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Now here's your host from
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Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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- Hello, friends. Would you
like to hear an amazing fact?
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On April 29th, 2020,
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a sprawling mass of
powerful thunderstorms
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produced a single
mega flash lightning strike
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over the Southern United States
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that was more
than 477 miles long.
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This record-breaking massive
flash of electric tentacles
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stretched from near Houston
to Southeast Mississippi.
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The record beat the
440 mile-long mega flash
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that occurred over Southern
Brazil on Halloween of 2018.
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Using the newest
weather satellites,
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the World Meteorological
Organization announced
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that it had confirmed the
mega flash lightning record.
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The WMO also
identified a world record
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for the longest
lasting lightning flash.
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It lit up the skies over
Uruguay and Northern Argentina
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for 17.1 seconds
on June 18th, 2020.
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Imagine that, Pastor Ross,
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one lightning strike lights
up the sky for 17 seconds.
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That may not sound like
long, but hold your breath
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and picture a
lightning strike for 17 seconds
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and well, that would
put any dog under the bed.
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- Just the brightness of that,
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you could probably read with
a flash of lightning that long.
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- You wonder what kinda
thunder it would produce.
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- Oh, man. Yeah,
absolutely, yeah.
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- It makes me think
about that verse in the Bible
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where Jesus is warning
regarding His Second Coming,
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He's warning
about not being deceived
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'cause He says there's
going to be false Christs
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and false prophets.
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Now let me read a
little bit to you of this.
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It's in Matthew 24:23-27.
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"Then if anyone says to you,
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'Look, here is
Christ! Or there!'
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Do not believe it.
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For false Christs and
false prophets will rise
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and show great signs
and wonders to deceive,
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if possible,
even the very elect.
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See, I've told you beforehand.
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Therefore if they say to you,
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'Look, he's in the desert!'
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Do not go out; or,
'Look, he's in the inner rooms!'
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Do not believe it.
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For as lightning
comes from the east
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and flashes to the west,
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so also will the
coming of the Son of man be."
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And so He's telling us
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that we don't need to be
concerned about... people say,
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"I'm Jesus or Jesus came,"
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or you get a
news report that says
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it's gonna be like the
whole Heaven's being lit up
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when He comes and
everybody's gonna know it.
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- I know, Pastor Doug, you
spent some time in the Midwest.
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I have, and boy, do they have
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those
incredible electric storms.
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And sometimes when
there's so much lightning
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and thunder at night,
it just lights up the sky.
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It's just amazing.
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Well, you can
imagine the coming of Christ,
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how glorious that'll be.
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There's no way you can
hide from that brightness
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of the Second Coming of Christ.
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We have a book talking
about the Second Coming
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and it says
"anything but secret."
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That's the title of the book.
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Sometimes people are confused.
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They wonder if the
Second Coming of Christ
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is gonna be secret or quiet.
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Well, the Bible
says just the opposite.
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It's gonna be a
noisy, glorious event
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and we'll be happy to send
this book to anyone who asks.
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The book again is
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Pastor Doug, we
wanna greet our friends
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who are joining us
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Also those watching
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as well as Good News TV.
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And we know that you're
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We're gonna take some
time at the end of the program
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to answer the written
questions that have come in.
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So welcome also those
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Well, before we get
to the Bible questions,
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let's start with
a word of prayer.
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Dear Father, we
thank you for your word.
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We thank you for the
opportunity to study the Bible,
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and we do pray that your
Spirit will come and guide us.
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Be with those who
are listening, Lord,
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and lead us into a
fuller and clearer understanding
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of what the Bible says.
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For we ask this
in Jesus' name. Amen.
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- Amen.
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- Alright. Ready to go to
our first call this evening.
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We've got Tim
listening from Michigan.
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Tim, welcome to the
program. Tim in Michigan.
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Hi, Tim. You there?
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- [Tim] Thank you. Yep.
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- Hey, how can
we help you tonight?
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- [Tim] Well, a
little while ago,
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a fellow called in
and asked if the rapture
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and the Second Coming was the
same thing, and you said yes.
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And I was just
wondering about that.
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There's a couple,
the Day of the Lord,
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you gave him, 1 Thessalonians 4,
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and this kinda refers
to Zechariah's prophecy
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when His feet
touched the Mount of Olives.
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I was wondering if there
was a timeline between that,
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between the rapture and
what that prophecy was about.
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- Yeah, the Bible tells us
that there's actually a span
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of about 1,000 years
called the millennium.
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The Bible refers
to it as 1,000 years
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between the first resurrection
and the second resurrection.
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Now, when Jesus' feet
touch the Mount of Olives,
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as you find in
Zechariah 14:4, it says,
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"His feet will stand on
that day on the Mount of Olives,
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which is before
Jerusalem on the east,
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and the Mount of Olives shall
cleave in the midst thereof."
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Now, one reason you know
this is not when Jesus comes
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for the rapture, the
Bible says during the rapture,
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He doesn't touch the ground.
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We are caught up to
meet Him and He says,
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"I will take you to the
mansions that I prepared,"
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and that's John chapter 14,
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but here He's
actually touching the Earth,
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so this is when He, some
might call it the third coming,
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He's coming back
after the millennium
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and his feet touch
the Mount of Olives,
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massive earthquake
creates a great valley,
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and the New Jerusalem
actually settles in that valley.
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Then later, and you
read it also in this chapter,
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the wicked launch an attack,
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you see that also in Revelation
20, against the city of God
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and fire comes down from God
out of Heaven and devours them.
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So yes, there is
actually a 1,000 year
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or the millennial
period between His next coming
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and this period at
the end of the 1,000 years
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in Zechariah 14.
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- We do have a study guide
that talks about the 1,000 years
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spoken of in
Revelation Chapter 20,
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and we'll be happy to
send this to you, Tim,
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or anyone who calls and asks.
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It's called "A
Thousand Years of Peace."
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And the number to call
for that is 800-835-6747.
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And again, you can
ask for that study guide,
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it's called "A
Thousand Years of Peace."
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If you have a
Bible-related question,
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the phone line here to
the studio is 800-463-7297.
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That'll get you on
the program for tonight.
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Next caller that we have,
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we've got Marvins
listening from Ontario.
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Marvins,
welcome. Montreal, rather.
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- [Marvins] First
of all, thank you,
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for both of you
for accommodating me
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to ask you my questions.
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- Yes.
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- [Marvins] So my question is
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when the door of
probation will close?
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- Okay, now for
our friends listening,
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when someone is talking
about probation closing,
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they're referring to a time
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when life may still go
on here briefly on Earth,
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but the saved are all
saved and the lost are all lost
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and there's nobody
changing teams anymore.
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The people who are
saved are sealed and saved.
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Pastor Ross, there's
that verse in Revelation 22
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where he says,
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"Those that are just
let them be just still."
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And I'll tell you about another
passage that's in Genesis
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when Noah was told with his
family to enter into the arc.
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He entered into the
arc and God shut the door.
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All of the animals and Noah
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that were gonna be
saved were in the arc.
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The door was shut.
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All of the lost
were on the outside
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and their destiny was sealed.
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Life went on for a few more
days. Seven days in this story.
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And then the rains came.
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So there may be
a period of time,
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a brief period
just before Jesus comes
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when all the saved are
saved and all the lost are lost
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and there's no
changing sides anymore.
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- Yeah, the verse he's referring
to is Revelation 22:11.
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It says, "He who is
unjust, let him be unjust still;
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he who is filthy,
let him be filthy still;
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he who is righteous,
let him be righteous still;
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he who is holy,
let him be holy still."
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And then the
very next verse says,
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"And behold, I
am coming quickly,
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and my reward is with Me,
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to give to everyone
according to his works."
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So the close of
probation here takes place
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just before the
Second Coming of Christ.
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- Mm-hmm, and
most people believe
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that when the plagues begin
to fall, that at that point,
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the Holy Spirit has been
withdrawn from the wicked.
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And that's why
they get kind of berserk
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in their attempt to
annihilate all Christians.
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When the seven last plagues
are falling, at that point,
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we believe the saved are
saved and the lost are lost
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and probation is closed.
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- Okay, thank you for your call.
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Maidellyn is
listening from Kansas.
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Maidellyn,
welcome to the program.
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- [Maidellyn] Thank you.
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Thank you so much
for answering my call.
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I really appreciate
it and I love your show.
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- Well, thank you.
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- [Maidellyn] Okay, so
I've got a quick-ish question.
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So in the Book
of Ezra Chapter 10,
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I don't know
exactly how to word it.
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The lady who took my
call, she helped me a bit.
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I know how I feel about it
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and that's the
confusion regarding it.
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So the foreign
women and children,
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they were to be
dismissed from the congregation.
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Apparently, the Jewish men
were not supposed to do this.
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They took
foreign women, et cetera.
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But my question is,
was there no provision?
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No way for those women,
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the ones who accepted
Yahweh as their own God?
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I mean, we do see
examples of Ruth and Rahab.
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Why did these women
have to be dismissed?
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I mean, I guess I know why.
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The real question is,
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was there a way that they
could have been allowed to stay
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and not been sent away?
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- Yeah, this is a
difficult passage.
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And just for our
friends that are listening,
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you find this in Ezra Chapter
10 and it talks about it in,
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well, it mentions them by
name when you get to Verse 18,
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but the whole reason they'd
been carried off into captivity
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is they had
compromised their beliefs
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and stopped worshiping God
and began to worship idols.
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So now after learning
their lesson, 70 years,
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they come back to rebuild
the temple, rebuild the city,
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and the leaders start
to marry pagan wives again.
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And Ezra's going, "This
is how we got into trouble."
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Now, these are pagan wives
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that are still
worshiping pagan gods.
