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 Good morning, everybody.

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 Good morning.

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 Could we please open our Bibles to Ezra chapter 5.

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 Louise is going to read for us in a couple of moments.

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 It's been two weeks since we were here in Ezra.

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 Here's a reminder of where we are in the story.

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 God had allowed the Babylonians to conquer Israel as a punishment for hundreds of years

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 of their idolatry.

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 The temple was destroyed.

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 People were taken off into exile.

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 So, 70 years later, as God promised, a new king, Cyrus, sent God's people back to Jerusalem

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 to rebuild the temple.

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 But, as Johnny covered last time in Ezra chapter 4, we found that no sooner have they laid

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 the foundations of this new temple, the surrounding peoples begin opposing them so fiercely that

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 all the work came to a standstill.

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 So, that's where we're going to pick up in Ezra 5.

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 Before we read it, let's pray and ask for God's help to hear what he has to say.

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 O Father, you are the God of heaven and earth, who has spoken to us.

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 May we tremble before your word today.

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 May we be convicted of our inaction.

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 And may we be encouraged and equipped to do your work.

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 Speak to us now by your spirit.

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 Amen.

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 Thanks, Louise.

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 Now, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, a descendant of Ido, prophesied to the Jews

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 in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of God of Israel, who was over them.

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 Then Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, son of Jussidak, set to work to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem.

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 And the prophets of God were with them, supporting them.

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 At the time, Tatanai, the governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Sheetar-Bosanai, and their associates, went to them and asked,

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 who authorised you to rebuild this temple and to finish it.

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 They also asked, what are the names of those who are constructing this building?

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 But the eye of their God was watching over the elders of the Jews, and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received.

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 This is a copy of the letter that Tatanai and the governor of Trans-Euphrates and Sheetar-Bosanai and their associates, the officials of Trans-Euphrates, sent to King Darius.

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 The report sent to him, read as follows.

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 To King Darius, cordial greetings.

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 The king should know that we went to the district of Judah, to the temple of the great God.

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 The people are building it with large stones and placing the timbers in the walls.

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 The work is being carried on with diligence and is making rapid progress under their direction.

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 We questioned the elders and asked them, who authorised you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?

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 We also asked them their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.

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 This is the answer they gave us.

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 We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago.

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 One that a great king of Israel built and finished.

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 But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he gave them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the Shaldean, king of Babylon,

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 who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.

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 However, in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, king Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

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 He even removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles of the house of God,

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 which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple in Babylon.

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 Then king Cyrus gave them to a man named Shethbazar, who he had appointed governor.

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 And he told him, take these articles and go and deposit them in the temple of Jerusalem and rebuild the house of God on its site.

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 So this Shethbazar came and laid the foundations of the house of God of Jerusalem.

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 From that day to the present, it has been under construction, but is not yet finished.

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 Now, if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon

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 to see if king Cyrus did, in fact, issue a decree to rebuild this house of God in Jerusalem.

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 Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

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 Thank you.

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 We will continue up to chapter 6 and verse 15 later.

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 But that is as much as we will read for now.

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 Thank you, Louise.

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 A couple of tough words and names in there.

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 You did well.

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 If I could sum up this text in one sentence,

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 is that God is watching over his people so that his temple is built.

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 And you know, in Ezra 5, God had given his people a monumental task.

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 The work was colossal.

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 It was overwhelming in scale, his temple that they were to build.

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 And they were starting from nothing.

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 And the peoples around them had opposed them so fiercely

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 that the work had ground to a halt.

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 But what we're going to see in this text

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 is that when God gives his people a work to do,

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 he is going to see to it that it is completed.

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 He will watch over his people so that the work is done.

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 And he's going to do it in these three ways.

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 We're going to see in the text.

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 Number one, he's going to equip and encourage them through his word.

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 Secondly, he's going to overcome all the opposition against them.

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 And thirdly, he's going to provide every single need.

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 So, where do we start in today's passage?

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 Well, the work God had given them to do wasn't happening.

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 In fact, it had been at a standstill for 16 years.

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 Now, look at what broke this cycle of inaction.

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 Go to chapter 5 and verse 1.

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 Now, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the prophet, descendants of Iddo,

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 prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.

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 The God who was over his people, watching over them in love, he spoke to them.

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 That is so important.

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 And this is the first thing we learn in our lives, that God's work prospers as God's word is heard and obeyed.

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 Keep your finger in Ezra 5.

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 Turn with me, please, to the book of Haggai.

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 Haggai.

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 I'm going to have to give you a page number for that.

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 Haggai is page number 948 if you're in the church Bible.

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 948.

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 Look at Haggai.

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 And let's read exactly what God said to his people.

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 In Ezra chapter 5.

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 And it's really special that we have these exact words recorded, which Ezra refers to.

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 So, Haggai, chapter 1, verse 1.

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 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month,

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 the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai.

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 This is what the Lord Almighty says.

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 These people say that time has not yet come to rebuild the Lord's house.

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 Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai.

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 Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your panelled houses?

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 While this house, God's temple, remains a ruin?

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 God is making a point.

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 You've been living only concerned about yourselves.

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 You have neglected the work that I gave you to do.

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 Verse 8.

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 Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house,

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 so that I may take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.

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 Look at verse 12.

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 Zerubbabel, Joshua, the high priest, and the whole remnant of the people

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 obeyed the voice of the Lord their God

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 and the message of the prophet Haggai.

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 Because the Lord their God sent him,

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 and the people feared the Lord.

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 God's work prospers,

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 as God's word is heard and obeyed.

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 Now you can imagine how these people were feeling.

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 They were totally vulnerable at this point in their lives.

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 Remember, there was no king in Israel at this point.

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 No army.

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 There were no city walls in Jerusalem.

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 Opposition staring them in the face.

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 Talk about weak and vulnerable.

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 They were faced with a choice.

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 Who do we fear?

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 Will we fear God and do what he says?

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 Or will we fear the people around us,

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 like we've done for 16 years?

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 Yet as God's word is spoken and obeyed,

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 the people are changed to fear the Lord in a right way,

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 in a good way.

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 Not to fear the people around them.

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 And they restart the work that God had given them to do.

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 And just listen to the very nice thing God says,

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 through Haggai,

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 to these vulnerable people who are risking it all to obey the Lord.

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 Verse 13.

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 Then Haggai, the Lord's messenger,

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 gave this message of the Lord to the people.

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 I am with you,

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 declares the Lord.

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 So simple.

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 I am with you.

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 What greater comfort

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 could you or I know

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 than to know that the God of heaven and earth

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 is with us as we work for him.

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 God's word comforts his people

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 when the work he has set is difficult and daunting.

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 But not only that,

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 God's word moves powerfully in his people,

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 moving them to action,

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 equipping them for the task.

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 Turn back to Ezra.

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 Chapter 5.

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 And we will see the effect of God's word.

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 Ezra chapter 5, verse 8.

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 Tatanai writes,

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 he's the governor,

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 he writes to King Darius,

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 verse 8,

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 the king should know

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 that we went to the district of Judah,

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 to the temple of the great God,

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 and the people are building it

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 with large stones

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 and placing the timbers in the walls.

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 The work

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 is being carried on

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 with diligence

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 and is making

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 rapid progress

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 under their direction.

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 Now skip forward

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 to the end

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 of this section,

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 chapter 6,

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 verse 14.

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 And Ezra finishes

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 this account

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 by saying this,

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 so the elders of the Jews

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 continued to build

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 and prosper

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 under the preaching of Haggai

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 and the prophet Zechariah.

