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puzzling.<00:11:04.259><c> Here</c><00:11:04.379><c> you</c><00:11:04.580><c> have</c><00:11:04.960><c> a</c><00:11:05.360><c> king</c><00:11:05.480><c> who</c>

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reigns<00:11:05.860><c> for</c><00:11:06.000><c> 52</c><00:11:06.379><c> years,</c><00:11:08.080><c> extremely</c><00:11:08.220><c> long</c><00:11:08.480><c> period</c><00:11:08.779><c> for</c><00:11:08.960><c> the</c><00:11:09.100><c> time</c><00:11:09.200><c> of</c>

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lord,<00:11:17.080><c> yet</c><00:11:17.139><c> he</c><00:11:17.399><c> dies</c><00:11:17.799><c> a</c><00:11:18.179><c> leper.</c>

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We<00:11:20.600><c> see</c><00:11:20.679><c> he</c><00:11:20.879><c> restores</c><00:11:21.220><c> a</c><00:11:21.500><c> city,</c><00:11:23.379><c> but</c><00:11:23.659><c> we</c><00:11:23.820><c> have</c><00:11:24.019><c> no</c><00:11:24.320><c> details</c><00:11:24.840><c> about</c><00:11:25.139><c> this</c><00:11:25.399><c> city.</c><00:11:26.159><c> I</c>

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don't<00:11:26.340><c> know</c><00:11:26.419><c> about</c><00:11:26.539><c> you,</c><00:11:26.820><c> but</c>

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I<00:11:27.720><c> think</c><00:11:27.919><c> to</c><00:11:28.120><c> me</c><00:11:28.279><c> is</c><00:11:28.399><c> that</c><00:11:28.500><c> the</c><00:11:28.740><c> scribe</c><00:11:29.000><c> of</c><00:11:29.120><c> the</c><00:11:29.200><c> book</c><00:11:29.320><c> of</c><00:11:29.460><c> the</c>

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kings<00:11:29.759><c> didn't</c><00:11:30.019><c> really</c><00:11:30.360><c> think</c><00:11:30.559><c> much</c><00:11:30.799><c> of</c><00:11:30.980><c> this</c><00:11:31.200><c> man.</c>

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I'm<00:11:31.960><c> left</c><00:11:32.120><c> with</c><00:11:32.279><c> so</c><00:11:32.480><c> many</c><00:11:32.720><c> questions</c><00:11:33.340><c> when</c><00:11:33.840><c> I'm</c><00:11:34.000><c> in</c><00:11:34.139><c> the</c><00:11:34.399><c> account</c><00:11:34.600><c> of</c><00:11:34.759><c> the</c><00:11:34.899><c> kings.</c><00:11:35.980><c> Clearly,</c><00:11:36.399><c> you</c><00:11:36.539><c> want</c><00:11:36.659><c> to</c><00:11:36.759><c> learn</c>

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book<00:11:40.379><c> of</c><00:11:40.500><c> the</c><00:11:40.620><c> kings.</c><00:11:41.679><c> Let's</c><00:11:41.860><c> go</c><00:11:42.059><c> back</c><00:11:42.279><c> to</c><00:11:42.460><c> 2</c><00:11:42.600><c> Chronicles</c>

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26.<00:11:45.159><c> There's</c><00:11:45.320><c> an</c><00:11:45.460><c> interesting</c><00:11:45.639><c> remark</c><00:11:46.000><c> here</c><00:11:46.200><c> at</c><00:11:46.299><c> the</c><00:11:46.360><c> end</c><00:11:46.460><c> of</c>

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the<00:11:46.720><c> chapter</c><00:11:47.019><c> about</c><00:11:47.279><c> Uzziah.</c>

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2<00:11:51.460><c> Chronicles</c><00:11:51.919><c> 26,</c><00:11:53.120><c> and</c><00:11:53.279><c> keep</c><00:11:53.440><c> your</c><00:11:53.620><c> finger</c><00:11:53.779><c> here</c><00:11:53.940><c> because</c><00:11:54.019><c> we're</c><00:11:54.220><c> going</c><00:11:54.220><c> to</c>

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flip<00:11:54.539><c> back</c><00:11:54.799><c> between</c><00:11:55.039><c> a</c>

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we're<00:11:55.960><c> always</c><00:11:56.179><c> going</c><00:11:56.320><c> to</c><00:11:56.320><c> come</c><00:11:56.559><c> back</c><00:11:57.299><c> to</c><00:11:57.620><c> 2</c><00:11:57.799><c> Chronicles</c><00:11:58.200><c> 26.</c><00:12:00.259><c> 2</c>

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Chronicles<00:12:00.840><c> 26</c><00:12:01.419><c> and</c><00:12:01.580><c> verse</c><00:12:02.379><c> 22.</c>

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Now<00:12:04.820><c> the</c><00:12:04.919><c> rest</c><00:12:05.139><c> of</c><00:12:05.360><c> the</c><00:12:05.419><c> acts</c><00:12:05.600><c> of</c><00:12:05.799><c> Uzziah,</c><00:12:06.279><c> first</c><00:12:06.539><c> and</c><00:12:06.740><c> last,</c>

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or<00:12:19.139><c> chronicles?</c><00:12:20.559><c> Refer</c><00:12:20.779><c> back</c><00:12:21.000><c> to</c><00:12:21.139><c> the</c><00:12:21.240><c> book</c><00:12:21.340><c> of</c><00:12:21.440><c> the</c><00:12:21.580><c> kings,</c>

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or<00:12:22.379><c> refer</c><00:12:22.580><c> to</c><00:12:22.740><c> the</c><00:12:22.860><c> book</c><00:12:22.980><c> of</c><00:12:23.100><c> the</c><00:12:23.279><c> chronicles.</c>

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But<00:12:24.200><c> here</c><00:12:24.539><c> the</c><00:12:24.840><c> scribe</c><00:12:25.200><c> says</c><00:12:25.419><c> refer</c><00:12:25.759><c> to</c><00:12:25.960><c> Isaiah.</c>

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Why<00:12:29.159><c> is</c><00:12:29.360><c> that?</c><00:12:30.000><c> Well</c><00:12:30.120><c> we</c><00:12:30.139><c> know</c><00:12:30.259><c> we're</c><00:12:30.360><c> not</c><00:12:30.480><c> going</c><00:12:30.600><c> to</c><00:12:30.700><c> go</c><00:12:30.720><c> back</c>

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there.<00:12:33.139><c> But</c><00:12:33.340><c> why</c><00:12:33.639><c> the</c><00:12:33.779><c> book</c><00:12:33.980><c> of</c><00:12:34.240><c> Isaiah?</c><00:12:35.399><c> Do</c><00:12:35.519><c> you</c><00:12:35.559><c> know</c><00:12:35.620><c> this</c><00:12:35.759><c> is</c><00:12:35.960><c> a</c>

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take<00:12:41.919><c> a</c><00:12:42.080><c> wild</c><00:12:42.220><c> guess.</c><00:12:44.840><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:12:45.860><c> our</c><00:12:46.000><c> second</c><00:12:46.299><c> topic.</c>

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Yet,<00:12:54.000><c> like</c><00:12:54.100><c> many</c><00:12:54.320><c> of</c><00:12:54.480><c> us,</c><00:12:54.720><c> we've</c><00:12:54.879><c> even</c><00:12:55.080><c> brought</c><00:12:55.259><c> up</c><00:12:55.500><c> reading</c>

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do<00:12:58.340><c> we</c><00:12:58.460><c> have</c><00:12:58.659><c> about</c><00:12:58.840><c> the</c><00:12:58.980><c> life</c><00:12:59.200><c> of</c><00:12:59.320><c> Uzziah</c><00:12:59.799><c> in</c><00:12:59.980><c> the</c><00:13:00.019><c> book</c><00:13:00.179><c> of</c><00:13:00.360><c> Isaiah?</c><00:13:02.100><c> Not</c><00:13:02.299><c> a</c>

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lot<00:13:02.460><c> of</c><00:13:02.639><c> details</c><00:13:02.919><c> were</c><00:13:03.139><c> given</c><00:13:03.299><c> there.</c>

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find<00:13:12.940><c> as</c><00:13:13.059><c> we</c><00:13:13.179><c> go</c><00:13:13.340><c> through</c><00:13:13.539><c> this,</c>

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there<00:13:14.159><c> might</c><00:13:14.440><c> not</c><00:13:14.600><c> be</c><00:13:14.740><c> many</c><00:13:15.039><c> details</c><00:13:15.440><c> about</c><00:13:15.659><c> the</c><00:13:15.720><c> life</c><00:13:15.940><c> of</c><00:13:16.159><c> Azariah</c><00:13:16.659><c> or</c>

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Uzziah.<00:13:17.779><c> What</c><00:13:17.919><c> you're</c><00:13:18.080><c> going</c><00:13:18.200><c> to</c><00:13:18.360><c> find</c><00:13:18.580><c> is</c>

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there's<00:13:18.960><c> many</c><00:13:19.379><c> echoes</c><00:13:19.860><c> of</c><00:13:20.320><c> the</c><00:13:20.580><c> life</c><00:13:21.340><c> of</c><00:13:21.559><c> Uzziah</c><00:13:22.779><c> in</c><00:13:23.139><c> relation</c>

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to<00:13:23.820><c> the</c><00:13:24.019><c> people</c><00:13:24.259><c> of</c><00:13:24.500><c> Judah</c><00:13:24.700><c> at</c><00:13:25.019><c> his</c><00:13:25.320><c> time.</c>

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So<00:13:26.440><c> what</c><00:13:26.539><c> we're</c><00:13:26.600><c> going</c><00:13:26.700><c> to</c><00:13:26.840><c> see</c><00:13:26.940><c> is</c><00:13:27.039><c> Uzziah</c><00:13:27.580><c> is</c><00:13:27.799><c> a</c><00:13:28.039><c> representative</c><00:13:28.860><c> of</c><00:13:30.039><c> the</c><00:13:30.279><c> people</c><00:13:30.500><c> of</c>

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Uzziah?<00:13:49.659><c> He</c><00:13:49.659><c> was</c><00:13:49.879><c> 16.</c><00:13:50.519><c> He</c><00:13:50.679><c> was</c><00:13:50.879><c> young.</c><00:13:52.500><c> Well,</c><00:13:52.600><c> the</c><00:13:52.720><c> nation,</c><00:13:53.159><c> too,</c><00:13:53.259><c> is</c>

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quite<00:13:53.759><c> young</c><00:13:54.080><c> in</c><00:13:54.340><c> a</c><00:13:54.419><c> lot</c><00:13:54.519><c> of</c><00:13:54.700><c> regards.</c>

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go<00:14:03.759><c> to</c><00:14:03.879><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:04.100><c> chapter</c><00:14:04.460><c> one.</c>

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Isaiah<00:14:08.039><c> chapter</c><00:14:08.379><c> one</c><00:14:09.320><c> and</c><00:14:10.179><c> verse</c><00:14:10.419><c> one.</c>

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concerning<00:14:15.740><c> Judah</c><00:14:16.179><c> and</c><00:14:16.820><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:17.360><c> in</c><00:14:17.759><c> the</c><00:14:17.919><c> days</c><00:14:18.179><c> of</c>

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Uzziah,<00:14:20.460><c> Jotham,</c><00:14:21.100><c> Ahaz,</c><00:14:22.059><c> and</c><00:14:22.240><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:14:22.799><c> kings</c><00:14:22.940><c> of</c><00:14:23.159><c> Judah.</c>

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So<00:14:24.080><c> we</c><00:14:24.179><c> see</c><00:14:24.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:24.580><c> starts</c><00:14:24.820><c> his</c><00:14:25.080><c> prophecy</c><00:14:25.480><c> at</c><00:14:25.980><c> the</c><00:14:26.139><c> time</c>

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of<00:14:26.500><c> Uzziah</c><00:14:26.840><c> and</c><00:14:26.899><c> he</c><00:14:27.139><c> finishes</c><00:14:27.379><c> prophecy</c><00:14:28.059><c> at</c><00:14:28.799><c> the</c><00:14:28.919><c> time</c><00:14:29.100><c> of</c><00:14:29.279><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:14:31.240><c> And</c>

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notice<00:14:31.480><c> how</c><00:14:31.639><c> he</c><00:14:31.879><c> starts</c><00:14:32.120><c> his</c><00:14:32.419><c> prophecy</c>

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in<00:14:32.960><c> verse</c><00:14:33.200><c> two.</c><00:14:34.139><c> Here,</c><00:14:34.679><c> O</c><00:14:34.679><c> ye</c><00:14:34.860><c> heavens,</c><00:14:35.320><c> give</c><00:14:35.480><c> ear,</c><00:14:35.879><c> O</c><00:14:36.039><c> earth,</c>

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for<00:14:36.779><c> the</c><00:14:37.000><c> Lord</c><00:14:37.200><c> has</c><00:14:37.460><c> spoken.</c><00:14:38.000><c> I</c><00:14:38.360><c> have</c><00:14:38.600><c> nourished</c><00:14:39.299><c> and</c>

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brought<00:14:40.259><c> up</c><00:14:40.759><c> children.</c><00:14:43.220><c> This</c><00:14:43.340><c> is</c><00:14:43.500><c> the</c><00:14:43.639><c> first</c><00:14:43.820><c> principle</c><00:14:44.139><c> we</c><00:14:44.320><c> want</c><00:14:44.460><c> to</c><00:14:44.600><c> consider.</c><00:14:45.539><c> God</c><00:14:45.779><c> says,</c><00:14:46.179><c> I</c>

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have<00:14:46.539><c> nourished</c>

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and<00:14:47.120><c> brought</c><00:14:47.299><c> up</c><00:14:47.500><c> children.</c><00:14:47.799><c> This</c><00:14:47.980><c> is</c><00:14:48.159><c> the</c><00:14:48.340><c> message,</c><00:14:48.700><c> how</c><00:14:48.860><c> he</c>

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started<00:14:49.519><c> at</c><00:14:50.019><c> the</c><00:14:50.220><c> time</c><00:14:50.519><c> of</c><00:14:50.759><c> Uzziah.</c><00:14:52.779><c> He's</c><00:14:53.259><c> nourishing</c>

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and<00:14:53.879><c> he's</c><00:14:54.139><c> bringing</c><00:14:54.340><c> up</c><00:14:54.639><c> children</c><00:14:55.100><c> in</c><00:14:55.679><c> the</c><00:14:55.899><c> truth.</c><00:14:57.779><c> Think</c><00:14:57.960><c> about</c><00:14:58.179><c> that.</c><00:14:58.740><c> Remember</c><00:14:59.019><c> the</c>

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nation<00:14:59.799><c> when</c><00:14:59.960><c> Uzziah</c><00:15:00.279><c> comes</c>

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on<00:15:00.679><c> the</c><00:15:00.820><c> scene?</c><00:15:02.539><c> They</c><00:15:02.799><c> were</c><00:15:03.019><c> broke,</c><00:15:04.100><c> publicly</c><00:15:04.360><c> humiliated,</c>

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right?<00:15:05.700><c> They're</c><00:15:06.000><c> defenseless.</c><00:15:07.539><c> Yet</c><00:15:07.659><c> back</c><00:15:07.899><c> in</c><00:15:08.120><c> second</c>

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Chronicles<00:15:08.799><c> chapter</c><00:15:09.159><c> 26,</c><00:15:10.379><c> 28,</c><00:15:11.000><c> 26,</c><00:15:13.100><c> we</c><00:15:13.120><c> were</c><00:15:13.360><c> reading,</c><00:15:14.419><c> did</c><00:15:14.659><c> you</c><00:15:14.659><c> catch</c><00:15:14.840><c> we</c><00:15:14.960><c> were</c><00:15:15.080><c> reading</c><00:15:15.240><c> verses</c><00:15:15.539><c> 6</c>

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to<00:15:16.000><c> 15?</c>

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the<00:15:20.460><c> conquering</c><00:15:20.759><c> of</c><00:15:20.919><c> the</c><00:15:21.080><c> surrounding</c><00:15:21.399><c> nations.</c>

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We<00:15:22.340><c> were</c><00:15:22.559><c> reading</c><00:15:22.879><c> about</c><00:15:23.539><c> this</c><00:15:24.019><c> military</c><00:15:24.539><c> inventions.</c><00:15:25.340><c> We</c><00:15:25.519><c> were</c><00:15:25.740><c> reading</c><00:15:26.019><c> about</c><00:15:26.179><c> the</c><00:15:26.399><c> size</c><00:15:26.679><c> of</c>

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his<00:15:27.039><c> army.</c>

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We<00:15:27.799><c> were</c><00:15:27.960><c> reading</c><00:15:28.139><c> about</c><00:15:28.320><c> his</c><00:15:28.740><c> refortification</c><00:15:29.779><c> of</c><00:15:30.360><c> Jerusalem.</c><00:15:32.500><c> What</c><00:15:32.700><c> do</c>

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you<00:15:32.919><c> need</c><00:15:33.259><c> to</c><00:15:33.580><c> support</c><00:15:33.799><c> your</c>

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military<00:15:34.360><c> and</c><00:15:34.500><c> your</c><00:15:34.679><c> defense?</c><00:15:36.100><c> What</c><00:15:36.220><c> do</c><00:15:36.340><c> you</c><00:15:36.340><c> need?</c><00:15:37.700><c> You</c><00:15:37.940><c> need</c>

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their<00:15:41.279><c> banks</c><00:15:41.519><c> were</c><00:15:41.740><c> empty.</c><00:15:44.179><c> Where</c><00:15:44.580><c> did</c><00:15:44.720><c> they</c><00:15:44.840><c> get</c><00:15:45.000><c> that</c><00:15:45.159><c> money</c>

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from?<00:15:47.460><c> First</c><00:15:47.740><c> off,</c><00:15:47.960><c> how</c><00:15:48.080><c> much</c><00:15:48.220><c> money</c><00:15:48.419><c> do</c><00:15:48.539><c> you</c><00:15:48.600><c> think</c>

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they<00:15:48.960><c> needed?</c><00:15:50.740><c> I</c><00:15:50.860><c> went</c><00:15:50.960><c> on</c><00:15:51.100><c> the</c><00:15:51.179><c> internet,</c><00:15:52.220><c> the</c><00:15:52.460><c> great</c><00:15:52.740><c> source</c>

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of<00:15:53.179><c> information</c><00:15:53.580><c> for</c><00:15:53.759><c> us</c><00:15:53.919><c> today,</c><00:15:54.720><c> and</c><00:15:55.200><c> I</c><00:15:55.299><c> looked</c>

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guess<00:15:58.220><c> who</c><00:15:58.460><c> spent</c><00:15:58.679><c> the</c><00:15:58.899><c> most</c><00:15:59.120><c> on</c><00:15:59.220><c> their</c><00:15:59.399><c> military</c>

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in<00:15:59.940><c> the</c><00:16:00.019><c> whole</c><00:16:00.179><c> world?</c><00:16:03.399><c> The</c><00:16:03.399><c> United</c><00:16:03.600><c> States.</c><00:16:05.879><c> 643</c><00:16:06.559><c> billion</c><00:16:07.100><c> they</c><00:16:07.620><c> spent</c><00:16:08.039><c> on</c>

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in<00:16:11.159><c> one</c><00:16:11.299><c> year.</c><00:16:12.220><c> The</c><00:16:12.360><c> next</c><00:16:12.600><c> runner</c><00:16:12.799><c> up</c><00:16:12.960><c> was</c><00:16:13.200><c> China</c><00:16:13.480><c> with</c><00:16:13.659><c> 168</c><00:16:14.580><c> billion.</c><00:16:16.120><c> Russia</c><00:16:16.580><c> was</c><00:16:16.799><c> 63</c><00:16:17.440><c> billion,</c>

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and<00:16:18.879><c> Israel</c><00:16:19.399><c> was</c><00:16:19.899><c> 21</c><00:16:20.379><c> billion</c><00:16:21.019><c> dollars.</c><00:16:22.960><c> What's</c><00:16:23.200><c> the</c><00:16:23.299><c> point</c><00:16:23.399><c> of</c><00:16:23.519><c> these</c><00:16:23.759><c> stats?</c><00:16:25.100><c> It</c><00:16:25.259><c> takes</c><00:16:25.539><c> a</c>

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lot<00:16:25.860><c> of</c><00:16:26.019><c> money</c>

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weapons.<00:16:29.379><c> It's</c><00:16:29.460><c> a</c><00:16:29.600><c> lot</c><00:16:29.879><c> of</c><00:16:30.080><c> money.</c>

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any<00:16:34.779><c> money,</c><00:16:35.440><c> and</c><00:16:35.639><c> they</c><00:16:35.759><c> were</c><00:16:36.039><c> not,</c>

