</c><00:35:19.519><c> 9,</c><00:35:20.039><c> verse</c><00:35:20.139><c> 9.</c> 00:35:20.639 --> 00:35:23.820 Then<00:35:20.719><c> said</c><00:35:20.960><c> he</c><00:35:21.079><c> unto</c><00:35:21.219><c> me,</c><00:35:21.860><c> the</c><00:35:21.920><c> iniquity</c><00:35:22.360><c> of</c><00:35:22.460><c> the</c><00:35:22.579><c> house</c><00:35:22.739><c> of</c><00:35:22.900><c> Israel</c><00:35:23.139><c> and</c><00:35:23.300><c> Judah</c><00:35:23.460><c> is</c> 00:35:23.820 --> 00:35:26.320 exceeding<00:35:24.300><c> great,</c><00:35:24.880><c> and</c><00:35:25.000><c> the</c><00:35:25.199><c> land</c><00:35:25.440><c> is</c><00:35:25.639><c> full</c><00:35:25.800><c> of</c><00:35:26.000><c> blood,</c> 00:35:26.739 --> 00:35:30.780 and<00:35:26.940><c> the</c><00:35:27.260><c> city</c><00:35:27.619><c> is</c><00:35:28.019><c> full</c><00:35:28.480><c> of</c><00:35:29.119><c> perverseness.</c> 00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:33.659 Now<00:35:31.380><c> you</c><00:35:31.420><c> just</c><00:35:31.559><c> look</c><00:35:31.659><c> at</c><00:35:31.760><c> the</c><00:35:31.940><c> margin</c><00:35:32.219><c> for</c><00:35:32.400><c> that</c><00:35:32.619><c> word</c><00:35:32.880><c> perverseness.</c> 00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:38.780 It<00:35:34.119><c> means</c><00:35:34.480><c> arresting</c><00:35:35.519><c> of</c><00:35:36.019><c> judgement,</c><00:35:37.019><c> arresting</c><00:35:37.820><c> of</c><00:35:38.219><c> decisions.</c> 00:35:38.780 --> 00:35:44.860 You<00:35:39.340><c> can't</c><00:35:40.360><c> make</c><00:35:41.000><c> good</c><00:35:41.320><c> decisions</c><00:35:41.980><c> when</c><00:35:42.539><c> God</c><00:35:43.079><c> is</c><00:35:43.320><c> not</c><00:35:43.539><c> in</c><00:35:43.619><c> your</c><00:35:43.860><c> mind.</c> 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:49.039 If<00:35:45.079><c> you've</c><00:35:45.380><c> replaced</c><00:35:45.800><c> that</c><00:35:46.099><c> with</c><00:35:46.360><c> distractions</c><00:35:47.179><c> and</c><00:35:48.679><c> God's</c> 00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:52.320 now<00:35:49.219><c> pushed</c><00:35:49.539><c> to</c><00:35:49.719><c> the</c><00:35:50.079><c> sort</c><00:35:50.159><c> of</c><00:35:50.599><c> sidelines</c><00:35:51.239><c> to</c><00:35:51.500><c> the</c><00:35:51.739><c> door</c><00:35:52.079><c> of</c> 00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.820 your<00:35:52.559><c> mind,</c> 00:35:52.820 --> 00:35:56.360 and<00:35:53.000><c> even</c><00:35:53.219><c> in</c><00:35:53.440><c> some</c><00:35:53.619><c> cases</c><00:35:54.199><c> had</c><00:35:54.679><c> to</c><00:35:55.099><c> leave</c><00:35:55.460><c> your</c><00:35:55.800><c> mind</c><00:35:56.000><c> and</c><00:35:56.179><c> go</c> 00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:58.679 up,<00:35:56.579><c> as</c><00:35:56.780><c> it</c><00:35:56.920><c> were,</c><00:35:57.079><c> to</c><00:35:57.199><c> the</c><00:35:57.400><c> nearest</c><00:35:57.639><c> mountain,</c> 00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:02.820 what<00:36:00.079><c> you've</c><00:36:00.340><c> got</c><00:36:00.519><c> left</c><00:36:00.780><c> is</c><00:36:00.980><c> a</c><00:36:01.199><c> mind</c><00:36:01.460><c> that</c><00:36:01.699><c> can</c><00:36:01.900><c> no</c><00:36:02.139><c> longer</c> 00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:06.119 make<00:36:03.900><c> good</c><00:36:04.239><c> decisions,</c><00:36:04.960><c> make</c><00:36:05.159><c> good</c><00:36:05.579><c> judgements.</c> 00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:08.639 You're<00:36:06.380><c> resting</c><00:36:06.840><c> with</c><00:36:07.360><c> judgements,</c><00:36:07.980><c> and</c><00:36:08.079><c> you're</c><00:36:08.219><c> coming</c><00:36:08.420><c> up</c> 00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:10.460 with<00:36:08.880><c> wrong</c><00:36:09.199><c> conclusions.</c> 00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:16.079 We'll<00:36:13.340><c> come</c><00:36:13.460><c> over</c><00:36:13.639><c> to</c><00:36:13.780><c> Romans</c><00:36:14.099><c> chapter</c><00:36:14.460><c> 1,</c><00:36:14.820><c> brothers</c><00:36:14.940><c> and</c><00:36:15.159><c> sisters.</c> 00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:19.940 Paul<00:36:16.920><c> quotes</c><00:36:17.280><c> these</c><00:36:17.599><c> words,</c><00:36:18.719><c> and</c><00:36:18.860><c> I</c><00:36:19.000><c> think</c><00:36:19.079><c> it's</c><00:36:19.260><c> very</c><00:36:19.599><c> powerful.</c> 00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:23.099 This<00:36:20.199><c> is</c><00:36:20.519><c> the</c><00:36:20.820><c> whole</c><00:36:21.340><c> lesson</c><00:36:21.760><c> of</c><00:36:22.159><c> Shiloh.</c> 00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:27.300 If<00:36:23.780><c> you</c><00:36:23.960><c> end</c><00:36:24.139><c> up</c><00:36:24.400><c> with</c><00:36:24.559><c> that</c><00:36:24.860><c> type</c><00:36:25.019><c> of</c><00:36:25.320><c> religion,</c><00:36:26.579><c> you</c><00:36:26.760><c> end</c><00:36:26.980><c> up</c> 00:36:27.300 --> 00:36:30.659 with<00:36:27.500><c> an</c><00:36:27.840><c> inability</c><00:36:28.559><c> to</c><00:36:29.500><c> make</c><00:36:29.719><c> good</c><00:36:30.039><c> decisions.</c> 00:36:30.659 --> 00:36:37.599 And<00:36:31.099><c> of</c><00:36:31.360><c> course,</c><00:36:32.239><c> if</c><00:36:32.360><c> you</c><00:36:32.519><c> can't</c><00:36:32.739><c> make</c><00:36:32.860><c> good</c><00:36:33.099><c> decisions,</c><00:36:35.019><c> that's</c><00:36:36.760><c> going</c><00:36:36.940><c> to</c> 00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:44.619 cause<00:36:39.739><c> destruction</c><00:36:40.860><c> in</c><00:36:42.760><c> your</c><00:36:43.000><c> family,</c><00:36:43.480><c> in</c><00:36:43.519><c> your</c><00:36:43.760><c> personal</c><00:36:44.000><c> life,</c><00:36:44.340><c> and</c><00:36:44.500><c> in</c> 00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:45.639 your<00:36:44.880><c> leisure.</c> 00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:48.079 It's<00:36:46.420><c> going</c><00:36:46.539><c> to</c><00:36:46.679><c> reap</c><00:36:46.820><c> destruction.</c> 00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:50.480 It's<00:36:48.460><c> not</c><00:36:48.559><c> going</c><00:36:48.639><c> to</c><00:36:48.659><c> be</c><00:36:48.800><c> a</c><00:36:49.019><c> success</c><00:36:49.219><c> story</c><00:36:49.460><c> at</c><00:36:49.659><c> all.</c> 00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:54.039 Your<00:36:50.760><c> decisions</c><00:36:51.039><c> will</c><00:36:51.260><c> be</c><00:36:51.480><c> poor,</c><00:36:52.300><c> they'll</c><00:36:52.500><c> be</c><00:36:52.679><c> godless,</c><00:36:53.639><c> and</c> 00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:55.960 the<00:36:54.280><c> consequences</c><00:36:54.659><c> will</c><00:36:54.920><c> be</c><00:36:55.119><c> dire.</c> 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:58.039 So<00:36:56.159><c> have</c><00:36:56.260><c> a</c><00:36:56.320><c> look</c><00:36:56.440><c> at</c><00:36:56.539><c> Paul</c><00:36:56.800><c> in</c><00:36:57.059><c> Romans</c><00:36:57.360><c> chapter</c><00:36:57.639><c> 1.</c> 00:36:58.039 --> 00:37:01.280 Look<00:36:58.400><c> at</c><00:36:58.519><c> this,</c><00:36:58.739><c> first</c><00:36:58.880><c> of</c><00:36:59.019><c> all,</c><00:36:59.260><c> verse</c><00:36:59.619><c> 21.</c> 00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:34.840 They<00:37:33.360><c> replaced</c><00:37:34.179><c> God,</c><00:37:34.619><c> you</c><00:37:34.619><c> see.</c> 00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:40.199 They<00:37:35.059><c> changed</c><00:37:35.659><c> God's</c><00:37:36.159><c> glory</c><00:37:36.699><c> into</c><00:37:38.239><c> animal</c><00:37:39.159><c> worship.</c> 00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:46.699 It's<00:37:41.820><c> directly</c><00:37:42.239><c> a</c><00:37:42.599><c> quotation</c><00:37:43.119><c> from</c><00:37:43.559><c> Ezekiel</c><00:37:44.179><c> 8</c><00:37:44.739><c> and</c><00:37:45.199><c> verse</c><00:37:45.380><c> 10.</c> 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:53.059 And<00:37:47.380><c> the</c><00:37:47.500><c> result</c><00:37:47.900><c> was,</c><00:37:48.380><c> when</c><00:37:48.440><c> you</c><00:37:48.659><c> replace</c><00:37:49.019><c> God,</c><00:37:49.340><c> brothers</c><00:37:49.559><c> and</c><00:37:49.800><c> sisters,</c><00:37:51.340><c> verse</c><00:37:51.659><c> 28,</c><00:37:52.679><c> this</c><00:37:52.920><c> is</c> 00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:54.179 what<00:37:53.199><c> happens.</c> 00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:59.440 And<00:37:54.960><c> even</c><00:37:55.599><c> as</c><00:37:55.960><c> they</c><00:37:56.239><c> did</c><00:37:56.639><c> not</c><00:37:57.000><c> like</c><00:37:57.300><c> to</c><00:37:57.739><c> retain</c><00:37:58.519><c> God</c><00:37:59.000><c> in</c><00:37:59.219><c> their</c> 00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:05.400 knowledge,<00:38:00.440><c> God's</c><00:38:00.619><c> no</c><00:38:00.800><c> longer</c><00:38:00.960><c> in</c><00:38:01.139><c> their</c><00:38:01.380><c> minds,</c><00:38:03.079><c> God</c><00:38:03.539><c> gave</c><00:38:03.900><c> them</c><00:38:04.119><c> over</c><00:38:04.599><c> to</c><00:38:04.960><c> a</c> 00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:08.260 reprobate<00:38:06.920><c> mind.</c> 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:10.000 Have<00:38:08.719><c> a</c><00:38:08.800><c> look</c><00:38:08.840><c> at</c><00:38:08.920><c> the</c><00:38:09.079><c> margin.</c> 00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:16.599 A<00:38:11.300><c> mind</c><00:38:11.880><c> void</c><00:38:12.659><c> of</c><00:38:13.199><c> judgment,</c><00:38:14.039><c> a</c><00:38:14.340><c> mind</c><00:38:14.800><c> that</c><00:38:15.079><c> is</c><00:38:15.539><c> perverse.</c> 00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:19.360 That's<00:38:17.559><c> Ezekiel</c><00:38:18.239><c> 9,</c><00:38:18.719><c> verse</c><00:38:18.940><c> 9.</c> 00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:25.559 A<00:38:20.619><c> mind</c><00:38:20.920><c> that</c><00:38:21.119><c> is</c><00:38:21.420><c> incapable</c><00:38:22.179><c> of</c><00:38:22.679><c> making</c><00:38:23.260><c> good</c><00:38:23.880><c> decisions,</c><00:38:25.360><c> a</c> 00:38:25.559 --> 00:38:28.360 mind<00:38:26.099><c> void</c><00:38:26.780><c> of</c><00:38:27.260><c> judgment.</c> 00:38:30.300 --> 00:38:34.539 There's<00:38:30.440><c> a</c><00:38:30.519><c> little</c><00:38:30.699><c> play</c><00:38:30.880><c> on</c><00:38:31.059><c> words</c><00:38:31.400><c> here,</c><00:38:31.900><c> brothers</c><00:38:31.980><c> and</c><00:38:32.219><c> sisters,</c><00:38:34.039><c> because</c><00:38:34.400><c> the</c> 00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:40.039 word<00:38:35.119><c> reprobate</c><00:38:36.420><c> means</c><00:38:37.619><c> to</c><00:38:38.199><c> prove</c><00:38:38.619><c> or</c><00:38:39.059><c> to</c><00:38:39.480><c> test.</c> 00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:44.340 Okay,<00:38:41.159><c> and</c><00:38:41.340><c> God's</c><00:38:41.719><c> given</c><00:38:41.900><c> every</c><00:38:42.300><c> one</c><00:38:42.480><c> of</c><00:38:42.699><c> you</c><00:38:43.099><c> a</c><00:38:43.739><c> wonderful,</c> 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:48.599 brilliant<00:38:44.980><c> mind,</c><00:38:45.400><c> and</c><00:38:45.539><c> you</c><00:38:45.699><c> can</c><00:38:46.019><c> test</c><00:38:46.480><c> theories</c><00:38:47.019><c> out</c><00:38:47.519><c> for</c><00:38:47.699><c> yourself</c><00:38:48.199><c> and</c> 00:38:48.599 --> 00:38:51.320 come<00:38:48.860><c> to</c><00:38:49.000><c> your</c><00:38:49.199><c> own</c><00:38:49.440><c> convictions</c><00:38:49.980><c> about</c><00:38:50.360><c> things.