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Pastor Jean Ross.
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Jean Ross: Hello, friends.
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How about an amazing fact?
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In the summer of 1823 near
the fork of the Grand River in
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present-day South Dakota,
Hugh Glass, a fur trapper and
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frontiersman, encountered a
grizzly bear and her two cubs.
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Before he could fire his rifle,
the bear charged, clawing and
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biting him severely.
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His fellow trappers managed
to kill the bear, but Glass was
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left badly
mauled and unconscious.
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Believing that he would
soon die from his injuries, the
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expedition leader, Andrew Henry,
asked John Fitzgerald and a
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young Jim Bridger, who
would later become a legendary
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mountain man himself, to stay
behind with Glass until he died.
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After a few days of waiting
and fearing attacks by hostile
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Indians, Fitzgerald and Bridger
convinced of Glass's imminent
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death, took his rifle, knife,
and other equipment and returned
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to the expedition group,
reporting that Glass had died.
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But against all
odds, Glass survived.
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He regained consciousness and he
found himself alone, devoid of
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his supplies, suffering from
a broken leg, exposed ribs from
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where the bear had torn away his
flesh, and serious injuries to
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his head and arms.
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Nevertheless, he was determined
to live and reach safety.
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He used a stick to stabilize
his broken leg and surviving on
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wild berries and leftover meat
from wolf kills, he crawled more
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than 200 miles to Fort Kiowa,
a journey that took him over
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6 weeks.
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Glass's incredible survival
journey became legendary,
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symbolizing the harsh realities
of the American frontier and the
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extreme measures that Hugh
Glass took to cling to life.
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You know, friends, the story
reminds me of the story of Job
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in the Bible who also,
facing immense suffering, yet
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maintained an
unwavering faith in God.
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During his ordeal, he declared,
"Though He slay me, yet will I
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trust Him."
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That is Job 13:15.
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Through perseverance and faith
in God, we too can endure trials
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and tribulations, knowing that
God will ultimately deliver us
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from all evil and pain and will
one day make all things new.
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This is the hope that has
sustained Christians throughout
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history, enabling them to
face persecution, sorrow, and
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even death.
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You know, Jesus gave these words
of promise to all believers.
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John chapter 14
verse 1, Jesus said:
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"Let not your
hearts be troubled;
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if you believe in
God, believe also in Me.
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In My Father's
house," Jesus said,
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"there are many
mansions; if it were not so,
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I would have told you.
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I go to prepare a
place for you," He said.
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"And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again
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and receive you unto
Myself; that where I am,
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there you may be also."
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That is the promise.
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Jesus said He will come again.
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This world is not our home,
but we're looking forward to a
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heavenly home, a New Jerusalem
where there is peace and joy, no
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more pain, no more sorrow.
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God will make all things new.
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And friends, do you
have that hope in your heart?
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Do you believe that heaven
is for real, and that Jesus is
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coming back and that
you can have a place in that
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heavenly kingdom?
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I hope so.
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We do have a free offer, Pastor
Aron, that talks about this
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wonderful hope
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Aron Crews: Yes, we do.
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And it is a booklet entitled,
"Heaven: Is It for Real?"
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written by actually my
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Read it, share it with
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This world is
not our final home.
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Pastor Doug is out this
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And joining me here in the
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he's going to be
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We appreciate him
taking the time to.
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He's got a wealth of information
about the Bible as well.
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So he'll be answering these
Bible questions with me as we
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take the various questions.
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But Pastor Crews, before we go
to the phone lines, why don't we
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start with prayer?
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Aron: Absolutely.
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Let's bow our heads.
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Dear heavenly Father, Lord,
we thank You so much for this
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opportunity to study Your
Word and to field some of these
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questions that are on so
many people's minds and hearts.
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So Lord, we ask for Your
Spirit to be here as we share
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faithfully from Your Word what
the scriptures say about these
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various things and give those
who are inquisitive minds trying
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to figure out for themselves a
special blessing as they listen
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for themselves, but then
ultimately turn back to the
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Bible and find the truth
of Your Word for themselves.
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We pray in Jesus's name, amen.
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Jean: Amen.
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All right, well, we've got a
number of folks who are waiting
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with their Bible question.
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Who do we have first?
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Aron: All right, our first
question is a caller from the
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great state that we're in,
California, and his name is Lou,
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calling in with a
question about Daniel 11.
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So Lou, hey,
welcome to the show.
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What's your
question for us today?
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Lou: Yeah, thank you.
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My question was from-- about the
king of the North and the king
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of the South going to
war in the very last days.
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And I'm wondering if you can
elaborate on that a little bit,
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expand a little, and tell us who
you think they might be and so
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forth and so on.
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Jean: Okay, great.
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All right, we
appreciate the question.
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Of course, you read about the
king of the North and the king
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of the South in
Daniel chapter 11.
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It's the longest chapter
that you'll find in the book
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of Daniel.
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It is also the most detailed
prophecy talking about the rise
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and fall of different kingdoms.
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So the first reference that
we have to the king of the North
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and the king of the South
relates to different kingdoms
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over time.
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Of course, you have Babylon
that fell to Medo-Persia, and
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Medo-Persia fell to Greece.
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And then the Grecian
kingdom was divided up into four
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different parts.
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And there were two prominent
generals that sort of took
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charge: the one in the
north and the one in the south.
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The one in the south was Ptolemy
and he kind of established the
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Ptolemy dynasty or Ptolemy
dynasty, depending how you
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pronounce it.
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The Seleucid dynasty was in the
north and the two powers, the
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king of the North and the king
of the South, through much of
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the chapter
describes their activities.
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They were going
back and forth to war.
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Now, the reason those two are
mentioned is because the people
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of God, Jerusalem, was right in
the middle, between the king of
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the North and the
king of the South.
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And so every time they would
embark on a military campaign,
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it would very often affect the
people of God, and Israel would
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change hands from the power
of the Grecian Empire back to
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the Egyptians.
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It would go back and forth.
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But when you get to Revelation
chapter the king of the North
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and the king of the South, even
a little before that actually,
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the king of the North begins
to take on more of a role of,
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first, Pagan Rome.
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And then it follows with Papal
Rome, and much of the chapter
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nearing the end deals with the
king of the North representing
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the papal power.
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And the king of the South
has been identified in two ways.
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The one would be the king of
the South would represent those
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religions that are opposed to
God, sort of paganism and even
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atheism that we see coming
up during the French revolution.
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Some new interpretations,
especially as you relate to
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Chapter 40, I feel that perhaps
the king of the South might be a
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coalition of some atheistic
kingdoms or powers that are
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backing Islamic nations.
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Of course, Egypt
today is Islamic.
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So some are suggesting maybe you
have on the one side, you have
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the Western powers supporting
the papal power and you have
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China, maybe even North Korea
and Russia and some of these
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others supporting
the Islamic nations.
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And maybe
there's a big showdown.
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Now, of course, chapter 40
onwards is still in the future.
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So some of the specifics of this
we don't quite yet know, but
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that's the leading
interpretation that-- the
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leading idea as to who the king
of the North and the king of the
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South is.
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It is a very detailed study.
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And if you'd like to learn more
about that, I'd encourage you to
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take a look at some of the
resources at Amazing Facts.
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But it is fascinating and we're
living right around that time
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period after verse 40 that you
read about in Daniel chapter 11.
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All right, thank you, Lou.
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Who do we have next?
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Aron: All right, our next
caller, his name is Patrick,
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calling in from Canada.
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Seems like, Patrick, you have
a question about the Apocrypha.
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Welcome to the show.
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Patrick: Good evening.
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Yes, my question is about the
54 books of the Apocrypha and
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its relationship to the Bible.
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I'm not sure if it has a
relationship or I just want to
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find out if
it's inspired or not.
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Jean: Okay, very good.
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The apocryphal books,
you'll sometimes find it in
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the Catholic Bible.
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You don't often find
it in Protestant Bibles.
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The reason for that is that when
the Reformers were working on
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putting together what we call
the Canon of Scripture or the
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Bible as we have it now, they
recognized that the apocryphal
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books didn't really line up with
the other inspired books of the
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Bible for several reasons.
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For one, the authorship of
some of the apocryphal books is
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somewhat questionable.
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Sometimes somebody would write a
book and then they would ascribe
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a name of a famous
Bible character like Enoch or
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something like that.
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But it wasn't really the one who
wrote the book, to kind of give
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it credence.
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Also some of the doctrine
of some of the apocryphal books
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actually contradict Old
Testament passages as well as
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the New Testament books written
by Paul and the apostles.
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There is some interesting
history that you can read about
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in the apocryphal, especially
in the books of Maccabees.
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But they're more historical and
they describe that time period
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from sort of the inter Testament
time periods that bring you from
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the last book written, Malachi,
up until Matthew, what was
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happening in
Israel during that time.
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So the reason they're not
part of the Bible is because the
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Protestants recognized
that they're not inspired.
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They're not on the same level as
the rest of scripture and the--
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who the author is, is
somewhat questionable at some of
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the books.
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So that's why you don't
find it in the Protestant Bible.
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Aron: Yeah, great answer.
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All right, next question.
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Our next caller is calling in
from Ohio and we have Glenn here
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with us on the line.
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Hi, Glenn, what is your
question for us this evening?
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Glenn: Yes, good evening.
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Thank you,
gentlemen, for taking my call.
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You know, when a person is
converted, they are forgiven.
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And then with the application
of 1 John 1:9, if they do bad
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they can be forgiven until
the end or they can jump off the
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wagon anytime and jump back on.
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The love of God covers them
during that period of gestation.
