Well hello and welcome
to 3ABN's Fall Camp Meeting
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right here in Thompsonville,
IL, at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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And this morning we are
going to have a mission story
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from Julia Outkina. How
long have you known Julia
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Melody? I don't
even know how long.
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It's probably 22 or 3 years
that she's been - something like
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that - affiliated with 3ABN.
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A lovely lady all
the way from Russia.
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And Danny is going to be
the one that's hosting with her.
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We're going to ask them to come
out here in just a few minutes
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and share the mission
story. But Melody, before we
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get started on this
beautiful Sabbath...
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Is it beautiful here in
southern Illinois? Amen!
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I want to say to
all of our viewers
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Happy Sabbath! It's a
gorgeous Sabbath today
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and God's Holy Spirit
is already in this place.
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But before we get started
let's go to our Father in prayer
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and just ask His
presence to be with us.
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We're going to be
here all day today
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and we want the Father
to... How many of you want God
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to touch your heart
and change you today?
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How many of you
have areas in your lives
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that could stand
a touch from God?
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So let's pray
and ask the Father.
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Melody, agree with me.
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Holy Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus
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and we praise You
and we thank you, Lord,
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that it is Your
desire for every one of us
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not to be conformed to this
world but be transformed by the
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renewing of our minds.
That You have predestined us
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to be conformed to the very
image of our Lord and Savior
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Jesus Christ. So holy
Father, we open our hearts
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and our lives up to You today
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and ask You to sow
Your Word deep within us.
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That it would take
root and it would change us
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into Your image
and into Your likeness.
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Father, we give You
this day. We invite You
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into this Camp Meeting
into every service and every
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situation. Father,
change us is our prayer today
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in Jesus' name. Amen! And
Melody, I wanted to ask you
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too. Camp Meeting...
have you seen a change in the
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Camp Meetings over the
last years? Yes I have.
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And how have they
changed in your opinion?
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How have they changed?
Well I think they keep getting
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better and better. What do
you think? Well, that's what I
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wanted to hear her say... some-
thing that we say around here
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so often. And we don't
mean to be trite in this,
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but we will say before
this Camp Meeting is all over
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"You know, I think this is the
best one we've ever been in. "
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And we mean it
with all of our heart!
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They do keep
getting better and better.
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Well I'm going to ask
Danny and Julia to come out now
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and to share with
you the mission story.
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Thank you
Mollody... Mollie and Melody.
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Mollody... Melody.
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Dobroye utro...
dobroye utro... Oh, I mean
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good morning. You do the
Russian and I'll just do English
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OK? OK. Tell
them what I just said.
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He said good morning.
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You all didn't know I speak
Russian so fluently, did you?
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I know like six words,
so... but I sure show it.
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And sometimes he
confuses them, too.
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Oh, thank you. Yeah,
like when I went to meet some
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very important
politicians in Russia
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and I just got there.
It was twenty-two years ago
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and she said: "They'll
like it if you say something
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in Russian. " So I see
them and I'm supposed to say
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dobroye utro. That
means good morning.
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And I was like do svidaniya
and that means good-bye.
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I'm just a little
hill-billy. I don't know...
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I don't know how I got in
front of all these people.
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Julia Outkina from
Russia. Twenty-two years
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of the ministry since we went
over with Elder John Carter.
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Seems impossible,
folks... twenty-two years ago.
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And it really...
you've heard the expression
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"seems like yesterday, "
right? Or just last year.
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But what an incredible ministry.
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Julia, we're so
glad that you're here.
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You've been struggling, though.
You've been here 2-3 weeks.
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Tell us what
you've been going through.
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I am going through mono
the third time in my life
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and this just... It
drains me; it's hard.
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But I praise the Lord
for this experience. I know
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that it is given
to me for some reason
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as all the experiences
of each one of our lives,
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each moment of our lives.
There is a reason for everything
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and everything brings us
closer and closer to salvation.
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Everything is bringing us
closer and closer to a real
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relationship with the Lord.
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Danny, I want... I
usually like when Danny leads
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in a
conversation, but now I want to
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initiate saying how thankful
I am to 3ABN for bringing
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my family here. My husband
and son have just been here.
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They spent two weeks,
and they say that there is no
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prophet in your home. I
am trying to witness to them
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at home but they
know me too well.
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So probably my witnessing
is not reaching their hearts
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well enough. But
when they came here
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they saw what
Christianity is really about.
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They were so perceptive,
and as I'm telling people
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it seemed to me that the
Lord was putting together
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like a puzzle of
different meetings,
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different conversations,
different testimonies,
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different witnessing.
It just all made a...
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Sabbath School... they
listened to Sabbath School
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and I was translating for them.
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It all made a beautiful
picture of Christianity
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to them and it seems to
me that they left different
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from what they
were before they came.
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Absolutely. And
they went back to Russia
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with cowboy boots. That's right.
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That's what they really
wanted was cowboy boots.
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And cowboy shirts.
They come from Russia
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all the way to America.
Before Julia and the group
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even comes here,
guess what they do?
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They look up a western store.
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Don't even come and say:
"Hello. How's everybody doing? "
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They look up the western
store and go down and just look
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around at all the things.
So I thought I had a good idea.
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Two or three days later I said:
"Why don't we take your husband,
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that's Tola and Tola Junior,
down to the western store? "
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She said: "That's the first
thing we did before we even
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saw you. " I said: "Well,
we'll go back down there. "
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So they love the cowboy boots
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so they went
home in cowboy boots.
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But I saw a big difference
in their attitudes - yes -
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and they're wonderful people.
Wonderful, wonderful men,
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and I know that God has
plans - yes - for their lives
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for sure. Yes, yes.
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And I also have six
Russian people with me
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this time, and shall we
ask them to come up front?
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Yeah, maybe they
can come up quickly.
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You know... I was
wanting to do that in Russian
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but you go ahead. You go
ahead. You're doing pretty good,
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actually. OK. See? They
must have understood you.
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Good job. Um-hmm. Come on up.
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I mean... this is my
Russian for come on up.
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They have all come
here for their vacation
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and they have come here
to honor 3ABN on the eve
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of its 30th anniversary.
Out of the thirty years of 3ABN
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there has been
twenty-two years of 3ABN Russia.
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And we praise the Lord, Danny,
for the vision that you had
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twenty-two years ago to start...
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Thirty years ago you
had the vision to start 3ABN
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and 22 years ago the
Lord impressed you to start
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3ABN Russia. It's
as important to us
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as your first
vision thirty years ago.
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3ABN was young and
I was young back then.
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Julia and I were young.
She's a little younger than me
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of course as you can
tell. But it occurred to me:
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I went over there. I think
I was only 39 or something.
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And has it been that long
ago? Sixty three... you start
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figuring that up. I
said: "Maybe I just turned
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40... but it's
been a long time. "
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But what a wonderful time. In-
troduce for us your guests, OK?
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So this is Daniel, and he
is 3ABN Russia's video director
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and cameraman,
and he does editing.
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We try to keep
everyone versatile there.
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They do multi jobs at different
times when they are needed.
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Lena is the general
manager of 3ABN Russia.
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You know her. She has
been here a couple of times.
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Julia is the
producer of News Breaks
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and she is a graphics artist.
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And Tatiana is the
wife of Volari, our engineer
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and she is responsible
for marketing at 3ABN Russia.
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And we also have two more
people but I don't see them.
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They are Lena's
daughter and her son-in-law.
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They are friends of 3ABN
Russia and they have come here
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to enjoy the Camp
Meeting, the fellowship,
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but they are
bashful to come up front.
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Probably. They
are not the workers.
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Yeah, I know that. I'm
bashful too a lot, so...
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But anyway...
thank you very much.
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SpaSEEba.
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SpaSEEba paZHAloosta.
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He said: "Thank
you; you're welcome. "
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Shhh!
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They won't know the difference
if you don't tell them
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that I'm
messing up a little bit.
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Well, I'm a
professional translator.
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You are. Julia has a
Ph. D. in linguistics
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and that's how we met
her when we went to Russia.
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She actually came out
to Elder Carter's meetings
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just to hear English
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and from that 3ABN Russia.
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We have a roll that
we're going to show you.
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And I haven't seen it but Julia
said it goes all the way back
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from the beginning. So
thank you. Because of your
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love and your prayers - that's
right - and financial support
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from around the world 3ABN
Russia has been responsible
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for seeing thousands and
thousands of lives changed
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over the last 22 years.
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Right from its inception
and until this very day
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3ABN has been a
tremendous manifestation
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of the great
power of the Holy Spirit
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pouring out
mightily in these last days
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into the willing hearts of
3ABN leaders and supporters.
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Almost 30 years ago in the town
of Thompsonville, southern IL,
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Danny Shelton was impressed to
start Three Angels Broadcasting
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Network. Eight years later, 3ABN
founded its branch in the city
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of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
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Since then for
twenty-two years now
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3ABN Russia has been operating
by the power of the Holy Spirit
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for the salvation
of the Russian people.
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After the foundation in 1992
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the biggest landmark in
our history was the previous
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Fall 3ABN Camp Meeting
when by the mighty outpouring
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of the Holy Spirit
Pastor Jim Gilley initiated
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the decision that 3ABN
Russia goes on satellite.
