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Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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Doug Batchelor: Hello, listening
friends, would you like to hear
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an Amazing Fact?
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In 1899, a New York City taxicab
driver, Jacob German, left his
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mark in history by
becoming the first person in
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the United States to be cited
for speeding in an automobile.
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German was a driver for the
Electric Vehicle Company, which
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leased its cars to be used
as taxis in the bustling city.
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The car that German was driving
was known as an Electrobat,
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which was a fully electric
vehicle invented in 1894.
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There were about 60 Electrobats
in 1899 operating as taxis in
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the New York City area, where
speed limits for horses and cars
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was eight miles an hour
when traveling straight and four
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miles an hour on a turn.
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German was traveling at
the lightning speed of 12 miles
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an hour.
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The officer who pulled him over,
the speed demon, was so outraged
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he actually chased him down
and pulled him over with his
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bicycle, and arrested him,
and threw him in jail overnight.
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That's funny, because you've
got someone getting a speeding
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ticket for going 12 miles an
hour and he gets pulled over by
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a bicycle policeman.
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Jëan Ross: In an
electric car, yeah.
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Doug: I wonder if he had
red and blue lights flashing
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on his bike.
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But it makes me think about,
just you look at the cities
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today, and if that was speeding,
and they were worried about the
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traffic back then, it
makes me think of a prophecy.
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Now, Nahum is not specifically
talking about speeding cars but
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just listen to this, friends.
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In the Book of Nahum, you don't
hear that quoted very often, one
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of the minor prophets, chapter
2, verse 4, "The chariots rage
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in the streets, They jostle one
another in the broad roads; They
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seem like torches,
They run like lightning."
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It sounds like LA
just around sundown.
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I tell you, I think he's
actually talking about the fall
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of Nineveh and
the army that came in.
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But there is another passage
in Daniel chapter 12, verse 4,
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talking about the last days.
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And it said, "But you, Daniel,
shut up the words," of this
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prophecy, "And seal the book
until the time of the end; many
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will run to and fro, and
knowledge will increase."
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Think how far we've gone, Pastor
Ross, and in just about 100
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years, from that first
speeding ticket to artificial
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intelligence and self-driving
cars and tourism going to space.
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And Daniel said in the last days
knowledge will increase, and
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knowledge has increased
exponentially more in the last
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100 years than all of the
history of man put together,
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which makes me think
we're living in the last days.
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And it's exciting, because one
of the prophecies of Jesus, in
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Matthew chapter 24:14, said,
"The gospel of this kingdom will
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be preached in all the world for
a witness unto the nations, and
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then the end will come."
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And now, with the internet and
international communications and
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satellites, there's scarcely
a place we can go in the world,
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now, where you can't connect
and hear the gospel in almost
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any language.
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Jëan: You know, Pastor Doug
that reminds me of, well, an
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experience you had in Papua,
New Guinea, way out in the bush.
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You and the team, which actually
makes me smile to think of it,
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you and the team were out there
and you're looking for a native
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house, just kind of a
grass roof kind of hut thing.
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And you found the perfect
spot and you were gonna do an
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"Amazing Fact."
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And you walked up to the house
and you asked the person if you
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could film in front of the
house, and the lady knew who you
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were because she was watching
it on her cellphone, she was
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watching "Amazing Facts."
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Doug: Out in the jungle in the
middle of New Guinea, and they
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were watching there.
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Jëan: It's just amazing.
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Doug: It's so incredible.
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So the Bible tells us that
Jesus, in Revelation 14, chapter
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14, of Revelation verse
14, says, "Christ comes in the
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clouds," he's pictured.
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Before Jesus comes in the
clouds, it depicts these three
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angelic messages that go to the
world, and that's happening now.
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And maybe people would like to
know, what are those messages,
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the last messages that go to
the world before Jesus comes?
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Jëan: And you find it in
Revelation chapter 14, we call
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it The Three Angels Messages,
and it's to the everlasting
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gospel that has to go to
every nation, kindred, tongue,
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and people.
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Our study guide is called "Angel
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Probably one of the most
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God's last warning message to
the world, you find it there in
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Revelation chapter 14.
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Well, before we go to the
phone lines, let's have a word
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of prayer.
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Dear Father in heaven, we
thank you, once again, for this
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opportunity to open
up your Word and study.
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And Lord, we always ask for your
Spirit to come and guide us here
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in the studio and be with those
who are listening, wherever they
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might be, in
their car or at home.
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And lead us, Lord, into
a clearer understanding of
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Bible truth.
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For we ask this in
Jesus's name, Amen.
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Doug: Amen.
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Jëan: Our first call of
this evening is Gary, listening
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in Illinois.
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Gary, you are on
"Bible Answers Live."
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Gary: Thank you.
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I found two places in the
Bible where Armageddon could be
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referenced, Revelation 16,
the kings of the whole world are
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enticed by four demonic angels,
when the Euphrates River dries
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up, and they're taken
to the place in the Hebrew
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called Armageddon.
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And then again in Revelation 20,
this is the second resurrection,
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one of the unrighteous dead.
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Once they resurrect from
the grave, they attack New
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Jerusalem, and during the
battle, God sends down fire and
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destroys them, I
guess second death.
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So, which of these two
is the real Armageddon?
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Are they both
the same Armageddon?
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It doesn't seem like they are.
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Doug: All right, first of
all, the key to understanding
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Revelation chapter 16, where it
talks about the Euphrates River
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drying up to make way for
the kings of the East, and these
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three unclean spirits
gather the kings to battle.
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You'll go to the Old Testament,
and King Saul goes to an evil
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spirit and he then is killed
in the battle the next day.
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Now, Saul had been trying
to kill David, who is a type
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of Christ.
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The battle of Armageddon is
principally a battle between
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those who follow Christ
and those who follow the devil.
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And even though King Saul was a
Jew, he was killing the priests
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and sometimes the
devil gets into the church.
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That's gonna happen in the
end, where, through the guise of
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Christianity and false worship,
the devil is gonna bring
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about persecution.
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And Jesus said, "The day is
coming," and this is, I think,
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John 16, "Those who kill you
will think they're serving God."
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So, the first stage of this
battle between Christ and Satan
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is taking place prior to
the second coming, it's a war.
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The final battle of the war is
when Satan then tries to launch
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this final
desperate attack at the end.
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So, it's really one Armageddon
reaches across the millennium
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between two wars.
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Jëan: Yeah, there are two
phases, the first phase takes
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place at the second coming of
Christ, and the wicked then die,
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will be called the first death.
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The second part of the battle,
which takes place at the end of
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the thousand years, it says
death and hell and the devil and
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the wicked are thrown to
the lake of fire and they are no
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more, they are
consumed by those fires.
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So that is the second part of
the battle of Armageddon, which
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is the final
destruction of sin and sinners.
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And the earth is recreated after
that, the earth is purified by
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fire, and then Revelation 21
talks about a new heavens and
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a new earth wherein
dwells righteousness.
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Doug: You know, we do have a
study guide called "1,000 Years
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of Peace" that talks about
what happens at the end of the
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thousand years.
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We'll be happy to send it
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The number is 800-835-6747, and
you can ask for the study guide,
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it's called "1,000 Years of
Peace," it's about Revelation
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chapter 20, otherwise
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Or you can dial $250 on your
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Thank you, Gary.
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We got Peggy,
listening in Pennsylvania.
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Peggy, welcome to the program.
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Peggy: Okay, indulge me for
a couple of minutes if you may.
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I've read my entire Bible, I've
been a Christian for a very long
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time, and unfortunately, where
we locate myself, there's not
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reception of the station of
Christian that I used to listen
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to, so I found this other
station that is very liking to
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my ear, until I figured the type
of denomination that they are,
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and also they speak a
lot about the Sabbath.
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I do have quite a few friends
who practice or keep the Sabbath
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because they are
from that religion.
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So my question is, according to
the Bible, when I read it, when
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God was making creation,
there was no man around.
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I don't recall reading anywhere
in the Bible where the days were
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named like we
know them to be now.
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Human names the days, the same
way humans decide whenever they
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are in a particular practice,
they don't like it, they go out
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and form their
own other doctrine.
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So, how do we know?
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So I really am seeking for
the truth, the more I'm into my
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Bible, the more I
want to see the truth.
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And now there is so much
opinion, so many books which
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really I don't bother to
read cause otherwise you become
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confused, cause everybody
have their own opinions.
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How does human or people who
are confessing that the religion
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that they are that keep the
Sabbath as God committed to do
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was definitely on a Saturday?
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Doug: I appreciate that, Peggy.
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First of all, how do we
know that the seventh day
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is Saturday?
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Well, first of all, let's just
establish that I believe there
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are good Christian people
in many different churches.
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I'm not trying
to condemn anyone.
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But if you wanna know what the
Bible says is the truth, very
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clearly, in creation, you look
and the days of the week are
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numbered, they're not named.
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We didn't get the names for
the days of the week until the
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Romans, we started adopting
some of the Roman names.
