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Now, here's your host
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from Amazing Facts
International, Pastor Doug
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Batchelor. - Hello friends,
would you like to hear an
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amazing fact? One of the
most incredible survival stories
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from World War II
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involves a B-17 ball
turret gunner, Alan McGee.
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The young airman
survived a 22,000 foot fall
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without a parachute from
his damaged flying fortress.
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While on a
mission, January 3, 1943,
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over Lorraine France,
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McGee was wounded
by anti-aircraft flak.
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And he discovered
that his parachute
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had a large hole in the middle.
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He removed his parachute
and was looking for another one
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when his aircraft was hit again,
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and he was knocked unconscious
and blown out of the plane.
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The next thing he knew,
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McGee awoke terrified
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to find himself
falling free fall helplessly
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through the sky.
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He prayed and he
asked God to save his life.
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He said, "I don't wish to die
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because I know nothing of life."
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Then he lost
consciousness again.
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Moments later, his body
crashed through the glass
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roof of the
Saint-Nazaire railroad station.
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And he was tangled in
the steel girders and cables.
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The German soldiers
that came to the scene
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were astonished to find him
badly injured, but still alive.
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His arm was nearly torn off.
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He had badly damaged
teeth, legs, knees, and ankles.
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He was treated well
by skilled German doctors
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and made a near full
recovery at his POW camp.
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McGee went on to
live to 84 years of age.
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He said, "I don't know
how I got here, but I'm here.
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Thanks to God."
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Now that's an
amazing story, Pastor Ross.
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I've heard of some
people falling long distances.
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And I think the record is
23,000 feet by a Russian soldier
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who landed on a
hillside in the snow,
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but for this man
to land in France
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and go through
the roof of a building
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and live is pretty astonishing.
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- That is, that
would seem to be definitely
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an answer to prayer.
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Here he prays he's
falling through the air.
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Next thing he
knows he's still alive
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and just remarkable to
fall through glass and cable
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and wiring and everything else
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that was used in that
roof or that train station
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and still to survive
and have a full recovery.
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But the sample outta
the story is he survives,
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but he gets taken
to prisoner-of-war camp
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where he is there
for the rest of the war,
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but he does recover.
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- Yes. And it
seems like his faith
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in God really was revealed there
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in trusting in God
through that experience.
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We do have a book Pastor Dough
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that talks about faith
in difficult circumstances.
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It's the story of
another POW experience
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where somebody was in
a prisoner-of-war camp,
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but who had
incredible faith in God
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and how God answered
this person's prayer.
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It's called
"Deathwatch in Siberia."
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And this is our
free offer to anyone
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who would like to get it.
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All you have to do
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It's our free gift
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Well, Pastor Doug before
we go to the phone lines,
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as we always do,
let's start with prayer.
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- Amen.
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- Dear Father, we thank you
that we have this opportunity
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to once again, open
up Your Word and study.
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We thank you for the
many who are listening
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and those who are
gonna be calling in
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with their Bible questions.
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Lord, as we study,
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we pray that Your
Spirit would lead us
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into a fuller and deeper
understanding of the Bible.
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We ask this in Jesus name.
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Amen.
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- Amen. - If you have
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The number is 800-463-7297.
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to answer some Bible questions.
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- Okay, we're ready
to go to the phone lines.
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Our first call of this evening
is Chad listening in Canada,
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Chad you on the air.
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- [Chad] Hey
pastors, how are you doing?
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- Doing great,
thank for calling.
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- [Chad] Yes, thank you
for making this available.
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It's a great thing
that you guys are doing.
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- And your question tonight.
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- [Chad] Yes, so some
Christian denominations
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believe that the prophecy
of the mark of the beast
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was fulfilled by Emperor Nero.
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What proof from the
Bible or from history
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do we have to
prove that that prophecy
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has not been fulfilled
and Nero did not fulfill it?
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- Okay, good question.
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There are three principle views
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when it comes to
interpreting prophecy
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and revelation in particular,
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they've got the preterist view,
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and preterist you can
see in the title there
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is the word pre.
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They believe that
virtually all of revelation
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was fulfilled by 100 AD.
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And they think Nero
was the anti-Christ.
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And they talk about that
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the woman wearing the
purple and the scarlet,
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those were also the Roman
Caesars wore those colors.
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And so there's that group.
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Then you've got what you
call the historicist view.
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And that's probably
where Pastor Ross and I fall.
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That means
revelation and prophecies
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covering a panorama of history.
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Revelation in
particular tells us that
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these prophecies begin with
John getting the revelation.
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He said, "The time is at hand."
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And it continues
on the second coming.
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Well, second
coming doesn't happen yet.
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And so it's covering
the history of God's people,
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not just for
the first 100 years,
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but it's talking about
the history of God's people
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all the way from
the time of John,
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Jesus first
coming to His second.
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I mean, indeed,
beyond that to heaven.
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And then you've
got the futurist view
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and they
typically take Revelation 4,
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and they say
everything from chapter four on
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where they hear
the voice of a trumpet.
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They say, that's the
resurrection trumpet.
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And that's dealing with events
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that are after
this secret rupture.
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So those are the three views.
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There's very
few people actually.
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I mean, when you
look at percentages,
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very few Christians
believe the preterist view
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because it just doesn't match
up with Revelation 12, 13, 17,
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so many other prophecies.
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You can't squash them in
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and say the Caesars of
Rome fulfilled all of that.
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- Pastor Doug, also
interesting the history
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of the preterist
view and the futurist view
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prior to those different views,
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they weren't
something that was believed
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in the early days of
the Christian Church,
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but during the
time of the reformation,
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a number of the reformers
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were using the historicist
interpretation of Bible
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prophecy, and they were
identifying different political
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powers and religious powers.
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Of course, the papacy
was also being identified
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based on a historicist
interpretation of Revelation.
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And in response
to the reformation,
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we have what we call
the counter reformation
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that had the full support
of the papacy at the time.
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And they promoted a different
interpretation of Revelation,
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moved the
spotlight away from them.
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And there were
actually two views
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that was officially
endorsed by the church,
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the preterist and
the future review,
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which are directly
opposite in the interpretation.
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But they were both
adopted in different areas
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again, just to
move the focus away
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from the
historicist interpretation,
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but most Protestant churches
held to the historicist view
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until, oh, about 150
years ago, or even less
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where we began to see
some futuristic interpretations
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creep into main
Protestant churches.
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- And really the futurist
view really became popular
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in the '70s and the '80s
with some books by Hal Lindsey
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that used the skill field Bible.
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But yeah, you're
absolutely right.
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Those views are actually were...
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what's the word?
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They were manufactured.
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Those prophetic
views were manufactured
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by Roman Catholic
scholars, Jesuit scholars.
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And even though
they're opposite views.
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- Right, well, we
do have a study guide.
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Somebody might be
wondering a little bit more
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about what does the Bible mean
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when it talks about
the mark of the beast
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there in Revelation 13?
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We have a study guide
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that's actually called
the "Mark of the Beast."
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We'll be happy to send this
to anyone who's wanting to know,
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incidentally, this
is an important truth.
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'Cause the Bible
tells us in the last days,
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there's gonna be two groups.
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Those who have the seal of God,
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those who have
the mark of the beast.
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So we wanna know
what the seal is,
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we wanna know what the
mark is, call and ask for it.
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The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
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And again, you can ask for
the Amazing Facts study guide,
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it's called "The
Mark of the Beast,"
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and we'll be happy to get
in the mail and send it to you.
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If you're in North America,
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otherwise just visit
the Amazing Facts website,
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amazingfacts.org.
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Next caller that we have,
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we've got Refugio
listening in Texas.
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Refugio, welcome to the program.
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- [Refugio] Hi, yes, sir.
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How's it going?
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And God bless you all.
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- Thank you, good.
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How are you doing?
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- [Refugio] I'm doing all right.
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My question is... [inaudible]
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Can you repeat
that a little bit?
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That was hard to
hear your question.
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- [Refugio] One of
them is the vaccinations.
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vaccinations.
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Is it right to take it
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if you believe in God and Jesus?
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- Mhmm, well
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yeah, let's talk about
that for just a second.
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Now you're not
gonna find any reference
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to vaccines in the Bible.
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The Bible does
talk about medicine,
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and there are some
good things about medicine.
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I think it's both in Revelation
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and Ezekiel, it talks
about the trees by the river,
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their fruit was good and
their leaves were from medicine.
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And then Bible tells us
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that happy heart
does good like a medicine.
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So there were some
medicines that had good outcomes
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that they weren't using
vaccination in the Bible.
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I don't think that
there's any moral problem
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with vaccination that's
been in the news a lot lately,
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but up until last year,
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people got smallpox and polio
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and all different
kinds of vaccinations,
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and they didn't have
any problem with that.
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I can understand why a lot
of people might have issues
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with the government
forcing you to do something
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that you take
something in your body,
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at least in America,
that's kind of atypical.
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Usually your person's
health issues are very personal
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and private and
you're not really compelled
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or penalized for not
taking some medicine.
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And so there's a
lot of views on that,
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but you're not gonna
find the word vaccination
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or vaccine in the Bible,
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but there's no
sin against medicine.
