Hello there. Happy Sabbath.
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Come on in.
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We're about to
meet with the King.
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Hello and welcome to our
opening Sabbath worship time.
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I'm Aunty Leah.
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And it's so special
that we are coming together
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from all around the world
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to celebrate the commencement
of another Sabbath day.
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We have our team here
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to help out lead in our worship,
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and we appreciate your
contributions very much.
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And it's always a delight
to have you here with us,
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Uncle Daniel.
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Hello, Aunty Leah.
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I love the Sabbath.
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You know, we would wear out
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if we didn't rest in
Jesus each seventh day.
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Yes, we would.
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The Sabbath refreshes us
physically and spiritually.
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Is there anyone that can share
with us something that you did
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that was kind for
someone else this week?
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I got Mom's
breakfast for her this morning.
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Oh, that's so lovely, Chemiah.
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Now we're gonna start
our worship time with prayer.
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Who would like to do that?
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I would. Thanks, Jeremiah.
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Dear Lord, please
come into our hearts.
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Help us hear Your
voice as we worship You.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Thanks, Jeremiah.
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Aunty Leah, I've had a peep
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and I know that you have
something very interesting
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to share for us this week.
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Yes, I do.
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Have you ever heard the
saying, "Seeing is believing"?
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Well, that means,
if you see something,
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you know it's true.
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Well, let's open our jewel box
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and find out what our
Bible gem says about this.
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Who would like
to do that? I would.
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Go. Okay, Chemiah.
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Wow! That's another lovely one.
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What does the Bible text say?
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2 Peter 1:19-20.
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Jireh, would you please
read some parts of that verse?
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"And so we have the
prophetic word confirmed,
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which you do well to heed
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as a light that
shines in a dark place.
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Knowing this first that
no prophecy of scripture
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is of any
private interpretation."
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The King James Version says
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that we have a more
sure word of prophecy.
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The Apostle
Peter, who wrote this,
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had seen Jesus in
all His heavenly glory
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on the mount
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when He was with
Moses and Elijah.
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That was a pretty convincing
and spectacular sight.
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But Peter says that
prophecy is even more reliable
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or more sure than even that.
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Why would he say
something like that
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about prophecy?
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Chemiah, would you
please retrieve the clue
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out of our jewel box?
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"Beware!
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Don't be
deceived by false prophets
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or false teachers."
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In Matthew 24:24,
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Jesus warned the disciples
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that false
Christs and false prophets
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will rise and share
great signs and wonders
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and deceive if
possible, even the elect,
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those who'd
claim to follow Jesus.
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Let me show you how
your eyes can trick you.
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Have a quick
look at this picture
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and tell me how
many columns you see?
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Three. Three.
Three. Three. Three.
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This is what they
call an impossible picture.
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It is a trick or an illusion.
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It tries to make
you believe something
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on the basis of what you see.
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But in reality, it's impossible.
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You could not build
something like this.
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It is drawn to trick
your eyes and your mind.
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Likewise, the signs
and wonders Satan does
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are designed to trick
people into believing him.
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Satan will impersonate Jesus.
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He will appear to
miraculously heal sick people.
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When he tells
people the Sabbath day
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has been changed to Sunday,
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we will know
that it's a deception.
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So remember,
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prophecy is more
reliable than even our eyesight.
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If we study our
Bible and obey God's Word,
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through the power
of the Holy Spirit,
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we need never be deceived.
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Thank you, Aunty Leah.
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It's amazing how easily
our eyes can deceive us.
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The only safe way
is to trust God's Word.
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Uncle Daniel, Braedan's here.
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Yes, he is.
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Thank you,
Braedan, for joining us.
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Well, Uncle Daniel,
it is good to be here.
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I hear that you're
studying the Book of Esther.
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We've got a song here
called "Brave Esther,"
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and I hope that you
can sing it with me.
