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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? Roy Cleveland
Sullivan was a US park ranger
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in Shenandoah
National Park in Virginia.
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Between 1942 and 1977,
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Sullivan was struck by lightning
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on seven different occasions,
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incredibly
surviving all of them.
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For this reason, he
gained the nickname,
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the Human Lightning Rod.
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After his wife was
struck by lightning
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while he was helping
her hang out laundry,
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she also survived,
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people began to avoid him
thinking he might be bad luck,
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and they might get zapped.
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Sullivan is recognized by
the Guinness World Records
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as having survived
more lightning strikes
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than any other human being.
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According to the BBC,
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the odds of being
struck by lightning
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are about one in 300,000.
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With 24,000 people struck and
killed by lightning each year,
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the chances of being
hit by lightning seven times
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and surviving are
absolutely astounding!
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Pastor Ross,
this just amazed me.
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And I think they may
have seen at one point,
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it showed a picture of Roy.
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His park ranger hat
had a burned spot on top.
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One time, after being struck
several times by lightning,
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he saw a storm
came into the hills,
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and he drove out
of the mountains,
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tried to outrun the storm.
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When he thought he
was at a safe distance,
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he jumped out of
his truck to look
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and lightning hit him again.
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And he used to
think, "Is God mad at me?"
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But then he thought,
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"Well, maybe God's saving me
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'cause he's got
something left for me to do."
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- Right, what are the chances
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of surviving just one lightning
strike, let alone seven?
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So, (chuckles) it's
just amazing how, yeah,
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he'd go through
something like that.
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- I know a sailor that
was struck twice and survived,
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and that's very, very unusual.
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But it makes me think about,
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when you think about
fire coming down from Heaven,
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the Bible often calls it fire.
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Like one of the
plagues of Egypt that says,
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"fire came down," it
was usually lightning.
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And when it says
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"fire came down and
killed the sons of Aaron,"
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they went into the temple
drunk... probably lightning.
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And then you read
in Revelation 13:13,
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speaking of the beast power,
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and this is the second
beast in Revelation 13,
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"He performs great signs,
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so that he even
makes fire come down
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from Heaven on the
Earth in the sight of men.
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And he deceives those
who dwell on the Earth
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by those signs
which he was granted to do
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in the sight of the beast,
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telling those who
dwell on the Earth
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to make an image to the beast
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who was wounded by
the sword and lived."
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- So here you have two beasts,
Pastor Doug, in chapter 13.
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The first beast,
we've identified,
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if you look at the various
clues given in the verse,
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it's very clear that the
first beast of Revelation
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is really the papal power.
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The second beast, however,
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is described as
coming up from the earth,
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two horns like a lamb,
but it speaks like a dragon,
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is really
describing the United States.
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And how's the United States,
as the world's superpower,
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gonna get everyone in the
world to eventually acknowledge
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or receive the
Mark of the Beast?
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Well, one of the ways there's
fire coming down from Heaven.
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Now, in the Bible, fire
coming down from Heaven,
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as you said, it
could be judgment,
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for example, Sodom and Gomorrah.
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But it can also
be God's approval,
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of symbolizing the Holy Spirit.
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For example, the
fire that came down
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and consumed the sacrifice
of Elijah on Mount Carmel.
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You have fire
coming down from Heaven
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resting on the
heads of the disciples
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in the upper room at Pentecost.
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So, here you have this
power described in Revelation 13
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that brings fire
down from Heaven.
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It's almost a counterfeit
revival that takes place
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that galvanizes the
world to give their support
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to the first beast
power of Revelation 13.
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- Yeah, it's like an imitation
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of the great miracle of Elijah
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where they're trying to
decide who is the real God.
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They say, "Well, I'm gonna
ultimately prove the real God
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is the God that
answers by fire,"
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well the beast is gonna
play off that in the last days
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and try and say,
"Well, we're the real power,
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because look, we
can bring fire down."
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- Right.
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Well, we have a study guide
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that talks about the
United States in Bible prophecy,
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and we will send this
out to anyone for free.
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All you'll have to
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The number to
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Pastor Doug, we have a magazine,
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in addition to the
study guide that we have,
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we also have a magazine
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called "The United
States in Prophecy."
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And it's one of our
more popular magazines.
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People call, and they want it,
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and they wanna
share it with others.
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Because look at what's
happening in the world today,
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the leadership role that
the United States is playing,
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how does that fit
into Bible prophecy?
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Well, this study guide
goes into that in detail.
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So again, we wanna
encourage you to call for that,
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800-835-6747.
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And again, just
ask for the study guide
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called "The United States,"
or "The USA in Bible Prophecy."
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If you have a Bible question,
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So welcome. Thank you for
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Well, Pastor Doug,
before we go to the phone lines,
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let's start with
a word of prayer.
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- Amen.
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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 Lord, we ask Your blessing.
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We ask Your blessing
as we open up Your book,
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that Your spirit would guide us.
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Be with those who are listening,
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wherever they might be,
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And, Lord, lead us
into a clearer understanding
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of the Bible, for we
ask this in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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- Amen.
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Well, I think we really go
to the phone lines, Pastor Doug.
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Our first caller
this evening is Anthony
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listening in New York.
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Anthony, welcome to the program!
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- [Anthony] Hello,
good evening, Pastors.
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- Evening. Thanks.
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- [Anthony] My wife and I,
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we actually had a question
where we wanted to know,
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why did God wait seven days
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after He closed
the door of the ark
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before He started the flood?
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And then we asked this
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because we know that God
has a purpose for everything.
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And we know that seven
is a significant number,
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so we just wanted to know
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if there was
something behind that.
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And then, also,
is there a connection
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to the last
days, probation closing
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and the last days as well?
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- Yeah, very good question.
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So, there's
evidently, there's seven days
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after God has Noah and
the animals come in the ark,
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and it tells us that
the Lord shut the door.
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And whether seven
complete days had gone by
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or at the beginning of
the seventh day anyway,
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which I think is more likely
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just because it
was after six days
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of marching around Jericho,
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on the seventh day,
on the seventh time,
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then the city fell, and
this is sort of similar.
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The deliverance came
for Noah and his family.
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You might say they were
lifted up above the world,
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at that point.
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The rain began to
fall on the seventh day.
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For one thing, I
sometimes during times of delay,
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God is testing the
faithfulness of His people.
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When the parable of
the 10 virgins, it says,
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"And while the
bridegroom tarried,"
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and during that time
their Holy Spirit is,
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they're living on
reserve, so to speak.
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So God, sometimes, He makes
an entrance, you might say,
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and He has us wait and
our-- and we're tested.
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Moses delayed
coming down the mountain,
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and it was a time of testing
for the children of Israel.
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Samuel told Saul,
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"Wait for me and
after seven days I'll come,"
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but it seems like
he was a little late,
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and then he did come.
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But it was a time of testing,
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and Saul
actually failed that test.
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So, you got any
thoughts, Pastor Ross?
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Why the seven days?
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- Definitely, a time of testing.
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You mentioned
something, they were in the ark,
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probation closes.
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You have the six
days, on the seventh day,
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it appears the rain begins
to come, and the flood comes.
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They are lifted up,
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the Earth is
inhabited for about 6,000 years.
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And then, you have the
Second Coming of Christ,
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and the righteous are lifted
up and their deliverance comes.
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But at the same time,
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you have judgment
coming upon the wicked
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that are gonna be destroyed
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at the brightness
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of Christ's coming.
- Great illustration.
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- So, you see a parallel in...
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Matter of fact, Jesus said,
"As it was in the days of Noah,
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so also shall it be, and
the Son of Man is revealed."
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But then if you
try and parallel that
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with the close of
probation at the end of time,
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according to Revelation,
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it's not that the
plagues will come in...
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Course after probation closes,
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then you have the
seven last plagues.
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They don't occur
in seven literal days.
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There are seven literal plagues,
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but the Bible seems to indicate
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that the plagues
will come in one year.
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Because one prophetic day
is equal to one literal year,
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and it says, "Her
plagues shall come in one day."
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So after probation
closes, you have about a year,
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and then, the
Second Coming of Christ.
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- Yeah, but the world,
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I don't think
would survive very long
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if you had seven years
of those seven last plagues,
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when you look at them.
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Well, hope that helps
a little bit, Anthony.
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Thank you for your
question, and we appreciate it.
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- Next caller
that we have is Fred
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listening from Connecticut.
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Fred, welcome to the program!
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- [Fred] Yes.
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When it comes to fasting,
is that optional or mandatory?
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- A good question.
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Now, we are not
saved by our works,
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but if you say, is
it mandatory to pray?
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I think we would agree
that all believers will pray
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'cause even receiving
Christ requires a prayer.
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Speaking of fasting,
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Jesus said we shouldn't
fast like the hypocrites,
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but He said, "When you fast,"
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and I dunno if you
have that reference there...
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- Matthew 6:17.
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- Yeah.
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So Jesus didn't
say, "if you fast,"
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He said, "when you fast."
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And then another time Jesus
told the apostles in Mark 9,
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speaking of a father
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that wanted his son
delivered from a demon.
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and the disciples said,
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"Why couldn't we
cast the demon out?"
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Jesus said, "This
kind does not come forth
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except by prayer and fasting."
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And then you've got a
number of examples in the Bible
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where one time John the
Baptist's disciples came to
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Jesus and said, "How
come you guys aren't fasting?"
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like John the
Baptist's disciples.
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And Jesus said, "The children
of the Bridegroom do not fast
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while the
Bridegroom is with them."
