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Now here's your host from
Amazing Facts International,
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Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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Doug Batchelor: Hello friends.
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You want to
hear an amazing fact?
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The human eye is one of the
most incredible organs in all
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of creation.
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There are over one million
nerves connecting each eye to
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the brain, which is why 80%
of all learning comes through
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the eyes.
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Yes, nearly half of the
brain's cortex is dedicated to
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processing visual information.
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The eye is the fastest
contracting muscle in the body
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with the ability to focus on
fifty different objects every
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second and to distinguish over
ten million colors and up to
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five hundred shades of gray.
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In fact, according to new
research, the human eye is so
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sensitive it is able to detect a
single photon of light, which is
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the smallest
measurable unit of light.
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Babies are born color blind but
develop color perception within
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a week.
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Eyes stay the same size from
birth, unlike the ears and the
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nose that continue
to grow through life.
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No one in the world has
an eye exactly like yours.
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Though only one sixth of the
eyeball is visible, the human
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iris has 256 distinct features,
while the fingerprints only
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have 40.
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Think about Pastor Ross.
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That would mean that if someone
wanted to call you and get the
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right number with 256 digits,
the chances of that are just
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totally outrageous.
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That's why they now do iris
scans instead of fingerprints
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because it's so
much more unique.
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Charles Darwin said in his book
on the "Origin of Species" that
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the idea of natural selection
producing an eye was absurd in
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the highest possible degree.
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He said, "Even my theory doesn't
explain how you could get a
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human eye, how complex it
would be, and how that would
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ever develop."
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But you know, according
to the Bible, we haven't seen
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anything yet.
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Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians
2, verse 9, "But it is written,
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'The eye has not seen, nor the
ear heard, nor has it entered
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into the heart of man the
things that God has prepared
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for those that love Him.'"
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The Bible has a lot
to say about the eye.
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Jëan Ross: That's right.
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As a matter of fact,
I'm looking at a verse
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in Matthew chapter 6, verse 22.
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The words of Jesus says,
"Therefore if your eye is good,
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the whole body
will be full of light.
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But if your eye is
bad, the whole body will
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be full of darkness."
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So, what you look at
influences what you become.
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Doug: Absolutely.
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You know, probably of the
Gospel writers, John is the
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most visual.
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I went through John chapter 1
once and I found, I believe it
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was 27 times he makes a
reference to sight or light.
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And everything from behold, and
he saw, and the light, and just
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he was a very visual apostle.
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And you know when Paul tells
us we haven't seen anything yet
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compared to what we're going
to see in heaven, we're going to
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have to have special eyes
because we read in the Bible
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that, "The light of the moon
will be like the light of the
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sun now, and the light of the
sun will be sevenfold brighter."
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And people who have gone into
heavenly vision, they say things
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are so bright.
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So, you've got a bright future
friends if you've got Jesus.
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And if you'd like to know more
about that, I think we've got a
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free book available.
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Jëan: We do.
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Our book this evening is
called "Heaven: Is It For Real."
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It's a free offer.
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We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
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The number is 800-835-6747.
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You can ask for offer number
189, or you can dial #250 with
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It's important for us to
remember that heaven is a
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real place.
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Right now, there are angels,
Jesus is interceding for us
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there before the Father, and He
is preparing our home for those
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that love Him.
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Doug: Amen.
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Jëan: Well, with that, we're
going to go to the phone lines,
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but before we take your Bible
questions, we want to start
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with prayer.
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So let's do that.
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Dear Father, we are
grateful once again that we do
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have this time to
do this Bible study.
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Lord, we ask for your blessing
as we open the scriptures.
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Be with those who are listening
wherever they might be and guide
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us, Lord, into a clearer
understanding of the Bible.
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For we ask this in
Jesus's name, amen.
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Doug: Amen.
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Jëan: All right, if you have
a Bible question, let me mention
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that number one more time.
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It's 800-4637-297.
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That's 800--God
says 800-463-7297.
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Our resource phone
line is 800-835-6747.
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We're going to be giving out a
number of free resources that'll
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help you in your
study of God's Word.
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So, you want to write
down that number as well.
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First caller tonight is
Robert, listening in Washington.
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Robert, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Robert: Good evening.
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Doug: Evening,
Thank you for calling.
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Robert: You're welcome.
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I guess I called so
early that I'm number one.
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Doug: You are.
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You got lined up early.
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And your question tonight.
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Robert: I maybe should
have asked it differently.
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It's regarding
Malachi chapter 3, verse 1.
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It talks about the Lord
suddenly coming to His temple.
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Is that referring to
the temple in Jerusalem or a
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different temple?
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Doug: Well, I think that this
prophecy is talking about, well,
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you might say
it's a dual prophecy.
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When Jesus
cleansed the sanctuary,
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it says that that was a
fulfillment of a prophecy
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about, "The zeal of
Thine house has eaten Me up."
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And also in the Old Testament,
they wept when Nehemiah's
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temple, the temple of Ezra and
Nehemiah, when it was rebuilt,
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because it was so much
smaller than Solomon's.
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King Herod refurbished that
temple, and it was much nicer,
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but they said the glory of that
temple would be even greater
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than the glory of Solomon's
because the Lord Himself would
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come, and Jesus actually
ministered in that temple.
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But then the second fulfillment
would be, you know, God's
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church's body is a temple, and
He came in person to His people.
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He came to enter
into them, so to speak.
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But yeah, Jesus did literally
enter the temple as a baby who
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was brought in, and He was
named and presented to the Lord.
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And then of course He was
teaching there several times
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during His ministry up until
a few days before His death.
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Jëan: And this also got this
application for the heavenly
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sanctuary, you know, the earthly
shadow of the heavenly sanctuary
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and Jesus is
ministering as a high priest.