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The right kind,
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you don't wanna be
addicted to any drug though.
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- We do have a study guide
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that talks about
"God's Free Health Plan."
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And if ever there's the
time for us to be healthy,
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it seems it would be now,
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there's all kinds
of diseases out there.
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Now of course, some of
it like we just talking
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about this virus passed decades,
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it's not always dependent
upon how healthy you are.
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Healthy people get sick
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and they can get
very sick with this virus.
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And so there is something
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that one needs to carefully
consider their situation,
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talk to the healthcare
provider and that kind of thing.
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But there are some biblical
principles that if we follow,
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it's gonna help us
strengthen our immune system,
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and generally make
us healthier people.
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And the Bible has quite
a bit to say about health.
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It's called
"God's Free Health Plan."
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It's one of our
Amazing Fact study guides.
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And we'll be happy to send this
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to anyone who calls and asks.
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The number to call
for that is 800-835-6747.
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And again, just ask for
the Amazing Facts study guide,
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it's called
"God's Free Health Plan,"
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and we'll get that - Amen.
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in the mail and send it to you.
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Some good Bible
principles dealing with health.
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Thanks for your call.
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We've got Terry
listening from Maryland.
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Terry walk into the program.
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- [Terry] Hi, good
evening to Pastor Ross
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and Pastor Batchelor.
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I had a question,
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I was married
before and we were divorced
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because my husband
had committed adultery.
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And that was back in 1999.
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And since then, the
last, I'd say few years
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I've been dating someone
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and we were talking
about getting married,
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and pastor refused to
marry us because he said,
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"Because I was married before
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that I was never
to get married again
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that that was biblical."
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And so I'm kind of at a loss.
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So I just can never marry again?
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- Well, let's find
out what the Bible says.
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And before I even get to the
scriptures here in front of me,
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we have a book, this
is "Marriage, Divorce, and
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Remarriage" is a book I wrote
because, well, for one thing,
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I lived through it in
that my mother and father
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were both married.
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My mom four
times, my dad five times.
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And I grew up
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with a lot of the
baggage surrounding that.
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And I just see in pastoring,
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a lot of people
struggle with these issues.
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And sometimes, the
answers are not cut and dry,
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but let's find out
what does Jesus say?
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If you look in Matthew 5:31,
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He says,
"Furthermore, it has been said,
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whoever divorces his wife,
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let him give her a
certificate of divorce.
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But I say to you that
whoever divorces his wife
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for any reason,
except sexual immorality
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causes her to commit adultery.
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And whoever marries a woman
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whose divorced
commits adultery."
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Now what Jesus is saying there,
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Paul also addresses
this in 1 Corinthians 7.
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What Jesus is
saying here is that
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a person who has been
divorced with biblical grounds,
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they can remarry.
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But if you marry
someone who is divorced
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without biblical grounds,
you're encouraging adultery.
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So from your
scenario that you shared,
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it sounds like your
husband was unfaithful.
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He violated the marriage vows.
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Then you are free to remarry.
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There's one other example
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where Paul talks
about marriage and divorce.
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And that's in the event that
there's two pagans out there.
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They don't believe in God.
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They don't know about Jesus.
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One of 'em converts
and becomes a Christian.
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The unbeliever
says, I'm leaving you.
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Maybe she's a young mother,
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does that mean she
can never marry again?
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Paul said, no, in
such cases, she's free.
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Do all you can to
save your marriage.
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But if it can't be saved,
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if they're bound and
determined to leave you
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because of your faith,
well, then you're free.
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Meaning free to remarry.
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Uh, so.....
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Marriage and divorce,
it's not the unpardonable sin.
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You look at Abraham, God,
actually at one point said,
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you need to put away Hagar.
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He said, oh, you
need to divorce her.
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Now God hates it 'cause it
causes all kinds of heartache,
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but God doesn't hate people.
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He hates sin and He
hates the consequences of sin.
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So you should talk to a pastor,
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if a pastor is saying
that if you were divorced
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and you have biblical
grounds, you can't remarry,
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I'd get another
pastor's opinion.
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They say sometimes get
another doctor's opinion.
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I think it might be
good to take your Bible
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and show these verses
to the pastor and say,
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now how do I understand this?
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- Terry, I think you'd
really enjoy their book.
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It's called "Marriage,
Divorce and Remarriage."
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And it's got all
the scriptures in there
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and explains the teachings
from the Bible on that.
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We'll be happy to
send that to you or anyone
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who calls and asks the
number is 800-835-6747.
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And again, you
can ask for the book,
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it's called Marriage,
Divorce and Remarriage."
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If you're
outside of North America,
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you can go to the Amazing
Facts website and read the book.
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I think you can just type
it in the search bar there
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and it should come up.
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Thank you for your call.
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We've got Anthony
listening in New York.
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Anthony, welcome to the program.
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- [Anthony] My question,
as I read through the Bible
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from the Old
Testament to the New Testament,
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I noticed that
whenever Jesus and whatever,
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even in His pre-incarnate
form, when He was here on earth,
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He was
accompanied by two angels,
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it seems like almost every time.
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So when He visited Abraham,
there were two angels with Him.
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At the resurrection,
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there were two
angels sitting on His grave
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besides the one
that was outside,
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but there were two angels,
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one at the foot
and one at the head.
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And then at His Ascension,
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there were two
angels there as well.
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So I just wanted to know,
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do you think
there's any biblical
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or spiritual
significance to that?
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Just like how
there's the cherubim
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on either side of the ark,
on the mercy seat of the ark.
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Do you think that's maybe that
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could represent something
like that or do you see
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any significance -
Yeah, I think you're
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always there? - onto something.
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- Yeah, in the Bible it tells us
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in the mouth of
two or three witnesses,
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let everything be established.
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And when Jesus
ascended to heaven,
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those two angels were there
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to testify of not
only His ascension,
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but that He would come again.
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And they said this
same Jesus will come again.
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At the resurrection,
there were two angels there
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to testify to the
women that He was alive.
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Don't look for the living
among the dead, He's alive.
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And as you said, there were
two angels that went into Sodom
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to testify that they had gone
too far in their wickedness.
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They had firsthand experience.
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And so sometimes the Lord sent
the disciples out two by two
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because they could
support each other.
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And also there was the testimony
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of at least two
or three witnesses.
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There are times where
there may have been one angel.
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I think it says
one angel came to Him
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in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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I wouldn't build a doctrine over
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there was always two
angels that were with Jesus.
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But yeah, I think that
there's something to be said
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for the number two representing
a stronger testimony.
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- And of course in
the Book of Revelation,
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we have a
passage in Revelation 11
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that talks about
the two witnesses,
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and we understand that to
be the law and the prophets,
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all of the Word of God.
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And that's also referred
to as the two witnesses.
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- And that's the two angels
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are right above the
two tables of the testimony
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- Yeah, that's right. in heaven.
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So you got
there's another example.
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- It's parallel.
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Good question,
thanks. - Thanks, Anthony.
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- We've got Grace
calling from Texas.
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Grace, welcome to the program.
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- [Grace] Hi, how are you?
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- Doing good.
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Thank you, and your called
in, your question tonight.
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- [Grace] Yes, my question is
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could there be another prophet,
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prophetess like Ellen
White that would write books
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and be utilized by God,
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even though they're weak
and ill like Ellen White was?
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- Yeah, the Bible
tells us in the last days
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that in the Book of Joel 2,
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it says, "I'll pour
out My Spirit on all flesh,
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and your sons and your
daughters will prophesy."
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Prophecy is one of
the gifts of the church.
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And now I don't think anything
should be added to scripture,
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but the gifts of the
Spirit have not stopped
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with the death
of the Apostle John.
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God still has the
gifts of the Spirit,
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you find in first
Corinthians 12, 13 and 14,
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and prophecy is
one of those gifts.
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And it tells us that
I'll pour out My Spirit
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on your sons and your daughter.
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So you have in the
Bible, both men and women
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that have the gift of prophecy.
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- And Pastor
Doug, it's interesting.
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If you look in scripture,
we find different types,
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you might say of prophets,
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they're all inspired and
they have a message from God,
00:20:08.70\00:20:11.51
but you have some prophets
00:20:11.51\00:20:13.17
who you might
consider almost career prophets
00:20:13.17\00:20:15.61
like Isaiah,
Jeremaiah, Daniel and others,
00:20:15.61\00:20:18.01
Moses that God's
used or spoke through
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over the length of their
life for a very long time.
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But then we also have examples
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where the Spirit of the Lord
will come upon an individual
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and they will
give a specific message
00:20:27.59\00:20:29.69
for a situation
at a specific time.
00:20:29.69\00:20:32.06
And that's the
last to hear of them
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as being doing
the work of a prophet,
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even in the New Testament,
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we have examples of people
00:20:36.90\00:20:38.10
who were prophesying
for specific situations,
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but you wouldn't consider them
as sort of a career prophet.
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So as we near the end of time,
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it's quite
possible based on verse
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that there will
be the manifestation
00:20:48.18\00:20:49.81
of the gift of professor
to help guide the church
00:20:49.81\00:20:52.68
and individuals in
different situations.