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I mean, that's
obviously a time of celebration,
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"but the time will come when
the Bridegroom is taken away,
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then they will fast."
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So Jesus said,
"When I send to Heaven,
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there'll be times
for fasting and prayer."
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- And I think,
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especially as we see issues
taking place in the world,
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our faith is gonna
be tried and tested,
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and we wanna at that point,
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or even now
probably in preparation,
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we wanna have that full
commitment and focus on Christ,
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and fasting is an
important part of that.
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Not that it
earns merit with God,
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but it does help to focus
our mind on something else
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than just temporal things.
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- Yeah, and I think
it's healthy for our souls
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to sometimes deny our bodies.
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It's good discipline.
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So, hope that
helps a little bit.
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Appreciate your question, Fred.
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- We've got Brittany
listening in California.
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Brittany,
welcome to the program.
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- [Brittany] Hey. (chuckling)
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- Hi, thanks for calling.
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- [Brittany] Yeah, sure.
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My question was,
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how is a
Christian supposed to deal
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with the
temptation to leave the church
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because of secular concerts?
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- Okay, so
you're, I guess, concerned
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because the church,
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it seems like they're
bringing in worldly music,
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and you're just
discouraged by that
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because you're
wanting more holiness
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and reverence in the church,
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is that what you're saying?
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- [Brittany]
Well, it isn't that.
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I have performances
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through the community
college I'm attending,
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and one of them
happens to be on a Sunday.
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And I'm wondering
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if that's part of the
idea of the temptation
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I'm dealing with
to leave the church
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because of the
performance I have
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that happens to be on a Sunday.
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- Oh, I see, I
think I understand,
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that you see a secular concert,
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it could be getting a way
with your regular worship,
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is that what you're asking?
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I couldn't hear your
answer. I'm sorry, Brittany.
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- [Brittany] Yeah, that's it?
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- Well, I think
that's-- it's a good question,
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but we should always
seek first the kingdom of God,
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and His righteousness.
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And if we're
asked to do something,
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just like Nebuchadnezzer said,
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"We're having a special program.
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Everybody's gonna
bow down to my statue,"
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and Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego said,
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"We cannot break
the commandments of God
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to keep the
commandments of men."
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And so, I think that
you should always follow
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your convictions about
what the Word of God is.
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We actually have a
lesson-- you're talking about,
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reverence on Sunday
and going to church.
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We've got a
lesson that talks about,
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How do you keep
the Sabbath holy?
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And we'll be
happy to send you that
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if you'd like a free copy.
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Just go to the resource.
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- If you'd like to
receive that again,
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you can just call and ask.
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The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
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And Pastor Doug, I'm thinking
of the exact wording of that.
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Is it, "How to
Keep the Sabbath Holy"
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or is it
"Forgotten Day in History"?
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- No, that we have a booklet-
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- We have one specific-
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- Yeah. - Okay.
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You can just
call and ask for that,
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and we'll send it to you,
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"How to Keep the Sabbath Holy."
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Again, the
number is 800-835-6747.
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Alright, thank you
for your call, Brittany.
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We got Ryan
listening in California.
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Ryan, welcome to the program.
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- [Ryan] Hey, Pastors,
thanks for taking my call.
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- Yeah.
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- [Ryan] My question
is actually on Luke 7.
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I believe it's also
referenced in Matthew as well.
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I'm wondering why John
the Baptist sent his disciples
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to ask Jesus if
He's the expected one,
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even though at that point
he's already baptized Jesus
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and even declared
that He was the Lamb of God
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who takes away
the sin of the world.
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- Yeah. Good.
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So, John the Baptist,
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God revealed
through the Holy Spirit,
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and you read this
in the Gospel of John,
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the Lord told him
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that the one on whom you
see the Holy Spirit descending,
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He's the One.
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And John knew, he
said, "You come to me,"
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John said to Jesus,
"You come to me for baptism.
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You should be baptizing me."
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And John
declared on two occasions,
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"Behold, the Lamb of God
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that takes away
the sin of the world."
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And John said, "He must
increase, I must decrease."
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But then, John
was thrown in jail,
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and even John had
different expectations
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of the ministry of Jesus.
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He thought that Jesus
would use His supernatural power
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to do something to
overthrow the Roman oppression,
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or just that he had
some different expectations,
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and when Jesus just
continued to keep His head down,
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and He was meek and lowly,
and He would heal and feed,
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and he thought,
"Are You the One?
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Or did I misunderstand?
Are You just a great prophet?
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Or are You the Messiah?"
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And keep in mind,
John is in prison.
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He's discouraged. He's alone.
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And he's wondering
why Jesus is doing nothing
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to deliver him.
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He thinks, "Maybe He'll use
His power to rescue me somehow,"
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so I think he was just
struggling in his faith.
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And he sent his
messengers to say,
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"Are You the One or
do we look for another?"
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And Jesus didn't
answer him right away.
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He had the messengers
stand around and watch
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as He cast out devils and, well,
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you can read it
here in Luke 7:22.
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Jesus said, "Go tell John
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the things that
you've seen and heard.
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the blind see, the lame
walk, the lepers are cleansed,
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the deaf hear,
the dead are raised,
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the poor have the
Gospel preached to them.
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And then He gives them
a little encouragement.
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He says, "Blessed is he who's
not offended because of Me."
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And of course the ministry
of Christ that he describes here
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goes along with what
the prophet Isaiah says
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about the Messiah, that He would
open the eyes of the blind,
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and the lame would leap and
that they would have the Gospel.
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So, John understood,
"Yes, He is the One."
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- And, of course, after the
disciples of John were there,
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and they leave, then Jesus
turns to those who are with Him,
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And He said,
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"What did you go out
into the wilderness to see,
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a reed shaken by the wind?
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Did you go out to see somebody
dressed in fine apparel?"
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And then He talks
about John, and He says,
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"Of all of them born unto woman,
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there's not arisen one
greater than John the Baptist."
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So clearly, Jesus
acknowledged the mission of John
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and the faith of John.
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And I think the
testimony that came back to John
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from his disciples, that
settled the faith of John.
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That strengthened him
to face the final trial,
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which was he's
martyrdom for Christ.
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- Absolutely.
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So thank you very much, Ryan.
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Hopefully, that helps a
little bit. Very good question.
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- Next caller that we have,
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we've got Fanduca
listening in Canada.
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How do you say your name?
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- [Facundo] It's Facundo.
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- Facundo, yes. Welcome.
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- [Facundo] Thank you.
Good to talk to you guys.
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My question
today is on Acts 12:4.
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And I found it a
little confusing.
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It was just interesting
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because I tend to reference
other versions of the Bible
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to see full understanding,
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and I noticed that in
the King James Version,
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it refers to Easter,
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as every other version refers
to the day after Passover,
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so I was curious as
to what you guys think
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as to why they used
Easter instead of Passover,
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given that there was
no such thing as Easter.
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- Right.
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Well, because the
King James translators
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were translating the Bible
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into current
contemporary English.
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And in contemporary English,
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they all called the
Passover season, Easter.
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They saw them as synonymous.
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And so, of course,
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the history for the word
Easter is drawn from Ishtar,
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'cause there was also a
spring festival during that time
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that came from pagan mythology.
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But that was the word that
they used for that time of year,
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the Paschal celebration.
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So yeah, just-
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- Yeah, but there's no
doubt in the original Greek
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that it's talking
about the Passover.
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And that's why some of the,
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even the New King James
version actually refers to it,
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the use of the word
Passover, not the word Easter.
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- [Facundo] And, I guess, my
follow-up to that would be then
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is Easter something that we
as a church should celebrate?
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I guess I was looking into it,
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and I saw that it was in the
Council of Nicaea, I believe,
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with Constantine.
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And I'm just wondering
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if it's something that
the church should celebrate,
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or if it's like
you guys are saying,
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it's got its roots in paganism
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or some sort of pagan holiday.
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- Alright, good
question. Let's talk about that.
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Easter, the term Easter is drawn
from a springtime festival,
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'cause everything was bursting
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in the Northern
Hemisphere at springtime,
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everything was
bursting forth with new life.
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And that's why,
they had bunnies,
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and they got eggs and everything
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they kind of had to do
with, and lilies, you know,
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they had to do with new life.
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'Cause a lot of
these pagan religions,
00:19:53.79\00:19:55.16
they saw it as sort
as a fertility festival.
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Well, Constantine,
made the most of that,
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and they sort of melded
what the Christians recognized
00:20:01.03\00:20:04.27
as the Passover with
the resurrection of Christ.
00:20:04.27\00:20:08.00
And they were
trying to win some of them,
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they said, "Well, let's just
celebrate these things together
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and call it the Resurrection."
00:20:12.91\00:20:14.54
Now that said,
00:20:14.54\00:20:15.91
there's nothing wrong with--
there's no commandment to,
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let me back up,
00:20:18.85\00:20:19.95
there's no commandment
for us to make a holiday
00:20:19.95\00:20:22.78
of the Passover
or the Resurrection,
00:20:22.78\00:20:25.85
a new Christian holiday.
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But there's certainly
nothing wrong with Christians
00:20:27.52\00:20:30.69
remembering and
celebrating the Resurrection.
00:20:30.69\00:20:33.76
So, there's no
moral dilemma there.
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I would say the same
thing I say about Christmas.
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If you're gonna celebrate
the time of Jesus' First Coming,
00:20:38.97\00:20:42.94
emphasize what the
Scripture says about it.
00:20:42.94\00:20:44.84
You don't emphasize
Santa Claus, and the tree,
00:20:44.84\00:20:48.61
or the Yule log,
00:20:48.61\00:20:50.31
or any of the traditions
that have grown up around it.