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And at the end of the 2300 days
in Daniel 8:14, Christ began His
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final work as high priest
in the most holy place of the
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heavenly sanctuary.
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And at the time, in the early
1800s, there were believers who
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were looking for the coming
of Christ, and they didn't
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understand fully that Christ
wasn't coming back to the earth
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as they had expected but
was to move into this final high
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priestly ministry in
the heavenly sanctuary.
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And I think this
verse also alludes to that.
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The Lord whom you seek will
suddenly appear in His temple
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and it's referring to connected
with, "'Behold He's coming,'
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saith the Lord of hosts."
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So, sort of a prophetic aspect
to that as well, both historical
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and prophetic.
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Doug: All right, hey,
thank you so much, Robert.
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And we do have a study guide
that talks about the temple,
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"God Drew the Plans."
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Jëan: And to receive that, the
number to call is 800-835-6747.
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That is our resource phone line.
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You can answer the study guide.
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It's called
"God Drew the Plans."
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It's about the sanctuary
of the earthly, as well as its
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heavenly application.
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You'll be
blessed by reading that.
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Next caller that we
have is Glenn in Ohio.
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Glenn, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Glenn: Thank you pastors, for
taking my call and good evening
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from Bethel, Ohio.
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Doug: Evening.
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Glenn: My call in question this
evening has to do with Calvary.
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When Paul wrote his letter
to the Hebrews, he put in there
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that, "Without the shedding
of blood, there's no remission
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for sin."
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And we know that the Messiah
shed His precious blood and met
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that criteria once and for all.
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But my question is, is there any
Bible support for such brutality
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as took place at Calvary?
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Doug: Well, if you're
talking about support that it
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happened, yeah.
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And prophetically, you can read
Isaiah 53, where it says, "We're
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healed with his stripes.
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He was bruised
for our iniquities."
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And the stripes mean whips.
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So, of course, He was whipped.
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And then, you know, you can read
where it says they crucified Him
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and we know plenty about
crucifixion from history, what
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was involved in that.
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You can read where it says,
"They broke the legs of the
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thieves on the right and the
left of Jesus," and the Christ
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was dead at this point, but
of course, they pierced His side
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with a spear.
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So, it was, yeah,
it was excruciating.
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Matter of fact, that's
where the word comes from.
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Excruse means the cross.
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It's like it's connected
with the word "crucifixion,"
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excruciating pain, so.
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'Cause they couldn't find a
word to describe how painful
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crucifixion was, and it
basically defined its own word.
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Jëan: And you can also read in
Psalms 22, verse 16, where it's
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a messianic prophecy
talking about Christ.
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It says, "They
pierced My hands and My feet."
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That's a reference to Gentiles
gathering around Christ as it
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says there in Psalms 26.
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You know, something else
interesting about crucifixion,
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they found some archaeological
evidence to support the idea
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that the Romans, when it came to
crucifying people, they did some
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research to try to make
it as painful as they can.
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They often drive nails right
at the base of the hand into
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the wrist.
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And there was a series of nerves
in particular that was running
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right in that area.
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They would drive those nails in
to bringing terrible pain to the
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people that would be crucified.
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So, it was a
horrible way to die.
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Probably the worst that the
Romans could come up with and
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yet Jesus died bearing
the sins of the whole world.
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And of course, we do have a
study guide that talks about
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that sacrifice, "The
High Cost of the Cross."
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And of course, that's good
news for salvation for those
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who believe.
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To receive that,
just call and ask.
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The number is 800-835-6747.
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You can ask for that book.
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It's called "The High Cost of
the Cross," and we'll be happy
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to send it to
anyone who calls and asks.
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You can dial #250 with your
smartphone and ask for the book
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that way as well.
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Thank you, Glenn.
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Next caller that we
have is Uni from California.
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Uni, welcome to the program.
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Uni: Hello, Pastor Doug
Batchelor and Jëan Ross.
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Doug: Evening.
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Uni: My question is about
revelation about the three
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uncleaned frogs coming out
of the mouth of the dragon and
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so forth.
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I was just wanting more of
an explanation, and I was also
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wondering if you guys
could do a prayer request real
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quick, please.
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Doug: Well, I'll tell you what,
why don't we do the question and
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then you can tell us who
you want us to pray for, okay?
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Uni: Okay.
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Well, my question is about like
three uncleaned frogs, just like
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more
explanation on what that is.
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Doug: Yes, and that's
from, I believe, Revelation 16.
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This is the sixth plague.
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And you find that in Revelation
chapter 16, and you can start
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with verse 12, "And the sixth
angel poured out his bowl on the
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great river Euphrates, and the
water was dried up, so that the
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way of the kings of
the east might be prepared.
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And I saw three unclean spirits
like frogs coming out of the
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mouth of the dragon, out of the
mouth of the beast, and out of
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the mouth of the false prophet.
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For they are the spirits of
demons, performing signs, that
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go out to the kings of the earth
and the whole world, that gather
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them to the battle of the
great day of God Almighty."
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It's one of the few places here
where you then see red letter in
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the text and Jesus speaks
saying, "Behold, I'm coming as
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a thief."
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So, what are these frogs?
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Well, a lot of the plagues
that you see in Revelation are
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similar to plagues that
you saw on Ancient Egypt.
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One of the plagues in ancient
Egypt was a plague of frogs.
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Egyptians
actually worship the frogs.
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Frogs are unclean animals.
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A frog doesn't bite, and
it doesn't claw, but it has
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a tongue.
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And so, it says that they're
deceiving the kings of the earth
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before a battle and their
spirits performing miracles.