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But I don't know
if we have enough time
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left here on the earth
00:20:56.99\00:20:58.45
for a so-called career
prophet, you might say.
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Somebody like of the caliber
that is being used as a prophet
00:21:01.39\00:21:05.43
over many, many years.
00:21:05.43\00:21:07.40
- Well, and I've
wondered this myself,
00:21:07.40\00:21:09.70
there's that
verse there that says,
00:21:09.70\00:21:11.60
"Behold, I send
you Elijah the prophet
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before the great and
terrible day of the Lord."
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Now Jesus tells us John
the Baptist came in the spirit
00:21:17.07\00:21:19.37
and the power of Elijah,
00:21:19.37\00:21:20.84
but He said, John, Elijah
has come and Elijah will come.
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And so we wonder if
near the end of time
00:21:24.91\00:21:27.32
that someone will come with
the spirit and power of Elijah
00:21:27.32\00:21:30.35
to try to get
the world ready again
00:21:30.35\00:21:32.52
for the second
coming like John the Baptist
00:21:32.52\00:21:35.12
got the world ready
for the first coming.
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So they may.
00:21:36.52\00:21:38.33
Elijah appears out of nowhere.
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You can't really call...
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I guess you could
call Elijah career prophet.
00:21:40.80\00:21:42.30
But from the time
his first prophecy,
00:21:42.30\00:21:44.23
till he goes to heaven,
00:21:44.23\00:21:45.43
it's not the same amount of time
00:21:45.43\00:21:46.84
as Elisha or
Jeremiah - Right, that's true.
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is a short time.
00:21:48.80\00:21:50.07
- Interesting. -
Yeah, don't know.
00:21:51.17\00:21:52.61
- And of course in Revelation
7 you have a whole army,
00:21:52.61\00:21:55.54
you might say of
people who are doing
00:21:55.54\00:21:57.35
the work of
proclaiming. - 144,000.
00:21:57.35\00:21:59.18
- Yeah,
proclaiming God's last message
00:21:59.18\00:22:01.32
in the spirit and
the power of Elijah.
00:22:01.32\00:22:02.82
So some interesting parallels.
00:22:02.82\00:22:04.39
Great, great
question there, Grace.
00:22:04.39\00:22:06.05
We've got Kevin
listening from California.
00:22:06.05\00:22:08.72
Kevin, welcome to the program.
00:22:08.72\00:22:10.09
- [Kevin] Good evening, pastors.
00:22:10.09\00:22:11.23
So very good to talk to you.
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I wish you both well.
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- Thank you, thanks for calling.
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- [Kevin] I see you
growing trend with many pastors
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in many different churches,
00:22:19.60\00:22:21.14
teaching that the term
sons of God in the Bible
00:22:22.30\00:22:26.31
refers to angels.
00:22:26.31\00:22:27.84
We know that is not true.
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I am just astounded how rapidly
this teaching is growing.
00:22:34.52\00:22:39.52
We know that sons of
God are the line of Seth,
00:22:40.69\00:22:42.36
daughters of men
are the line of Cain.
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We know in Hebrews 1:5,
00:22:45.76\00:22:47.86
God says, "To which of the
angels did I ever call son,
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to which of the angels did
I ever say, I am your Father."
00:22:50.70\00:22:53.67
And then they
argue with the verse,
00:22:54.80\00:22:57.64
how the sons of God shouted
with joy and the stars sang.
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- In Job, yeah.
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- [Kevin] Well, yeah, we know
that the stars are the angels
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because Lucifer drew a
third of the stars with him.
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Sons of God are
still not angels.
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We probably can assume safely
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that sons of God were the
"Adams" of the other worlds
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that we can no longer see,
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just like we can no longer.
- Kevin, you're gonna put it
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into a question.
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- [Kevin] Well, my question is,
00:23:27.84\00:23:29.57
how do we combat
this false teaching?
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- Well, you're doing it.
00:23:34.21\00:23:35.71
You combat the
falsehood with the truth
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and you're absolutely correct.
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The people read in Genesis 6
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and some listeners might wonder
00:23:42.92\00:23:44.55
what is Kevin referring to.
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In Genesis 6, where it says,
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"The sons of God
saw the daughters of men
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that they were fair and took
them wives of all they chose."
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Some think that they're angels,
some think they're aliens.
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Some think
they're fallen angels.
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And then that you get these
giant like creatures from that.
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There have been
movies to that effect,
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but they're making
something outta nothing.
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It's talking about
the descendants of Seth,
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the children of
God intermarrying
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with the descendants of Cain.
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And then you've got
that verse in 1 John 3,
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where it says,
"Behold, what manner of love
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the Father's bestowed on us,
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that we should be
called sons of God."
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So you're on the
right track, Kevin that,
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and the way you deal with it
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is just get the truth out there.
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- Well, I think
part of the reason
00:24:26.49\00:24:28.00
for why there's
so much confusion is
00:24:28.00\00:24:30.00
there are a few
paraphrases of the Bible
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that actually use the
phrase - That's right.
00:24:33.60\00:24:35.30
instead of
translating sons of God,
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I'm thinking of the Living
Bible for one that actually says
00:24:37.87\00:24:40.44
"Angels sold the daughters
of men and took into them wives
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and giants were
born into the earth."
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So I think that's maybe
where some of this comes from
00:24:45.51\00:24:48.02
where this false idea of
these sons of God being angels.
00:24:48.02\00:24:52.49
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Tayvion is
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Tayvion, welcome to the program.
00:30:08.20\00:30:09.80
- [Tayvion] Hi Pastors,
00:30:12.07\00:30:13.11
how are you?
00:30:13.11\00:30:13.78
- Doing good!
00:30:13.81\00:30:14.58
How are you doin?
00:30:14.58\00:30:15.68
- [Tayvion] I'm doing alright.
00:30:16.34\00:30:18.25
But um, my question is
00:30:18.25\00:30:20.98
is that I've been
watching a lot of...
00:30:20.98\00:30:23.45
I've been basically following
00:30:23.45\00:30:24.69
the health
industry a lot lately.
00:30:24.69\00:30:27.02
And essentially this
is in regards to basically
00:30:27.02\00:30:30.43
what it's free to eat.
00:30:30.43\00:30:31.89
I know like clean and
unclean meat, but umm....
00:30:31.89\00:30:35.13
I'm not saying I have an eating
00:30:36.80\00:30:37.90
problem but I, you know,
00:30:37.90\00:30:39.80
like to eat.
00:30:39.80\00:30:41.04
But my questions is
00:30:41.04\00:30:43.04
is that, is it okay
for us to eat fast food
00:30:43.04\00:30:46.57
even if it's being clean?
00:30:46.57\00:30:49.01
- Yeah, well,
you're not gonna find...
00:30:50.18\00:30:52.45
there's probably no scripture
00:30:52.45\00:30:54.02
that's gonna forbid eating
at a fast food restaurant.
00:30:54.02\00:30:57.59
I guess you could
call subway fast food
00:30:57.59\00:31:00.42
because you can
get it pretty fast.
00:31:00.42\00:31:02.19
I eat there quite a bit,
00:31:03.39\00:31:04.76
but you can eat a
pretty healthy meal there.
00:31:04.76\00:31:06.56
So I used to travel
with a singing group
00:31:06.56\00:31:10.73
and they
sometimes were on the road.
00:31:10.73\00:31:12.03
And the only thing they could do
00:31:12.03\00:31:13.50
is stop at fast food to
keep on going down the road.
00:31:13.50\00:31:15.57
But I was
pretty health conscious
00:31:16.77\00:31:18.07
and I'd have to really scramble,
00:31:18.07\00:31:19.61
I'd order a veggie Whopper
or get a McDonald's salad.
00:31:19.61\00:31:23.38
You have to struggle a
little more to get stuff
00:31:23.38\00:31:25.25
that's not gonna kill you off,
00:31:25.25\00:31:27.32
but so there's no
sin to eating fast food.
00:31:27.32\00:31:30.92
Just wherever you
go, you wanna try and eat
00:31:30.92\00:31:34.16
what's good for you. -
Do the best you can, yeah.
00:31:34.16\00:31:35.56
I went to Kentucky Fried Chicken
00:31:35.56\00:31:36.93
and ate some mashed potatoes.
00:31:36.93\00:31:38.33
I think saved me once.
00:31:38.33\00:31:39.73
(both laughs)
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But no, we don't encourage,
00:31:41.36\00:31:42.86
if you do a lot of that,
that typically fast food,
00:31:42.86\00:31:45.67
I guess someone did a
special called "Supersize me"
00:31:45.67\00:31:49.64
where they just ate at
McDonald's for I forget a month
00:31:49.64\00:31:52.17
or something nearly killed them.
00:31:52.17\00:31:54.54
Anyway, so yeah, you
don't wanna do that very often
00:31:55.98\00:31:58.38
'cause it's usually
got a lot of calories
00:31:58.38\00:32:00.05
and a lot of
salt and not the best.
00:32:00.05\00:32:02.92
- Again, we
have this study guide
00:32:02.92\00:32:04.15
talking about
"God's Free Health Plan."
00:32:04.15\00:32:06.39
What does the Bible
say about our bodies
00:32:06.39\00:32:07.89
and how we can
take care of them?