00:20:50.31\00:20:52.55
You celebrate what
the biblical truth is.
00:20:52.55\00:20:54.88
And if we're gonna
celebrate the Passover season
00:20:54.88\00:20:58.52
and the Resurrection,
00:20:58.52\00:21:00.26
celebrate the biblical
truth connected with that.
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There's nothing wrong with that.
00:21:02.06\00:21:03.83
There's no command to do it,
00:21:03.83\00:21:05.69
but what's Paul
saying in Romans,
00:21:05.69\00:21:07.03
"If you're gonna recognize
the day, do it to the Lord.
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If you're not gonna
do it, don't do it."
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- Okay, good answer.
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Next caller that we have is
Efrank listening from New York.
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Efrank, welcome to the program.
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- [Efrank] Yes, good evening,
Pastor Doug and Pastor Ross.
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I have a question for
both of you this evening.
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I did understand
what Brittany said before.
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It's very understandable
what she was asking,
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but what I'm
trying to ask tonight is,
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does it appear
anywhere in the New Testament,
00:21:36.16\00:21:39.19
any form, as the
call screener told me,
00:21:39.19\00:21:41.70
use the word
"resource," not "record,"
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any resources that indicate
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that there was
any form of evidence
00:21:45.50\00:21:48.87
that indicated the events
that led up to the crucifixion,
00:21:48.87\00:21:53.78
the day that Jesus died?
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Is there any verse or scripture
in the entire New Testament
00:21:55.58\00:21:59.91
that indicates that the Roman
centurions made any notations
00:21:59.91\00:22:04.89
of other things that occurred
within that time period,
00:22:06.19\00:22:08.96
that specific day,
in the Mount of Olives?
00:22:08.96\00:22:13.33
I'm just curious.
00:22:13.33\00:22:14.46
- Alright, so if I
understand correctly,
00:22:15.53\00:22:17.33
you're asking if there's other
records in the New Testament
00:22:17.33\00:22:21.20
of events that happen on
the day of the crucifixion,
00:22:21.20\00:22:24.01
is that right? - Yeah,
00:22:25.14\00:22:26.04
that's what I'm saying.
00:22:26.04\00:22:27.78
- Well, of course, it tells
us about the trial of Christ,
00:22:27.78\00:22:31.71
and it says that after
they put his robe back on,
00:22:31.71\00:22:34.42
and they led Him
forth to be crucified.
00:22:34.42\00:22:37.09
And so it does say that,
00:22:37.09\00:22:38.75
and, of course, it tells us
that as they were crucifying Him
00:22:38.75\00:22:42.16
along with the
other two thieves,
00:22:42.16\00:22:43.86
they called 'em
malefactors, I think,
00:22:46.09\00:22:48.53
He prayed for the
forgiveness, saying,
00:22:48.53\00:22:50.50
"Father, forgive them. They
know not what they were doing."
00:22:50.50\00:22:53.37
And so, there's several New
Testament references to that.
00:22:53.37\00:22:56.50
It does talk about
that the sky grew dark.
00:22:56.50\00:23:00.88
It tells us that there
was an earthquake that day.
00:23:00.88\00:23:04.41
Now, if you want some extra
biblical history, there are,
00:23:04.41\00:23:08.18
I think I can, off
the top of my head,
00:23:08.18\00:23:09.92
think about three
different references
00:23:09.92\00:23:11.89
that are even outside the Bible.
00:23:11.89\00:23:13.62
One would be from Flavius
Josephus, who talked about
00:23:13.62\00:23:18.26
Jesus, and he specifically
mentions that Pilate crucified
00:23:18.26\00:23:20.96
him. And then there are
some Romans that wrote about it.
00:23:20.96\00:23:23.60
They were actually
anti-Christian, they mocked
00:23:23.60\00:23:26.60
Christianity. And
one of them is Pliny,
00:23:26.60\00:23:30.24
and then the other one
was, I think, it's Tacitus,
00:23:30.24\00:23:33.14
that talked about
the Christian sect
00:23:34.88\00:23:37.28
and that their
leader was crucified,
00:23:37.28\00:23:39.11
and they claimed
that he was raised.
00:23:39.11\00:23:40.65
So, I hope that
answered your question Efrank.
00:23:40.65\00:23:43.79
But that's what
we got in the Bible.
00:23:43.79\00:23:45.72
- Yeah, and then also just
to add to that a little bit,
00:23:45.72\00:23:47.59
specifically, the Bible
does tell us that Christ died
00:23:47.59\00:23:50.33
on the Day of Preparation
or the Preparation Day.
00:23:50.33\00:23:53.56
We know that to be Friday.
We also know it was a Passover.
00:23:53.56\00:23:56.83
It was a high
Sabbath that next day.
00:23:56.83\00:23:59.33
So, there are some
historical accounts in the Bible
00:23:59.33\00:24:03.04
that tell us a little bit
00:24:03.04\00:24:04.17
about what was happening
in Israel at that time.
00:24:04.17\00:24:06.21
They were
preparing for the Sabbath.
00:24:06.21\00:24:07.88
It was also
gonna be the Passover.
00:24:07.88\00:24:09.44
- And when you
look at the lunar cycle,
00:24:09.44\00:24:11.51
it all fits in
with, I think, 31 A.D.,
00:24:11.51\00:24:13.88
the Passover during 31 A.D.
00:24:13.88\00:24:16.08
would be the time
of the crucifixion.
00:24:16.08\00:24:18.22
- Alright, thanks.
00:24:18.22\00:24:19.59
Next caller that we have is
Jesus listening from Florida.
00:24:19.59\00:24:21.92
Jesus, welcome to the program.
00:24:21.92\00:24:23.63
- [Jesus] Hey Pastors,
thank you for taking my call.
00:24:23.63\00:24:25.99
- Yeah.
00:24:25.99\00:24:26.90
- [Jesus] Okay, so
my question had to do
00:24:28.16\00:24:30.37
around a verse over in Genesis,
00:24:30.37\00:24:33.10
specifically Genesis 6:2.
00:24:34.84\00:24:37.64
I remember
hearing some, I guess,
00:24:37.64\00:24:39.51
you could say some
references from another pastor,
00:24:39.51\00:24:42.24
Pastor Steven Bohr.
00:24:42.24\00:24:43.71
And he was
talking about the fact
00:24:43.71\00:24:45.61
that the sons of God
was actually not angels,
00:24:47.15\00:24:49.28
and it was the line of Seth.
00:24:49.28\00:24:50.65
I wanted to see if you
guys had any biblical evidence
00:24:50.65\00:24:55.49
and/or resources that
I could go and check out
00:24:56.59\00:24:59.46
that would give
me more information
00:24:59.46\00:25:01.56
on like why is this
becoming such a big thing,
00:25:01.56\00:25:04.17
I guess you could say,
like how can I find the truth,
00:25:04.17\00:25:07.54
I guess you could say.
00:25:07.54\00:25:09.00
- Yeah, very good.
00:25:09.00\00:25:10.34
Well, first of all, let me
tell you right out of the box
00:25:10.34\00:25:13.64
that we wrote a book on this
00:25:13.64\00:25:15.98
because so many
people had questions on it,
00:25:15.98\00:25:17.51
and there's a lot of confusion.
00:25:17.51\00:25:19.98
Many people start
reading their Bibles in January,
00:25:19.98\00:25:22.45
and we start getting calls
early in January about Genesis 6
00:25:22.45\00:25:27.52
when the sons of God
married the daughters of men,
00:25:28.82\00:25:31.69
then it says they had
these giants, and people say,
00:25:31.69\00:25:34.56
"Who are the sons of God
marrying the daughters of men?"
00:25:34.56\00:25:36.93
And we've heard everything
from they're fallen angels,
00:25:36.93\00:25:40.00
they're aliens, they're demons,
00:25:40.00\00:25:42.47
and it's really
not that complicated.
00:25:42.47\00:25:46.04
And we'll give you the book.
00:25:46.04\00:25:46.94
The book is called
00:25:46.94\00:25:48.04
"Aliens or Adopted,
Who Are the Sons of God?"
00:25:48.04\00:25:52.45
And so, just for one
thing, look at the book,
00:25:52.45\00:25:54.82
we have lots of
references in the book,
00:25:54.82\00:25:57.39
but it's very clear
that you read in 1 John 3,
00:25:57.39\00:26:02.46
"Behold, what manner of love
the Father is bestowed on us,
00:26:03.83\00:26:05.29
that we should be
called sons of God."
00:26:05.29\00:26:07.76
Isaiah talks about believers
00:26:07.76\00:26:09.10
as being sons
and daughters of God.
00:26:09.10\00:26:11.50
And there is a place
where it talks about the angels
00:26:11.50\00:26:15.24
when all the sons
of God shouted for joy,
00:26:15.24\00:26:17.21
and it's maybe
talking about angels,
00:26:17.21\00:26:19.01
but it's sort of a broad term.
00:26:19.01\00:26:21.64
But in the time of Adam and Eve,
00:26:21.64\00:26:23.95
when Cain walked
away from the Lord marked,
00:26:23.95\00:26:28.12
and he's built a city,
00:26:28.12\00:26:30.35
and he was just
living in rebellion to God.
00:26:30.35\00:26:33.09
And Seth, he was faithful.
00:26:33.09\00:26:36.09
And the line of
Jesus comes through Seth.
00:26:36.09\00:26:39.13
They were called sons of God.
They were offering sacrifice.
00:26:39.13\00:26:41.83
They believed in the Lord.