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 Zechariah.

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 So what we have here

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 is Ezra

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 starts

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 and ends

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 this account

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 with the fact

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 that God's word

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 was being faithfully preached

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 and obeyed.

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 Okay?

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 Everything you see

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 in the middle,

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 all the

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 rebuilding work

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 on this temple

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 comes in the context

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 of God's word

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 being heard

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 and obeyed

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 because God's word

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 is at work

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 in his people.

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 It's equipping us

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 for the task

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 that he's given us.

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 Okay?

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 God's word,

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 when it's truly heard

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 and truly obeyed,

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 it pulls us

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 out of our little worlds.

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 My life,

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 my house,

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 everything about me,

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 it launches us

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 into God's world,

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 into his mission,

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 what he is doing

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 in the world around me.

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 And that is why

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 we can never afford

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 to let God's word

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 slip into the background

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 of our church.

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 It must always remain

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 right at the center

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 of everything we do.

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 Our kids

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 and youth ministries,

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 our one-to-one

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 discipleship,

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 Sunday mornings,

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 our evangelism

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 in the town.

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 Here's just one thought.

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 Do we pray

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 with anticipation

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 for Sunday morning?

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 Do we pray that

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 God's word

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 will be truly heard

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 and obeyed

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 among us?

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 We desperately need to.

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 And at every other point

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 in our week

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 together as a church,

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 God's work

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 will prosper

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 as God's word

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 is obeyed.

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 Here's the second thing.

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 God's work

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 prospers

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 as God

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 overcomes

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 the opposition.

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 And 16 years

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 before we know

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 it was the fierce

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 opposition

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 of the people

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 around

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 that stopped

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 the temple

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 rebuilding work.

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 So as soon as

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 God's people

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 obeyed God's voice

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 and picked up

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 their tools again,

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 started rebuilding,

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 what happened?

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 Well,

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 of course the opposition

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 restarted.

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 Have a look at

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 chapter 5,

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 verse 3.

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 Tat and I,

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 the governor,

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 went to them

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 and asked,

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 who authorized you

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 to rebuild this temple

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 and to finish it?

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 And what are the names

00:16:24.340 --> 00:16:24.980
 of those who are

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 constructing this building?

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 They were in trouble.

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 But verse 5.

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 But the eye

00:16:33.920 --> 00:16:34.940
 of their God

00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:36.019
 was watching

00:16:36.019 --> 00:16:36.920
 over the elders

00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:37.540
 of the Jews

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 and they were

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 not stopped

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 until a report

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 could go to Darius

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 and his written reply

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:47.480
 be received.

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 Can you see?

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.940
 God is able

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 to work

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 in their hearts

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 even of a pagan king

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 to show favor

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 to his people

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 so that his work

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 will continue.

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 And it's all

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 because God's

00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:00.080
 loving eye

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 is watching

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 over his people.

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 What a comfort

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 that is

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 to you

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 and I

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 in the opposition

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 that we

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 may face

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 in the work

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 of the gospel

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 in the places

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 we are.

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 God's loving eye

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 is watching

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 over us.

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 But in this way,

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 if God has a work

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 for his people

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 to do,

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 no opposition

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 can stop it

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 from happening.

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 Now there are times

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 when God

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 allows opposition

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 to impede

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 his workers

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 but all of that

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 is within

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 his sovereign hand.

00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.180
 Tatnais writes

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 this letter

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 asking

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 the new

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 King Darius

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 to check

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 if these people

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 really did get

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 permission

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 from the former

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 King Cyrus

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:46.859
 16 years ago

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 to build

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 the temple.

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 Now finding

00:17:50.199 --> 00:17:50.779
 that original

00:17:50.779 --> 00:17:51.199
 decree

00:17:51.199 --> 00:17:52.459
 no doubt

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 would have

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 been challenging.

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 No computers,

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 no digitalized

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 copy of the decree

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 and you can just

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 do a little

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 file search

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 on your computer.

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 No.

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 The whole building

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 of God's temple

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 now relies

00:18:04.899 --> 00:18:06.240
 on a piece

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 of paper

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 being found

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 somewhere

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 in Persia

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 that actually

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 said

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 that Cyrus

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 allowed this

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 to happen.

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 Read chapter 6

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 verse 1.

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 King Darius

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 then issued

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 an order

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 and they searched

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 in the archives

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 stored

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 in the treasury

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 at Babylon

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 but obviously

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 nothing was found

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 there.

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 Verse 2

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 a scroll

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 was found

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 in the citadel

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 of Ecbatana

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 in the province

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 of Media.

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 Now this city

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 was actually

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 450 kilometers

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 from Babylon

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 where the initial

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 search was made.

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 From Persian

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 records

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 we know

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 that after

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 Cyrus

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 had conquered

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 this region

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 he built

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 himself

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 a summer

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 residence

00:18:55.140 --> 00:18:56.400
 at Ecbatana

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 from where

00:18:58.759 --> 00:18:59.259
 he must have

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.940
 issued this decree

00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:01.420
 16 years ago

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:03.799
 where

00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:04.759
 a scroll

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:05.220
 was found.

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 Here's the point

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:06.860
 for us.

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 God is sovereign

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 over every

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 single detail.

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 Even the finding

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 of a piece

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 of paper

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 in this

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 vast empire.

00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.700
 God is

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.480
 watching over

00:19:18.480 --> 00:19:19.120
 his workers

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 so that opposition

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 is overcome

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.680
 and his temple

00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.079
 is built.

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 Not only

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 is the decree

00:19:25.460 --> 00:19:26.200
 found

00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:27.980
 but God

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 gives this

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 pagan king

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 Darius

00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:31.000
 the heart

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 to uphold

00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:32.759
 Cyrus'

00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:33.279
 decree

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:33.860
 which he

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 didn't have

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 to do.