00:32:07.89\00:32:09.46
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to anyone who calls and asks.
00:32:09.46\00:32:11.73
The number for that
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00:32:11.73\00:32:15.43
And you can ask
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00:32:15.43\00:32:17.00
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00:32:17.00\00:32:19.37
and again, Bible
principles for living a longer,
00:32:19.37\00:32:21.80
healthier, happier life.
00:32:21.80\00:32:23.47
Be blessed. - Thank you
00:32:23.47\00:32:24.64
for your question, Tayvion.
00:32:24.64\00:32:26.11
- We've got Randy
listening in Indiana.
00:32:26.11\00:32:27.68
Randy, welcome to the program.
00:32:27.68\00:32:29.18
- [Randy] Thank you, I
appreciate it, pastors.
00:32:30.58\00:32:32.88
My question centers
around the 10 commandments
00:32:34.25\00:32:37.69
and Moses on Mount Sinai.
00:32:37.69\00:32:39.19
And the reason I'm
asking this question is
00:32:40.66\00:32:42.92
we know in Colossians 1:16,
00:32:42.92\00:32:45.69
that all things
invisible and visible
00:32:45.69\00:32:47.96
were created
through Jesus Christ.
00:32:47.96\00:32:50.30
So my question is,
was it God the Father
00:32:50.30\00:32:53.10
or God the Son who wrote the
10 commandments on Mount Sinai?
00:32:53.10\00:32:57.91
- Well, you're giving the
answer, not only in Colossians,
00:32:57.91\00:33:00.58
but in the gospel of John 1,
00:33:00.58\00:33:02.24
it says, "All things that
were made were made by Him
00:33:02.24\00:33:05.75
and without Him was not
anything made that was made."
00:33:05.75\00:33:08.65
And Jesus says in Matthew 5,
00:33:08.65\00:33:11.22
"Do not think I've come
to destroy the law and the
00:33:11.22\00:33:13.86
prophets. I did not come
to destroy, but fulfill."
00:33:13.86\00:33:15.89
Well, He wouldn't destroy
him because He wrote 'em.
00:33:15.89\00:33:19.16
That finger that
wrote in the temple dust
00:33:19.16\00:33:22.40
when that woman
was caught in adultery
00:33:22.40\00:33:24.63
is the same finger I believe
that wrote the 10 commandments.
00:33:24.63\00:33:27.60
I believe God
the Father was there
00:33:27.60\00:33:29.64
with the son declaring His law.
00:33:29.64\00:33:31.24
That's why no man could
even go up into the glory
00:33:31.24\00:33:33.41
and see what was happening.
00:33:33.41\00:33:35.28
- Yeah, and throughout
scripture, even in the Old
00:33:35.28\00:33:37.25
Testament, we find
God being the go between
00:33:37.25\00:33:39.35
between the Father and Israel.
00:33:39.35\00:33:41.92
And it was Christ that
would've to appear sometimes
00:33:41.92\00:33:44.75
as the Angel of the Lord
or the Messenger of the Lord.
00:33:44.75\00:33:48.06
The Angel that
appeared actually was Christ
00:33:48.06\00:33:50.03
who appeared to Joshua
00:33:50.03\00:33:51.59
called the Angel of
the Lord, the Messenger.
00:33:51.59\00:33:53.60
So yes, Jesus is the
one that's communicating
00:33:53.60\00:33:56.70
with God's people
revealing the Father.
00:33:56.70\00:33:59.00
Jesus said, "He who has
seen Me has seen the Father."
00:33:59.00\00:34:01.70
So we find that
principle throughout the Bible.
00:34:01.70\00:34:03.97
- So you're on the
right track, Randy.
00:34:05.14\00:34:06.34
I think that was
God the Son, Jesus,
00:34:06.34\00:34:08.84
who was primarily involved
00:34:08.84\00:34:11.78
in delivering the
law to His people.
00:34:11.78\00:34:13.82
- All right, we've got
Sarah listening from Arizona,
00:34:13.82\00:34:16.85
Sarah welcome to the program.
00:34:16.85\00:34:18.29
- [Sarah] Oh, thank you!
00:34:19.92\00:34:20.96
I've been listening for a
little so I was surprised to, to
00:34:21.96\00:34:26.19
be on the air.
00:34:26.19\00:34:28.56
We're glad you made it.
00:34:28.93\00:34:30.83
- Anyways, so my question is
00:34:30.83\00:34:34.04
Is there anywhere in the Bible
00:34:34.04\00:34:35.80
where it forbids
wearing of jewelry,
00:34:35.80\00:34:38.11
like necklaces, wedding
rings and things like that?
00:34:38.11\00:34:41.44
Like I grew up not
wearing that stuff,
00:34:41.44\00:34:44.01
but I'm having
problems like showing
00:34:44.01\00:34:48.28
where it says not
to wear that stuff.
00:34:48.28\00:34:50.59
- All right, good question.
00:34:50.59\00:34:52.19
Some of our
listeners might be surprised
00:34:52.19\00:34:53.92
to know that early Protestants,
00:34:53.92\00:34:56.86
whether our church,
Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal,
00:34:58.26\00:35:00.86
they frowned on
wearing any jewelry,
00:35:00.86\00:35:04.40
they felt that it was
based on the scriptures.
00:35:04.40\00:35:07.80
Well, a few
scriptures I'll give you.
00:35:07.80\00:35:09.30
One is where Peter says
that the godly women of old
00:35:09.30\00:35:12.74
adorned the inside, let it
not be the outward adorning
00:35:14.31\00:35:17.68
of the plating of the
hair, wearing of gold,
00:35:17.68\00:35:19.58
putting on of apparel.
00:35:19.58\00:35:20.95
And Paul says that the
women adorned themselves
00:35:20.95\00:35:23.72
in modest apparel, not with gold
and pearls and costly array.
00:35:23.72\00:35:27.22
And when the children of
Israel made the golden calf.
00:35:27.62\00:35:29.96
Now I'm just giving
you off the top of my head
00:35:29.96\00:35:31.46
some of these verses that
you're asking about, Sarah.
00:35:31.46\00:35:34.23
When the children of
Israel made the golden calf,
00:35:34.23\00:35:37.40
it was made outta their jewelry
00:35:37.40\00:35:39.33
and they made a god out of it.
00:35:39.33\00:35:41.14
And then when Jacob
came to meet with the Lord,
00:35:41.14\00:35:44.74
it says that they
buried their jewelry
00:35:46.14\00:35:48.91
and they went to renew
their covenant to the Lord.
00:35:48.91\00:35:51.35
When God met with
the children of Israel
00:35:51.35\00:35:53.18
after the golden calf, He said,
00:35:53.18\00:35:54.55
"Break off your ornaments,
00:35:54.55\00:35:55.78
that I can know
what to do with you."
00:35:55.78\00:35:57.22
Now I wanna make it clear.
00:35:57.22\00:35:58.89
There's gonna be a lot of people
00:35:58.89\00:35:59.82
in heaven that wear jewelry.
00:35:59.82\00:36:01.52
But if you look at the Bible,
00:36:01.52\00:36:03.66
I think that God
is telling His people
00:36:03.66\00:36:06.93
that He's not calling us to
be investing in wearing money
00:36:06.93\00:36:11.80
to being ostentatious.
00:36:13.07\00:36:14.57
A few years ago, a lot of
televangelist got into trouble,
00:36:14.57\00:36:17.51
them and their wives,
00:36:17.51\00:36:19.17
and someone even
wrote a song and said,
00:36:19.17\00:36:20.88
"Would Jesus wear a Rolex?"
00:36:20.88\00:36:22.94
And a lot of these evangelists,
00:36:22.94\00:36:25.65
they were just be
decked with jewelry
00:36:25.65\00:36:27.85
and they were asking
everyone to send their money.
00:36:27.85\00:36:30.49
And it just didn't
send the right message.
00:36:30.49\00:36:33.52
- I think the
verse you're referring to
00:36:33.52\00:36:34.82
at least the ones
New Testament there,
00:36:34.82\00:36:36.49
1 Peter 3:3-6, you
have Peter talking about it.
00:36:36.49\00:36:41.46
And then you have
Paul in 1 Timothy 2:9,
00:36:42.60\00:36:45.90
and he's also referring to that.
00:36:45.90\00:36:47.70
You see the Bible principle
00:36:47.70\00:36:49.24
when it comes to dress for the
Christian is neat simplicity.
00:36:49.24\00:36:53.31
We don't want to draw
attention to ourselves
00:36:53.31\00:36:56.61
- Modesty. by wearing something
00:36:56.61\00:36:58.75
old fashioned or
something brand new in fashion,
00:36:58.75\00:37:02.18
we don't wanna
be in the foreground
00:37:02.18\00:37:03.75
or in the back when
it comes to fashion,
00:37:03.75\00:37:05.65
but we wanna be modest
00:37:05.65\00:37:06.82
and allow the
character to shine through.
00:37:06.82\00:37:10.16
- And we've actually had a book
00:37:10.16\00:37:11.69
that talks about what the
Bible says about a modesty
00:37:11.69\00:37:14.76
and I think there's one called
00:37:15.70\00:37:17.67
"Jewelry: How Much Is Too Much?"