</c> 00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:53.840 And<00:38:51.440><c> although</c><00:38:51.599><c> the</c><00:38:51.800><c> world</c><00:38:51.920><c> out</c><00:38:52.059><c> there</c><00:38:52.260><c> might</c><00:38:52.500><c> say</c><00:38:52.820><c> that</c><00:38:53.099><c> evolution</c><00:38:53.559><c> took</c> 00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:56.420 place,<00:38:54.099><c> you've</c><00:38:54.340><c> got</c><00:38:54.440><c> a</c><00:38:54.619><c> mind</c><00:38:54.820><c> that</c><00:38:55.039><c> can</c><00:38:55.159><c> go</c><00:38:55.360><c> and</c><00:38:55.619><c> reason</c><00:38:55.920><c> through</c><00:38:56.219><c> and</c> 00:38:56.420 --> 00:39:00.380 test<00:38:56.780><c> and</c><00:38:57.099><c> prove</c><00:38:57.380><c> and</c><00:38:57.920><c> come</c><00:38:58.179><c> to</c><00:38:58.300><c> the</c><00:38:58.539><c> right</c><00:38:58.760><c> decision</c><00:38:59.340><c> and</c><00:39:00.139><c> say</c> 00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:01.820 that's<00:39:00.760><c> nonsense.</c> 00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:10.239 Well,<00:39:05.920><c> this</c><00:39:05.980><c> word,</c><00:39:06.739><c> reprobate,</c><00:39:08.460><c> is</c><00:39:08.579><c> the</c><00:39:08.920><c> same</c><00:39:09.260><c> as</c><00:39:09.539><c> the</c><00:39:09.739><c> word</c> 00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:12.500 like<00:39:10.900><c> in</c><00:39:11.579><c> verse</c><00:39:11.860><c> 28.</c> 00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:14.699 Exactly<00:39:13.239><c> the</c><00:39:13.440><c> same</c><00:39:13.579><c> word.</c> 00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:19.500 And<00:39:15.380><c> even</c><00:39:15.760><c> as</c><00:39:16.239><c> they</c><00:39:16.559><c> did</c><00:39:16.920><c> not</c><00:39:17.519><c> like</c><00:39:18.039><c> to</c><00:39:18.440><c> retain</c><00:39:18.780><c> God</c><00:39:19.099><c> in</c><00:39:19.300><c> their</c> 00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:22.639 knowledge,<00:39:19.860><c> God</c><00:39:20.179><c> gave</c><00:39:20.519><c> them</c><00:39:20.840><c> over</c><00:39:21.280><c> to</c><00:39:21.519><c> a</c><00:39:21.860><c> reprobate</c><00:39:22.460><c> mind.</c> 00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:24.960 There's<00:39:22.900><c> a</c><00:39:23.019><c> play</c><00:39:23.099><c> on</c><00:39:23.280><c> words</c><00:39:23.500><c> here,</c><00:39:23.599><c> it's</c><00:39:23.739><c> the</c><00:39:23.860><c> same</c><00:39:24.059><c> word.</c> 00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:33.059 Let<00:39:29.039><c> me</c><00:39:29.199><c> just</c><00:39:29.840><c> summarise</c><00:39:30.239><c> it</c><00:39:30.400><c> how</c><00:39:30.559><c> I</c><00:39:30.739><c> think</c><00:39:30.940><c> it's</c><00:39:31.280><c> being</c><00:39:31.760><c> presented</c><00:39:32.159><c> here.</c> 00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:41.380 Because<00:39:36.519><c> they</c><00:39:37.139><c> were</c><00:39:37.639><c> unwilling</c><00:39:38.360><c> to</c><00:39:39.440><c> examine</c><00:39:39.900><c> the</c><00:39:40.280><c> proofs</c><00:39:41.260><c> of</c> 00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:45.719 God's<00:39:41.960><c> existence,</c><00:39:43.659><c> God</c><00:39:43.940><c> left</c><00:39:44.280><c> them</c><00:39:44.460><c> with</c><00:39:44.679><c> a</c><00:39:44.880><c> mind</c><00:39:45.199><c> that</c><00:39:45.500><c> could</c> 00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:47.320 no<00:39:45.980><c> longer</c><00:39:46.420><c> examine.</c> 00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:51.639 And<00:39:49.860><c> that's</c><00:39:50.039><c> what</c><00:39:50.199><c> happens,</c><00:39:50.699><c> brothers</c><00:39:50.780><c> and</c><00:39:51.000><c> sisters,</c><00:39:51.500><c> when</c> 00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:53.320 we<00:39:51.860><c> replace</c><00:39:52.260><c> God.</c> 00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:56.480 And<00:39:54.780><c> we</c><00:39:54.920><c> live</c><00:39:55.099><c> in</c><00:39:55.219><c> a</c><00:39:55.400><c> world,</c><00:39:55.679><c> brothers</c><00:39:55.800><c> and</c><00:39:56.039><c> sisters,</c><00:39:56.320><c> that</c> 00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:58.059 has<00:39:56.739><c> replaced</c><00:39:57.179><c> God</c><00:39:57.480><c> completely.</c> 00:39:58.139 --> 00:40:01.519 In<00:39:58.260><c> fact,</c><00:39:58.420><c> they've</c><00:39:58.639><c> tried</c><00:39:58.820><c> to</c><00:39:59.079><c> wipe</c><00:39:59.239><c> his</c><00:39:59.539><c> name</c><00:39:59.719><c> out</c><00:39:59.900><c> of</c><00:40:00.199><c> existence,</c><00:40:00.659><c> and</c><00:40:00.800><c> you're</c><00:40:01.079><c> living</c><00:40:01.360><c> in</c> 00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.679 that<00:40:01.800><c> world.</c> 00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:07.960 And<00:40:03.019><c> if</c><00:40:03.159><c> you</c><00:40:03.360><c> continue</c><00:40:03.920><c> to</c><00:40:04.260><c> allow</c><00:40:04.480><c> that</c><00:40:04.880><c> thinking</c><00:40:05.340><c> to</c><00:40:06.360><c> encroach</c><00:40:07.460><c> on</c><00:40:07.679><c> your</c> 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:12.579 lifestyle<00:40:08.559><c> and</c><00:40:09.619><c> on</c><00:40:09.780><c> the</c><00:40:09.940><c> lifestyle</c><00:40:10.320><c> of</c><00:40:10.500><c> your</c><00:40:10.699><c> family</c><00:40:11.099><c> and</c><00:40:11.280><c> your</c><00:40:11.500><c> ecclesia,</c><00:40:12.059><c> you'll</c><00:40:12.380><c> end</c> 00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:14.440 up<00:40:12.860><c> forgetting</c><00:40:13.280><c> who</c><00:40:13.539><c> God</c><00:40:13.719><c> is.</c> 00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:18.159 And<00:40:15.199><c> you'll</c><00:40:15.440><c> end</c><00:40:15.739><c> up</c><00:40:16.059><c> making</c><00:40:16.599><c> bad</c><00:40:17.039><c> decisions.</c> 00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:21.019 And<00:40:18.480><c> the</c><00:40:18.579><c> world</c><00:40:18.800><c> out</c><00:40:19.000><c> there</c><00:40:19.219><c> is</c><00:40:19.420><c> making</c><00:40:19.699><c> bad</c><00:40:20.079><c> decisions</c><00:40:20.559><c> left,</c> 00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:21.980 right<00:40:21.480><c> and</c><00:40:21.699><c> centre.</c> 00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:24.820 And<00:40:22.199><c> so</c><00:40:22.360><c> another</c><00:40:22.659><c> Shiloh</c><00:40:22.980><c> is</c><00:40:23.079><c> coming,</c><00:40:23.679><c> brothers</c><00:40:23.739><c> and</c><00:40:23.940><c> sisters.</c> 00:40:25.039 --> 00:40:28.500 And<00:40:25.119><c> the</c><00:40:25.219><c> question</c><00:40:25.619><c> is</c><00:40:26.840><c> whether</c><00:40:27.420><c> or</c><00:40:27.599><c> not</c><00:40:27.780><c> you'll</c><00:40:28.099><c> be</c><00:40:28.320><c> caught</c> 00:40:28.500 --> 00:40:36.519 up<00:40:29.079><c> in</c><00:40:29.619><c> that</c><00:40:29.840><c> destruction</c><00:40:30.380><c> or</c><00:40:31.280><c> whether</c><00:40:31.559><c> because</c><00:40:32.480><c> you</c><00:40:33.219><c> have</c><00:40:33.579><c> minds</c><00:40:34.260><c> that</c><00:40:35.280><c> have</c><00:40:35.480><c> allowed</c><00:40:35.659><c> the</c><00:40:35.940><c> glory</c><00:40:36.280><c> of</c> 00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:40.980 God<00:40:36.780><c> to</c><00:40:37.179><c> stay</c><00:40:37.360><c> in</c><00:40:37.539><c> the</c><00:40:37.820><c> centre,</c><00:40:39.239><c> you'll</c><00:40:40.239><c> be</c><00:40:40.340><c> with</c><00:40:40.559><c> Samuel.</c> 00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.780 You'll<00:40:41.760><c> be</c><00:40:41.860><c> on</c><00:40:42.019><c> the</c><00:40:42.099><c> other</c><00:40:42.340><c> side.</c> 00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:45.659 You'll<00:40:43.559><c> be</c><00:40:43.619><c> with</c><00:40:43.800><c> the</c><00:40:43.900><c> Lord</c><00:40:44.059><c> Jesus</c><00:40:44.440><c> Christ.</c> 00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:51.579 So<00:40:47.159><c> pretty</c><00:40:47.500><c> stark</c><00:40:47.860><c> warning,</c><00:40:48.980><c> 1</c><00:40:49.159><c> Samuel</c><00:40:49.559><c> 4,</c><00:40:50.239><c> brothers</c><00:40:50.380><c> and</c><00:40:50.599><c> sisters.</c> 00:40:51.800 --> 00:40:54.599 Shiloh<00:40:52.079><c> was</c><00:40:52.320><c> repeated</c><00:40:52.760><c> again</c><00:40:53.159><c> and</c><00:40:53.400><c> again.</c> 00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:58.559 And<00:40:54.860><c> it's</c><00:40:55.179><c> happening</c><00:40:55.539><c> in</c><00:40:56.280><c> our</c><00:40:56.539><c> day</c><00:40:56.880><c> and</c><00:40:57.599><c> age.</c> 00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:02.079 The<00:40:59.539><c> warning</c><00:40:59.860><c> is</c><00:41:00.440><c> there</c><00:41:00.639><c> before</c><00:41:00.960><c> us.</c> 00:41:02.380 --> 00:41:04.920 Come<00:41:02.519><c> back</c><00:41:02.699><c> to</c><00:41:02.880><c> Psalm</c><00:41:03.099><c> 78</c><00:41:03.599><c> for</c><00:41:03.960><c> a</c><00:41:04.139><c> moment.</c> 00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:25.059 Psalm<00:41:15.780><c> 78,</c><00:41:17.119><c> the</c><00:41:17.199><c> next</c><00:41:17.699><c> verse</c><00:41:18.019><c> in</c><00:41:18.159><c> Psalm</c><00:41:18.480><c> 78</c><00:41:20.019><c> says</c><00:41:22.559><c> that,</c><00:41:23.260><c> verse</c><00:41:23.599><c> 65,</c> 00:41:35.539 --> 00:41:37.519 I<00:41:36.199><c> like</c><00:41:36.460><c> that.</c> 00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:41.239 That's<00:41:38.659><c> the</c><00:41:38.780><c> next</c><00:41:39.000><c> two</c><00:41:39.199><c> chapters</c><00:41:39.519><c> in</c><00:41:39.699><c> 1</c><00:41:39.960><c> Samuel,</c><00:41:40.420><c> chapter</c><00:41:40.739><c> 5</c> 00:41:41.239 --> 00:41:41.920 and<00:41:41.480><c> 6,</c> 00:41:41.920 --> 00:41:45.840 where<00:41:42.139><c> the</c><00:41:42.380><c> Philistines</c><00:41:43.539><c> took</c><00:41:44.079><c> the</c><00:41:44.500><c> ark</c><00:41:44.719><c> and</c><00:41:44.920><c> for</c><00:41:45.019><c> seven</c><00:41:45.320><c> months</c><00:41:45.659><c> they</c> 00:41:45.840 --> 00:41:49.079 had<00:41:46.099><c> problems</c><00:41:46.820><c> in</c><00:41:47.619><c> the</c><00:41:47.780><c> Hindaparts.</c> 00:41:49.119 --> 00:41:53.539 And<00:41:49.219><c> God</c><00:41:49.400><c> smote</c><00:41:49.739><c> them</c><00:41:50.260><c> with</c><00:41:50.920><c> probably</c><00:41:51.340><c> something</c><00:41:51.659><c> like</c><00:41:52.039><c> hemorrhoids.</c> 00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:56.519 And<00:41:53.800><c> here's</c><00:41:54.920><c> an</c><00:41:55.199><c> account</c><00:41:55.539><c> of</c><00:41:55.739><c> that</c><00:41:56.079><c> happening</c><00:41:56.300><c> here.</c> 00:41:56.519 --> 00:41:59.659 He<00:41:56.780><c> smote</c><00:41:57.139><c> his</c><00:41:57.420><c> enemies</c><00:41:57.900><c> in</c><00:41:59.019><c> the</c><00:41:59.179><c> Hindaparts.</c> 00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:03.719 He<00:41:59.840><c> put</c><00:42:00.000><c> them</c><00:42:00.239><c> to</c><00:42:00.519><c> a</c><00:42:00.840><c> perpetual</c><00:42:01.940><c> reproach.</c> 00:42:03.840 --> 00:42:04.780 Now,<00:42:04.039><c> how</c><00:42:04.159><c> did</c><00:42:04.260><c> that</c><00:42:04.519><c> happen?</c> 00:42:04.960 --> 00:42:07.820 Well,<00:42:05.420><c> come</c><00:42:05.559><c> back</c><00:42:05.760><c> to</c><00:42:05.900><c> 1</c><00:42:06.119><c> Samuel</c><00:42:06.559><c> 7.