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Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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- Hello listening friends.
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Would you like to
hear an amazing fact?
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Authorities in Sri Lanka say
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the world's largest
star sapphire cluster
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has been found in a
backyard by accident.
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A gem trader said the
stone was found by workman
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digging a well behind his home
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in the gem-rich Ratnapura area.
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The cluster weighs
around 1,124 pounds
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or 2.5 million carats,
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and has been named
the Serendipity Sapphire.
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Experts say the stone,
which is pale blue in color,
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has an estimated
value of up to 100 million
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in the international market.
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Mr. Gamage, the
owner of the stone, said,
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"The person who
was digging the well
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"alerted us
about some rare stones.
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"Later we stumbled
upon this huge specimen."
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He didn't wanna give us
his full name or location
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for obvious security reasons.
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Along with
diamonds, rubies and emeralds,
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sapphires are considered
among the most valuable gems.
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The huge stone is believed to be
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the largest sapphire
cluster in the world.
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You know, Pastor Ross,
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sapphires are mentioned
more than any other precious gem
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in the Bible.
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- Yes, Pastor Doug, it's
amazing when you think about it.
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I mean, you've got the
Bible speaking of sapphires
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in the second book
of the Bible, Exodus,
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and then you find the
last book of the Bible,
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the Book of Revelation,
again mentions sapphire.
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And I understand that they're
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one of four of the most
precious stones on Earth,
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but also four precious
stones spoken of in the Bible.
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- That's right, yeah.
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And it's mentioned
several times, Ezekiel.
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In fact, well, let's
give folks a few samples.
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It's a Bible answer program,
let's use some Bible here.
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Exodus 24:10.
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It says:
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When this is not long
after the 10 Commandments
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were given and the people
drew near the Mountain of God
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and they saw the God of Israel
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and there was under
His feet, as it were,
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a paved work of sapphire stone,
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and it was like the
very heavens in its clarity.
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You know what it's like?
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Sapphire's a blue sparkling,
kind of a heavenly color.
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And on the High Priest,
he used to wear an ephod.
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And on the ephod
or the breast plate,
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there were 12 stones and
every stone was different,
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and one of those
stones is a sapphire.
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Which is interesting because
the Bible also tells us that
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Satan, before he was
Satan he was Lucifer,
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one of God's great angels,
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and it tells us that he
had many of the same stones
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as the High Priest,
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these beautiful gems that
he wore, sapphire is mentioned.
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But then when
you get to Revelation
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and it talks about
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the foundation
stones of the new Jerusalem,
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says there are 12 foundations
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and each foundation
is a precious stone.
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And of course among
them is a sapphire stone.
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And some people think,
"Well, how can that be real?
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"Gates of pearl,
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"12 glorious gem
foundation stones."
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It is real. It's very real.
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And God has prepared a city.
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Those things don't wear away.
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The pyramids
are still here today
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'cause they're made of mineral.
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God is gonna make the
new Jerusalem out of minerals
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that will last forever.
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You know, Pastor
Doug, sometimes people,
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they read the
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and then they try and calculate
what Heaven would be like
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based on human
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and it just seems so
spectacular it's beyond belief.
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But what we need
to recognize is that
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what the Bible tells us that
we can't even begin to imagine
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the things that God has prepared
for those that love Him.
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- Absolutely.
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- All right, well before we
get to the program this evening,
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as we always do, we
like to start with prayer.
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- [Doug] Yes.
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- So let's do that.
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Dear Father, we thank You
once again for this opportunity
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to open up Your Word, the
Bible, and study together.
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And Father, we ask Your
blessing upon this program.
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Be with the people who are
listening wherever they are,
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across this country
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and even in other
places around the world.
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Father, we know the greatest
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and most
important thing for us to do
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is to come to a saving knowledge
of You through Your Word.
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So bless our time today.
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For we ask this
in Jesus' name, amen.
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- Amen.
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- Well, Pastor Doug, we do
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We have our first
caller for this evening.
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We have Somme who's
listening from Massachusetts.
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Somme, welcome to the program.
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- [Somme] Hi, thank
you for taking my call.
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I have a question
about the four angels
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that surround the throne of God.
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- [Doug] Mm-hmm.
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- [Somme] And first of
all, I wondered if they,
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if Lucifer used
to be one of them.
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And secondly, why do they
cry out, "Holy, holy, holy?"
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I know that it appeared in
Isaiah 6 and also Revelation 4.
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- [Doug] Right.
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- [Somme] I just
wanna know your thoughts
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about these two things.
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- Okay. You're right.
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There's only two places
in the Bible where it says,
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"Holy, holy, holy," three times,
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and you've mentioned there
Isaiah 6 and in Revelation 4.
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There's a little
difference in the vision.
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In Isaiah 6 it says there's
two Seraphim by the throne.
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That sounds more in
keeping with the two Cherubim
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by the throne or the mercy
seat in the Ark of the Covenant
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and in the Jewish temple.
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But when we get to Revelation,
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it talks about the four
creatures around God's throne.
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I think there's more
symbolism being used there.
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You ask now, "Was
Lucifer one of them?"
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I think Lucifer was
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one of the two covering
Cherubs by the throne of God
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because it says, now
is it Isaiah or Ezekiel,
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it says, "Thou art the
anointed Cherub that covereth."
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And either Isaiah 14
or Ezekiel 28 says that.
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And there's two
big passages on Lucifer
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in those sections of the Bible.
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But in regard to
your other question,
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"What's the meaning of the four
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"and why does it
say, 'Holy, holy, holy?'"
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Well some have
said that in Hebrew,
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when you wanna say something's
great, you repeat it.
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If you say
someone's handsome, you say,
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"He is handsome, handsome."
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If you really, really, really
wanted to emphasize something,
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you'd never go beyond three.
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You'd say, "They're
handsome, handsome, handsome.
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"Strong, strong, strong."
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When it says that,
"God is holy, holy, holy,"
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that means He is perfectly,
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the perfect definition
of holiness in Hebrew.
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They would emphasize
things by repeating it.
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That's why Jesus sometimes said,
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"Verily, verily, I say to you."
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He said, "You better
pay attention. Sit up.
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"This is gonna
be very important."
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That passage?
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- Yes, I was actually gonna
mention before we get to that,
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we have a whole
study guide, Pastor Doug,
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talking about the Devil.
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- Yeah.
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- It's called, "Did
God Create a Devil?"
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And it deals with
those passages in Isaiah
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that describes
Lucifer before the fall
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and there it refers to
him as a covering Cherub.
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And there's a lot of other
bible verses that you can find.
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So if you'd like to
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and just ask for the
Amazing Fact study guide.
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It's called, "Did
God Create a Devil?"
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It's got all the
Bible verses there.
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And then one
additional thought, Pastor Doug,
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about the four living creatures.
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It's
interesting when you look at
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the description in Revelation 4,
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it says that they had six wings
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and their constant
cries, "Holy, holy, holy."
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The first is a
face like unto a lion,
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the second like unto a calf,
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the third like to a man,
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the fourth like
unto a flying eagle.
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And when you look at the
description that we find,
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it kinda helps direct us
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or help us understand
the ministry of Christ.
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He's the lion, He's the King,
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He's the one who
came to bear our sins,
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He's our High Priest in Heaven,
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He's coming as an eagle, as
King of kings and Lord of lords.
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So some interesting
parallels that we see there
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in Revelation 4.
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Thank you for your call.
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Our next caller
that we have is Jeff
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and he is listening in Montana.
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Jeff, welcome to the program.
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- [Jeff] Good evening.
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- Evening.
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- [Jeff] I wanted to
know is there any connection
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or significance
between the annual tribute
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that Solomon
received in 1 Kings 10:14
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of 666 talents of gold
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and the number of
the beast in Revelation?
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- You know,
that's a great question.
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I've wondered that before.
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I think there's
two places in the Bible
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you find that number.
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One of them is that
it tells us in 1 Kings
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that there came to Solomon in
one year, 666 talents of gold.
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The thing that strikes me
about the mention of that number
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is with the reign of David,
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the kingdom was
just doing great.
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Israel had conquered
all of their enemies,
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David subdued all
the surrounding nations,
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and you could go through
and name every one of them.
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He subdued them,
they were paying tribute.
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Then Solomon becomes King
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and everything goes
from good to better.
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He's a godly
King. He loves the Lord.
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All nations are coming to
Israel, like the Queen of Sheba,
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to find out about God.
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They build the
temple of the Lord.
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Solomon builds
this incredible palace.
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His reputation for wisdom
is going around the world.
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And then it says in one year,
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666 talents came to Israel.
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And the next chapter says:
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But Solomon loved many women.
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And from there
the kingdom goes down.
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So it's like the
mention of this number happens
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and it shifts from God to man,
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just like man was
made on the sixth day.
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And so 666 is
like the number four.
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It's the number of a man
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and it's talking
about manmade worship.
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From that point on, the
kingdom just goes downhill.
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So I thought
that's an interesting,
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it's like they
turned around a pole
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and ran the other
direction when they got to 666.
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So that's all that
I've come up with on that.
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Jeff, does that make any sense?
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- [Jeff] Yes, it does.
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Yeah. Especially when you talk
about the very next chapter.
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- Yeah.
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Everything turned south
right after the mention of 666.
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It's amazing.
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So hey, thank you so much.
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That's a good point.
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- Okay, our next caller
that we have is Kathleen
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listening from Arizona.
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Kathleen,
welcome to the program.
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- [Kathleen] Hi. Thank you.
00:11:16.37\00:11:17.81
Hi Pastor Doug and Pastor Ross.
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My question is
regarding Galatians 6.
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In verse two it says:
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Bear you one another's burdens
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and so fulfill
the law of Christ.
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But then you go down
to verse five and it says:
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For every man shall
bear his own burden.
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So it seems to me
like it's a contradiction.
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- Yeah, well, I think
what Paul is saying is that
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when we love our
brother, it's like Jesus says it
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and Paul says it
in another place,
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that all of commandment
is summed up in this:
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To love your
neighbor as yourself.
