Wow! I tell you,
that first hour...
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Man, just hearing you sing
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and the power of
the gospel in music...
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I really was blessed
and I hope you were too.
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Amen! We're looking forward to
the rest of this Camp Meeting.
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And by the way, if you're at
home and you can make it here
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come on. We'll
have a seat for you.
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But if you are not
able to be here with us,
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then be sure to tune in
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because I believe
God's really going to bless.
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We've got another message
here now. We have a message
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and then in the third
hour tonight you've heard
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Doug Batchelor do his
question and answer on
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television, on radio. And
he's going to be doing one live
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here. So if you
do have questions,
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you can get them... put
them on a piece of paper
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and get them to somebody.
We'll try to get them up here
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and have them for you in the
third hour of tonight's meeting.
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We have already some people
that have heard that we were
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going to do this, and
they've already lined up
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a few questions. So we
have some to start with
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and that is extremely good.
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Welcome. We are so
glad that you are here.
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And we're going to
be blessed by some music
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by Tammy Chance.
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I love to hear
Tammy sing - Amen! -
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and she's going to
sing for us In His Arms.
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When the sky is full of clouds,
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when my heart is full of doubt,
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when I'm torn within/without
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by the reckless grip of fear.
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When I've taken all I can,
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when I lack the
strength to stand,
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when it seems my closest friend
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is the pain of lonely tears.
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Into His arms of love
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I just come runnin'
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knowing that I'll be safe
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from others' harm.
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He lifts me up
and swings me around,
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holds me and says
that I'm safe and sound.
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I don't ever want to leave.
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There'll always be room for me
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in His arms.
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Arms of love and protection,
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arms of strength and direction,
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arms of comfort, peace, and hope
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when the winds of sorrows blow.
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Into His arms of love...
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Into His arms of love
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I just come runnin'
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knowing that I'll be safe
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from others' harm.
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Ooh-ooh-ooh.
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He lifts me up
and swings me around,
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holds me and says
that I'm safe and sound.
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I don't ever want to leave.
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There'll always be room for me.
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He picks me up
and swings me around,
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holds me and says
that I'm safe and sound.
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I don't ever want to leave.
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I know there'll
always be room for me
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in His arms...
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in His arms.
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Amen.
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Thank you, Tammy.
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It was a long time ago,
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and at that
particular time I had a ministry
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where I was holding
evangelistic meetings
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and I funded
that with a business.
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It was supposed to be
a profitable business.
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It was not non-profit...
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although it often
ended up that way.
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A young man came
and told me that he was
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needing a sound system
and projectors and all this...
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that he was
going into evangelism.
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And I had met him before.
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He was a student at Southwestern
Adventist University.
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Was college at the time.
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And I said: "But you've
only been there six months. "
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He said: "I've learned
all they can teach me. "
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Which was probably true...
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And I had no idea. I
thought... I said: "Doug,
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don't you want to go
ahead and finish college? "
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He said: "No, the Lord is
coming soon. I want to start
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preaching. " Amen!
Cyril Miller was the president
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of the conference.
Cyril Miller was a man
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who was very unusual.
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When Doug came and said
"I want to begin to preach"
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Cyril said: "I'll give
you a place to preach. "
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Amen. And he did.
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And as they say
the rest is history.
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God has blessed his ministry,
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and no one that I
know knows the Word of God
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better than Doug. He studies it
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and he lives it
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and he preaches it. Amen.
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Doug and his wife
Karen live in California.
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He for 20 years was pastor
of the Sacramento Central church
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as well as being
the Speaker/Director of
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Amazing Facts.
Recently he started a new church
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called Granite Bay. It was
a spin-off from Sac. Central.
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They all worked
together. It was not a break-off
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or anything like that.
But they planted a new church.
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And now Doug is the
pastor at Granite Bay
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as well as continuing
to be the Speaker/Director
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for Amazing Facts.
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He is beginning again
the Sabbath School program
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that he's had for years.
He had it at Sac. Central.
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He's now
beginning it at Granite Bay.
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And you are the first to
hear that we will be carrying
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that Sabbath School
program on 3ABN. Amen!
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So Doug Batchelor
will continue teaching
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Sabbath School here on
our channel every week.
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This is the first time
he's heard that, too...
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so you're hear...
this is an announcement.
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I'm getting looks from people
here that we didn't take that
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through committee. Well you
know they made me the president;
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every once in a while
I have to act like it.
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We love Doug... we
really do love him.
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And he's going to
come and preach now.
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He's going to lead
us in a word of prayer
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as he begins his message.
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Thank you, Elder Gilley.
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Hello, friends. Hello! It's
so good to see each of you here
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and it's really
good to be back at 3ABN.
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I just met in the back
with Mitch, and we had prayer
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together. And I remember
it's been over 20 years ago
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when 3ABN was
all in one building
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and I would stay in an apartment
right next to the up-link
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broadcaster.
Mitch was there then,
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and I'd always come in
in the middle of the night
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because I was coming from
California. So it was so good to
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see so many old friends
and the history of it all.
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And a delight to be
here with you. A delight to
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be with our friends that
might be viewing right now.
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And I've got some really
exciting things to tell you.
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As a matter of fact, I'm
not going to tell you now...
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just give you a little
more encouragement to come back.
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I've got some pictures I'll
show you that... about 3ABN...
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a little secret
you might not know
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that I'm going to save.
I just thought of it, and I
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don't have the picture with me.
But I'll give it to the studio.
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We'll show it
maybe tomorrow night.
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Some pretty exciting
things that are happening.
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I just came back from Australia
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and so you know there's
a big time change between
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Illinois and Australia.
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So I'll make you a deal:
I won't talk in your sleep
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and I won't talk
in my sleep either.
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But just very glad we
can get together and...
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and see so many of our
friends. Thank you for coming.
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We're going to be
talking this weekend
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about the subject of storms.
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And I think that's
very appropriate now.
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When 3ABN first called
me a while back and said:
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"Do you know what
your theme will be? "
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I said: "Well I think we're
facing a very serious storm
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in the world and
even in the church. Amen!
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And I think we need
to be preparing ourselves
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and praying about how we
can survive the coming storms.
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And so in our meetings together
during this Camp Meeting
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we'll be looking
at a variety of storms
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that you find in the Bible.
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Some that are in the
past and some in the future.
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Tonight we're going to be talk-
ing about a storm in the past.
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But before we do that
I'd like to pray with you
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and just ask for
God's presence to be here.
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Father in heaven,
we're just so thankful
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for the opportunity
we have to come together.
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You have promised, Lord,
that if we draw near to You
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You will draw near to us.
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And occasions like this
for Camp Meeting, both those
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who are here physically,
those who have joined us
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through the
satellite and the TV audience
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we are tuning in and
we're drawing near because we're
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seeking Your face. And
Lord, I pray that You will now
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honor that promise
and draw near to us.
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Be with me as I share. I
pray that it is ultimately
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Your face that we see
and Your voice that we hear.
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Bless now, and
may Christ be exalted.
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We pray in His name, Amen. Amen.
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Now as we're
talking about storms
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I thought it'd be very
appropriate to talk first
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about the first big
storm: the flood of Noah.
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And so that's going to
be our subject for tonight.
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There's a lot we
can learn about that.
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And just as I came
in to the complex today
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I was met by one of my friends
from Remnant Publications.
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And they reminded me.
They said: "You know, Doug,
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we've got this new book on Noah.
And I said: "Well that's perfect
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for tonight because we're talk-
ing about the storm of Noah. "
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They've put
together a wonderful book
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that is a combination
of some inspired statements
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and parts of
Patriarchs and Prophets
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that is very relevant for things
happening in the church today.
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And I know that they prepared
this so that people can also
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share them. You want to
see the Remnant book on Noah.
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If you turn in your Bibles,
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I'm not going to start with
Genesis... I'm going to start
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with Jesus.
Matthew chapter 7 verse 24.
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This will come up several times
during our weekend together.
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Jesus said, after His
great Sermon on the Mount,
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He summarizes everything by
making a very simple proverb.
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"Therefore whoever
hears these sayings of Mine
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and does them I will
liken him to a wise man
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who builds his
house on the rock.
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And the rain
descends and the floods came
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and the winds blew
and beat on the house
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and it did not fall because
it was founded on the rock. "
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Now you know the rest
of it. There's the wise man
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and then there's a foolish man.
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Now you know the wise man
and the foolish man have several
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things in common. The
wise man builds a house;
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foolish man builds a house.
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The wise man hears
the words of Jesus;
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the foolish man
hears the words of Jesus.
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A storm comes to the wise man
and a storm comes to the foolish
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man. There's only one thing
that separates the wise man
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from the foolish man:
the wise man hears the words
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and does them and he
prepares for the storm.
