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 Well, friends, can I just repeat something I said last night?

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 What a pleasure it is to be with you

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 and how much I admire those of you who have come with little children

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 or even not quite so little children.

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 It's a big thing to come away for a weekend like this.

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 It's tiring and stressful and you need a week off after it,

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 that kind of thing, but it really is terrifically worthwhile.

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 It's worthwhile not only for you but for your kids

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 and I just encourage you to keep on investing in church life

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 as part of your family life.

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 It really is a big thing and will mean a lot

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 and there are lots of good things we like to do for our kids.

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 There aren't that many better than investing your life

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 and your family's life in the life of God's people.

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 However, I want to begin this morning.

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 2 Kings chapter 2 is the part of the Bible

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 that you should have open in front of you.

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 But I want to begin by just raising the question

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 as to whether you've noticed

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 how many people think

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 that the world that they know

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 and that they understand

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 and they're familiar with

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 is the real world.

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 You come across that kind of idea.

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 Older people quite often look at younger people

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 and say something like

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 wait till they get into the real world.

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 By which they mean the world of adult work and responsibility

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 the world that they live in.

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 And then younger people

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 often think that older people

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 or at least some older people like me

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 are out of touch.

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 And by that they mean

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 out of touch

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 with the world that they know

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 and understand.

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 Their real world.

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 These days I find myself feeling

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 as a city dweller

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 watching

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 the hard times

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 being endured

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 by so many people

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 in rural Australia

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 with drought and fire and so on

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 and some recently with floods.

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 I sometimes wonder

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 what I know

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 of the real world

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 protected as I am

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 in my comfortable

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 city existence.

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 that idea that the world

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 we are familiar with

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 or world

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 is the real world

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 most of the time

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 those who are accused

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 of being out of touch

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 with the real world

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 find it a little bit

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 insulting.

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 We don't like being told

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 that our world

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 our experience

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 our understanding

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 is inferior

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 is inadequate

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 is out of touch

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 with something

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 more important.

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 And I found myself

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 wondering whether

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 that is part of the reason

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 that people don't really

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 like the message

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 of the Bible.

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 Because the Bible

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 tells us

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 that the real world

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 the real world

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 is bigger

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 than any of us know.

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 We are out of touch.

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 Seriously

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 out of touch.

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 The real world

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 is more

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 than we can see

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 than we can hear

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 than we can feel.

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 And this matters

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 because

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 well let's see

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 why it matters

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 by following

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 the story of Joshua

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 not Joshua

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 Elisha

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 these names

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 get all confusing

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 don't they?

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 They're all sort of

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 so similar

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 and overlapped.

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 Elisha

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 when he next appears

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 in 2 Kings

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 chapter 2.

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 The event

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 we're about to witness

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 and I know

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 you've been reading

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 2 Kings

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 and so you are

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 many of you

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 at least

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 will be familiar

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 with this story

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 it occurred

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 these events

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 somewhere in the

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 850s B.C.

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 And the event

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 in 2 Kings

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 chapter 2

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 is one of those

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 utterly astonishing

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 events

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 which the Bible

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 records

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 that shows us

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 the real world.

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 indeed

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 I would say

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 here we have

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 an event

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 that actually

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 illuminates

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 everything.