00:26:41.83\00:26:43.20
But when they
began to intermarry,
00:26:44.40\00:26:46.43
that's when the
wickedness filled the earth.
00:26:46.43\00:26:48.40
God did not
want the sons of God,
00:26:48.40\00:26:49.94
the children of
Seth intermarrying
00:26:49.94\00:26:51.57
with the daughters of Cain.
00:26:51.57\00:26:53.51
Just like he did not want
Samson going to the Philistines.
00:26:53.51\00:26:56.48
He did not want
Solomon taking many wives.
00:26:56.48\00:26:59.61
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in the great apostasy.
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And we've got Leigha
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00:30:45.37\00:30:48.84
Leigha, welcome to the program.
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- [Leigha] Good
evening, Pastors.
00:30:50.11\00:30:51.55
- Evening. Thank
you for your patience.
00:30:51.55\00:30:53.85
- [Leigha] Thank
you for taking my call!
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- How can we help you tonight?
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- [Leigha] My question
for you guys this evening is,
00:31:00.19\00:31:01.82
will we see the wicked
thrown into the lake of fire
00:31:01.82\00:31:04.89
from within the New Jerusalem?
00:31:04.89\00:31:07.13
- Well, it seems like we will.
00:31:07.13\00:31:10.40
There's a verse in Psalm 91.
00:31:11.37\00:31:14.70
It says, "Only with
your eyes will you see
00:31:14.70\00:31:17.31
and behold the
punishment of the wicked."
00:31:17.31\00:31:19.44
And so, sometimes,
00:31:20.64\00:31:22.48
we actually see vengeance
come on the wicked in this life.
00:31:22.48\00:31:25.95
In the end there,
00:31:25.95\00:31:27.22
I think that you have
witnesses in a judgment,
00:31:27.22\00:31:31.59
and the witnesses
often behold the sentencing.
00:31:31.59\00:31:34.42
I suppose if someone wants
to turn away, we'll be free.
00:31:34.42\00:31:37.09
But that's gonna
happen. They're in the presence.
00:31:37.09\00:31:39.03
- Yeah, Revelation 20:9,
talking about the wicked.
00:31:39.03\00:31:42.60
They surround the New Jerusalem.
00:31:42.60\00:31:44.17
It says, "They went up
on the breadth of the earth.
00:31:44.17\00:31:45.67
They surrounded the camp of
the saints and the beloved city.
00:31:45.67\00:31:48.67
And fire came down from God
out of Heaven and devoured them.
00:31:48.67\00:31:51.77
And the devil,
who deceived them,
00:31:51.77\00:31:53.07
was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone
00:31:53.07\00:31:55.21
where the beast and
the false prophet are.
00:31:55.21\00:31:57.41
And they'll be to tormented."
00:31:57.41\00:31:58.88
So, there you have the
wicked surrounding the camp,
00:31:58.88\00:32:01.48
surrounding the New Jerusalem,
00:32:01.48\00:32:03.22
and fire coming
and devouring them.
00:32:03.22\00:32:04.82
- Yeah, and it's in Psalm 91:8,
00:32:04.82\00:32:07.19
"Only with your
eyes shall you look
00:32:07.19\00:32:09.02
and see the
reward of the wicked."
00:32:09.02\00:32:11.33
So, it certainly, it's not
that God's shielding us from it,
00:32:11.33\00:32:14.10
it doesn't seem.
00:32:14.10\00:32:15.36
And there'll be people out there
00:32:15.36\00:32:17.57
that have been very
hard on God's people,
00:32:17.57\00:32:21.10
and there'll be
some recompense in that.
00:32:21.10\00:32:22.94
Not that anyone
would take pleasure in it,
00:32:22.94\00:32:25.14
but we're seeing
justice fulfilled.
00:32:25.14\00:32:26.98
- Alright, we got
Daymond listening from Oklahoma.
00:32:28.34\00:32:30.31
Daymond welcome to the program.
00:32:30.31\00:32:31.85
- [Daymond] Thank you, guys.
Thanks, Pastors, for having me.
00:32:33.55\00:32:35.48
- Yeah.
00:32:35.48\00:32:36.82
- [Daymond] My question was
about the Second Coming of Jesus
00:32:36.82\00:32:40.06
the Bible says that
every eye will see Him
00:32:40.06\00:32:43.46
coming in the clouds,
00:32:43.46\00:32:44.56
but it also says that
the wicked are destroyed
00:32:44.56\00:32:48.30
by the brightness of His coming.
00:32:48.30\00:32:50.33
So, I was wondering,
00:32:50.33\00:32:51.97
could you give a better
explanation on how that might
00:32:51.97\00:32:55.20
work if every eye will see Him,
00:32:55.20\00:32:56.77
but the wicked are
destroyed when He comes?
00:32:56.77\00:33:01.04
- Well, I don't
think there's a conflict.
00:33:01.04\00:33:02.81
I think that, the
way I picture it anyway,
00:33:02.81\00:33:05.51
is that when the Lord comes,
00:33:05.51\00:33:07.88
the wicked see Him coming,
00:33:07.88\00:33:10.12
and then it talks about
they flee from His presence.
00:33:10.12\00:33:13.89
And you read in
Revelation, it says,
00:33:13.89\00:33:15.22
"They call for the rocks and
the mountains to fall upon them
00:33:15.22\00:33:17.96
and hide them from
the presence of the Lord."
00:33:17.96\00:33:20.93
And ultimately, as the
Lord approaches and gets closer,
00:33:20.93\00:33:23.93
I think they're destroyed by
that brilliance of His coming.
00:33:23.93\00:33:27.00
I mean, I can
see a fire far away,
00:33:27.00\00:33:28.80
and I see it very clearly,
00:33:28.80\00:33:30.14
but as the fire gets closer,
00:33:30.14\00:33:31.77
you start to
suffer the effects of it.
00:33:32.87\00:33:34.61
- Yeah, Revelation 6
talks about the wicked
00:33:34.61\00:33:36.78
turning to the rocks
and mountains and saying,
00:33:36.78\00:33:38.41
"Fall on us,
00:33:38.41\00:33:39.78
hide us from the face of
Him who sits up on the throne
00:33:39.78\00:33:41.65
and from the wrath of the Lamb."
00:33:41.65\00:33:42.98
So, they do see, at
least for a period of time,
00:33:42.98\00:33:45.45
they get to see Jesus coming.
00:33:45.45\00:33:46.86
And like you say,
as He comes closer,
00:33:46.86\00:33:48.52
it seems as though
the glory of Christ
00:33:48.52\00:33:50.99
is what eventually
destroys the wicked.
00:33:50.99\00:33:53.63
- Ultimately, consumes them.
00:33:53.63\00:33:55.56
- And we got Matthew
listening in Michigan.
00:33:55.56\00:33:57.60
Matthew, welcome to the program.
00:33:57.60\00:33:59.17
- [Matthew] Yeah,
hi, how's it going?
00:34:00.34\00:34:01.57
- Good.
00:34:01.57\00:34:02.47
- My question is
in 1 Samuel 25:43,
00:34:03.57\00:34:08.04
and that's when
David marries both,
00:34:09.51\00:34:11.35
takes both of them as wives,
00:34:12.81\00:34:14.85
is there any
symbolic meaning behind that
00:34:16.79\00:34:19.95
in taking both of them?
00:34:19.95\00:34:21.16
- When he married Abigail,
and he took Ahinnoam of Jezreel?
00:34:22.52\00:34:26.56
- [Matthew] I don't wanna
make something out of nothing,
00:34:28.00\00:34:30.63
but to me it
sounds kind of like,
00:34:30.63\00:34:32.83
is this symbolizing salvation
00:34:32.83\00:34:36.24
to both the Jews
and Gentiles, or...?
00:34:36.24\00:34:39.87
- You know, I'm looking at
this right now with fresh eyes
00:34:39.87\00:34:42.21
just 'cause I never
have thought of that
00:34:42.21\00:34:44.25
until you asked the question.
00:34:44.25\00:34:45.71
I'm sure there's meaning here
00:34:45.71\00:34:46.82
that I may not
see on the surface.
00:34:46.82\00:34:49.82
Also, just looking at the
Scripture as it's written,
00:34:49.82\00:34:52.72
it wasn't uncommon then for
people that had the resources
00:34:52.72\00:34:56.02
to take more than one wife.
00:34:56.02\00:34:57.43
And sometimes,
00:34:57.43\00:34:58.73
their marriage would
develop into an alliance.
00:34:58.73\00:35:02.33
Now, for one
thing, Nabal had died.
00:35:02.33\00:35:05.83
Nabal was an extremely wealthy
man, owned a lot of property.
00:35:05.83\00:35:09.40
He owned a lot of goods.
00:35:09.40\00:35:10.91
He died, I think the
property then fell to Abigail.
00:35:10.91\00:35:14.18
There's no record
that she had any children,
00:35:14.18\00:35:16.61
and David in marrying her,
00:35:16.61\00:35:19.45
he ended up getting
all that was Nabal's.
00:35:19.45\00:35:21.82
And I think he
married Ahinoam of Jezreel,
00:35:22.92\00:35:27.66
and they both became his wives.
00:35:27.66\00:35:29.16
And it talks about
David's original wife,
00:35:29.16\00:35:32.33
Michal, that had
been given by King Saul,
00:35:32.33\00:35:34.10
had been taken away from him
00:35:34.10\00:35:35.20
and given to
someone else by the king.
00:35:35.20\00:35:37.70
So, they practiced polygamy,
which was not God's plan.
00:35:37.70\00:35:42.77
And David started going
down that road as did...