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Before a great battle in the
days of King Saul, he went, and
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it was a battle between Israel
and the Philistines, he went to
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see a witch and these unclean
spirits conjured up the image of
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Samuel the prophet
and it deceived him.
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And so, it's telling us in the
last days that evil spirits are
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going to manipulate world
leaders and tell them--you can
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read also where Ahab,
his prophets, gave him lying
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information before he was
killed in battle just like Saul.
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So, it's telling us about these
stories in the Old Testament and
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saying evil spirits are going to
manipulate world leaders before
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this final battle
against God's people.
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That's a--that's
kind of a quick overview.
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Pastor Ross might
have more detail on that.
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Jëan: Just maybe something
about the number three.
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It says, "Three
unclean spirits."
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It's interesting you have
almost a counterfeit trinity in
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this verse.
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You have the dragon, the
beast, and the false prophet.
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Just like you have the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
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here you have a counterfeit.
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The dragon symbolizing Satan,
the beast's power and apostate
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religious power, and the false
prophet through spiritualism and
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working science.
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So, the whole world is
galvanized or are united,
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preparing for this final
showdown between good and evil
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through these counterfeit
miracles that are taking place
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in these powers.
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So, yeah.
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It's describing the event that's
yet to take place in the future,
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but we can see the stage being
set even today, I think which
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is interesting.
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Spiritualism and a lot of
discussion about yeah, signs and
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wonders and things happening
in the world around us, yeah.
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Doug: Uni, you said that
there was a prayer request.
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I prefer you don't mention any
particular name of a person, but
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if you have a prayer request,
you want us to pray about.
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Uni: Could I say her first name?
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Doug: Sure.
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Uni: Okay, well this prayer
request is for someone that I
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used to know all the way back
to the elementary, I believe.
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And you know, there's always
a certain way to do things.
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And if you do something that you
can make a person not want to,
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you know, receive Christ
or anything of that nature.
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So, I just wanted to come and
call and ask you two if you guys
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could do a prayer request
because I feel like it's my
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fault that she potentially
missed out on eternity.
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So--but I believe that with
God, all things are possible,
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and that God has the
power to change realities.
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So, I would just like to pray,
or I would like to tell you guys
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to pray for this
specific somebody
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which is her name is Anahi.
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Doug: We will.
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I tell you what, let me
have a prayer right now, okay?
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Loving Lord, we just want
to lift before You, Anahi,
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that Uni was talking about.
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That he's afraid that through
his influence that she may have
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been turned away from You.
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We pray that through the
influence of others that You
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will speak to her heart through
circumstances and that she can
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be brought back again.
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And we thank You and pray
this in Jesus's name, amen.
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Jëan: Amen.
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Doug: Well, thank you
for your question, Uni.
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Jëan: Jorge in
Virginia is calling.
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Welcome to the program, Jorge.
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You're on the air.
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Jorge: Hey, how are you
Pastor Doug and Pastor Ross?
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How's everything
going with you guys?
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Doug: Great.
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Thank you for
calling and your question.
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Jorge: I'm a huge fan of
"Pinnacle of Prophecy" and you
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know, all the shows that you've
had recently regarding, you
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know, the prophecy of that time.
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Doug: Praise the Lord, yeah.
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You saw our meetings from New
York recently, Prophecy Odyssey?
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Jorge: Yes, I'm actually
rewatching it as we speak all
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over again.
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So, I'm glad that, you know,
that's a resource that you and
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Amazing Facts make that
possible through YouTube
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and obviously your website.
00:16:21.21\00:16:22.74
So, thank you for that.
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Doug: Well, thank
you, praise the Lord.
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And your question tonight.
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Jorge: My question is, what
does the Bible say about women's
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ordination, and how do we
reconcile that with how that's
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coming to fruition in a
lot of the churches nowadays.
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Doug: Yeah, yeah, and you know,
it's like Esther said, "If I
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perish, I perish."
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But you know, the
Bible truth is a Bible truth.
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You're asking,
what does the Bible say?
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And someone came up to me once
and said, "Doug, what do I have
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to do to get you to change your
opinion on women's ordination."
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I said, "Well, you have to
change the Bible," because I'd
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be happy to believe either way,
except there's just no example.
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Now, what we're talking about
friends, is women being ordained
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as pastors.
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And there's just no
precedent in the Bible.
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Some people say, "Well, that was
cultural," but I think you have
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to be very careful about
just saying that, you know,
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everything in the
Bible is cultural.
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It's--I think it's pretty clear
by the example going all the way
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back to the Garden of
Eden to--through New Testament
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history, that men were called
to be the servant leaders in
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families, the husband and the
church is an extension of that.
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The Bible says that there's
no example of a woman being
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ordained as a
pastor, priest, elder.
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No woman offered sacrifice.
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It was only the men that
are recorded as doing this.
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Jesus, there's a reason
that he chose twelve men.
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A lot of women were disciples,
but only the men were apostles.
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So, I would think
there's a distinction of roles.
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Clearly, the physiology of men
and women and even the way their
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brains work is different.
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And for whatever reason, you
know, God has designed that that
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way and I just figured well
we safer sticking with the Word.
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Now we have a book, I
think, that talks about women
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in ministry.
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Jëan: Yeah, as you mentioned,
Pastor Doug, all are called to
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be disciple makers.
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That's the part of
the Great Commission.
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If you're a believing in Christ,
then you have a work to do.
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And so, yes, there is an
important work for both men and
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women to do in the church,
as Pastor Doug mentioned.
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But there are also
roles given in scripture.
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And we do have a book.
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It's called "Women in Ministry."
00:18:35.98\00:18:37.51
And it goes a lot more
detail, talking about how we as
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individuals can be involved in
ministry and sharing our faith.