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Brave Esther was a
royal Queen In Persia long ago
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She never said she was a
Jew The people did not know
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A wicked man named Haman
Wanted all the Jews to die
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So Cousin Mordecai then
told the queen And heard her cry
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My people will all
perish If I don't do anything
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If I perish, then I
perish But I must go to the King
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It may be I have come
Into the kingdom for this hour
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We'll fast and
pray and pray and fast
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And conquer by God's pow'r
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She held a banquet for the
King And told of Haman's plan
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To kill the Jews, her people
And to rid them from the land
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The King hung Haman and declared
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The Jews could stand and fight
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Brave Esther saved her people
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'Cause she stood
for what was right
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My people will all
perish If I don't do anything
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If I perish, then I
perish But I must go to the King
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It may be I have come
Into the kingdom for this hour
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We'll fast and
pray and pray and fast
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And conquer by God's pow'r
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Braedan, can we please
sing the prophecy theme song?
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Oh, yeah, we can.
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It's so exciting that you guys
are learning about prophecy.
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It's just amazing
stuff. Let's sing together.
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Prophecy is
history Told ahead of time
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God is good He's so good
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God reveals the future
To build your faith and mine
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In His word, in His word
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Prophecy is
history Told ahead of time
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Thank You, Lord Thank You, Lord
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Prayerfully dig deep
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And the truth you'll always find
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In His Word In His Word
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Braedan, can we please sing
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the "This is the
day that Lord has made?"
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We can.
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Since this is Sabbath,
that's a good song to choose.
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This is the day
the Lord has made
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He calls this day His own
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Let us be glad and welcome Him
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This Sabbath to our home
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Let us be glad and welcome Him
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This Sabbath to our home
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Thanks, Braedan.
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I like learning
new Sabbath songs.
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Now it's story time
again with Dr. John.
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Hello, boys and
girls. I'm Dr. John.
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And I'm so glad to see you.
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And I'm so glad to
see the boys and girls
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right around the world
who are watching with us.
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I want to tell you the
story of a very brave lady,
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and her name was Rosa Parks.
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Does she look sweet and gentle?
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And she was.
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And she got arrested
just because she was on a bus.
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You see, she lived
in Montgomery, Alabama,
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and they had laws in those days.
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It wasn't that long ago.
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That if you were
a colored person,
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a black person,
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an African-American and
you were sitting on a bus
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and a white person got on,
you had to give them your seat.
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And if there were no seats left,
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you had to stand.
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And if all the standing room
was full, you had to get off.
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You know, she was
just a young girl.
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And she got on a bus one day,
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and the driver's
name was James Blake.
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He said, "You've
got to get off this door
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and go back around
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the black
people's door at the back."
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It was raining. She got out.
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She walked to
the back of the bus,
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and the driver shut
the doors and drove off.
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She never forgot that.
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She wasn't angry
because she was determined.
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And a few years
later, she got on a bus.
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And who do you
think was the driver?
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It was James Blake.
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And she sat down.
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And after a while,
a white person got on.
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He said, "You get up
the back of the bus."
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This time,
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she was 10 years older
and she was a young lady,
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and she said, "No."
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"Get up the back."
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"No, I paid for the seat."
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"Get up the back or I
will call the police."
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"Call the police."
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And he did. She was taken.
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She was arrested,
fingerprinted, handcuffed,
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put in jail.
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She wasn't there
long, but all her friends,
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all the black
people among comrade,
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they decided,
they had a meeting.
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They said, "We will go on strike
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and we will not get on any bus.
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We will walk."
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You know, some of them
walked 50 kilometers to work
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rather than ride on the bus.
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How long do you
think the strike lasted?
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A day? A week?
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Three hundred
and eighty-one days.
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And they had to sell the buses.
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The bus company closed.
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And finally, they
changed their mind.
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And they said, "A black person,
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if they have
paid for their ticket,
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can sit anywhere on the bus."
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It was one of the
most important law changes
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ever in America.
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And, you know, she lived a
long time until she was 92.
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And she became so respected.
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This little girl who hardly
got through primary school,
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she got the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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She got the
Congressional Gold Medal.
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She was given a
doctorate from 24 universities.
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I haven't got a
doctorate from one university.
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And the day that she died,
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the President of
the United States said,
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"I want every
flag in the country
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on the day of her
funeral to go to half-staff."
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That's a sign of mourning.
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And this little girl
who had the courage to say,
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"I will not get off the bus,"
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reminds me of somebody
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you will study
about in your Bible study,
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one of my favorite
people in all the Bible.
