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Now here's your host from
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Pastor Doug Bachelor.
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- Hello friends, would you
like to hear an amazing fact?
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Only one in 10,000
diamonds found are colored
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and only one in every
100 diamonds is greater
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than 10 carets in size.
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Furthermore, only one out
of 200 diamonds is flawless.
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So you can imagine the worldwide
astonishment when miners
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in Angola, Africa
discovered a 170-caret
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flawless pink
diamond in July, 2022.
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Named the Lulo
Rose after the mine
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where it was discovered,
the 34-gram rock is believed
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to be the largest
pink diamond discovered
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in the last 300 years.
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The former record holder is
182-carat Daria-i-Noor found
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in India the 17th
century, and it now resides
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in the National Bank of Tehran.
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It's hard to say what
this diamond will sell for
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after it's cut, but
just for comparison,
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the Pink Star diamond
shattered every price record
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when Sotheby's
sold it in April, 2017
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for a staggering 71.2
million at a Hong Kong auction.
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It was the single
most expensive diamond
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or jewel sold at an auction.
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And catch this, it took
professionals more than a year
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and a half just to cut
and polish this Pink Star.
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Now the Pink
Star was 59.60 carets.
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It's anyone's guess
what the 170-caret Lulo Rose
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will sell for.
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You know, Pastor
Ross, it's amazing
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how much a rock will sell for.
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- I know, but to get something
that rare, that strong,
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so beautiful, and
apparently flawless,
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I mean, that's
an incredible find.
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One wonders how many diamonds
of that quality is still
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out there, buried under the
ground that nobody knows about.
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But you know,
talking about valuable rocks,
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probably the most
valuable rock is not diamond
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or some type of emerald.
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It's written on stone
and it's put in a golden box,
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and it's hidden away
for many, many, many years.
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Of course, what we're talking
about is the 10 Commandments,
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the most precious rocks,
not because of the rock per se,
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but because of
what's written on the rock.
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- That's right.
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You know, I kind of like rocks.
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I lived in a cave and we
were surrounded by rocks,
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and you actually
get to know some of them
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and their shapes and
their design and colors.
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And Christ is often
compared to a rock in the Bible.
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He said His word, He said,
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"He that hears these words
of mine and does them is like
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"a wise man
building on the rock."
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And you can read
in Ephesians 2:19-22,
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"Now therefore you are no
more strangers and foreigners,
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but fellow
citizens with the saints
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and of the
household of God and are built
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on the foundation of
the apostles and prophets,
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Jesus Christ Himself
being the chief cornerstone;
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in Whom all the building
fitly framed together grows
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into a holy temple in the
Lord in whom you are builded
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together for a habitation
of God through the spirit."
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And Peter says, "We
are lively stones built
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"on that cornerstone of
Jesus Who is the rock of ages."
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And that's, you
know, rocks in the Bible
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represent something
enduring and perfect.
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If you're gonna
want something to last
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like the pyramids
or even a tombstone,
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you make it out of
stone it so it'll last.
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And that's why God
wrote His law on rock
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because of its enduring nature.
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- He wrote it with His own hand
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because His law doesn't change.
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I mean, people's
opinions come and go,
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but the word of
God endures forever.
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You might want to know more
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about this very
special law written on stone
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there in that golden box.
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You don't have to
go find the golden box
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to read what's
written on the stone.
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It's in the Bible;
it's the 10 Commandments.
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We have a book,
it's actually one
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of our study guides
called "Written in Stone"
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and it's all about
the 10 Commandments
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and the principles that we
find in scripture, in that law.
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Now Pastor Doug, before
we go to the phone lines
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as we always do, we
like to start with prayer.
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Dear Father, we
thank You for this time
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that we have to be able
to open Your word and study.
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We always ask for the
Spirit to come and guide us here
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in the studio, and 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 what the Bible teaches,
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for we ask this
in Jesus' name, amen.
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- Amen.
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- Well, I think we are ready
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for our first
caller this evening.
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We've got Adrian
listening from Texas.
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Adrian, welcome to the program.
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- [Adrian] Hi, how's it going?
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- Good, appreciate your calling.
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- [Adrian] Okay, so
basically the question is
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how do we
reconcile 1 Corinthians 1
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when Paul is talking about
that anything, meats and stuff
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that are sacrificed to
idols basically means nothing?
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And then Jesus in
Revelation 2, verse 14,
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He's saying that He's
actually admonishing the church
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for eating meat
sacrificed idols.
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So I was just
wondering how we can
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reconcile those two things.
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- Yeah, well I
think they're talking
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about two different things.
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First of all,
Revelation is full of symbolism.
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And in Revelation 2, when
he's talking about Balaam,
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well, he's clearly not
talking about literal Balaam
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who had been dead for
oh, 1400 years at that point,
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and later, he
talks about Jezebel.
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He talks about these
Old Testament characters
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'cause of what they represent.
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And the idea of eating
something sacrificed to idols?
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It was probably also talking
about eating those things
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that are unclean,
which Daniel would not do,
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that were sacrificed to idols.
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Daniel would not be defiled
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'cause he wanted to be faithful.
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Paul was dealing
with a different issue.
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There were Jewish
believers that did not think
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that Gentiles
should eat any meat,
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clean or unclean, sold in
the Greco Roman marketplaces
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'cause whenever
they butchered anything,
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it was butchered
in front of an idol.
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And so Paul is saying,
look, the idol is nothing.
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It's nothing wrong
with eating clean meat.
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And so, I
wouldn't worry about that.
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If your conscience bothers
you, he says in Romans 14,
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if you're not gonna
eat it, don't eat it.
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So they're dealing
with a different issue there
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than what you see in Revelation.
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And eating things sacrificed
to idols in Revelation is
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really talking about
ingesting false teachings
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that are
contaminated by paganism.
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So there's a whole
spiritual overtone in Revelation
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that you don't have
there in 1 Corinthians.
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- All right, thank you.
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Good question, Adrian.
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We've got James
listening in Illinois.
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James, welcome to the program.
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- [James] Thank you, hi pastors.
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May God continue to bless
you both for all that you do.
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- Thank you.
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- [James] My question is, do
we know the original language?
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Was it Hebrew or Aramaic
before the Tower of Babel?
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- No, you know, I
think everyone can speculate,
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but I don't think so.
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My guess is that
when we get to heaven,
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if we're, you know, we are
still speaking the language
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of Canaan or Eden,
that we will find out
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that there are certain
words in many languages
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that can be traced back
to the original language.
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People that study
languages today already see,
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around the world, as
people have migrated,
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they've taken
certain words with them.
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I remember living
among the Navajo Indians
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for about a year and
a half in New Mexico,
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and there was a
tribe of Eskimos in Alaska
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that spoke an
almost identical language,
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they could
understand each other.
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But all the tribes in between
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could not understand each other.
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So, you know, it's obviously
there is some migration
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and languages change.
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I mean, you look at
American English compared
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to England English, compared
to South African English,
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which Pastor
Ross speaks, compared
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to Australian
English, and you can see
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that how quickly languages
adopt new words and accents.
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- Although if you had
to guess, Pastor Doug,
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I don't know, what do you think?
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Do you think maybe
the descendants of Seth
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that stayed probably close
to Noah after they left the arc,
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spoke a language closer to
the language that was spoken
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before the flood
versus those who joined
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in the Tower of Babel,
had their languages confused,
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and then
dispersed around the globe?
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- Say something in Africans.
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- In Africans?
(Pastor Ross chuckling)
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(Pastor Ross
speaking a foreign language)
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Okay, anyway.
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- That was worth it.
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No, I think people wanna know.
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- For what it's worth, I think
some people understood that.
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- So yeah, just, it's amazing
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how languages change over time.
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But yeah, so we don't know.
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I think Pastor Ross is
right, we might find that some
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of the Semitic languages that
you're gonna find the language
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of Eden had a lot of similarity.
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Thanks for that, appreciate it.
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- Thank you, James.
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We've got next caller is
Darrell listening in Florida.
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Darrell, welcome to the program.
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- [Darrell] Hi pastors.
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My question is regarding
Revelation 13, verse 17.
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I was just wanting
to know, why does it say
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that no one can buy
or sell unless they have
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either the mark of the beast,
which I know that is like,
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if you're following the
Sunday law that's passed,
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obeying the Sunday law,
or the name of the beast,
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which is Vicarius Filii
Dei or Vicar of the Son of God,
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or the number of his
name, which we all know is 666.
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So why is it
this or this, or this?
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It's like cash or
check, or credit card.
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Like, why is it like that?
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- Well, my guess is
that here in Revelation 13,
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he's really saying
anyone who worships the beast,
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and there's several ways
that that might be tested,
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but it's all gonna
boil down to the same thing.
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When you get to chapter 14,
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and I think it's
mentioned again in chapter 18,
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it just summarizes it by saying
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those who worship
the beast and his image.
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And so there will
be different criteria
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where you'll prove it.
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I know that like,
during World War 2,
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there were laws made
to basically eradicate
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the Jewish people
and there were one
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of several ways
they would identify them.
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It didn't have
to be any one way,
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but they had a
few different tests.
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And so I think it's
saying here in Revelation,
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there's a few
different ways that your worship
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of the beast will be measured.
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The buying and
selling will be for everybody
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if they don't cooperate.
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There'll be economic
sanctions on everybody
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who does not
cooperate and worship the beast.
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- And at the end of
time there's just two groups,
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those that have
the mark of the beast
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and those who
have the seal of God.
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And I think the
reason it's mentioned here,
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the mark, the name, the number,
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it's just
reaffirming what this power is.