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Paul is simply saying that
00:11:53.48\00:11:54.94
when you really
love your neighbor,
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you're fulfilling
the 10 Commandments,
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at least the
commandments that deal with
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your love for your fellow man.
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But when he says, "Every
man will bear his burden,"
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it means that we will all
answer to God for our life.
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And everyone does
have a cross to bear.
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So he's really
using the term I think
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in two different ways there.
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- [Kathleen] Okay.
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- You know Jesus said, "Come
after me. Take up your cross."
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We bear the cross after Christ.
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- And I think you'd also
add to that a little bit.
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Everybody has a burden to bear
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and that's the point
that Paul is emphasizing.
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We all have burdens to bear,
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therefore, let's
help one another.
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We can bear one another's burden
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because everyone
has their own burden
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that they have to bear.
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- [Kathleen] True, True.
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Okay, thank you very much.
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- All right, thanks so much.
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- Okay, next caller
that we have is Damon
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listening from Oklahoma City.
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Damon, welcome to the program.
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- [Damon] Thank
you. How you guys doing?
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- We're doing a lot
better than we deserve.
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How are you doing?
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- [Damon] I'm doing pretty good.
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- And your question tonight?
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- [Damon] Yeah, my
question was over Isaiah 45:7.
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I've seen some
atheists try to use this.
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In some bibles it says
God created light and darkness
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and it says in
some Bibles it says God
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created good and evil.
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And I've seen some atheists
try to use that and say,
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"See there, God created evil."
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So I was just wanting to know
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how do you guys
actually break down that verse?
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Or does it supposed
to say evil there or not?
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- Yeah, the word
when he says this in
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that passage there in Isaiah.
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- Isaiah 45:7 is the verse.
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- Yeah. He's not
saying that God creates evil.
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The word there is
really that He sends judgment.
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And it is true that
God will send judgment.
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So it's talking
about when he says, "Evil,"
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you read there the
context Isaiah's talking about
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disasters that were
gonna come upon God's people
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'cause they
turned away from God.
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And He was gonna allow that.
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And so in that
sense you might say,
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"Well, people would
think a disaster is evil."
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But when people turn away
from the Lord, they reject God,
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they reject His
protection from the Devil,
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and so in that sense He's like,
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"You're saying you chase me away
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"and I'm your
hedge of protection.
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"A Devil's gonna get to you."
00:14:08.74\00:14:10.85
And even in the story
of Job, the Devil said,
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"You've put a hedge
of angels about him.
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"But if you move your
hedge and I get to touch him,
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"he'll curse you."
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And God says, "All
right, I'm gonna back off
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"to show you that you're wrong."
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So that's the big question is,
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is God guilty of sending evil
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when He
withdraws His protection?
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And the Lord, He did
send a flood on Noah.
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So people would say,
"Well, is that evil?"
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God didn't make evil but
He does judge wickedness.
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- [Damon] Mm.
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- Does that help, Damon?
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- [Damon] Yeah,
that does help a lot.
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- I've heard people
use the verse that way
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and they wanna make it sound
like, "See, God made evil."
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But you could also, if
they believe the Bible,
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I mean they're reading the Bible
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to try and prove God made evil.
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Read the part of
the Bible where it says:
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Every good and
perfect gift comes from God.
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And you can read in Genesis
where God makes the world,
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says, "Everything was
good, good, very good."
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And you get to chapter three
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and men decided not to
believe the Word of God
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and that's when evil came in.
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- Mm-hmm.
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You know we do
have that study guide,
00:15:11.24\00:15:11.91
we mentioned it earlier,
00:15:11.91\00:15:13.01
it's called, "Did
God Create a Devil?"
00:15:13.01\00:15:14.88
And it deals
with this question of,
00:15:14.88\00:15:17.15
if God is good, why does
He allow bad things to happen?
00:15:17.15\00:15:20.38
And we'll be happy to
send this to anyone who calls
00:15:20.38\00:15:22.58
and asks.
00:15:22.58\00:15:23.72
The number to call
for that is 800-835-6747.
00:15:23.72\00:15:27.19
And you can ask for the
Amazing Fact study guide.
00:15:27.19\00:15:29.16
It's called, "Did
God Create a Devil?"
00:15:29.16\00:15:31.96
Next caller
that we have is Alex.
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And Alex is
listening from Tennessee.
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Alex, welcome to the program.
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- [Alex] Hey! Hello
Pastor Doug. Hello Pastor Jean.
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- Hi.
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- [Alex] So I had a question
00:15:43.10\00:15:44.24
and I just found
the verse to back it up
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where in Hebrews
9:22 where it says:
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And almost all things are
by the law purged with blood
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and without shedding of
blood there's no remission,
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which is usually
referring to sin.
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So I was wondering
why do you need to use,
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why did God require
blood for the sacrifices?
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I mean, for remission of sins?
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Could there have been
some alternative or something?
00:16:04.96\00:16:07.73
- Yeah, well blood is the
epitome of an example of life.
00:16:07.73\00:16:12.23
And it says in the Bible, and
it's in Genesis, Pastor Ross,
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it's in a
couple places, I think.
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It may be in Leviticus too.
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The life is in the blood.
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The life is in the blood.
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And so when the
penalty for sin is death
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and when Jesus
poured out His blood,
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it's like He gave His life.
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Every single cell in your body
is fed and cleansed by blood
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and when a person
loses their blood, they die.
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And so it's always
become sort of a symbol
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that blood was an atonement
'cause it represented a life.
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Now the Jews did not believe in
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where people
would prick their finger
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and you'd use a
little bit of blood
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to become blood brothers.
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I remember when I
was a kid we did that.
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I don't know where we got that.
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We heard that's how you
become Indian blood brothers.
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We need to prick our fingers
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and we touch the blood together.
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And the Jews
didn't have a ceremony
00:17:01.65\00:17:04.55
where you used a
little bit of your blood.
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When you gave your
blood it was because you died.
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They would cut the
throat of the lamb.
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It required a death
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and so the blood
became a symbol of that.
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- And of course it ties
into the cost of redemption
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was the blood of Christ,
meaning the death of Christ,
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His substitutionary death.
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And so through the
sacrificial system,
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sacrificing the lambs,
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it was all
pointing forward to Jesus
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and His
sacrifice that was to come.
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Does that help, Alex?
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- [Alex] Yeah.
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But speaking about Jesus dying,
00:17:34.82\00:17:37.42
I've heard some people think
that it's a moral injustice
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for Jesus to die on
the cross instead of us.
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What do you think about that?
00:17:43.83\00:17:45.23
- Yeah, I think that
it's a sign of the love of God
00:17:45.23\00:17:47.86
that He would
substitute Himself.
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Whenever somebody
loves somebody and they say,
00:17:49.53\00:17:51.63
"Look, I don't
want them to suffer.
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"I will take their
suffering for them."
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The Bible says:
00:17:55.84\00:17:56.64
No greater love has anyone
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that than he would lay
down his life for a friend.
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By the way, that
verse is Leviticus 17:11.
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For the life of the
flesh is in the blood.
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And it says:
00:18:07.15\00:18:09.82
To make
atonement for your souls,
00:18:09.82\00:18:12.52
it is in the blood that
makes atonement for the soul.
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That's probably the
best definition there.
00:18:15.36\00:18:17.29
Leviticus 17:11.
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But yeah, it's
the justice of God.
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A death was required.
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He said, "I will
die in your place."
00:18:24.10\00:18:26.00
- You know, we
have a book called,
00:18:26.00\00:18:26.80
"The High Cost of the Cross"
00:18:26.80\00:18:28.30
that talks about
the sacrifice of Jesus.
00:18:28.30\00:18:30.47
That's really inspiring and
we'd be happy to send this book
00:18:30.47\00:18:33.38
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:18:33.38\00:18:34.84
The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:18:34.84\00:18:38.25
Again, you can ask for the book.
00:18:38.25\00:18:39.35
It's called, "The
High Cost of the Cross."
00:18:39.35\00:18:41.52
We'll send it to
anyone here in North America.
00:18:41.52\00:18:43.89
If you're
outside of North America,
00:18:43.89\00:18:45.02
you can read it at
the Amazing Facts website.
00:18:45.02\00:18:48.19
Thanks for your call, Alex.
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The next caller
that we have is Susie.
00:18:49.29\00:18:51.26
And she's
listening from Colorado.
00:18:51.26\00:18:52.79
Susie, welcome to the program.
00:18:52.79\00:18:54.36
- [Susie] Hi.
00:18:55.10\00:18:55.93
- Hi.
00:18:55.93\00:18:57.07
- [Susie] Thank
you for taking my call.
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I just have one question.
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I wanna know, does our
name go in the Book of Life
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when we're conceived
00:19:02.67\00:19:03.81
and then it stays
there until we reject Christ?
00:19:03.81\00:19:06.98
- No, your name
goes in the Book of Life
00:19:08.11\00:19:09.41
when you accept Christ
00:19:09.41\00:19:10.78
because we're all born in
sort of a fallen condition.
00:19:10.78\00:19:14.92
And when we turn to
Christ and we accept Christ,
00:19:14.92\00:19:17.59
you're born again.
00:19:17.59\00:19:19.19
Jesus said He's come
to give us eternal life.
00:19:19.19\00:19:21.06
You don't really receive
eternal life just by being born.
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You receive eternal life
00:19:24.03\00:19:25.39
by accepting the sacrifice
of Jesus in your behalf.
00:19:25.39\00:19:28.73
At that point, He enters
your name in the Book of Life.
00:19:28.73\00:19:31.57
And now a person
sometime in their life,
00:19:32.57\00:19:35.84
they could turn
away from the Lord.
00:19:35.84\00:19:37.54
I think Moses
talks about, he said,
00:19:37.54\00:19:40.24
"Take my name out of your
book which you have written."
00:19:40.24\00:19:43.04
And God says, and
this is Exodus 32:33,
00:19:43.04\00:19:45.68
the Lord said to Moses,
"Whoever has sinned against me,
00:19:45.68\00:19:48.38
"I will blot
him out of my book."
00:19:48.38\00:19:50.59
In other words, among the
believers, the children of
00:19:50.59\00:19:53.49
Israel, they accepted the Lord.
