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\nAri, sister Ahava, sister Asha
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\nThey they wish they could be
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\nThey have many wonderful friends
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\nbegan to do the study, I saw the
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\nriddles in this chapter.
\nNow you may not appreciate right<\/p>\n
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\naway with those riddles are
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\nBut as you read chapter 16, if <\/p>\n
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\nyou just read it with fresh
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\nLet me give you a few of them
\nbecause they help us form an <\/p>\n
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\noutline for our study.
\nSo our first study is a sign <\/p>\n
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\nOK, that’s set to the second <\/p>\n
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\nstudy because the first and
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\ncombined.
\nBecause it turns out when I <\/p>\n
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\naccepted the invitation to
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\nsix studies in exhortation.
\nAnd that’s a record, by the way.<\/p>\n
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\nSo congratulations for you. 7
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\nSo, so I, I basically took the
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\nSo the second study is the sign
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\nWhy was this the only sign
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\nOK, you, you see how you’re
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\nThe third the the leaven of the
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\nJesus says to beware it.
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\nWhy does he deliver this message
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\nand when you begin good Bible
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\nyou look at that, you go, huh, I
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\nThis is what Bible study is.
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\nThe Pharisees and the Sadducees
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\nWhat did he do there? <\/p>\n
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\nNow it’s worth remarketing by
\nthe way, we see Pharisees and <\/p>\n
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\nPharisees and Sadducees.
\nClearly these two people that <\/p>\n
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\noppose these two groups, I
\nshould say that oppose Jesus <\/p>\n
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\neach other, these two groups,
\nthis is one of the few occasions<\/p>\n
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\nbefore the last week of the Lord
\nJesus Christ life where we see <\/p>\n
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\nthese two groups come together.
\nNow one of those occasions where<\/p>\n
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\nyou see the Pharisees, Zedges
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\ncouple, maybe in Mark 3 it’s
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\nthe other only incident that
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\nwork together before the last
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\ninteresting language which I <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s but it we don’t know when
\nJohn Chapter 7 appears within <\/p>\n
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\nrecords when Jesus goes to
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\nSo we don’t know exactly where
\nto put it right. <\/p>\n
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\nBut but interesting it’s talking
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\nJohn 7.
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\nto you that John 7 happens at
\nthe same time. <\/p>\n
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\nAll the things we’ve been
\nlooking at where it happens, I’m<\/p>\n
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\nnot sure.
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\nhappen somewhere in the middle
\nor towards the towards the end, <\/p>\n
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\ncould happen just before the
\nfeeding of the 4000. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the point is, is that
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\nAnd they said, when the Christ
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\ninstance when Jesus is in <\/p>\n
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\nI suggest to you is that they’re<\/p>\n
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\nboth threatened and they appear
\nto be especially triggered by <\/p>\n
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\nthis man actually might be the
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\nAnd so they come to Jesus.
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\nare you going to seek for me and
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\nNow, this is one of those <\/p>\n
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\nundesigned Scripture
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\nI have a sniff of it because you
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\ngoing away after defeating the
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\nThe next thing you read about
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\nclearly they know that he’s been
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\ncannot come and they know they
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\nWhy can’t they go there?
\nBecause they think they’re <\/p>\n
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\ndefiled by things like unwashed
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\nalthough that’s an interesting <\/p>\n
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\nundesigned scripts or
\ncoincidence, which is just worth<\/p>\n
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\ngoing.
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\nIt’s more remarkable than you
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\nbecause they didn’t like each
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\nNew Testament, but it’s a lot <\/p>\n
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\nmore clear when you go to
\nJosephus. <\/p>\n
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\nbecause they represent very
\ndifferent demographics and they <\/p>\n
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\nand they have different beliefs.<\/p>\n
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\nclasses and lower classes. <\/p>\n
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\nThey represent the aristocracy
\nand the wealthy. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Pharisees were, were
\nteaching in synagogues. <\/p>\n
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\nwith synagogues. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Pharisees were not very much
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\ntowards one another. <\/p>\n
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\nthat they’re both threatened <\/p>\n
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\nbecause this man, well, people
\nthink he might be the Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nIf he’s the Messiah, we’re both
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\ndifferences and they come <\/p>\n
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\ntogether for this purpose.
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\nsomething.
\nThey knew that Jesus had <\/p>\n
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\nand sign after sign. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was clear and obvious to <\/p>\n
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\neveryone.