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 he says

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 in verse

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 6

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 chapter 6

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 verse 6

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 he writes

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 in his letter

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 to Tatanai

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 he says

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 now then

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 Tatanai

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 governor

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 of trans

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 Euphrates

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 and Shethar

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 Bosani

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 and you

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 other officials

00:19:47.919 --> 00:19:48.359
 of that

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 province

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 stay

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 away

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:52.480
 from Jerusalem

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 do not

00:19:55.900 --> 00:19:56.579
 interfere

00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:57.160
 with the

00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.519
 work

00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.500
 on this

00:19:58.500 --> 00:19:58.960
 temple

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.839
 of God

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:01.880
 let

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.259
 the

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:02.640
 governor

00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:03.200
 of the

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 Jews

00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.120
 and the

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 Jewish

00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:05.180
 elders

00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:06.099
 rebuild

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:06.420
 this

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:06.680
 house

00:20:06.680 --> 00:20:07.240
 of God

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 on its

00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.640
 side

00:20:08.640 --> 00:20:09.579
 look at

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.120
 verse 11

00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:12.120
 furthermore

00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:14.619
 Darius

00:20:14.619 --> 00:20:14.979
 says

00:20:14.979 --> 00:20:16.239
 I decree

00:20:16.239 --> 00:20:16.699
 that if

00:20:16.699 --> 00:20:17.099
 anyone

00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.679
 defies

00:20:17.679 --> 00:20:17.919
 this

00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:18.379
 edict

00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:20.039
 a beam

00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.819
 is to be

00:20:20.819 --> 00:20:21.399
 pulled from

00:20:21.399 --> 00:20:22.000
 their house

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.879
 and they

00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:23.439
 are to be

00:20:23.439 --> 00:20:23.939
 impaled

00:20:23.939 --> 00:20:24.439
 on it

00:20:24.439 --> 00:20:25.219
 this king

00:20:25.219 --> 00:20:25.779
 ain't kidding

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.159
 around

00:20:26.159 --> 00:20:28.839
 and for

00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:29.399
 this crime

00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:29.859
 their house

00:20:29.859 --> 00:20:30.179
 is to be

00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:30.619
 made a

00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:30.979
 pile

00:20:30.979 --> 00:20:32.119
 of rubble

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.939
 verse 12

00:20:32.939 --> 00:20:34.619
 may God

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.559
 who has

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.219
 caused his

00:20:36.219 --> 00:20:36.699
 name to

00:20:36.699 --> 00:20:37.359
 dwell there

00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:38.279
 overthrow

00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:39.859
 any king

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:40.899
 or people

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:42.000
 who lifts

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:43.040
 a hand

00:20:43.040 --> 00:20:44.180
 to change

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.700
 this degree

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:46.600
 or destroy

00:20:46.600 --> 00:20:47.560
 this temple

00:20:47.560 --> 00:20:48.820
 in Jerusalem

00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:49.580
 isn't that

00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:49.980
 amazing

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:51.180
 you see

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:53.640
 when God

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.040
 chooses

00:20:54.040 --> 00:20:56.060
 all

00:20:56.060 --> 00:20:57.180
 opposition

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.920
 present

00:20:57.920 --> 00:20:59.200
 and future

00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:00.540
 is emphatically

00:21:00.540 --> 00:21:01.600
 resoundingly

00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.060
 overcome

00:21:02.060 --> 00:21:04.900
 and verse 13

00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.540
 tells us that

00:21:05.540 --> 00:21:06.420
 Tathani had no

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.000
 option but to

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:07.660
 carry out

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.759
 Darius'