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But if they do endure unto
the end, Matthew 24:13 tells us
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they will receive the gift
of salvation and they receive it
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eternally secure.
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So therefore, the answer to
the question, "Can a saved man
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choose to be
lost?" is wondrously, no.
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Jean: All right, well, yeah, let
me share a little bit about that
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because it sounds
like, yeah, you made an
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interesting statement.
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Can a saved man
choose to be lost?
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Well, I think we
have freedom of choice.
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Even a converted person doesn't
lose their freedom of choice.
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That's why the Bible, as you
mentioned, Jesus said, "He that
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endures to the
end shall be saved."
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But for someone that is trusting
in Jesus, that is surrendering
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to Him, Jesus
promises that they are secure.
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No one can take them out of His
hand, but they can still choose
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if they will.
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So if we're trusting in Jesus,
we can have confidence that He
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forgives us, 1 John 1, verse 9:
"If we confess our sins, He is
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faithful and just to
forgive us, to cleanse us for
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all unrighteousness."
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And as long as we are abiding in
Him, as Jesus said, "Abide in Me
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and I in you, as the branch
cannot be a fruit of itself
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except that abide in the vine,
neither can you except you abide
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in Me."
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And Jesus says if you do not
abide, they will be removed, the
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branch will be
removed from the vine.
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So yes, there is an abiding
that's needed and we choose
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to abide.
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It's something that we do.
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We still have freedom right up
until, you know, Jesus comes, we
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can choose.
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So nobody loses
that freedom to choose.
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We choose to be saved and
we choose to remain in a saving
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relationship with Jesus.
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And as long as we are doing
that, we have no fear that we'll
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be lost because we are trusting
in Him, and His blood cleanses
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us from all sin.
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You know, we do have a book
called, "Can a Saved Man Choose
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to Be Lost?"
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I think that deals
with this question exactly.
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And we'll be happy to send
it to anyone who calls and asks.
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What's the number?
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Aron: It's
1-800-835-6747 to get that.
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I think that's the title of the
book: "Can a Saved Man Choose to
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Be Lost?"
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Jean: And it explains that and
gives a whole lot of scripture.
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So yes, Glenn,
call and ask for that.
00:14:18.32\00:14:20.19
You can also dial
#250 on your smartphone.
00:14:20.22\00:14:23.26
Just say "Bible Answers Live"
and then ask for the book, "Can
00:14:23.29\00:14:26.16
a Man--a Saved Man
Choose to Be Lost?"
00:14:26.19\00:14:28.40
and we'll give you
a digital download.
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You'll be able to
read it right away.
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All right, who do we have next?
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Aron: All right, our next
caller is Shannon, calling in
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from Georgia.
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It looks like you have
a question about the book
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of Hebrews.
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Hi, Shannon, welcome.
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Shannon: Hi, yes, I'm calling--
I've been searching to find out
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who wrote the book of Hebrews
and some of the writing sounds
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like Paul, but I can't find
anywhere where it actually says
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he wrote the book of Hebrews or
who wrote the book of Hebrews.
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Jean: Okay, good question.
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You're right, the book
of Hebrews does not give
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its authorship.
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It almost appears as though
the author was recognized by the
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reader as being
somebody having authority.
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Also, when you read Hebrews, you
understand that whoever wrote
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the book was very much aware
of the Jewish system, the Old
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Testament, the sacrifices, the
priesthood, the sanctuary, and
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everything associated with that.
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And of course, he brings the
connection between the sacrifice
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representing Jesus, the
priesthood representing Jesus.
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He goes into great detail, talks
about the heavenly sanctuary
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where Jesus
ministers as a high priest.
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And even though it's not clearly
stated, many Bible scholars
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believe that actually Paul is
the one that wrote Hebrews, even
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though the language might be
a little different in some way.
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So sounds a little different
from Romans, but remember the
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audience was different.
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So Romans was primarily to a
Gentile audience, but Hebrews
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was written to
a Jewish audience.
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But just the depth of knowledge
and understanding of the Jewish
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system as well as the fact that
the author was considered to be
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an authority, to be an apostle,
many believe that that was Paul
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who wrote the book of Hebrews.
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Aron: When we get to
heaven, we'll know for sure.
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Jean: We'll know for sure, yeah.
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Aron: We'll know for sure.
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All right, our next caller is
Gary, calling in from Illinois.
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Hello, we've got Gary here.
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Welcome to the program.
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Gary: Thank you.
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In Revelation 16, the Euphrates
River dries up, demons are
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released enticing the kings of
the world to meet at Armageddon.
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If a nuclear war should happen,
would the hail, the size of a
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talent be the outcome of that
war, which is mentioned at the
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end of chapter 16?
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Jean: Okay, well, good question.
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Yes, you read about this in
Revelation chapter 16, verse 12,
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where it talks about the drying
up of the River Euphrates.
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Now, this is part of what
we call the seven last plagues.
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It's actually the sixth plague.
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And you start reading in
verse 12 through to verse 16.
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So there are a series of plagues
that come upon the earth just
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before Jesus comes.
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And when it talks about a hail
falling upon the earth and a
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great earthquake, which is the
seventh plague, that brings you
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right up till the
Second Coming of Christ.
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So these plagues take
place before Jesus comes.
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The first plague, if you read
about it, it's a terrible sore
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that develops upon people
and then it talks about the sea
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turning to blood, then the
rivers turning to blood and then
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the sun scorches men with
intense heat and so on and
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so forth.
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So these are literal plagues
that will come upon the earth.
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It hasn't happened yet.
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It happens after
probation closes.
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So when Michael stands up in
Daniel chapter 12, Jesus says,
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He that is holy,
let him be holy still.
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He's that filthy,
let him be filthy still.
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That's Revelation 22.
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Probation closes.
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The righteous are sealed,
the wicked have the mark of the
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beast, and then the
seven last plagues fall.
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And the drying up of the River
Euphrates is an interesting
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plague because it has
a symbolic application.
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It's not only referring to the
literal River Euphrates which
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very well could dry up, but
if you go back in Bible history,
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you have the city of Babylon.
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This is during the time of the
Jewish captivity, the Jews are
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captive in Babylon.
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And in order for the Jews
to be set free to go back to
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Jerusalem, you have Cyrus
who is the Medo-Persian leader
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or general.
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And in order for them to conquer
Babylon, they dried up the River
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Euphrates which ran diagonally
through the ancient city
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of Babylon.
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They diverted the waters into
some marsh areas and, as the
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river lowered, they were able to
march their soldiers under the
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massive city walls, and
in one night, Babylon fell.
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After the fall of Babylon, Cyrus
allowed the Jews to go back and
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start rebuilding
the temple in Jerusalem.
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So symbolically, when you
see the drying up of the River
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Euphrates, it represents
that God's people are soon to be
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delivered from symbolic Babylon
and taken to the New Jerusalem.
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Now, water in Bible prophecy,
according to Revelation chapter
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17, represents multitude
in nations and kindreds
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and tongues.
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And so this counterfeit
religious system in the last
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days referred to as Babylon in
Revelation 17, just before Jesus
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comes, the support that people
are giving to this apostate
00:19:02.90\00:19:07.01
religious system will be
withdrawn because the previous
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plague talks about darkness
upon the seat of the beast.
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So people suddenly realize,
hey, we've been deceived by this
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power and they
withdraw their support.
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That prepares the way for
the Second Coming of Christ.
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So this is a great study.
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It's referring to
something yet in the future.
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And this is part of the seven
last plagues that you read about
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in Revelation 16.
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Hopefully, that helps.
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Thank you, Gary.
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Aron: All right, our next caller
is calling in from Canada,
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up north.
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Caller named Deborah.
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Deborah, welcome to the show.
00:19:36.44\00:19:38.61
What is your
question for us this evening?
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Deborah: Hello, Pastors.
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How are you?
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Jean: Good, thank you.
00:19:43.61\00:19:44.95
Deborah: I have a question
about Mark 14, verses 51 and 52.
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I have to tell you that
when I read it, I got emotional.
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Other people have told me that
it's, you know, Mark making a
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cameo appearance and I've looked
up the word "nakedness" and I've
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looked up the word "linen"
because of the two things that
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the story tells us.
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And nakedness is mentioned 104
times in the Bible, and linen
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represents purity, and nakedness
could be-- it could mean other
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things other than shameful
in the Bible, depending on where
00:20:15.94\00:20:19.55
it's used.
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So, could you tell me who
he was or who you think he is?
00:20:20.92\00:20:24.69
And is there a
significance to this?
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I don't believe it's
just a filler in the Bible.
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And I don't really-- because of
how emotional I got, I believe
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there is
something to this story.
00:20:34.60\00:20:36.63
Jean: Yeah, absolutely.
00:20:36.67\00:20:38.00
Let me share what we have here.
00:20:38.03\00:20:39.33
So, yes, you find
this in Mark chapter 14.
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This is at the time
of the arrest of Jesus.
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When the religious leaders came
with the Roman soldiers, they
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met Jesus in the
Garden of Gethsemane.
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You'll remember how Peter pulled
out his sword and chopped off
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the high priest servant's ear.
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Jesus healed the servant
and then He allowed Himself to
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be arrested.
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And as He's being taken
away, the disciples all began to
00:21:00.29\00:21:04.39
run away.
00:21:04.43\00:21:05.76
And apparently there was a
young man who heard about what
00:21:05.79\00:21:10.20
was happening.
00:21:10.23\00:21:11.57
The reason it says he was
wearing a linen, it's late
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at night.
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He probably just grabbed a
blanket or whatever he had.