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Praise the Lord for the respon-
sive hearts of the supporters
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of 3ABN that have
made this possible.
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Since November 2013 3ABN
Russia's satellite signal
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has been covering all the
Russian nation with the good
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news of
salvation in Jesus Christ.
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Right after the Camp Meeting
we started looking for the
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rebroadcasters.
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As we began establishing con-
tacts with the cable companies
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we realized that
the Lord intended us
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to reach the
uttermost parts of the earth:
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that is, the places
that have never been reached
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by public evangelism.
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To tell the truth,
finding cable rebroadcasters
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is not easy for a
number of reasons.
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Each new one that
agrees to broadcast us
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is a miracle, and we
give the Lord all the honor
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and glory for
thousands and thousands
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of new subscribers that
the Lord adds all the time.
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Currently we have a tremendous
task to fill our channel with
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the programs taped
in high definition.
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After 3ABN gave
us new HD equipment
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we've been recording our 3
recently produced new series
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Visiting with 3ABN Russia,
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Seven with Spoons,
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Happy School of Health,
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as well as the older ones:
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The Open Book,
Challenging Established Beliefs,
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In Other Words
Revival, My Character and Me,
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The Harmony of the Living Word,
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Tastyland... for which we
have also updated the graphics.
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These programs form the core
of our new program schedule.
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Since 3ABN Russia's report
at the previous Camp Meeting
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we've added over 500 HD programs
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into our TV library
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of around 10,000 programs.
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Also, we've made
around 400 radio programs
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to add to the
total radio library
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exceeding 6,000 programs.
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We have a tremendous
feedback from our viewers.
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My name is Nelia
and I'm 51 years old.
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At the age of 20 I gave myself
the first shot of a narcotic
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and got addicted which
continued for 30 years.
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I lost everything I had.
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A year ago God
found and saved me.
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I give praises to
Him day and night.
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This last Fall we
received about 1,000 letters
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and 3,000 e-mails. That means
that the Internet is becoming
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more and more available which
gives people an opportunity to
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take our New Life
Bible study course online.
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We have mailed around 10,000
different books and brochures
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that include Bible study guides,
Danny Shelton's Forgotten
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Commandment and Does
God Love Sinners Forever?
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as well as several other ones.
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These books enjoy
tremendous popularity.
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I received your Bible study
guides, read them carefully,
00:15:34.20\00:15:37.73
and answered your questions.
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I want to read them over again
and share your lessons with
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others. Reading
The Antichrist Agenda
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Ten Commandments Twice Removed
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was a great
blessing for me as well.
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We are very thankful for
the support of several dear
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brothers and sisters in the US
00:15:54.65\00:15:56.38
that have recently made it
possible for us to purchase
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5,000 copies of Steps to
Christ at a very good price.
00:16:00.46\00:16:04.36
Now we are in a big need
to publish additional editions
00:16:04.69\00:16:08.20
of two brochures for children,
three on health, and one on
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gardening... 30,000
brochures all together...
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for the price
of 15 cents apiece.
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We pray that the Lord
provides for these publications.
00:16:18.44\00:16:21.41
We have been out
of them since February
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not being able to
fulfill the requests for them.
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3ABN Russia actively
promotes its activities
00:16:27.52\00:16:30.69
through our website.
00:16:30.79\00:16:32.35
In March 2014 we
opened a new website
00:16:39.73\00:16:43.03
that has information
directly relating to our
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satellite channel. It
also allows an access to our
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archived programs.
Our previous website keeps
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operating with the number
of visitors and the length
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of their visits growing.
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Our marketing
department does a tremendous job
00:16:58.21\00:17:01.88
of making 3ABN Russia known to
the public through different TV
00:17:02.08\00:17:05.62
conventions, publications,
and other marketing means
00:17:05.72\00:17:09.19
including church volunteers.
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In January 2014
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we participated in the
13th International Expo Forum
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to meet the Russian
TV market participants.
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We plan on participating
next year with our own booth
00:17:28.11\00:17:32.01
to promote our channel
in the Russia TV market.
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We've printed 16 articles
00:17:38.19\00:17:40.06
in different
Christian publications.
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In February we were inter-
viewed by the secular magazine
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Movie and Television
Techniques about our network.
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We also participate in church
events held in 3ABN Russia
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Evangelism Center
encouraging church leaders,
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pastors, and lay
members to promote our channel
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at their local cable companies.
00:18:00.38\00:18:02.38
We also promote 3ABN Russia
by sending our best programs
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to different TV contests.
00:18:07.75\00:18:09.55
Our purpose is not to
lift up our good production
00:18:09.85\00:18:13.59
but to lift up
the beauty of the Lord
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about whom all our programs are
so that everyone who sees them
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may say how good God is.
00:18:21.90\00:18:24.67
We sent our program
The Power of Sports to
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the 14th
International Television Forum.
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The program is about a
bicycle race across Russia
00:18:37.35\00:18:40.52
held by Christians for
the sake that the orphans find
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their adopted families.
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In August 2013 we
were awarded a diploma
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at the Join In Children's Tele-
vision Festival from Carousel.
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A children's channel of
the first nationwide government
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TV channel of Russia.
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This gave our
Tastyland the go-ahead
00:19:05.21\00:19:08.41
to be broadcast by
Russian TV companies.
00:19:08.61\00:19:11.55
Our partnership with a group
of our supporters from Slovakia
00:19:12.25\00:19:16.15
continues. They keep posting
our Face to Face, The Open Book,
00:19:16.35\00:19:20.69
Thus Saith the Lord, Road
to Stars, Road to Happiness
00:19:20.89\00:19:23.93
as well as other social
and theological programs
00:19:24.03\00:19:27.50
translated into Slovakian
language on their website.
00:19:27.70\00:19:31.30
And they hear a tremendous
feedback which totals in about
00:19:31.63\00:19:35.44
1,000 visits a month.
00:19:35.54\00:19:37.41
The leader of this group,
Lena Polashkova, has visited
00:19:37.64\00:19:41.18
3ABN Russia to
conduct a series of seminars
00:19:41.38\00:19:44.51
on management and teamwork
which she is an expert in.
00:19:44.55\00:19:48.48
Our partnership with
Nizhny Novgorod channel's
00:19:48.78\00:19:51.92
Dialogue and Streagen
through the sponsorship of the
00:19:52.12\00:19:54.99
local conference and some
Russian sponsors also continues.
00:19:55.09\00:19:59.33
The Lord wants His message
to be presented to people
00:19:59.76\00:20:03.13
in the most appealing way.
00:20:03.23\00:20:05.07
For this reason He
gives us new talents
00:20:05.37\00:20:07.97
and new discoveries.
00:20:08.17\00:20:09.70
I am the manager of
the Radio Department.
00:20:16.08\00:20:18.38
Also I have always
enjoyed producing and hosting
00:20:18.68\00:20:21.75
the political program The
Harmony of the Living Word
00:20:21.95\00:20:24.89
and the historical
program The God of Their Lives.
00:20:25.09\00:20:28.46
This year I've been
so happy to discover
00:20:28.86\00:20:31.63
how the Lord leads me to
become a host of testimonial
00:20:31.83\00:20:35.56
and social programs. Praise Him!
00:20:35.66\00:20:38.33
I am a cameraman
and the video director.
00:20:46.01\00:20:48.61
The Lord gave me an
idea of our new youth program
00:20:48.91\00:20:52.55
Pit Stop and video blogs.
00:20:52.75\00:20:54.68
As well as He constantly
impresses me to tape different
00:20:54.88\00:20:58.42
video roll
materials for 3ABN Russia
00:20:58.62\00:21:01.39
with my own camera. Now
I am happy that I have been
00:21:01.59\00:21:05.36
entrusted to be in charge of
coordinating in the construction
00:21:05.56\00:21:09.30
of a set for a new
theological program
00:21:09.40\00:21:11.83
Face to Face With the Pastor.
00:21:12.03\00:21:13.87
I am the producer of New Break.
00:21:19.54\00:21:21.34
I am so happy to have
been encouraged to develop
00:21:21.64\00:21:24.45
in graphics. I liked art before
00:21:24.55\00:21:27.42
but never got
any education in it.
00:21:27.62\00:21:29.92
Now the Lord has allowed me to
learn certain computer programs
00:21:30.12\00:21:33.76
and I do graphics for News
Breaks and have recently made
00:21:34.06\00:21:37.46
graphics for a new children's
program: Happy School of Health.
00:21:37.66\00:21:41.23
I am an editor
in post-production.
00:21:48.17\00:21:50.51
I have been excited -
though rather scared -
00:21:50.71\00:21:53.31
to be entrusted with producing
a program - God's Gift -
00:21:53.51\00:21:57.35
about a medical missionary pro-
ject in North Caucuses, Russia.
00:21:57.55\00:22:01.55
I'm so happy that the program
by God's guidance and good
00:22:01.85\00:22:05.45
teamwork turned out really well.
00:22:05.65\00:22:08.26
This year two young
people have joined our staff.
00:22:08.76\00:22:12.26
One of them is Serge
and the other one is Sasha
00:22:12.56\00:22:16.16
who started his experience as
a cameraman working at 3ABN US.
