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 That has also been turning to joy as we begin a new study together.

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 And we'll spend most of this summer, the next couple of months,

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 looking together at the book of Nehemiah.

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 Let me begin this morning as I heard a sermon this week on this book.

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 There was a quote read from a book by a man named Wesley Finn

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 called Man Ruined and Restored.

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 I just want to begin reading to you this quote, this little story he told.

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 And a preacher made the mistake of showing two boys the text he would be preaching from

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 that Sunday, the previous Saturday afternoon.

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 When he turned his back, the boys glued some of the pages of his Bible together.

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 Not a funny joke, young men.

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 So on Sunday, when he stood to preach, he read,

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 And Noah, when he was 120 years old, took unto himself a wife who was,

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 then turning the page, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high,

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 built of gopher wood, and pitch within and without.

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 Puzzled, he paused, read it again, and then looked up at his congregation and said,

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 I have read the Bible through many, many times,

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 but this is the first time I have ever read this.

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 Yet I believe the Bible to be true from cover to cover,

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 so I accept it as truth that we are fearfully and wonderfully made.

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 Reading that to you just to say, there are parts of our Bible that have yet to be peeled open.

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 And that's a sad thing in American Christianity,

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 that we altogether have neglected whole sections of the Scriptures.

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 Many Christians walk around acting as if the only inspired part of the Bible is the New Testament.

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 I made a little jest at you earlier.

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 Some of us just carry New Testaments around with us,

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 and that's okay.

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 There's such valuable truths contained within,

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 but it's certainly a mark of a mature Christian when we begin to value the Old Testament Scriptures.

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 We begin to see that they speak of Christ as well.

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 And those of us who are standing on this side of the cross

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 now have the ability to see all of the fulfillment of the promises of God.

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 And therefore, the Old Testament Scriptures become that much more precious to us.

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 It's a people not looking to the promise,

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 wanting to know how it is that this promise will be fulfilled,

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 but having seen it fulfilled,

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 we now get to take on a new and a deeper appreciation for the things contained in the Old Testament.

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 And so, it's my hope as we peel the pages of Nehemiah open

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 that you will begin to appreciate the Old Testament text as much of as the first.

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 Now, the book of Nehemiah today, I'm going to give you kind of a sweeping overview of it.

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 It records events chronologically from Nehemiah's first term as governor of Jerusalem,

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 those of you who care about dates,

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 from about 445 to 433 B.C.

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 That's Nehemiah 1-12,

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 to his second term as governor,

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 possibly beginning about 424 B.C.

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 That's the place that we put this book.

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 Now, you may be a bit confused,

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 because in your Bible, it's going to be ordered.

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 So, we have 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles,

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 Ezra, Nehemiah.

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 Where does Nehemiah fall, though, in the timeline of reality, of the actual world?

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 These are ordered by history books.

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 It doesn't work out quite that way.

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 At the same time as Nehemiah, we have Haggai and Zechariah,

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 the events that happen in the book of Esser,

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 and then Malachi.

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 Really, if we were going to put it in chronological order,

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 it belongs towards the end of our Old Testament.

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 This is after Babylonian exile.

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 This is the people returning again to the land that God had given them.

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 God goes silent after Malachi comes and prophesies for 400 years,

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 and then comes back on the scene when we see

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 the heralding of the births of John the Baptist and Jesus Christ.

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 So, that's where this fits.

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 Some of you may have a chronological Bible,

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 or they're kind of neat because they break things apart

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 and put them in that proper order.

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 Recognize that this is not laid out normally, normatively, in that way.

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 They're grouped by types of books.

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 And here we have a book of history.

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 So, that's where this falls.

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 Nehemiah was not written by Nehemiah.

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 It's widely accepted that it was written by Ezra.

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 In fact, the Latin Vulgate calls Nehemiah Ezra II.

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 It's a continuation of.

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 The early historical evidences actually show Ezra and Nehemiah as one book.

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 Now, there's certainly some first-hand quotations

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 believed to be taken from Nehemiah's own journal, Ezra pulled from.

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 But the evidences we have,

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 we see the recurrent phrase,

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 hand of the Lord, very similar writing.

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 And then as well as Ezra's role as a priest-scribe,

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 which would have granted him access

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 to the royal archives of the Persian Empire.

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 So, we see these vast lists

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 of the numbers of people that returned to Jerusalem.

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 And Ezra would have actually had the access to those records,

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 whereas Nehemiah would have not.

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 So, it's widely accepted that Ezra was actually the writer

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 of the book of Nehemiah.

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 Now, at this point, you may be saying,

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 great, fantastic facts.

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 We know where it falls in time.

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 We know who wrote it.

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 But why are we going to be using Nehemiah?

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 I've said to you already,

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 I hope to give you an appreciation of the Old Testament text.

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 Is that really a good reason, though,

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 to delve into it together?

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 It's a small reason, not a large reason,

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 but it is a reason.

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 The reason we're going to study Nehemiah together this summer

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 is that I believe it's very timely for us.

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 The place that our church is now.

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 And I'll share a little more with you

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 as we go on through this Sunday and in the coming weeks.

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 And you'll begin to understand, I think,

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 why I believe that to be the case.

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 But let me just say to you,

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 as an overarching reason,

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 is that Nehemiah was a man who cared deeply

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 about the glory of God

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 and the good of God's people.

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 He cared deeply about the glory of God

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 and the good of God's people.

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 And I think that this can speak to us

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 where we are.

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 So, let's look at the text together.

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 Nehemiah chapter 1.

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 We're just going to read together

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 the first four verses.

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 The words of Nehemiah, the son of Hakaliah.

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 Now, it happened in the month of Chislev

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 in the 20th year,

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 as I was in Susa, the citadel,

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 that Hanani, one of my brothers,

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 came with certain men from Judah.

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 And I asked them concerning the Jews who escaped,

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 who had survived the exile,

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 and concerning Jerusalem.

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 So he said,

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 how are things going back in Jerusalem?

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 And they said to me,

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 the remnant there in the province

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 who had survived the exiles

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 is in great trouble.

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 This word in Hebrew is the opposite of peace.

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 They're in turmoil and shame.

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 They were being ridiculed

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 because the wall of Jerusalem is broken down

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 and its gates are destroyed by fire.

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 And this grieves Nehemiah.

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 Deeply grieves him.

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 Look at verse 4.

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 As soon as I heard these words,

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 I sat down and wept and mourned for days.

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 And I continued fasting and praying

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 before the God of heaven.

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 Now, to understand why Nehemiah may have felt this way,

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 I think it's important that we get

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 a little bit of a background.

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 We set a stage leading up to this very point.

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 Remember that the nation of Israel

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 was formed around a patriarch, Abraham.

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 Abraham was called by God

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 to be a people for his possession.

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 He promised to bless the nations in him.

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 Gave him the name Abraham.

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 And this nation grew.

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 And of course, there's a lot of events.

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 I'm sweeping through Old Testament history here.

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 Grew to a nation that was ruled by three kings.

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 Saul, David, and Solomon.

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 This was Israel's golden age.

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 They were the power to be reckoned with

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 in that region.

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 Mighty.

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 David.

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 You read the stories of David

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 and the conquering that he did in those days.