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There'll be many
that'll go along with these laws
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that have to do with
worship or restricting worship
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because they wanna
be able to buy and sell.
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They don't necessarily believe
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that this is
what the world needs.
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They'll be those who
really believe that this is
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what the world needs and
be very supportive of it.
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But I think the vast
majority will just go along
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so that they can buy and sell.
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And so there's
different motivations
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why people will do
this, but it's emphasizing
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this power that's described.
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You know, we do
have a study guide called
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"The Mark of the Beast"
and it talks about the subject.
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And we'll be happy to send that
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to anyone who calls and asks.
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The number to call
for that is 800-835-6747.
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And you can ask
for the study guide,
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it's called "The
Mark of the Beast"
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and we'll be happy
to get that in the mail
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to anyone here in North America.
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- All right, thank you.
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- Next caller that we have is
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Joel listening
in North Carolina.
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Joel, welcome to the program.
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- [Joel] Good evening everybody.
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Pastor Doug, I think I
heard this in your sermons
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and if I didn't, if
you didn't say this,
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please tell me so
I can be corrected.
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But I'm trying to
figure out why we as,
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Christianity, as a whole,
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separate tries to
separate Christianity
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from the Jewish heritage.
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Because I think it was
you that said, you know,
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we read a Jewish book,
we worship a Jewish Savior,
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and when we become a Christian,
we become spiritual Jews.
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- Yeah, I said
that word for word.
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So that's, yeah.
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- [Joel] I don't
understand why Christians try
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to separate, you know,
like they don't wanna...
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- Yeah, well let me give
you a few thoughts on that.
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First of all, if a
person accepts Christ,
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there is a
difference between a Christian,
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of course a Christian
accepts Jesus as the Messiah.
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There are a lot of Jews,
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so a Christian can't just
say, "Well, I'm now a Jew."
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I tell my Jewish family, I said,
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"Now I'm a completed
Jew," because, you know,
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the Jews were
supposed to both embrace
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and proclaim the Messiah.
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And so I think that we should
embrace the Jewish heritage
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of the Christian Church.
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Way back in,
oh, about 70, 80 AD,
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after the Jews had
rebelled against the Romans
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and Judaism, you know,
was basically frowned on
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and they were very
upset with the Jewish nation
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for its rebellion against Rome.
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There's a lot of anti-Jewish
sentiment in the Roman Empire.
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And so the Christians
began to distance themselves
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a little bit from the
Jews because the persecution
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of the Jews began to overlap,
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and they were
persecuting Christians.
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They said, well, these are Jews.
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They worship the sabbath
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and they keep the
same laws as the Jews.
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And they began to
distance themselves.
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And so, you know, that trend
has continued through history.
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It's just mind-boggling
that during World War 2
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that you had some Nazis
still considered themselves
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Christians while they
were exterminating Jews.
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And if you've ever read
the book "The Hiding Place",
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this one man who is Mr.
Tin Boom who is hiding Jews
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in his house, he had a
Jewish baby and they said,
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"If you have that Jewish baby
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"and you're
caught, they'll kill you."
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He said, "It was a
Jewish baby that died for me."
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And so he said, "I'm willing
to," and did end up dying.
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But you know, they
had the right attitude.
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Anyway, we have a book on that
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that's called
"Spiritual Israel".
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And if you'd like to
read that, Joel or anybody,
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I think that's gonna
help you better understand
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that Christianity
really is rooted in Judaism
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and there shouldn't be
antisemitism in Christian's
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minds. - To receive the
book, just call the number
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800-835-6747. It's called
"Spiritual Israel" and we'll be
00:16:01.72\00:16:03.89
happy to send that to
anyone who calls and asks.
00:16:03.89\00:16:06.43
If you're outside of
North America, just go
00:16:06.43\00:16:08.36
to the Amazing Facts website,
AmazingFacts.com or .org.
00:16:08.36\00:16:13.30
We've got June
listening in California.
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June, welcome to the program.
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- [June] Hello, hello, pastors.
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How are you?
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- Good, thank you for calling.
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- [June] Yeah, just a
quick question on Exodus 4:24.
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I'm just wondering why
God would want to kill Moses.
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- Yeah, this is,
this verse usually gets
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some interesting questions.
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People are
reading through the Bible
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and they go through
Exodus, they get to chapter four
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and it makes this
interesting statement
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where Moses is on his
way to Egypt and in route,
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it says the Lord
tried to slay him.
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Now, just the very idea that
God would try to slay somebody,
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it's can leave you wondering,
did God swing and miss?
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You know, if God wants to
slay you, He's gonna slay you.
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And basically it's saying that,
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that the wrath of God
was rising up against Moses
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'cause Moses had been
called to lead the people,
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he'd accepted the call.
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He had been
convicted by the Holy Spirit,
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that as the leader he needed
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to embrace the
covenant to Abraham.
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He had not had his
own son or at least one
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of his sons circumcised.
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And I think maybe he
had argued about this
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with his wife 'cause
finally his wife says okay.
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She circumcised
the boy and she said,
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"You're a bloody man."
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Maybe she
thought it was barbaric
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or who knows what
the discussion was.
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But Moses had not followed
through in doing what God said.
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And God was saying if you
continue going down the road,
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you're in
high-handed disobedience.
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You're gonna be
leading my covenant people
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and you're not following
the covenant in your own family.
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So reading between the
lines, most commentators think
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this is what was happening here.
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- And I think
that the verse there,
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at least the idea, as
you mentioned, Pastor Doug,
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if God wanted to destroy Moses,
yeah, He would've done it.
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But the Lord appeared in a
threatening manner to Moses.
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- Kinda like the angel
with Balaam and his donkey.
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- That's right, with
the raised sword or maybe...
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- He could have
killed him if He wanted to.
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- Right.
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Just to illustrate the
importance of what it is
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that Moses had to do in
being faithful to the covenant.
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Good question.
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Next caller that
we have is Claudette
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listening from New Jersey.
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Claudette,
welcome to the program.
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- [Claudette] Good
evening, Pastor Doug.
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Thanks for taking me.
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And Pastor Ross.
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Yes, my question is
based on 1 Corinthians 11,
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verse five and
six, and also verse 15.
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It says, "Whatever
woman that prays or prophesies
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with her head
uncovered dishonoreth her head
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for that is even all
one as she was shaven,
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for if the woman be not
covered, let her also be shorn."
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And then in verse 15 it says,
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"But if a woman have long
hair, it is a glory to her,
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for her hair is given
to her for a covering."
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So if a woman has long
hair and she's prophesying
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or praying church, should
she still wear head covering
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over her, over her hair?
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- All right,
here's the big question
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and it's a valid question.
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And this, whenever we
get this question we need
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to answer with some humility
because it's a difficult verse.
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The big question is,
was Paul addressing a custom
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or was he addressing a command?
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There's no command
earlier in the Bible
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that women should not pray
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with or without
their heads covered.
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I don't know if there's
anything says anything about.
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The only time it talks
about covering the head is
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sometimes if they were mourning
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they would cover their heads.
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So later in the same chapter,
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and Pastor Ross, you
probably can find the verse
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that says, "For we
have no such custom,"
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I think the word custom is
actually used in this passage.
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Let me give you an
example, Claudette.
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When I am in, oh, Japan
or some places in India,
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Pastor Ross and I
were in a church in India
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where they get 18,000
people all take off their shoes
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and put them in cubby holes.
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Well, it's considered
bad manners and disrespectful
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for you to walk
in with your shoes.
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And Paul is saying
that it was a custom
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that women as a sign of humility
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that they cover their heads,
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well, was that cultural?
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And then Paul is
saying, your hair is a covering.
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God gives women a
natural covering of hair,
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typically more than men.
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And then he later says in
another place, it's a shame
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for men to have long hair.
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So he's just saying
there, there ought to be
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this distinction, but
it appears it's a custom.
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I have no qualms if
some, if a woman says,
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"I'm convicted, I
should cover my head
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"when I'm in church,"
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I say, "praise the Lord,
you follow the Holy Spirit."
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It certainly won't hurt anybody.
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- I think the point
also, Pastor Doug, is
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it's emphasizing
reverence in the the sanctuary.
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And again, different customs,
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different ways of doing things.
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Back in Bible times, and
again also in Middle East,
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even today, that is
a sign of reverence.
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In our culture, Pastor
Doug, it would be a sign
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of disrespect or a lack
of reverence if a man walks
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into a church and he
leaves on his big cowboy hat.
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I mean, you remove your hat
when you're come into a church.
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That's a sign of respect.
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So I think the
context there is we need
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to be reverent when
we're entering to worship
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and in the presence of God,
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whatever that culture might be.
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- Yeah and Paul was
saying the women were behaving
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in a scandalous,
disrespectful way
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in the Corinthian church
and he was addressing that.
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- You know, the
verse you refer to is
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also 1 Corinthians 11,
verse 16, where Paul says,
00:21:26.95\00:21:30.12
"But if anyone
seems to be contentious,
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"we do not have such a custom
nor do the churches of God."
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So it's re referring
to a specific situation
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that was taking place there.
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- Yep, amen.
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- All right,
thank you for your call.
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We got Tayvision
listening in Illinois.
00:21:41.66\00:21:43.70
Tayvision,
welcome to the program.
00:21:43.70\00:21:45.37
- [Tayvision] My question is,
00:21:46.37\00:21:47.94
how do you know that the Holy
Spirit's still working in you
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if you've been a Christian
for years and you've noticed
00:21:52.87\00:21:56.48
that you're not as
sensitive or as passionate
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about Christ as you used to be?