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He heard about this and he came
out to see what was going on and
00:21:18.01\00:21:22.04
as they arrested Jesus and
took Him to Caiaphas, the high
00:21:22.08\00:21:25.45
priest, for this trial, they
wanted to grab as many of His
00:21:25.48\00:21:29.08
followers as well, and it seems
as though the Romans grabbed a
00:21:29.12\00:21:32.92
hold of this young man and him
filled with fear just took off
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running in his
birthday suit, so to speak.
00:21:36.36\00:21:39.49
So people believe that the
reason it's even mentioned there
00:21:39.53\00:21:42.53
is that it could
very well be Mark himself.
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He was a young man at the time.
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Mark, of course, wrote the book.
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He wasn't officially one of the
disciples of Jesus, but he was
00:21:47.50\00:21:50.51
there at the time and he
received an eyewitness account
00:21:50.54\00:21:55.28
that came from the apostles
when he wrote the book of Mark.
00:21:55.31\00:21:58.28
So yes, we believe that was him.
00:21:58.31\00:22:00.58
The point being here is that
really everybody deserted Jesus
00:22:00.62\00:22:04.55
and they ran for their lives and
that was a prophecy that Jesus
00:22:04.59\00:22:07.96
had mentioned would take place.
00:22:07.99\00:22:09.32
It says, "The shepherd
shall be smitten and the sheep
00:22:09.36\00:22:12.46
shall disperse."
00:22:12.49\00:22:14.00
They will run away.
00:22:14.03\00:22:15.33
And that's what happened
to the disciples of Christ at
00:22:15.36\00:22:16.93
that time.
00:22:16.97\00:22:18.27
Later on, you read about John
and Peter that follow Jesus at a
00:22:18.30\00:22:22.57
distance and they went
into Caiaphas's high-- a high
00:22:22.60\00:22:26.81
priest's place, at least the
compound, and they were there.
00:22:26.84\00:22:29.78
But it seems that this young man
from all accounts, as far as we
00:22:29.81\00:22:32.81
know, it was probably Mark
and he ran away along with the
00:22:32.85\00:22:35.98
other disciples.
00:22:36.02\00:22:37.35
Aron: Yeah, another point is
it's significant that it's only
00:22:37.39\00:22:39.15
the Gospel of Mark that records
this little incident here.
00:22:39.19\00:22:42.79
So it's not unusual, we have the
Gospel of John where, you know,
00:22:42.82\00:22:46.33
it's quite clear that
John wrote the Gospel of John.
00:22:46.36\00:22:48.86
John never actually
fully identifies himself as the
00:22:48.90\00:22:51.93
author, right?
00:22:51.97\00:22:53.30
So Mark could have been,
you know, throwing this personal
00:22:53.34\00:22:54.67
anecdote in there as well
without claiming, you know,
00:22:54.70\00:22:57.31
like, "Hey, this was me, by the
way and I wrote this Gospel."
00:22:57.34\00:23:00.14
Jean: Yeah, he's sort of saying,
"Hey, I was there, I can verify.
00:23:00.18\00:23:02.38
I'm an eyewitness account.
00:23:02.41\00:23:03.71
This is what happened to
me, but I was there when Jesus
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was arrested."
00:23:05.58\00:23:06.95
Very good.
00:23:06.98\00:23:08.28
Thank you, Deborah.
00:23:08.32\00:23:09.65
Who do we have next?
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Aron: All right, next we
have Christopher calling in
00:23:11.02\00:23:12.35
from California.
00:23:12.39\00:23:13.69
Hi there, Christopher.
00:23:13.72\00:23:15.06
Welcome to our show.
00:23:15.09\00:23:16.39
What's your
question for us this evening?
00:23:16.42\00:23:17.73
Christopher: Good evening.
00:23:17.76\00:23:19.09
My question is: When
is the close of probation
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for everybody?
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Jean: Okay, good question.
00:23:21.80\00:23:23.03
Yes, the Bible doesn't give
us the exact time when probation
00:23:23.06\00:23:25.93
will close.
00:23:25.97\00:23:27.30
There are certain things that
prophecy foretells needs to take
00:23:27.34\00:23:30.51
place before probation closes.
00:23:30.54\00:23:32.34
So we know for one that
probation hasn't closed yet.
00:23:32.37\00:23:35.44
For example, some of the signs
that Jesus gave, He said, "This
00:23:35.48\00:23:38.78
gospel of the kingdom must be
preached to all the world as a
00:23:38.81\00:23:41.02
witness unto all nations,
then the end will come."
00:23:41.05\00:23:43.95
If you're still preaching the
gospel that means probation is
00:23:43.99\00:23:46.45
not closed.
00:23:46.49\00:23:47.82
You can also read in Revelation
chapter 18, there is a
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description of a mighty angel.
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We call him the fourth angel
of Revelation 18, because in
00:23:52.89\00:23:55.00
chapter 14, you have three
angels and now you have this
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fourth angel.
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It says, "The earth is
illuminated with his glory and
00:23:58.87\00:24:00.70
he cries mightily
with a strong voice.
00:24:00.74\00:24:03.04
'Babylon is fallen, is fallen.'"
00:24:03.07\00:24:04.64
And that's referring to a
special outpouring of the Holy
00:24:04.67\00:24:07.44
Spirit and a great awakening
amongst God's people in taking
00:24:07.48\00:24:11.45
the last warning
message to the world.
00:24:11.48\00:24:13.88
As we saw at Pentecost, when
the Holy Spirit came upon the
00:24:13.92\00:24:16.92
apostles and the gospel went
forth with power, we will see a
00:24:16.95\00:24:20.36
similar thing just
before probation closes.
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That has not happened yet.
00:24:23.49\00:24:24.83
So we know that
is still to come.
00:24:24.86\00:24:26.23
We also know that before
probation closes, there is going
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to be the issue of
the mark of the beast.
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In other words, people will
be forced to make a decision.
00:24:32.20\00:24:34.50
Are they going to worship God
according to the commandments,
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or are they going to set aside
one of God's commandments in
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order to worship according to
the beast power that's described
00:24:40.11\00:24:43.68
there in Revelation chapter 13?
00:24:43.71\00:24:45.55
That hasn't happened yet.
00:24:45.58\00:24:47.02
So there's a couple of things
that still have to take place
00:24:47.05\00:24:49.68
and once these things have taken
place and the loud cry is given,
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then at some point,
Jesus says it's over.
00:24:53.19\00:24:55.92
Now, Daniel chapter 12 verse
1, it says Michael stands up.
00:24:55.96\00:24:58.53
Michael is the prophetic name
of Christ and there is a time of
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trouble, worse than
the world has ever seen.
00:25:01.80\00:25:03.80
That's when the seven last
plagues will be poured out.
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But at that time, Thy people
shall be delivered, everyone
00:25:06.30\00:25:08.97
found written in the book.
00:25:09.00\00:25:10.34
Well, that's the Second Coming
of Christ when the righteous
00:25:10.37\00:25:12.37
will be delivered.
00:25:12.41\00:25:13.71
So close of
probation still in the future.
00:25:13.74\00:25:16.18
But of course, for us
individually, probation can
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close any time, right?
00:25:19.51\00:25:20.92
Because when a person dies,
their probation is closed, their
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decisions have been made.
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That's why the Bible says,
"Today is the day of salvation.
00:25:25.39\00:25:28.72
Do not harden your heart."
00:25:28.76\00:25:30.43
So every day we want to
make that choice to surrender
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to Jesus.
00:25:33.19\00:25:34.46
Thank you, Christopher.
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Appreciate your call.
00:25:35.86\00:25:37.17
Aron: Amen, great, great answer.
00:25:37.20\00:25:38.43
And I love that emphasis on, you
know, the Bible says, you know,
00:25:38.47\00:25:40.64
Jesus says, "I'm coming soon.
00:25:40.67\00:25:41.97
I'm coming soon."
00:25:42.00\00:25:43.41
Well, that was 2000 years ago,
but we do believe He's coming
00:25:43.44\00:25:45.27
soon, but everyone's individual
probation could close before the
00:25:45.31\00:25:49.94
corporate final
close of probation.
00:25:49.98\00:25:52.31
All right, Lee we
have calling in from Texas.
00:25:52.35\00:25:55.35
Welcome, Lee, to the show.
00:25:55.38\00:25:57.65
What is your
question for us this evening?
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Lee: Yes, my question is: Why is
Greek mythology closely linked
00:26:00.06\00:26:04.53
to the Bible?
00:26:04.56\00:26:05.86
Jean: Well, when you talk about
Greek mythology closely linked
00:26:05.89\00:26:08.36
to the Bible, all pagan
religions have certain kernels
00:26:08.40\00:26:12.37
of truth because in reality,
paganism is really the religion
00:26:12.40\00:26:16.54
inspired by the devil himself.
00:26:16.57\00:26:18.47
And yes, there is a controversy
between good and evil.
00:26:18.51\00:26:21.21
Sometimes you'll read about
a fall; even in certain pagan
00:26:21.24\00:26:24.45
mythologies, you
even have a tree.
00:26:24.48\00:26:27.15
Of course, it's all twisted.
00:26:27.18\00:26:29.02
The serpent or the dragon also
has significance in paganism.
00:26:29.05\00:26:32.45
Of course, you read
about the serpent in Genesis.
00:26:32.49\00:26:34.69
So, yes, there are some
connections because, you know,
00:26:34.72\00:26:37.26
paganism was
inspired by the devil.
00:26:37.29\00:26:39.19
Greek mythology for the most
part was built upon these pagan
00:26:39.23\00:26:43.30
religious
teachings that are false.