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First day of the week, they call
Sunday, and Sunday is the first
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day of the week,
that's when Jesus rose.
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We know what day it is, it
says, "And on the first day of
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the week."
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We know that He was crucified,
it was a preparation day, which
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is what we call Friday, which
is the sixth day of the week.
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He rested in the tomb on the
seventh day, they wanted to go
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home and prepare spices, the
Bible tells us in Luke chapter
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23, and keep the Sabbath
according to the commandment.
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So, the day between the sixth
day and the first day is the
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seventh day, and He died
on Friday, that's where we got
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Good Friday.
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He's rested in the tomb on
the Sabbath, He even kept the
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Sabbath in His death, He rose
Sunday morning and the first day
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of the week.
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So, not only that, but you've
got a nation of 16 million Jews
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around the world, many of them
still keep the seventh day of
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the week, which is Saturday.
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So there's been no confusion.
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If you look in any encyclopedia
or dictionary and you just type
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in first day of the week or
Sunday, it'll tell you first day
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of the week.
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So there's no real
confusion about that.
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Jëan: And of course, the fourth
commandment, which talks about
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the Sabbath, it says, "The
seventh day is the Sabbath of
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the Lord thy God."
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So we know which day of the
week is the Sabbath, it's the
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seventh day.
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And like you mentioned, when
Jesus was on the earth, the Jews
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were keeping the seventh
day, they called it the Sabbath,
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Jesus kept the Sabbath along
with the rest of the Jewish
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people, and since then, there's
been an accurate record of which
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day of the week is the Sabbath,
which is the seventh day, that's
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come all the way
down to our time.
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It starts back in Genesis
2, after God created man on the
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sixth day and He said it was
good, says, "And on the seventh
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day He ended His work which He
had done, He rested the Sabbath
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day," seventh day, "He
blessed the seventh day."
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And Jesus said the Sabbath was
made for man, so man is made the
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sixth day, the seventh day he
makes the Sabbath for man, the
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word Jesus uses there is
anthropos, so it doesn't mean
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Jews, it means mankind.
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And man still needs that day of
rest, and it's not any day, God
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said, "I've blessed the day,
a special day, and I want you to
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keep the day I've blessed."
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So that's why
you're hearing that.
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And we have a whole website that
can answer questions, as well as
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a study guide.
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Jëan: That's right, we have a
website called SabbathTruth.com,
00:13:43.69\00:13:45.89
and anyone can go to it, take
a look at it, there's videos,
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a lot of Bible study material.
00:13:48.69\00:13:50.39
We also have one of our "Amazing
Fact" study guides, it's called
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"The Lost Day of History," and
it's about the Sabbath and we'll
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be happy to send it to
anyone who calls and asks.
00:13:56.06\00:13:58.30
The number is 800-835-6747, just
ask for that study guide, it's
00:13:58.33\00:14:03.04
called "The
Lost Day of History."
00:14:03.07\00:14:04.31
Or you can dial #250, and say,
"Bible Answers Live," and then
00:14:04.34\00:14:08.58
ask for it by name,
"The Lost Day of History."
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Thank you, Peggy.
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We got Glenn listening in Ohio.
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Glen, welcome to the program.
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Glen: Thank you, good evening,
and thank you for taking
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my call.
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Jëan: Yes, sir.
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Glen: You know, my question
could probably better be stated,
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"Is Enoch really still alive?"
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When my mother passed, I was
there, and her passing was very
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quiet and restful.
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I believe she was an example
of what the Bible says, "Did not
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see death."
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That wording, could that apply
to the fact that Enoch died as
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according to Hebrews 11:13, that
he really died, but he didn't
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see death?
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That's my question.
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Doug: All right, the Bible,
I think, is pretty clear, in
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Hebrews 11, it's telling us that
Enoch was not, for God took him,
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and he had this
testimony, he walked with God.
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And so, the Bible, I think,
is indicating that Enoch did not
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die, and that we're very happy
and thankful for those that have
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a peaceful death and
they are resting in Jesus.
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And that's why you've got
cemeteries that say RIP, rest
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in peace.
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That's what the Lord wants
for His children, sleeping that
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dreamless, peaceful
sleep, there's no consciousness
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of time.
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Their next conscious thought,
if they die saved is be in the
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first resurrection.
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The dead in Christ will rise,
the next thing they see after
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death is the face of
their Savior, which is a
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beautiful thought.
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But Enoch never did die, God
translated him, he did not die
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and get resurrected, God
just gave him a glorified body.
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So what happened to Enoch is
what's happening to the people
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who are alive when Jesus comes,
and Pastor Ross, I think it's
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1 Corinthians 15, where He
said that, "In a moment, the
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twinkling of an eye, at the last
trump," "We are transformed,"
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"This mortal
puts on immortality."
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So, we don't die, those who are
alive and remain when the Lord
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comes, says, "We're caught up to
meet the resurrected saints in
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the air."
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And that's what happened to
Enoch and Elijah, and I'm hoping
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that's my experience.
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I mean, if I have to die first,
so be it, but I'd like to avoid
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it if I can.
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Jëan: The verse you're referring
to there, Pastor, 1 Corinthians
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chapter 15:53-54.
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Doug: Yeah, the whole
chapter is on the resurrection.
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Thank you so much, we
appreciate that, Glen.
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Jëan: Next caller that we
have is James, in Tennessee.
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James, welcome to the program.
00:16:36.59\00:16:39.53
James: Hey, good afternoon.
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Yeah, I was just gonna ask, my
question is based on Acts 4:12.
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All throughout the Bible, it
says, "Those who have not denied
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my name."
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Well, it says that in
Revelation, the Book of Malachi
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talks about His name a lot.
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Acts 4:12 says, "There's only
one name given amongst men where
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you must be saved."
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Now we know back in the scrolls,
there wasn't, like you said,
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vowels or consonants,
they either call him Yehusha
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or Yeshua.
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So, the letter J, I found out,
has only been around for about
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600 or 700 years.
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So, if the Bible, God's Word
was written so long ago, how did
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they throw the name J, and
how can we call him Jesus if the
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letter J has only been
around 600 or 700 years.
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Wouldn't that be breaking the
commandment, "Thou shalt have no
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other gods before me," because
the name Jesus was not in
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the scrolls?
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I wanna make sure I'm
doing it in truth, you know?
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I just wanna worship spirit
and truth, and Acts 4:12 says,
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"There's only one name
given amongst men where we must
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be saved."
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And it kind of scares me because
there was no J in Hebrew, so,
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kind of like the Sabbath, man
tried to change the Sabbath from
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Saturday to Sunday, and I just
want that to be God's authority.
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Go ahead.
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Doug: Okay, yeah, I understand
where you're coming from.
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So, the question you're really
asking is, if people are using
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the pronunciation of Jesus
instead of Yeshua or Yahweh to
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talk to God, are
they somehow disobeying?
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Am I saying that correctly?
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James: Mhm.
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Doug: Yeah.
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Well, does God require us
to pronounce His name in the
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original Hebrew or does He
expect us to pronounce His name
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in our native tongues?
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So, if I'm in Mexico and they
don't say Jesus, they say Jesús,
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and in some countries, it's Jiu,
and if I was in Israel, it would
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be Yeshua.
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So, I don't know that God
is requiring us to speak in the
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original language when we
say his name, we can say the
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translated version of His name.
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And in the American culture
and a lot of English languages,
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that's come across as Jesus.
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If a person feels convicted that
they're somehow losing power by
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not pronouncing it correctly,
then they should pronounce it as
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close to the
original Hebrew as they think.
00:19:06.54\00:19:08.81
But I don't think I'd put
that on other people, because we
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speak to God, God is the one who
confused the languages, we speak
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to him in our native tongues.
00:19:17.22\00:19:18.55
Jëan: And yeah, let me add, the
verse that you're looking at,
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"There is no other name
given among men whereby we must
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be saved."
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The word they name means,
"The Savior," means, "Jesus."
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We are not saved by a name,
we are saved by a person, and we
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refer to that person by a name.
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Now, that name might be
pronounced differently in
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different languages, but it's
referring to the same person.
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And I think that's the point
of the verse, there is one that
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saves us and that's
Jesus, he's the Savior.
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Now, if you're
speaking Spanish, Jesús, right?
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But it's the same person
that we're referring to, we're
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talking about Jesus.
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So I don't think the Bible
is saying we all need to speak
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Hebrew, but we all say by the
same person, meaning the Savior,
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Christ, which is Jesus.
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Doug: The emphasis is the
character, the relationship, not
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how you move your
tongue and pronounce it.
00:20:03.10\00:20:06.53
So, yeah, I hope that
helps a little bit, James, and
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absolutely, "There is no other
name given among men whereby we
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must be saved,"
than Christ, Messiah.
00:20:12.77\00:20:15.94
Do you wanna say Yeshua or
Jesus, it's the same individual,
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depends on what
tongue you speak.