00:37:17.67\00:37:19.27
That's got all
these verses in there.
00:37:19.27\00:37:20.87
- That's right.
00:37:20.87\00:37:21.80
If you'd like to get that book,
00:37:21.80\00:37:22.74
anyone who would like it,
00:37:22.74\00:37:23.97
Sarah and others
just call, 800-463-7297.
00:37:23.97\00:37:27.91
Actually that's the number
if you have a Bible question,
00:37:29.41\00:37:31.51
the one you wanna
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00:37:31.51\00:37:33.25
800-835-6747, that's the number.
00:37:33.25\00:37:36.65
Ask for the book,
00:37:36.65\00:37:37.92
it's called "Jewelry:
How Much Is Too Much?"
00:37:37.92\00:37:39.59
We're happy to send that
to anyone in North America.
00:37:39.59\00:37:42.22
You can also read that online
at the Amazing Facts website.
00:37:42.22\00:37:45.43
We've got Robert
listening in North Carolina.
00:37:45.43\00:37:47.23
Robert, welcome to the program.
00:37:47.23\00:37:48.76
- [Robert] Hey,
thanks for taking my call.
00:37:50.60\00:37:53.50
- Absolutely.
00:37:53.50\00:37:55.07
How can we help you tonight?
00:37:55.07\00:37:56.47
- [Robert] Okay, so I
got like a mark of the beast
00:37:57.91\00:38:01.08
related question,
I guess like, okay.
00:38:01.08\00:38:05.21
So like long while
back when I was younger,
00:38:05.21\00:38:08.62
I'm in my 40s now,
but when I was younger,
00:38:08.62\00:38:10.75
youth pastor said something
00:38:10.75\00:38:12.82
like the Hebrew word for
hand meant the whole arm,
00:38:12.82\00:38:17.33
like from fingertip to shoulder,
00:38:17.33\00:38:19.73
I thought that was the
strangest thing I ever heard.
00:38:19.73\00:38:22.20
And that stuck
with me all this time.
00:38:22.20\00:38:23.87
And my question
is, was he right?
00:38:23.87\00:38:27.00
- Oh, well, yes and no.
00:38:28.00\00:38:29.70
The Hebrew word for hand
00:38:29.70\00:38:31.74
does include the
wrists and the forearm.
00:38:31.74\00:38:34.48
It doesn't go to the shoulder.
00:38:34.48\00:38:36.28
And typically, I think
people use that argument to say,
00:38:36.28\00:38:39.58
when Jesus' hands were pierced,
00:38:39.58\00:38:41.78
a number of Christian scholars
00:38:41.78\00:38:43.22
believe that
means that He actually,
00:38:43.22\00:38:45.25
He could have got
the nails in His wrists.
00:38:45.25\00:38:48.06
It definitely
doesn't include your shoulder
00:38:48.06\00:38:50.23
that you're not
dealing with your hands.
00:38:51.29\00:38:52.69
So the hand was often
thought of in the Hebrew mind
00:38:52.69\00:38:55.56
of the forearm and the hands.
00:38:55.56\00:38:57.87
But typically, it's
talking about the hand part
00:38:57.87\00:38:59.80
where your fingers are, but
it might include your forearm.
00:38:59.80\00:39:03.24
And there's some examples
where it's translated that way.
00:39:03.24\00:39:06.04
So that's why I said you're
partly right and partly wrong.
00:39:06.04\00:39:09.68
- Although they are two
different words, Pastor Doug.
00:39:09.68\00:39:11.51
If you look in the Hebrew
00:39:11.51\00:39:12.75
or in the Greek
for hand and arm,
00:39:12.75\00:39:15.38
we have reference
to the Old Testament
00:39:15.38\00:39:16.92
where talks about saved
by God's righteous right arm.
00:39:16.92\00:39:20.02
And it's talking about the arm,
00:39:20.02\00:39:21.39
- The whole arm. is
talking about the hand.
00:39:21.39\00:39:22.56
Yes, and then
there's other verses
00:39:22.56\00:39:23.63
that clearly refer to the hand.
00:39:23.63\00:39:25.73
- That's right. So
there is a different word
00:39:25.73\00:39:28.16
used there in the
original languages.
00:39:28.16\00:39:30.73
- Yeah, and then Greek
is a whole different story.
00:39:30.73\00:39:32.37
It's a different language.
00:39:32.37\00:39:34.10
So we think that Jesus
got pierced in His hands.
00:39:34.10\00:39:39.11
I did a whole study on this
00:39:39.97\00:39:41.51
because we did a video where
Jesus was showing His hands
00:39:41.51\00:39:43.28
to someone
after the crucifixion,
00:39:43.28\00:39:45.55
we had to figure out
where do you put the nails?
00:39:45.55\00:39:47.75
And it's definite
that in Roman history
00:39:47.75\00:39:52.25
that they did have the
nails actually go in the hands
00:39:52.25\00:39:55.22
or the wrists.
00:39:55.22\00:39:56.42
So it could be both.
00:39:56.42\00:39:58.16
- All right, well,
thanks for your call, Robert.
00:39:58.16\00:39:59.63
We've got Terence listening
also in North Carolina.
00:39:59.63\00:40:02.70
Terence, you're on the air.
00:40:02.70\00:40:04.60
- [Terence] Yeah,
hey Jean, how are you?
00:40:05.73\00:40:07.74
- Good, good.
00:40:07.74\00:40:09.40
- [Terence] Good, I
got a question for you.
00:40:09.40\00:40:11.67
I was listening to
you the other night,
00:40:11.67\00:40:13.41
and somebody did ask the
same question I'm asking now
00:40:13.41\00:40:15.71
is if we can pray directly
to Jesus, I do quite frequently.
00:40:15.71\00:40:20.65
And your answer
the other night was
00:40:21.78\00:40:23.45
I believe
correct me if I'm wrong.
00:40:24.69\00:40:26.62
You said me on a couple of
different verses in the Bible.
00:40:26.62\00:40:30.33
You could pray
directly to Jesus.
00:40:31.46\00:40:32.69
But I asked for Jesus
blessings all the time.
00:40:32.69\00:40:36.23
I prayed to Jesus and God both.
00:40:36.23\00:40:38.53
So I was looking for a
little more clarity on that.
00:40:38.53\00:40:41.60
- All right, great question.
00:40:42.84\00:40:44.07
Pastor Doug.
00:40:44.07\00:40:45.01
- Yeah, there's nothing wrong
00:40:45.01\00:40:47.24
with praying directly to Jesus.
00:40:47.24\00:40:49.24
There are a couple of verses
00:40:49.24\00:40:50.55
that you find that the
last prayer in the Bible
00:40:50.55\00:40:53.58
says "Even so come Lord Jesus."
00:40:53.58\00:40:57.42
That's a prayer
directed to Jesus.
00:40:57.42\00:40:58.75
When Stephen was being stoned,
00:40:58.75\00:41:00.69
he said, "Lord,
Jesus received my spirit."
00:41:00.69\00:41:03.22
Typically Jesus encourages us
00:41:03.22\00:41:04.99
to pray to the
Father through Him.
00:41:04.99\00:41:08.00
But if you're praying to
Jesus, He's called our advocate.
00:41:08.00\00:41:11.10
He's called our intercessor.
00:41:11.10\00:41:12.90
And so nothing wrong with
talking to your defense attorney
00:41:12.90\00:41:16.50
to direct a message to
the judge, so to speak.
00:41:16.50\00:41:21.28
So most of the
time in the Bible,
00:41:21.28\00:41:24.48
Christ said, pray to the Father,
00:41:24.48\00:41:27.08
pray in this manner, our Father,
00:41:27.08\00:41:28.92
and we do it in
the name of His Son.
00:41:28.92\00:41:30.89
- And it's not
uncommon even with children
00:41:30.89\00:41:32.35
when we teach our kids
to pray and they little,
00:41:32.35\00:41:34.79
usually we'll begin
with the phrase, dear Jesus,
00:41:34.79\00:41:37.99
as part of the prayer.
00:41:37.99\00:41:38.96
And again, there's nothing
00:41:38.96\00:41:40.33
wrong with that. -
Makes it personal, yeah.
00:41:40.33\00:41:41.23
- It does, it makes it personal.
00:41:41.23\00:41:42.43
Although as
Pastor Doug mentioned
00:41:42.43\00:41:44.80
the example that
we find in scripture
00:41:44.80\00:41:46.47
for the most part is
00:41:46.47\00:41:47.94
you praying to God, the
Father in the name of Jesus,
00:41:47.94\00:41:50.54
asking for the
intercession of the Holy Spirit
00:41:50.54\00:41:52.51
to help guide your mind.
00:41:52.51\00:41:53.74
You're usually
asking for the Holy Spirit.
00:41:53.74\00:41:56.14
And then we have no example
that I know of, Pastor Doug
00:41:56.14\00:41:58.61
where somebody
who's praying specifically
00:41:58.61\00:42:00.25
to the Holy Spirit.
00:42:00.25\00:42:01.72
But we do have an
example of people praying
00:42:01.72\00:42:03.62
as mentioned Stephen
to Christ or to Jesus,
00:42:03.62\00:42:07.12
and then many examples
00:42:07.12\00:42:08.39
of people praying
to God, to the Father.
