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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in

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<v Speaker 1>practical ways.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, here we are for another amazing episode of The

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<v Speaker 2>Bible Guys. I'm Jeff Forster and this is the amazing

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<v Speaker 2>Wesley Woods. He's filling in for Chris star Bough today.

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<v Speaker 2>So welcome Wesley.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm glad to be here today.

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<v Speaker 2>It's good to have you, and I bet it's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be a good one today. It's gonna be a good one.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, we got you here in the house and

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's fantastic.

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<v Speaker 1>So Christmas is Yes. All I have to say is

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Batter watch out. He might lose his job if

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<v Speaker 1>he's not careful. So today Desiree gave us.

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<v Speaker 2>A challenge, right, and the challenge is And I think

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<v Speaker 2>this might be partly because our fan base knows Chris

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<v Speaker 2>sarbas almost unnatural obsession with movies.

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<v Speaker 3>You know Zarball pretty well. You can quote lines like

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<v Speaker 3>just I know.

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<v Speaker 2>I haven't decided if it's miraculous or if it's some kind.

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<v Speaker 3>Of like Voodha is doing. I don't know. You can

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<v Speaker 3>bring back on a lot of lines from Yeah, that's right,

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<v Speaker 3>that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>So anyways, we've had a bunch of our show fans

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<v Speaker 2>ask about our favorite Christmas movies. Okay, and so you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna need to conjure your very best bizarre barb.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, come up with your favorite Christmas is going to

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<v Speaker 3>be interesting.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep, yep, with your favorite Christmas movies? So do you

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<v Speaker 2>do you want to go first? Do you have a favorite?

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<v Speaker 3>See, this is where it gets complicated, Jeff, I don't.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't grow up with a lot of like favorite

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<v Speaker 4>Christmas movies. I remember the first time I came to Heritage,

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<v Speaker 4>which is the church we both go to. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 4>came to Heritage and you made a reference to the

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<v Speaker 4>Christmas story, right, And I was like, Christmas story doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>mean the story of.

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<v Speaker 3>Jesus talk about Oh yeah yeah yeah wow.

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<v Speaker 4>So if I had to pick my number one Christmas movie,

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<v Speaker 4>it would probably have to be the Charlie Brown one.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Charlie Brown Christmas Yeah yeah, yeah, that little sad

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<v Speaker 3>Brand Yeah, that's a great one. I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>So when you were a kid, did you you know

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<v Speaker 2>we did you have cable when your kid? When I

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but so like you had to be there, like

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<v Speaker 3>on Tuesday nights when they're playing Charlie Brown.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so there weren't a lot of reruns, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>you have to be right.

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<v Speaker 2>That was exciting, Okay. I think to go as the

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<v Speaker 2>big throwback. I think my favorite Christmas movie when I

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<v Speaker 2>was a kid was you remember the stop animation off

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<v Speaker 2>the Red Nose Rounder. That was my favorite one.

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<v Speaker 3>Yep, No, that's pretty good. Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>So for my number two, I would have to say, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>this is a tough one. You gotta go with the

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<v Speaker 4>classic Miracle on thirty fourth string.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh there you go.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, you gotta go with the classic Okay, So Miracles,

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<v Speaker 2>you're into the whole miracle thing. Very good. Well, I

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<v Speaker 2>think my second favorite is Elf. Okay, I love Elf.

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<v Speaker 2>I love to me just hysterically funny.

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<v Speaker 4>I think it's confession live that I've never seen the

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<v Speaker 4>whole movie.

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<v Speaker 3>El what what? Okay, I've seen snippets I have seen.

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<v Speaker 2>So normally I'm the one confessing that I haven't seen

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<v Speaker 2>movies and zbas horrified, but I think all of our

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<v Speaker 2>listeners are horrified.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, even I've seen EL. Yeah, so I have

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<v Speaker 3>not seen ELF.

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<v Speaker 4>I've seen snippets like five minutes here, five minutes yeah, yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, okay, well well well we'll accept that answer.