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 The event

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 has links

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 to others

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 like it

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 as you read

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 through this

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 chapter

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 we won't have

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 time to do

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 very much

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 of this

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 but it reminds

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 you of all

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 sorts of

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 other things

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 other particular

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 moments in the

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 Bible story

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 if we read

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 it carefully

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 it's hard to

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 avoid being

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 reminded of the

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 exodus from

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 Egypt in the

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 days of Moses

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 certainly we'll

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 be reminded of

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 the entry into

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 the promised

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 land under

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 Joshua's

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 leadership

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 we might also

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 find ourselves

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 thinking of the

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 occasion in the

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 life of Jesus

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 known as the

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 transfiguration

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 I'm not going to

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 mention that but

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 there are links

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 to that event

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 as well as the

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 resurrection and

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 ascension of

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 Jesus and the

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 pouring out of

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 the Holy Spirit

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 they're all linked

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 to what happens

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 in 2 Kings

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 chapter 2

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 the story we're

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 about to follow

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 is very weighty

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 well I want us

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 to listen to it

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 we're going to do

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 things a little bit

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 differently to what

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 I usually do

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 this time I told you

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 last night you're

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 guinea pigs this

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 mightn't work

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 too bad we'll just

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 do our best

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 it won't hurt you

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 to listen to the

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 Bible anyway

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 whether the rest

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 of what I say

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 works that's another

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 matter but

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 2 Kings chapter

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 2 I want us to

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 listen to the

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 whole story

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 we're not going

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 to go through

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 it in detail

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 in our thinking

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 but having listened

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 to the story

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 I'm then going

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 to try and pick

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 up on four big

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 things that we

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 learned from what

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 happened on this

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 day long long

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 ago

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 alright follow

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 with me in 2

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 Kings chapter 2

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 from verse 1

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 I'm reading in the

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 ESV if your

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 translation is

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 significantly different

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 and you're puzzled

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 by that you can

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 ask me about that

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 later on

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 2 Kings chapter 2

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 from the top

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 now when the

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 Lord was about

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 to take Elijah

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 up to heaven

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 by a whirlwind

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 Elijah and

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 Elisha were on

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 their way from

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 Gilgal

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 just to insert

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 here this is the

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 first time that

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 Elisha has been

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 mentioned since the

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 account we looked

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 at last night in

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 1 Kings 19

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 that call

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 although we can

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 assume that

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 Elisha has been

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 with Elijah all

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 the time

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 we were told that

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 he became his

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 assistant

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 and so I think

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 Elisha has been

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 there he hasn't

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 been mentioned

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 but now he is

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 mentioned

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 verse 2

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 and Elijah said

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 to Elisha

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 please stay here

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 for the Lord

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 has sent me as

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 far as Bethel

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 but Elisha said

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 as the Lord

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 lives and as

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 you yourself

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 live I will

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 not leave you

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 so they went

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 down to Bethel

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 and the sons

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 of the prophets

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 who were in

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 Bethel came out

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 to Elisha

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 these sons of

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 the prophets

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 we're going to

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 hear a lot

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 more about

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 them

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 they seem to

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 have been

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 kind of

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 followers or

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 disciples of

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 Elijah and

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 Elisha in

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 various places

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 around the

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 countryside

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 well they came

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 out and they

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 said to

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 Elisha do

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 you know

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 that today

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 the Lord

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 will take

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 away your

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 master from

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 over you

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 and he said

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 yes I know

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 keep quiet

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 Elijah said

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 to him

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 Elisha please

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 stay here

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 for the Lord

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 has sent me

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 to Jericho

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 but he said

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 as the Lord

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 lives and as

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 you yourself

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 live I will

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 not leave you

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 so they came

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 to Jericho

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 the sons of

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 the prophets

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 who were at

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 Jericho drew

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 near to Elisha

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 and said to

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 him

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 do you

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 know that

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 today the

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 Lord will

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 take away

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 your master

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 from over

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 you

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 and he

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 answered

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 yes I

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 know

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 keep quiet

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 then Elijah

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 said to him

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 this is getting

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 a little bit

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 tedious isn't

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 it not

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 tedious it's

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 actually very

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 interesting but

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 it's getting

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 repetitive

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 then Elijah

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 said to him

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 please stay

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 here for

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 the Lord

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 has sent

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 me to

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 the Jordan

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 but he

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 said as

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 the Lord

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 lives and

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 as you

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 yourself

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 live I'm

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 not going

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 to leave

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 you so

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 the two

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 of them

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 went on

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 50 men

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 from the

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 sons of

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 the prophets

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 I think

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 the sons

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 of the

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 prophets

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 in Jericho

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 also went

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 and stood

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 at some

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 distance

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 from them

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 as they

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 both were

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 standing

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 by the

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 Jordan

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 there on

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 the west

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 side of

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 the Jordan

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 if you're

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 trying to

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 picture this

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 scene

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 and 50

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 men

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 watching

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 them

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 then Elijah

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 took his

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 cloak

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 you remember

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 that cloak

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 from last

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 night

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 and rolled

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 it up

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 and struck

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 the water

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 and the

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 water was

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 parted

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 to the

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 one side

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 and to

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 the other

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 until the

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 two of

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 them could

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 go over

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 on dry

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 ground

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 and when

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 they crossed

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 Elijah said

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 to Elisha

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 ask what I

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 shall do

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 for you

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 before I

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 am taken

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 from you

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 and Elisha

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 said

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 please

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 let there

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 be a

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 double

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 portion

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 of your

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 spirit

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 on me

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 and he

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 said

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 you've

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 asked a

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 hard

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 thing

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 yet

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 if you

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 see me

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 as I'm

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 being taken

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 from you

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 it shall

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 be so

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 for you

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 but if

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 you do

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 not see

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 me

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 it shall

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 not be

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 so

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 and as

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 they still

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 went on

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 and talked

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 behold

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 chariots

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 of fire

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 and horses

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 of fire

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 separated

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 the two

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 of them

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 and Elijah

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 went up

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 by a

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 whirlwind

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 into heaven

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 and Elisha

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 saw it

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 and he

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 cried

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 my father

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 my father

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 the chariot

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 of Israel

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 and its

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 horsemen

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 and he

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 saw him

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 no more

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 then he

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 took hold

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 of his

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 own clothes

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 and tore

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 them in

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 two pieces

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 and he

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 took up

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 the cloak

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 of Elijah

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 that had

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 fallen from

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 him

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 and went

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 back and

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 stood at

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 the bank

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 of the

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 Jordan

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 then he

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 took the

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 cloak of

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 Elijah

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 that had

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 fallen

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 from him

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 and struck

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 the water

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 saying

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 where is

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 the Lord

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 the God

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 of Elijah

00:11:00.900 --> 00:11:01.780
 and when

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 he had

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 struck

00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:02.780
 the water

00:11:02.780 --> 00:11:03.980
 the water

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 was parted

00:11:04.820 --> 00:11:05.639
 to the one

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 side and

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 to the other

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 and Elisha

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 went over

00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:12.080
 now when the

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 sons of the

00:11:12.560 --> 00:11:13.019
 prophets

00:11:13.019 --> 00:11:15.180
 who were at

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 Jericho

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 saw him

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 opposite them

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 this is the

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 50 men who'd

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 been watching

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 at a distance

00:11:20.220 --> 00:11:21.420
 they said

00:11:21.420 --> 00:11:22.940
 the spirit

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 of Elijah

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 rests on

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 Elisha

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 and they

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 came to

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 meet him

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 and bowed

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 down to

00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:30.960
 the ground

00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:31.779
 before him

00:11:31.779 --> 00:11:33.840
 and they

00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:34.220
 said to

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 him

00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:36.240
 behold

00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:36.779
 now

00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:38.240
 there are

00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:38.820
 with you

00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:40.500
 there are

00:11:40.500 --> 00:11:40.960
 with your

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 servants

00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:42.560
 50 strong

00:11:42.560 --> 00:11:42.980
 men

00:11:42.980 --> 00:11:44.180
 please let

00:11:44.180 --> 00:11:44.720
 them go

00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:45.300
 and seek

00:11:45.300 --> 00:11:46.139
 your master

00:11:46.139 --> 00:11:47.080
 Elijah

00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:48.720
 it may be

00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:49.080
 that the

00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:49.539
 spirit of

00:11:49.539 --> 00:11:50.259
 the Lord

00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:50.680
 has caught

00:11:50.680 --> 00:11:50.980
 him up

00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:51.480
 and cast

00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:51.800
 him on

00:11:51.800 --> 00:11:52.080
 some

00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:52.700
 mountain

00:11:52.700 --> 00:11:53.120
 or into

00:11:53.120 --> 00:11:53.420
 some

00:11:53.420 --> 00:11:53.779
 valley

00:11:53.779 --> 00:11:55.100
 and he

00:11:55.100 --> 00:11:55.439
 said

00:11:55.439 --> 00:11:56.740
 you shall

00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.019
 not

00:11:57.019 --> 00:11:57.379
 send

00:11:57.379 --> 00:11:59.879
 but when

00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:00.559
 they urged

00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:00.939
 him

00:12:00.939 --> 00:12:01.779
 till he

00:12:01.779 --> 00:12:02.459
 was ashamed

00:12:02.459 --> 00:12:03.100
 he said

00:12:03.100 --> 00:12:04.459
 send

00:12:04.459 --> 00:12:06.519
 they sent

00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:06.939
 therefore

00:12:06.939 --> 00:12:07.659
 50 men

00:12:07.659 --> 00:12:09.740
 and for

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 three days

00:12:10.699 --> 00:12:11.799
 they sought

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 him

00:12:12.079 --> 00:12:14.000
 but they

00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:14.600
 didn't find

00:12:14.600 --> 00:12:14.819
 him

00:12:14.819 --> 00:12:16.679
 and they

00:12:16.679 --> 00:12:17.259
 came back

00:12:17.259 --> 00:12:18.120
 to him

00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:18.860
 to Elisha

00:12:18.860 --> 00:12:19.759
 while he

00:12:19.759 --> 00:12:20.319
 was staying

00:12:20.319 --> 00:12:20.959
 at Jericho

00:12:20.959 --> 00:12:22.039
 and he

00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:22.480
 said to

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 them

00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:24.080
 didn't

00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:24.440
 I say

00:12:24.440 --> 00:12:24.820
 to you

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 do not

00:12:26.800 --> 00:12:27.140
 go

00:12:27.140 --> 00:12:33.840
 quite a

00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:34.120
 story

00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:34.340
 eh

00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:36.400
 quite an

00:12:36.400 --> 00:12:36.700
 event

00:12:36.700 --> 00:12:38.840
 I'm a

00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:38.980
 little

00:12:38.980 --> 00:12:39.460
 puzzled

00:12:39.460 --> 00:12:39.800
 that we're

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 not more

00:12:40.180 --> 00:12:40.520
 familiar

00:12:40.520 --> 00:12:40.940
 with it

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 I mean

00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:42.640
 it's not

00:12:42.640 --> 00:12:43.140
 an unknown

00:12:43.140 --> 00:12:43.420
 event

00:12:43.420 --> 00:12:43.700
 it's not

00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:44.020
 a really

00:12:44.020 --> 00:12:44.560
 obscure

00:12:44.560 --> 00:12:45.200
 event

00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:45.780
 in the

00:12:45.780 --> 00:12:46.879
 Bible

00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:48.220
 but such

00:12:48.220 --> 00:12:48.820
 a remarkable

00:12:48.820 --> 00:12:49.300
 event

00:12:49.300 --> 00:12:50.460
 it's not

00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:51.120
 one of the

00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:51.700
 top three

00:12:51.700 --> 00:12:52.120
 that you'd

00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:52.500
 think of

00:12:52.500 --> 00:12:53.200
 in the

00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:53.480
 Bible

00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:53.860
 events

00:12:53.860 --> 00:12:54.080
 you're

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 familiar

00:12:54.420 --> 00:12:54.860
 with

00:12:54.860 --> 00:12:57.360
 as the

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 chapter

00:12:57.620 --> 00:12:58.259
 begins

00:12:58.259 --> 00:12:58.980
 the time

00:12:58.980 --> 00:12:59.600
 had come

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 we're told

00:13:01.780 --> 00:13:03.940
 for Elijah

00:13:03.940 --> 00:13:04.580
 to depart

00:13:04.580 --> 00:13:05.060
 from this

00:13:05.060 --> 00:13:05.520
 world

00:13:05.520 --> 00:13:07.820
 it's quite a

00:13:07.820 --> 00:13:08.140
 moment

00:13:08.140 --> 00:13:10.080
 Elijah

00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:10.440
 if you've

00:13:10.440 --> 00:13:10.800
 been reading

00:13:10.800 --> 00:13:11.160
 the whole

00:13:11.160 --> 00:13:11.540
 story

00:13:11.540 --> 00:13:11.960
 Elijah

00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:12.400
 first

00:13:12.400 --> 00:13:12.820
 appeared

00:13:12.820 --> 00:13:13.560
 in this

00:13:13.560 --> 00:13:14.140
 account

00:13:14.140 --> 00:13:14.780
 in 1

00:13:14.780 --> 00:13:15.640
 Kings 17

00:13:15.640 --> 00:13:16.340
 verse 1

00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:16.820
 we noted

00:13:16.820 --> 00:13:17.440
 that last

00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:18.120
 night

00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:19.320
 in the

00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:19.700
 days

00:13:19.700 --> 00:13:20.019
 of that

00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:20.560
 dreadful

00:13:20.560 --> 00:13:21.000
 king

00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:21.759
 Ahab

00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:23.019
 and his

00:13:23.019 --> 00:13:23.980
 even more

00:13:23.980 --> 00:13:24.440
 dreadful

00:13:24.440 --> 00:13:24.919
 wife

00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:26.000
 Queen

00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:26.679
 Jezebel

00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:27.899
 and about

00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:28.679
 20 years

00:13:28.679 --> 00:13:29.379
 have passed

00:13:29.379 --> 00:13:30.399
 if you calculate

00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:30.779
 it out

00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:31.279
 it looks like

00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:32.120
 around about

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 20 years

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 can't work

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 it out

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 exactly

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 but there's

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 been about

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 20 years

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 Elijah has

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 been around

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 and Elijah

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 remember his

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 name

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 my God

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 is Yahweh

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 that's what

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 his name

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 means

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 he's been

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 a very

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 powerful

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 figure

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 in Israel's

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 history

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 the story

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 of Elijah

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 has been

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 exciting

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 and dramatic

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 but Elijah

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 as we're

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 going to

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 see

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 was actually

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 preparing

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 the way

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 for

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 Elisha

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 and

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 Elisha's

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 time

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 had come

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 see how

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 verse 1

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 says

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 the Lord

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 was about

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 to take

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 Elijah

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 up to

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 heaven

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 by a

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 whirlwind

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 now

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 the departure

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 of most

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 people from

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 this world

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 including

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 you and

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 me

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 time will

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 come

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 we presume

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 the departure

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 of most

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 people from

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 this world

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 means their

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 death

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 and usually

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 they're

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 buried

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 and for

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 obvious reasons

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 the Bible

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 often describes

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 this as

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 going down

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 in biblical

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 history up

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 to this point

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 there have

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 been just

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 two exceptions

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 or variations

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 from the

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 norm

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 in Genesis

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 5

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 do you

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 remember

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 there was

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 we read

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 Enoch

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 who the

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 text says

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 it's really

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 one of those

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 phrases in the

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 Bible

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 what does

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 that mean

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 it says

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 he was

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 not

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 for God

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 took him

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 whatever that

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 precisely means

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 it sounds

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 as though it was

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 a little bit

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 different to

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 most of us

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 then much

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 later

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 Moses

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 died

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 and was

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 buried

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 but apparently

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 not by

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 human hand

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 and we read

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 at the end

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 of the book

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 of Deuteronomy

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 that no one

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 knows the place

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 of his burial

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 to this day

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 so that was

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 a little bit

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 unusual

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 but 2 Kings

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 chapter 2

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 verse 1

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 anticipates

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 that Elijah's

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 departure

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 will surpass

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 in wonder

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 and mystery

00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:23.299
 the departures

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 of Enoch

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 and Moses

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 the Lord

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 was about

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 to take

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 Elijah

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 up

00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:29.360
 to heaven

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 by a whirlwind

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 and as we'll see

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 these words

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 are to be taken

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 quite literally

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 now I'm sure

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 as we read

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 the story

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 I wonder

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 if your mind

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 was sort of

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 going in

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 various directions

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 and thinking

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 of connections

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 to other

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 Bible events

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 that crossing

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 of the Jordan

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 River

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 on dry ground

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 well that was

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 just like

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 what happened

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 centuries earlier

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 in the days

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 of Joshua

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 when the Israelites

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 you remember

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 first entered

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 the promised land

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 indeed

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 if you get out

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 a Bible atlas

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 and it's a really

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 good idea

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 to have a Bible

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 atlas

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 or a good

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 Bible map

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 as you're reading

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 particularly

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 these Old Testament

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 stories

00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:13.139
 and following

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 the movements

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 because the

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 assumption

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 of the writer

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 is that the

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 first readers

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 of this

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 will know

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 the geography

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 most of us

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 don't

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 and so it's

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 worth getting

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 out a Bible

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 atlas

00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:23.759
 and seeing

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 where

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 and if you

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 follow the

00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:25.580
 movements

00:16:25.580 --> 00:16:26.200
 of Elijah

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 and Elisha

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 you'd see

00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.920
 that as they

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 moved eastwards

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 towards the

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 Jordan River

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 and across

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 the Jordan River

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 it looked as

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 though they

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 were following

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 the path

00:16:36.160 --> 00:16:37.200
 of Joshua

00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:38.360
 and the Israelites

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:40.019
 but in reverse

00:16:40.019 --> 00:16:41.379
 they were going

00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:41.960
 in the opposite

00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.580
 direction

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 it sort of

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.120
 almost looks

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 like it was

00:16:46.820 --> 00:16:47.240
 a picture

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.080
 of the judgment

00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:48.720
 that God

00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.460
 had warned

00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:50.000
 the people

00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.379
 that they

00:16:50.379 --> 00:16:51.440
 would suffer

00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:51.980
 of being

00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:52.840
 driven out

00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:53.220
 of the

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:54.080
 promised land

00:16:54.080 --> 00:16:55.659
 as

00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:56.399
 Joshua

00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:57.100
 sorry

00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.980
 as Elisha

00:16:57.980 --> 00:17:00.019
 and Elijah

00:17:00.019 --> 00:17:01.639
 take that

00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.240
 path

00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:03.620
 so strikingly

00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:04.360
 similar to the

00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:04.860
 entry of the

00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:05.440
 promised land

00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:06.860
 across to the

00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:08.380
 east

00:17:08.380 --> 00:17:10.799
 I think I'm

00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:11.259
 getting east

00:17:11.259 --> 00:17:11.600
 and west

00:17:11.600 --> 00:17:12.100
 mixed up

00:17:12.100 --> 00:17:12.519
 don't worry

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:12.860
 about it

00:17:12.860 --> 00:17:13.580
 if I've got

00:17:13.580 --> 00:17:13.940
 it wrong

00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:14.440
 just ignore

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 me

00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:16.759
 but then

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:18.059
 what happened

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:19.700
 Elisha

00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:21.720
 my God

00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:22.480
 saves

00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:23.580
 came back

00:17:23.580 --> 00:17:25.880
 now without

00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:26.460
 Elijah

00:17:26.460 --> 00:17:28.180
 and it was

00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:29.500
 a kind of

00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:30.500
 return to

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.019
 the promised

00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:31.360
 land

00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:31.799
 it was a

00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:32.640
 kind of

00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:33.400
 picture of

00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:33.920
 redemption

00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:35.100
 now that's

00:17:35.100 --> 00:17:35.920
 important for

00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:36.860
 understanding the