00:35:43.91\00:35:46.44
It tells us that not
only did Saul have a wife,
00:35:46.44\00:35:48.28
it said later he had concubines.
00:35:48.28\00:35:50.41
And so a lot of the kings
back then, that was the custom.
00:35:50.41\00:35:54.22
- Of course, David
didn't stop with just two wives.
00:35:54.22\00:35:56.79
- He ended up
with, I think, 10 wives
00:35:56.79\00:35:58.22
and some concubines as well.
00:35:58.22\00:35:59.52
(both chuckling)
00:35:59.52\00:36:00.96
- Alright, well,
thanks for your call, Matthew.
00:36:00.96\00:36:02.42
We've got Joe
listening in Florida.
00:36:02.42\00:36:04.36
Joe, welcome to the program.
00:36:04.36\00:36:05.83
- [Joe] How you doing, Pastors?
00:36:08.36\00:36:09.60
First of all, I
appreciate both of y'all.
00:36:09.60\00:36:12.37
- Yeah, thanks for calling.
00:36:12.37\00:36:14.44
- [Joe] Brilliant program.
00:36:14.44\00:36:15.80
So, let me give
you a quick foundation,
00:36:16.94\00:36:19.01
the reason I'm
asking this question
00:36:19.01\00:36:20.58
is because I've always
felt that it was taught
00:36:20.58\00:36:24.58
that in God's eye sin is sin.
00:36:24.58\00:36:26.92
So, let's just say,
00:36:28.12\00:36:29.42
I have a homosexual
friend, he's a Christian,
00:36:29.42\00:36:33.22
and I heard this from
a pastor, and I thought,
00:36:33.22\00:36:35.02
"That just don't sound right,"
00:36:35.02\00:36:36.26
because in Hebrews, it says,
00:36:36.26\00:36:38.63
"I'll forgive your
sins, your iniquities all,
00:36:38.63\00:36:40.70
remembering
(crackling drowns out voice)
00:36:40.70\00:36:41.46
which makes me think, you know,
00:36:41.46\00:36:43.93
makes me know that our past
and future sins are forgiven
00:36:43.93\00:36:46.74
as a Christian person.
00:36:46.74\00:36:48.74
So, if a
homosexual stays a homosexual
00:36:48.74\00:36:53.31
and he calls himself a
Christian, when he dies,
00:36:53.31\00:36:55.31
will he go to hell,
or will he go to Heaven?
00:36:55.31\00:36:57.81
- Pastor Ross,
rather than our commenting,
00:36:57.81\00:37:01.18
the verse you find there in,
00:37:01.18\00:37:02.85
I believe it's in
Corinthians where it said,
00:37:02.85\00:37:05.75
"Do not be deceived."
00:37:05.75\00:37:07.66
- 1 Corinthians
6:9, where it says,
00:37:07.66\00:37:10.16
"Do not be deceived that
unrighteousness will not inherit
00:37:10.16\00:37:12.86
the kingdom of God.
00:37:12.86\00:37:14.30
Do not be deceived."
00:37:14.30\00:37:15.10
- It says it twice-
00:37:15.10\00:37:16.50
"Neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers,
00:37:16.50\00:37:19.53
nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,"
00:37:19.53\00:37:21.54
and then the list continues.
00:37:21.54\00:37:23.20
But it does end.
00:37:23.20\00:37:24.51
It talks about
thieves, covetousness,
00:37:24.51\00:37:26.47
drunkenness, revelries.
00:37:26.47\00:37:28.24
And then verse 11 says,
00:37:28.24\00:37:29.58
"And such were some of
you, but you were washed,
00:37:29.58\00:37:32.91
but you were sanctified,
00:37:32.91\00:37:34.25
but you were
justified in the name of Jesus."
00:37:34.25\00:37:36.72
So in the church,
there were some people
00:37:36.72\00:37:38.25
that had some pretty rough
reputations or backgrounds,
00:37:38.25\00:37:42.32
but they came to Christ.
00:37:42.32\00:37:43.49
They repented of their sins.
00:37:43.49\00:37:44.86
And yet Paul says, "You're
part of the family of God."
00:37:44.86\00:37:47.60
But there is a
repentance involved.
00:37:47.60\00:37:49.10
They didn't just
continue in their sin.
00:37:49.10\00:37:51.17
- Yeah, and just
also notice in that verse,
00:37:51.17\00:37:53.97
specifically He says adulterers,
00:37:54.94\00:37:57.24
which would be
heterosexual immorality.
00:37:57.24\00:38:01.34
And then He says homosexuals,
00:38:01.34\00:38:02.54
and that's
homosexual immorality.
00:38:02.54\00:38:04.05
If a person's
practicing immorality,
00:38:04.05\00:38:06.45
the Bible calls it a sin,
00:38:06.45\00:38:08.12
and you need to repent
from and turn from your sins.
00:38:08.12\00:38:11.15
Now, there are some people
00:38:11.15\00:38:12.22
that are tempted
with those tendencies,
00:38:12.22\00:38:15.49
but whatever your
tendency of temptation is,
00:38:15.49\00:38:18.23
there some things
that tempt you out there,
00:38:18.23\00:38:19.76
I have actually no interest in,
00:38:19.76\00:38:21.10
and you may have no interest
in the things that trouble me,
00:38:21.10\00:38:23.83
but whatever your temptation is,
00:38:23.83\00:38:25.40
we can do all
things through Christ.
00:38:25.40\00:38:27.14
God wants us to turn away.
00:38:27.14\00:38:28.54
Jesus calls us to be
overcomers and live holy lives.
00:38:28.54\00:38:31.94
- Absolutely, Pastor Doug,
00:38:32.74\00:38:33.84
And the good news of
the Gospel is Jesus said,
00:38:33.84\00:38:35.98
"If the Son sets you
free, you shall be free indeed."
00:38:35.98\00:38:39.11
Now, we know sometimes
there's a struggle involved,
00:38:39.11\00:38:41.25
and the greatest
battle that we have to fight
00:38:41.25\00:38:43.28
is the surrender of self,
00:38:43.28\00:38:45.09
but we need to make
that commitment daily.
00:38:45.09\00:38:47.26
As the apostle Paul
says, "I die daily."
00:38:47.26\00:38:49.76
We have a book that deals
with all kinds of temptations,
00:38:49.76\00:38:52.83
'cause the
principles are relevant
00:38:52.83\00:38:54.30
for every kind of temptation.
00:38:54.30\00:38:55.60
It's called "Tips for
Resisting Temptation,"
00:38:55.60\00:38:58.40
whether that's
eating too much dessert,
00:38:58.40\00:39:00.64
or whether it's
drunkenness, or smoking,
00:39:00.64\00:39:03.41
or some sexual addiction,
00:39:03.41\00:39:05.61
the Bible gives us
ways in which we can resist.
00:39:05.61\00:39:08.01
And we'll be happy to send this
00:39:08.01\00:39:09.01
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:39:09.01\00:39:10.98
All you have to do is
call the number 800-835-6747,
00:39:10.98\00:39:15.08
and you can ask for the book.
00:39:15.08\00:39:16.22
It's called "Tips for
Resisting Temptation,"
00:39:16.22\00:39:18.79
some good
practical Bible principles
00:39:18.79\00:39:21.16
that you'd find a blessing.
00:39:21.16\00:39:23.29
Next caller that
we have is Robert,
00:39:23.29\00:39:25.33
listening from Washington.
00:39:25.33\00:39:26.63
Robert, welcome to the program.
00:39:26.63\00:39:28.20
- [Robert] Hi, Pastor
Ross. Hi, Pastor Batchelor.
00:39:29.50\00:39:31.83
- Hi Robert, thanks for calling.
00:39:31.83\00:39:33.50
- [Robert] You're welcome.
00:39:34.57\00:39:35.67
As you can see, it's a
pretty simple question,
00:39:35.67\00:39:38.37
I was wondering if Moses
had two wives simultaneously.
00:39:38.37\00:39:43.38
- There's no hard
evidence that he did.
00:39:48.38\00:39:50.05
It appears, of course,
first Moses marries Zipporah.
00:39:50.05\00:39:54.02
She is, I think, the
eldest daughter of Jethro.
00:39:54.02\00:39:57.43
And later talks
about Zipporah and Moses
00:39:57.43\00:39:59.89
going to Egypt together,
00:39:59.89\00:40:01.66
but she turns back
into the wilderness.
00:40:01.66\00:40:03.53
And then, he is
reunited with her,
00:40:03.53\00:40:05.50
father-in-law's there, so forth.
00:40:05.50\00:40:07.54
Then by the time you
get to the Book of Numbers,
00:40:07.54\00:40:10.24
it tells us that
Aaron and Miriam were upset
00:40:10.24\00:40:12.57
because of the Ethiopian
that Moses had married.
00:40:12.57\00:40:15.84
Now, we don't know if
Zipporah died, and he remarried,
00:40:15.84\00:40:19.75
and they're bothered by that.
00:40:19.75\00:40:21.38
Or if it's also
calling Zipporah,
00:40:21.38\00:40:23.95
who's a Midianite, an Ethiopian.
00:40:23.95\00:40:26.39
Because Ethiopia
was a very broad term
00:40:26.39\00:40:28.69
that was used not for the
borders of the country today,
00:40:28.69\00:40:31.66
but Ethiopia
could have been anyone
00:40:31.66\00:40:34.10
in the Northern part of Africa,
00:40:34.10\00:40:36.90
and the Midianites lived just
across the Red Sea from that.