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It was a girl.
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She was young.
She became a queen.
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And I'm wondering if
somebody can tell me her name.
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Esther. Esther, right.
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And, you know, she said once
when she had to risk your life,
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"I will do this for my
people," and the famous words,
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"If I perish, I perish. I
will do it for my people."
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You know, when we
get to the kingdom,
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I'm looking forward to
meeting brave Rosa Parks.
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She was a wonderful person.
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God bless you. Thank you.
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Wasn't that a
good story by Dr. John?
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Yes. Yes.
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And now it's time
for our Bible study.
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So, Jireh, could you please
start us off with a prayer?
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Sure.
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Dear God, please be with
us as we learn more about You.
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Please help us to
understand what we read.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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Amen. Amen.
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Sai, do you remember
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what we learned about last week?
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King Cyrus freed
the Jewish captives.
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Yes.
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And today, we'll learn about
God's wonderful deliverance
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when the Jewish
people were in danger.
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Let's open our Bibles
to the Book of Esther,
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a couple of books before Psalms.
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Even though King Cyrus
freed the Jewish people
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to return
voluntarily to their homeland,
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the majority of
them remained comfortably
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in the Medo-Persian Kingdom.
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A number of
kings followed Cyrus,
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including King Xerxes the Great,
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who is known in the
Bible as King Ahasuerus.
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He lived in a
fabulous palace in Shushan,
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the capital of
the Persian Empire.
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One day, the
king through a lavish
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seven-day party
for all the princes
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and nobles of his empire.
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Lots of wine was consumed.
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When drunk, he
summoned his wife Queen Vashti.
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He wanted to show off her beauty
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and her
spectacular jeweled crown.
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But she refused to
enter his drunken party.
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To disobey the
king was unheard of.
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He was so angry.
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He banished her
and looked for another
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even more beautiful queen.
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The fairest young women
in the land were selected
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for the king to choose from.
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Among them was Esther,
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a Jewish girl whose
mother and father had died
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when she was little.
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She had been brought up by
Mordecai, her older cousin.
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He was like a father to her.
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Bethany, could you
please read Esther 2:17?
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And tell us how the
king felt when he saw Esther?
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"The king loved Esther
more than all the other women,
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and she obtained
grace and favor in his sight
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more than all the virgins.
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So he set the
royal crown upon her head
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and made her queen
instead of Vashti."
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The new Queen Esther
did not tell the king
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she was Jewish
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because Mordecai told her
not to reveal that information.
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Mordecai spent a lot of
time at the palace gates
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so he could find out how
Esther was getting along.
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One day, he overheard
two palace doorkeepers
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plotting to murder the king.
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Mordecai sent a
message to Esther,
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who passed on
Mordecai's warning to the king.
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The doorkeepers were hanged
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and Mordecai's name was written
in the king's record book
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because he
saved the king's life.
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Now second-in-command to
the king was a wealthy man
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called Haman.
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Everybody bowed
when Haman passed by,
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except Mordecai who worshiped
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only the true God.
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Haman hated Mordecai so much.
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He tricked the
king into signing a law
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that on a certain date,
every Jew in the kingdom,
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including
Mordecai, would be killed.
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Mordecai informed
Esther about the terrible law
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and told her to
plead with the king
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on behalf of the
people, the Jews.
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But it wasn't that simple.
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Caleb, could you please read
Esther's reply in Esther 4:11?
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"All the king's servants
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and the people of
the king's provinces
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know that any man or woman
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who goes into the
inner court to the king,
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who has not been called,
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he has but one law.
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Put all to death,
except the one whom the king
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holds out the golden
scepter, that he may live."
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So Esther could die
if she went to the king
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without an invitation,
even though he was her husband.
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Bryce, can you
read Mordecai's fatherly
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but very direct
reply in Esther 4:13-14?
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"Do not think in your heart
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that you will escape in
the king's palace any more
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than all the other Jews.
00:16:53.44\00:16:55.04
For if you remain
completely silent at this time,
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relief and deliverance
will arise for the Jews
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from another place,
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but you and your
father's house will perish.