00:17:36.860 --> 00:17:37.740
 significance of

00:17:37.740 --> 00:17:38.400
 Elijah

00:17:38.400 --> 00:17:39.779
 my God

00:17:39.779 --> 00:17:40.380
 is Yahweh

00:17:40.380 --> 00:17:41.600
 and Elisha

00:17:41.600 --> 00:17:42.700
 my God

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.480
 saves for the

00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:43.960
 Old Testament

00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:44.500
 people of

00:17:44.500 --> 00:17:44.900
 Israel

00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.779
 but I want to

00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.140
 draw your

00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:46.900
 attention to

00:17:46.900 --> 00:17:47.700
 some other

00:17:47.700 --> 00:17:48.360
 connections

00:17:48.360 --> 00:17:51.360
 Elisha

00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:53.180
 and Jesus

00:17:53.180 --> 00:17:55.660
 it's interesting

00:17:55.660 --> 00:17:56.380
 to me that

00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:58.759
 after Elijah's

00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.420
 remarkable

00:17:59.420 --> 00:18:00.060
 departure

00:18:00.060 --> 00:18:01.140
 in 2 Kings

00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:02.000
 chapter 2

00:18:02.000 --> 00:18:02.980
 we find

00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:04.000
 almost no

00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.740
 mention of

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.000
 him

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.599
 throughout

00:18:05.599 --> 00:18:06.180
 the whole

00:18:06.180 --> 00:18:06.680
 of the rest

00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:06.960
 of the

00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:07.579
 Old Testament

00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:08.880
 until

00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:10.500
 the very

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:11.700
 last words

00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:12.059
 of the

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 last book

00:18:12.859 --> 00:18:13.339
 in our

00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:14.019
 Old Testament

00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.119
 at the end

00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:15.480
 of the book

00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:15.960
 of the prophet

00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:16.440
 Malachi

00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:17.599
 we hear God's

00:18:17.599 --> 00:18:18.180
 promise that

00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:18.980
 goes like this

00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.839
 so right at the

00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:20.279
 end of our

00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.359
 Old Testaments

00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:22.400
 behold

00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:24.039
 I will send

00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.940
 you Elijah

00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:26.140
 the prophet

00:18:26.140 --> 00:18:27.799
 before the

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.380
 great and

00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:29.160
 awesome day

00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:29.720
 of the Lord

00:18:29.720 --> 00:18:30.460
 comes

00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:32.680
 and as

00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.259
 Elijah

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:35.019
 with his

00:18:35.019 --> 00:18:36.700
 message of

00:18:36.700 --> 00:18:37.180
 judgment

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:39.539
 was preparing

00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.299
 the way for

00:18:40.299 --> 00:18:40.819
 what God

00:18:40.819 --> 00:18:41.380
 was going to

00:18:41.380 --> 00:18:41.940
 do through

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.900
 Elisha

00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:44.799
 so God

00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.360
 is going to

00:18:45.360 --> 00:18:46.079
 send a new

00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:46.819
 Elijah

00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:48.660
 to prepare

00:18:48.660 --> 00:18:49.480
 the way for

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.620
 the fulfilment

00:18:50.620 --> 00:18:51.880
 of God's

00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.339
 purposes

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:53.319
 the great and

00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:54.079
 awesome day

00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:54.799
 of the Lord

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:56.879
 well Elijah

00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:57.599
 sorry

00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:58.519
 I'm getting

00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.039
 all muddled

00:18:59.039 --> 00:18:59.259
 up

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.680
 this is

00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.180
 Saturday

00:19:00.180 --> 00:19:00.579
 morning

00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.079
 I'm as

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 bad as

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 I was

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 on Friday

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 night

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 it was

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 about

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 450

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 years

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.839
 later

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 after

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 Malachi

00:19:09.419 --> 00:19:10.919
 that

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 John the

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 Baptist

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 made his

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 public

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 appearance

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 in the

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 vicinity

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 of the

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 events

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 that we're

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 reading

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 about

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 in

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 2

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 Kings

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 chapter

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 2

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 and

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 John the

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 Baptist

00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.139
 when he

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 appeared

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 he was

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 clothed

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 like

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 Elijah

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 and he

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 was

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 preaching

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 repent

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 for the

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 kingdom

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 of heaven

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 is at

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 hand

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 he

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 looked

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 like

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 and he

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 sounded

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 like

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 Elijah

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 and the

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 New

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 Testament

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 tells us

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 that he

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 was the

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 promised

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 new

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 Elijah

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 who was

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 preparing

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 the way

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 for the

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 one who

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 would come

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 after him

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 and the

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 one who

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 came after

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 John the

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 Baptist

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:46.940
 was of

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 course

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 Jesus

00:19:48.360 --> 00:19:50.500
 now I'm

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 sorry

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 making all

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.420
 these

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 connections

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 I hope

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 you can

00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.519
 keep up

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 with this

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 but I

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 find it

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 all

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 interesting

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 it's

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 true

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 that I

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 find

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 some

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 things

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 interesting

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 that other

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 people don't

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 find interesting

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 but I'm

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 hoping I can

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 engage you

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 with this

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 Jesus'

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 name

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 is like

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 Elisha's

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 name

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 do you

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 remember

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 Elisha

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 means

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 my God

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 saves

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 Jesus

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 follow these

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 little technical

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 details

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 Jesus is

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 the Greek

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 for

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 Joshua

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 so

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 Jesus'

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 name

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 was

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 in Hebrew

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 Jesus'