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This is going to separate a
great host of people who are
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saying "Lord, Lord" from
those who really hear and do
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the word of the
Lord in the last days.
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And Noah stands out as some-
body who is not only a hearer
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but a doer. Now Jesus tells us
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that this is a relevant
theme because He also said
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in Matthew 24. This is the
chapter where Jesus discusses
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all of the signs that
portend the second coming.
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Matthew 24. You'll
also find this in Mark 13,
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Luke 17, Luke 21.
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Jesus said: "But as
the days of Noah were
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so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be.
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For as in the
days before the flood
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they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage
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until the day that they entered
the ark, and they did not know
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until the flood came
and took them all away.
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So also will the
coming of the Son of Man be. "
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Now these are some words
that really ought to get our
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attention. Jesus has told us
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if you want to understand
something about the nature
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of the world and the
church before the second coming
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look at the story of Noah
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because
conditions will be similar.
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As a matter of fact, in Luke
He also says it will be like
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the days of Lot. And He
says: "They bought, they sold,
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they planted and they builded. "
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So notice some of the things.
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First Jesus said: "Marrying
and giving in marriage. "
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Why did He say that?
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Anything wrong with marrying?
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Has there been a time in the
history of man where there was
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no marriage? How
can that be a sign?
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If you look in Genesis 6
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God describes what
was going on in the world
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just before He called
Noah. Genesis chapter 6
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and I'll go to verse 1.
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"Now it came to pass
when men began to multiply
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on the face of the earth
and daughters were born to them
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that the sons of God
saw the daughters of men
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that they were beautiful. And
they took wives for themselves
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of all whom they
chose. And then the Lord said:
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'My spirit will not
strive with man forever
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for he is indeed flesh, yet
his days will be 120 years. '
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And there were giants
in the earth in those days.
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Also afterward when the sons
of God came into the daughters
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of men and they
bore children to them. "
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So it's telling us that
just before this declaration
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that the thoughts of
men's hearts were only evil
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continually and God calls Noah,
something was happening with
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marriage. "The sons of God... "
You know, you can actually find
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some translations that
really slaughter this verse
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and they say things like aliens
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or fallen angels had
intimate relations with humans
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and had these - you
know - amalgamated children.
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And that's not at all
what it's talking about.
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It's talking about
up until this point
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those who were faithful to
God - the descendants of Seth
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and his offspring that were
faithful to worship Jehovah,
00:18:25.95\00:18:28.76
that were still
offering like Abel did to God -
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they were staying distant from
the daughters and the children
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of Cain. They
would not intermarry.
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Just like God told the
children of Israel: "Be careful
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when you come to the
Promised Land that you don't
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enter into marriages with the
unbelievers, with the pagans,
00:18:41.68\00:18:45.00
because you'll
forget about Me. "
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Just like Solomon.
What got him in trouble?
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And when the sons of Seth
- called the sons of God...
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The Bible says: "Behold
what manner of love... "
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I John chapter 3... "the
Father has bestowed on us
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that we should be
called sons of God. "
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It's talking about the church.
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When the believers began to
intermarry with the daughters
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of Cain... and
they were beautiful!
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Like Samson: "Get her for
me; she pleases me well. "
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You know, that didn't
end very well, did it?
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And he wanted a
Philistine bride.
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And when they began to inter-
marry, the children of God
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lost their unique,
peculiar distinction
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and the holiness was diluted.
And then they began... You know,
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if you get a believer and
an unbeliever and they somehow
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think that they're
going to work it out
00:19:34.68\00:19:36.34
it seems like
there's a siphon effect.
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I've got two tanks up in
the country in the hills.
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Spring runs into one tank
and the two tanks are connected.
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And you never have a problem
with one tank being more full
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than the other tank. Because
they're connected at the bottom
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they automatically even out.
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They go down together. I
only have to check one tank.
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So if you get a believer
and they marry an unbeliever
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the believer... his
faith is going to go down.
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We're all influenced... as
much as we think that we can
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stand firm. And hopefully
the other one comes up.
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And I've seen God bless
where sometimes the unbeliever
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will be converted and
God is good in spite of
00:20:15.84\00:20:18.56
our stubbornness. Sometimes
He works those things out.
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But the Bible says we should
not be unequally yoked together.
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Amen! And it's not
just the marriages.
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You know, I thought there
was something interesting.
00:20:29.85\00:20:32.17
I confirmed it today. I
went online and I read that
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one of the things that brought
about the flood according to the
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rabbis who read the
Babylonian Talmud...
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Now the Babylonian Talmud
are the scriptures and some
00:20:40.72\00:20:43.67
Jewish writings that
pre-date the time of Christ
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by several hundred years...
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is that not just the time of Lot
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but before the time of the
flood they say men were entering
00:20:51.63\00:20:55.56
into marriage
contracts with men.
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And so that was one of the
signs that pre-dated the flood.
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"As it was in
the days of Noah... "
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"As it was in
the days of Lot... "
00:21:04.89\00:21:07.32
"so will it be in the days
when the Son of Man returns. "
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Now I grew up in the world -
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you know, my
first 17, 18 years -
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and if you had told me
growing up that in my lifetime
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it would become incorrect to say
00:21:21.03\00:21:26.32
there is something wrong
with men marrying men and women
00:21:26.42\00:21:28.47
marrying women I
would have scoffed.
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Things are changing fast.
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And, you know, even as I
say this now on TV there are
00:21:34.57\00:21:37.86
some countries you're
not allowed to even say that.
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It's called "hate
speech" if you read the Bible.
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But this is one of the things
that God said would describe
00:21:43.20\00:21:45.95
the conditions in the world.
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Said they'd be
marrying and giving in marriage.
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They'd be
marrying and divorcing.
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And by the way, you know,
we don't say much about it now
00:21:51.85\00:21:55.48
because it seems
like the same-sex marriage
00:21:55.58\00:21:59.54
advocates have taken
so much of the spotlight
00:21:59.74\00:22:02.92
people aren't saying very much
about the multiple marriages
00:22:03.22\00:22:06.01
that are
happening... meaning polygamy.
00:22:06.11\00:22:08.17
I understand they've got a
TV program that just grandstands
00:22:08.47\00:22:11.68
one guy married
to several sisters.
00:22:11.78\00:22:13.52
And really, how can
you argue against that?
00:22:15.02\00:22:16.94
Because if you're
arguing for same-sex marriage
00:22:17.24\00:22:20.29
as long as you're loving,
consenting adults you can do
00:22:20.49\00:22:22.91
whatever you want, then what
about 2 women marrying 2 men?
00:22:23.01\00:22:27.08
I mean, really... how
can you argue against it?
00:22:28.69\00:22:32.76
And this is what's
happening to our culture.
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The thoughts of men's hearts
were only evil continually.
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Verse 5: "Then the Lord
saw that the wickedness of man
00:22:40.72\00:22:45.36
was great in the earth and
every intent of the thought
00:22:45.46\00:22:48.76
of his heart was only evil. "
And that simply means selfish.
00:22:48.86\00:22:51.71
Was only selfish continually.
00:22:52.11\00:22:55.53
And this is one of the
tragic verses in the Bible:
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"The Lord was
sorry that He made man. "
00:22:59.96\00:23:03.26
He wanted life to
be a blessing for man.
00:23:04.44\00:23:06.75
He wanted man to be a
glory to the universe.
00:23:06.85\00:23:09.35
And when He saw how they
were just self-destroying
00:23:09.75\00:23:13.47
"the Lord was
sorry that He made man. "
00:23:13.67\00:23:16.48
Well you know, conditions are
getting very much like they were
00:23:16.88\00:23:20.01
back then. I
started going down the road
00:23:20.12\00:23:22.83
of talking about some
of the different things...
00:23:22.93\00:23:24.38
not only marrying and
giving in marriage. It says:
00:23:24.58\00:23:27.81
"planting. " Well, that means
they're going to be farming
00:23:29.20\00:23:33.57
right up until Jesus comes.
00:23:33.67\00:23:35.24
But it's not just doing things,
00:23:35.64\00:23:37.63
it's doing it in
unusual ways like never before.
00:23:37.73\00:23:41.84
Now when I was born a
family could handle about
00:23:42.24\00:23:45.36
160 acres.
Actually, even before that.
00:23:45.46\00:23:51.18
And now because
of mechanized farming
00:23:52.66\00:23:55.49
I think it was 2 years ago
- may have been this year -
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that for the first time in
history the majority of the
00:24:00.77\00:24:04.25
planet's population
now lives in the cities.
00:24:04.55\00:24:07.71
Used to take a lot of
people living in the country
00:24:08.21\00:24:10.42
farming in order to supply for
the people living in the cities.
00:24:10.62\00:24:13.24
And now because of
mechanized planting and farming
00:24:13.54\00:24:16.06
and bioengineering of seeds
00:24:16.26\00:24:21.42
that people are planting like
they've never planted before.