\nYou can’t, we cannot feed 5000 <\/p>\n
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\npeople and people not know about
\nit. <\/p>\n
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\nthe blind in the in the maimed <\/p>\n
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\nknown. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what are they going to do
\nabout this? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s going to be their
\nstrategy? <\/p>\n
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\nthis issue that that clearly <\/p>\n
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\nsigns and the signs appear to be<\/p>\n
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\nevidence to the people that he
\nactually might be the Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nthat? <\/p>\n
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\nSo they develop a line of
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\nfor a bigger, bolder, better
\nsign, a sign from heaven. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, we’re going to ask for a <\/p>\n
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\nsign as conclusively from
\nheaven, a sign which is so clear<\/p>\n
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\nand so overwhelming that there’s
\ngoing to be no doubt whatsoever <\/p>\n
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\nthat this man not, we’re not,
\nwe’re not talking about a casual<\/p>\n
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\nsign like a man born blind sees
\nagain. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s just, well, that’s just
\nthat’s just that’s just table <\/p>\n
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\nstakes Messiah talk, right?
\nThat’s not that’s not good <\/p>\n
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\nenough, right?
\nWe’re not talking about a man <\/p>\n
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\nwho is sick of a palsy and then
\nrising up again. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s not good enough.
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\nNow, the strategy is this.
\nLet’s say that Jesus fails to <\/p>\n
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\nproduce a sign.
\nAha, they got him because he’s a<\/p>\n
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\nWe asked for a sign, couldn’t <\/p>\n
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\nBut then of course, they think <\/p>\n
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\nto themselves, you know, this
\nman’s pretty good at signs. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat are we going to do if he
\nactually gives us a sign? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause you can’t.
\nYou know, I heard once about <\/p>\n
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\nlawyers that when you’re in a
\ntrial and you’re a lawyer and <\/p>\n
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\nsomeone’s on the stand, you
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\nEver heard that? <\/p>\n
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\nif not lawyers. <\/p>\n
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\nSo they never ask a question
\nthey don’t know the answer to. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what’s going to what’s, what
\nare they going to do? <\/p>\n
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\nthis from? <\/p>\n
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\nPLS above.
\nThey can’t lose. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, to them this is a no
\nlose question. <\/p>\n
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\nhave an answer. <\/p>\n
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\nyou is when they ask Jesus for a<\/p>\n
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\nsign, this is not a genuine
\nquestion. <\/p>\n
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\nYou, you follow that.
\nIt’s not like they’re actually, <\/p>\n
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\nyou know, young people.
\nThey’re not asking for a sign <\/p>\n
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\nthinking that if he actually
\nproduced something, they might <\/p>\n
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\nexchange happening here in in
\nMatthew 16 verse one. <\/p>\n
336
\n00:19:11,960 –> 00:19:14,800
\nThey’re not asking a sign so
\nthat if Jesus produced <\/p>\n
337
\n00:19:14,800 –> 00:19:17,440
\nsomething, they go he’s he’s
\ndone something. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:19:17,560 –> 00:19:20,280
\nWe’re actually going to believe.
\nThat’s not what’s happening. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:19:20,520 –> 00:19:23,320
\nNo matter what Jesus does,
\nthey’re not going to believe. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:19:27,120 –> 00:19:28,760
\nSo how is Jesus going to
\nrespond? <\/p>\n
341
\n00:19:31,120 –> 00:19:34,400
\nWell, he responds by asking them
\nto consider the sky. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:19:35,120 –> 00:19:45,920
\nNow let’s look at this together.
\nWell, here we go. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:19:47,120 –> 00:19:54,320
\nThe point of these last quest
\ngraphics were is that it’s just <\/p>\n
344
\n00:19:54,320 –> 00:19:57,280
\nthat if you look at Jewish
\nhistory, there’s a lot of <\/p>\n
345
\n00:19:57,280 –> 00:19:59,360
\ncontext.
\nI’m going to, I’m trying to try <\/p>\n
346
\n00:19:59,360 –> 00:20:01,600
\nto walk somewhere where Dan’s
\ncamera can’t find me. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:20:01,680 –> 00:20:03,800
\nIs that, am I going to achieve
\nthat, Dan? <\/p>\n
348
\n00:20:04,000 –> 00:20:04,920
\nAm I there?