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<v Speaker 3>What's your number number three? Number two? I think for you? No,

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<v Speaker 3>this is three three for you. Yeah, this is the

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<v Speaker 3>third one. Oh okay, yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>So my third one would be, which I didn't even

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<v Speaker 4>know until recently, was a Christmas movie.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't throw rocks at me, audience, but die Hard.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, well that's a that's going to cause a debate.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean people have been arguing that one. But it

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<v Speaker 2>happened at Christmas time and they're playing Christmas music.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it feels like a Christmas movie. Okay, so made

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<v Speaker 3>for TV.

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<v Speaker 2>So okay, I think I like my number. My number

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<v Speaker 2>three would be How the Grinch.

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<v Speaker 3>Stole Christmas's Classic?

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, yeah, that's the movie. I like the movie

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<v Speaker 2>better than the better than the cartoon. Yeah, with Jim Carrey.

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<v Speaker 3>Yep. For the fourth one. Oh man, it's tough.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, you got the funny ones like Home Alone

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<v Speaker 4>kind of, so I might toss that one in there.

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<v Speaker 3>I love Home Alone. I watched try to watch it

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<v Speaker 3>every year.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, my my wife always wants to watch, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>all the movies that make you cry, and I'm always

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<v Speaker 2>trying to avoid those. Year Ball wouldn't ar Ball would

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<v Speaker 2>love to just sit there and cry, cry and cry.

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<v Speaker 3>But that's that's not my deal. So you're not a Hallmark.

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<v Speaker 3>Try I avoid Hallmark. I try to.

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<v Speaker 2>I try to get it where it doesn't show up

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<v Speaker 2>on the screen when you're scrolling. Really so, I would

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<v Speaker 2>say probably my number four for is uh the Santa Claus.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember I love Yeah, I loved that one, and that

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<v Speaker 2>whole franchise is great.

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<v Speaker 4>But yeah, yeah, okay for my last one, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>It's tough. There's so many good Christmas Ish movies.

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<v Speaker 4>If I had Oh, so this okay, I'm gonna break

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<v Speaker 4>the rules a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 4>The one thing I love doing like this is around

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<v Speaker 4>Christmas New Year's is the twilight Zone Marathon.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh really, now it has to be the old Twilight

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<v Speaker 3>Zone like from the Sterling. Yeah, so I love watching those.

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<v Speaker 4>They normally have a marathon around Christmas, and I just

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<v Speaker 4>watch like eighty of them.

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<v Speaker 3>I had no idea. Yeah yeah, I'm not.

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<v Speaker 2>Sure that counts Christmas, but it's a marathon.

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<v Speaker 3>Christmas that's right for you.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not Christmas without yeah, Twilight. Well, I can't get

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<v Speaker 2>away with this without saying It's a wonderful life. Yeah, right,

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<v Speaker 2>so you have to do it. My wife absolutely loves it.

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<v Speaker 2>She's been asking for the last couple of days because

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<v Speaker 2>we're coming up on Christmas now, and uh, she's been

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<v Speaker 2>asking for the last couple of days. Let's watch It's

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<v Speaker 2>a Wonderful Life. So I'm sure by the time you

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<v Speaker 2>listen to this, we will have watched it at least once,

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<v Speaker 3>We got to have an honorable mention Scrooge Scrooge.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, there you go. Well, there's a ton of good ones.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you got national lampoons. Yeah right, Christmas was.

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<v Speaker 3>It Christmas Vacation? I think so. Yeah, they had like

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<v Speaker 3>eighty and then and then you had what was the

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<v Speaker 3>other one? A Christmas Story? Yeah, the one that you

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<v Speaker 3>mentioned earlier.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember that one that was being funny reencing. Okay, well,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry Chris wasn't here to share that one. And

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<v Speaker 2>but at the same time, we're all horrified that you've

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<v Speaker 2>never seen alf.

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<v Speaker 3>You have to go home, You have to go home finish. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>you have to to go home.

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<v Speaker 2>As a matter of fact, I don't want you to

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<v Speaker 2>go back to the office after we're done with this.

