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IT IS VERY WRONG FOR A CHRISTIAN TO WORK IN ANY OF D AFOREMENTIONED.

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For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber [an excessive drinker], a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’” (Luke 7:33-34).

Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words says the Greek word for winebibber, oinopotes, means “ ‘a wine drinker’ (oinos, and potes, ‘a drinker’).”

In the Old Testament the word winebibber is used to describe those who abuse the use of alcohol (Proverbs 23:20). Since Jesus drank a little wine from time to time, this opened Him up to the charge of abusing it. Christ, of course, always drank in moderation; He never abused alcohol.

The Bible teaches that it is the misuse of alcohol that is a sin (Romans 13:13; Galatians 5:21; 1 Peter 4:3). Reflecting its use in moderation, Judges 9:13 speaks of wine that “cheers both God and men.”Psalm 104 also presents moderate alcohol use in a positive light: “And wine that makes glad the heart of man” (verse 15).

It’s also noteworthy that Christ’s first public miracle was turning water into a fine quality wine (John 2:1-11), something He surely would not have done if drinking any alcoholic beverage were a sin.

Christ instructed Christians to take wine as part of the Passover service (1 Corinthians 11:25-26). In the context of this instruction, Paul corrected some of the Corinthian congregation for getting drunk at the Passover (1 Corinthians 11:21).Clearly, they were using fermented wine in the observance of the Passover or it would not have been possible for them to become drunk.

For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look, a glutton and a winebibber [an excessive drinker], a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’” (Luke 7:33-34).

Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words says the Greek word for winebibber, oinopotes, means “ ‘a wine drinker’ (oinos, and potes, ‘a drinker’).”

In the Old Testament the word winebibber is used to describe those who abuse the use of alcohol (Proverbs 23:20). Since Jesus drank a little wine from time to time, this opened Him up to the charge of abusing it. Christ, of course, always drank in moderation; He never abused alcohol.

The Bible teaches that it is the misuse of alcohol that is a sin (Romans 13:13; Galatians 5:21; 1 Peter 4:3). Reflecting its use in moderation, Judges 9:13 speaks of wine that “cheers both God and men.”Psalm 104 also presents moderate alcohol use in a positive light: “And wine that makes glad the heart of man” (verse 15).

It’s also noteworthy that Christ’s first public miracle was turning water into a fine quality wine (John 2:1-11), something He surely would not have done if drinking any alcoholic beverage were a sin.

Christ instructed Christians to take wine as part of the Passover service (1 Corinthians 11:25-26). In the context of this instruction, Paul corrected some of the Corinthian congregation for getting drunk at the Passover (1 Corinthians 11:21).Clearly, they were using fermented wine in the observance of the Passover or it would not have been possible for them to become drunk.

Which one of them is a Sin ?

a. Alcohol/ Beer industry------NOT A SIN
b. Cigarette industry-----------NOT A SIN
c. Condom industry------------NOT A SIN
d. Guest house/ Hotel----------NOT A SIN

SHALOM!

arshavineering:

with the high rate and level of unemployment, is it good for a born again spirit filled Christian to work in any of the following industries??
a. Alcohol/ Beer industry
b. Cigarette industry
c. Condom industry
d. Guest house/ Hotel

THE OYINBOS HAVE GOTTEN US USED TO A MASSIVELY WATERED-DOWN PERCEPTION OF YAHWEH GOD AND HIS RELIGION!

. GENESIS 28:10-22.

10. And Jacob went out
from Beersheba,
and went toward Haran.
11. And he lighted upon
a certain place,
and tarried there all night,
because the Sun was set;
and he took of the stones
of that place,
and put them for his pillows,
and lay down in that place
to sleep.
12. And he Dreamed,
and behold a ladder set up
on the Earth,
and the top of it
reached to Heaven:
and behold The Angels of God
ascending and descending on It.
13. And, behold,
The LORD stood above It,
and Said,