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 But because Solomon compromised so greatly

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 with the things of God,

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 God promised to bring calamity.

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 Bring a judgment upon them.

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 But because God loved David

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 the way he loved him,

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 he told Solomon that it wouldn't come to pass

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 until Solomon died.

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 And that's what happened.

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 That's exactly what happened.

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 A civil war broke out.

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 The nation became divided.

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 Israel, the group in the north,

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 took the name Israel.

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 Judah in the south.

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 It was the most prominent tribe.

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 They took the name Judah in the south.

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 In 722 BC,

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 the Assyrians,

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 a great world power at the time,

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 came and sacked,

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 conquered in the northern kingdom.

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 Pillaged, plundered,

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 thousands died.

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 They carried away captives.

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 The tragic time for the northern kingdom.

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 And then in roughly 605 to 586,

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 the Babylonians did the same

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 in the south.

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 Turn with me back

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 just a couple of books

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 to 2 Chronicles.

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 So you're going to have

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 Ezra before Nehemiah

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 and then 2 Chronicles

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 right at the end,

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 chapter 36.

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 You read with me

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 a little bit about this.

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 2 Chronicles 36,

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 beginning in verse 15.

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 The Lord,

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 the God of their fathers,

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 sent persistently to them

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 by His messengers

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 because He had compassion

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 on His people

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 and on His dwelling place.

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 But they kept mocking

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 the messengers of God,

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 despising His words

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 and scoffing at His prophets

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 until the wrath of the Lord

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 rose against His people

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 until there was no remedy.

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 Thereofor He brought up against them

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 the king of the Chaldeans,

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 Babylonians,

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 interchangeable words here,

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 who killed their young men

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 with a sword

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 in the house of their sanctuary

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 and had no compassion

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 on young man or a virgin,

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 old man or aged.

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 He gave them all

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 into His hand.

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 And all the vessels

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 of the house of God,

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 great and small,

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 and the treasures

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 of the house of the Lord,

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 and the treasures

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 of the king and of his princes,

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 all these He brought to Babylon.

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 And they burned

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 the house of God,

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 and here you go,

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 and broke down the wall

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 of Jerusalem

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 and burned all its palaces

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 with fire

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 and destroyed

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 all its precious vessels.

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 He took into exile

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 He took into exile

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 in Babylon

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 those who had escaped

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 from the sword,

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 and they became servants

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 to Him and to His sons

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 until the establishment

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 of the kingdom of Persia.

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 So here you see

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 the destruction of Jerusalem

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 to the degree

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 that they actually

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 tore down the walls.

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 And the walls were significant

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 both practically

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 and symbolically.

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 Practically,

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 they protected the city.

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 People came inside

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 and they closed up the gates

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 as a way they fended off

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 attackers.

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 Symbolically,

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 it meant that the city

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 was healthy.

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 It meant that it had power

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 because of the might

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 of the walls.

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 And the Babylonians

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 knew this,

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 and therefore they

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 destroyed it.

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 They laid it to waste.

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 Jerusalem was ruined.

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 And they carried

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 everybody off.

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 These dark,

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 dark days.

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 It's prophesied

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 in Jeremiah chapter 25

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 that they would be gone

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 for 70 years.

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 And this is exactly

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 what happened.

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 What happened

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 to cause the tide

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 to turn?

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 What was it that

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 began to allow

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 the Jews

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 to enter back

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 into the promised land?

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 It was a handing off

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 of world power.

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 The Persians

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 conquered the Babylonians

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 about 539 B.C.

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 Such a cool picture

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 of God's providence

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 and the way

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 He works

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 in the world.

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 He used the pagan peoples

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 to judge His own,

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 to judge Israel.

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 And then He uses

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 pagan peoples

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 coming and conquering

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 the Babylonians

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 to send them back.

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 The way He works

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 and uses world events

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 is rather incredible.

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 And so we see

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 that they were

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 then sent back.

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 2 Chronicles 36

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 22-23

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 Now in the first year

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 of Cyrus,

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 king of Persia,

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 that the word of the Lord

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 by the mouth of Jeremiah

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 might be fulfilled,

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 the Lord stirred up

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 in the spirit of Cyrus,

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 king of Persia,

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 so that He made a proclamation

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 throughout all His kingdom

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 and also put it in writing,

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 Thus says Cyrus,

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 king of Persia,

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 the Lord,

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 the God of heaven

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 has given me

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 all the kingdoms of the earth

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 and He has charged me

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 to build Him

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 a house at Jerusalem

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 which is in Judah.

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 Whoever is among you

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 all of His peoples,

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 may the Lord His God

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 be with you.

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 Let Him go up.

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 So we begin to see

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 a movement

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 back towards

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 the promised land.

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 So,

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 if you'll allow,

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 we'll call the first group

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 Group A,

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 right?

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 This is who Cyrus sends,

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 the people that went back,

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 they were led by a man

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 named Zerubbabel,

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 which is a fantastic name

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 to say.

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 I got to say it

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 over and over this week,

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 right?

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 A man named Zerubbabel

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 led them back,

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 right?

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 Took them 20 years

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 to rebuild the temple,

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 but that's what they

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 set themselves to doing

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 when they returned.

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 You can read about this

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 in the book of Ezra,

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 right?

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 Eighty years later,

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 we've got Group B,

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 and this is when

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 spiritual reform

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 begins to take place.

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 And then 13 years later,

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 here we have Nehemiah

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 hearing the news

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 of what's going on.

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 So,

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 we know the temple's

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 been restored,

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 some spiritual revival

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 is beginning to happen there,

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 but the walls

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 are still not built.

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 It's been 90 years

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 since the people

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 were released by Persia

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 to go back,

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 and yet,

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 the city still lays

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 in shambles.

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 It's fascinating

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 that Nehemiah was a layman.

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 Here we find him

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 serving the now king

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 of Persia,

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 King Artaxerxes,

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 as his cupbearer.

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 He was the guy

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 that drank the wine

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 before the king

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 to be sure

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 that it wasn't poisoned.

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 A layman used

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 in such a powerful way

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 by God.

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 It's an encouragement

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 to me as a fairly

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 uneducated,

00:13:49.740 --> 00:13:51.060
 unequipped man.

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 Nehemiah was used

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 in mighty ways,

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 and he was uniquely

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 fitted for the task.

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 Uniquely fitted

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 for the task

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 that was ahead of him.

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 He was the cupbearer

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 to Artaxerxes,

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 which meant that

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 if a cupbearer

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 did his job well,

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 he became a trusted friend

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 of the king.

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 He stood at his side

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 all the time.

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 Anytime the king drank,

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 the cupbearer

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 was there with him,

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 served him as a friend.

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 Often they became

00:14:17.820 --> 00:14:19.779
 great counselors

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 to the king.

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 The king would bounce ideas

00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:24.860
 off of the cupbearer.

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 And here you see

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 as Nehemiah is serving

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 in his presence,

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 chapter 2,

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 that his face is long.

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 He's sad,

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 which was not a thing

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 you did in front of a king.

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 Kings wanted joyful people

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 around them.

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 I could say that of myself.

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 Like,

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 don't come around me

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 and be sad.

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 That's just depressing.

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 Be happy around me.