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.540
 decree with

00:21:09.540 --> 00:21:10.300
 diligence

00:21:10.299 --> 00:21:12.299
 there are

00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:13.159
 times when

00:21:13.159 --> 00:21:14.319
 opposition will

00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:15.319
 threaten to

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.899
 impede

00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:17.319
 God's work

00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:18.539
 among us

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:21.039
 a couple

00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.460
 examples

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.180
 in school

00:21:22.180 --> 00:21:24.579
 it could be

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:24.839
 getting

00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:25.700
 reprimanded

00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:27.200
 for inviting

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:29.039
 one of your

00:21:29.039 --> 00:21:29.639
 friends

00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:30.799
 to come to

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:31.119
 the Rock

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:31.639
 Kids Club

00:21:31.639 --> 00:21:32.500
 and hear about

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:32.899
 Jesus

00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:35.079
 that happened

00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.379
 to one of

00:21:35.379 --> 00:21:35.859
 our kids

00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:37.720
 they simply

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.099
 wanted to

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.659
 hand a flyer

00:21:38.659 --> 00:21:38.879
 to their

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:39.319
 best friend

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:39.740
 and we

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.079
 said yeah

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.539
 absolutely

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.039
 you should

00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:41.439
 do that

00:21:41.439 --> 00:21:43.779
 a day

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.099
 later we

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.279
 had a

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.639
 phone call

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:44.919
 home

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:47.799
 the flyer

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.099
 was sent

00:21:48.099 --> 00:21:48.439
 back with

00:21:48.439 --> 00:21:48.839
 interest

00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.220
 with a

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:49.399
 written

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:49.720
 letter

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:53.460
 we were

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.939
 pulled in

00:21:53.939 --> 00:21:54.279
 for a

00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:54.559
 word

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.240
 at the

00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:55.480
 door

00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.220
 by the

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.500
 teacher

00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:59.339
 the

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.779
 opposition

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.779
 opposition

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.319
 is real

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:05.480
 it could

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.759
 be a

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.220
 colleague

00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.680
 criticizing

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.059
 you

00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:09.119
 just for

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.579
 suggesting

00:22:09.579 --> 00:22:10.059
 that people

00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.900
 need to

00:22:10.900 --> 00:22:11.359
 repent

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:13.059
 and to

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.500
 believe in

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.920
 Jesus

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:17.799
 you shouldn't

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.160
 try and

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.740
 change anyone's

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.099
 beliefs

00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:20.539
 they might

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.819
 say

00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:26.879
 it could

00:22:26.879 --> 00:22:27.179
 even be

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:27.839
 family member

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:29.639
 telling you

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:29.959
 that you've

00:22:29.959 --> 00:22:30.639
 been brainwashed

00:22:30.639 --> 00:22:32.919
 telling you

00:22:32.919 --> 00:22:33.099
 that you

00:22:33.099 --> 00:22:33.399
 shouldn't be

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:33.779
 reading your

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:34.059
 Bible

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:35.099
 what are you

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.419
 doing that

00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:35.599
 for

00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:40.359
 the opposition

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:40.859
 to God's

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.159
 work is

00:22:41.159 --> 00:22:41.399
 real

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:43.579
 it's not

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.000
 just back in

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:44.519
 Ezra's time

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.440
 it is right

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:45.720
 here

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:48.639
 how are we

00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:49.220
 to stand

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.220
 like the

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.539
 Israelites

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.039
 did

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.460
 well I

00:22:51.460 --> 00:22:51.779
 think it's

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.160
 in this

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.400
 confidence

00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.359
 the loving

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.400
 eye

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.859
 of our

00:22:56.859 --> 00:22:57.480
 God

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:59.220
 is watching

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.819
 over his

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.440
 people in

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.160
 Karagalim

00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:03.940
 the work

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.720
 will continue

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:06.319
 despite the

00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:06.900
 opposition

00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:08.779
 God is

00:23:08.779 --> 00:23:09.180
 sovereign

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.839
 over all

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.879
 even the

00:23:10.879 --> 00:23:11.259
 ones who

00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.920
 oppose his

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.400
 work

00:23:12.400 --> 00:23:14.640
 they can

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.340
 only go

00:23:15.340 --> 00:23:16.160
 as far

00:23:16.160 --> 00:23:16.480
 as he

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.860
 allows

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:19.580
 when God

00:23:19.580 --> 00:23:20.320
 decides

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:21.380
 all that

00:23:21.380 --> 00:23:21.940
 opposition

00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.720
 will be

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.300
 overcome

00:23:24.300 --> 00:23:25.420
 and his

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.900
 work is

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.180
 going to

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.660
 prosper

00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:28.460
 so take

00:23:28.460 --> 00:23:29.480
 courage

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:34.580
 I think

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.080
 there's

00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:36.040
 one more

00:23:36.040 --> 00:23:36.340
 thing that

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:36.640
 we learn

00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:37.220
 from this

00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.860
 text

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:39.640
 and it's

00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.200
 that God's

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.440
 work

00:23:40.440 --> 00:23:41.500
 prospers

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:42.519
 as he

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.019
 sovereignly

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:43.519
 provides

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:47.220
 God is

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.400
 going to

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:47.720
 give his

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.019
 workers

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.759
 every

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:49.420
 resource

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:49.759
 that they

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.180
 need

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:51.839
 to complete

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.220
 the work

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.539
 that he's

00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:52.920
 given them

00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:53.299
 to do

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:55.680
 now we

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:55.920
 had a

00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:56.200
 government

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.660
 budget

00:23:56.660 --> 00:23:57.019
 release

00:23:57.019 --> 00:23:57.420
 about two

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:57.920
 weeks ago

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:59.799
 17

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.559
 billion euro

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:02.180
 to build a

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.440
 metro

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:02.819
 underneath

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.180
 Dublin

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:04.700
 building

00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.259
 costs a lot

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.500
 of money

00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:05.940
 doesn't it

00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:07.000
 and don't

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.240
 get a

00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.640
 start on

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:07.740
 the

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:07.980
 national

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.460
 children's

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.799
 hospital

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:11.299
 well God

00:24:11.299 --> 00:24:11.720
 was about

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.180
 to ask

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.379
 his

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.039
 people

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.279
 to

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.599
 rebuild

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:13.799
 this

00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:14.500
 magnificent

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.159
 temple

00:24:15.159 --> 00:24:15.740
 okay

00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.359
 this would

00:24:17.359 --> 00:24:17.779
 require

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.279
 thousands

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.919
 of workmen

00:24:18.919 --> 00:24:19.659
 volumes

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.720
 of timber

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.899
 stone

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.319
 gold

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.740
 all to be

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.119
 imported

00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:23.500
 from other

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.879
 places

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:25.079
 and transported

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:27.639
 2500 years

00:24:27.639 --> 00:24:27.919
 ago

00:24:27.919 --> 00:24:30.960
 all at a

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:31.319
 time

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.519
 when God's

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:32.919
 people were

00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.539
 destitute

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.899
 they were

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.379
 just arriving

00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:35.819
 back from

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.180
 exile

00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:37.140
 in a

00:24:37.140 --> 00:24:37.460
 different

00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:38.140
 country

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.500
 but if

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.960
 God

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.360
 has a

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:40.600
 work

00:24:40.600 --> 00:24:40.779
 for

00:24:40.779 --> 00:24:40.940
 his

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.259
 people

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.440
 to

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.700
 do

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:43.480
 he

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.680
 will

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:43.880
 see

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.039
 that

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.180
 their

00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:44.480
 every

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:44.799
 need

00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:44.980
 is

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.420
 provided

00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:47.039
 just

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.360
 look

00:24:47.360 --> 00:24:48.539
 chapter 6

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.240
 verse 8

00:24:49.240 --> 00:24:49.560
 and what

00:24:49.560 --> 00:24:49.920
 Darius

00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.500
 says to

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.860
 Tatnai

00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:52.120
 the Persian

00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:53.039
 governor

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.420
 of the

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:53.779
 region

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:55.320
 he says

00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:56.019
 moreover

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:58.460
 I hereby

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.820
 decree

00:24:58.820 --> 00:24:59.420
 what you

00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.019
 Tatnai

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.380
 are to

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:00.700
 do for

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.039
 these

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.779
 elders

00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.160
 of the

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:02.420
 Jews

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.680
 in the

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.120
 construction

00:25:03.120 --> 00:25:03.640
 of this

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:03.880
 house

00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:04.299
 of God

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:06.460
 their

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:06.940
 expenses

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.240
 are to

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.379
 be

00:25:07.379 --> 00:25:07.819
 fully

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.319
 paid

00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.859
 out of

00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:08.980
 the

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:09.180
 royal

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.619
 treasury

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.940
 from

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.180
 the

00:25:11.180 --> 00:25:11.619
 revenues

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.039
 of

00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.419
 trans

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:12.879
 Euphrates

00:25:12.879 --> 00:25:14.119
 so that

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.480
 the work

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.839
 will not

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.319
 stop

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:17.940
 whatever

00:25:17.940 --> 00:25:19.259
 is needed

00:25:19.259 --> 00:25:20.500
 young

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:21.079
 bulls

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.759
 rams

00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.379
 male

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.919
 lambs

00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:23.419
 for burnt

00:25:23.419 --> 00:25:23.819
 offerings

00:25:23.819 --> 00:25:24.139
 to the

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.319
 God

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.460
 of

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.700
 heaven

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.700
 and

00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.039
 wheat

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:27.099
 salt

00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:28.680
 wine

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:29.139
 and olive

00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.460
 oil

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:31.079
 as

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.579
 requested

00:25:31.579 --> 00:25:32.599
 by the

00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:32.799
 priests

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:32.940
 in

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.339
 Jerusalem

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:35.019
 must

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.500
 be

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:35.959
 given

00:25:35.959 --> 00:25:36.419
 them

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:37.379
 daily

00:25:37.379 --> 00:25:38.879
 without

00:25:38.879 --> 00:25:39.319
 fail

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:40.179
 that's

00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:40.319
 what

00:25:40.319 --> 00:25:40.579
 Darius

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:40.939
 said

00:25:40.939 --> 00:25:44.859
 Tatnai

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.259
 wrote

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.539
 to the

00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.819
 king

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.220
 seeking

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.419
 to

00:25:46.419 --> 00:25:46.699
 stop

00:25:46.699 --> 00:25:46.879
 the

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.119
 temple

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:47.419
 work

00:25:47.419 --> 00:25:47.799
 he

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.139
 ends

00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.339
 up

00:25:48.339 --> 00:25:48.799
 funding

00:25:48.799 --> 00:25:49.139
 it

00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:50.099
 out

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.220
 of

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.299
 his

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.619
 own

00:25:51.619 --> 00:25:52.740
 region's

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.240
 treasury

00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:53.959
 isn't

00:25:53.959 --> 00:25:54.119
 our

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:54.279
 God

00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.679
 amazing

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:56.659
 I'm

00:25:56.659 --> 00:25:56.839
 sure

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.319
 Tatnai

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.559
 had

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:57.839
 wished

00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.139
 he'd

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.339
 never

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.579
 sent

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:58.720
 the

00:25:58.720 --> 00:25:58.959
 letter

00:25:58.959 --> 00:26:01.779
 see

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:01.980
 how

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.379
 God

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:02.980
 sovereignly

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.660
 provides

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.140
 for

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:04.320
 his

00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:04.720
 work

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.880
 and

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.040
 here

00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:07.180
 we

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:07.400
 see

00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:07.740
 God's

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:07.880
 heart

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.060
 to

00:26:08.060 --> 00:26:08.480
 provide

00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.260
 for

00:26:09.260 --> 00:26:09.640
 his

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.100
 workers

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.760
 in

00:26:10.760 --> 00:26:10.980
 the

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.340
 words

00:26:11.340 --> 00:26:11.540
 of

00:26:11.540 --> 00:26:11.980
 Darius

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.600
 whatever

00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:13.240
 is

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.620
 needed

00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:15.080
 let

00:26:15.080 --> 00:26:15.300
 that

00:26:15.300 --> 00:26:15.460
 be

00:26:15.460 --> 00:26:15.820
 given

00:26:15.820 --> 00:26:17.340
 without

00:26:17.340 --> 00:26:18.140
 fail

00:26:18.140 --> 00:26:48.140


00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:50.140
!

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.540
 God

00:26:50.540 --> 00:26:51.140
 will

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.640
 do

00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:52.080
 the

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:52.140
 for

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.320
 you

00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:53.640
 and

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.920
 I

00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:54.140
 do

00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.740
 the

00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:55.740
 same

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:55.840
!