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clearly,<00:16:37.019><c> on</c><00:16:37.240><c> speaking</c><00:16:37.500><c> terms</c><00:16:38.120><c> with</c><00:16:38.779><c> Israel.</c><00:16:41.460><c> Well,</c><00:16:41.600><c> there's</c>

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two<00:16:41.899><c> parts</c><00:16:42.120><c> to</c><00:16:42.259><c> this.</c><00:16:43.639><c> There's</c><00:16:43.799><c> two</c><00:16:43.980><c> parts</c>

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assassinated<00:16:49.039><c> their</c><00:16:49.279><c> king.</c><00:16:50.220><c> The</c><00:16:50.340><c> people</c><00:16:50.500><c> weren't</c><00:16:50.700><c> getting</c>

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along,<00:16:51.240><c> so</c><00:16:51.360><c> they</c><00:16:51.419><c> had</c><00:16:51.600><c> to</c><00:16:51.860><c> stop</c><00:16:52.299><c> the</c><00:16:52.580><c> civil</c><00:16:52.779><c> unrest.</c><00:16:53.200><c> And</c>

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one<00:16:53.379><c> of</c><00:16:53.480><c> the</c><00:16:53.500><c> first</c><00:16:53.779><c> things</c><00:16:54.019><c> Uzziah</c><00:16:54.399><c> does</c><00:16:54.799><c> is</c><00:16:55.159><c> works</c><00:16:55.360><c> to</c><00:16:55.720><c> quell</c>

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the<00:16:56.460><c> civil</c><00:16:56.659><c> unrest.</c><00:16:57.240><c> They</c><00:16:57.440><c> have</c><00:16:57.779><c> to</c><00:16:57.980><c> work</c><00:16:58.240><c> together</c>

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in<00:16:58.940><c> unity.</c><00:17:00.419><c> And</c><00:17:00.600><c> we</c><00:17:00.679><c> know</c><00:17:00.879><c> this</c><00:17:01.120><c> point.</c><00:17:01.700><c> You</c><00:17:01.860><c> want</c><00:17:02.000><c> to</c><00:17:02.179><c> accomplish</c><00:17:02.500><c> anything</c><00:17:02.899><c> in</c><00:17:03.100><c> life.</c><00:17:04.420><c> You</c>

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our<00:17:09.980><c> ecclesia?</c><00:17:11.799><c> You</c><00:17:12.039><c> need</c><00:17:12.220><c> a</c><00:17:12.480><c> common</c><00:17:12.839><c> vision</c>

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is<00:17:16.740><c> he</c><00:17:17.019><c> builds</c><00:17:17.400><c> a</c><00:17:18.160><c> common</c><00:17:18.380><c> vision</c>

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for<00:17:19.599><c> them</c><00:17:19.759><c> to</c><00:17:19.900><c> work</c><00:17:20.099><c> towards.</c><00:17:21.740><c> Now,</c><00:17:21.819><c> what</c><00:17:21.880><c> is</c><00:17:22.059><c> that</c><00:17:22.319><c> common</c><00:17:22.559><c> vision?</c><00:17:24.160><c> Well,</c><00:17:24.339><c> they</c><00:17:24.559><c> picked</c><00:17:24.819><c> up</c>

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the<00:17:25.299><c> work</c><00:17:25.559><c> that</c><00:17:25.779><c> his</c>

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father,<00:17:26.519><c> Amaziah,</c><00:17:27.279><c> started.</c><00:17:28.480><c> And</c><00:17:28.680><c> what</c><00:17:28.759><c> was</c><00:17:28.920><c> that?</c><00:17:29.940><c> Let's</c><00:17:30.099><c> go</c>

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to<00:17:30.359><c> 2</c><00:17:30.460><c> Chronicles</c><00:17:30.819><c> 25</c><00:17:31.680><c> and</c><00:17:32.099><c> verse</c><00:17:32.380><c> 9.</c>

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I'm<00:17:33.599><c> just</c><00:17:33.700><c> going</c><00:17:33.799><c> to</c><00:17:33.960><c> briefly</c><00:17:34.180><c> look</c><00:17:34.420><c> at</c><00:17:34.599><c> Amaziah.</c><00:17:36.980><c> Here</c><00:17:37.119><c> we</c>

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have<00:17:37.299><c> Amaziah,</c><00:17:37.960><c> and</c><00:17:38.059><c> God's</c><00:17:38.480><c> communicating</c><00:17:38.799><c> with</c><00:17:39.039><c> Amaziah,</c>

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chapter<00:17:40.039><c> 25</c><00:17:40.579><c> and</c><00:17:40.720><c> verse</c><00:17:40.940><c> 9</c><00:17:41.119><c> of</c><00:17:41.279><c> 2</c><00:17:41.480><c> Chronicles.</c><00:17:42.900><c> Amaziah</c><00:17:43.339><c> said</c>

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to<00:17:43.740><c> the</c><00:17:43.839><c> man</c><00:17:43.980><c> of</c><00:17:44.180><c> God,</c><00:17:44.539><c> what</c><00:17:44.700><c> shall</c><00:17:44.900><c> we</c><00:17:45.140><c> do</c><00:17:45.259><c> for</c><00:17:45.420><c> the</c>

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talents<00:17:46.480><c> which</c><00:17:47.259><c> I've</c><00:17:47.460><c> given</c><00:17:47.599><c> to</c><00:17:47.740><c> the</c><00:17:47.880><c> army</c><00:17:48.059><c> of</c><00:17:48.200><c> Israel?</c><00:17:49.200><c> And</c>

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the<00:17:49.579><c> man</c><00:17:49.720><c> of</c><00:17:49.920><c> God</c><00:17:50.039><c> answered,</c><00:17:50.460><c> the</c><00:17:50.599><c> Lord</c><00:17:50.779><c> is</c><00:17:50.980><c> able</c><00:17:51.140><c> to</c>

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give<00:17:51.500><c> thee</c><00:17:51.660><c> much</c><00:17:51.940><c> more</c><00:17:52.400><c> than</c><00:17:52.940><c> this.</c><00:17:53.960><c> So</c><00:17:54.059><c> God</c><00:17:54.220><c> is</c><00:17:54.559><c> telling</c><00:17:55.019><c> Amaziah</c><00:17:55.539><c> he's</c>

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going<00:17:55.960><c> to</c><00:17:56.160><c> increase</c><00:17:56.440><c> his</c><00:17:56.799><c> riches.</c>

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And<00:17:59.440><c> what</c><00:17:59.539><c> does</c><00:17:59.680><c> it</c><00:17:59.880><c> involve?</c><00:18:00.960><c> Well,</c><00:18:01.200><c> verse</c><00:18:01.420><c> 11.</c><00:18:03.059><c> It</c><00:18:03.180><c> involves</c>

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the<00:18:04.019><c> conquering</c><00:18:04.680><c> of</c><00:18:04.960><c> Edom.</c><00:18:06.000><c> Verse</c><00:18:06.180><c> 11</c><00:18:06.400><c> says,</c>

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Amaziah<00:18:07.220><c> strengthened</c><00:18:07.680><c> himself</c><00:18:08.319><c> and</c><00:18:08.740><c> led</c><00:18:08.880><c> forth</c><00:18:09.180><c> his</c><00:18:09.440><c> people,</c><00:18:09.759><c> went</c>

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to<00:18:10.099><c> the</c><00:18:10.200><c> valley</c><00:18:10.400><c> of</c><00:18:10.700><c> salt</c><00:18:10.940><c> and</c><00:18:11.519><c> smote</c><00:18:11.839><c> of</c>

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children<00:18:12.339><c> of</c><00:18:12.660><c> Seir,</c><00:18:13.160><c> 10</c><00:18:13.480><c>,000.</c><00:18:14.680><c> So</c><00:18:14.859><c> we're</c><00:18:14.940><c> in</c><00:18:15.539><c> Edom.</c><00:18:18.019><c> Now,</c><00:18:18.900><c> how</c>

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does<00:18:19.240><c> the</c><00:18:19.480><c> conquering</c><00:18:19.779><c> of</c><00:18:20.000><c> Edom</c><00:18:20.980><c> help</c><00:18:21.380><c> them</c><00:18:21.579><c> become</c>

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a<00:18:21.980><c> wealthy</c><00:18:22.200><c> nation?</c><00:18:24.880><c> We</c><00:18:25.480><c> don't</c><00:18:25.759><c> exactly</c><00:18:26.319><c> know,</c><00:18:26.759><c> but</c><00:18:26.940><c> there's</c>

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three<00:18:27.339><c> possibilities.</c><00:18:28.559><c> There's</c><00:18:28.900><c> three</c>

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possibilities<00:18:29.960><c> to</c><00:18:30.339><c> increase</c><00:18:30.700><c> their</c><00:18:30.940><c> wealth</c><00:18:31.200><c> by</c><00:18:31.579><c> going</c><00:18:31.920><c> into</c>

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Edom.<00:18:33.400><c> Now,</c><00:18:33.619><c> first</c><00:18:33.779><c> off,</c><00:18:33.960><c> if</c><00:18:34.059><c> you're</c><00:18:34.220><c> thinking</c>

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of<00:18:35.460><c> a</c><00:18:35.599><c> rich</c><00:18:35.759><c> king</c><00:18:35.960><c> in</c><00:18:36.079><c> Israel,</c><00:18:36.319><c> who</c><00:18:36.400><c> do</c><00:18:36.500><c> you</c><00:18:36.579><c> think</c><00:18:36.759><c> of?</c><00:18:38.980><c> Solomon.</c><00:18:39.359><c> Solomon</c><00:18:39.720><c> comes</c>

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to<00:18:40.200><c> mind.</c><00:18:40.779><c> Very</c><00:18:41.180><c> wealthy.</c>

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Where<00:18:42.119><c> does</c><00:18:42.339><c> Solomon</c><00:18:42.539><c> get</c><00:18:42.700><c> his</c><00:18:42.859><c> riches</c><00:18:43.019><c> from?</c><00:18:45.380><c> Let's</c><00:18:45.640><c> go</c><00:18:45.819><c> back</c>

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to<00:18:46.220><c> 2</c><00:18:46.359><c> Chronicles</c><00:18:46.759><c> chapter</c><00:18:47.059><c> 8.</c><00:18:48.079><c> Here's</c><00:18:48.319><c> one</c><00:18:49.539><c> of</c><00:18:49.660><c> the</c>

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areas<00:18:50.660><c> that</c><00:18:51.000><c> Solomon</c><00:18:51.279><c> got</c><00:18:51.480><c> his</c><00:18:51.700><c> wealth</c><00:18:51.880><c> from.</c><00:18:53.880><c> 2</c><00:18:54.160><c> Chronicles</c>

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chapter<00:18:55.000><c> 8</c><00:18:56.299><c> and</c><00:18:57.319><c> verse</c><00:18:57.799><c> 17.</c>

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Then<00:19:00.099><c> went</c><00:19:00.380><c> Solomon</c><00:19:00.839><c> to</c><00:19:01.200><c> Izan</c><00:19:01.559><c> Gieber</c><00:19:01.920><c> and</c><00:19:02.279><c> to</c><00:19:02.839><c> Elath,</c><00:19:04.160><c> or</c><00:19:04.339><c> as</c>

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your<00:19:04.559><c> margin</c><00:19:04.759><c> might</c><00:19:05.000><c> say,</c><00:19:06.099><c> Elath,</c><00:19:07.259><c> at</c><00:19:07.500><c> the</c><00:19:07.740><c> seaside</c><00:19:08.259><c> in</c>

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the<00:19:09.099><c> land</c><00:19:09.119><c> of</c><00:19:09.299><c> Edom.</c><00:19:10.400><c> Where's</c><00:19:10.640><c> Solomon?</c><00:19:11.400><c> He's</c><00:19:11.859><c> in</c><00:19:12.279><c> Edom.</c><00:19:14.519><c> This</c>

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is<00:19:14.799><c> one</c><00:19:14.940><c> of</c><00:19:15.059><c> the</c><00:19:15.160><c> sources</c><00:19:15.599><c> of</c><00:19:15.759><c> King</c><00:19:16.099><c> Solomon's</c><00:19:16.660><c> wealth.</c>

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But<00:19:17.319><c> you</c><00:19:17.400><c> notice</c><00:19:17.460><c> there's</c><00:19:17.640><c> two</c><00:19:17.859><c> cities</c><00:19:18.119><c> mentioned</c><00:19:18.500><c> here.</c><00:19:19.140><c> Izan</c><00:19:19.420><c> Gieber</c><00:19:19.779><c> and</c>

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Elath.<00:19:22.660><c> Now,</c><00:19:22.819><c> these</c><00:19:22.920><c> are</c><00:19:23.059><c> located</c><00:19:23.400><c> at</c>

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the<00:19:23.599><c> very</c><00:19:23.900><c> tip.</c><00:19:24.039><c> If</c><00:19:24.339><c> you</c><00:19:24.460><c> look</c><00:19:24.640><c> at</c><00:19:24.799><c> modern</c><00:19:25.059><c>-day</c><00:19:25.519><c> Israel,</c><00:19:25.900><c> the</c>

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very<00:19:26.460><c> tip</c><00:19:26.980><c> where</c><00:19:28.259><c> Israel</c><00:19:28.680><c> meets</c><00:19:28.940><c> the</c><00:19:29.099><c> Red</c><00:19:29.380><c> Sea,</c>

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that's<00:19:29.740><c> where</c><00:19:29.880><c> these</c><00:19:30.119><c> cities</c><00:19:30.759><c> are</c><00:19:31.380><c> located.</c><00:19:33.359><c> Now,</c><00:19:33.539><c> this</c><00:19:33.680><c> area</c>

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has<00:19:34.019><c> been</c><00:19:34.220><c> fought</c><00:19:34.460><c> over</c><00:19:34.660><c> since</c><00:19:34.859><c> the</c><00:19:35.019><c> time</c><00:19:35.180><c> of</c><00:19:35.359><c> David,</c>

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right<00:19:35.720><c> up</c><00:19:35.880><c> the</c><00:19:36.039><c> time</c><00:19:36.160><c> of</c><00:19:36.319><c> Uzziah.</c><00:19:37.099><c> They're</c><00:19:37.579><c> fighting</c><00:19:37.940><c> with</c><00:19:38.519><c> the</c><00:19:38.680><c> Edomites</c><00:19:39.140><c> over</c><00:19:39.480><c> the</c><00:19:39.799><c> control</c><00:19:40.299><c> of</c>

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this<00:19:41.000><c> area.</c>

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There's<00:19:43.000><c> three</c><00:19:43.220><c> possibilities</c><00:19:43.880><c> of</c><00:19:44.279><c> the</c><00:19:44.400><c> generation</c><00:19:44.740><c> of</c><00:19:44.900><c> their</c><00:19:45.039><c> wealth.</c><00:19:46.119><c> The</c>

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first<00:19:46.519><c> one</c><00:19:46.660><c> is</c><00:19:46.839><c> associated</c><00:19:47.200><c> with</c>

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Elath.<00:19:49.200><c> Now,</c><00:19:49.680><c> first</c><00:19:49.859><c> off,</c><00:19:50.359><c> have</c><00:19:50.440><c> we</c><00:19:50.539><c> heard</c><00:19:50.660><c> that</c><00:19:50.859><c> city</c><00:19:51.059><c> before</c>

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today?<00:19:53.099><c> Actually,</c><00:19:53.380><c> earlier</c><00:19:53.579><c> in</c><00:19:53.680><c> the</c><00:19:53.819><c> class?</c>

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Elath.<00:19:56.279><c> You</c><00:19:56.400><c> remember</c><00:19:56.500><c> the</c><00:19:56.700><c> epithet</c><00:19:57.039><c> of</c><00:19:57.200><c> King</c><00:19:57.400><c> Uzziah?</c><00:19:58.759><c> It</c><00:19:58.980><c> says</c><00:19:59.099><c> he</c>

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built<00:19:59.640><c> Elath</c><00:20:00.160><c> and</c><00:20:00.380><c> restored</c><00:20:00.619><c> it</c><00:20:01.339><c> to</c><00:20:01.559><c> Judah.</c>

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That's<00:20:02.839><c> the</c><00:20:02.940><c> city</c><00:20:03.119><c> he</c><00:20:03.240><c> was</c><00:20:03.480><c> known</c><00:20:03.720><c> for</c><00:20:03.940><c> rebuilding.</c><00:20:05.019><c> Here</c><00:20:05.200><c> it</c>

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is.<00:20:05.880><c> Solomon</c><00:20:06.220><c> was</c><00:20:06.420><c> already</c><00:20:06.680><c> there.</c><00:20:08.119><c> His</c><00:20:08.400><c> father</c>

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was<00:20:09.059><c> working</c><00:20:09.240><c> at</c><00:20:09.460><c> restoring</c><00:20:09.839><c> it</c><00:20:10.119><c> to</c><00:20:10.900><c> Judah.</c><00:20:11.839><c> And</c><00:20:12.000><c> so,</c><00:20:12.099><c> what's</c>

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so<00:20:12.680><c> special</c><00:20:13.119><c> about</c><00:20:13.720><c> Elath?</c><00:20:15.660><c> Well,</c><00:20:16.039><c> archaeologists</c>

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have<00:20:17.220><c> uncovered</c><00:20:17.599><c> thousands</c><00:20:18.319><c> of</c><00:20:18.720><c> copper</c><00:20:19.039><c> mines</c><00:20:19.339><c> in</c><00:20:19.640><c> this</c><00:20:19.880><c> area,</c><00:20:21.079><c> and</c>

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many<00:20:21.680><c> of</c><00:20:21.779><c> them</c><00:20:21.920><c> date</c><00:20:22.220><c> back</c><00:20:22.700><c> to</c><00:20:23.019><c> this</c><00:20:23.359><c> time.</c>

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What<00:20:24.440><c> can</c><00:20:24.579><c> you</c><00:20:24.660><c> do</c><00:20:24.700><c> with</c><00:20:24.859><c> copper?</c><00:20:26.059><c> Oh,</c><00:20:26.240><c> you</c><00:20:26.299><c> add</c><00:20:26.420><c> a</c><00:20:26.519><c> little</c><00:20:26.640><c> bit</c>

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of<00:20:26.980><c> tin</c><00:20:27.180><c> in</c><00:20:27.500><c> there,</c><00:20:27.960><c> and</c><00:20:28.180><c> then</c><00:20:28.259><c> you</c><00:20:28.339><c> can</c><00:20:28.519><c> make</c><00:20:28.640><c> some</c>

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bronze.<00:20:30.119><c> We</c><00:20:30.400><c> can</c><00:20:30.539><c> make</c><00:20:30.720><c> weapons.</c><00:20:32.119><c> We</c><00:20:32.220><c> can</c><00:20:32.359><c> make</c><00:20:32.559><c> defenses.</c><00:20:33.500><c> It</c>

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kind<00:20:33.680><c> of</c><00:20:33.700><c> fits</c><00:20:33.839><c> into</c><00:20:34.019><c> the</c><00:20:34.200><c> chapter,</c><00:20:34.519><c> doesn't</c><00:20:34.660><c> it?</c>

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You<00:20:35.359><c> also</c><00:20:35.559><c> could</c><00:20:35.740><c> sell</c><00:20:35.920><c> it</c><00:20:36.039><c> on</c><00:20:36.240><c> the</c><00:20:36.400><c> commodity,</c><00:20:37.000><c> on</c><00:20:37.160><c> the</c><00:20:37.299><c> market</c><00:20:37.480><c> as</c><00:20:37.759><c> a</c>

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commodity.<00:20:38.160><c> It</c><00:20:38.220><c> was</c><00:20:38.299><c> a</c><00:20:38.400><c> hot</c><00:20:38.640><c> commodity</c><00:20:38.920><c> at</c>

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that<00:20:39.220><c> time</c><00:20:39.420><c> to</c><00:20:39.579><c> sell</c><00:20:39.799><c> copper.</c><00:20:41.640><c> And</c><00:20:41.720><c> so,</c><00:20:41.920><c> part</c><00:20:41.980><c> of</c><00:20:42.059><c> the</c><00:20:42.180><c> wealth</c>

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creation<00:20:42.599><c> could</c><00:20:42.839><c> very</c><00:20:43.099><c> well</c><00:20:43.240><c> have</c><00:20:43.440><c> been</c>

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getting<00:20:44.599><c> involved</c><00:20:44.960><c> and</c><00:20:45.319><c> reopening</c><00:20:45.680><c> these</c><00:20:46.299><c> copper</c><00:20:46.640><c> mines,</c><00:20:47.000><c> putting</c><00:20:47.200><c> the</c><00:20:47.420><c> Edomites</c><00:20:47.740><c> to</c>

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work<00:20:48.619><c> in</c><00:20:49.279><c> the</c>