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 But here he is

00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:44.059
 with a long face,

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 risking his very life,

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 but he's in such mourning

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 and torment

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 over what's happening

00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:49.279
 in Israel

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 that the king asks him,

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 why are you so sad?

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 And he shares with the king

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 and the king does

00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:57.040
 a phenomenal thing.

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 Again,

00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:57.960
 moved along

00:14:57.960 --> 00:14:59.279
 by the prominence of God

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 and gives to him

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 basically a blank check.

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 He says,

00:15:04.300 --> 00:15:04.340
 well,

00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:04.820
 go then.

00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.920
 Go back and build

00:15:05.920 --> 00:15:06.960
 the walls.

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 Writes him letters.

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 Gives him an armed escort

00:15:09.980 --> 00:15:10.980
 to go back.

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 Gives him letters

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 to reap

00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:16.379
 harvest of lumber

00:15:16.379 --> 00:15:17.940
 from Lebanon

00:15:17.940 --> 00:15:18.720
 to build

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 precious,

00:15:19.540 --> 00:15:20.580
 precious lumber

00:15:20.580 --> 00:15:21.920
 in this area

00:15:21.920 --> 00:15:23.620
 to build back up

00:15:23.620 --> 00:15:24.420
 the wall.

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 It's a great,

00:15:25.480 --> 00:15:25.660
 great,

00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:26.660
 great picture of this

00:15:26.660 --> 00:15:27.900
 and as Nehemiah himself says,

00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:29.780
 the good hand of God

00:15:29.780 --> 00:15:31.139
 was upon me.

00:15:33.400 --> 00:15:34.480
 Nehemiah was a man

00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:35.240
 zealous

00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:36.600
 for the glory of God.

00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:38.480
 The reason

00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:39.780
 that he's so

00:15:39.780 --> 00:15:41.200
 torn,

00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:42.280
 that he weeps

00:15:42.280 --> 00:15:43.320
 and mourns

00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:43.920
 for days,

00:15:43.980 --> 00:15:44.540
 that he risks

00:15:44.540 --> 00:15:45.180
 his own life

00:15:45.180 --> 00:15:45.920
 being sad

00:15:45.920 --> 00:15:46.420
 in the presence

00:15:46.420 --> 00:15:47.320
 of the king

00:15:47.320 --> 00:15:47.980
 is that

00:15:47.980 --> 00:15:50.320
 the state of Israel

00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:51.260
 in these days

00:15:51.260 --> 00:15:52.540
 was the visible

00:15:52.540 --> 00:15:53.680
 glory of God.

00:15:54.260 --> 00:15:54.800
 It was the

00:15:54.800 --> 00:15:55.720
 manifestation

00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:57.820
 of God's goodness,

00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:58.680
 of his character

00:15:58.680 --> 00:15:59.500
 to his people.

00:16:00.280 --> 00:16:00.720
 And the fact

00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.060
 that they were

00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:02.520
 in such shambles

00:16:02.520 --> 00:16:03.480
 was an affront

00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:04.540
 to what God

00:16:04.540 --> 00:16:05.220
 had done for them.

00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.360
 The fact that the people

00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.660
 for 90 years

00:16:07.660 --> 00:16:08.840
 had yet to put themselves

00:16:08.840 --> 00:16:09.620
 to the work

00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.800
 of rebuilding that,

00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:12.540
 of properly displaying

00:16:12.540 --> 00:16:13.500
 what God had done

00:16:13.500 --> 00:16:13.980
 for them

00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:15.520
 is why he's torn up.

00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:17.140
 He cares about

00:16:17.140 --> 00:16:17.840
 the good

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.540
 of God's people,

00:16:18.539 --> 00:16:19.899
 but he primarily

00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:21.199
 cares about the glory

00:16:21.199 --> 00:16:22.059
 of his God.

00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.120
 That people would

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.799
 properly worship him,

00:16:25.179 --> 00:16:26.360
 properly see him

00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:27.599
 for who he is.

00:16:28.079 --> 00:16:28.959
 He was zealous

00:16:28.959 --> 00:16:30.439
 for God's glory.

00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:32.439
 And he was a man

00:16:32.439 --> 00:16:32.860
 of prayer.

00:16:34.459 --> 00:16:35.379
 We see in

00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.579
 13 chapters,

00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:37.860
 we see him pray

00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:39.599
 on 10 separate times.

00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:40.480
 The book of Nehemiah

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.439
 both opens

00:16:41.439 --> 00:16:42.379
 and closes

00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:43.539
 with Nehemiah

00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.439
 in prayer.

00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:46.280
 because he understood

00:16:46.280 --> 00:16:47.620
 the sovereign hand

00:16:47.620 --> 00:16:48.060
 of God

00:16:48.060 --> 00:16:49.000
 and his great

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:50.280
 necessity of it.

00:16:50.980 --> 00:16:51.520
 So Nehemiah

00:16:51.520 --> 00:16:52.460
 was uniquely

00:16:52.460 --> 00:16:53.700
 fitted for this

00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:54.200
 task

00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:55.580
 that was set

00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:56.180
 before him.

00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.800
 So we see here

00:16:57.800 --> 00:16:58.520
 in this story,

00:16:58.660 --> 00:16:59.400
 to kind of give you

00:16:59.400 --> 00:17:00.060
 the framework,

00:17:00.180 --> 00:17:00.560
 and we're going to go

00:17:00.560 --> 00:17:01.460
 back and fill in

00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:02.220
 the pieces here,

00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:03.240
 that he travels

00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:04.940
 back to Israel

00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:06.440
 with an armed guard

00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.880
 sent by the king.

00:17:08.620 --> 00:17:09.340
 When he gets there,

00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:10.420
 he spends three days

00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:11.620
 examining the situation.

00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:12.559
 He even goes out

00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.039
 by night

00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:14.059
 to see the condition

00:17:14.059 --> 00:17:15.059
 of the wall,

00:17:15.139 --> 00:17:15.960
 to see what kind

00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:17.319
 of task was set

00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:18.159
 before him.

00:17:18.919 --> 00:17:19.639
 And then he calls

00:17:19.639 --> 00:17:20.379
 together the people

00:17:20.379 --> 00:17:21.559
 to build.

00:17:21.679 --> 00:17:22.720
 And the text records

00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.299
 for us that they

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:24.539
 brought their hands

00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:25.639
 to bear,

00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.500
 for the people

00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.379
 had a mind

00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:28.480
 or a heart

00:17:28.480 --> 00:17:29.720
 to work.

00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.839
 So he rallies

00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.440
 them together

00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.799
 to do this great work

00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:35.159
 that's ahead of them.

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:36.200
 And it'd be really

00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:36.980
 great at this point

00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:37.759
 if the story ended

00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.539
 and we just said,

00:17:38.919 --> 00:17:40.259
 well, fantastic,

00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:41.079
 and they built the wall

00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:41.940
 and everybody lived,

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.940
 happily ever after.

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.580
 But it didn't go

00:17:43.580 --> 00:17:44.460
 so easy for them,

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:44.700
 right?

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.759
 There was much

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:47.460
 opposition to the work.

00:17:48.620 --> 00:17:49.200
 And at this point,

00:17:49.220 --> 00:17:49.900
 we can pause

00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:50.840
 and reflect upon

00:17:50.840 --> 00:17:51.700
 our own lives

00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:52.279
 and the opposition

00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:53.220
 that we experience

00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:53.640
 in them.