00:26:43.33\00:26:46.70
Although, you know, a lot of
Greek mythology is just made up
00:26:46.74\00:26:50.64
as well.
00:26:50.67\00:26:52.01
It's not the truth.
00:26:52.04\00:26:53.34
The Bible has the final word.
00:26:53.38\00:26:54.71
The Bible is the truth.
00:26:54.74\00:26:56.04
But there are some interesting
things even in some remote
00:26:56.08\00:26:58.75
tribal groups, they talk about
a flood that you read about in
00:26:58.78\00:27:01.52
Genesis, different ideas of it.
00:27:01.55\00:27:03.42
But you get
kernels of truth scattered.
00:27:03.45\00:27:06.39
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have Terrence calling
in from North Carolina.
00:30:40.94\00:30:44.87
Hello, Terrence,
welcome to the show.
00:30:44.91\00:30:47.24
What is your
question for us this evening?
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Terrence: Yes,
Pastor Ross, Pastor Crews.
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I just have a question.
00:30:52.75\00:30:54.08
It's a simple
one for you tonight.
00:30:54.12\00:30:55.42
What were Jesus's last words?
00:30:55.45\00:30:57.25
Was it Luke 23:46,
Psalms 22:1, or John 19:30?
00:30:57.29\00:31:04.09
I think it's Luke
23:46 but it's conflicting.
00:31:04.13\00:31:09.13
Jean: Okay, yes, I
think you're right.
00:31:09.16\00:31:11.30
I mean, there's a number of
words that Jesus spoke and not
00:31:11.33\00:31:15.07
all of the Gospels record all of
His words, but if you take the
00:31:15.10\00:31:19.47
different statements of Christ
from all of the Gospels, you
00:31:19.51\00:31:23.58
come up with with
what the total is.
00:31:23.61\00:31:25.91
Luke 23:46 says: "And when Jesus
had cried out with a loud voice,
00:31:25.95\00:31:29.95
He said, 'Father into Your
hands, I commit My Spirit.'
00:31:29.98\00:31:32.65
Having said this,
He breathed His last."
00:31:32.69\00:31:35.52
So yes, from the verse, it
appears pretty clear that this
00:31:35.56\00:31:39.56
was the last
thing that Jesus said.
00:31:39.59\00:31:42.23
Incidentally, it's actually a
quote, a quote from Psalms 31,
00:31:42.26\00:31:46.67
verse 5, that Jesus was quoting.
00:31:46.70\00:31:49.37
A number of the statements
Jesus made from the cross were
00:31:49.40\00:31:52.24
actually quotes from the Old
Testament, much from the book
00:31:52.27\00:31:56.31
of Psalms.
00:31:56.34\00:31:57.65
Part of that is that Jesus
wanted to direct those who were
00:31:57.68\00:32:00.55
at the cross to go back and to
read these passages of scripture
00:32:00.58\00:32:04.62
to help validate that He
was indeed the Messiah, the
00:32:04.65\00:32:07.89
fulfillment of these various
prophecies that you find in the
00:32:07.92\00:32:10.96
Old Testament.
00:32:10.99\00:32:12.33
So, yes, Luke chapter 23:46
seems to be the final words that
00:32:12.36\00:32:17.23
Jesus spoke when He said, "Into
Thy hands I commit My Spirit"
00:32:17.27\00:32:20.14
and then He died.
00:32:20.17\00:32:21.47
All right, thank you, Terrence.
00:32:21.50\00:32:22.84
Who do we have next?
00:32:22.87\00:32:24.17
Aron: All right,
we've got Esther calling
00:32:24.21\00:32:25.51
in from California with
a question about animals.
00:32:25.54\00:32:28.84
Hello, Esther.
00:32:28.88\00:32:30.18
Esther: Hello, Pastor.
00:32:30.21\00:32:31.55
I recently saw a documentary
about beavers and bees and how
00:32:31.58\00:32:37.22
they keep the Sabbath.
00:32:37.25\00:32:39.12
I was just wondering,
do animals praise God?
00:32:39.15\00:32:42.52
Jean: Okay, well, indirectly.
00:32:42.56\00:32:45.43
You know, they don't consciously
say, "All right, we're going to
00:32:45.46\00:32:47.40
worship God," or praise God.
00:32:47.46\00:32:49.66
But when you look at the marvels
of creation and you look at what
00:32:49.70\00:32:54.00
animals do and you look at
how they are made, you can see
00:32:54.04\00:32:58.27
evidence of a Creator.
00:32:58.31\00:33:00.54
You can see the handiwork of God
in the things that He has made.
00:33:00.58\00:33:04.65
And so when you look at a
hummingbird and you see its
00:33:04.68\00:33:07.12
beautiful colors and you see how
that it can drink nectar from a
00:33:07.15\00:33:11.32
flower while it's flying and
yet it has such endurance to fly
00:33:11.35\00:33:14.62
long distances.
00:33:14.66\00:33:15.96
That's all evidence
that there is a Creator God.
00:33:15.99\00:33:18.66
So in them just doing what
they were made to do, they're in
00:33:18.69\00:33:21.60
essence praising God.
00:33:21.63\00:33:23.13
They're revealing
the glories of God.
00:33:23.16\00:33:25.83
Not that they
purposely gather together.
00:33:25.87\00:33:28.07
In other words, when a bird
sings, he sings because he's a
00:33:28.10\00:33:30.81
bird, but he's doing
what God made him to do.
00:33:30.84\00:33:34.04
And that in a
sense is praising God.
00:33:34.08\00:33:36.41
So yeah, very good observation.
00:33:36.44\00:33:38.25
Aron: Yeah, just a couple
of verses along those lines.
00:33:38.28\00:33:41.02
We have Psalm 148.
00:33:41.05\00:33:42.95
Read a couple of verses here,
starting in verse 1, which says:
00:33:42.98\00:33:45.49
"Praise the Lord!
00:33:45.52\00:33:46.82
Praise the Lord from
the heavens; praise Him in
00:33:46.86\00:33:48.22
the heights!
00:33:48.26\00:33:49.56
Praise Him, all the angels;
praise Him, all the hosts!
00:33:49.59\00:33:50.93
Praise Him, sun and moon; praise
Him, all you stars of light!
00:33:50.96\00:33:55.00
Praise Him, you heavens of
heavens, and you waters above
00:33:55.03\00:33:58.27
the heavens!
00:33:58.30\00:33:59.60
Let them praise
the name of the Lord."
00:33:59.63\00:34:01.04
So here we have intangible
things, the light, the sun, the
00:34:01.07\00:34:05.74
moon, the stars, who
the Psalmist says, "Praise
00:34:05.77\00:34:08.18
Him," right?
00:34:08.21\00:34:09.51
And I love what you said there,
Jean, that when something is
00:34:09.54\00:34:12.68
created by God, an animal, a
sun, a moon, and they're simply
00:34:12.71\00:34:16.48
doing what they were created to
do, in that sense they're really
00:34:16.52\00:34:21.16
giving praise to God.
00:34:21.19\00:34:22.49
And so we--we have a-- we're
made in the image of God and we
00:34:22.52\00:34:26.36
have you could say a higher
degree of consciousness and when
00:34:26.39\00:34:29.76
we intentionally and purposely
do what God created us to do
00:34:29.80\00:34:34.57
that is what matters
the most for us, so--.
00:34:34.60\00:34:37.27
Jean: And we're
praising God in that sense.
00:34:37.31\00:34:39.11
Aron: Amen, amen, amen.
00:34:39.14\00:34:40.44
All right, our next caller who
is a first-time caller, calling
00:34:40.48\00:34:44.81
in from Virginia, Keliah.
00:34:44.85\00:34:47.72
Thank you so much for calling
in, and your question for us
00:34:47.75\00:34:51.02
this evening is?
00:34:51.05\00:34:53.22
Keliah: Yes, I was calling to
find out does the devil worship
00:34:53.25\00:34:57.66
on Sabbath, because I have a
definition from the dictionary
00:34:57.69\00:35:04.87
that says the Sabbath
is a meeting of witches.
00:35:04.90\00:35:08.77
Jean: Okay, well, you know,
whatever that definition is,
00:35:08.80\00:35:11.91
from the dictionary, is wrong.
00:35:11.94\00:35:13.61
The Sabbath was created by God.
00:35:13.64\00:35:15.28
It's a memorial
of His creative work.
00:35:15.31\00:35:17.41
It is a day of worship.
00:35:17.45\00:35:18.88
The righteous worship on the
day God set aside because that's
00:35:18.91\00:35:22.55
what He asked us to do.
00:35:22.58\00:35:23.92
God's people throughout
time have recognized Him as the
00:35:23.95\00:35:26.12
Creator and have remembered
the Sabbath to keep it holy.
00:35:26.15\00:35:28.69
The devil does not worship God.
00:35:28.72\00:35:30.53
He hates God and he hates
anything that connects people to
00:35:30.56\00:35:34.56
God, and the Sabbath
would be one of those things.
00:35:34.56\00:35:37.07
So the devil is doing his very
best to cause people to ignore
00:35:37.10\00:35:40.84
or forget this wonderful truth
because, you know, Jesus wants
00:35:40.87\00:35:44.47
to spend time with us.
00:35:44.51\00:35:45.81
Christ is the Creator God.
00:35:45.84\00:35:47.18
He's made us and He set aside a
day where we can actually enter
00:35:47.21\00:35:50.51
into His
presence in a special way.
00:35:50.55\00:35:52.31
It doesn't mean we can't
worship Him throughout the week.