00:20:21.92\00:20:23.28
Jëan: And even the Bible writers
themselves, they didn't always
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use the exact same name when
referring to Christ, sometimes
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the Messiah, sometimes Christ.
00:20:28.19\00:20:30.06
Doug: Oh, go to
Revelations, Ge's got 20 names.
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Jëan: That's right, the
Alpha and the Omega, right?
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So, different names.
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All right, we got
John listening in New York.
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John, welcome to the program.
00:20:37.03\00:20:39.23
John: Yes, Pastor Doug, I
really have two questions.
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Can I ask my two questions?
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Doug: Let's start one at a time.
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John: Okay, thank you.
00:20:47.21\00:20:50.11
My first question is, I go
to church on Sunday, which is
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called
Resurrection Day, correct?
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Doug: Well, yeah, He
did rise on Sunday, correct.
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John: Okay, so why am I
going to church on Sunday then?
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Doug: Well, do you have a
command anywhere in Scripture to
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go to church on the
first day of the week.
00:21:09.63\00:21:13.23
John: Not that I know of,
but the seventh day was the old
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what's that
word I'm looking for?
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I can't think of it.
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Doug: The old covenant?
00:21:23.31\00:21:24.65
John: The old
covenant, thank you, right.
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And that was crucified at the
cross, and then the new covenant
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doesn't say, "Go to church on
Sunday," but why do they worship
00:21:32.45\00:21:37.66
go in on Sunday,
Resurrection Day, then?
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Doug: Well, let's talk
about that, John, for a second.
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You know what the Ten
Commandments are, right?
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John: I know, but that's
the old covenant, isn't it?
00:21:45.90\00:21:48.24
Doug: All right, well, let's
just bear with me for a second.
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So, the commandment that says,
"Don't murder," is that the old
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covenant or are we
still supposed to keep that?
00:21:54.78\00:21:57.65
John: No, that
one you keep, yes.
00:21:57.68\00:21:59.51
Doug: What about the
command that says, "Don't
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commit adultery"?
00:22:01.22\00:22:02.78
John: Yeah, I
mean, you're saying that.
00:22:02.82\00:22:04.75
Doug: So, you would agree
with all of the Ten Commandments
00:22:04.79\00:22:07.36
except the fourth?
00:22:07.39\00:22:08.72
John: The fourth commandment
says to worship on the Sabbath?
00:22:08.76\00:22:12.29
Doug: Yeah, the fourth
commandment says, "Remember
00:22:12.33\00:22:14.00
the Sabbath day,
to keep it holy."
00:22:14.00\00:22:15.23
So it's the one commandment that
God says to remember, and Jesus,
00:22:15.26\00:22:19.97
as His custom was, and we are,
a Christian is a follower of
00:22:20.00\00:22:22.97
Christ, as His custom was, it
says He went into the synagogue
00:22:23.00\00:22:27.48
on the Sabbath day, and
Paul, as his custom was.
00:22:27.51\00:22:31.35
And so, there's no question
that, all the way from the time
00:22:31.38\00:22:34.38
of Adam, through the children
of Israel, through the New
00:22:34.42\00:22:37.52
Testament, they believed in
keeping the 10 Commandments.
00:22:37.55\00:22:40.59
Now, the Sabbath, we believe in
all of them, we don't believe in
00:22:40.62\00:22:42.79
one more than the other, we just
think you need to be consistent
00:22:42.82\00:22:45.43
and keep them all.
00:22:45.46\00:22:46.80
So, I think that
was your first question.
00:22:46.83\00:22:48.33
What was your
second question, John?
00:22:48.36\00:22:49.73
Because we're running
up against our break here.
00:22:49.76\00:22:52.43
John: Okay, my second question
is, I'm blind and God says that
00:22:52.47\00:22:58.84
when He comes with Jesus,
that every eye will see Him.
00:22:58.87\00:23:02.74
And if I'm
blind, how do I do that?
00:23:02.78\00:23:04.71
Doug: Well, you know what?
00:23:04.75\00:23:06.05
I think that a blind people
are going to be healed to see
00:23:06.08\00:23:10.02
the coming of the Lord.
00:23:10.05\00:23:11.72
And how God does that, I don't
know, but I have no doubt in my
00:23:11.75\00:23:15.22
mind that He's gonna help
them be able to recognize that,
00:23:15.26\00:23:20.90
especially believers.
00:23:20.93\00:23:22.23
Because it says, "At His
coming," says, "This mortal must
00:23:22.26\00:23:25.83
put on immortality," so we get
immortal, glorified bodies at
00:23:25.87\00:23:29.17
that time.
00:23:29.20\00:23:30.94
Well, I hope that
helps a little bit, John.
00:23:30.97\00:23:32.64
Now, we do have a study guide
on your first question, it's
00:23:32.67\00:23:36.68
actually a book we'll share with
you, tells you the difference
00:23:36.71\00:23:39.58
between the new
and the old covenants.
00:23:39.61\00:23:41.15
Jëan: That's a great book,
Pastor, but we don't always give
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it away, so we want to encourage
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It's called "Does God's
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00:23:47.89\00:23:50.19
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Jëan: My name is Jëan Ross, and
we have Julian, who's listening
00:28:00.11\00:28:02.28
in Illinois.
00:28:02.31\00:28:03.61
Julian, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:28:03.65\00:28:05.85
Julian: Hi, how are you guys?
00:28:05.88\00:28:07.18
Doug: Doing well, thank you.
00:28:07.22\00:28:09.12
Julian: So, in Genesis 28:18,
it describes Jacob building a
00:28:09.15\00:28:13.19
pillar to honor God, but in
Deuteronomy 16:22 it says not
00:28:13.22\00:28:17.66
to build any sacred
pillars which God hates.
00:28:17.69\00:28:20.26
And it's probably due to the
Canaanite culture, and I just
00:28:20.30\00:28:23.87
wanna know what the difference
between Jacob's intentions were
00:28:23.90\00:28:27.10
and what would stop
someone from building one today.
00:28:27.14\00:28:30.41
Doug: Yeah-yeah-yeah, you're
very sharp that you caught that,
00:28:30.44\00:28:33.44
but actually they're talking
about two different things, and
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the word is the same.
00:28:35.94\00:28:37.18
Jacob basically takes the stone
that he used as a pillow, and it
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may have been a little bit of
a longer stone, and he set it up
00:28:41.78\00:28:45.05
so, if the stone is flat,
it's naturally knocked down
00:28:45.09\00:28:49.32
by erosion.
00:28:49.36\00:28:50.66
But he wanted to remember the
spot and so he kind of raised it
00:28:50.69\00:28:53.19
up so he'd didn't remember this
location, put some oil on it and
00:28:53.23\00:28:57.13
named it Bethel.
00:28:57.17\00:28:58.53
That was very different from
when the Canaanites would, their
00:28:58.57\00:29:02.77
pillars were actually
carved and they often had sexual
00:29:02.80\00:29:07.24
connotations, and all these
rituals and things were obscene.
00:29:07.28\00:29:14.18
And that was very common in
a lot of the cultures, not only
00:29:14.22\00:29:18.82
among the Canaanites, you go to
Central, South America, you can
00:29:18.85\00:29:21.32
see a lot of the same thing.
00:29:21.36\00:29:23.19
This is what he's
talking about in Deuteronomy.
00:29:23.22\00:29:25.26
It wasn't Jacob just setting up
an uncarved stone and said, "I
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don't want to forget this spot."
00:29:28.53\00:29:29.90
Because, you see, when the
children of Israel crossed the
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Jordan River, they took 12
stones out of the river and they
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made an altar, they
used 12 instead of one.
00:29:35.84\00:29:38.64
So they used to make stone
memorials to remember events,
00:29:38.67\00:29:42.24
but the key is, Moses said,
"You shall not lift up your tool
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upon it."
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As soon as they started carving
it, he says, "You do that,
00:29:48.48\00:29:50.15
you polluted it."
00:29:50.19\00:29:51.55
And that's why Elijah rebuilt
the altar of the Lord, he took
00:29:51.59\00:29:53.96
the stones.
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That's why it says in Daniel
2, "A stone cut without man's
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hands," meaning it's
not an idol like the statue.
00:29:59.06\00:30:03.40
So, good catch, Julian, I hope
that makes sense, there are two
00:30:03.43\00:30:06.27
different things
that are happening there.
00:30:06.30\00:30:08.17
Jëan: Okay, thank you, we've got
Irene, listening in California.
00:30:08.20\00:30:10.91
Irene, welcome to the program.
00:30:10.94\00:30:12.84
Irene: Hi, good evening.
00:30:12.87\00:30:14.18
Doug: Evening.
00:30:14.21\00:30:16.28
Irene: So I would like to ask
you to help settle an argument
00:30:16.31\00:30:20.52
we have about
the week of creation.
00:30:20.55\00:30:24.49
We know Adam was made on
the sixth day, it's a two-part
00:30:24.52\00:30:29.49
question actually, was Eve
made later on the sixth day?