00:17:54.759 --> 00:17:55.539
 This morning,

00:17:56.100 --> 00:17:57.039
 Sam allowed me

00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.420
 to come up

00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:58.180
 to the building early

00:17:58.180 --> 00:17:59.080
 and just do a little bit

00:17:59.080 --> 00:18:00.420
 of last preparation

00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.500
 for the day.

00:18:01.580 --> 00:18:02.180
 But I was thinking

00:18:02.180 --> 00:18:02.779
 about it being

00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:03.380
 Father's Day

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 and I was thinking

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 about dads

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 loading kids

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 into vans

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 and the screaming

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 and the wanting

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 of juice

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 and crackers

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 and those of you

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 who are without children

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 will not understand

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 the chaos sometimes

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 that happens

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 on a Sunday morning

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 before we come here.

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 There's opposition

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 to the work, right?

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 Like dads,

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 how many times

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 do you feel like

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 just turning around

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 and going back

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 to the house

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 saying,

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 fine,

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 this is not going well

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 for us this day,

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 right?

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 There's much calamity,

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 many things

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 battling against us

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 to do the work

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 that's set before us

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 by our Lord.

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 That's a very minor

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 example,

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 I'm aware.

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 But there's much

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 opposition.

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 The peoples of the land

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 as they're referred to

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 here in Nehemiah

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 don't want to see

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 Israel rebuild the walls.

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 They don't want to see

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 them fortify

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 and protect themselves.

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 They want glory

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 and honor to belong

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 to King Artaxerxes,

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 not to the God

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 of these people.

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 And so there's plotting

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 against them

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 or we're going to

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 study some of that

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 together.

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 There's times at which

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 they're both building

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 the wall

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 and they've got swords

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 on their sides.

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 There's times at which

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 they're carrying things

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 in one hand

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 and a sword

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 in the other hand.

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 But they were so

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 determined.

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 They had their minds,

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 their hearts,

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 set to the work

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 before them.

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 And so they complete

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 the wall.

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 I hope I'm not

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 breaking,

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 shattering your

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 spoiler alert here

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 for the story.

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 They do in fact

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 build the wall.

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 They build it

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 in 52 days.

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 Something that

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 hadn't been completed

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 in 90 years.

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 They set their minds

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 to it.

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 They work hard

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 in spite of the opposition

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 and they build the wall

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 in 52 days.

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 And we see this record

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 through to chapter 7

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 of the book.

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 And it doesn't end there.

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 The building is not

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 yet done.

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 The spiritual rebuilding

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 begins at that point.

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 As I told you,

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 there's some things

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 beginning to happen.

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 Some spiritual revitalization

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 happening back

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 with that second movement

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 we called Group B.

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 But it really takes off

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 at this point.

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 In chapters 8-13

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 we see this.

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 And 8-10

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 we probably have

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 the greatest record

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 in the scriptures

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 of spiritual revival.

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 They pull out

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 the law

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 and they open it

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 and it's read before them

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 by Ezra

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 and there's this

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 great repentance

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 followed by

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 wonderful praise

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 of the things

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 that God

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 has done for them.

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 This huge, huge revival

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 that happens

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 and we get the

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 great privilege

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 of getting to look

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 at that together

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 and what revival

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 looks like

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 in the land.

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 And I want to tell you

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 I've got four objectives

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 in our time together

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 over the summer.

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 Four things

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 that I hope to accomplish

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 as we study this together.

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 Firstly,

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 I want to expand

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 your appreciation

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 for the inspired words

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 of God.

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 As I said before,

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 the whole thing

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 is inspired

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 and given to us

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 for our instruction.

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 I want you to really

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 take hold

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 of that.

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 Now it's going to be

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 a challenge for me.

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 I really much prefer

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 to preach verse by verse

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 through the epistles.

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 The teaching,

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 the doctrinal parts.

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 This is narrative.

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 It's going to be

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 a little bit challenging

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 for me,

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 but as I've discovered

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 that 40% of our scriptures

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 is narrative.

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 40% of it

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 is narrative.

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 It is a wonderful,

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 wonderful way

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 to understand

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 and to see

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 the great truths

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 of God

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 as we see

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 the stories of God

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 being played out.

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 There's evangelistic

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 movements around

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 the world right now

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 that are using

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 storytelling

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 to present the gospel.

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 It's a valuable way

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 for us to learn

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 information.

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 Some of you

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 may remember

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 some of the books

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 that you were

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 forced to read

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 in high school

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 and the themes

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 contained within them

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 because you remember

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 the story.

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 You get the story.

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 Still, right now

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 The Great Gatsby

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 has come out

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 in a movie.

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 I was forced

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 to read that book

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 in high school

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 and I remember

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 the themes

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 of that story

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 because I can remember

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 what happens

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 in it.

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 So I hope that

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 you'll appreciate

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 better the inspired

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 words of God

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 in our study together

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 which means

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 I've got to work

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 hard at showing

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 it to you

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 and showing you

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 its great value.

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 Secondly,

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 I want to expose

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 you to the character

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 of God.

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 I want to expose

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 you to the character

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 of God

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 and I know

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 that that sounds

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 lofty

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 and academic.

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 You certainly

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 could take

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 a lot of notes.

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 We could

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 systematically

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 work through

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 the character

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 of God

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 but here we see

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 it played out

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 in a story

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 and I can tell

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 you that all

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 the doctrines

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 that really

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 affect my life

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 the things

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 I really

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 take hold of

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 and work in me

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 I came to

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 by reading

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 about stories

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 of God.

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 Take for example

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 the gospel

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 of grace

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 the doctrines

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 of grace.

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 This really

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 began to mean

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 something to me

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 when I began

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 to read stories

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 like in Genesis

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 the life of Joseph

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 who was sold

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 into slavery

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 thrown into jail

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 ended up

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 in a prominent

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 position

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 that he might

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 save his people

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 and you see

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 the sovereign

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 hand of God

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 working

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 and moving

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 and suddenly

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 the little

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 things of my

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 life

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 little things

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 that are nothing

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 like getting

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 sold into slavery

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 nothing like

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 being thrown

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 into prison

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 for being

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 righteous

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 very

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 unmonumental

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 right?

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 Much of an

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 effect as I

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 see the sovereign

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 hand of God

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 working in

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 things like

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 this.