00:24:21.72\00:24:26.01
And "building. " Well you say
"They've always been building. "
00:24:27.03\00:24:30.15
They've never had buildings
as big as they are now.
00:24:30.55\00:24:32.94
I was in Dubai a
couple of years ago
00:24:33.14\00:24:35.76
and you know, the biggest
building in the world, at least
00:24:36.06\00:24:38.53
for right now, is
there. And I told my son:
00:24:38.63\00:24:41.50
"I've got to at
least go there. "
00:24:41.60\00:24:43.76
And you know, I thought
it was very interesting:
00:24:44.16\00:24:45.76
not that far from where
the Tower of Babel was built
00:24:45.96\00:24:48.67
man has now built a building.
00:24:48.87\00:24:50.85
The Burj Dubai - Burj
Khalifa - they changed the name
00:24:51.05\00:24:55.57
a couple times. I
just... It's staggering
00:24:55.87\00:25:00.15
how high it is. And I
grew up in New York City
00:25:00.45\00:25:02.84
and the Empire State Building,
the World Trade Center.
00:25:03.35\00:25:06.94
I've been on all these
buildings, many tall buildings
00:25:07.14\00:25:09.38
around the world,
but this thing is epic.
00:25:09.48\00:25:12.01
Now the Chinese
don't want to be outdone.
00:25:12.41\00:25:16.18
They have engineered a building
the they're going to build
00:25:16.48\00:25:18.94
that is over a mile high
00:25:19.14\00:25:20.85
if you can imagine. I'm serious.
00:25:21.05\00:25:22.94
And I've been to China. I
was in China earlier this year.
00:25:23.35\00:25:26.90
And I'll maybe tell
you about that later.
00:25:27.20\00:25:29.37
I have no doubts that they have
the engineers that can do it.
00:25:29.57\00:25:32.15
It is just phenomenal!
Planting and building and
00:25:33.06\00:25:35.98
marrying and
eating and drinking...
00:25:36.18\00:25:38.99
both in Jesus' statement
to the people in Noah's day
00:25:39.29\00:25:42.93
and the people prior
to the destruction of
00:25:43.24\00:25:45.15
Sodom and Gomorrah.
Christ specifically says eating
00:25:45.26\00:25:47.12
and drinking. Now anyone here
that enjoys eating and drinking?
00:25:47.22\00:25:50.13
Doesn't say drinking
what. I mean... you know...
00:25:50.44\00:25:52.42
I took a drink just
before I walked out here
00:25:53.95\00:25:55.90
of water.
00:25:56.60\00:25:58.38
But the scale. You
know, we are living in the
00:26:00.64\00:26:04.26
first time in history...
I actually read this about
00:26:04.46\00:26:07.23
three years ago in
National Geographic...
00:26:07.33\00:26:10.39
where the problem in the
world is not mal-nutrition
00:26:10.59\00:26:13.69
but over-nutrition.
00:26:14.09\00:26:16.66
First time in the world
where the problem... the biggest
00:26:17.16\00:26:20.37
health problem in the world...
is people not under eating
00:26:20.57\00:26:23.85
but over eating.
00:26:24.15\00:26:25.72
Eating and drinking,
planting and building,
00:26:26.65\00:26:30.15
marrying and giving in marriage.
00:26:30.35\00:26:32.18
These things are all
happening on steroids right now.
00:26:32.48\00:26:35.29
Christ said that's how it
will be just before the end.
00:26:36.56\00:26:39.18
And in the backdrop
of all the wickedness...
00:26:40.57\00:26:43.77
Oh yeah, and then God also
says violence filled the earth.
00:26:43.97\00:26:48.38
Do we see that? Amen.
00:26:51.86\00:26:54.46
Now it's a horrific
thing to even consider.
00:26:54.76\00:26:59.38
You don't even
want the mental picture.
00:26:59.58\00:27:01.43
But it seems like every
week now we're hearing about
00:27:01.83\00:27:04.93
some terrorist that's
taking some innocent person
00:27:05.13\00:27:08.22
and on videotape
they're beheading them.
00:27:08.33\00:27:11.61
And sadly, some people
won't even be moved by that.
00:27:14.06\00:27:17.23
I refuse to even watch that
because who wants those images
00:27:17.33\00:27:20.13
in your mind? And you don't
want to give it credibility.
00:27:20.33\00:27:22.81
But just knowing that.
00:27:23.21\00:27:26.15
The problem is: the
average American young person
00:27:26.35\00:27:30.40
wouldn't have any problem with
watching television programs
00:27:30.60\00:27:34.41
or movies where there's
all kinds of beheading going on
00:27:34.61\00:27:36.86
and violence and shooting...
and doing it for entertainment.
00:27:36.96\00:27:39.22
"Ah, " they said,
"special effects. "
00:27:39.32\00:27:40.97
So that our
consciences become callous.
00:27:42.19\00:27:45.17
Violence. People can
be violent vicariously.
00:27:46.52\00:27:50.30
Folks, you say: "I
would never murder;
00:27:51.15\00:27:53.10
I'd never kill; I'd
never shoot or stab...
00:27:53.30\00:27:55.10
but I enjoy watching
others do it on television. "
00:27:55.50\00:27:58.12
Paul talks about not only
those that do them but those
00:28:00.43\00:28:03.11
that have pleasure
in those that do them.
00:28:03.21\00:28:05.92
A lot of folks are
entertained by violence.
00:28:06.32\00:28:09.75
It's what's
happening in the heart.
00:28:10.05\00:28:12.69
And those conditions are
going to be the conditions
00:28:13.29\00:28:15.09
in the world
before Jesus comes back.
00:28:15.19\00:28:17.09
But in spite of all this...
You know, I love the way it
00:28:17.96\00:28:20.47
first introduces
Noah. Genesis 6 verse 8
00:28:20.57\00:28:25.61
talks about Noah being
perfect in his generations.
00:28:25.91\00:28:29.39
And it says:
"But Noah found grace
00:28:29.79\00:28:34.78
in the eyes of the Lord. "
00:28:34.98\00:28:37.14
Starts... When Noah is intro-
duced Noah is saved by grace.
00:28:38.60\00:28:43.59
But notice what else.
It expands on Noah and his
00:28:43.99\00:28:47.07
relationship with God.
"This is the genealogy of Noah:
00:28:47.17\00:28:50.92
Noah was a just man,
perfect in his generations,
00:28:51.23\00:28:55.33
and Noah walked with God. "
00:28:55.63\00:28:57.80
God gave Noah
grace to walk with Him.
00:28:58.20\00:29:02.27
God gives us all that grace.
00:29:02.87\00:29:05.56
That grace is
available for everybody.
00:29:05.76\00:29:07.80
Now Noah actually had an
ancestor by the name of Enoch
00:29:08.20\00:29:11.89
who set a good
example of walking with God.
00:29:12.09\00:29:14.23
"And Enoch was
not for God took him
00:29:14.33\00:29:16.71
for he had this testimony:
that he pleased God. "
00:29:17.01\00:29:19.14
He walked with God. What
does it mean to walk with God?
00:29:19.24\00:29:22.91
Does it mean that you're going
down the road from Jerusalem
00:29:23.21\00:29:25.89
to Emmaus with Jesus?
00:29:26.09\00:29:27.51
They were walking with
God... they didn't even know it.
00:29:27.81\00:29:29.69
What does it mean: "your walk? "
00:29:32.59\00:29:34.56
Christ has given us an example
that we should walk even as
00:29:34.86\00:29:37.47
He walked. It's talking
about your daily relationship
00:29:37.57\00:29:41.58
with the Lord. When
you know what the path is
00:29:41.68\00:29:44.61
that God wants you to
walk and you walk in that path.
00:29:44.71\00:29:46.83
And a walk is not a jump;
it's not a run; it's not a hop.
00:29:48.05\00:29:51.53
It's plodding...
it's just going on.
00:29:52.13\00:29:56.33
You can talk to
a person and walk.
00:29:56.43\00:29:58.73
You ever jog next to someone,
try and carry on a conversation?
00:29:59.03\00:30:01.80
It's kind of hard unless
you're in really good shape.
00:30:02.54\00:30:04.50
But walking's a
little more conversational.
00:30:06.21\00:30:09.29
The Lord wants us to have
a relationship where we walk
00:30:09.69\00:30:12.20
with Him. You know,
whenever I think about this
00:30:12.30\00:30:14.93
I'm reminded of a
gentleman named David Kunst
00:30:15.13\00:30:19.26
from Waseca, MN, who
walked around the world.