00:17:02.02\00:17:04.55
Yet who knows whether
you have come to the kingdom
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for such a time as this?"
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Mordecai taught Esther
as a child to trust God
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and call upon Him
for help in time of need.
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In Esther 4:16, we
learned she did just that.
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Jireh, would you please read
Esther's message to Mordecai?
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"Go, gather all the Jews
who are present in Shushan,
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and fast for me.
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Neither eat nor drink
for three days, night or day.
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My maids and I
will fast likewise.
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And so I will go to the
king, which is against the law,
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and if I perish, I perish!"
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That kind of
courage only comes from God.
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Mordecai did as Esther asked.
00:17:49.96\00:17:52.57
After three days
of prayer and fasting,
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Queen Esther put
on her royal robes
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and stood in the inner
court of the king's palace,
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where he could see her.
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And see how he did.
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Jeremiah, please
reach up to Esther 5:2.
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"So it was, when the king saw
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Queen Esther
standing in the court,
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that she found
favor in his sight,
00:18:15.49\00:18:17.19
and the king held up to
Esther the golden scepter
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that was in his hand.
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Then Esther went near
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and touched the
top of the scepter."
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Phew, what a miracle!
00:18:26.13\00:18:29.20
In fact, the king was
in an amazingly good mood
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that day.
00:18:32.41\00:18:33.74
Sai, could you
please read Esther 5:3?
00:18:33.78\00:18:37.35
"And the king said to her,
00:18:37.38\00:18:39.38
'What do you wish, Queen Esther?
00:18:39.41\00:18:41.48
What is your request?
00:18:41.52\00:18:43.02
It shall be given to you
up to half the kingdom!'"
00:18:43.05\00:18:46.96
Now a super
generous offer like that
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might have seemed like
the perfect opportunity
00:18:50.29\00:18:53.06
to plead for her life
and the life of her people.
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But no, God had
put a plan in her mind.
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Aunty Leah, could you
please read Esther 5:4?
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"So Esther answered,
'If it pleases the king,
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let the king and Haman
come today to the banquet
00:19:06.84\00:19:09.51
that I have prepared for him.'"
00:19:09.54\00:19:11.48
So the king and
Haman had a delightful time
00:19:11.51\00:19:14.32
with Esther at the banquet,
00:19:14.35\00:19:15.68
and she invited them
back the following day.
00:19:15.72\00:19:18.82
Haman went home
bragging about how privileged
00:19:18.85\00:19:21.86
and important he
was to be the only guest
00:19:21.89\00:19:25.13
with the king and queen.
00:19:25.16\00:19:26.80
But his hatred of Mordecai
overshadowed everything.
00:19:26.83\00:19:30.30
Haman's wife and friends
suggested he build gallows
00:19:30.33\00:19:33.13
to hang Mordecai on,
which he quickly erected.
00:19:33.17\00:19:36.64
As for the king, he
couldn't sleep that night.
00:19:36.67\00:19:39.71
So he commanded that the
book of records be read to him.
00:19:39.74\00:19:43.35
The king learned
that nothing had been done
00:19:43.38\00:19:45.91
to honor Mordecai
for saving his life.
00:19:45.95\00:19:48.82
Bethany, could you
please read Esther 6:6?
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And we will read Esther 6:10.
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"So Haman came in,
and the king asked him,
00:19:56.26\00:19:58.96
'What shall be
done for the man whom
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the king delights to honor?'
00:20:00.53\00:20:02.16
Now Haman thought in his heart,
00:20:02.20\00:20:04.17
'Whom would the king
delight to honor more than me?'"
00:20:04.20\00:20:07.44
And, Caleb, can you
please read Esther 6:7-8?
00:20:07.47\00:20:11.41
"And Haman answered the king,
00:20:11.44\00:20:13.17
'For the man whom the
king delights to honor,
00:20:13.21\00:20:16.21
let a royal robe be
brought which the king has worn,
00:20:16.24\00:20:19.31
and a horse on
which the king has ridden,
00:20:19.35\00:20:21.82
which has a royal
crest placed on his head.'"
00:20:21.85\00:20:25.29
And, Bryce, could
you read Esther 6:9?