</c> 00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:10.519 Because<00:42:08.300><c> although</c><00:42:08.559><c> he</c><00:42:08.780><c> smote</c><00:42:08.900><c> them</c><00:42:09.019><c> in</c><00:42:09.159><c> the</c><00:42:09.300><c> Hindaparts,</c> 00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:13.820 and<00:42:11.119><c> they</c><00:42:11.280><c> sent</c><00:42:11.480><c> the</c><00:42:11.699><c> ark</c><00:42:11.780><c> back</c><00:42:12.119><c> on</c><00:42:12.300><c> that</c><00:42:12.619><c> cart</c><00:42:13.019><c> saying,</c> 00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.880 get<00:42:14.179><c> it</c><00:42:14.420><c> out</c><00:42:14.539><c> of</c><00:42:14.739><c> here.</c> 00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:16.219 We<00:42:15.039><c> can't</c><00:42:15.360><c> take</c><00:42:15.619><c> this</c><00:42:15.860><c> anymore.</c> 00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:19.139 Our<00:42:16.579><c> poor</c><00:42:16.780><c> God</c><00:42:17.019><c> Dagon</c><00:42:17.400><c> is</c><00:42:17.739><c> falling</c><00:42:18.000><c> flat</c><00:42:18.320><c> on</c><00:42:18.480><c> his</c><00:42:18.699><c> face</c><00:42:18.900><c> every</c> 00:42:19.139 --> 00:42:19.639 single<00:42:19.420><c> time.</c> 00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:22.800 His<00:42:19.840><c> hands</c><00:42:20.119><c> cut</c><00:42:20.380><c> off</c><00:42:20.599><c> and</c><00:42:20.760><c> his</c><00:42:20.900><c> neck's</c><00:42:21.199><c> cut</c><00:42:21.360><c> off</c><00:42:21.800><c> or</c><00:42:22.280><c> his</c><00:42:22.440><c> head's</c><00:42:22.699><c> cut</c> 00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:24.039 off<00:42:22.920><c> at</c><00:42:23.039><c> the</c><00:42:23.199><c> neck.</c> 00:42:24.360 --> 00:42:26.179 And<00:42:24.519><c> we've</c><00:42:24.659><c> got</c><00:42:24.780><c> these</c><00:42:25.119><c> mice</c><00:42:25.400><c> coming</c><00:42:25.639><c> around</c><00:42:25.900><c> and</c><00:42:25.980><c> we've</c><00:42:26.099><c> got</c> 00:42:26.179 --> 00:42:28.940 these<00:42:26.880><c> diseases</c><00:42:27.400><c> coming</c><00:42:27.739><c> in.</c> 00:42:29.039 --> 00:42:32.559 And<00:42:29.460><c> it's</c><00:42:29.679><c> causing</c><00:42:29.900><c> us</c><00:42:30.219><c> trouble</c><00:42:30.780><c> in</c><00:42:31.719><c> the</c><00:42:31.920><c> Hindaparts.</c> 00:42:32.699 --> 00:42:33.960 We<00:42:32.780><c> need</c><00:42:33.420><c> to</c><00:42:33.599><c> act.</c> 00:42:34.099 --> 00:42:36.760 And<00:42:34.239><c> so</c><00:42:34.340><c> they</c><00:42:34.519><c> sent</c><00:42:34.739><c> the</c><00:42:35.000><c> ark</c><00:42:35.139><c> back,</c><00:42:35.659><c> didn't</c><00:42:35.820><c> they?</c> 00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:43.139 But<00:42:37.619><c> Psalm</c><00:42:37.860><c> 78</c><00:42:38.400><c> says</c><00:42:38.880><c> that</c><00:42:39.199><c> Yahweh</c><00:42:39.559><c> would</c><00:42:40.760><c> make</c><00:42:41.179><c> a</c><00:42:41.500><c> perpetual</c><00:42:42.400><c> reproach.</c> 00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:46.340 Well,<00:42:43.280><c> that</c><00:42:43.400><c> doesn't</c><00:42:43.639><c> really</c><00:42:43.900><c> happen</c><00:42:44.159><c> until</c><00:42:44.400><c> 1</c><00:42:44.659><c> Samuel</c><00:42:45.219><c> and</c> 00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:47.440 verse<00:42:46.760><c> 13.</c> 00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:51.000 So<00:42:47.679><c> the</c><00:42:47.960><c> Philistines</c><00:42:48.500><c> were</c><00:42:48.800><c> subdued</c><00:42:49.380><c> and</c><00:42:49.579><c> they</c><00:42:49.840><c> came</c><00:42:50.099><c> no</c><00:42:50.659><c> more</c> 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:52.940 into<00:42:51.280><c> the</c><00:42:51.500><c> coast</c><00:42:51.739><c> of</c><00:42:51.940><c> Israel.</c> 00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:56.719 But<00:42:54.219><c> it</c><00:42:54.320><c> was</c><00:42:54.460><c> going</c><00:42:54.579><c> to</c><00:42:54.719><c> take</c><00:42:54.980><c> 20</c><00:42:55.460><c> years</c><00:42:55.880><c> from</c><00:42:56.059><c> the</c><00:42:56.300><c> ark</c><00:42:56.440><c> coming</c> 00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:59.519 back<00:42:57.219><c> to</c><00:42:57.699><c> that</c><00:42:57.960><c> reproach</c><00:42:58.480><c> being</c><00:42:58.800><c> perpetual.</c> 00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:01.619 All<00:43:00.139><c> the</c><00:43:00.340><c> days</c><00:43:00.539><c> of</c><00:43:00.840><c> Samuel.</c> 00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:03.519 I<00:43:01.860><c> know</c><00:43:01.980><c> they</c><00:43:02.119><c> came</c><00:43:02.280><c> back</c><00:43:02.579><c> in</c><00:43:02.739><c> the</c><00:43:02.860><c> days</c><00:43:03.000><c> of</c><00:43:03.280><c> Saul.</c> 00:43:03.519 --> 00:43:10.139 But<00:43:04.139><c> all</c><00:43:04.380><c> the</c><00:43:04.500><c> days</c><00:43:04.619><c> of</c><00:43:04.880><c> Samuel,</c><00:43:05.179><c> as</c><00:43:05.280><c> the</c><00:43:05.480><c> sole</c><00:43:05.659><c> judge,</c><00:43:06.539><c> the</c><00:43:06.719><c> Philistines</c><00:43:07.280><c> did</c><00:43:07.519><c> not</c><00:43:07.780><c> cause</c><00:43:08.300><c> a</c><00:43:08.559><c> problem.</c> 00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:20.559 And<00:43:18.719><c> the</c><00:43:18.880><c> ark</c><00:43:18.960><c> came</c><00:43:19.239><c> back,</c><00:43:19.619><c> brothers</c><00:43:19.739><c> and</c><00:43:19.960><c> sisters,</c><00:43:20.320><c> to</c><00:43:20.460><c> the</c> 00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:22.440 men<00:43:20.719><c> of</c><00:43:21.199><c> Beth</c><00:43:21.400><c> Shemesh.</c> 00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:25.880 And<00:43:22.639><c> the</c><00:43:22.760><c> reason</c><00:43:22.960><c> it</c><00:43:23.079><c> took</c><00:43:23.340><c> so</c><00:43:23.860><c> long</c><00:43:24.219><c> for</c><00:43:24.780><c> this</c><00:43:25.159><c> change</c><00:43:25.639><c> to</c> 00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:26.699 take<00:43:26.099><c> place</c> 00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:31.039 was<00:43:27.679><c> because</c><00:43:28.199><c> Israel</c><00:43:28.719><c> still</c><00:43:29.199><c> hadn't</c><00:43:29.639><c> learnt</c><00:43:30.199><c> a</c><00:43:30.800><c> lesson.</c> 00:43:31.039 --> 00:43:33.940 They<00:43:31.300><c> looked</c><00:43:31.739><c> in</c><00:43:32.539><c> the</c><00:43:32.960><c> ark.</c> 00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:37.760 They<00:43:36.400><c> hadn't</c><00:43:36.920><c> learnt</c><00:43:37.320><c> the</c><00:43:37.519><c> lesson.</c> 00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:39.239 Hearts<00:43:38.260><c> hadn't</c><00:43:38.699><c> changed.</c> 00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:40.780 There's<00:43:39.480><c> no</c><00:43:39.719><c> amendment</c><00:43:40.179><c> that</c><00:43:40.440><c> had</c><00:43:40.579><c> taken.</c> 00:43:41.260 --> 00:43:43.300 Amend<00:43:41.780><c> your</c><00:43:42.260><c> ways.</c> 00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:45.239 Well,<00:43:44.239><c> really,</c><00:43:44.679><c> we're</c><00:43:44.960><c> okay.</c> 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.480 No,<00:43:45.639><c> no,</c><00:43:45.980><c> no.</c> 00:43:46.719 --> 00:43:48.360 Thoroughly<00:43:47.239><c> amend</c><00:43:47.719><c> your</c><00:43:48.119><c> ways.</c> 00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:51.320 Well,<00:43:48.699><c> no</c><00:43:48.920><c> thoroughly</c><00:43:49.260><c> amendment</c><00:43:49.820><c> had</c><00:43:50.079><c> taken</c><00:43:50.300><c> place</c><00:43:50.659><c> in</c><00:43:51.099><c> that</c> 00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:52.320 seven<00:43:51.659><c>-month</c><00:43:51.920><c> period.</c> 00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:55.139 Samuel<00:43:52.980><c> seems</c><00:43:53.219><c> to</c><00:43:53.360><c> have</c><00:43:53.460><c> just</c><00:43:53.719><c> taken</c><00:43:53.940><c> a</c><00:43:54.119><c> back</c><00:43:54.360><c> seat.</c> 00:43:55.519 --> 00:43:57.599 He's<00:43:55.599><c> not</c><00:43:56.340><c> ready</c><00:43:56.739><c> to</c><00:43:56.920><c> be</c><00:43:57.039><c> the</c><00:43:57.199><c> leader</c><00:43:57.360><c> yet.</c> 00:43:57.659 --> 00:44:00.980 God,<00:43:57.940><c> in</c><00:43:58.119><c> His</c><00:43:58.340><c> wisdom,</c><00:43:59.199><c> has</c><00:43:59.380><c> not</c><00:43:59.559><c> allowed</c><00:43:59.800><c> that</c><00:44:00.019><c> to</c><00:44:00.239><c> happen.</c> 00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:02.239 Eli's<00:44:01.539><c> just</c><00:44:01.659><c> been</c><00:44:01.900><c> killed.</c> 00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:04.820 Seven<00:44:02.679><c> months</c><00:44:02.920><c> later,</c><00:44:03.840><c> the</c><00:44:03.960><c> ark</c><00:44:04.039><c> comes</c><00:44:04.380><c> back.</c> 00:44:05.139 --> 00:44:06.880 The<00:44:05.260><c> people</c><00:44:05.460><c> haven't</c><00:44:05.780><c> changed.</c> 00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:10.119 The<00:44:07.519><c> Philistines</c><00:44:08.139><c> stay</c><00:44:08.760><c> as</c><00:44:09.119><c> their</c><00:44:09.380><c> lords.</c> 00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:13.780 For<00:44:10.639><c> 20</c><00:44:10.980><c> years,</c><00:44:11.320><c> the</c><00:44:11.500><c> Philistines</c><00:44:11.980><c> stay</c><00:44:12.519><c> as</c><00:44:13.000><c> their</c><00:44:13.239><c> lords.</c> 00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:18.739 Have<00:44:14.179><c> a</c><00:44:14.280><c> look</c><00:44:14.619><c> at</c><00:44:15.559><c> chapter</c><00:44:16.699><c> 7</c><00:44:17.159><c> and</c><00:44:17.360><c> verse</c><00:44:17.719><c> 2.</c> 00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:21.420 And<00:44:18.840><c> it</c><00:44:18.940><c> came</c><00:44:19.179><c> to</c><00:44:19.400><c> pass,</c><00:44:19.719><c> while</c><00:44:19.820><c> the</c><00:44:20.059><c> ark</c><00:44:20.280><c> abode</c><00:44:20.699><c> in</c><00:44:20.980><c> Kirchath</c> 00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:22.780 -Jerem,<00:44:21.619><c> that</c><00:44:21.739><c> the</c><00:44:21.940><c> time</c><00:44:22.119><c> was</c><00:44:22.400><c> long,</c> 00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:26.719 for<00:44:23.300><c> it</c><00:44:23.480><c> was</c><00:44:23.719><c> 20</c><00:44:24.099><c> years,</c><00:44:24.599><c> and</c><00:44:24.880><c> then</c><00:44:25.139><c> the</c><00:44:25.300><c> house</c><00:44:25.599><c> of</c><00:44:25.780><c> Israel</c><00:44:26.079><c> lamented.</c> 00:44:26.739 --> 00:44:29.139 So<00:44:26.920><c> the</c><00:44:27.119><c> 20</c><00:44:27.400><c>-year</c><00:44:27.619><c> period</c><00:44:27.940><c> is</c><00:44:28.099><c> not</c><00:44:28.260><c> how</c><00:44:28.440><c> long</c><00:44:28.539><c> the</c><00:44:28.739><c> ark</c><00:44:28.840><c> was</c><00:44:29.039><c> in</c> 00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.699 Kirchath<00:44:29.460><c>-Jerem.</c> 00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:35.719 The<00:44:30.280><c> 20</c><00:44:30.719><c>-year</c><00:44:30.900><c> period</c><00:44:31.260><c> is</c><00:44:31.400><c> how</c><00:44:31.619><c> long</c><00:44:31.860><c> the</c><00:44:32.659><c> period</c><00:44:33.320><c> of</c><00:44:33.739><c> lamentation</c><00:44:34.400><c> was</c><00:44:34.539><c> going</c><00:44:34.739><c> to</c><00:44:34.960><c> take</c> 00:44:35.719 --> 00:44:40.619 before<00:44:36.219><c> they</c><00:44:36.420><c> finally</c><00:44:37.400><c> said,</c><00:44:38.900><c> we</c><00:44:38.900><c> need</c><00:44:39.159><c> to</c><00:44:39.420><c> change.