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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>He everybody, welcome to our podcast.

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<v Speaker 3>Man, it's good to be here.

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<v Speaker 2>Does it belong to us though?

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<v Speaker 3>Is it? It's for the people.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the people's podcast. It's the people's podcast. Welcome to

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<v Speaker 2>the People's podcasts, ladies and jentlemen.

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<v Speaker 3>You are happy to be a part of it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I'm Chris, this is Jeff, and we are the

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<v Speaker 2>Bible Guys.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go. Yeah, which, still it's funny to me.

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<v Speaker 4>It's a touch presumptuous, right, we're the Bible Guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if you take it that way, or it could

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<v Speaker 1>just be two guys that talk about the Bible and

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<v Speaker 1>fun and practical ways.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, it's a good idea.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a good slogan.

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<v Speaker 3>We should do a podcast like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. The theme song, here's the Bible Guys.

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<v Speaker 3>That's funny.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, all right, well hey listen today we are going

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<v Speaker 1>to start out with one of my very favorites.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, it's a family favorite.

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<v Speaker 2>Which is a dad joke competition.

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<v Speaker 3>I just pulled this up, so I haven't had a

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<v Speaker 3>chance to read these yet.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I I just pulled them up as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so you should go first.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and so the competition part.

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<v Speaker 1>We've decided recently in our little journeys, you know, our

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<v Speaker 1>journey over the years, that we're going to determine who

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<v Speaker 1>is the better jokes.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, that's what we're doing, the best one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, here we go, number one. I'll go first.

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<v Speaker 2>I just won an award for the most secretive person

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<v Speaker 2>in the office. I can't tell you how much that

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<v Speaker 2>means to me.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, very clever.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, most puns make me feel numb. Math puns make

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<v Speaker 4>me feel number.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's really good. That's very clever.

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<v Speaker 3>See what they did their number?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I like it.

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<v Speaker 3>Kind of dumb and dumber.

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<v Speaker 2>Right right, Okay, here we go. Ready. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>that invisible planes will ever be popular. I just don't

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<v Speaker 2>see them taking off.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good one.

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<v Speaker 2>I like it today, that's right.

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<v Speaker 4>What's the difference between a well dressed man on a

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<v Speaker 4>unicycle and a poorly dressed man on a bicycle?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh jeez?

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<v Speaker 3>Attired?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh wow a tire?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes? Does she's four for four today?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no doubt so.

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<v Speaker 4>If you don't know, Desiree is our assistant, and she's

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<v Speaker 4>the one who always puts these together, so we don't

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<v Speaker 4>read them until we sit down in front.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the microphone.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and on occasion, we have booed more than we

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<v Speaker 4>celebrated occasion, but this is not that occasions up this point.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you're gonna love this one. Okay, this is this

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<v Speaker 1>is perhaps my favorite one. Okay, where do pirates get

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<v Speaker 1>their hooks? I don't know, secondhand stores.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good that's a good one.

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<v Speaker 2>Second. Second, it's really clever.

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<v Speaker 3>If you had your first hand and you lost it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well you don't have to explain it, you get it.

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<v Speaker 4>You see how that worked. It was it was you

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<v Speaker 4>need a second hand because.

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<v Speaker 2>I see where they're going with this.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, fired on all cylinders today.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, imagine if you walked into a bar and there

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<v Speaker 4>was a long line of people waiting to take a

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<v Speaker 3>That's the punch line.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, that's the punchline. Okay she is six or six?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, okay, this is good, good one.

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<v Speaker 2>All ready. Someone complimented my parking today. They left a

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<v Speaker 2>sweet note on my windshield that said parking fine.

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<v Speaker 3>It is a compliment, right, just really fine parking. Really,

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<v Speaker 3>I just want to let you know. Okay, job, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I never took it at that took it that way.

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<v Speaker 4>But you know that time the police officer had his

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<v Speaker 4>lights one told me I was driving fine apparently as

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<v Speaker 4>well right speeding fine. Okay, not to brag, but I

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<v Speaker 4>made six figures last year. I was also named the

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<v Speaker 4>worst employee at the toy factory.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh no, oh no, everybody else made a thousand he made.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Yeah, that's right. I'm buddy, the old last one.