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<v Speaker 3>I went to go straight home and watched ELF. What Elf?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Well, we've been lingering here with Solomon for quite

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<v Speaker 2>some time, and he wrote so many wise sayings in

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<v Speaker 2>the Book of Proverbs, and we haven't finished them all.

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to come back and address them again later.

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<v Speaker 2>Then we pivoted into a little bit of the Song

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<v Speaker 2>of Solomon, just talking about the romance and all those

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<v Speaker 2>kinds of things. We didn't finish the Book of Song

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<v Speaker 2>of Solomon. You can go and finish that if you'd like.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just a few more chapters. But then we're pivoting

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<v Speaker 2>into some of his rule, how he ruled. And so Desiree,

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<v Speaker 2>our amazing assistant, she has moved us on to First

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<v Speaker 2>King's chapter eleven, and this talks about some of the

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<v Speaker 2>few enemies that Solomon came up against. So we'll read

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<v Speaker 2>in First Kings chapter eleven, verse fourteen, it says, then

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<v Speaker 2>the Lord raised up hey Dad the Edomite, a member

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<v Speaker 2>of Edom's royal family, to be Solomon's adversary. Years before,

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<v Speaker 2>David had defeated Edom. Joe Ab, his army commander, had

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<v Speaker 2>died in battle, and while there they killed every male

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<v Speaker 3>Joe Ab and the army.

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<v Speaker 2>Of Israel had stayed there for six months, killing them,

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<v Speaker 2>at the time. They set out from Midian and went

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<v Speaker 2>to paran And where others joined him, and then they

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<v Speaker 2>traveled to Egypt and went to Pharaoh, who gave them

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<v Speaker 2>of Haydad, and he gave him his wife's sister in marriage,

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<v Speaker 2>the sister of Queen Tappanese. She bore him a son

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<v Speaker 2>named I don't know, Jenubath, Yeah yeah. Tapanese raised him

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<v Speaker 2>in Pharaoh's palace among Pharaoh's own sons. When the news

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<v Speaker 2>reached Haydad in Egypt that David and his commander Joeab

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<v Speaker 2>were both dead, he said to Pharaoh, let me return

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<v Speaker 2>to my own country. Why. Pharaoh asked him, why do

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<v Speaker 2>you lack? What do you like here that makes you

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<v Speaker 2>want to go home? Nothing, he replied, But even so,

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<v Speaker 2>let me return home. And then yep, I got a

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<v Speaker 3>Yep.

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<v Speaker 2>God also raised up Raison, son of Elieta, as Solomon's adversary,

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<v Speaker 2>and Raison had fled from his master king had a

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<v Speaker 2>Deezer of Zoba.

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<v Speaker 3>What the heck? Why why am I reading all these

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<v Speaker 3>crazy names?

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<v Speaker 2>And and he raised up this guy uh and he

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<v Speaker 2>had become the leader of a gang of rebels. After

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<v Speaker 2>David conquered headed Deezer, Raison and his men fled to Damascus,

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<v Speaker 2>where he became King. Raison was Israel's bitter adversary for

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<v Speaker 2>the rest of Solomon's reign, and he made trouble just

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<v Speaker 2>as Haydad did. Raison hated Israel intensely and continued to

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<v Speaker 3>Well there you go. Yeah, yeah, you handle those names

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<v Speaker 3>pretty much. That was a rough one, man, So was it.

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<v Speaker 3>How many letters do you get in your name?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>There should be a limit. There should be a limit

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<v Speaker 2>how many letters a parent can use to put the

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<v Speaker 2>kid's name.

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<v Speaker 3>That is funny.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well, if we come up to the very beginning,

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<v Speaker 4>there's something that's super subtle that just kind.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay in verse fifteen, and it's kind of an overarching

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<v Speaker 4>theme in my mind. At verse fifteen says years before

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<v Speaker 3>Oh wow, And I.