00:30:29.52\00:30:36.63
And when did they get
married, was it before Sabbath,
00:30:36.67\00:30:39.27
after Sabbath?
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How does that go?
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Yeah, well, as near as we
can tell, a lot happened on the
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sixth day.
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When God creates all the land
animals, He speaks them into
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existence, God doesn't have
to form them one by one and He
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doesn't have to form a million
of each, He just has to do two.
00:30:51.75\00:30:54.78
So God forms the animals, and
then He forms man, He breathes
00:30:54.82\00:31:00.82
into him the breath of life
and makes him from the dust of
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the earth.
00:31:05.19\00:31:06.49
And then Adam is made,
he comes out of the factory.
00:31:06.53\00:31:09.70
You can buy a computer, all you
gotta do is plug it in and all
00:31:09.73\00:31:12.37
the programs are running.
00:31:12.40\00:31:13.70
Software was installed, he knew
how to walk and talk when God
00:31:13.74\00:31:16.60
made him.
00:31:16.64\00:31:17.97
And God said, "Name the
animals," and he notices that
00:31:18.01\00:31:21.41
all the animals have partners,
and he realizes something's
00:31:21.44\00:31:24.88
missing, God wanted
him to sense that need.
00:31:24.91\00:31:27.75
So then, still on the sixth
day, when Adam's aiming all the
00:31:27.78\00:31:30.95
animals, we think that he had to
name 10,000 zoological species,
00:31:30.99\00:31:34.32
he's naming the main
categories of animals.
00:31:34.36\00:31:36.93
And that day, then, God puts him
to sleep, takes his rib, makes a
00:31:36.96\00:31:40.96
woman, presents her to Adam,
God is basically performing
00:31:41.00\00:31:44.53
the wedding.
00:31:44.57\00:31:45.87
They didn't invite all the
guests and have cake, the the
00:31:45.90\00:31:48.20
wedding is when He
presents Eve to Adam.
00:31:48.24\00:31:51.61
And the Bible says that God did
one funeral, it was for Moses,
00:31:51.64\00:31:54.44
and He does one
wedding, it was for Adam.
00:31:54.48\00:31:56.91
So they were both
made the sixth day.
00:31:56.95\00:31:59.91
Is that your
understanding, Pastor Ross?
00:31:59.95\00:32:01.45
Jëan: Yes, absolutely.
00:32:01.48\00:32:02.72
So, like you say, not only was
Adam created on the sixth day,
00:32:02.75\00:32:05.59
he names the animals, then
he goes to sleep and a surgery
00:32:05.62\00:32:08.26
takes place.
00:32:08.29\00:32:09.59
God takes out a rib and then
forms Eve, and then brings the
00:32:09.62\00:32:13.29
two together, and then, together
as a couple, they welcoming the
00:32:13.33\00:32:18.07
Sabbath, the day of rest.
00:32:18.10\00:32:19.77
Doug: Yeah, you know what?
00:32:19.80\00:32:21.10
I just heard recently that
they're finding out from within
00:32:21.14\00:32:22.94
the bones, you get the stem
cells that are just the most
00:32:22.97\00:32:27.31
powerful cells and they
got the DNA and everything.
00:32:27.34\00:32:30.01
And so it actually makes more
sense, when you study it, why
00:32:30.05\00:32:32.91
you take a rib.
00:32:32.95\00:32:34.68
Anyway, you had a second
part to that question if I'm
00:32:34.72\00:32:37.62
not mistaken.
00:32:37.65\00:32:39.55
Irene: Well, that was the second
part, was did they, and Pastor
00:32:39.59\00:32:44.56
Ross just answered it, it
was the wedding was done when he
00:32:44.59\00:32:47.66
brought them together, and
it was done before Sabbath.
00:32:47.66\00:32:50.73
So, man and female, and the
wedding or the marriage part,
00:32:50.77\00:32:55.60
was all done before, in the week
of creation, all done before
00:32:55.64\00:32:59.51
Sabbath was
created on the seventh day.
00:32:59.54\00:33:01.54
That's what we were arguing,
because my son was like.
00:33:01.58\00:33:04.95
Doug: Oh, don't argue.
00:33:04.98\00:33:06.28
Irene: He was like, so good.
00:33:06.31\00:33:07.92
Doug: I don't
want to take sides.
00:33:07.95\00:33:11.62
Yeah, so that was, the Sabbath
was their honeymoon, if you
00:33:11.65\00:33:14.19
think about it, they spent
time with God in the garden.
00:33:14.22\00:33:17.26
Irene: I thought
that was a blessing.
00:33:17.29\00:33:18.69
Doug: Yeah, well, God bless,
thank you for your question.
00:33:18.73\00:33:21.86
Jëan: Next caller that
we have is Steve in Idaho.
00:33:21.90\00:33:23.93
Steve, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:33:23.97\00:33:26.77
Steve: Thank you.
00:33:26.80\00:33:28.04
Good evening, pastors, I just
wanted to thank you for taking
00:33:28.07\00:33:30.61
my call, and this resource.
00:33:30.64\00:33:32.67
My question is regarding
Deuteronomy 14, and verse 26.
00:33:32.71\00:33:38.88
I've looked into some different
Bible commentaries, I understand
00:33:38.91\00:33:43.28
most of it, but I guess
I'm just not understanding why.
00:33:43.32\00:33:46.59
It's in regards to timing
really, and I guess I just don't
00:33:46.62\00:33:49.92
understand, verse 26 is
really throwing me with,
00:33:49.96\00:33:54.46
"Strong drink."
00:33:54.46\00:33:55.80
Doug: All right, well, let
me read it for our friends that
00:33:55.83\00:33:57.93
are listening.
00:33:57.97\00:33:59.20
Now, this is talking about when
they would go up to these annual
00:33:59.23\00:34:03.04
feasts-not all of the feast
days did they actually gather
00:34:03.07\00:34:07.41
together for a convocation.
00:34:07.44\00:34:08.94
But there were, I think, three
annual feasts where they would
00:34:08.98\00:34:11.38
go up.
00:34:11.41\00:34:12.71
And during these feasts
they had a second tithe.
00:34:12.75\00:34:17.22
Part of that second tithe was,
it says, and let me read it,
00:34:17.25\00:34:20.79
Deuteronomy chapter 14:26,
"And you'll spend that money for
00:34:20.82\00:34:25.36
whatever your heart desires,"
he's talking about the second
00:34:25.39\00:34:27.60
tithe, "For oxen or sheep,
for wine or similar drink, for
00:34:27.60\00:34:30.73
whatever your heart desires;
you shall eat it before the Lord
00:34:30.77\00:34:33.07
your God, and rejoice,
you and the household."
00:34:33.10\00:34:35.54
So, there was a feast, it was
like a vacation feast, a tithe
00:34:35.57\00:34:39.04
that they would set aside,
and that was to be used towards
00:34:39.07\00:34:44.25
worshiping God.
00:34:44.28\00:34:45.68
Now, when it says, "Strong
drink," the word "strong drink"
00:34:45.71\00:34:48.55
there, if you look in the
New King James, it just says,
00:34:48.58\00:34:50.72
"Similar drink."
00:34:50.75\00:34:53.02
And basically, they could
concentrate wine, and because it
00:34:53.05\00:34:57.93
was concentrated, it
would transport better, wasn't
00:34:57.96\00:35:00.66
alcoholic, because the Bible
says other places, "Wine is a
00:35:00.70\00:35:04.40
mocker, strong drink is
raging," and, "Who has wounds?
00:35:04.43\00:35:07.57
Who has woe?
00:35:07.60\00:35:08.94
Who has redness of eyes?
00:35:08.97\00:35:10.27
Those that tarry at the wine."
00:35:10.31\00:35:11.64
So two kinds of wine described
in the Bible, you've got your
00:35:11.67\00:35:14.48
fermented and your unfermented.
00:35:14.51\00:35:16.88
Jëan: And it is interesting,
Pastor, that you mentioned that
00:35:16.91\00:35:18.65
they had a way of actually
preserving grape juice where
00:35:18.68\00:35:21.58
they would be able to boil
it or somehow get it to a thick,
00:35:21.62\00:35:25.42
syrupy type of paste, and then
you'd add water to it, and mix
00:35:25.45\00:35:29.69
it and dilute it, and it was
still fresh and it would keep a
00:35:29.72\00:35:32.56
lot longer.
00:35:32.59\00:35:33.93
And so they had different
ways of doing that, easier to
00:35:33.96\00:35:36.13
transport and then they
have it throughout the year.
00:35:36.16\00:35:38.27
Doug: Exactly, and they've
actually found a lot of the
00:35:38.30\00:35:42.50
vessels and urns that they used
to keep these, these amphoras of
00:35:42.54\00:35:46.57
wine in them.
00:35:46.61\00:35:48.18
So, I hope that helps a
little bit, Lee, or, sorry, that
00:35:48.21\00:35:51.01
was Steve.
00:35:51.05\00:35:52.35
Steve, thank you.