00:19:53.49\00:19:54.76
But He says if
they turn from Him,
00:19:54.76\00:19:56.32
"I'll take their
name out of the book."
00:19:56.32\00:19:57.46
It doesn't mean one
sin, it means a life of sin.
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You give up on the Lord.
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- Mm-hmm. And we
have a few more verses.
00:20:00.56\00:20:02.30
Kind of interesting.
00:20:02.30\00:20:03.43
Paul refers to
this in Philippians 4:3.
00:20:03.43\00:20:06.40
He talks about
his fellow workers
00:20:06.40\00:20:07.90
whose names are
written in the Book of Life.
00:20:07.90\00:20:09.87
Revelation 3:5 says
that those who are faithful,
00:20:09.87\00:20:13.98
He will not blot their
names out of the Book of Life.
00:20:13.98\00:20:16.75
Revelation 13:8 says:
00:20:16.75\00:20:18.98
Those whose names have been
written in the Book of Life,
00:20:18.98\00:20:21.75
they are the ones
that'll worship God.
00:20:21.75\00:20:24.52
So to have your name
written in the Book of Life
00:20:24.52\00:20:26.89
is a good thing.
00:20:26.89\00:20:27.72
It means eternal life.
00:20:27.72\00:20:28.56
- Yeah.
00:20:28.56\00:20:30.06
And anyone listening?
00:20:30.06\00:20:32.66
I'm sorry. Say
that again please.
00:20:32.66\00:20:35.06
- [Susie] Babies that die
before they can accept Christ.
00:20:35.06\00:20:38.07
- Yeah.
00:20:39.07\00:20:40.64
The Bible's pretty clear that
the children of believers that
00:20:40.64\00:20:43.87
they die before the
age of accountability,
00:20:43.87\00:20:46.21
they're gonna be in the kingdom
00:20:47.24\00:20:48.54
by virtue of
their parents' decision.
00:20:48.54\00:20:52.38
There's a great mystery
00:20:52.38\00:20:53.68
and debate in the world
among theologians about:
00:20:53.68\00:20:57.02
Is every baby that is born
or every baby that's conceived,
00:20:57.02\00:21:01.22
are they all
automatically saved?
00:21:01.22\00:21:03.36
They definitely are
not going to be punished.
00:21:03.36\00:21:05.76
But whether that means
00:21:05.76\00:21:06.80
they're
automatically all resurrected,
00:21:06.80\00:21:08.73
that's a mystery.
00:21:10.03\00:21:11.43
Some believe that yes,
00:21:11.43\00:21:12.73
every baby that is
conceived is gonna be in Heaven.
00:21:12.73\00:21:15.60
And then when you do the
math though, it seems like,
00:21:15.60\00:21:18.21
heavens, you're gonna
be swimming in babies.
00:21:18.21\00:21:20.48
And then there's
some who believe that
00:21:21.68\00:21:23.04
they may just go to sleep
00:21:23.04\00:21:24.55
and be as though
they had not been.
00:21:24.55\00:21:25.55
You were gonna say?
00:21:25.55\00:21:26.68
- Yeah, I was
just gonna add to that.
00:21:26.68\00:21:27.98
You know, we do have a
reference in Jeremiah 31:16
00:21:27.98\00:21:30.82
that's actually
quoted by Matthew
00:21:30.82\00:21:32.79
and it's
referring to the time when
00:21:32.79\00:21:34.42
the Romans destroyed all
of the baby boys in Bethlehem.
00:21:34.42\00:21:37.99
And the quote
from Jeremiah 31:16.
00:21:37.99\00:21:40.83
Thus saith the Lord,
"Refrain your voice from weeping
00:21:40.83\00:21:42.90
"and your eyes from tears
00:21:42.90\00:21:44.43
"for your work shall be
rewarded," saith the Lord.
00:21:44.43\00:21:46.77
"And they shall come back
from the land of the enemy."
00:21:46.77\00:21:49.44
So the land of the
enemy meaning death here.
00:21:49.44\00:21:52.47
So this is a
promise to those mothers
00:21:52.47\00:21:54.48
that their children
would be resurrected
00:21:54.48\00:21:57.41
in the resurrection at
the second coming of Christ.
00:21:57.41\00:21:59.78
So we do have hope, yes.
00:21:59.78\00:22:01.85
Believing parents will get
to see their their children
00:22:01.85\00:22:04.42
if they die before
the age of accountability.
00:22:04.42\00:22:07.32
- Does that
help a little, Susie?
00:22:07.32\00:22:09.19
- [Susie] Yes it
does. Thank you so much.
00:22:09.19\00:22:11.23
- All right, thank you.
00:22:11.23\00:22:12.99
- Next caller that we have
is Paul listening in Idaho.
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Paul, welcome to the program.
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- [Paul] Good day.
00:22:18.20\00:22:19.37
- Hi.
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- [Paul] Hey, I have a question.
00:22:20.47\00:22:22.70
Now, this three angels' message
that comes in Revelation 14.
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- Yes?
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- [Paul] Now why are we so
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fearful of showing that
00:22:34.28\00:22:36.25
and why are
people not accepting it?
00:22:36.25\00:22:40.96
- Yeah, that's interesting
you had asked that question.
00:22:40.96\00:22:43.06
I was just
working on a message today
00:22:43.06\00:22:45.29
about the three angels' message
00:22:45.29\00:22:46.63
I'm gonna be sharing this week
00:22:46.63\00:22:48.26
at a Christian
convention in Orlando,
00:22:48.26\00:22:51.13
and that's my subject.
00:22:51.13\00:22:52.67
So you're right, some people
are reluctant to share it.
00:22:52.67\00:22:55.70
For those listening, our
brother here is talking about
00:22:55.70\00:22:59.67
the three angels' message.
00:22:59.67\00:23:01.04
In Revelation 14, it talks
about Jesus coming in the clouds
00:23:01.04\00:23:05.31
and right after
Jesus is pictured
00:23:05.31\00:23:08.72
or right before Jesus is
pictured coming in the clouds,
00:23:08.72\00:23:11.05
it talks about these
three angel messages.
00:23:11.05\00:23:13.96
And Revelation 13 says:
00:23:13.96\00:23:17.06
Every nation, kindred, tongue
00:23:17.06\00:23:18.53
and person is gonna be
forced to worship the beast
00:23:18.53\00:23:20.80
or they can't buy or
sell and they'll be killed.
00:23:20.80\00:23:23.00
Revelation 14 says the gospel's
gonna go to every nation,
00:23:23.00\00:23:25.80
kindred, tongue and people.
00:23:25.80\00:23:27.40
So in the last days,
00:23:27.40\00:23:29.27
these messages of
angels flying in Heaven,
00:23:29.27\00:23:31.94
it's a last day
emphasis of the gospel
00:23:31.94\00:23:34.44
and the message of judgment
and salvation goes to the world
00:23:34.44\00:23:38.45
immediately
prior to Christ coming.
00:23:38.45\00:23:40.28
That's why it's a very
important present truth.
00:23:40.28\00:23:43.49
- And of course,
00:23:43.49\00:23:44.52
immediately
following the proclamation
00:23:44.52\00:23:45.62
of the three angels'
message, Pastor Doug,
00:23:45.62\00:23:47.26
you read about the
second coming of Christ
00:23:47.26\00:23:48.52
there in Revelation 14.
00:23:48.52\00:23:50.59
- [Doug] Yeah.
00:23:50.59\00:23:51.39
- And of course the angels,
00:23:51.39\00:23:52.49
I'm sure they are real
angels or angelic angels
00:23:52.49\00:23:56.33
that assist in the
proclamation of the message.
00:23:56.33\00:23:58.43
But in a very real sense
00:23:58.43\00:24:00.24
God's people are
represented by those angels
00:24:00.24\00:24:02.47
that are taking that end
time message to the world.
00:24:02.47\00:24:05.87
- [Doug] Yeah.
00:24:05.87\00:24:06.98
You know, we do
have a study guide
00:24:06.98\00:24:08.01
talking about the
three angels' messages.
00:24:08.01\00:24:09.11
It's called, "Angel
Messages From Space."
00:24:09.11\00:24:12.08
And a very important subject
found there in Revelation 14.
00:24:12.08\00:24:15.12
We'll send that to
anyone who calls and ask.
00:24:15.12\00:24:17.45
The number
again is 800-835-6747.
00:24:17.45\00:24:21.12
And you can ask
for the study guide,
00:24:21.12\00:24:22.46
"Angel Messages From Space."
00:24:22.46\00:24:24.56
It's all about the
three angels' messages.
00:24:24.56\00:24:27.50
All right, well
thanks for your call.
00:24:27.50\00:24:28.50
We've got Kirk
listening in Texas.
00:24:28.50\00:24:30.40
Kirk, welcome to the program.
00:24:30.40\00:24:31.93
- [Kirk] Yes, thank you.
00:24:31.93\00:24:32.93
- Hi. And your question tonight?
00:24:32.93\00:24:35.27
- [Kirk] Yes. Oh, I
have a lot of questions,
00:24:35.27\00:24:37.01
but I guess I only
have time to ask you one.
00:24:37.01\00:24:40.38
My question is, did
Jesus use His divine nature
00:24:44.45\00:24:47.32
to overcome the temptation
00:24:47.32\00:24:49.65
or did He use His human nature
to overcome the temptation?
00:24:49.65\00:24:54.72
- Well, Jesus ended
up using the same power
00:24:56.56\00:24:59.53
that is available to you and me.
00:24:59.53\00:25:00.96
Every time He was
tempted, He responded by saying,
00:25:00.96\00:25:03.63
"It is written. It is written."
00:25:03.63\00:25:06.20
And we can use that.
00:25:06.20\00:25:08.64
Now in the Bible you've got
examples of Bible characters
00:25:08.64\00:25:12.27
that were tempted that fell.
00:25:12.27\00:25:14.01
Solomon and David
would be examples of that.
00:25:16.28\00:25:18.41
And in the Bible you've got
examples of human characters
00:25:18.41\00:25:22.05
that were victorious.
00:25:22.05\00:25:23.95
Joseph was sorely
tempted by Potiphar's wife
00:25:23.95\00:25:27.52
and Job went through a
series of terrible temptations.