"I am The LORD God
of Abraham thy father,
and The God of Isaac:
the land whereon thou liest,
to thee will I give it,
and to thy seed;
14. And thy seed shall be
as The Dust of the Earth,
and thou shalt spread abroad
to the West,
and to the East,
and to the North,
and to the South:
and in thee and in thy seed
shall all the families of the Earth
be Blessed.
15. "And, behold,

'I AM WITH THEE,
AND WILL KEEP THEE
IN ALL PLACES
WHITHER THOU GOEST,
AND WILL BRING THEE AGAIN
INTO THIS LAND;
FOR I WILL NOT LEAVE THEE,
UNTIL I HAVE DONE THAT WHICH
I HAVE SPOKEN TO THEE OF.' "

16. And Jacob awaked
out of his sleep,
and he said,

"Surely The LORD is in this place;
and I knew it not."

17. And he was afraid,
and said,

"How dreadful is this place!
This is none other
but The House of God,
and this is The Gate of Heaven."

18. And Jacob rose up
early in the morning,
and took the stone
that he had put for his pillows,
and set it up for a pillar,
and poured oil upon the top of it.
19. And he called the Name
of that place "Bethel:"
but the Name of that city
was called "Luz" at the first.
20. And Jacob vowed a Vow,
saying,

"IF GOD WILL BE WITH ME,
AND WILL KEEP ME IN THIS WAY
THAT I GO,
AND WILL GIVE ME
BREAD TO EAT,
AND RAIMENT TO PUT ON,
21. "SO THAT I COME AGAIN
TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE
IN PEACE;
THEN SHALL THE LORD
BE MY GOD:
22. "AND THIS STONE,
WHICH I HAVE SET FOR A PILLAR,
SHALL BE GOD'S HOUSE:
AND OF ALL THAT
THOU SHALT GIVE ME
I WILL SURELY GIVE
THE TENTH UNTO THEE."

. DEUTERONOMY 8:1-20.

ALL The Commandments
Which I Command thee
this day
shall ye observe to do,
that ye may live,
and multiply,
and go in
and possess the land
which The LORD Sware
unto your fathers.
2. And thou shalt remember
all the Way which The LORD
thy God led thee
these forty years
in the wilderness,
to humble thee,
(and) to prove thee,
to know what (was)
in thine heart,
whether thou wouldest
keep His Commandments,
or no.
3. And He humbled thee,
and suffered thee to hunger,
and fed thee with Manna,
which thou knewest not,
neither did thy fathers know;
that He might
make thee know that

"MAN DOTH NOT
LIVE BY BREAD ONLY
BUT BY EVERY (WORD)
THAT PROCEEDETH
OUT OF THE MOUTH
OF THE LORD
DOTH MAN LIVE."

4. Thy raiment waxed
not old
upon thee,
neither did thy foot swell,
these forty years.
5. Thou shalt also consider
in thine heart,

"THAT, AS A MAN
CHASTENETH HIS SON,
(SO) THE LORD THY GOD
CHASTENETH THEE."

6. Therefore thou shalt keep
The Commandments of
The LORD thy God,
to walk in His Ways,
and to fear Him.
7. For The LORD thy God
bringeth thee into a good land,
a land of brooks of water,
of fountains and depths
that spring out of valleys and hills;
8. A land of wheat,
and barley, and vines,
and fig trees, and pomegranates;
a land of oil olive, and honey;
9. A land wherein
thou shalt eat bread
without scarceness,
thou shalt not lack
any (thing) in it;
a land whose stones (are) iron,
and out of whose hills
thou mayest dig brass.
10. When thou hast eaten
and art full,
then thou shalt Bless
The LORD thy God
for the Good Land
which He
hath given thee.
11. Beware that thou
forget not The LORD thy God,
in not keeping His Commandments,
and His Judgments,
and His Statutes,
Which I Command thee this day:
12.Lest (when) thou hast eaten
and art full,
and hast built goodly houses,
and dwelt (therein);
13. And (when) thy herds
and thy flocks multiply,
and thy silver
and thy gold is multiplied,
and all that thou hast is multiplied;
14. Then thine heart be lifted up,
and thou forget The LORD thy God,
Which brought thee forth
out of the land of Egypt,
from the House of Bondage;
15. Who led thee through
that great and terrible wilderness,
(wherein were) fiery serpents,
and scorpions, and drought,
where (there was) no water;
Who brought thee forth water
out of the rock of flint;
16. Who fed thee in the wilderness
with Manna,
Which thy fathers knew not,
that He might humble thee,
and that he might prove thee,
to do thee good at thy Latter End;
17. And thou say in thine heart,

"MY POWER
AND THE MIGHT
OF (MINE) HAND
HATH GOTTEN ME
THIS WEALTH.