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It's kinda like Ahab
was influenced by Jezebel.
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Ruth had
accepted the God of Naomi
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and Rahab had accepted the
God of Salmon and the other spy.
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Well, there's two spies.
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We think one of
them was named Salmon.
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It doesn't tell
us in the passage
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that these wives had accepted
Jehovah, so that's one thing.
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Another thing is if they
were told to put them away,
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keep in mind, Abraham
was told to put away Hagar,
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but he gave her an
allowance when he put her away.
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They call that
alimony today or some support,
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but it was causing all
kinds of havoc in the family.
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This was a very drastic measure
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because the whole nation
was at the point of a new birth
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and the new birth
was gonna be destroyed
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by these intermarriages
with pagans once again,
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so they took
pretty drastic measures.
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- Alright, well,
thank you for your call.
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- Thank you, Maidellyn.
Hope that helps a little bit.
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- We've got Syd
listening from Maryland.
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Syd, welcome to the program.
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- [Syd] Hi, how are you?
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- Good. Thanks for calling.
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- [Syd] So my question is
why were people getting baptized
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before Jesus got baptized?
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Because when
people get baptized now,
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they say that you are
taking a stand for Jesus.
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And by getting baptized,
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Jesus set an
example for His followers.
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- Well, the first baptism
was called the Baptism of John,
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which was a
baptism of repentance.
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So John the
Baptist was not saying,
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"I baptize you in the
name of the Father, Son,
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and Holy Spirit,"
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John the Baptist was not saying,
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"I baptize you in
the name of Jesus."
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John was baptizing
them in the name of Jehovah
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to just have a
repentance and a return to God.
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An example of this is
found in Acts Chapter 19.
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Paul meets 12 Ephesian believers
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and he's preaching
about Jesus and they said,
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"Well, we haven't
heard about this."
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He says, "Well, have you
heard about the Holy Spirit?"
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And they said, "We didn't know
if there was a Holy Spirit."
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And Paul says, "Into
what then were you baptized?"
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They said, "John's baptism,"
meaning John the Baptist.
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So John baptized for
probably a year and a half
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before he identified
Jesus as the Lamb of God.
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John then continued
with his disciples to baptize
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until he was arrested,
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probably only about
six months after that.
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And so am I
answering your question, Syd,
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about what was
the distinction there?
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- [Syd] Yes.
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- Okay, very good.
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Yeah, so then once John
recognized Jesus as the Lamb of
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God, John said, "He must
increase, I must decrease."
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He had done his work, calling
the nation to repentance.
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The people were
turning back to God
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and then he kinda
did a handoff to Jesus.
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- Talking about baptism,
it's an important subject,
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Pastor Doug, and the
Bible has a lot to say about it.
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We have a book that's called
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"Baptism: Is it
Really Necessary?"
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Again, there's sort
of divided opinion today,
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even amongst
Christians as to baptism.
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When is the
person to be baptized?
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Is it really
necessary for salvation?
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- How to do it?
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What name? The whole thing.
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- A lot of confusion, so
we'll be happy to send this book
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to anyone who calls and asks.
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It's called "Baptism:
Is it Really Necessary?"
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The number to call
for that is 800-835-6747.
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And if you're in North America,
00:14:07.98\00:14:09.08
we'll get it in the
mail, send it to you.
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If you're
outside of North America,
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you can read it by going
to the Amazing Facts website,
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just amazingfacts.org.
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And of course, if
you're in North America,
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you can also go to the website
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and you'll be
able to read it there.
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Thanks for your call.
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We've got, let's see,
Angela is calling from Illinois.
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Angela, welcome to the program.
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- [Angela] Hi. - Hi.
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- [Angela] I have a question.
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In the New Testament, was it
the Pharisees or the Sadducees
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that did the sacrifices?
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I know that in
the Old Testament,
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the Levites were
through Aaron from the heritage.
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And then I have a follow-up.
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After Christ's death,
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was sacrifices
still being conducted?
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Because, of course,
he was the sacrifice,
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but I just read that
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and I'm just wondering
what your thoughts are.
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- Yeah, good questions.
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Alright, let's see if we can,
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I think we can answer
both of those pretty quickly.
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As far as the
Pharisees and Sadducees,
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neither the
Pharisees and Sadducees
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really served in the
temple to offer sacrifice.
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You could be a Pharisee,
but you had to be a Levite.
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Now, you can have a
Levite that was a Pharisee,
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meaning that the
Pharisees were the devoted ones.
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They were
consecrated in a special way.
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They weren't going to pollute
themselves with paganism.
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Now, there were some Levites
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that also followed
the Pharisee rules,
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but you could be a
Pharisee and not a Levite
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like Paul was a Benjamite,
so Paul never offered sacrifice.
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Same thing with the Sadducees.
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But many of the Sadducees
were from the priestly family,
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like Caiaphas, so here
they are offering sacrifice,
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but some of them
didn't even believe in angels
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or resurrection,
which is really pathetic.
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At the time of Christ,
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the church had
fallen pretty, pretty badly.
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And the second
part of your question,
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did they still sacrifice
after Jesus died on the cross?
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Well, the veil was rent
when Jesus died on the cross.
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They probably had
to repair the veil,
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but they probably re-instituted
the form of a sacrifice
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up until the temple was
destroyed by the Romans.
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- There's another verse
talking about that, Pastor Doug,
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when Jesus left the
temple for the last time,
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he said to the religious
leaders and to the Jews,
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"Your house is
left to you desolate,"
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meaning that he had
disowned the sanctuary
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and thus the sacrificial service
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'cause he was the Lamb of God.
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And then there's a prophecy
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that you find
in Daniel Chapter 9
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that's talking about
Christ the Messiah and it says,
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"He will put an
end to sacrifices,"
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and it's
talking about His death.
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So there's a number
of Old Testament passages
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and also in the New Testament
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that said at
the death of Christ,
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there was no
need for a sacrifice.
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Jesus was the Lamb of God
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that takes away
the sins of the world.
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- Right, so but they still
probably went through the form
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of a sacrificial system
until the temple was destroyed,
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but it was
meaningless at that point.
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Thank you. I
appreciate your call.
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- Next caller
that we have is Robert
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listening from New Jersey.
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Robert, are you there?
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- [Robert] Yeah, good evening,
Pastor. Can you hear me?
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- Yes.
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- [Robert] Okay, great.
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My question's concerning
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what's the first lie
recorded in the Bible?
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Now, this says on the
full amend, which is Genesis 3,
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I think it's 3:4, where
the serpent says to the woman,
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"You will not surely not die..."
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That's usually considered the
first lie that was a recorded.
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But then somebody
pointed something out,
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when she was having a
discussion with the serpent,
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"You must not eat from
the fruit of the trees,"
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this is Genesis
3:4 I believe, or 3:3
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"You must not eat
fruit from the three.
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You must not even
touch it or you will die."
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We don't hear God
saying it to Adam,
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so did she make that up
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or was that added on later
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or did she get confused?
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What would that
be? Was she lying?
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- Okay, yeah, it sounds
like Eve is adding something
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to the instruction
that you see earlier
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where God says, "You're
not to eat from the tree."
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And I don't think Eve made it up
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because there was no sin until
she ate the forbidden fruit.
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Her heart was pure and innocent.
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She had no reason
to lie or deceive.
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I think she was expanding on
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or rather I think she
was giving more information
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on what God had
told Adam and Eve.
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Keep in mind, the
Bible is summarizing.
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I'm sure that God
said many things to Adam.
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The Bible tells us God and
Adam spent that day together
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naming all the animals,
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so I'm sure there were
many things that God said.
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The way that it's
first recorded for us
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is God says don't eat from it.
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When you hear from Eve,
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we realize God not
only said don't eat from it,
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he said don't touch it,
so you stay away from it.
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Of course, touching
it led to eating from it.
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The reason you
would touch the fruit
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is because you wanted
to pick it and eat it.
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So I think that
there's not a lie involved
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on Eve's part there.
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I think she's absolutely sincere
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when she's
talking to the serpent.
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- Alright. - Thank you.
00:19:11.98\00:19:13.25
- We've got Abdiel
listening from Florida.
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Abdiel, welcome to the program.
00:19:16.42\00:19:18.32
- [Abdiel] Hi, thank you
for having me. How are you guys?
00:19:18.32\00:19:20.72
- Good. Thanks for calling.
00:19:20.72\00:19:22.39
- [Abdiel] Thank you.
00:19:22.39\00:19:23.26
So I just have
a quick thank you.
00:19:23.26\00:19:25.26
So I found your
program in December
00:19:25.26\00:19:27.66
and it's made a big difference.
00:19:27.66\00:19:29.76
- Well, praise the Lord.
00:19:29.76\00:19:31.57
- [Abdiel] I had a
question. I'm in Luke.
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So in Luke, it seems like
there's a very earnest man
00:19:34.90\00:19:39.07
called Simeon and it
seems like he already knows
00:19:39.07\00:19:42.31
that the Messiah is
coming in his lifetime.
00:19:42.31\00:19:44.91
And I think
there's a couple others
00:19:45.98\00:19:47.35
that that could have happened
to, maybe like Anna, I hear.
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So I guess the
question is for both of you,
00:19:51.69\00:19:56.02
Jean Ross and Pastor Doug,
00:19:56.02\00:19:57.79
so is it possible to
have that kind of relationship
00:19:59.33\00:20:04.37
with Jesus today
if you're diligent
00:20:05.47\00:20:08.40
that He can tell you
basically like, "Hey,"
00:20:08.40\00:20:12.14
He might not tell you a date,
00:20:12.14\00:20:13.54
but He can tell you like
in your lifetime or something,
00:20:13.54\00:20:17.18
so I'm not really
sure how that goes.