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<v Speaker 1>These are good, it says cop. This is the cop speaking.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm arresting you for downloading the entire Wikipedia.

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<v Speaker 2>Man. Wait, I can explain everything. It's not bad.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a good one.

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<v Speaker 2>I like it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, okay.

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<v Speaker 4>My landlord told me we need to talk about the

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<v Speaker 4>heating bill. Sure, I said, my door is always open.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh there you go that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, but I would say we're nine out of ten.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say nine out of ten. That's worth a

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<v Speaker 2>good job.

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<v Speaker 4>Yep, that's right, We're gonna good job standing ovation standing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there you go. Hey, wow, Desiree, thank you, and

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<v Speaker 2>and h.

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<v Speaker 1>When it comes to the Bible, guys, uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>her title may be somewhere in the job description of assistant.

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<v Speaker 2>But she is the leader, she is blazing the trails.

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<v Speaker 4>She's the writer, she's the producer, she's a Yeah, she's

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<v Speaker 4>the everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But but but she has multiple jobs though, right. The bubble, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>is just.

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<v Speaker 2>Part of her.

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<v Speaker 3>She just tells us what to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah, and we allow it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, we're happy to have it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes we are so thank you, guys.

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<v Speaker 4>Are and speaking of being happy to have it, the Israels,

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<v Speaker 4>Oh we're not happy. You have to move, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>from from wasn't happy from Israel.

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<v Speaker 3>To modern day Iraq? Yeah, which was Assyria at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Because this prediction had been on the in the works

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<v Speaker 1>for a long time.

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<v Speaker 4>Now yeah, oh yeah, yeah, we've read a bunch of

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<v Speaker 4>the prophets. You remember members coming saying hey, people better

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<v Speaker 4>straighten up.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you remember, do you? Yeah? Maybe some of our

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<v Speaker 3>listeners remember too.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>It's mind like a trap man.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So, so Assyria is modern day Iraq? And uh and

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<v Speaker 1>so is this is this between the Euphrates and the

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<v Speaker 1>Tigris rivers.

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<v Speaker 3>You are correct, It's almost like you have a map

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<v Speaker 3>right in front of him.

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<v Speaker 2>Yah.

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<v Speaker 4>Our listeners should get themselves a life application study Bible

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<v Speaker 4>because they also could have a map in front of them.

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<v Speaker 1>I was listening to the Bible guys this morning, which

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<v Speaker 1>we recorded a couple of weeks ago, and we also

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<v Speaker 1>promoted again the Life Applications.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you learn anything this morning about oh, about the Bible?

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<v Speaker 2>About the Bible? Yeah, I learned that.

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<v Speaker 1>You it's okay to skip over the hard words of

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<v Speaker 1>the Bible because you said, you said you have a

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<v Speaker 1>friend that says, hey, the son of them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, that was that episode.

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<v Speaker 4>And you you go and that guy, yeah, and that

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<v Speaker 4>guy and that guy with that guy in that place.

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<v Speaker 2>Yep. But go let those things get you all caught up.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well today, we got some good ones soon. So

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<v Speaker 4>we're in Second Kings chapter seventeen. And if you remember,

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<v Speaker 4>we have read a little bit of Isaiah, We've read

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit of Hosea. We've heard what Elijah and

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<v Speaker 4>Elisha had to say, right, and so all these prophets

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<v Speaker 4>that have been going to the different Kings that have

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<v Speaker 4>been saying, listen, if we don't turn around, judgment is coming.

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<v Speaker 3>And they didn't turn around.

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<v Speaker 4>So here it is finally in Second Critic, Yes exactly,

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<v Speaker 4>Second Kings, chapter seventeen, verse six.

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<v Speaker 3>It says.

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<v Speaker 4>that's all of northern Israel, and the people of Israel

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<v Speaker 4>were exiled to Assyria, which is northern modern day Iraq.

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<v Speaker 4>They were settled in colonies in Hallaala, Halla, how.

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<v Speaker 3>At you boy right?