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 name

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 was

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 Joshua

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 and Joshua

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 means

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 Yahweh

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 saves

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 Jesus

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 was given

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 this name

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 you remember

00:20:30.399 --> 00:20:30.819
 by the

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 angel who

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 visited

00:20:31.659 --> 00:20:32.019
 Mary

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 because he

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 will save

00:20:33.700 --> 00:20:35.359
 his people

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:36.019
 from their

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 sins

00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:38.720
 now I don't

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.259
 want to explore

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.940
 this in further

00:20:39.940 --> 00:20:41.059
 detail just now

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:42.000
 but we should be

00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:42.659
 aware that

00:20:42.659 --> 00:20:43.960
 as with the

00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:44.519
 Old Testament

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.159
 generally

00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:46.940
 we read

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.419
 and we

00:20:47.419 --> 00:20:47.879
 listen

00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:49.039
 to what the

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.539
 Old Testament

00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.440
 teaches us

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 aware that

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:51.839
 what we

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.480
 learn from

00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.339
 these pages

00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:53.799
 has

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.759
 important

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.480
 connections

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.619
 to even

00:20:56.619 --> 00:20:57.279
 more

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.019
 amazing

00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.659
 events

00:20:58.659 --> 00:20:59.920
 concerning

00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.339
 Jesus

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:00.879
 Christ

00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:01.599
 now we're

00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:01.759
 going to

00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.099
 come back

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.399
 to that

00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:04.500
 back to the

00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:05.299
 story in

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.659
 2 Kings 2

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:08.120
 I'd like to

00:21:08.120 --> 00:21:08.480
 think about

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.000
 what happened

00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.360
 but I'm

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:09.660
 going to do

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.320
 it backwards

00:21:10.320 --> 00:21:11.440
 you can cope

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:11.700
 with that

00:21:11.700 --> 00:21:12.380
 just to be

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:12.840
 different and

00:21:12.840 --> 00:21:13.259
 keep you on

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:14.160
 your toes

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.019
 on a Saturday

00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.500
 morning

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:17.200
 I'd like to

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:17.620
 think a little

00:21:17.620 --> 00:21:18.320
 bit about how

00:21:18.320 --> 00:21:19.040
 the story that

00:21:19.040 --> 00:21:19.700
 we just read

00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.600
 ends

00:21:20.600 --> 00:21:22.380
 remember there

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:23.040
 were 50

00:21:23.040 --> 00:21:24.779
 sons of the

00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:25.420
 prophets from

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.080
 Jericho

00:21:26.080 --> 00:21:28.340
 who I have

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:28.940
 suggested I

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.420
 think they were

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.779
 disciples of

00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.740
 Elijah and

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.420
 Elisha that

00:21:32.420 --> 00:21:33.460
 seems to fit with

00:21:33.460 --> 00:21:34.100
 what we're told

00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:34.680
 about them

00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:35.840
 and they'd

00:21:35.840 --> 00:21:36.500
 been watching

00:21:36.500 --> 00:21:36.980
 from a

00:21:36.980 --> 00:21:37.560
 distance

00:21:37.560 --> 00:21:39.759
 as Elijah

00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.420
 and Elisha

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.019
 crossed the

00:21:41.019 --> 00:21:41.380
 Jordan

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:43.019
 going eastwards

00:21:43.019 --> 00:21:43.420
 I think I've

00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.799
 got it right

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.320
 this time

00:21:44.320 --> 00:21:46.500
 the spectacular

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.279
 event that

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.980
 took place

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:49.039
 on the east

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.840
 side of the

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.580
 Jordan River

00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:52.039
 was beyond

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.600
 their sight

00:21:52.600 --> 00:21:53.060
 they didn't

00:21:53.060 --> 00:21:53.580
 see it

00:21:53.580 --> 00:21:55.060
 and then

00:21:55.060 --> 00:21:55.799
 they saw

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:57.299
 Elisha return

00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:58.000
 across the

00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.600
 Jordan on

00:21:58.600 --> 00:21:59.180
 his own

00:21:59.180 --> 00:22:00.420
 and they drew

00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.100
 the conclusion

00:22:01.100 --> 00:22:02.140
 that Elisha

00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:03.000
 had succeeded

00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:03.860
 their master

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.859
 and their

00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:05.259
 teacher

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.919
 Elijah

00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.519
 you can see

00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:06.939
 that in

00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:07.819
 verse 15

00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:10.519
 what did

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.240
 they think

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:12.039
 had happened

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:13.039
 to Elijah

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:14.179
 because they

00:22:14.179 --> 00:22:14.639
 didn't see

00:22:14.639 --> 00:22:15.199
 what happened

00:22:15.199 --> 00:22:16.740
 but they saw

00:22:16.740 --> 00:22:17.500
 Elisha come

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.059
 back on his

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.399
 own

00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:19.379
 they knew

00:22:19.379 --> 00:22:19.979
 from earlier

00:22:19.979 --> 00:22:20.479
 in the story

00:22:20.479 --> 00:22:21.059
 they knew

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.439
 that the

00:22:21.439 --> 00:22:21.839
 Lord was

00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:22.179
 going to

00:22:22.179 --> 00:22:23.019
 take Elijah

00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.639
 away

00:22:23.639 --> 00:22:25.379
 and that

00:22:25.379 --> 00:22:26.679
 had evidently

00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:27.599
 now happened

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.079
 but how

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.439
 had it

00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:28.759
 happened

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:30.459
 perhaps they

00:22:30.459 --> 00:22:30.839
 thought he

00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.439
 died

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:33.539
 or

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:34.600
 perhaps they

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.259
 thought that

00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.000
 Elijah had

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.700
 been whisked

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.539
 away somewhere

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.920
 as was

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.539
 rumoured to

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.039
 have happened

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.840
 before with

00:22:40.840 --> 00:22:41.299
 Elijah

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.039
 Elijah kept

00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:42.640
 disappearing

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.279
 all the time

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.740
 and people

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.900
 had theories

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.420
 as to what

00:22:45.420 --> 00:22:45.860
 was happening

00:22:45.860 --> 00:22:46.200
 to him

00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.580
 right through

00:22:46.580 --> 00:22:47.120
 his life

00:22:47.120 --> 00:22:48.360
 but they

00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:48.940
 now say

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.580
 to Elisha

00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:49.860
 you see

00:22:49.860 --> 00:22:50.559
 verse 16

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.400
 behold now

00:22:51.400 --> 00:22:51.860
 they say

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.700
 to Elisha

00:22:52.700 --> 00:22:53.500
 behold now

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.360
 there are

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.960
 with your

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.440
 servants

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.440
 50 strong

00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.779
 men

00:22:56.779 --> 00:23:00.059
 please let

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.660
 them go

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.379
 and seek

00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:02.240
 your master

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.879
 Elijah

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:04.119
 it may be

00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:04.480
 that the

00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:04.920
 spirit of

00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:05.220
 the Lord

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.660
 has caught

00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:05.980
 him up

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.399
 and cast

00:23:06.399 --> 00:23:06.720
 him down

00:23:06.720 --> 00:23:07.079
 on some

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.399
 mountain

00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:07.960
 or valley

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:09.200
 somewhere

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.559
 now I

00:23:10.559 --> 00:23:10.980
 imagine

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.440
 that these

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:11.879
 50 are

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.599
 not necessarily

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:13.279
 thinking all

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.940
 that clearly

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:15.440
 but they

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:17.279
 were perplexed

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:19.180
 and they

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.720
 were perplexed

00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:20.099
 about what

00:23:20.099 --> 00:23:20.680
 they'd seen

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.200
 they'd been

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.399
 perplexed

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:22.799
 about what

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.139
 they were

00:23:23.139 --> 00:23:23.460
 to do

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:23.839
 they were

00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.359
 bewildered

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:24.819
 by what

00:23:24.819 --> 00:23:25.379
 they had

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:26.240
 not seen

00:23:26.240 --> 00:23:27.599
 and they

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:27.980
 had an

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.680
 understandable

00:23:28.680 --> 00:23:29.140
 I think

00:23:29.140 --> 00:23:29.400
 even

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.160
 commendable

00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:30.980
 desire

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.400
 to go

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.079
 and find

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.380
 their

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:33.000
 esteemed

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.640
 master

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.779
 whether

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.099
 he was

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.799
 still alive

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.519
 or dead

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:38.079
 they didn't

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.700
 want him

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.200
 left

00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:40.519
 in the

00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.859
 hills

00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.259
 across

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.480
 the

00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:41.900
 Jordan

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:43.599
 well

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:43.940
 imagine

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.160
 their

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:44.740
 confusion

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:46.279
 when

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.539
 their

00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:46.880
 new

00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:47.339
 master

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:47.759
 rather

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.400
 abruptly

00:23:48.400 --> 00:23:49.079
 rejected

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.380
 their

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.039
 proposal

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.839
 it's in

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.380
 verse 16

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:51.759
 again

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.880
 and Elisha

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:53.220
 said

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.140
 you shall

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:54.400
 not

00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:54.680
 sin

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:56.299
 don't

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.799
 do it

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:59.299
 now of

00:23:59.299 --> 00:23:59.500
 course

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.340
 Elisha

00:24:00.340 --> 00:24:00.840
 knew

00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:02.060
 that

00:24:02.060 --> 00:24:02.460
 sending

00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:02.720
 out

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:02.880
 a

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.140
 search

00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:03.519
 party

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:03.779
 was

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.240
 pointless

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:06.000
 but I

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.480
 suspect

00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:06.799
 that he

00:24:06.799 --> 00:24:07.920
 felt

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.240
 sort of

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.720
 unable

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.380
 to tell

00:24:09.380 --> 00:24:10.580
 the

00:24:10.580 --> 00:24:10.980
 sons of

00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.120
 the

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.519
 prophets

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.500
 what had

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.840
 actually

00:24:12.840 --> 00:24:13.160
 happened

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:13.500
 to his

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:13.860
 master

00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.100
 I mean

00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.860
 how would

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.360
 you describe

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.100
 it

00:24:16.100 --> 00:24:17.519
 even the

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.200
 writer

00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.680
 here

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.000
 who's

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.299
 writing

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.480
 it

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:19.980
 sometime

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.519
 later

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.259
 with the

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.980
 calmness

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:23.160
 of a

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.480
 time

00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.099
 having

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.640
 passed

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.220
 he can

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.440
 only

00:24:25.440 --> 00:24:25.900
 describe

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.019
 it

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.140
 in

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.380
 one

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.920
 verse

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.779
 this

00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:28.460
 spectacular

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.920
 thing

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.079
 that

00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.480
 happened

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.039
 there's

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.579
 only one

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:30.880
 verse

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.160
 given

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:31.660
 to it

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.680
 but I'm

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:32.900
 sure

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.180
 that

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:34.299
 Elisha

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.759
 was still

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.120
 rather

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.960
 overwrought

00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:37.180
 by what

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.339
 had

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.700
 happened

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.360
 what

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:38.559
 he'd

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.000
 seen

00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:40.200
 and hence

00:24:40.200 --> 00:24:40.680
 his rather

00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.059
 brusque

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.400
 words

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:42.519