00:30:19.46\00:30:22.93
He was a surveyor,
and one day he was talking
00:30:23.33\00:30:27.71
to a friend and he
said: "You know, it seems like
00:30:27.81\00:30:30.16
they've broken every record
but I don't think anyone has
00:30:30.26\00:30:32.43
walked around the world yet. "
00:30:32.53\00:30:33.90
And he was 22
years old and he thought:
00:30:34.41\00:30:36.27
"That sounds like
something I'd like to try. "
00:30:36.57\00:30:39.04
And he did... with very little
fanfare 'cause nobody thought
00:30:39.54\00:30:44.83
that he was going to do it.
He took off from his hometown
00:30:44.93\00:30:47.64
there in Minnesota.
Walked to New York City.
00:30:47.74\00:30:50.73
Went with his brother. Put
his feet in the water there
00:30:51.23\00:30:56.15
of the Atlantic.
Flew to Portugal.
00:30:56.35\00:30:57.89
Of course you can't
walk across the ocean.
00:30:57.99\00:30:59.30
Walked... Got a
donkey and a cart.
00:31:00.10\00:31:03.02
The donkey's name
was Willie Makeit?
00:31:03.32\00:31:06.35
And he and his brother,
they walked across Portugal,
00:31:09.33\00:31:12.60
Spain, France, Germany,
00:31:12.80\00:31:15.19
Turkey. When they
got to Afghanistan -
00:31:15.39\00:31:18.62
and they were trying to raise
money for UNICEF along the way,
00:31:18.82\00:31:21.01
they ended up picking up
some sponsorship that way -
00:31:21.11\00:31:23.34
they were robbed in Afghanistan
and shot by the bandits.
00:31:23.54\00:31:26.63
His brother was killed.
00:31:26.73\00:31:27.85
But he had gone so far
that after David recovered
00:31:29.51\00:31:33.20
from his wounds his
other brother joined him.
00:31:33.30\00:31:35.50
They picked up at the very
spot where they were robbed in
00:31:35.70\00:31:37.88
Afghanistan and kept walking.
00:31:37.98\00:31:40.39
You know, when you're
walking with God He doesn't say
00:31:40.89\00:31:43.44
it's always going to be easy.
00:31:43.54\00:31:44.86
But you want it
to be consistent.
00:31:46.02\00:31:48.15
They walked across Afghanistan
through northern India
00:31:48.35\00:31:51.45
to southern India. He
went through a couple of mules.
00:31:51.65\00:31:55.68
Put his feet in the
Indian Ocean. Flew over to
00:31:57.70\00:32:01.87
Australia. Walked from Perth
all the way across to Sydney.
00:32:02.07\00:32:06.34
Now I just flew
from Sydney to Perth
00:32:06.54\00:32:08.94
and let me tell you: I had
no idea how big Australia was
00:32:09.24\00:32:12.39
or how dry it was.
00:32:12.89\00:32:15.17
But it takes longer to
go from Perth to Sydney
00:32:15.99\00:32:18.91
than it does to go
from California to New York.
00:32:19.22\00:32:21.59
It's... that place is huge!
00:32:21.99\00:32:24.06
And then he walked
across part of Asia and Hawaii
00:32:25.35\00:32:29.02
and came back to the U.S.
and went back to his hometown.
00:32:29.22\00:32:31.40
He ended up walking around the
world. 14,000 miles he walked.
00:32:31.60\00:32:35.07
I forget how many pair
of shoes he went through.
00:32:35.50\00:32:37.73
Made it into the
Guinness Book of World Records.
00:32:37.93\00:32:40.51
Went through three donkeys.
00:32:40.82\00:32:42.42
But he decided: "If
I'm going to do this walk
00:32:42.92\00:32:46.75
I'm just going to keep going. "
00:32:46.95\00:32:48.24
You don't want to start some-
thing like that and then quit.
00:32:48.54\00:32:51.12
How many times do you
think he fell or tripped
00:32:51.52\00:32:53.74
or maybe even twisted
his ankle along the way?
00:32:54.15\00:32:56.36
He would wrap it up
and just keep on going.
00:32:56.66\00:32:58.58
Wear out one pair of shoes?
Get another pair of shoes.
00:32:58.98\00:33:01.46
Got blisters? Put on Band-Aids.
00:33:01.76\00:33:04.12
Just kept walking. If
you're going to be a Christian
00:33:04.32\00:33:07.26
and you're going to walk with
Jesus, you're going to encounter
00:33:07.46\00:33:10.23
difficulties. Noah,
trying to live a godly life,
00:33:10.43\00:33:14.58
surrounded with a culture
of violence and immorality,
00:33:14.78\00:33:18.04
do you think that was easy?
00:33:18.24\00:33:19.78
You notice that in the story
of Noah he's in the minority.
00:33:20.18\00:33:24.03
It's not easy to live a
godly life in a wicked world.
00:33:25.16\00:33:30.10
And the devil is especially
aggravated, and he will try
00:33:30.66\00:33:33.92
to distract and discourage you.
00:33:34.02\00:33:35.83
And you've just got to
take it one step at a time,
00:33:36.33\00:33:39.07
one day at a time...
sometimes moment by moment
00:33:39.27\00:33:41.74
asking God for grace.
00:33:42.04\00:33:43.89
Because if you're human and
if you're trying to follow Jesus
00:33:44.39\00:33:46.76
you're going to be tempted.
00:33:46.96\00:33:47.99
That's why in the Lord's Prayer
it says: "Give us this day
00:33:48.49\00:33:50.61
our daily bread. Lead
me not into temptation. "
00:33:50.71\00:33:53.18
That simply means lead
me away from my natural bent
00:33:53.28\00:33:56.02
to temptation.
00:33:56.22\00:33:57.41
And, you know, it tells
us that Noah walked with God
00:33:58.91\00:34:00.83
but you read in
verse 22 of chapter 6
00:34:01.03\00:34:03.30
when God told Noah what He
wanted to do to prepare for the
00:34:04.68\00:34:07.43
end: "Thus Noah did
according to all that God
00:34:07.53\00:34:12.93
commanded him... so he did. "
00:34:13.13\00:34:15.46
Wow! Is there a connection
between Noah finding grace,
00:34:16.65\00:34:20.39
Noah walking with God,
and Noah doing all that God
00:34:20.42\00:34:22.82
commanded? Is God wanting
a people in the last days
00:34:22.92\00:34:26.28
that will do all
that God commands? Amen!
00:34:26.48\00:34:28.68
Where would be a good place
to start finding out what it is
00:34:28.81\00:34:31.10
that God
commands? Ten Commandments!
00:34:31.20\00:34:34.34
Wouldn't you think? Are
they multiple choice? No!
00:34:35.34\00:34:39.93
They're not just the
ten recommendations? No!
00:34:40.81\00:34:43.68
Noah did all that God commanded.
00:34:44.31\00:34:46.25
You know, the Lord says
in Deuteronomy chapter 5
00:34:46.85\00:34:49.16
"Oh that My people would
fear Me and keep all of My
00:34:50.75\00:34:54.76
commandments always that
it might be well with them
00:34:54.86\00:34:57.99
and their children. "
God starts out by saying:
00:34:58.19\00:35:00.66
"Oh, that they would
just believe in Me, trust Me,
00:35:00.86\00:35:04.59
fear Me, and keep
all of My commandments
00:35:04.79\00:35:06.12
that it might be
well with them. "
00:35:06.32\00:35:08.16
Not only does it say
that Noah found grace
00:35:08.66\00:35:11.41
it says he obeyed.
00:35:11.61\00:35:12.80
Today we hear about
the finding grace part
00:35:13.40\00:35:15.48
but we don't hear much about
obeying all the commandments.
00:35:15.68\00:35:18.21
But if you and I are being told
the same thing Noah was told,
00:35:18.81\00:35:22.99
God told Noah
"the end's coming. "
00:35:23.19\00:35:24.78
He said: "There's
going to be a flood. "
00:35:25.29\00:35:26.87
He said: "The world's
going to be destroyed. "
00:35:27.17\00:35:28.83
And He said: "You're
going to be in the minority
00:35:29.23\00:35:31.15
and everyone's going
to think you're crazy. "
00:35:31.35\00:35:33.02
And he was ridiculed like
nobody was ever ridiculed.
00:35:35.27\00:35:39.10
It had never rained before.
00:35:40.60\00:35:42.56
You know, I used to think
the story of Noah and the flood
00:35:43.26\00:35:46.79
was a total myth
and I scoffed at anybody
00:35:46.99\00:35:51.14
that took it literally.
00:35:51.34\00:35:53.14
I thought: "How unscientific. "
00:35:53.54\00:35:55.11
Then before I even got to
the cave and read the Bible
00:35:55.71\00:35:58.79
I did some traveling
00:35:58.89\00:36:00.33
and it really surprised
me. I remember specifically
00:36:00.73\00:36:03.99
going to Nageezi, New Mexico.