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To receive that, the
number to call is 800-835-6747.
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That is our resource phone line.
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Just call and ask for the book.
00:18:50.96\00:18:52.29
It's called "Women in Ministry."
00:18:52.33\00:18:53.63
You can dial #250
on your smartphone.
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Say, "Bible Answers Live," and
then ask for the book by name.
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Next caller that we
have is Rebeka in Ohio.
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Rebeka, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:19:02.50\00:19:06.47
Rebeka: Hello, thank you, yes.
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My question is, so I know that
in order to be saved, you have
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to have faith in
Jesus and by His grace.
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But I also know that if you're
not living in the Lord or if you
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are sinning, you're not
saved because you--because yeah.
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Just--but I've been kind
of struggling recently because
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sometimes I'm not really sure
if I'm actually having faith in
00:19:28.50\00:19:31.57
Jesus or if I'm having faith in
my works because I find myself
00:19:31.60\00:19:35.00
wondering if I'm really saved,
if I'm following with the Lord
00:19:35.04\00:19:37.54
because I find myself sinning.
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And does that make sense?
00:19:39.61\00:19:40.84
Doug: Yes, it's a big question
that everyone asks every day.
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So, yeah.
00:19:44.48\00:19:45.78
I actually was talking about
this yesterday, and the--there's
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a, you know, there's sort of an
international debate that's gone
00:19:50.72\00:19:56.59
on for about two thousand years
between--among Christians about
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assurance of salvation.
00:20:01.13\00:20:02.43
How can you have
assurance of salvation without
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being perfectionistic?
00:20:04.83\00:20:06.63
How can you believe in grace
without presuming on grace and
00:20:06.67\00:20:10.84
avoid being a legalist, but
yet still believe in obedience?
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And there's that balance.
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So, once you come to Jesus and
you accept him, Rebeka, and you
00:20:16.68\00:20:20.05
say, "Lord, I'm
surrendering my life to you.
00:20:20.08\00:20:22.25
I'm weak, but I want
to learn to follow you."
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As soon as you come to Him, He
will forgive all your past sins.
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It's called justification.
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You come just like you are.
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Then He says, "I'm going to give
you power to learn to live a
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new life."
00:20:34.46\00:20:35.76
That learning process, you're
going to color outside the lines
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and make a lot of mistakes
like every kid in school when
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they're learning.
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Don't get discouraged.
00:20:43.37\00:20:45.11
Jesus does not let go of you.
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Don't worry that after you make
a mistake, God is going to wait
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for you to make a mistake,
and then He's going to take your
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life and you'll die lost.
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Know that He's going to finish
the work He began in you, if you
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continue to walk with Him.
00:20:58.02\00:20:59.72
So, if you make a mistake,
repent and ask God to give you
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strength to turn away
from whatever that is.
00:21:04.03\00:21:07.13
A believer should not have--they
should not be addicted to sin.
00:21:07.20\00:21:11.40
In other words, there should
be no sin that has dominion over
00:21:11.43\00:21:14.20
your life.
00:21:14.24\00:21:15.84
The Lord wants to
save you from your sins.
00:21:15.87\00:21:18.64
And so, you want to
surrender your heart to Him, ask
00:21:18.67\00:21:22.28
for victory.
00:21:22.31\00:21:23.65
If you stumble and fall, don't
get discouraged, get back up and
00:21:23.68\00:21:26.48
know that He loves you.
00:21:26.51\00:21:27.85
He's adopted you as His child.
00:21:27.88\00:21:29.88
And that He is the author
and the finisher of your faith.
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He'll complete what he's begun.
00:21:33.62\00:21:35.59
So, you know, I've got a
book that we can send you.
00:21:35.62\00:21:38.93
I forget sometimes
that I wrote a book.
00:21:38.96\00:21:41.16
It's called "Assurance"
and how you can have assurance.
00:21:41.20\00:21:44.63
And so, if you call the amazing
facts number, ask for Pastor
00:21:44.67\00:21:47.14
Doug's booklet on assurance,
I think it will encourage you.
00:21:47.17\00:21:50.91
Jëan: The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:21:50.94\00:21:54.71
The book is called "Assurance:
Justification Made Simple."
00:21:54.74\00:21:58.55
So, call and ask.
00:21:58.58\00:21:59.91
You can dial #250 on your
smartphone, say, "Bible answers
00:21:59.95\00:22:03.85
live," and you'll be able to
receive a digital download that
00:22:03.89\00:22:06.65
way as well.
00:22:06.69\00:22:08.02
Just again, the book is called
"Assurance: Justification Made
00:22:08.06\00:22:10.83
Simple," and I hope anyone
listening, you're all welcome to
00:22:10.86\00:22:13.33
call and get more information.
00:22:13.36\00:22:15.93
Next caller that we
have is Mary in Oregon.
00:22:15.96\00:22:18.10
Mary, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:22:18.13\00:22:21.87
Mary: Thank you
for taking my call.
00:22:21.90\00:22:23.51
Good evening.
00:22:23.54\00:22:24.84
And I want to also thank you
for all that you do for Jesus.
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Doug: Oh, it's a privilege.
00:22:29.11\00:22:30.45
Thank you.
00:22:30.48\00:22:31.78
Mary: Yeah, thank you.
00:22:31.81\00:22:33.82
My question is, Mary Magdalene,
is she the same Mary as
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Mary of Bethany?
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Doug: I think so.
00:22:41.52\00:22:43.12
And there's
Bible reasons for that.
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Now, I wrote a book, one of
my favorite Bible characters is
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Mary Magdalene, and I just
see her always at Jesus's feet.
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She seems to be among
his most devoted followers.