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<v Speaker 4>They were settled in colonies in Halla along the banks

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<v Speaker 4>of the Habor River and goes on and the cities

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<v Speaker 4>of the Meads, which would be the Median Empire would

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<v Speaker 4>be modern day Iran, So you're talking about northern Iraq, Iran,

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<v Speaker 4>that area there. This disaster came upon the people of

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<v Speaker 4>Israel because they worshiped other gods. They sinned against the

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<v Speaker 4>Lord their God, who had brought them safely out of

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<v Speaker 4>Egypt and rescued them from the power of Pharaoh, the

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<v Speaker 4>king of Egypt. They had followed the practices of the

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<v Speaker 4>of them, as well as the practices the kings of

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<v Speaker 4>Israel had introduced. The people of Israel had also secretly

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<v Speaker 4>done many things that were not pleasing to the Lord

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<v Speaker 4>their God. They built pagan shrines for themselves and all

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<v Speaker 4>their towns from the smallest outposts of the largest walled city.

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<v Speaker 4>They set up sacred pillars and a share of polls.

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<v Speaker 4>At the top of every hill and under every green tree,

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<v Speaker 4>they offered sacrifices and all the hilltops, just like the

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<v Speaker 4>nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of them.

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<v Speaker 4>So the people of Israel had done many evil things,

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<v Speaker 4>arousing the Lord's anger. Yes, they worshiped idols, despite the

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<v Speaker 4>Lord's specific and repeated warnings. Again and again. The Lord

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<v Speaker 4>had sent his prophets and seers to warn both Israel

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<v Speaker 4>and Judah. Quote, turn from all your evil ways, obey

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<v Speaker 4>my commands and decrees, the entire law that I commanded

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<v Speaker 4>your ancestors to obey, and that I gave you through

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<v Speaker 4>my servants the prophets. But the Israelites would not listen.

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<v Speaker 4>They were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had refused

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<v Speaker 4>to believe in the Lord, their god.

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<v Speaker 3>They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made

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<v Speaker 3>with their ancestors, and they despised all his warnings. They

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<v Speaker 3>worshiped worthless idols, so they became worthless themselves. What a

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<v Speaker 3>powerful statement.

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<v Speaker 4>They followed the example of the nations around them, disobeying

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<v Speaker 4>the Lord's commands not to imitate them. They rejected all

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<v Speaker 4>the commands of the Lord, their god had made two

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<v Speaker 4>calves from metal. They set up in a share of

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<v Speaker 4>poll and worshiped Bail and all the forces of heaven.

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<v Speaker 4>They even sacrificed their own sons and daughters in the fire.

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<v Speaker 4>They consulted fortune tellers and practiced sorcery, and sold themselves

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<v Speaker 4>to evil or rousing the Lord's anger. Because the Lord

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<v Speaker 4>was very angry with Israel, he swept them away from

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<v Speaker 4>his presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained in the land.

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<v Speaker 4>But even the people of Judah refused to obey the

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<v Speaker 4>commands of the Lord their god, for they followed the

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<v Speaker 4>evil practices that Israel had introduced. Rejected all the descendants

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<v Speaker 4>But Jeroboam drew Israel away from following the Lord and

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<v Speaker 2>That was written. Now, so you know, again.

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<v Speaker 1>of that song here comes the Boom. It's like, here

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<v Speaker 1>at it that way. It's a great sign of God's

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<v Speaker 1>patience and love and warnings. And so that statement that

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<v Speaker 1>you said was a really powerful statement. In verse number fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>they worshiped worthless idols. So they became worthless themselves.

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<v Speaker 3>What a phrase it really is.

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<v Speaker 1>And it just goes to show you that that happens

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<v Speaker 1>over a very long period of time. Right, that isn't

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<v Speaker 1>and years of warnings and God's patience and God refraining

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<v Speaker 1>And so again that's why we read so many warnings.

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<v Speaker 1>And so yeah, they've become worth us themselves because they

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<v Speaker 4>Come on on every hilltop, he said, on every hilltop.

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<v Speaker 4>Share of poles were phallic symbols of the yes.