00:35:52.38\00:35:53.72
By the way, I've got a book I
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00:35:53.75\00:35:56.05
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00:35:56.08\00:35:58.92
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00:36:00.49\00:36:04.49
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Next call is Lee, in Texas.
00:36:17.21\00:36:18.54
Lee, welcome to the program.
00:36:18.57\00:36:20.71
Lee: Yes, thank you
for having me again.
00:36:20.74\00:36:22.48
My first question is, are the
seven trumpets past, current or
00:36:22.51\00:36:27.38
future events?
00:36:27.42\00:36:28.75
Because I know
they're not the plagues.
00:36:28.78\00:36:30.62
Doug: Well, the seven trumpets
cover a military history of the
00:36:30.65\00:36:33.69
church between the first
coming and the second coming.
00:36:33.72\00:36:36.56
So, they're not all past, but
we're living in them, we believe
00:36:36.59\00:36:40.40
in what they call the
historicist view of prophecy,
00:36:40.43\00:36:45.03
that prophecy, a lot of people
think Revelation's written for
00:36:45.07\00:36:48.14
the last 10 minutes of time,
Revelation was written from the
00:36:48.17\00:36:51.57
time of John to cover the
history of the church between
00:36:51.61\00:36:54.91
the first coming
and the second coming.
00:36:54.94\00:36:57.25
You got the seven seals
are talking about the political
00:36:57.28\00:37:00.72
history, if you will, you've got
the seven trumpets are more of
00:37:00.75\00:37:03.72
like a military history, the
seven churches give a spiritual
00:37:03.75\00:37:07.02
history of the church from
the first to the second coming.
00:37:07.06\00:37:09.62
We're living in
the age of Laodicea.
00:37:09.66\00:37:12.06
And what was your
second question, you said?
00:37:12.09\00:37:14.56
Lee: Yes, my second question is,
I've been doing some research on
00:37:14.60\00:37:20.14
the Euphrates River,
that's been drying up recently.
00:37:20.17\00:37:24.47
And even though it's drying up
right now, and I know it's part
00:37:24.51\00:37:27.74
of the also the seven last
plagues, but if the river dries
00:37:27.78\00:37:30.98
up before the seven last
plagues begin, does that have
00:37:31.01\00:37:34.18
specific meaning?
00:37:34.22\00:37:37.52
Doug: It is true that the sixth
plague in Revelation 16 talks
00:37:37.55\00:37:42.26
about the Euphrates drying up, I
think that's one of the plagues,
00:37:42.29\00:37:45.56
I believe all the plagues have
a literal application, I think
00:37:45.59\00:37:48.23
there's really gonna be blood
and boils, and it's gonna be
00:37:48.26\00:37:50.57
terrible, that's why it says
it's, "A time of trouble such as
00:37:50.60\00:37:53.00
there never has been."
00:37:53.03\00:37:54.34
But I think the emphasis of
the sixth plague is on more than
00:37:54.37\00:37:56.77
just the river, I think it's
talking about a point in history
00:37:56.81\00:38:00.68
when the Euphrates dried up,
when the children of Israel were
00:38:00.71\00:38:03.95
captives in Babylon, it signaled
that they were gonna go to the
00:38:03.98\00:38:07.48
promised land
because Babylon fell.
00:38:07.52\00:38:10.72
And you read in Revelation, it
talks about Babylon falling in
00:38:10.75\00:38:13.66
chapter 18 and 19.
00:38:13.69\00:38:16.12
And so I think the six plague
is overlapping that, when the
00:38:16.16\00:38:21.96
source, the power of the
Euphrates River to supply life
00:38:22.00\00:38:25.27
to Babylon was dried up.
00:38:25.30\00:38:27.47
Jëan: All right, thank you, Lee.
00:38:27.50\00:38:29.04
We've got Michael in Texas.
00:38:29.07\00:38:30.74
Michael, welcome to the program.
00:38:30.77\00:38:32.54
Michael: Good evening,
pastors, and shalom to you all.
00:38:32.57\00:38:35.38
I wonder if you could give me
a quick explanation of the, "Sin
00:38:35.41\00:38:38.25
unto death," in 1 John 5:16.
00:38:38.28\00:38:41.22
Doug: All right, Pastor Ross,
I've been hogging the time, you
00:38:41.25\00:38:43.22
want to go after that?
00:38:43.25\00:38:44.59
Jëan: Let me read it for you.
00:38:44.62\00:38:45.92
1 John chapter 5, verse 16,
it says, "If anyone sees his
00:38:45.95\00:38:48.06
brother sinning a sin which does
not lead to death, he will ask,
00:38:48.09\00:38:51.83
and he will give him life for
those who commit sin not leading
00:38:51.86\00:38:56.06
to death."
00:38:56.10\00:38:57.43
So here it talks about something
called a sin that does not lead
00:38:57.47\00:39:00.24
to death, what is that sin?
00:39:00.27\00:39:01.97
Well, I think, first of all, it
might be a sin of ignorance, if
00:39:02.00\00:39:04.67
somebody does not realize that
they are sinning and you bring
00:39:04.71\00:39:10.08
that to their attention,
then they're aware of it.
00:39:10.11\00:39:12.88
There is another sin that also
is the unpardonable sin, or that
00:39:12.91\00:39:16.99
is the sin against the Holy
Spirit, and that is, somebody
00:39:17.02\00:39:19.02
who has grieved away the Holy
Spirit, and they have no desire
00:39:19.05\00:39:21.99
for repentance and they have
no desire to turn from the sin.
00:39:22.02\00:39:25.33
Well, then, any sin could,
in essence, lead to death if we
00:39:25.36\00:39:29.20
rebel against the
promptings of the Holy Spirit.
00:39:29.23\00:39:31.43
But the Bible says there are
those who sin not knowingly, and
00:39:31.47\00:39:35.24
if you see somebody sinning and
you bring it to their attention,
00:39:35.27\00:39:37.84
hopefully, they'll realize
and you can share with them
00:39:37.87\00:39:40.44
the Scriptures.
00:39:40.48\00:39:41.78
And if they repent, they can be
forgiven, it's a sin that does
00:39:41.81\00:39:44.95
not lead to death.
00:39:44.98\00:39:46.31
But if it is not repented of
or if somebody rebels to it, oh,
00:39:46.35\00:39:50.52
that's a different story.
00:39:50.55\00:39:52.09
Doug: That's right.
00:39:52.12\00:39:53.46
Jëan: You know, we do
have a book, it's called "The
00:39:53.49\00:39:54.99
Unpardonable Sin,"
right? It talks about the...
00:39:55.02\00:39:57.46
Doug: It's called "Beyond Mercy,
What is the Unpardonable Sin?"
00:39:57.49\00:39:58.79
Jëan: That's right, and we'll
be happy to send it to anyone
00:39:58.83\00:40:00.40
who calls and asks.
00:40:00.43\00:40:01.70
The number for that is
800-835-6747, you can ask for
00:40:01.73\00:40:05.20
the book, it's
called "Beyond Mercy."
00:40:05.23\00:40:06.94
Or dial #250 on your smartphone,
just say "Bible Answers Live,"
00:40:06.97\00:40:11.01
and then ask for it by name.
00:40:11.04\00:40:12.77
Thank you, Michael.
00:40:12.81\00:40:14.14
We've got Peter, in New Jersey.
00:40:14.18\00:40:15.48
Peter, welcome to the program.
00:40:15.51\00:40:17.01
Peter: Thank you.
00:40:17.05\00:40:18.35
Good evening, gentlemen.
00:40:18.38\00:40:19.71
And we listen on WMCA, out
of New York City, by the way.
00:40:19.75\00:40:21.92
Doug: Oh, wonderful.
00:40:21.95\00:40:24.35
Peter: Yes, some time ago, I
became a vegetarian, based on
00:40:24.39\00:40:28.56
Genesis, and also the
health evidence of today.
00:40:28.59\00:40:31.59
In today's world, they do seem
to indicate that, if they're in
00:40:31.63\00:40:35.26
line with the biblical view of
the health benefits of being a
00:40:35.30\00:40:40.30
vegetarian, and I just wanted
to ask you guys, I know you guys
00:40:40.34\00:40:43.94
are vegans or vegetarians, would
dairy and eggs be in line with
00:40:43.97\00:40:50.51
the Bible as being in
that vegetarian group?
00:40:50.55\00:40:54.05
Doug: There's no Scripture that
commands vegetarianism, I want
00:40:54.08\00:40:56.79
to be real clear about that,
the Scriptures do teach this was
00:40:56.82\00:41:00.26
God's original ideal, meaning
Adam and Eve, that was the
00:41:00.29\00:41:04.13
original diet.
00:41:04.16\00:41:05.46
And again, when we get to
the new earth, we'll all be
00:41:05.49\00:41:07.50
vegetarian, we're not gonna
chase down and kill animals
00:41:07.56\00:41:09.56
there, there's no
death, no more pain.