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<v Speaker 4>Was thinking about that. Don't wrestle with something he's already defeated.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe there's someone watching who is dealing with something. Maybe

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<v Speaker 4>should stand in the liberty where with Christ has made

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<v Speaker 4>He's already freed us from that. But in conjunction with that,

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<v Speaker 4>we got to use some common sense. You know, if

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<v Speaker 4>That just kind of popped out to me when I

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<v Speaker 2>So Eatam is a country on the southeast side of

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<v Speaker 2>and all those things. And it's a kind of a

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<v Speaker 2>desolate area, very desert area. And these Edomites fought against

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<v Speaker 2>Israel over and over and over again until finally, like

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<v Speaker 2>you said, David subdued him. It's very interesting that they

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<v Speaker 2>rise up again. They're going to test the sun. All right,

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to submit to David. He defeated us, but

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<v Speaker 2>now we're going to come back after And a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of it is they decimated eat them, they wiped them

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<v Speaker 2>a grudge kind of a thing where this son who

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna come after Solomon. Something happens right before this.

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<v Speaker 2>I kind of wish we'd read verses one through thirteen.

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<v Speaker 2>We really should have, as a matter of fact, would

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<v Speaker 2>you mind? Yeah, okay, because this is why all these

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<v Speaker 2>day or two we're going to talk about some of

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<v Speaker 2>Solomon's a few enemies. Yeah, it says in First King's

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<v Speaker 2>chapter eleven, verse one, it says, now, King Solomon loved

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<v Speaker 2>many foreign women. Besides Pharaoh's daughter. He married women from Moab, ammon, Edam, Sidon,

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<v Speaker 2>and from among the Hittites. The Lord had clearly instructed

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<v Speaker 2>the people of Israel, you must not marry them, because

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<v Speaker 2>they will turn your hearts to their gods. Yet Solomon

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<v Speaker 2>insisted on loving them anyway. He had seven hundred wives

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<v Speaker 2>of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and in fact

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<v Speaker 2>they did turn his heart away from the Lord. That

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<v Speaker 2>might be one of the saddest phrases in the Bible,

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<v Speaker 2>because this is the wisest man that ever lived. Every

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<v Speaker 2>blessing you can comprehend came from God to him, and

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<v Speaker 2>his heart turned from me.

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<v Speaker 4>Because right there, why do you think Solomon, being the

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know what.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been thinking a lot about this idea, not about

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<v Speaker 2>this topic specifically with Solomon, but just with people.

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<v Speaker 3>I know.

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<v Speaker 2>I think a great temptation for wise people, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>not everybody's wise, but a great temptation for people who

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<v Speaker 2>have wisdom is to slip into being clever. Yeah, they

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<v Speaker 2>replace cleverness for wisdom. And one of the most clever

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<v Speaker 2>things Solomon did was marry all those wise Politically, it's

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<v Speaker 2>very clever. He marries all these princesses. They're seven hundred

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<v Speaker 2>women that were the royal princesses of their tribes or

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<v Speaker 2>of their nations. And so what happens is now daddy

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah yeah, And so their dads did not want to

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<v Speaker 2>It's extraordinarily clever. It just happens to be against what

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<v Speaker 2>God said you do, right, And so.

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<v Speaker 3>It's it's a temptation.

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<v Speaker 2>Every great strength has an equal and opposite corresponding deficit.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're not carving, you to work against those things.

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<v Speaker 2>And so I think for wisdom, slipping away from the

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<v Speaker 2>wisest thing and doing the best thing, the wise thing,

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<v Speaker 2>and trusting that God's going to bless wisdom is to

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<v Speaker 4>Clever, get a little slick, because you think that you're

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<v Speaker 3>You know how to finagle and outmaneuver. Yep. And so

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<v Speaker 3>this is what happens.

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<v Speaker 2>Then he kind of has all these women as not

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<v Speaker 2>quite hostages, but he did begin to demand tribute from

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<v Speaker 2>their fathers. Right now, you need to send me money, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>And so I think he looked at that as this

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<v Speaker 2>is a great way for me now to build my

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<v Speaker 2>And so this cleverness shifted away from what is best

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<v Speaker 2>for my nation to what is what's spats for me.