00:22:00.28\00:22:02.45
- Well first of all,
don't get discouraged.
00:22:03.55\00:22:06.45
You've just described
what it says in Revelation 2,
00:22:06.45\00:22:09.82
where he says the Ephesian
church had lost its first love.
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They were still His people,
they were still His church.
00:22:13.29\00:22:15.86
You'll often see even in a
marriage that during the time
00:22:15.86\00:22:18.47
of dating and
honeymoon, there's just,
00:22:18.47\00:22:20.84
there's a lot of
romance and excitement.
00:22:20.84\00:22:24.47
And then, you know,
after 10 years of marriage,
00:22:24.47\00:22:26.91
things become a
little more routine.
00:22:26.91\00:22:29.31
Well the Lord, you
know, in our marriages,
00:22:29.31\00:22:30.88
we want to keep
that love alive and also
00:22:30.88\00:22:32.61
in your
relationship with the Lord.
00:22:32.61\00:22:35.08
It doesn't mean you're
not a Christian anymore.
00:22:35.08\00:22:37.39
You know, even Mary and
Joseph, they took their eyes
00:22:38.72\00:22:40.92
off Jesus when
he was a young man.
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They lost him in Jerusalem.
00:22:42.32\00:22:44.26
And Mary said, "We
spent three days sorrowing
00:22:44.26\00:22:46.66
"and searching for you."
00:22:46.66\00:22:48.86
And if we take
our eyes off Jesus,
00:22:48.86\00:22:50.57
sometimes we spend
some time sorrowing
00:22:50.57\00:22:52.67
and searching to find Him again.
00:22:52.67\00:22:54.90
But I would say seek after
the Lord and He'll be found.
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That's the promise.
00:22:59.04\00:23:00.18
Draw near to God and
he'll draw near to you.
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You wanna renew that
relationship, that love,
00:23:01.98\00:23:05.85
and the way that
happens, He said, Jesus said,
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"Do the first works."
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I'm sure when you first
fell in love with the Lord,
00:23:09.62\00:23:11.29
you were poring over His word,
00:23:11.29\00:23:12.52
you're spending time in prayer,
00:23:12.52\00:23:13.62
you were thinking
about His presence,
00:23:13.62\00:23:15.09
you were sharing
Him with your friends.
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Do those things again
and you'll find a renewal
00:23:17.03\00:23:20.46
in the Holy
Spirit and the, you know,
00:23:20.46\00:23:22.66
your sense of God's presence.
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- You know, I'm just
wondering, Pastor Doug,
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what book we
have that might be--
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- "Twelve Steps to Revival".
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- There we go, that's the one.
00:23:28.54\00:23:29.80
That'll be a great
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00:23:29.80\00:23:31.91
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Read the book, we'll
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Also, Pastor Doug, you
did a series not too long ago
00:23:44.65\00:23:47.49
called "The New Heart", I
think it's a 10 part series,
00:23:47.49\00:23:50.96
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00:23:50.96\00:23:52.79
So if you wanna look
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- Amazing Facts website.
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It's under our
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00:23:55.53\00:23:57.53
- It's also on the
Amazing Facts website.
00:23:57.53\00:23:58.77
So that'll be a blessing.
00:23:58.77\00:24:01.07
Next caller that
we have is Daniel
00:24:01.07\00:24:02.74
and he's listening from V-I.
00:24:02.74\00:24:04.84
Where is that, Virginia?
00:24:04.84\00:24:06.78
Daniel, welcome to the program.
00:24:06.78\00:24:09.14
- [Daniel] Thank you
pastors, good evening.
00:24:09.14\00:24:10.61
Yeah, calling
from Virginia here.
00:24:10.61\00:24:12.85
Just a question
on Revelation 14:7,
00:24:12.85\00:24:14.78
the first angel's message.
00:24:14.78\00:24:16.72
You know, I know
that the last part
00:24:16.72\00:24:19.09
of the verse there
is a direct reference
00:24:19.09\00:24:20.86
to the fourth commandment,
the sabbath commandment.
00:24:20.86\00:24:23.63
I was just wondering
whether commentators have said,
00:24:23.63\00:24:26.16
or in general it's understood
00:24:26.16\00:24:27.46
that the first three
commandments can be found
00:24:27.46\00:24:29.66
in that verse, as well.
00:24:29.66\00:24:30.73
Fear God, would be
the first commandment,
00:24:30.73\00:24:32.50
give glory to Him by
reflecting His image,
00:24:32.50\00:24:34.47
the second commandment,
00:24:34.47\00:24:35.90
for the hours judgment has come.
00:24:35.90\00:24:37.57
In other words, judging
between who's taking the name,
00:24:38.87\00:24:40.84
the Lord's name in
vain and who's not.
00:24:40.84\00:24:43.01
I'm wondering if
you can see, in general,
00:24:43.01\00:24:45.75
the first table of the
fourth, or the 10 commandments,
00:24:45.75\00:24:48.88
there in that verse.
00:24:48.88\00:24:50.29
And in the counterpart verse
as well, in Revelation 15:2,
00:24:50.29\00:24:55.09
where it talks about
the victory over the beast,
00:24:56.22\00:24:57.26
the first
commandment over his image,
00:24:57.26\00:24:58.79
the second
commandment over his mark,
00:24:58.79\00:25:00.50
the fourth commandment, and
over the number of his name,
00:25:00.50\00:25:03.13
which would be
the third commandment.
00:25:03.13\00:25:04.30
I don't know if you see that
00:25:04.30\00:25:05.40
or if
commentators have seen that,
00:25:05.40\00:25:06.77
or if that's kinda a stretch.
00:25:06.77\00:25:08.60
- Well, I don't know that
I view it all the same way,
00:25:09.97\00:25:12.97
but it's interesting
that you're saying this
00:25:12.97\00:25:14.41
because just
moments before the program,
00:25:14.41\00:25:16.64
I was thinking
about Revelation 14
00:25:16.64\00:25:18.95
and how Revelation 14 is
sort of a condensed Bible.
00:25:18.95\00:25:22.98
The the last
message is found in there.
00:25:22.98\00:25:25.25
And you're making me
think as you're speaking
00:25:25.25\00:25:27.66
about just seeing the other
commandments in this passage.
00:25:27.66\00:25:32.73
And for our
friends that are listening
00:25:33.83\00:25:35.76
the Bible is
written in chiastic form,
00:25:35.76\00:25:38.73
meaning that you've kind
of got like the white bread,
00:25:38.73\00:25:43.81
let's say it's whole wheat
bread just for health sake,
00:25:45.17\00:25:47.41
and then in the middle,
you've got the substance.
00:25:47.41\00:25:49.98
And it's often in
the Hebrew writings
00:25:49.98\00:25:51.98
that in the middle
you'll find the climax.
00:25:51.98\00:25:54.22
Revelation 14 is like
the climax of Revelation.
00:25:54.22\00:25:57.29
It's all concentrated in there.
00:25:57.29\00:25:59.49
And it sort of
summarizes who is saved
00:25:59.49\00:26:02.92
and who is lost and why.
00:26:02.92\00:26:04.79
So you can also find, I
think the law of God talks
00:26:04.79\00:26:07.93
about those who keep the
commandments of God in verse 12.
00:26:07.93\00:26:11.07
That's fascinating.
00:26:11.07\00:26:12.63
I appreciate that.
00:26:12.63\00:26:14.10
You're giving me some ideas.
00:26:14.10\00:26:15.70
- First angel's
message actually quotes
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.37
from the fourth
commandment where it says,
00:26:17.37\00:26:18.71
"Worship Him who made the
heavens, the earth, the sea."
00:26:18.71\00:26:21.88
So that's actually from
part of the 10 Commandments.
00:26:21.88\00:26:24.45
- Yeah and I can see
how you can see allusions
00:26:24.45\00:26:27.52
to the other
commandments earlier
00:26:27.52\00:26:30.15
in that verse or other places.
00:26:30.15\00:26:31.89
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- My name is John Ross and
we've got Braunman listening
00:30:19.58\00:30:22.75
and ready with his question.
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Braunman from Tennessee,
welcome to the program.
00:30:24.52\00:30:26.62
- [Braunman]
Hello, good evening.
00:30:26.62\00:30:28.86
- Evening.
00:30:28.86\00:30:29.76
And your question.
00:30:31.09\00:30:32.66
- [Braunman] If God
knows the beginning to the end,
00:30:32.66\00:30:35.33
why did He create Satan?
00:30:35.33\00:30:36.80
- That's a good question.
00:30:37.80\00:30:39.03
Sometimes the Lord allows
things even though He knows
00:30:40.50\00:30:44.51
that it's gonna cause problems.
00:30:44.51\00:30:46.81
He made all of
His creatures free
00:30:46.81\00:30:49.74
and He even made a
beautiful angel named Lucifer,
00:30:49.74\00:30:52.18
very powerful
angel, made him free.
00:30:52.18\00:30:54.98
That means he's
free to love God,
00:30:54.98\00:30:56.25
to worship God, to make choices.
00:30:56.25\00:30:58.42
Lucifer chose to not love
God and to love himself more.
00:30:58.42\00:31:03.12
And all of the sin
in the universe has come
00:31:03.12\00:31:05.96
from people making that choice.
00:31:05.96\00:31:08.00
So before...
00:31:09.30\00:31:11.50
Now, how old are you?
00:31:11.50\00:31:12.37
Do you mind my asking?
00:31:12.37\00:31:13.54
- [Braunman] I will be
21 in October, so I'm 20.