00:22:52.73\00:22:56.07
And you see, she's the first one
he reveals himself to following
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the resurrection.
00:22:59.67\00:23:01.14
Why do I believe
that they're same person?
00:23:01.18\00:23:03.24
Well, you see Mary of Bethany
and Mary Magdalene frequently at
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Jesus's feet.
00:23:06.65\00:23:08.12
It tells us that both of them
have reputations for being, you
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know, women that were sinners.
00:23:11.25\00:23:13.19
It never specifically
says that Mary Magdalene
00:23:13.22\00:23:16.49
or Mary of Bethany were
prostitutes, but it does imply
00:23:16.52\00:23:20.66
that they had that
kind of reputation.
00:23:20.70\00:23:24.27
And they had means.
00:23:24.30\00:23:27.17
You know, they give this very
expensive gift to Jesus, Mary of
00:23:27.20\00:23:31.71
Bethany does.
00:23:31.74\00:23:33.07
Evidently, Mary of Bethany, she
worked in Magdala, which is like
00:23:33.11\00:23:38.35
the Las Vegas of Galilee.
00:23:38.38\00:23:40.78
That's where the Roman soldiers
would have their recreation.
00:23:40.82\00:23:44.95
And--but she had a
brother and sister in Bethany.
00:23:44.99\00:23:47.99
So, she sometimes called Mary
of Magdala or Mary Magdalene.
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I think she may have also been
the woman that was caught in
00:23:51.43\00:23:53.76
adultery in John
chapter 8, that's thrown down at
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Jesus's feet.
00:23:56.80\00:23:58.13
So--and of course
they have the same name.
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And the other thing
is their names are never
00:24:00.07\00:24:03.07
mentioned together.
00:24:03.10\00:24:05.17
Now, there's one place where
it tells about the woman who
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anointed Jesus's feet, and
it says it's Mary of Bethany.
00:24:08.08\00:24:10.68
Another Gospel says a certain
woman, and it could be she was
00:24:10.71\00:24:14.12
still alive then and they didn't
want to identify her because it
00:24:14.15\00:24:16.89
was an embarrassing situation.
00:24:16.92\00:24:19.35
So, I think there's a
lot of evidence that it's the
00:24:19.39\00:24:22.29
same person.
00:24:22.32\00:24:24.29
Jëan: All right, do we
have a book on that Pastor Doug?
00:24:24.33\00:24:26.06
Doug: We do.
00:24:26.09\00:24:27.40
It's not one we
typically give away.
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It's called, "At Jesus' Feet,"
and it's a full-size book that
00:24:28.76\00:24:32.27
you can get
through Amazing Facts.
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We do have a book on Mary the
mother of Jesus if you want a
00:24:33.84\00:24:36.67
Mary book, but the book on Mary
Magdalene is called "At Jesus'
00:24:36.71\00:24:40.58
Feet," the Gospel
according to Mary Magdalene.
00:24:40.61\00:24:43.28
That's a full size.
00:24:43.31\00:24:44.61
Jëan: Yeah, go to the
Amazing Facts website for
00:24:44.65\00:24:46.31
more information.
00:24:46.35\00:24:47.65
All right, thank you.
00:24:47.68\00:24:49.02
Next one we have is
Grace in California.
00:24:49.05\00:24:50.35
Grace, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:24:50.39\00:24:53.12
Grace: Hi, good evening.
00:24:53.15\00:24:54.62
Doug: Hi, how are you doing?
00:24:54.66\00:24:56.32
Grace: My question is about,
like, after you eat your lunch
00:24:56.36\00:25:01.20
or dinner during the Sabbath,
is it a sin to wash your plate?
00:25:01.23\00:25:05.77
Doug: Okay, good question.
00:25:05.80\00:25:07.24
Not a practical question.
00:25:07.27\00:25:08.57
You know, in Sabbath keeping, it
says that we should try to get
00:25:08.60\00:25:11.54
all of our practical work out of
the way and enjoy that day as a
00:25:11.57\00:25:14.84
day of rest.
00:25:14.88\00:25:16.34
What about doing
dishes after the meal?
00:25:16.38\00:25:19.08
Well, you know, I think that
you should try and leave undone
00:25:19.11\00:25:22.22
what you can leave undone.
00:25:22.25\00:25:24.15
That there are--I became a
Christian studying under some
00:25:24.19\00:25:29.26
people that were
missionaries in Burma.
00:25:29.29\00:25:32.13
And they said that, and these
were very dedicated missionary
00:25:32.16\00:25:35.26
Sabbath keepers, and they said
after on Sabbath after meals,
00:25:35.30\00:25:38.13
they said, we had to
clean up because it's just ants
00:25:38.17\00:25:40.74
everywhere, monkeys would come
through the windows and take
00:25:40.77\00:25:43.34
your food.
00:25:43.37\00:25:44.71
And he said, "You
know, just gotta understand.
00:25:44.74\00:25:46.04
You gotta clean up or
it's going to be a mess."
00:25:46.07\00:25:48.41
Sometimes I'll
straighten things out.
00:25:48.44\00:25:49.91
You've got company in the house,
angels are there, and you want
00:25:49.94\00:25:52.38
things to look
right and be sanitary.
00:25:52.41\00:25:54.95
So, but, you know, there may be
cases where you've got a stack
00:25:54.98\00:25:58.35
of dishes and you think,
"Okay, it's not a problem.
00:25:58.39\00:26:00.36
I'm going to go to another room.
00:26:00.39\00:26:01.69
We'll take care
of it after Sabbath."
00:26:01.72\00:26:03.36
So, it just, you know,
it depends on the practical
00:26:03.39\00:26:06.03
circumstances, I think.