18. But thou shalt remember
The LORD thy God:
for (it is) He that giveth thee
Power to get Wealth,
that he may establish His Covenant
Which He Sware unto thy Fathers,
as (it is) this day.
19. And it shall be,
if thou do at all
forget The LORD thy God,
and walk after other gods,
and serve them,
and worship them,
I testify against you this day
that ye shall surely perish.
20. As the nations which The LORD
destroyeth before your face,
so shall ye perish;
because ye would not be obedient
unto The Voice of The LORD your God.

. MALACHI 3:8-10.

8."Will a man rob God?
Yet ye have robbed me.
But ye say,

'WHEREIN HAVE WE
ROBBED THEE?'

In Tithes and Offerings.
9. "Ye (are) cursed
with a Curse:
for ye have robbed Me,
(even) this whole nation.
10. "Bring ye all the Tithes
into the Storehouse,
that there may be
Meat in Mine House,
and prove Me now herewith,"
Saith The LORD of Hosts,
"if I will not open to you
The Windows of Heaven,
and pour you out a Blessing,
that (that there shall)
not (be room) enough
(to receive It)."

. MATTHEW 6:1-34.

"Take heed
that ye do not your alms
before men,
to be seen of them:
otherwise ye have
no Reward of your Father
Which is in Heaven.
2. "Therefore when thou
doest thine alms,
do not sound a trumpet
before thee,
as the Hypocrites do
in the Synagogues
and in the streets,
that they may have
glory of men.
Verily I Say unto you,

'THEY HAVE THEIR REWARD.'

3. "But when thou doest alms,
let not thy left hand know
what thy right hand doeth:
4. "That thine alms
may be in secret:
and thy Father
Which Seeth
in Secret Himself
shall Reward thee openly."
5. "And when thou prayest,
thou shalt not be
as the Hypocrites are:
for they love to pray
standing in the Synagogues
and in the corners of the streets,
that they may be
seen of men.
Verily I Say unto you,

'THEY HAVE THEIR REWARD.'

6. "But thou,
when thou prayest,
enter into thy closet,
and when thou hast
shut thy door,
pray to thy Father
Which is in Secret;
and thy Father
Which Seeth in Secret
shall Reward thee openly.
7. "But when ye pray,
use not vain repetitions,
as the Heathen do:
for they think that they
shall be heard for their
much speaking.
8. "Be not ye therefore
like unto them:
for your Father knoweth
what things ye have need of,
before ye ask Him.
9. "After this manner therefore
pray ye:

'OUR FATHER
WHICH ART IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
10. 'THY KINGDOM COME.
THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH,
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
11. 'GIVE US THIS DAY
OUR DAILY BREAD.
12. 'AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS,
AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.
13. 'AND LEAD US NOT
INTO TEMPTATION,
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL:
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,
AND THE POWER,
AND THE GLORY,
FOR EVER.
AMEN.'

14. "For if ye forgive men
their trespasses,
your Heavenly Father
will also Forgive you:
15. "But if ye forgive not men
their trespasses,
neither will your Father
Forgive your Trespasses.
16. "Moreover when ye Fast,
be not,
as the Hypocrites,
of a sad countenance:
for they disfigure their faces,
that they may
appear unto men to Fast.
Verily I Say unto you,

'THEY HAVE THEIR REWARD.'

