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[3162.12 --> 3162.82] whose testimony
[3162.82 --> 3163.64] was legally
[3163.64 --> 3164.72] inadmissible and
[3164.72 --> 3165.40] so easily
[3165.40 --> 3165.98] dismissed.
[3165.98 --> 3167.90] Or likewise
[3167.90 --> 3168.58] with the
[3168.58 --> 3169.24] so-called
[3169.24 --> 3169.96] wise men,
[3170.08 --> 3170.72] the pagan
[3170.72 --> 3171.56] wizards,
[3171.66 --> 3171.78] right?
[3171.82 --> 3172.24] If you were
[3172.24 --> 3172.78] trying to
[3172.78 --> 3173.54] fabricate a
[3173.54 --> 3174.28] story of a
[3174.28 --> 3175.48] Jewish Messiah,
[3175.66 --> 3176.08] you wouldn't
[3176.08 --> 3177.04] have pagans
[3177.04 --> 3177.76] come from
[3177.76 --> 3178.42] Arabia to
[3178.42 --> 3178.90] praise him
[3178.90 --> 3179.28] while the
[3179.28 --> 3180.10] Jewish king
[3180.10 --> 3180.60] tries to
[3180.60 --> 3181.34] kill him,
[3182.36 --> 3183.06] taking on the
[3183.06 --> 3183.46] role of
[3183.46 --> 3184.04] Pharaoh in
[3184.04 --> 3184.62] that story.
[3185.04 --> 3185.92] Unless, in
[3185.92 --> 3186.50] all three of
[3186.50 --> 3187.14] these cases,
[3187.48 --> 3187.88] the truth
[3187.88 --> 3188.72] matters to
[3188.72 --> 3189.46] you, and
[3189.46 --> 3190.46] then those
[3190.46 --> 3191.40] things being
[3191.40 --> 3192.18] recorded as
[3192.18 --> 3192.62] such become
[3192.62 --> 3193.40] an argument for
[3193.40 --> 3194.12] the truth of
[3194.12 --> 3194.78] the story.
[3195.98 --> 3196.48] Right?
[3196.56 --> 3197.22] All throughout
[3197.22 --> 3197.96] this Advent
[3197.96 --> 3198.84] and Christmas
[3198.84 --> 3199.58] season, we
[3199.58 --> 3200.06] have been
[3200.06 --> 3200.82] going back
[3200.82 --> 3201.14] to the
[3201.14 --> 3201.44] true,
[3201.76 --> 3202.34] historical,
[3202.84 --> 3203.62] deep magic
[3203.62 --> 3204.70] story of
[3204.70 --> 3205.34] God at
[3205.34 --> 3206.20] work in
[3206.20 --> 3206.66] the world.
[3207.76 --> 3208.44] And yes,
[3209.30 --> 3209.92] some of our
[3209.92 --> 3211.40] expectations and
[3211.40 --> 3212.18] our hallmarked
[3212.18 --> 3212.72] versions of
[3212.72 --> 3213.32] the story have
[3213.32 --> 3213.92] been challenged,
[3214.04 --> 3214.38] they've been
[3214.38 --> 3215.30] deconstructed,
[3215.34 --> 3215.94] but the goal,
[3216.10 --> 3216.84] the hope,
[3217.02 --> 3218.02] has always been
[3218.02 --> 3219.04] to bring you
[3219.04 --> 3220.48] closer to
[3220.48 --> 3221.04] the true
[3221.04 --> 3222.00] Jesus, to
[3222.00 --> 3222.94] the real
[3222.94 --> 3223.98] Jesus.
[3223.98 --> 3225.76] Jesus, the
[3225.76 --> 3226.22] historical
[3226.22 --> 3227.78] Jesus, revealed
[3227.78 --> 3229.06] in the
[3229.06 --> 3229.32] Word of
[3229.32 --> 3229.62] God.
[3230.74 --> 3231.40] Because the
[3231.40 --> 3232.94] truth is, and
[3232.94 --> 3233.60] you know this,
[3233.82 --> 3234.78] right, 2,000
[3234.78 --> 3236.04] years later, over
[3236.04 --> 3237.18] 10,000 kilometers
[3237.18 --> 3237.90] away, in a
[3237.90 --> 3238.50] whole different
[3238.50 --> 3239.66] culture, right,
[3239.70 --> 3239.98] in a different
[3239.98 --> 3240.94] time and space
[3240.94 --> 3242.10] and place, it
[3242.10 --> 3243.74] is so, so
[3243.74 --> 3244.84] easy to
[3244.84 --> 3245.80] substitute a
[3245.80 --> 3246.82] Jesus of our
[3246.82 --> 3247.72] own making
[3247.72 --> 3249.02] for the one