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:55.840


00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:55.960
 we

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.259
 know

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.759
 that

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:56.920
 in

00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.180
 chapter

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.759
 6

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:59.520
 verse

00:26:59.520 --> 00:27:00.280
 14

00:27:00.280 --> 00:27:01.540
 it

00:27:01.540 --> 00:27:01.740
 says

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.080
 this

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:03.000
 they

00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.720
 finished

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.440
 building

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:05.200
 the

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.600
 temple

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:07.580
 according

00:27:07.580 --> 00:27:08.400
 to the

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.800
 command

00:27:08.800 --> 00:27:09.460
 of the

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:09.680
 God

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:09.820
 of

00:27:09.820 --> 00:27:10.160
 Israel

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.100
 and

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.300
 the

00:27:11.300 --> 00:27:11.840
 decrees

00:27:11.840 --> 00:27:12.660
 of the

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.040
 kings

00:27:13.040 --> 00:27:13.340
 of

00:27:13.340 --> 00:27:13.820
 Persia

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:15.960
 God

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.159
 will

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:16.720
 provide

00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:18.139
 all

00:27:18.139 --> 00:27:18.339
 that

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.500
 is

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:18.859
 needed

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:19.339
 until

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:19.599
 his

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:19.859
 work

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.019
 is

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.200
 done

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:22.339
 God

00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.500
 is

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:22.939
 watching

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:23.200
 over

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.399
 his

00:27:23.399 --> 00:27:23.779
 people

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.519
 so

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.839
 that

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.319
 his

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.679
 temple

00:27:25.679 --> 00:27:25.939
 is

00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:26.179
 built

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:26.439
 he's

00:27:26.439 --> 00:27:26.619
 going

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:26.980
 to

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.939
 equip

00:27:27.939 --> 00:27:28.359
 and

00:27:28.359 --> 00:27:28.839
 encourage

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.039
 them

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.159
 with

00:27:29.159 --> 00:27:29.299
 his

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.579
 word

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:31.139
 he's

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.240
 going

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.339
 to

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.679
 overcome

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:31.919
 all

00:27:31.919 --> 00:27:32.039
 the

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.500
 opposition

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:35.119
 he's

00:27:35.119 --> 00:27:35.220
 going

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.299
 to

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.579
 provide

00:27:35.579 --> 00:27:35.839
 every

00:27:35.839 --> 00:27:36.119
 need

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:38.960
 now

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.220
 that's

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:39.359
 all

00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:39.579
 very

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:40.099
 encouraging

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:41.179
 reading

00:27:41.179 --> 00:27:41.359
 the

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.659
 story

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.039
 from

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:43.159
 Ezra's

00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.339
 day

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:43.500
 but

00:27:43.500 --> 00:27:43.759
 what

00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:43.980
 about

00:27:43.980 --> 00:27:44.240
 us

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.619
 today

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:44.859
 in

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.319
 Karageline

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.640
 Baptist

00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:46.019
 Church

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:48.579
 clearly

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.059
 we are

00:27:49.059 --> 00:27:49.319
 not

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.119
 stonemasons

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.920
 in

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.920
 temple

00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.619
 construction

00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:55.720
 but

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:55.920
 all

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:56.059
 this

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.400
 temple

00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:56.859
 building

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.799
 relates

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.240
 to us

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.839
 more

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.359
 than

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.599
 we

00:27:59.599 --> 00:27:59.880
 might

00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.259
 first

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.539
 think

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:00.759
 can

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 you

00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.140
 please

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:01.400
 turn

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.579
 with

00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:01.759
 me

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.079
 to

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 Ephesians

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 chapter

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 2

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:10.180
 Ephesians

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 chapter

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 2

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 verse

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 19

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 that's

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 on

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 page

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 1174

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 Ephesians

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 chapter

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 2

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.620
 verse

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 19

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 now from

00:28:36.259 --> 00:28:36.400
 the

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:36.579
 garden

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:36.920
 of Eden

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.900
 just to

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.200
 say that

00:28:38.200 --> 00:28:38.519
 it has

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.700
 been

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.259
 God's

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.740
 desire

00:28:39.740 --> 00:28:41.320
 to

00:28:41.320 --> 00:28:41.779
 fill

00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:41.980
 the

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.340
 earth

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:42.660
 with

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:42.900
 his

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.519
 presence

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:45.220
 it's

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.360
 been

00:28:45.360 --> 00:28:45.620
 God's

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:45.779
 desire

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:45.960
 to

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.420
 be

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.019
 with

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.279
 his

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.759
 people

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:50.340
 the

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:50.660
 temple

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:50.900
 in

00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.480
 Jerusalem

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:52.220
 well

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.820
 it

00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:53.860
 was a

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.220
 start

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.100
 on the

00:28:55.100 --> 00:28:55.400
 fulfillment

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:55.759
 of that

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.140
 promise

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.759
 it was

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.180
 a point

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.460
 in the

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.800
 road

00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:59.819
 even

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.139
 king

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.619
 Solomon

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:00.879
 who

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.039
 built

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.220
 the

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.480
 first

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.879
 temple

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.379
 on

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:02.539
 its

00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:02.839
 opening

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.180
 day

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.379
 he

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:03.740
 said

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.680
 the

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:05.039
 whole

00:29:05.039 --> 00:29:05.559
 universe

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:05.940
 cannot

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.500
 contain

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:06.879
 God's

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:07.259
 presence

00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.059
 how

00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.379
 much

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:08.639
 less

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:08.879
 this

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.240
 temple

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.879
 he

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.180
 knew

00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:12.359
 that

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:12.579
 that

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:12.980
 physical

00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:13.359
 temple

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.599
 in

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:13.960
 Jerusalem

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.220
 was

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.419
 actually

00:29:14.419 --> 00:29:14.619
 just

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:14.919
 pointing

00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:15.639
 forward

00:29:15.639 --> 00:29:16.960
 to

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.279
 something

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:18.000
 better

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:19.180
 and

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.460
 that

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.519
 better

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.039
 was

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.720
 Christ

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:23.860
 God's

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.660
 very

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.299
 presence

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:27.539
 came

00:29:27.539 --> 00:29:27.740
 to

00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.059
 earth

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:29.339
 in

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:29.480
 a

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.920
 person

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:31.600
 but

00:29:31.600 --> 00:29:31.799
 here's

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.000
 where it

00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:32.380
 gets real

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.799
 for you

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.160
 and me

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.600
 as well

00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:34.019
 look

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.900
 at

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.440
 Ephesians

00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:36.000
 chapter 2

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.660
 verse 19

00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.079
 onwards

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:38.360
 consequently

00:29:38.360 --> 00:29:39.000
 Paul says

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:39.299
 you are

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.799
 no longer

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.299
 foreigners