00:20:17.18\00:20:19.31
- Yeah, it seems
like the Lord, of course,
00:20:19.31\00:20:21.65
gave a divine
revelation to the shepherds
00:20:21.65\00:20:24.69
about Jesus' coming and
there was a divine revelation
00:20:24.69\00:20:27.19
that was given to the
Wise Men of Christ's coming.
00:20:27.19\00:20:31.73
And then Simeon said
the Lord had told him
00:20:31.73\00:20:34.46
that "You'll not taste
death until you see it."
00:20:34.46\00:20:38.13
And he said, "Now let
your servant depart in peace
00:20:38.13\00:20:40.57
where I've seen his salvation."
00:20:40.57\00:20:42.14
Could that happen again
before the Second Coming?
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God is not restricted.
00:20:45.47\00:20:46.98
The Lord could impress anybody
that you're not gonna die
00:20:46.98\00:20:50.95
before you see
these things be fulfilled.
00:20:50.95\00:20:53.28
That would not
replace Scripture.
00:20:53.28\00:20:55.22
And God is not gonna give
the day and the hour to anybody
00:20:55.22\00:20:58.22
because Jesus is very clear:
00:20:58.22\00:20:59.95
no man knows
the day or the hour.
00:20:59.95\00:21:01.89
But can God give an impression?
00:21:01.89\00:21:03.69
Sure, He's the
Lord. He's not restricted.
00:21:04.83\00:21:07.76
And even after
Jesus ascended to Heaven,
00:21:07.76\00:21:10.63
He appeared to
Paul and to some others.
00:21:10.63\00:21:13.77
And so Jesus still
communicates with people today.
00:21:13.77\00:21:17.54
- You mentioned
Simeon, as well as Anna.
00:21:17.54\00:21:19.74
She was also the one
that confessed Christ
00:21:19.74\00:21:22.91
to be the Messiah as a baby.
00:21:22.91\00:21:24.78
The Bible does
tell us in Luke 2:36
00:21:24.78\00:21:27.15
that Anna was a prophetess.
00:21:27.15\00:21:28.68
So God had spoken to her
through dreams or visions,
00:21:28.68\00:21:32.52
but either way, whether it
was through a direct revelation
00:21:32.52\00:21:35.69
or through the
prompting of the Holy Spirit,
00:21:35.69\00:21:38.19
these two
individuals had a very special,
00:21:38.19\00:21:40.43
very close connection
and communion with God.
00:21:40.43\00:21:44.37
And of course, their
hope, especially for Simeon,
00:21:44.37\00:21:46.33
was, "Lord, let me see the
promised Messiah before I die,"
00:21:46.33\00:21:50.24
and God honored that and
he got to see baby Jesus.
00:21:50.24\00:21:52.71
- That's right. Amen.
00:21:52.71\00:21:54.58
Well, thank you. Hope
that helps a little, Abdiel.
00:21:54.58\00:21:56.34
Appreciate your call and
encourage you to keep listening.
00:21:56.34\00:21:59.38
- We've got Karen
listening in Texas.
00:21:59.38\00:22:00.68
Karen, welcome to the program.
00:22:00.68\00:22:02.15
- [Karen] Thank you.
00:22:02.15\00:22:03.85
Okay, my question is I had
heard that Jesus wasn't born
00:22:03.85\00:22:08.92
in just a regular barn,
00:22:10.26\00:22:12.59
but that He was
born in the special barn
00:22:14.30\00:22:18.73
where the perfect
sheep was taken care of
00:22:19.77\00:22:24.61
before they were going
to be used for a sacrifice.
00:22:25.97\00:22:28.91
- Okay, and you wanted to know
00:22:30.28\00:22:31.71
what the Bible says about that?
00:22:31.71\00:22:33.31
- [Karen] Yes.
Had you heard that?
00:22:34.42\00:22:36.79
- I had not heard that.
00:22:36.79\00:22:38.15
I've heard several
things about some people
00:22:38.15\00:22:41.52
that try to extrapolate
on giving more details
00:22:41.52\00:22:44.63
about the birth of Jesus,
00:22:44.63\00:22:46.46
but the Bible simply
says that she brought forth
00:22:46.46\00:22:49.80
her firstborn Son
and called His name Jesus
00:22:49.80\00:22:53.23
and they laid Him, they
wrapped Him in swaddling clothes
00:22:53.23\00:22:56.57
and they laid Him in a manger
00:22:56.57\00:22:58.44
because there was
no room in the inn.
00:22:58.44\00:23:00.74
So the assumption
is a manger is a trough
00:23:00.74\00:23:04.81
in which you feed animals.
00:23:04.81\00:23:07.28
And it's interesting.
00:23:07.28\00:23:08.08
A trough is where you hold grain
00:23:08.08\00:23:10.52
and Jesus who is
the Bread of Life
00:23:10.52\00:23:13.22
was placed in a bread
basket, you might say.
00:23:13.22\00:23:15.19
And He was born in a
town called Bethlehem
00:23:15.19\00:23:17.33
and the word Bethlehem
means "house of bread."
00:23:17.33\00:23:19.79
So here you have the Bread
of Life, put in a bread basket,
00:23:19.79\00:23:22.56
born in a town that is
called the "house of bread,"
00:23:22.56\00:23:25.03
and that in
itself is interesting.
00:23:25.03\00:23:27.14
The other thing is that
this is sort of a reverse
00:23:27.14\00:23:31.47
of what happened
at the death of Jesus.
00:23:31.47\00:23:33.81
The birth of Jesus,
He enters the world,
00:23:33.81\00:23:35.98
the troughs they used,
00:23:35.98\00:23:38.65
the mangers they used for food,
00:23:38.65\00:23:41.02
in spite of what you might
see Christmastime on a corner,
00:23:41.02\00:23:43.99
they usually
carved them out of stone.
00:23:43.99\00:23:46.59
A donkey will chew
up a wooden trough...
00:23:46.59\00:23:48.82
I used to have horses.
00:23:48.82\00:23:50.56
So they carved them out of stone
00:23:50.56\00:23:52.33
and the manger could
have been located in a cave.
00:23:52.33\00:23:56.63
Around Bethlehem,
it's a very rocky country,
00:23:56.63\00:23:58.50
and a lot of people
say it wasn't a barn
00:23:58.50\00:24:00.04
as you think of on
the East Coast of the US,
00:24:00.04\00:24:02.80
they got these big red barns,
00:24:02.80\00:24:04.41
but it was
probably more like a cave
00:24:04.41\00:24:06.07
where the animals
would stay out of the rain.
00:24:06.07\00:24:09.01
And so some have wondered,
00:24:09.01\00:24:10.81
isn't that interesting that
when Jesus entered the world,
00:24:10.81\00:24:14.32
He was placed in a
stone box and wrapped in cloth
00:24:14.32\00:24:19.29
and He came to life.
00:24:19.29\00:24:20.62
At the end of His life,
He's placed in a virgin tomb
00:24:20.62\00:24:24.39
that had never been used before,
00:24:24.39\00:24:25.59
Jesus was put in a virgin womb,
00:24:25.59\00:24:28.23
and that He was
wrapped in cloth.
00:24:28.23\00:24:30.80
There's a Joseph
at the birth of Jesus
00:24:30.80\00:24:32.83
and there's a Joseph
at the death of Jesus.
00:24:32.83\00:24:34.94
And it's kind of interesting.
00:24:34.94\00:24:37.37
I doubt it was a typical
barn. It may have been a cave.
00:24:38.67\00:24:41.04
It may have been a shed where
the animals were protected.
00:24:41.04\00:24:44.55
The Bible doesn't say,
00:24:44.55\00:24:45.88
so everything anyone says
about it is pure speculation.
00:24:45.88\00:24:48.95
- [Karen] Go into detail.
00:24:50.55\00:24:52.05
- Yeah, the Bible
gives very little detail.
00:24:52.05\00:24:54.09
Just says she
brought forth her Son
00:24:54.09\00:24:55.62
and they placed Him in a manger
00:24:55.62\00:24:56.96
because there was
no room in the inn.
00:24:56.96\00:24:59.63
Hey, thank you, Karen.
00:24:59.63\00:25:00.50
We sure appreciate your calling
00:25:00.50\00:25:01.63
and hope you call back again.
00:25:01.63\00:25:03.16
- Do we have time
for one more caller
00:25:04.53\00:25:05.97
before we hit the break?
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.07
- If we, yeah, get a
quick question maybe.
00:25:07.07\00:25:08.10
- Let's go to
Bradley in Arizona.
00:25:08.10\00:25:10.21
Bradley, welcome to the program.
00:25:10.21\00:25:11.57
We have about a minute
and a half before the break.
00:25:11.57\00:25:13.94
- [Bradley] Hi.
On Revelation 22:2-
00:25:15.04\00:25:18.35
my question is
if we're in Heaven
00:25:18.35\00:25:20.18
and we have glorified bodies
00:25:20.18\00:25:21.55
and we have access
to the Tree of Life,
00:25:21.55\00:25:23.69
why do we need the leaves
for the healing of the nations?
00:25:23.69\00:25:26.86
- Yeah, and it
actually says in Ezekiel
00:25:26.86\00:25:28.82
and the leaves of the
tree are for medicine.
00:25:28.82\00:25:31.43
Why would we need medicine?
00:25:31.43\00:25:33.43
Well, the way it's
worded here in Revelation,
00:25:33.43\00:25:35.63
it doesn't say
the leaves of the tree
00:25:35.63\00:25:37.27
are for the healing of sickness.
00:25:37.27\00:25:38.60
It's the healing of nations.
00:25:38.60\00:25:40.97
And now here in this
world, people are all divided
00:25:40.97\00:25:43.81
by their languages and
their cultures and their races.