00:41:09.60\00:41:12.27
So, it's obviously the better
design, and as you mentioned,
00:41:12.30\00:41:16.50
the jury is in that there's no
question that vegetarianism is
00:41:16.54\00:41:21.48
going to improve
whatever health you have.
00:41:21.51\00:41:24.18
Even people fighting cancer have
found that they respond much
00:41:24.21\00:41:27.85
better to treatment if they're
being careful about their diet.
00:41:27.88\00:41:31.52
The fewer animal products
you eat, the less disease
00:41:31.55\00:41:35.22
you'll have.
00:41:35.26\00:41:36.49
Now, it doesn't mean that milk,
I'm a vegan-vegetarian, and it's
00:41:36.52\00:41:40.40
not a religious thing for me,
it's just I'm allergic to milk,
00:41:40.43\00:41:43.20
I don't think Pastor Ross
is a vegetarian-vegetarian, and
00:41:43.23\00:41:46.87
probably vegan most of the time.
00:41:46.90\00:41:48.50
Jëan: Yeah, mostly vegan, but,
you know, eggs is one of those
00:41:48.54\00:41:50.87
categories that sometimes people
need to eat it if they're not
00:41:50.91\00:41:54.58
getting enough protein.
00:41:54.61\00:41:55.91
But typically, the vegetarian
diet, today, if you eat a
00:41:55.94\00:41:57.61
well-balanced diet,
you've got everything you need.
00:41:57.65\00:42:00.52
Doug: A peanut butter and jelly
sandwich, if you got good jelly
00:42:00.55\00:42:03.99
and good peanut butter, has got
your fruits, grains and nuts and
00:42:04.02\00:42:06.76
protein,
everything is in there, B-12.
00:42:06.79\00:42:09.56
And that's how we survived
our youth, is peanut butter.
00:42:09.59\00:42:13.73
I wasn't even a
vegetarian back then.
00:42:13.76\00:42:15.76
So, yeah, it's not hard, I've
been a vegetarian for, well, you
00:42:15.80\00:42:18.57
all your life, huh?
00:42:18.60\00:42:19.93
I've been a vegetarian for over
40 years, and yeah, we had a
00:42:19.97\00:42:23.67
good game of racquetball today.
00:42:23.71\00:42:25.37
Jëan: We did, with
our boys, it was fun.
00:42:25.41\00:42:26.78
Doug: We kept up with our boys.
00:42:26.81\00:42:28.61
So, yeah, we highly recommend
it, but I just want to be clear,
00:42:28.64\00:42:31.95
the Bible doesn't command
vegetarianism, it is preferable,
00:42:31.98\00:42:35.95
and it's be blessed if you do,
if you're gonna eat meat, the
00:42:35.98\00:42:40.06
Bible does say you shouldn't eat
the unclean meats, and we have a
00:42:40.09\00:42:43.32
lesson on that, Pastor Ross.
00:42:43.36\00:42:44.59
Jëan: We do, it's called "God's
Free Health Plan," and that's
00:42:44.63\00:42:47.30
exactly what it is.
00:42:47.30\00:42:48.60
What does the Bible
say about your health?
00:42:48.63\00:42:49.93
What can you eat?
00:42:49.96\00:42:51.30
What you should not eat.
00:42:51.33\00:42:52.63
We'll be happy to send it to
anyone who calls and asks, the
00:42:52.67\00:42:54.54
number is 800-835-6747.
00:42:54.57\00:42:57.57
You can ask for that study
guide, it's called "God's Free
00:42:57.61\00:42:59.87
Health Plan."
00:42:59.91\00:43:01.31
Or dial #250 on your smartphone
and just say, "Bible Answers
00:43:01.34\00:43:04.38
Live," and we'll be
happy to get that to you.
00:43:04.41\00:43:06.65
That's a digital
version, if you do the #250.
00:43:06.68\00:43:09.92
Next caller that we have is
Efrank, listening in New York.
00:43:09.95\00:43:13.09
Efrank, welcome to the program.
00:43:13.12\00:43:15.32
Efrank: Thank you very much,
Pastor Ross and Pastor Doug.
00:43:15.36\00:43:20.80
I have a question that I need to
ask because it's a question that
00:43:20.83\00:43:25.57
involves an encounter
that I had several years ago.
00:43:25.60\00:43:31.44
This has to do with a a being
that approached me, I don't know
00:43:31.47\00:43:36.41
if it was the Grim Reaper,
it was some spirit with a brown
00:43:36.44\00:43:40.85
cape and a bald head, and would
denounce me and say to me that
00:43:40.88\00:43:47.02
my father will die of a heart
attack eventually, because I got
00:43:47.06\00:43:51.86
in the way of defending a major
Italian crime boss of a major
00:43:51.89\00:43:58.90
New York City crime family.
00:43:58.93\00:44:01.64
And spirit would appear to at my
door and threaten my father all
00:44:01.67\00:44:06.04
the time, and he actually died
two years ago of a heart attack.
00:44:06.07\00:44:09.91
At the same time, I also
was approached by a spirit of a
00:44:09.94\00:44:13.95
deceased relative of a former
mayor of the City of New York.
00:44:13.98\00:44:19.52
And one day, that spirit
attacked me in my apartment and
00:44:19.55\00:44:24.29
it launched me into my wall.
00:44:24.33\00:44:26.63
So, Pastor Doug and
Pastor Batchelor, I want to ask
00:44:26.66\00:44:31.30
you this.
00:44:31.33\00:44:33.30
This second spirit said that
because I went involuntarily to
00:44:33.34\00:44:39.71
the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park,
Colorado, in 1974, and I did
00:44:39.74\00:44:46.51
speak to Stephen King, on
October 30th, 1974, and in 1991
00:44:46.55\00:44:51.45
and 1995, the spirit of the
of Jimmy Walker's dead relative
00:44:51.49\00:44:57.33
followed me up to my home.
00:44:57.36\00:44:59.56
And in the Bible, it says that
unclean spirits and evil spirits
00:44:59.59\00:45:03.67
can be rebuked through prayer
and meditation and fasting, but
00:45:03.70\00:45:09.30
mostly through prayer.
00:45:09.34\00:45:11.31
Can you answer this question,
can you actually rebuke spirits
00:45:11.34\00:45:16.48
through reading Scripture and
telling them to stay away from
00:45:16.51\00:45:20.55
you, and rebuke them that way?
00:45:20.58\00:45:22.15
Because I have no recourse in
calling a minister of the cloth
00:45:22.18\00:45:27.79
or any other type of clergy
to assist me with what happened
00:45:27.82\00:45:30.83
to me.
00:45:30.86\00:45:32.16
Doug: Okay,
00:45:32.19\00:45:33.53
well, yeah, let me get to
the heart of your question.
00:45:33.56\00:45:35.20
First of all, you don't have
to be a pastor to pray that a
00:45:35.23\00:45:38.70
person might be delivered.
00:45:38.73\00:45:41.04
Jesus said in Mark 16, "These
signs will follow them that
00:45:41.07\00:45:45.14
believe,"He didn't say these
signs will follow the pastors.
00:45:45.17\00:45:49.24
And so believers and you don't
want to be getting involved into
00:45:49.28\00:45:54.75
a lot of spiritualism, Bible
tells in Acts, I think it's
00:45:54.78\00:45:59.49
chapter 13, the sons of Sceva
tried to cast out a devil, they
00:45:59.52\00:46:02.36
didn't really know the Lord,
they had no relationship with
00:46:02.39\00:46:04.39
the Lord, and this
demon-possessed man beat them
00:46:04.43\00:46:06.76
up, said, "I know Jesus
and I know Paul, but I don't
00:46:06.80\00:46:09.80
know you."
00:46:09.83\00:46:11.13
So if you're gonna be praying
that a person is delivered,
00:46:11.17\00:46:14.54
Jesus said, "Some cases are
difficult and they only come out
00:46:14.57\00:46:17.31
through prayer and fasting," but
he did make it clear, through
00:46:17.34\00:46:21.14
prayer, through faith, through
fasting and claiming the name of
00:46:21.18\00:46:24.55
the Lord that we could see
people delivered from the devil.
00:46:24.58\00:46:28.78
Because, in reality, every
time you preach the gospel and a
00:46:28.82\00:46:32.09
person accepts Jesus, they are
being delivered from the devil
00:46:32.12\00:46:35.96
to some extent.
00:46:35.99\00:46:37.29
There's just varying degrees
of captivity, you might say, but
00:46:37.33\00:46:40.76
everybody that hears the gospel
and accepts it, the power of the
00:46:40.80\00:46:43.37
Word takes them
from darkness to light.
00:46:43.40\00:46:46.57
And so, closer you are to
the Lord, and the more faith, I
00:46:46.60\00:46:52.31
think that it's easier
for you to deal with more
00:46:52.34\00:46:55.08
difficult cases.
00:46:55.11\00:46:56.44
There are varying degrees, Jesus
had that man that had a whole
00:46:56.48\00:46:59.35
legion of demons,
sometimes it's just one.