00:42:08.39\00:42:10.83
- Yeah, that's right, amen.
00:42:10.83\00:42:12.49
- Oh, you know we do have book,
00:42:12.49\00:42:13.43
it's called "Teach Us to Pray"
00:42:13.43\00:42:14.96
and it deals with
the subject of prayer.
00:42:14.96\00:42:17.57
And we'll be happy to send that
00:42:17.57\00:42:18.60
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:42:18.60\00:42:19.97
The number for
that is 800-835-6747.
00:42:19.97\00:42:24.04
And again, just call and ask.
00:42:24.04\00:42:25.37
The book is
called, "Teach Us to Pray."
00:42:25.37\00:42:27.38
And if you would like to
have a deeper prayer life,
00:42:27.38\00:42:29.84
you will be blessed
by reading that book.
00:42:29.84\00:42:32.41
Next call that we have is
Walter listening in Alaska.
00:42:32.41\00:42:35.32
Walter, welcome to the program.
00:42:35.32\00:42:36.85
- [Walter] Hi
pastors, blessings to you.
00:42:38.12\00:42:40.12
- Thank you.
00:42:40.12\00:42:41.66
- [Walter] Hey, my question
is about Galatians 5:19-21.
00:42:41.66\00:42:45.36
And I know in the Greek
00:42:47.40\00:42:49.06
it uses the word
pharmacia linked in there.
00:42:49.06\00:42:52.17
And how does that
involve our big pharma of today
00:42:52.17\00:42:56.81
in some of these
medicines, such as the vaccine?
00:42:56.81\00:42:58.97
- Well, let me read
this for our friends
00:42:58.97\00:43:01.01
that are listening Galatians 5,
00:43:01.01\00:43:02.91
I'll read oh, verse 19.
00:43:02.91\00:43:05.18
"Now the works of
the flesh are evident,
00:43:06.78\00:43:08.82
which are these; adultery,
fornication, uncleanness,
00:43:08.82\00:43:12.75
ludeness, idolatry, sorcery."
00:43:12.75\00:43:15.39
And I think that
word sorcery is pharmacia.
00:43:15.39\00:43:17.99
"Hatred, contentions,
jealousies, outbursts of wraths,
00:43:17.99\00:43:20.43
selfish ambition,
dissensions, heresis,
00:43:20.43\00:43:22.26
envies, murders, drunkenness,
revellings and the like
00:43:22.26\00:43:25.33
of which I tell you beforehand,
00:43:25.33\00:43:26.74
just as I've told
you in time passed
00:43:26.74\00:43:28.80
that those who
practice such things
00:43:28.80\00:43:30.41
will not inherit
the kingdom of God."
00:43:30.41\00:43:32.01
Right so Paul is saying
everything in that list is not
00:43:32.01\00:43:36.04
good. And the word
sorcery, pharmacia,
00:43:36.04\00:43:39.61
they used to
make potions and drugs
00:43:39.61\00:43:42.58
that would cause hallucinations.
00:43:42.58\00:43:44.75
And supposedly,
when I was a teenager,
00:43:44.75\00:43:47.19
a lot of the young people back
then during the Beatles era,
00:43:47.19\00:43:50.39
we were taking LSD and
mushrooms and hallucinogenics,
00:43:50.39\00:43:54.96
we called them to give
us a spiritual experience.
00:43:54.96\00:43:58.03
It was our argument anyway.
00:43:58.03\00:43:59.90
Well, that's not new.
00:43:59.90\00:44:01.24
That was
happening all the way back
00:44:01.24\00:44:02.44
in the time of
Paul in witchcraft,
00:44:02.44\00:44:04.37
they often resorted to drugs
00:44:04.37\00:44:06.07
that would put them in a trance.
00:44:06.07\00:44:08.64
And when I lived on
the Navajo Reservation,
00:44:08.64\00:44:10.91
they would go and have
a, we called them pow-wow,
00:44:10.91\00:44:13.92
but they'd get together and
they'd have a spiritual ceremony
00:44:13.92\00:44:16.58
and they'd take peyote
and they'd go into trance
00:44:16.58\00:44:19.42
and hope that God
would give them messages.
00:44:19.42\00:44:21.26
But we know now this is just
00:44:21.26\00:44:23.99
they are
hallucinations and delusions.
00:44:23.99\00:44:27.03
I don't think this is talking
00:44:27.03\00:44:28.50
where it's pharmacia there,
00:44:28.50\00:44:29.86
I don't think it's talking
00:44:29.86\00:44:31.47
about using justified
pharmaceuticals for some
00:44:31.47\00:44:35.70
condition. And it's certainly
hard to make an argument
00:44:36.84\00:44:38.81
that this is talking
about one particular vaccine.
00:44:38.81\00:44:43.81
I think Paul is talking
about just the way that sorcery
00:44:45.21\00:44:46.85
was being used and they
used drugs in their sorcery.
00:44:46.85\00:44:50.72
Now there may be problems.
00:44:50.72\00:44:52.25
It's not really
a Bible question.
00:44:52.25\00:44:53.66
There may be
problems in our culture
00:44:53.66\00:44:55.12
with the power of big
pharmaceutical companies.
00:44:55.12\00:44:58.26
I think everyone knows
that there are lobbyists paid
00:44:59.79\00:45:03.10
in Washington and
there's a lot of money
00:45:03.10\00:45:04.63
that's connected
with those industries.
00:45:04.63\00:45:06.00
I'm thankful for a
lot of the good cures
00:45:06.00\00:45:07.84
that have been developed.
00:45:07.84\00:45:09.37
I'm sure there's probably
where there's a lot of money,
00:45:09.37\00:45:11.44
there's a little bit
of intrigue involved,
00:45:11.44\00:45:13.58
but it's not really
a Bible issue there.
00:45:13.58\00:45:17.08
- Pastor Doug, I'm just thinking
00:45:17.08\00:45:18.11
some of these pagan countries
00:45:18.11\00:45:20.35
or pagan traditions and tribes,
00:45:20.35\00:45:23.28
they would have the witch doctor
00:45:23.28\00:45:25.15
who would serve
both as the doctor,
00:45:25.15\00:45:27.79
as well as the one who was
to communicate with the gods.
00:45:27.79\00:45:31.16
So there's always been
some kind of connection
00:45:31.16\00:45:33.96
between healing,
- And medicine, men.
00:45:33.96\00:45:35.60
and sort of the
priest or that type of thing.
00:45:35.60\00:45:37.63
And of course that was way back,
00:45:37.63\00:45:38.97
even in Greek
culture and Greek mythology.
00:45:38.97\00:45:41.14
And that's really what
Paul is addressing here
00:45:41.14\00:45:43.47
is those who claim to
communicate with the God, so to
00:45:43.47\00:45:46.64
speak and cast vows and
give potions and those type of
00:45:46.64\00:45:50.31
things. - Yep, hope
that helps a little bit.
00:45:50.31\00:45:51.78
We thank you,
Walter, for your call.
00:45:51.78\00:45:53.68
- We've got Muriel in Florida.
00:45:53.68\00:45:56.22
Muriel, welcome to the program.
00:45:56.22\00:45:58.32
- [Muriel] Hello, Pastor
Ross and Pastor Batchelor,
00:45:58.32\00:46:01.59
it's my first time calling in,
00:46:01.59\00:46:03.43
getting on let me be quick.
00:46:03.43\00:46:05.13
I was reading Exodus 9:1
about Moses going to Pharaoh
00:46:06.66\00:46:11.63
and asking him
to let my people go
00:46:14.37\00:46:16.57
so that they may worship Me.
00:46:16.57\00:46:18.91
I've been just
trying to understand
00:46:18.91\00:46:21.71
what is the difference,
00:46:21.71\00:46:22.91
and then different
versions say serve Me.
00:46:22.91\00:46:25.25
And I'm just
boggled by the difference
00:46:26.41\00:46:29.82
between worship and praise.
00:46:29.82\00:46:32.69
- Okay, that's good.
00:46:32.69\00:46:34.52
You could certainly
do both at the same time,
00:46:35.72\00:46:38.36
but there is probably a
distinction you can make
00:46:38.36\00:46:40.53
between worship and praise.
00:46:40.53\00:46:42.90
Worship is something that
can also be done very quietly,
00:46:42.90\00:46:47.17
but praise it's hard
to do praise quietly.
00:46:47.17\00:46:49.50
Praise means you are
articulating your appreciation
00:46:49.50\00:46:53.58
for the virtues
of a person or God.
00:46:53.58\00:46:58.58
We're talking about
praising God in this context.
00:46:59.91\00:47:01.12
They say that the way that
you teach children is sometimes
00:47:02.55\00:47:06.69
through it can be
praise or punishment.
00:47:06.69\00:47:09.19
You discourage the bad behavior,
00:47:09.19\00:47:11.49
you encourage by
praise the good behavior.
00:47:11.49\00:47:14.36
You say that was really good.
00:47:14.36\00:47:15.73
I'm so proud of you.