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 I'll give you

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 a list

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 just in the

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 book of Nehemiah

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 the way that

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 God is referred

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 to here

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 in the text

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 and I don't

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 believe this is

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 exhaustive at all

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 but listen to

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 this

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 he is called

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 the great

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 and awesome

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 God

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 the faithful

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 God

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 the loving

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 God

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 the powerful

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 God

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 the strong

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 God

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 the maker

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 of the heavens

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 the maker

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 of earth

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 and seas

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 the life

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 giver

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 the sovereign

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 God

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 the righteous

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 God

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 the covenant

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 keeping

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 God

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 the God

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 who performs

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 signs and

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 wonders

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 the delivering

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 God

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 the providing

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 God

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 the forgiving

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 God

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 the God

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 who is

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 gracious

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 compassionate

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 and patient

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 the teaching

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.680
 God

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.339
 the good

00:23:55.339 --> 00:23:55.700
 God

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.559
 the judging

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:56.960
 God

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:58.019
 the admonishing

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.440
 God

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.319
 the just

00:23:59.319 --> 00:23:59.700
 God

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.720
 the remembering

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.220
 God

00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:02.339
 the rewarding

00:24:02.339 --> 00:24:03.000
 God

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.980
 the God

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.759
 who is the

00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.120
 giver

00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:06.000
 of great

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.420
 joy

00:24:06.420 --> 00:24:07.400
 just in the

00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:07.720
 book of

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.279
 Nehemiah

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:08.980
 this is how

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.839
 Nehemiah

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.920
 speaks or Ezra

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.420
 speaks of

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:11.920
 Nehemiah

00:24:11.920 --> 00:24:13.279
 of his

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.759
 God

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:16.380
 many people

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.859
 would preach

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.220
 to you the

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.500
 book of

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.980
 Nehemiah

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.339
 and at the

00:24:18.339 --> 00:24:18.680
 end of it

00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:18.920
 you would

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.240
 say

00:24:19.240 --> 00:24:20.140
 Nehemiah

00:24:20.140 --> 00:24:20.519
 was a

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.059
 great

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.759
 guy

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:23.180
 we ought

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.460
 to be

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.339
 more like

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:25.160
 Nehemiah

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.500
 but I

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.799
 say to

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:25.900
 you

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.339
 if that's

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.759
 what we

00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:27.200
 accomplished

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.019
 this summer

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:29.039
 we failed

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:30.079
 I failed

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.400
 you

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:31.259
 you failed

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:31.519
 in your

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.920
 listening

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.220
 that's not

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.440
 what we

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:33.599
 ought to

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.960
 walk away

00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:34.099
 with

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.359
 we ought

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.700
 to walk

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:34.879
 away

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.180
 saying

00:24:35.180 --> 00:24:35.779
 what a

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.339
 great

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.079
 God

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:38.019
 Nehemiah

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.539
 worshipped

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.480
 and served

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.720
 that's what

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:40.980
 we ought

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.319
 to walk

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.640
 away

00:24:41.640 --> 00:24:42.019
 with

00:24:42.019 --> 00:24:42.740
 because we

00:24:42.740 --> 00:24:43.279
 do in

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.519
 fact

00:24:43.519 --> 00:24:43.960
 serve a

00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.119
 great

00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:44.400
 God

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:44.539
 and

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.079
 Nehemiah

00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:45.720
 is such

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.339
 a wonderful

00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:47.319
 example

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.779
 of that

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.480
 the things

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:48.720
 that

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.440
 Nehemiah

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:49.960
 does in

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.240
 here

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.779
 are not

00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.460
 a response

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.779
 to his

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:52.980
 own

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.539
 character

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.180
 right

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.920
 man that

00:24:54.920 --> 00:24:55.440
 Nehemiah

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:55.880
 what a

00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.480
 hard worker

00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.359
 he built

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.640
 a wall

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.099
 in 52

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.420
 days

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.700
 it's not

00:24:58.700 --> 00:24:59.099
 a response

00:24:59.099 --> 00:24:59.440
 to his

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.079
 leadership

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.720
 ability

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.140
 it's a

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.579
 response

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.539
 to who

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.099
 his

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.599
 God

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.420
 was

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.240
 and is

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:07.299
 for us

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:07.960
 that's what

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.819
 caused him

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.120
 that's what

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:10.099
 motivated him

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.880
 to work

00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.680
 to lead

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.420
 in the way

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.920
 that he

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.240
 did

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.799
 we should

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.240
 walk away

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.559
 from here

00:25:14.559 --> 00:25:15.099
 praising

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.980
 our

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.219
 great

00:25:16.219 --> 00:25:16.559
 God

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:18.699
 thirdly

00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:20.959
 I want

00:25:20.959 --> 00:25:21.299
 to show

00:25:21.299 --> 00:25:21.679
 you the

00:25:21.679 --> 00:25:22.299
 timeliness

00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:22.719
 of these

00:25:22.719 --> 00:25:23.139
 lessons

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:24.139
 for the

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.539
 work that's

00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:24.899
 ahead of

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.379
 us

00:25:25.379 --> 00:25:26.179
 as we

00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:26.559
 build a

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:26.980
 church

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.899
 to the

00:25:27.899 --> 00:25:28.099
 glory

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.599
 of God

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.379
 I'm going

00:25:29.379 --> 00:25:29.559
 to draw

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:30.480
 a connection

00:25:30.480 --> 00:25:31.139
 for you

00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.619
 between

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.439
 those two

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:33.579
 as we

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.259
 as God's

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.639
 people

00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.599
 should

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.419
 be desiring

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:37.139
 his glory

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.919
 the proclamation

00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.459
 of his

00:25:38.459 --> 00:25:38.859
 goodness

00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.059
 to us

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.199
 we're building

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.939
 a church

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.339
 but we don't

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:42.819
 build a church

00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:43.819
 with physical

00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:44.259
 stones

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.539
 I'm not

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.039
 talking about

00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.420
 this building

00:25:45.420 --> 00:25:45.680
 I hope

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:45.940
 that you've

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.339
 gotten that

00:25:46.339 --> 00:25:46.519
 here

00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.039
 that this

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.740
 building

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.160
 is not

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.539
 the church

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:48.980
 we're

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.819
 the church

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.099
 and so

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.259
 we're

00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.700
 building up

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.319
 a people

00:25:51.319 --> 00:25:52.460
 for his

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.960
 praise

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.720
 that is

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.220
 the work

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:54.960
 that's ahead

00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:55.480
 of us

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.140
 and I

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:56.640
 will probably

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.379
 affectionately

00:25:57.379 --> 00:25:57.960
 call you

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.660
 the remnant

00:25:58.660 --> 00:25:59.240
 a lot

00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.980
 over the

00:25:59.980 --> 00:26:00.279
 summer

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.700
 we're those

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.000
 that are

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.879
 here now

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:04.240
 I guess

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.000
 our college

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.279
 students have

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:05.579
 been carried

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.119
 off to exile

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:06.339
 I don't

00:26:06.339 --> 00:26:06.619
 really know

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.079
 if we're

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.480
 going to

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.200
 draw it

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.579
 out quite

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.059
 that far

00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:10.379
 but the

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.779
 task has

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.079
 been given

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.619
 to us

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:12.500
 to build

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:13.920
 to display

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.340
 God's

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:14.620
 glory

00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.120
 we are

00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.580
 now the

00:26:15.580 --> 00:26:15.880
 visible

00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:16.519
 display

00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:17.620
 of God's

00:26:17.620 --> 00:26:17.940
 goodness

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.300
 of his

00:26:18.300 --> 00:26:18.779
 character

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.560
 in the

00:26:19.560 --> 00:26:19.820
 world

00:26:19.820 --> 00:26:20.160
 so there's

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:21.200
 a great

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.820
 connection

00:26:21.820 --> 00:26:22.580
 between the

00:26:22.580 --> 00:26:22.800
 two

00:26:22.800 --> 00:26:23.200
 and we can

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.660
 learn and

00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:24.620
 glean so

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.200
 much about

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.500
 God's

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:25.880
 character

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:26.720
 to us

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.320
 and the

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:27.700
 work that

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.039
 we ought

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.279
 to be

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.539
 doing

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.960
 together

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.320
 as we

00:26:29.320 --> 00:26:29.820
 look at

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.640
 the book

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.480
 of Nehemiah

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:32.779
 first

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:32.779


00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:33.140
 Peter

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:33.579
 chapter

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:33.960
 two

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.240
 Peter

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.599
 speaks

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.000
 of us

00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.319
 as

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.099
 living

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:36.860
 stones

00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:37.720