00:25:43.81\00:25:47.54
And in Heaven, those
divisions will not exist.
00:25:48.84\00:25:50.61
As we all gather under
that massive Tree of Life,
00:25:50.61\00:25:53.48
under its shimmering leaves
00:25:54.28\00:25:56.12
and eat from that fruit
that helps perpetuate life,
00:25:56.12\00:25:59.55
that all of the divisions
that have separated the nations
00:25:59.55\00:26:02.16
here in this
world will be dissolved.
00:26:02.16\00:26:05.09
And so it almost
makes it sound like
00:26:05.09\00:26:06.70
it's the healing of the nations.
00:26:06.70\00:26:08.33
There's gonna be no
sickness in the Kingdom.
00:26:08.33\00:26:10.97
And there may be some...
00:26:10.97\00:26:13.03
Not healing, is
not the right word,
00:26:14.77\00:26:16.04
but there might be some
vitalizing power to the leaves.
00:26:16.04\00:26:19.01
What happened to
Popeye when he ate spinach?
00:26:20.18\00:26:22.84
So you can't rule it out.
00:26:22.84\00:26:25.91
I think every part of
the tree's gonna be edible.
00:26:25.91\00:26:28.52
So they say they
got that, what is it,
00:26:28.52\00:26:30.82
the Baobab tree there
in Africa and Australia
00:26:30.82\00:26:33.52
that you can eat its fruit.
00:26:33.52\00:26:35.59
You can eat its sap.
00:26:35.59\00:26:37.03
You can eat its
leaves when they're young.
00:26:37.03\00:26:38.59
They're like spinach.
00:26:38.59\00:26:39.73
They say just every
part of it is a tree of life.
00:26:39.73\00:26:42.13
So I don't know, that
might be the answer, Tim.
00:26:42.13\00:26:44.50
Anyway, hey, thank you
very much for your question.
00:26:44.50\00:26:46.13
Don't go away, friends.
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- My name is Jean Ross,
00:30:21.25\00:30:22.25
and we got Faye
listening in Washington.
00:30:22.25\00:30:24.55
Faye, welcome to the program.
00:30:24.55\00:30:26.09
- [Faye] Hi.
00:30:27.19\00:30:27.99
- Hi. How can we help you?
00:30:27.99\00:30:29.39
- [Faye] I was just wondering
00:30:29.39\00:30:31.13
if you could kind of
explain the Antichrist.
00:30:31.13\00:30:33.93
- We'll do our best.
00:30:36.80\00:30:38.07
- [Faye] Like what
exactly it is? Yeah.
00:30:38.07\00:30:39.87
And then like other religions,
00:30:39.87\00:30:44.61
different churches being in
Heaven, different religions.
00:30:44.61\00:30:48.04
- Okay. Yeah, well,
first of all, will there be,
00:30:48.04\00:30:51.58
well, I believe
there'll be Christians
00:30:51.58\00:30:54.12
from many
denominations in the Kingdom.
00:30:54.12\00:30:55.95
So the idea that
only one denomination
00:30:55.95\00:30:58.55
has a copyright on
the Kingdom of Heaven...
00:30:58.55\00:31:02.22
I do think it
matters what you believe,
00:31:02.22\00:31:04.16
but I think that
God has sincere people
00:31:04.16\00:31:06.09
that are in many
Christian persuasions.
00:31:06.09\00:31:10.27
On the first
question about the Antichrist,
00:31:10.27\00:31:12.90
now, you find the word
Antichrist five times in the
00:31:12.90\00:31:16.27
Bible. Interestingly,
it is not found at all
00:31:16.27\00:31:18.41
in Revelation or Daniel.
00:31:18.41\00:31:20.18
It's found in 1 John four times,
00:31:20.18\00:31:22.71
the first letter of John.
00:31:22.71\00:31:23.51
And in 2 John, it's found once.
00:31:23.51\00:31:25.88
And notice what he says here:
00:31:25.88\00:31:28.08
It tells us that "My little
children..." this is 1 John,
00:31:28.08\00:31:32.72
let me see, this is Verse
18 of Chapter two, 1 John 2:18:
00:31:32.72\00:31:37.69
"Little children,
it is the last hour;
00:31:37.69\00:31:39.66
and you've heard
that Antichrist is coming,
00:31:39.66\00:31:42.30
even now many
antichrists have come,
00:31:42.30\00:31:46.77
by which we know
it's the last hour."
00:31:46.77\00:31:48.57
An antichrist means
against or opposed to.
00:31:50.41\00:31:53.58
So there were leaders back then,
00:31:53.58\00:31:55.21
powerful leaders that
were opposed to Christ.
00:31:55.21\00:31:57.51
One of them actually
put John in boiling oil
00:31:57.51\00:32:00.15
and miraculously survived.
00:32:00.15\00:32:02.68
But the main
antichrist that we find
00:32:02.68\00:32:05.69
that is this little horn power
from Daniel 7 and 8 and 11,
00:32:05.69\00:32:09.89
that has been identified.
00:32:15.60\00:32:17.33
Most Protestant Christians
identified that with the papacy.
00:32:18.63\00:32:22.57
And I know folks are
shocked to hear that,
00:32:22.57\00:32:23.91
but I'm just telling you
that if you look at John Wesley
00:32:23.91\00:32:28.11
and John Calvin, Martin
Luther, Charles Spurgeon,
00:32:28.11\00:32:32.01
you just kinda go
up through the history
00:32:32.01\00:32:33.92
of the great
Protestant preachers.
00:32:33.92\00:32:35.25
They said you cannot escape
that beast power that you find,
00:32:35.25\00:32:39.49
for example, if you look
in Revelation Chapter 17,
00:32:39.49\00:32:42.06
it talks about a
woman, and that's a church,
00:32:42.06\00:32:45.19
that has become unfaithful,
00:32:45.19\00:32:47.60
sits among seven hills,
Rome is the city of seven hills,
00:32:47.60\00:32:51.00
has a golden cup in her hand,
00:32:51.00\00:32:52.57
the golden chalice for the mass
00:32:52.57\00:32:54.34
is considered the
most sacred vessel.
00:32:54.34\00:32:55.94
And they looked at Chapter
17 of Revelation by itself
00:32:55.94\00:32:59.67
and they said, "This
is that antichrist power."
00:32:59.67\00:33:03.21
So I know that
sounds like hate speech,
00:33:03.21\00:33:07.12
but I'm just telling
you what the Protestants,
00:33:07.12\00:33:09.85
how they interpreted prophecy.
00:33:09.85\00:33:11.82
We have a lesson on that.
00:33:11.82\00:33:14.02
- We do. It's called
"Who is the Antichrist?"
00:33:14.02\00:33:16.39
And I think
Faye, you'd enjoy it,
00:33:16.39\00:33:17.69
or anyone wanting to learn
more about what the Bible says,
00:33:17.69\00:33:19.63
this is pretty deep prophecy,
so it's important though.
00:33:19.63\00:33:23.53
And the Bible talks
about these various powers
00:33:23.53\00:33:26.07
and kingdoms and
countries in the last days.
00:33:26.07\00:33:28.74
We'll be happy to send this
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00:33:28.74\00:33:30.97
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00:33:30.97\00:33:34.61
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00:33:34.61\00:33:35.68
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00:33:35.68\00:33:37.58
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00:33:37.58\00:33:40.65
Next caller that we have is
Daniel listening in Colorado.
00:33:40.65\00:33:43.45
Daniel, welcome to the program.
00:33:43.45\00:33:45.35
- [Daniel] Hi,
I have a question.
00:33:46.69\00:33:50.99
How do we know if the dinosaurs
were dead in Noah's flood?
00:33:50.99\00:33:56.03
- Okay.
00:33:58.23\00:33:59.03
Now, we know a lot of animals
died, not just dinosaurs,
00:34:00.44\00:34:03.77
but lions and tigers and
bears died in Noah's flood.
00:34:03.77\00:34:06.34
The only ones that were saved
00:34:06.34\00:34:07.88
were the ones that
were brought on the arc.
00:34:07.88\00:34:10.48
The unclean animals,
00:34:10.48\00:34:12.61
those that could not be used
for either food or sacrifice,
00:34:12.61\00:34:15.98
they came by twos and the
clean animals came by sevens.
00:34:15.98\00:34:20.56
Now, when you say dinosaur,
00:34:20.56\00:34:22.29
dinosaur are these
big thunder lizards,
00:34:22.29\00:34:24.53
and they're giant reptiles.
00:34:24.53\00:34:27.50
They're a whole species of
creatures that are extinct now.
00:34:27.50\00:34:31.57
You could argue and say,
well, we still have crocodiles
00:34:31.57\00:34:35.67
and we still have,
what do they call them?
00:34:35.67\00:34:39.31
These giant monitor
lizards and the Komodo dragons.
00:34:40.64\00:34:44.85
I almost said Kubota tractors.
00:34:44.85\00:34:46.95
And so you've got all
kinds of great reptiles
00:34:46.95\00:34:50.29
that are still
in the world today.
00:34:50.29\00:34:51.85
There also used
to be giant mammals.
00:34:51.85\00:34:54.99
They had, what was it,
sloths that were 13 feet tall
00:34:54.99\00:34:59.43
and beavers
that were eight feet.
00:34:59.43\00:35:01.10
And just a lot of mammals,
00:35:01.10\00:35:02.93
and bison that
were as big as a house.
00:35:02.93\00:35:05.40
So all of the creatures
00:35:05.40\00:35:06.77
kind of were
shrunk during the flood.
00:35:06.77\00:35:09.64
Then you read in the New Test,
00:35:10.77\00:35:12.17
I'm sorry, that you
read following the flood,
00:35:12.17\00:35:15.04
there was this
mighty hunter named Nimrod
00:35:15.04\00:35:17.95
and mighty
hunters don't hunt mice.