 no don't

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:42.900
 don't

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:43.279
 do it

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:45.360
 now

00:24:45.360 --> 00:24:46.079
 you notice

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.500
 if you read

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:46.860
 carefully

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.220
 that the

00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.559
 sons of

00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:47.960
 the prophets

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.339
 they

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:49.099
 accepted

00:24:49.099 --> 00:24:49.819
 Elisha's

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.019
 new

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.640
 authority

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.920
 they

00:24:51.920 --> 00:24:52.259
 didn't

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.520
 feel

00:24:52.520 --> 00:24:52.800
 free

00:24:52.800 --> 00:24:53.020
 to

00:24:53.020 --> 00:24:53.300
 act

00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:53.600
 without

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:53.900
 his

00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:54.400
 permission

00:24:54.400 --> 00:24:55.360
 but

00:24:55.360 --> 00:24:55.840
 at the

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.060
 same

00:24:56.060 --> 00:24:56.400
 time

00:24:56.400 --> 00:24:56.560
 they

00:24:56.560 --> 00:24:56.660
 were

00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:56.860
 not

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.340
 comfortable

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:57.780
 with

00:24:57.780 --> 00:24:58.020
 this

00:24:58.020 --> 00:24:58.560
 refusal

00:24:58.560 --> 00:24:59.100
 don't

00:24:59.100 --> 00:24:59.300
 do

00:24:59.300 --> 00:24:59.500
 it

00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:01.080
 I

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.280
 wonder

00:25:01.280 --> 00:25:01.520
 whether

00:25:01.520 --> 00:25:01.780
 they

00:25:01.780 --> 00:25:02.360
 suspected

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.740
 that

00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.200
 perhaps

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:04.000
 Elisha's

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.480
 judgment

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:04.800
 was

00:25:04.800 --> 00:25:05.340
 impaired

00:25:05.340 --> 00:25:05.980
 by his

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.480
 grief

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.180
 he's

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:07.280
 not

00:25:07.280 --> 00:25:07.540
 he's

00:25:07.540 --> 00:25:07.720
 not

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.040
 thinking

00:25:08.040 --> 00:25:08.540
 clearly

00:25:08.540 --> 00:25:10.100
 what

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:10.600
 possible

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:11.259
 justification

00:25:11.259 --> 00:25:11.820
 could

00:25:11.820 --> 00:25:12.020
 there

00:25:12.020 --> 00:25:12.340
 be

00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:12.580
 for

00:25:12.580 --> 00:25:12.920
 not

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.400
 sending

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:13.640
 a

00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:13.940
 search

00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:14.280
 party

00:25:14.280 --> 00:25:14.580
 out

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:14.980
 to

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.360
 find

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:15.900
 Elijah

00:25:15.900 --> 00:25:16.240
 or

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.480
 his

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.880
 body

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:18.120
 and so

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.320
 verse

00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:18.700
 17

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:18.900
 you've

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.120
 got this

00:25:19.120 --> 00:25:19.780
 rather strange

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.200
 description

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.639
 but when

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:20.859
 they

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:21.259
 urged

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.599
 him

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.539
 until

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.240
 he was

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.859
 ashamed

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:25.039
 he said

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:26.160
 okay

00:25:26.160 --> 00:25:27.319
 send

00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:30.500
 they pressed

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.799
 him

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:33.200
 to authorise

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.940
 a search

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:35.660
 until

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:37.000
 apparently

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.579
 he felt

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:37.960
 he couldn't

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.319
 go on

00:25:38.319 --> 00:25:38.759
 refusing

00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.160
 it was

00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:39.579
 becoming

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.180
 embarrassing

00:25:40.180 --> 00:25:42.120
 presumably

00:25:42.120 --> 00:25:43.580
 because

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:44.420
 Elisha

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:44.759
 found

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.180
 himself

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.620
 unable

00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:45.840
 to

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.400
 explain

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.799
 the

00:25:46.799 --> 00:25:47.240
 reason

00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:47.539
 for

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.779
 his

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.360
 refusal

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:50.519
 what

00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:50.680
 had

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:51.039
 happened

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:52.580
 I'll

00:25:52.580 --> 00:25:53.000
 describe

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.299
 it as

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.480
 the

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.080
 ascension

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.400
 of

00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.000
 Elisha

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.299
 that's

00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.440
 the

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:55.700
 right

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:55.980
 kind

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.080
 of

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.420
 language

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.660
 I

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:56.960
 think

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:58.000
 it's

00:25:58.000 --> 00:25:58.140
 not

00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:58.279
 the

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.539
 kind

00:25:58.539 --> 00:25:58.660
 of

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:58.960
 event

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.120
 you

00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.259
 could

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.539
 easily

00:25:59.539 --> 00:25:59.900
 take

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.100
 in

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.320
 let

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:00.560
 alone

00:26:00.560 --> 00:26:01.080
 explain

00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:01.259
 to

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.539
 anyone

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.080
 else

00:26:02.080 --> 00:26:03.340
 the

00:26:03.340 --> 00:26:03.740
 heavenly

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.340
 world

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.620
 had

00:26:04.620 --> 00:26:05.220
 invaded

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:06.640
 the

00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.079
 world

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.420
 with

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:07.640
 which

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:07.799
 we

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.059
 think

00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.299
 we're

00:26:08.299 --> 00:26:08.720
 familiar

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.860
 the

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:10.299
 Lord

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.559
 had

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.180
 taken

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:12.299
 Elijah

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.279
 up

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:13.480
 to

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.819
 heaven

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.120
 how

00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:14.360
 could

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.900
 Elisha

00:26:14.900 --> 00:26:15.480
 explain

00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:15.839
 that

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.660
 to

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:16.839
 the

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.100
 sons

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.240
 of

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.360
 the

00:26:17.360 --> 00:26:17.720
 prophets

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.640
 I

00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:19.880
 find

00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:20.220
 myself

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.600
 thinking

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:22.380
 of

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:22.799
 Jesus

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.559
 attempts

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:23.860
 to

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.339
 explain

00:26:24.339 --> 00:26:24.519
 to

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.779
 his

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.360
 disciples

00:26:25.360 --> 00:26:26.559
 what

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.759
 was

00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.039
 about

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.240
 to

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.460
 happen

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.680
 to

00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:27.960
 him

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.160
 you

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.440
 remember

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.759
 at

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.000
 one

00:26:29.000 --> 00:26:29.339
 level

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:29.640
 his

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:29.960
 words

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:30.120
 were

00:26:30.120 --> 00:26:30.420
 plain

00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:30.860
 enough

00:26:30.860 --> 00:26:31.680
 remember

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.019
 Jesus

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.420
 said

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.620
 and

00:26:32.620 --> 00:26:32.799
 there

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:32.900
 are

00:26:32.900 --> 00:26:32.980
 a

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.120
 number

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.259
 of

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.660
 occasions

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:33.860
 when

00:26:33.860 --> 00:26:33.960
 he

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.140
 said

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.400
 something

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:34.660
 like

00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:34.839
 this

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:35.019
 this

00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:35.339
 from

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:35.660
 Mark

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:35.960
 chapter

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.420
 9

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:36.940
 the

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.200
 son

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.400
 of

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:37.720
 man

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:37.920
 is

00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:38.160
 going

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.299
 to

00:26:38.299 --> 00:26:38.460
 be

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.819
 delivered

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.100
 into

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.299
 the

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.620
 hands

00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:39.799
 of

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.039
 men

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.240
 they

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:40.460
 will

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.779
 kill

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.160
 him

00:26:41.160 --> 00:26:41.860
 and

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.059
 when

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.240
 he

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:42.400
 is

00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:42.700
 killed

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.019
 after

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:43.339
 three

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:43.700
 days

00:26:43.700 --> 00:26:43.839
 he

00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.019
 will

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.759
 rise

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:46.220
 rise

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.700
 what

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:47.819
 does

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.019
 that

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.380
 mean

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:49.860
 the

00:26:49.860 --> 00:26:50.319
 disciples

00:26:50.319 --> 00:26:50.700
 couldn't

00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.400
 understand

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.759
 and

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:52.920
 we

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.200
 read

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.360
 that

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:53.519
 they

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:53.660
 were

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.079
 afraid

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.319
 to

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.700
 ask

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:54.940
 him

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.100
 it

00:26:56.100 --> 00:26:56.279
 was

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.500
 really

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:56.860
 quite

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.259
 beyond

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.620
 them

00:26:57.620 --> 00:27:00.279
 but

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.920
 Elisha

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:02.400
 was

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.920
 unable

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:03.380
 to

00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:04.039
 persist

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.360
 in

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.199
 his refusal

00:27:05.199 --> 00:27:05.899
 to allow

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.399
 a search

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:06.759
 party

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.119
 to go

00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:08.179
 out

00:27:08.179 --> 00:27:08.599
 so he

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:09.099
 relented

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:10.579
 he said

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.599
 send

00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:13.219
 they

00:27:13.219 --> 00:27:13.759
 therefore

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:15.179
 verse 17

00:27:15.179 --> 00:27:17.079
 sent

00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:18.439
 50 men

00:27:18.439 --> 00:27:20.099
 and for

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.059
 three days

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:23.019
 they sought

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.659
 Elijah

00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:25.959
 but of course

00:27:25.959 --> 00:27:26.339
 they didn't

00:27:26.339 --> 00:27:26.879
 find him

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:28.399
 it was

00:27:28.399 --> 00:27:28.719
 mission

00:27:28.719 --> 00:27:29.299
 impossible

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:31.079
 the search

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.679
 party would

00:27:31.679 --> 00:27:32.079
 have crossed

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:32.599
 the Jordan

00:27:32.599 --> 00:27:32.959
 river

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.539
 close to

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.039
 the spot

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.480
 where

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.960
 Elijah

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.160
 and

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.680
 Elisha

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:35.900
 had

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.319
 crossed

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.700
 I think

00:27:37.700 --> 00:27:38.220
 their feet

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:38.480
 would have

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.880
 been a little

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.559
 bit more

00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:39.920
 damp

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:41.759
 but then

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.240
 they would

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.480
 have

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:43.000
 fanned

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:43.380
 out

00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:44.860
 to search

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.319
 through the

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.660
 hills

00:27:45.660 --> 00:27:46.000
 and the

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.319
 valleys

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.799
 for any

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.259
 sign

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:48.240
 of

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.759
 Elijah

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:50.240
 50

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.740
 strong

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.079
 men

00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:53.059
 on the

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.480
 move

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.940
 for three

00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.539
 days

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:57.180
 from dawn

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.420
 till

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.019
 dusk

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.980
 they

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.359
 would have

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.680
 covered

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.119
 a lot

00:28:00.119 --> 00:28:00.259
 of

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.759
 territory

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.940
 particularly

00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.639
 as they

00:28:02.639 --> 00:28:03.160
 were searching

00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.660
 for something

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:04.339
 as large

00:28:04.339 --> 00:28:04.960
 and visible

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:05.720