\nYet? <\/p>\n
349
\n00:20:08,280 –> 00:20:11,880
\nThere’s lots of context in
\nJewish history where Jesus had <\/p>\n
350
\n00:20:11,880 –> 00:20:14,920
\nasked for a sign.
\nOr the Jews had had been given a<\/p>\n
351
\n00:20:14,920 –> 00:20:17,560
\nsign, a sign from heaven.
\nI’m just like to suggest to you <\/p>\n
352
\n00:20:17,800 –> 00:20:20,720
\nwhen, when they’re at Mount
\nSinai, there are plenty of signs<\/p>\n
353
\n00:20:20,720 –> 00:20:24,800
\nfrom heaven.
\nBut whilst those signs from <\/p>\n
354
\n00:20:24,800 –> 00:20:29,640
\nheaven are being given by God
\nclearly in the in the, in the <\/p>\n
355
\n00:20:29,640 –> 00:20:31,840
\nclouds and the thundering and
\nthe lightning. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:20:31,960 –> 00:20:37,000
\nSo in so far as they’re so
\nscared that they don’t want to <\/p>\n
357
\n00:20:37,000 –> 00:20:39,640
\napproach into the mountain
\nanymore or hear God’s voice, <\/p>\n
358
\n00:20:40,720 –> 00:20:44,520
\nthey’re doing this.
\nThat lot of good that sign was <\/p>\n
359
\n00:20:44,520 –> 00:20:51,000
\ndoing, wasn’t it?
\nI mean, or, or how about, how <\/p>\n
360
\n00:20:51,000 –> 00:20:53,920
\nabout Elijah calling down fire
\nin heaven then seems to be a <\/p>\n
361
\n00:20:53,920 –> 00:20:58,760
\nsign.
\nYou know, I, it’s funny, when I <\/p>\n
362
\n00:20:58,760 –> 00:21:02,000
\nwant to talk locally, I kind of
\ndo the southern accent a little <\/p>\n
363
\n00:21:02,000 –> 00:21:03,200
\nbit.
\nI don’t know what about the <\/p>\n
364
\n00:21:03,200 –> 00:21:06,000
\nsouthern accent makes me sound
\nlike I just represent the <\/p>\n
365
\n00:21:06,000 –> 00:21:08,720
\npeople, right.
\nSo you just got to forgive me. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:21:09,320 –> 00:21:16,480
\nSometimes I get some giddy up in
\nmy voice, but calling down fire <\/p>\n
367
\n00:21:16,480 –> 00:21:22,240
\nfrom heaven, right?
\nDid did that change the people? <\/p>\n
368
\n00:21:24,800 –> 00:21:29,160
\nAnd I just want, did signs from
\nheaven do any good in the <\/p>\n
369
\n00:21:29,160 –> 00:21:33,520
\nhistory of this people?
\nKind of funny, they think the <\/p>\n
370
\n00:21:33,520 –> 00:21:35,960
\nsign from heaven is going to do
\nsome good now, right? <\/p>\n
371
\n00:21:36,320 –> 00:21:42,120
\nIt hadn’t done much good before.
\nSo Jesus is going to to give <\/p>\n
372
\n00:21:42,120 –> 00:21:45,200
\nthem an an analogy of whether
\nnow, of course, this I remember <\/p>\n
373
\n00:21:45,400 –> 00:21:47,520
\nJesus is being asked a no win
\nquestion. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:21:47,640 –> 00:21:51,600
\nHe cannot win this question.
\nNo matter what he does, faith <\/p>\n
375
\n00:21:51,600 –> 00:21:54,560
\nwill not be resolved.
\nHe couldn’t do a sign and then <\/p>\n
376
\n00:21:54,560 –> 00:21:55,560
\nsuddenly they’re going to have
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:21:55,720 –> 00:21:57,400
\nSo this is not a genuine
\nquestion. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:21:57,520 –> 00:22:00,120
\nSo Jesus can’t answer it as if
\nit’s a genuine question. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:22:00,280 –> 00:22:02,920
\nBut of course, Jesus having the
\nSpirit knew this. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:22:04,320 –> 00:22:09,960
\nSo he says, he answered and said
\nunto them, when it’s evening, <\/p>\n
381
\n00:22:09,960 –> 00:22:14,200
\nyou say, it will be fair weather
\nfor the sky is red, and in the <\/p>\n
382
\n00:22:14,200 –> 00:22:17,360
\nmorning it will be foul weather
\ntoday, for the sky is red. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:22:17,360 –> 00:22:21,920
\nAnd lowering you hypocrites, you
\ncan discern the face of the sky,<\/p>\n
384
\n00:22:23,440 –> 00:22:26,880
\nbut can you not discern the sign
\nof the times? <\/p>\n
385
\n00:22:28,080 –> 00:22:32,120
\nSo what does Jesus mean by this?