00:35:17.95\00:35:19.75
Mighty hunters hunt big animals.
00:35:19.75\00:35:21.35
It could be that
Noah had preserved
00:35:21.35\00:35:23.45
two of some of
these greater reptiles
00:35:23.45\00:35:26.92
and they all got killed
off, like the Dodo birds.
00:35:26.92\00:35:29.66
They were extinct.
00:35:29.66\00:35:31.06
So they're all gone now and
all we've got is the fossils
00:35:31.06\00:35:36.06
of some of these giant
reptiles and even mammals.
00:35:37.40\00:35:39.67
But thank you.
00:35:39.67\00:35:41.30
We've got a book that
you would enjoy, Daniel.
00:35:41.30\00:35:45.17
It's got pictures
too about the dinosaurs.
00:35:45.17\00:35:48.84
It's our
magazine by Jim Pinkoski.
00:35:48.84\00:35:50.78
And if you go to the
Amazing Facts website,
00:35:50.78\00:35:53.35
type in dinosaurs
and you'll see our color,
00:35:53.35\00:35:56.55
it's kinda like a
comic book Bible study.
00:35:56.55\00:35:58.65
I think if you're seven years
old, you'll really enjoy that.
00:35:58.65\00:36:01.76
- Alright. Thanks
for your call, Daniel.
00:36:01.76\00:36:03.06
We've got Lee
listening from North Carolina.
00:36:03.06\00:36:05.33
Lee, welcome to the program.
00:36:05.33\00:36:06.80
- [Lee] Oh, thank
you so much. Hi, pastors.
00:36:07.93\00:36:09.90
My question please is
about the Holy Spirit.
00:36:09.90\00:36:12.97
I know that after Jesus left,
00:36:12.97\00:36:14.74
He sent the Holy
Spirit to the apostles.
00:36:14.74\00:36:18.37
My question is what about
the Old Testament prophets
00:36:18.37\00:36:22.64
and just God's
faithful, Jehovah's faithful?
00:36:22.64\00:36:26.48
Did they have the Spirit?
00:36:26.48\00:36:28.05
I mean, did they just
have it and not know it?
00:36:28.05\00:36:30.32
I guess the Trinity
started right at the beginning.
00:36:30.32\00:36:33.96
I know Jesus was prophesied
00:36:33.96\00:36:35.72
about right from
the Garden of Eden,
00:36:35.72\00:36:37.36
but I just didn't know
when does the Holy Spirit enter.
00:36:37.36\00:36:39.46
Thank you so much.
00:36:39.46\00:36:41.06
- Yeah. Thanks
for your question.
00:36:41.06\00:36:42.16
We sure appreciate it, Faye.
00:36:42.16\00:36:44.10
The Holy Spirit has
been around, of course,
00:36:44.10\00:36:45.73
since the beginning.
00:36:45.73\00:36:46.84
There in Genesis
where it tells us
00:36:46.84\00:36:49.00
the Spirit moved upon
the face of the waters
00:36:49.00\00:36:50.84
right there at the beginning.
00:36:50.84\00:36:52.41
And you go to the
last book in the Bible,
00:36:52.41\00:36:54.48
the last chapter,
it says "The Spirit
00:36:54.48\00:36:55.91
and the bride say 'come.'"
00:36:55.91\00:36:58.18
And you read in
the Old Testament,
00:36:58.18\00:37:00.52
it tells us the Spirit of
the Lord came upon Samson.
00:37:00.52\00:37:04.42
And then you read
where Moses brought 70 elders
00:37:04.42\00:37:07.99
to Mount Sinai to
present them before the Lord
00:37:07.99\00:37:10.53
and the Lord put his
Holy Spirit upon them.
00:37:10.53\00:37:13.46
Well, it actually says he took
the Spirit that was on Moses
00:37:13.46\00:37:15.83
and put it upon
them, meaning God's Spirit
00:37:15.83\00:37:18.10
that God had given
Moses, the same Spirit.
00:37:18.10\00:37:20.77
And when the Bible
tells us that Elijah prayed
00:37:20.77\00:37:23.07
for a double
portion of Elijah's Spirit,
00:37:23.07\00:37:24.74
well, that was the Holy Spirit.
00:37:24.74\00:37:27.21
And David, when
he says in Psalm 51,
00:37:27.21\00:37:30.28
"Take not by
Holy Spirit from me."
00:37:30.28\00:37:33.21
So there are many, many
passages in the Old Testament
00:37:34.52\00:37:38.05
where you see the Spirit of God.
00:37:38.05\00:37:39.59
Now, you don't see
the degree of the baptism
00:37:39.59\00:37:42.02
of the Holy Spirit
that Jesus gave the apostles
00:37:42.02\00:37:44.73
until after the
sacrifice of Christ.
00:37:44.73\00:37:47.13
The power and the
miracles that were wrought
00:37:47.13\00:37:48.80
by the
disciples was unparalleled
00:37:48.80\00:37:51.27
by virtually any Old
Testament characters,
00:37:51.27\00:37:53.17
save Moses and Elijah,
00:37:53.17\00:37:54.84
but here you had 12
Spirit-filled prophets
00:37:54.84\00:37:57.81
going out and
preaching about Jesus.
00:37:57.81\00:38:00.64
- So in other words,
you're saying, Pastor Doug,
00:38:00.64\00:38:02.14
the Holy Spirit has always
been active since the creation.
00:38:02.14\00:38:05.45
He's been speaking to the
hearts of man, the Bible says,
00:38:05.45\00:38:08.15
it's the goodness of God
that leads us to repentance.
00:38:08.15\00:38:10.52
So the Holy Spirit was
speaking to the hearts of people
00:38:10.52\00:38:12.42
even before Christ came.
00:38:12.42\00:38:14.42
There were some God-fearing
people who loved the Lord.
00:38:14.42\00:38:17.19
And of course,
miracles did occur
00:38:17.19\00:38:19.09
in the Old Testament as well.
00:38:19.09\00:38:20.90
Some mighty miracles, even
being resurrected from the dead.
00:38:20.90\00:38:24.83
- Yeah, the word spirit is
found 617 times in the Bible
00:38:24.83\00:38:29.57
and many of them are
Old Testament references.
00:38:29.57\00:38:32.47
Thank you, Faye, hope
that helps a little bit.
00:38:33.58\00:38:35.01
And we do have a book
00:38:35.01\00:38:36.08
that talks about the
need of the Holy Spirit.
00:38:36.08\00:38:37.68
You can download that
or ask for it for free.
00:38:37.68\00:38:40.32
- The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:38:40.32\00:38:43.39
And again, you
can ask for that book,
00:38:43.39\00:38:45.15
it's called the "The
Holy Spirit, the Need"
00:38:45.15\00:38:47.12
and we'll be happy to send that
00:38:47.12\00:38:48.12
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:38:48.12\00:38:50.29
Next caller we have is Kevin
listening from Mississippi.
00:38:50.29\00:38:53.60
Kevin, welcome to the program.
00:38:53.60\00:38:55.13
- [Kevin] Yes, hi,
so I was just wondering
00:38:56.23\00:38:59.37
when do a person
need to be re-baptized?
00:38:59.37\00:39:02.80
- Okay, good question.
00:39:02.80\00:39:04.34
If a person falls,
00:39:05.41\00:39:07.41
at what point do they
need to be re-baptized?
00:39:07.41\00:39:09.54
Now, a person
can fall off a step
00:39:09.54\00:39:12.05
and they usually
don't get too hurt.
00:39:12.05\00:39:13.42
If you fall off a
cliff, it's more serious.
00:39:13.42\00:39:15.15
There's
different kinds of falls.
00:39:15.15\00:39:17.05
It's normal for a Christian
00:39:17.05\00:39:19.25
as you're
following the Lord to slip.
00:39:19.25\00:39:23.12
James says, "In
many things we offend."
00:39:24.23\00:39:27.76
And as the sparks fly upwards,
00:39:27.76\00:39:30.43
so the children of men are prone
00:39:30.43\00:39:32.70
towards doing things wrong.
00:39:32.70\00:39:34.47
It's commonplace for Christians
to sin in thought or action.
00:39:35.80\00:39:39.57
It should not be the
pattern of their life.
00:39:39.57\00:39:41.58
And that's why we
pray and we repent
00:39:41.58\00:39:44.18
and we look for
God's ongoing mercy.
00:39:44.18\00:39:46.58
John tells us if we
sin, to confess our sins
00:39:46.58\00:39:50.89
and He's faithful and just
00:39:50.89\00:39:51.99
to forgive us our
sins and cleanse us.
00:39:51.99\00:39:54.26
And then we have
the Lord's supper
00:39:54.26\00:39:55.99
as sort of a new beginning,
that's like another level,
00:39:55.99\00:39:59.59
where we partake
of that grape juice
00:39:59.59\00:40:03.13
representing the blood of Christ
00:40:03.13\00:40:04.43
and the bread
representing the body of Christ.
00:40:04.43\00:40:08.07
And in some churches like ours,
00:40:08.07\00:40:09.54
they even participate
in foot-washing service.
00:40:09.54\00:40:12.71
So we try to
reenact that new beginning.
00:40:12.71\00:40:15.71
So in most cases, when a
person, they make a mistake,
00:40:15.71\00:40:20.25
they might want
to just look forward
00:40:20.25\00:40:22.42
to that communion
service and get a new beginning.
00:40:22.42\00:40:24.75
If a person divorces
themselves from the Lord,
00:40:24.75\00:40:26.92
they stop going to church,
they stop confessing Christ,
00:40:26.92\00:40:30.53
and they drift
away, when they come back
00:40:30.53\00:40:33.03
and they wanna make
sure that they're committed
00:40:33.03\00:40:34.83
and they're back, they
may need to be remarried.