00:22:16.36\00:22:20.94
By the way, he is the
son of Svetlana Christian
00:22:21.20\00:22:23.91
who even though she is
a worker of 3ABN US now
00:22:24.11\00:22:27.48
being married to Jay Christian
also helps us at her free time
00:22:27.78\00:22:31.78
with graphics.
00:22:31.88\00:22:33.42
I started as a host in
the Parables of a Prodigal Son
00:22:40.16\00:22:43.73
and Pit Stop. Now I
am happy to be involved
00:22:43.93\00:22:46.80
in production of
more youth programs.
00:22:47.00\00:22:49.50
I am so glad that being
a cameraman I am entrusted
00:22:56.91\00:23:00.21
with being a video
director in certain series
00:23:00.41\00:23:03.45
and now I am going to be
coordinating a team responsible
00:23:03.65\00:23:07.32
for finishing of the
set for a new youth program.
00:23:07.52\00:23:10.59
As you can see, going
on satellite has given 3ABN
00:23:11.09\00:23:15.22
Russia a tremendous impact
to develop all our potential
00:23:15.46\00:23:19.73
in producing
diverse, high-quality programs
00:23:19.93\00:23:22.60
and in promoting our
channel as much as we can.
00:23:22.80\00:23:26.07
We have always thought
that we were doing our best...
00:23:26.37\00:23:29.40
what more could be done?
00:23:29.60\00:23:31.44
But at this tremendous
time when we can win the Russian
00:23:31.74\00:23:35.18
market for the Lord's
truth 24/7 He lets us know
00:23:35.38\00:23:39.41
"Through your desire to
serve Me with your humble hearts
00:23:39.61\00:23:43.39
and your feeble strength I
will do much more through you
00:23:43.59\00:23:47.49
providing you with My omnipotent
power of the Holy Spirit.
00:23:47.79\00:23:52.23
I will crush all the
Satans obstacles, no matter how
00:23:52.43\00:23:56.20
insurmountable they
may at times seem. "
00:23:56.40\00:23:59.13
Today we want to say
these same words to you,
00:23:59.53\00:24:03.17
our dear supporters and friends.
00:24:03.51\00:24:05.44
As long as the Lord is your
strength, what shall you fear?
00:24:05.47\00:24:09.04
We are so thankful to you
for your prayers and tremendous
00:24:09.34\00:24:12.98
support that have made it
possible to launch and continue
00:24:13.18\00:24:16.89
3ABN Russia's
satellite broadcasting.
00:24:17.09\00:24:19.25
"And this gospel of the
kingdom shall be preached
00:24:19.65\00:24:22.72
in all the world for a
witness unto all nations
00:24:22.92\00:24:26.26
and then shall the end come.
00:24:26.46\00:24:28.90
Even so, come Lord Jesus. "
00:24:29.20\00:24:32.37
Amen! Amen! Ochen kha-ra-shoh.
00:24:32.67\00:24:35.34
Danny said: "Amen! Very good. "
00:24:36.81\00:24:39.07
I learned two or
three words... you know.
00:24:39.57\00:24:42.21
Julia, thank you so
much for what you do.
00:24:42.61\00:24:44.38
And I want to thank all of
you. Yes. It costs approximately
00:24:44.48\00:24:47.42
$45,000 a month to keep
this ministry going and growing.
00:24:47.52\00:24:51.75
And somehow every
month ya'll seem to chip in.
00:24:52.05\00:24:54.56
And you do it, and the
money comes in. So thank you.
00:24:54.76\00:24:57.43
Satellite costs a lot.
00:24:57.99\00:24:59.79
Now that we are on
satellite since November 2013
00:25:00.00\00:25:03.06
this is why the
budget has increased so much.
00:25:03.37\00:25:06.63
Absolutely. Thank you,
Julia. I love you in the Lord.
00:25:06.84\00:25:08.97
Thank you. Praise the Lord!
00:25:09.17\00:25:10.84
We... I look out here
and for Fall Camp Meeting
00:25:14.44\00:25:18.58
it looks more like the audience
of Spring. Have you noticed?
00:25:18.78\00:25:21.22
We're just about
filled up out here.
00:25:21.42\00:25:23.02
But every time I walk
in... When we first built 3ABN,
00:25:23.52\00:25:27.16
started the first building,
we used to go out every Sabbath.
00:25:27.26\00:25:29.76
Walk in just the
shell of a building.
00:25:30.06\00:25:31.96
Didn't have the people,
didn't have the finished walls
00:25:32.06\00:25:34.70
and all the air conditioning
and all the nice things
00:25:34.90\00:25:37.17
and the carpet. We
would walk out and sing
00:25:37.27\00:25:40.04
Holy Ground. Amen!
00:25:40.24\00:25:43.00
As I walked through the door
00:25:59.09\00:26:02.66
I sensed His presence
00:26:03.63\00:26:06.93
and I knew
00:26:09.16\00:26:12.73
this was the place
00:26:13.23\00:26:15.10
where love abounds.
00:26:15.60\00:26:19.61
For this is the temple
00:26:21.11\00:26:24.61
Jehovah God abides in.
00:26:25.88\00:26:31.09
We are standing
00:26:31.69\00:26:35.16
in His presence
00:26:35.89\00:26:39.13
on holy ground.
00:26:39.53\00:26:43.37
We are standing
00:26:45.27\00:26:50.94
on holy ground
00:26:51.34\00:26:56.75
and I know
00:26:57.68\00:27:00.75
that there are angels
00:27:01.25\00:27:04.42
all around.
00:27:05.39\00:27:09.12
Let us praise...
00:27:09.52\00:27:13.73
let us praise
00:27:14.03\00:27:16.40
Jesus now.
00:27:16.70\00:27:21.24
We are standing
00:27:21.87\00:27:24.44
in His presence
00:27:24.74\00:27:28.01
on holy ground.
00:27:28.51\00:27:31.88
You feel it and sense it?
00:27:32.48\00:27:34.32
Wherever God is
it's holy ground.
00:27:34.55\00:27:36.35
In His presence
00:27:43.19\00:27:45.49
there is joy
00:27:45.89\00:27:48.16
beyond measure.
00:27:48.50\00:27:51.60
And at His feet
00:27:53.34\00:27:57.31
peace of mind
00:27:57.64\00:28:00.98
can still be found.
00:28:01.34\00:28:05.18
If you have a need,
00:28:06.58\00:28:10.39
my God... He has the answer.
00:28:10.69\00:28:16.62
Reach out and claim it
00:28:17.13\00:28:20.10
for child, you are standing
00:28:20.40\00:28:23.67
on holy ground.
00:28:23.97\00:28:27.90
We are standing
00:28:29.77\00:28:35.31
on holy ground
00:28:35.61\00:28:41.05
and I know
00:28:42.52\00:28:44.75
that there are angels
00:28:45.05\00:28:48.92
all around. Think about it.
00:28:49.42\00:28:52.99
Let us... let us praise
00:28:53.50\00:28:58.60
Jesus now.
00:28:59.00\00:29:04.01
We are standing
00:29:05.14\00:29:08.18
in His presence
00:29:08.58\00:29:11.45
on holy ground.
00:29:11.75\00:29:15.32
Sing it with me now:
00:29:15.62\00:29:16.99
We are standing
00:29:17.12\00:29:22.52
on holy ground.
00:29:22.82\00:29:27.60
Stand to your feet with me.
00:29:27.80\00:29:29.13
I know that there are angels
00:29:29.70\00:29:35.24
all around. Let us praise...
00:29:35.64\00:29:40.68
Let us praise... let us praise
00:29:40.98\00:29:46.75
Jesus now.
00:29:47.05\00:29:51.32
We are standing
in His presence...
00:29:52.49\00:29:58.46
we are standing
00:29:58.76\00:30:01.93
in His presence...
00:30:02.13\00:30:04.17
we are standing
00:30:04.47\00:30:07.54
in His presence
00:30:07.74\00:30:10.64
on holy ground.
00:30:13.58\00:30:18.38
On holy ground.
00:30:19.55\00:30:25.49
And everybody
said: "Praise the Lord. "
00:30:26.39\00:30:28.52
Praise the Lord!
You may be seated.
00:30:28.72\00:30:30.53
Praise the Lord!
00:30:32.59\00:30:34.30
Wow! Am I on?
00:30:35.43\00:30:38.90
I will tell you that
the first time I came here
00:30:41.80\00:30:44.81
when they were talking to me
about coming to be the president
00:30:45.21\00:30:49.04
we went into the worship
area. Where we meet in studio B
00:30:50.15\00:30:53.82
we just stand around together.
00:30:54.02\00:30:55.55
And they sang that song.
00:30:56.05\00:31:00.69
In one of the most emotional
times of my entire life...
00:31:01.19\00:31:06.19
In fact, I
slipped out of my shoes
00:31:07.43\00:31:11.10
and my feet were
there on the concrete.
00:31:11.40\00:31:14.84
And I felt a whole
lot like Moses felt
00:31:16.17\00:31:19.14
standing on holy ground. Amen!
00:31:19.17\00:31:23.55
When we see, my friend,
what God is doing world-wide...
00:31:23.75\00:31:27.42
When we see what is
happening in Russia...