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copper<00:20:49.640><c> mines,</c><00:20:49.940><c> pulling</c><00:20:50.119><c> out</c><00:20:50.299><c> this</c><00:20:50.480><c> copper,</c><00:20:50.799><c> selling</c><00:20:51.039><c> it</c><00:20:51.200><c> on</c>

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or<00:20:53.319><c> using</c><00:20:53.539><c> it</c><00:20:53.720><c> for</c><00:20:53.819><c> themselves,</c><00:20:55.619><c> for</c><00:20:55.779><c> the</c><00:20:56.039><c> innovations</c><00:20:56.400><c> of</c>

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weapons<00:20:56.900><c> and</c><00:20:57.039><c> whatever</c><00:20:57.240><c> else</c><00:20:57.400><c> they</c><00:20:57.559><c> could</c><00:20:57.660><c> have</c><00:20:57.799><c> used</c>

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copper<00:20:58.319><c> for</c><00:20:58.619><c> at</c><00:20:58.920><c> that</c><00:20:59.099><c> time.</c><00:21:00.299><c> That</c><00:21:00.400><c> was</c><00:21:00.559><c> one</c><00:21:00.799><c> possibility,</c>

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and<00:21:02.440><c> quite</c><00:21:03.880><c> probable</c><00:21:04.259><c> that</c><00:21:04.400><c> they</c><00:21:04.559><c> were</c><00:21:04.759><c> involved</c>

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in<00:21:05.839><c> the</c><00:21:06.019><c> copper.</c><00:21:07.619><c> A</c><00:21:07.819><c> second</c><00:21:08.180><c> possibility</c><00:21:08.880><c> was</c><00:21:09.599><c> gold.</c><00:21:11.619><c> This</c>

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city,<00:21:12.319><c> Ison</c><00:21:12.599><c> Gieber,</c><00:21:12.940><c> this</c><00:21:13.140><c> was</c><00:21:13.400><c> the</c><00:21:13.799><c> sea</c><00:21:14.440><c> port</c>

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for<00:21:15.059><c> King</c><00:21:15.339><c> Solomon.</c><00:21:15.740><c> If</c><00:21:15.859><c> you</c><00:21:15.920><c> look</c><00:21:16.059><c> at</c><00:21:16.180><c> verse</c><00:21:16.420><c> 18,</c><00:21:18.000><c> Hiram</c><00:21:18.220><c> sent</c>

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him<00:21:18.740><c> by</c><00:21:18.940><c> the</c><00:21:19.140><c> hands</c><00:21:19.319><c> of</c><00:21:19.500><c> his</c><00:21:19.720><c> servants</c><00:21:20.059><c> ships</c>

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and<00:21:21.420><c> servants</c><00:21:21.680><c> that</c><00:21:21.839><c> had</c><00:21:21.940><c> knowledge</c><00:21:22.299><c> of</c><00:21:22.480><c> the</c><00:21:22.720><c> sea,</c><00:21:23.220><c> and</c><00:21:23.660><c> they</c>

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went<00:21:24.000><c> with</c><00:21:24.200><c> the</c><00:21:24.420><c> servants</c><00:21:24.579><c> of</c><00:21:24.779><c> Solomon</c><00:21:25.059><c> to</c><00:21:25.299><c> Ophir</c>

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and<00:21:25.759><c> took</c><00:21:25.960><c> then</c><00:21:26.140><c> 450</c><00:21:27.079><c> talents</c><00:21:27.420><c> of</c><00:21:27.619><c> gold</c><00:21:27.920><c> and</c><00:21:28.519><c> brought</c><00:21:28.680><c> them</c><00:21:28.819><c> to</c>

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King<00:21:29.140><c> Solomon.</c><00:21:30.359><c> This</c><00:21:30.619><c> was</c><00:21:30.819><c> the</c><00:21:31.019><c> place</c><00:21:31.299><c> that</c>

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the<00:21:31.960><c> ships</c><00:21:32.140><c> would</c><00:21:32.400><c> leave</c><00:21:32.579><c> to</c><00:21:32.759><c> go</c><00:21:33.000><c> to</c><00:21:33.480><c> wherever</c><00:21:33.900><c> Ophir</c><00:21:34.299><c> was,</c>

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where<00:21:35.420><c> the</c><00:21:35.680><c> King</c><00:21:35.900><c> Solomon's</c><00:21:36.480><c> gold</c><00:21:36.640><c> mines</c><00:21:36.859><c> were,</c>

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and<00:21:37.519><c> they</c><00:21:37.579><c> would</c><00:21:37.759><c> ship</c><00:21:37.940><c> gold</c><00:21:38.240><c> back</c><00:21:38.559><c> and</c><00:21:38.779><c> forth.</c><00:21:39.019><c> We</c><00:21:39.059><c> know</c><00:21:39.180><c> Jehoshaphat,</c><00:21:39.880><c> he</c>

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tried<00:21:40.500><c> to</c><00:21:41.099><c> reorganize</c><00:21:41.680><c> this</c><00:21:42.359><c> trade</c>

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route<00:21:42.740><c> again,</c><00:21:43.480><c> but</c><00:21:44.200><c> God</c><00:21:44.539><c> sabotaged</c><00:21:45.099><c> his</c><00:21:45.299><c> ships</c><00:21:45.500><c> and</c><00:21:46.160><c> he</c><00:21:46.440><c> wasn't</c><00:21:46.579><c> allowed</c><00:21:46.940><c> to</c>

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reopen<00:21:48.680><c> these</c><00:21:49.259><c> trade</c><00:21:49.460><c> routes.</c>

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So<00:21:50.000><c> it</c><00:21:50.359><c> very</c><00:21:50.500><c> could</c><00:21:50.660><c> well</c><00:21:50.880><c> have</c><00:21:51.059><c> been</c><00:21:51.599><c> that</c><00:21:52.079><c> Uzziah</c><00:21:53.099><c> reopened</c>

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the<00:21:54.259><c> gold</c><00:21:54.480><c> mines</c><00:21:54.940><c> of</c><00:21:56.279><c> Ophir,</c><00:21:56.900><c> and</c><00:21:57.039><c> that</c><00:21:57.099><c> could</c>

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have<00:21:57.380><c> been</c><00:21:57.519><c> a</c><00:21:57.640><c> generation</c><00:21:58.000><c> of</c><00:21:58.200><c> wealth.</c><00:22:00.619><c> The</c><00:22:00.859><c> third</c><00:22:01.039><c> one</c><00:22:01.700><c> would</c>

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be<00:22:02.240><c> the</c><00:22:02.480><c> incense</c><00:22:02.779><c> trade.</c><00:22:04.400><c> The</c><00:22:04.599><c> incense</c><00:22:04.940><c> trade</c>

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was<00:22:05.880><c> a</c><00:22:06.039><c> quite</c><00:22:06.440><c> lucrative</c><00:22:06.839><c> trade,</c><00:22:08.400><c> and</c><00:22:08.500><c> you</c><00:22:08.660><c> might</c><00:22:08.740><c> have</c><00:22:08.839><c> heard</c>

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terms<00:22:09.180><c> like</c><00:22:09.339><c> the</c><00:22:09.539><c> Silk</c><00:22:09.740><c> Road</c><00:22:10.140><c> and</c><00:22:10.460><c> so</c><00:22:10.680><c> on.</c><00:22:10.779><c> There's</c>

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all<00:22:11.099><c> these</c><00:22:11.319><c> trade</c><00:22:11.619><c> routes</c><00:22:11.900><c> that</c><00:22:12.259><c> was</c><00:22:12.460><c> around</c><00:22:12.779><c> the</c><00:22:12.940><c> Middle</c><00:22:13.119><c> East,</c><00:22:13.279><c> and</c>

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one<00:22:13.480><c> of</c><00:22:13.559><c> the</c><00:22:13.680><c> major</c><00:22:13.880><c> ones</c><00:22:14.079><c> went</c><00:22:14.319><c> through</c><00:22:14.720><c> Edom,</c>

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and<00:22:16.099><c> it</c><00:22:16.220><c> could</c><00:22:16.339><c> have</c><00:22:16.440><c> very</c><00:22:16.619><c> well</c><00:22:16.700><c> been</c><00:22:16.880><c> that</c><00:22:17.019><c> they</c><00:22:17.019><c> were</c><00:22:17.079><c> wresting</c><00:22:17.400><c> control</c><00:22:18.079><c> of</c>

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that<00:22:18.700><c> area,</c><00:22:19.019><c> and</c><00:22:19.019><c> you</c><00:22:19.099><c> get</c><00:22:19.299><c> taxes</c>

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and<00:22:20.019><c> so</c><00:22:20.299><c> on</c><00:22:20.700><c> when</c><00:22:21.059><c> the</c><00:22:21.359><c> incense</c><00:22:21.640><c> went</c><00:22:22.220><c> through</c><00:22:22.480><c> your</c><00:22:22.779><c> trade</c><00:22:22.980><c> routes.</c><00:22:25.279><c> And</c><00:22:25.799><c> it's</c><00:22:26.240><c> kind</c><00:22:26.319><c> of</c>

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interesting<00:22:26.640><c> if</c><00:22:26.799><c> you</c><00:22:26.819><c> think</c>

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of<00:22:27.099><c> incense,</c><00:22:28.619><c> because</c><00:22:29.720><c> Amaziah</c><00:22:30.420><c> had</c><00:22:30.680><c> a</c><00:22:30.819><c> problem</c><00:22:31.140><c> with</c><00:22:31.359><c> incense.</c><00:22:32.299><c> Amaziah,</c><00:22:32.700><c> after</c>

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he<00:22:33.079><c> defeats</c><00:22:33.380><c> the</c><00:22:33.579><c> Edomites,</c>

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he<00:22:35.859><c> brings</c><00:22:36.420><c> the</c><00:22:37.299><c> Edomite</c><00:22:37.720><c> gods</c><00:22:38.279><c> into</c><00:22:39.000><c> Judah,</c><00:22:39.440><c> and</c><00:22:39.500><c> he's</c><00:22:39.759><c> worshipping</c><00:22:40.200><c> them</c>

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with<00:22:40.839><c> incense.</c><00:22:41.819><c> He's</c><00:22:42.039><c> got</c><00:22:42.160><c> a</c><00:22:42.339><c> problem,</c>

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he's<00:22:42.759><c> got</c><00:22:42.880><c> an</c><00:22:43.059><c> abundance</c><00:22:43.279><c> of</c><00:22:43.519><c> incense.</c><00:22:44.779><c> And</c><00:22:44.880><c> what</c><00:22:44.940><c> was</c><00:22:45.079><c> the</c><00:22:45.160><c> problem</c><00:22:45.319><c> with</c><00:22:45.440><c> Uzziah?</c><00:22:47.740><c> He</c>

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was<00:22:48.259><c> going</c><00:22:48.539><c> to</c><00:22:48.660><c> burn</c>

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incense<00:22:49.279><c> in</c><00:22:49.480><c> the</c><00:22:49.640><c> temple.</c><00:22:50.619><c> So</c><00:22:50.839><c> clearly</c><00:22:51.240><c> they</c><00:22:51.720><c> had</c><00:22:51.839><c> an</c><00:22:52.039><c> abundance</c><00:22:52.240><c> of</c><00:22:52.480><c> incense</c><00:22:52.680><c> at</c>

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that<00:22:53.099><c> time.</c>

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Either<00:22:55.859><c> way,</c><00:22:56.599><c> there's</c><00:22:56.759><c> three</c><00:22:56.920><c> possible</c><00:22:57.259><c> sources</c><00:22:57.539><c> of</c><00:22:57.759><c> income.</c>

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The<00:22:59.519><c> gold</c><00:22:59.740><c> mines</c><00:22:59.920><c> in</c><00:23:00.119><c> Ophir,</c><00:23:01.140><c> the</c><00:23:01.299><c> copper</c><00:23:01.539><c> mines</c>

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in<00:23:01.940><c> Elat,</c><00:23:02.339><c> and</c><00:23:02.480><c> the</c><00:23:02.640><c> incense</c><00:23:02.880><c> trade.</c><00:23:03.119><c> And</c><00:23:03.279><c> all</c><00:23:03.440><c> these</c><00:23:03.619><c> have</c><00:23:03.859><c> to</c>

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do<00:23:04.500><c> with</c><00:23:04.779><c> Edom.</c><00:23:05.640><c> I</c><00:23:05.799><c> was</c><00:23:06.180><c> just</c><00:23:06.799><c> in</c><00:23:07.220><c> Israel</c><00:23:07.599><c> a</c><00:23:07.740><c> couple</c>

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weeks<00:23:08.059><c> ago,</c><00:23:08.480><c> and</c><00:23:08.720><c> I'd</c><00:23:09.160><c> just</c><00:23:09.240><c> seen</c><00:23:09.599><c> the</c><00:23:09.740><c> top</c><00:23:10.440><c> of</c><00:23:10.880><c> the</c><00:23:11.019><c> Rilan</c><00:23:11.220><c> of</c>

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Edom.<00:23:11.740><c> It's</c><00:23:12.160><c> pretty</c><00:23:12.400><c> desolate.</c><00:23:12.880><c> There's</c><00:23:13.019><c> not</c><00:23:13.119><c> much</c><00:23:13.299><c> else</c>

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there.<00:23:14.700><c> And</c><00:23:14.799><c> so</c><00:23:14.859><c> these</c><00:23:15.000><c> are</c><00:23:15.119><c> the</c><00:23:15.180><c> only</c><00:23:15.440><c> possibilities</c><00:23:15.960><c> they</c>

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could<00:23:16.279><c> have</c><00:23:16.480><c> had</c><00:23:16.640><c> to</c><00:23:16.819><c> increase</c><00:23:17.220><c> their</c><00:23:17.400><c> wealth.</c>

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And<00:23:18.220><c> so</c><00:23:18.259><c> here</c><00:23:18.339><c> we</c><00:23:18.559><c> have</c><00:23:18.920><c> Uzziah</c><00:23:19.440><c> or</c><00:23:19.819><c> Azariah,</c><00:23:20.640><c> and</c><00:23:20.839><c> he</c><00:23:21.059><c> rallies</c>

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the<00:23:21.579><c> people.</c><00:23:21.960><c> They</c><00:23:22.200><c> need</c><00:23:22.460><c> to</c><00:23:22.680><c> go</c><00:23:22.900><c> and</c><00:23:23.119><c> restore</c>

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Elat.<00:23:25.359><c> And</c><00:23:25.839><c> it's</c><00:23:25.980><c> this</c><00:23:26.180><c> single</c><00:23:26.440><c> event</c><00:23:26.759><c> that</c><00:23:26.960><c> brings</c><00:23:27.119><c> them</c><00:23:27.259><c> from</c><00:23:27.400><c> this</c><00:23:27.579><c> period</c><00:23:27.759><c> of</c>

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extreme<00:23:28.279><c> poverty</c>

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to<00:23:30.880><c> a</c><00:23:30.960><c> position</c><00:23:31.220><c> of</c><00:23:31.460><c> wealth.</c><00:23:33.259><c> So</c><00:23:33.339><c> now</c><00:23:33.539><c> we</c><00:23:33.740><c> see</c><00:23:34.000><c> why</c><00:23:34.339><c> this</c><00:23:34.640><c> city</c>

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is<00:23:35.579><c> connected</c><00:23:36.059><c> with</c><00:23:36.720><c> Uzziah.</c>

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And<00:23:39.480><c> this</c><00:23:39.619><c> is</c><00:23:39.799><c> the</c><00:23:39.940><c> first</c><00:23:40.220><c> type</c><00:23:40.420><c> that</c><00:23:40.640><c> we</c><00:23:40.759><c> see</c><00:23:41.039><c> that</c><00:23:41.240><c> Uzziah</c><00:23:41.720><c> represents</c><00:23:42.279><c> the</c><00:23:42.559><c> people</c><00:23:42.740><c> of</c><00:23:42.960><c> Judah,</c>

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the<00:23:45.140><c> people</c><00:23:45.339><c> of</c><00:23:45.500><c> Judah</c><00:23:45.619><c> in</c><00:23:45.940><c> Isaiah.</c><00:23:46.759><c> Remember</c><00:23:46.940><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:47.220><c> chapter</c><00:23:47.480><c> one</c><00:23:47.660><c> and</c><00:23:47.839><c> two?</c><00:23:48.319><c> It</c>

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says,<00:23:48.680><c> I</c><00:23:48.680><c> have</c><00:23:48.980><c> nourished</c>

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and<00:23:49.720><c> brought</c><00:23:50.059><c> up</c><00:23:50.700><c> children.</c><00:23:51.680><c> God</c><00:23:51.920><c> was</c><00:23:52.160><c> with</c><00:23:52.380><c> him</c><00:23:52.519><c> to</c><00:23:52.859><c> bring</c><00:23:53.200><c> up</c>

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the<00:23:54.299><c> nation</c><00:23:54.579><c> with</c><00:23:54.759><c> this</c><00:23:54.960><c> young</c><00:23:55.240><c> king,</c><00:23:55.480><c> Uzziah,</c>

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to<00:23:56.279><c> build</c><00:23:56.559><c> them</c><00:23:56.779><c> up.</c><00:23:57.500><c> God</c><00:23:57.660><c> was</c><00:23:57.900><c> with</c><00:23:58.079><c> them,</c><00:23:58.180><c> whether</c><00:23:58.339><c> he</c><00:23:58.500><c> was</c>

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re<00:23:58.839><c>-establishing</c><00:23:59.180><c> the</c><00:23:59.420><c> copper</c><00:23:59.720><c> mines</c><00:23:59.980><c> or</c>

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in<00:24:01.279><c> the</c><00:24:01.480><c> incense</c><00:24:01.759><c> trade,</c><00:24:02.059><c> whatever</c><00:24:02.279><c> it</c><00:24:02.539><c> was,</c><00:24:02.920><c> but</c><00:24:03.059><c> he</c><00:24:03.119><c> was</c><00:24:03.319><c> with</c><00:24:03.559><c> them</c><00:24:03.700><c> to</c>

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bring<00:24:04.240><c> them</c><00:24:04.420><c> out</c><00:24:04.619><c> of</c><00:24:04.819><c> poverty.</c>

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And<00:24:07.160><c> to</c><00:24:07.720><c> establish</c><00:24:08.059><c> them</c><00:24:08.259><c> with</c><00:24:08.420><c> supremacy</c><00:24:08.920><c> in</c><00:24:09.880><c> the</c><00:24:10.039><c> region.</c>

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And<00:24:11.339><c> so</c><00:24:11.400><c> the</c><00:24:11.539><c> first</c><00:24:11.720><c> lesson</c><00:24:12.079><c> that</c><00:24:12.400><c> really</c>

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came<00:24:13.339><c> to</c><00:24:13.539><c> me</c><00:24:13.980><c> in</c><00:24:14.240><c> the</c><00:24:14.380><c> life</c><00:24:14.519><c> of</c><00:24:14.640><c> Uzziah</c><00:24:15.240><c> is</c><00:24:15.759><c> that</c><00:24:16.039><c> God</c><00:24:16.380><c> is</c><00:24:16.660><c> our</c>

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nourisher.<00:24:17.200><c> He's</c><00:24:17.440><c> there</c><00:24:17.759><c> to</c><00:24:18.079><c> build</c><00:24:18.259><c> us</c><00:24:18.599><c> up.</c>

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Now<00:24:20.759><c> this</c><00:24:20.839><c> leads</c><00:24:21.039><c> us</c><00:24:21.220><c> into</c><00:24:21.400><c> our</c><00:24:21.660><c> second</c><00:24:21.920><c> point,</c><00:24:23.759><c> that</c><00:24:24.039><c> God</c><00:24:24.299><c> does</c><00:24:24.619><c> this</c><00:24:25.319><c> oftentimes</c><00:24:26.019><c> through</c><00:24:26.339><c> the</c>

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power<00:24:27.059><c> or</c>

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through<00:24:27.680><c> mentorship.</c><00:24:29.180><c> And</c><00:24:29.319><c> this</c><00:24:29.519><c> mentorship</c><00:24:29.859><c> is</c><00:24:30.119><c> provided</c>

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by<00:24:30.680><c> God.</c><00:24:31.740><c> Go</c><00:24:31.880><c> back</c><00:24:32.059><c> to</c><00:24:32.240><c> second</c><00:24:32.440><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:32.880><c> chapter</c><00:24:33.119><c> 26.</c>

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Let's<00:24:35.579><c> look</c><00:24:35.740><c> at</c><00:24:35.859><c> the</c><00:24:36.079><c> mentor</c><00:24:36.400><c> that</c><00:24:36.599><c> was</c><00:24:36.819><c> involved</c><00:24:37.240><c> in</c><00:24:37.400><c> the</c><00:24:37.480><c> life</c><00:24:37.680><c> of</c><00:24:37.920><c> Uzziah.</c>