00:31:15.17\00:31:17.71
- You're 20, okay.
00:31:17.71\00:31:18.51
You sounded younger, forgive me.
00:31:18.51\00:31:20.11
When your parents
decided to have you,
00:31:21.64\00:31:23.45
assuming it was a free choice,
00:31:23.45\00:31:25.51
did they get any
kinda written guarantee
00:31:26.58\00:31:29.02
that you would
always be cooperative
00:31:29.02\00:31:30.82
and a good child and obedient?
00:31:30.82\00:31:32.39
- [Braunman] No.
00:31:33.62\00:31:34.69
- But they took a
risk 'cause they wanted
00:31:34.69\00:31:36.56
to love you and wanted love,
00:31:36.56\00:31:39.03
and that you might
make other choices, right?
00:31:39.03\00:31:42.20
- [Braunman] Yes, sir.
00:31:43.43\00:31:44.90
- So God made His
creatures and gave them freedom
00:31:44.90\00:31:47.04
to choose
knowing there was a risk,
00:31:47.04\00:31:49.27
and He knew what
Lucifer would do.
00:31:49.27\00:31:51.34
And it's demonstrating
to the whole universe
00:31:51.34\00:31:54.41
what the problem of sin is
and it'll never happen again.
00:31:54.41\00:31:58.35
But you know, we have a DVD.
00:31:59.71\00:32:02.22
- Well we do have the
"Cosmic Conflict" DVD,
00:32:02.22\00:32:04.59
and Braunman or
anyone listening or watching,
00:32:04.59\00:32:08.29
you can just simply go
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00:32:08.29\00:32:10.73
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00:32:10.73\00:32:13.26
Or I think it's also
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00:32:13.26\00:32:15.26
We also have a
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00:32:15.26\00:32:16.90
"Did God Create a
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Jose is
listening in Puerto Rico.
00:32:30.65\00:32:32.28
Jose, welcome to the program.
00:32:32.28\00:32:33.78
- [Jose] Hello,
welcome, can you hear me?
00:32:35.58\00:32:37.12
- We can, thanks for calling.
00:32:37.12\00:32:38.79
- [Jose] Ah, sure.
00:32:40.12\00:32:41.49
My question is, was Christ's
suffering was a byproduct
00:32:41.49\00:32:44.83
of our sin or a
requirement for our salvation?
00:32:44.83\00:32:49.33
I'm looking for tabernacle,
and tabernacle of course, is
00:32:49.33\00:32:53.07
the representation of Jesus.
00:32:53.07\00:32:54.90
I mean the tabernacle,
the sacrificial lamb.
00:32:54.90\00:32:58.54
does not have
pass for a tribulation
00:32:58.54\00:33:01.81
like a suffering of Christ.
00:33:01.81\00:33:04.01
- Right.
00:33:04.01\00:33:05.41
Well of course, keep in
mind that the sacrificial system
00:33:05.41\00:33:07.72
with lambs was symbolic.
00:33:07.72\00:33:10.12
Clearly, a lamb cannot
think and experience the anguish
00:33:10.12\00:33:13.42
of a human of betrayal
and those different things.
00:33:13.42\00:33:16.42
In fact, the priest
kind of went out of the way
00:33:16.42\00:33:18.76
to make the sacrifice
of the lamb as painless
00:33:18.76\00:33:20.90
and quick as possible
because it all symbolized
00:33:20.90\00:33:24.07
Christ and His sacrifice.
00:33:24.07\00:33:25.93
But the sacrifice of Christ,
00:33:25.93\00:33:27.80
the hardest part was
not actually the death,
00:33:28.87\00:33:30.44
it was the suffering,
the separation from God
00:33:30.44\00:33:33.21
in the death
that He experienced.
00:33:33.21\00:33:35.08
That's like when Jonah
went into the belly of the whale
00:33:35.08\00:33:37.58
for three days and three nights.
00:33:37.58\00:33:38.65
Jesus, when God
withdrew his protection there
00:33:38.65\00:33:41.98
in the Garden of Gethsemane,
00:33:41.98\00:33:43.32
He went through
incredible suffering and turmoil
00:33:43.32\00:33:45.89
where He was weeping in
the garden, perspiring blood.
00:33:45.89\00:33:48.89
So the lamb, I wouldn't
try and make a too strong
00:33:48.89\00:33:52.73
of a comparison 'cause
the lamb was simply a symbol.
00:33:52.73\00:33:55.63
- A symbol of Jesus,
and of course, the wages
00:33:55.63\00:33:57.40
of sin is death, and
that's what was emphasized.
00:33:57.40\00:33:59.93
But along with the wages
of sin, there is suffering.
00:33:59.93\00:34:03.41
We know that everyone at the end
00:34:03.41\00:34:04.91
will be rewarded
according to their works,
00:34:04.91\00:34:06.64
so that's both for the
righteous and the unrighteous.
00:34:06.64\00:34:08.81
There are degrees of judgment,
00:34:08.81\00:34:11.08
degrees of
punishment for the wicked.
00:34:11.08\00:34:13.05
Christ suffered for the
sins of the whole world,
00:34:13.05\00:34:14.92
the Bible tells us.
00:34:14.92\00:34:15.98
All right. - Thank you, Jose.
00:34:17.25\00:34:18.39
- Fred in Oregon,
Fred, welcome to the program.
00:34:18.39\00:34:20.89
- [Fred] Thank you much,
thanks for taking my call.
00:34:22.26\00:34:24.39
My question,
Matthew 25, verse 9,
00:34:25.39\00:34:29.30
where the five
foolish asked the five wise
00:34:29.30\00:34:32.80
for some of their
oil, and they said no,
00:34:32.80\00:34:34.47
that they had to go to those
that sell to buy their own.
00:34:34.47\00:34:38.37
Now I know in
Revelation 13, if you have,
00:34:38.37\00:34:42.21
you can't buy or sell
unless you have the mark,
00:34:42.21\00:34:44.35
so is this an indication
00:34:44.35\00:34:45.85
that these five
foolish have the mark?
00:34:45.85\00:34:49.85
- You know, I think that
the parable of the 10 virgins is
00:34:49.85\00:34:53.62
not just talking
about the mark of the beast
00:34:53.62\00:34:56.93
and the seal of
God, I think it's talking
00:34:56.93\00:34:58.66
about professed Christians.
00:34:58.66\00:35:01.86
And it not only
applies to the last days
00:35:01.86\00:35:04.03
'cause Jesus does
make Matthew 25 is
00:35:04.03\00:35:06.94
on the heels of the
signs of His second coming.
00:35:06.94\00:35:09.90
But I think in every
age God has had His people
00:35:09.90\00:35:12.77
that some that had a
knowing relationship,
00:35:12.77\00:35:15.01
they had the Holy
Spirit, they had a reserve,
00:35:15.01\00:35:18.51
and those who are careless
and they were not watching
00:35:18.51\00:35:21.22
and praying,
they were not ready.
00:35:21.22\00:35:22.92
They had not fortified
their faith for times of trial
00:35:22.92\00:35:25.59
and darkness, or
they lost their patience.
00:35:25.59\00:35:29.12
You know, the Bible
talks about he that endures
00:35:29.12\00:35:30.79
to the end will be saved.
00:35:30.79\00:35:32.33
Certainly in the last
days, those that are lost,
00:35:32.33\00:35:34.83
the five foolish virgins,
they would be getting the mark
00:35:34.83\00:35:38.37
of the beast and the five
who have it, have the oil,
00:35:38.37\00:35:43.44
they're gonna have the
seal of God, they'll be saved.
00:35:44.81\00:35:46.34
But, I don't know if I'm
answering what you're asking.
00:35:46.34\00:35:50.01
(Fred chuckling)
00:35:51.51\00:35:53.72
- It's just been something
that I've wondered about
00:35:53.72\00:35:56.05
because we obviously we, in
the last days, are not able to--
00:35:56.05\00:35:59.25
- Can't buy or sell.
00:35:59.25\00:36:00.96
- [Fred] Can't buy or sell.
00:36:00.96\00:36:02.62
And I just
didn't know with these--
00:36:02.62\00:36:04.69
- Well, with the 10 virgins--
00:36:04.69\00:36:05.73
- [Fred] With
these five foolish.
00:36:05.73\00:36:07.03
- Yeah, when the wise virgins,
pardon me for jumping in,
00:36:07.03\00:36:09.40
but when the wise
virgins tell the foolish,
00:36:09.40\00:36:11.00
you must buy for yourself,
00:36:11.00\00:36:12.63
we cannot take someone
else's experience from them.
00:36:12.63\00:36:17.21
We must have our own experience.
00:36:17.21\00:36:18.81
They said you've
gotta have it for yourself.
00:36:18.81\00:36:21.74
And they waited too long to
have that personal experience
00:36:23.11\00:36:24.71
or to have that
filling with the Holy Spirit.
00:36:24.71\00:36:27.92
And you know, that that applies,
it's a truth in every time.
00:36:27.92\00:36:32.32
I don't think it's talking so
much about buying and selling.
00:36:32.32\00:36:35.22
Where is it, in
Revelation chapter three
00:36:35.22\00:36:37.43
where Jesus says to the
Church of Laodicea, you know,
00:36:37.43\00:36:40.80
"Buy of me gold
tried in the fire."
00:36:40.80\00:36:43.87
And then Isaiah says,
oh everyone that there's,
00:36:43.87\00:36:46.07
"Buy without
money without price."
00:36:46.07\00:36:47.94
And so what it says, buy
doesn't always mean going
00:36:47.94\00:36:51.27
to the market and
pulling out your credit card.