00:46:59.38\00:47:02.55
So, I hope that
helps you, Efrank.
00:47:02.58\00:47:04.59
It sounds like you've had
an interesting experience, but
00:47:04.62\00:47:06.92
don't be reading
Stephen King's books anymore.
00:47:06.96\00:47:09.32
Jëan: All right, next caller
that we have is Francisco,
00:47:09.36\00:47:12.36
in Oregon.
00:47:12.39\00:47:13.70
Francisco,
welcome to the program.
00:47:13.73\00:47:16.03
Francisco: Hi, it's a pleasure,
first of all, to be online with
00:47:16.06\00:47:20.77
you guys, especially
Pastor Batchelor, I'm a big fan.
00:47:20.80\00:47:24.81
So I have a question.
00:47:24.84\00:47:26.24
So I've been Seventh Day
Adventist for 14 years of my
00:47:26.27\00:47:28.61
life, I'm 26 years old, and I'm
concerned of how, the Seventh
00:47:28.64\00:47:33.98
Day Adventists, we do not
believe talking in tongues, nor
00:47:34.02\00:47:40.29
dancing, the whole nine yards
of that nature, and I'm just
00:47:40.32\00:47:45.43
wondering why.
00:47:45.46\00:47:46.76
Doug: Well, there are two
different things you're talking
00:47:46.80\00:47:48.23
about there.
00:47:48.26\00:47:49.56
One, what does the Bible say?
00:47:49.60\00:47:51.83
And the interesting thing for
me is not what a church teaches,
00:47:51.87\00:47:55.10
but what does the Bible say?
00:47:55.14\00:47:57.27
The Bible teaches that speaking
in tongues, I believe in
00:47:57.31\00:48:02.11
speaking in tongues, and I
believe in the gift of tongues.
00:48:02.14\00:48:05.81
On the day of Pentecost, God
poured out His Spirit and gave
00:48:05.85\00:48:08.68
the disciples the supernatural
ability to speak in the
00:48:08.72\00:48:12.35
languages of the Jews that were
visiting that day from around
00:48:12.39\00:48:15.26
the Roman Empire.
00:48:15.29\00:48:16.52
That is the gift of tongues, we
believe in the gift of tongues.
00:48:16.56\00:48:19.29
For every truth of God there's
a counterfeit, and a lot of
00:48:19.33\00:48:21.86
churches are practicing a
counterfeit version of this.
00:48:21.90\00:48:26.67
So, to just tie off that first
part of the question, Francisco,
00:48:26.70\00:48:32.87
we have a book called
"Understanding Tongues," we will
00:48:32.91\00:48:35.78
send you a free
copy of that book.
00:48:35.81\00:48:38.65
But you asked about dancing, the
Bible does not forbid biblical
00:48:38.68\00:48:43.45
dancing if you're dancing like
Miriam and David, those where a
00:48:43.49\00:48:48.79
person can be filled with the
Spirit and just leap for joy.
00:48:48.82\00:48:52.59
The syncopated,
sexually suggestive dancing is
00:48:52.63\00:48:56.10
inappropriate for a Christian,
and that's what happens in most
00:48:56.13\00:48:59.33
dance clubs.
00:48:59.37\00:49:00.94
You just have to ask
yourself, "Would Jesus do this?"
00:49:00.97\00:49:03.84
If it's a Christian.
00:49:03.87\00:49:05.17
So, that's a different subject.
00:49:05.21\00:49:06.68
But how do they get
that book on tongues?
00:49:06.71\00:49:09.01
Jëan: Number to call is
800-835-6747, you can ask for
00:49:09.04\00:49:12.51
the book, it's called
"Understanding Tongues."
00:49:12.55\00:49:14.78
We'll be happy to send it to
anyone who calls and asks, you
00:49:14.82\00:49:17.02
can also dial #250, say, "Bible
Answers Live," and then ask for
00:49:17.05\00:49:21.12
that book.
00:49:21.16\00:49:22.49
It's a digital
version, we'll send it to you,
00:49:22.52\00:49:24.03
"Understanding Tongues."
00:49:24.06\00:49:26.13
All right, we've got time
maybe for one or two more.
00:49:26.16\00:49:27.86
We've got, let's see, Tom
is listening in Washington.
00:49:27.93\00:49:31.07
Tom, welcome to the program.
00:49:31.10\00:49:34.04
Tom: Hi, Pastor
Jëan and Pastor Doug.
00:49:34.07\00:49:36.57
Doug: Hey,
thanks for calling, Tom.
00:49:36.60\00:49:38.91
Tom: And my question is about
the second death, and I'm just
00:49:38.94\00:49:42.88
curious if that's a literal
fire, because I'm just wondering
00:49:42.91\00:49:49.05
if angels are susceptible
to the fire as we know it.
00:49:49.08\00:49:54.19
Doug: Yeah, that
is a good question.
00:49:54.22\00:49:55.72
Well, it's probably not the kind
of hickory fire you would use in
00:49:55.76\00:49:59.33
a barbecue, this is a fire
of God, so I think you're right
00:49:59.36\00:50:03.16
that it may even be different
than the fire that came down on
00:50:03.20\00:50:06.03
Sodom and Gomorrah.
00:50:06.07\00:50:07.37
But because it's a fire that
does not burn them immediately,
00:50:07.40\00:50:11.31
some will suffer different
intensities and different
00:50:11.34\00:50:13.98
lengths, depending
on what their sins are.
00:50:14.01\00:50:17.08
Ultimately, it says the
fire comes down from heaven and
00:50:17.11\00:50:19.91
devours or consumes them.
00:50:19.95\00:50:22.45
So, we're not going to be
looking out of our windows from
00:50:22.48\00:50:24.75
the New Jerusalem and watching
people blister in the flames.
00:50:24.79\00:50:28.22
But yeah, it may be the fire
that comes from God, the Bible
00:50:28.26\00:50:32.66
talks about that, "Our
God is a consuming fire."
00:50:32.69\00:50:35.20
His presence, His glory, His
brightness, there may be some
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heat, think more like
lightning as opposed to bonfire.
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Jëan: And something else
about this fire is it says, "It
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consumes the
devil and these angels."
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Now these are spirit beings, so
they probably don't get affected
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by heat the way we do.
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So, it is something different.
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Doug: It's a judgment fire.
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Jëan: It's a judgment
fire, a different kind of fire.
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You know, we have a study guide,
it's called "Is the Devil in
00:50:58.09\00:51:00.59
Charge of Hell?"
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It talks about the destruction
of the wicked, the second death
00:51:01.99\00:51:04.06
at the end of the 1,000 years.
00:51:04.09\00:51:05.66
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:51:05.69\00:51:07.66
Again, that
number is 800-835-6747.
00:51:07.73\00:51:11.47
You can ask, the study guide "Is
the Devil in Charge of Hell?"
00:51:11.50\00:51:14.40
Or just dial #250 on your
smartphone, say, "Bible Answers
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for it by name, "Is the Devil in
00:51:18.47\00:51:21.18
Charge of Hell?"
00:51:21.21\00:51:22.51
And we've got a website, it's
called HellTruth.com, you can go
00:51:22.54\00:51:25.71
there right away and you can
read the lesson there, you can
00:51:25.75\00:51:28.35
also watch some videos and just
look at some great Bible studies
00:51:28.38\00:51:31.05
on the subject.
00:51:31.09\00:51:32.42
Doug: For those listening, in
case you don't know, we're gonna
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say goodbye to our friends
that are listening on satellite,
00:51:34.89\00:51:37.73
these land-based stations
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so we kind of
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For the rest of you, if you stay
by, we always do our best to do
00:51:43.23\00:51:47.00
some rapid-fire Bible answers
for those who have emailed
00:51:47.04\00:51:50.61
in questions.
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For all the rest, God bless,
we'll study His Word with you
00:51:52.01\00:51:54.11
again next week.
00:51:54.14\00:51:55.58
And yeah, keep your eyes
fixed on Jesus, and visit the
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Diana Dixon: My name is
Diana Dixon, I'm a professional
00:52:20.80\00:52:23.81
truck driver.
00:52:23.84\00:52:25.17
In August the 4th, 2011, I
stopped to help in an accident.
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male announcer: Diana Dixon also
tried to help, she parked her
00:52:28.61\00:52:31.55
semi, jumped out and
headed toward the pickup.
00:52:31.58\00:52:34.62
That's when she saw vehicles
barreling toward her, so she
00:52:34.65\00:52:37.85
reacted by jumping
off 475 to a road below.
00:52:37.89\00:52:41.79
Diana Dixon: Well, pick a pickup
clipped a semi, and I stopped to
00:52:41.82\00:52:44.73
help, and I saw it in
the mirror, so I walked back,
00:52:44.76\00:52:46.80
gentleman told me, he says,
"Hey, everything is okay, they
00:52:46.83\00:52:49.23
called 911."
00:52:49.26\00:52:50.57
And I looked over at the pickup,
and there was a black pickup
00:52:50.60\00:52:53.54
over there and he was okay.