 who's

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:37.960
 the

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.599
 chief

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.440
 cornerstone

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.079
 Christ

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.460
 right

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:40.779
 this

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.220
 this

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.839
 imagery

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.319
 of the

00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.900
 building

00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.240
 right

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.660
 we're

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.160
 chosen

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.500
 and

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.880
 precious

00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:45.599
 and we're

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.120
 being built

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.500
 up

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.259
 as a

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.539
 spiritual

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.079
 house

00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:49.339
 it's

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.740
 timely

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.200
 for us

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.420
 to be

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:50.740
 studying

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.079
 this

00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:51.900
 together

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.460
 and

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.599
 then

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:54.200
 fourthly

00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:56.380
 I want

00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:56.779
 to exalt

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.360
 the person

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.019
 and the

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.360
 work

00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.059
 of Jesus

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.500
 Christ

00:26:59.500 --> 00:27:00.660
 which

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.600
 all good

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:01.880
 preaching

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.299
 does

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.460
 I want

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.759
 to exalt

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.319
 the person

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.059
 and the

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.360
 work

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:05.920
 of Jesus

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:06.360
 Christ

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.920
 now

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.700
 how is

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:07.880
 it

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:08.400
 exactly

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:08.819
 that we're

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.100
 going to

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:09.400
 do that

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.600
 in the

00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:09.720
 book

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:09.840
 of

00:27:09.840 --> 00:27:10.279
 Nehemiah

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:12.160
 the name

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.400
 Jesus

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.720
 Christ

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.059
 is never

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.380
 mentioned

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.759
 in these

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.080
 pages

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:15.720
 don't know

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.039
 he's not

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:16.299
 on the

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.539
 scene

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.779
 yet

00:27:16.779 --> 00:27:17.220
 we don't

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.400
 know

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:17.539
 this

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:17.740
 to be

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:17.880
 the

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.220
 case

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.660
 turn

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:18.799
 with

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:18.880
 me

00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.039
 to

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.319
 Luke

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.880
 chapter

00:27:19.880 --> 00:27:20.400
 24

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:22.700
 I lose

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:22.700


00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:24.319
 men

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.660
 who

00:27:24.660 --> 00:27:25.120
 stand

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.319
 in

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.779
 pulpits

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:25.900
 or

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.140
 given

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.559
 positions

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:26.740
 of

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.039
 power

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.240
 to

00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:27.660
 preach

00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.360
 and

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:28.480
 they

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.960
 don't

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.580
 preach

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.700
 Christ

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.640
 they

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.039
 preach

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.880
 tips

00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.080
 for

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:33.240
 your

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.740
 life

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.840
 little

00:27:34.840 --> 00:27:35.240
 ways

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.360
 you

00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:35.500
 can

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.720
 better

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.100
 manage

00:27:36.100 --> 00:27:36.279
 your

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.880
 business

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 we're

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 to

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 preach

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 Christ

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 verse

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 13

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 chapter

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 24

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 this

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 is after

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 the

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 resurrection

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 that

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 very

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 day

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 two

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 of

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 them

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 disciples

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 were

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 going

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 to

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 a

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 village

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 named

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 Emmaus

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 about

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 seven

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 miles

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 from

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 Jerusalem

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 and

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 they

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 were

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 talking

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 with

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 each

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 other

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 about

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 all

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 these

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 things

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 that

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 had

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 happened

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 when

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 they

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 were

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 talking

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 and

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 discussing

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 together

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 Jesus

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 himself

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 drew

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 near

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 and

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 went

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 with

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 them

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 but

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 their

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 eyes

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 were

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 kept

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 from

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 recognizing

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 them

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 and

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 he

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 said

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 to

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 them

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 what

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 is

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 this

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 conversation

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 that

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 you

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 are

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 having

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 with

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 each

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 other

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 as

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 you

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 walk

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 this

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 must

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 have

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 been

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 a

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 very

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 looking

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 back

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 on

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 it

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 for

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 them

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 a

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 very

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 comical

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 conversation

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 what

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 is this

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.639
 conversation

00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:14.799
 that

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:14.879
 you

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:14.960
 were

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 having

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.299
 with

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.440
 each

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 other

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 as

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 you

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 walk

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 and

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 they

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 stood

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 still

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 looking

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 sad

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 then

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 one

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 of

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 them

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 named

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 Cleopas

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 answered

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 him

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 are

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 you

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 the

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 only

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 visitor

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 to

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 Jerusalem

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 who

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 does

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 not

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 know

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.660
 the

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 things

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 that

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 have

00:28:24.099 --> 00:28:24.400
 happened

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.619
 there

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:24.759
 in

00:28:24.759 --> 00:28:24.879
 these

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:25.180
 days

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.420
 can you

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:25.599
 imagine

00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:25.859
 how he

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 felt

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:26.379
 after

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 realizing

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 who

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.259
 he

00:28:27.259 --> 00:28:27.259


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 been

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 talking

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 to

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 yep

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 a little bit

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 of rhetoric

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.599
 there

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 verse 19

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 and he

00:28:33.200 --> 00:28:33.500
 said to

00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:33.740
 them

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:34.240
 what

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.639
 things

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.879
 and they

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.220
 said

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.720
 to him

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 concerning

00:28:38.160 --> 00:28:38.539
 Jesus

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 of

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 Nazareth

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 a man

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 who

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 was

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 a

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 prophet

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 mighty

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 in

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 deed

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 and

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 word

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 before

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 God

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 and

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 all

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 the

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 people

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 and

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 how

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 our

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 chief

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 priests

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 and

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 rulers

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 delivered

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 him

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 up

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 to

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 be

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 condemned

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 to

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 death

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 and

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 crucified

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 him

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 but

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 we

00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.039
 had

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.379
 hoped

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:48.579
 that

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 he

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 was

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 the

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 one

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 to

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 redeem

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 Israel