00:36:51.27\00:36:54.11
Buy means go obtain.
00:36:54.11\00:36:55.78
- And these are all
profess followers of Christ.
00:36:57.05\00:36:59.25
Describes them as
waiting for the bridegroom.
00:36:59.25\00:37:01.72
- And they're virgins.
00:37:01.72\00:37:02.82
- That's right,
they have a pure faith.
00:37:02.82\00:37:04.19
They have the lamp, which
represents the word of God.
00:37:04.19\00:37:07.09
So even with amongst
those who profess to be waiting
00:37:07.09\00:37:09.96
for the coming of
Jesus, you've got the wise
00:37:09.96\00:37:12.26
and you've got the foolish.
00:37:12.26\00:37:13.56
Now the foolish will eventually
get the mark of the beast,
00:37:13.56\00:37:16.10
but at that time
where they're all together,
00:37:16.10\00:37:18.47
they're all
professing to follow Christ.
00:37:18.47\00:37:20.10
So it's sort of a
warning, a wake up call
00:37:20.10\00:37:22.14
for the church, I think.
00:37:22.14\00:37:23.47
- Yeah, and they're all waiting
for the bridegroom to come.
00:37:23.47\00:37:25.14
That's right.
00:37:25.14\00:37:26.24
All right, thank
you for your call.
00:37:26.24\00:37:27.24
We've got John
listening in Nebraska.
00:37:27.24\00:37:29.91
John in Nebraska, welcome.
00:37:29.91\00:37:31.35
- [John] That's right,
thank you for taking my call.
00:37:32.68\00:37:34.48
Appreciate it, watch
you guys all the time.
00:37:34.48\00:37:37.19
- Thank you, John.
00:37:37.19\00:37:38.49
And your question.
00:37:38.49\00:37:39.89
- [John] Well it's
kind of a mixed up question,
00:37:39.89\00:37:42.12
but I'll try to get
it out the way I want to,
00:37:42.12\00:37:44.49
talking to your man beforehand.
00:37:44.49\00:37:47.60
Jesus said, "If
you lust after a woman
00:37:47.60\00:37:49.36
"you have committed
adultery in your heart."
00:37:49.36\00:37:51.63
If a man is
watching porn all the time
00:37:52.73\00:37:54.80
and he's
lusting after the women,
00:37:54.80\00:37:56.14
he's committing
adultery in his heart.
00:37:56.14\00:37:57.77
If a wife gets a
divorce, can she remarry?
00:37:57.77\00:38:00.81
That'd be my question.
00:38:00.81\00:38:02.14
- Okay, what you
said makes sense.
00:38:02.14\00:38:04.75
First of all, I
would not compare a man
00:38:05.81\00:38:09.52
or a woman who's having
a struggle with pornography
00:38:09.52\00:38:13.49
as being the same thing as
committing an actual affair.
00:38:13.49\00:38:18.03
You know, in most laws,
most countries, thinking
00:38:19.16\00:38:23.16
about murdering someone is
definitely not the same thing
00:38:23.16\00:38:26.20
as murdering somebody.
00:38:26.20\00:38:28.30
And so when a person is
committing adultery in their
00:38:28.30\00:38:31.64
heart, there's definitely sin in
the heart, and Jesus says that.
00:38:31.64\00:38:33.78
And there's a sin of
adultery in the heart,
00:38:33.78\00:38:36.01
but it's not the same as
committing the act of adultery.
00:38:36.01\00:38:38.51
And I think that's so
important to understand
00:38:38.51\00:38:40.72
because I've met men
and women before that said,
00:38:40.72\00:38:43.42
"Well, I'm thinking
about it, I may as well do it."
00:38:43.42\00:38:45.89
There's a big
difference between the two.
00:38:45.89\00:38:48.79
And I've talked to
women before and they said,
00:38:48.79\00:38:51.93
"My husband, I caught
him viewing pornography
00:38:51.93\00:38:55.66
"and so that's adultery
and so I'm gonna divorce him."
00:38:55.66\00:38:58.33
I also think that's a mistake.
00:38:58.33\00:39:00.37
I don't think this is
what Jesus is talking about.
00:39:00.37\00:39:03.30
Now, it is certainly a
sin if a woman divorces a man
00:39:03.30\00:39:07.71
and she does not
have biblical grounds
00:39:07.71\00:39:09.44
or if a man divorces his wife.
00:39:09.44\00:39:10.91
Christ said they don't
really have a right to remarry.
00:39:10.91\00:39:13.48
And I know I'll probably get
letters on this that, you know,
00:39:14.82\00:39:18.35
people are gonna say,
"Well, it's the same thing."
00:39:18.35\00:39:21.52
I actually went
into depth in my book
00:39:21.52\00:39:24.56
on marriage,
divorce, and remarriage.
00:39:24.56\00:39:26.93
I talk about this
'cause a lot of people
00:39:26.93\00:39:28.70
have asked about it.
00:39:28.70\00:39:30.63
Pornography's an epidemic today.
00:39:30.63\00:39:32.80
And there's a lot of
people that are wondering,
00:39:32.80\00:39:35.37
"Well, since my
spouse has had a problem
00:39:35.37\00:39:37.71
"with this is that
grounds for divorce?"
00:39:37.71\00:39:41.38
It becomes a really
slippery slope when you say yes
00:39:41.38\00:39:44.08
because some people
describe pornography
00:39:44.08\00:39:47.55
as the daytime soap operas,
00:39:47.55\00:39:49.15
two people
obviously committing adultery.
00:39:50.62\00:39:52.59
And it goes from
there all the way
00:39:52.59\00:39:53.96
to what they call hard porn.
00:39:53.96\00:39:56.02
And so where do
you draw the line?
00:39:56.02\00:39:58.43
If you start saying, "Thinking
it is the same as doing it,"
00:39:58.43\00:40:01.16
then, you know, you
can drive by a billboard
00:40:01.16\00:40:04.13
with a girl in a
bathing suit and say,
00:40:04.13\00:40:05.50
"Now I can file for divorce."
00:40:05.50\00:40:07.80
And so you've
gotta be very careful.
00:40:07.80\00:40:09.50
I hope that makes
sense to everybody.
00:40:09.50\00:40:10.84
- And of course, I think
you're emphasizing the fact,
00:40:10.84\00:40:12.31
Pastor Doug,
that it's still sin.
00:40:12.31\00:40:13.61
Jesus makes it very clear.
00:40:13.61\00:40:14.91
It's something that
needs to be repented of.
00:40:14.91\00:40:16.71
And if somebody
continues down those paths,
00:40:16.71\00:40:20.42
they are gonna
eventually harden their heart
00:40:20.42\00:40:22.38
against the
prompting the Holy Spirit.
00:40:22.38\00:40:23.92
- And the attitude
often leads to the action.
00:40:23.92\00:40:26.09
- Exactly, exactly.
00:40:26.09\00:40:27.29
But it's not
necessarily the same thing.
00:40:27.29\00:40:29.39
So we need to be aware of that.
00:40:29.39\00:40:31.03
Good question,
thank you for calling.
00:40:31.03\00:40:32.39
Next caller that we have is
Guy listening from California.
00:40:32.39\00:40:35.03
Guy, welcome to the program.
00:40:35.03\00:40:36.46
- [Guy] Hello, thank
you for taking my call.
00:40:36.46\00:40:38.73
So my question is
regarding Genesis 31, verse 19.
00:40:38.73\00:40:43.71
And it says in that
verse that Laban had gone
00:40:45.67\00:40:48.94
to see to the cutting
of the wool of his sheep.
00:40:48.94\00:40:51.68
So Rachel secretly
took the images of the gods
00:40:51.68\00:40:54.95
of her father's house.
00:40:54.95\00:40:56.89
So why did Rachel steal
images or of gods of Laban?
00:40:56.89\00:41:01.86
Or is there some
kind of a secret power
00:41:03.09\00:41:06.83
to these gods or these idols?
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.90
I mean, were they
gonna tell him or tell?
00:41:08.90\00:41:12.27
Were they gonna tell
him where Rachel and--?
00:41:13.97\00:41:17.04
- Yeah, the word gods
there, they used to have idols
00:41:18.54\00:41:23.08
that were like, it was a God
00:41:23.08\00:41:25.08
and it was something
of like a property deed.
00:41:25.08\00:41:28.35
You'll read later
where, well, first of all,
00:41:28.35\00:41:30.92
I highly recommend that nobody
has a god that can be stolen,
00:41:32.32\00:41:35.09
because if your
god can be packed
00:41:35.09\00:41:36.69
in someone's saddle
bag and ridden off with,
00:41:36.69\00:41:38.63
you got a pretty small god.
00:41:38.63\00:41:40.33
So that always strikes me as
funny that Laban comes, says,
00:41:40.33\00:41:43.70
"You stole my gods."
00:41:43.70\00:41:45.37
(Pastor Doug chuckling)
00:41:45.37\00:41:46.70
And she put 'em
in the saddle bag
00:41:46.70\00:41:48.50
and sat on them,
sitting on his gods.
00:41:48.50\00:41:51.61
So most commentators
that I've seen, Pastor Ross,
00:41:51.61\00:41:54.41
you may have seen
something different in this,
00:41:54.41\00:41:56.31
they say that because
the daughters said to Jacob,
00:41:56.31\00:42:01.28
"Our father has taken our dowry,
he hasn't given everything
00:42:02.58\00:42:05.55
"that we should
have gotten as a dowry.