17. "But thou,
when thou Fastest,
anoint thine head,
and wash thy face;
18. "That thou appear not
unto men to Fast,
but unto thy Father
Which is in Secret:
and thy Father,
Which seeth in Secret,
shall Reward thee openly.
19. "Lay not up for yourselves
Treasures upon Earth,
where moth and rust
doth corrupt,
and where Thieves
break through and Steal:
20. "But lay up for yourselves
Treasures in Heaven,
where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt,
and where Thieves
do not break through
nor Steal:
21. "For where your Treasure is,
there will your heart be also.
22. "The Light of the Body
is the Eye:
if therefore thine eye
be single,
thy whole Body
shall be full of Light.
23. "But if thine Eye be Evil,
thy whole Body
shall be full of Darkness.
If therefore the Light
that is in thee
be Darkness,
how great is that Darkness!
24. "No man can serve two masters:
for either he will
hate the one,
and love the other;
or else he will
hold to the one,
and despise the other.
Ye cannot serve God
and mammon.
25. "Therefore I Say unto you,

'TAKE NO THOUGHT
FOR YOUR LIFE,
WHAT YE SHALL EAT,
OR WHAT YE SHALL DRINK;
NOR YET FOR YOUR BODY,
WHAT YE SHALL PUT ON.'

Is not the life more than meat,
and the body than raiment?
26. "Behold the Fowls
of the Air:
for they sow not,
neither do they reap,
nor gather into barns;
yet your Heavenly Father
feedeth them.
Are ye not much better
than they?
27. "Which of you
by taking thought
can add one cubit
unto his stature?
28. "And why take ye
thought for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not,
neither do they spin:
29. "And yet I Say unto you,

'THAT EVEN SOLOMON
IN ALL HIS GLORY
WAS NOT ARRAYED
LIKE ONE OF THESE.'

30. "Wherefore,
if God so clothe
the Grass of the Field,
which to day is,
and to morrow is
cast into the oven,
shall he not much more
clothe you,
O ye of little Faith?
31. "Therefore take no thought,
saying,

'WHAT SHALL WE EAT?'
or, 'WHAT SHALL WE DRINK?'
or, 'WHEREWITH SHALL WE BE CLOTHED?'

32. "[For after all these things
do the Gentiles seek:]
for your Heavenly Father
knoweth that ye have need
of all these things.
33. "But seek ye first
The Kingdom of God,
and His Righteousness;
and all these things
shall be added unto you.
34. "Take therefore no thought
for the morrow:
for the morrow
shall take thought
for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day
is the Evil thereof."

THE ONLY EMPLOYER ANYONE NEEDS IS YAHWEH GOD: HE HAS SAVED US, THROUGH LORD YESHUA, FROM EVERY POSSIBLE FORM OF BONDAGE.

. GENESIS 1:26-28.

26. And God Said,

"Let us make Man in Our Image,
after Our Likeness:
and let them have Dominion
over the Fish of the Sea,
and over the Fowl of the Air,
and over the Cattle,
and over all the Earth,
and over every creeping thing
that creepeth upon the Earth."

27. So God created Man
in His Own Image,
in The Image of God created He him;
male and female created He them.
28. And God Blessed them,
and God Said unto them,

"Be fruitful, and multiply,
and replenish the Earth,
and subdue It:
and have Dominion
over the Fish of the Sea,
and over the Fowl of the Air,
and over every Living Thing
that moveth upon the Earth."

GOD CREATED MAN WITH THE EXPRESSED PURPOSE OF RULING THE EARTH, AND ALL ITS CREATURES.

. JOB 28:28.

28. "And unto Man He Said,

'BEHOLD,
THE FEAR OF THE LORD,
THAT IS WISDOM;
AND TO DEPART FROM EVIL,
IS UNDERSTANDING.' "

. PSALM 111:10.

10. The Fear of The LORD
is The Beginning of Wisdom:
a Good Understanding
have all they
that do His Commandments:
His Praise endureth for ever.

. MATTHEW 13:1-23.