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 yes

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 and

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.519
 besides

00:28:51.519 --> 00:28:51.740
 all

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:51.960
 this

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.119
 it

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 is

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.339
 now

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:22.400
 and

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 enter

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 into

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.400
 his

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 glory

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.039
 so

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.299
 notice

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.680
 here

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.019
 he

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.500
 corrects

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:25.600
 them

00:29:25.600 --> 00:29:25.740
 he

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.160
 rebukes

00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:26.279
 them

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:26.400
 he

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:26.640
 calls

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:26.860
 them

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:27.720
 foolish

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 slow

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 of

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 heart

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 to

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 believe

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 all

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:29.960
 that

00:29:29.960 --> 00:29:30.100
 the

00:29:30.100 --> 00:29:30.519
 prophets

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:30.779
 have

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.120
 spoken

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.279
 and

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.440
 he's

00:29:31.440 --> 00:29:31.779
 referring

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.039
 here

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.319
 to

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.299
 everything

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:34.039
 Old

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.539
 Testament

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:35.240
 everything

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.720
 up

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.319
 to

00:29:36.319 --> 00:29:36.740
 this

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.559
 point

00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:38.059
 he's

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.200
 saying

00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:38.319
 to

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.440
 them

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.799
 you

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.400
 had

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.019
 me

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.259
 you

00:29:40.259 --> 00:29:40.740
 had

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.160
 this

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.440
 you

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:41.620
 had

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:41.759
 the

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:41.980
 very

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.500
 revelation

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:42.980
 of

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.180
 Jesus

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.519
 Christ

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.160
 coming

00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.620
 and

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:44.860
 you've

00:29:44.860 --> 00:29:45.519
 missed

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:45.900
 it

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.900
 verse

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.400
 27

00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:47.839
 and

00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.240
 beginning

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.500
 with

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.819
 Moses

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.120
 and

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.480
 the

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:52.900
 things

00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.660
 concerning

00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.220
 himself

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.759
 boy

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:54.880
 I

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.019
 wish

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.120
 we

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:55.240
 had

00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:55.339
 the

00:29:55.339 --> 00:29:55.579
 record

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:55.740
 of

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:55.980
 that

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.579
 that

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:56.720
 would

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.339
 that

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.460
 would

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.620
 make

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:57.779
 my

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.019
 job

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.140
 at

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.519
 Nehemiah

00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.039
 a lot

00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.339
 easier

00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.539
 if I

00:29:59.539 --> 00:29:59.640
 could

00:29:59.640 --> 00:29:59.900
 have

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.279
 Jesus

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.720
 Christ

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:01.360
 commentary

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:02.279
 on

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.380
 the

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.559
 book

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:02.700
 of

00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:03.259
 Nehemiah

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.819
 right

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.200
 a

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.620
 wonderful

00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.299
 thing

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.700
 for

00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:06.920
 some

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.200
 reason

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.579
 it's

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:07.900
 excluded

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.220
 here

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.680
 um

00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:10.480
 dependence

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:10.660
 on

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:10.759
 the

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:10.960
 spirit

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:11.380
 so

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:11.799
 that's

00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:11.980
 my

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.380
 answer

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.500
 to

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.680
 that

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:12.940
 verse

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.259
 28

00:30:13.259 --> 00:30:13.440
 so

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:13.559
 they

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.779
 drew

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.059
 near

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.200
 to

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.319
 the

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:14.579
 village

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:14.720
 to

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:14.860
 which

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:14.960
 they

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.079
 were

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.339
 going

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.519
 he

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.819
 acted

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.019
 as

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.159
 if

00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.319
 he

00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:16.439
 was

00:30:16.439 --> 00:30:16.659
 going

00:30:16.659 --> 00:30:17.000
 farther

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.439
 but

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:17.559
 they

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:17.839
 urged

00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:17.980
 him

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.279
 strongly

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.659
 saying

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:19.240
 stay

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:19.459
 with

00:30:19.459 --> 00:30:19.720
 us

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:20.019
 for

00:30:20.019 --> 00:30:20.159
 it is

00:30:20.159 --> 00:30:20.339
 toward

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.639
 evening

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:20.759
 and

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:20.859
 the

00:30:20.859 --> 00:30:21.000
 day

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.119
 is

00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:21.279
 now

00:30:21.279 --> 00:30:21.539
 far

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:21.899
 spent

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 so

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 he

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 went

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 in

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 to

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 stay

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 with

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 him

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 when

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 he

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 was

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 at

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 table

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 with

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 him

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 he

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 took

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 the

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 bread

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 and

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 blessed

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 and

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 broke

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 it

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 and

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 gave

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 it

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 to

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 them

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 and

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 their

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 eyes

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 were

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 opened

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 and

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 they

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 recognized

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 him

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 and

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 he

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!

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 said

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 to

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!

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 each

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 other

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 did

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 not

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 our

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 hearts

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 burn

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 within

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 us

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 while

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 we

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 talked

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 to

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 us

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 on

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 the

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 road

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 while

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 he

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 opened

00:30:36.220 --> 00:30:36.360
 to

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 us

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 the

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 scriptures

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 and

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 they

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 rose

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 that

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 same

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 hour

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 and

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 returned

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 to

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 Jerusalem

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 and

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 they

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 found

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 the

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 eleven

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 and

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 those

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 who

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 were

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 with

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 them

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 gathered

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 together

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 saying

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 the

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 Lord

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 has

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 risen

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 indeed

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 and

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 has

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 appeared

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 to

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 Simon

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:47.039
 and

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.120
 they

00:30:47.120 --> 00:30:47.400
 told

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 what

00:30:47.580 --> 00:30:47.700
 had

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 happened

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 on

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 the

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 road

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 and

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 how

00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:48.840
 he

00:30:48.840 --> 00:30:49.160
!

00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:51.980
 looked

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.140
 down

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.259
 at

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.440
 verse

00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:02.620
 me

00:31:02.620 --> 00:31:02.700
 and

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:02.820
 the

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.140
 law

00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.580
 of

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:03.880
 Moses

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.039
 and

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:04.140
 the

00:31:04.140 --> 00:31:04.560
 prophets

00:31:04.560 --> 00:31:04.740
 and

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:04.900
 the

00:31:04.900 --> 00:31:05.360
 Psalms

00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:05.900
 must

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 be

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:07.019
 fulfilled

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.320
 he

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:07.460
 said

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 remember

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.279
 I

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.660
 told

00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:08.840
 you

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.160
 I

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.360
 would

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:09.480
 be

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.660
 the

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.039
 fulfillment

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 of

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:10.519
 all

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:10.820
 these

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 things

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 including

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 the

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.140
 promises

00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.340
 in

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 Nehemiah

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.820
 right

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.580
 verse

00:31:15.580 --> 00:31:16.080
 45

00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.580
 then

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:16.720
 he

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.240
 opened

00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.519
 their

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.039
 minds

00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:18.060
!

00:31:18.060 --> 00:31:18.700
 to

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.140
 understand

00:31:19.140 --> 00:31:19.320
 the

00:31:19.320 --> 00:31:19.600
 scriptures

00:31:19.600 --> 00:31:22.800
 he

00:31:22.800 --> 00:31:23.320
 opened

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:23.720
 their

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.300
 minds

00:31:24.300 --> 00:31:24.320
!