00:31:27.62\00:31:30.39
You know, we hear a report
and a report just does not
00:31:30.59\00:31:35.06
somehow catch the
souls that are being touched.
00:31:35.26\00:31:39.83
It's a report. We
hear it; we pass on.
00:31:40.33\00:31:44.40
Last November when we
pulled the switch to start
00:31:45.43\00:31:48.97
satellite now in
Russian around the world
00:31:49.17\00:31:52.84
we increased by $20,000 a month
00:31:53.04\00:31:56.61
what the normal operating is...
00:31:56.85\00:31:58.91
which is about $45,000.
00:31:59.21\00:32:01.22
You made those commitments.
00:32:02.55\00:32:06.86
We're coming down
to the end of the year.
00:32:07.06\00:32:08.39
We're going to be moving
on by faith into another year.
00:32:09.22\00:32:12.36
You see, we add these
things and we had an underwriter
00:32:12.66\00:32:15.43
for last year. We're praying
that the same underwriter
00:32:15.63\00:32:18.63
will come back and
underwrite this year,
00:32:18.73\00:32:20.64
but we have no
assurance of that.
00:32:20.74\00:32:23.14
So pray with us. Amen!
Pull with us and support.
00:32:23.34\00:32:28.71
When you're supporting this
you're supporting the gospel
00:32:28.84\00:32:31.45
to the world: the
second coming of Jesus Christ
00:32:31.55\00:32:34.78
being proclaimed
around the world.
00:32:34.88\00:32:37.72
And that is our
Sabbath School lesson today:
00:32:37.92\00:32:40.66
the second coming. We couldn't
have planned this better
00:32:40.96\00:32:44.43
if we'd have been
planning it ourselves!
00:32:44.63\00:32:46.70
Looked down, they told me...
They said: "You've got to teach
00:32:47.20\00:32:50.07
that class. " And I
said: "All right. What is it? "
00:32:50.17\00:32:54.80
And when I turned and
saw "The second coming"
00:32:55.34\00:32:57.61
I said: "Praise the Lord!
Thank you, Lord. " That's not...
00:32:57.74\00:33:01.01
I don't think that's accidental.
00:33:01.21\00:33:03.14
I think the Lord put it there.
00:33:03.24\00:33:04.78
We have a panel. I'm
going to invite them to come
00:33:05.18\00:33:08.38
and be with us. And Mollie
Steenson, our general manager.
00:33:08.68\00:33:12.92
Brian Hamilton is
director of finance.
00:33:13.12\00:33:16.39
C.A. Murray, our
director of Proclaim!
00:33:16.73\00:33:20.00
And J.D. Quinn,
00:33:20.30\00:33:24.00
who is the director
of pastoral ministries.
00:33:24.17\00:33:27.14
And our director of new
programming Shelley Quinn.
00:33:27.34\00:33:31.04
And several of these
are speakers also on 3ABN.
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Now: our memory verse for today.
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You remember when you
used to go to Sabbath School
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and they'd make you
say the memory verse?
00:33:42.12\00:33:44.09
Some of you remember that.
00:33:45.15\00:33:46.89
Boy, if there was anything
I had to remember it was that.
00:33:47.79\00:33:51.16
Sometimes in the car
mother is making me go over that
00:33:51.46\00:33:54.30
memory verse, you know.
00:33:54.60\00:33:56.30
"Do you know your
memory verse? " - well... and I
00:33:56.60\00:33:58.80
would start to say it. One
of the first that I remembered
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is the memory verse for today.
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And I'm going to ask you to
say it in the King James version
00:34:06.07\00:34:08.88
all right? 'Cause
that's how I learned it.
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Not that much
different in the New King James,
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but it just rolls out easier
for me in the old King James.
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Let's say it
together: "Let not your heart
00:34:20.36\00:34:24.23
be troubled. Ye
believe in God...
00:34:24.43\00:34:27.50
believe also in Me.
00:34:27.70\00:34:29.83
In My Father's
house are many mansions.
00:34:30.17\00:34:34.04
If it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:34:34.34\00:34:39.04
I go to prepare a place for you
00:34:39.34\00:34:42.94
and if I go and
prepare a place for you
00:34:43.24\00:34:47.45
I will come again
00:34:47.75\00:34:51.19
to receive you unto Myself
00:34:51.49\00:34:54.42
that where I am
00:34:54.76\00:34:57.23
there you may be also. " Amen!
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You switched over
to the New King James.
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All right. Well listen,
00:35:05.93\00:35:08.44
I really believe
that text, don't you?
00:35:08.84\00:35:13.07
Amen! He says
"I'm coming again. "
00:35:13.27\00:35:15.78
You know something?
Either He's going to come again
00:35:15.98\00:35:18.45
or you can't believe anything
else that He says, right?
00:35:18.85\00:35:22.18
And we believe
everything that He says
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so we accept the
promise He's coming again.
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And we've got a
great panel here today,
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and what I'm going to do is
move along to each one of them
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and ask them the question.
And then the others can chip in
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if they wish. And we'll
try to get down to each one
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before it's over.
Mollie, going to start with you.
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You know, He promised
that He's gonna come back.
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Now, what does that
mean to you? This promise?
00:35:52.58\00:35:55.95
Well here in John 14:1-3 He says
00:35:56.25\00:36:00.76
"I will come again, "
but the Greek promise for
00:36:00.96\00:36:05.13
I will come again is in
the present tense, emphasizing
00:36:05.23\00:36:09.06
certainty. Don't you
like that word certainty?
00:36:09.26\00:36:11.97
It could have literally been
translated "I am coming again. "
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How many of you
believe that the promises that
00:36:17.61\00:36:20.01
Jesus makes He will keep?
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Now I'm thinking of other
promises that Jesus has made
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in the Bible that will give us
the foundation or the precedent
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for believing that if He makes
a promise He's going to keep
00:36:30.69\00:36:34.06
that promise.
Remember Jairus' daughter?
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What was her condition
when Jesus was called to her?
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Remember what her condition was?
00:36:41.96\00:36:43.70
She was dead.
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But what did Jesus
say to Jairus as father?
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"She'll be well.
" And was she well?
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Did He raise her up? A
condition that you look at it
00:36:53.14\00:36:56.78
from a human perspective
that was a hopeless situation,
00:36:56.98\00:37:00.02
was it not? Yes. But did
Jesus fulfill His promise?
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Did He tell His disciples
that on the third day I will
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rise again? And did He
come up out of that grave?
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Again, humanly thinking,
is that a possibility? No!
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But if Jesus makes the
promise, it's going to happen.
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He said He would
send the Holy Spirit.
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Did the Holy
Spirit come right on time?
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How many of you
received the Holy Spirit?
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Is He still giving His Holy
Spirit - Amen! - to His people?
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See, without this promise
we would be of all people
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I think most miserable.
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But we've got this promise.
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If it wasn't for this
promise do you realize that
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His incarnation -
His first coming -
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would have no meaning.
His resurrection from the dead
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wouldn't have any meaning.
What gives it all meaning,
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what makes
everything all applicable to us
00:37:47.10\00:37:51.07
and gives us such
hope... Do we have hope?
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We have such hope!
It's because we know that
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He's coming again.
And if He comes again
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He's going to fulfill all of
those promises that He's given
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us, Pastor Jim, in His Word.
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Well, you know,
isn't that fantastic?
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I had never tied that promise
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together with those
other promises, Mollie.
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That I feel is a beautiful
beautiful and unique thought.
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That because He's
promised all those other things
00:38:19.13\00:38:21.80
that we see took place
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we can have the assurance
that He is coming back again.
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Yes... amen. He
IS coming back again.
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Now Brian, we've got
the next question which was
00:38:32.51\00:38:35.24
Monday's lesson: why
is He coming? The purpose
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of His... of His
return. What is the real reason
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He's coming back? Well, our
study guide gave four reasons.
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All right. One of
them has to do with reward.
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And when you think of
reward you have to ask yourself
00:38:52.43\00:38:55.13
"Who's going to
get the reward? "
00:38:55.33\00:38:57.57
"What is the reward? "
00:38:57.87\00:38:59.77
And "When is it determined
that the reward... who gets
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whatever reward? " The
second item that the lesson
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touched on was
the idea of injustice.
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We live in a world
with a lot of injustice.
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We've all been treated or
had situations happen to us
00:39:16.48\00:39:20.56
in our lives that were not just.
00:39:20.76\00:39:22.89
When are the injustices
going to be made right?
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Part of the second coming - the
purpose of the second coming -
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is to begin that process
of righting injustices. OK?
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Third, this earth
is... I would describe it
00:39:37.01\00:39:42.84
as the only federal penitentiary
in all of the universe.
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God has one penitentiary,
sadly, in His universe.
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It's not like us here on
earth that have many, many
00:39:54.59\00:39:57.63
prisons and jails
and penitentiaries.
00:39:58.59\00:40:00.63
He has one. And sadly to speak
00:40:00.73\00:40:04.27
that one penitentiary
has a place of solitary
00:40:04.40\00:40:08.50
confinement. It's called
the prison house of death.
00:40:08.70\00:40:12.84
Isn't that true?
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All right. One place
of solitary confinement.