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Second<00:24:42.259><c> Chronicles</c><00:24:42.819><c> 26</c><00:24:43.799><c> and</c><00:24:44.299><c> verse</c><00:24:44.579><c> 5.</c><00:24:46.720><c> So</c><00:24:46.859><c> Uzziah</c><00:24:47.400><c> sought</c><00:24:47.700><c> God</c><00:24:48.019><c> in</c>

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the<00:24:48.319><c> days</c><00:24:48.480><c> of</c><00:24:48.700><c> Zechariah,</c>

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who<00:24:49.539><c> had</c><00:24:49.779><c> understanding</c><00:24:50.400><c> in</c><00:24:50.640><c> the</c><00:24:50.839><c> visions</c><00:24:51.079><c> of</c><00:24:51.359><c> God.</c><00:24:52.220><c> And</c><00:24:52.339><c> as</c>

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long<00:24:52.619><c> as</c><00:24:52.740><c> he</c><00:24:52.940><c> sought</c><00:24:53.160><c> the</c><00:24:53.359><c> Lord,</c>

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God<00:24:53.839><c> made</c><00:24:54.059><c> him</c><00:24:54.259><c> to</c><00:24:54.559><c> prosper.</c><00:24:55.720><c> We're</c><00:24:55.819><c> in</c><00:24:55.859><c> addition</c><00:24:56.000><c> to</c><00:24:56.119><c> this</c><00:24:56.279><c> man</c><00:24:56.420><c> named</c><00:24:56.660><c> Zechariah.</c><00:24:57.359><c> Now</c><00:24:57.460><c> this</c><00:24:57.559><c> is</c>

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not<00:24:57.759><c> the</c>

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same<00:24:58.039><c> Zechariah</c><00:24:58.559><c> at</c><00:24:58.700><c> the</c><00:24:58.700><c> end</c><00:24:58.839><c> of</c><00:24:58.960><c> the</c><00:24:59.039><c> Old</c><00:24:59.220><c> Testament.</c><00:25:00.440><c> That's</c><00:25:00.839><c> a</c><00:25:01.240><c> couple</c><00:25:01.480><c> years</c><00:25:01.720><c> away</c><00:25:01.960><c> from</c><00:25:02.140><c> this</c><00:25:02.359><c> time.</c><00:25:02.599><c> But</c>

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this<00:25:02.819><c> was</c><00:25:03.119><c> a</c><00:25:03.220><c> prophet</c><00:25:03.579><c> that</c><00:25:03.880><c> was</c><00:25:04.099><c> brought</c><00:25:04.420><c> up</c><00:25:05.099><c> to</c><00:25:06.440><c> nourish</c><00:25:06.900><c> and</c>

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to<00:25:07.279><c> bring</c><00:25:07.440><c> up</c><00:25:07.660><c> Uzziah</c><00:25:08.259><c> and</c><00:25:08.599><c> the</c><00:25:08.779><c> people.</c>

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You'd<00:25:10.299><c> understand</c><00:25:10.579><c> this</c><00:25:10.720><c> is</c><00:25:10.960><c> a</c><00:25:10.960><c> busy</c><00:25:11.279><c> time</c><00:25:12.220><c> for</c><00:25:13.480><c> Judah.</c><00:25:13.799><c> We</c><00:25:13.880><c> had</c><00:25:14.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:14.380><c> the</c><00:25:14.619><c> prophet,</c><00:25:15.359><c> Hosea,</c><00:25:16.019><c> we</c>

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had<00:25:16.279><c> Amos,</c>

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and<00:25:17.119><c> possibly</c><00:25:17.400><c> one</c><00:25:17.579><c> or</c><00:25:17.660><c> two</c><00:25:17.880><c> other</c><00:25:18.200><c> prophets</c><00:25:18.460><c> who</c><00:25:19.019><c> were</c><00:25:19.319><c> busy</c>

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speaking<00:25:21.559><c> about</c><00:25:21.759><c> the</c><00:25:21.940><c> words</c><00:25:22.099><c> of</c><00:25:22.319><c> God.</c><00:25:22.839><c> And</c><00:25:23.000><c> here</c>

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we<00:25:23.240><c> have</c><00:25:23.359><c> this</c><00:25:23.660><c> Zechariah</c><00:25:24.140><c> who</c><00:25:24.279><c> is</c><00:25:24.420><c> helping</c><00:25:24.799><c> this</c><00:25:25.380><c> young</c><00:25:25.720><c> king</c>

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Uzziah<00:25:27.259><c> interpret</c><00:25:28.039><c> their</c><00:25:28.279><c> messages.</c><00:25:29.220><c> He</c><00:25:29.440><c> was</c><00:25:29.599><c> there</c>

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to<00:25:29.980><c> help</c><00:25:30.180><c> him</c><00:25:30.400><c> understand</c><00:25:30.900><c> these</c><00:25:31.180><c> things.</c><00:25:33.099><c> And</c><00:25:33.319><c> we</c><00:25:33.460><c> see</c><00:25:33.619><c> that</c>

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the<00:25:34.380><c> role</c><00:25:34.539><c> of</c><00:25:34.759><c> mentorship</c><00:25:35.019><c> is</c><00:25:35.380><c> key</c><00:25:35.880><c> in</c><00:25:36.539><c> scriptures.</c>

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Can<00:25:37.319><c> you</c><00:25:37.319><c> think</c><00:25:37.460><c> of</c><00:25:37.559><c> any</c><00:25:37.680><c> other</c><00:25:37.819><c> mentorship</c><00:25:38.180><c> roles</c><00:25:38.420><c> in</c><00:25:38.619><c> scriptures?</c><00:25:40.460><c> Any</c><00:25:40.579><c> come</c><00:25:40.720><c> to</c><00:25:40.920><c> mind?</c>

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Moses<00:25:44.099><c> and</c><00:25:44.339><c> Joshua,</c><00:25:45.740><c> Joshua</c><00:25:45.980><c> and</c><00:25:46.180><c> Jehoiada.</c><00:25:47.839><c> I</c><00:25:47.960><c> think</c><00:25:48.079><c> of</c><00:25:48.279><c> Haggai</c><00:25:48.539><c> and</c>

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Zechariah<00:25:49.160><c> with</c><00:25:49.339><c> the</c><00:25:49.519><c> people,</c>

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making<00:25:50.099><c> them</c><00:25:50.279><c> to</c><00:25:50.420><c> rebuild</c><00:25:50.660><c> the</c><00:25:50.880><c> temple.</c><00:25:51.900><c> There's</c><00:25:52.119><c> many</c><00:25:52.359><c> examples</c><00:25:52.720><c> you</c>

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could<00:25:53.019><c> probably</c><00:25:53.240><c> point</c><00:25:53.519><c> to</c>

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of<00:25:54.140><c> this</c><00:25:54.299><c> idea</c><00:25:54.539><c> of</c><00:25:54.779><c> mentorship</c><00:25:55.180><c> role</c><00:25:55.700><c> in</c><00:25:56.039><c> the</c><00:25:56.200><c> scriptures.</c><00:25:56.740><c> And</c><00:25:56.900><c> so</c>

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here<00:25:57.119><c> we</c><00:25:57.299><c> have</c><00:25:57.720><c> that</c><00:25:58.079><c> God's</c><00:25:58.599><c> plan</c>

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with<00:25:59.940><c> building</c><00:26:00.480><c> up</c><00:26:01.099><c> or</c><00:26:01.980><c> the</c><00:26:02.180><c> nourishment</c><00:26:02.759><c> of</c><00:26:03.039><c> his</c><00:26:03.240><c> people</c><00:26:04.099><c> involves</c><00:26:04.640><c> strong</c><00:26:05.519><c> mentorship.</c><00:26:07.019><c> And</c>

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here<00:26:07.259><c> we</c><00:26:07.380><c> have</c><00:26:07.500><c> this</c>

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Zechariah<00:26:08.259><c> helping</c><00:26:08.519><c> the</c><00:26:08.779><c> young</c><00:26:09.000><c> king</c><00:26:09.299><c> and</c><00:26:09.640><c> this</c><00:26:09.880><c> people</c><00:26:10.819><c> come</c>

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and<00:26:11.519><c> better</c><00:26:12.079><c> understand</c><00:26:12.599><c> who</c><00:26:12.779><c> God</c><00:26:12.980><c> is.</c>

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And<00:26:14.920><c> this</c><00:26:15.059><c> really</c><00:26:15.220><c> brings</c><00:26:15.400><c> up</c><00:26:15.559><c> the</c><00:26:15.720><c> question</c><00:26:15.940><c> for</c><00:26:16.180><c> us.</c><00:26:17.799><c> Who</c><00:26:18.000><c> are</c><00:26:18.180><c> your</c><00:26:18.380><c> mentors</c><00:26:18.700><c> in</c>

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the<00:26:19.039><c> truth?</c>

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Who<00:26:21.519><c> are</c><00:26:21.660><c> your</c><00:26:21.819><c> mentors</c><00:26:22.380><c> in</c><00:26:23.380><c> the</c><00:26:23.559><c> truth?</c><00:26:25.539><c> Remember</c><00:26:25.720><c> the</c><00:26:25.920><c> story</c>

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of<00:26:26.140><c> Rehoboam?</c>

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Israel<00:26:29.019><c> did.</c><00:26:29.900><c> Judah</c><00:26:30.079><c> did.</c><00:26:30.960><c> What</c><00:26:31.079><c> did</c><00:26:31.200><c> he</c><00:26:31.339><c> do?</c><00:26:31.920><c> He</c><00:26:32.119><c> cast</c><00:26:32.420><c> away</c>

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the<00:26:33.039><c> advice</c><00:26:33.420><c> of</c><00:26:33.759><c> his</c><00:26:34.019><c> elders</c>

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and<00:26:35.859><c> he</c><00:26:36.259><c> listened</c><00:26:36.519><c> to</c><00:26:37.079><c> his</c><00:26:37.359><c> peers.</c><00:26:37.599><c> What</c><00:26:37.720><c> was</c><00:26:37.880><c> the</c><00:26:38.039><c> result?</c><00:26:38.980><c> He</c>

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split<00:26:39.400><c> the</c><00:26:39.579><c> kingdom.</c>

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Bad<00:26:43.859><c> mentorship.</c><00:26:46.640><c> He</c><00:26:46.900><c> should</c><00:26:46.980><c> never</c><00:26:47.220><c> cast</c><00:26:47.480><c> off</c><00:26:47.700><c> the</c><00:26:47.839><c> advice</c>

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of<00:26:48.240><c> our</c><00:26:48.359><c> elders.</c>

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Now<00:26:50.440><c> what</c><00:26:50.519><c> happens</c><00:26:50.940><c> when</c><00:26:51.099><c> his</c><00:26:51.460><c> mentorship</c><00:26:51.940><c> was</c><00:26:52.220><c> removed?</c><00:26:53.740><c> Well</c><00:26:53.900><c> it</c>

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seems<00:26:54.200><c> to</c><00:26:54.359><c> me</c><00:26:54.460><c> that</c><00:26:54.559><c> he</c><00:26:54.779><c> starts</c><00:26:54.960><c> to</c><00:26:55.279><c> improperly</c>

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the<00:26:56.660><c> messages</c><00:26:57.119><c> of</c><00:26:57.359><c> Isaiah.</c><00:26:58.220><c> He</c><00:26:58.420><c> starts</c><00:26:58.660><c> to</c><00:26:59.400><c> apply</c><00:26:59.599><c> these</c><00:26:59.900><c> messianic</c><00:27:00.400><c> prophecies</c><00:27:00.920><c> that</c>

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we<00:27:01.140><c> know</c><00:27:01.279><c> apply</c>

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to<00:27:01.720><c> Jesus</c><00:27:01.960><c> Christ.</c><00:27:02.240><c> He</c><00:27:02.339><c> starts</c><00:27:02.460><c> to</c><00:27:02.680><c> apply</c><00:27:02.819><c> them</c><00:27:02.980><c> to</c><00:27:03.099><c> himself.</c>

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He<00:27:04.319><c> starts</c><00:27:04.579><c> to</c><00:27:04.839><c> think</c><00:27:04.980><c> that</c><00:27:05.160><c> he's</c><00:27:05.339><c> a</c><00:27:05.599><c> king</c>

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priest.<00:27:07.019><c> He</c><00:27:07.200><c> thinks</c><00:27:07.420><c> he's</c><00:27:07.640><c> the</c><00:27:07.759><c> messiah.</c><00:27:08.900><c> He</c><00:27:09.059><c> thinks</c><00:27:09.220><c> he's</c><00:27:09.460><c> going</c><00:27:09.539><c> to</c>

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go<00:27:09.680><c> into</c><00:27:09.859><c> that</c><00:27:10.099><c> temple</c><00:27:10.440><c> and</c><00:27:10.740><c> take</c><00:27:10.980><c> a</c><00:27:11.180><c> position</c>

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that<00:27:12.160><c> was</c><00:27:12.440><c> not</c><00:27:12.759><c> his.</c><00:27:14.019><c> He's</c><00:27:14.339><c> going</c><00:27:14.440><c> to</c><00:27:14.660><c> offer</c><00:27:14.880><c> incense.</c><00:27:17.099><c> And</c><00:27:17.200><c> what</c><00:27:17.279><c> we</c>

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see<00:27:17.579><c> is</c><00:27:17.779><c> that</c><00:27:17.900><c> Uzziah's</c><00:27:18.579><c> pride</c><00:27:19.160><c> clouds</c>

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his<00:27:21.180><c> understanding</c><00:27:21.539><c> of</c><00:27:21.720><c> the</c><00:27:21.880><c> things</c><00:27:22.119><c> of</c><00:27:22.299><c> the</c><00:27:22.460><c> truth.</c><00:27:24.220><c> And</c><00:27:24.299><c> so</c>

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when<00:27:24.480><c> God</c><00:27:24.680><c> removes</c><00:27:25.240><c> his</c><00:27:25.740><c> mentor,</c><00:27:26.220><c> Zachariah,</c>

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it's<00:27:27.859><c> Isaiah's</c><00:27:28.039><c> pride</c><00:27:28.400><c> that</c><00:27:28.539><c> comes</c><00:27:28.720><c> over.</c><00:27:28.980><c> I</c><00:27:29.220><c> understand</c><00:27:29.660><c> these</c><00:27:29.920><c> things.</c><00:27:30.160><c> I</c>

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know<00:27:30.380><c> how</c><00:27:30.500><c> to</c><00:27:30.680><c> interpret</c><00:27:30.960><c> the</c><00:27:31.180><c> word.</c>

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I've<00:27:32.819><c> heard</c><00:27:32.920><c> it</c><00:27:33.059><c> since</c><00:27:33.279><c> I</c><00:27:33.380><c> was</c><00:27:33.900><c> young.</c><00:27:34.839><c> I</c><00:27:34.980><c> know</c><00:27:35.099><c> what</c><00:27:35.240><c> the</c><00:27:35.339><c> Bible</c><00:27:35.559><c> says.</c><00:27:36.940><c> You</c>

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see<00:27:37.220><c> it's</c><00:27:37.359><c> by</c><00:27:37.539><c> his</c><00:27:37.799><c> strength</c>

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he's<00:27:39.000><c> going</c><00:27:39.099><c> to</c><00:27:39.279><c> try</c><00:27:39.420><c> and</c><00:27:39.619><c> understand</c><00:27:39.960><c> the</c><00:27:40.140><c> words</c><00:27:40.299><c> of</c><00:27:40.480><c> God.</c><00:27:41.220><c> We</c>

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have<00:27:41.480><c> an</c><00:27:41.619><c> echo</c><00:27:41.759><c> of</c><00:27:41.880><c> this.</c><00:27:42.039><c> Let's</c><00:27:42.160><c> go</c><00:27:42.279><c> to</c><00:27:42.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:42.700><c> chapter</c>

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six.<00:27:46.339><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:46.619><c> is</c><00:27:46.759><c> picking</c><00:27:46.960><c> up</c><00:27:47.140><c> this</c><00:27:47.440><c> point</c><00:27:47.880><c> of</c><00:27:49.339><c> the</c><00:27:49.559><c> attitude</c>

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of<00:27:50.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:51.259><c> and</c><00:27:51.380><c> the</c><00:27:51.559><c> people.</c><00:27:53.240><c> Isaiah</c><00:27:53.319><c> chapter</c>

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six.<00:27:56.920><c> Just</c><00:27:57.119><c> for</c><00:27:57.299><c> a</c><00:27:57.380><c> bit</c><00:27:57.460><c> of</c><00:27:57.720><c> context,</c><00:27:58.140><c> verse</c><00:27:58.420><c> one,</c><00:27:59.900><c> in</c><00:28:00.079><c> the</c><00:28:00.259><c> year</c><00:28:00.440><c> that</c><00:28:00.619><c> king</c><00:28:00.859><c> Uzziah</c><00:28:01.240><c> died,</c><00:28:02.319><c> so</c>

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again<00:28:02.480><c> we're</c><00:28:02.599><c> still</c>

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connected<00:28:03.160><c> with</c><00:28:03.559><c> the</c><00:28:03.740><c> time</c><00:28:03.940><c> frame</c><00:28:04.079><c> of</c><00:28:04.279><c> Uzziah.</c><00:28:06.539><c> Remember</c><00:28:06.940><c> he's</c><00:28:07.180><c> a</c>

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representative<00:28:07.920><c> of</c><00:28:08.759><c> the</c><00:28:08.940><c> people.</c><00:28:10.119><c> But</c><00:28:10.240><c> look</c><00:28:10.319><c> at</c>

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what<00:28:10.740><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:11.059><c> says</c><00:28:11.380><c> about</c><00:28:11.539><c> this</c><00:28:11.759><c> people.</c><00:28:12.119><c> Verse</c><00:28:12.180><c> nine.</c><00:28:13.640><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:13.799><c> says,</c>

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or<00:28:14.579><c> God</c><00:28:14.720><c> tells</c><00:28:14.960><c> Isaiah,</c><00:28:15.500><c> go</c><00:28:15.500><c> and</c><00:28:15.779><c> tell</c><00:28:15.940><c> this</c>

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people,<00:28:16.900><c> hear</c><00:28:16.920><c> ye</c><00:28:17.160><c> indeed,</c><00:28:19.160><c> but</c><00:28:19.279><c> understand</c><00:28:19.880><c> not.</c><00:28:20.940><c> See</c><00:28:21.160><c> ye</c><00:28:21.460><c> indeed,</c><00:28:22.380><c> but</c><00:28:22.559><c> perceive</c><00:28:23.059><c> not.</c><00:28:24.440><c> Make</c><00:28:24.539><c> the</c><00:28:24.720><c> heart</c><00:28:24.900><c> of</c>

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this<00:28:25.259><c> people</c><00:28:25.559><c> fat.</c><00:28:26.059><c> Make</c><00:28:26.180><c> their</c><00:28:26.380><c> ears</c><00:28:26.660><c> heavy.</c><00:28:27.059><c> Shut</c><00:28:27.299><c> their</c>

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eyes,<00:28:28.859><c> lest</c><00:28:28.960><c> they</c><00:28:29.240><c> see</c><00:28:29.420><c> with</c><00:28:29.619><c> their</c><00:28:29.859><c> eyes</c><00:28:30.099><c> and</c><00:28:30.240><c> hear</c><00:28:30.380><c> with</c>

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their<00:28:30.759><c> ears.</c><00:28:31.039><c> Understand</c><00:28:31.519><c> with</c><00:28:31.720><c> their</c><00:28:31.960><c> heart</c><00:28:32.420><c> and</c><00:28:33.079><c> convert</c>

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and<00:28:33.740><c> be</c><00:28:33.920><c> healed.</c><00:28:35.000><c> Here</c><00:28:35.220><c> we</c><00:28:35.420><c> see</c><00:28:35.579><c> that</c><00:28:35.920><c> God's</c>

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telling<00:28:36.279><c> Isaiah</c><00:28:36.599><c> that</c><00:28:36.920><c> their</c><00:28:37.079><c> understanding</c><00:28:37.480><c> of</c><00:28:37.640><c> the</c><00:28:37.819><c> truth,</c>

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it's<00:28:38.839><c> going</c><00:28:38.960><c> to</c><00:28:39.039><c> be</c><00:28:39.220><c> clouded.</c><00:28:40.680><c> They're</c><00:28:40.779><c> not</c><00:28:40.920><c> going</c>

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to<00:28:41.240><c> properly</c><00:28:41.400><c> understand.</c><00:28:42.519><c> Why?</c><00:28:43.579><c> Go</c><00:28:43.720><c> back</c><00:28:43.859><c> to</c><00:28:43.980><c> verse</c><00:28:44.119><c> six.</c>

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Says,<00:28:46.160><c> then</c><00:28:46.160><c> one</c><00:28:46.460><c> flew,</c><00:28:49.700><c> verse</c><00:28:50.039><c> five,</c><00:28:50.500><c> sorry,</c><00:28:50.799><c> then</c><00:28:51.019><c> said,</c>