</c> 00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:46.000 Now,<00:44:42.079><c> it's</c><00:44:42.219><c> my</c><00:44:42.360><c> suggestion</c><00:44:43.079><c> that</c><00:44:43.980><c> that</c><00:44:44.280><c> 20</c><00:44:44.599><c>-year</c><00:44:44.820><c> period</c><00:44:45.360><c> is</c> 00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:48.119 when<00:44:46.260><c> Samson</c><00:44:46.679><c> was</c><00:44:46.860><c> on</c><00:44:47.039><c> the</c><00:44:47.239><c> scene.</c> 00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:50.199 And<00:44:48.679><c> Samson</c><00:44:48.980><c> was</c><00:44:49.179><c> still</c><00:44:49.400><c> struggling</c><00:44:49.739><c> himself.</c> 00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:53.579 So<00:44:50.420><c> there</c><00:44:50.500><c> were</c><00:44:50.619><c> moments</c><00:44:50.880><c> of</c><00:44:51.159><c> brilliance</c><00:44:51.420><c> and</c><00:44:51.579><c> then</c><00:44:51.659><c> there</c><00:44:51.739><c> were</c><00:44:51.920><c> still</c><00:44:52.159><c> low</c><00:44:52.420><c> moments</c><00:44:52.880><c> in</c> 00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:54.300 Samson's<00:44:54.199><c> life.</c> 00:44:54.320 --> 00:44:58.019 And<00:44:54.440><c> he</c><00:44:54.519><c> was</c><00:44:54.699><c> operating</c><00:44:55.059><c> down,</c><00:44:55.860><c> as</c><00:44:56.099><c> we</c><00:44:56.260><c> know,</c><00:44:56.480><c> in</c><00:44:56.619><c> the</c><00:44:56.780><c> territory</c><00:44:57.199><c> of</c><00:44:57.460><c> Dan</c> 00:44:58.019 --> 00:45:00.599 and<00:44:58.460><c> in</c><00:44:58.800><c> the</c><00:44:59.219><c> southern</c><00:44:59.420><c> parts</c><00:44:59.739><c> of</c><00:44:59.920><c> the</c><00:45:00.000><c> country.</c> 00:45:00.940 --> 00:45:03.159 So<00:45:01.099><c> he</c><00:45:01.139><c> probably</c><00:45:01.340><c> didn't</c><00:45:01.559><c> affect</c><00:45:01.840><c> all</c><00:45:02.159><c> the</c><00:45:02.320><c> country,</c><00:45:02.619><c> but</c><00:45:02.719><c> he's</c><00:45:02.920><c> on</c> 00:45:03.159 --> 00:45:03.679 the<00:45:03.300><c> scene,</c> 00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:07.219 it<00:45:04.079><c> would</c><00:45:04.420><c> seem,</c><00:45:05.260><c> from</c><00:45:05.780><c> the</c><00:45:06.300><c> record.</c> 00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:11.139 And<00:45:08.400><c> Samson,</c><00:45:08.940><c> his</c><00:45:09.039><c> highs</c><00:45:09.280><c> and</c><00:45:09.500><c> lows</c><00:45:09.679><c> are</c><00:45:09.900><c> recorded</c><00:45:10.219><c> for</c><00:45:10.460><c> us.</c> 00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:13.719 And<00:45:11.739><c> then,</c><00:45:11.840><c> of</c><00:45:11.980><c> course,</c><00:45:12.199><c> he's</c><00:45:12.579><c> captured.</c> 00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:16.980 And<00:45:15.019><c> his</c><00:45:15.139><c> eyes</c><00:45:15.320><c> are</c><00:45:15.500><c> put</c><00:45:15.679><c> out.</c> 00:45:17.179 --> 00:45:20.760 And<00:45:17.320><c> he</c><00:45:17.400><c> makes</c><00:45:17.639><c> that</c><00:45:18.000><c> solemn</c><00:45:18.360><c> prayer</c><00:45:18.719><c> and</c><00:45:18.980><c> pours</c><00:45:19.280><c> out</c><00:45:19.400><c> his</c><00:45:19.679><c> heart.</c> 00:45:21.820 --> 00:45:24.280 And<00:45:22.000><c> he</c><00:45:22.099><c> says,</c><00:45:22.320><c> avenge</c><00:45:22.619><c> me</c><00:45:22.760><c> of</c><00:45:22.940><c> one</c><00:45:23.059><c> of</c><00:45:23.199><c> my</c><00:45:23.380><c> two</c><00:45:23.619><c> eyes,</c><00:45:23.900><c> he</c><00:45:24.059><c> says</c> 00:45:24.280 --> 00:45:26.639 to<00:45:25.079><c> his</c><00:45:25.320><c> father</c><00:45:25.599><c> in</c><00:45:25.820><c> heaven.</c> 00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:30.340 And<00:45:27.780><c> God</c><00:45:28.000><c> gives</c><00:45:28.239><c> him</c><00:45:28.400><c> his</c><00:45:28.639><c> strength</c><00:45:28.900><c> back.</c> 00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:34.559 And<00:45:31.199><c> he</c><00:45:31.260><c> goes</c><00:45:31.539><c> out</c><00:45:31.739><c> and</c><00:45:31.880><c> he</c><00:45:32.099><c> pulls</c><00:45:32.619><c> that</c><00:45:33.059><c> temple</c><00:45:33.380><c> down.</c> 00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:40.199 And<00:45:35.340><c> he</c><00:45:35.659><c> dies</c><00:45:36.440><c> with</c><00:45:38.920><c> the</c><00:45:39.119><c> Philistines.</c> 00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:45.480 There<00:45:43.199><c> was</c><00:45:43.679><c> a</c><00:45:44.179><c> great</c><00:45:44.380><c> destruction</c><00:45:44.900><c> of</c><00:45:45.079><c> the</c><00:45:45.239><c> Philistines.</c> 00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:47.800 He<00:45:45.599><c> killed</c><00:45:45.860><c> more</c><00:45:46.420><c> Philistines</c><00:45:46.960><c> in</c><00:45:47.079><c> his</c><00:45:47.280><c> death</c><00:45:47.460><c> than</c><00:45:47.579><c> he</c><00:45:47.659><c> did</c> 00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:50.079 in<00:45:47.900><c> his</c><00:45:48.139><c> life,</c><00:45:48.500><c> as</c><00:45:48.679><c> the</c><00:45:48.880><c> record</c><00:45:49.099><c> says.</c> 00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:54.360 But<00:45:50.719><c> I'm</c><00:45:50.860><c> going</c><00:45:50.940><c> to</c><00:45:51.019><c> suggest</c><00:45:51.480><c> that</c><00:45:51.659><c> that</c><00:45:51.880><c> event</c><00:45:52.320><c> had</c><00:45:53.059><c> repercussions</c><00:45:53.840><c> for</c><00:45:54.179><c> the</c> 00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:55.059 children<00:45:54.599><c> of</c><00:45:54.820><c> Israel.</c> 00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:57.840 That<00:45:55.599><c> changed</c><00:45:56.519><c> something</c><00:45:57.019><c> in</c><00:45:57.340><c> the</c><00:45:57.519><c> nation.</c> 00:45:58.340 --> 00:46:01.460 This<00:45:58.719><c> lamentation</c><00:45:59.519><c> that</c><00:45:59.639><c> we</c><00:45:59.780><c> read</c><00:45:59.920><c> of</c><00:46:00.079><c> in</c><00:46:00.239><c> verse</c><00:46:00.460><c> 2,</c><00:46:00.980><c> it</c><00:46:01.179><c> just</c> 00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:02.900 didn't<00:46:01.780><c> happen.</c> 00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:05.800 It's<00:46:03.579><c> not</c><00:46:03.900><c> caused</c><00:46:04.480><c> by</c><00:46:04.880><c> Samuel.</c> 00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:09.059 Samuel<00:46:06.340><c> doesn't</c><00:46:06.639><c> say,</c><00:46:07.079><c> come</c><00:46:07.079><c> on</c><00:46:07.280><c> now,</c><00:46:08.239><c> change</c><00:46:08.559><c> your</c><00:46:08.760><c> ways.</c> 00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:14.239 Something<00:46:09.760><c> else</c><00:46:10.239><c> is</c><00:46:10.659><c> the</c><00:46:10.880><c> catalyst</c><00:46:11.320><c> to</c><00:46:11.599><c> make</c><00:46:11.780><c> them</c><00:46:11.980><c> come</c><00:46:12.360><c> to</c><00:46:13.260><c> Samuel.</c> 00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:16.579 Something<00:46:15.840><c> significant.</c> 00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:20.320 And<00:46:17.260><c> I</c><00:46:17.460><c> suggest</c><00:46:17.840><c> that</c><00:46:18.119><c> the</c><00:46:18.599><c> significant</c><00:46:19.059><c> event</c><00:46:19.519><c> most</c><00:46:19.940><c> likely</c> 00:46:20.320 --> 00:46:22.880 was<00:46:21.000><c> the</c><00:46:21.320><c> pulling</c><00:46:21.500><c> down</c><00:46:21.780><c> of</c><00:46:21.940><c> the</c><00:46:22.079><c> temple</c><00:46:22.280><c> of</c><00:46:22.559><c> Dagon.</c> 00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:25.679 And<00:46:23.219><c> the</c><00:46:23.260><c> word</c><00:46:23.460><c> got</c><00:46:23.739><c> out</c><00:46:23.940><c> that</c><00:46:24.219><c> Samson</c><00:46:24.619><c> pulled</c><00:46:24.900><c> it</c><00:46:25.099><c> down,</c><00:46:25.539><c> of</c> 00:46:25.679 --> 00:46:26.980 all<00:46:25.860><c> the</c><00:46:26.019><c> people.</c> 00:46:28.300 --> 00:46:30.980 And<00:46:28.500><c> suddenly</c><00:46:28.760><c> they</c><00:46:29.000><c> realised</c><00:46:29.480><c> that</c><00:46:30.039><c> they</c><00:46:30.280><c> themselves</c><00:46:30.820><c> were</c> 00:46:30.980 --> 00:46:33.880 a<00:46:31.059><c> bit</c><00:46:31.119><c> like</c><00:46:31.340><c> Samson</c><00:46:31.739><c> and</c><00:46:31.940><c> they</c><00:46:32.079><c> needed</c><00:46:32.260><c> to</c><00:46:32.500><c> change</c><00:46:32.760><c> too.</c> 00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:38.280 And<00:46:35.659><c> Samuel</c><00:46:35.820><c> takes</c><00:46:36.280><c> hold</c><00:46:36.760><c> of</c><00:46:37.079><c> that</c><00:46:37.199><c> opportunity.</c> 00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:40.980 He<00:46:39.119><c> steps</c><00:46:39.440><c> in</c><00:46:39.679><c> at</c><00:46:39.840><c> this</c><00:46:40.079><c> moment.</c> 00:46:41.340 --> 00:46:44.900 He's<00:46:41.519><c> about</c><00:46:41.800><c> 40</c><00:46:42.099><c> years</c><00:46:42.420><c> old</c><00:46:42.840><c> and</c><00:46:43.420><c> he</c><00:46:43.559><c> puts</c><00:46:43.699><c> into</c><00:46:43.920><c> action</c><00:46:44.239><c> everything</c><00:46:44.699><c> that</c> 00:46:44.900 --> 00:46:48.559 he's<00:46:45.079><c> been</c><00:46:45.280><c> preparing</c><00:46:45.639><c> himself</c><00:46:46.079><c> for</c><00:46:46.619><c> from</c><00:46:46.980><c> the</c><00:46:47.059><c> age</c><00:46:47.280><c> of,</c><00:46:48.260><c> from</c> 00:46:48.559 --> 00:46:49.460 when<00:46:48.820><c> he</c><00:46:48.940><c> was</c><00:46:49.119><c> born.</c> 00:46:49.460 --> 00:46:52.260 This<00:46:50.079><c> is</c><00:46:50.280><c> the</c><00:46:50.420><c> moment,</c><00:46:51.320><c> Samuel.</c> 00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:56.619 And<00:46:53.099><c> Samuel</c><00:46:53.239><c> comes</c><00:46:53.420><c> on</c><00:46:53.599><c> the</c><00:46:53.760><c> scene</c><00:46:54.019><c> and</c><00:46:54.420><c> he</c><00:46:54.579><c> has</c><00:46:54.699><c> it</c><00:46:54.980><c> absolutely</c><00:46:55.579><c> right.</c> 00:46:57.239 --> 00:46:59.960 And<00:46:57.239><c> Samuel</c><00:46:57.440><c> spake</c><00:46:57.699><c> unto</c><00:46:57.880><c> all</c><00:46:58.099><c> the</c><00:46:58.179><c> house</c><00:46:58.360><c> of</c><00:46:58.500><c> Israel,</c><00:46:59.079><c> verse</c><00:46:59.079><c> 3,</c> 00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:05.039 If<00:47:00.119><c> you</c><00:47:00.380><c> do</c><00:47:00.739><c> return</c><00:47:01.320><c> unto</c><00:47:01.659><c> Yahweh</c><00:47:02.139><c> with</c><00:47:02.699><c> all</c><00:47:03.440><c> your</c><00:47:03.880><c> hearts,</c> 00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:08.280 then<00:47:05.400><c> put</c><00:47:05.699><c> away</c><00:47:06.000><c> the</c><00:47:06.360><c> strange</c><00:47:06.739><c> gods</c><00:47:07.119><c> and</c><00:47:07.539><c> Ashtaroth</c><00:47:08.019><c> among</c> 00:47:08.280 --> 00:47:10.699 you<00:47:08.500><c> and</c><00:47:08.699><c> prepare</c><00:47:09.139><c> your</c><00:47:09.500><c> hearts</c><00:47:09.820><c> unto</c><00:47:10.079><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:47:11.139 --> 00:47:14.920 and<00:47:11.320><c> serve</c><00:47:11.639><c> him</c><00:47:12.179><c> only,</c><00:47:13.159><c> and</c><00:47:13.619><c> then</c><00:47:13.860><c> he</c><00:47:14.059><c> will</c><00:47:14.320><c> deliver</c><00:47:14.639><c> you.</c> 00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:17.460 Now<00:47:15.460><c> it's</c><00:47:15.619><c> quite</c><00:47:15.739><c> hard</c><00:47:15.940><c> to</c><00:47:16.099><c> believe</c><00:47:16.460><c> that</c><00:47:16.659><c> they</c><00:47:16.900><c> were</c><00:47:17.199><c> still</c> 00:47:17.460 --> 00:47:19.179 worshipping<00:47:18.420><c> false</c><00:47:18.840><c> gods.