\nSo in order to understand this, <\/p>\n
386
\n00:22:32,120 –> 00:22:33,880
\nyou don’t really need to
\nunderstand this, but this is one<\/p>\n
387
\n00:22:33,880 –> 00:22:35,240
\nof those things you look at and
\nyou’re like, what? <\/p>\n
388
\n00:22:35,240 –> 00:22:38,000
\nWhat is up with the red skies
\nand the and the Jewish weather? <\/p>\n
389
\n00:22:38,440 –> 00:22:40,280
\nSo I just wanted to explain
\nthis. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:22:40,280 –> 00:22:43,960
\nMaybe you’re curious like me.
\nSo, but it’s not really critical<\/p>\n
391
\n00:22:43,960 –> 00:22:50,560
\nthat you get this bit.
\nSo OK in Israel, where does rain<\/p>\n
392
\n00:22:50,560 –> 00:22:51,960
\ncome from?
\nWhich direction? <\/p>\n
393
\n00:22:54,480 –> 00:22:56,920
\nIt comes from the West, right.
\nIt comes from the Mediterranean <\/p>\n
394
\n00:22:56,920 –> 00:22:58,280
\nSea.
\nOK. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:22:58,280 –> 00:23:01,520
\nSo in fact, you know that
\nbecause we were an Elijah on <\/p>\n
396
\n00:23:01,520 –> 00:23:03,800
\nMount Carmel.
\nHe asks as a cycle. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:23:03,800 –> 00:23:08,800
\nLook out over the sea and and
\nsee if you see anything, right? <\/p>\n
398
\n00:23:08,800 –> 00:23:11,760
\nDon’t, don’t look towards the
\nSouth or the north, or certainly<\/p>\n
399
\n00:23:12,040 –> 00:23:15,200
\ndon’t look towards the east.
\nYou’re never going to find rain <\/p>\n
400
\n00:23:15,200 –> 00:23:21,760
\nfrom that direction ever, right?
\nLook towards the West and look <\/p>\n
401
\n00:23:21,760 –> 00:23:23,680
\nfor a cloud.
\nAnd of course that’s what he <\/p>\n
402
\n00:23:23,680 –> 00:23:27,760
\ndoes now.
\nA red and lowering sky means <\/p>\n
403
\n00:23:27,760 –> 00:23:32,600
\nthat the sun is shining up from
\nthe on the locales coming from <\/p>\n
404
\n00:23:32,600 –> 00:23:34,480
\nthe West.
\nSo I want you to imagine clouds <\/p>\n
405
\n00:23:34,480 –> 00:23:39,360
\ncoming in from the West, the sun
\nrising in the east, the sun’s <\/p>\n
406
\n00:23:39,360 –> 00:23:42,840
\nlight, the first of the lights
\nof day shining up on those <\/p>\n
407
\n00:23:42,840 –> 00:23:47,600
\nclouds, right?
\nAnd making a beautiful sunrise <\/p>\n
408
\n00:23:48,480 –> 00:23:51,320
\nfull of red and colors.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
409
\n00:23:51,320 –> 00:23:53,520
\nBecause you need the clouds to
\ndo that, right? <\/p>\n
410
\n00:23:53,920 –> 00:23:57,600
\nAnd, and So what you have is a
\nlittle bit of a scenario like <\/p>\n
411
\n00:23:57,640 –> 00:23:59,600
\nthis, right?
\nAnd when you see something like <\/p>\n
412
\n00:23:59,600 –> 00:24:03,000
\nthis now, I, I don’t, I don’t
\nexpect any of you to be <\/p>\n
413
\n00:24:03,000 –> 00:24:05,400
\nmeteorologists in the room.
\nAre there any meteorologists in <\/p>\n
414
\n00:24:05,400 –> 00:24:08,360
\nthe room?
\nOK, My, my friend, brother Ezra <\/p>\n
415
\n00:24:08,360 –> 00:24:11,280
\n11’s a meteorologist.