00:20:25.32\00:20:29.02
"'Then let this robe
and the horse be delivered
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to the hand of one of the king's
00:20:32.39\00:20:34.40
most noble princes
00:20:34.43\00:20:36.06
that he may array the man
whom king delights to honor.
00:20:36.10\00:20:39.57
Then parade him on horseback
through the city square,
00:20:39.60\00:20:43.41
and proclaim before him.
00:20:43.44\00:20:44.84
Thus shall it be done to the man
00:20:44.87\00:20:46.51
whom the king
delights to honor!'"
00:20:46.54\00:20:48.68
And Jireh, Esther 6:10.
00:20:48.71\00:20:51.78
"Then the king said to Haman,
00:20:51.81\00:20:53.52
'Hurry, take the
robe and the horse
00:20:53.55\00:20:55.25
as you have suggested,
00:20:55.28\00:20:56.65
and do so for
Mordecai the Jew who sits
00:20:56.69\00:20:59.89
within the king's gate!
00:20:59.92\00:21:02.12
Leave nothing undone of
all that you have spoken.'"
00:21:02.16\00:21:06.16
How do you think Haman felt
00:21:06.19\00:21:09.00
as he led Mordecai in
honor around the city?
00:21:09.03\00:21:12.23
His hatred for
Mordecai was greater than ever.
00:21:12.27\00:21:15.97
Later that day,
Haman and the king
00:21:16.00\00:21:18.01
attended Queen
Esther's banquet again.
00:21:18.04\00:21:21.14
The king asked
Esther her petition.
00:21:21.18\00:21:23.78
Pointing to Haman,
00:21:23.81\00:21:25.15
Queen Esther told the king
all about Haman's wicked plot
00:21:25.18\00:21:28.38
to destroy her people.
00:21:28.42\00:21:30.05
The king ordered Haman
to be hanged on the gallows
00:21:30.09\00:21:32.82
he built for Mordecai.
00:21:32.85\00:21:34.69
Because the king's
law could not be revoked,
00:21:34.72\00:21:37.49
he approved another
law which allowed the Jews
00:21:37.53\00:21:40.16
to defend themselves.
00:21:40.20\00:21:41.76
So the Jews were saved.
00:21:41.80\00:21:43.50
In fact, many people became Jews
00:21:43.53\00:21:45.90
because they were afraid
of the Jews taking vengeance
00:21:45.93\00:21:48.67
on their enemies.
00:21:48.70\00:21:50.14
Mordecai became
second-in-command to the king,
00:21:50.17\00:21:53.21
and all the Jews rejoiced.
00:21:53.24\00:21:55.91
How is the story
relevant for us today?
00:21:55.94\00:21:58.75
Well, let's have a
look at our torchlight,
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Mrs. White's writings
in Prophets and Kings,
00:22:01.02\00:22:04.09
page 605.
00:22:04.12\00:22:06.72
She shines more important
light on a similar decree
00:22:06.76\00:22:10.63
that will be made
at the end of time,
00:22:10.66\00:22:13.03
possibly in our lifetime.
00:22:13.06\00:22:15.03
Jeremiah, could you
read that for us, please?
00:22:15.06\00:22:16.80
"The decree that
will finally go forth
00:22:21.30\00:22:23.41
against the remnant people
of God will be very similar
00:22:23.44\00:22:27.91
to that issued by
Ahasuerus against the Jews.
00:22:27.94\00:22:31.51
Today, the
enemies of the true church
00:22:31.55\00:22:34.38
see in the little company
00:22:34.42\00:22:35.75
keeping the Sabbath commandment,
00:22:35.78\00:22:37.95
a Mordecai at the gate.
00:22:37.99\00:22:39.89
Legislators will yield to
the demand for Sunday laws."
00:22:39.92\00:22:43.99
Our memory verse
promises God will protect us
00:22:44.03\00:22:47.56
even when laws
are passed forcing us
00:22:47.60\00:22:50.03
under threat of punishment
00:22:50.07\00:22:51.70
or even death to
worship on Sunday
00:22:51.73\00:22:54.74
instead of the seventh day
00:22:54.77\00:22:56.34
Sabbath of the
fourth commandment.