00:35:52.35\00:35:54.62
But this is a time that He has
set aside for us to gather to
00:35:54.65\00:35:58.85
worship, and He wants to
bless us with His presence in a
00:35:58.89\00:36:02.16
special way on the seventh day.
00:36:02.19\00:36:03.86
And always reminding us
that He's the one that made us.
00:36:03.89\00:36:06.70
We didn't make ourselves.
00:36:06.73\00:36:08.00
So the devil hates the Sabbath.
00:36:08.03\00:36:09.36
He hates worship.
00:36:09.40\00:36:11.07
And yeah, the Sabbath is a good
thing, according to the Bible.
00:36:11.10\00:36:15.04
We do have a study guide that
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00:36:15.07\00:36:18.17
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00:36:18.21\00:36:19.57
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It's called, "The
Forgotten Day in History."
00:36:21.04\00:36:24.35
"Forgotten Day in History."
00:36:24.38\00:36:25.68
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All right, who do we have next?
00:37:06.86\00:37:08.19
Aron: All right, thank you.
00:37:08.22\00:37:09.52
Our next caller, calling in
from New York, has a great name,
00:37:09.56\00:37:12.03
Eron, which is my name.
00:37:12.06\00:37:14.46
Eron, welcome to the program.
00:37:14.46\00:37:16.00
Looks like you have a question
about Proverbs chapter 3, eh?
00:37:16.03\00:37:18.90
Eron: I do, Aron.
00:37:18.93\00:37:20.27
Jean: Thanks for calling,
and your question tonight?
00:37:20.30\00:37:22.87
Eron: My question is: What
is the meaning of that verse,
00:37:22.90\00:37:25.07
especially the
word "acknowledge"?
00:37:25.11\00:37:27.71
Jean: Okay, let me read it.
00:37:27.74\00:37:29.08
Proverbs chapter 3, verse 6.
It says: "In all of your ways
00:37:29.11\00:37:31.58
acknowledge Him, and He
shall direct your paths."
00:37:31.61\00:37:34.85
So the word there,
"acknowledge," means to inquire
00:37:34.88\00:37:38.69
and submit to His
plans and purposes.
00:37:38.72\00:37:42.56
In other words, if you want God
to direct your ways, you need to
00:37:42.59\00:37:47.56
be willing to go in
the way that He leads.
00:37:47.60\00:37:50.50
You can't say, "All right, Lord,
I'm going to do my own thing and
00:37:50.53\00:37:52.80
I hope this is
part of Your plan."
00:37:52.83\00:37:54.44
No, if you really want God
to bless, then you need to say,
00:37:54.47\00:37:56.77
"Lord, what is Your plan?"
00:37:56.81\00:37:58.37
And that's what it means
when it says, "Acknowledge Him."
00:37:58.41\00:38:00.41
In other words, seek His will.
00:38:00.44\00:38:02.21
Say, "Lord, what
do You want me to do?"
00:38:02.24\00:38:04.18
We want to search the
scriptures, make sure that what
00:38:04.21\00:38:06.85
we are wanting to do is in
harmony with the principles
00:38:06.88\00:38:09.12
given in the Bible.
00:38:09.15\00:38:10.39
Sometimes we might need to seek
some godly counsel from others.
00:38:10.42\00:38:14.26
But at the end of the day, if we
know this is in harmony with the
00:38:14.29\00:38:17.59
will of God, and we say, "Lord,
if it's Your will, then through
00:38:17.63\00:38:21.03
providence, open up the doors.
00:38:21.06\00:38:22.70
Close doors if You don't
want me to go a certain way."
00:38:22.73\00:38:25.50
We can trust that
God is going to lead us.
00:38:25.53\00:38:28.24
So to acknowledge Him is to seek
His will and then follow it, and
00:38:28.27\00:38:32.87
not doing your
own thing, but saying,
00:38:32.91\00:38:34.71
"Lord, Your will be done."
00:38:34.74\00:38:36.88
So that's the key.
00:38:36.91\00:38:38.41
Aron: That's right.
00:38:38.45\00:38:39.78
Great question
though, very, very practical.
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.55
Jean: Oh, you know what,
I just remembered a book.
00:38:41.58\00:38:43.45
Pastor Doug wrote a book called,
"Determining the Will of God,"
00:38:43.49\00:38:45.89
and it's free.
00:38:45.92\00:38:47.89
We'll send it to
anyone who calls and asks.
00:38:47.92\00:38:49.22
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:38:49.26\00:38:52.03
It deals with this very verse.
00:38:52.06\00:38:54.13
Call and ask.
00:38:54.20\00:38:55.53
It's called,
"Determining the Will of God."
00:38:55.56\00:38:56.97
All right, thanks, Eron.
00:38:57.00\00:38:58.33
Who do we have next?
00:38:58.37\00:38:59.60
Aron: All right, another caller
in from New York and it's Phil.
00:38:59.63\00:39:02.07
Phil, you have an interesting
question for us this evening.
00:39:02.10\00:39:05.01
What is it?
00:39:05.04\00:39:06.37
Phil: I hope I do.
00:39:06.41\00:39:07.71
Thank you very much.
00:39:07.74\00:39:09.08
I'll just take a second to
say your explanation about the
00:39:09.11\00:39:11.18
Euphrates was really
superb because it ties together
00:39:11.21\00:39:15.12
religious and secular history.
00:39:15.15\00:39:17.59
It was excellent.
00:39:17.62\00:39:19.22
Jean: Amen, well, thank you.
00:39:19.25\00:39:20.59
Phil: My question is: Do you
believe that the woke culture
00:39:20.62\00:39:25.89
and Marxist globalist ideology
are somehow connected to the one
00:39:25.93\00:39:31.57
world system of the Antichrist?
00:39:31.60\00:39:34.70
Jean: Okay, well, good question.
00:39:34.74\00:39:36.87
Well, in 1798 you had the French
Revolution, which really was the
00:39:36.91\00:39:41.21
beginning of a
nation claiming atheism.
00:39:41.24\00:39:44.95
And of course, Marxism or Marx,
Karl Marx, and what he wrote,
00:39:44.98\00:39:48.82
which kind of came out of that
French Revolution, influenced
00:39:48.85\00:39:52.45
communism, atheism,
evolution, and many other ISMs,
00:39:52.49\00:39:57.16
materialism, and
so on and so forth.
00:39:57.19\00:39:59.73
Sort of was the
catalyst for that.
00:39:59.76\00:40:02.56
What is interesting is that
there are two extremes and, of
00:40:02.60\00:40:06.77
course, we can see
this in our world today.
00:40:06.80\00:40:08.54
On the one hand, you would
have what we maybe consider the
00:40:08.57\00:40:12.01
Liberal or the
left side of things.
00:40:12.04\00:40:14.84
On the other, you'd have the
Conservatives and maybe consider
00:40:14.88\00:40:17.05
that the right side, if
you're dealing with politics.
00:40:17.08\00:40:19.85
But what the Bible does tell us
and these two powers, these two
00:40:19.88\00:40:23.18
philosophies, seem to be, you
know, at odds with each other
00:40:23.22\00:40:26.76
and they are.
00:40:26.79\00:40:28.09
But what the Bible tells us
that at the end of time, the
00:40:28.12\00:40:31.83
Antichrist's power is
going to be able to pull both
00:40:31.86\00:40:35.03
groups together.
00:40:35.06\00:40:36.43
He's going to unite them for a
particular cause which is going
00:40:36.46\00:40:41.20
to lead to the enforcing
of the mark of the beast.
00:40:41.24\00:40:43.64
Now, we don't have time to
get into the exact details.
00:40:43.67\00:40:45.31
We do have a study guide that
actually talks about the mark of
00:40:45.34\00:40:47.58
the beast.
00:40:47.61\00:40:48.91
But it is interesting how that
you're going to have on the one
00:40:48.94\00:40:51.61
hand, those who are very pro,
you might say, environmental
00:40:51.65\00:40:56.02
movements and social justice
causes, uniting with those who
00:40:56.05\00:41:00.36
are directly opposite, on the
religious side of things, who
00:41:00.39\00:41:04.63
believe that because of
immorality, because of what the
00:41:04.66\00:41:08.46
culture is doing, the United
States will be doomed unless
00:41:08.50\00:41:11.20
America gets back to God, and
you have the Antichrist power
00:41:11.23\00:41:15.00
reaching sort of
middle ground and pulling both
00:41:15.04\00:41:17.94
groups together.
00:41:17.97\00:41:19.27
And what is interesting about
this, it's going to revolve
00:41:19.31\00:41:21.78
around a particular day.
00:41:21.81\00:41:24.85
Now, without me saying too much,
get the study guide and read it,
00:41:24.88\00:41:28.12
dealing with the Antichrist's
power and the mark of the beast,
00:41:28.15\00:41:31.49
but it's interesting that in
the environmental movement, that
00:41:31.52\00:41:34.39
people are talking about
the earth needing a day of rest,
00:41:34.42\00:41:37.83
once a week.
00:41:37.86\00:41:39.19
And on the religious side of
things, you've got the religious
00:41:39.23\00:41:42.53
world saying we
need to get back to God.
00:41:42.56\00:41:44.43
We need to start enforcing
Sunday as a day of rest
00:41:44.47\00:41:47.90
and worship.
00:41:47.94\00:41:49.27
And it's interesting how these
two ideas will eventually merge
00:41:49.30\00:41:51.84
together, being guided by the
Antichrist's power in the last
00:41:51.87\00:41:55.28
days to enforce
the mark of the beast.