\nSo if you know, there’s, there’s<\/p>\n
416
\n00:24:11,280 –> 00:24:13,560
\ncertainly, there certainly are
\nsome in the brotherhood. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:24:14,520 –> 00:24:19,720
\nOK, So, but if you saw that,
\nwould, would you say, you say it<\/p>\n
418
\n00:24:19,720 –> 00:24:24,240
\nrains on the horizon?
\nYou got to be too smart to to <\/p>\n
419
\n00:24:24,240 –> 00:24:27,440
\nknow that pretty.
\nI just want to I want to put <\/p>\n
420
\n00:24:27,440 –> 00:24:29,720
\nforward to this idea, as that’s
\nobvious. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:24:32,040 –> 00:24:33,640
\nNow I’m going to show you
\nanother red sky. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:24:33,640 –> 00:24:36,360
\nI want you to tell me if when
\nyou see that red sky, if you <\/p>\n
423
\n00:24:36,360 –> 00:24:43,000
\nthink rain’s on the horizon.
\nOK, what about this think it’s <\/p>\n
424
\n00:24:43,000 –> 00:24:49,640
\ngoing to rain now.
\nNow, if I if I see a red sky at <\/p>\n
425
\n00:24:49,720 –> 00:24:55,320
\nsunset, it doesn’t mean rain.
\nI see red side sunset. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:24:55,320 –> 00:24:58,200
\nWhat that means is that we’ve
\nhad an east wind that’s kicked <\/p>\n
427
\n00:24:58,200 –> 00:25:02,200
\nup a lot of dust and the dust is
\nall throughout the atmosphere. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:25:02,840 –> 00:25:05,280
\nAnd so I’m seeing a red sky at
\nsunset. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:25:05,520 –> 00:25:08,480
\nWhat that means is that we’ve
\nhad an east wind. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:25:09,080 –> 00:25:11,720
\nNow you know enough of the
\nBible, I’m sure to know that <\/p>\n
431
\n00:25:11,720 –> 00:25:16,440
\neast winds mean there’s not
\ngoing to be any rain at all. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:25:16,440 –> 00:25:17,800
\nIn fact, the east wind is
\nfamous. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:25:17,800 –> 00:25:19,600
\nThink about Joseph’s dreams.
\nWhat? <\/p>\n
434
\n00:25:19,720 –> 00:25:23,440
\nWhen Pharaoh’s crops get get
\ndestroyed in his dream, Where, <\/p>\n
435
\n00:25:23,480 –> 00:25:25,360
\nwhy did they get destroyed?
\nWhat happened? <\/p>\n
436
\n00:25:25,680 –> 00:25:29,360
\nThere was an east wind, right?
\nIn fact, that’s what the east <\/p>\n
437
\n00:25:29,360 –> 00:25:32,280
\nwind looks like
\nmeteorologically. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:25:33,520 –> 00:25:35,000
\nYou see that?
\nYou see all the dust in the <\/p>\n
439
\n00:25:35,000 –> 00:25:39,640
\natmosphere there.
\nSo this wind picks up over the <\/p>\n
440
\n00:25:39,640 –> 00:25:42,840
\ndesert, grabs a lot of dust, and
\nyou see it. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:25:42,840 –> 00:25:49,560
\nYou can see it just pours out
\nover over gallowing right now <\/p>\n
442
\n00:25:49,560 –> 00:25:52,480
\nthat’s going to make your sky
\nlook very, very red at sun at <\/p>\n
443
\n00:25:52,480 –> 00:25:56,480
\nsunset.
\nNow the point the point is the <\/p>\n
444
\n00:25:56,480 –> 00:25:59,160
\npoint is that these pictures are
\nobvious. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:26:01,440 –> 00:26:03,720
\nThey got to be too smart to know
\nwhat the weather’s going to be <\/p>\n
446
\n00:26:03,720 –> 00:26:08,640
\nlike.
\nSo the point young people, the <\/p>\n
447
\n00:26:08,640 –> 00:26:12,480
\npoint brothers and sisters, and
\nthis is a a quote about the east<\/p>\n
448
\n00:26:12,480 –> 00:26:18,640
\nwind.
\nThe point is this, that the <\/p>\n
449
\n00:26:18,680 –> 00:26:25,480
\nPharisees and Sadducees, Saul,
\ncould see the sky and they <\/p>\n
450
\n00:26:25,480 –> 00:26:29,760
\ndidn’t just observe what was
\nit’s hot. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:26:30,680 –> 00:26:33,400
\nIt’s not hot, it’s rainy.