00:22:56.37\00:22:58.61
Let's read 2
Kings 17:39 together.
00:22:58.64\00:23:05.31
Are we ready?
00:23:05.35\00:23:06.92
"But the Lord your
God You shall fear,
00:23:06.95\00:23:10.45
and He will deliver you
00:23:10.49\00:23:12.15
from the hand of
all your enemies."
00:23:12.19\00:23:15.12
Amen.
00:23:15.16\00:23:16.49
To fear God is to show respect
and reverence and to obey Him.
00:23:16.52\00:23:21.96
Memorize this wonderful promise
and you need never feel afraid.
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Keep watching to
find out how to obtain
00:23:26.37\00:23:28.50
the daily devotionals
related to our Bible study.
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What do you want?
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Are you bored? Yes.
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Look what I got.
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Whoa!
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Look at that! Cool.
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Where did you get these?
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ADayWithTheKing.com.
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Thank you, Matthew and Caleigh.
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Uncle Daniel,
00:23:55.60\00:23:56.93
what are we going to
learn about next week?
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You know,
00:23:59.40\00:24:00.74
God has His
faithful men and women,
00:24:00.77\00:24:03.00
boys and girls in every age.
00:24:03.04\00:24:05.94
We're going to learn
about some ordinary people
00:24:05.97\00:24:08.94
just like you and me,
00:24:08.98\00:24:10.68
who did some extraordinary
things for the Lord.
00:24:10.71\00:24:13.72
And we will find out how
God mightily blessed their work.
00:24:13.75\00:24:17.69
It's a story that energizes
me and gives me great hope.
00:24:17.72\00:24:21.52
We all need stories like that.
00:24:21.56\00:24:23.36
Well, I'm sure next week's story
00:24:23.39\00:24:25.33
will encourage
you to keep going,
00:24:25.36\00:24:28.06
even when things get tough.
00:24:28.10\00:24:30.47
Let's say our memory
verse again so we can learn it.
00:24:30.50\00:24:33.37
You can say it with us.
00:24:33.40\00:24:35.30
"But the Lord Your God
00:24:35.34\00:24:37.81
you shall fear and
He will deliver you
00:24:37.84\00:24:41.31
from the hand of
all your enemies."
00:24:41.34\00:24:44.38
2 Kings 17:39.
00:24:44.41\00:24:48.22
We should fear God,
that is, we should love,
00:24:48.25\00:24:50.72
respect, and reverence Him,
and hate evil, just as He does.
00:24:50.75\00:24:55.19
Jireh, what did you
learn about the king today?
00:24:55.22\00:24:58.06
That God will
deliver me out of trouble
00:24:58.09\00:25:00.26
if I call on Him
with all my heart.
00:25:00.30\00:25:01.90
Yes.
00:25:01.93\00:25:03.26
He loves it when
we ask Him for help,
00:25:03.30\00:25:05.00
and He loves to help us too.
00:25:05.03\00:25:07.57
We're going to
sing our blessing song.
00:25:07.60\00:25:09.77
Join us if you want to.
00:25:09.80\00:25:11.77
Ready, everyone?
00:25:11.81\00:25:13.14
May God bless you and keep you
00:25:17.61\00:25:22.82
And fill your heart with love
00:25:22.85\00:25:27.92
May God guide and protect you
00:25:27.96\00:25:33.13
And watch you from above
00:25:33.16\00:25:38.20
And Sabbath after Sabbath
00:25:38.23\00:25:43.41
We greet the day of rest
00:25:43.44\00:25:48.51
The day the king of glory
00:25:48.54\00:25:53.72
Has sanctified and blessed
00:25:53.75\00:25:58.85
Goodbye, my
friend, till we meet again
00:25:58.89\00:26:04.03
For another day with the King
00:26:04.06\00:26:09.06
Goodbye! Happy Sabbath!
00:26:09.10\00:26:11.50
I know Jesus loves me
because He first loved me.
00:26:20.84\00:26:23.24
I know Jesus loves
me because He's coming
00:26:30.09\00:26:32.12
to take me home with Him.
00:26:32.15\00:26:33.49
I know Jesus loves me
because He died for me.
00:26:39.29\00:26:41.66