</c> 00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:22.260 You<00:47:19.360><c> didn't</c><00:47:19.539><c> read</c><00:47:19.739><c> about</c><00:47:19.960><c> that</c><00:47:20.340><c> necessarily</c><00:47:20.860><c> in</c><00:47:21.059><c> 1</c><00:47:21.260><c> Samuel</c><00:47:21.619><c> chapter</c><00:47:21.940><c> 1,</c> 00:47:22.360 --> 00:47:23.940 2,<00:47:22.539><c> 3</c><00:47:22.739><c> or</c><00:47:22.840><c> 4.</c> 00:47:24.119 --> 00:47:28.239 But<00:47:24.179><c> for</c><00:47:24.380><c> the</c><00:47:24.579><c> whole</c><00:47:25.039><c> 20</c><00:47:25.539><c> years</c><00:47:26.239><c> after</c><00:47:26.780><c> the</c><00:47:26.920><c> battle</c><00:47:27.099><c> of</c><00:47:27.280><c> Aphekt,</c><00:47:28.119><c> they</c> 00:47:28.239 --> 00:47:31.780 still<00:47:28.900><c> hadn't</c><00:47:29.360><c> put</c><00:47:29.820><c> those</c><00:47:30.260><c> gods</c><00:47:30.719><c> away.</c> 00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:34.460 They<00:47:32.920><c> were</c><00:47:33.139><c> still</c><00:47:33.340><c> worshipping,</c><00:47:33.960><c> verse</c><00:47:34.179><c> 4,</c> 00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:37.019 then<00:47:34.599><c> the</c><00:47:34.739><c> children</c><00:47:34.980><c> of</c><00:47:35.139><c> Israel</c><00:47:35.440><c> did</c><00:47:35.679><c> put</c><00:47:35.920><c> away</c><00:47:36.260><c> Balaam</c><00:47:36.699><c> and</c> 00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:39.280 Ashtaroth<00:47:37.360><c> and</c><00:47:37.619><c> served</c><00:47:38.059><c> Yahweh</c><00:47:38.800><c> only.</c> 00:47:39.659 --> 00:47:42.559 They<00:47:39.840><c> had</c><00:47:40.139><c> Balaam</c><00:47:40.800><c> and</c><00:47:41.099><c> Ashtaroth.</c> 00:47:43.420 --> 00:47:45.940 In<00:47:44.019><c> their</c><00:47:44.320><c> hearts</c><00:47:44.579><c> and</c><00:47:44.739><c> in</c><00:47:44.820><c> their</c><00:47:45.019><c> minds.</c> 00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:50.219 So<00:47:46.219><c> you</c><00:47:46.320><c> see,</c><00:47:46.460><c> there</c><00:47:46.519><c> wasn't</c><00:47:46.719><c> a</c><00:47:47.019><c> change</c><00:47:47.639><c> when</c><00:47:48.800><c> the</c><00:47:48.960><c> ark</c><00:47:49.059><c> was</c><00:47:49.300><c> taken.</c> 00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:54.300 The<00:47:51.219><c> change</c><00:47:51.519><c> took</c><00:47:51.800><c> place</c><00:47:52.219><c> slowly</c><00:47:52.739><c> over</c><00:47:53.219><c> time.</c> 00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:58.139 And<00:47:54.460><c> then</c><00:47:54.579><c> I</c><00:47:54.800><c> believe</c><00:47:55.099><c> that</c><00:47:55.420><c> Samson's</c><00:47:56.320><c> great</c><00:47:56.519><c> act</c><00:47:57.280><c> ended</c><00:47:57.860><c> up</c> 00:47:58.139 --> 00:48:03.599 saving<00:47:58.760><c> as</c><00:47:59.460><c> many</c><00:47:59.840><c> Israelites</c><00:48:00.460><c> as</c><00:48:01.000><c> he</c><00:48:01.239><c> destroyed</c><00:48:01.960><c> Philistines.</c> 00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:08.679 That<00:48:04.280><c> caused</c><00:48:04.940><c> them</c><00:48:05.179><c> to</c><00:48:05.400><c> just</c><00:48:05.840><c> come</c><00:48:06.360><c> and</c><00:48:07.059><c> flood</c><00:48:07.440><c> to</c><00:48:08.320><c> Samuel</c> 00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:11.460 with<00:48:09.179><c> their</c><00:48:09.460><c> hearts</c><00:48:09.900><c> opened.</c> 00:48:12.440 --> 00:48:14.679 Put<00:48:12.519><c> away</c><00:48:12.800><c> those</c><00:48:13.079><c> gods,</c><00:48:13.400><c> and</c><00:48:13.519><c> they</c><00:48:13.739><c> did.</c> 00:48:14.980 --> 00:48:18.320 It's<00:48:15.099><c> quite</c><00:48:15.320><c> a</c><00:48:15.579><c> different</c><00:48:15.780><c> story</c><00:48:16.179><c> to</c><00:48:16.380><c> 1</c><00:48:16.639><c> Samuel</c><00:48:17.079><c> chapter</c><00:48:17.380><c> 4.</c> 00:48:18.579 --> 00:48:22.179 And<00:48:18.579><c> Samuel</c><00:48:18.780><c> said,</c><00:48:19.300><c> Gather</c><00:48:19.300><c> all</c><00:48:19.639><c> Israel</c><00:48:20.019><c> to</c><00:48:20.340><c> Mizpah,</c><00:48:21.960><c> and</c><00:48:22.079><c> I</c> 00:48:22.179 --> 00:48:24.539 will<00:48:22.440><c> pray</c><00:48:22.820><c> for</c><00:48:23.039><c> you</c><00:48:23.179><c> unto</c><00:48:23.400><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:48:25.420 --> 00:48:27.320 I<00:48:25.940><c> will</c><00:48:26.239><c> pray.</c> 00:48:28.159 --> 00:48:32.099 Samuel<00:48:28.880><c> is</c><00:48:29.599><c> noted</c><00:48:30.079><c> as</c><00:48:30.760><c> a</c><00:48:31.019><c> man</c><00:48:31.280><c> of</c><00:48:31.639><c> prayer.</c> 00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:35.559 And<00:48:33.000><c> I</c><00:48:33.119><c> think</c><00:48:33.280><c> it's</c><00:48:33.460><c> because</c><00:48:33.659><c> he</c><00:48:33.820><c> learned</c><00:48:34.000><c> that</c><00:48:34.199><c> from</c><00:48:34.360><c> his</c><00:48:34.659><c> mother.</c> 00:48:35.780 --> 00:48:39.699 His<00:48:36.039><c> mother</c><00:48:36.639><c> was</c><00:48:38.159><c> a</c><00:48:38.260><c> woman</c><00:48:38.500><c> of</c><00:48:38.840><c> prayer.</c> 00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:42.880 And<00:48:40.679><c> Samuel</c><00:48:40.900><c> is</c><00:48:41.239><c> found</c><00:48:41.440><c> in</c><00:48:41.599><c> the</c><00:48:41.800><c> record</c><00:48:42.159><c> praying.</c> 00:48:43.059 --> 00:48:46.860 And<00:48:43.179><c> he</c><00:48:43.480><c> prays,</c><00:48:43.980><c> and</c><00:48:44.079><c> he</c><00:48:44.320><c> prays,</c><00:48:44.860><c> and</c><00:48:45.019><c> he</c><00:48:45.239><c> prays.</c> 00:48:46.960 --> 00:48:49.900 And<00:48:47.219><c> the</c><00:48:47.400><c> people</c><00:48:47.659><c> know</c><00:48:47.980><c> that</c><00:48:48.119><c> he's</c><00:48:48.300><c> a</c><00:48:48.400><c> man</c><00:48:48.519><c> of</c><00:48:48.880><c> prayer.</c> 00:48:50.019 --> 00:48:53.280 Because<00:48:50.159><c> they</c><00:48:50.360><c> say</c><00:48:50.519><c> later</c><00:48:50.739><c> on</c><00:48:50.920><c> in</c><00:48:51.039><c> verse</c><00:48:51.219><c> 8,</c><00:48:51.639><c> Don't</c><00:48:51.900><c> stop</c><00:48:52.300><c> praying.</c> 00:48:54.340 --> 00:48:56.019 And<00:48:54.559><c> Samuel</c><00:48:54.739><c> never</c><00:48:55.000><c> does.</c> 00:48:56.639 --> 00:48:59.539 Are<00:48:56.820><c> you</c><00:48:57.000><c> a</c><00:48:57.099><c> person</c><00:48:57.460><c> of</c><00:48:57.820><c> prayer,</c><00:48:58.219><c> brothers</c><00:48:58.340><c> and</c><00:48:58.559><c> sisters?</c> 00:48:59.699 --> 00:49:02.099 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in</c><00:49:11.440><c> the</c><00:49:11.599><c> good</c><00:49:11.760><c> times</c> 00:49:12.039 --> 00:49:15.579 you<00:49:12.199><c> thank</c><00:49:12.400><c> God,</c><00:49:12.679><c> but</c><00:49:12.760><c> when</c><00:49:12.920><c> the</c><00:49:13.280><c> bad</c><00:49:13.559><c> times</c><00:49:13.880><c> come,</c><00:49:14.440><c> then</c><00:49:14.800><c> you</c> 00:49:15.579 --> 00:49:16.420 think<00:49:15.860><c> why?</c> 00:49:16.699 --> 00:49:20.659 And<00:49:16.780><c> you</c><00:49:17.639><c> doubt</c><00:49:17.960><c> God</c><00:49:18.260><c> and</c><00:49:18.780><c> you</c><00:49:19.039><c> don't</c><00:49:19.199><c> pray</c><00:49:19.440><c> to</c><00:49:19.559><c> him.</c> 00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:23.960 Depends<00:49:22.460><c> on</c><00:49:22.619><c> which</c><00:49:22.800><c> way</c><00:49:22.940><c> you</c><00:49:23.179><c> are.</c> 00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:25.619 But<00:49:24.159><c> we</c><00:49:24.280><c> all</c><00:49:24.360><c> go</c><00:49:24.579><c> through</c><00:49:24.780><c> that,</c><00:49:25.019><c> don't</c><00:49:25.179><c> we?</c> 00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:29.820 Our<00:49:26.480><c> prayer</c><00:49:26.840><c> life</c><00:49:27.340><c> can</c><00:49:27.960><c> sometimes</c><00:49:28.539><c> be</c><00:49:28.880><c> a</c><00:49:29.159><c> sorry</c><00:49:29.460><c> state.</c> 00:49:30.039 --> 00:49:33.579 This<00:49:30.260><c> is</c><00:49:30.519><c> saying</c><00:49:30.920><c> that</c><00:49:31.139><c> we</c><00:49:31.280><c> need</c><00:49:31.579><c> to</c><00:49:31.800><c> be</c><00:49:31.920><c> like</c><00:49:32.139><c> Samuel,</c><00:49:33.360><c> who</c> 00:49:33.579 --> 00:49:34.900 continually<00:49:34.599><c> prayed.</c> 00:49:35.300 --> 00:49:38.639 And<00:49:35.380><c> he</c><00:49:35.460><c> says</c><00:49:35.659><c> in</c><00:49:35.840><c> verse</c><00:49:36.119><c> 6</c><00:49:36.860><c> that</c><00:49:37.239><c> they</c><00:49:37.420><c> gathered</c><00:49:37.780><c> together</c><00:49:38.380><c> to</c> 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see</c><00:49:50.699><c> in</c><00:49:50.760><c> the</c><00:49:51.000><c> margin</c><00:49:51.320><c> a</c><00:49:51.599><c> little</c><00:49:51.780><c> reference</c><00:49:52.179><c> to</c><00:49:52.659><c> 2</c><00:49:52.960><c> Samuel</c><00:49:53.300><c> 14</c> 00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:54.699 verse<00:49:54.300><c> 14.</c> 00:49:54.699 --> 00:49:57.719 I<00:49:54.960><c> think</c><00:49:55.139><c> that's</c><00:49:55.380><c> worth</c><00:49:55.719><c> looking</c><00:49:56.000><c> at</c><00:49:56.539><c> because</c><00:49:57.000><c> I</c><00:49:57.239><c> think</c><00:49:57.500><c> that</c> 00:49:57.719 --> 00:50:01.940 this<00:49:57.840><c> is</c><00:49:58.039><c> what's</c><00:49:58.380><c> happening</c><00:49:58.579><c> here</c><00:49:59.239><c> in</c><00:50:00.019><c> 1</c><00:50:00.280><c> Samuel</c><00:50:00.739><c> 7.</c> 00:50:02.340 --> 00:50:04.199 2<00:50:02.420><c> Samuel</c><00:50:02.760><c> 14.</c> 00:50:19.619 --> 00:50:21.440 2<00:50:20.119><c> Samuel</c><00:50:20.420><c> 14</c><00:50:20.820><c> verse</c><00:50:21.079><c> 14.</c> 00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:25.400 This<00:50:21.659><c> woman</c><00:50:21.900><c> comes</c><00:50:22.139><c> before</c><00:50:22.460><c> the</c><00:50:22.639><c> king</c><00:50:23.280><c> to</c><00:50:24.699><c> try</c><00:50:24.920><c> and</c><00:50:25.139><c> convince</c> 00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:27.599 him<00:50:25.599><c> to</c><00:50:25.780><c> bring</c><00:50:26.079><c> Absalom</c><00:50:26.559><c> back.</c> 00:50:27.920 --> 00:50:29.340 And<00:50:28.179><c> she</c><00:50:28.280><c> says</c><00:50:28.460><c> this</c><00:50:28.619><c> in</c><00:50:28.760><c> verse</c><00:50:28.920><c> 14.</c> 00:50:29.340 --> 00:50:30.260 She<00:50:29.500><c> says,</c> 00:50:34.420 --> 00:50:36.199 Why<00:50:34.860><c> do</c><00:50:35.300><c> you</c><00:50:35.440><c> spill</c><00:50:35.599><c> water</c><00:50:35.800><c> on</c><00:50:35.980><c> the</c><00:50:36.099><c> ground?</c> 00:50:36.500 --> 00:50:40.599 Well,<00:50:36.860><c> when</c><00:50:36.860><c> you</c><00:50:37.059><c> do</c><00:50:37.260><c> that,</c><00:50:37.739><c> you</c><00:50:37.739><c> cannot</c><00:50:38.159><c> gather</c><00:50:38.699><c> it</c><00:50:39.059><c> up</c><00:50:39.519><c> again.</c> 00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:44.960 Neither<00:50:41.199><c> doth</c><00:50:41.400><c> God</c><00:50:41.639><c> respect</c><00:50:42.019><c> any</c><00:50:42.280><c> person,</c><00:50:42.760><c> yet</c><00:50:42.860><c> doth</c><00:50:43.139><c> he</c><00:50:43.300><c> devise</c><00:50:43.699><c> means</c><00:50:44.099><c> that</c> 00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:47.880 his<00:50:45.340><c> banished</c><00:50:45.980><c> be</c><00:50:46.280><c> not</c><00:50:46.480><c> expelled</c><00:50:46.940><c> from</c><00:50:47.500><c> him.