\nThey didn’t observe what was. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:26:33,600 –> 00:26:35,000
\nThey could observe what’s
\ncoming. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:26:36,680 –> 00:26:41,160
\nThey could look at the sky and
\nthey knew what it meant. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:26:44,160 –> 00:26:46,960
\nAnyone could know what it is at
\nthe moment. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:26:48,560 –> 00:26:51,200
\nThat’s not the point.
\nThe point is to know what’s <\/p>\n
456
\n00:26:51,200 –> 00:26:59,480
\ncoming based on what you see.
\nOnly a fool wouldn’t be able to <\/p>\n
457
\n00:26:59,480 –> 00:27:02,640
\ninterpret such obvious signs in
\nthe sky. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:27:03,200 –> 00:27:07,200
\nThey knew looking at the sign in
\nthe sky, it’d be obvious what <\/p>\n
459
\n00:27:07,320 –> 00:27:09,560
\nthe future was regarding the
\nweather. <\/p>\n
460
\n00:27:11,800 –> 00:27:16,280
\nSo the Pharisees, as Sadducees,
\nthey saw Jesus miracles, they <\/p>\n
461
\n00:27:16,280 –> 00:27:19,560
\nsaw the withered hand restored,
\nthe lame man walk, the leper <\/p>\n
462
\n00:27:19,560 –> 00:27:22,880
\nrestored clean.
\nThe difference was that they <\/p>\n
463
\n00:27:22,880 –> 00:27:24,160
\ndidn’t know what those things
\nmeant. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:27:24,720 –> 00:27:30,000
\nBut do you know who did?
\nThe Gentiles knew. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:27:31,680 –> 00:27:33,320
\nThe Gentiles knew what they
\nmeant. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:27:33,680 –> 00:27:37,000
\nThe Gentiles knew what the signs
\nmeant. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:27:37,200 –> 00:27:43,200
\nThis man’s from God, the
\nPharisees saw the same signs. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:27:43,280 –> 00:27:46,200
\nThis man’s not from God.
\nThese signs are from another <\/p>\n
469
\n00:27:46,200 –> 00:27:52,720
\nsource.
\nSo let me just drop draw this <\/p>\n
470
\n00:27:52,720 –> 00:27:55,320
\nclass to a close because this
\nclass is is really setting up <\/p>\n
471
\n00:27:55,320 –> 00:28:01,640
\nour next study.
\nNow I don’t know what signs God <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:01,640 –> 00:28:04,640
\nis giving you some some people
\nsee signs in different things. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:05,600 –> 00:28:11,160
\nSome people see signs perhaps in
\nin Israel restored to the land, <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:11,720 –> 00:28:14,840
\nand they see that the miracle of
\nthat as being a sign. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:28:16,080 –> 00:28:19,960
\nSome people would would look at
\nthe stars of the heaven and <\/p>\n
476
\n00:28:19,960 –> 00:28:24,480
\nthey’d see the the manifold
\nwonders of God and they’d see <\/p>\n
477
\n00:28:24,480 –> 00:28:27,800
\nthat this is a sign of an
\nintelligent and creator God. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:28:27,800 –> 00:28:30,880
\nSome, some people would look at
\nthe mathematical precision of <\/p>\n
479
\n00:28:30,880 –> 00:28:34,080
\nthe universe.
\nThe fact that universe can’t be <\/p>\n
480
\n00:28:34,080 –> 00:28:38,000
\ndescribed with mathematics means
\nthat there’s intelligence behind<\/p>\n
481
\n00:28:38,000 –> 00:28:41,680
\nit, and in fact the finite
\nnature of the balance between <\/p>\n
482
\n00:28:41,680 –> 00:28:46,360
\nall the forces of nature what
\nitself suggests that there must <\/p>\n
483
\n00:28:46,360 –> 00:28:49,800
\nbe intelligence behind what’s
\nhappening in nature. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:28:53,040 –> 00:28:57,200
\nMaybe you see signs personally,
\ncircumstances that have happened<\/p>\n
485
\n00:28:57,200 –> 00:29:01,720
\nin your life, or the lives of
\nthose you love and care for, and<\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:01,720 –> 00:29:09,240
\nyou see those signs.