00:36:04.29\00:36:07.13
I lived there with my
uncle on the Navajo reservation
00:36:07.53\00:36:11.09
for about six months. And
he took me and he showed me
00:36:11.29\00:36:14.26
this place out there
where there were seashells.
00:36:14.36\00:36:16.77
And New Mexico, you know,
is not close to any beach.
00:36:17.08\00:36:19.77
And it's one of the whole
things of being... No ocean,
00:36:20.81\00:36:23.75
just sand.
00:36:23.95\00:36:25.64
But the seashells
were 8,000 feet high.
00:36:26.14\00:36:29.85
You know, on Mt.
Everest climbers have come back
00:36:30.35\00:36:33.34
and they've got
oyster fossils this big
00:36:33.54\00:36:35.91
at the base camps on Everest.
00:36:36.11\00:36:38.68
And I started seeing this
evidence everywhere I looked
00:36:39.18\00:36:41.73
of... I said: "Boy, from
all I know about just physics
00:36:41.93\00:36:45.76
and geology it looks to me
like there was a whole lot of
00:36:45.86\00:36:49.11
water covering
this spot at one time. "
00:36:49.22\00:36:51.08
Fly over Arizona and Utah -
00:36:51.48\00:36:55.38
which I've done several
times - and you can just see.
00:36:55.59\00:36:57.62
It's just so clear
that there was some kind of
00:36:57.82\00:37:00.29
massive amounts of water.
00:37:00.49\00:37:03.05
You know, it's interesting
'cause when I went to school
00:37:04.38\00:37:09.47
and they talked about evolution,
that's what I always believed,
00:37:09.67\00:37:12.02
they talk about how
all the dinosaurs died out.
00:37:13.42\00:37:15.82
And they said: "You
know, they all got a virus. "
00:37:16.12\00:37:18.83
This used to be the
theory: they all got sick
00:37:19.13\00:37:21.24
or some other species
came along and they...
00:37:21.74\00:37:24.48
They had all
these theories. And then
00:37:24.68\00:37:26.56
they finally came up
and they said: "You know,
00:37:26.66\00:37:27.99
it really does look
like from the fossil evidence
00:37:28.19\00:37:32.26
that there was some kind
of a water catastrophe. "
00:37:32.46\00:37:37.52
But they said: "An asteroid
that they haven't located yet
00:37:39.17\00:37:42.88
hit the world and caused
a tsunami around the world.
00:37:43.18\00:37:47.61
And that's why you see
all these copious amounts
00:37:48.56\00:37:50.89
of dinosaur bones all
pushed up into one spot. "
00:37:51.09\00:37:53.77
Well, doesn't the Bible
say there was a massive flood?
00:37:54.17\00:37:57.85
By the way, I don't have
time to read them all to you
00:37:58.25\00:38:00.15
but I've got a collection
here of the legends from around
00:38:00.35\00:38:02.63
the world. Just about
every continent in their culture
00:38:02.74\00:38:05.76
including the Aborigines I
was with a couple of weeks ago
00:38:05.86\00:38:08.54
all have stories of how
there was a massive flood.
00:38:08.74\00:38:11.94
And some of the things that
are interesting in the story...
00:38:12.24\00:38:14.40
The Inuit up in Alaska,
they say they tied all their
00:38:14.90\00:38:20.21
kayaks together. And
the Hawaiians actually say
00:38:20.31\00:38:24.45
that this good man and
his family and all the animals
00:38:24.55\00:38:27.22
got in the big canoe. By
the way, his name was Nu'u
00:38:27.32\00:38:30.10
in Hawaii. Isn't
that interesting?
00:38:30.30\00:38:32.89
And in Chinese the word for boat
00:38:33.39\00:38:36.39
is a little picture of a
boat with 8 people on it.
00:38:36.69\00:38:39.07
Have you heard that before?
00:38:40.05\00:38:41.50
Yeah. And you've
heard of the Gilgamesh Epic?
00:38:41.81\00:38:45.81
It's a famous Babylonian epic.
They found most of it intact
00:38:46.01\00:38:49.13
and it talks about
this man named Gilgamesh.
00:38:49.43\00:38:51.85
And he was told to
build this giant ziggurat
00:38:52.05\00:38:54.37
like a step pyramid. And
all the animals came into this
00:38:54.57\00:38:57.07
box that he built and
there was a great flood
00:38:57.18\00:38:59.54
and the whole world
was covered with water.
00:38:59.74\00:39:00.93
It's just everywhere
in all these cultures
00:39:01.23\00:39:03.26
they all know from
their ancient history
00:39:03.46\00:39:05.73
there was a great flood and
all the world was wiped out.
00:39:05.93\00:39:09.27
The story of
Atlantis that Plato tells.
00:39:09.57\00:39:13.59
As far as they know it's rooted
back in the story of the Bible.
00:39:13.79\00:39:16.82
There were these people
and they were good people.
00:39:17.02\00:39:18.62
Noble and had great power
and stronger and great minds.
00:39:18.83\00:39:21.41
That's what we believe
about the antediluvians.
00:39:21.61\00:39:24.15
But they turned to wickedness
00:39:24.55\00:39:26.44
and the gods swallowed
up Atlantis with a flood
00:39:26.65\00:39:30.57
because of their wickedness.
00:39:30.97\00:39:32.26
And everyone's
looking for this island.
00:39:32.36\00:39:33.39
It was the whole planet.
00:39:33.47\00:39:34.61
You know, before the
flood some have speculated
00:39:35.01\00:39:38.15
maybe the continents weren't
divided like they are now
00:39:38.35\00:39:40.37
and it could have
been one super continent.
00:39:40.40\00:39:42.10
And that's what
they called Atlantis.
00:39:42.40\00:39:44.03
And then the shifting
of the tectonic plates
00:39:44.33\00:39:47.46
and the whole world greatly
convulsed from the flood.
00:39:47.66\00:39:50.10
So I believe that
it really happened!
00:39:50.50\00:39:53.73
Now I know some people think:
"Do you really believe Jesus
00:39:54.13\00:39:57.55
is coming again and He's going
to flood the world with fire? "
00:39:57.65\00:40:00.75
God promised it will
never be water again.
00:40:00.95\00:40:03.00
II Peter tells us in
the last days scoffers will
00:40:03.50\00:40:06.98
arise walking
after their own lusts. "
00:40:07.18\00:40:08.81
You know why they're scoffing?
'Cause they're walking after
00:40:08.91\00:40:11.25
their own lusts and they
can't afford to believe it.
00:40:11.35\00:40:13.25
Saying: "Where is the
promise of His coming?
00:40:13.65\00:40:15.97
For ever since the fathers
fell asleep all things continue
00:40:16.28\00:40:19.02
as they were from the
beginning of the creation. "
00:40:19.22\00:40:20.95
But this they're
willingly ignorant of.
00:40:21.25\00:40:23.73
They're willingly ignorant...
choosing not to believe.
00:40:23.93\00:40:28.18
And then Peter goes on
and talks about how God
00:40:28.68\00:40:31.31
destroyed the world with
a flood in the days of Noah.
00:40:31.41\00:40:34.51
But in these last days
it's reserved for fire.
00:40:34.75\00:40:37.54
"For the day of the Lord will
come as a thief in the night
00:40:38.04\00:40:41.04
in which the heavens will
pass away with a great noise
00:40:41.24\00:40:43.92
and the elements will
met with fervent heat.
00:40:44.12\00:40:46.00
And the earth and
the things that are in it
00:40:46.20\00:40:47.65
will be burned up. " There's
going to be another flood.
00:40:47.75\00:40:51.15
You know, I always thought
it was interesting: Jesus says
00:40:51.35\00:40:53.26
in John chapter 3:
"Unless you're born of the water
00:40:53.66\00:40:57.38
and the Spirit you cannot
enter the kingdom of heaven. "
00:40:57.59\00:40:59.94
Children of Israel
when they came out of Egypt
00:41:01.19\00:41:02.84
before they went
into the Promised Land
00:41:03.04\00:41:04.69
they had to go through
the water. Red Sea, right?
00:41:04.89\00:41:07.01
And they were baptized
in that pillar of fire.
00:41:07.31\00:41:09.53
They had the water
baptism, the fire baptism,
00:41:10.70\00:41:12.80
and then they got
into the Promised Land.
00:41:12.90\00:41:14.09
You know, our planet is
going to be baptized in water
00:41:14.30\00:41:17.59
and baptized in fire
and then God will make a new
00:41:17.69\00:41:19.30
heaven and a New Earth. Right?
00:41:19.40\00:41:21.68
Needed both baptisms.
00:41:22.18\00:41:23.52
But people today look at you
as crazy as they looked at Noah
00:41:23.92\00:41:27.32
when you say: "Yeah,
it's all going to burn.