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<v Speaker 2>And so then the Bible says, in fact, they did

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<v Speaker 2>turn his heart away from the Lord. It says in

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<v Speaker 2>Solomon's old age, he turned his heart to worship other

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<v Speaker 2>gods instead of being completely faithful to the Lord as God,

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<v Speaker 2>as his father David had been. Salomon worshiped Astorreth, the

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<v Speaker 2>goddess of the Sidonians, and Molech, the detestable god of

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<v Speaker 2>the Ammonites. In this way, Solomon did what was evil

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<v Speaker 2>in the Lord's sight. He refused to follow the Lord completely,

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<v Speaker 2>as his father David had done. On the Moud of

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<v Speaker 2>Olives east of Jerusalem. He even built a pagan shrine

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<v Speaker 2>for Chimoth, the detestable god of Moab, and another for Molek,

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<v Speaker 2>the detestable god of the Ammonites. Salomon built such shrines

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<v Speaker 2>for all his foreign wives to use for the burning,

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<v Speaker 2>for burning incense and sacrificing to their gods. The Lord

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<v Speaker 2>was very angry with Solomon, for his heart had turned

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<v Speaker 2>away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had

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<v Speaker 2>appeared to him twice. He had warned Solomon specifically about

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<v Speaker 2>worshiping other gods, but Solomon did not listen to Lord's command.

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<v Speaker 2>So now the Lord said to him, since you have

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<v Speaker 2>not kept my covenant and have disobeyed my decrees, I

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<v Speaker 2>will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give

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<v Speaker 2>it to one of your servants. But for the sake

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<v Speaker 2>of your father David, I will not do this while

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<v Speaker 2>you're still alive. I will take the kingdom away from

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<v Speaker 2>your son, and even so I will not take away

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<v Speaker 2>the entire kingdom. I will let him be the king

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<v Speaker 2>of one tribe. For the sake of my servant David,

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<v Speaker 2>and for the sake of Jerusalem, I chosen city.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So then you start to see the enemies start to

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<v Speaker 2>rise up after that, right, which is the passage we

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<v Speaker 2>read with all the crazy names.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Later, So I.

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<v Speaker 2>Feel like, you know, it's such a sad circumstance that

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<v Speaker 2>in his old age. Now, the amazing thing is it's

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<v Speaker 2>not that he left worshiping God and started only worshiping

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<v Speaker 2>Astarath or Molech or chimash, right, it was that, it

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<v Speaker 2>says a couple of different times instead of being completely.

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<v Speaker 3>Faithful, Yeah, I saw that, Yeah, which is.

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<v Speaker 2>A huge temptation. Isn't it for people to not be

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<v Speaker 2>completely faithful to God?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>What do you even think about in the area of

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<v Speaker 4>the word religious perspective of mixing systems. I want to say,

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<v Speaker 4>so you go to church, but then also maybe there

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<v Speaker 4>are some new age things that exist and you kind

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<v Speaker 4>of want to mix God with your lucky whatever thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. You see that a lot nowadays.

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<v Speaker 2>I know people who who they come to church and

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<v Speaker 2>they pray and they're looking for God's guidance, and then

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<v Speaker 2>they're also checking their astrological sign to find out what's

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<v Speaker 2>going to happen today, and am I going to finally

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<v Speaker 5>Right?

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<v Speaker 2>That kind of stuff. Right, That's exactly what's happening here

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<v Speaker 2>with Solomon, is there. You know, people are tempted to

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<v Speaker 2>blend things in you know, very overt ways. In Cuba,

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<v Speaker 2>for instance, the main religion of Cuba is Santaria, and

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<v Speaker 2>Santoria is just voodoo with Catholicism stretched over top of it. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>So they use Catholic words, but they do voodoo religious rituals.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's not the same. They tried to blend it.

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<v Speaker 3>This is very.

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<v Speaker 2>Similar, I think to what Solomon was doing was blending it.

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<v Speaker 2>But we do it all the time by embracing the

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<v Speaker 2>way that the world lives, by following the world's philosophies

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<v Speaker 2>on how we manage relationships or parent or what we

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<v Speaker 2>put in as our priorities, all these kinds of things.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, no, I think that's really good. I just

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<v Speaker 3>think of so many.