00:41:55.31\00:41:58.11
So yes, it does.
00:41:58.15\00:41:59.68
What we see happening in
politics today and around the
00:41:59.71\00:42:02.05
world, is that connected with
the fulfillment of prophecy?
00:42:02.08\00:42:05.22
Absolutely.
00:42:05.25\00:42:06.59
These are signs of the times
and we're living in some very
00:42:06.62\00:42:09.76
exciting times.
00:42:09.79\00:42:11.13
Aron: Yeah, and I'll just add
briefly, there may be powers in
00:42:11.16\00:42:13.43
the world that seem to be
totally opposite, yet both are
00:42:13.46\00:42:18.43
against or somehow contrary to
the Bible and to God, and Satan
00:42:18.47\00:42:23.91
will take advantage of that.
00:42:23.94\00:42:25.31
It was, after all, the Sadducees
on the left side and the
00:42:25.34\00:42:28.71
Pharisees on the right side that
came together, right, along with
00:42:28.74\00:42:32.68
the state that
crucified Jesus, right?
00:42:32.71\00:42:35.52
So Satan finds his
friends everywhere, right?
00:42:35.55\00:42:39.82
And when it comes to attacking
God's people, all the powers of
00:42:39.85\00:42:43.56
the world ultimately are going
to team up together against
00:42:43.59\00:42:46.80
the righteous.
00:42:46.83\00:42:48.13
Jean: That's a good point.
00:42:48.16\00:42:49.46
You know, ultimately, we
need to trust in the Bible.
00:42:49.50\00:42:50.83
We can't trust in
what's happening in politics.
00:42:50.87\00:42:53.23
We can't trust in
different organizations.
00:42:53.27\00:42:55.87
We've got to
trust the board* of God.
00:42:55.90\00:42:57.24
That's going to be our
safety in the last days.
00:42:57.27\00:42:59.24
Phil, great question.
00:42:59.27\00:43:00.64
Thanks for calling.
00:43:00.68\00:43:02.01
You might want to get that study
guide called, "The Antichrist."
00:43:02.04\00:43:04.35
There's actually two:
"The Mark of the Beast"
00:43:04.38\00:43:06.61
and "The Antichrist."
00:43:06.65\00:43:07.95
For anyone wanting to learn
more about this very important
00:43:07.98\00:43:09.68
prophetic
subject, call 800-835-6747.
00:43:09.72\00:43:14.06
Ask for those two study guides.
00:43:14.09\00:43:16.32
You'll be amazed when you read
what the Bible says, who these
00:43:16.36\00:43:20.56
powers are in the last days.
00:43:20.60\00:43:22.10
Okay, who do we have next?
00:43:22.13\00:43:23.47
Aron: All right, next, we have
Alexander calling in from New
00:43:23.50\00:43:26.40
York and it looks like you're
a first-time caller, Alexander.
00:43:26.43\00:43:30.14
We're so excited
to have you here.
00:43:30.17\00:43:31.94
Welcome to the program.
00:43:31.97\00:43:33.34
What is your
question for us this evening?
00:43:33.38\00:43:35.38
Alexander: Good evening,
and God bless you guys always.
00:43:35.41\00:43:38.01
Jean: Yeah, thanks.
00:43:38.05\00:43:40.02
Alexander: My question is,
'cause we're studying the great
00:43:40.05\00:43:44.62
controversy and I wanted to know
if the devil had a chance to
00:43:44.65\00:43:51.83
visit all the world with his
lies or was it only earth that
00:43:51.86\00:43:56.56
he got to deceive?
00:43:56.60\00:43:58.10
Jean: Okay, very good.
00:43:58.13\00:43:59.43
Well, it appears as
though he did at some point.
00:43:59.47\00:44:02.50
And here's why.
00:44:02.54\00:44:03.84
In Job, you read the book of
Job, it begins by talking about
00:44:03.87\00:44:06.61
a day when the sons of
God came to present themselves
00:44:06.64\00:44:09.14
before God.
00:44:09.18\00:44:10.55
Now we know that these sons of
God are not human beings, they
00:44:10.58\00:44:14.62
are representatives
of other unfallen worlds.
00:44:14.65\00:44:17.95
The Bible in Hebrews talks about
God who made the world, uses the
00:44:17.99\00:44:20.79
plural, and they are the
representatives of these worlds.
00:44:20.82\00:44:24.19
And Satan shows up at
this meeting and he comes
00:44:24.23\00:44:28.03
representing earth.
00:44:28.06\00:44:29.40
You see, that's why God
says, "Where did you come from?"
00:44:29.43\00:44:31.13
He said, "Oh, from walking up
and down on the earth," meaning
00:44:31.17\00:44:33.40
my kingdom, so the devil
claims this earth is his.
00:44:33.44\00:44:36.60
So the fact that there is this
meeting taking place, we would
00:44:36.64\00:44:40.38
understand that the other
representatives of the other
00:44:40.41\00:44:43.24
worlds, they were
aware of this rebellion.
00:44:43.28\00:44:46.31
You read in Revelation chapter
12, talks about war in heaven,
00:44:46.35\00:44:49.95
Michael and his angels fought
against the dragon and his
00:44:49.98\00:44:52.19
angels, and the dragon lost
and he was cast out of heaven,
00:44:52.22\00:44:55.96
probably the devil and the
angels that joined his rebellion
00:44:55.99\00:45:00.16
kind of wandered through space,
you might say, looking for a
00:45:00.20\00:45:02.60
place that they
could claim as a capital.
00:45:02.63\00:45:05.57
They probably tempted or tried
to tempt these other worlds, but
00:45:05.60\00:45:08.50
they weren't successful.
00:45:08.54\00:45:09.84
Right around that time, God then
starts creating again and he
00:45:09.87\00:45:13.11
creates earth.
00:45:13.14\00:45:14.48
And the devil says, "Ah, here's
my chance, man and woman created
00:45:14.51\00:45:18.21
in the image of God.
00:45:18.25\00:45:19.55
Let me see if I
can deceive them."
00:45:19.58\00:45:20.92
And, of course, he comes
and you know what happened
00:45:20.95\00:45:22.25
in the Garden of Eden.
00:45:22.28\00:45:23.95
So yes, the other created
beings, the angels, the unfallen
00:45:23.99\00:45:26.92
world, so they're aware of
this rebellion that took place.
00:45:26.96\00:45:31.03
Aron: Yeah, and I want to add
one more verse there that goes
00:45:31.06\00:45:33.36
right along with
what you're saying.
00:45:33.40\00:45:34.66
In Revelation 12, verse 12,
it seems and the context is, is
00:45:34.73\00:45:38.67
Jesus's crucifixion and the
devil being cast out in some
00:45:38.70\00:45:42.44
secondary sense, right?
00:45:42.47\00:45:44.07
It says, "Therefore rejoice,
O heavens, and you who dwell
00:45:44.11\00:45:47.48
in them!"
00:45:47.51\00:45:48.81
Okay, so there's this party in
heaven and those who dwell there
00:45:48.84\00:45:51.41
and probably not just heaven
heaven, but like, the heavens,
00:45:51.45\00:45:56.12
And it says, "Woe to the
inhabitants of the earth and
00:45:56.15\00:45:58.19
the sea!
00:45:58.22\00:45:59.52
For the devil has come down to
you, having great wrath, because
00:45:59.55\00:46:01.82
he knows that he
has a short time."
00:46:01.86\00:46:04.06
So there it seems, right, that
the devil after the cross in
00:46:04.09\00:46:08.00
some significant way, is sort
of trapped to the earth, right?
00:46:08.03\00:46:12.00
Alluding to, before this point,
he had some kind of access as we
00:46:12.03\00:46:17.01
see in the book of Job to
heavens, heavenly intelligences,
00:46:17.04\00:46:20.74
other unfallen beings perhaps,
to, yes, attempt to spread
00:46:20.78\00:46:25.38
his lies.
00:46:25.41\00:46:26.75
But of course, we're thankful
that-- we're not thankful that
00:46:26.78\00:46:29.85
humans rebelled, but we're
thankful that we are the only
00:46:29.88\00:46:31.85
planet that has rebelled and
that God is working through the
00:46:31.89\00:46:34.79
plan to--.
00:46:34.82\00:46:36.12
Jean: Sort of in quarantine
here on planet Earth, right?
00:46:36.16\00:46:38.43
Waiting for the
restoration of all things.
00:46:38.46\00:46:40.96
All right, thank you.
00:46:41.00\00:46:42.30
Who do we have next?
00:46:42.33\00:46:43.67
Aron: All right, next, we
have Jeanette calling in from
00:46:43.70\00:46:45.00
Michigan and I pastored in
Michigan for almost 7 years.
00:46:45.03\00:46:48.37
So, a warm place in my
heart has-- is Michigan.
00:46:48.40\00:46:51.84
So Jeanette, welcome to
the program for the first time.
00:46:51.87\00:46:54.91
What's your question for us?
00:46:54.94\00:46:56.24
Jeanette: Good evening.
00:46:56.28\00:46:57.61
Aron: Good evening.
00:46:57.65\00:46:58.95
Jeanette: Good evening.
00:46:58.98\00:47:00.38
My question is in
Judges chapter 19.
00:47:00.42\00:47:03.35
What happens with the Levite's
concubine is really bothersome
00:47:03.39\00:47:07.36
even when she
returns home in verse 29.
00:47:07.39\00:47:10.59
But my question is why do they
offer their own family such as
00:47:10.63\00:47:15.96
their daughters and concubines
to evil men instead of
00:47:16.00\00:47:18.97
their visitors?