00:41:27.52\00:41:30.66
The end is going to
come. " They say: "Ah...
00:41:30.96\00:41:34.90
you can't explain
that. It's not scientific. "
00:41:35.00\00:41:37.60
They mocked Noah, and you know
what? Noah had to do it by faith
00:41:37.80\00:41:41.74
because there
wasn't any evidence.
00:41:42.24\00:41:44.59
So God told Noah:
"Start building. "
00:41:44.99\00:41:48.07
Wise man builds on
a rock; Noah built.
00:41:48.60\00:41:50.73
We have to build. Paul
says we're all building.
00:41:50.93\00:41:53.53
Will your structure
that you're building survive
00:41:53.93\00:41:56.91
or will it get burned?
00:41:57.11\00:41:58.53
We all have a foundation.
Christ Jesus is the Rock.
00:41:58.93\00:42:02.49
We're living stones
that are built on that Rock.
00:42:02.69\00:42:05.19
So all of us are
building something.
00:42:05.59\00:42:07.87
But will it stand?
Noah started building
00:42:08.17\00:42:10.97
and he set an
example for his family.
00:42:11.27\00:42:14.11
He said: "God has told
me that the end is coming
00:42:14.51\00:42:17.35
and that everybody that gets
in this vessel we're preparing
00:42:17.55\00:42:20.46
will survive. So
Noah's sons worked with him,
00:42:20.66\00:42:24.04
and they worked
with him for 120 years.
00:42:24.14\00:42:27.28
He was 600 years old
when the flood finally came.
00:42:27.98\00:42:30.82
And so with his mouth and
with his hammer Noah preached,
00:42:31.02\00:42:34.88
and I'm sure there were
people that saw the wickedness
00:42:34.99\00:42:38.60
and the violence in the world.
00:42:38.70\00:42:39.86
Not everybody was
fully given over to it.
00:42:39.96\00:42:42.03
God's Spirit had
not been withdrawn.
00:42:42.23\00:42:44.05
Indeed it says there
in Genesis 6 He says:
00:42:44.35\00:42:47.70
"My Spirit is striving with
man but it won't always happen.
00:42:47.83\00:42:50.90
I'll give them 120 years. "
00:42:51.30\00:42:53.10
God in other words
after that 120 years
00:42:53.30\00:42:55.07
was going to withdraw His
Spirit from that wicked world.
00:42:55.27\00:42:58.32
Is God going to withdraw
His Spirit from our world
00:42:58.82\00:43:01.31
before the end? Amen!
So we're supposed to be
00:43:01.41\00:43:04.82
doing everything that Noah
did and working and building
00:43:05.52\00:43:08.55
to provide a way
for others to be saved.
00:43:08.75\00:43:11.12
So Noah preached. Some
people said: "Yep, Noah,
00:43:11.52\00:43:15.83
I think you're probably right.
It's a terrible world, and
00:43:16.04\00:43:18.51
as soon as we
see that water coming
00:43:18.72\00:43:21.38
we're gettin' on board. "
00:43:21.68\00:43:23.09
Noah said: "No, you've got
to make your commitment before
00:43:23.49\00:43:26.59
you see the water coming. "
00:43:26.79\00:43:28.06
Like a sign in front of
the Baptist church that said:
00:43:29.26\00:43:31.72
"Repent now and
avoid the rush. "
00:43:31.83\00:43:33.99
Because when Jesus comes
there'll be a lot of repenting
00:43:35.76\00:43:38.70
but at that point
God's Spirit is withdrawn
00:43:38.90\00:43:41.19
and it's too late.
So now is the time.
00:43:41.39\00:43:44.85
Judgment will begin
at the house of God.
00:43:45.15\00:43:47.79
So Noah pounded with his hammer
and he preached with his voice
00:43:49.06\00:43:52.31
and people looked
on and most laughed.
00:43:52.61\00:43:56.38
Not only that, Noah stored food.
00:43:57.53\00:44:01.43
Genesis 6:21: "And you
shall take for yourself
00:44:01.73\00:44:05.98
of all food that is eaten. "
00:44:06.18\00:44:08.10
He didn't say
all food people eat.
00:44:08.30\00:44:09.52
All food that is eaten.
00:44:09.62\00:44:10.70
"And you will gather it to
yourself, and it shall be food
00:44:11.76\00:44:14.25
for you and for
them. " For the creatures.
00:44:14.35\00:44:16.81
Boy, talk about a big barn.
00:44:17.11\00:44:20.17
Having to fill it
with all kinds of food
00:44:20.48\00:44:24.44
for all of these creatures.
00:44:24.64\00:44:26.90
If Noah was going to make
it through the storm, he had to
00:44:28.15\00:44:30.70
store food. That's a
very simple truth, friends.
00:44:30.90\00:44:34.67
There's a storm coming, and
you and I need to store food.
00:44:34.78\00:44:37.91
"Thy Word I have
hidden in my heart
00:44:38.11\00:44:40.80
that I might not sin
against You. " Man doesn't
00:44:41.00\00:44:42.76
live by bread
alone but by every word
00:44:42.86\00:44:45.25
that proceeds
from the mouth of God.
00:44:45.35\00:44:46.91
We now need to be storing
away the promises of God.
00:44:47.22\00:44:50.04
God has given us
exceeding precious promises
00:44:50.25\00:44:52.72
that through these we might
become partakers of the divine
00:44:52.92\00:44:55.83
nature... and now
is the time to do it.
00:44:55.93\00:44:58.60
If I only knew... I was
just thinking this today...
00:44:58.80\00:45:01.09
When I was a teenager,
compared to how well my memory
00:45:03.54\00:45:07.82
works now, I almost
had a photographic memory.
00:45:07.92\00:45:10.30
And if I had only
known. Doug, if you read
00:45:12.44\00:45:16.15
more of the Bible now, it will
stay with you through your life.
00:45:16.35\00:45:19.09
But there'll be a time in
your life when it's going to be
00:45:19.39\00:45:21.04
harder. You know,
have you ever noticed?
00:45:21.14\00:45:23.78
You see these kids
immigrate from another country
00:45:23.88\00:45:26.15
and the parents are there
15 years and they're still
00:45:26.56\00:45:29.26
hardly speaking English
and the kids... they pick it up
00:45:29.36\00:45:32.19
in a year. Don't
even have an accent.
00:45:32.30\00:45:34.89
There's just something about
it when you're young like that.
00:45:35.29\00:45:37.92
Now I'm not trying
to discourage any of you
00:45:38.22\00:45:40.20
that were on that. I'm
just saying we've got to
00:45:40.31\00:45:42.27
work at it a little harder.
00:45:42.37\00:45:43.48
But you can still
remember scripture.
00:45:43.68\00:45:46.68
But for the young people
who are watching: do it now.
00:45:47.61\00:45:50.23
They're filling their minds.
The devil's got the young people
00:45:50.43\00:45:52.53
in this generation filling
their minds with so many things.
00:45:52.63\00:45:55.01
This little texting nonsense
and Facebook and all this
00:45:55.42\00:45:59.88
trivial tweeting that happens
and it isn't worth anything.
00:45:59.98\00:46:03.54
The Word of God: now
we've got to store it now.
00:46:03.84\00:46:07.57
Amen! And why do
you store something?
00:46:07.87\00:46:09.77
So you can draw
upon it later. Amen!
00:46:09.87\00:46:12.64
And the day may come when we
don't have our Bibles with us
00:46:12.77\00:46:14.88
and temptation's going to come.
00:46:14.98\00:46:16.43
What did Jesus do
when temptation came?
00:46:16.63\00:46:18.30
He had... He didn't
say: "Hang on, Satan. Let Me
00:46:19.43\00:46:21.79
go through my computer
program here. I know there's
00:46:21.90\00:46:23.61
a verse on that. " Or,
"I'm going to do a search
00:46:23.71\00:46:26.48
in My concordance. "
Christ had it in His mind.
00:46:26.58\00:46:30.14
He had it in His heart.
Did He remember the verses
00:46:30.34\00:46:32.79
because He was the Son of
God and had a supernatural,
00:46:32.99\00:46:34.88
photographic
memory? No! No, Jesus said:
00:46:34.98\00:46:37.65
"I only know what the
Father reveals to Me. "
00:46:38.05\00:46:40.35
But because Jesus had
read those things growing up...
00:46:40.65\00:46:43.20
He was daily... every
Sabbath He was in the temple
00:46:43.50\00:46:46.50
reading the scriptures it says.
00:46:46.60\00:46:47.76
He stood up to read the
scriptures as His custom was.
00:46:47.96\00:46:50.21
Jesus read His Bible. He
prayed; He went to church.