00:52:53.57\00:52:54.90
At about that time, I don't know
how far I walked, but I walked
00:52:54.94\00:52:57.71
far enough, and a semi
hit him and it imploded.
00:52:57.74\00:53:02.58
I knew it was gonna hit me, I
had 30 seconds to decide and I
00:53:02.61\00:53:06.61
decided to jump.
00:53:06.65\00:53:07.98
Diana Dixon: Yeah, I jumped off
the bridge, my back is broken.
00:53:08.02\00:53:12.52
male announcer:
Where are you at?
00:53:12.55\00:53:14.06
Diana Dixon: I don't know.
00:53:14.09\00:53:15.86
Diana Dixon: Fractured my pelvis
in 24 places, five broken ribs,
00:53:15.89\00:53:19.56
C5 neck fracture, I had
a collapsed lung, I had a
00:53:19.59\00:53:23.50
lacerated bladder, I was
bleeding internally, I had no
00:53:23.53\00:53:27.20
marks on the outside of me at
all, but a scrape where my arm
00:53:27.24\00:53:30.14
had scraped the concrete.
00:53:30.17\00:53:31.51
From the chest
down, I was on fire.
00:53:31.54\00:53:33.68
I was a dispatcher for a year
after the accident, and I went
00:53:33.71\00:53:37.88
back to finish my degree.
00:53:37.91\00:53:39.85
And I went to Pittsburgh, threw
a backpack over my back, walked
00:53:39.88\00:53:43.95
like all the other students.
00:53:43.99\00:53:45.65
I ran a marathon, and since then
I've been back to truck driving.
00:53:45.69\00:53:50.56
There was a gentleman I worked
with and one day he was walking
00:53:50.59\00:53:54.10
in, and he walked up to my
desk and I was reading my Bible.
00:53:54.10\00:53:57.17
And he says,
"Are you a believer?"
00:53:57.20\00:53:59.70
And I said yes, and he gave
me some "Amazing Facts" study
00:53:59.73\00:54:03.54
guides, and it was an
eye-opening experience for me.
00:54:03.57\00:54:08.01
I mean, I started reading them
and I had a bunch of questions
00:54:08.04\00:54:09.81
to ask him.
00:54:09.84\00:54:11.18
So I got online and I got on the
"Amazing Facts" web page, and I
00:54:11.21\00:54:16.45
just found information
that I'd never known.
00:54:16.48\00:54:20.49
I went back to work as a
truck driver because that was my
00:54:20.52\00:54:22.92
ministry, it was my
ministry before the accident.
00:54:22.96\00:54:26.26
And I was driving down the road
and I just needed a connection,
00:54:26.29\00:54:30.27
and I was flipping through and
somehow I ended up on YouTube.
00:54:30.30\00:54:33.50
And next thing I know, "Amazing
Facts," one of those things
00:54:33.54\00:54:36.74
would come up there
and I listened to it.
00:54:36.77\00:54:38.94
I'm driving down the road, I
got 11 hours of driving, so I
00:54:38.97\00:54:43.65
listened to one, I
listened to another one.
00:54:43.68\00:54:45.81
And the more I listened to him,
everything that I thought in my
00:54:45.85\00:54:48.28
heart, I'd just click on one
of his YouTubes and there he was
00:54:48.32\00:54:51.45
giving me the answer.
00:54:51.49\00:54:52.82
I walked in a Seventh Day
Adventist church for the first
00:54:52.85\00:54:54.99
time, and I felt at home.
00:54:55.02\00:54:57.63
I was baptized in the Seventh
Day Adventist church, because I
00:54:57.66\00:55:01.13
had found the truth that I just
was searching for and I'd been
00:55:01.16\00:55:05.57
praying about.
00:55:05.60\00:55:06.90
"Amazing Facts" has been such an
inspiration, and important for
00:55:06.94\00:55:11.04
my coming back into ministry,
that I wanna be able to give
00:55:11.07\00:55:14.94
back to anyone that I can.
00:55:14.98\00:55:17.05
And "Amazing Facts," it is
the backbone of my ministry.
00:55:17.08\00:55:22.15
My name is Diana Dixon,
thank you for changing my life.
00:55:22.18\00:55:26.86
Jëan: Hello, friends,
and welcome back to your
00:55:31.66\00:55:33.76
email questions.
00:55:33.80\00:55:35.06
If you'd like to send us a email
question, the email address
00:55:35.10\00:55:37.63
is
BALquestions@AmazingFacts.org.
00:55:37.67\00:55:42.74
Sorry, BAL, "Bible Answers
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Live,"
BALquestions@AmazingFacts.org.
00:55:44.71\00:55:48.28
Pastor Doug, Tiffany is asking,
"Is it okay to lend to people
00:55:48.31\00:55:51.85
your tithes if you do not
have any cash to lend them?"
00:55:51.88\00:55:56.02
Doug: Well, there's a misnomer
in the question, it says,
00:55:56.05\00:55:58.59
"Your tithe."
00:55:58.62\00:55:59.95
Tithe is actually something that
belongs to God, the Bible says
00:56:00.06\00:56:02.76
it's holy unto the Lord.
00:56:02.79\00:56:04.39
And so you're kind of asking the
question, "Is it okay to lend
00:56:04.43\00:56:07.13
God's tithe to someone else?"
00:56:07.13\00:56:09.20
It's always easy to lend someone
else's money, that's called
00:56:09.23\00:56:11.23
government, that's what they do.
00:56:11.27\00:56:13.84
But no, I think that that
belongs to the Lord and we
00:56:13.87\00:56:17.57
shouldn't be lending
that to other people.
00:56:17.61\00:56:19.91
There is a second tithe
that they would give to the poor
00:56:19.94\00:56:22.44
during the feast sometimes,
that's a whole different
00:56:22.48\00:56:24.58
question though.
00:56:24.61\00:56:25.95
But your first 10%, that really
belongs to the Lord and is
00:56:25.98\00:56:29.02
designated for the
proclamation of the gospel.
00:56:29.05\00:56:31.32
Jëan: Okay, we have Lenya, from
New Zealand, asking, "Is it all
00:56:31.35\00:56:34.76
right to read
the Book of Enoch?"
00:56:34.79\00:56:37.83
Doug: Yeah, the Book of Enoch
is what they call an apocryphal
00:56:37.86\00:56:40.63
book, it is interesting, it's
a wonderful work of poetry, it's
00:56:40.66\00:56:43.53
got some things in there that
are theologically bizarre, it
00:56:43.57\00:56:47.14
was not written by Enoch.
00:56:47.17\00:56:49.07
The book doesn't appear in
Jewish history until the time of
00:56:49.10\00:56:52.11
the Babylonian captivity,
there's no reference to it.
00:56:52.14\00:56:54.38
So, it was written by probably
a very devout Jew, there's some
00:56:54.41\00:56:58.18
good information in there, just
don't look at it as Scripture.
00:56:58.21\00:57:01.95
Jude does quote from the Book of
Enoch, and of course, Paul even
00:57:01.98\00:57:05.49
quotes from Greek poets, because
there are certain phrases, he
00:57:05.52\00:57:09.82
said, "This is
an inspired phrase."
00:57:09.86\00:57:11.93
But the Book of
Enoch is not Scripture.
00:57:11.96\00:57:15.46
Jëan: Okay, we have Judy asking,
What does the Bible mean when it
00:57:15.50\00:57:18.57
says, "'And as many as
have been appointed to eternal
00:57:18.60\00:57:22.60
life believed'?
00:57:22.64\00:57:23.94
Does that mean that God chooses
who saved and who's lost?"
00:57:23.97\00:57:27.58
Doug: God gives everybody a free
choice, but God knows everything
00:57:27.61\00:57:31.98
and He knows ahead of time how
people are going to choose, but
00:57:32.01\00:57:36.25
he's given them
freedom to choose.
00:57:36.28\00:57:38.52
When they choose, they're called
appointed, it means those who he
00:57:38.55\00:57:42.69
knew would choose, they are
appointed unto everlasting life.
00:57:42.72\00:57:47.03
And so, no, we don't
believe in what they would call
00:57:47.10\00:57:49.40
predestination, meaning that God
looks down and says, "I think
00:57:49.43\00:57:52.37
I'll make some people and
destroy them, and then I'll make
00:57:52.40\00:57:54.44
some and save them."
00:57:54.47\00:57:55.70
God makes everybody free, and
then He says, "Whosoever will,
00:57:55.74\00:57:59.51
let him take the
water of life freely."
00:57:59.54\00:58:01.38
Jesus tells us, John 3:16,
"Whosoever believes in Him."
00:58:01.41\00:58:05.45
Friends, you are a whosoever,
anyone out there listening, you
00:58:05.48\00:58:08.92
can believe, that's
why we do this program.
00:58:08.95\00:58:11.39
God bless.
00:58:11.42\00:58:12.75
We will study His Word with
you again next week, and in the
00:58:12.79\00:58:16.49
meantime, stay close to Jesus.
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