</c> 00:50:48.139 --> 00:50:50.920 When<00:50:48.280><c> you</c><00:50:48.500><c> pour</c><00:50:48.699><c> water</c><00:50:49.019><c> out</c><00:50:49.179><c> on</c><00:50:49.300><c> the</c><00:50:49.500><c> ground,</c><00:50:50.019><c> you</c><00:50:50.239><c> try</c><00:50:50.519><c> and</c><00:50:50.760><c> see</c><00:50:50.840><c> if</c> 00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:53.179 you<00:50:50.980><c> can</c><00:50:51.179><c> gather</c><00:50:51.440><c> any</c><00:50:51.719><c> of</c><00:50:51.820><c> that</c><00:50:52.019><c> back</c><00:50:52.159><c> to</c><00:50:52.320><c> put</c><00:50:52.440><c> it</c><00:50:52.619><c> back</c><00:50:52.739><c> in</c><00:50:52.900><c> the</c><00:50:53.099><c> cup.</c> 00:50:53.219 --> 00:50:54.440 You<00:50:53.340><c> can't</c><00:50:53.699><c> do</c><00:50:53.920><c> it.</c> 00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:57.159 And<00:50:55.360><c> what</c><00:50:55.599><c> Samuel's</c><00:50:55.980><c> doing</c><00:50:56.159><c> here,</c><00:50:56.500><c> brothers</c><00:50:56.619><c> and</c><00:50:56.800><c> sisters,</c><00:50:57.039><c> I</c> 00:50:57.159 --> 00:50:57.940 believe,<00:50:57.480><c> is</c><00:50:57.579><c> saying,</c> 00:50:58.400 --> 00:51:02.719 If<00:50:58.400><c> you</c><00:50:58.599><c> want</c><00:50:58.780><c> to</c><00:50:59.079><c> change,</c><00:51:00.659><c> it's</c><00:51:01.159><c> irreversible.</c> 00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:06.360 That's<00:51:04.960><c> pretty</c><00:51:05.380><c> challenging.</c> 00:51:06.739 --> 00:51:11.659 If<00:51:06.800><c> you</c><00:51:06.920><c> want</c><00:51:07.039><c> to</c><00:51:07.159><c> put</c><00:51:07.800><c> idols</c><00:51:08.239><c> out</c><00:51:08.559><c> of</c><00:51:08.659><c> your</c><00:51:08.860><c> life,</c><00:51:09.659><c> it's</c><00:51:10.300><c> irreversible.</c> 00:51:12.699 --> 00:51:14.260 Now<00:51:12.840><c> you</c><00:51:12.860><c> might</c><00:51:13.019><c> go</c><00:51:13.219><c> home</c><00:51:13.440><c> from</c><00:51:13.579><c> this</c><00:51:13.780><c> place</c><00:51:13.980><c> and</c><00:51:14.119><c> say,</c> 00:51:14.360 --> 00:51:18.139 Look,<00:51:15.440><c> this</c><00:51:15.679><c> study</c><00:51:15.920><c> has</c><00:51:16.199><c> inspired</c><00:51:16.699><c> me</c><00:51:17.039><c> to</c><00:51:17.380><c> just</c><00:51:17.639><c> remove</c><00:51:17.940><c> some</c> 00:51:18.139 --> 00:51:20.019 of<00:51:18.239><c> the</c><00:51:18.480><c> idols</c><00:51:18.639><c> in</c><00:51:18.840><c> my</c><00:51:19.159><c> home.</c> 00:51:20.159 --> 00:51:22.760 Some<00:51:20.599><c> of</c><00:51:20.639><c> those</c><00:51:20.900><c> distractions</c><00:51:21.579><c> that</c><00:51:21.760><c> have</c><00:51:21.860><c> been</c><00:51:22.079><c> causing</c><00:51:22.340><c> you</c> 00:51:22.760 --> 00:51:25.800 to<00:51:22.960><c> replace</c><00:51:23.460><c> God</c><00:51:23.900><c> with</c><00:51:24.179><c> something</c><00:51:24.579><c> else.</c> 00:51:25.860 --> 00:51:28.559 God,<00:51:26.099><c> who</c><00:51:26.260><c> should</c><00:51:26.420><c> have</c><00:51:26.500><c> been</c><00:51:26.619><c> the</c><00:51:26.840><c> centre</c><00:51:27.000><c> of</c><00:51:27.159><c> your</c><00:51:27.300><c> mind,</c><00:51:28.280><c> is</c> 00:51:28.559 --> 00:51:30.480 being<00:51:28.760><c> consumed</c><00:51:29.300><c> by</c><00:51:29.559><c> an</c><00:51:29.820><c> idol.</c> 00:51:30.619 --> 00:51:32.699 Whatever<00:51:30.840><c> that</c><00:51:31.159><c> idol</c><00:51:31.340><c> might</c><00:51:31.579><c> be.</c> 00:51:33.619 --> 00:51:36.920 It<00:51:34.059><c> might</c><00:51:34.179><c> be</c><00:51:34.280><c> your</c><00:51:34.500><c> DVD</c><00:51:34.940><c> collection</c><00:51:35.400><c> or</c><00:51:35.559><c> your</c><00:51:35.760><c> music</c><00:51:36.119><c> collection</c><00:51:36.539><c> or</c><00:51:36.699><c> your</c> 00:51:36.920 --> 00:51:37.760 magazine<00:51:37.320><c> collection.</c> 00:51:37.840 --> 00:51:40.579 I<00:51:38.019><c> don't</c><00:51:38.239><c> know</c><00:51:38.500><c> what</c><00:51:38.719><c> your</c><00:51:39.199><c> idols</c><00:51:39.460><c> are.</c> 00:51:40.659 --> 00:51:42.760 But<00:51:40.800><c> you</c><00:51:40.840><c> might</c><00:51:41.000><c> go</c><00:51:41.179><c> home</c><00:51:41.400><c> and</c><00:51:41.539><c> say,</c><00:51:41.860><c> That's</c><00:51:42.159><c> it.</c><00:51:42.300><c> I'm</c><00:51:42.559><c> putting</c> 00:51:42.760 --> 00:51:44.579 them<00:51:43.239><c> in</c><00:51:43.599><c> the</c><00:51:43.840><c> cupboard.</c> 00:51:46.699 --> 00:51:49.940 Brothers<00:51:47.219><c> and</c><00:51:47.420><c> sisters,</c><00:51:47.619><c> that's</c><00:51:47.820><c> not</c><00:51:48.039><c> pouring</c><00:51:48.320><c> water</c><00:51:48.780><c> out.</c> 00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:55.500 If<00:51:51.960><c> you</c><00:51:52.119><c> want</c><00:51:52.360><c> to</c><00:51:52.619><c> get</c><00:51:52.820><c> rid</c><00:51:53.079><c> of</c><00:51:53.280><c> them,</c><00:51:53.760><c> it's</c><00:51:54.059><c> irreversible.</c> 00:51:55.599 --> 00:51:59.940 Make<00:51:55.880><c> sure</c><00:51:56.480><c> they</c><00:51:56.679><c> go</c><00:51:56.900><c> in</c><00:51:57.059><c> the</c><00:51:57.320><c> trash</c><00:51:57.519><c> can,</c><00:51:57.920><c> in</c><00:51:58.219><c> the</c><00:51:58.500><c> rubbish</c><00:51:58.900><c> bin,</c> 00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:02.000 and<00:52:00.179><c> watch</c><00:52:00.440><c> the</c><00:52:00.619><c> rubbish</c><00:52:00.880><c> man</c><00:52:01.039><c> come</c><00:52:01.239><c> along</c><00:52:01.460><c> and</c><00:52:01.619><c> pick</c><00:52:01.719><c> them</c><00:52:01.880><c> up.</c> 00:52:02.099 --> 00:52:04.360 You'll<00:52:02.519><c> never</c><00:52:02.760><c> get</c><00:52:02.920><c> them</c><00:52:03.119><c> back</c><00:52:03.360><c> then.</c> 00:52:04.659 --> 00:52:07.099 That's<00:52:05.079><c> what</c><00:52:05.219><c> pouring</c><00:52:05.460><c> water</c><00:52:05.780><c> out</c><00:52:06.119><c> is,</c><00:52:06.920><c> brothers</c><00:52:07.039><c> and</c><00:52:07.039><c> sisters.</c> 00:52:07.159 --> 00:52:08.539 This<00:52:07.300><c> is</c><00:52:07.619><c> true</c><00:52:07.940><c> repentance.</c> 00:52:08.940 --> 00:52:11.760 This<00:52:09.079><c> is</c><00:52:09.360><c> one</c><00:52:09.739><c> which</c><00:52:10.360><c> is</c><00:52:10.920><c> from</c><00:52:11.179><c> the</c><00:52:11.500><c> heart.</c> 00:52:11.760 --> 00:52:14.300 This<00:52:11.920><c> is</c><00:52:12.199><c> a</c><00:52:12.360><c> reformation,</c><00:52:13.280><c> and</c><00:52:13.320><c> it's</c><00:52:13.500><c> the</c><00:52:13.619><c> first</c><00:52:13.900><c> time</c><00:52:14.079><c> in</c><00:52:14.199><c> the</c> 00:52:14.300 --> 00:52:15.860 nation's<00:52:14.800><c> history</c> 00:52:16.280 --> 00:52:19.739 that<00:52:16.699><c> they've</c><00:52:16.920><c> come</c><00:52:17.099><c> together</c><00:52:17.480><c> and</c><00:52:17.699><c> acted</c><00:52:17.940><c> like</c><00:52:18.320><c> this.</c> 00:52:21.679 --> 00:52:24.059 Now,<00:52:21.980><c> the</c><00:52:22.139><c> Philistines</c><00:52:22.519><c> get</c><00:52:22.699><c> the</c><00:52:22.880><c> wrong</c><00:52:23.039><c> idea</c><00:52:23.420><c> about</c><00:52:23.639><c> all</c><00:52:23.800><c> of</c><00:52:23.920><c> this.</c> 00:52:24.179 --> 00:52:27.000 They<00:52:24.340><c> think</c><00:52:24.599><c> that</c><00:52:24.840><c> everyone's</c><00:52:25.219><c> preparing</c><00:52:25.539><c> for</c><00:52:25.880><c> war.</c> 00:52:28.179 --> 00:52:31.820 Verse<00:52:28.340><c> 6</c><00:52:28.699><c> says</c><00:52:29.099><c> that</c><00:52:29.860><c> they</c><00:52:30.260><c> poured</c><00:52:30.460><c> out</c><00:52:30.639><c> this</c><00:52:30.880><c> water,</c><00:52:31.139><c> they</c><00:52:31.360><c> fasted</c><00:52:31.699><c> on</c> 00:52:31.820 --> 00:52:32.119 that<00:52:31.980><c> day,</c> 00:52:32.139 --> 00:52:34.860 and<00:52:32.199><c> they</c><00:52:32.440><c> said,</c><00:52:32.699><c> We</c><00:52:32.699><c> have</c><00:52:32.900><c> sinned</c><00:52:33.099><c> against</c><00:52:33.380><c> Yahweh,</c><00:52:33.820><c> and</c><00:52:34.059><c> Samuel</c><00:52:34.320><c> judged</c><00:52:34.639><c> the</c> 00:52:34.860 --> 00:52:36.440 children<00:52:35.159><c> of</c><00:52:35.340><c> Israel</c><00:52:35.579><c> in</c><00:52:36.139><c> this</c><00:52:36.360><c> part.</c> 00:52:36.460 --> 00:52:38.380 So<00:52:36.599><c> there's</c><00:52:36.699><c> a</c><00:52:36.800><c> lot</c><00:52:36.900><c> of</c><00:52:37.079><c> people</c><00:52:37.260><c> gathered</c><00:52:37.559><c> in</c><00:52:37.760><c> one</c><00:52:38.000><c> place,</c><00:52:38.260><c> and</c> 00:52:38.380 --> 00:52:38.760 the<00:52:38.539><c> Philistines,</c> 00:52:39.260 --> 00:52:42.440 they<00:52:39.739><c> see</c><00:52:40.099><c> this</c><00:52:40.380><c> and</c><00:52:40.500><c> they</c><00:52:40.739><c> think</c><00:52:40.960><c> that</c><00:52:41.179><c> they're</c><00:52:42.139><c> gathering</c> 00:52:42.440 --> 00:52:44.360 together<00:52:42.860><c> for</c><00:52:43.219><c> war.</c> 00:52:44.539 --> 00:52:47.139 And<00:52:44.619><c> so</c><00:52:44.699><c> they</c><00:52:44.880><c> gather</c><00:52:45.099><c> themselves</c><00:52:45.460><c> together</c><00:52:45.840><c> for</c><00:52:46.099><c> war.</c> 00:52:47.500 --> 00:52:50.119 And<00:52:47.539><c> they</c><00:52:47.639><c> come</c><00:52:47.840><c> to</c><00:52:48.099><c> Samuel</c><00:52:48.340><c> and</c><00:52:48.480><c> they</c><00:52:48.699><c> say,</c><00:52:49.239><c> Cease</c><00:52:49.360><c> not,</c><00:52:49.579><c> verse</c><00:52:49.860><c> 8,</c> 00:52:50.139 --> 00:52:53.960 to<00:52:50.460><c> pray</c><00:52:50.760><c> unto</c><00:52:51.019><c> God</c><00:52:51.619><c> for</c><00:52:52.360><c> us</c><00:52:52.760><c> that</c><00:52:52.880><c> he</c><00:52:53.039><c> will</c><00:52:53.260><c> save</c><00:52:53.460><c> us</c><00:52:53.739><c> out</c><00:52:53.860><c> of</c> 00:52:53.960 --> 00:52:56.079 the<00:52:54.199><c> hands</c><00:52:54.500><c> of</c><00:52:54.719><c> the</c><00:52:54.920><c> Philistines.</c> 00:52:58.019 --> 00:53:01.480 And<00:52:58.280><c> Samuel</c><00:52:58.440><c> does</c><00:52:58.679><c> something</c><00:52:59.039><c> here</c><00:52:59.500><c> that</c><00:52:59.800><c> I</c><00:52:59.920><c> just</c><00:53:00.159><c> want</c><00:53:00.280><c> to</c><00:53:00.719><c> bring</c><00:53:00.940><c> our</c><00:53:01.159><c> minds</c><00:53:01.320><c> to</c> 00:53:01.480 --> 00:53:02.940 the<00:53:01.659><c> exhortation</c><00:53:02.159><c> on.</c> 00:53:03.820 --> 00:53:05.960 He<00:53:04.059><c> does</c><00:53:04.260><c> something</c><00:53:04.559><c> here</c><00:53:04.820><c> which</c><00:53:04.980><c> is</c><00:53:05.199><c> quite</c><00:53:05.340><c> remarkable.</c> 00:53:05.960 --> 00:53:11.219 Samuel<00:53:07.239><c> took</c><00:53:07.539><c> a</c><00:53:08.099><c> sucking</c><00:53:08.519><c> lamb</c><00:53:09.059><c> and</c><00:53:09.599><c> offered</c><00:53:09.780><c> it</c><00:53:10.079><c> for</c><00:53:10.260><c> a</c><00:53:10.559><c> burnt</c><00:53:10.900><c> offering,</c> 00:53:11.659 --> 00:53:14.260 holy<00:53:12.159><c> unto</c><00:53:12.900><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:53:14.699 --> 00:53:18.280 And<00:53:14.840><c> Samuel</c><00:53:15.039><c> cried</c><00:53:15.400><c> unto</c><00:53:15.719><c> Yahweh</c><00:53:16.199><c> for</c><00:53:16.599><c> Israel,</c><00:53:17.260><c> and</c><00:53:17.460><c> Yahweh</c> 00:53:18.280 --> 00:53:20.019 heard<00:53:19.059><c> him.</c> 00:53:20.360 --> 00:53:23.139 Remember,<00:53:20.639><c> Samuel's</c><00:53:21.099><c> name</c><00:53:21.300><c> means</c><00:53:21.739><c> heard</c><00:53:22.320><c> of</c><00:53:22.780><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:53:23.260 --> 00:53:25.159 Here's<00:53:23.539><c> a</c><00:53:23.780><c> play</c><00:53:23.880><c> on</c><00:53:24.000><c> his</c><00:53:24.280><c> name.</c> 00:53:25.239 --> 00:53:28.760 He<00:53:25.340><c> was</c><00:53:25.559><c> always</c><00:53:26.099><c> crying</c><00:53:26.460><c> unto</c><00:53:26.739><c> Yahweh,</c><00:53:27.300><c> and</c><00:53:27.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:53:28.000><c> always</c> 00:53:28.760 --> 00:53:29.920 heard<00:53:29.320><c> him.