00:47:15.73\00:47:17.23
You did a wonderful job,
and they just brighten up
00:47:17.23\00:47:18.73
when they hear those words
of encouragement and praise,
00:47:18.73\00:47:20.84
but that must be articulated,
00:47:20.84\00:47:22.80
whereas worship, you can
get on your knees quietly
00:47:22.80\00:47:24.87
and just adore God
and talk to the Lord
00:47:24.87\00:47:28.14
and you'd be worshiping Him.
00:47:28.14\00:47:29.71
So what do you
think, Pastor Ross?
00:47:31.11\00:47:32.51
- Yeah, I agree.
00:47:32.51\00:47:34.02
I think worship also carries
with the idea of obedience
00:47:34.02\00:47:35.95
when the first
angel's message says,
00:47:35.95\00:47:37.62
fear God, give
glory to Him, worship Him
00:47:37.62\00:47:39.89
that made the
heavens, the earth and the sea.
00:47:39.89\00:47:41.49
It's not just
praise and adoration.
00:47:41.49\00:47:43.22
That's definitely part of it.
00:47:43.22\00:47:44.99
But if worship is to be genuine,
00:47:44.99\00:47:47.20
it needs to be
accompanied with obedience.
00:47:47.20\00:47:49.50
And so we worship
God by obeying Him,
00:47:49.50\00:47:52.17
by doing those things
that are pleasing in His sight.
00:47:52.17\00:47:54.37
That is an aspect of worship.
00:47:54.37\00:47:56.20
Praise is, as you
said, it's vocalizing.
00:47:56.20\00:47:59.11
Usually we praise, we
can praise individually,
00:47:59.11\00:48:01.81
but usually in a group setting.
00:48:01.81\00:48:03.71
A church we'll sing
praises to the Lord.
00:48:03.71\00:48:05.85
We'll sing hymns.
00:48:05.85\00:48:07.08
So that would be
part of worship for sure.
00:48:07.08\00:48:09.32
But a little bit of
a different emphasis.
00:48:09.32\00:48:11.59
- It says to obey is
better than sacrifice.
00:48:11.59\00:48:13.82
- That's right. So yeah.
00:48:13.82\00:48:14.76
So worship involves obedience.
00:48:14.76\00:48:15.56
- Thank you, Muriel.
00:48:15.56\00:48:16.49
We're glad you got through
00:48:16.49\00:48:17.69
and we hope it's not
the last time you call.
00:48:17.69\00:48:19.39
- We've got Venice listening.
00:48:19.39\00:48:20.86
Denise, welcome to the program.
00:48:22.00\00:48:24.17
- [Denise] Yes, it is Denise,
00:48:24.17\00:48:25.33
thank you,
00:48:25.33\00:48:26.30
and good evening.
00:48:26.30\00:48:27.74
- Hi!
00:48:27.74\00:48:28.40
- [Denise] Hi, my question is
00:48:28.40\00:48:30.51
I received the Holy
Spirit and I'm walking with God.
00:48:30.51\00:48:34.51
Why do I need to
ask for a refilling
00:48:35.64\00:48:39.05
of the Holy Spirit every day?
00:48:39.05\00:48:43.15
I thought He'd be
00:48:43.15\00:48:44.49
walking with me all the time.
00:48:44.49\00:48:46.45
- That's a good question.
00:48:47.56\00:48:50.03
I remember hearing about a man
00:48:50.03\00:48:51.76
who was married to
his wife for 35 years.
00:48:51.76\00:48:53.93
And she said, "You never tell
me that you love me anymore."
00:48:53.93\00:48:58.63
And he said, "Well, I
told you when I married you,
00:48:58.63\00:49:00.74
if I changed my
mind, I'll let you know."
00:49:00.74\00:49:03.24
But she wanted to
hear it more often.
00:49:03.24\00:49:05.41
You know Jesus said, when
you say the Lord's Prayer,
00:49:05.41\00:49:07.81
in the Lord's Prayer,
00:49:07.81\00:49:09.08
it says, "Give us
this day, our daily bread."
00:49:09.08\00:49:10.81
Well, that sounds like you're
not asking for monthly bread.
00:49:10.81\00:49:13.95
So walking with the
Lord is denying yourself.
00:49:13.95\00:49:16.99
Jesus said,
"Whoever would come after Me,
00:49:16.99\00:49:19.22
let him deny himself daily,
00:49:19.22\00:49:21.29
take up his
cross and follow Me."
00:49:21.29\00:49:23.73
And then the Lord tells us
00:49:23.73\00:49:25.19
"If you being evil give
good gifts to your children,
00:49:25.19\00:49:28.00
how much more will
your Father in heaven
00:49:28.00\00:49:29.73
give the Holy Spirit
to those that ask Him?"
00:49:29.73\00:49:33.13
The word there ask
is an ongoing verb,
00:49:33.13\00:49:35.67
we're to continue asking Him.
00:49:35.67\00:49:37.87
So as we need food every day,
00:49:37.87\00:49:39.51
as we need
fellowship with God every day,
00:49:39.51\00:49:41.91
we are inviting
for God, the Spirit
00:49:41.91\00:49:43.81
to be in us all the time.
00:49:43.81\00:49:46.05
And you see in the
disciples experience,
00:49:46.05\00:49:48.52
they prayed in Acts 2
00:49:48.52\00:49:49.88
and they were filled
with the Holy Spirit.
00:49:49.88\00:49:51.89
But then you, you go to Acts 4.
00:49:51.89\00:49:53.32
It says the place
where they were assembled,
00:49:53.32\00:49:54.79
they prayed and it was shaken
00:49:54.79\00:49:56.42
and they were filled
with the Holy Spirit again.
00:49:56.42\00:49:59.09
And look at all
the times it says
00:49:59.09\00:50:00.50
the spirit of the
Lord came upon Samson.
00:50:00.50\00:50:03.26
The spirit of the
Lord came upon David.
00:50:03.26\00:50:05.97
There's waves of the Holy Spirit
00:50:05.97\00:50:07.94
that come into people's
lives so I'd say keep praying.
00:50:07.94\00:50:11.01
- We have a book, it's
called "Life in the Spirit,"
00:50:11.01\00:50:13.24
talks about the Holy Spirit,
the need of the Holy Spirit.
00:50:13.24\00:50:15.84
We'll be happy to send this
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:50:15.84\00:50:18.18
The number
again is 800-835-6747.
00:50:18.18\00:50:22.05
And again, the book is
called "Life in the Spirit"
00:50:22.05\00:50:24.75
talking about the Holy Spirit.
00:50:24.75\00:50:26.29
And we'll be happy to send
it to anyone who calls and asks.
00:50:26.29\00:50:28.82
We've got Anthony
listening in Pennsylvania,
00:50:28.82\00:50:30.93
Anthony, welcome to the
program, you're on the air.
00:50:30.93\00:50:33.46
- [Anthony] Thank
you very much, pastors.
00:50:34.60\00:50:36.50
Good evening,
God bless you guys.
00:50:36.50\00:50:38.30
- Evening,
thank you for calling.
00:50:38.30\00:50:39.97
- Okay, Revelation 21:1.
00:50:41.07\00:50:43.91
It says, "Now I saw a
new heaven and a new earth,
00:50:45.34\00:50:49.24
but the first heaven and
the first earth has passed away.
00:50:49.24\00:50:52.88
Also, there was no more sea."
00:50:53.78\00:50:57.29
My question is what does it mean
00:50:57.29\00:50:59.59
when it says
there's no more sea?
00:50:59.59\00:51:01.29
Does that mean
there's no water in heaven?
00:51:01.29\00:51:03.99
- Okay, great question.
00:51:03.99\00:51:05.39
Of course, it's not
telling us there's no water
00:51:05.39\00:51:07.40
because you read a little
later that the river of God,
00:51:07.40\00:51:10.63
this river of life
flows from the throne of God.
00:51:10.63\00:51:13.30
You also read about that.
00:51:13.30\00:51:14.77
And Ezekiel talks about the
river proceeds from the temple.
00:51:14.77\00:51:18.21
And so wherever
you got water running,
00:51:18.21\00:51:20.14
it's gonna run to something.
00:51:20.14\00:51:22.11
And we just believe
that in the new earth,
00:51:22.11\00:51:25.45
you're not gonna have the
salt water that you have now.
00:51:25.45\00:51:28.42
Before the flood
in the days of Noah,
00:51:28.42\00:51:30.45
I believe that the
earth was covered with water
00:51:30.45\00:51:32.55
that you could drink, and
the flood broke up the earth
00:51:32.55\00:51:36.59
and these great salt
deposits in the earth
00:51:36.59\00:51:39.49
were mixed with the
water making it briny.
00:51:39.49\00:51:41.76
It's interesting in
the Peru, Pastor Ross,
00:51:41.76\00:51:44.00
they've got in Lake
Titicaca, which is, I forget,
00:51:44.00\00:51:46.43
it's gotta be
like 14,000 feet high,
00:51:46.43\00:51:49.07
they got sharks and
they're fresh water sharks.
00:51:49.07\00:51:53.01
And they think that when
there's this great upheaval
00:51:53.01\00:51:55.34
in the world that
a lot of these sharks
00:51:55.34\00:51:57.31
that were in this
inland area got pushed up
00:51:57.31\00:52:00.82
and they survived.