00:25:27.52\00:25:30.46
But it said in all
these things he'd sin not
00:25:30.46\00:25:33.23
or did he curse God foolishly
or charge God foolishly.
00:25:33.23\00:25:36.77
And so Jesus, He
trusted in His Father.
00:25:36.77\00:25:41.84
He's an example for
us of how we can overcome
00:25:42.97\00:25:45.24
and how others have overcome.
00:25:45.24\00:25:46.84
Man doesn't live by
bread alone but by every Word.
00:25:48.21\00:25:50.48
Of course, that's one of
the responses that Jesus gave
00:25:50.48\00:25:52.91
to Lucifer when he was tempted.
00:25:52.91\00:25:55.55
- Mm-hmm.
00:25:55.55\00:25:56.35
And Jesus said in John 5:30,
00:25:56.35\00:25:59.02
He said, "I can of
myself do nothing."
00:25:59.02\00:26:01.22
That must have
shocked the disciples.
00:26:01.22\00:26:02.99
But when Jesus took
upon Himself humanity,
00:26:02.99\00:26:04.99
He laid aside His
divinity in one sense
00:26:04.99\00:26:08.13
and He trusted in the strength
given to Him by His Father,
00:26:08.13\00:26:12.47
even as His disciples
and as believers ought to do.
00:26:12.47\00:26:15.64
- Everything Jesus did,
00:26:15.64\00:26:17.34
He did with the power that
is available to you and me.
00:26:17.34\00:26:21.21
Jesus raised the dead.
00:26:21.21\00:26:22.61
But you can see where
the apostles raised the dead.
00:26:22.61\00:26:24.68
He healed the sick, the
apostles healed the sick.
00:26:24.68\00:26:26.92
Christ said, "These
miracles that I've done,
00:26:26.92\00:26:28.48
"greater things
than these will you do
00:26:28.48\00:26:30.19
"because I go to the Father."
00:26:30.19\00:26:32.25
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answers your question.
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Pastor Doug, we have
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00:30:11.34\00:30:13.34
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00:30:13.34\00:30:15.24
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We have someone
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00:30:17.28\00:30:19.58
We got Faday
listening from Sydney.
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- [Faday] Okay, my question.
00:30:22.78\00:30:24.19
Okay, the woman that sits
on the beast with seven heads.
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Can I put my two cents in?
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- Oh, you have a
question or a comment?
00:30:31.09\00:30:33.83
- [Faday] A
comment of the seven heads.
00:30:33.83\00:30:36.67
- All right.
00:30:36.67\00:30:37.93
Make that brief 'cause
most people are waiting
00:30:37.93\00:30:39.10
to ask a question. (laughs)
00:30:39.10\00:30:40.97
- [Faday] Okay.
00:30:40.97\00:30:42.20
The birth ministry
and the death of Jesus
00:30:42.20\00:30:45.44
proved seven false
religion systems were false.
00:30:45.44\00:30:48.48
The seven heads, there's seven
mountains, seven continents.
00:30:48.48\00:30:53.38
One says the paganism
says God created by men.
00:30:53.38\00:30:57.32
The second atheism
says there is no God.
00:30:57.32\00:31:01.49
And the third
one is Judaism says
00:31:01.49\00:31:05.46
salvation comes through work.
00:31:05.46\00:31:07.66
And this fourth one is Islam.
00:31:07.66\00:31:11.17
Salvation comes through work.
00:31:11.17\00:31:13.30
And the fifth head
is Eastern Mysticism.
00:31:13.30\00:31:16.24
Man can become God.
00:31:19.74\00:31:21.54
And one is Catholic.
00:31:21.54\00:31:23.75
And the other
head, number seven,
00:31:23.75\00:31:26.35
is salvation
comes through works.
00:31:26.35\00:31:29.32
So all they're
mountains or hills, well,
00:31:29.32\00:31:33.09
let's say the
Catholic around the world
00:31:33.09\00:31:36.52
look to their
mountain, the Vatican.
00:31:36.52\00:31:39.33
And Protestant look to
the head of Capitol Hill
00:31:39.33\00:31:44.37
and the other heads
look to their God Mountains.
00:31:45.60\00:31:48.14
- Yeah.
00:31:48.14\00:31:49.10
- [Faday] That's what I see.
00:31:49.10\00:31:50.07
And the woman that sits on-
00:31:50.07\00:31:50.77
- Interesting.
00:31:50.77\00:31:52.24
- [Faday] And the woman, that's
the woman, that's Jezebel,
00:31:52.24\00:31:54.48
just like Jesus has
a bride, the people,
00:31:55.71\00:31:58.51
and Jezebel is
the antichrist people.
00:31:58.51\00:32:01.15
- Okay. Now do
you have a question?
00:32:01.15\00:32:04.12
- [Faday] That's what I
think. That's what I'm saying.
00:32:04.12\00:32:06.25
- Oh right. Well,
I've never heard that.
00:32:06.25\00:32:08.06
That's very intriguing.
00:32:08.06\00:32:09.56
I would respectfully disagree,
00:32:09.56\00:32:11.96
but I've honestly never
heard that interpretation before
00:32:11.96\00:32:15.00
for the seven mountains
that you find in Revelation 17.
00:32:15.00\00:32:17.97
Most people believe it says that
00:32:18.77\00:32:20.84
that woman is a great city
00:32:20.84\00:32:22.14
that reigns over
the kings of the Earth.
00:32:22.14\00:32:24.01
When John had his vision,
00:32:24.01\00:32:25.34
that great city was of
course the kingdom of Rome
00:32:25.34\00:32:27.54
that had imprisoned him
00:32:27.54\00:32:28.91
and of course was responsible
for the execution of Jesus.
00:32:28.91\00:32:32.55
And that those,
00:32:32.55\00:32:33.85
it says five of those
seven hills are also seven,
00:32:33.85\00:32:36.89
not only the
seven hills of Rome,
00:32:36.89\00:32:38.39
Rome is called The
City of Seven Hills,
00:32:38.39\00:32:40.49
and here you've got a woman.
00:32:40.49\00:32:41.72
It's a church situated in Rome
00:32:41.72\00:32:43.86
that doesn't leave any
questions I would think.
00:32:43.86\00:32:47.66
But it says that those seven
hills are also seven kings.
00:32:47.66\00:32:51.43
Five are fallen, one
is, one is yet to come.
00:32:51.43\00:32:54.70
He's also the
eighth. I'm paraphrasing.
00:32:54.70\00:32:57.37
And people have believed
these are the five empires
00:32:57.37\00:32:59.87
that have occupied and
persecuted God's people,
00:32:59.87\00:33:03.08
namely Egypt, Assyria,
00:33:03.08\00:33:06.25
Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece.
00:33:06.25\00:33:08.78
Those are the
five that were fallen
00:33:08.78\00:33:10.52
when John had his vision.
00:33:10.52\00:33:11.59
One is Rome was the one that is
00:33:11.59\00:33:14.62
and it says
he's also the seventh
00:33:14.62\00:33:17.19
because it was first
Pagan Rome is the sixth.
00:33:17.19\00:33:21.06
Papal Rome is the seventh.
00:33:21.06\00:33:22.90
Papal Rome receives a deadly
wound but comes back again,
00:33:22.90\00:33:25.47
meaning he's also the eighth.
00:33:25.47\00:33:27.30
Now, that may not be
a perfect interpretation
00:33:27.30\00:33:29.64
but it's satisfied
me for several years.
00:33:29.64\00:33:31.41
- [Jean] Mm-hmm.
00:33:31.41\00:33:32.47
- And I think most
many Protestant Reformers
00:33:32.47\00:33:34.71
believed something like that.
00:33:34.71\00:33:36.24
- Yes, and if you go
back into the Old Testament,
00:33:36.24\00:33:37.91
you notice starting as
early as the Book of Daniel,
00:33:37.91\00:33:40.15
you find different
beasts representing kingdoms
00:33:40.15\00:33:43.35
that have warred
against God's people.
00:33:43.35\00:33:45.22
You find that not
only in the Old Testament,
00:33:45.22\00:33:47.02
but of course in
the New Testament
00:33:47.02\00:33:48.39
there was also persecutions
that came upon Christians
00:33:48.39\00:33:50.76
through various political
00:33:50.76\00:33:52.36
and then eventually
political religious powers
00:33:52.36\00:33:54.96
as you look in history.
00:33:54.96\00:33:56.26
So that's an interesting
study in Revelation 17.
00:33:56.26\00:33:59.03
Thanks for your call.
00:33:59.03\00:34:00.47
Next caller that we have is
Steven listening from Canada.
00:34:00.47\00:34:02.04
Steven, welcome to the program.
00:34:02.04\00:34:04.41
- [Steven] Hi Pastor Doug
Batchelor and Pastor Jean Ross.
00:34:04.41\00:34:08.24
Nice to be on.
00:34:08.24\00:34:09.28
- Oh, it's good to have you on.
00:34:09.28\00:34:10.98
- [Steven] My question is,
00:34:10.98\00:34:12.25
it says in chapter
12 of Numbers, it says:
00:34:12.25\00:34:16.92
And Miriam and
Aaron spake against Moses
00:34:16.92\00:34:19.89
because of the Ethiopian
woman whom he had married,
00:34:19.89\00:34:23.02
for he had married
an Ethiopian woman.
00:34:23.02\00:34:25.03
So my question is, I'm curious.
00:34:25.03\00:34:26.90
It says she's an
Ethiopian woman in chapter 12,
00:34:26.90\00:34:30.00
but why like back
in Numbers chapter,
00:34:30.00\00:34:33.57
just before chapter three
00:34:33.57\00:34:34.84
and in the first
verse of chapter three,
00:34:34.84\00:34:37.31
it talks, well, obviously
because Jethro being the
00:34:37.31\00:34:40.41
Prince of Midia or Jethro's,
00:34:40.41\00:34:43.65
well, he's a Midianite.
00:34:43.65\00:34:45.68
His daughter would, of course,
naturally be a Midianite.
00:34:45.68\00:34:48.28
If I'm saying that correctly.