</c> 00:53:30.340 --> 00:53:33.139 Or<00:53:30.519><c> in</c><00:53:30.639><c> fact,</c><00:53:30.820><c> as</c><00:53:30.920><c> the</c><00:53:31.099><c> margin</c><00:53:31.300><c> says,</c><00:53:31.699><c> he</c><00:53:31.960><c> answered</c><00:53:32.559><c> him,</c><00:53:32.940><c> like</c> 00:53:33.139 --> 00:53:34.480 Psalm<00:53:33.400><c> 99</c><00:53:33.960><c> says.</c> 00:53:34.480 --> 00:53:37.039 Not<00:53:34.679><c> only</c><00:53:34.900><c> did</c><00:53:35.059><c> God</c><00:53:35.239><c> hear,</c><00:53:35.659><c> God</c><00:53:35.920><c> answered.</c> 00:53:37.460 --> 00:53:41.039 And<00:53:37.539><c> the</c><00:53:37.659><c> answer</c><00:53:38.000><c> was</c><00:53:38.639><c> a</c><00:53:38.900><c> roaring</c><00:53:39.360><c> thunder</c><00:53:39.960><c> in</c><00:53:40.340><c> verse</c><00:53:40.659><c> 10.</c> 00:53:41.059 --> 00:53:46.320 And<00:53:41.239><c> down</c><00:53:41.619><c> came</c><00:53:41.900><c> the</c><00:53:42.159><c> thunder</c><00:53:42.480><c> and</c><00:53:42.739><c> the</c><00:53:43.019><c> rain</c><00:53:43.480><c> and</c><00:53:44.139><c> caused</c><00:53:44.420><c> destruction</c><00:53:45.199><c> upon</c><00:53:45.480><c> the</c><00:53:45.699><c> Philistines,</c> 00:53:46.539 --> 00:53:49.059 the<00:53:46.719><c> same</c><00:53:47.019><c> thunder</c><00:53:47.360><c> that</c><00:53:47.559><c> his</c><00:53:47.780><c> mother</c><00:53:48.019><c> talked</c><00:53:48.260><c> about</c><00:53:48.579><c> in</c><00:53:48.780><c> her</c> 00:53:49.059 --> 00:53:51.179 prayer,<00:53:50.099><c> that</c><00:53:50.260><c> God</c><00:53:50.460><c> would</c><00:53:50.760><c> thunder.</c> 00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:53.340 And<00:53:51.539><c> here</c><00:53:51.639><c> he</c><00:53:51.840><c> is,</c><00:53:52.239><c> thundering.</c> 00:53:53.500 --> 00:53:55.320 And<00:53:53.539><c> Samuel</c><00:53:53.679><c> knows</c><00:53:54.000><c> all</c><00:53:54.199><c> of</c><00:53:54.340><c> this,</c><00:53:54.480><c> and</c><00:53:54.579><c> it's</c><00:53:54.800><c> a</c><00:53:54.940><c> marvellous</c> 00:53:55.320 --> 00:53:57.360 thing<00:53:55.599><c> that</c><00:53:55.760><c> he's</c><00:53:56.059><c> acting</c><00:53:56.360><c> the</c><00:53:56.639><c> same</c><00:53:56.780><c> way</c><00:53:56.940><c> his</c><00:53:57.179><c> mother</c> 00:53:57.360 --> 00:53:59.920 and<00:53:57.440><c> his</c><00:53:57.619><c> mother's</c><00:53:58.059><c> prayer</c><00:53:58.219><c> is</c><00:53:58.500><c> becoming</c><00:53:58.780><c> fulfilled.</c> 00:54:00.300 --> 00:54:06.659 But<00:54:00.659><c> he</c><00:54:01.440><c> offers</c><00:54:02.099><c> a</c><00:54:02.760><c> sucking</c><00:54:03.300><c> lamb</c><00:54:04.059><c> as</c><00:54:05.679><c> a</c><00:54:05.940><c> burnt</c><00:54:06.199><c> offering,</c> 00:54:06.699 --> 00:54:08.280 holy<00:54:07.159><c> unto</c><00:54:07.860><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:54:08.360 --> 00:54:13.360 Now<00:54:08.460><c> in</c><00:54:08.599><c> the</c><00:54:08.840><c> law,</c><00:54:10.300><c> you</c><00:54:10.320><c> couldn't</c><00:54:10.659><c> offer</c><00:54:11.099><c> any</c><00:54:12.420><c> animal</c><00:54:12.860><c> until</c> 00:54:13.360 --> 00:54:16.280 it<00:54:13.500><c> was</c><00:54:13.860><c> eight</c><00:54:14.440><c> days</c><00:54:15.059><c> old.</c> 00:54:17.280 --> 00:54:20.900 The<00:54:17.420><c> first</c><00:54:17.699><c> seven</c><00:54:18.000><c> days,</c><00:54:18.619><c> it</c><00:54:18.980><c> was</c><00:54:19.179><c> allowed</c><00:54:19.380><c> to</c><00:54:19.679><c> stay</c><00:54:20.019><c> under</c> 00:54:20.900 --> 00:54:23.059 its<00:54:21.699><c> mother's</c><00:54:22.199><c> breast.</c> 00:54:23.380 --> 00:54:27.559 But<00:54:23.699><c> then</c><00:54:24.079><c> from</c><00:54:24.760><c> eight</c><00:54:25.119><c> days</c><00:54:25.500><c> old,</c><00:54:25.840><c> as</c><00:54:26.159><c> a</c><00:54:26.420><c> sucking</c><00:54:26.699><c> lamb</c><00:54:27.159><c> or</c><00:54:27.340><c> a</c> 00:54:27.559 --> 00:54:28.079 sucking<00:54:27.760><c> kid,</c> 00:54:28.079 --> 00:54:30.500 you<00:54:28.639><c> were</c><00:54:28.920><c> allowed</c><00:54:29.099><c> to</c><00:54:29.340><c> take</c><00:54:29.480><c> it</c><00:54:29.599><c> from</c><00:54:29.760><c> that</c><00:54:30.059><c> point</c><00:54:30.260><c> onwards.</c> 00:54:30.579 --> 00:54:32.199 Well,<00:54:30.679><c> this</c><00:54:30.820><c> is</c><00:54:31.000><c> a</c><00:54:31.280><c> sucking</c><00:54:31.800><c> lamb.</c> 00:54:32.300 --> 00:54:37.280 So<00:54:32.400><c> this</c><00:54:33.179><c> is</c><00:54:33.400><c> probably</c><00:54:33.820><c> about</c><00:54:34.099><c> eight</c><00:54:34.380><c> days</c><00:54:34.659><c> old,</c><00:54:35.840><c> or</c><00:54:36.079><c> thereabouts.</c> 00:54:37.760 --> 00:54:42.440 Eight,<00:54:38.079><c> ten,</c><00:54:38.480><c> twelve</c><00:54:38.699><c> days,</c><00:54:39.159><c> a</c><00:54:39.739><c> really</c><00:54:40.380><c> young</c><00:54:41.260><c> lamb.</c> 00:54:44.780 --> 00:54:53.400 I<00:54:45.139><c> think</c><00:54:45.420><c> Samuel</c><00:54:45.980><c> is</c><00:54:49.139><c> reminiscing</c><00:54:50.780><c> his</c><00:54:51.500><c> own</c><00:54:52.300><c> life,</c> 00:54:53.780 --> 00:54:58.239 who<00:54:54.500><c> at</c><00:54:54.840><c> the</c><00:54:55.199><c> first</c><00:54:55.699><c> possible</c><00:54:56.159><c> moment,</c><00:54:56.719><c> his</c><00:54:56.840><c> mother</c><00:54:57.239><c> gave</c><00:54:57.760><c> him</c> 00:54:58.239 --> 00:55:01.760 up<00:54:58.559><c> as</c><00:54:59.139><c> a</c><00:54:59.619><c> burnt</c><00:55:00.239><c> offering.</c> 00:55:01.920 --> 00:55:04.159 And<00:55:02.059><c> here</c><00:55:02.179><c> he</c><00:55:02.280><c> is,</c><00:55:02.539><c> he</c><00:55:02.539><c> takes</c><00:55:03.460><c> a</c><00:55:03.639><c> sucking</c><00:55:03.940><c> lamb.</c> 00:55:04.380 --> 00:55:09.099 At<00:55:04.380><c> the</c><00:55:04.679><c> first</c><00:55:05.900><c> opportunity,</c><00:55:07.699><c> allowed</c><00:55:08.239><c> under</c><00:55:08.559><c> the</c><00:55:08.800><c> law,</c> 00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:14.139 he<00:55:09.760><c> takes</c><00:55:10.139><c> this</c><00:55:10.500><c> lamb</c><00:55:10.820><c> and</c><00:55:11.579><c> offers</c><00:55:11.739><c> it</c><00:55:12.199><c> as</c><00:55:12.619><c> a</c><00:55:13.059><c> burnt</c><00:55:13.579><c> offering,</c> 00:55:14.579 --> 00:55:15.900 holy<00:55:15.000><c> unto</c><00:55:15.460><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:55:16.239 --> 00:55:20.340 And<00:55:16.539><c> Samuel,</c><00:55:16.980><c> at</c><00:55:17.199><c> the</c><00:55:17.559><c> first</c><00:55:17.980><c> opportunity,</c><00:55:19.199><c> as</c><00:55:19.500><c> soon</c><00:55:19.860><c> as</c><00:55:20.139><c> he</c> 00:55:20.340 --> 00:55:21.360 was<00:55:20.639><c> weaned,</c> 00:55:21.360 --> 00:55:24.400 he<00:55:21.760><c> was</c><00:55:22.000><c> taken</c><00:55:22.340><c> and</c><00:55:22.619><c> offered</c><00:55:22.820><c> as</c><00:55:23.019><c> a</c><00:55:23.260><c> burnt</c><00:55:23.440><c> offering,</c><00:55:24.099><c> holy</c> 00:55:24.400 --> 00:55:25.139 unto<00:55:24.820><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:55:25.219 --> 00:55:27.579 That's<00:55:25.599><c> how</c><00:55:25.739><c> you</c><00:55:25.960><c> change</c><00:55:26.400><c> your</c><00:55:26.699><c> life.</c> 00:55:27.719 --> 00:55:31.840 You<00:55:28.000><c> offer</c><00:55:28.280><c> yourself</c><00:55:28.880><c> as</c><00:55:29.320><c> a</c><00:55:29.639><c> burnt</c><00:55:29.980><c> offering</c><00:55:30.480><c> at</c><00:55:30.900><c> the</c><00:55:31.300><c> first</c> 00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:33.280 possible<00:55:32.619><c> moment.</c> 00:55:33.780 --> 00:55:38.360 Now<00:55:33.920><c> we</c><00:55:34.059><c> haven't</c><00:55:34.260><c> time</c><00:55:34.639><c> to</c><00:55:35.460><c> sort</c><00:55:35.719><c> of</c><00:55:35.880><c> build</c><00:55:36.460><c> this</c><00:55:36.920><c> picture</c><00:55:37.440><c> on</c> 00:55:38.360 --> 00:55:40.059 which<00:55:38.559><c> this</c><00:55:38.840><c> is</c><00:55:39.119><c> based.</c> 00:55:40.239 --> 00:55:42.239 I'm<00:55:40.400><c> just</c><00:55:40.420><c> going</c><00:55:40.500><c> to</c><00:55:40.699><c> summarise</c><00:55:40.980><c> it</c><00:55:41.139><c> for</c><00:55:41.280><c> you</c><00:55:41.500><c> and</c><00:55:41.900><c> hopefully</c> 00:55:42.239 --> 00:55:43.460 be<00:55:42.420><c> able</c><00:55:42.579><c> to</c><00:55:42.719><c> bring</c><00:55:42.860><c> our</c><00:55:43.139><c> minds</c> 00:55:43.460 --> 00:55:47.079 to<00:55:43.940><c> the</c><00:55:44.320><c> greatest</c><00:55:44.920><c> burnt</c><00:55:45.340><c> offering</c><00:55:45.820><c> that</c><00:55:46.460><c> the</c><00:55:46.659><c> world</c><00:55:46.820><c> has</c> 00:55:47.079 --> 00:55:47.739 ever<00:55:47.380><c> seen.</c> 00:55:47.739 --> 00:55:51.980 The<00:55:48.440><c> Lord</c><00:55:48.840><c> Jesus</c><00:55:49.320><c> Christ,</c><00:55:50.239><c> who</c><00:55:50.260><c> gave</c><00:55:50.500><c> himself</c><00:55:50.880><c> to</c><00:55:51.039><c> his</c><00:55:51.239><c> father</c> 00:55:51.980 --> 00:55:56.639 at<00:55:53.199><c> a</c><00:55:53.460><c> very</c><00:55:54.400><c> young</c><00:55:55.360><c> age,</c> 00:55:59.199 --> 00:56:02.099 as<00:55:59.460><c> a</c><00:55:59.719><c> sucking</c><00:55:59.920><c> child,</c><00:56:01.039><c> in</c><00:56:01.119><c> the</c><00:56:01.300><c> case</c><00:56:01.500><c> of</c><00:56:01.679><c> the</c><00:56:01.780><c> Lord.</c> 00:56:02.400 --> 00:56:04.019 Here<00:56:02.559><c> it's</c><00:56:02.760><c> a</c><00:56:02.900><c> sucking</c><00:56:03.119><c> lamb.</c> 00:56:04.199 --> 00:56:06.739 Just<00:56:04.599><c> come</c><00:56:05.059><c> back</c><00:56:05.219><c> to</c><00:56:05.360><c> numbers</c><00:56:05.659><c> eight.</c> 00:56:06.880 --> 00:56:09.480 This<00:56:07.139><c> principle</c><00:56:07.599><c> is</c><00:56:08.000><c> born</c><00:56:08.280><c> out</c><00:56:08.659><c> of</c><00:56:08.840><c> numbers</c><00:56:09.099><c> eight.</c> 00:56:09.860 --> 00:56:13.039 This<00:56:10.059><c> is</c><00:56:10.300><c> something</c><00:56:10.639><c> Samuel</c><00:56:11.139><c> learnt</c><00:56:11.679><c> from</c><00:56:11.960><c> his</c><00:56:12.280><c> mother.</c> 00:56:13.059 --> 00:56:15.219 This<00:56:13.280><c> was</c><00:56:13.500><c> the</c><00:56:13.820><c> start</c><00:56:14.059><c> that</c><00:56:14.260><c> he</c><00:56:14.380><c> had</c><00:56:14.559><c> in</c><00:56:14.719><c> his</c><00:56:14.960><c> life.</c> 00:56:15.219 --> 00:56:17.440 His<00:56:15.599><c> mother</c><00:56:16.000><c> knew</c><00:56:16.199><c> this</c><00:56:16.460><c> principle.</c> 00:56:17.460 --> 00:56:20.679 She<00:56:17.639><c> knew</c><00:56:18.059><c> about</c><00:56:18.519><c> giving</c><00:56:18.880><c> yourself</c><00:56:19.420><c> holy</c><00:56:19.940><c> to</c><00:56:20.280><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:56:21.039 --> 00:56:24.039 And<00:56:21.119><c> to</c><00:56:21.300><c> give</c><00:56:21.539><c> Samuel</c><00:56:21.940><c> the</c><00:56:22.199><c> best</c><00:56:22.519><c> start</c><00:56:22.719><c> in</c><00:56:22.940><c> life,</c><00:56:23.519><c> she</c><00:56:23.699><c> gave</c> 00:56:24.039 --> 00:56:26.019 him<00:56:24.340><c> at</c><00:56:24.539><c> the</c><00:56:24.840><c> first</c><00:56:25.280><c> possible</c><00:56:25.719><c> moment.</c> 00:56:26.039 --> 00:56:27.659 She<00:56:26.159><c> didn't</c><00:56:26.380><c> hold</c><00:56:26.639><c> back.</c> 00:56:28.179 --> 00:56:30.219 And<00:56:28.300><c> a</c><00:56:28.519><c> burnt</c><00:56:28.619><c> offering</c><00:56:28.900><c> was</c><00:56:29.099><c> the</c><00:56:29.320><c> only</c><00:56:29.539><c> offering</c><00:56:29.739><c> where</c><00:56:29.960><c> God</c> 00:56:30.219 --> 00:56:30.760 got<00:56:30.440><c> the</c><00:56:30.639><c> lot.</c> 00:56:30.820 --> 00:56:32.639 You<00:56:30.880><c> didn't</c><00:56:31.099><c> hold</c><00:56:31.320><c> anything</c><00:56:31.659><c> back.