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<v Speaker 4>in a Hindu temple, they have those phallic symbols that

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<v Speaker 4>that kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>But it was very pervert, perverted and twisted.

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<v Speaker 1>And then that it even said some of them sacrificed

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<v Speaker 1>and the fire to the gods of Bail, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>And so yeah, that's pretty pretty crazy.

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<v Speaker 4>And they consulted fortune tellers and stuff. Yeah, yeah, which

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<v Speaker 4>is a popular thing in our culture today. All these

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<v Speaker 4>things are similar other than burning our children alive, everything

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<v Speaker 4>else that they're that they did, we tend to do

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<v Speaker 4>in our culture in different ways. So it's easy to

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<v Speaker 4>pretty pretty incredible. So I looked up. I had this

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<v Speaker 4>thought while you were talking because I wasn't paying attention. No, no, actually,

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<v Speaker 4>you had good things to say. It was really powerful,

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<v Speaker 4>So I just wanted to let you run with that

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<v Speaker 4>because I think you're really solid. But dawned on me

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<v Speaker 4>while you were talking that you know, at the very beginning,

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<v Speaker 4>when you started saying it's just more the same, we

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<v Speaker 4>have read dozens and dozens and dozens of days of

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<v Speaker 4>God saying watch out right, watch out here it comes.

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, watch out right.

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<v Speaker 4>That the like a dozens of days, and it can

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<v Speaker 4>start to feel like and we've said that, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>as we sat down before the camera started rolling.

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<v Speaker 3>And go, well, here we go again, right right.

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<v Speaker 4>And so I looked this up just now and I asked,

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<v Speaker 3>The people of Israel to turn back to him?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, right, And it's about thirty percent, thirty five percent

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<v Speaker 4>of the prophetic books, about thirty percent of the Book

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<v Speaker 4>of Joshua, about twenty percent of the Law warns the

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<v Speaker 4>people just to walk with him. The wisdom and poetry books,

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<v Speaker 4>job Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes fifteen to twenty percent of that.

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<v Speaker 4>So when you work it all out, somewhere between forty

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<v Speaker 4>and fifty percent of the entire Old Testament as God

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<v Speaker 4>warning the people come back to me.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>So you take a giant chunk of the Bible, right,

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<v Speaker 4>two thirds of the Bible is God just saying don't

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<v Speaker 4>do it, please, please don't do it. Don't do it,

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<v Speaker 4>don't go that way. Listen, if you do it, you're

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<v Speaker 2>Wow.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, And so when you and I read through the

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<v Speaker 4>Book of Psalms and David writes his mercy and durs forever,

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<v Speaker 4>we would take, like, you know, six five minutes in

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<v Speaker 4>an episode just talk about wow, aren't you just glad

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<v Speaker 4>God's mercy and durs forever. But instead, what God decided

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<v Speaker 4>to do is take almost fifty percent of the entire

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<v Speaker 4>Old Testament and just prove his mercy and durs forever.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just holding back and holding back.

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<v Speaker 4>Now there's a limit to his patients, certainly, and they

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<v Speaker 4>finally pushed it, and God goes, listen, you're never going

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<v Speaker 4>to turn. You're not going to change without a little

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<v Speaker 4>bit of pain, which is I think this is true

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<v Speaker 4>for most of humanity. You know how many of us

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<v Speaker 4>we don't change our lifestyle until we go to the

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<v Speaker 4>doctor and getting uh oh right, and suddenly you know,

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<v Speaker 4>and you start exercising whatever, right, you get the bad news.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's most of the time most changes we make

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<v Speaker 4>in our life are for are because of pain, yeah, right,

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<v Speaker 4>and so God's telling them I want you to come

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<v Speaker 2>Certainly drastic changes.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah yeah, the biggest changes, the most significant changes are

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<v Speaker 4>almost always because of pain, except for marriage, that one

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<v Speaker 4>we're excited about, right, that's a big change. But after

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<v Speaker 4>that and kids, right, right, and then after that everything else,

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<v Speaker 4>all the other things we do when it comes to

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<v Speaker 4>our own personal changes because for the most part, we

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<v Speaker 4>don't want to change.

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<v Speaker 3>We like what we're doing.