00:40:36.90\00:40:40.84
So, we don't know if it's saying
00:40:40.84\00:40:43.20
they were still upset
about him marrying Zipporah,
00:40:43.20\00:40:45.91
or if she had
died and he remarried.
00:40:45.91\00:40:47.88
You can't tell from the texts
exactly what's going on there.
00:40:47.88\00:40:50.85
- [Pastor Ross]
Yeah, that's the best-
00:40:53.62\00:40:55.22
- It never tells us
00:40:55.22\00:40:56.52
about Moses having
two wives at the same time
00:40:56.52\00:40:57.89
that's mentioned in the Bible.
00:40:57.89\00:41:00.16
- Alright, thank
you for your, Robert.
00:41:00.16\00:41:01.62
Next caller that we have.
00:41:01.62\00:41:02.89
Let's see, we've got
Michael listening in Texas.
00:41:02.89\00:41:05.83
Michael, welcome to the program.
00:41:05.83\00:41:07.50
- [Michael] Oh, hello.
00:41:09.03\00:41:10.37
Hello, Pastor
Doug and Pastor Ross.
00:41:10.37\00:41:13.17
I hope I'm saying this right.
00:41:14.44\00:41:16.14
I have a question for
1 Corinthians 14:34-35
00:41:16.14\00:41:21.21
about Peter saying
that women should be quiet,
00:41:22.31\00:41:27.12
be silent in church?
00:41:28.05\00:41:29.98
And I'm just
trying to understand that.
00:41:29.98\00:41:33.36
- Good. Let me read it
for everyone who's listening.
00:41:33.36\00:41:36.09
We've got a lot
of folks, of course,
00:41:36.09\00:41:37.23
they're driving or working.
00:41:37.23\00:41:38.96
And it says here,
1 Corinthians 14:34,
00:41:38.96\00:41:42.53
"Let your women keep
silent in the church,
00:41:42.53\00:41:44.87
for they're not
permitted to speak,
00:41:44.87\00:41:46.33
but they're to be
submissive as the law also says.
00:41:46.33\00:41:48.74
And if they
wanna learn something,
00:41:48.74\00:41:50.21
let them ask their
own husbands at home,
00:41:50.21\00:41:52.37
for it's shameful for
women to speak in church.
00:41:52.37\00:41:55.01
Or did the word of God
come originally from you?
00:41:55.01\00:41:57.75
Or what was it that it reached?
00:41:57.75\00:41:59.91
If anyone thinks
himself a prophet or spiritual,
00:41:59.91\00:42:02.72
let him acknowledge that
the things which I write to you
00:42:02.72\00:42:05.22
are the
commandments of the Lord."
00:42:05.22\00:42:07.42
So, is this a uniform statement
00:42:07.42\00:42:11.49
that a woman is
never to speak in church,
00:42:11.49\00:42:13.33
or was he talking
about a specific situation?
00:42:13.33\00:42:16.40
Well, let's step back.
00:42:16.40\00:42:17.70
And when you find a
difficult verse like this,
00:42:17.70\00:42:19.60
you've gotta compare
it with other Scripture,
00:42:19.60\00:42:21.34
compare
Scripture with Scripture.
00:42:21.34\00:42:23.24
Do we have other
examples of women
00:42:23.24\00:42:25.34
that are, with God's
approval, speaking in church?
00:42:25.34\00:42:29.91
Well, when Jesus was born,
00:42:29.91\00:42:31.31
it talks about Anna
the prophetess that came,
00:42:31.31\00:42:34.62
and she was speaking
there in the church after Simon.
00:42:34.62\00:42:39.52
And you've got a
number of women in the Bible
00:42:39.52\00:42:41.89
that were called prophets.
00:42:41.89\00:42:43.73
And you've got Hannah who
is a praying in the church,
00:42:43.73\00:42:48.76
and when she speaks to Eli.
00:42:49.66\00:42:51.37
You've got Huldah,
you've got Deborah.
00:42:51.37\00:42:55.10
And then you've got
the daughters of Philip
00:42:57.24\00:42:58.77
in the New Testament.
00:42:58.77\00:43:00.11
It says he had four
daughters that did prophesy.
00:43:00.11\00:43:02.08
Then it tells us
00:43:02.08\00:43:03.41
that in the New Testament
you have Aquila and Priscilla,
00:43:03.41\00:43:07.65
husband and wife team
that studied with Apollos.
00:43:07.65\00:43:10.25
I think it's hard to imagine
00:43:10.25\00:43:11.62
that none of those
women were ever able
00:43:11.62\00:43:13.86
to open their
mouths and speak in church.
00:43:13.86\00:43:15.76
Paul writes a lot to
the Corinthian church
00:43:15.76\00:43:18.36
because their services
were very much out of order.
00:43:18.36\00:43:21.26
Now, just you kind of
gotta get the picture,
00:43:21.26\00:43:23.37
men and women did not
always sit with each other
00:43:23.37\00:43:25.83
in these early
Christian churches
00:43:25.83\00:43:28.00
just like in
the Jewish churches.
00:43:28.00\00:43:29.17
They adopted that.
00:43:29.17\00:43:30.81
And women were probably
calling over to their husbands
00:43:30.81\00:43:33.48
and telling their
husbands what Paul really meant
00:43:33.48\00:43:35.88
or what the preacher
meant or instructing them.
00:43:35.88\00:43:37.71
And it was kind of
humbling for the husbands
00:43:37.71\00:43:39.51
to have their wives teaching
them or chastising them.
00:43:39.51\00:43:43.02
Or there is some disruption
going on, and Paul said,
00:43:43.02\00:43:46.69
"Let them keep silent.
00:43:46.69\00:43:47.76
If they wanna ask a
question, ask at home."
00:43:47.76\00:43:50.29
So, I think he's talking
about a specific issue there.
00:43:50.29\00:43:53.36
- And there were also a
number of different cultures
00:43:53.36\00:43:56.03
and different
languages that you read about
00:43:56.03\00:43:57.93
that was present in
the church in Corinth.
00:43:57.93\00:44:00.17
Not only does Paul address this,
00:44:00.17\00:44:01.47
but he also says
when somebody speaks,
00:44:01.47\00:44:03.27
make sure that
they speak in a language
00:44:03.27\00:44:05.87
that people can understand.
00:44:05.87\00:44:06.98
Otherwise, you need
to get a translation.
00:44:06.98\00:44:08.54
And you do it one at a time.
00:44:08.54\00:44:10.18
There needs to be
order in the church.
00:44:10.18\00:44:12.01
So, I think this
admonition from Paul
00:44:12.01\00:44:14.15
was to deal with
the specific situation
00:44:14.15\00:44:16.15
that was
occurring in that church.
00:44:16.15\00:44:18.39
- It talks in
first Corinthians 14.
00:44:18.39\00:44:20.76
Yeah... 14.
00:44:22.39\00:44:24.06
It says, "If the trumpet
makes an uncertain sound,
00:44:24.06\00:44:26.49
I'd rather speak five
words with my understanding
00:44:26.49\00:44:28.70
that I might
instruct others in 10,000
00:44:28.70\00:44:29.66
in an unknown tongue."
00:44:29.66\00:44:31.50
And there's just a lot of
jammering and jabbering going on
00:44:31.50\00:44:34.87
with all those
different slave groups
00:44:34.87\00:44:36.50
in the Roman Empire in Corinth.
00:44:36.50\00:44:38.04
They came from different
countries, and Paul said,
00:44:38.04\00:44:41.74
"Look, ask your
husbands when you get home,
00:44:41.74\00:44:44.01
tell the women to
be quiet." (chuckles)
00:44:44.01\00:44:46.21
So yeah, I've seen
some churches that say
00:44:46.21\00:44:49.22
that now women
aren't to speak in church.
00:44:49.22\00:44:51.22
Well does that mean
00:44:51.22\00:44:52.32
a woman can't teach
a Sabbath school class
00:44:52.32\00:44:53.92
or a Sunday school class?
00:44:53.92\00:44:55.39
Does God not
give them those gifts?
00:44:55.39\00:44:57.76
So yeah, a difficult verse.
00:44:57.76\00:45:01.20
- Alright, thanks for your call.
00:45:01.20\00:45:02.26
We've got Carolle
listening in New York.
00:45:02.26\00:45:03.77
Carolle, welcome to the program.
00:45:03.77\00:45:05.67
- Yes, hi, good
evening - Good evening.
00:45:06.67\00:45:08.50
- Pastor Doug and Pastor Ross.
00:45:08.50\00:45:10.61
How are you?
00:45:10.61\00:45:11.97
- Blessed, thank you.
00:45:11.97\00:45:13.11
- [Carolle] Amen. Amen.
00:45:14.01\00:45:15.11
I was reading
the Book of Judges.
00:45:15.11\00:45:19.95
I had finished reading Joshua,
00:45:19.95\00:45:22.62
and now who would
Israel after Joshua had died?
00:45:23.92\00:45:28.69
'Cause I know Judges...
00:45:28.69\00:45:30.69
What was Judges about?
00:45:30.69\00:45:31.99
Like were they
judging the people of Israel
00:45:31.99\00:45:34.93
and ruling them
at the same time?
00:45:34.93\00:45:37.60
- That's a great question!
00:45:37.60\00:45:39.20
Now, by the time of Samuel,
00:45:39.20\00:45:41.40
the people said,
00:45:41.40\00:45:42.77
"We wanna be like the
other nations, give us a king."
00:45:42.77\00:45:46.11
And God said,
"I've been your King.
00:45:46.11\00:45:48.88
Why are you
asking for a king now?