00:42:05.55\00:42:07.59
"He's taken from
us, he spent it."
00:42:07.59\00:42:09.29
And the girls
wanting to have something
00:42:09.29\00:42:11.53
of value took, or at
least Rachel took these gods,
00:42:11.53\00:42:14.83
these idols, which
were like property deeds.
00:42:14.83\00:42:17.63
And they had some
value attached to 'em.
00:42:18.70\00:42:21.40
There were some
monetary value attached to it.
00:42:21.40\00:42:23.07
- And I think it's also clear
that, you know, the family,
00:42:23.07\00:42:26.47
Rachel's
family, Laban and alike,
00:42:26.47\00:42:28.94
even though they
claimed to worship the true God,
00:42:28.94\00:42:32.18
the customs of
those living around them,
00:42:32.18\00:42:34.28
it probably crept
into their understanding
00:42:34.28\00:42:37.22
for that reason was
important that God was
00:42:37.22\00:42:38.92
to take Abraham
and his descendants
00:42:38.92\00:42:41.02
out from the land of Ur.
00:42:41.02\00:42:42.92
So there was kind of a
little bit of a mix of idolatry.
00:42:42.92\00:42:45.23
And maybe that was
also part of the reason,
00:42:45.23\00:42:46.90
here she's leaving home, she
wants to take something maybe
00:42:46.90\00:42:49.96
to remind her of home.
00:42:49.96\00:42:50.93
- No, they were a little idols.
00:42:50.93\00:42:52.93
But I don't know
that they worshiped them.
00:42:52.93\00:42:54.30
But they did have
little idols, I think,
00:42:54.30\00:42:56.30
that were sort of like gods.
00:42:56.30\00:42:57.54
- Carved out of
stone or whatever it is.
00:42:57.54\00:42:59.11
And they had value and they
could be sold for something.
00:42:59.11\00:43:01.58
- Yeah. - All
right, interesting.
00:43:01.58\00:43:02.88
Good question.
00:43:02.88\00:43:04.25
All right, we've got
Jared listening from Missouri.
00:43:04.25\00:43:06.45
Jared, welcome to the program.
00:43:06.45\00:43:08.02
- [Jared] Hello, thank you.
00:43:09.02\00:43:10.62
- Yes, thank you Jared.
00:43:10.62\00:43:11.75
Your question.
00:43:11.75\00:43:12.65
- [Jared] My
question is, if we're supposed
00:43:14.02\00:43:15.52
to judge the evil
angels, doesn't that mean
00:43:15.52\00:43:18.53
we were predestined
to fall into temptation
00:43:18.53\00:43:21.30
at the Garden of Eden
since we had to know good
00:43:21.30\00:43:25.57
and evil at the
tree of good and evil?
00:43:25.57\00:43:28.44
- I'm not sure I understand
the rational of your question.
00:43:29.80\00:43:32.67
You mean that
the Bible, does this.
00:43:32.67\00:43:33.78
"Do you not know that
you will judge angels?"
00:43:33.78\00:43:35.61
I agree with that.
00:43:35.61\00:43:37.21
So you're saying
that that somehow is
00:43:37.21\00:43:39.61
connected with predestination?
00:43:39.61\00:43:41.42
- [Jared] Yeah 'cause we had to,
00:43:42.65\00:43:47.02
to know evil, we
had to eat the fruit
00:43:47.02\00:43:49.79
of good and
evil to judge, right?
00:43:49.79\00:43:51.56
- Yeah, well I
think, let's just back up
00:43:53.23\00:43:55.63
and talk about what
the verse is saying.
00:43:55.63\00:43:57.47
I think Paul is
telling us that, when he says,
00:43:57.47\00:43:59.47
"Know you not that
you will judge Angels,"
00:43:59.47\00:44:00.90
he's talking, I think
that's 1 Corinthians 7.
00:44:00.90\00:44:02.77
He's saying you need to be able
00:44:02.77\00:44:04.41
to judge in the
smallest matters.
00:44:04.41\00:44:05.67
Don't you know you're
gonna even judge angels?
00:44:05.67\00:44:07.61
Well obviously
Christians are not gonna decide
00:44:07.61\00:44:09.71
if angels are saved or lost.
00:44:09.71\00:44:12.18
When we get to heaven,
the veil's pulled aside,
00:44:12.18\00:44:14.45
we're gonna not only
see our guardian angels,
00:44:14.45\00:44:16.79
we probably are
going to see the angels
00:44:16.79\00:44:18.95
that were our menaces during
our lives or our adversaries
00:44:18.95\00:44:24.03
that Satan had
appointed to tempt us.
00:44:25.03\00:44:26.76
And we're gonna say,
"Yes, this angel was the one
00:44:26.76\00:44:29.73
"that was leading me into sin
00:44:29.73\00:44:32.47
"and he
deserves his punishment."
00:44:32.47\00:44:35.30
So we'll be
affirming the judgements
00:44:35.30\00:44:37.17
of God, I think, in that.
00:44:37.17\00:44:39.71
But I don't know why
predestination would need
00:44:39.71\00:44:42.78
to fit into that scenario.
00:44:42.78\00:44:44.55
- In other words, can you
judge without knowing evil,
00:44:44.55\00:44:46.85
between good and evil?
00:44:46.85\00:44:48.52
Well I think you can.
00:44:48.52\00:44:49.95
I mean, to judge is to discern
00:44:49.95\00:44:51.85
and even Adam and Eve
in the Garden of Eden,
00:44:51.85\00:44:53.99
it was never God's
purpose or desire that they eat
00:44:53.99\00:44:56.29
from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil.
00:44:56.29\00:44:58.63
But they could choose
and they could discern
00:44:58.63\00:45:01.23
and say, "Nope, we
don't want to eat of that,
00:45:01.23\00:45:02.86
"we do want to eat of this."
00:45:02.86\00:45:04.37
So it doesn't
necessarily mean that you have
00:45:04.37\00:45:05.97
to partake of evil
to know that it's bad.
00:45:05.97\00:45:10.34
- Right.
00:45:10.34\00:45:11.67
We do have a book that
talks about predestination
00:45:11.67\00:45:13.78
and it's called "Can A
Saved Man Choose to Be Lost?"
00:45:13.78\00:45:16.54
- If you'd like receive that,
00:45:16.54\00:45:17.65
the number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:45:17.65\00:45:20.68
You can ask for the book,
00:45:20.68\00:45:21.75
"Can A Saved Man
Choose to be Lost?".
00:45:21.75\00:45:23.59
We'll be happy to send
that to anyone in North America.
00:45:23.59\00:45:26.52
Next caller
that we have, Connor,
00:45:26.52\00:45:27.82
listening from Colorado.
00:45:27.82\00:45:29.02
Connor, welcome to the program.
00:45:29.02\00:45:30.23
Thanks for your patience.
00:45:30.23\00:45:31.53
- [Conner] Yep, thank you.
00:45:32.66\00:45:33.80
How are you guys?
00:45:33.80\00:45:34.73
- Doing great.
00:45:34.73\00:45:35.60
- [Connor]
Alrighty, so I've been keeping
00:45:37.33\00:45:40.44
the original
sabbath for a while now,
00:45:40.44\00:45:43.41
and I had some
friends and family
00:45:43.41\00:45:45.21
that just kind of
argued with the importance,
00:45:45.21\00:45:48.21
of course, in a friendly way.
00:45:48.21\00:45:49.84
And I just wanted to
know what the importance was
00:45:49.84\00:45:51.85
of keeping the original sabbath.
00:45:51.85\00:45:53.92
- Well, when you say the
original sabbath, you know,
00:45:53.92\00:45:56.62
the Bible tells us that God
created the world in six days,
00:45:56.62\00:46:00.76
that He blessed the seventh day.
00:46:00.76\00:46:03.29
That was reiterated
for the children of Israel.
00:46:03.29\00:46:05.53
When He saved them,
He said, "Remember."
00:46:05.53\00:46:07.23
Now God wanted to say remember
00:46:07.23\00:46:08.56
if something didn't prior exist.
00:46:08.56\00:46:11.60
They had forgotten it,
living among the Egyptians.
00:46:11.60\00:46:13.90
He said, "Remember
the," I've set aside a day
00:46:13.90\00:46:16.07
for spiritual and
physical rest to worship God.
00:46:16.07\00:46:19.74
And God blessed that day.
00:46:19.74\00:46:20.98
God rested that day.
00:46:20.98\00:46:22.21
He says I've blessed a
particular day, the seventh day,
00:46:22.21\00:46:25.25
and I want you to
remember the seventh day.
00:46:25.25\00:46:26.78
And it says at
three times there.
00:46:26.78\00:46:28.68
He bless the seventh day,
00:46:28.68\00:46:29.78
He sanctified the seventh day.
00:46:29.78\00:46:31.05
And He asks us to remember that.
00:46:31.05\00:46:33.09
Well, over time during
the time of the Roman era,
00:46:33.09\00:46:38.03
there was got a
lot of compromise
00:46:38.03\00:46:39.63
and they gradually
switched from the seventh day
00:46:39.63\00:46:42.26
to the first
day, and you can read
00:46:42.26\00:46:45.23
about that during
the time of Constantine.
00:46:45.23\00:46:47.40
He's the one who
published the Edict of Milan.
00:46:47.40\00:46:49.97
I would say that if it's
one of the 10 Commandments,
00:46:51.31\00:46:53.11
how important is one
of the 10 commandments?
00:46:53.11\00:46:55.91
And you know, some
will argue it doesn't matter
00:46:55.91\00:46:57.91
what day it is, as
long as it's a seventh day.