THE same day went Jesus
out of the house,
and sat by the sea side.
2. And great multitudes
were gathered together
unto him,
so that he went into a ship,
and sat;
and the whole multitude
stood on the shore.
3. And he Spake many things
unto them in Parables,
Saying,

"Behold, a sower
went forth to sow;
4. "And when he sowed,
some seeds
fell by the way side,
and the fowls came
and devoured them up:
5. "Some fell
upon stony places,
where they had
not much earth:
and forthwith they sprung up,
because they had
no deepness of earth:
6. "And when
the Sun was up,
they were scorched;
and because they had
no root,
they withered away.
7. "And some fell
among thorns;
and the thorns sprung up,
and choked them:
8. "But other fell
into good ground,
and brought forth fruit,
some an hundredfold,
some sixtyfold,
some thirtyfold.
9. "Who hath ears to hear,
let him hear."

10. And the Disciples came,
and said unto him,

"Why Speakest thou
unto them in Parables?"

11. He Answered and Said
unto them,

"Because it is given unto you
to know The Mysteries
of The Kingdom of Heaven,
but to them it is not given.
12. "For whosoever hath,
to him shall be given,
and he shall have
more abundance:
but whosoever hath not,
from him shall be taken away
even that he hath.
13. "Therefore Speak I
to them in Parables:

'BECAUSE THEY SEEING
SEE NOT;
AND HEARING
THEY HEAR NOT,
NEITHER DO THEY
UNDERSTAND.'

14. "And in them is fulfilled
the Prophecy of Esaias,
which saith,

'BY HEARING YE SHALL HEAR,
AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND;
AND SEEING YE SHALL SEE,
AND SHALL NOT PERCEIVE:
15. 'FOR THIS PEOPLE'S HEART
IS WAXED GROSS,
AND THEIR EARS
ARE DULL OF HEARING,
AND THEIR EYES
THEY HAVE CLOSED;
LEST AT ANY TIME
THEY SHOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES
AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS,
AND SHOULD UNDERSTAND
WITH THEIR HEART,
AND SHOULD BE CONVERTED,
AND I SHOULD HEAL THEM.'

16. "But Blessed
are your eyes,
for they see:
and your ears,
for they hear.
17. "For verily I Say unto you,

'THAT MANY PROPHETS
AND RIGHTEOUS MEN
HAVE DESIRED TO SEE
THOSE THINGS
WHICH YE SEE,
AND HAVE NOT SEEN THEM;
AND TO HEAR THOSE THINGS
WHICH YE HEAR,
AND HAVE NOT HEARD THEM.'

18. "Hear ye therefore
The Parable of the Sower.

19. 'WHEN ANY ONE HEARETH
THE WORD OF THE KINGDOM,
AND UNDERSTANDETH IT NOT,
THEN COMETH
THE WICKED ONE,
AND CATCHETH AWAY
THAT WHICH WAS SOWN
IN HIS HEART.
THIS IS HE WHICH
RECEIVED SEED
BY THE WAY SIDE.

20. 'BUT HE THAT
RECEIVED THE SEED
INTO STONY PLACES,
THE SAME IS HE
THAT HEARETH THE WORD,
AND ANON WITH JOY
RECEIVETH IT;
21. 'YET HATH HE NOT
ROOT IN HIMSELF,
BUT DURETH FOR A WHILE:
FOR WHEN TRIBULATION OR PERSECUTION
ARISETH BECAUSE OF THE WORD,
BY AND BY HE IS OFFENDED.

22. 'HE ALSO THAT RECEIVED
SEED AMONG THE THORNS
IS HE THAT HEARETH THE WORD;
AND THE CARE OF THIS WORLD,
AND THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES,
CHOKE THE WORD,
AND HE BECOMETH UNFRUITFUL.

23. 'BUT HE THAT RECEIVED SEED
INTO THE GOOD GROUND
IS HE THAT HEARETH THE WORD,
AND UNDERSTANDETH IT;
WHICH ALSO BEARETH FRUIT,
AND BRINGETH FORTH,
SOME AN HUNDREDFOLD,
SOME SIXTY, SOME THIRTY.' "

. JOHN 8:28-53.

28. Then Said Jesus
unto them,

"When ye have lifted up
The Son of Man,
then shall ye know
that I am he,
and that I do
nothing of myself;
but as my Father
hath Taught me,
I Speak these things.
29. "And He that sent me
is with me:
The Father hath not
left me alone;
for I do always those things
that please Him."