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I<00:28:51.599><c> woe</c><00:28:51.740><c> is</c><00:28:51.940><c> me</c><00:28:52.160><c> for</c><00:28:52.299><c> I</c><00:28:52.460><c> am</c><00:28:52.599><c> undone</c><00:28:52.960><c> because</c><00:28:53.220><c> I</c><00:28:53.420><c> am</c><00:28:53.500><c> a</c><00:28:53.599><c> man</c><00:28:53.700><c> of</c><00:28:53.880><c> unclean</c><00:28:54.220><c> lips</c><00:28:54.680><c> and</c>

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I<00:28:55.799><c> dwell</c><00:28:56.099><c> in</c><00:28:56.380><c> the</c><00:28:56.480><c> midst</c><00:28:56.660><c> of</c><00:28:56.859><c> a</c><00:28:57.079><c> people</c>

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of<00:28:59.480><c> unclean</c><00:28:59.900><c> lips.</c><00:29:00.740><c> You</c><00:29:00.940><c> see</c><00:29:01.019><c> their</c><00:29:01.259><c> pride</c><00:29:01.619><c> has</c><00:29:01.839><c> led</c><00:29:01.960><c> them</c>

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astray.<00:29:02.700><c> They've</c><00:29:02.880><c> forsaken</c><00:29:03.339><c> their</c><00:29:03.599><c> leadership,</c><00:29:04.140><c> rather</c>

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their<00:29:04.500><c> leadership</c><00:29:04.720><c> was</c><00:29:04.960><c> removed.</c><00:29:05.920><c> They</c><00:29:05.920><c> were</c><00:29:06.180><c> put</c><00:29:06.339><c> to</c><00:29:06.519><c> the</c><00:29:06.740><c> test</c><00:29:07.180><c> and</c><00:29:08.099><c> we</c>

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find<00:29:08.539><c> that</c><00:29:08.740><c> really</c><00:29:08.900><c> the</c><00:29:09.099><c> characteristic</c>

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of<00:29:09.599><c> the</c><00:29:09.680><c> people,</c><00:29:09.900><c> they've</c><00:29:10.000><c> refused</c><00:29:10.460><c> to</c><00:29:10.940><c> listen</c><00:29:11.200><c> to</c><00:29:11.400><c> Isaiah</c>

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and<00:29:12.019><c> their</c><00:29:12.180><c> minds</c><00:29:12.380><c> are</c><00:29:12.640><c> clouded.</c><00:29:12.839><c> They</c><00:29:13.180><c> think</c><00:29:13.400><c> they</c><00:29:13.700><c> know</c>

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better<00:29:14.319><c> how</c><00:29:14.500><c> to</c><00:29:14.720><c> understand</c><00:29:14.940><c> the</c><00:29:15.140><c> scriptures</c><00:29:15.480><c> than</c><00:29:16.000><c> their</c><00:29:16.200><c> fathers.</c><00:29:19.299><c> And</c><00:29:19.559><c> so</c>

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God<00:29:19.819><c> has</c><00:29:20.079><c> blinded</c><00:29:20.460><c> their</c><00:29:20.599><c> understanding</c>

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of<00:29:22.160><c> the</c><00:29:22.339><c> things</c><00:29:22.559><c> of</c><00:29:22.740><c> the</c><00:29:22.920><c> truth.</c><00:29:25.180><c> Just</c><00:29:25.380><c> as</c><00:29:25.500><c> the</c><00:29:25.720><c> king</c><00:29:25.920><c> no</c><00:29:26.160><c> longer</c><00:29:26.420><c> had</c>

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his<00:29:26.880><c> interpreter</c><00:29:27.160><c> of</c><00:29:27.920><c> the</c><00:29:28.279><c> messages</c><00:29:28.599><c> of</c><00:29:28.920><c> God.</c>

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And<00:29:31.420><c> I</c><00:29:31.539><c> find</c><00:29:31.720><c> this</c><00:29:31.880><c> a</c><00:29:32.000><c> very</c><00:29:32.339><c> strong,</c><00:29:33.160><c> strong</c><00:29:33.740><c> message.</c><00:29:35.339><c> When</c>

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you<00:29:35.660><c> forsake</c><00:29:37.000><c> the</c><00:29:37.619><c> guidance</c><00:29:37.880><c> of</c><00:29:38.059><c> your</c><00:29:38.180><c> elders</c>

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in<00:29:38.559><c> your</c><00:29:38.700><c> ecclesia</c><00:29:39.259><c> and</c><00:29:39.839><c> the</c><00:29:40.119><c> strong</c><00:29:40.339><c> mentors</c><00:29:40.660><c> that</c><00:29:40.839><c> we</c><00:29:41.039><c> have</c>

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in<00:29:41.420><c> the</c><00:29:41.619><c> truth,</c><00:29:41.779><c> what's</c><00:29:41.980><c> going</c><00:29:42.079><c> to</c><00:29:42.259><c> happen?</c>

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It's<00:29:44.000><c> our</c><00:29:44.240><c> pride</c><00:29:44.920><c> that</c><00:29:46.059><c> blinds</c><00:29:46.480><c> us</c><00:29:46.839><c> to</c><00:29:46.960><c> how</c><00:29:47.079><c> we</c><00:29:47.259><c> should</c><00:29:47.420><c> walk</c>

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in<00:29:47.920><c> the</c><00:29:48.099><c> truth.</c><00:29:50.099><c> And</c><00:29:50.500><c> this</c><00:29:50.720><c> applies</c><00:29:51.420><c> just</c><00:29:51.799><c> as</c><00:29:51.960><c> much</c>

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to<00:29:52.259><c> us</c><00:29:52.920><c> as</c><00:29:53.960><c> it</c><00:29:54.099><c> did</c><00:29:54.160><c> to</c><00:29:54.319><c> them.</c><00:29:55.700><c> And</c><00:29:55.839><c> so</c><00:29:55.960><c> again,</c><00:29:56.079><c> we</c><00:29:56.200><c> have</c><00:29:56.240><c> this</c><00:29:56.400><c> great</c><00:29:56.660><c> challenge</c><00:29:57.019><c> for</c><00:29:57.279><c> us.</c><00:29:58.220><c> It's</c><00:29:58.359><c> a</c>

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good<00:29:58.559><c> thing</c>

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we<00:29:58.900><c> should</c><00:29:59.079><c> think</c><00:29:59.339><c> of</c><00:29:59.700><c> who</c><00:30:00.279><c> are</c><00:30:00.799><c> our</c><00:30:01.019><c> mentors</c><00:30:01.420><c> in</c><00:30:01.619><c> the</c><00:30:01.799><c> truth.</c>

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This<00:30:04.619><c> brings</c><00:30:04.839><c> us</c><00:30:05.019><c> to</c><00:30:05.119><c> our</c><00:30:05.279><c> third</c><00:30:05.539><c> point.</c>

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Those<00:30:07.359><c> who</c><00:30:07.640><c> exalt</c><00:30:07.859><c> themselves</c><00:30:08.700><c> will</c><00:30:10.240><c> be</c><00:30:10.599><c> made</c><00:30:10.859><c> low.</c><00:30:12.660><c> Go</c><00:30:12.779><c> back</c>

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to<00:30:13.099><c> 2</c><00:30:13.240><c> Chronicles</c><00:30:13.680><c> chapter</c><00:30:14.039><c> 26.</c>

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Here<00:30:20.000><c> we</c><00:30:20.039><c> come</c><00:30:20.200><c> into</c><00:30:20.339><c> this</c><00:30:20.519><c> really</c><00:30:20.759><c> dramatic</c><00:30:21.140><c> part</c><00:30:21.440><c> of</c><00:30:21.599><c> this</c><00:30:21.779><c> chapter.</c>

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Isaiah<00:30:24.440><c> is</c><00:30:24.920><c> approaching</c><00:30:25.640><c> the</c><00:30:25.960><c> temple.</c><00:30:27.220><c> Here</c><00:30:27.279><c> comes</c><00:30:27.519><c> the</c><00:30:27.720><c> king</c>

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wearing<00:30:28.579><c> his</c><00:30:28.859><c> kingly</c><00:30:29.160><c> garments</c><00:30:29.440><c> and</c><00:30:29.579><c> he's</c><00:30:29.740><c> approaching</c>

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the<00:30:30.240><c> temple.</c><00:30:30.859><c> This</c><00:30:31.019><c> is</c><00:30:31.200><c> the</c><00:30:31.400><c> man,</c><00:30:31.680><c> we</c><00:30:31.799><c> have</c><00:30:31.980><c> to</c><00:30:32.099><c> remember,</c><00:30:32.460><c> who</c>

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brought<00:30:32.940><c> the</c><00:30:33.240><c> nation,</c><00:30:33.480><c> he</c><00:30:33.740><c> thinks</c><00:30:34.180><c> he</c><00:30:34.940><c> brought</c><00:30:35.160><c> the</c>

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nation<00:30:35.720><c> from</c><00:30:36.119><c> rags</c><00:30:36.380><c> to</c><00:30:36.579><c> riches.</c><00:30:36.799><c> This</c><00:30:36.980><c> is</c><00:30:37.200><c> the</c><00:30:37.400><c> man</c><00:30:37.799><c> who</c><00:30:38.500><c> increased</c><00:30:38.819><c> its</c>

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border.<00:30:39.400><c> This</c><00:30:39.579><c> is</c><00:30:39.880><c> the</c><00:30:40.140><c> man</c><00:30:40.420><c> who</c>

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who<00:30:41.200><c> increased</c><00:30:41.359><c> its</c><00:30:41.619><c> position</c><00:30:42.140><c> in</c><00:30:43.160><c> the</c><00:30:43.319><c> world</c><00:30:43.559><c> politics.</c><00:30:44.480><c> This</c><00:30:44.960><c> is</c>

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the<00:30:45.539><c> man</c><00:30:45.920><c> who</c><00:30:46.079><c> was</c><00:30:46.319><c> responsible</c><00:30:47.079><c> for</c><00:30:47.359><c> the</c>

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many<00:30:48.059><c> inventions</c><00:30:48.599><c> of</c><00:30:49.200><c> these</c><00:30:49.440><c> war</c><00:30:49.660><c> machines.</c><00:30:51.099><c> And</c><00:30:51.299><c> he's</c><00:30:51.480><c> now</c>

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:55.079
going<00:30:52.400><c> to</c><00:30:52.599><c> offer</c><00:30:52.779><c> incense</c><00:30:53.339><c> in</c><00:30:54.099><c> the</c><00:30:54.259><c> temple.</c>

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:58.220
Again,<00:30:56.140><c> a</c><00:30:56.319><c> position</c><00:30:56.619><c> that</c><00:30:56.759><c> was</c><00:30:56.980><c> not</c><00:30:57.180><c> his.</c><00:30:57.339><c> This</c><00:30:57.500><c> was</c><00:30:57.660><c> a</c><00:30:57.819><c> position</c><00:30:58.019><c> for</c>

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.980
the<00:30:58.420><c> priest</c><00:30:58.539><c> and</c><00:30:58.660><c> the</c><00:30:58.859><c> priest</c><00:30:59.059><c> alone.</c>

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:02.259
And<00:31:00.359><c> he</c><00:31:00.480><c> makes</c><00:31:00.740><c> his</c><00:31:00.920><c> way</c><00:31:01.079><c> to</c><00:31:01.240><c> the</c><00:31:01.380><c> temple.</c><00:31:01.660><c> And</c><00:31:01.799><c> whose</c><00:31:01.900><c> he</c><00:31:02.039><c> was</c>

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:05.440
stood<00:31:02.400><c> by?</c><00:31:04.220><c> He</c><00:31:04.380><c> was</c><00:31:04.480><c> stood</c><00:31:04.740><c> by</c><00:31:04.980><c> the</c><00:31:05.240><c> priest,</c>

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:09.779
the<00:31:05.619><c> high</c><00:31:05.880><c> priest.</c><00:31:06.539><c> And</c><00:31:06.700><c> who's</c><00:31:06.920><c> with</c><00:31:07.039><c> the</c><00:31:07.180><c> high</c><00:31:07.420><c> priest?</c><00:31:09.380><c> 80</c>

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:14.119
priests.<00:31:11.839><c> And</c><00:31:12.160><c> they're</c><00:31:12.319><c> going</c><00:31:12.559><c> to</c><00:31:12.839><c> rebuke</c><00:31:13.140><c> Isaiah.</c>

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:17.140
This<00:31:15.420><c> would</c><00:31:15.640><c> not</c><00:31:15.740><c> have</c><00:31:15.859><c> been</c><00:31:15.980><c> an</c><00:31:16.079><c> easy</c><00:31:16.279><c> task.</c><00:31:16.740><c> I</c><00:31:16.759><c> think</c><00:31:16.920><c> he's</c>

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:19.119
getting<00:31:17.259><c> very</c><00:31:17.660><c> prideful</c><00:31:18.019><c> at</c><00:31:18.140><c> this</c><00:31:18.359><c> time.</c><00:31:18.940><c> And</c><00:31:19.019><c> we've</c>

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:21.200
got<00:31:19.119><c> to</c><00:31:19.220><c> remember,</c><00:31:19.740><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:19.740><c> had</c><00:31:19.960><c> control</c><00:31:20.240><c> of</c><00:31:20.420><c> a</c><00:31:20.539><c> mighty</c><00:31:20.740><c> army.</c>

00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:23.359
And<00:31:21.700><c> here</c><00:31:21.779><c> we</c><00:31:21.900><c> have</c><00:31:22.019><c> the</c><00:31:22.200><c> high</c><00:31:22.400><c> priest</c><00:31:22.599><c> and</c><00:31:22.720><c> he</c><00:31:22.779><c> has</c>

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:27.720
80<00:31:23.720><c> valiant</c><00:31:24.180><c> priests</c><00:31:24.460><c> with</c><00:31:24.680><c> him,</c><00:31:25.500><c> but</c><00:31:25.799><c> still</c><00:31:26.000><c> only</c><00:31:26.299><c> 80.</c><00:31:26.759><c> He</c><00:31:26.920><c> had</c><00:31:27.140><c> control</c><00:31:27.539><c> of</c>

00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:30.859
a<00:31:28.000><c> mighty</c><00:31:28.220><c> army.</c><00:31:30.119><c> And</c><00:31:30.400><c> we</c><00:31:30.599><c> know</c>

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:34.680
Isaiah<00:31:31.240><c> is</c><00:31:31.440><c> not</c><00:31:31.539><c> going</c><00:31:31.680><c> to</c><00:31:31.839><c> take</c><00:31:32.440><c> this</c><00:31:32.880><c> rebuke</c><00:31:33.240><c> lightly.</c><00:31:34.220><c> Because</c><00:31:34.440><c> you</c>

00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:37.619
think<00:31:35.200><c> he</c><00:31:36.000><c> has</c><00:31:36.200><c> a</c><00:31:36.420><c> misunderstanding</c>

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:41.680
of<00:31:38.660><c> the,</c><00:31:38.880><c> of</c><00:31:39.019><c> the</c><00:31:39.180><c> Messianic</c><00:31:39.599><c> prophecies.</c><00:31:41.160><c> Now,</c><00:31:41.359><c> where</c><00:31:41.539><c> does</c>

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:43.640
this<00:31:41.940><c> conflict</c><00:31:42.299><c> take</c><00:31:42.619><c> place?</c>

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:46.680
At<00:31:43.940><c> the</c><00:31:43.940><c> end</c><00:31:44.039><c> of</c><00:31:44.140><c> verse</c><00:31:44.339><c> 19,</c><00:31:44.819><c> we're</c><00:31:45.000><c> told</c><00:31:45.180><c> this</c><00:31:45.420><c> conflict</c><00:31:45.880><c> takes</c><00:31:46.140><c> place</c><00:31:46.440><c> in</c>

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.519
the<00:31:46.859><c> house</c><00:31:47.039><c> of</c><00:31:47.220><c> the</c><00:31:47.319><c> Lord</c>

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:51.799
from<00:31:48.059><c> beside</c><00:31:48.880><c> the</c><00:31:49.640><c> incense</c><00:31:49.960><c> altar.</c><00:31:50.799><c> So</c><00:31:51.019><c> where</c><00:31:51.200><c> are</c><00:31:51.460><c> we</c><00:31:51.559><c> in</c><00:31:51.640><c> the</c>

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:55.039
temple?<00:31:53.579><c> We're</c><00:31:53.700><c> in</c><00:31:53.779><c> the</c><00:31:53.920><c> holy</c><00:31:54.059><c> place.</c>

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:59.440
This<00:31:55.920><c> is</c><00:31:56.140><c> where</c><00:31:56.359><c> we</c><00:31:56.539><c> are.</c><00:31:56.619><c> This</c><00:31:56.779><c> is</c><00:31:57.019><c> where</c><00:31:57.200><c> the</c><00:31:57.460><c> conflict</c><00:31:57.960><c> happens.</c><00:31:59.099><c> He's</c>

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:01.140
already<00:31:59.740><c> made</c><00:31:59.900><c> it</c><00:32:00.000><c> through</c><00:32:00.140><c> the</c><00:32:00.319><c> gate,</c>

00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:05.640
through<00:32:01.500><c> the</c><00:32:01.740><c> core.</c><00:32:02.940><c> He's</c><00:32:03.380><c> inside</c><00:32:04.319><c> of</c><00:32:04.640><c> the</c><00:32:04.799><c> temple.</c>

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:11.319
Now<00:32:09.660><c> consider</c><00:32:09.880><c> this</c><00:32:10.140><c> imagery.</c><00:32:10.460><c> And</c><00:32:10.519><c> I</c><00:32:10.740><c> find</c><00:32:10.920><c> this</c><00:32:11.140><c> imagery</c>

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:12.240
really,<00:32:11.519><c> really</c><00:32:11.799><c> fascinating.</c>

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:14.700
You<00:32:12.660><c> have</c><00:32:12.799><c> King</c><00:32:13.160><c> Uzziah.</c><00:32:13.660><c> He's</c><00:32:13.839><c> entered</c><00:32:14.039><c> the</c><00:32:14.200><c> temple.</c><00:32:14.539><c> Again,</c>

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:16.380
what's<00:32:14.880><c> he</c><00:32:15.039><c> wearing?</c><00:32:15.599><c> He's</c><00:32:15.819><c> got</c><00:32:15.880><c> his</c><00:32:16.119><c> kingly</c>

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:21.339
garments<00:32:16.660><c> on.</c><00:32:18.480><c> And</c><00:32:18.599><c> he's</c><00:32:18.740><c> preparing</c><00:32:19.039><c> to</c><00:32:19.339><c> offer</c><00:32:20.539><c> for</c><00:32:21.079><c> incense,</c>

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.660
again,<00:32:21.640><c> a</c><00:32:21.819><c> position</c><00:32:21.960><c> that</c><00:32:22.079><c> was</c><00:32:22.240><c> not</c><00:32:22.400><c> his.</c>

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:25.619
And<00:32:23.140><c> who's</c><00:32:23.400><c> withstanding</c><00:32:23.859><c> him?</c><00:32:24.079><c> So</c><00:32:24.180><c> you</c><00:32:24.200><c> have</c><00:32:24.339><c> King</c><00:32:25.200><c> Uzziah</c>

00:32:25.619 --> 00:32:27.980
with<00:32:25.839><c> all</c><00:32:26.059><c> his,</c><00:32:26.640><c> his</c><00:32:26.859><c> royal</c><00:32:27.000><c> garb.</c><00:32:27.680><c> And</c><00:32:27.819><c> he's</c>

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:31.440
stood<00:32:28.400><c> by</c><00:32:29.500><c> the</c><00:32:29.619><c> high</c><00:32:29.839><c> priest.</c><00:32:30.720><c> Did</c><00:32:30.740><c> anyone</c><00:32:30.920><c> catch</c><00:32:31.200><c> the</c><00:32:31.299><c> name</c>

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:34.220
of<00:32:31.559><c> the</c><00:32:31.640><c> high</c><00:32:31.819><c> priest?</c><00:32:33.680><c> What</c><00:32:33.740><c> was</c><00:32:33.880><c> the</c><00:32:34.019><c> name</c><00:32:34.119><c> of</c>

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:45.819
the<00:32:34.299><c> high</c><00:32:34.500><c> priest?</c><00:32:37.319><c> Verse</c><00:32:37.559><c> 17.</c><00:32:40.900><c> What</c><00:32:40.960><c> was</c><00:32:41.079><c> his</c><00:32:41.259><c> name?</c><00:32:43.740><c> Azariah.</c><00:32:44.980><c> Oh,</c><00:32:45.619><c> who</c>

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:47.660
else<00:32:45.980><c> was</c><00:32:46.079><c> named</c><00:32:46.259><c> Azariah?</c>