00:40:14.98\00:40:17.15
Everybody that goes
into solitary confinement
00:40:17.45\00:40:20.42
there is a person - a being
- who intends that we would
00:40:20.82\00:40:24.82
never come out of it. We
would stay in that solitary
00:40:25.02\00:40:28.36
confinement by
ourself in darkness forever.
00:40:28.56\00:40:32.73
That's his intention.
00:40:33.23\00:40:34.73
We're talking about Satan.
00:40:35.03\00:40:36.36
But Jesus it says has the
keys - Amen! - to the grave
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and to death.
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And part of the
reason of the second coming,
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Jim, is to open that
place of solitary confinement
00:40:46.68\00:40:50.75
and open that prison
house - that penitentiary.
00:40:51.01\00:40:54.65
Open the doors and
let all of us inmates out.
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That's a good hope for us.
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And the last thing
that it mentioned is -
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and this touches on
Mollie's particular point -
00:41:07.00\00:41:10.77
Jesus made a promise,
and His promise was that
00:41:11.03\00:41:14.77
He was going to come
and get us and take us
00:41:14.97\00:41:18.21
at least for a period
to His home... His home.
00:41:18.31\00:41:22.78
But you know, as
wonderful as that is
00:41:23.21\00:41:26.21
as I was thinking about this,
Jim, that really isn't our home.
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You see, this is our home.
00:41:32.29\00:41:34.26
I mean, this is
where we were born.
00:41:34.76\00:41:36.56
This is where we
fought our struggles.
00:41:36.96\00:41:39.59
This is where we
gain our victories.
00:41:40.10\00:41:42.56
This planet is really our home.
00:41:42.96\00:41:45.87
And if you study the
subject of homecoming further,
00:41:46.37\00:41:49.74
God says: "Yeah, I understand.
00:41:49.94\00:41:53.38
I'm going to move My
home to be where your home was
00:41:53.58\00:41:58.08
and that's going to
be our eternal home. "
00:41:58.38\00:42:01.08
Wow! What a thought.
00:42:01.38\00:42:03.69
What a thought: that He
would bring heaven here!
00:42:03.99\00:42:08.29
And sometimes we
forget the fact that
00:42:08.92\00:42:11.79
this whole sin problem
didn't get started here.
00:42:11.99\00:42:14.13
It got started there.
00:42:14.33\00:42:15.66
And God... He's not
responsible for sin.
00:42:16.10\00:42:20.17
The devil is. But
He took the penalty,
00:42:20.67\00:42:24.01
He took the
responsibility for it,
00:42:24.31\00:42:27.81
though it was not
His responsibility
00:42:28.04\00:42:30.45
and gave His Son who
volunteered. The Bible says
00:42:30.55\00:42:34.35
"the Lamb slain from the
foundation of the world. "
00:42:34.55\00:42:38.49
We talked about
the blood yesterday.
00:42:38.69\00:42:40.89
And you know
something? It's not accidental.
00:42:41.19\00:42:43.66
From the foundation of
the world it was planned
00:42:43.86\00:42:47.96
that He would come to redeem us.
00:42:48.26\00:42:50.27
And then He's going
to move His throne here!
00:42:50.77\00:42:54.04
Wow! I mean that is really...
That's a great thought.
00:42:54.47\00:42:58.31
Now a lot of people
are all upset, mixed up
00:42:58.51\00:43:01.98
and concerned about how
He's going to come back.
00:43:02.18\00:43:05.81
Because there are
different kinds of teachings
00:43:06.35\00:43:09.12
about how Jesus will return.
00:43:09.32\00:43:11.49
And one has been very
prominent in recent years.
00:43:11.89\00:43:16.73
But C.A., tell me:
how will Jesus come back?
00:43:17.13\00:43:21.40
Does the Bible
really clearly tell us?
00:43:21.60\00:43:23.26
The Bible is more than
plain, more than clear,
00:43:23.77\00:43:26.50
on how Christ
is going to return.
00:43:26.74\00:43:28.27
There are really
three general options:
00:43:28.57\00:43:31.97
one... you die and go to Him,
00:43:32.27\00:43:35.58
and you go to Him immediately.
00:43:36.08\00:43:38.08
Well, Revelation 22:20 says:
"Behold I am coming quickly
00:43:38.58\00:43:41.78
and My reward is with Me. "
00:43:41.98\00:43:43.59
So if the first option is
true then Christ is wasting gas
00:43:43.99\00:43:47.16
because He's coming back for
people that are already there.
00:43:47.36\00:43:49.12
So we know that's not true.
00:43:49.52\00:43:51.86
Amen! So then there
are two other options:
00:43:52.06\00:43:54.30
one... He's going to slip in
and take some people with Him
00:43:54.50\00:43:57.93
or He's going to come
back and every eye will see Him
00:43:58.23\00:44:02.04
and everyone will know it.
00:44:02.24\00:44:03.74
OR! Some will slip out
and we won't even know it.
00:44:03.94\00:44:07.61
So we need to deal with that.
00:44:07.91\00:44:09.54
We need to deal with the idea
that either they're going to be
00:44:09.74\00:44:11.95
raptured or not. Either Christ
is coming back publicly or not.
00:44:12.05\00:44:16.89
Now, if you listen to Harold
Camping and some of these people
00:44:17.12\00:44:20.79
He's already come
back several times
00:44:20.99\00:44:22.69
and nobody's known it.
00:44:23.09\00:44:24.49
So that cannot be an answer.
00:44:24.89\00:44:27.20
The problem comes when
you half-read, Jim, a text.
00:44:27.50\00:44:31.50
If the Bible says He's
coming as a thief as it does in
00:44:31.90\00:44:35.77
II Peter 3 and you stop
there you get one opinion.
00:44:36.07\00:44:40.28
But if you continue to
read that verse it says that
00:44:40.58\00:44:43.08
He's coming with a great noise.
00:44:43.28\00:44:45.55
If you read I Thessalonians 4:16
"Behold the Lord shall descend
00:44:45.85\00:44:49.22
from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel
00:44:49.42\00:44:53.09
and the trumpet
or trump of God. "
00:44:53.19\00:44:55.66
So the idea that Christ is
going to slip in or sneak in
00:44:55.96\00:44:59.66
or slide in
unnoticed is not Biblical.
00:45:00.00\00:45:03.70
Even if you go to
Matthew chapter 24
00:45:04.53\00:45:07.07
and the Bible talks
about two being in a field,
00:45:07.27\00:45:09.17
one taken the other left.
00:45:09.27\00:45:10.61
Still, there is this
idea of a great noise.
00:45:10.71\00:45:13.27
Now I'll say this real
quick: several years ago
00:45:13.48\00:45:15.31
I came home from a
funeral. My front door was open
00:45:15.51\00:45:17.65
and I am told I
was being burglarized.
00:45:17.81\00:45:20.92
As I was coming in the house
the young lady was coming out
00:45:21.15\00:45:23.89
of the house with the
last of my possessions.
00:45:24.09\00:45:25.72
TV... gone. Microwave... gone.
00:45:26.02\00:45:28.06
Even my cologne from
the dresser was gone.
00:45:28.26\00:45:30.53
Everything was gone.
00:45:30.93\00:45:32.46
I was being burglarized.
00:45:32.76\00:45:34.10
Now those thieves did
not give me advance notice
00:45:34.20\00:45:37.60
of their coming or
I'd have stayed home.
00:45:37.70\00:45:40.07
Right. They did not announce it.
00:45:40.37\00:45:41.94
So for me I was unprepared.
00:45:42.24\00:45:44.21
God wants us to be
prepared for the greatest event
00:45:44.67\00:45:48.68
in the history of this world,
and that is the redemption
00:45:48.88\00:45:51.75
of the saints of Christ.
So Christ wants us to be very
00:45:51.85\00:45:54.38
very plain and very very sure
about what is going to happen
00:45:54.58\00:45:57.85
and how it's going to happen.
00:45:58.05\00:45:59.72
The Bible says: "Christ
shall come to get His own
00:46:00.06\00:46:03.22
and bring His
reward at that time, and so
00:46:03.26\00:46:05.86
shall we ever be
with the Lord. " Amen!
00:46:06.06\00:46:10.97
Wow! Well
listen... now there's a big
00:46:11.07\00:46:14.94
movie that's coming out and
books that have been written
00:46:15.14\00:46:20.01
about being left
behind. And you mean there is
00:46:20.21\00:46:25.11
real adequate Biblical evidence
that this is not the case?
00:46:25.31\00:46:29.85
More than adequate Biblical
evidence. And by the way,
00:46:30.09\00:46:32.85
ladies and gentlemen, if you
want to by a Left Behind book
00:46:33.05\00:46:37.06
you've got to go
to the fiction section
00:46:37.46\00:46:41.83
of the library
because it is FICTION!
00:46:42.03\00:46:45.80
It is not fact, it
is not Biblical fact,
00:46:46.00\00:46:49.17
it is fiction. So you
put it in the same category
00:46:49.37\00:46:53.24
as you put any
other Hollywood movie,
00:46:53.48\00:46:55.68
Godzilla, or anything else:
00:46:55.88\00:46:57.68
because it's all fiction.
00:46:57.98\00:47:00.82
The Bible is the
truth, the whole truth,
00:47:01.15\00:47:04.49
and nothing but the truth.