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.000
 to

00:31:25.000 --> 00:31:25.360
 understand

00:31:25.360 --> 00:31:25.519
 the

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:25.759
 scriptures

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:25.980
 and

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.560
 recognize

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:26.940
 the

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.220
 point

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.420
 here

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.820
 being

00:31:27.820 --> 00:31:28.240
 to

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.820
 understand

00:31:28.820 --> 00:31:29.259
 the

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:29.519
 scriptures

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:29.900
 as

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.060
 they

00:31:30.060 --> 00:31:30.500
 speak

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:30.500


00:31:30.620 --> 00:31:30.880
 of

00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:31.240
 him

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:32.280
 because

00:31:32.280 --> 00:31:32.820
 every

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:33.400
 single

00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:33.840
 page

00:31:33.840 --> 00:31:34.280
 every

00:31:34.280 --> 00:31:34.740
 word

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.260
 every

00:31:35.260 --> 00:31:35.700
 bit

00:31:35.700 --> 00:31:35.840
 of

00:31:35.840 --> 00:31:36.520
 punctuation

00:31:36.520 --> 00:31:37.660
 speaks

00:31:37.660 --> 00:31:38.480
 of

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.920
 Jesus

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:40.120
 Christ

00:31:40.120 --> 00:31:41.680
 until

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:41.900
 we

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.140
 read

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.280
 the

00:31:42.280 --> 00:31:42.540
 Old

00:31:42.540 --> 00:31:42.900
 Testament

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:43.520
 scriptures

00:31:43.520 --> 00:31:43.940
 with a

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.140
 view

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:44.300
 to

00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:44.760
 Christ

00:31:44.760 --> 00:31:45.600
 looking

00:31:45.600 --> 00:31:45.840
 for

00:31:45.840 --> 00:31:46.000
 him

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.120
 in

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.260
 this

00:31:46.260 --> 00:31:46.540
 way

00:31:46.540 --> 00:31:47.240
 we

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:47.380
 are

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:47.800
 not

00:31:47.800 --> 00:31:48.220
 reading

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.500
 it

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.220
 properly

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:50.320
 we

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:50.500
 have

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:50.880
 missed

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.120
 the

00:31:51.120 --> 00:31:51.540
 point

00:31:51.540 --> 00:31:51.980
 if

00:31:51.980 --> 00:31:52.140
 we

00:31:52.140 --> 00:31:52.520
 say

00:31:52.520 --> 00:31:53.160
 look

00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:53.320
 at

00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:53.640
 David

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:53.880
 what

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.040
 a

00:31:54.040 --> 00:31:54.400
 brave

00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:54.820
 man

00:31:54.820 --> 00:31:55.080
 willing

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.240
 to

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.380
 go

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.560
 out

00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:55.700
 and

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:55.900
 face

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.480
 Goliath

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.740
 we

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:56.960
 should

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.140
 be

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.440
 brave

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:57.720
 like

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.100
 him

00:31:58.100 --> 00:31:59.000
 there

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.000


00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.240
 a

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.540
 lesson

00:31:59.540 --> 00:31:59.940
 there

00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.560
 certainly

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:00.799
 we

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.099
 should

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.460
 trust

00:32:01.460 --> 00:32:01.639
 in

00:32:01.639 --> 00:32:01.879
 God

00:32:01.879 --> 00:32:02.019
 in

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.159
 that

00:32:02.159 --> 00:32:02.539
 way

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.240
 but

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.440
 until

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:03.599
 we

00:32:03.599 --> 00:32:03.839
 see

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.059
 that

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.399
 David

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:04.579
 is

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.720
 a

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.159
 type

00:32:05.159 --> 00:32:05.619
 of

00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:06.059
 Christ

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.659
 coming

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:06.839
 on

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.039
 our

00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:07.440
 behalf

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:07.679
 to

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:08.159
 conquer

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.940
 sin

00:32:08.940 --> 00:32:09.379
 and

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:09.779
 death

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.960
 we've

00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.240
 missed

00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:11.480
 it

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.839
 we've

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.059
 missed

00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.440
 the

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.779
 ultimate

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.359
 point

00:32:13.359 --> 00:32:13.500
 and

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:13.599
 we're

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:13.799
 not

00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:14.079
 really

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:14.460
 reading

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.980
 the

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.119
 Old

00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:15.500
 Testament

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.879
 properly

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:46.880


00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.120
 missed

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.940
 we

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.120
 we've

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:48.400
 preached

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:48.760
 Jesus

00:32:48.760 --> 00:32:49.200
 Christ

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.700
 even

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.420
 when

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:50.540
 we're

00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:50.940
 studying

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:51.880
 Nehemiah

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:52.960
 and

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.120
 I want

00:32:53.120 --> 00:32:53.220
 to

00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:53.420
 show

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.580
 you

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:53.720
 how

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.000
 that's

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.400
 possible

00:32:54.400 --> 00:32:55.220
 I've

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.340
 got

00:32:55.340 --> 00:32:55.520
 a lot

00:32:55.520 --> 00:32:55.620
 of

00:32:55.620 --> 00:32:55.780
 work

00:32:55.780 --> 00:32:56.120
 to do

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.460
 in

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.640
 that

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:56.940
 way

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.480
 but

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:57.680
 I hope

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:57.780
 that

00:32:57.780 --> 00:32:57.960
 we'll

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:58.440
 exalt

00:32:58.440 --> 00:32:58.740
 the

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.000
 personal

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.320
 work

00:32:59.320 --> 00:32:59.880
 of

00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.220
 Christ

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.740
 together

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:02.100
 let me

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.340
 read to

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:02.640
 you a

00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:02.900
 quote

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.620
 from

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:03.920
 Charles

00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:04.360
 Spurgeon

00:33:04.360 --> 00:33:04.880
 on this

00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:05.180
 matter

00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:07.120
 from

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.560
 every

00:33:07.560 --> 00:33:08.180
 town

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.039
 village

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:09.360
 and

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.640
 little

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.080
 hamlet

00:33:10.080 --> 00:33:10.279
 in

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.660
 England

00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:12.680
 wherever

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.160
 it may

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.460
 be

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.039
 there is

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.440
 a road

00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:14.779
 to

00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:15.120
 London

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.779
 and

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:15.920
 so

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.140
 from

00:33:16.140 --> 00:33:16.420
 every

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.759
 text

00:33:16.759 --> 00:33:16.940
 in

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.160
 scripture

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.440
 there is

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:17.900
 a road

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.100
 to

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.240
 the

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.779
 metropolis

00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.100
 of

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:19.240
 the

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.560
 scriptures

00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:20.320
 that

00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:20.700
 is

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.620
 Christ

00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.620
 your

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.000
 business

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.340
 is

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:23.519
 when

00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:23.640
 you

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:23.799
 get

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:23.940
 to

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.100
 a

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:24.400
 text

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:24.600
 to

00:33:24.600 --> 00:33:25.019
 say

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.660
 now

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:25.920
 what

00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.060
 is

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 the

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 road

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 to

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 Christ

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 and

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 then

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 preach

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 a

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 sermon

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 or

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 study

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 it

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 in

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 that

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 way

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 if

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 you're

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 not

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 a

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!

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 a

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!

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 running

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 along

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 the

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 road

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 towards

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 the

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 great

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 metropolis

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 Christ

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 and

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 that's

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 what

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 I

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 hope

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 to

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 accomplish

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 as

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 we

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 come

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 together

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 to

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 this

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 study

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 to

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 show

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 you

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 how

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 it

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 is

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 that

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 it's

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 timely

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 for

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 us

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 for

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 the

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 building

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 of

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 the

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 glory

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 of

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 God

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 to

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 have

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 you

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 have

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 a

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 deeper

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 appreciation

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 of

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 the

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 scriptures

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 which

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 will

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 accomplish

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 primarily

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 through

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 getting

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 you

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 to

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 see

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 that

00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.960
 every

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 single

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 word

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 speaks

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 of

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 Christ

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 let's

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 pray

00:33:57.880 --> 00:33:58.160
 together

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!