00:34:48.28\00:34:49.62
So I'm just wondering
why seeming contradiction
00:34:49.62\00:34:53.29
or just something maybe the
way that King James laid it out?
00:34:53.29\00:34:55.79
I don't know.
00:34:55.79\00:34:56.93
I'm wondering what
you guys think about that.
00:34:56.93\00:34:58.13
- Yeah, there's a couple of ways
00:34:58.13\00:35:00.86
and no one's absolutely sure.
00:35:00.86\00:35:03.10
But of course Moses first
meets Zipporah, a Midianite,
00:35:03.10\00:35:08.17
the daughter of,
00:35:09.20\00:35:10.31
I think she's the
oldest of Jethro's daughters.
00:35:10.31\00:35:12.67
And he meets her
40 years earlier.
00:35:12.67\00:35:15.44
He rescues the girls by the
well and he has sons with her.
00:35:15.44\00:35:18.48
She's still alive
when he goes into Egypt
00:35:18.48\00:35:20.68
because there's a
mention of her specifically.
00:35:20.68\00:35:23.22
Later, her father-in-law
comes and brings the boys.
00:35:24.59\00:35:27.22
I guess she had gone
back during the 10 plagues.
00:35:27.22\00:35:29.39
She had gone back to Midian
00:35:29.39\00:35:30.83
and her father then
meets up with the boys
00:35:30.83\00:35:33.19
and with his wife.
00:35:33.19\00:35:34.93
A Midianite, they could
easily be called an Ethiopian
00:35:34.93\00:35:38.47
because it was all
the same territory.
00:35:38.47\00:35:40.70
So many times in the Bible
00:35:40.70\00:35:42.47
you'll hear a
particular group of people
00:35:42.47\00:35:45.34
and there's a couple
of different ways they're
00:35:45.34\00:35:48.54
referenced. You know, Aaron,
this is an example of Miriam and
00:35:48.54\00:35:53.21
Aaron. They were upset that
Moses did not marry a Jewish
00:35:53.21\00:35:57.05
girl, even though
Midian is related to Abraham.
00:35:57.05\00:35:59.55
She was not an Israelite.
00:36:00.42\00:36:03.53
And she may have
been darker skinned
00:36:03.53\00:36:07.60
and so they're
exhibiting some frustration.
00:36:07.60\00:36:12.03
And I think that Miriam
was also feeling slighted
00:36:12.03\00:36:15.60
that God is speaking
to her younger brother
00:36:15.60\00:36:18.51
and she had been a prophetess
and not talking to her.
00:36:18.51\00:36:21.24
And she was wanting
some of the leadership.
00:36:21.24\00:36:22.84
She wanted to be promoted.
00:36:22.84\00:36:24.91
So she gets punished
through this story you find here
00:36:24.91\00:36:27.82
in Exodus 12.
00:36:27.82\00:36:28.75
But the other theory is that
00:36:29.75\00:36:32.25
after 40
something years of marriage,
00:36:32.25\00:36:34.16
maybe Zipporah had died
and Moses had remarried,
00:36:34.16\00:36:38.03
which would not be uncommon
00:36:38.03\00:36:39.33
'cause he still had
another 40 years to live.
00:36:39.33\00:36:41.60
So they're not sure.
00:36:41.60\00:36:44.13
There's nothing in the
Bible that says explicitly
00:36:44.13\00:36:46.70
one way or the other.
00:36:46.70\00:36:47.67
I'm inclined to think that
00:36:47.67\00:36:49.04
they just had two different
ways of referring to Zipporah.
00:36:49.04\00:36:51.57
One is she's a Midianite,
00:36:51.57\00:36:52.71
the other one
says she's a Ethiopian.
00:36:52.71\00:36:55.28
Midian was a tribe, Ethiopia
was kind of more of a race.
00:36:55.28\00:36:58.31
- Mm-hmm. And an area.
00:36:58.31\00:36:59.45
- Yeah.
00:36:59.45\00:37:00.18
- They came from.
00:37:00.18\00:37:01.32
All right, well
thanks for your call Steven.
00:37:01.32\00:37:01.98
We appreciate it.
00:37:01.98\00:37:03.32
We've got Jonathan listening
in Nashville, Tennessee.
00:37:03.32\00:37:04.42
Jonathan,
welcome to the program.
00:37:04.42\00:37:06.39
- [Jonathan] Hey, good evening.
00:37:07.39\00:37:08.66
- Hi.
00:37:08.66\00:37:09.99
- [Jonathan] Pastor Ross, Pastor
Batchelor, how y'all doing?
00:37:09.99\00:37:11.06
- Doing good.
Thank you for calling.
00:37:11.06\00:37:13.43
- [Jonathan] All
right, good to hear.
00:37:13.43\00:37:14.66
Hey, this question is
regarding the Book of Daniel.
00:37:14.66\00:37:17.73
Been looking at
some of the prophecies
00:37:18.83\00:37:20.17
on how some of the other
Christian faith communities
00:37:20.17\00:37:24.44
look at how the
kingdoms are run in sequence.
00:37:24.44\00:37:28.74
What do you think where
some of the disagreement
00:37:28.74\00:37:32.61
or where things kinda
diverge and how the gap theory
00:37:32.61\00:37:37.05
and some of these
seven year tribulations?
00:37:37.05\00:37:39.95
I guess what are the scriptures
that we could point to
00:37:41.19\00:37:44.93
to help us look by
these kingdoms run in sequence
00:37:44.93\00:37:48.80
versus allowing for any gap?
00:37:48.80\00:37:51.07
- Yeah, great question.
00:37:51.07\00:37:52.37
Now I think Jonathan's
referring more specifically
00:37:52.37\00:37:56.20
to Daniel 9 where
there's a 490 year prophecy.
00:37:56.20\00:38:00.31
And you know all the
kingdoms, namely Babylon,
00:38:00.31\00:38:03.08
Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome,
you got Pagan Rome, Papal Rome,
00:38:03.08\00:38:07.72
and then the
divisions of the Roman Empire,
00:38:07.72\00:38:09.65
they all kind
of run in sequence.
00:38:09.65\00:38:11.75
When you get to Daniel 9,
00:38:11.75\00:38:12.85
it talks about
this 490 year prophecy
00:38:12.85\00:38:15.36
and then it tells us
that after 483 years,
00:38:15.36\00:38:20.00
Messiah is cut off.
00:38:20.00\00:38:22.60
Of course, in
that last seven years,
00:38:22.60\00:38:25.40
it says in the midst of the week
00:38:25.40\00:38:26.77
he causes the
sacrifice to cease.
00:38:26.77\00:38:29.17
That's talking about from
the time of Jesus' baptism,
00:38:29.17\00:38:32.24
He ministers 3 1/2
years, He dies on the cross,
00:38:32.24\00:38:35.71
the veil in the
temple is ripped,
00:38:35.71\00:38:37.01
He causes the
sacrifice to cease.
00:38:37.01\00:38:39.58
He rises from the dead
00:38:39.58\00:38:40.98
and for 3 1/2 years,
He tells the disciples,
00:38:40.98\00:38:43.22
"Do not go in the
way of the Gentiles.
00:38:43.22\00:38:45.29
"Continue to preach to
the lost house of Israel."
00:38:45.29\00:38:47.99
The time for the Jewish
nation had not been cut off yet
00:38:47.99\00:38:51.03
until the Supreme Court
of the nation stoned Stephen,
00:38:51.03\00:38:55.00
the Sanhedrin.
00:38:55.00\00:38:55.90
But there was a,
00:38:57.20\00:38:59.50
I think this
came in with Darbyism,
00:38:59.50\00:39:01.97
they came in with a
futuristic interpretation that
00:39:01.97\00:39:05.11
that seven weeks
was not contiguous
00:39:05.11\00:39:07.91
with the 483 years of Daniel 9.
00:39:07.91\00:39:10.71
That you could
take that seven weeks
00:39:10.71\00:39:12.11
and you could float it around
in the end of time somewhere,
00:39:12.11\00:39:14.05
and it was the seven
years of tribulation.
00:39:14.05\00:39:16.12
You don't find the phrase,
"Seven years of tribulation"
00:39:16.12\00:39:18.25
anywhere in the Bible.
00:39:18.25\00:39:19.72
This is a very, in my opinion,
00:39:19.72\00:39:21.59
it is a very
free-spirited interpretation
00:39:21.59\00:39:25.66
as someone just
kind of made this up
00:39:25.66\00:39:28.10
and they
thought it sounded good.
00:39:28.10\00:39:29.23
And
00:39:29.23\00:39:30.13
I've heard people say,
00:39:32.07\00:39:33.47
"Well, because Noah had
to wait in the ark seven days
00:39:33.47\00:39:36.87
"before the flood,
00:39:36.87\00:39:38.01
"that's representing
the seven last place
00:39:38.01\00:39:41.01
"and seven years of
the time of trouble."
00:39:41.01\00:39:43.61
Now, I think that this is all
00:39:43.61\00:39:45.05
one continuous
prophecy of 490 years.
00:39:45.05\00:39:47.78
We have a study guide on that.
00:39:47.78\00:39:49.02
- We do. I'm actually looking.
00:39:49.02\00:39:50.15
It's called, "Right on Time."
00:39:50.15\00:39:51.55
And it deals with
this 490 year time period
00:39:51.55\00:39:54.02
that you find in
the Book of Daniel.
00:39:54.02\00:39:55.86
And we'll be happy to
send this to anyone who calls
00:39:55.86\00:39:58.23
and asks.
00:39:58.23\00:39:59.33
The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:39:59.33\00:40:02.66
And you can ask
for the study guide.
00:40:02.66\00:40:03.87
It's called, "Right on Time."
00:40:03.87\00:40:05.43
And we'll get it
to you in the mail.
00:40:05.43\00:40:07.30
Thank you for your call.
00:40:07.30\00:40:08.34
We've got, let's
see, our next caller.
00:40:08.34\00:40:09.64
We're gonna go to Jeff.
00:40:09.64\00:40:11.07
Jeff in Wellingham
or Wilington, Delaware?
00:40:11.07\00:40:14.38
Jeff, welcome to the program.