00:40:34.83\00:40:37.80
And you've got examples of this
00:40:41.10\00:40:43.27
in a few places in the Bible,
but we have a book on baptism
00:40:43.27\00:40:47.41
that will probably
answer that question.
00:40:47.41\00:40:49.21
- The book is called "Baptism:
Is it Really Necessary?"
00:40:49.21\00:40:51.91
And again, it talks
about baptism, also re-baptism.
00:40:51.91\00:40:54.68
We'll be happy to send that
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:40:54.68\00:40:56.89
The number again 800-835-6747.
00:40:56.89\00:41:00.46
Ask for the book and
we'll be happy to send it
00:41:00.46\00:41:01.96
to anyone who calls.
00:41:01.96\00:41:03.73
Thank you for your call, Kevin.
00:41:03.73\00:41:04.76
We've got Helen
listening in Florida.
00:41:04.76\00:41:06.53
Helen, you're on the air.
00:41:06.53\00:41:07.86
- [Helen] Hi, thank
you for taking my call.
00:41:08.90\00:41:11.60
- Hi, thank you.
00:41:11.60\00:41:12.60
- [Helen] My question is it's
concerning Revelation 21:9-10.
00:41:14.00\00:41:18.61
I guess I just need
clarification on the bride of
00:41:21.38\00:41:26.11
Christ, like who is
the bride of Christ?
00:41:26.11\00:41:28.88
- Let me just read this.
00:41:28.88\00:41:29.95
It says, "Then one
of the seven angels,"
00:41:29.95\00:41:31.69
this is Revelation 21:9,
00:41:31.69\00:41:34.29
"One of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls
00:41:34.29\00:41:36.69
filled with the seven
last plagues came to me
00:41:36.69\00:41:38.86
and talked with me saying,
00:41:38.86\00:41:40.23
'Come, I will show you
the bride, the lamb's wife,'
00:41:40.23\00:41:43.77
and he carried me
away in the spirit
00:41:43.77\00:41:45.47
to a great and high mountain,
00:41:45.47\00:41:47.17
and he showed me the
great city, the Holy Jerusalem,
00:41:47.17\00:41:49.64
descending out
of Heaven from God."
00:41:49.64\00:41:52.04
So the dwelling
place for the people of God
00:41:52.04\00:41:55.38
is the New Jerusalem.
00:41:55.38\00:41:56.68
So it calls the New
Jerusalem the bride.
00:41:56.68\00:41:58.21
It's not the buildings.
00:41:58.21\00:41:59.71
It's the people that
will live in the buildings.
00:41:59.71\00:42:01.75
And so in the Old Testament,
00:42:01.75\00:42:04.39
they sometimes referred to
Jerusalem as the City of God.
00:42:04.39\00:42:07.92
Well, God is not marrying stone
00:42:07.92\00:42:09.82
and two by fours and plaster.
00:42:09.82\00:42:11.79
It was the people
that lived in the city.
00:42:11.79\00:42:14.20
And so the New Jerusalem
again is the people, the church.
00:42:14.20\00:42:18.33
Now, one reason we
know this is if you look
00:42:18.33\00:42:20.70
in Ephesians Chapter
five, I think, Pastor Ross,
00:42:20.70\00:42:23.37
where it says,
"Husbands love your wives
00:42:23.37\00:42:25.87
even as Christ loved the church
and gave Himself for her."
00:42:25.87\00:42:30.28
So we are to love our wives
as Christ loves the church.
00:42:30.28\00:42:34.15
The church is like
the bride of Christ.
00:42:34.15\00:42:35.65
- Yeah, that's Ephesians 5:25.
00:42:35.65\00:42:37.65
- There you go.
00:42:37.65\00:42:38.72
- One other thought on that,
00:42:38.72\00:42:40.02
the New Jerusalem is described
as the bride of Christ,
00:42:40.02\00:42:42.12
of course, as Pastor Doug says,
00:42:42.12\00:42:43.22
gonna be
populated by the Redeemed,
00:42:43.22\00:42:45.43
but Jesus has also
promised a Kingdom.
00:42:45.43\00:42:47.40
The Bible talks about a
new Heavens and a new Earth
00:42:47.40\00:42:49.73
wherein dwells righteousness,
00:42:49.73\00:42:51.27
and Jesus is gonna be the
King of kings and Lord of lords.
00:42:51.27\00:42:54.30
The capital of this
new kingdom on Earth
00:42:54.30\00:42:56.50
at the end of a thousand years
when the Earth is recreated
00:42:56.50\00:42:58.64
is gonna be the New Jerusalem.
00:42:58.64\00:43:00.21
And the amazing thing is
not only is the New Jerusalem
00:43:00.21\00:43:02.64
the capital of
a world recreated,
00:43:02.64\00:43:05.61
but the Bible tells us that
God is gonna be in the city.
00:43:05.61\00:43:08.18
Christ is gonna be in the city.
00:43:08.18\00:43:09.48
In essence, it becomes the
capital of the entire universe,
00:43:09.48\00:43:12.69
the place that
had fallen into sin,
00:43:12.69\00:43:15.76
redeemed now through
the sacrifice of Christ,
00:43:15.76\00:43:18.23
is elevated as the
center of the universe
00:43:18.23\00:43:21.43
because God's gonna
dwell with these people.
00:43:21.43\00:43:23.63
That's an incredible thought.
00:43:23.63\00:43:24.53
- Amen.
00:43:24.53\00:43:25.70
I think we have a lesson
00:43:25.70\00:43:26.84
that's called
"The Bride of Christ."
00:43:26.84\00:43:27.84
- We do, yeah.
00:43:27.84\00:43:28.90
We'd be happy to
send that out again.
00:43:28.90\00:43:30.31
Again, the number to
call for that is 800-835-6747.
00:43:30.31\00:43:34.01
Just ask for that book. It's
called "The Bride of Christ."
00:43:34.01\00:43:36.88
One of our
Amazing Facts study guides
00:43:36.88\00:43:39.08
and you'll enjoy reading that.
00:43:39.08\00:43:40.45
It's got a number of
great passages from Scripture
00:43:40.45\00:43:43.05
talking about that subject.
00:43:43.05\00:43:44.65
Thanks for calling, Helen.
00:43:44.65\00:43:45.89
We've got Chris
listening here in the US.
00:43:45.89\00:43:49.22
Hi, Chris,
welcome to the program.
00:43:49.22\00:43:51.69
- [Chris] Hi, guys. How are you?
00:43:51.69\00:43:52.93
- Good.
00:43:52.93\00:43:53.83
- [Chris] Good, so
I'm not always sure
00:43:54.93\00:43:55.96
how to word this question,
00:43:55.96\00:43:57.47
but I'm a baby Christian
just since August of last year,
00:43:57.47\00:43:59.60
but my question is, would
it be a characteristic of God
00:43:59.60\00:44:02.70
to allow a marriage
born out of sin to end
00:44:02.70\00:44:07.21
and then use those
two people newly converted
00:44:07.21\00:44:10.18
or one of them newly
converted for His purpose
00:44:10.18\00:44:13.05
and then bring that
marriage back together
00:44:13.05\00:44:14.82
built on a godly foundation?
00:44:14.82\00:44:16.79
- ...I wanna make sure I
understand your question.
00:44:16.79\00:44:19.25
So you're asking if you've
got a couple, one is converted,
00:44:19.25\00:44:24.33
they are married
or they're separated
00:44:25.93\00:44:29.80
and they're coming back together
again, can God use them?
00:44:29.80\00:44:32.20
Can you try and
maybe restate that again
00:44:32.20\00:44:34.00
'cause I didn't
catch what you were saying.
00:44:34.00\00:44:36.84
- [Chris] Yep, so
you have two people
00:44:36.84\00:44:38.17
who entered into marriage
built on sin in the beginning.
00:44:38.17\00:44:42.44
So God dismantled that
marriage and allowed the divorce
00:44:43.71\00:44:46.82
and now one of them is converted
00:44:46.82\00:44:49.02
and being used for
God's purpose or God's will.
00:44:50.12\00:44:52.85
And then God brings them
back together after He's through
00:44:52.85\00:44:56.83
or brings them back
together on His timing.
00:44:56.83\00:45:00.70
Would that be a
characteristic of God?
00:45:00.70\00:45:03.60
- Well, I think that
if you've got two people
00:45:03.60\00:45:05.97
and they were married and it
fell apart for whatever reason
00:45:05.97\00:45:10.81
and one of them is converted,
if they're legally divorced,
00:45:10.81\00:45:14.14
if one of them is
thinking of remarrying,
00:45:14.14\00:45:16.54
I wouldn't remarry
unless they're both agreed
00:45:16.54\00:45:19.68
on being Christians.
00:45:19.68\00:45:21.35
Can God do that?
00:45:21.35\00:45:22.72
He absolutely can, but I would
not reenter into a marriage
00:45:22.72\00:45:27.49
where only one was converted
00:45:28.29\00:45:29.62
if they're
already legally divorced.
00:45:29.62\00:45:32.29
So it'd be great if
you're still friends
00:45:32.29\00:45:37.33
and you can do
Bible studies together
00:45:38.40\00:45:39.37
and if you could
come back together
00:45:40.47\00:45:42.20
and that can be a testimony.
00:45:42.20\00:45:43.41
I've seen that happen before.
00:45:43.41\00:45:44.94
Can God do that?
He absolutely can.
00:45:46.04\00:45:48.74
- We got a book talking
about the subject of marriage.