00:46:50.51\00:46:52.88
And He filled His mind with
these things so when He had to
00:46:53.08\00:46:56.13
draw upon it in
times of temptation
00:46:56.23\00:46:58.47
He knew what to say.
00:46:58.68\00:46:59.89
You know, as we near the end
and we're going to be ridiculed
00:47:00.29\00:47:02.67
for our faith,
there's a storm coming.
00:47:02.77\00:47:05.14
And we're going to be
really pressed by the world.
00:47:05.25\00:47:07.90
Our church is going to really
look like a fanatical group
00:47:08.10\00:47:11.78
to the world soon. And we
are going to be brought before
00:47:11.88\00:47:14.58
the kings and rulers of
the world to given an answer
00:47:14.68\00:47:16.96
for what we believe. And that's
why we've got to be studying
00:47:17.06\00:47:20.59
now. The Holy Spirit will
tell us what to say in that hour
00:47:20.79\00:47:24.40
but it's understood the
Holy Spirit will bring to your
00:47:24.70\00:47:27.14
remembrance what we
have studied before.
00:47:27.34\00:47:29.48
And so if we're going
to know how to stand up
00:47:29.88\00:47:32.21
and speak for Christ
and defend our faith,
00:47:32.41\00:47:34.57
now we need to be
filling our minds. Amen!
00:47:34.98\00:47:37.79
That's what it means to
walk with God. Are you...
00:47:37.92\00:47:39.53
you reading your
Bibles every day?
00:47:39.64\00:47:41.87
Do you have a regular?
You should be religious
00:47:42.93\00:47:45.77
about your
personal devotions. Amen!
00:47:46.07\00:47:48.49
I'm surprised how many people
I meet and they almost say it
00:47:48.63\00:47:50.90
like they're
bragging: "Pastor Doug,
00:47:51.00\00:47:53.26
I'm not very religious.
00:47:53.46\00:47:55.34
Who wants organized religion?
00:47:55.64\00:47:58.64
But I'm spiritual. "
00:47:58.84\00:48:02.04
I don't buy that.
00:48:02.34\00:48:03.73
I think if you're really
spiritual, there's no such thing
00:48:04.23\00:48:07.00
as disorganized religion.
00:48:07.10\00:48:08.71
God is not the
author of confusion.
00:48:08.91\00:48:10.60
There's nothing wrong with
being a little bit Methodist...
00:48:10.80\00:48:13.41
all of us and having
some Methodism in your faith.
00:48:13.61\00:48:18.68
Having regular times for prayer.
00:48:18.98\00:48:20.98
Did Daniel? Yes!
Morning, evening, and at noon.
00:48:21.18\00:48:24.11
His little sundial
would go off and it would say:
00:48:24.61\00:48:26.57
"Time to pray. " Right?
00:48:26.67\00:48:29.07
And he had regular...
This is what David did.
00:48:30.91\00:48:34.62
Psalm what is? 55 verse 17:
00:48:34.82\00:48:36.81
"Morning, evening, and
at noon I will praise You...
00:48:37.01\00:48:39.29
I will pray. " And so
having regular times...
00:48:39.59\00:48:41.76
Even when Elijah
offered that sacrifice it says
00:48:42.06\00:48:44.78
"at the time of the evening
sacrifice. " There was a time
00:48:44.88\00:48:47.33
for worship. For everything
there is a purpose and a time
00:48:47.53\00:48:50.53
under heaven. Do you have
regular times for devotion
00:48:50.63\00:48:53.45
with God? And you know
what? That's important 'cause
00:48:53.75\00:48:56.18
sometimes I don't feel like it.
00:48:56.28\00:48:57.67
Sometimes I don't
feel like praying.
00:48:57.87\00:48:59.39
I'm not
embarrassed to tell you that.
00:49:00.49\00:49:02.03
"What, pastor? You
don't feel like praying? "
00:49:02.23\00:49:03.71
Sometimes I don't
feel like praying.
00:49:03.82\00:49:05.11
Sometimes I don't feel like
praying that God will help me
00:49:05.71\00:49:09.78
to forgive someone I'm much
more enjoying being angry at.
00:49:09.88\00:49:12.79
But I know He
wants me to so I do it.
00:49:15.49\00:49:17.23
I don't always feel
like reading the Bible.
00:49:17.63\00:49:19.13
I'm reading through
my Bible all the time,
00:49:19.33\00:49:20.85
every day. I'm reading
through Jeremiah right now.
00:49:21.05\00:49:22.58
When I get done, I'll
just go on to the next book.
00:49:22.79\00:49:24.31
Some of it, you know,
is the begats and things.
00:49:25.41\00:49:27.77
Some of it's more interesting.
00:49:29.08\00:49:30.94
And I make myself do it - Amen
- because I know it changes me.
00:49:32.12\00:49:36.00
Even the times
when I wonder if it is.
00:49:36.20\00:49:38.39
He stored food for the storm.
00:49:39.64\00:49:41.47
And then
something amazing happened.
00:49:42.81\00:49:45.35
There were supernatural signs.
00:49:45.76\00:49:48.17
Just a few days before the end
00:49:48.67\00:49:51.53
all of a sudden the
sky grew dark with birds
00:49:51.93\00:49:55.73
of every type you could imagine.
00:49:55.93\00:49:57.91
And there was a roar, and
all the people in the town...
00:49:58.31\00:50:00.97
Now you realize there could
have been a lot of people in the
00:50:01.27\00:50:02.92
world back then. Just put that
thought about the birds on hold.
00:50:03.02\00:50:05.62
Think about the population.
00:50:05.82\00:50:07.21
God told Adam and Eve to be
fruitful and multiply, right?
00:50:08.47\00:50:11.81
How long did Adam and Eve live?
Well Adam. Doesn't say about
00:50:13.75\00:50:16.65
Eve, but Adam 930 years.
00:50:16.75\00:50:18.56
Some of them didn't get married
till they were 100 back then
00:50:19.62\00:50:22.31
if you just
read the genealogies.
00:50:22.51\00:50:23.96
But they were
probably healthy and productive
00:50:25.44\00:50:29.24
if you do the same
ratio well... 300, 400 years.
00:50:29.65\00:50:35.06
How many children would you
have if you were all fertile
00:50:35.56\00:50:38.47
for 300 or 400 years?
00:50:38.67\00:50:40.36
And if you had a command
fresh from the lips of God
00:50:40.76\00:50:43.33
that said "Be
fruitful and multiply. "
00:50:43.53\00:50:45.73
And nobody had to go see
any kind of doctor to help
00:50:45.93\00:50:50.09
with fertility back then 'cause
everybody was just like rabbits.
00:50:50.19\00:50:52.61
Everyone was very healthy;
all the plumbing was working.
00:50:52.81\00:50:55.56
I mean, it's what happened
with the children of Israel.
00:50:55.86\00:50:57.09
It says: "They grew
exceedingly" - right? -
00:50:57.29\00:51:00.23
when they were in
Egypt. And so, you know,
00:51:00.44\00:51:02.86
there could have been
millions of people in the world
00:51:03.16\00:51:06.00
when this all happened.
00:51:06.30\00:51:07.33
And so back to the
birds. Sky grows dark.
00:51:08.48\00:51:10.66
All these birds start coming,
and they're all coming from
00:51:10.97\00:51:12.96
every corner of the compass.
00:51:13.06\00:51:14.43
No two of them alike.
00:51:14.63\00:51:16.31
Well, there were two of them
alike I mean, but not much more
00:51:16.61\00:51:19.00
than that. And I guess the clean
ones there were 7 of them alike.
00:51:19.10\00:51:21.91
But all different varieties.
00:51:22.11\00:51:23.83
And they all start
heading toward the ark
00:51:24.81\00:51:26.29
that had
recently been completed.
00:51:26.49\00:51:28.09
This idea that Noah went on
some kind of a rodeo round-up
00:51:29.06\00:51:31.87
and had to go get
two of everything...
00:51:31.97\00:51:33.43
You know, I've heard
people preach it that way.
00:51:33.63\00:51:35.35
I heard that
last week, a preacher.
00:51:35.55\00:51:36.93
And I said: "You're not
reading your Bible, pastor. "
00:51:37.13\00:51:38.56
Doesn't say that. God
brought the animals. Amen!
00:51:38.86\00:51:41.78
And the people watched this
and they were thunderstruck.
00:51:43.08\00:51:47.24
They're going:
"What in the world? Wow!
00:51:47.44\00:51:49.68
Maybe Noah was right. "
And then they looked and
00:51:50.83\00:51:52.37
out of the forest and from the
mountains all of these creatures
00:51:52.47\00:51:55.25
came walking and thumping and
slithering from every direction
00:51:55.35\00:51:58.50
all toward the ark.
00:51:58.90\00:52:00.30
It was mass migration.
00:52:00.80\00:52:02.64
Now can God do that?