00:46:57.91\00:47:00.52
But God doesn't
say keep a seventh day,
00:47:00.52\00:47:02.35
He says keep the seventh day.
00:47:02.35\00:47:04.25
It's a particular day.
00:47:04.25\00:47:05.79
God didn't say for
everybody to pick their own day.
00:47:05.79\00:47:07.92
Think about the
chaos that would be
00:47:07.92\00:47:10.43
in the Christian Church if
everyone picks their own day
00:47:10.43\00:47:12.33
of worship and
there's no corporate worship.
00:47:12.33\00:47:14.76
So you know, the
sabbath can be traced
00:47:14.76\00:47:18.63
all the way
back to Adam and Eve.
00:47:18.63\00:47:20.70
They kept it in
the Old Testament.
00:47:20.70\00:47:22.74
The apostles kept
it, Jesus kept it.
00:47:22.74\00:47:24.77
And it says in Isaiah
we're gonna keep it in heaven.
00:47:24.77\00:47:27.48
So that's a quick
summary; it's still important.
00:47:27.48\00:47:30.75
We have a lesson on
that that has all these.
00:47:30.75\00:47:32.41
- We do, it's called
"The Lost Day of History"
00:47:32.41\00:47:34.32
and we'll be happy to send this
00:47:34.32\00:47:35.38
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:47:35.38\00:47:36.52
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:47:36.52\00:47:39.72
Ask for the
Amazing Facts study guide.
00:47:39.72\00:47:41.32
It's called "The
Lost Day in History".
00:47:41.32\00:47:43.86
We also have a website
called SabbathTruth.com
00:47:43.86\00:47:46.90
that's filled with
great Bible studies.
00:47:46.90\00:47:49.13
There's video all on the
subject of the Bible sabbath.
00:47:49.13\00:47:52.07
And you'll enjoy
taking a look at that.
00:47:52.07\00:47:53.97
We've got Bruce
listening from North Carolina.
00:47:53.97\00:47:56.10
Bruce, welcome to the program.
00:47:56.10\00:47:57.67
- [Bruce] Hello pastors.
00:47:58.71\00:48:00.34
- Hi, thank you for calling.
00:48:00.34\00:48:01.94
- [Bruce] I would
like for you to explain
00:48:03.01\00:48:05.91
time prophecy in Daniel 12.
00:48:05.91\00:48:09.25
- All right, now for our
friends that are listening,
00:48:09.25\00:48:11.39
the last chapter of
Daniel, Daniel chapter 12
00:48:11.39\00:48:14.89
brings about a
summary of the prophecies
00:48:14.89\00:48:18.23
mentioned earlier in the book.
00:48:18.23\00:48:21.06
Daniel outlines the
history of God's people
00:48:21.06\00:48:24.80
and the battle they're going
to have with good and evil.
00:48:24.80\00:48:26.70
And even
highlights the beast's power
00:48:26.70\00:48:29.50
in Daniel in
chapters 7, 8, 9, 11.
00:48:29.50\00:48:34.01
And so when you
get to chapter 12,
00:48:36.54\00:48:38.55
he backs up and he
reviews those time periods.
00:48:38.55\00:48:41.15
One time is 1,260 years.
00:48:41.15\00:48:44.09
Then there's another
time that is 1,290 years.
00:48:44.09\00:48:46.76
And there's 1,335 years.
00:48:46.76\00:48:49.56
And you know, I
said a minute ago,
00:48:49.56\00:48:50.59
we try to
summarize our questions
00:48:50.59\00:48:52.33
in two or three minutes.
00:48:52.33\00:48:53.46
It's hard to do
that with this question.
00:48:53.46\00:48:56.53
But those three time
prophecies, you can see that,
00:48:56.53\00:48:59.07
well let's start with the 1260.
00:48:59.07\00:49:01.24
1260 is mentioned
several times in the Bible.
00:49:01.24\00:49:05.37
1260 in the Jewish
year, that's 1,260 days,
00:49:05.37\00:49:10.21
that is three and a half years.
00:49:10.21\00:49:11.85
Jesus taught for
three and a half years,
00:49:11.85\00:49:13.72
the famine of Elijah
three and a half years,
00:49:13.72\00:49:16.08
Esther's process
to choose Esther began
00:49:17.22\00:49:19.59
three and a half
years after this feast,
00:49:19.59\00:49:22.12
or after the book
begins, up to the feast.
00:49:22.12\00:49:26.83
And in Daniel, it
talks about a time,
00:49:28.33\00:49:30.23
a times and the
dividing of a time.
00:49:30.23\00:49:32.83
A time was a year, a times
was a pair or a couple of years,
00:49:32.83\00:49:35.64
so it's two and one is
three, and a dividing, a half.
00:49:35.64\00:49:39.64
42 months is in
Revelation, 42 months,
00:49:39.64\00:49:42.54
30 days is the
Jewish month, 1,260 days.
00:49:42.54\00:49:45.41
You've got that time
period talks about a time
00:49:45.41\00:49:47.68
of apostasy,
resistance, persecution.
00:49:47.68\00:49:51.22
Happens several
times in the Bible.
00:49:51.22\00:49:52.99
And so that is one
of the principle times
00:49:52.99\00:49:56.49
it's repeated in Revelation.
00:49:56.49\00:49:58.23
Daniel adds the time
1290 and 1335 because he gives
00:49:58.23\00:50:02.73
a starting point in
Christian history when,
00:50:02.73\00:50:06.43
- Clovis.
00:50:07.57\00:50:08.70
- Yeah, Clovis,
the king of the Franks,
00:50:08.70\00:50:10.04
the Holy Roman Empire
basically was inaugurated.
00:50:10.04\00:50:12.81
- Yeah, the date for that, 508.
00:50:12.81\00:50:14.84
And what's
significant about that date is
00:50:14.84\00:50:17.61
Clovis, who was leader of
the Franks, was in opposition
00:50:17.61\00:50:21.42
at first to the
Roman power, to the papacy.
00:50:21.42\00:50:24.75
But when he converted to
Christianity, he was a pagan,
00:50:24.75\00:50:26.96
when he
converted to Christianity,
00:50:26.96\00:50:28.29
that really opened up
the whole area known today
00:50:28.29\00:50:32.29
as France to become
supportive of the papal power.
00:50:32.29\00:50:36.60
So 508 is considered the
starting date for that 1290.
00:50:36.60\00:50:40.84
And the 1335, starting at
that same date in 508 brings you
00:50:40.84\00:50:44.51
up to 1843, when
there was a great revival
00:50:44.51\00:50:47.51
that was taking
place in North America
00:50:47.51\00:50:49.18
and other places
around the world.
00:50:49.18\00:50:51.08
And they were discovering
the prophecies of Daniel,
00:50:51.08\00:50:53.72
in particular, the
2300 days of Daniel 8:14.
00:50:53.72\00:50:56.32
So just a really
interesting study when you look
00:50:56.32\00:50:59.09
at these different time periods.
00:50:59.09\00:51:00.42
You know, Pastor
Doug, we probably,
00:51:00.42\00:51:01.79
I don't think we have a
book specifically on Daniel 12,
00:51:01.79\00:51:04.56
but maybe that's
something we work on.
00:51:04.56\00:51:05.66
- We need to write one.
00:51:05.66\00:51:06.96
- Yeah. - As you're talking.
00:51:06.96\00:51:08.06
We get this question,
we need to write something.
00:51:08.06\00:51:09.76
- Yeah, absolutely.
00:51:09.76\00:51:10.80
All right, well
thanks for your call.
00:51:10.80\00:51:11.90
We've got, let's see,
Jim listening in Canada.
00:51:11.90\00:51:14.14
Jim, welcome to the program.
00:51:14.14\00:51:15.70
- [Jim] Thank you
very much for having me on.
00:51:15.70\00:51:18.21
- Yeah.
00:51:18.21\00:51:19.27
- [Jim] 'Cause I do
like to say you guys are
00:51:19.27\00:51:20.64
my favorite pastors on TV.
00:51:20.64\00:51:23.01
- Well, thank you.
00:51:23.01\00:51:24.35
- [Jim] I've joined the
Seventh Day a few years ago
00:51:24.35\00:51:26.92
and it's a blessing.
00:51:28.12\00:51:29.85
- Well, bless your heart.
00:51:29.85\00:51:30.69
Thank you.
00:51:30.69\00:51:32.25
- [Jim] Well, my
question is, is the commandment
00:51:32.25\00:51:35.16
of thou shall not kill.
00:51:35.16\00:51:37.26
And I noticed that a
lot of pastors are saying,
00:51:38.99\00:51:42.93
"Thou shall not murder."
00:51:42.93\00:51:44.63
Now to me, that's changing it
00:51:44.63\00:51:47.70
and God said not to change it.
00:51:47.70\00:51:49.37
So, and I've
noticed, like when I watched
00:51:50.57\00:51:53.24
that movie, "Hacksaw
Ridge", Doss could not be swayed
00:51:53.24\00:51:58.05
and he did not kill.
00:51:58.05\00:52:00.45
And he performed a,
to me, a super miracle,
00:52:00.45\00:52:03.52
he saved all those
people on that ridge.
00:52:03.52\00:52:06.22
- Yeah, it was remarkable.
00:52:06.22\00:52:08.32
Well, let me talk about that.
00:52:08.32\00:52:10.06
Yeah, he
refused to pick up a gun
00:52:10.06\00:52:12.73
and he was not gonna kill.
00:52:12.73\00:52:13.96
He was a fellow human.