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:41.019
 and strangers

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.700
 but fellow

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.180
 citizens

00:29:42.180 --> 00:29:42.920
 with God's

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.279
 people

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.319
 and also

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:44.880
 members

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.799
 of his

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.440
 household

00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:47.980
 built

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.720
 on the

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.240
 foundation

00:29:49.240 --> 00:29:50.019
 of the

00:29:50.019 --> 00:29:50.440
 apostles

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.279
 and prophets

00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:53.220
 with Christ

00:29:53.220 --> 00:29:53.720
 Jesus

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.339
 himself

00:29:54.339 --> 00:29:55.539
 as the

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.059
 chief

00:29:56.059 --> 00:29:57.700
 cornerstone

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:59.139
 in him

00:29:59.139 --> 00:30:00.279
 the whole

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.700
 building

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.180
 is joined

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.599
 together

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.500
 and rises

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.180
 to become

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.819
 a holy

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:04.139
 temple

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.460
 in the

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:04.799
 Lord

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.819
 and in

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:06.059
 him

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.980
 you too

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.359
 are being

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.819
 built

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.859
 together

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:10.240
 to become

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.319
 a dwelling

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:12.500
 in which

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.579
 God lives

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.319
 by his

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.960
 spirit

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.799
 Paul is

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.359
 saying this

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.379
 we are

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:17.920
 the new

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.740
 spiritual

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.299
 temple

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.059
 of God

00:30:20.059 --> 00:30:21.240
 with Christ

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:23.299
 God's

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:23.660
 people

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.359
 in whom

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:25.120
 he lives

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.900
 by his

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.279
 spirit

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:27.220
 are

00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:28.180
 God's

00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.620
 dwelling

00:30:28.620 --> 00:30:29.120
 place

00:30:29.120 --> 00:30:30.140
 on earth

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:30.920
 God does

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.759
 not dwell

00:30:31.759 --> 00:30:32.480
 in buildings

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.039
 made of

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.400
 stone

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:34.259
 anymore

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:35.920
 we

00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:37.259
 Peter would

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.759
 say later

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.640
 are like

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.400
 living

00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:39.980
 stones

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.680
 being

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.680
 built

00:30:41.680 --> 00:30:42.400
 together

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.680
 into

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.720
 a dwelling

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.279
 in which

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.880
 God

00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.680
 lives

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:47.400
 by

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.079
 his

00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:48.720
 spirit

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:49.980
 and

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.460
 Christ

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:50.779
 is the

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.100
 corner

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.500
 stone

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:53.420
 this

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:53.900
 spiritual

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.240
 temple

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.720
 is all

00:30:54.720 --> 00:30:55.220
 built

00:30:55.220 --> 00:30:56.279
 on him

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.039
 on what

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.559
 he has

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.980
 done

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.059
 for his

00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.480
 people

00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:00.880
 he's the

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.220
 one who

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.640
 cleansed

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:01.980
 us

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:03.079
 and made

00:31:03.079 --> 00:31:03.680
 us into

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.559
 the dwelling

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.100
 place

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:06.100
 of God

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.720
 and this

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:06.860
 has

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.360
 astonishing

00:31:07.360 --> 00:31:07.980
 implications

00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:08.660
 for you

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:09.380
 and for

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.559
 me

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:09.860
 because

00:31:09.860 --> 00:31:11.140
 God is

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.420
 building

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.660
 his

00:31:11.660 --> 00:31:11.980
 temple

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.400
 today

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:12.839
 the

00:31:12.839 --> 00:31:13.299
 church

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:14.980
 and he

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.359
 says the

00:31:15.359 --> 00:31:15.759
 gates of

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:15.919
 hell

00:31:15.919 --> 00:31:16.279
 will not

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.619
 overcome

00:31:16.619 --> 00:31:16.960
 it

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:19.440
 God is

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.440
 watching over

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.919
 the building

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:21.399
 of this

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:21.819
 church

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:23.079
 until it

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.859
 reaches its

00:31:23.859 --> 00:31:24.339
 completion

00:31:24.339 --> 00:31:25.480
 until every

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.319
 last living

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.759
 stone

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.359
 every last

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:28.359
 person

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:28.960
 every last

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.399
 soul

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:30.839
 has been

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.779
 brought in

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.579
 to take

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.259
 its place

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.919
 in that

00:31:33.919 --> 00:31:34.519
 spiritual

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:34.859
 house

00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.419
 we

00:31:35.419 --> 00:31:36.159
 are

00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.759
 the

00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:37.279
 builders

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:39.079
 God

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.440
 has made

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.779
 us

00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.639
 workers

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:42.560
 building

00:31:42.560 --> 00:31:42.920
 this

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.740
 spiritual

00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.400
 house

00:31:44.400 --> 00:31:44.860
 we

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.340
 proclaim

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:45.840
 the

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.259
 gospel

00:31:46.259 --> 00:31:46.960
 of the

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.280
 risen

00:31:47.280 --> 00:31:48.120
 and reigning

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:48.780
 King

00:31:48.780 --> 00:31:49.180
 Jesus

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.560
 our

00:31:49.560 --> 00:31:50.259
 cornerstone

00:31:50.259 --> 00:31:50.860
 we call

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.100
 people

00:31:51.100 --> 00:31:51.640
 everywhere

00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.640
 to repentance

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.480
 to take

00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:54.080
 their place

00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.940
 in this

00:31:54.940 --> 00:31:55.640
 spiritual

00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:56.080
 temple

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:57.020
 God's

00:31:57.020 --> 00:31:57.440
 dwelling

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.940
 place

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.400
 forever

00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:58.700
 and you

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:58.920
 know what

00:31:58.920 --> 00:31:59.460
 the work

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.660
 continues

00:32:00.660 --> 00:32:01.800
 until every

00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:02.520
 last

00:32:02.520 --> 00:32:03.380
 one

00:32:03.380 --> 00:32:03.940
 that God

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.440
 has called

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.180
 comes into

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:05.700
 his house

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:07.680
 what a

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.160
 work we've

00:32:08.160 --> 00:32:08.500
 been given

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:11.799
 that work

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.240
 happens

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:13.480
 in the

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.740
 rock

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.099
 and rooted

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.700
 on Fridays

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:17.779
 in polo

00:32:17.779 --> 00:32:18.900
 on Thursdays

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:20.079
 every day

00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:20.519
 of the week

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.839
 as we meet

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.339
 one another

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.099
 in the body

00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.660
 of Christ

00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:27.900
 every time

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:29.180
 we sit

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.619
 down for a

00:32:29.619 --> 00:32:30.079
 conversation

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.480
 with someone

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:30.759
 in our

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.200
 community

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.579
 and seek

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:32.900
 to share

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.299
 the gospel

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.839
 with them

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:36.119
 what a

00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:36.700
 purpose

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:38.200
 to build

00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:39.259
 this house

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.640
 for the

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.319
 praise

00:32:41.319 --> 00:32:42.539
 and glory

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:43.880
 of God

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.759
 by the way

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.200
 this is no

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.600
 temporary

00:32:45.600 --> 00:32:46.140
 structure

00:32:46.140 --> 00:32:49.200
 the Jews

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.940
 watched their

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:51.140
 temple burn

00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:53.299
 in AD 70

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.840
 at the hands

00:32:53.840 --> 00:32:54.400
 of the Romans

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.940
 all the

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.279
 toil

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.200
 and effort

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:57.680