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:52.140
Uzziah's<00:32:49.420><c> other</c><00:32:49.579><c> name</c><00:32:49.700><c> was</c><00:32:49.920><c> Azariah.</c><00:32:51.019><c> So</c><00:32:51.180><c> here</c><00:32:51.299><c> you</c><00:32:51.359><c> have</c><00:32:51.500><c> Azariah</c><00:32:51.980><c> the</c>

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:53.859
king.<00:32:52.859><c> And</c><00:32:53.000><c> who's</c><00:32:53.099><c> he</c><00:32:53.240><c> looking</c><00:32:53.460><c> at?</c>

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:58.240
He's<00:32:54.519><c> looking</c><00:32:54.680><c> at</c><00:32:55.019><c> Azariah</c><00:32:56.140><c> the</c><00:32:56.519><c> priest.</c><00:32:57.759><c> And</c><00:32:57.900><c> what's</c><00:32:58.059><c> the</c>

00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.980
priest<00:32:58.460><c> dressed</c><00:32:58.740><c> like?</c><00:32:59.359><c> He's</c><00:32:59.660><c> got</c><00:32:59.740><c> his</c><00:33:00.039><c> own</c><00:33:00.640><c> priestly</c>

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:04.000
garments.<00:33:01.720><c> And</c><00:33:01.839><c> what</c><00:33:01.900><c> does</c><00:33:01.980><c> he</c><00:33:02.059><c> have</c><00:33:02.200><c> on</c><00:33:02.319><c> his</c><00:33:02.559><c> head?</c><00:33:03.680><c> He's</c><00:33:03.880><c> got</c>

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:06.059
a<00:33:04.180><c> bonnet</c><00:33:04.380><c> on</c><00:33:04.559><c> his</c><00:33:04.680><c> head.</c><00:33:04.799><c> And</c><00:33:04.900><c> what's</c><00:33:05.000><c> on</c><00:33:05.119><c> the</c><00:33:05.319><c> bonnet?</c>

00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:13.119
Holiness<00:33:07.599><c> to</c><00:33:07.779><c> the</c><00:33:07.960><c> Lord.</c><00:33:08.839><c> So</c><00:33:09.000><c> consider</c><00:33:09.299><c> that.</c><00:33:09.720><c> You've</c><00:33:09.920><c> got</c><00:33:10.019><c> the</c><00:33:10.259><c> king,</c><00:33:11.380><c> Azariah.</c><00:33:12.480><c> He's</c><00:33:12.779><c> looking</c><00:33:12.940><c> at</c>

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:13.539
the<00:33:13.259><c> high</c>

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:17.779
priest,<00:33:14.359><c> Azariah.</c><00:33:15.539><c> But</c><00:33:15.680><c> what's</c><00:33:15.880><c> on</c><00:33:15.960><c> his</c><00:33:16.220><c> forehead?</c><00:33:17.380><c> Holiness</c>

00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:20.160
to<00:33:17.920><c> the</c><00:33:18.059><c> Lord.</c><00:33:18.599><c> He's</c><00:33:18.980><c> seeing</c><00:33:19.180><c> what</c><00:33:19.519><c> he</c><00:33:19.900><c> should</c>

00:33:20.160 --> 00:33:26.140
have<00:33:20.339><c> been.</c><00:33:21.799><c> That</c><00:33:21.980><c> is</c><00:33:22.539><c> holiness</c><00:33:23.119><c> to</c><00:33:23.619><c> the</c><00:33:23.759><c> Lord.</c><00:33:25.519><c> I</c><00:33:25.740><c> find</c><00:33:25.920><c> this</c>

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.940
image<00:33:26.339><c> really</c><00:33:26.940><c> fascinating</c><00:33:27.220><c> being</c><00:33:27.500><c> brought</c><00:33:27.779><c> out</c>

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:31.099
from<00:33:28.119><c> the</c><00:33:28.299><c> record.</c><00:33:29.880><c> And</c><00:33:30.019><c> remember</c><00:33:30.119><c> what</c><00:33:30.279><c> does</c><00:33:30.519><c> Azariah</c><00:33:30.880><c> mean?</c>

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:33.960
Azariah<00:33:31.660><c> means</c><00:33:31.980><c> God</c><00:33:32.420><c> has</c><00:33:32.880><c> helped.</c><00:33:33.640><c> And</c><00:33:33.799><c> we</c><00:33:33.859><c> know</c>

00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:36.779
what<00:33:34.119><c> happens.</c><00:33:34.339><c> God</c><00:33:34.579><c> steps</c><00:33:34.900><c> in.</c><00:33:35.200><c> He</c><00:33:35.440><c> smites</c><00:33:35.980><c> King</c><00:33:36.319><c> Azariah</c>

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:42.200
with<00:33:37.019><c> leprosy.</c><00:33:39.920><c> And</c><00:33:40.140><c> where</c><00:33:40.319><c> does</c><00:33:40.480><c> the</c><00:33:40.640><c> leprosy</c><00:33:41.019><c> go?</c>

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:46.579
Verse<00:33:45.619><c> 19.</c>

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:49.019
Uzziah<00:33:47.259><c> was</c><00:33:47.480><c> wroth</c><00:33:47.779><c> and</c><00:33:47.900><c> he</c><00:33:47.980><c> had</c><00:33:48.079><c> a</c><00:33:48.240><c> censer</c><00:33:48.460><c> in</c><00:33:48.480><c> his</c><00:33:48.700><c> hand</c><00:33:48.859><c> to</c>

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:51.500
burn<00:33:49.160><c> incense.</c><00:33:50.140><c> And</c><00:33:50.220><c> while</c><00:33:50.380><c> he</c><00:33:50.539><c> was</c><00:33:50.759><c> wroth</c><00:33:51.059><c> with</c><00:33:51.240><c> the</c>

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:57.960
priest,<00:33:52.200><c> the</c><00:33:52.380><c> leprosy</c><00:33:53.359><c> even</c><00:33:53.940><c> rose</c><00:33:54.279><c> up</c><00:33:54.960><c> in</c><00:33:55.660><c> his</c><00:33:56.140><c> forehead</c><00:33:56.680><c> before</c><00:33:57.700><c> the</c>

00:33:57.960 --> 00:34:00.079
priest<00:33:58.319><c> in</c><00:33:58.980><c> the</c><00:33:59.180><c> house</c><00:33:59.359><c> of</c><00:33:59.559><c> the</c><00:33:59.660><c> Lord</c>

00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:03.059
beside<00:34:00.859><c> the</c><00:34:01.099><c> incense</c><00:34:01.380><c> altar.</c><00:34:02.279><c> Here</c><00:34:02.380><c> you've</c><00:34:02.539><c> got</c><00:34:02.619><c> the</c><00:34:02.880><c> priest.</c>

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:04.920
He's<00:34:03.279><c> got</c><00:34:03.480><c> holiness</c><00:34:03.740><c> to</c><00:34:03.980><c> the</c><00:34:04.140><c> Lord.</c><00:34:04.599><c> And</c><00:34:04.740><c> now</c>

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:10.679
Uzziah<00:34:05.279><c> is</c><00:34:05.599><c> struck</c><00:34:05.740><c> with</c><00:34:05.960><c> leprosy</c><00:34:06.819><c> right</c><00:34:07.299><c> up</c><00:34:07.539><c> to</c><00:34:07.720><c> his</c><00:34:08.539><c> forehead.</c><00:34:10.380><c> So</c><00:34:10.539><c> we</c>

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:12.199
see<00:34:10.860><c> God</c><00:34:11.139><c> steps</c><00:34:11.480><c> in</c><00:34:11.719><c> and</c><00:34:11.800><c> deals</c><00:34:12.019><c> with</c>

00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:16.320
this<00:34:12.380><c> man's</c><00:34:12.679><c> pride.</c><00:34:13.380><c> And</c><00:34:13.500><c> the</c><00:34:13.679><c> result</c><00:34:13.980><c> is</c><00:34:14.920><c> he's</c><00:34:15.760><c> cast</c><00:34:16.079><c> out</c><00:34:16.219><c> of</c>

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:20.039
the<00:34:16.500><c> temple</c><00:34:16.920><c> and</c><00:34:17.519><c> he's</c><00:34:18.039><c> cast</c><00:34:18.320><c> out</c><00:34:18.460><c> of</c><00:34:18.579><c> the</c><00:34:18.719><c> king's</c><00:34:19.099><c> palace.</c>

00:34:22.219 --> 00:34:26.679
God<00:34:22.480><c> will</c><00:34:22.780><c> deal</c><00:34:23.179><c> with</c><00:34:23.739><c> our</c><00:34:24.000><c> pride.</c><00:34:25.920><c> And</c><00:34:26.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:26.199><c> picks</c><00:34:26.460><c> this</c>

00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:28.360
up.<00:34:26.780><c> Let's</c><00:34:26.900><c> go</c><00:34:27.039><c> to</c><00:34:27.119><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:27.320><c> chapter</c><00:34:27.599><c> one.</c>

00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:32.639
Here<00:34:30.179><c> we</c><00:34:30.320><c> see</c><00:34:30.480><c> some</c><00:34:30.699><c> more</c><00:34:30.960><c> echoes</c><00:34:31.460><c> that</c><00:34:32.059><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:32.260><c> is</c><00:34:32.420><c> picking</c>

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:34.920
up<00:34:33.139><c> from</c><00:34:33.340><c> the</c><00:34:33.519><c> life</c><00:34:33.900><c> of</c><00:34:34.119><c> Uzziah.</c>

00:34:38.280 --> 00:34:40.760
He's<00:34:38.579><c> picking</c><00:34:38.840><c> up</c><00:34:39.380><c> the</c><00:34:39.539><c> life</c><00:34:39.739><c> of</c><00:34:39.900><c> Uzziah</c><00:34:40.179><c> and</c><00:34:40.260><c> he's</c><00:34:40.480><c> applying</c>

00:34:40.760 --> 00:34:42.059
it<00:34:40.900><c> to</c><00:34:41.059><c> the</c><00:34:41.199><c> nation.</c><00:34:41.500><c> You</c><00:34:41.579><c> see</c><00:34:41.659><c> the</c><00:34:41.760><c> nation</c>

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:44.760
was<00:34:42.280><c> no</c><00:34:42.559><c> better</c><00:34:42.820><c> than</c><00:34:43.000><c> Uzziah.</c><00:34:43.800><c> They</c><00:34:43.920><c> had</c><00:34:44.039><c> a</c><00:34:44.280><c> problem</c><00:34:44.559><c> with</c>

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:47.860
the<00:34:44.900><c> way</c><00:34:45.119><c> they</c><00:34:45.280><c> were</c><00:34:45.500><c> thinking.</c><00:34:46.860><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:47.059><c> chapter</c><00:34:47.360><c> one</c><00:34:47.679><c> and</c>

00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:50.139
verse<00:34:48.079><c> two</c><00:34:48.300><c> we</c><00:34:48.460><c> see</c><00:34:48.559><c> God</c><00:34:48.820><c> nourished</c><00:34:49.199><c> and</c><00:34:49.400><c> brought</c><00:34:49.519><c> them</c><00:34:49.760><c> up.</c>

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.800
And<00:34:50.539><c> what</c><00:34:50.619><c> does</c><00:34:50.639><c> he</c><00:34:50.800><c> say</c><00:34:50.920><c> at</c><00:34:51.079><c> the</c><00:34:51.099><c> end</c><00:34:51.239><c> of</c><00:34:51.380><c> verse</c><00:34:51.500><c> two?</c>

00:34:51.800 --> 00:34:56.320
They<00:34:52.139><c> have</c><00:34:52.440><c> rebelled</c><00:34:53.360><c> against</c><00:34:53.780><c> me.</c><00:34:55.239><c> Verse</c><00:34:55.480><c> three.</c>

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:09.139
They're<00:35:03.500><c> not</c><00:35:04.179><c> considering</c><00:35:08.139><c> where</c><00:35:08.280><c> their</c><00:35:08.460><c> help</c><00:35:08.679><c> was</c><00:35:08.960><c> from.</c>

00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:10.260
They're<00:35:09.280><c> not</c><00:35:09.440><c> considering</c><00:35:09.639><c> that</c><00:35:09.880><c> God</c>

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:13.320
was<00:35:11.139><c> the</c><00:35:11.380><c> source.</c><00:35:11.559><c> They</c><00:35:11.659><c> didn't</c><00:35:11.860><c> consider</c><00:35:12.219><c> that</c><00:35:12.460><c> God's</c><00:35:12.840><c> hand</c>

00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:16.639
was<00:35:13.699><c> at</c><00:35:13.960><c> work.</c><00:35:15.039><c> Verse</c><00:35:15.380><c> five.</c>

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:28.179
The<00:35:22.079><c> whole</c><00:35:23.000><c> head</c><00:35:23.760><c> is</c><00:35:24.679><c> sick</c><00:35:25.139><c> and</c><00:35:26.059><c> the</c><00:35:26.260><c> whole</c><00:35:26.519><c> heart</c><00:35:26.940><c> faint.</c><00:35:27.639><c> From</c><00:35:27.860><c> the</c>

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:29.960
sole<00:35:28.480><c> of</c><00:35:28.719><c> the</c><00:35:29.019><c> foot,</c>

00:35:30.019 --> 00:35:33.079
even<00:35:30.320><c> unto</c><00:35:30.519><c> the</c><00:35:30.820><c> head,</c><00:35:31.139><c> there</c><00:35:31.300><c> is</c><00:35:31.440><c> no</c><00:35:31.739><c> soundness</c><00:35:32.139><c> in</c><00:35:32.340><c> it</c><00:35:32.719><c> but</c>

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:36.239
wounds<00:35:33.659><c> and</c><00:35:34.219><c> bruises</c><00:35:34.719><c> and</c><00:35:35.039><c> petrifying</c><00:35:35.619><c> sores.</c>

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:38.300
They<00:35:36.599><c> have</c><00:35:36.760><c> not</c><00:35:36.940><c> been</c><00:35:37.219><c> clothed,</c><00:35:37.440><c> neither</c><00:35:37.579><c> bound</c><00:35:37.880><c> up,</c><00:35:38.159><c> neither</c>

00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:40.679
mollified<00:35:39.420><c> with</c><00:35:39.780><c> ointment.</c>

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:44.519
What<00:35:41.219><c> are</c><00:35:41.300><c> we</c><00:35:41.500><c> describing</c><00:35:41.800><c> here?</c><00:35:42.940><c> It's</c><00:35:43.159><c> a</c><00:35:43.280><c> disease.</c><00:35:44.139><c> This</c><00:35:44.300><c> is</c>

00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:46.599
leprosy.<00:35:44.960><c> We're</c><00:35:45.159><c> describing</c><00:35:45.460><c> what</c><00:35:45.659><c> leprosy</c><00:35:46.139><c> is.</c>

00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:53.559
From<00:35:46.960><c> where?</c><00:35:47.579><c> From</c><00:35:47.840><c> the</c><00:35:48.139><c> foot</c><00:35:48.619><c> up</c><00:35:49.480><c> to</c><00:35:50.480><c> the</c><00:35:50.760><c> head</c><00:35:51.139><c> or</c><00:35:51.739><c> across</c><00:35:52.000><c> his</c><00:35:52.300><c> forehead.</c><00:35:53.219><c> What's</c><00:35:53.380><c> he</c>

00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:55.119
saying?<00:35:54.159><c> The</c><00:35:54.380><c> feet,</c>

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:57.360
the<00:35:55.280><c> head</c><00:35:55.460><c> represents</c><00:35:55.860><c> the</c><00:35:56.119><c> king,</c><00:35:56.360><c> the</c><00:35:56.539><c> feet</c><00:35:56.679><c> represents</c><00:35:57.119><c> the</c>

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:59.920
people.<00:35:57.800><c> The</c><00:35:57.980><c> whole</c><00:35:58.179><c> nation</c><00:35:58.539><c> is</c><00:35:58.980><c> sick</c>

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:04.400
in<00:36:00.239><c> the</c><00:36:00.380><c> eyes</c><00:36:00.519><c> of</c><00:36:00.739><c> God.</c><00:36:01.860><c> They</c><00:36:02.059><c> all</c><00:36:02.239><c> have</c><00:36:02.360><c> the</c><00:36:02.619><c> same</c><00:36:03.239><c> problem.</c>

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:07.119
Verse<00:36:06.460><c> eight.</c>

00:36:07.119 --> 00:36:09.860
And<00:36:07.659><c> the</c><00:36:07.760><c> daughter</c><00:36:07.980><c> of</c><00:36:08.260><c> Zion</c><00:36:08.420><c> is</c><00:36:08.659><c> left</c><00:36:08.900><c> as</c><00:36:09.119><c> a</c><00:36:09.300><c> cottage</c><00:36:09.559><c> in</c><00:36:09.719><c> the</c>

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.780
vineyard,<00:36:10.599><c> as</c><00:36:10.739><c> a</c><00:36:10.920><c> lodge</c><00:36:11.119><c> in</c><00:36:11.280><c> the</c><00:36:11.420><c> Garden</c><00:36:11.579><c> of</c>

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:14.000
Cucumbers,<00:36:12.300><c> a</c><00:36:12.480><c> besieged</c><00:36:12.760><c> city.</c><00:36:13.280><c> Now</c><00:36:13.400><c> we</c><00:36:13.440><c> didn't</c><00:36:13.599><c> talk</c><00:36:13.840><c> about</c>

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:16.400
this<00:36:14.179><c> but</c><00:36:14.340><c> Uzziah,</c><00:36:15.139><c> the</c><00:36:15.420><c> king,</c><00:36:15.659><c> he</c><00:36:16.019><c> had</c><00:36:16.159><c> a</c><00:36:16.219><c> love</c>

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:19.300
of<00:36:16.699><c> husbandry</c><00:36:16.980><c> and</c><00:36:17.039><c> he</c><00:36:17.119><c> had</c><00:36:17.139><c> this</c><00:36:17.300><c> little</c><00:36:17.559><c> cottage</c><00:36:18.579><c> outside</c>

00:36:19.300 --> 00:36:21.559
of<00:36:19.860><c> the</c><00:36:20.000><c> city</c><00:36:20.179><c> where</c><00:36:20.380><c> he</c><00:36:20.599><c> dies.</c><00:36:21.199><c> And</c><00:36:21.320><c> so</c><00:36:21.400><c> here</c>

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:27.440
Isaiah<00:36:21.739><c> is</c><00:36:21.920><c> making</c><00:36:22.039><c> a</c><00:36:22.239><c> refuge,</c><00:36:23.880><c> making</c><00:36:24.019><c> an</c><00:36:24.800><c> echo</c><00:36:25.000><c> here</c><00:36:25.679><c> to</c><00:36:27.199><c> the</c>

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:29.800
life<00:36:28.079><c> of</c><00:36:28.559><c> how</c><00:36:28.840><c> King</c><00:36:29.039><c> Uzziah</c><00:36:29.380><c> dies.</c>

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:32.659
And<00:36:30.400><c> what's</c><00:36:30.599><c> the</c><00:36:30.780><c> result</c><00:36:31.019><c> of</c><00:36:31.219><c> all</c><00:36:31.380><c> this?</c><00:36:31.940><c> As</c><00:36:32.039><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:32.219><c> is</c><00:36:32.400><c> talking</c><00:36:32.519><c> about</c>

00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:35.199
how<00:36:32.840><c> sick</c><00:36:33.460><c> God</c><00:36:34.119><c> views</c><00:36:34.500><c> this</c><00:36:34.780><c> people.</c>

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:40.199
Verse<00:36:35.920><c> ten.</c><00:36:37.840><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:37.960><c> says,</c><00:36:38.679><c> hear</c><00:36:38.679><c> the</c><00:36:39.019><c> word</c><00:36:39.179><c> of</c><00:36:39.340><c> the</c><00:36:39.440><c> Lord,</c><00:36:40.019><c> ye</c>

00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:44.019
rulers<00:36:40.519><c> of</c><00:36:41.739><c> Sodom.</c><00:36:42.559><c> He's</c><00:36:42.719><c> calling</c><00:36:42.840><c> them</c><00:36:43.099><c> Sodom.</c>

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:49.519
Give<00:36:44.719><c> ear</c><00:36:44.960><c> unto</c><00:36:45.119><c> the</c><00:36:45.340><c> law</c><00:36:45.539><c> of</c><00:36:45.719><c> our</c><00:36:45.900><c> God,</c><00:36:46.199><c> ye</c><00:36:46.300><c> people</c><00:36:46.619><c> of</c><00:36:46.840><c> Gomorrah.</c><00:36:47.940><c> To</c><00:36:48.039><c> what</c><00:36:48.280><c> purpose</c><00:36:48.860><c> is</c>

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.059
the<00:36:49.699><c> multitude</c>