00:26:06.06\00:26:08.86
Jëan: All right, thank you.
00:26:08.90\00:26:10.20
Doug: Thanks for your question.
00:26:10.23\00:26:11.53
And we do have a book on
keeping the Sabbath holy.
00:26:11.57\00:26:13.54
It's a book we can share
and if you call Amazing Facts,
00:26:13.57\00:26:17.24
give some practical tips on
how do you keep the Sabbath.
00:26:17.27\00:26:19.91
Jëan: The number for
that is 800-835-6747.
00:26:19.94\00:26:23.11
You can ask for the book on
"How to Keep the Sabbath Holy."
00:26:23.14\00:26:25.98
Just some practical information.
00:26:26.01\00:26:27.68
You can also dial #250 on your
smartphone and just ask for the
00:26:27.72\00:26:32.02
book by name.
00:26:32.05\00:26:33.36
Doug: Yeah.
00:26:33.39\00:26:34.72
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Lindsay: I was
raised in Christian schools.
00:27:25.74\00:27:28.58
My grandparents were
missionaries in Africa and the
00:27:28.61\00:27:31.58
Middle East.
00:27:31.61\00:27:32.95
I got baptized by my
grandfather in the church.
00:27:32.98\00:27:35.22
That's all I knew.
00:27:35.25\00:27:36.58
That's what I grew up with.
00:27:36.62\00:27:37.92
When I was older and I
was in high school, we moved
00:27:37.95\00:27:40.32
to California.
00:27:40.36\00:27:41.66
I became an age where I didn't
have to go to church if I didn't
00:27:41.69\00:27:44.19
want to go to
church, and so I didn't.
00:27:44.23\00:27:46.26
I started hanging out with
the wrong people and would go
00:27:46.29\00:27:49.10
drinking and would go partying
and would go to the clubs and
00:27:49.13\00:27:52.07
you have to surround yourself
with like-minded people,
00:27:52.10\00:27:54.27
otherwise you don't have people
to keep you in check and you
00:27:54.30\00:27:57.27
will drift away and I
a hundred percent did.
00:27:57.31\00:28:00.28
I was probably around 21.
00:28:00.31\00:28:02.74
I met my husband.
00:28:02.78\00:28:04.18
I had always held religion
in my heart, but I wasn't
00:28:04.21\00:28:07.75
practicing it.
00:28:07.78\00:28:09.65
I'd always told him that if we
had kids, I wanted to be able to
00:28:09.68\00:28:12.32
raise them in the church, but
we had moved to Nevada when our
00:28:12.35\00:28:17.49
first son was a year old
and living outside of Sin City,
00:28:17.53\00:28:20.70
there's not a ton of options.
00:28:20.73\00:28:23.30
And then COVID hit, and I just
knew something was calling me to
00:28:23.33\00:28:27.77
come back.
00:28:27.80\00:28:29.84
A couple months later,
my parents told me about
00:28:29.87\00:28:32.21
Pastor Doug.
00:28:32.24\00:28:33.58
I connected with Pastor Doug
because he had a past similar
00:28:33.61\00:28:35.71
to mine.
00:28:35.74\00:28:37.05
He was raised in the church
loosely, but he had a spot in
00:28:37.08\00:28:39.58
between where he lived a life
that was not within the church.
00:28:39.61\00:28:43.95
So, I thought, "Well, I want
to hear what he has to say."
00:28:43.99\00:28:46.52
During the summer, I think is
when "Revelation Now" came out.
00:28:46.55\00:28:49.16
I made sure that I
tuned in every night.
00:28:49.19\00:28:51.23
Pastor Doug just helped me
understand that Revelation is
00:28:51.26\00:28:55.60
not as scary if you have a
connection with God because he's
00:28:55.63\00:29:00.10
going to make sure that you're
not scared and that you're
00:29:00.14\00:29:02.50
taking care of.
00:29:02.54\00:29:04.67
My husband would come in and out
of the room and check in and see
00:29:04.71\00:29:07.91
what was going on, and I
remember one night we got in an
00:29:07.94\00:29:09.98
argument about why I was
watching "Revelation Now" and I
00:29:10.01\00:29:14.52
needed to give him some
scientific proof that God
00:29:14.55\00:29:16.58
was real.
00:29:16.62\00:29:17.95
And I was like, "I
can't show you proof,
00:29:17.99\00:29:19.29
it's just in my heart.
00:29:19.32\00:29:20.66
Why don't you watch some of
these with me and just see?"
00:29:20.69\00:29:22.26
So, he finally started
sitting down watching with me.
00:29:22.29\00:29:24.96
Then we went on Amazing facts
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00:29:28.43\00:29:30.93
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00:29:30.97\00:29:32.30
And I remember
him saying, "Me too."
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Doug: Welcome back listening
friends to "Bible Answers Live."
00:31:40.63\00:31:42.93
We know some have tuned in
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says that's 800-463-7297.
00:31:56.08\00:32:02.02
My name is Doug Batchelor.
00:32:02.05\00:32:03.65
Jëan: My name is Jëan Ross and
we've got Brittany standing by.
00:32:03.69\00:32:07.02
Brittany from California.
00:32:07.06\00:32:08.56
Welcome to the program.
00:32:08.59\00:32:10.29
Brittany: Yeah, my question is,
how is a Christian supposed to
00:32:10.33\00:32:15.06
defend their faith when
the world seems like it's
00:32:15.10\00:32:18.33
attacking them?
00:32:18.37\00:32:19.67
Doug: Prayerfully and boldly.