</c> 00:56:32.920 --> 00:56:34.940 God<00:56:33.099><c> received</c><00:56:33.500><c> everything</c><00:56:34.159><c> in</c><00:56:34.400><c> a</c><00:56:34.579><c> burnt</c><00:56:34.739><c> offering.</c> 00:56:35.000 --> 00:56:37.340 That's<00:56:35.219><c> what</c><00:56:35.380><c> the</c><00:56:35.599><c> burnt</c><00:56:35.780><c> offering</c><00:56:36.079><c> signified.</c> 00:56:38.460 --> 00:56:40.820 And<00:56:38.579><c> in</c><00:56:38.760><c> Numbers</c><00:56:39.000><c> chapter</c><00:56:39.280><c> eight,</c><00:56:39.699><c> the</c><00:56:40.000><c> Levites,</c><00:56:40.500><c> of</c><00:56:40.659><c> which</c> 00:56:40.820 --> 00:56:41.739 Samuel<00:56:41.139><c> was</c><00:56:41.480><c> one,</c> 00:56:41.739 --> 00:56:47.079 the<00:56:42.440><c> Levites</c><00:56:43.320><c> were</c><00:56:44.280><c> going</c><00:56:44.500><c> to</c><00:56:44.639><c> be</c><00:56:44.860><c> taken</c><00:56:45.079><c> instead</c><00:56:45.400><c> of</c><00:56:45.579><c> the</c><00:56:45.800><c> firstborn.</c> 00:56:47.679 --> 00:56:52.320 And<00:56:47.820><c> the</c><00:56:48.059><c> Levites,</c><00:56:48.739><c> it</c><00:56:48.900><c> says</c><00:56:49.579><c> in</c><00:56:50.860><c> verse</c><00:56:51.079><c> 11,</c> 00:56:52.340 --> 00:56:58.059 that<00:56:52.599><c> Aaron</c><00:56:53.079><c> shall</c><00:56:53.440><c> offer</c><00:56:53.739><c> the</c><00:56:54.019><c> Levites</c><00:56:54.599><c> unto</c><00:56:54.960><c> Yahweh</c><00:56:55.539><c> for</c><00:56:56.300><c> an</c><00:56:57.059><c> offering.</c> 00:56:59.239 --> 00:57:00.860 As<00:56:59.780><c> a</c><00:57:00.019><c> wave</c><00:57:00.260><c> offering,</c><00:57:00.519><c> it</c><00:57:00.739><c> says.</c> 00:57:00.940 --> 00:57:01.900 And<00:57:01.039><c> there</c><00:57:01.119><c> they</c><00:57:01.420><c> all</c><00:57:01.719><c> were.</c> 00:57:01.920 --> 00:57:05.280 They<00:57:02.019><c> would</c><00:57:02.179><c> have</c><00:57:02.320><c> all</c><00:57:02.519><c> been</c><00:57:03.260><c> waving</c><00:57:03.679><c> before</c><00:57:04.119><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:04.659><c> as</c><00:57:04.960><c> a</c> 00:57:05.280 --> 00:57:06.480 wave<00:57:05.599><c> offering.</c> 00:57:07.199 --> 00:57:09.579 That<00:57:07.500><c> they</c><00:57:07.719><c> may</c><00:57:08.000><c> execute</c><00:57:08.519><c> the</c><00:57:08.780><c> service</c><00:57:09.039><c> of</c><00:57:09.300><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:57:09.579 --> 00:57:12.500 and<00:57:09.719><c> the</c><00:57:09.980><c> Levites</c><00:57:10.519><c> shall</c><00:57:10.900><c> lay</c><00:57:11.179><c> their</c><00:57:11.480><c> hands</c><00:57:11.780><c> upon</c><00:57:12.039><c> the</c><00:57:12.300><c> heads</c> 00:57:12.500 --> 00:57:13.980 of<00:57:12.679><c> the</c><00:57:12.860><c> bullocks</c><00:57:13.159><c> that</c><00:57:13.340><c> they</c><00:57:13.480><c> shall</c><00:57:13.719><c> offer,</c> 00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:17.719 the<00:57:14.239><c> one</c><00:57:14.440><c> for</c><00:57:14.639><c> a</c><00:57:14.880><c> sin</c><00:57:15.019><c> offering</c><00:57:15.380><c> and</c><00:57:15.960><c> the</c><00:57:16.300><c> other</c><00:57:16.659><c> for</c><00:57:16.940><c> a</c><00:57:17.119><c> burnt</c><00:57:17.340><c> offering.</c> 00:57:18.039 --> 00:57:21.440 So<00:57:18.239><c> in</c><00:57:18.440><c> order</c><00:57:18.619><c> for</c><00:57:18.880><c> a</c><00:57:19.039><c> reformation,</c><00:57:20.320><c> you've</c><00:57:20.539><c> got</c><00:57:20.679><c> to</c><00:57:20.920><c> repent</c> 00:57:21.440 --> 00:57:22.380 of<00:57:21.800><c> your</c><00:57:22.000><c> ways</c> 00:57:22.380 --> 00:57:24.820 and<00:57:22.719><c> then</c><00:57:23.099><c> totally</c><00:57:23.480><c> dedicate</c><00:57:24.099><c> yourself</c><00:57:24.460><c> to</c><00:57:24.639><c> God.</c> 00:57:24.860 --> 00:57:26.760 Well,<00:57:24.960><c> that's</c><00:57:25.340><c> happening</c><00:57:25.659><c> in</c><00:57:25.940><c> 1</c><00:57:26.079><c> Samuel</c><00:57:26.380><c> seven.</c> 00:57:27.000 --> 00:57:28.420 We've<00:57:27.360><c> sinned,</c><00:57:27.820><c> they</c><00:57:28.079><c> said.</c> 00:57:28.780 --> 00:57:33.260 Okay,<00:57:29.699><c> now</c><00:57:30.320><c> I</c><00:57:30.679><c> can</c><00:57:30.900><c> offer</c><00:57:31.119><c> you</c><00:57:31.500><c> as</c><00:57:31.760><c> a</c><00:57:32.019><c> burnt</c><00:57:32.300><c> offering.</c> 00:57:33.840 --> 00:57:34.920 And<00:57:34.079><c> here's</c><00:57:34.239><c> the</c><00:57:34.460><c> principle.</c> 00:57:34.920 --> 00:57:39.699 So<00:57:35.900><c> down</c><00:57:36.179><c> in</c><00:57:36.340><c> verse</c><00:57:36.719><c> 16,</c><00:57:39.019><c> Yahweh</c><00:57:39.340><c> says,</c> 00:57:39.840 --> 00:57:46.280 I<00:57:39.840><c> have</c><00:57:40.119><c> taken</c><00:57:40.440><c> the</c><00:57:40.760><c> Levites</c><00:57:41.059><c> for</c><00:57:41.260><c> myself,</c><00:57:42.500><c> for</c><00:57:42.599><c> they</c><00:57:42.980><c> are</c><00:57:43.679><c> wholly</c><00:57:44.420><c> given</c><00:57:45.440><c> unto</c><00:57:45.880><c> me.</c> 00:57:46.420 --> 00:57:49.219 The<00:57:46.539><c> word</c><00:57:46.739><c> wholly</c><00:57:47.119><c> is</c><00:57:47.420><c> really</c><00:57:47.699><c> the</c><00:57:47.820><c> word</c><00:57:48.059><c> give</c><00:57:48.420><c> repeated</c><00:57:48.900><c> twice.</c> 00:57:49.300 --> 00:57:51.280 They<00:57:49.440><c> are</c><00:57:49.760><c> given,</c><00:57:50.280><c> given.</c> 00:57:51.719 --> 00:57:53.739 There's<00:57:52.019><c> nothing</c><00:57:52.340><c> held</c><00:57:52.639><c> back</c><00:57:52.980><c> from</c><00:57:53.179><c> the</c><00:57:53.420><c> Levites,</c> 00:57:53.800 --> 00:57:58.059 which<00:57:53.920><c> is</c><00:57:54.139><c> an</c><00:57:54.320><c> astonishing</c><00:57:54.679><c> thing</c><00:57:55.079><c> because</c><00:57:55.440><c> their</c><00:57:56.260><c> forefather</c><00:57:57.360><c> Levi,</c> 00:57:58.179 --> 00:57:59.280 along<00:57:58.360><c> with</c><00:57:58.659><c> Simeon,</c> 00:57:59.559 --> 00:58:02.320 went<00:57:59.800><c> into</c><00:58:00.179><c> the</c><00:58:00.280><c> city</c><00:58:00.519><c> of</c><00:58:00.820><c> Shechem</c><00:58:01.000><c> and</c><00:58:01.119><c> all</c><00:58:01.300><c> they</c><00:58:01.519><c> did</c><00:58:01.699><c> was</c><00:58:02.019><c> take.</c> 00:58:02.380 --> 00:58:04.239 They<00:58:02.559><c> were</c><00:58:02.840><c> takers,</c><00:58:03.440><c> take,</c><00:58:03.699><c> take,</c><00:58:04.119><c> take.</c> 00:58:04.239 --> 00:58:07.460 Now<00:58:05.179><c> these</c><00:58:05.840><c> Levites</c><00:58:06.260><c> had</c><00:58:06.440><c> learnt</c><00:58:06.579><c> a</c><00:58:06.739><c> lesson</c><00:58:06.980><c> and</c><00:58:07.159><c> they</c><00:58:07.280><c> were</c> 00:58:07.460 --> 00:58:09.840 just<00:58:07.760><c> givers,</c><00:58:08.260><c> give,</c><00:58:08.579><c> give,</c><00:58:08.900><c> give.</c> 00:58:10.280 --> 00:58:13.059 And<00:58:10.300><c> of</c><00:58:10.380><c> course</c><00:58:10.659><c> Hannah's</c><00:58:11.139><c> mother</c><00:58:11.400><c> was</c><00:58:11.639><c> a</c><00:58:11.840><c> giver</c><00:58:12.199><c> in</c><00:58:12.639><c> a</c><00:58:12.860><c> world</c> 00:58:13.059 --> 00:58:14.420 of<00:58:13.340><c> takers.</c> 00:58:14.460 --> 00:58:16.300 She<00:58:14.599><c> understood</c><00:58:15.000><c> this</c><00:58:15.239><c> principle.</c> 00:58:17.539 --> 00:58:22.440 Now<00:58:17.699><c> when</c><00:58:18.000><c> they</c><00:58:18.300><c> did</c><00:58:18.539><c> that,</c><00:58:19.440><c> Yahweh</c><00:58:19.699><c> says</c><00:58:20.099><c> that</c><00:58:20.400><c> they</c><00:58:20.460><c> are</c><00:58:20.760><c> wholly</c><00:58:21.139><c> given</c><00:58:21.360><c> unto</c><00:58:21.599><c> me</c> 00:58:22.440 --> 00:58:24.860 from<00:58:23.059><c> among</c><00:58:23.280><c> the</c><00:58:23.460><c> children</c><00:58:23.679><c> of</c><00:58:23.880><c> Israel.</c> 00:58:25.360 --> 00:58:28.219 Yahweh<00:58:25.699><c> did</c><00:58:25.900><c> something</c><00:58:26.460><c> rather</c><00:58:27.139><c> unique.</c> 00:58:28.579 --> 00:58:31.000 I<00:58:28.739><c> mentioned</c><00:58:28.940><c> to</c><00:58:29.119><c> you</c><00:58:29.260><c> before</c><00:58:29.639><c> that</c><00:58:29.980><c> the</c><00:58:30.260><c> burnt</c><00:58:30.539><c> offering,</c> 00:58:31.000 --> 00:58:33.079 Yahweh<00:58:31.659><c> always</c><00:58:32.059><c> got</c><00:58:32.219><c> the</c><00:58:32.400><c> lot.</c> 00:58:33.099 --> 00:58:36.000 No<00:58:33.280><c> one</c><00:58:33.460><c> else</c><00:58:33.659><c> was</c><00:58:33.860><c> allowed</c><00:58:34.039><c> to</c><00:58:34.260><c> eat</c><00:58:34.500><c> of</c><00:58:34.699><c> the</c><00:58:34.840><c> burnt</c><00:58:35.039><c> offering.</c> 00:58:37.340 --> 00:58:39.179 Yahweh<00:58:37.519><c> never</c><00:58:37.760><c> gave</c><00:58:37.980><c> any</c><00:58:38.199><c> back.</c> 00:58:40.360 --> 00:58:44.159 There's<00:58:40.579><c> two</c><00:58:40.820><c> occasions</c><00:58:41.239><c> in</c><00:58:41.420><c> the</c><00:58:41.559><c> Bible</c><00:58:42.119><c> where</c><00:58:43.039><c> Yahweh</c><00:58:43.460><c> gave</c> 00:58:44.159 --> 00:58:46.920 a<00:58:44.780><c> burnt</c><00:58:45.000><c> offering</c><00:58:45.599><c> back.</c> 00:58:47.659 --> 00:58:51.880 The<00:58:47.900><c> first</c><00:58:48.099><c> one's</c><00:58:48.300><c> in</c><00:58:48.440><c> Leviticus</c><00:58:48.900><c> chapter</c><00:58:49.179><c> 8</c><00:58:50.179><c> with</c><00:58:50.539><c> the</c><00:58:50.739><c> dedication</c><00:58:51.280><c> of</c> 00:58:51.880 --> 00:58:53.199 the<00:58:52.139><c> priests.</c> 00:58:53.719 --> 00:58:57.159 A<00:58:54.199><c> burnt</c><00:58:54.440><c> offering</c><00:58:54.639><c> was</c><00:58:54.840><c> made</c><00:58:55.619><c> and</c><00:58:56.159><c> some</c><00:58:56.440><c> of</c><00:58:56.579><c> it</c><00:58:56.760><c> was</c><00:58:56.960><c> allowed</c> 00:58:57.159 --> 00:58:57.900 to<00:58:57.320><c> be</c><00:58:57.579><c> eaten</c> 00:58:57.900 --> 00:59:00.840 by<00:58:58.360><c> Aaron</c><00:58:58.800><c> and</c><00:58:59.139><c> his</c><00:58:59.340><c> sons</c><00:58:59.820><c> and</c><00:59:00.219><c> Moses.</c> 00:59:01.239 --> 00:59:04.280 Unheard<00:59:01.699><c> of</c><00:59:02.039><c> under</c><00:59:02.199><c> the</c><00:59:02.380><c> law</c><00:59:02.679><c> to</c><00:59:03.420><c> have</c><00:59:03.579><c> some</c><00:59:03.780><c> of</c><00:59:03.900><c> the</c><00:59:04.019><c> burnt</c> 00:59:04.280 --> 00:59:06.380 offering<00:59:04.980><c> given</c><00:59:05.360><c> back.</c> 00:59:07.000 --> 00:59:11.559 The<00:59:07.159><c> second</c><00:59:07.420><c> place</c><00:59:07.860><c> is</c><00:59:08.199><c> here</c><00:59:08.519><c> in</c><00:59:08.679><c> Leviticus</c><00:59:09.119><c> 8</c><00:59:09.659><c> with</c><00:59:10.719><c> the</c><00:59:10.940><c> dedication</c><00:59:11.360><c> of</c> 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Yahweh</c><01:03:10.820><c> will</c><01:03:11.059><c> help</c><01:03:11.480><c> me.</c> 01:03:12.440 --> 01:03:13.980 Therefore<01:03:12.820><c> shall</c><01:03:13.000><c> I</c><01:03:13.119><c> not</c><01:03:13.280><c> be</c><01:03:13.480><c> confounded.</c> 01:03:13.980 --> 01:03:18.320 Therefore<01:03:15.000><c> have</c><01:03:15.360><c> I</c><01:03:15.500><c> set</c><01:03:15.699><c> my</c><01:03:16.019><c> face</c><01:03:16.360><c> like</c><01:03:17.460><c> a</c><01:03:17.920><c> flint.</c> 01:03:18.719 --> 01:03:22.400 And<01:03:18.800><c> he</c><01:03:19.139><c> set</c><01:03:19.420><c> his</c><01:03:19.739><c> face</c><01:03:20.119><c> steadfastly</c><01:03:20.840><c> to</c><01:03:20.940><c> go</c><01:03:21.199><c> to</c><01:03:21.380><c> Jerusalem.</c> 01:03:22.860 --> 01:03:24.599 He<01:03:22.960><c> knew</c><01:03:23.159><c> what</c><01:03:23.300><c> was</c><01:03:23.480><c> in</c><01:03:23.719><c> store.</c> 01:03:24.860 --> 01:03:28.699 And<01:03:25.019><c> 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