00:47:04.69\00:47:06.99
Well let me ask the
panel - any of you here -
00:47:07.49\00:47:09.82
why didn't God
just make this so clear
00:47:10.03\00:47:13.50
like 1, 2, 3, 4 so that there
would be no misunderstanding
00:47:13.70\00:47:18.87
about how these
things take place?
00:47:19.07\00:47:21.84
Help me out! See, to me,
it is as clear as 1, 2, 3, 4.
00:47:23.07\00:47:27.61
Amen. I mean, it's something...
and I'm speaking as someone
00:47:27.91\00:47:31.78
who has read the whole
Left Behind series because
00:47:31.98\00:47:34.58
I came out of a
church that believed that.
00:47:34.78\00:47:37.62
And when I began
really studying... even before
00:47:37.92\00:47:41.72
watching 3ABN... the
Lord showed me in His Word
00:47:42.12\00:47:46.36
the truth about
death... the truth about hell
00:47:46.46\00:47:49.73
as you're studying in the
Greek... and then all of these
00:47:49.86\00:47:53.00
questions that I'd
had about the Left Behind
00:47:53.20\00:47:55.94
suddenly made sense.
You know the Bible says in
00:47:56.14\00:47:59.04
Matthew 24 that He's
coming like lightning.
00:47:59.24\00:48:02.21
It's just going
to be SO visible.
00:48:02.41\00:48:04.65
And He's going to
come, the Bible says,
00:48:04.85\00:48:07.32
with flaming
vengeance for the wicked.
00:48:07.42\00:48:10.19
He says in II
Thessalonians 1:7-10
00:48:10.39\00:48:14.39
He is coming to not just...
He's going to be revealed
00:48:14.49\00:48:18.69
with mighty
angels in flaming fire
00:48:18.89\00:48:21.96
to take vengeance on
those that do not keep His will.
00:48:22.16\00:48:27.70
Acts 1:5-11 says that He's
going to... when He was going
00:48:28.10\00:48:33.48
up, His first
ascension, the angel said:
00:48:33.68\00:48:36.88
"He is coming back in
the very same manner. "
00:48:37.08\00:48:40.22
And throughout the Bible it
doesn't matter where we look
00:48:40.62\00:48:44.62
the Bible tells that
it's going to be a loud event.
00:48:45.02\00:48:48.62
It's going to
be a visible event.
00:48:48.66\00:48:51.29
That every eye shall see Him.
00:48:51.49\00:48:53.93
And I don't know how much more
clear God could have made it.
00:48:54.23\00:48:58.37
Jim, I've got to
agree with Shelley.
00:48:58.57\00:48:59.90
This one is pretty plain. If
you're reading the Word of God
00:49:00.04\00:49:03.10
and your eyes are open
and you're listening...
00:49:03.30\00:49:05.47
The challenge is: you've
got to read the Word of God
00:49:05.67\00:49:09.11
because if anyone trumpets
any doctrine loud enough
00:49:09.31\00:49:12.58
or long enough,
you're going to get followers
00:49:12.78\00:49:14.82
in this day and age. If
you put it on the Internet,
00:49:14.92\00:49:16.89
some people are going to buy it.
00:49:17.09\00:49:18.42
But you've got to
compare scripture with scripture
00:49:18.55\00:49:20.69
and you've got to
stay in the Word of God
00:49:20.89\00:49:22.92
so that you will
not be deceived. Yeah.
00:49:23.12\00:49:25.19
Satan wants you to be deceived
00:49:25.39\00:49:27.00
but truth is here.
And if you read truth
00:49:27.20\00:49:29.73
and you go with prayer,
God will explain truth to you
00:49:29.93\00:49:32.83
and you will understand.
00:49:33.13\00:49:34.47
Somebody else? Brian.
00:49:34.54\00:49:35.87
Two things come to
my mind really quick.
00:49:36.91\00:49:39.31
One is when we've
been taught something
00:49:39.51\00:49:41.91
from our youngest years,
we hang onto that tenaciously
00:49:42.21\00:49:47.52
because it
unsettles us to give that up.
00:49:47.92\00:49:50.69
OK. So that's one
reason why error is perpetrated
00:49:50.99\00:49:54.96
is because of our unwillingness
to give something up that
00:49:55.16\00:49:58.46
we have believed
from our youngest years.
00:49:58.66\00:50:02.40
But secondly, and this is
the thing I find as I'm working
00:50:02.80\00:50:06.13
in prisons either there is...
00:50:06.23\00:50:09.17
We don't usually survey the
whole scripture on a subject.
00:50:10.44\00:50:14.28
We often just pick 2 or
3 verses here and there.
00:50:14.68\00:50:18.35
And it's kind of like you
give up the ton of evidence
00:50:18.65\00:50:23.49
for a pound of
uncertainty. Um-hmm.
00:50:23.69\00:50:26.86
That's what I see
happening in the world today.
00:50:27.06\00:50:28.82
And there's a ton of
evidence. So in other words,
00:50:29.12\00:50:31.43
what we're looking at is
"doctrine by exception. "
00:50:31.63\00:50:34.63
Yes. You've got... like
Pastor Doug was talking about
00:50:34.83\00:50:38.20
the other night with
a question and answer...
00:50:38.40\00:50:40.04
all these hundreds of texts
that say something very clearly
00:50:40.24\00:50:44.31
and one or two texts
that kind of, you'd say
00:50:44.47\00:50:47.94
"Well, what is
that really saying? "
00:50:48.14\00:50:50.15
and you don't interpret
them with that great amount
00:50:50.35\00:50:53.52
of evidence. You try to
interpret them by themselves
00:50:53.72\00:50:56.48
and so it leads to that
kind of a "misunderstanding"
00:50:56.89\00:51:00.79
of a teaching. There's
another historical reason
00:51:00.86\00:51:04.39
on the rapture, and you
know that this goes back
00:51:04.59\00:51:07.50
to an interpretation
that the church of Rome
00:51:07.70\00:51:12.47
wanted to make
sure that we understood
00:51:12.67\00:51:15.24
to change the outcome of
what the prophecy really says.
00:51:15.44\00:51:20.48
Didn't want to go into
that whole Alcazar thing, but I
00:51:20.68\00:51:23.85
wanted to say this: I
have a friend. He's dead now.
00:51:24.05\00:51:27.12
He was the associate district
attorney for Manhattan County.
00:51:27.22\00:51:30.39
He, his wife, and three
children died in that Waco fire
00:51:30.69\00:51:33.59
several years ago. This
was an intelligent person.
00:51:33.79\00:51:36.16
So understanding the Word
of God has nothing to do with
00:51:36.46\00:51:39.33
your degrees, your intelligence,
00:51:39.43\00:51:41.13
how smart you are, how
far you've gone in school.
00:51:41.33\00:51:43.37
It has to do with
opening up your mind
00:51:43.67\00:51:45.50
to the will and way of God
00:51:45.70\00:51:47.37
and surrendering
yourself to the will of God.
00:51:47.57\00:51:49.84
The Bible says: "If
possible... IF POSSIBLE
00:51:50.14\00:51:52.77
the very elect
would be deceived. "
00:51:52.87\00:51:54.41
But they will not
because they will have studied
00:51:54.51\00:51:57.28
the Word of God. So
it behooves each of us
00:51:57.38\00:51:59.78
to study the Word
of God for ourselves
00:52:00.02\00:52:02.98
and know the Word
of God for ourselves.
00:52:03.08\00:52:04.59
Mollie. You know, talking about
believing things that you were
00:52:04.79\00:52:09.09
taught from early on, I was
taught in the secret rapture.
00:52:09.19\00:52:13.70
Have any of you ever
heard of the secret rapture?
00:52:13.80\00:52:15.73
I think I saw a movie years ago
when Hal and I were in Florida
00:52:16.13\00:52:20.24
and like the captain of
the plane would just be gone.
00:52:20.54\00:52:24.21
And you know, people would
just... all of a sudden they
00:52:24.41\00:52:26.91
weren't there. Just
secretly they had left.
00:52:27.01\00:52:29.81
And... But then I
read I Thessalonians
00:52:30.25\00:52:33.52
and you know
that's a very noisy book.
00:52:33.62\00:52:35.85
A lot of shouting and
trumpets and things going on.
00:52:36.25\00:52:39.99
And in thinking about
this you know, when Jesus came
00:52:40.39\00:52:43.66
the first time it was
very quietly, was it not?
00:52:43.76\00:52:47.10
But boy, when He
comes the second time
00:52:47.30\00:52:49.80
He's going to come as the King
of kings and the Lord of lords
00:52:50.00\00:52:53.17
and there's not going to
be any question of His coming.
00:52:53.37\00:52:56.17
You know, Shelley mentioned it.
00:52:56.47\00:52:57.81
It likens... the
Bible likens to Him coming
00:52:57.84\00:53:00.18
as lightning. And you
know you can't hide lightning.
00:53:00.38\00:53:03.78
Everybody sees the lightning.
00:53:03.98\00:53:05.55
And so He doesn't want
to... for us not to know.