00:45:48.74\00:45:50.98
It's called "Marriage,
Divorce, and Remarriage"
00:45:50.98\00:45:53.05
and I think it'll
answer a lot of your questions.
00:45:53.05\00:45:55.08
The number to call
for that is 800-835-6747
00:45:55.08\00:45:58.82
and you can ask for the book.
00:45:58.82\00:46:00.22
It's called "Marriage,
Divorce, and Remarriage."
00:46:00.22\00:46:02.92
Thanks to your call, Chris.
00:46:02.92\00:46:03.96
We've got Jemima
listening from Canada.
00:46:03.96\00:46:07.86
Jemima, welcome to the program.
00:46:07.86\00:46:09.63
- [Jemima] Good evening,
Pastor Ross and Pastor Doug.
00:46:10.97\00:46:14.07
- Evening.
00:46:14.07\00:46:14.87
- [Jemima] So my question is
00:46:14.87\00:46:16.10
does God allows
us to be punished
00:46:17.44\00:46:20.74
when we are being
arrogant and boastful
00:46:20.74\00:46:25.81
and if we mock the Lord
because from the Book of Daniel,
00:46:27.08\00:46:29.22
I read here Daniel 4:23-25
00:46:30.72\00:46:34.19
and this is talking about
the seven years of illness
00:46:35.59\00:46:39.09
of King Nebuchadnezzar,
00:46:39.09\00:46:40.50
so God made King
Nebuchadnezzar insane or mad
00:46:41.66\00:46:46.80
for being so boastful?
00:46:47.47\00:46:48.57
- Yes, it certainly is true
that God often punishes pride.
00:46:50.81\00:46:55.58
Pride was the first
great sin of the devil.
00:46:55.58\00:46:59.25
And it tells us in Proverbs,
00:46:59.25\00:47:01.02
a haughty spirit
goes before a fall,
00:47:01.02\00:47:03.28
pride goes before destruction,
00:47:03.28\00:47:05.69
and a haughty
spirit before a fall.
00:47:05.69\00:47:08.32
You can read in the
Bible where King Herod
00:47:08.32\00:47:10.93
was boasting in Acts Chapter 12
00:47:10.93\00:47:14.10
and he was
taking the prerogatives
00:47:14.10\00:47:16.40
and the worship
that belongs to God
00:47:16.40\00:47:17.77
and the angel of the
Lord struck him and he died.
00:47:17.77\00:47:22.10
And you can see where the
Pharaoh hardened his heart
00:47:22.10\00:47:25.01
through pride and he
was judged and punished.
00:47:25.01\00:47:28.41
And you've got the
proud Pharisee who says,
00:47:28.41\00:47:31.18
"I thank you, I'm
better than other men."
00:47:31.18\00:47:34.05
So yeah, pride is one of
the most offensive things to God
00:47:34.05\00:47:37.29
and the Lord wants
to save us from pride.
00:47:37.29\00:47:39.09
All of us struggle with
pride in varying degrees,
00:47:39.09\00:47:41.86
but it's very hard for the Lord
to reach an arrogant person.
00:47:41.86\00:47:45.83
That's why He wants
us to humble ourselves...
00:47:45.83\00:47:47.76
it says the meek
will inherit the Earth.
00:47:47.76\00:47:49.73
- Here's a verse in
Proverbs 16:18 that says:
00:47:49.73\00:47:52.43
"Pride goes before destruction
00:47:52.43\00:47:54.67
and a haughty
spirit before a fall."
00:47:54.67\00:47:56.91
That's pretty clear right there.
00:47:56.91\00:47:58.97
Alright. Thanks
for your call, Jemima.
00:47:58.97\00:48:00.38
We've got Ashley
listening in Washington.
00:48:00.38\00:48:02.31
Ashley, welcome to the program.
00:48:02.31\00:48:04.11
- [Ashley] Hi,
thank you for having me.
00:48:04.11\00:48:05.41
I'm just wondering
if it is appropriate
00:48:05.41\00:48:07.15
to decode the Book of Psalms?
00:48:07.15\00:48:09.18
I've been seeing a
lot of different pastors
00:48:09.18\00:48:10.29
talking about it
and I'm just wondering
00:48:10.29\00:48:11.89
if it's appropriate or biblical.
00:48:11.89\00:48:14.42
- So are you talking
about where they sometimes take
00:48:14.42\00:48:17.03
the Hebrew letters and they
say the Hebrew letters in Psalms
00:48:17.03\00:48:20.76
have different numerical value
00:48:20.76\00:48:23.03
and there's prophetic meaning
00:48:23.03\00:48:24.20
when you look at them that way?
00:48:24.20\00:48:25.60
Or are you talking about when
they find Messianic prophecies
00:48:25.60\00:48:29.94
in the Book of Psalms?
00:48:29.94\00:48:31.21
- [Ashley] A little bit of both.
00:48:33.11\00:48:34.64
The big one I've been seeing
00:48:34.64\00:48:35.74
is that Psalms
is the 19th book in
00:48:35.74\00:48:40.62
and the 48th from the
end, so leaning to 1948,
00:48:41.72\00:48:44.35
and that Psalms 48 leads
to the rebirth of Jerusalem
00:48:44.35\00:48:49.42
and they've tied a bunch
of other prophecies to it.
00:48:50.79\00:48:52.39
I just wasn't sure if
it's biblical to go off that.
00:48:52.39\00:48:57.17
- Okay, I'm glad
you clarified that.
00:48:57.17\00:48:59.23
What you've just described there
00:48:59.23\00:49:01.24
is it's kinda like
Bible study voodoo.
00:49:01.24\00:49:04.14
I don't think that
God intended for us
00:49:04.14\00:49:06.84
to take the chapter numbers
00:49:06.84\00:49:08.31
and try to make
anything out of that.
00:49:08.31\00:49:10.21
Chapter numbers were not
part of the inspired message
00:49:10.21\00:49:15.28
that God is giving us.
00:49:16.42\00:49:18.69
And so if you start
taking chapter numbers,
00:49:18.69\00:49:20.92
and the Psalms, the
way they were arranged,
00:49:20.92\00:49:23.12
some actually have
arranged the Psalms
00:49:24.23\00:49:25.73
where they take
the Psalms of David
00:49:25.73\00:49:27.36
and they put them
in a different category
00:49:27.36\00:49:28.70
with the Psalms of Solomon
and the Psalms of Hezekiah.
00:49:28.70\00:49:31.93
The way we get it in
the King James version,
00:49:31.93\00:49:33.64
they're all bundled together.
00:49:33.64\00:49:35.37
But to start trying to
interpret the Psalm numbers
00:49:35.37\00:49:38.71
and chapters and verses
00:49:38.71\00:49:41.11
where you're
mixing up the numerology
00:49:41.11\00:49:42.88
and trying to
create secret messages,
00:49:42.88\00:49:45.45
that's like Bible bingo.
00:49:47.52\00:49:49.95
I don't think there's
any message in that at all.
00:49:49.95\00:49:52.59
Now, what does blow us away,
the Psalms are supernatural.
00:49:52.59\00:49:56.52
When you read in
Psalm 22 where it says,
00:49:56.52\00:49:58.83
"They pierced My
hands and My feet
00:49:58.83\00:50:00.86
and they
gambled for My clothing,
00:50:00.86\00:50:02.73
and dogs have surrounded Me,"
00:50:02.73\00:50:05.07
that's an incredible prophecy
00:50:05.07\00:50:06.70
that talks about
Jesus on the cross.
00:50:06.70\00:50:09.20
So those things
are very powerful,
00:50:09.20\00:50:11.41
but to start
mixing up the numbers
00:50:11.41\00:50:12.97
and trying to get messages
out of that and make dates...
00:50:12.97\00:50:15.98
nah, I'd stay away from that.
00:50:15.98\00:50:18.98
I hope that helps a little bit.
00:50:18.98\00:50:20.82
- Alright, thanks for your call.
00:50:20.82\00:50:22.48
We've got David
listening from Illinois.
00:50:22.48\00:50:24.95
David, welcome to the program.
00:50:24.95\00:50:26.52
- [David] Hello, Pastors.
How are y'all doing tonight?
00:50:28.02\00:50:30.53
- Doing great.
Thanks for calling.
00:50:30.53\00:50:32.29
- [David] My question is
about the last generation.
00:50:34.36\00:50:37.50
I guess the best
way I can put it is
00:50:39.93\00:50:41.94
was Adam and Eve,
00:50:44.27\00:50:45.81
when they had eaten
the forbidden fruit,
00:50:47.04\00:50:50.58
God told Adam "For this
day, you shall surely die."
00:50:50.58\00:50:55.25
Well, one day for God
was like 1,000 years for Adam
00:50:57.62\00:51:02.22
and he lived to be
what, 900, and what?
00:51:02.22\00:51:04.99
- 930 years.
00:51:05.83\00:51:06.90
- [David] Okay,
and then with Moses,
00:51:08.73\00:51:11.67
he told Moses that he
can see the Promised Land,
00:51:13.00\00:51:17.41
but he cannot enter it.
00:51:17.41\00:51:18.84
So when he did see
it, he died right after.
00:51:18.84\00:51:21.64
And the same thing with the
priest that saw baby Christ,
00:51:23.18\00:51:28.25
he was told that he
would see the Christ
00:51:29.38\00:51:30.65
and right after that, he died.
00:51:31.79\00:51:34.99
So I guess the heart
of my question would be
00:51:34.99\00:51:38.33
with the last
generation that shall not die,
00:51:38.33\00:51:41.96
how will that play out?
00:51:41.96\00:51:43.70
Will it be like with the last
person of the last generation?
00:51:43.70\00:51:48.67
It's a question I've been
contemplating for quite a while.
00:51:50.54\00:51:53.44
- Alright, thank
you so much, David.