Amen! How many of you remember
00:52:03.95\00:52:06.95
when the ark of the covenant
was stolen or captured by the
00:52:07.05\00:52:11.03
Philistines, and finally
after all these plagues hit
00:52:11.23\00:52:13.34
they put the ark on a cart and
they said: "If God is Jehovah,
00:52:13.44\00:52:16.15
these cows will know
how to get back to Israel. "
00:52:16.46\00:52:19.86
Even though they were
cows from the Philistines.
00:52:20.06\00:52:22.28
And God led those cows
all the way back to Israel.
00:52:22.68\00:52:25.36
You remember that story?
Amen! So He led the animals
00:52:25.56\00:52:29.01
in twos all to the ark
00:52:29.22\00:52:32.25
and the people were terrified.
00:52:32.55\00:52:34.95
Then the Lord brought
Noah and his family...
00:52:35.65\00:52:38.86
put them in the ark
and He shut the door.
00:52:38.96\00:52:41.96
It was a massive door.
There was a time when the door
00:52:42.40\00:52:45.01
was shut. And
everybody outside the ark
00:52:45.31\00:52:48.85
they began to cool off
as a couple days went by.
00:52:50.16\00:52:52.70
They said: "Oh... We
thought that he was crazy.
00:52:53.10\00:52:55.55
He's cooped up in there
with all those wild animals.
00:52:55.76\00:52:57.35
I wonder how it
smells right now?
00:52:57.55\00:52:59.01
This guy was absurd. He
must have enchanted or bewitched
00:52:59.31\00:53:02.58
them somehow. How did he
get all those animals to come? "
00:53:02.78\00:53:04.90
And they mocked him, but they
didn't know as soon as that door
00:53:06.36\00:53:11.18
was shut Noah and his
family were sealed on the inside
00:53:11.28\00:53:14.71
and they were sealed on the out-
side and probation was closed.
00:53:15.01\00:53:20.17
There is a time coming in
the near future - nobody knows
00:53:20.60\00:53:23.19
when that time is -
when God will declare:
00:53:23.29\00:53:25.83
"He that is just
let him be just still,
00:53:26.03\00:53:27.64
and he that is righteous
let him be righteous still,
00:53:27.74\00:53:29.60
and he that is filthy
let him be filthy still. "
00:53:29.90\00:53:31.99
And the saved will be
saved and the lost will be lost.
00:53:32.19\00:53:34.43
That's why NOW is the time.
00:53:34.83\00:53:37.77
Jesus has made it very clear:
right up until the time of the
00:53:37.97\00:53:40.33
end there is going to be
eating and drinking and planting
00:53:40.43\00:53:44.12
and building, and
people will be celebrating
00:53:44.22\00:53:46.49
marriages even after
the probation has closed.
00:53:46.70\00:53:49.77
I think we forget.
We're so used to thinking
00:53:50.90\00:53:53.43
about the plagues are
going to be our warning.
00:53:53.53\00:53:54.93
But when they
come, it's too late.
00:53:55.03\00:53:56.56
At this point I can't
improve on the words from the
00:53:57.97\00:54:00.63
book Patriarchs and Prophets,
so I'm just going to read you
00:54:00.83\00:54:02.73
a passage here.
This is from page 99.
00:54:02.83\00:54:05.20
"But upon the 8th day, dark
clouds overspread the heavens.
00:54:06.84\00:54:11.99
There followed the muttering
of thunder and the flash of
00:54:12.39\00:54:15.20
lightning. Soon large
drops of rain began to fall.
00:54:15.30\00:54:19.10
The world had never
witnessed anything like this
00:54:19.40\00:54:22.02
and the hearts of men
were struck with fear.
00:54:22.22\00:54:24.60
All were secretly inquiring:
"Can it be that Noah was right
00:54:25.00\00:54:29.41
and that the world is
doomed to destruction? "
00:54:29.54\00:54:31.83
Darker and darker grew
the heavens, and faster came
00:54:32.23\00:54:35.22
the falling rain. The
beasts were roaming about
00:54:35.32\00:54:38.61
in the wildest terror
and their discordant cries
00:54:38.71\00:54:40.84
seemed to moan out their
own destiny and the fate of man.
00:54:41.04\00:54:44.11
The fountains of the
great deep were broken up
00:54:44.34\00:54:46.82
and the windows of
heaven were opened.
00:54:47.12\00:54:48.95
Water appeared to come from the
clouds in mighty cataracts. "
00:54:49.15\00:54:52.21
Like fire hydrants. "Rivers
broke away from their boundaries
00:54:52.51\00:54:56.30
and overflowed the valleys.
Jets of water burst from the
00:54:56.50\00:54:59.42
earth with indescribable
force throwing massive rocks
00:54:59.52\00:55:02.86
hundreds of feet into the air
00:55:03.06\00:55:04.26
and these falling buried
themselves deep in the ground.
00:55:04.56\00:55:07.17
The people first beheld
the destruction of the works
00:55:07.58\00:55:10.19
of their own hands.
Their splendid buildings,
00:55:10.29\00:55:12.73
their beautiful
gardens and groves
00:55:12.93\00:55:14.53
where they placed their idols.
00:55:14.73\00:55:16.00
They were destroyed
by lightning from heaven
00:55:16.20\00:55:18.19
and the ruins were
scattered far and wide.
00:55:18.49\00:55:21.07
The altars on which human
sacrifices had been offered
00:55:21.47\00:55:24.36
were torn down, and the
worshipers were made to tremble
00:55:24.66\00:55:27.78
at the power of the Living God
and to know that it was their
00:55:27.88\00:55:30.81
corruption and idolatry that had
called down this destruction.
00:55:30.91\00:55:33.93
As the violence of
the storm increased,
00:55:34.43\00:55:37.13
trees, buildings, rocks,
and earth were hurled in every
00:55:37.33\00:55:40.01
direction. The terror of man and
beast was beyond description.
00:55:40.11\00:55:44.43
Above the roar of the tempest
00:55:45.03\00:55:46.53
was heard the
wailing of a people
00:55:46.56\00:55:48.12
that had despised
the authority of God.
00:55:48.23\00:55:50.43
Satan himself, who was compelled
to remain the midst of the
00:55:50.93\00:55:54.06
warring elements,
feared for his own existence.
00:55:54.16\00:55:56.88
He had delighted to
control so powerful a race
00:55:57.28\00:56:00.44
and desired them to live
to practice their abominations
00:56:00.64\00:56:03.25
and continue their rebellion
against the Ruler of heaven.
00:56:03.45\00:56:05.63
He now uttered implications
against God, charging Him
00:56:06.14\00:56:09.53
with the injustice and cruelty.
00:56:09.73\00:56:11.47
Many of the people -
like Satan - blasphemed God
00:56:11.87\00:56:14.22
and had been able, they would
have torn Him from His throne
00:56:14.52\00:56:17.43
of power. Others were frantic
with fear, stretching their
00:56:17.53\00:56:20.54
hands towards the ark and
pleading for admittance...
00:56:20.64\00:56:23.44
but their
entreaties were in vain.
00:56:23.64\00:56:26.44
Conscience was at last aroused
to know that there is a God
00:56:26.84\00:56:29.55
who rules in the heavens.
They called upon Him earnestly
00:56:29.75\00:56:32.75
but His ear was not
open to their crying.
00:56:33.05\00:56:35.16
In that terrible hour
they saw that the transgression
00:56:35.46\00:56:38.73
of God's law had
caused their ruin.
00:56:38.94\00:56:41.02
Yet while through fear of
punishment they acknowledged
00:56:41.32\00:56:43.86
their sin, they felt no true
contrition, no abhorrence of
00:56:43.96\00:56:46.88
evil. They would have returned
to their defiance of heaven
00:56:46.91\00:56:49.94
had the judgment been removed.
00:56:50.14\00:56:51.75
So God's judgments
will fall upon the earth
00:56:52.70\00:56:55.14
before it is deluged by fire.
00:56:55.34\00:56:57.38
The impotent will know just
where and what their sin is -
00:56:57.68\00:57:01.44
the despising of His holy
law - yet they will have no more
00:57:01.74\00:57:05.18
true repentance than did
the old world of sinners.
00:57:05.38\00:57:08.44
No, I don't have
time to read it all.
00:57:08.84\00:57:11.32
I recommend you read
that section starting with
00:57:11.42\00:57:13.90
about page 99
Patriarchs and Prophets.
00:57:14.00\00:57:16.53
The good news
is: Noah, by faith,
00:57:16.73\00:57:20.15
was moved by the command of God.
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And the Bible says
that he built a house.
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That's Hebrews 11 verse 7.
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"Being divinely
warned of things not seen,
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he moved with godly
fear and prepared an ark
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for the saving
of his household. "
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