00:53:05.85\00:53:10.02
He doesn't want us to
be deceived. He wants us
00:53:10.22\00:53:12.15
to know that He's coming,
and He's coming to receive us
00:53:12.35\00:53:15.19
unto Himself. Now
somebody says: "But look,
00:53:15.29\00:53:17.89
OK, so He's coming. We're
going to know when He gets here
00:53:17.99\00:53:21.06
no matter what it is.
What danger would there be
00:53:21.26\00:53:25.10
in believing in a
secret return? " Shelley?
00:53:25.30\00:53:29.64
Well, let me say this thought
first. I think that ties in
00:53:29.74\00:53:32.97
to it. What Mollie said just
kind of launched this in me.
00:53:33.07\00:53:37.15
People used to ask me:
"Are you pre-trib, mid-trib,
00:53:37.35\00:53:41.32
or post-trib? " In other words,
00:53:41.52\00:53:43.12
Do you think that you're
going to heaven before the
00:53:43.32\00:53:46.02
tribulation? In the
middle of the tribulation?
00:53:46.12\00:53:48.32
Which is what some...
Or after the tribulation?
00:53:48.52\00:53:51.29
And I used to say:
"It doesn't matter!
00:53:51.49\00:53:53.93
Just as long as I go. "
00:53:54.13\00:53:55.90
But what Mollie said
about Christ's first coming
00:53:56.10\00:53:58.80
when He came so quietly
00:53:59.10\00:54:01.80
see, the Jewish
nation missed the coming
00:54:02.20\00:54:07.48
of the Messiah because
they had the wrong idea
00:54:07.64\00:54:13.42
of His coming. They expected
Him to come in as a king.
00:54:13.62\00:54:17.65
I believe that we will
miss the coming of the Messiah
00:54:18.15\00:54:22.69
if we don't understand
that it's not a secret rapture.
00:54:22.89\00:54:26.83
We've got to be prepared
to go through the tribulation
00:54:27.03\00:54:30.57
knowing that He will
keep His... He will bring us
00:54:30.77\00:54:36.04
in like chickens...
little chicks under His wing
00:54:36.24\00:54:38.61
and protect us. But
if we don't understand
00:54:38.91\00:54:42.11
His second coming we'll be
just like the Jewish nation
00:54:42.31\00:54:46.01
missing the first
coming. But Shelley,
00:54:46.21\00:54:48.52
we won't miss it but we
might not be prepared for it.
00:54:48.72\00:54:52.25
We're all going
to see it, but...
00:54:52.55\00:54:56.29
Let me just give a
little personal testimony here.
00:54:56.56\00:54:59.63
I think this fits in
here. I was raised a SDA.
00:54:59.83\00:55:03.16
I went through our schools.
00:55:03.47\00:55:06.23
Was very well grounded,
and then I don't know exactly
00:55:06.53\00:55:10.94
what happened, but then I found
myself evolving from the church.
00:55:11.14\00:55:15.18
And that's a good word: evolving
00:55:15.48\00:55:18.18
because you just kind of
erode into the background
00:55:18.48\00:55:21.88
somehow or the other.
00:55:22.08\00:55:23.52
And so then I find myself
really not believing in anything
00:55:23.82\00:55:27.46
but yet believing
in error... in all.
00:55:27.72\00:55:30.13
It's very confusing.
00:55:30.43\00:55:32.33
And then I met Shelley, and
it was very important to Shelley
00:55:32.63\00:55:35.36
that she dated a
Christian young man.
00:55:35.56\00:55:37.57
Well, I looked at Shelley.
00:55:37.83\00:55:39.53
"Well, I can be a
good Christian young man. "
00:55:39.73\00:55:42.14
And so I bought into that,
and I started going to church
00:55:45.61\00:55:48.88
with her. And at this time
00:55:48.91\00:55:52.11
I was more in years
and I was more mature
00:55:52.31\00:55:55.35
and I wanted what she had
00:55:55.55\00:55:59.05
because she was very sincere.
00:55:59.45\00:56:02.69
I wanted it. And as we're
going to the different churches
00:56:03.19\00:56:08.03
I tried... I tried
hard to understand.
00:56:08.23\00:56:13.44
But oh, my goodness,
my brothers and sisters,
00:56:13.64\00:56:16.17
that good seed that had
been planted early in my life
00:56:16.57\00:56:20.78
would not let go. Amen! And
something just wasn't right.
00:56:22.34\00:56:27.72
The rapture just
didn't make any sense.
00:56:27.92\00:56:30.59
Not that I could
explain the other perfectly
00:56:31.02\00:56:33.96
but enough good
seed had been planted
00:56:34.36\00:56:37.23
that the Holy Spirit
knew how to work in my heart.
00:56:37.43\00:56:40.40
And I think there's many people
that grew up in the church
00:56:40.70\00:56:43.57
and evolved out of the church
00:56:43.77\00:56:45.17
and now are beginning to
come back into the church.
00:56:45.37\00:56:47.54
So anyway, what I
wanted to say is that if you do
00:56:48.47\00:56:53.81
want to know more
"present day truth"
00:56:53.91\00:56:57.15
the thing that I didn't realize
is just say "Holy Spirit, help
00:56:57.55\00:57:01.62
me. Let these things
make some sense to me.
00:57:01.72\00:57:06.62
Let me be able to
connect the dots. "
00:57:06.76\00:57:08.46
And I'll guarantee you,
if it's a spiritual issue
00:57:08.76\00:57:11.56
God always answers. Amen.
00:57:11.96\00:57:16.26
You know, we have a
real varied example here
00:57:16.56\00:57:20.84
of people who have received
the truth of the three angels'
00:57:20.97\00:57:25.17
messages. I'm going
to start with Mollie.
00:57:25.37\00:57:28.94
Mollie did... She was a
member of another congregation.
00:57:29.14\00:57:33.62
Another group. She and her
husband actually were pastors
00:57:33.82\00:57:36.82
of a charismatic church.
00:57:37.02\00:57:39.45
Now, for them to make a change
00:57:39.85\00:57:44.16
and begin to understand
what the Bible teaches on these
00:57:44.36\00:57:48.13
subjects and to step
out from that, folks,
00:57:48.33\00:57:52.50
you weigh that
for a minute. Yes!
00:57:52.70\00:57:55.20
Some of us could not
even go against our families
00:57:55.50\00:57:59.01
if it was what they
were going to have for dinner
00:57:59.21\00:58:01.41
on Sabbath, you
know what I mean?
00:58:01.61\00:58:03.21
And... or we couldn't stand
up against things like that.
00:58:03.55\00:58:07.02
They were standing up,
and this is a congregation
00:58:07.12\00:58:11.99
that they are a part of
and leading and pastors.
00:58:12.19\00:58:16.39
And they could go
to another congregation
00:58:16.73\00:58:18.59
even if things didn't
particularly work out there.
00:58:18.79\00:58:21.80
So now we have this example.
00:58:21.90\00:58:23.57
Now Brian was raised
by missionary parents:
00:58:23.87\00:58:28.10
people who loved the Lord.
00:58:28.40\00:58:30.21
But you know there
came a time in his life
00:58:30.61\00:58:32.81
where he had to make
his own decision as well.
00:58:33.01\00:58:36.28
But here's Brian, and he
had that fortunate experience
00:58:36.68\00:58:42.18
of being raised in the
church, staying in the church
00:58:42.38\00:58:44.95
all of his particular life.
00:58:45.25\00:58:47.46
Wonderful! I absolutely...
00:58:47.72\00:58:50.83
This is just another example.
I am giving every example.
00:58:51.99\00:58:55.26
This is a guy who
at 7 I think it was...
00:58:55.66\00:58:59.10
His folks were not members
of this church or maybe any
00:58:59.97\00:59:03.27
church, and then a neighbor
says "Would you like to go to
00:59:03.41\00:59:07.84
Sabbath School with us? "
Aren't you glad they did that?
00:59:07.94\00:59:12.18
Amen! And they
took little Clement...
00:59:12.48\00:59:15.42
What's your middle name?
00:59:15.65\00:59:18.29
to Sabbath School with them.
00:59:22.82\00:59:26.09
Listen... this guy has got...
00:59:26.49\00:59:28.16
This man's got quite a story.
God has really led him through.
00:59:29.86\00:59:33.67
You know that we were talking
about a little two-year-old
00:59:34.04\00:59:37.74
or three-year-old,
whatever- reading Braille.
00:59:38.04\00:59:40.41
His first reading
was Braille, folks.
00:59:40.71\00:59:43.35
And God gave him eyes.
Were you about 7 or 8 when
00:59:43.75\00:59:47.85
He gave? He was 10 years
old before he was sighted,
00:59:48.05\00:59:52.89
all right? And the
devil keeps trying to take
00:59:54.26\00:59:57.23
that eyesight away.
Please put him high on your
00:59:57.43\01:00:00.40
prayer list. We love this guy.
He is so much a part of this
01:00:00.60\01:00:04.87
ministry and of our lives.
01:00:05.07\01:00:07.67
Please put him
high on your list.
01:00:07.97\01:00:09.74
Now this is another example.
This one... he had the message.