00:40:14.38\00:40:15.91
- [Jeff] Hey, how you doing?
00:40:17.01\00:40:18.35
It's actually Wilmington.
Wilmington, Delaware.
00:40:18.35\00:40:20.62
- There we go. (laughs)
00:40:20.62\00:40:21.68
- [Jeff] Like the
one in North Carolina.
00:40:21.68\00:40:22.48
Well, first I wanna praise God
00:40:22.48\00:40:24.62
for Doug Batchelor and yourself,
00:40:24.62\00:40:27.26
your active
involvement in the community
00:40:27.26\00:40:29.79
because I think if you
look going back in the past,
00:40:29.79\00:40:34.83
it's really something
00:40:35.50\00:40:37.10
the Seventh-day Adventist
Church needed to provide
00:40:37.10\00:40:38.43
and you guys are doing it.
00:40:38.43\00:40:39.67
So thank you very
much. I appreciate it.
00:40:39.67\00:40:42.00
- Well, thank you.
00:40:42.00\00:40:42.97
And your question tonight?
00:40:42.97\00:40:44.07
- [Jeff] I
actually have a couple.
00:40:45.81\00:40:47.14
Was Lucifer an anomaly?
00:40:47.14\00:40:49.54
How many men were translated?
00:40:49.54\00:40:51.51
Did angels fornicate with men?
00:40:51.51\00:40:54.48
And I have two other ones
if you wanna wanna hit those.
00:40:54.48\00:40:57.02
- Oh yeah, let's.
00:40:57.02\00:40:58.59
First of all the one about,
00:40:58.59\00:41:00.12
"Did angels have
intimate relations with men?"
00:41:00.12\00:41:02.72
That often comes from
Genesis 6 where it says:
00:41:02.72\00:41:05.33
The sons of God saw
the daughters of men,
00:41:05.33\00:41:07.13
that they were fair and took
the wives of all they chose.
00:41:07.13\00:41:09.93
People think those
sons of God are angels.
00:41:09.93\00:41:11.63
It's not at all
what it's talking about.
00:41:11.63\00:41:13.67
It's talking about
the descendants of Seth
00:41:13.67\00:41:15.94
intermarried with
the descendants of Cain.
00:41:15.94\00:41:18.84
And once they
lost that distinction,
00:41:18.84\00:41:20.61
violence filled the Earth.
00:41:20.61\00:41:22.11
We have a book on
that that we'll send you.
00:41:22.11\00:41:24.98
It's called,
"Angels: Alien or Adopted?
00:41:24.98\00:41:28.12
"Who Are the Sons of God?"
00:41:28.12\00:41:29.75
- The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:41:29.75\00:41:32.92
And again, you can ask
for the book it's called,
00:41:32.92\00:41:34.36
"Who Are the Sons of God?"
00:41:34.36\00:41:36.73
And I'm trying to think.
00:41:36.73\00:41:37.76
Was there another
question that Jeff had?
00:41:37.76\00:41:39.46
- You asked? You threw two
or three quick ones there. Yeah.
00:41:39.46\00:41:42.70
- [Jeff] Yeah.
What are your thoughts?
00:41:42.70\00:41:43.97
Was Lucifer an anomaly?
00:41:43.97\00:41:45.37
'Cause you said
God didn't create sin,
00:41:45.37\00:41:48.00
so Lucifer created sin.
00:41:48.00\00:41:49.70
Was that an anomaly?
00:41:49.70\00:41:51.51
- Well, no.
00:41:51.51\00:41:53.27
Well, what I mean by no is
that God did not have a defect
00:41:53.27\00:41:56.61
if you mean by anomaly.
00:41:56.61\00:41:58.91
God made all of
His creatures perfect.
00:41:58.91\00:42:00.58
And it even says in the Bible:
00:42:00.58\00:42:01.95
Thou was perfect
in all your ways.
00:42:01.95\00:42:05.35
And part of the perfection is
00:42:05.35\00:42:07.19
Lucifer was made perfectly free.
00:42:07.19\00:42:09.96
And in his perfect freedom,
00:42:09.96\00:42:11.23
he was able to choose
whether to love God supremely
00:42:11.23\00:42:15.46
or to start loving himself more.
00:42:15.46\00:42:17.77
And Lucifer became
involved in self-worship.
00:42:17.77\00:42:21.57
He didn't wanna worship God.
00:42:21.57\00:42:22.67
He wanted to be God.
00:42:22.67\00:42:23.77
Says, "Thou has
said in thy heart,
00:42:23.77\00:42:25.21
"'I will be
like the Most High.'"
00:42:25.21\00:42:27.58
God is so free that He
will even make a creature
00:42:27.58\00:42:31.28
that can choose not to love Him.
00:42:31.28\00:42:33.82
And so Lucifer, by
his own free choice,
00:42:33.82\00:42:36.45
rebelled against God.
00:42:37.42\00:42:38.79
- And that of course reminds
me of that free offer we have.
00:42:38.79\00:42:40.76
It's called, "Did
God Create a Devil?"
00:42:40.76\00:42:42.62
And it deals with the subject.
00:42:42.62\00:42:44.36
The number to call
for that is 800-835-6747.
00:42:44.36\00:42:48.20
Ask for the study guide,
"Did God Create a Devil?"
00:42:48.20\00:42:51.50
Thanks for your call, Jeff.
00:42:51.50\00:42:53.00
We're gonna go to
Yolanda listening in Arizona.
00:42:53.00\00:42:54.94
Yolanda, welcome to the program.
00:42:54.94\00:42:57.27
- [Yolanda] Hi.
00:42:57.27\00:42:58.11
- Hi. How are you doing?
00:42:58.11\00:42:59.01
- [Yolanda] I'm
good. How are you?
00:43:00.18\00:43:01.28
- Yeah, doing great.
And your question tonight?
00:43:01.28\00:43:03.81
- [Yolanda] Okay, so
I have, first of all,
00:43:04.91\00:43:06.01
I'd like to tell you
guys thank you so much
00:43:06.01\00:43:08.32
for Amazing Facts.
00:43:08.32\00:43:09.68
It was five years ago that
I heard one of your sermons
00:43:09.68\00:43:12.92
and I heard things that
I've never heard before.
00:43:12.92\00:43:16.86
So I wanna thank
you for Amazing Facts
00:43:16.86\00:43:21.20
and to teaching the truth.
00:43:21.20\00:43:23.33
Thank you so much.
00:43:23.33\00:43:24.40
- Thank you so much.
Yeah, it's our pleasure.
00:43:24.40\00:43:25.40
- [Yolanda] Okay.
00:43:25.40\00:43:26.53
So my question is
in Genesis 4:23 and 24,
00:43:26.53\00:43:29.90
with Lamech, where it says,
00:43:31.57\00:43:33.61
"Hear my voice,
you wives of Lamech.
00:43:33.61\00:43:35.84
"Harken unto my speech,
00:43:35.84\00:43:37.18
"for I have slain
a man to my wounding
00:43:37.18\00:43:40.18
"and a young man to my hurt.
00:43:40.18\00:43:42.82
"If Cain shall be
avenged sevenfold,
00:43:42.82\00:43:45.02
"truly Lamech 70 and sevenfold."
00:43:45.02\00:43:48.56
I don't know what that means.
00:43:48.56\00:43:49.92
- Yeah, well it's
going through the genealogies
00:43:49.92\00:43:52.36
and it just highlights
this incident about Lamech.
00:43:52.36\00:43:54.96
And I think one reason it
mentions it is, first of all,
00:43:54.96\00:43:57.90
it's the first
mention of polygamy.
00:43:57.90\00:44:00.04
He has more than one wife.
00:44:00.04\00:44:01.40
It's not his wife.
It's says, "His wives."
00:44:01.40\00:44:04.57
And he says, "Ada
and Zilla, hear my voice.
00:44:04.57\00:44:06.64
"Wives of Lamech,
listen to my speech."
00:44:06.64\00:44:09.24
And the way it's
worded in the King James
00:44:09.24\00:44:11.38
is a little confusing.
00:44:11.38\00:44:12.58
New King James says,
00:44:12.58\00:44:13.68
"For I've killed a
man for wounding me
00:44:13.68\00:44:16.58
"and a young
man for hurting me."
00:44:16.58\00:44:17.92
So now Cain killed
Abel with no provocation.
00:44:17.92\00:44:21.59
Abel did not attack Cain.
00:44:21.59\00:44:23.06
Cain killed him a premeditated
cold-blooded murder.
00:44:23.06\00:44:26.66
Here Lamech is
saying, "I killed a man.
00:44:26.66\00:44:29.36
"But if Cain's
gonna be avenged sevenfold
00:44:29.36\00:44:31.30
"because he did it premeditated,
I did it in self-defense,
00:44:31.30\00:44:34.37
"then I'll be
avenged 70 times sevenfold."
00:44:34.37\00:44:37.37
And it's giving you a sample of
00:44:37.37\00:44:39.61
where you read
later in Genesis 6,
00:44:39.61\00:44:41.28
violence was filling the land.
00:44:41.28\00:44:43.71
It says that it specifically
mentions in Genesis 6.
00:44:43.71\00:44:46.65
Said there is just violence
00:44:46.65\00:44:48.65
and the men's thoughts
were only evil continually.
00:44:48.65\00:44:51.52
Here you've got,
in this one passage,
00:44:51.52\00:44:53.82
you've got polygamy or adultery
and murder and violence.
00:44:53.82\00:44:58.89
So it's telling you that
things were going south quickly.
00:45:00.26\00:45:02.13
So does that help
a little, Yolanda?
00:45:03.60\00:45:06.43
- [Yolanda] Yes, it
does. Thank you so much.
00:45:06.43\00:45:08.50
- Thank you.
Appreciate your calling.
00:45:08.50\00:45:10.51
- We've got Joy listening
from the Bronx in New York.
00:45:10.51\00:45:13.04
Joy, welcome to the program.
00:45:13.04\00:45:15.18
- [Joy] Thank you.
Thank you for taking my call.
00:45:15.18\00:45:17.25
I would like to know
who's the chief musician.