\nYou see signs, brothers and <\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:09,240 –> 00:29:13,000
\nsisters, but the question is not
\nwhether you see the sign. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:14,200 –> 00:29:17,280
\nEven the Pharisees and the
\nSadducees solve the sign. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:20,360 –> 00:29:27,520
\nWhat do the signs mean?
\nWhat power do you attribute the <\/p>\n
490
\n00:29:27,520 –> 00:29:31,280
\nsigns to?
\nIs it? <\/p>\n
491
\n00:29:35,160 –> 00:29:38,680
\nIs it God?
\nIs it something baser? <\/p>\n
492
\n00:29:46,600 –> 00:29:48,720
\nPerhaps?
\nMaybe you even challenge God? <\/p>\n
493
\n00:29:49,720 –> 00:29:51,800
\nI need a bigger, bolder, better
\nsign. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:29:51,800 –> 00:29:53,240
\nGod.
\nYou see the signs you’ve given <\/p>\n
495
\n00:29:53,240 –> 00:29:59,560
\nme, the scriptures and nature
\nand and prophecy fulfilled, <\/p>\n
496
\n00:29:59,840 –> 00:30:03,120
\nThose aren’t good enough?
\nNo, no, no, God. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:30:05,680 –> 00:30:10,480
\nI need a sign from heaven.
\nI need something more. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:10,680 –> 00:30:14,080
\nI need something greater,
\nsomething more definite. <\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:14,840 –> 00:30:17,160
\nSo the problem isn’t observing a
\nsign, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:17,320 –> 00:30:19,120
\nThe problem is knowing what the
\nsign means. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:21,200 –> 00:30:24,120
\nAnd if you know what the sign
\nmeans, do you know what you <\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:24,120 –> 00:30:29,640
\nknow?
\nYou know what comes next because<\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:29,640 –> 00:30:37,660
\na sign gives you information.
\nYou see, the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:37,660 –> 00:30:43,420
\nis the Messiah, and if he’s the
\nMessiah, then what comes next is<\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:43,420 –> 00:30:47,440
\nthat he returns to the earth and
\nyou and I are accountable <\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:47,520 –> 00:30:49,840
\nwhether or not we believe that
\nwe did something about it. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:30:50,480 –> 00:30:53,160
\nSo the difficulty for us, I
\nthink is very similar to the <\/p>\n
508
\n00:30:53,160 –> 00:30:55,680
\ndifficulty of the Pharisees and
\nSadducees. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:30:55,920 –> 00:30:58,360
\nSee, they’re in positions of
\npower and influence. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:30:58,960 –> 00:31:02,320
\nIf Jesus is the Messiah, the
\nproblem with that is that they <\/p>\n
511
\n00:31:02,320 –> 00:31:05,600
\nlose something.
\nAnd I find when I speak to young<\/p>\n
512
\n00:31:05,600 –> 00:31:09,080
\npeople, or I find the people
\nthat are resisting baptism, the <\/p>\n
513
\n00:31:09,080 –> 00:31:13,320
\nproblem with baptism isn’t
\nreally a lack of signs. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:31:13,480 –> 00:31:16,640
\nThe problem with baptism is
\noften what it means, the <\/p>\n
515
\n00:31:16,640 –> 00:31:17,840
\nimplication.
\nIt means. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:31:19,560 –> 00:31:23,360
\nIt means there’s a choice.
\nI got to let go of something. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:24,880 –> 00:31:30,560
\nMaybe I have to let go of
\nrelationship choices. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:30,760 –> 00:31:33,280
\nMaybe I have to let go of, of
\ncareer opportunities. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:33,520 –> 00:31:36,880
\nMaybe, maybe I have to let go
\nof, of freedom to, to live and <\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:36,880 –> 00:31:40,200
\npursue the things that in, in my
\nlife, my heart feels to be <\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:40,400 –> 00:31:42,040
\nthings like it’s calling me to
\npursue. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:43,400 –> 00:31:46,600
\nMaybe I have to put down some of
\nmy treasures, whether I hold <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:46,600 –> 00:31:48,440
\nthose treasures secretly or
\nopenly. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:31:48,840 –> 00:31:51,080
\nYou know, there’s, there’s a
\ncost of believing it. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:31:51,200 –> 00:31:53,760
\nAnd sometimes those of us that
\nare a little bit older than the <\/p>\n
526
\n00:31:53,760 –> 00:31:56,080
\ntruth and we’ve made we’ve made
\nsome of those sacrifices. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:31:56,200 –> 00:31:58,760
\nAnd then in retrospect, we go,
\nthat wasn’t any cost at all. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:32:00,320 –> 00:32:02,800
\nWe look back at those things and
\nwe look back at them and we go, <\/p>\n
529
\n00:32:02,800 –> 00:32:06,880
\nwell, that was dung compared to
\nwhat I the benefits are received<\/p>\n
530
\n00:32:06,880 –> 00:32:08,480
\nin the truth.