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of<00:36:50.219><c> your</c><00:36:50.440><c> sacrifices</c><00:36:51.059><c> unto</c><00:36:51.400><c> me,</c><00:36:52.159><c> saith</c><00:36:52.260><c> the</c><00:36:52.480><c> Lord.</c><00:36:53.340><c> I</c><00:36:53.579><c> am</c><00:36:53.800><c> full</c>

00:36:54.000 --> 00:36:56.380
of<00:36:54.119><c> the</c><00:36:54.260><c> burnt</c><00:36:54.480><c> offerings</c><00:36:54.840><c> of</c><00:36:55.119><c> rams</c><00:36:55.559><c> and</c><00:36:55.940><c> the</c><00:36:56.219><c> fat</c>

00:36:56.380 --> 00:37:00.519
of<00:36:56.679><c> fed</c><00:36:56.860><c> beasts</c><00:36:57.400><c> and</c><00:36:58.159><c> I</c><00:36:58.500><c> delight</c><00:36:58.719><c> not</c><00:36:59.039><c> in</c><00:36:59.219><c> the</c><00:36:59.360><c> blood</c><00:36:59.480><c> of</c><00:36:59.699><c> bullocks</c><00:37:00.039><c> or</c><00:37:00.320><c> of</c>

00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:02.820
lambs<00:37:00.760><c> or</c><00:37:00.880><c> of</c><00:37:01.000><c> he</c><00:37:01.119><c> goats.</c><00:37:02.179><c> When</c><00:37:02.400><c> ye</c><00:37:02.619><c> come</c>

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:05.800
to<00:37:02.940><c> appear</c><00:37:03.280><c> before</c><00:37:03.760><c> me,</c><00:37:04.699><c> who</c><00:37:04.840><c> hath</c><00:37:05.000><c> required</c><00:37:05.360><c> this</c><00:37:05.519><c> at</c><00:37:05.599><c> your</c>

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:09.639
hand<00:37:05.980><c> to</c><00:37:06.179><c> tread</c><00:37:06.380><c> my</c><00:37:06.679><c> courts?</c><00:37:08.099><c> Bring</c><00:37:08.380><c> no</c><00:37:09.059><c> more</c><00:37:09.420><c> vain</c>

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:14.099
oblations.<00:37:11.300><c> Incense</c><00:37:11.820><c> is</c><00:37:12.480><c> an</c><00:37:12.619><c> abomination</c><00:37:13.039><c> unto</c><00:37:13.300><c> me.</c><00:37:13.699><c> The</c><00:37:13.880><c> new</c>

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:15.860
moons<00:37:14.320><c> and</c><00:37:14.559><c> Sabbath,</c><00:37:14.880><c> the</c><00:37:15.079><c> calling</c><00:37:15.260><c> of</c><00:37:15.519><c> assemblies,</c>

00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:20.719
I<00:37:16.039><c> cannot</c><00:37:16.500><c> away</c><00:37:17.179><c> with</c><00:37:17.400><c> it.</c><00:37:18.099><c> It</c><00:37:18.260><c> is</c><00:37:18.460><c> iniquity,</c><00:37:18.880><c> even</c><00:37:19.119><c> the</c><00:37:19.380><c> solemn</c><00:37:19.639><c> meeting.</c><00:37:20.500><c> Your</c>

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:22.099
new<00:37:20.980><c> moons,</c><00:37:21.539><c> your</c><00:37:21.760><c> appointed</c>

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:26.159
feasts,<00:37:22.480><c> my</c><00:37:22.840><c> soul</c><00:37:23.239><c> hates.</c><00:37:24.139><c> They</c><00:37:24.360><c> are</c><00:37:24.519><c> a</c><00:37:24.719><c> trouble</c><00:37:24.920><c> unto</c><00:37:25.179><c> me.</c><00:37:25.860><c> I</c>

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:29.019
am<00:37:26.300><c> weary</c><00:37:26.519><c> to</c><00:37:26.760><c> hear</c><00:37:26.900><c> them.</c><00:37:27.980><c> When</c><00:37:28.159><c> ye</c><00:37:28.420><c> spread</c><00:37:28.699><c> forth</c>

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:32.960
your<00:37:29.159><c> hands,</c><00:37:30.320><c> I</c><00:37:30.820><c> will</c><00:37:31.079><c> hide</c><00:37:31.360><c> mine</c><00:37:31.579><c> eyes</c><00:37:31.920><c> from</c><00:37:32.119><c> you.</c><00:37:32.579><c> Yea,</c><00:37:32.800><c> when</c>

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:34.900
ye<00:37:33.119><c> make</c><00:37:33.360><c> many</c><00:37:33.679><c> prayers,</c><00:37:34.039><c> I</c><00:37:34.159><c> will</c><00:37:34.340><c> not</c><00:37:34.579><c> hear.</c>

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:40.239
Your<00:37:35.480><c> hands</c><00:37:36.079><c> are</c><00:37:36.659><c> full</c><00:37:36.860><c> of</c><00:37:37.019><c> blood.</c><00:37:38.659><c> Look</c><00:37:38.860><c> at</c><00:37:39.000><c> the</c><00:37:39.539><c> response</c><00:37:40.000><c> of</c>

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:44.059
God.<00:37:41.760><c> He</c><00:37:42.159><c> abhors</c><00:37:42.679><c> everything</c>

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:47.480
that<00:37:44.840><c> these</c><00:37:45.079><c> people</c><00:37:45.340><c> are</c><00:37:45.579><c> doing</c><00:37:45.780><c> at</c><00:37:45.980><c> this</c><00:37:46.199><c> time.</c><00:37:47.199><c> They</c><00:37:47.360><c> have</c>

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:49.400
these<00:37:47.739><c> gatherings,</c><00:37:48.139><c> they</c><00:37:48.159><c> have</c><00:37:48.300><c> these</c><00:37:48.639><c> feasts</c>

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:55.079
before<00:37:50.059><c> God</c><00:37:50.340><c> and</c><00:37:50.420><c> God</c><00:37:50.619><c> says,</c><00:37:50.840><c> I'm</c><00:37:51.019><c> sick</c><00:37:51.320><c> of</c><00:37:51.440><c> it.</c><00:37:52.980><c> And</c><00:37:53.139><c> he</c><00:37:53.300><c> refuses</c><00:37:53.659><c> to</c><00:37:53.980><c> listen</c><00:37:54.460><c> to</c>

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:56.800
their<00:37:55.280><c> prayers.</c><00:37:55.860><c> This</c><00:37:56.260><c> is</c><00:37:56.480><c> the</c>

00:37:56.800 --> 00:38:05.239
of<00:37:57.559><c> the</c><00:37:57.679><c> people</c><00:37:57.920><c> at</c><00:37:58.099><c> this</c><00:37:58.260><c> time.</c><00:37:59.500><c> And</c><00:37:59.539><c> the</c><00:37:59.920><c> echo</c><00:38:00.219><c> we</c><00:38:00.500><c> see</c><00:38:00.739><c> was</c><00:38:01.219><c> from</c><00:38:01.579><c> Uzziah.</c><00:38:03.940><c> So</c><00:38:04.119><c> clearly</c><00:38:04.300><c> this</c><00:38:04.460><c> man</c><00:38:04.679><c> was</c><00:38:04.900><c> a</c><00:38:05.059><c> type</c>

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:09.179
of<00:38:05.420><c> the</c><00:38:05.539><c> people</c><00:38:05.719><c> of</c><00:38:05.920><c> Judah.</c><00:38:06.619><c> They</c><00:38:06.719><c> were</c><00:38:06.940><c> supposed</c><00:38:07.300><c> to</c><00:38:07.559><c> be</c><00:38:08.260><c> God's</c><00:38:08.719><c> children.</c><00:38:09.059><c> He</c>

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:10.420
was<00:38:09.380><c> at</c><00:38:09.579><c> work</c><00:38:09.800><c> nourishing</c><00:38:10.260><c> and</c>

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:18.280
building<00:38:10.679><c> them</c><00:38:10.900><c> up.</c><00:38:12.739><c> But</c><00:38:13.039><c> they</c><00:38:14.059><c> forsook</c><00:38:14.619><c> God</c><00:38:15.219><c> in</c><00:38:16.079><c> their</c><00:38:16.260><c> actions.</c><00:38:18.099><c> The</c>

00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:21.559
result<00:38:18.539><c> is</c><00:38:19.699><c> when</c><00:38:20.159><c> we</c><00:38:20.260><c> go</c><00:38:20.380><c> down</c><00:38:20.579><c> that</c><00:38:20.820><c> path,</c>

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:27.780
God<00:38:22.860><c> has</c><00:38:23.019><c> no</c><00:38:23.199><c> delight</c><00:38:23.780><c> in</c><00:38:24.800><c> our</c><00:38:25.059><c> worship</c><00:38:25.480><c> when</c><00:38:26.539><c> we</c><00:38:26.679><c> act</c><00:38:27.019><c> like</c><00:38:27.239><c> the</c><00:38:27.380><c> people</c><00:38:27.619><c> of</c>

00:38:27.780 --> 00:38:29.400
Judah<00:38:27.900><c> at</c><00:38:28.079><c> that</c><00:38:28.239><c> time.</c>

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:32.780
And<00:38:30.679><c> so</c><00:38:31.119><c> I</c><00:38:31.280><c> think</c><00:38:31.440><c> what</c><00:38:31.539><c> a</c><00:38:31.639><c> lesson</c><00:38:31.739><c> we</c><00:38:31.900><c> can</c><00:38:32.019><c> pull</c><00:38:32.219><c> from</c><00:38:32.420><c> this</c><00:38:32.639><c> is</c>

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:35.059
when<00:38:32.920><c> you</c><00:38:33.159><c> worship</c><00:38:33.440><c> God</c><00:38:33.719><c> your</c><00:38:34.019><c> way,</c>

00:38:35.420 --> 00:38:37.760
the<00:38:35.539><c> way</c><00:38:35.659><c> we</c><00:38:35.980><c> think</c><00:38:36.199><c> he</c><00:38:36.400><c> should</c><00:38:36.539><c> be</c><00:38:36.800><c> worshiped,</c><00:38:37.480><c> he</c><00:38:37.579><c> doesn't</c>

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:41.199
just<00:38:37.980><c> ignore</c><00:38:38.360><c> you.</c><00:38:39.300><c> He</c><00:38:39.420><c> thinks</c><00:38:39.619><c> you're</c><00:38:40.039><c> sick.</c>

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:43.639
And<00:38:42.139><c> that's</c><00:38:42.300><c> the</c><00:38:42.440><c> imagery</c><00:38:42.599><c> that's</c><00:38:42.800><c> being</c><00:38:43.059><c> brought</c><00:38:43.300><c> out</c><00:38:43.480><c> from</c>

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:47.219
Isaiah.<00:38:46.039><c> Now</c><00:38:46.199><c> to</c><00:38:46.300><c> summarize</c><00:38:46.699><c> our</c><00:38:47.019><c> points</c>

00:38:47.219 --> 00:38:50.460
we<00:38:47.380><c> looked</c><00:38:47.619><c> at.</c><00:38:48.739><c> The</c><00:38:48.780><c> first</c><00:38:49.019><c> point</c><00:38:49.260><c> that</c><00:38:49.420><c> we've</c><00:38:49.619><c> seen</c><00:38:49.900><c> is</c><00:38:50.159><c> that</c>

00:38:50.460 --> 00:38:53.099
Uzziah's<00:38:51.280><c> life</c><00:38:51.579><c> is</c><00:38:52.000><c> a</c><00:38:52.260><c> type</c><00:38:52.420><c> of</c><00:38:52.559><c> the</c><00:38:52.719><c> people</c><00:38:52.900><c> of</c>

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:56.800
Judah.<00:38:54.699><c> And</c><00:38:54.780><c> so</c><00:38:54.860><c> we</c><00:38:54.920><c> read</c><00:38:55.039><c> about</c><00:38:55.199><c> Uzziah's</c><00:38:55.800><c> life.</c><00:38:56.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:38:56.579><c> is</c>

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:58.440
filling<00:38:56.900><c> us</c><00:38:57.079><c> in</c><00:38:57.239><c> the</c><00:38:57.400><c> details.</c><00:38:57.920><c> We're</c><00:38:58.079><c> really</c><00:38:58.260><c> reading</c>

00:38:58.440 --> 00:39:03.440
about<00:38:58.619><c> the</c><00:38:58.880><c> characteristics</c><00:38:59.420><c> of</c><00:39:00.059><c> the</c><00:39:00.239><c> people.</c><00:39:00.480><c> They</c><00:39:00.500><c> have</c><00:39:00.519><c> the</c><00:39:00.780><c> same</c><00:39:01.019><c> attitude.</c><00:39:02.219><c> They</c><00:39:02.360><c> have</c><00:39:02.440><c> the</c><00:39:02.659><c> same</c><00:39:02.860><c> issues</c><00:39:03.179><c> of</c>

00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:07.800
pride.<00:39:06.199><c> We</c><00:39:06.320><c> look</c><00:39:06.420><c> at</c><00:39:06.559><c> three</c><00:39:06.860><c> lessons</c><00:39:07.199><c> that</c><00:39:07.380><c> came</c><00:39:07.480><c> out</c><00:39:07.579><c> of</c><00:39:07.679><c> life</c>

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:17.199
of<00:39:07.900><c> Uzziah.</c><00:39:08.340><c> The</c><00:39:08.500><c> first</c><00:39:08.719><c> one</c><00:39:09.559><c> was</c><00:39:10.159><c> God</c><00:39:10.599><c> is</c><00:39:10.940><c> our</c>

00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:19.699
He's<00:39:17.679><c> not</c><00:39:17.940><c> willing</c><00:39:18.139><c> that</c><00:39:18.300><c> any</c><00:39:18.500><c> of</c><00:39:18.599><c> us</c><00:39:18.679><c> should</c><00:39:18.880><c> perish.</c>

00:39:22.260 --> 00:39:25.300
And<00:39:22.340><c> the</c><00:39:22.460><c> challenge</c><00:39:22.739><c> for</c><00:39:22.980><c> us</c><00:39:23.519><c> is</c><00:39:23.800><c> understand</c><00:39:24.119><c> that</c><00:39:24.280><c> these</c><00:39:24.539><c> trials</c><00:39:24.920><c> that</c><00:39:25.079><c> we</c>

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:26.739
face<00:39:25.719><c> in</c><00:39:25.980><c> life,</c>

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they're<00:39:28.800><c> here</c><00:39:29.300><c> for</c><00:39:29.780><c> our</c><00:39:30.059><c> benefit.</c><00:39:30.900><c> They're</c><00:39:31.199><c> here</c><00:39:31.460><c> to</c><00:39:31.699><c> build</c>

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:33.219
us<00:39:32.079><c> up.</c>

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:37.880
And<00:39:35.300><c> God</c><00:39:35.440><c> has</c><00:39:35.639><c> not</c><00:39:35.800><c> left</c><00:39:36.019><c> us</c><00:39:36.300><c> alone.</c><00:39:36.639><c> He's</c><00:39:36.900><c> given</c><00:39:37.079><c> us,</c><00:39:37.579><c> which</c>

00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:39.000
comes<00:39:38.139><c> into</c><00:39:38.300><c> our</c><00:39:38.539><c> second</c><00:39:38.820><c> point,</c>

00:39:39.119 --> 00:39:41.719
He's<00:39:39.239><c> given</c><00:39:39.360><c> us</c><00:39:39.679><c> mentors</c><00:39:40.179><c> in</c><00:39:40.460><c> the</c><00:39:40.679><c> truth.</c>

00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:45.280
Now<00:39:42.900><c> we</c><00:39:43.300><c> saw</c><00:39:43.579><c> that</c><00:39:43.760><c> Uzziah</c><00:39:44.420><c> and</c><00:39:44.579><c> the</c><00:39:44.659><c> nation</c><00:39:44.880><c> of</c><00:39:45.000><c> Judah,</c><00:39:45.079><c> they</c>

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:48.000
succeeded<00:39:45.719><c> while</c><00:39:45.960><c> Zechariah</c><00:39:46.659><c> was</c><00:39:46.920><c> alive.</c>

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:52.059
Right?<00:39:49.480><c> They</c><00:39:49.579><c> went</c><00:39:49.659><c> from</c><00:39:49.880><c> rags</c><00:39:50.139><c> to</c><00:39:50.340><c> riches,</c><00:39:51.360><c> civil</c><00:39:51.500><c> unrest</c><00:39:51.860><c> to</c>

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:54.179
become<00:39:52.159><c> a</c><00:39:52.380><c> superpower</c><00:39:52.719><c> in</c><00:39:52.860><c> the</c><00:39:52.960><c> Middle</c><00:39:53.159><c> East.</c>

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:58.400
But<00:39:55.900><c> you</c><00:39:55.920><c> know</c><00:39:56.039><c> it's</c><00:39:56.159><c> back</c><00:39:56.360><c> in</c><00:39:56.559><c> Second</c><00:39:56.679><c> Chronicles</c><00:39:57.159><c> when</c><00:39:57.300><c> I</c><00:39:57.440><c> talked</c><00:39:57.559><c> about</c><00:39:57.699><c> Zechariah,</c><00:39:58.280><c> he</c>

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had<00:39:58.719><c> understanding</c>

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in<00:40:00.719><c> the</c><00:40:00.860><c> visions</c><00:40:01.119><c> of</c><00:40:01.440><c> God.</c><00:40:02.340><c> You</c><00:40:02.440><c> see</c><00:40:02.500><c> this</c><00:40:02.659><c> was</c><00:40:02.800><c> a</c><00:40:02.920><c> man</c><00:40:03.039><c> who</c><00:40:03.199><c> understood,</c><00:40:03.420><c> who</c>

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:05.079
had<00:40:03.719><c> the</c><00:40:04.000><c> gift</c><00:40:04.199><c> to</c><00:40:04.559><c> understand</c>

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:07.239
the<00:40:05.500><c> things</c><00:40:05.739><c> that</c><00:40:05.940><c> were</c><00:40:06.159><c> God.</c><00:40:06.400><c> And</c><00:40:06.460><c> whether</c><00:40:06.619><c> he</c><00:40:06.780><c> had</c><00:40:06.840><c> his</c><00:40:07.039><c> own</c>

00:40:07.239 --> 00:40:10.460
visions<00:40:07.579><c> or</c><00:40:08.619><c> I</c><00:40:09.159><c> have,</c><00:40:09.280><c> I'm</c><00:40:09.579><c> more</c><00:40:09.840><c> intended</c><00:40:10.059><c> to</c><00:40:10.300><c> think</c>

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:15.719
that<00:40:10.940><c> he</c><00:40:11.199><c> was</c><00:40:11.340><c> an</c><00:40:11.579><c> interpreter</c><00:40:11.880><c> of</c><00:40:12.079><c> the</c><00:40:12.179><c> things</c><00:40:12.440><c> of</c><00:40:12.579><c> Isaiah</c><00:40:13.119><c> and</c><00:40:13.860><c> the</c><00:40:14.000><c> other</c><00:40:14.280><c> prophets,</c><00:40:15.519><c> but</c><00:40:15.659><c> he</c>

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was<00:40:15.900><c> put</c><00:40:16.139><c> there</c>

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to<00:40:17.519><c> teach</c><00:40:17.840><c> them</c><00:40:18.019><c> about</c><00:40:18.340><c> God.</c><00:40:20.420><c> And</c><00:40:20.519><c> if</c><00:40:20.599><c> you</c><00:40:20.659><c> think</c><00:40:20.860><c> about</c><00:40:21.079><c> that,</c>

00:40:22.739 --> 00:40:26.079
not<00:40:22.880><c> everyone</c><00:40:23.480><c> can</c><00:40:24.380><c> interpret</c><00:40:24.699><c> the</c><00:40:24.900><c> God's</c><00:40:25.199><c> messages.</c>

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And<00:40:27.559><c> therefore</c><00:40:27.719><c> we</c><00:40:27.880><c> see</c><00:40:28.159><c> that</c><00:40:28.699><c> we</c><00:40:28.920><c> don't</c><00:40:29.079><c> just</c><00:40:29.280><c> need</c><00:40:29.480><c> any</c><00:40:29.800><c> mentor,</c><00:40:30.719><c> but</c>

00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:32.699
the<00:40:31.019><c> mentors</c><00:40:31.199><c> we</c><00:40:31.519><c> have</c><00:40:31.880><c> are</c><00:40:32.239><c> important.</c>

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:36.739
We<00:40:32.860><c> need</c><00:40:33.079><c> mentors</c><00:40:33.460><c> who</c><00:40:33.699><c> understand</c><00:40:34.559><c> the</c><00:40:35.679><c> things</c><00:40:35.980><c> in</c><00:40:36.159><c> the</c><00:40:36.300><c> vision</c><00:40:36.500><c> of</c>