 over all

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.059
 those years

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.480
 to build it

00:32:58.480 --> 00:32:58.840
 it went up

00:32:58.840 --> 00:32:59.380
 in smoke

00:32:59.380 --> 00:32:59.840
 in a day

00:32:59.840 --> 00:33:04.740
 this temple

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:05.400
 we are building

00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:05.980
 can never

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.640
 be destroyed

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:09.880
 your work

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:12.540
 building

00:33:12.540 --> 00:33:13.620
 God's

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:14.259
 house

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:16.080
 his people

00:33:16.080 --> 00:33:17.500
 lasts

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.500
 forever

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.480
 why

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.340
 because the

00:33:20.340 --> 00:33:21.259
 new spiritual

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.660
 temple

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.180
 is the

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.840
 people sitting

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.420
 around you

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.100
 right now

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:27.920
 their souls

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.700
 are eternal

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:30.420
 everything

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:32.280
 you do

00:33:32.280 --> 00:33:32.900
 for one

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.220
 another

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.180
 matters

00:33:34.180 --> 00:33:36.200
 forever

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:37.759
 and that

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.480
 gives the

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.920
 most

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:40.360
 surpassing

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.220
 significance

00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:42.980
 to our

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.440
 work

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:44.340
 for the

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:44.500
 Lord

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.440
 each day

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.960
 it is

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.220
 nothing

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.740
 fancy

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:48.180
 or spectacular

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:49.059
 from the

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.400
 outside

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:49.960
 it's the

00:33:49.960 --> 00:33:50.580
 bread and

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:50.840
 butter

00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.620
 acts of

00:33:51.620 --> 00:33:52.100
 love

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:53.539
 sharing the

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:53.980
 word with

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.319
 each other

00:33:54.319 --> 00:33:54.980
 it's comforting

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.059
 encouraging

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:57.659
 building up

00:33:57.659 --> 00:33:58.119
 others

00:33:58.119 --> 00:33:58.879
 correcting

00:33:58.879 --> 00:33:59.099
 where

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.379
 needs

00:33:59.379 --> 00:33:59.659
 be

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:01.359
 you

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:02.119
 are

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.919
 God's

00:34:02.919 --> 00:34:03.659
 worker

00:34:03.659 --> 00:34:04.500
 in their

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.200
 lives

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.200
 and

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.960
 vice

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.480
 versa

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:09.059
 to build

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:09.360
 them up

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.000
 in Christ

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:11.639
 to secure

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.619
 their place

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:14.000
 in God's

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.699
 forever

00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.820
 people

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:18.140
 don't

00:34:18.140 --> 00:34:18.380
 think

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.620
 that your

00:34:18.620 --> 00:34:18.880
 work

00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.160
 doesn't

00:34:19.160 --> 00:34:19.440
 matter

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.640
 it

00:34:20.640 --> 00:34:20.900
 matters

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.100
 more

00:34:21.100 --> 00:34:21.240
 than

00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.580
 anything

00:34:21.580 --> 00:34:23.620
 and

00:34:23.620 --> 00:34:24.240
 God

00:34:24.240 --> 00:34:24.660
 who

00:34:24.660 --> 00:34:25.200
 never

00:34:25.200 --> 00:34:25.720
 changes

00:34:25.720 --> 00:34:26.039
 is the

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:26.559
 same

00:34:26.559 --> 00:34:27.200
 for us

00:34:27.200 --> 00:34:27.660
 today

00:34:27.660 --> 00:34:28.780
 as he

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:29.120
 was

00:34:29.120 --> 00:34:29.640
 for those

00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:29.900
 temple

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.320
 workers

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:31.000
 back

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.960
 in

00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.420
 Ezra

00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:32.860
 God

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:33.019
 is

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:33.400
 watching

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:33.640
 over

00:34:33.640 --> 00:34:33.820
 his

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:34.160
 people

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:34.860
 until

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.480
 his

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.820
 church

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.039
 is

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.280
 built

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.480
 and

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:36.640
 the

00:34:36.640 --> 00:34:36.880
 gates

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.059
 of

00:34:37.059 --> 00:34:37.260
 hell

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.620
 will

00:34:37.620 --> 00:34:38.140
 not

00:34:38.140 --> 00:34:38.640
 overcome

00:34:38.640 --> 00:34:38.940
 it

00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:40.600
 God's

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:40.800
 going to

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.100
 equip

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.300
 us

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.440
 with

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:41.580
 his

00:34:41.580 --> 00:34:41.880
 word

00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:43.280
 he's

00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:43.500
 going to

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.840
 overcome

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.019
 the

00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.500
 opposition

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:46.000
 he's

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.219
 going to

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.619
 provide

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.260
 everything

00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:48.019
 that we

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.440
 need

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:52.139
 in

00:34:52.139 --> 00:34:52.599
 January

00:34:52.599 --> 00:34:54.519
 our

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.840
 church

00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.420
 celebrates

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.000
 40

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.440
 years

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.559
 of

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:58.000
 God

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.860
 building

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.000
 a

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.280
 people

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.659
 right

00:34:59.659 --> 00:35:00.019
 here

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.480
 in

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.920
 Cargilline

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.380
 Baptist

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:03.440
 praise

00:35:03.440 --> 00:35:03.880
 God

00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:05.840
 but you

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.019
 know

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.460
 at this

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.880
 time of

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.440
 pastoral

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.260
 transition

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:09.460
 many of

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.719
 us are

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.099
 anxious

00:35:10.099 --> 00:35:10.400
 about

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.840
 how is

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:10.960
 the

00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:11.099
 word

00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.320
 going

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:11.460
 to

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.920
 continue

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.320
 that's

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.739
 natural

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:15.159
 who

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.299
 will

00:35:15.299 --> 00:35:15.419
 be

00:35:15.419 --> 00:35:15.799
 there

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.319
 to

00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:16.639
 lead

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:16.779
 the

00:35:16.779 --> 00:35:17.000
 work

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.159
 of

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.639
 shepherding

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.319
 who

00:35:18.319 --> 00:35:18.439
 will

00:35:18.439 --> 00:35:18.679
 equip

00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:18.859
 the

00:35:18.859 --> 00:35:19.319
 members

00:35:19.319 --> 00:35:19.859
 of

00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:19.979
 the

00:35:19.979 --> 00:35:20.199
 church

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.359
 for

00:35:20.359 --> 00:35:20.479
 the

00:35:20.479 --> 00:35:20.759
 work

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:20.939
 yet

00:35:20.939 --> 00:35:21.039
 to

00:35:21.039 --> 00:35:21.139
 be

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.439
 done

00:35:21.439 --> 00:35:22.959
 will

00:35:22.959 --> 00:35:23.079
 we

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:23.219
 have

00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.399
 enough

00:35:23.399 --> 00:35:23.779
 workers

00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.619
 to

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.039
 continue

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.259
 to

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.500
 reach

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:25.919
 out

00:35:25.919 --> 00:35:28.000
 to

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.319
 continue

00:35:28.319 --> 00:35:28.479
 to

00:35:28.479 --> 00:35:28.919
 disciple

00:35:28.919 --> 00:35:29.159
 one

00:35:29.159 --> 00:35:29.519
 another

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.719
 as

00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:30.879
 we

00:35:30.879 --> 00:35:31.279
 should

00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:34.819
 I

00:35:34.819 --> 00:35:35.039
 think

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.219
 God

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.379
 is

00:35:35.379 --> 00:35:35.579
 saying

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:35.719
 to

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:35.899
 us

00:35:35.899 --> 00:35:36.179
 today

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:37.219
 you

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.379
 got

00:35:37.379 --> 00:35:37.500
 to

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:37.779
 trust

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.079
 me

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:40.839
 God

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:40.979
 is

00:35:40.979 --> 00:35:41.139
 saying

00:35:41.139 --> 00:35:41.459
 I

00:35:41.459 --> 00:35:41.739
 am

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:41.739


00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.259
 building

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:42.940
 a

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.240
 people

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.440
 for

00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:43.620
 my

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:43.880
 name

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.020
 in

00:35:44.020 --> 00:35:44.460
 carrigal

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:44.780
 line

00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:46.560
 I'm

00:35:46.560 --> 00:35:47.200
 watching

00:35:47.200 --> 00:35:48.000
 over

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.720
 the

00:35:48.720 --> 00:35:49.200
 work

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:50.200
 until

00:35:50.200 --> 00:35:50.520
 my

00:35:50.520 --> 00:35:50.860
 church

00:35:50.860 --> 00:35:51.020
 is

00:35:51.020 --> 00:35:51.340
 built

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:53.380
 God

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:54.060
 will

00:35:54.060 --> 00:35:54.640
 prosper

00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:55.020
 this

00:35:55.020 --> 00:35:55.820
 work

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.600
 as

00:35:56.600 --> 00:35:56.820
 his

00:35:56.820 --> 00:35:57.220
 word

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:57.660