00:47:19.00\00:47:20.30
Lot did the same,
but he had angels.
00:47:20.34\00:47:22.40
I could understand that.
00:47:22.44\00:47:23.77
This was just, you know,
random visitors, it seems.
00:47:23.81\00:47:26.71
But, you know, he offered them
his daughter and concubine for
00:47:26.74\00:47:31.05
that horrible thing.
00:47:31.08\00:47:33.21
Jean: Absolutely, well,
that's, you know, that's a
00:47:33.25\00:47:35.62
good question.
00:47:35.65\00:47:36.99
I-- of course, to us
today, it would be terrible.
00:47:37.02\00:47:39.42
I mean, the last thing, a
father would want to do is allow
00:47:39.45\00:47:43.63
anything bad to
happen to his family.
00:47:43.66\00:47:45.89
You'd think he'd be the
first one to step out there
00:47:45.93\00:47:47.93
in defense.
00:47:47.96\00:47:49.23
The culture was a little
different back in Bible times in
00:47:49.26\00:47:51.93
that if you brought a stranger
into your house, it was your
00:47:51.97\00:47:57.54
responsibility to take
care of him and they took that
00:47:57.57\00:48:00.44
very serious.
00:48:00.48\00:48:02.21
So in the case, for example,
of Lot, and in the case of the
00:48:02.24\00:48:06.45
story that you read about about
the Levite's concubine, the
00:48:06.48\00:48:09.48
owner of the house, you
know, went out and said to these
00:48:09.52\00:48:11.82
wicked men, "Please
do not do this thing."
00:48:11.85\00:48:13.52
Now, of course, they
wanted-- they wanted the man in
00:48:13.56\00:48:15.99
both cases.
00:48:16.02\00:48:17.49
Says they wanted to know
him carnally, and perhaps the
00:48:17.53\00:48:20.13
thinking would be, as well, you
know, if they send a woman maybe
00:48:20.16\00:48:24.27
they wouldn't be that mean.
00:48:24.30\00:48:25.73
But, apparently, yeah, they
were wicked, on both accounts.
00:48:25.77\00:48:30.21
It's a terrible story.
00:48:30.24\00:48:31.54
You wonder why is
it even in the Bible?
00:48:31.57\00:48:33.58
Well, the reason it's in
the Bible is because this led to
00:48:33.61\00:48:36.34
civil war in Israel and the
tribe of Benjamin was almost
00:48:36.38\00:48:40.88
wiped out and it was
terribly painful for the nation.
00:48:40.92\00:48:44.82
But that was because of this
wickedness that was done here in
00:48:44.85\00:48:49.22
the story in chapter 19.
00:48:49.26\00:48:50.56
So that's why it's
even referenced here in the
00:48:50.59\00:48:52.73
scriptures because of the
terrible things that happened.
00:48:52.76\00:48:55.46
So, yeah, it might be a
little different for us today.
00:48:55.50\00:48:57.57
We might struggle to
try and understand it.
00:48:57.60\00:48:59.90
But it was-- it was the most
important thing back in Bible
00:48:59.93\00:49:03.41
times that you were to take care
of the visitor that came under
00:49:03.44\00:49:06.68
your roof at any cost.
00:49:06.71\00:49:09.78
And that's probably what
helped motivate those decisions.
00:49:09.81\00:49:13.35
Well, they're
not good decisions.
00:49:13.38\00:49:14.68
You know, the Bible
gives us both good and bad.
00:49:14.72\00:49:16.65
And that was a bad
thing that they did.
00:49:16.69\00:49:19.22
Aron: Yeah, and then just one
more principle to keep in mind
00:49:19.25\00:49:21.69
when you're reading difficult
stories, in particular in the
00:49:21.72\00:49:25.09
book of Judges, there's actually
two verses that sort of set the
00:49:25.13\00:49:29.23
whole theme of
the book of Judges.
00:49:29.26\00:49:30.87
And it's Judges chapter 17,
verse 6, and Judges chapter 21,
00:49:30.90\00:49:34.77
verse 25, which is the very
last verse of the whole book
00:49:34.80\00:49:38.04
of Judges.
00:49:38.07\00:49:39.31
And it says this: "In those days
there was no king in Israel; and
00:49:39.34\00:49:43.08
everyone did what was
right in his own eyes."
00:49:43.11\00:49:48.08
Showing basically, that, hey,
there's a lot of messed up stuff
00:49:48.12\00:49:52.05
happening here because instead
of, as a caller earlier referred
00:49:52.09\00:49:55.76
to, Proverbs 3, verses 5 and
6, instead of trusting in God to
00:49:55.79\00:50:00.80
direct your paths, they
were trusting in their own
00:50:00.83\00:50:02.96
knowledge, right?
00:50:03.00\00:50:04.33
And so these are
the consequences.
00:50:04.37\00:50:05.67
This is the kind of gross,
messed-up stuff that we see when
00:50:05.70\00:50:08.60
people do things in their
own eyes and God is working with
00:50:08.64\00:50:12.21
sinful humans, even Israelites
that claimed to serve Him at
00:50:12.24\00:50:16.14
that time.
00:50:16.18\00:50:17.51
And even today can go astray
in different ways when they lose
00:50:17.55\00:50:20.25
sight of God's
principles and His direction.
00:50:20.28\00:50:23.42
Jean: That's a very good-- and,
of course, if you reject the law
00:50:23.45\00:50:25.45
of God, you reject the counsel
of God, you're probably going to
00:50:25.49\00:50:27.86
get your counsel from
the pagan nations around you.
00:50:27.89\00:50:30.29
And this was common in
the nations around Israel.
00:50:30.33\00:50:33.36
So they just adopted
these pagan traditions.
00:50:33.40\00:50:35.73
Aron: Yeah, that strong culture
and then bringing in some of
00:50:35.76\00:50:38.70
those surrounding nations.
00:50:38.73\00:50:40.07
Jean: Very good.
00:50:40.10\00:50:41.40
All right, well, thank you.
00:50:41.44\00:50:42.77
Aron: Okay, our next
caller is calling in from Day's
00:50:42.80\00:50:45.34
Creek, Oregon.
00:50:45.37\00:50:46.71
We have Chris here
joining the program with us.
00:50:46.74\00:50:49.74
Hello there, Chris, what is your
question for us this evening?
00:50:49.78\00:50:53.95
Chris: Hi there.
00:50:53.98\00:50:55.32
Thank you for taking my call.
00:50:55.35\00:50:56.65
Was Satan tricked
into crucifying Jesus?
00:50:56.69\00:51:00.49
And this is a claim
that's emerged from the popular
00:51:00.52\00:51:05.99
movement with the
Genesis 6 confusion.
00:51:06.03\00:51:09.80
And so I'm just curious.
00:51:09.83\00:51:11.67
I think they base it off the
healing of the demoniacs and the
00:51:11.70\00:51:15.47
demons seem kind of clueless to
Jesus's purpose, His ministry.
00:51:15.50\00:51:20.61
Thank you.
00:51:20.64\00:51:21.94
Jean: Well, I-- you know, we
don't know the mind of Satan,
00:51:21.98\00:51:23.78
but obviously, we understand
that he is so bent on evil that
00:51:23.81\00:51:28.92
he can't even control himself.
00:51:28.95\00:51:30.59
I mean, he can read the Bible,
he knows Bible prophecy better
00:51:30.62\00:51:33.89
than we have and yet he
still continues down the path
00:51:33.92\00:51:36.79
of wickedness.
00:51:36.83\00:51:38.16
He knows what his
final end is going to be.
00:51:38.19\00:51:40.10
But it's as if he's past
the point of rational thinking.
00:51:40.13\00:51:45.27
He hated Jesus.
00:51:45.30\00:51:46.63
Of course, he first tried to
tempt Jesus into worshiping him.
00:51:46.67\00:51:49.97
And when that failed, he
did everything he can to try and
00:51:50.01\00:51:52.51
hinder the work of Christ.
00:51:52.54\00:51:54.01
He inspired, you know,
Judas Iscariot, he inspired the
00:51:54.04\00:51:57.41
religious leaders and the Romans
to eventually crucify Jesus, but
00:51:57.45\00:52:01.85
it almost seems that after
Christ submitted to that, it's
00:52:01.88\00:52:06.39
as if the devil wanted Jesus to
come down off the cross because
00:52:06.42\00:52:09.52
I think he realized that if
Christ went through with the
00:52:09.56\00:52:11.56
sacrifice, you know, salvation,
finally he would be overthrown.
00:52:11.59\00:52:16.40
So it almost seems that he
wanted Jesus to exercise His
00:52:16.43\00:52:19.63
divine power and
come down off the cross.
00:52:19.67\00:52:21.47
That was a real
temptation to Christ.
00:52:21.50\00:52:23.57
That's why Jesus said, "If it's
possible, let this cup pass from
00:52:23.61\00:52:26.64
Me, not My will,
but Thy will be done."
00:52:26.68\00:52:29.68
So, yeah, was the devil
tricked into crucifying Jesus?
00:52:29.71\00:52:33.18
No, I don't think so.
00:52:33.21\00:52:35.25
I don't think he could really
help himself, he was so evil.
00:52:35.28\00:52:38.29
But when Christ actually
submitted, then the devil
00:52:38.32\00:52:41.49
realized, "Man, I want Him to
exercise His power and come down
00:52:41.52\00:52:44.29
off the cross."
00:52:44.33\00:52:45.63
But of course, Jesus didn't.
00:52:45.66\00:52:47.00
He remained there and that's why
we have hope of eternal life, we
00:52:47.03\00:52:50.20
have salvation, because of
Christ's willingness to suffer.