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<v Speaker 4>We prefer the decisions we've made. We think we're smart,

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<v Speaker 4>we think we're smarter than God. Sometimes or most of

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<v Speaker 4>the time, it's not like I think I'm smarter than God.

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<v Speaker 4>I've just decided I'm going to do what i want

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<v Speaker 4>to do, right, That's it's usually that we're it's not

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<v Speaker 4>that we're actively, you know, just telling got off. It's

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<v Speaker 4>usually not even considering him. And then we just do

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<v Speaker 4>whatever we want to do. And so God goes, okay, listen,

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<v Speaker 4>don't go that way, don't go that way. And then finally,

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<v Speaker 4>that's when he finally sends Assyria in. And the Assyrians

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<v Speaker 4>were not easy people.

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<v Speaker 3>To deal with.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, all the people around them were like these guys.

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<v Speaker 4>Remember Jonah, Jonah couldn't stand the Assyrians. Now Here we are,

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<v Speaker 4>but I don't know how many years later, but here

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<v Speaker 4>Syrians is true.

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<v Speaker 3>They're brutal.

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<v Speaker 4>They're brutal in warfare, they're brutal to their captives, They're brutal.

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<v Speaker 4>And how they manage the conquered nations, all that stuff

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<v Speaker 4>just brutality. And God goes fine, right, godug goes on

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<v Speaker 4>to holla, and that's where you're gonna be.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. Of the Old Testament, which you said is probably

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<v Speaker 2>about a third of the.

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<v Speaker 4>Bible, two thirds the Old Testament is about two thirds

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<v Speaker 4>of the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, So oh no, No, I was meaning what is

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<v Speaker 3>Two thirds would be about a third of the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I'm about a third of the Bible. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so that is that is pretty crazy, isn't that? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>A third of the Bible.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure I've ever had anybody. I'm not sure

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<v Speaker 1>I've read that anywhere or even thought about that. Honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>we're a third of the Bible.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a pretty incredible thinker.

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<v Speaker 2>It's yeah, yeah, you had that one question that you

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<v Speaker 2>typed in the chat GPT.

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<v Speaker 3>That's exactly what I did. Yeah, well you brought it up.

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<v Speaker 3>You brought it up, and it made me think. So, see,

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<v Speaker 3>this is the benefit of studying the Bible together.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, chat GPT is amazing.

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<v Speaker 3>It is. It's fun, it is really amazing.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not always right, so don't take that as the gospel, right,

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<v Speaker 4>but it's fairly accurate.

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<v Speaker 1>We were doing we were doing movie clips, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was wondering about scenes of a movie where people were angry.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like, man, there's got to be some

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<v Speaker 1>movie scenes where people are angry, and I can think

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<v Speaker 1>about maybe five or six of them off the top

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<v Speaker 1>of my head, you know, like really really good ones.

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<v Speaker 1>But I typed in jet GPT and I said, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>could you name me scenes of a movie? I said,

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<v Speaker 1>give me like twenty, and they gave me the name

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<v Speaker 1>of the movie. The year was put out, and they

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<v Speaker 2>And it was remarkable.

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<v Speaker 1>And I've seen probably eighty ninety percent of everything that listened,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just thought to myself, I forgot about that.

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<v Speaker 2>I forgot about that. I was just thought to myself, Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>what a what a tool.

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<v Speaker 4>Wow, that's amazing. It's really cool. And by the way,

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<v Speaker 4>it's an amazing time to live.

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<v Speaker 2>It was. It was for church, so it was part of.

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<v Speaker 3>Our you're working through creative elopment.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, creativelopment.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's not just very fun.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't use it as a source of wisdom and knowledge.

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<v Speaker 4>I use it as an assistant, like a research assistant.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>That's really because it's just so quick and it'll go.

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<v Speaker 4>It's pretty comprehensive, right, So I don't use it to

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<v Speaker 4>generate ideas. I get ideas and then use it to

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<v Speaker 4>and all. So here you go look at this for

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<v Speaker 4>those of you that are watching online. I went ahead

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<v Speaker 4>and I carved out the piece of the Bible that

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<v Speaker 4>is the Old Testament, which is all of that, and

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<v Speaker 4>here's the New Testament, which is this.