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God.<00:40:37.199><c> We</c><00:40:37.300><c> need</c><00:40:37.480><c> mentors</c><00:40:37.800><c> who</c><00:40:37.980><c> can</c><00:40:38.260><c> see</c><00:40:38.460><c> the</c>

00:40:38.699 --> 00:40:43.059
essence,<00:40:40.280><c> who</c><00:40:40.440><c> understand</c><00:40:40.840><c> the</c><00:40:41.059><c> principles,</c><00:40:42.000><c> who</c><00:40:42.179><c> understand</c><00:40:42.539><c> the</c><00:40:42.739><c> things</c><00:40:42.900><c> of</c>

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the<00:40:43.159><c> truth</c><00:40:43.280><c> and</c><00:40:43.380><c> have</c><00:40:43.579><c> the</c>

00:40:43.659 --> 00:40:46.800
ability<00:40:43.980><c> to</c><00:40:44.159><c> teach</c><00:40:44.320><c> them.</c><00:40:44.460><c> That's</c><00:40:44.800><c> what</c><00:40:44.980><c> we</c><00:40:45.139><c> need.</c><00:40:46.539><c> I</c><00:40:46.619><c> asked</c>

00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:49.840
this<00:40:46.980><c> question</c><00:40:47.280><c> earlier,</c><00:40:47.559><c> who</c><00:40:47.860><c> are</c><00:40:48.900><c> your</c><00:40:49.320><c> mentors</c><00:40:49.659><c> in</c>

00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:55.320
the<00:40:50.019><c> truth?</c><00:40:52.219><c> You</c><00:40:52.340><c> know</c><00:40:52.460><c> we're</c><00:40:52.579><c> living</c><00:40:52.780><c> in</c><00:40:52.920><c> an</c><00:40:53.079><c> age</c><00:40:53.480><c> where</c><00:40:53.900><c> everybody</c><00:40:54.400><c> has</c>

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:59.679
a<00:40:55.619><c> platform.</c><00:40:58.179><c> We</c><00:40:58.320><c> have</c><00:40:58.500><c> social</c><00:40:58.760><c> media.</c>

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:03.780
Right?<00:41:01.539><c> Social</c><00:41:01.780><c> media</c><00:41:01.920><c> is</c><00:41:02.059><c> great</c><00:41:02.280><c> because</c><00:41:02.559><c> everyone's</c><00:41:03.159><c> opinion</c><00:41:03.579><c> can</c>

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be<00:41:03.980><c> heard.</c>

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Where<00:41:05.539><c> I'm</c><00:41:05.719><c> from</c><00:41:05.980><c> right</c><00:41:06.219><c> now,</c><00:41:06.340><c> this</c><00:41:06.460><c> is</c><00:41:06.599><c> a</c><00:41:06.619><c> real</c><00:41:06.840><c> big</c><00:41:07.079><c> thing.</c><00:41:07.400><c> What</c><00:41:07.519><c> I</c>

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think<00:41:08.000><c> matters.</c>

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That's<00:41:11.159><c> the</c><00:41:11.420><c> life,</c><00:41:11.980><c> that's</c><00:41:11.980><c> the</c><00:41:12.659><c> times</c><00:41:13.059><c> we</c><00:41:13.340><c> live</c><00:41:13.519><c> in.</c><00:41:13.800><c> Everybody's</c><00:41:14.239><c> opinion</c>

00:41:14.579 --> 00:41:16.079
matters.<00:41:15.539><c> And</c><00:41:15.679><c> that</c><00:41:15.760><c> makes</c><00:41:15.880><c> it</c>

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very<00:41:16.400><c> hard.</c><00:41:17.000><c> It</c><00:41:17.099><c> makes</c><00:41:17.179><c> it</c><00:41:17.340><c> very</c><00:41:17.559><c> challenging,</c><00:41:18.059><c> especially</c>

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:20.940
for<00:41:18.539><c> you</c><00:41:18.659><c> young</c><00:41:18.800><c> people,</c><00:41:19.420><c> in</c><00:41:19.480><c> trying</c><00:41:19.639><c> to</c><00:41:19.760><c> be</c><00:41:19.960><c> brought</c><00:41:20.219><c> up</c>

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:27.800
in<00:41:21.739><c> these</c><00:41:22.400><c> times.</c><00:41:23.800><c> There</c><00:41:23.980><c> are</c><00:41:24.039><c> so</c><00:41:24.260><c> many</c><00:41:24.480><c> challenges</c><00:41:25.179><c> to</c><00:41:26.719><c> us</c><00:41:26.960><c> who</c><00:41:27.119><c> are</c><00:41:27.320><c> trying</c><00:41:27.559><c> to</c>

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:29.159
grow<00:41:28.000><c> in</c><00:41:28.139><c> the</c><00:41:28.320><c> truth.</c>

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:31.480
But<00:41:29.880><c> you</c><00:41:29.980><c> see</c><00:41:30.059><c> as</c><00:41:30.179><c> Bible</c><00:41:30.500><c> students,</c><00:41:31.019><c> we're</c><00:41:31.079><c> not</c><00:41:31.239><c> interested</c>

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:32.920
in<00:41:31.679><c> everybody's</c><00:41:32.079><c> opinion.</c>

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:36.440
We<00:41:33.559><c> have</c><00:41:33.699><c> no</c><00:41:33.880><c> interest</c><00:41:34.179><c> in</c><00:41:34.400><c> that.</c><00:41:34.800><c> We're</c><00:41:35.039><c> interested</c><00:41:35.599><c> in</c><00:41:36.300><c> what</c>

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:40.239
God<00:41:36.739><c> said</c><00:41:37.400><c> and</c><00:41:38.599><c> what</c><00:41:38.699><c> God</c><00:41:38.980><c> wants</c><00:41:39.300><c> from</c><00:41:39.500><c> us.</c>

00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:43.960
And<00:41:41.219><c> you</c><00:41:41.380><c> know,</c><00:41:41.380><c> you</c><00:41:41.480><c> look</c><00:41:41.599><c> back</c><00:41:41.840><c> at</c><00:41:41.940><c> the</c><00:41:42.079><c> history</c><00:41:42.199><c> of</c><00:41:42.320><c> the</c><00:41:42.400><c> Christadelphians,</c><00:41:43.780><c> God</c>

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:45.159
has<00:41:44.260><c> sent</c><00:41:44.420><c> us</c>

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:49.920
excellent<00:41:45.880><c> mentors</c><00:41:46.360><c> in</c><00:41:46.539><c> the</c><00:41:46.739><c> truth.</c><00:41:48.420><c> We</c><00:41:48.539><c> had</c><00:41:48.679><c> men</c><00:41:48.880><c> like</c><00:41:49.579><c> John</c>

00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:52.760
Thomas,<00:41:51.519><c> Robert</c><00:41:51.719><c> Roberts,</c>

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:58.840
H<00:41:53.219><c>.P.</c><00:41:53.480><c> Mansfield.</c><00:41:54.840><c> These</c><00:41:55.059><c> are</c><00:41:55.239><c> men</c><00:41:55.400><c> who</c><00:41:55.559><c> were</c><00:41:55.820><c> sent</c><00:41:56.019><c> relatively</c><00:41:56.539><c> in</c><00:41:56.800><c> our</c><00:41:57.099><c> time</c><00:41:57.800><c> to</c>

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help<00:41:58.980><c> us</c><00:41:59.300><c> understand</c>

00:41:59.760 --> 00:42:02.519
things<00:42:00.199><c> of</c><00:42:00.360><c> the</c><00:42:00.500><c> truth.</c><00:42:01.239><c> Help</c><00:42:01.420><c> us</c><00:42:01.619><c> understand</c><00:42:02.059><c> the</c><00:42:02.219><c> biblical</c>

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:05.260
record<00:42:03.000><c> and</c><00:42:03.440><c> the</c><00:42:03.579><c> gospel</c><00:42:04.380><c> message.</c>

00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:09.599
And<00:42:07.920><c> I</c><00:42:07.980><c> know</c><00:42:08.199><c> that</c><00:42:08.400><c> these</c><00:42:08.559><c> men,</c><00:42:08.920><c> like</c><00:42:09.039><c> Zachariah,</c><00:42:09.440><c> they're</c>

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dead.<00:42:10.420><c> They</c><00:42:10.679><c> aren't</c><00:42:10.900><c> alive</c><00:42:11.320><c> today.</c>

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:16.840
But<00:42:14.079><c> it</c><00:42:14.159><c> doesn't</c><00:42:14.360><c> mean</c><00:42:14.579><c> they</c><00:42:14.719><c> can't</c><00:42:15.019><c> have</c><00:42:15.119><c> an</c><00:42:15.340><c> impact</c><00:42:15.639><c> on</c><00:42:15.780><c> our</c><00:42:15.960><c> lives.</c>

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:20.699
You<00:42:17.460><c> know,</c><00:42:17.519><c> so</c><00:42:17.619><c> the</c><00:42:17.739><c> challenge</c><00:42:17.980><c> we</c><00:42:18.179><c> have</c><00:42:18.340><c> here</c><00:42:18.539><c> is,</c><00:42:19.320><c> are</c><00:42:19.460><c> we</c><00:42:19.619><c> listening</c><00:42:19.980><c> to</c>

00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.719
our<00:42:20.900><c> peers,</c>

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the<00:42:22.000><c> social</c><00:42:22.300><c> media,</c><00:42:23.260><c> kind</c><00:42:23.420><c> of</c><00:42:23.599><c> taking</c><00:42:23.719><c> the</c><00:42:23.940><c> path</c><00:42:24.139><c> that</c><00:42:24.340><c> Rehoboam</c><00:42:24.739><c> did?</c>

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:29.239
Or<00:42:27.019><c> do</c><00:42:27.179><c> the</c><00:42:27.340><c> writings</c><00:42:27.639><c> of</c><00:42:27.800><c> our</c><00:42:28.000><c> mentors</c><00:42:28.300><c> that</c><00:42:28.420><c> we</c><00:42:28.659><c> had</c><00:42:28.840><c> in</c><00:42:29.019><c> our</c>

00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:32.860
times,<00:42:29.719><c> do</c><00:42:29.860><c> they</c><00:42:30.000><c> have</c><00:42:30.099><c> an</c><00:42:30.460><c> impact</c><00:42:31.000><c> on</c><00:42:31.500><c> us?</c>

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And<00:42:34.659><c> it's</c><00:42:34.760><c> really</c><00:42:34.880><c> a</c><00:42:35.019><c> challenge</c><00:42:35.400><c> that</c><00:42:35.559><c> we</c><00:42:35.639><c> all</c><00:42:35.780><c> have</c><00:42:35.980><c> to</c><00:42:37.519><c> face</c><00:42:37.820><c> today.</c>

00:42:39.440 --> 00:42:42.760
And<00:42:39.559><c> the</c><00:42:39.659><c> third</c><00:42:39.820><c> point</c><00:42:40.000><c> we</c><00:42:40.199><c> looked</c><00:42:40.360><c> at</c><00:42:41.519><c> was</c><00:42:42.119><c> those</c><00:42:42.300><c> who</c><00:42:42.539><c> exalt</c>

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themselves<00:42:43.840><c> will</c><00:42:44.699><c> be</c><00:42:45.300><c> made</c><00:42:45.539><c> low.</c>

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:51.199
When<00:42:47.380><c> we</c><00:42:47.619><c> lack</c><00:42:47.920><c> mentorship,</c><00:42:49.760><c> we</c><00:42:49.960><c> try</c><00:42:50.119><c> to</c><00:42:50.219><c> do</c><00:42:50.320><c> things</c><00:42:50.579><c> by</c><00:42:50.880><c> our</c>

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:55.300
own<00:42:51.539><c> strength.</c><00:42:52.480><c> That's</c><00:42:52.699><c> when</c><00:42:52.820><c> our</c><00:42:53.159><c> pride</c><00:42:53.699><c> takes</c><00:42:54.780><c> over.</c>

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:58.519
You<00:42:56.079><c> know,</c><00:42:56.219><c> you</c><00:42:56.260><c> may</c><00:42:56.360><c> think</c><00:42:56.579><c> that</c><00:42:56.699><c> we're</c><00:42:56.860><c> doing</c><00:42:57.119><c> the</c><00:42:57.360><c> truth.</c><00:42:57.519><c> You</c><00:42:57.599><c> may</c><00:42:57.719><c> think,</c><00:42:57.940><c> oh,</c><00:42:58.039><c> yeah,</c><00:42:58.139><c> I'm</c><00:42:58.239><c> a</c><00:42:58.320><c> good</c>

00:42:58.519 --> 00:43:01.340
Christadelphian.<00:42:59.880><c> Or,</c><00:42:59.880><c> you</c><00:43:00.059><c> know,</c><00:43:00.159><c> God's</c><00:43:00.559><c> hearing</c><00:43:00.679><c> my</c><00:43:00.980><c> prayers.</c><00:43:01.260><c> You</c>

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:03.239
might<00:43:01.559><c> think</c><00:43:02.219><c> that</c><00:43:02.519><c> about</c><00:43:02.699><c> ourselves.</c>

00:43:03.559 --> 00:43:07.820
But<00:43:03.659><c> if</c><00:43:03.800><c> we're</c><00:43:04.000><c> relying</c><00:43:04.179><c> on</c><00:43:04.320><c> our</c><00:43:04.480><c> own</c><00:43:04.699><c> strength,</c><00:43:05.539><c> if</c><00:43:05.679><c> we're</c><00:43:05.860><c> like</c><00:43:06.039><c> Uzziah</c><00:43:06.820><c> and</c><00:43:07.219><c> the</c><00:43:07.420><c> people,</c><00:43:07.639><c> and</c><00:43:07.699><c> we</c>

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worship<00:43:08.099><c> God</c>

00:43:08.320 --> 00:43:12.619
the<00:43:08.500><c> way</c><00:43:08.619><c> we</c><00:43:08.980><c> think</c><00:43:09.320><c> is</c><00:43:09.760><c> best,</c><00:43:11.619><c> just</c><00:43:11.840><c> remember</c><00:43:12.159><c> the</c><00:43:12.360><c> message</c>

00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:17.039
in<00:43:12.780><c> Isaiah</c><00:43:13.000><c> chapter</c><00:43:13.380><c> one.</c><00:43:15.400><c> God</c><00:43:15.719><c> considered</c><00:43:16.099><c> the</c><00:43:16.320><c> nation</c>

00:43:17.659 --> 00:43:22.179
as<00:43:18.099><c> leprous,</c><00:43:18.780><c> from</c><00:43:19.000><c> the</c><00:43:19.320><c> foot,</c><00:43:20.639><c> from</c><00:43:20.900><c> the</c><00:43:21.179><c> people,</c><00:43:21.800><c> to</c><00:43:21.920><c> their</c>

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:24.320
leadership,<00:43:23.199><c> to</c><00:43:23.280><c> the</c><00:43:23.480><c> head.</c>

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And<00:43:25.639><c> he</c><00:43:25.800><c> ends</c><00:43:25.980><c> up</c><00:43:26.219><c> ignoring</c><00:43:26.480><c> their</c><00:43:26.780><c> feasts,</c><00:43:27.719><c> their</c><00:43:28.079><c> sacrifices,</c><00:43:28.840><c> and</c><00:43:28.960><c> their</c>

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prayers.<00:43:29.519><c> He</c><00:43:29.739><c> ignores</c><00:43:30.079><c> them,</c>

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:34.920
because<00:43:31.039><c> he</c><00:43:31.139><c> thinks</c><00:43:31.380><c> they're</c><00:43:31.719><c> sick.</c><00:43:33.699><c> And</c><00:43:33.780><c> so</c><00:43:33.860><c> just</c><00:43:34.000><c> to</c><00:43:34.119><c> conclude</c><00:43:34.340><c> our</c><00:43:34.519><c> remarks,</c><00:43:34.900><c> we</c>

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.980
see<00:43:35.039><c> Uzziah</c>

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:38.960
is<00:43:36.500><c> a</c><00:43:36.659><c> great</c><00:43:36.760><c> example.</c><00:43:37.179><c> It's</c><00:43:37.280><c> not</c><00:43:37.340><c> very</c><00:43:37.539><c> dramatic,</c><00:43:38.699><c> but</c><00:43:38.800><c> he's</c>

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:40.539
a<00:43:39.079><c> great</c><00:43:39.199><c> example.</c><00:43:39.559><c> And</c><00:43:39.659><c> he</c><00:43:39.739><c> reminds</c><00:43:40.119><c> us</c>

00:43:40.539 --> 00:43:45.920
that<00:43:40.739><c> God</c><00:43:40.900><c> is</c><00:43:41.119><c> looking</c><00:43:41.400><c> to</c><00:43:41.880><c> build</c><00:43:42.280><c> us</c><00:43:42.880><c> up,</c><00:43:43.659><c> and</c><00:43:45.219><c> that</c><00:43:45.380><c> God</c><00:43:45.579><c> has</c>

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:48.480
sent<00:43:46.079><c> us</c><00:43:46.380><c> mentors</c><00:43:46.699><c> and</c><00:43:46.960><c> teachers</c><00:43:47.300><c> in</c><00:43:47.480><c> the</c><00:43:47.739><c> truth.</c>

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:54.199
And<00:43:49.760><c> he</c><00:43:49.940><c> sent</c><00:43:50.199><c> them</c><00:43:50.739><c> to</c><00:43:51.239><c> those</c><00:43:51.579><c> who</c><00:43:51.840><c> want</c><00:43:52.059><c> to</c><00:43:52.320><c> learn,</c><00:43:53.960><c> to</c><00:43:54.019><c> those</c>

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:56.500
who<00:43:54.440><c> want</c><00:43:54.639><c> to</c><00:43:54.840><c> be</c><00:43:54.980><c> in</c><00:43:55.099><c> God's</c><00:43:55.440><c> kingdom.</c><00:43:55.920><c> And</c><00:43:55.920><c> it's</c>

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:59.480
when<00:43:56.699><c> we</c><00:43:57.019><c> refuse.</c><00:43:57.480><c> It's</c><00:43:57.639><c> really</c><00:43:57.860><c> our</c><00:43:58.079><c> issue.</c><00:43:58.519><c> It's</c><00:43:58.659><c> our</c><00:43:58.880><c> pride</c>

00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:01.960
that<00:44:00.239><c> fights</c><00:44:00.480><c> against</c><00:44:00.840><c> God.</c>

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And<00:44:04.019><c> so</c><00:44:04.139><c> hopefully,</c><00:44:04.820><c> next</c><00:44:04.940><c> time</c><00:44:05.099><c> you</c><00:44:05.219><c> read</c><00:44:05.320><c> Uzziah,</c><00:44:05.980><c> if</c><00:44:06.119><c> you</c><00:44:06.199><c> took</c><00:44:06.300><c> a</c>

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couple<00:44:06.579><c> notes,</c><00:44:07.179><c> you</c><00:44:07.219><c> can</c><00:44:07.420><c> hopefully</c>

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remember<00:44:07.860><c> some</c><00:44:08.039><c> of</c><00:44:08.099><c> these</c><00:44:08.219><c> lessons.</c><00:44:09.500><c> And</c><00:44:09.679><c> they</c><00:44:09.739><c> might</c><00:44:09.920><c> help</c>

00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:13.840
us<00:44:11.239><c> as</c><00:44:12.099><c> you</c><00:44:12.619><c> walk</c><00:44:12.800><c> to</c><00:44:12.960><c> the</c><00:44:13.079><c> kingdom.</c>

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:17.920
And<00:44:15.019><c> so</c><00:44:15.179><c> I</c><00:44:15.239><c> think</c><00:44:15.280><c> we're</c><00:44:15.400><c> going</c><00:44:15.559><c> to</c><00:44:16.000><c> conclude</c><00:44:16.159><c> it</c><00:44:16.340><c> there.</c><00:44:17.800><c> And</c>

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in<00:44:18.039><c> our</c><00:44:18.159><c> next</c><00:44:18.380><c> class,</c><00:44:18.780><c> we're</c><00:44:18.960><c> going</c><00:44:18.980><c> to</c><00:44:19.079><c> look</c><00:44:19.179><c> at</c>

00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:23.820
two<00:44:19.760><c> kings.</c><00:44:20.880><c> We're</c><00:44:21.039><c> going</c><00:44:21.079><c> to</c><00:44:21.079><c> look</c><00:44:21.179><c> at</c><00:44:21.300><c> King</c><00:44:21.639><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:44:23.719><c> and</c>

00:44:23.820 --> 00:44:26.000
we're<00:44:23.900><c> going</c><00:44:23.980><c> to</c><00:44:24.039><c> look</c><00:44:24.039><c> at</c><00:44:24.179><c> King</c><00:44:24.760><c> Manasseh.</c>