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<v Speaker 4>Areas in the lives of humanity, in humans of how

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<v Speaker 4>we do that, but just with things across the board.

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<v Speaker 4>I just think how we try to mix and I

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<v Speaker 4>think sometimes we try to try to cherry pick the

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<v Speaker 4>best of each system. And like, if I can cherry

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<v Speaker 4>pick the best of each system, even though God said

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<v Speaker 4>don't do that, if I mix it together, it'll all

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<v Speaker 4>turn out.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, it's a crazy kind of because at the beginning,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he actually spoke with God.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so it's not like he heard from someone who

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<v Speaker 5>Right, No, God spoke directly to him. You would be like, dude,

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<v Speaker 5>don't you understand? Yes, And now often, Jeff, does that

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<v Speaker 5>happen to us? Yeah, we can read a Bible verse.

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<v Speaker 5>A Bible verse can say do do not steal. It's

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<v Speaker 5>plain as day. But you're at work, someone shows you

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<v Speaker 5>how you can kind of skim off the top. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, my boss is a jerk and treats us bad. Anyways,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not getting paid. But hey, so you can justify

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<v Speaker 2>it all kinds of ways.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is what you find in Solomon's life is

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<v Speaker 2>he's trying to blend these these two things, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>because he disobeyed God on the front end. So marriage

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<v Speaker 2>is important who we marry is important all the time.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm recommending especially it seems like young women they're like

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<v Speaker 2>missionary dating. They are Christians, and they know that their

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<v Speaker 2>boyfriend's not a Christian, but he's such a nice guy,

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<v Speaker 2>and whatever whatever, they wind up potential, right, they wind

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<v Speaker 2>up moving in with him, whatever, they do all these things,

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<v Speaker 2>and God said, don't do that, don't marry non believers,

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<v Speaker 2>don't be unequally yoked.

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<v Speaker 3>It's what the Bible says.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not like try not to or it's inadvisable. It says,

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<v Speaker 2>do not right, thou shalt not do that. God is

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<v Speaker 2>giving a direct command don't marry people who are not believers.

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<v Speaker 2>And yet there's so many young women that I'll talk

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<v Speaker 2>to come in and go, oh. I thought he was

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<v Speaker 2>a nice guy, and I was hoping maybe I could

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<v Speaker 2>lead him to Jesus.

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<v Speaker 3>And I got him to.

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<v Speaker 2>Come to church one time, and so, you know, but

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<v Speaker 2>then he really wanted me to move in, and we

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't figure out how to pay rent apart from each other,

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<v Speaker 2>so we did.

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<v Speaker 3>And now all of a sudden, oops, you know, and.

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<v Speaker 2>Just we think we believe God, and we believe him

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<v Speaker 2>enough to take us to heaven. We don't believe him

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<v Speaker 2>enough to help us live here on earth. And this

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<v Speaker 2>is what happens with Solomon is I think he gets

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<v Speaker 2>too clever and he'd be sides that the pragmatic decision

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<v Speaker 2>to marry all these women for the safety and security

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<v Speaker 2>of his people, you had a reason, just like you

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<v Speaker 2>have a reason. You can't figure out how to pay

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<v Speaker 2>the rent any other way, so you got to move

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<v Speaker 2>in with your boyfriend. He had a reason and that

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<v Speaker 2>is the security of my people is more important than

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<v Speaker 2>you know. And by the way, I'm a wise person,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll be able to navigate this ta boat situation, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And then next thing, you know, everything that God said

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<v Speaker 2>would happen happened, and then his family winds up losing

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<v Speaker 2>the kingdom over it, which is just devastating. It's such

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<v Speaker 2>a sad moments.