 as a human

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.119
 body

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:08.180
 and to

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.379
 their

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:09.019
 surprise

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:10.339
 and their

00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:11.000
 puzzlement

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.759
 they're not

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.299
 out we're not

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:13.079
 puzzled but they

00:28:13.079 --> 00:28:13.500
 would have been

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.579
 puzzled they did

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.559
 not find him

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.099
 well of course

00:28:16.099 --> 00:28:16.759
 they didn't

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:18.879
 we might say

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:20.259
 he is not

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.639
 here

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:23.080
 just as

00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:23.640
 surely as

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:23.960
 they did

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.520
 not find

00:28:24.520 --> 00:28:25.000
 the body

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.540
 of Jesus

00:28:25.540 --> 00:28:26.020
 in the

00:28:26.020 --> 00:28:26.300
 tomb

00:28:26.300 --> 00:28:26.840
 on Easter

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.280
 day

00:28:27.280 --> 00:28:29.220
 they would

00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:29.759
 not find

00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.160
 the body

00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.840
 of Elijah

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:32.100
 on the

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.480
 hills

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.000
 or in the

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.380
 valleys

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.040
 across the

00:28:34.040 --> 00:28:34.400
 Jordan

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:35.759
 he's not

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.140
 here

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:39.000
 well the

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.560
 search party

00:28:39.560 --> 00:28:40.180
 returned

00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:41.180
 to Elisha

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:43.080
 who was

00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:43.700
 waiting for

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.060
 them in

00:28:44.060 --> 00:28:44.620
 Jericho

00:28:44.620 --> 00:28:46.020
 verse 18

00:28:46.020 --> 00:28:47.860
 they had

00:28:47.860 --> 00:28:48.280
 nothing to

00:28:48.280 --> 00:28:48.700
 show for

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.360
 their search

00:28:49.359 --> 00:28:51.819
 and Elisha

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:52.240
 said to

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.059
 them in

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.619
 verse 18

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:54.019
 did I

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.500
 not say

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:55.000
 to you

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.659
 do not

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:56.979
 go

00:28:56.979 --> 00:29:00.299
 one of the

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.740
 interesting

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.279
 things as

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.619
 you read

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.079
 the Bible

00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:02.359
 and you

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:02.579
 read

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:03.219
 conversations

00:29:03.219 --> 00:29:03.679
 is to

00:29:03.679 --> 00:29:04.059
 try and

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:04.339
 imagine

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:04.719
 what was

00:29:04.719 --> 00:29:05.359
 the tone

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.939
 how did

00:29:06.939 --> 00:29:07.240
 he say

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.519
 that I

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:09.199
 don't think

00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:09.539
 it was

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.959
 I told

00:29:09.959 --> 00:29:10.439
 you so

00:29:10.439 --> 00:29:11.859
 I don't

00:29:11.859 --> 00:29:12.099
 think it

00:29:12.099 --> 00:29:12.599
 was that

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:14.179
 but he

00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:14.879
 was reminding

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.399
 them that

00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:15.779
 he had

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.479
 known all

00:29:16.479 --> 00:29:17.000
 along

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:18.879
 that a

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.160
 search

00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:19.580
 party

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.260
 was not

00:29:20.260 --> 00:29:20.920
 necessary

00:29:20.920 --> 00:29:23.080
 now we

00:29:23.080 --> 00:29:23.520
 don't know

00:29:23.520 --> 00:29:23.820
 whether

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.680
 Elisha

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.360
 now made

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:26.020
 some attempt

00:29:26.020 --> 00:29:27.060
 to explain

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:28.220
 to the

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:28.620
 sons of

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.140
 the prophets

00:29:29.140 --> 00:29:30.280
 and to

00:29:30.280 --> 00:29:30.760
 the search

00:29:30.760 --> 00:29:31.240
 team

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:32.600
 why it

00:29:32.600 --> 00:29:33.120
 was

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:34.320
 that they

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.720
 had not

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.100
 found

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.660
 Elijah

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:37.240
 and how

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:37.800
 he had

00:29:37.800 --> 00:29:38.540
 known all

00:29:38.540 --> 00:29:39.180
 along that

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.960
 they wouldn't

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:41.720
 they were a

00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:42.320
 bit like the

00:29:42.320 --> 00:29:43.240
 disciples of

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:44.080
 Jesus on

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:45.040
 Easter morning

00:29:45.040 --> 00:29:46.400
 cast your

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.820
 mind back

00:29:46.819 --> 00:29:47.179
 then they

00:29:47.179 --> 00:29:47.859
 had one

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:49.679
 vital piece

00:29:49.679 --> 00:29:50.480
 of information

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:52.319
 the tomb

00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.919
 was empty

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:55.379
 the body

00:29:55.379 --> 00:29:56.039
 of Elijah

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.960
 was nowhere

00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.740
 to be found

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:59.220
 but that

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.819
 didn't tell

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.240
 them what

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.720
 had happened

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:02.139
 and when

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.759
 they eventually

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.859
 learnt what

00:30:03.859 --> 00:30:04.419
 had happened

00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:05.399
 they could

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.319
 understand that

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.639
 it was this

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.539
 kind of event

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:10.240
 he is not

00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:10.559
 here

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:14.919
 the ascension

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:15.879
 of Elijah

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:18.759
 I'll get

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.159
 this sorted

00:30:19.159 --> 00:30:19.759
 out by the

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:20.079
 end of the

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.599
 weekend I

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:20.879
 promise

00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.819
 the ascension

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.599
 of Elijah

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:26.000
 takes its

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.759
 place with a

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.379
 small number

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:27.819
 of other

00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.539
 events in the

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.019
 history of

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.619
 this world

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.359
 recorded in

00:30:30.359 --> 00:30:30.879
 the Bible

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:32.679
 most importantly

00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.480
 the resurrection

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.159
 and ascension

00:30:34.159 --> 00:30:34.740
 of Jesus

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.879
 that tell us

00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.899
 that the

00:30:36.899 --> 00:30:37.519
 Bible's

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:37.859
 message

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:39.659
 is a great

00:30:39.659 --> 00:30:40.500
 deal more

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.399
 than a

00:30:41.399 --> 00:30:41.899
 philosophy

00:30:41.899 --> 00:30:42.619
 of life

00:30:42.619 --> 00:30:45.419
 the Bible's

00:30:45.419 --> 00:30:46.059
 message is

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.919
 a great deal

00:30:46.919 --> 00:30:47.599
 more than a

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.059
 kind of

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.719
 you know

00:30:48.719 --> 00:30:49.279
 how to live

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.079
 a good life

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.959
 message

00:30:50.959 --> 00:30:53.359
 in time

00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:54.459
 and space

00:30:54.459 --> 00:30:55.740
 the heavenly

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.599
 world has

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.719
 impacted this

00:30:57.719 --> 00:30:58.299
 world

00:30:58.299 --> 00:31:00.399
 world

00:31:00.399 --> 00:31:01.099
 the real

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.619
 world

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.379
 is bigger

00:31:02.379 --> 00:31:04.240
 than this

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.740
 world

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:07.319
 well let's

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:07.839
 take a

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.879
 closer look

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.259
 for a few

00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:09.639
 minutes

00:31:09.639 --> 00:31:11.200
 at what

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.659
 happened

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:13.180
 on the

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.919
 east side

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.220
 of the

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.579
 Jordan

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:14.980
 that the

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.319
 sons of

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.720
 the prophets

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.319
 were unable

00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:16.740
 to see

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.019
 it was

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.319
 beyond

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.559
 their

00:31:17.559 --> 00:31:18.159
 gaze

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:21.180
 there had

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.559
 been

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.200
 we just

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.559
 go back

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.919
 to verse

00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.180
 nine

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.599
 I'm reading

00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:24.059
 the passage

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.500
 backwards

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:24.859
 because I've

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.240
 got tired

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.559
 of reading

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.079
 forwards

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:27.500
 go back

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.859
 to verse

00:31:27.859 --> 00:31:28.220
 nine

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.799
 there had

00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:30.180
 been a

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.640
 remarkable

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.539
 conversation

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.019
 between

00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.660
 Elijah and

00:31:32.660 --> 00:31:33.100
 Elisha

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.480
 in verse

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.740
 nine

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.519
 Elijah said

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.299
 to Elisha

00:31:35.299 --> 00:31:37.140
 ask what

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.640
 shall be

00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:38.140
 done for

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:39.220
 you before

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.680
 I am

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.360
 taken from

00:31:40.360 --> 00:31:40.660
 you

00:31:40.660 --> 00:31:42.819
 and Elisha

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.200
 said

00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:44.839
 please let

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.420
 there be a

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.180
 double portion

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:46.600
 of your

00:31:46.600 --> 00:31:47.380
 spirit on

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:47.579
 me

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.059
 it's a

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.799
 very strange

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.319
 expression

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.980
 that and

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.980
 no one's

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.460
 quite sure

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:51.839
 what it

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.240
 means

00:31:52.240 --> 00:31:52.920
 but there

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:54.259
 is it's

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.579
 in the

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:54.880
 book of

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.539
 Deuteronomy

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.160
 from memory

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.680
 I think it's

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.559
 chapter 21

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.319
 verse 17

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:58.740
 if you're

00:31:58.740 --> 00:31:59.419
 taking notes

00:31:59.419 --> 00:32:00.559
 the only

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:01.119
 other place

00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:01.419
 where you

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:02.299
 find this

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:03.139
 expression of

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:04.159
 a double

00:32:04.159 --> 00:32:04.779
 portion

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.859
 being used

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.200
 and there

00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:06.779
 it's talking

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.759
 about the

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.159
 heir

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:11.019
 the firstborn

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.519
 who will be

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.139
 the heir

00:32:12.139 --> 00:32:12.619
 and the

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:13.179
 inheritor

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:14.319
 and so it's

00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:14.700
 probable

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.639
 whatever else

00:32:15.639 --> 00:32:17.259
 Elisha means

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:18.559
 he's saying

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:19.339
 please let me

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:19.940
 be your

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.919
 heir and

00:32:20.919 --> 00:32:21.500
 successor

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:23.759
 something like

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.279
 there may be

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.899
 more involved

00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:25.700
 but that

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.120
 seems to

00:32:26.120 --> 00:32:26.740
 be what

00:32:26.740 --> 00:32:27.519
 is implied

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.940
 and verse

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.280
 10

00:32:28.280 --> 00:32:29.300
 Elijah said

00:32:29.300 --> 00:32:29.600
 to him

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:29.840
 you've

00:32:29.840 --> 00:32:30.140
 asked a

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.660
 very hard

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.100
 thing

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:32.660
 yet if

00:32:32.660 --> 00:32:33.100
 you see

00:32:33.100 --> 00:32:33.519
 me as

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:33.920
 I'm being

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.620
 taken from

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.460
 you it

00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.880
 shall be

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:36.380
 so for

00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:37.640
 you but

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:37.880
 if you

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.360
 don't see

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:38.860
 me it

00:32:38.860 --> 00:32:39.259
 shall not

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.820
 be so

00:32:39.820 --> 00:32:41.960
 Elijah you

00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.440
 see seems

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.120
 to be aware

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.700
 of the

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.460
 enormity of

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.960
 the task

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.160
 ahead for

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.840
 his successor

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:47.360
 you've asked

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:48.000
 a very hard

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:49.680
 thing he

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.200
 seems to be

00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:51.000
 quite overcome

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:53.220
 this is not

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.779
 something that

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.720
 Elijah can

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.359
 do for

00:32:55.359 --> 00:32:55.980
 Elisha

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.720
 it will

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.500
 depend on

00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:58.720
 events beyond

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.599
 the control

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.359
 of either