00:45:17.25\00:45:19.88
- [Doug] You're
talking about in the Psalms?
00:45:20.95\00:45:23.59
- [Joy] Yes.
00:45:23.59\00:45:24.99
- Yeah, I think at one point
when they had the sanctuary,
00:45:24.99\00:45:28.12
maybe even before
the temple of Moses,
00:45:28.12\00:45:30.69
David, he had
organized musicians.
00:45:30.69\00:45:34.50
David of course was a
very accomplished musician.
00:45:34.50\00:45:37.13
He not only played the harp,
00:45:37.13\00:45:38.23
it says that he
made instruments.
00:45:38.23\00:45:39.80
I don't know if he
gave instruction on
00:45:39.80\00:45:41.20
how they were to make them,
00:45:41.20\00:45:42.27
but he was very
skilled in doing it.
00:45:42.27\00:45:45.01
So much so the King
brought him to his palace
00:45:45.01\00:45:47.31
to sing and to play.
00:45:47.31\00:45:48.78
And so David had
a love for music.
00:45:48.78\00:45:50.45
He set up a choir that was
to praise God in the temple.
00:45:50.45\00:45:53.82
And he had a
chief choir director
00:45:53.82\00:45:56.02
and it's called
the chief musician.
00:45:56.02\00:45:57.62
The first one that I
think is mentioned is Asaph,
00:45:57.62\00:45:59.95
if I'm not mistaken.
00:45:59.95\00:46:01.12
And you'll see
there are several Psalms
00:46:01.12\00:46:03.12
that are written by Asaph.
00:46:03.12\00:46:05.03
Not all the Psalms
were written by David
00:46:05.03\00:46:07.23
in the Book of Psalms.
00:46:07.23\00:46:08.26
I think David wrote
about 71 or 75 of them.
00:46:08.26\00:46:11.33
And so some of these
songs may be compositions
00:46:12.63\00:46:15.64
that were written by
David and for the chief musician
00:46:15.64\00:46:18.81
to then instruct the
Levites and the singers to sing.
00:46:18.81\00:46:22.44
- And of course
these Psalms are used
00:46:22.44\00:46:23.98
many, many years after David.
00:46:23.98\00:46:25.95
- Yeah.
00:46:25.95\00:46:27.18
- So you'd have
different chief musicians
00:46:27.18\00:46:28.32
that would be in that
role in the sanctuary.
00:46:28.32\00:46:29.92
- The music conductor.
00:46:29.92\00:46:30.79
- That's right. Yeah.
00:46:30.79\00:46:32.52
Coordinating the music.
00:46:32.52\00:46:33.32
- He was the chief conductor.
00:46:33.32\00:46:34.36
- All right, well
thank you for your call.
00:46:34.36\00:46:35.36
That's a good
question. Thanks, Joy.
00:46:35.36\00:46:37.53
Our next caller is
Alex listening in Chicago.
00:46:37.53\00:46:39.59
Alex, welcome to the program.
00:46:39.59\00:46:41.10
- [Alex] Hi, thank you
so much for taking my call
00:46:42.93\00:46:45.67
Pastor, both pastors.
00:46:45.67\00:46:48.04
Basically I have a
question in terms of marriage
00:46:49.30\00:46:53.07
and what book I can look
to, especially in Corinthians,
00:46:53.07\00:46:57.01
whether I should
stay in a relationship
00:46:57.01\00:46:58.38
or I should leave a relationship
00:46:58.38\00:47:00.38
where I don't have a
specific denomination.
00:47:00.38\00:47:03.42
I'm Adventist and he is not.
00:47:03.42\00:47:05.15
And I wanted to
know what are some signs
00:47:05.15\00:47:07.59
God can be telling me
to leave a relationship?
00:47:07.59\00:47:11.93
- Well, in the Bible
00:47:11.93\00:47:13.03
there are only a
couple of examples
00:47:13.03\00:47:16.87
or biblical grounds for divorce.
00:47:18.40\00:47:21.50
One of those being where
Jesus says in Matthew 19,
00:47:21.50\00:47:26.27
and I think it's
also in Matthew 5, says,
00:47:26.27\00:47:29.91
"What God has joined together,
00:47:29.91\00:47:31.01
"let not man put asunder,
00:47:31.01\00:47:32.81
"saving for the
cause of fornication."
00:47:32.81\00:47:34.85
So if a spouse
moves in with someone else
00:47:34.85\00:47:38.02
and has an adulterous affair,
00:47:38.02\00:47:39.99
that's grounds for divorce.
00:47:39.99\00:47:41.76
It doesn't mean
there has to be divorce.
00:47:41.76\00:47:43.29
If there's repentance and
there can be reconciliation,
00:47:43.29\00:47:46.16
that's always better.
00:47:46.16\00:47:47.50
I mean, you think about all
the times that God's church has,
00:47:47.50\00:47:50.20
according to the Bible, says:
00:47:50.20\00:47:51.93
The people of God have
played the harlot against God
00:47:51.93\00:47:54.30
and yet He comes after us.
00:47:54.30\00:47:55.67
If you read the Book of
Hosea it tells that story.
00:47:55.67\00:47:58.87
The other example,
you mentioned Corinthians.
00:47:58.87\00:48:00.81
In 1 Corinthians 7, they
had a specific situation where
00:48:00.81\00:48:05.88
Paul was preaching
to these Roman pagans,
00:48:06.98\00:48:08.52
they don't worship God, and
if one of them accepted Jesus.
00:48:08.52\00:48:12.29
So you've got
the Greco-Roman pagan
00:48:12.29\00:48:15.19
and they worship
Jupiter and all these gods,
00:48:15.19\00:48:17.06
and then they accepted Christ,
they got rid of idolatry.
00:48:17.06\00:48:19.96
Well, their spouse
was so upset, they said,
00:48:19.96\00:48:21.56
"Look, I didn't
sign up for this.
00:48:21.56\00:48:23.80
"I married you. I thought
we were in the same religion.
00:48:23.80\00:48:26.07
"Now you've left and become
a Christian. I'm leaving you."
00:48:26.07\00:48:29.40
Paul said, "Well, try to
get them to stay if they can.
00:48:29.40\00:48:32.54
"If they choose to leave,
then let them depart in peace."
00:48:32.54\00:48:36.41
So he mentions a
specific case there.
00:48:36.41\00:48:38.38
He's not talking
about when two believers,
00:48:38.38\00:48:40.88
well, just are having
irreconcilable differences.
00:48:42.28\00:48:45.52
They're married and
they gotta work it out.
00:48:45.52\00:48:47.72
So hopefully that
gives you some background.
00:48:47.72\00:48:51.83
And by the way,
that's in 1 Corinthians 7
00:48:51.83\00:48:53.93
you'll find most of that there.
00:48:53.93\00:48:55.50
- Now Alex, were you also
asking about dating or marriage?
00:48:55.50\00:48:59.33
- [Alex] As far as I'm aware,
00:49:00.50\00:49:02.04
there is no mention
of dating in the Bible
00:49:02.04\00:49:04.81
or at least New Testament.
00:49:04.81\00:49:06.44
So I wanted to know, I guess,
00:49:08.01\00:49:10.95
does God give you
hints whether to stay
00:49:10.95\00:49:13.38
or leave a relationship,
00:49:13.38\00:49:14.88
especially when this
person's making it hard
00:49:14.88\00:49:17.62
or asking for a break and
staying faithful and all that.
00:49:17.62\00:49:22.26
- Yeah, if you're married
then we don't ever recommend
00:49:23.93\00:49:28.70
a person stays in an
abusive relationship.
00:49:28.70\00:49:31.03
There should be separation,
hopefully counseling.
00:49:31.03\00:49:33.97
But marriage is very serious
business and it's a covenant.
00:49:33.97\00:49:36.97
And if you've
made that covenant-
00:49:36.97\00:49:38.21
- And of course before marriage,
00:49:38.21\00:49:39.34
the Bible does tell
us in 2 Corinthians 6:14
00:49:39.34\00:49:42.81
not to be unequally yoked.
00:49:42.81\00:49:44.41
- Right.
00:49:44.41\00:49:45.68
- And maybe this is what
00:49:45.68\00:49:46.78
your question is
also referring to, Alex.
00:49:46.78\00:49:47.82
If we're in a
dating relationship
00:49:47.82\00:49:49.65
or a courtship type of
relationship with an unbeliever
00:49:49.65\00:49:52.75
or somebody who
might be a Christian
00:49:52.75\00:49:55.12
but their beliefs are quite
different than your beliefs,
00:49:55.12\00:49:58.69
well, the Bible does
give us counsel on that.
00:49:58.69\00:50:00.43
And it's gonna be a challenge
00:50:00.43\00:50:02.56
to have a
strong healthy marriage
00:50:02.56\00:50:05.33
if you have people
believing things differently.
00:50:05.33\00:50:07.64
- [Doug] Mm-hmm.
00:50:07.64\00:50:08.94
- You know, you have all
kinds of questions that arise
00:50:08.94\00:50:10.64
when children come along.
00:50:10.64\00:50:11.97
Are they gonna go to
which parent's church?
00:50:11.97\00:50:14.61
And there's all kinds of issues.
00:50:14.61\00:50:16.04
So the counsel that
we have in the Bible is
00:50:16.04\00:50:18.15
do not be unequally
yolked with unbelievers.
00:50:18.15\00:50:20.88
- Yeah.
00:50:20.88\00:50:21.82
Now we have a book that
00:50:21.82\00:50:22.95
I've written on the
subject of marriage.
00:50:22.95\00:50:25.42
It's called, "Marriage,
Divorce, and Remarriage."
00:50:25.42\00:50:27.22
And we'll send you
00:50:27.22\00:50:28.62
or someone else that might
be wanting Bible answers on that
00:50:28.62\00:50:30.89
a free copy.
00:50:30.89\00:50:31.99
- The number to call
for that is 800-835-6747.
00:50:31.99\00:50:35.73
And again, the book is called,
00:50:35.73\00:50:37.07
"Marriage,
Divorce and Remarriage."
00:50:37.07\00:50:38.97
We'll send that to
anyone in North America.
00:50:38.97\00:50:41.04
All you have to do
is call that number.