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<v Speaker 4>It's very interesting to me how Solomon thought he could

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<v Speaker 4>navigate all of these landmndes. And when you look at

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<v Speaker 4>just modern day times, you always see people who think

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<v Speaker 4>that they can navigate through land minds doing like evil

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<v Speaker 4>things that they probably shouldn't be doing, and they never

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<v Speaker 4>think they're going to get caught. They never think it's

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<v Speaker 4>going to catch back up to them. That you know,

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<v Speaker 4>I'll be the one who will be able to navigate

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<v Speaker 4>through this. And every single time the Bible says that

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<v Speaker 4>God is not mocked. Whatever you sew that show you

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<v Speaker 4>also read, this always catches up with you every single time.

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<v Speaker 2>So he handled well the pressures of leading his government,

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<v Speaker 2>but he couldn't handle the pressure from his wives.

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<v Speaker 3>That isn't that something?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and hey, that's a very signify thing. So let

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<v Speaker 2>me read this note. It says Ashtereth was a goddess

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<v Speaker 2>that symbolized reproductive power, a mistress of the god bail.

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<v Speaker 2>So basically it was a sexual kind of a religion, right,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is what they were doing. And then Molek

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<v Speaker 2>was the national god of the Ammonites, was called detestable

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<v Speaker 2>because its worship rights also included child sacrifice, which is

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<v Speaker 2>almost unthinkable.

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<v Speaker 3>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>Chimash was the Moabites national god, and he also was

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<v Speaker 2>declared to be particularly detestable because of their worship. So

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<v Speaker 2>the Israelites were warned against worshiping all the other gods

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<v Speaker 2>in general, and Moleq in particular in Exodus and in

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<v Speaker 2>and so he didn't turn away from God completely, but

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<v Speaker 2>he began to allow some of these things. Clearly, sex

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<v Speaker 2>was an issue for him. He's got a thousand wives, right,

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<v Speaker 2>so it's not surprising that he worshiped at that altar

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<v Speaker 2>and then sacrificing babies oftentimes was a convenience thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And then also hoping that.

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<v Speaker 2>Their life would better, they would sacrifice their baby in

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<v Speaker 2>order to hope that life would be better. And I

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<v Speaker 2>look at our nation today and that's always a temptation.

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<v Speaker 2>Sexuality is extraordinarily important, and people wind up sacrificing their

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<v Speaker 2>walk with God for temporary intimacy with others. And then

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, with the sacrifice of babies in our culture

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<v Speaker 2>being such a significant thing through abortion, it's oftentimes for

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<v Speaker 2>convenience or because they can't imagine any other way to

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<v Speaker 2>move forward in their life, like God can't bless them.

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<v Speaker 2>And those two things have been an issue in human

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<v Speaker 2>history for thousands upon thousands upon thousands of years. And

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<v Speaker 2>those two things are the things that pulled Solomon away,

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<v Speaker 2>just like they pull us away today.

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<v Speaker 4>And one of the things I love about this passage

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<v Speaker 4>and the passage you read before, is how relevant the

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<v Speaker 4>Bible is today as it was, you know, thousands of

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<v Speaker 4>years ago. And just even the references, so you made

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<v Speaker 4>those references a moment ago, but the references to places

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<v Speaker 4>like Damascus, and you know, there's a lot of turmoil

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<v Speaker 4>going on in Syria right now, and just what the

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<v Speaker 4>different places the Bible. I think we have to be

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<v Speaker 4>careful that we don't view it as just a history lesson.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's the truth, right, that's right, yeah, right, These

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<v Speaker 2>are real places, rooted in real time with the real people.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one of the things I love about the Bible

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<v Speaker 2>is the precision right of it and giving exact places

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<v Speaker 2>and all those kinds of things, so it's really powerful. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>I think this is a lesson we're going to get

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<v Speaker 2>in tomorrow talking about some more of Solomon's enemies and surprise,

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<v Speaker 2>potential coup, all these kinds of things. So it's a

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<v Speaker 2>sad kind of ending to what should have been the

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<v Speaker 2>most glorious and would have been the most globe where

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<v Speaker 2>is reign ever in Roman in Israel history. So okay, well,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you. That's we're going to wrap it up right there.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for joining us, and we'll see it tomorrow

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<v Speaker 2>on the Bible guys.

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<v Speaker 3>Mhm h