00:32:19.70\00:32:21.94
You know, it's easy to be
intimidated, and I think we've
00:32:21.97\00:32:24.67
all felt that before, when
you're surrounded by people that
00:32:24.71\00:32:27.71
are laughing at or mocking that
you're a Christian, that you
00:32:27.74\00:32:31.31
would believe that God
created the world as opposed
00:32:31.35\00:32:33.78
to evolution.
00:32:33.82\00:32:35.15
Then they think that you're, you
know, you're uneducated, you're
00:32:35.18\00:32:38.95
unsophisticated, and the
media tends to mock Christians.
00:32:38.99\00:32:44.16
But Jesus said, "Look, they
mocked me," and Paul said, "The
00:32:44.19\00:32:48.63
cross is
foolishness to the world."
00:32:48.66\00:32:51.00
Don't be discouraged.
00:32:51.03\00:32:52.33
Paul often said that Christians
should pray for boldness.
00:32:52.37\00:32:55.67
You can read in Acts chapter
4, the disciples prayed that God
00:32:55.70\00:32:59.34
would give them boldness.
00:32:59.37\00:33:00.78
And it says, "They were filled
with the Spirit, and they spoke
00:33:00.81\00:33:02.68
the Word with boldness."
00:33:02.71\00:33:04.48
And in the armor of God you find
in Ephesians chapter 6, Paul
00:33:04.51\00:33:08.12
said, "And pray for
me that I might be bold."
00:33:08.15\00:33:10.52
He was, you know, in prison for
his faith, but he did not want
00:33:10.55\00:33:12.75
to be intimidated to be silent.
00:33:12.79\00:33:15.59
And so, you'd be surprised
that sometimes we think that the
00:33:15.62\00:33:19.23
devil wants us to think
people don't want to hear.
00:33:19.26\00:33:21.80
There are people
that do want to hear.
00:33:21.83\00:33:24.30
Jesus said, "The harvest is
great, the laborers are few."
00:33:24.33\00:33:27.77
Hidden out there in the field,
there's a lot of people that
00:33:27.80\00:33:31.21
want to know the truth.
00:33:31.24\00:33:32.54
They want to know the Lord,
they're looking for purpose.
00:33:32.57\00:33:34.58
So, don't be discouraged.
00:33:34.61\00:33:37.18
Jëan: That's right.
00:33:37.21\00:33:38.55
We want to be faithful in every
area that we have, beginning
00:33:38.58\00:33:40.15
with those closest to us and
then as that circle gets wider,
00:33:40.18\00:33:43.79
we want to be the biggest
influence that we can for good.
00:33:43.82\00:33:46.65
Doug: Amen.
00:33:46.69\00:33:47.99
Jëan: Alright,
thank you, Brittany.
00:33:48.02\00:33:49.32
We've got James in Oregon.
00:33:49.36\00:33:50.69
James, welcome to
Bible Answers Live.
00:33:50.73\00:33:52.03
James: Okay, thank you.
00:33:52.06\00:33:53.70
Nice to be talking with
you Doug Batchelor, pastor.
00:33:53.73\00:33:56.33
Doug: Pleasure.
00:33:56.36\00:33:57.70
James: My question is, it's
about burial in the Bible and
00:33:57.73\00:34:04.54
creation in today's time.
00:34:04.57\00:34:07.31
Cremation in today's time, is
it acceptable for someone to be
00:34:07.34\00:34:14.25
cremated rather than buried?
00:34:14.28\00:34:16.99
Doug: Yeah, good question.
00:34:17.02\00:34:18.32
By the way, I have, you
know, whenever we answer these
00:34:18.35\00:34:20.62
questions, I usually take two or
three minutes, we do our best to
00:34:20.66\00:34:24.79
get as many as we can, so
you can't be comprehensive.
00:34:24.83\00:34:28.00
I do have a YouTube
and it's on cremation.
00:34:28.03\00:34:32.03
If you just type in Doug
Batchelor, or you go to YouTube,
00:34:32.07\00:34:34.87
you type in Doug
Bachelor Cremation.
00:34:34.90\00:34:36.40
I do a little
longer study on it there.
00:34:36.44\00:34:39.11
But I'll give
you a quick answer.
00:34:39.14\00:34:40.88
First of all, this is not a
salvation issue, so there may be
00:34:40.91\00:34:44.11
people who have been cremated
as opposed to burial, and that
00:34:44.15\00:34:46.51
doesn't mean they're going
to lose their salvation, because
00:34:46.55\00:34:49.25
most of the people in
the Bible were buried.
00:34:49.28\00:34:51.99
The patriarchs like David,
Abraham, Moses, Isaac, Jacob,
00:34:52.02\00:34:57.53
Joseph says they were buried.
00:34:57.56\00:34:59.76
But a lot of
Christians were martyred.
00:34:59.79\00:35:01.56
They were burnt at the stake, or
they were, you know, burnt for
00:35:01.60\00:35:04.90
their faith, or they were thrown
to the overboard and eaten by
00:35:04.93\00:35:09.34
fish or whatever.
00:35:09.37\00:35:10.71
And so, the idea that God can't
resurrect you if you're cremated
00:35:10.74\00:35:14.48
is absurd and it's not
a problem for the Lord.
00:35:14.51\00:35:17.15
He can make man from the dust,
and He can resurrect him from
00:35:17.18\00:35:20.62
his bones.
00:35:20.65\00:35:21.98
So, it's not a salvation issue,
but if you want to say, "What
00:35:22.02\00:35:25.25
does the Bible say?"
00:35:25.29\00:35:27.39
Typically, they were buried.
00:35:27.42\00:35:29.09
There are a couple of cases,
like Jonathan was cremated and
00:35:29.12\00:35:33.86
Bible tells us he was a
righteous man and he will no
00:35:33.90\00:35:36.40
doubt be in heaven.