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<v Speaker 3>It almost looks like it's three quarters Old Testament. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>one quarter New Testament.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well, I mean I've always been told that's about right, right, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, So half of the Old Testament roughly is God

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<v Speaker 4>saying listen, I love you and I want you to

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<v Speaker 4>come back.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's a really powerful, powerful thing. And then finally

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<v Speaker 3>they crossed the line. So this idea that God is

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<v Speaker 3>you know, if you remember when we were talking about Hooseiah,

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<v Speaker 3>that's why God gets more and more extreme in his

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<v Speaker 3>up in his attempt to get their attention, until finally

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<v Speaker 3>that story of Joseiah his wife cheating nine name and

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<v Speaker 3>he goes and buys her back. What a precious story.

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<v Speaker 3>But the people were so hard hearted at that point

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<v Speaker 3>they didn't want to hear it.

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<v Speaker 4>And then all these things Isaiah is speaking out, all

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<v Speaker 4>these prophets are speaking out. Nobody comes back, and he says,

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<v Speaker 4>but the Israelites would not listen. They were as stubborn

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<v Speaker 4>as their ancestors would refuse to believe in the Lord,

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<v Speaker 4>their God. And I think that stubbornness is maybe the

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<v Speaker 4>one of the more dangerous things in our lives.

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<v Speaker 3>As were stubborn.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, I used to have a guy that I respected,

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<v Speaker 4>but I didn't always do well from a performance standpoint

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<v Speaker 4>in front of But he told me, you know, the

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<v Speaker 4>greatest ability one is availability, and the other greatest ability

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<v Speaker 4>is teachability. And they just refuse to be teachable. They

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<v Speaker 4>refuse to be corrected. And now I think in my

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<v Speaker 4>life I want to be teachable. I want to be

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<v Speaker 4>from God, and so a lot of times I find

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<v Speaker 4>myself praying, God, help me, help me be teachable today.

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<v Speaker 4>Help me help me to be able to make things

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<v Speaker 4>better by being able to get good advice and understand

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<v Speaker 4>the heart and the wisdom of people speaking to me.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't always do that. I don't sometimes I still

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<v Speaker 4>get grumpy when people correct me. But I want to

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<v Speaker 4>be teachable. And these people they were stubborn and it

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<v Speaker 4>was their own stubbornness that led to their downfall.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And by the way, side, note, when this chapter starts

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<v Speaker 1>off and says finally the ninth year of king's reign

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<v Speaker 1>is its right, Samaria fell and all the people were exiled.

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<v Speaker 1>I was reading in the Life Application Study Bible, and

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<v Speaker 1>it actually says that when it mentions Samaria, it's representative

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<v Speaker 1>of the entire Northern Kingdom because Samaria was the capital, the.

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<v Speaker 2>Capital of the Northern Kingdom they call it Israel. So really,

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<v Speaker 2>when it says Samaria fell, you know, when the capital falls,

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<v Speaker 2>then the entire place is under siege. Right, So it's

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<v Speaker 2>good to know.

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<v Speaker 4>So I think it's interesting. Just one little side note,

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<v Speaker 4>you know. So there's the share a pole, that's the

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<v Speaker 4>phallic symbol bail. Right, there's those things they worshiped, the

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<v Speaker 4>two calves that they made from metal, at the fake

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<v Speaker 4>temple that they set up in Samaria, all those things.

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<v Speaker 4>But then it says, look at it says, they set

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<v Speaker 4>up in a share a poll and worship bail and

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<v Speaker 4>all the forces of heaven. Right, the forces of heaven

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<v Speaker 4>would be the stars. That's what it's talking about there.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not talking about I don't believe angelic her demonic beings.

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<v Speaker 4>It's talking about I believe the stars because any pivots

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<v Speaker 4>into fortune tellers and sorcery. Right, So he's talking about

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<v Speaker 4>the zodiac, and so there is this warning here. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>sometimes we dabble with some of the Oh it's fun

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<v Speaker 4>to do a fortune teller thing. It's fun to see

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<v Speaker 4>what my astrology sign is. It's fun to see those things.