00:45:48.88\00:45:50.65
The Lord was their leader.
00:45:51.75\00:45:53.95
He would guide
them through prophets,
00:45:53.95\00:45:55.45
and He would
speak through judges.
00:45:55.45\00:45:56.92
And sometimes,
the judges were...
00:45:56.92\00:45:58.55
yeah, they would
judge difficult cases.
00:45:58.55\00:46:00.62
Bible says Samson was a judge,
00:46:01.76\00:46:03.22
but it never gives an account
00:46:03.22\00:46:04.33
of him sitting down
at the judge's bench,
00:46:04.33\00:46:07.03
but he became a
leader among the people.
00:46:07.03\00:46:09.83
- I think within the
divisions within Israel,
00:46:09.83\00:46:11.90
there would be designated judges
00:46:11.90\00:46:14.87
where the local people
would bring their concerns,
00:46:14.87\00:46:17.61
and they would look at the law
of Moses that had been given,
00:46:17.61\00:46:20.54
and they would make a judgment
based on these various cases.
00:46:20.54\00:46:23.38
And for a long
time, that seemed to work
00:46:23.38\00:46:25.41
as you said up
until the time of Samuel.
00:46:25.41\00:46:28.08
And then they wanted a
king to judge over them,
00:46:28.08\00:46:30.09
and then the hard cases would
go all the way up to the king,
00:46:30.09\00:46:32.89
and he would make
the final decision.
00:46:32.89\00:46:34.79
But there was a period
of time during the judges...
00:46:34.79\00:46:37.09
Also, there's an interesting
verse talking about that time,
00:46:37.09\00:46:40.13
Pastor Doug, where it says,
00:46:40.13\00:46:41.46
"Every man did that which
was right in his own eyes."
00:46:41.46\00:46:44.23
So there was apostasy
prevalent in the country.
00:46:44.23\00:46:47.20
Some were worshiping even
these pagan deities in the area,
00:46:47.20\00:46:50.51
so there was some
trouble during this time too.
00:46:50.51\00:46:52.67
- Yep.
00:46:52.67\00:46:53.98
And so as you mentioned,
during the time of the judges,
00:46:53.98\00:46:56.31
they did have Levites
and priests in the country,
00:46:56.31\00:46:58.98
and they would probably
handle the smaller cases.
00:46:58.98\00:47:01.32
But after Moses and
Joshua died, they thought,
00:47:01.32\00:47:03.99
"Well, who is gonna
be the Supreme Court
00:47:03.99\00:47:06.02
if there's differences,
00:47:06.02\00:47:07.56
and you can't appeal
beyond the leader of your tribe
00:47:08.89\00:47:11.86
and the different judges?
00:47:11.86\00:47:13.73
And it talks about Ehud,
and Deborah, and Othniel,
00:47:13.73\00:47:18.33
and Gideon, and Jephthah.
00:47:18.33\00:47:20.14
And so, there's several of them
00:47:20.14\00:47:21.27
that were sort of
leaders of Israel,
00:47:21.27\00:47:23.67
more in a military
sense than a king, really.
00:47:23.67\00:47:26.27
- Alright, thanks for your call.
00:47:27.08\00:47:28.44
We've got, let's see, Makail
listening from Washington.
00:47:28.44\00:47:32.75
Makail, welcome to the program.
00:47:32.75\00:47:35.28
- [Mikhail] Hi,
yeah, its Mikhail.
00:47:35.28\00:47:37.29
- Mikhail, welcome.
00:47:37.29\00:47:39.65
- [Mikhail] My question is,
00:47:39.65\00:47:41.02
kind of to do with
the week of creation.
00:47:41.02\00:47:43.73
So far, I
noticed that in religion,
00:47:43.73\00:47:45.86
it's becoming a bit of an idea
00:47:45.86\00:47:48.03
that each day in
the seven-day week
00:47:48.03\00:47:53.10
was a certain
hundred million years,
00:47:54.10\00:47:55.37
which is not true.
00:47:55.37\00:47:56.74
I just wanna know if you
could give me some points
00:47:56.74\00:47:58.51
to kind of see
from the Bible that,
00:47:58.51\00:48:02.11
okay, this says
that it's literal days,
00:48:02.11\00:48:04.61
not millions of years.
00:48:04.61\00:48:05.98
- Yeah, if you're
gonna believe the Bible,
00:48:05.98\00:48:08.28
you need to believe
00:48:08.28\00:48:09.95
that the world was
created in six literal days.
00:48:09.95\00:48:13.12
'Cause Jesus said, "If
you don't believe Moses,
00:48:13.12\00:48:14.89
then you don't believe Me."
00:48:14.89\00:48:16.42
And it's very clear.
00:48:16.42\00:48:18.69
It says the evening and the
morning where the first day.
00:48:18.69\00:48:20.83
Everything in the
language is telling us
00:48:20.83\00:48:23.03
that this is a
regular 24-hour day,
00:48:23.03\00:48:27.34
talks about the
sun and the moon,
00:48:27.34\00:48:29.57
it's the Earth's
rotating one time on its axis.
00:48:30.91\00:48:33.61
The other thing is
if these are long ages,
00:48:33.61\00:48:35.78
how can God make the
vegetation on the third day
00:48:35.78\00:48:40.55
and not make the moon or
the sun until the fourth day?
00:48:40.55\00:48:44.25
Now, plants will live
a day without the sun,
00:48:44.25\00:48:46.12
but they're not
gonna live a 1,000 years.
00:48:46.12\00:48:48.39
So, there's no way it
works if you try and say
00:48:48.39\00:48:51.99
these are great
epics that are thousands
00:48:51.99\00:48:54.23
or millions of years.
00:48:54.23\00:48:55.66
The Lord made these
things in six literal days.
00:48:56.97\00:49:00.30
And Bible tells us
even in the 10 commandments,
00:49:00.30\00:49:02.90
"For in six days, the Lord
made the Heaven and the Earth
00:49:02.90\00:49:05.14
and sea... all that is in them."
00:49:05.14\00:49:07.08
And that's in the
Sabbath command, so yeah.
00:49:07.08\00:49:10.08
- The Bible says,
00:49:10.08\00:49:11.38
"The evening and the
morning was the first day,
00:49:11.38\00:49:13.15
the evening and the
morning was the second day."
00:49:13.15\00:49:15.32
Well you only gonna have
one morning and one evening
00:49:15.32\00:49:17.85
in a 24-hour time period.
00:49:17.85\00:49:19.45
You're not gonna have
it over thousands of years.
00:49:19.45\00:49:21.06
- That's right.
00:49:21.06\00:49:22.42
- So the Bible's pretty clear
it's one literal day there.
00:49:22.42\00:49:25.13
Okay, next caller that we have,
00:49:25.13\00:49:25.93
Ulises listening from Arizona.
00:49:25.93\00:49:28.06
Ulises, welcome to the program.
00:49:28.06\00:49:29.66
- [Ulises] Hello,
Pastors, can you hear me?
00:49:30.93\00:49:32.30
- Loud and clear.
00:49:32.30\00:49:33.34
- [Ulises] Thank you.
00:49:34.64\00:49:36.04
My question was, well,
I've been like following Christ,
00:49:36.04\00:49:40.84
basically, since like I
was born, me and my brothers,
00:49:42.41\00:49:47.05
and sometimes, it
just feels like each day
00:49:47.05\00:49:50.19
or there's like days
00:49:50.19\00:49:52.09
where it just feels like
it's a little repetitive.
00:49:52.09\00:49:55.46
And I was just wondering
00:49:55.46\00:49:56.56
if there was like
any Bible characters
00:49:56.56\00:50:00.50
that could help like a young
person like me and many others
00:50:00.50\00:50:04.07
to help us like
spiritually grow?
00:50:04.07\00:50:07.44
And so, we'd like-
00:50:07.44\00:50:09.47
- As some role models, maybe?
00:50:09.47\00:50:11.61
- [Ulises] Yes.
00:50:11.61\00:50:12.41
- Okay, in the New Testament,
00:50:12.41\00:50:14.31
one that comes to mind, and
Pastor Ross may think of some,
00:50:14.31\00:50:16.95
is you have Timothy.
00:50:16.95\00:50:18.31
Paul says to Timothy, "Don't
let anyone despise your youth
00:50:18.31\00:50:20.88
though you are a young man."
00:50:20.88\00:50:22.62
And he tells Timothy,
"Flee youthful lusts."
00:50:22.62\00:50:25.15
Says, you know,
00:50:25.15\00:50:26.49
there's a lot of temptations
young people go through,
00:50:26.49\00:50:28.19
especially when they go
from being children to adults.
00:50:28.19\00:50:31.43
And they're assaulted
with all these raging hormones,
00:50:31.43\00:50:36.20
and he tells 'em,
"Live a pure life."
00:50:36.20\00:50:38.67
And then you've got Samuel.
00:50:38.67\00:50:40.10
Samuel starts out very young,
00:50:40.10\00:50:42.04
but he grows up in the temple,
00:50:42.04\00:50:43.57
and he's surrounded with some
dishonesty and bad behavior,
00:50:43.57\00:50:47.04
but he stays faithful
to God in spite of that.
00:50:47.04\00:50:50.58
- And you got
Joseph who was a young man
00:50:50.58\00:50:52.08
taken captive to Egypt.
00:50:52.08\00:50:54.18
You got David who was a young
man when he defeated Goliath.
00:50:54.18\00:50:58.69
You've got Esther.
00:50:58.69\00:51:00.29
That was a young girl when
she was taken to the palace.