30. As he Spake
these Words,
many believed on him.

31. Then Said Jesus
to those Jews
which believed on him,

"If ye continue
in my Word,
then are ye
my Disciples indeed;
32. "And ye shall
know The Truth,
and The Truth
shall make you Free."

33. They answered him,

"We be Abraham's Seed,
and were never in bondage
to any man:
how sayest thou,  

'YE SHALL BE
MADE FREE?' "

34. Jesus Answered them,

"Verily, verily,
I Say unto you,

WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN
IS THE SERVANT OF SIN.
35. 'AND THE SERVANT
ABIDETH NOT
IN THE HOUSE FOR EVER:
BUT THE SON
ABIDETH EVER.'

36. "If the Son therefore
shall make you free,
ye shall be free indeed.
37. "I know that ye are
Abraham's Seed;
but ye seek to kill me,
because my Word hath
no place in you.
38. "I Speak That Which
I have seen with my Father:
and ye do that which
ye have seen with your Father."

39. They answered
and said unto him,

"Abraham is our father."

Jesus Saith unto them,

"If ye were Abraham's Children,
ye would do
the Works of Abraham.
40. "But now
ye seek to kill me,
a man that hath told you
The Truth,
Which I have heard of God:
this did not Abraham.
41. "Ye do the deeds
of your father."

Then said they to him,

"We be not
born of fornication;
we have one Father,
even God."

42. Jesus Said unto them,

"If God were your Father,
ye would love me
for I proceeded forth
and came from God;
neither came I of myself,
but He sent me.
43. "Why do ye not
understand my Speech?
Even because ye cannot
hear my Word.
44. "Ye are of your
Father The Devil,
and the lusts
of your Father ye will do.
He was a Murderer
From The Beginning,
and abode not in The Truth,
because there is
no Truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie,
he speaketh of his own:
for he is a liar,
and the Father of It.
45. "And because
I Tell you The Truth,
ye believe me not.
46. "Which of you
convinceth me of Sin?
And if I say The Truth,
why do ye not believe me?
47. "He that is of God
heareth God's Words:
ye therefore hear them not,
because ye are not of God."

48. Then answered the Jews,
and said unto him,

"Say we not well
that thou art a Samaritan,
and hast a Devil?"

49. Jesus Answered,

"I have not a Devil;
but I honour my Father,
and ye do dishonour me.
50. "And I seek not
mine own Glory:
there is one that seeketh
and judgeth.

51. "Verily, verily,
I Say unto you,

'IF A MAN
KEEP MY SAYING,
HE SHALL NEVER
SEE DEATH.' "

52. Then said the Jews
unto him,

"Now we know
that thou hast a Devil.
Abraham is dead,
and the Prophets;
and thou sayest,

'IF A MAN
KEEP MY SAYING,
HE SHALL NEVER
TASTE OF DEATH.'

53. "Art thou greater
than our father Abraham,
which is dead?
and the Prophets are dead: it
whom makest thou thyself?"

THE SUMMARY OF THE THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS THIS:

. THE TEN TALENTS OF POWER. (Matt. 25.)

(1) TOTAL RECALL.
(2) EXTRASENSORY PERCEPTION.
(3) TELEKINESIS.
(4) TELEPORTATION.
(5) TRANSLATION.
(6-10) EVERLASTING LIFE.

With even the least of these, one does not need to be a Servant to anyone to not merely meet one's needs but even prosper to the extent of WEALTHY AFFLUENCE.

IT IS THE SHALLOW-MINDED PERSONS WHO WILL UNDERSTAND THIS IMMEDIATELY- AND QUIT THEIR JOB, "TRUSTING IN GOD."

Only to end up as homeless failures.

They fail to take into account that THEY ARE NOT EQUAL TO THE Y'SRAELITES THESE PROMISES WERE ORIGINALLY GIVEN TO!

Olukemi funke -Too Good Medley
The upbeat praise medley will definitely get you on your feet as you give all honour to our Too Good God.
Chai this song eh


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