00:52:50.23\00:52:54.30
All right, thank you, Chris.
00:52:54.34\00:52:55.67
Aron: All right, our next
caller is Samuel, calling in
00:52:55.70\00:52:58.61
from Washington.
00:52:58.64\00:52:59.94
This is a first-time caller and,
Samuel, it seems that you're
00:53:00.04\00:53:03.24
quite young and you have a--
an interesting question for us
00:53:03.28\00:53:06.61
this evening.
00:53:06.65\00:53:07.95
Jean: Hi, Samuel.
00:53:07.98\00:53:09.32
How old are you?
00:53:09.35\00:53:10.65
Samuel: I am 11 years old.
00:53:10.69\00:53:12.02
And my question is: Are
dinosaurs going to be in heaven?
00:53:12.05\00:53:14.96
Jean: Oh, great question.
00:53:14.99\00:53:16.29
All right, well, thank
you for calling, Sammy.
00:53:16.32\00:53:17.66
We're glad you're listening.
00:53:17.69\00:53:18.99
Will dinosaurs be in heaven?
00:53:19.03\00:53:20.86
Well, I think there's going
to be animals in heaven that you
00:53:20.90\00:53:23.26
can't even begin to imagine.
00:53:23.30\00:53:24.87
You know, there are dinosaurs.
00:53:24.90\00:53:26.33
Matter of fact, I think there
are dinosaurs even mentioned in
00:53:26.37\00:53:29.14
the Bible.
00:53:29.17\00:53:30.51
The Bible speaks about
something called the Behemoth.
00:53:30.54\00:53:33.07
And if you look at the
description given in Job, it
00:53:33.11\00:53:35.18
talks about this giant animal
that eats reeds is down by
00:53:35.21\00:53:38.75
the water.
00:53:38.78\00:53:40.12
He's vegetarian, but he has
a thick tail and he's massive,
00:53:40.15\00:53:42.88
bigger than all
the other animals.
00:53:42.92\00:53:44.62
So yeah, it could very well
be that in heaven, when you get
00:53:44.65\00:53:47.66
there, you get to
get a dinosaur pet.
00:53:47.69\00:53:51.06
Maybe a real big dinosaur that
sleeps in your front yard, I
00:53:51.09\00:53:54.20
don't know.
00:53:54.20\00:53:55.43
But the Bible says: "Eye has not
seen, nor ear heard, neither has
00:53:55.46\00:53:58.10
it even entered into the heart
of man, the things that God is
00:53:58.13\00:54:00.87
preparing for
those that love Him."
00:54:00.90\00:54:02.80
So yes, it could very
well be that there will be good
00:54:02.84\00:54:05.54
dinosaurs in
heaven, not the bad ones.
00:54:05.57\00:54:07.91
There's going to be no death.
00:54:07.94\00:54:09.28
You don't have to be afraid of
any animals, but yes, there will
00:54:09.31\00:54:12.41
be some wonderful
animals in heaven.
00:54:12.45\00:54:14.42
Aron: All right, our
next caller is Pam, calling in
00:54:14.45\00:54:16.82
from Washington.
00:54:16.85\00:54:18.79
Hello, Pam.
00:54:18.82\00:54:20.12
Welcome to the program.
00:54:20.16\00:54:21.49
What's your question for us?
00:54:21.52\00:54:23.06
Pam: Hi, I just want to know
how come when Jesus was speaking
00:54:23.09\00:54:27.30
to His disciples privately and
said, "Don't go or listen to one
00:54:27.36\00:54:31.93
that comes from a desert or
secret chamber, that would be
00:54:31.97\00:54:34.94
the Antichrist and it
would deceive the very elect."
00:54:34.97\00:54:38.11
They happened to be His elect.
00:54:38.14\00:54:40.58
So, and then He never said
anything about Paul because at
00:54:40.61\00:54:44.05
the end of that chapter, it says
He's coming back as lightning
00:54:44.08\00:54:46.78
strikes, in the blink
of an eye, like, blink.
00:54:46.82\00:54:49.62
Why didn't He
tell them about Paul?
00:54:49.65\00:54:51.59
Jean: Okay, let me get right
in there because we can run out
00:54:51.62\00:54:53.66
of time.
00:54:53.69\00:54:54.99
So when Jesus said those
things, He was referring to His
00:54:55.02\00:54:57.06
disciples, but even more, it was
prophetic because it's talking
00:54:57.09\00:55:00.40
about the Second
Coming of Christ.
00:55:00.43\00:55:02.03
So He's talking about us
in the last days and He says,
00:55:02.06\00:55:04.53
"Don't be deceived."
00:55:04.57\00:55:06.30
Friends, we're going to have
to end for those listening live,
00:55:06.33\00:55:08.77
but the rest stay by.
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Aron: All right, welcome
back for our final rapid-fire
00:55:30.99\00:55:34.00
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00:55:34.03\00:55:35.33
And these questions are
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So without any further
ado, let's get to our questions.
00:55:52.55\00:55:55.98
Morgan asked, "I have
heard that we should long for
00:55:56.02\00:56:00.92
Christ's Second Coming.
00:56:00.96\00:56:02.59
How can I long for the Second
Coming when so many people have
00:56:02.62\00:56:07.13
not yet been saved?"
00:56:07.20\00:56:08.50
Jean: All right, well,
that's a good question.
00:56:08.53\00:56:09.83
Jesus says, of course, one of
the prophecies in the scripture
00:56:09.86\00:56:13.74
say that "the Lord is not slack
concerning His promise," talking
00:56:13.77\00:56:17.14
about the Second Coming, "but
He's longsuffering towards us,
00:56:17.17\00:56:19.57
not willing that
any should perish."
00:56:19.61\00:56:21.34
Why hasn't Jesus come yet?
00:56:21.38\00:56:22.68
Well, He's want to give as
much time as He possibly can for
00:56:22.71\00:56:25.65
people to make that
decision to serve Him.
00:56:25.68\00:56:27.85
So, on the one
hand, yes, we are sad.
00:56:27.88\00:56:29.62
But on the other hand, you know,
this world is getting worse and
00:56:29.65\00:56:31.75
worse and there's a lot
of suffering that people are
00:56:31.79\00:56:33.76
experiencing here on this earth.
00:56:33.79\00:56:35.36
When Jesus comes, there's going
to be no more war, no more pain,
00:56:35.39\00:56:38.19
no more sorrow.
00:56:38.23\00:56:39.53
He's going to
make all things new.
00:56:39.56\00:56:40.90
So on the one hand, we want Him
to come, but on the other hand,
00:56:40.93\00:56:42.86
we're saying, "Lord,
but what about this person?
00:56:42.90\00:56:44.30
What about that person?"
00:56:44.33\00:56:45.67
God knows the perfect time
and we can just trust in Him,
00:56:45.70\00:56:48.24
knowing that He's going to
do everything He can to try and
00:56:48.27\00:56:50.71
save people.
00:56:50.74\00:56:52.04
Aron: All right, our
next question by chairman.
00:56:52.07\00:56:53.51
He asked in relation to
Leviticus, where there's laws
00:56:53.54\00:56:57.11
discussing clean and unclean
meats, basically, did these laws
00:56:57.15\00:57:01.45
also apply to pets?
00:57:01.48\00:57:04.32
Jean: Okay, you know, some of
the animals that we have running
00:57:04.35\00:57:07.22
around our house today would be
considered unclean, for example,
00:57:07.26\00:57:09.96
dogs and cats.
00:57:09.99\00:57:11.36
You can't eat dogs and cats.
00:57:11.39\00:57:13.66
Is it okay to have pets?
00:57:13.70\00:57:14.96
Did the Israelites have pets?
00:57:15.00\00:57:16.73
Well, we know they had donkeys,
and donkeys are unclean, and
00:57:16.77\00:57:19.87
they used donkeys.
00:57:19.90\00:57:21.20
You can use unclean animals.
00:57:21.24\00:57:22.84
You can have unclean
pets, just don't eat them.
00:57:22.87\00:57:25.41
That's what the
Bible is referring to.
00:57:25.44\00:57:27.28
Aron: All right,
our next question.
00:57:27.31\00:57:28.74
Candace asks: "Do you have
to be perfect to get to heaven?"
00:57:28.78\00:57:33.92
In a previous episode, Pastor
Doug referred to being perfect
00:57:33.95\00:57:36.52
in order to go to heaven.
00:57:36.55\00:57:37.89
What was he talking about?
00:57:37.92\00:57:39.22
Is it perfect before
Jesus comes or after or--.
00:57:39.25\00:57:42.22
Jean: Okay, when we receive
Jesus as our personal Savior and
00:57:42.26\00:57:44.56
we confess our sins, the Bible
says, "He's faithful and just to
00:57:44.59\00:57:47.13
forgive us and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness."
00:57:47.20\00:57:49.36
We are standing before God
just as if we have never sinned.
00:57:49.40\00:57:53.00
And as long as we are trusting
in Jesus, allowing the Holy
00:57:53.03\00:57:55.90
Spirit to work within us, we can
trust that at that time, we will
00:57:55.94\00:58:00.61
be found completely
clothed in His righteousness.
00:58:00.64\00:58:03.68
And yes, we will be perfect.
00:58:03.71\00:58:05.48
But as long as we keep allowing
the Holy Spirit to dwell within
00:58:05.51\00:58:08.28
us, we keep trusting, He will
finish the good work that He
00:58:08.32\00:58:11.89
has started.
00:58:11.92\00:58:13.22
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