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:00.680
 of them

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:00.900
 and they

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.599
 walked on

00:33:01.599 --> 00:33:03.279
 the two of

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.599
 them in

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.839
 deep

00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.599
 conversation

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.099
 it's a

00:33:05.099 --> 00:33:05.660
 very moving

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.140
 scene

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:07.480
 they're both

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.880
 conscious

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:10.000
 that they

00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:10.660
 were enjoying

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:11.299
 their last

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.259
 moments together

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.819
 perhaps neither

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.380
 of them had

00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:14.960
 any idea

00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.900
 exactly what

00:33:15.900 --> 00:33:16.279
 was going

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.779
 to happen

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:18.380
 but deep

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.279
 in conversation

00:33:19.279 --> 00:33:20.359
 we're not

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.779
 quite sure

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.299
 how far

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.960
 they walked

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.480
 or how

00:33:22.480 --> 00:33:23.399
 long they

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.980
 talked

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.759
 and we're

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.240
 not told

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.819
 that but

00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.579
 we are told

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.379
 that suddenly

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:28.500
 their conversation

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.420
 was dramatically

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:30.200
 interrupted

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.980
 verse 11

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.399
 and as they

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:33.420
 still went

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:33.980
 on and

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.319
 talked

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.039
 behold

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:37.079
 chariots

00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.799
 or possibly

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.619
 a chariot

00:33:38.619 --> 00:33:39.759
 of fire

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.899
 and horses

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.759
 of fire

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:43.119
 separated the

00:33:43.119 --> 00:33:43.700
 two of them

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.779
 and Elijah

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.519
 went up

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:47.299
 by a whirlwind

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:48.420
 into heaven

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:52.279
 I think

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.519
 you meant

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.820
 to say

00:33:52.820 --> 00:33:53.240
 wow

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:58.180
 we'd love

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.480
 to know

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.840
 more

00:33:58.840 --> 00:34:00.740
 we'd love

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.400
 to understand

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.840
 more

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:03.120
 there's a

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.960
 mystery here

00:34:03.960 --> 00:34:05.640
 the relationship

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.360
 between the

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.120
 earthly and

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:07.620
 the heavenly

00:34:07.620 --> 00:34:08.320
 worlds

00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:09.300
 is beyond

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:10.220
 our comprehension

00:34:10.220 --> 00:34:10.860
 it's a matter

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:12.639
 it's a very

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.440
 big mistake

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.300
 to either

00:34:14.300 --> 00:34:15.260
 attempt

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:16.260
 a precise

00:34:16.260 --> 00:34:17.020
 and literal

00:34:17.020 --> 00:34:17.520
 account

00:34:17.520 --> 00:34:18.060
 of these

00:34:18.060 --> 00:34:18.700
 things

00:34:18.700 --> 00:34:19.900
 or

00:34:19.900 --> 00:34:21.080
 to imagine

00:34:21.080 --> 00:34:21.680
 that something

00:34:21.680 --> 00:34:22.300
 we can't

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:23.200
 fully understand

00:34:23.200 --> 00:34:23.940
 is unreal

00:34:23.940 --> 00:34:24.760
 or unimportant

00:34:24.760 --> 00:34:26.760
 the astonishing

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.520
 spectacle

00:34:27.520 --> 00:34:28.740
 of Elijah's

00:34:28.740 --> 00:34:29.620
 ascension

00:34:29.620 --> 00:34:31.600
 though described

00:34:31.600 --> 00:34:32.960
 so remarkably

00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:34.100
 briefly here

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:35.300
 it ought to

00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:35.900
 leave a deep

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.740
 impression on us

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.400
 as it certainly

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.500
 did on Elisha

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:40.800
 this was

00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:42.140
 apart from

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:42.820
 anything else

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:44.039
 this was

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.420
 the most

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.180
 powerful

00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:45.980
 possible

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:47.000
 vindication

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:47.920
 of the

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.300
 person

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.880
 and work

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.580
 of Elijah

00:34:49.580 --> 00:34:52.200
 he'd

00:34:52.200 --> 00:34:52.580
 suffered

00:34:52.580 --> 00:34:53.539
 on earth

00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:56.180
 he was

00:34:56.180 --> 00:34:56.580
 hated

00:34:56.580 --> 00:34:59.100
 by kings

00:34:59.100 --> 00:35:00.980
 and one

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.620
 particular

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:02.300
 vicious

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.960
 queen

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.800
 you

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:05.440
 troubler

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:06.440
 of Israel

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:08.140
 is what

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:08.620
 Ahab

00:35:08.620 --> 00:35:09.120
 had called

00:35:09.120 --> 00:35:09.400
 him

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:12.440
 but he

00:35:12.440 --> 00:35:13.039
 was received

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.619
 into heaven

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:16.059
 in stunning

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.380
 glory

00:35:17.380 --> 00:35:19.599
 in the

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:20.460
 real world

00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:22.099
 the real

00:35:22.099 --> 00:35:22.840
 world

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:24.160
 the right

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:25.039
 side to be

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.680
 on is

00:35:25.680 --> 00:35:26.440
 Elijah's

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.840
 side

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:28.440
 and at

00:35:28.440 --> 00:35:29.000
 that moment

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.960
 you can

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.539
 see it

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:33.639
 now although

00:35:33.639 --> 00:35:34.360
 the 50 men

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.000
 standing back

00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.420
 on the other

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.920
 side of the

00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:36.160
 Jordan

00:35:36.160 --> 00:35:36.720
 couldn't see

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.039
 this

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.720
 it was

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:38.200
 witnessed

00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:39.240
 by Elisha

00:35:39.239 --> 00:35:41.739
 and impacted

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.359
 him deeply

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:42.719
 you see

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.000
 what he

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.359
 said in

00:35:43.359 --> 00:35:43.879
 verse 12

00:35:43.879 --> 00:35:44.399
 Elisha

00:35:44.399 --> 00:35:45.059
 saw it

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:46.819
 and cried

00:35:46.819 --> 00:35:47.500
 my father

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.239
 my father

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:49.959
 the

00:35:49.959 --> 00:35:50.559
 chariot

00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.259
 the Hebrew

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.879
 is singular

00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:52.879
 the chariot

00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:53.679
 of Israel

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.259
 and its

00:35:54.259 --> 00:35:54.879
 horsemen

00:35:54.879 --> 00:35:57.759
 and he

00:35:57.759 --> 00:35:58.099
 saw him

00:35:58.099 --> 00:35:58.659
 no more

00:35:58.659 --> 00:36:01.159
 can you

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.539
 sense the

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.000
 emotion

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:03.879
 my father

00:36:03.879 --> 00:36:04.719
 my father

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:06.639
 Elisha's

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:06.939
 heart

00:36:06.939 --> 00:36:07.559
 was torn

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:09.820
 Elijah

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:09.840
 Elijah

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.679
 and Elisha

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.159
 had grown

00:36:11.159 --> 00:36:11.799
 close

00:36:11.799 --> 00:36:14.400
 like

00:36:14.400 --> 00:36:14.779
 father

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.320
 and son

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:17.840
 and when

00:36:17.840 --> 00:36:18.259
 he cried

00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:18.539
 out

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.799
 the chariot

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.380
 of Israel

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:20.759
 and its

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.340
 horsemen

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:22.299
 he wasn't

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:23.019
 describing what

00:36:23.019 --> 00:36:23.480
 he's seen

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.000
 he was

00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.659
 referring to

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.159
 Elijah

00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:26.940
 I can

00:36:26.940 --> 00:36:28.739
 demonstrate that

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.039
 to you

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:29.400
 but I won't

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.759
 go into the

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.440
 details now

00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.840
 Elijah

00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:32.980
 had been

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.559
 the true

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.119
 defender

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.860
 of Israel

00:36:34.860 --> 00:36:35.980
 against her

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.640
 most deadly

00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:37.280
 enemies

00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:38.039
 he had

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.400
 been

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:40.400
 Israel's

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:40.880
 chariot

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.660
 and horseman

00:36:41.660 --> 00:36:44.620
 but now

00:36:44.620 --> 00:36:46.680
 Elisha saw

00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:47.559
 him no more

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:49.740
 and then we

00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.260
 read in verse

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:50.940
 12 again

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.920
 that Elisha

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.380
 took hold

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.860
 of his own

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.240
 clothes

00:36:53.240 --> 00:36:53.760
 and tore

00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:54.019
 them

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.360
 into two

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:55.840
 pieces

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.500
 such was

00:36:56.500 --> 00:36:57.120
 his grief

00:36:57.120 --> 00:36:58.920
 but his

00:36:58.920 --> 00:36:59.579
 action also

00:36:59.579 --> 00:36:59.980
 meant that

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.360
 the time

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.720
 had come

00:37:00.720 --> 00:37:01.320
 so to speak

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:01.720
 to don

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.039
 a new

00:37:02.039 --> 00:37:02.480
 garment

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.840
 a new

00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.659
 responsibility

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:06.139
 verse 13

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:06.599
 he took

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:06.920
 up the

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.159
 cloak

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:07.820
 of Elijah

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:09.420
 that had

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.699
 fallen

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:10.340
 from him

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.500
 and went

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.960
 back and

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.300
 stood on

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.599
 the bank

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:12.880
 of the

00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.179
 Jordan

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.639
 keep your

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.000
 eyes on

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.579
 that cloak

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:15.840
 verse 14

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.139
 then he

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.480
 took the

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:16.820
 cloak

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.440
 of Elijah

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:17.940
 that had

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:18.159
 fallen

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.760
 from him

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:19.240
 and he

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.539
 struck

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:20.039
 the water

00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.579
 saying

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:21.659
 where is

00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.240
 the Lord

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:22.820
 the God

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:23.559
 of Elijah

00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:24.559
 where is

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:25.059
 the God

00:37:25.059 --> 00:37:25.539
 of my

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:25.840
 God

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.619
 is Yahweh

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:29.159
 Elijah

00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:29.539
 has now

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.019
 been taken

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.360
 up to

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.659
 heaven

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:32.719
 what does

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.239
 that mean

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:34.819
 does that

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.339
 mean that

00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:35.739
 the Lord

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.420
 has abandoned

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.099
 Israel

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:39.199
 the question

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:40.599
 was spectacularly

00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:41.279
 and immediately

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:41.980
 answered

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:42.719
 verse 14

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.079
 again

00:37:43.079 --> 00:37:44.279
 and when

00:37:44.279 --> 00:37:44.639
 he had

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.079
 struck the

00:37:45.079 --> 00:37:45.319
 water

00:37:45.319 --> 00:37:45.779
 the water

00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:46.679
 was parted

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:47.960
 to the one

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:48.559
 side and to

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.980
 the other

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.579
 again

00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:51.379
 and Elisha

00:37:51.379 --> 00:37:52.000
 went over

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:53.440
 and what

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.879
 about those

00:37:53.879 --> 00:37:54.460
 50 men

00:37:54.460 --> 00:37:54.739
 who'd

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:55.079
 witnessed

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:55.579
 Elijah

00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.199
 and Elisha

00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:56.679
 cross the

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:56.940
 Jordan

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.319
 together

00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:57.639
 in the

00:37:57.639 --> 00:37:57.799
 other

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:58.339
 direction

00:37:58.339 --> 00:37:59.779
 out of

00:37:59.780 --> 00:37:59.920
 the

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.260
 promised

00:38:00.260 --> 00:38:00.700
 land

00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:01.640
 and now

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:01.940
 saw

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:02.540
 Elisha

00:38:02.540 --> 00:38:02.920
 crossing

00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.320
 back

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:03.820
 into the

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.140
 promised

00:38:04.140 --> 00:38:04.460
 land

00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.920
 alone

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.580
 without

00:38:05.580 --> 00:38:06.220
 Elijah

00:38:06.220 --> 00:38:07.440
 verse 15

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.820
 now when

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:08.200
 the sons

00:38:08.200 --> 00:38:08.440
 of the

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.760
 prophets

00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:09.060
 who were

00:38:09.060 --> 00:38:09.240
 at

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:09.720
 Jericho

00:38:09.720 --> 00:38:10.640
 saw him