00:51:53.44\00:51:55.01
Appreciate your question.
00:51:55.01\00:51:56.24
It is fascinating
that God told Adam
00:51:57.48\00:51:59.78
in the day that you
eat thereof, you will die.
00:51:59.78\00:52:02.05
And yet the Bible
tells us in 2 Peter 3,
00:52:02.05\00:52:06.49
a day with the
Lord is like 1,000 years
00:52:06.49\00:52:08.29
and 1,000 like a day.
00:52:08.29\00:52:10.86
And Peter's actually
quoting from one of the Psalms
00:52:10.86\00:52:13.96
where it says
1,000 years in his sight
00:52:13.96\00:52:15.90
or an evening that is gone.
00:52:16.83\00:52:18.50
And so God said to Adam and Eve,
00:52:18.50\00:52:20.87
"You're gonna die in the day."
00:52:20.87\00:52:22.14
Well, they began to die
spiritually as soon as they sin.
00:52:22.14\00:52:25.17
The death process began.
00:52:25.17\00:52:26.57
A matter of fact, it
tells us I think in the Hebrew,
00:52:26.57\00:52:28.81
"In dying, you will die,"
00:52:28.81\00:52:30.21
so the dying process will begin,
00:52:30.21\00:52:32.88
but they didn't make it
to that first millennium,
00:52:32.88\00:52:34.88
that first 1,000 years.
00:52:34.88\00:52:36.02
If 1,000 years
is like a day, Adam,
00:52:36.02\00:52:39.02
even Methuselah
and all the patriarchs,
00:52:39.02\00:52:41.26
died before they reached
that first millennial day.
00:52:41.26\00:52:44.39
But as far as
the last generation,
00:52:45.49\00:52:48.03
I think there's going to
be a lot of people still alive
00:52:48.03\00:52:51.10
when Jesus comes.
00:52:51.10\00:52:52.67
He's gonna protect them and
bring them out of this world
00:52:52.67\00:52:55.50
just like He saved the
children of Israel out of Egypt
00:52:55.50\00:52:58.81
and He protected
them from the 10 plagues.
00:52:58.81\00:53:01.41
He'll protect a lot of people
from the seven last plagues.
00:53:01.41\00:53:04.48
What do you think, Pastor Ross?
Can we squeeze in one more?
00:53:04.48\00:53:06.82
- Yes, I think so. Let's
go to Michael in Montana.
00:53:06.82\00:53:09.62
Michael, welcome to the program.
00:53:09.62\00:53:11.32
- [Michael] It's a
speculative question.
00:53:11.32\00:53:13.39
Say Adam and Eve did obey
God and pass all the tests
00:53:14.79\00:53:19.76
that Satan threw
at them from the tree,
00:53:20.90\00:53:22.90
what would've happened
to Satan and his angels?
00:53:24.00\00:53:27.24
Would God have
thrown him in some corner
00:53:27.24\00:53:28.87
or they would've
just disintegrated?
00:53:28.87\00:53:30.54
I mean, this is speculation,
00:53:30.54\00:53:31.57
but I've been
thinking about this.
00:53:31.57\00:53:33.21
- Okay, well it's
fair enough. You're right.
00:53:33.21\00:53:35.01
It is kind of a
speculating question
00:53:35.01\00:53:36.81
'cause you can have a
hypothesis of what would happen.
00:53:36.81\00:53:41.88
It's hard to know
without having the mind of God
00:53:43.22\00:53:44.45
and being able to interview Him,
00:53:44.45\00:53:46.39
but it could be that if every
world had passed the tests,
00:53:46.39\00:53:51.46
I believe God has
other unfallen worlds
00:53:52.53\00:53:53.63
that Satan
probably tried to recruit,
00:53:53.63\00:53:55.23
but he found
supporters down here,
00:53:55.23\00:53:58.30
if every other
world had passed the tests
00:53:58.30\00:54:00.47
and Satan couldn't
find any other followers,
00:54:00.47\00:54:02.87
God probably would've just
destroyed Satan and his angels
00:54:02.87\00:54:06.21
'cause it says in Matthew 25
that the angel and his devils
00:54:06.21\00:54:11.28
will be thrown
in his lake of fire.
00:54:12.41\00:54:13.45
- Matthew 25:41.
00:54:13.45\00:54:15.12
- Yeah, so their
destruction was sealed,
00:54:15.12\00:54:17.95
but the way it works now
00:54:19.12\00:54:20.46
is anybody that follows
the devil is gonna join him.
00:54:20.46\00:54:23.12
Hey, thank you so much,
Michael. Appreciate that.
00:54:23.12\00:54:25.03
We do have a lesson called
"Did God Create the Devil?"
00:54:25.03\00:54:27.46
and it touches on that subject.
00:54:27.46\00:54:29.36
- The number to call
for that is 800-835-6747.
00:54:29.36\00:54:32.87
Again, you can ask
for the study guide.
00:54:32.87\00:54:34.17
It's called "Did
God Create the Devil?"
00:54:34.17\00:54:37.07
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00:55:42.14\00:55:43.81
Let's see how
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00:55:43.81\00:55:44.91
in the next two minutes.
00:55:44.91\00:55:46.24
Question number
one. Was Melchizedek God?
00:55:46.24\00:55:49.14
- Well, no, of course,
Melchizedek had the Spirit of
00:55:50.58\00:55:53.01
God, I'm sure, but the Bible
tells us that he was a king
00:55:53.01\00:55:56.02
and he was a priest of
a particular territory.
00:55:56.02\00:55:58.89
And he brought out food,
00:55:58.89\00:56:00.69
real food to
Abraham and his friends.
00:56:00.69\00:56:03.63
And he received tithe,
00:56:03.63\00:56:04.86
which back then
probably wasn't money,
00:56:04.86\00:56:06.43
but it was food
and practical things
00:56:06.43\00:56:07.93
that they had won in the battle.
00:56:07.93\00:56:09.26
He was a real person.
00:56:09.26\00:56:10.93
And I just talked
about that last week,
00:56:10.93\00:56:12.80
if they wanna go to
Facebook and see my,
00:56:12.80\00:56:14.47
or two weeks ago,
I dealt with that.
00:56:14.47\00:56:16.94
- Okay. Next
question that we have,
00:56:16.94\00:56:18.71
is tithing only to
be paid to a church
00:56:18.71\00:56:22.31
or is it okay to give
tithe to somebody in need?
00:56:22.31\00:56:26.01
- Well, there's an
example in the Book of,
00:56:26.01\00:56:27.78
I think it's Deuteronomy
where when they went to a feast,
00:56:27.78\00:56:31.42
they could take a second tithe
and they could maybe use that
00:56:31.42\00:56:35.49
to help with the
poor along the way.
00:56:35.49\00:56:37.23
It was sort of like
charity during the feast times
00:56:37.23\00:56:39.76
that they'd show. But
the first principle tithe,
00:56:39.76\00:56:43.57
the Bible says that the
tithe is holy to the Lord
00:56:43.57\00:56:46.13
and it was given to the Levites
00:56:46.13\00:56:48.37
and that was for the
proclamation of the Gospel.
00:56:48.37\00:56:50.61
It wasn't to be distributed
however a person said,
00:56:50.61\00:56:53.64
"I'm gonna send it to
my favorite ministry."
00:56:53.64\00:56:56.18
It was to be going for the
proclamation of the Gospel.
00:56:56.18\00:56:59.81
- Okay, next
question that we have,
00:56:59.81\00:57:00.95
how do we know that
good angels are with us?
00:57:00.95\00:57:04.29
- Well, God promises that.
00:57:04.29\00:57:05.65
I mean, I think there's things
we can do to probably grieve
00:57:05.65\00:57:08.02
the good angels
that are with us,
00:57:08.02\00:57:09.36
but the Bible says the
angel of the Lord encamps
00:57:09.36\00:57:12.89
roundabout those that
fear Him and delivers them.
00:57:12.89\00:57:16.46
And it tells us in Psalm 91:
00:57:16.46\00:57:18.23
"He will give His
angels charge over you
00:57:18.23\00:57:20.14
to keep you in
all of your ways."
00:57:20.14\00:57:21.90
And so God does have
guardian angels watching us.
00:57:21.90\00:57:26.01
- Okay, next question,
did Cain marry his sister?
00:57:26.01\00:57:29.34
And if so,
where did he find her?
00:57:29.34\00:57:32.08
- Well, he found her probably
pretty close to Adam and Eve.
00:57:32.08\00:57:35.25
He married his sister.
00:57:35.25\00:57:37.49
And back then, there
was nothing wrong with that.
00:57:37.49\00:57:40.39
Technically, Adam sort of
married his sister in Eve.
00:57:40.39\00:57:42.96
They both came
from the same family.
00:57:42.96\00:57:44.96
And it wasn't
until the time of Moses
00:57:44.96\00:57:46.90
that it was forbidden
to marry close of kin.
00:57:46.90\00:57:50.33
- Okay, last question
that we have, Pastor Doug,
00:57:50.33\00:57:52.60
could you quickly explain
three days and three nights
00:57:52.60\00:57:55.37
that Christ was in
the heart of the Earth?
00:57:55.37\00:57:57.01
Does that mean the tomb?
00:57:57.01\00:57:58.94
- No that's talking
about the sufferings of Christ
00:57:58.94\00:58:01.01
that began in the
garden when He said,
00:58:01.01\00:58:02.98
"Now is the hour of darkness,"
00:58:02.98\00:58:04.61
so that would be Thursday night,
00:58:04.61\00:58:06.08
Friday night, Saturday night,
00:58:06.08\00:58:07.95
He was suffering for
the sins of the world.
00:58:07.95\00:58:10.05
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