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<v Speaker 4>But just understand he was saying, they started acting like

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<v Speaker 4>the people around them, and so then they began to

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<v Speaker 4>worship the gods that the people around them were worshiping,

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<v Speaker 4>and then they became as useless as those gods. And

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<v Speaker 4>so what happens is we dabble and we play with

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<v Speaker 4>the thing because we think it's cute, and then next

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<v Speaker 4>thing we know, our life has been consumed by all

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<v Speaker 4>this evil stuff. Right, And so I just always warn Christians, man,

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<v Speaker 4>stay away from the cutesy stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and the stuff that you think is innocent.

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<v Speaker 4>Because it leads to I mean, dude, hagged right between

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<v Speaker 4>the forces of heaven talking about astrology and fortune tellers

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<v Speaker 4>is and oh, by the way, they sacrifice their own

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<v Speaker 4>sons and daughters in the fire.

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<v Speaker 2>Right right right?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you serious? How does that happen?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, it has to start somewhere. Our sins starts somewhere,

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<v Speaker 4>and it usually starts in something that feels relatively innocent

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<v Speaker 4>or just a touch dangerous, but not super bad. It's

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<v Speaker 4>not like you're, you know, out, you know, joining the

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<v Speaker 4>forces with isis right, You're just dabbling in it. But

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<v Speaker 4>eventually it starts somewhere and gets to the point where

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<v Speaker 4>they're leading their children through.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what it's like, It's like looking at the

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<v Speaker 1>ocean and not respecting the ocean.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it is to say.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm on the beach and I'm like, oh, here, here,

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<v Speaker 1>the beautiful waves. Look how pretty it is. We're you

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go out there and just horse around or mess around,

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<v Speaker 1>and so you you begin to think that the ocean

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<v Speaker 1>is there to provide you with beautiful scenery, and you

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<v Speaker 1>know listening, you know some calm, smooth listening things, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like, no, no, no, if you are going

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<v Speaker 1>to mess with the ocean, you better respect the ocean.

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<v Speaker 2>Right.

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<v Speaker 4>We were just telling the story here. Recently, we were

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<v Speaker 4>in Costa Rica and my kids were with me, and

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<v Speaker 4>my wife decides she wants to go.

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<v Speaker 3>Out in the ocean. And we were a beautiful beach.

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<v Speaker 3>So she goes out.

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<v Speaker 4>The waves looked a little big to me, and I'm

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<v Speaker 4>not really an ocean guy, so I don't always go, oh,

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<v Speaker 4>I want to go swimming in the water, but she did.

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<v Speaker 3>She wanted to go. So she gets out there. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>then the waves start rolling in and they're substantially bigger

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<v Speaker 3>than they looked.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so she gets knocked down and she starts to

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<v Speaker 4>stand up, and the next one knocks her down, and

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<v Speaker 4>then it's funny, so we're laughing, and she gets up,

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<v Speaker 4>she starts to walk, and you know, you know how

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<v Speaker 4>the person just looks blast at at that point and

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<v Speaker 4>she stands up, she's knocked down again, and then I

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<v Speaker 4>start realizing she's she's getting further and further out because

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<v Speaker 4>the water would hit and then hold back, so she

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<v Speaker 4>was kind of in it.

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<v Speaker 3>So I had to run out and get her.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm substantially larger than she is, right, I had to

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<v Speaker 4>get her and I had to pull her back. It

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<v Speaker 4>got really dangerous really quick.

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<v Speaker 3>So it was funny. It's funny. At first it looked attractive. Oh,

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<v Speaker 3>I want to go in the water.

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<v Speaker 2>Yea.

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<v Speaker 4>Then it was funny, she's getting knocked down, and then

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<v Speaker 4>she was one or two more ways away from just

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<v Speaker 4>getting swept out into the sea. Yeah, it was really

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<v Speaker 4>really dangerous, and that's what happens there. That's the warning there.

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<v Speaker 1>It is all right, Well, that's a good place to end,

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<v Speaker 1>and hopefully we'll see you tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>All the Bible guysh