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:11.060
 opposite

00:38:11.060 --> 00:38:11.340
 them

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.900
 they said

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:12.800
 the spirit

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:13.480
 of Elijah

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.100
 is on

00:38:14.100 --> 00:38:14.680
 Elisha

00:38:14.680 --> 00:38:14.980
 and they

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.460
 came to

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.880
 meet him

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.420
 and they

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.000
 bowed down

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.280
 to the

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.519
 ground

00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.220
 before him

00:38:18.220 --> 00:38:19.240
 the authority

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.960
 of Elijah

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.780
 had now

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.220
 passed

00:38:21.220 --> 00:38:21.880
 to Elisha

00:38:21.880 --> 00:38:22.480
 that much

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.600
 they understood

00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:25.940
 what they

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.420
 may not

00:38:26.420 --> 00:38:26.820
 yet have

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.260
 understood

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:28.220
 but I'm

00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:28.480
 sure

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.140
 Elisha

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.700
 explained

00:38:29.700 --> 00:38:30.040
 to them

00:38:30.040 --> 00:38:30.480
 in due

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.020
 course

00:38:31.020 --> 00:38:32.000
 was the

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:32.720
 massive

00:38:32.720 --> 00:38:33.700
 significance

00:38:33.700 --> 00:38:35.000
 of what

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.520
 had happened

00:38:35.520 --> 00:38:36.760
 over there

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:37.320
 on the east

00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:37.860
 side of the

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.200
 Jordan

00:38:38.200 --> 00:38:38.780
 I've called

00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:39.160
 it rather

00:38:39.160 --> 00:38:39.860
 blandly

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:40.340
 on your

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:40.820
 notes

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:42.260
 this was the

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:42.840
 last talk

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:43.460
 I prepared

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.780
 of the

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:44.500
 four talks

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.200
 that's why

00:38:45.200 --> 00:38:45.620
 the notes

00:38:45.620 --> 00:38:46.340
 are so brief

00:38:46.340 --> 00:38:46.800
 it was sort

00:38:46.800 --> 00:38:47.080
 of done

00:38:47.080 --> 00:38:47.340
 at the

00:38:47.340 --> 00:38:47.960
 last minute

00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:48.740
 and I've

00:38:48.740 --> 00:38:49.020
 put the

00:38:49.020 --> 00:38:49.280
 heading

00:38:49.280 --> 00:38:49.980
 the unseen

00:38:49.980 --> 00:38:50.620
 is bigger

00:38:50.620 --> 00:38:51.060
 than the

00:38:51.060 --> 00:38:51.500
 seen

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.080
 okay

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:53.880
 but

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.519
 Elisha

00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:55.059
 you see

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.599
 had been

00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:56.179
 given a

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:56.659
 glimpse

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.239
 of the

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:57.639
 world

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.199
 beyond

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.639
 this

00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:59.159
 world

00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:01.319
 and I

00:39:01.319 --> 00:39:01.539
 want to

00:39:01.539 --> 00:39:01.880
 suggest

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.400
 to you

00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:03.099
 that the

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:03.860
 experience

00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:04.500
 he had

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:06.679
 was like

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.779
 the

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.319
 resurrection

00:39:08.319 --> 00:39:08.840
 and the

00:39:08.840 --> 00:39:09.319
 ascension

00:39:09.319 --> 00:39:09.960
 of Jesus

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.400
 do you

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:10.659
 remember

00:39:10.659 --> 00:39:10.900
 what

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.279
 happened

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:12.319
 read to

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.539
 us a

00:39:12.539 --> 00:39:12.799
 little bit

00:39:12.799 --> 00:39:13.139
 earlier

00:39:13.139 --> 00:39:13.739
 as the

00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:14.199
 disciples

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.659
 were looking

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.039
 on

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.819
 in Acts

00:39:15.819 --> 00:39:16.500
 chapter 1

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.400
 he was

00:39:17.400 --> 00:39:18.079
 lifted up

00:39:18.079 --> 00:39:19.819
 and a

00:39:19.819 --> 00:39:20.539
 cloud took

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.860
 him from

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.440
 their sight

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:22.159
 and while

00:39:22.159 --> 00:39:22.500
 they were

00:39:22.500 --> 00:39:22.880
 gazing

00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:23.179
 into

00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:23.460
 heaven

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.780
 as he

00:39:23.780 --> 00:39:24.019
 went

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.400
 behold

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.980
 two men

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.579
 stood by

00:39:25.579 --> 00:39:25.780
 them

00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:26.460
 with white

00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:26.780
 robes

00:39:26.780 --> 00:39:27.139
 and said

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.740
 men of

00:39:27.740 --> 00:39:28.119
 Galilee

00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:28.559
 why do

00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:29.000
 you stand

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.280
 looking

00:39:29.280 --> 00:39:29.559
 into

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:29.800
 heaven

00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:30.079
 this

00:39:30.079 --> 00:39:30.599
 Jesus

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.340
 who was

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.639
 taken

00:39:31.639 --> 00:39:32.139
 from you

00:39:32.139 --> 00:39:32.420
 into

00:39:32.420 --> 00:39:32.760
 heaven

00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:33.240
 will

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:33.539
 come

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.820
 in the

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:34.059
 same

00:39:34.059 --> 00:39:34.340
 way

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:34.679
 as you

00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:34.900
 saw

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.079
 him

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:35.300
 go

00:39:35.300 --> 00:39:35.559
 into

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:35.920
 heaven

00:39:35.920 --> 00:39:36.579
 and

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:36.740
 from

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:36.980
 that

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.300
 day

00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:37.639
 on

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:37.980
 those

00:39:37.980 --> 00:39:38.179
 who

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.599
 witnessed

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:38.940
 that

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.440
 event

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:41.039
 knew

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:42.280
 that

00:39:42.280 --> 00:39:42.460
 the

00:39:42.460 --> 00:39:43.079
 unseen

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:44.480
 is

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:44.920
 bigger

00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:46.559
 and more

00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:47.039
 important

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:47.280
 than

00:39:47.280 --> 00:39:47.480
 the

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:47.800
 seen

00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:49.380
 the

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:49.860
 ascension

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.240
 of

00:39:50.240 --> 00:39:50.860
 Elijah

00:39:50.860 --> 00:39:52.519
 provided

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.380
 motivation

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.200
 encouragement

00:39:54.200 --> 00:39:55.039
 and strength

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.320
 to

00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:56.079
 Elisha

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:57.640
 to continue

00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:58.280
 the work

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:59.320
 of his

00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.800
 master

00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.180
 in the

00:40:00.180 --> 00:40:00.740
 power of

00:40:00.740 --> 00:40:01.280
 the spirit

00:40:01.280 --> 00:40:01.920
 that had

00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:02.380
 been given

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.940
 to him

00:40:02.940 --> 00:40:04.599
 and so

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.119
 friends

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.700
 and I

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:06.099
 think I'll

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:06.519
 just skip

00:40:06.519 --> 00:40:06.900
 over the

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.519
 last point

00:40:07.519 --> 00:40:08.220
 our time

00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:08.679
 has gone

00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:09.079
 I think

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:10.960
 and your

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.599
 patience

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.300
 which is

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:13.019
 extraordinary

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:14.179
 must be

00:40:14.179 --> 00:40:14.460
 getting

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.860
 near to

00:40:15.860 --> 00:40:16.340
 an end

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:17.280
 but I

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:17.519
 want to

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.159
 remind us

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.400
 that

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:20.059
 what happened

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:20.720
 to Elisha

00:40:20.720 --> 00:40:21.300
 now what's

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.679
 happened to

00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:22.039
 Jesus

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:24.659
 we are

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:25.500
 now called

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:26.420
 the wonderful

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:27.059
 words in

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.539
 Colossians

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.360
 chapter 3

00:40:28.360 --> 00:40:30.320
 to set

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:31.200
 our minds

00:40:31.200 --> 00:40:33.000
 and to

00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:33.500
 set our

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.200
 hearts

00:40:34.200 --> 00:40:36.120
 on things

00:40:36.120 --> 00:40:36.599
 above

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:39.099
 where

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.599
 Christ

00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:40.079
 is

00:40:40.079 --> 00:40:41.900
 seated

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.240
 at the

00:40:42.240 --> 00:40:42.720
 right hand

00:40:42.720 --> 00:40:43.300
 of God

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:44.440
 we live

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:44.980
 our lives

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:45.320
 in this

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:45.599
 world

00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:46.039
 we take

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.519
 this world

00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:47.079
 seriously

00:40:47.079 --> 00:40:47.559
 we take

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:47.720
 our

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:48.320
 responsibilities

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:48.940
 in this

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.180
 world

00:40:49.180 --> 00:40:49.760
 seriously

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:50.260
 yes

00:40:50.260 --> 00:40:51.720
 but we

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:52.140
 set our

00:40:52.140 --> 00:40:52.579
 mind

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.039
 we set

00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.240
 our

00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:53.780
 heart

00:40:53.780 --> 00:40:54.580
 heart

00:40:54.580 --> 00:40:55.540
 on things

00:40:55.540 --> 00:40:56.040
 unseen

00:40:56.040 --> 00:40:57.900
 on things

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.360
 above

00:40:58.360 --> 00:40:59.519
 where

00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.000
 Christ

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.420
 is

00:41:00.420 --> 00:41:01.860
 and we

00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:02.260
 live in

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:02.480
 this

00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:02.780
 world

00:41:02.780 --> 00:41:03.180
 we live

00:41:03.180 --> 00:41:03.540
 with our

00:41:03.540 --> 00:41:04.160
 relationships

00:41:04.160 --> 00:41:04.700
 in this

00:41:04.700 --> 00:41:05.120
 world

00:41:05.120 --> 00:41:05.900
 in the

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.300
 light

00:41:06.300 --> 00:41:06.900
 of

00:41:06.900 --> 00:41:07.900
 what is

00:41:07.900 --> 00:41:08.420
 unseen

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:09.960
 because

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:11.460
 we are

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:12.040
 looking forward

00:41:12.040 --> 00:41:12.640
 to the day

00:41:12.640 --> 00:41:13.220
 when we

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:13.800
 too will

00:41:13.800 --> 00:41:14.500
 appear with

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.080
 him in

00:41:15.080 --> 00:41:15.500
 glory

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:18.560
 the

00:41:18.560 --> 00:41:19.140
 experience

00:41:19.140 --> 00:41:19.500
 on that

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:19.940
 day so

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.600
 long ago

00:41:20.600 --> 00:41:22.660
 that Elisha

00:41:22.660 --> 00:41:23.260
 witnessed

00:41:23.260 --> 00:41:25.220
 was a

00:41:25.220 --> 00:41:25.580
 glimpse

00:41:25.580 --> 00:41:26.760
 of what

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:27.100
 has now

00:41:27.100 --> 00:41:27.680
 been seen

00:41:27.680 --> 00:41:28.180
 and passed

00:41:28.180 --> 00:41:28.500
 on to

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:28.880
 us

00:41:28.880 --> 00:41:30.040
 in the

00:41:30.040 --> 00:41:30.500
 ascension

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:31.340
 of Jesus

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:33.700
 friends

00:41:33.700 --> 00:41:33.940
 do you

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.480
 take life

00:41:34.480 --> 00:41:35.040
 seriously

00:41:35.040 --> 00:41:35.640
 like that

00:41:35.640 --> 00:41:38.040
 do you

00:41:38.040 --> 00:41:38.300
 live in

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:38.700
 the real

00:41:38.700 --> 00:41:39.200
 world

00:41:39.200 --> 00:41:41.100
 do you

00:41:41.100 --> 00:41:41.420
 live in

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:42.040
 the light

00:41:42.040 --> 00:41:42.720
 of the

00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:43.000
 real

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.580
 world

00:41:43.580 --> 00:41:45.260
 the world

00:41:45.260 --> 00:41:45.860
 where Jesus

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.420
 Christ

00:41:46.420 --> 00:41:47.220
 reigns

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:49.540
 the world

00:41:49.540 --> 00:41:51.520
 where he

00:41:51.520 --> 00:41:52.100
 is seated

00:41:52.100 --> 00:41:52.480
 at the

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.980
 right hand

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.260
 of the

00:41:53.260 --> 00:41:53.659
 father

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:57.199
 the world

00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:58.500
 where we

00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.019
 are waiting

00:41:59.019 --> 00:42:00.920
 for him

00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:01.599
 to return

00:42:01.599 --> 00:42:03.920
 for he

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.199
 will

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:06.119
 let's

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:06.280
 pray

00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:06.679
 together

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:11.960
 our

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.299
 dear God

00:42:12.299 --> 00:42:12.659
 and heavenly

00:42:12.659 --> 00:42:12.980
 father

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.500
 we thank

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:13.839
 you

00:42:13.839 --> 00:42:15.500
 that the

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.159
 real world

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:16.919
 has invaded

00:42:16.919 --> 00:42:17.819
 this world

00:42:17.819 --> 00:42:20.299
 so that we

00:42:20.299 --> 00:42:20.799
 can live

00:42:20.799 --> 00:42:21.339
 in this

00:42:21.339 --> 00:42:21.879
 world

00:42:21.879 --> 00:42:23.339
 this wonderful

00:42:23.339 --> 00:42:24.019
 world that you

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:24.599
 have made

00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:25.879
 and in which

00:42:25.879 --> 00:42:26.460
 you've placed

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:26.899
 us

00:42:26.899 --> 00:42:28.559
 we can live

00:42:28.559 --> 00:42:29.139
 in this world

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:29.859
 in the light

00:42:29.859 --> 00:42:30.739
 of reality

00:42:30.739 --> 00:42:34.399
 we pray

00:42:34.399 --> 00:42:34.719
 that you'd

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:35.000
 help us

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:35.299
 to do

00:42:35.299 --> 00:42:35.579
 that

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:37.379
 we pray

00:42:37.379 --> 00:42:37.699
 that you'd

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:37.979
 help us

00:42:37.979 --> 00:42:38.259
 to lift

00:42:38.259 --> 00:42:38.739
 our eyes

00:42:38.739 --> 00:42:39.139
 not just

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 to the

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:41.119
 ascension

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:41.759
 of Elijah

00:42:41.759 --> 00:42:42.339
 but to the

00:42:42.339 --> 00:42:42.719
 ascension

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:43.339
 of Jesus

00:42:43.339 --> 00:42:45.639
 our Lord

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:47.079
 who has

00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:47.719
 poured out

00:42:47.719 --> 00:42:48.519
 his spirit

00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:49.459
 on us

00:42:49.459 --> 00:42:51.579
 so that we

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:52.059
 can live

00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:52.519
 here and

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:52.899
 now

00:42:52.900 --> 00:42:55.420
 in the

00:42:55.420 --> 00:42:55.780
 light of

00:42:55.780 --> 00:42:56.280
 reality

00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:59.079
 we pray

00:42:59.079 --> 00:42:59.460
 this in

00:42:59.460 --> 00:43:00.180
 Jesus name

00:43:00.180 --> 00:43:01.079
 Amen