00:52:00.82\00:52:02.78
I mean, they certainly didn't
swim 14,000 feet up a creek.
00:52:02.78\00:52:06.59
And the whole world at one time
00:52:06.59\00:52:09.22
was covered with fresh water.
00:52:09.22\00:52:10.73
So when it says there's
no more sea in Revelation,
00:52:10.73\00:52:12.79
there's no more of
the brownie salty ocean
00:52:12.79\00:52:15.36
that you cannot
drink that burns your eyes,
00:52:15.36\00:52:17.60
but there will be lakes
00:52:17.60\00:52:19.10
and it's gonna be a
great lake probably out there,
00:52:19.10\00:52:21.90
somewhere in the new earth.
00:52:21.90\00:52:23.27
- And of course,
back in Bible times,
00:52:23.27\00:52:24.57
sea was a terrible separation.
00:52:24.57\00:52:26.91
So yeah, you have John,
he's on the Island of Patmos.
00:52:26.91\00:52:29.04
The ones that he
love he's in Ephesus.
00:52:29.04\00:52:31.15
Well, there's a
sea separating him
00:52:31.15\00:52:32.71
- Good point.
from the ones he loved.
00:52:32.71\00:52:34.65
And of course, when
somebody would bought a ship
00:52:34.65\00:52:36.45
and head out to sea, well,
you might not see them again.
00:52:36.45\00:52:39.92
But in the earth made new,
00:52:39.92\00:52:41.09
there's gonna be no separation
00:52:41.09\00:52:42.62
between friends and loved ones.
00:52:42.62\00:52:44.26
We're not gonna be
separated by oceans or seas,
00:52:44.26\00:52:47.23
but there's definitely
gonna be bodies of water
00:52:47.23\00:52:49.16
as you mentioned, Pastor Doug.
00:52:49.16\00:52:50.30
And I think it's gonna be just,
00:52:50.30\00:52:51.87
oh, well, we know it's gonna be
00:52:51.87\00:52:53.40
so much better than anything
we have here on this earth.
00:52:53.40\00:52:55.60
The Bible says "Eyes
has not seen, no ear heard,
00:52:55.60\00:52:58.87
no entity to the heart of man
00:52:58.87\00:53:00.81
the things that God is preparing
for those that love Him."
00:53:00.81\00:53:03.18
So beautiful,
beautiful, - Absolutely
00:53:03.18\00:53:04.78
place that God's preparing.
00:53:04.78\00:53:05.75
Thanks for your call.
00:53:05.75\00:53:06.82
We've got, let's see Colin in,
00:53:06.82\00:53:09.08
is it New Mexico
or Maine? - Maine.
00:53:10.29\00:53:11.95
I think it's Maine.
00:53:11.95\00:53:12.79
Colin, Maine welcome.
00:53:12.79\00:53:13.79
- [Colin] Yes,
good evening, gentlemen.
00:53:15.52\00:53:17.39
- Hi, we got about two minutes.
00:53:17.39\00:53:18.89
Can we do it?
00:53:18.89\00:53:19.69
- [Colin] Yes,
we can, absolutely.
00:53:20.90\00:53:22.83
Thanks for taking my call.
00:53:22.83\00:53:24.07
My question is in
regards to the small,
00:53:24.07\00:53:27.04
but interesting Book of 2 John,
00:53:27.04\00:53:29.30
right in the
beginning, 2 John verse one
00:53:30.47\00:53:33.91
it says, "To the
chosen lady and her children,
00:53:33.91\00:53:37.81
whom I love in truth,"
00:53:37.81\00:53:39.41
which is strong language
right off the bat there.
00:53:40.62\00:53:42.18
I'm wondering if
that's a specific individual
00:53:42.18\00:53:44.79
that John is referring to
00:53:45.89\00:53:47.22
or is that to be
interpreted symbolically
00:53:47.22\00:53:50.63
for that Book of 2 John.
00:53:50.63\00:53:51.86
- Okay, hey, thank you so much.
00:53:51.86\00:53:54.00
Good question, Colin.
00:53:54.00\00:53:55.50
I do believe that
he's talking about
00:53:55.50\00:53:57.63
when he says, "To the
elect lady and her children,"
00:53:57.63\00:54:00.27
that's talking about the church.
00:54:00.27\00:54:01.87
Church is called
the bride of Christ.
00:54:01.87\00:54:03.77
And you can read about
the woman in Revelation.
00:54:03.77\00:54:07.28
John wrote Revelation 12,
00:54:07.28\00:54:09.91
that woman in chapter 12
00:54:09.91\00:54:11.65
is clothed with the
sun, the moon and the stars
00:54:11.65\00:54:14.02
is the bride of Christ.
00:54:14.02\00:54:15.55
And so he's
addressing this letter
00:54:15.55\00:54:17.99
to the church in this district.
00:54:17.99\00:54:21.22
And he goes on to say,
00:54:21.22\00:54:23.56
"Your elect sister greets you,"
00:54:23.56\00:54:25.63
when he closes the letter.
00:54:25.63\00:54:27.36
And so let me see here,
00:54:27.36\00:54:28.86
"The children of
your elect sister,"
00:54:28.86\00:54:30.20
and that's
verse 13, "greet you."
00:54:30.20\00:54:31.97
So he is writing from
one church and its children
00:54:31.97\00:54:35.00
to another
church and its children.
00:54:35.00\00:54:37.07
And he's using
this symbolic language.
00:54:37.07\00:54:38.74
- Absolutely, the
church is described as being
00:54:38.74\00:54:41.01
the bride of Christ.
00:54:41.01\00:54:42.24
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We've got a few Bible questions,
00:55:27.56\00:55:28.72
Pastor Ross that came in online
00:55:28.72\00:55:30.79
and let's see how
many of them we can carry.
00:55:30.79\00:55:32.63
- Okay, here we
go, question one,
00:55:32.63\00:55:33.96
why do some
people call Jesus Joshua?
00:55:33.96\00:55:37.13
- Well, the way you would say
00:55:38.17\00:55:39.37
Jesus' name in
Hebrew is Yeshuah.
00:55:39.37\00:55:42.14
And so some people think,
00:55:42.14\00:55:43.51
well, it's important
to try and pronounce it
00:55:43.51\00:55:45.44
in its original accent.
00:55:45.44\00:55:49.41
There's certainly nothing wrong
00:55:50.31\00:55:51.55
with speaking a name
in your own language.
00:55:51.55\00:55:54.32
It's always fun for me
when I travel to other countries
00:55:54.32\00:55:56.92
and they try to say Douglas,
00:55:56.92\00:55:58.32
which is a pretty
English or Scottish name.
00:55:58.32\00:56:00.59
And they call me
everything from duck to dog,
00:56:00.59\00:56:03.96
to some people can't
wrap their tongue around it.
00:56:03.96\00:56:07.10
And so, if you say
Jesus in Spanish, it's Jesús,
00:56:07.10\00:56:10.90
when you say it in
Greek, it's gonna be Iesous,
00:56:10.90\00:56:14.87
and English, it's Jesus.
00:56:14.87\00:56:16.74
Some people feel like,
well, but I wanna say it the way
00:56:18.17\00:56:20.04
that Mary said it to
Jesus when He was in His manger.
00:56:20.04\00:56:23.35
So they say Yeshuah.
00:56:23.35\00:56:25.11
- Okay, all right, next
question that we have, it says,
00:56:25.11\00:56:27.62
since we're judged by
based upon what we know,
00:56:27.62\00:56:32.32
wouldn't it be better for people
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just not to know
anything about the Bible?
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- That's right.
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Someone said,
ignorance is bliss.
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Ignorance is bliss,
but it's not very smart.
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You're not only
responsible for what you know,
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you're responsible for what
you have an opportunity to know.
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I believe it says
in the Book of Hosea 4,
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and if you read
verse six, he says,
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"My people are destroyed
for lack of knowledge."
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Well, that doesn't
sound fair to destroy him
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for lack of knowledge.
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But he goes on and
says, "Because you've rejected
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knowledge, I will reject you."
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So friends, if you have
an opportunity to know truth,
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God wants us to learn.
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He doesn't want us
to live in darkness.
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And yes, when you do
know you're more accountable,
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but don't stay in the darkness.
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- Jesus said, "If
you know the truth,
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the truth will set you free."
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- That's right.
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- Another question it says,
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what do we know about Enoch
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apart from him being taken
to heaven and not seeing death?
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- Well, it tells us
Enoch walked with God.
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A matter of fact, after
he had his son Methuselah,
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it tells us he walked with God
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because he understood the
love of the Father and the Son.
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The Book of Jude tells us Enoch
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was a preacher of righteousness
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who said the Lord is
coming with 10,000 of His saints
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to execute
judgment on the ungodly.
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And so, yeah, I think he
was a preacher of righteousness
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that help Noah in preparing
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for warning people
about the coming flood.
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- Absolutely, so he
serves as the type of those
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who will be translated to heaven
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when Jesus
comes the second time.
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- That's right.
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It's interesting.
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It says that Enoch
was the seventh from Adam.
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- And he went
up. - And he went up.
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- Yeah, His gonna get the rest.
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