01:00:10.14\01:00:14.98
He went away from it
01:00:15.28\01:00:17.15
but the promise was always
there: "If you raise up a child
01:00:17.35\01:00:20.92
in the way he should go, when
he is old he will not depart
01:00:21.08\01:00:25.52
from it. " And then
there's this one who
01:00:25.72\01:00:29.86
again -
particularly like these two -
01:00:30.06\01:00:34.10
stands up against
family, friends. People thought
01:00:35.43\01:00:40.74
"She's
absolutely lost her mind. "
01:00:40.94\01:00:43.61
She had even a teaching
ministry in another denomination
01:00:43.81\01:00:47.91
but when she found the truth
01:00:48.21\01:00:51.25
she said: "I've
got to follow it. "
01:00:51.55\01:00:53.72
Not long ago my
wife... We were at a funeral
01:00:54.22\01:00:57.95
and there were some loving,
kind, wonderful people there.
01:00:58.15\01:01:01.02
And some of them
completely totally believe
01:01:02.62\01:01:07.30
the message of the three angels
01:01:07.50\01:01:09.83
but they're so
caught up in family...
01:01:10.17\01:01:13.67
just the ritual of going
to church at a certain time
01:01:15.34\01:01:20.98
in a certain
place on a certain day.
01:01:21.18\01:01:23.35
Eating certain
things for Sunday dinner.
01:01:24.48\01:01:27.98
And the ritual of
family is so strong
01:01:29.42\01:01:34.82
that they're not
willing to pull away.
01:01:35.79\01:01:37.53
There may be some of you
watching by television today.
01:01:37.63\01:01:40.43
You know the truth.
My friend, I ask you
01:01:40.50\01:01:45.10
please have the
courage to stand out.
01:01:45.30\01:01:47.74
Like... we see a group here
that is just very reflective
01:01:48.24\01:01:53.68
of the opportunities, the
chances... the backgrounds
01:01:53.88\01:01:59.05
of individuals and then the
opportunity and how we address
01:01:59.25\01:02:03.89
truth. There's some of you that
have gone all the way through
01:02:04.09\01:02:07.56
our schools like Brian
but you have slipped away.
01:02:07.76\01:02:10.83
You have gotten cold.
01:02:10.99\01:02:12.86
Brian didn't get
cold... praise the Lord!
01:02:13.06\01:02:14.96
But you need to come back.
01:02:16.46\01:02:19.73
You at home right now.
You're watching on television
01:02:20.34\01:02:23.07
and you're thinking: "You know,
I... the time of the end is
01:02:23.27\01:02:27.38
coming. Jesus is coming again -
01:02:27.48\01:02:31.71
Amen - and I must be ready. "
01:02:31.91\01:02:34.92
Whatever you do, my
friend, please do get ready.
01:02:36.42\01:02:40.06
Now J.D. A lot of
people are wondering.
01:02:40.26\01:02:43.86
We talk about Christ coming
back. We talk about the manner
01:02:44.06\01:02:47.86
of His coming.
And I remember that
01:02:47.96\01:02:52.27
you talk about the manner...
Hal Lindsey at least 7 different
01:02:52.47\01:02:57.31
times gave us dates
when He was going to come.
01:02:57.41\01:03:00.08
And Harold Camping
has done the same thing
01:03:00.91\01:03:03.08
a couple of times.
01:03:03.18\01:03:04.51
Way back in our history it was
not a Seventh-day Adventist...
01:03:04.61\01:03:09.68
William Miller was a
Baptist lay preacher.
01:03:09.78\01:03:12.82
People sometimes say:
"Well, he was a Seventh... "
01:03:13.02\01:03:15.32
No, he was not. He
never kept the Sabbath.
01:03:15.52\01:03:17.46
He was a Baptist lay preacher.
01:03:17.96\01:03:20.40
He had the truth
that Jesus is coming again
01:03:20.70\01:03:24.43
that had been lost sight of.
01:03:24.63\01:03:26.03
But he was just really
wrong on this deal of when,
01:03:27.07\01:03:32.17
and he thought
he could figure out
01:03:33.04\01:03:34.64
exactly when Christ was coming.
01:03:34.78\01:03:36.85
When IS He coming, J.D.?
01:03:37.68\01:03:39.51
Well I can tell you
that it does make big news.
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Yes, you can get your name
in the newspaper and everything
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if you truly think that
you have the right date.
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It does make the front page.
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It also makes the
front page the following day.
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And as Christ is sitting there
after the Lord's Supper and
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He's talking to His disciples.
And He certainly had their
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attention because
they're going to a place now
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that they haven't
really gone before, and that is
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"What's going to happen to You,
Jesus, whenever You go away? "
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And He's sitting there
and He says as they're looking
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over Jerusalem.
Here's the Mount of Olives.
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And it's a little hill over here
and then goes a little valley
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and then here's Jerusalem
and there's the temple there.
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And I mean... If you have an
opportunity to go, please go.
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They've got stone there that's
running the length of this room
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here. How in the world
they ever got one stone
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that big and put it in place
much well thousands of stones
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like that. And as they're
looking there upon Jerusalem,
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that mighty, mighty temple,
He says: "This is going to be
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thrown down. " And they
just cannot believe that.
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And sure enough, in
AD 70 it was thrown down.
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This caught my attention
because I was thinking about...
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I was thinking about
this: how in the world
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can some man come in and
pull and tear this temple down
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when you've got stones
that weigh tons upon tons
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upon tons. And then
in manuscripts in 1906
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Mrs. White wrote this.
Please listen to this because
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this brings a big period
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of what God can do at His time.
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"Fate of the temple in
Jerusalem: that magnificent
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structure fell.
Angels of God were sent to
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do the work of destruction
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so that no one stone
was left upon another
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that was not thrown down. "
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It was time. It was prophesied
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in AD 70 that
this would come down.
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The angels
assisted at that time.
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But now the angels
are wondering themselves
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"When are You going
to get Your people? "
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Nobody knows. Very simple.
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Amen. Nobody knows.
No. All right... thank you.
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Now... But the
last part of our lesson
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gives us a command to what?
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To watch and be
ready. Thursday's lesson
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uses a quote of Jesus
from Matthew chapter 25
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verses 42 and 44.
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He says: "Watch
therefore for you do not know
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what hour your Lord is coming.
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Therefore you also be ready
for the Son of Man is coming
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in an hour that
you do not know. "
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You know, when we think
about this James tells us
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that we must exercise patience.
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And just like the
farmer who plants the seed
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and there's the early
rain and the latter rain
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but he says:
"You also be patient.
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Establish your hearts
for the coming of the Lord
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is at hand. Behold, the
Judge is standing at the door...
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even at the door. "
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We must have hearts that
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are plowed up so that
when the latter rain comes
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we will be able to soak it in.
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We know that Jesus
said He's coming as a thief,
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but Paul wrote
to the Thessalonians
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in I Thessalonians 5
beginning with verse 1
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he said: "Concerning the
times and seasons, brethren,
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you have no need
that I should write to you
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for you yourselves
know perfectly well
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that the day of the Lord so
comes as a thief in the night.
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For when they say
'peace and safety'
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then sudden
destruction comes upon them
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as labor pains
upon a pregnant woman
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and they shall not escape. "
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But then listen to what
he says to the believer:
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"But you brethren
are not in darkness
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so that this day should
overtake you as a thief. "
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We are to watch and be ready.
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Jesus told the church
of Sardis in Revelation 3
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that they needed to
repent, to turn around,
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to watch, or else He
would come upon them as a thief.
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And we must understand
this: don't be frightened
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by it because it's the
most joyous event in the world.
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But the Bible also promises
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that God is the One who
is going to make us ready.
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I Corinthians 1:4-9
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says that as we: "Eagerly
await the revelation of our Lord
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Jesus Christ who will
also confirm us to the end
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so that we may be blameless
in the day of our Lord. "
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It is God Paul
told the Thessalonians
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in I Thessalonians 5:23-24...
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He said: "May the
God of peace Himself
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sanctify you completely
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and make your whole
spirit, soul, and body
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preserved blameless at the
coming of our Lord and Savior
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Jesus Christ. He who calls you
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is faithful and
He will also do it. "
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So the imperative is we
are to watch and to be ready.
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What it means to be ready
is that we have to surrender
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control of our life to the Lord
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and receive His Holy Spirit.
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And as we receive the Spirit
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God works in us and He's
the One that makes us blameless.
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Amen! Amen! Well listen,
even when error is taught
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God turns it for good
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because the emphasis
upon some of these teachings
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have focused people on the
fact that He is coming again.
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And if they're
really seeking truth
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they are going to find it.
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I want to thank our
panel for each one of these
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thoughts that they
have presented to us.
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Jesus is coming
again. Let's stand and sing
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Lift up the trumpet
and loud let it ring.
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Lift up the trumpet
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and loud let it ring:
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Jesus is coming again!
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Cheer up, ye
pilgrims... be joyful and sing:
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Jesus is coming again!
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Coming again!
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Coming again!
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Jesus is coming again!
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Let's sing that verse again.
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Father God, as we come
now to the close of this
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service and prepare
our hearts for worship
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we ask that You
may prepare our souls
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for eternal
habitation with Thee.
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You have made
the salvation process
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awfully simple: "Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ
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and you will be saved. "
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It's awfully simple, Lord,
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but if we neglect salvation
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it's simply awful.
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