00:51:00.29\00:51:02.76
And then if you
really wanna go even younger,
00:51:02.76\00:51:04.53
you got the little maid
00:51:04.53\00:51:06.06
that was taking
care of Namaan's wife
00:51:06.06\00:51:08.33
and when Naaman, the leper.
00:51:08.33\00:51:10.70
So yeah, there's a lot
of examples of young people
00:51:10.70\00:51:13.30
and even children in
the Bible who stood up
00:51:13.30\00:51:15.40
for what was right.
00:51:15.40\00:51:16.57
- That's right, good point.
00:51:16.57\00:51:18.44
- Alright, thanks for your call.
00:51:18.44\00:51:19.41
We've got John
listening from Illinois.
00:51:19.41\00:51:22.01
John, welcome to the program.
00:51:22.01\00:51:23.48
- [John] Hello, and thank you.
00:51:24.71\00:51:26.21
I'm gonna be doing a study
00:51:29.05\00:51:30.39
on the Book of
James with my coworker,
00:51:30.39\00:51:32.62
and he is a non-Adventist.
00:51:32.62\00:51:34.66
He does know my beliefs,
00:51:35.89\00:51:38.09
but I have been
cross-referencing different
00:51:38.09\00:51:41.40
Bibles to get a better
understanding of what's written
00:51:41.40\00:51:46.20
in James. I was seeing if
both of you had any suggestions
00:51:46.20\00:51:50.14
on how I could lead my first
Bible study with a believer,
00:51:50.14\00:51:54.98
and potentially,
two nonbelievers.
00:51:54.98\00:51:57.65
- Yeah, and the focus
is on the Book of James?
00:51:57.65\00:52:01.68
Is that right?
00:52:01.68\00:52:02.85
- [John] Yes, correct.
00:52:02.85\00:52:04.92
- Oh, that's a
great book, actually.
00:52:04.92\00:52:06.29
James is, you know, he was
the older brother of Jesus,
00:52:06.29\00:52:09.09
probably the older
half-brother of Jesus.
00:52:09.09\00:52:11.43
And he just talks about the
basics of the Christian life.
00:52:11.43\00:52:15.03
I've got a friend,
00:52:15.03\00:52:16.16
one of the friends
we play racketball with,
00:52:16.16\00:52:17.50
he's going through a
men's Bible study in James,
00:52:17.50\00:52:19.33
and he just says,
"Wow, this is eye-opening."
00:52:19.33\00:52:21.70
Fantastic!
00:52:21.70\00:52:23.07
James talks about, of course,
faith without works is dead.
00:52:23.07\00:52:27.04
He talks about having faith
that you live out in your life.
00:52:27.04\00:52:30.51
He talks about the
practicality of Christians
00:52:30.51\00:52:32.55
in their speech.
00:52:32.55\00:52:33.58
Be careful what you say.
00:52:33.58\00:52:34.95
You can do a lot of good or
a lot of harm with your words.
00:52:34.95\00:52:38.72
Yeah, James is
just a fantastic book.
00:52:38.72\00:52:41.06
So, I don't know if
there's any particular advice.
00:52:41.06\00:52:43.99
New King James
Version is a great version
00:52:45.06\00:52:47.03
to study that from.
00:52:47.03\00:52:48.03
- And there's also
some great commentaries
00:52:48.03\00:52:49.13
that one can look
at that'll give you
00:52:49.13\00:52:50.97
some additional historical
information about that
00:52:50.97\00:52:53.20
and help to give you some
cross-references for the verses.
00:52:53.20\00:52:56.50
But to start in James 1:1,
00:52:56.50\00:52:58.71
and just start reading, and
studying, and cross-referencing,
00:52:58.71\00:53:01.88
it is a great study.
00:53:01.88\00:53:03.95
- So yeah, Lord be with
you. I think that it'll go well.
00:53:03.95\00:53:08.22
- Alright, last
caller that we have tonight.
00:53:08.22\00:53:09.72
We've got Sherie
listening from Montana.
00:53:09.72\00:53:11.75
Sherie, we have just
about a minute or so.
00:53:11.75\00:53:13.89
- Just a question for you.
00:53:16.96\00:53:18.83
I gotta make it quick, I know.
00:53:21.36\00:53:23.37
My sister was
murdered in the year 2000.
00:53:25.10\00:53:28.47
Her little girl was
little, and Friday night,
00:53:29.94\00:53:34.91
and the girl,
her daughter was 25,
00:53:34.91\00:53:38.91
and she committed suicide.
00:53:38.91\00:53:41.05
- Mm.
00:53:41.05\00:53:41.95
- [Sherie] And I
was just wondering,
00:53:43.02\00:53:44.62
is there still
possibilities that she's saved
00:53:47.12\00:53:50.63
even though she's
committed suicide?
00:53:50.63\00:53:54.46
- Okay, that's a good question,
00:53:54.46\00:53:56.43
and it's a difficult question.
00:53:56.43\00:53:58.03
You know, the Bible
tells us, first of all,
00:53:59.20\00:54:00.77
that God looks on the heart.
00:54:00.77\00:54:02.50
So, we don't know,
00:54:02.50\00:54:03.87
and you gotta be very
careful about judging.
00:54:03.87\00:54:06.21
I've done the funeral for a
young lady that took her life,
00:54:06.21\00:54:10.71
and she took the pills,
and then she regretted it,
00:54:10.71\00:54:12.98
and she called
and asked for help.
00:54:12.98\00:54:14.35
And you don't know
what's going on in their mind.
00:54:14.35\00:54:17.32
We don't know sometimes the
struggles and the heartache,
00:54:17.32\00:54:20.59
and God, He weighs all that.
00:54:20.59\00:54:22.32
And God is
good, and God is just.
00:54:22.32\00:54:24.79
That said, if anyone's
thinking about suicide,
00:54:24.79\00:54:28.43
the last thing you wanna do
00:54:28.43\00:54:30.10
is have the last act of
your life in self-murder
00:54:30.10\00:54:33.97
'cause God says don't kill,
00:54:33.97\00:54:34.94
and that would include yourself.
00:54:34.94\00:54:36.71
So, you certainly
don't wanna do that,
00:54:36.71\00:54:38.37
but I would be careful of saying
00:54:38.37\00:54:39.94
that anyone who's committed
suicide that there's no hope
00:54:39.94\00:54:43.31
'cause God looks at
the tenor of their life,
00:54:43.31\00:54:45.41
and the difficulties
that they grappled with.
00:54:45.41\00:54:47.45
And just encourage the
family, just know God is good,
00:54:47.45\00:54:50.12
and God is grieving
along with everyone else.
00:54:50.12\00:54:52.72
Thank you for your question.
00:54:52.72\00:54:54.09
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00:54:54.09\00:54:55.72
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So, here's the first one.
00:55:46.01\00:55:47.98
Is it really possible to
keep the 10 commandments?
00:55:47.98\00:55:51.25
- Alright, the answer would be,
00:55:51.25\00:55:52.61
why would God ask us to do
something that we can't do?
00:55:52.61\00:55:56.02
Wouldn't He be unjust?
00:55:56.02\00:55:57.92
And if a person is
lying, are we gonna say,
00:55:57.92\00:55:59.95
"Well, no one can
really tell the truth?"
00:55:59.95\00:56:02.39
Or if a person is stealing?
00:56:02.39\00:56:04.56
Or what wife would
accept a husband saying,
00:56:04.56\00:56:07.40
"I can't really keep
00:56:07.40\00:56:08.40
that seventh
commandment about adultery.
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Sorry, I know
you'll understand"?
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Of course we can, Jesus
came to save us not in our sins,
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but from our sins.
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And He said, "If you love
Me, keep My commandments."
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Yes, you can.
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- Okay, next
question that we have,
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"How do we know if we
are walking in the Spirit?"
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- Yeah, well,
probably the best way
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is you look at the example
that it gives us in Galatians 5.
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What are the
fruits of the spirit?
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Do we have that love, that
joy, that peace, that goodness,
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that long-suffering, that faith,
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that meekness that is described?
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If we're always
losing our temper,
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if we're thinking and
talking selfish thoughts
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and praying selfish prayers,
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we're probably
not being Spirit-led.
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And so, we should
be asking every day
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for the baptism
of the Holy Spirit.
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The Lord wants to
give that to us more
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than earthly parents
want to give good gifts
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to their children.
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- Okay, another
question that we have.
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"When the body dies,
where does the spirit go?"
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And the follow-up part
is, "What is that spirit?"
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- Alright, well, very quickly,
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if you look in Ecclesiastes 12,
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it says that "The
living know they'll die,
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the dead don't know anything,
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but when a person dies,"
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it says, "the spirit
returns to God who gave it."
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And it's not just a person.
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It says a spirit of a man
and beast that returns to God.
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That's because
the word spirit there
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is talking about
that gift of life,
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that breath of
life returns to God.
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So the word "spirit"
is often interchangeable
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in the New and Old Testament
with the word "breath."
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And God gives all creatures
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the breath of life
that returns to God.
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It doesn't mean it's conscious
until the Resurrection.
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- Okay, well, here's
another one, Pastor Doug.
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"What type of locust
did John the Baptist eat?"
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- Well, we hope
they were fresh locusts.
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You wouldn't want
to eat stale ones.
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You know, locust was an
insect that was declared clean
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in Levitical laws,
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but there's also a
bean that was called locust,
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and it's similar
to the carob pod.
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If you go to Israel,
they call it St. John's bread.
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We're hoping that he ate the
locust bean and not the bugs,
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but technically, it could
have been the grasshoppers.
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Hey, listening
friends, running out of time,
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