00:50:41.04\00:50:43.24
And we've got somebody
calling from South Korea.
00:50:43.24\00:50:45.24
Let's see if I can
pronounce his name.
00:50:45.24\00:50:46.98
We have Jowa from South
Korea. Welcome to the program.
00:50:46.98\00:50:50.98
- [Jowa] Oh, thank you so much
00:50:52.78\00:50:54.05
for pronouncing
my name just right.
00:50:54.05\00:50:55.88
This is my first time calling.
00:50:55.88\00:50:57.65
- Oh, welcome.
00:50:57.65\00:50:58.75
- [Jowa] My question is
00:50:58.75\00:51:02.89
my friend believes
that China and America
00:51:02.89\00:51:05.36
are two fighting dragons,
according to his understanding
00:51:05.36\00:51:10.30
of the Book of
Daniel and Revelation.
00:51:10.30\00:51:13.17
But I don't see it in the Bible.
00:51:14.34\00:51:15.40
What's your take on that?
00:51:15.40\00:51:16.71
- Yeah, it's a
common belief that
00:51:17.77\00:51:19.07
because you look
in the world today
00:51:19.07\00:51:20.94
and people think of a lion,
they think of Great Britain,
00:51:20.94\00:51:23.55
and the eagle,
they think of the US.
00:51:23.55\00:51:25.15
And almost internationally
00:51:25.15\00:51:27.78
because the dragon is a big
part of Chinese festivities,
00:51:27.78\00:51:30.32
people think that
the dragon is China.
00:51:30.32\00:51:32.65
In prophecy when it
talks about the dragon,
00:51:32.65\00:51:34.62
it had nothing to do with China.
00:51:34.62\00:51:36.36
China was not known as
the dragon in Bible times.
00:51:36.36\00:51:39.43
The dragon in Bible prophecies
talking about the Devil.
00:51:39.43\00:51:42.80
In Revelation 12, it's
more specifically talking about
00:51:42.80\00:51:45.50
the Devil working
through the Roman Empire.
00:51:45.50\00:51:48.14
When the dragon sought
to devour the man child,
00:51:48.14\00:51:51.27
that's when the Devil
tried to destroy Jesus
00:51:51.27\00:51:53.94
as a baby in Bethlehem.
00:51:53.94\00:51:56.18
And so we've got a whole
study that talks about that.
00:51:56.18\00:51:59.41
But yes, folks,
00:51:59.41\00:52:01.12
I believe that China may
be mentioned in prophecy,
00:52:01.12\00:52:03.69
but it's not the
dragon in prophecy.
00:52:03.69\00:52:05.99
- And we do find
America mentioned
00:52:05.99\00:52:07.69
in the Book of Revelation.
00:52:07.69\00:52:08.82
It's actually the
second beast power
00:52:08.82\00:52:10.53
that you read
about in Revelation 13.
00:52:10.53\00:52:12.36
- But we're not
the eagle. (laughs)
00:52:12.36\00:52:13.46
- No, we're not the
eagle there. (laughs)
00:52:13.46\00:52:15.06
- So can't use those
modern, what do you call,
00:52:15.06\00:52:18.50
icons anymore.
00:52:18.50\00:52:20.00
- Yep. All right,
well, thanks for your call.
00:52:20.00\00:52:21.74
We're gonna go to-
00:52:21.74\00:52:22.57
- Oh, we could offer him
00:52:22.57\00:52:23.57
that lesson on
American prophecy too.
00:52:23.57\00:52:24.81
- Oh, that's a good one. Yes.
00:52:24.81\00:52:26.17
Again, if you're outside of
North America, which you are,
00:52:26.17\00:52:28.44
just go to the
Amazing Facts website
00:52:28.44\00:52:30.41
and you can
read the study guide.
00:52:30.41\00:52:31.41
It's called,
"America in Prophecy."
00:52:31.41\00:52:33.62
If you're in North America,
00:52:33.62\00:52:35.18
the number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:52:35.18\00:52:38.82
Ask for the study
guide, "America in Prophecy."
00:52:38.82\00:52:41.39
We've got, let's see,
Lynn listening in Michigan.
00:52:41.39\00:52:43.86
Lynn, we have
just a couple minutes
00:52:43.86\00:52:45.49
before we take a quick break.
00:52:45.49\00:52:47.00
- [Lynn] Yes, hello gentlemen.
00:52:48.06\00:52:49.53
I have a very quick question.
00:52:49.53\00:52:51.70
God created light
right off the bat.
00:52:53.13\00:52:56.20
I'm just wondering,
in the war in Heaven,
00:52:56.20\00:52:59.04
in the time
before He created light,
00:52:59.04\00:53:01.74
I can't believe
it was dark then.
00:53:01.74\00:53:04.95
I don't know. Maybe they
had a different sensory system.
00:53:04.95\00:53:09.28
But if light wasn't
created till Earth's time,
00:53:09.28\00:53:12.59
was it dark in
the war in Heaven?
00:53:14.22\00:53:16.09
- No, because you can
read in 1 John 1:5, it says:
00:53:16.09\00:53:21.13
This is the message
we have heard from Him
00:53:22.23\00:53:23.53
and declare to
you that God is light
00:53:23.53\00:53:26.67
and in Him is
no darkness at all.
00:53:26.67\00:53:29.00
So when God came to
this corner of the universe
00:53:29.00\00:53:31.11
and began creating
just by His coming here,
00:53:31.11\00:53:33.84
He said, "Let there be light."
00:53:33.84\00:53:35.61
His presence glows.
00:53:35.61\00:53:37.21
I mean, Moses came away
from the presence of God
00:53:37.21\00:53:38.95
and Moses was glowing.
00:53:38.95\00:53:40.98
Kinda like that
radioactive clock
00:53:40.98\00:53:42.72
you used to hold to the light
00:53:42.72\00:53:43.82
and then you
turn off the lights,
00:53:43.82\00:53:44.62
it glowed for a little while.
00:53:44.62\00:53:46.12
Through exposure to
God, Moses was glowing.
00:53:46.12\00:53:48.69
So when God came to this
darkened part of the cosmos,
00:53:48.69\00:53:53.60
He said, "Let there be light."
00:53:53.60\00:53:55.06
And He began to
divide the day from darkness,
00:53:55.06\00:53:57.47
just by, I think,
spinning the Earth.
00:53:57.47\00:53:59.77
And whatever side
was facing Him was day
00:53:59.77\00:54:01.50
'cause He doesn't make
the Sun until the fourth day.
00:54:01.50\00:54:05.01
So in Heaven, God's
glory and light is there.
00:54:05.01\00:54:09.71
And you read in
Revelation it says
00:54:09.71\00:54:11.15
there is no need of
the Sun in the City of God,
00:54:11.15\00:54:13.92
for the Lord God
illuminates the city in Heaven.
00:54:13.92\00:54:17.65
- And when you read the
different descriptions of Heaven
00:54:17.65\00:54:20.42
that the
prophets saw in the Bible,
00:54:20.42\00:54:22.42
they speak about the
glory and the brilliance
00:54:22.42\00:54:25.13
and just the majesty
of the presence of God.
00:54:25.13\00:54:28.46
- [Doug] Yeah.
00:54:28.46\00:54:29.53
- The light
shining forth from God.
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When the children of
Israel were in the wilderness
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and the Shekinah
glory, the presence,
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the visible presence of God,
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was revealed there in the
tabernacle, in the sanctuary,
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there was a
light, a glorious light.
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And of course,
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when God gave the 10
Commandments on Mount Sinai,
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there was thundering and
light and just great majesty.
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- Yeah, the presence
of God is, Bible says:
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The wicked are destroyed by
the brightness of His coming.
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And so God is light. In
Him is no darkness at all.
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from a gentleman
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and he is writing from Florida.
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And Pastor Doug,
here's his question.
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He says, first of
all, he talks about himself
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mentioning that one
of the things he does is
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he is a ghost hunter.
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So I guess he investigates
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these paranormal
type of things happening.
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He says also that he knows that
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we're not to
communicate with the dead,
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but his question
is, my main question is,
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"Can I be a Christian
and be a ghost hunter?
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"Is that possible?"
00:56:16.20\00:56:18.41
- Well, if you're a Christian,
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I would think you'd
wanna be a Jesus hunter.
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- Amen.
00:56:21.34\00:56:22.38
- Why would you
wanna hunt for ghosts?
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First of all,
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some people think that ghosts
are the spirits of dead people
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that are haunting.
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But the Bible's very clear.
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The living know they'll
die, the dead know not anything.
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And you can read
in the Book of Job,
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and I think it's
chapter 14, says:
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When a man dies,
his sons come to honor.
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He doesn't know anything of it.
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He does not return to his
house to go haunt his house.
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And so the ghosts that
people think they're seeing
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are typically fallen angels,
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sometimes called
evil spirits in the Bible,
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that are posing as the dead.
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And you've got an example
of that in, I believe it says
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at the end of 1
Samuel where you know,
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Saul goes to see
the Witch of Endor
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and this evil spirit
impersonates through a medium,
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the dead prophet.
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And as a result of going,
trying to consult with the dead,
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Saul ends up losing the battle.
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His three sons die and he
commits suicide the next day
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along with his armor bearer.
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It didn't end well.
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The Lord says, "Have nothing
to do with a Necromancer."
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And that means somebody who
is consulting with the dead.
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- You know, we do have a
study guide talking about this.
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It's got an intriguing title.
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It says, "Are the
Dead Really Dead?"
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And it talks about the subject.
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It's important, Pastor
Doug, that we understand this
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because we know in the last days
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the Devil is gonna do
everything he can to deceive.
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And I think one
of his deceptions
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is dead loved ones appearing
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and saying things that
would contradict the Bible.
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- That'll confuse folks.
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You know, we also
have another website called
00:57:49.90\00:57:51.67
ghosttruth.com.
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And some of our friends
are writing in questions
00:57:54.20\00:57:57.07
or in prison, they may not
have access to the internet,
00:57:57.07\00:57:59.44
but for those of you that do,
00:57:59.44\00:58:00.78
you can just go
to ghosttruth.com.
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