Welcome to episode 171 of Bible Talk. My name is Alex Duke, and with me are my two friends.

Sam O'Mat. Jim Hamilton. You know, this episode of Bible Talk is brought to you by Nine Marks and Southern Seminary.

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For more information, 9Marks.org. Guys, here we go. Isaiah 25 and 26. You know, I was so encouraged the other day. We had these students in from out of time for an experiential modular class, and this one guy goes, my kids love Bible talk. He says, my eight-year-old and five-year-old, they're like, Dad, turn Bible talk on every time they get in the car.

Isn't that fun. That's amazing. Yeah, a 5-year-old. Who do you think they like the most? You, of course, all the way. You know, I coach basketball with Gabe Mulnar. He's one of the elders of your church. So we show up to practice. We kind of pull into the parking lot next to each other.

I'm getting out of my car. He's getting out of his, you know, 15 passenger van with all of his kids. And I hear Bible talk playing in the van. That's awesome. That's great. Man, I long for an experience like that. You want to drive a 15 passenger van with all your kids? Bible talk.

Oh, yeah.

Okay.

It's great to be here with you guys. You're young, man.

You can have a bunch of kids.

Yeah. that. You want to drive a 15 passenger van with all your kids? No, I was just hearing Bible talk. Oh, yeah. Okay. It's great to be here with you guys.

You're young, man. You can have a bunch of kids. Yeah, well, I think, yeah, maybe.

Isaiah 25. We've been in a series of, of oracles against the nations since Isaiah 13.

That's right. Right? 13 through 23.

Kind of run through the roll-ed-x of rebellious nations.

And here we are, and sort of last episode on 24, was a turn to like the judgment of the whole world and then the salvation of the whole world, correct?

And today we're going to do 25 and 26.

And, you know, again, just in my uninspired subtitle, you know, flags this chapter as God will

swallow up death forever. Yeah. Which is like a pretty beautiful sentence. So I'm really,

I'm really eager to talk with you guys about these two chapters, 25 and 26.

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