 goes

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:57.880
 out

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.420
 faithfully

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.620
 and

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:58.820
 is

00:35:58.820 --> 00:35:59.520
 obeyed

00:35:59.520 --> 00:36:00.660
 as

00:36:00.660 --> 00:36:00.820
 he

00:36:00.820 --> 00:36:01.380
 overcomes

00:36:01.380 --> 00:36:01.580
 the

00:36:01.580 --> 00:36:02.000
 opposition

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.220
 in

00:36:02.220 --> 00:36:02.360
 our

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.760
 town

00:36:02.760 --> 00:36:05.520
 as

00:36:05.520 --> 00:36:05.640
 he

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:06.260
 provides

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:07.020
 over

00:36:07.020 --> 00:36:07.600
 and

00:36:07.600 --> 00:36:08.260
 above

00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:08.720
 what

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:08.900
 we

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.180
 need

00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.460
 to

00:36:09.460 --> 00:36:09.900
 continue

00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:10.340
 the

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:10.560
 work

00:36:10.560 --> 00:36:10.720
 for

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.140
 40

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:11.540
 years

00:36:11.540 --> 00:36:11.900
 he's

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.080
 done

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.360
 he's

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:12.519
 not

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:12.940
 stopping

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.259
 now

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:15.579
 we

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:17.279
 are

00:36:17.279 --> 00:36:17.539
 his

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.059
 workers

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:19.519
 the

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:19.980
 builders

00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.860
 of

00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.019
 his

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.380
 temple

00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.940
 and

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.119
 we

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.239
 can

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.400
 have

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.559
 that

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:23.779
 very

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:24.079
 same

00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:24.699
 confidence

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.480
 that

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:25.719
 those

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.079
 temple

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.519
 builders

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:26.940
 had

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:27.840
 back

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.159
 in

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.519
 Ezra

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.059
 5

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:30.940
 when

00:36:30.940 --> 00:36:31.299
 people

00:36:31.299 --> 00:36:31.500
 in

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.079
 carrigaline

00:36:32.079 --> 00:36:32.420
 ask

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.679
 us

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.400
 who

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.699
 are

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:34.059
 you

00:36:34.059 --> 00:36:36.219
 what

00:36:36.219 --> 00:36:36.360
 are

00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:36.500
 you

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.900
 doing

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:39.000
 let

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.199
 us

00:36:39.199 --> 00:36:39.420
 say

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:39.579
 with

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:40.059
 boldness

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 look

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 with

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 me

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 at

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 chapter

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 5

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 verse

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 11

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 may

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 we

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 say

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 we

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 are

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 the

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 servants

00:36:49.539 --> 00:36:50.380
 of the

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.840
 God

00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.079
 of

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.340
 heaven

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 and

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:51.779
 earth

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 and

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 we

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 are

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 building

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 his

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 temple

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 may

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 that

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 be

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 our

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.320
 confidence

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.299
 may

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 that

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 be

00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:03.799
 our

00:37:03.799 --> 00:37:04.259
 boldness

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.380
 let

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:05.520
 us

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 pray

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 our

00:37:28.240 --> 00:37:28.720
 sovereign

00:37:28.720 --> 00:37:29.260
 father

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 you

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 know

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 each

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 one

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 of

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 our

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 hearts

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 you

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 know

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 the

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 anxieties

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 the

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 concerns

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 we

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 have

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 when

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 we

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 consider

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 the

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 work

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 yet

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 to

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 be

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 done

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 in

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 this

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 town

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 and

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 the

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 other

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 places

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 you

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 put

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 us

00:37:45.320 --> 00:37:50.579
 yet

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 you

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 have

00:37:51.180 --> 00:37:51.860
 caused

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 your

00:37:53.240 --> 00:37:53.700
 name

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 to

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 dwell

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:54.860
 here

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:56.400
 in

00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:56.940
 this

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.680
 people

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:59.960
 continue

00:37:59.960 --> 00:38:00.619
 to

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.180
 prosper

00:38:01.180 --> 00:38:01.720
 your

00:38:01.720 --> 00:38:02.180
 work

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.480
 in

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.739
 us

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:02.940
 so

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.159
 that

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:03.379
 your

00:38:03.379 --> 00:38:03.619
 name

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:03.759
 will

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:03.919
 be

00:38:03.919 --> 00:38:04.460
 glorified

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:05.000
 more

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.819
 and

00:38:05.819 --> 00:38:06.339
 more

00:38:06.339 --> 00:38:08.079
 until

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.379
 the

00:38:08.379 --> 00:38:08.960
 full

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.559
 number

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:10.679
 have

00:38:10.679 --> 00:38:10.940
 taken

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.179
 their

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.559
 place

00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:12.379
 in

00:38:12.379 --> 00:38:13.659
 this

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:13.940
 house

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.099
 of

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.259
 God

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:14.480
 in

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:14.859
 your

00:38:14.859 --> 00:38:15.279
 people

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:15.839
 not

00:38:15.839 --> 00:38:16.159
 just

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.319
 in

00:38:16.319 --> 00:38:16.460
 our

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:16.839
 church

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:17.799
 in

00:38:17.799 --> 00:38:18.359
 every

00:38:18.359 --> 00:38:18.940
 church

00:38:18.940 --> 00:38:19.179
 that

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:20.019
 proclaims

00:38:20.019 --> 00:38:20.339
 your

00:38:20.339 --> 00:38:20.839
 gospel

00:38:20.839 --> 00:38:21.759
 faithfully

00:38:21.759 --> 00:38:22.879
 each

00:38:22.879 --> 00:38:23.239
 week

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:26.799
 Lord

00:38:26.799 --> 00:38:27.079
 do

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.519
 this

00:38:27.519 --> 00:38:29.059
 prosper

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:30.199
 your

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.659
 work

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:33.299
 until

00:38:33.299 --> 00:38:33.539
 the

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:33.719
 day

00:38:33.719 --> 00:38:33.839
 that

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.099
 your

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.779
 presence

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:36.559
 fills

00:38:36.559 --> 00:38:36.779
 the

00:38:36.779 --> 00:38:37.299
 whole

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:37.940
 heavens

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.279
 and

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:38.539
 earth

00:38:38.539 --> 00:38:40.279
 for

00:38:40.279 --> 00:38:40.879
 Christ's

00:38:40.879 --> 00:38:41.139
 sake

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.759
 we

00:38:41.759 --> 00:38:42.139
 pray

00:38:42.139 --> 00:38:43.460
 amen

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:46.619
 we're

00:38:46.619 --> 00:38:46.840
 going to

00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:47.179
 sing

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:47.720
 a song

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:47.920
 to

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.460
 respond

00:38:48.460 --> 00:38:52.760
 I love

00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:53.039
 what it

00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:53.340
 says in

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:53.699
 the chorus

00:38:53.699 --> 00:38:53.980
 of this

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.220
 song

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:55.320
 it says

00:38:55.320 --> 00:38:55.820
 we will

00:38:55.820 --> 00:38:56.440
 stand as

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.900
 children of

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.480
 the promise

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:59.360
 we will

00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:00.039
 fix our

00:39:00.039 --> 00:39:00.500
 eyes

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.099
 and gain

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.000
 our soul

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.840
 reward

00:39:02.840 --> 00:39:04.840
 until

00:39:04.840 --> 00:39:04.980
 the

00:39:04.980 --> 00:39:05.120
 rest

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.019
 the

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.140
 end

00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.039
 the

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.140
 day

00:39:05.140 --> 00:39:05.220
 and

00:39:05.180 --> 00:39:05.320
 who

00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:05.340
 is

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.440
 the

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:05.440


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 and

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 o

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00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:05.600
 lip

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 sing