\nBut that’s us. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:32:09,520 –> 00:32:12,240
\nWe almost can’t relate to the
\nperson who has to and be at the <\/p>\n
532
\n00:32:12,240 –> 00:32:14,200
\ninitial point of making that
\ndecisions. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:32:15,760 –> 00:32:18,360
\nI just point forward to you.
\nTwo people can see the same sign<\/p>\n
534
\n00:32:18,360 –> 00:32:23,160
\nand have different responses. 1
\nbelieves, 1 doesn’t. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:32:23,560 –> 00:32:27,200
\nTwo people can look at the stars
\nat night. 1 believes and one <\/p>\n
536
\n00:32:27,200 –> 00:32:29,080
\ndoesn’t.
\nTwo people could look at the <\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:29,080 –> 00:32:32,000
\nsame gospel and read the same
\ngospel. 1 believes and one <\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:32,000 –> 00:32:34,160
\ndoesn’t.
\nTwo people could see Israel <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:34,160 –> 00:32:36,560
\nrestored. 1 believes and one
\ndoesn’t. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:36,600 –> 00:32:40,360
\nIs the difference the sign?
\nIs the difference of scripture? <\/p>\n
541
\n00:32:40,360 –> 00:32:42,800
\nIs the difference of stars?
\nIs it different the the the <\/p>\n
542
\n00:32:42,800 –> 00:32:44,120
\nrestoration of the state of
\nIsrael? <\/p>\n
543
\n00:32:44,200 –> 00:32:46,520
\nAre those things different?
\nIs the difference the sign? <\/p>\n
544
\n00:32:46,520 –> 00:32:48,680
\nNo, the difference is not the
\nsign. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:32:49,440 –> 00:32:54,920
\nThe sign is the same.
\nThe difference is the treasure <\/p>\n
546
\n00:32:54,920 –> 00:33:00,560
\nin the heart of the one that
\nobserves the sign, which is why <\/p>\n
547
\n00:33:00,560 –> 00:33:04,600
\nthe poor loved Christ, because
\nthere’s so little to lose. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:33:07,400 –> 00:33:11,200
\nThat’s why the powerful and the
\nrich hated him, because belief <\/p>\n
549
\n00:33:11,200 –> 00:33:14,480
\ncosts too much.
\nIt’s not the sign, it’s the <\/p>\n
550
\n00:33:14,480 –> 00:33:15,960
\nheart of the one that sees the
\nsign. <\/p>\n
551
\n00:33:17,640 –> 00:33:20,360
\nSo what sign are you looking
\nfor? <\/p>\n
552
\n00:33:24,600 –> 00:33:27,480
\nMaybe we simply need to ask God
\nto help us accept the truth <\/p>\n
553
\n00:33:27,600 –> 00:33:33,040
\nright in front of us, not asking
\nfor something more than we’ve <\/p>\n
554
\n00:33:33,040 –> 00:33:37,720
\nbeen given to lay down our
\ntreasures, which, as this <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:37,720 –> 00:33:41,080
\nchapter will tell us later,
\ncannot be traded. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:41,480 –> 00:33:45,160
\nNone of them.
\nFor there’s no profit that you <\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:45,160 –> 00:33:47,640
\ncould ever gain and trade for
\nyour life. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:33:49,920 –> 00:33:52,280
\nIn our next study, then, we’re
\ngoing to build on these travels <\/p>\n
559
\n00:33:52,280 –> 00:33:54,360
\nin the Gentile lands.
\nAnd we’re going to see the <\/p>\n
560
\n00:33:54,360 –> 00:33:57,960
\nGentile’s faithful response.
\nAnd we’re going to see how Jesus<\/p>\n
561
\n00:33:57,960 –> 00:34:00,320
\nwill respond to the trap they’ve
\nlaid for him. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:34:01,320 –> 00:34:05,000
\nAnd to do that, we’re going to
\nlook at what is the sign of the <\/p>\n
563
\n00:34:05,000 –> 00:34:05,640
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