00:52:13.96\00:52:16.16
And of course, Jesus tells
us to overcome evil with good.
00:52:16.16\00:52:19.83
By the way, I knew Desmond
Doss and just a wonderful man.
00:52:19.83\00:52:23.91
His wife was, her family
was at a church I pastored,
00:52:25.97\00:52:29.91
so I'd see him
on a regular basis.
00:52:29.91\00:52:31.35
He'd come up to
visit her family.
00:52:31.35\00:52:33.52
Anyway, Jesus
actually uses the word,
00:52:33.52\00:52:37.42
and you might look
this up, Pastor Ross,
00:52:37.42\00:52:38.79
I think it's in Mark chapter 10,
00:52:38.79\00:52:40.66
when Jesus is
quoting the 10 Commandments
00:52:40.66\00:52:42.52
to the rich young ruler
and He quotes that commandment.
00:52:42.52\00:52:44.79
He specifically says,
"Thou shall not murder."
00:52:44.79\00:52:47.93
Now, there is a difference
between murder and killing.
00:52:47.93\00:52:51.17
And I think you'll
agree, Jim, that you know,
00:52:51.17\00:52:53.27
if you step on a
weed and you kill it,
00:52:53.27\00:52:55.20
you're not gonna
be called a murderer,
00:52:55.20\00:52:56.94
and that's not
breaking that commandment,
00:52:56.94\00:52:58.64
"Thou shalt not kill."
00:52:58.64\00:53:00.18
Or if a mosquito's
biting you and you swat it
00:53:00.18\00:53:02.71
to put it out of its misery,
00:53:02.71\00:53:04.68
you've technically
killed the mosquito,
00:53:05.78\00:53:07.72
but you've not
broken the commandment,
00:53:07.72\00:53:09.08
"Thou shalt not kill."
00:53:09.08\00:53:10.72
That commandment, and
then why would God tell Moses,
00:53:10.72\00:53:14.32
"Thou shalt not
kill," and then tell Moses
00:53:14.32\00:53:17.03
to execute and
stone certain people
00:53:17.03\00:53:19.19
that had broken
other commandments?
00:53:19.19\00:53:21.63
- The verse
referring to Matthew 19:18,
00:53:22.70\00:53:24.80
which Jesus says,
"Thou shalt not murder."
00:53:24.80\00:53:26.97
And He uses the word murder.
00:53:26.97\00:53:28.50
- Murder is defined as
a taking of innocent life
00:53:28.50\00:53:33.11
and human life, in particular.
00:53:33.11\00:53:35.38
So I do think that,
we've gotta be careful
00:53:35.38\00:53:39.71
not to think of
thou shalt not kill
00:53:39.71\00:53:41.78
in the broad sense
of killing anything.
00:53:41.78\00:53:44.59
It's really talking about
taking of innocent human life.
00:53:44.59\00:53:47.89
If a person is
defending their family
00:53:47.89\00:53:51.36
and some crazed
murderer comes into their home,
00:53:51.36\00:53:54.20
and in the process of defending
their family, they have
00:53:54.20\00:53:56.77
to kill the perpetrator,
they are not ever tried
00:53:56.77\00:54:00.20
by any people as a killer.
00:54:00.20\00:54:02.80
'Cause they've
not committed murder,
00:54:03.94\00:54:05.11
it's just self-defense.
00:54:05.11\00:54:06.44
- Or if somebody, you
know, an accident occurs.
00:54:06.44\00:54:09.08
And accidentally,
somebody gets killed,
00:54:09.08\00:54:11.78
and it's just an accident.
00:54:11.78\00:54:13.48
You don't hold that
person accountable for murder.
00:54:14.85\00:54:16.79
Matter of fact, there's
even the story in the Bible
00:54:16.79\00:54:18.49
and it gives the example,
if you're swinging an ax
00:54:18.49\00:54:20.79
and the ax head comes off
and kills somebody, you know,
00:54:20.79\00:54:24.46
you're not held
liable for murder.
00:54:24.46\00:54:26.29
You go to a city of
refuge and then they find
00:54:26.29\00:54:28.63
that it was an
accident and you're free.
00:54:28.63\00:54:30.57
- Yeah, and even the laws
today, laws about manslaughter,
00:54:30.57\00:54:33.37
it's talking
about unintentional.
00:54:33.37\00:54:34.94
You've got
premeditated murder, so forth.
00:54:34.94\00:54:37.24
So yeah, I think it's closer
to say thou shalt not murder,
00:54:37.24\00:54:41.24
even though I
know the King James
00:54:41.24\00:54:42.68
and some version say,
"Thou shalt not kill."
00:54:42.68\00:54:44.95
I would respect that.
00:54:45.81\00:54:47.25
We do have our lesson
we started out with saying
00:54:47.25\00:54:49.35
written in stone; talk
some more about that law.
00:54:49.35\00:54:51.75
Now, Pastor Ross, for our
friends that are listening
00:54:51.75\00:54:54.29
or watching right now, we
sort of sign off in stages.
00:54:54.29\00:54:58.43
We wanna say
goodbye to our friends
00:54:58.43\00:54:59.73
that are listening
on satellite radio.
00:54:59.73\00:55:01.36
But the rest of
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00:55:01.36\00:55:03.30
because just a
moment, we're gonna come back.
00:55:03.30\00:55:04.93
We're gonna take some
rapid fire Bible questions
00:55:04.93\00:55:07.90
that you have sent in via email.
00:55:07.90\00:55:09.90
God bless to the rest.
00:55:09.90\00:55:11.57
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00:55:30.53\00:55:31.89
We have about two and a
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00:55:31.89\00:55:33.83
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00:55:33.83\00:55:36.13
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00:55:36.13\00:55:37.70
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All right, question number one.
00:55:45.57\00:55:46.68
Brittany's asking
what did Jesus mean
00:55:46.68\00:55:48.28
when He called the
Pharisees a brood of vipers?
00:55:48.28\00:55:51.81
- Yeah, and I think that
00:55:51.81\00:55:53.95
even John the
Baptist uses that term.
00:55:53.95\00:55:56.75
Well in the Bible,
vipers are considered snakes.
00:55:56.75\00:56:00.32
They're considered synonymous
in many places with the devil.
00:56:00.32\00:56:04.03
Where is it, Revelation
chapter 12's at least one place
00:56:04.03\00:56:06.53
where it calls that old
serpent, the dragon Satan.
00:56:06.53\00:56:10.80
And so it's calls him the
devil, Satan, dragon, serpent.
00:56:10.80\00:56:15.80
And so when you
say a brood of vipers,
00:56:15.80\00:56:18.37
He's basically
saying you're a bunch
00:56:18.37\00:56:20.61
of demon-led
individuals, which is, you know,
00:56:20.61\00:56:25.21
you think about a snake
pit and they would get together
00:56:25.21\00:56:28.12
and they would connive and
talk about how to, you know,
00:56:28.12\00:56:30.89
persecute God's prophets.
00:56:30.89\00:56:33.09
And so Jesus and they
led a lot of people astray.
00:56:33.09\00:56:35.92
He said you rob widow's houses,
so it was not a compliment.
00:56:35.92\00:56:39.49
- Okay, we have
another question.
00:56:39.49\00:56:40.90
Jackie is asking, do
we really have to pray
00:56:40.90\00:56:43.30
for those who are wicked?
00:56:43.30\00:56:44.67
- Well, you know,
Jesus says love your enemies
00:56:44.67\00:56:46.67
and we should be
thankful that while we were
00:56:46.67\00:56:49.77
yet sinners, Christ died for us.
00:56:49.77\00:56:51.67
So even in our
lostness, in our wickedness,
00:56:51.67\00:56:55.41
wickedness would be sort of
like intentional disobedience,
00:56:55.41\00:56:58.65
God is merciful to us.
00:56:59.68\00:57:01.72
And I think we know
there are stories in the Bible
00:57:01.72\00:57:03.72
of people who are wicked.
00:57:03.72\00:57:05.09
I think of Manasseh was
probably the best example,
00:57:05.09\00:57:08.19
you know, sacrifices
children in the fire,
00:57:08.19\00:57:10.13
killed Isaiah, the
prophet, wicked man.
00:57:10.13\00:57:13.13
He went through a
dramatic conversion.
00:57:13.13\00:57:15.26
So yes, even wicked
people can be reached
00:57:15.26\00:57:18.57
by the power of God.
00:57:18.57\00:57:19.87
- We also have the conversion
00:57:19.87\00:57:20.97
of
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.
00:57:20.97\00:57:22.47
- [Pastor Doug] Yeah.
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- All right, another
question that we have.
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Isabelle wants to know,
how can she be bold for Jesus,
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but in a subtle way
because she's timid?
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- Well, you can of
course, be bold in your prayers.
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And the Lord can make even
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a timid person
bold at the right time.
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It talks about the
righteous are as bold as a lion.
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So I think, you know, as
you just pray for opportunity
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to speak up, you can
be bold with the words
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that you speak, and
they don't have to be loud.
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You can say something profound
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and it'll get
everyone's attention.
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- Okay, well, Pastor Doug,
we wanna remind our friends
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who are listening, if
you have a Bible question
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and you'd like to
submit it to the program,
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just email
BALQuestions@AmazingFacts.org
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and we will try to answer
as many questions as we can
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before we run outta time.
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And you hear
music in the background,
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so we want to
thank you for joining us.
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And next week, we
look forward to meeting you
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again for another
program of "Bible Answers Live".
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- [Narrator]
"Bible Answers Live",
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honest and accurate
answers to your Bible questions.
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