00:35:36.43\00:35:38.67
But just about everyone else in
the Bible was--they were buried.
00:35:38.70\00:35:43.00
So, yeah.
00:35:43.04\00:35:44.87
You can check out the YouTube
on that and I know that today,
00:35:44.91\00:35:49.51
burial, especially with,
you know, world population
00:35:49.54\00:35:52.35
exploding, burial places are
becoming more and more rare or
00:35:52.38\00:35:58.05
are restricted.
00:35:58.09\00:35:59.55
And some cemeteries are actually
putting two in a grave now
00:35:59.59\00:36:02.99
because it's--they're
so crowded like Jerusalem.
00:36:03.02\00:36:06.70
But... yeah, I
probably said enough on that.
00:36:06.73\00:36:11.37
Jëan: Okay.
00:36:11.40\00:36:12.70
Doug: So, yeah.
00:36:12.73\00:36:14.07
The example in the Bible would
be burial, but some people are
00:36:14.10\00:36:16.50
choosing cremation because
it's so much more affordable.
00:36:16.54\00:36:19.61
Jëan: All right, next caller
that we have is Mark and Sarah
00:36:19.64\00:36:22.58
from Missouri.
00:36:22.61\00:36:23.91
Mark, Sarrah,
welcome to the program.
00:36:23.95\00:36:25.65
Sarrah: Hello.
00:36:25.68\00:36:27.02
Thank you for your
ministry and what you do.
00:36:27.05\00:36:28.42
We pray for you guys often and
thank God for all the work that
00:36:28.45\00:36:32.09
you're doing.
00:36:32.12\00:36:33.46
Doug: Thanks so much.
00:36:33.49\00:36:34.72
Sarrah: Our question is, with so
many denominations in the world,
00:36:34.76\00:36:38.26
how do we study the Bible to
know that we're understanding it
00:36:38.29\00:36:41.86
accurately and correctly?
00:36:41.90\00:36:43.97
Doug: Great question.
00:36:44.00\00:36:45.33
You know, most Christians, if
you look at, you know, all the
00:36:45.37\00:36:49.74
things to believe from the
Bible, you'd probably find that
00:36:49.77\00:36:52.87
most Christians agree
and overlap on 80 or 90%
00:36:52.91\00:36:56.41
of the teachings, you
know, the basic morals
00:36:56.44\00:36:59.91
of Christianity and the
salvation through faith in
00:36:59.95\00:37:02.95
Christ sacrifice.
00:37:02.98\00:37:04.92
Then there are areas where
they diverge in, you know, some
00:37:04.95\00:37:08.09
pretty radical differences.
00:37:08.12\00:37:10.29
How do you know?
00:37:10.33\00:37:11.63
Well, one thing, allow
the Bible to interpret itself.
00:37:11.66\00:37:14.83
Look for other Bible examples.
00:37:14.83\00:37:18.33
look at the example, of course,
of Jesus and His life, you know,
00:37:18.37\00:37:21.34
when you're
wondering about something.
00:37:21.37\00:37:22.77
So, well, what did Jesus do?
00:37:22.80\00:37:24.11
What would
He--what did He teach?
00:37:24.14\00:37:26.57
And rightly dividing the
Word, comparing scripture with
00:37:26.61\00:37:30.11
scripture is, I
think the safest way.
00:37:30.15\00:37:33.42
God's truth really
hasn't changed through history.
00:37:33.45\00:37:37.25
Some people think there's a
different religion in the New
00:37:37.29\00:37:39.39
Testament than there
was in the Old Testament.
00:37:39.42\00:37:42.09
No, they're all saved by faith.
00:37:42.12\00:37:44.66
We are saved by faith
looking back to the cross.
00:37:44.69\00:37:47.20
They sacrifice the lambs because
they were saved by looking
00:37:47.23\00:37:49.76
forward to the cross.
00:37:49.80\00:37:51.43
But there's one truth.
00:37:51.47\00:37:53.34
The Bible says one
Lord, one faith, one baptism.
00:37:53.37\00:37:56.44
Makes sense that there should be
one truth and it may not be the
00:37:56.47\00:38:00.38
most popular church.
00:38:00.41\00:38:01.91
If I was the devil, if Jesus had
a true church in the world, I
00:38:01.94\00:38:06.18
would do everything I could
to malign and misrepresent them,
00:38:06.21\00:38:09.78
to, you know, make
it people turn away.
00:38:09.82\00:38:12.95
So, go by what the Bible says.
00:38:12.99\00:38:15.19
And we have a book called
"Search tor the True Church."
00:38:15.22\00:38:17.46
You can tell from prophecy how
to identify God's church in the
00:38:17.49\00:38:21.13
last days.
00:38:21.16\00:38:22.50
Jëan: The number to call
for that is 800-835-6747.
00:38:22.53\00:38:26.20
That is the resource phone line.
00:38:26.23\00:38:27.87
You can ask for the study guide.
00:38:27.90\00:38:29.20
It's called the
"Search for the True Church."
00:38:29.24\00:38:30.54
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:38:30.57\00:38:33.24
Maybe we'll just add a couple
of verses to what you said,
00:38:33.27\00:38:35.21
Pastor Doug.
00:38:35.24\00:38:36.58
You got 2 Timothy
chapter 3, verse 16.
00:38:36.61\00:38:38.45
It says, "All scripture is given
by inspiration of God, it's
00:38:38.48\00:38:42.02
profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for
00:38:42.05\00:38:44.49
instruction in righteousness,
the man of God might be
00:38:44.52\00:38:47.92
complete, thoroughly
equipped for every good work."
00:38:47.96\00:38:50.03
So, we want to study the
scriptures to find truth.
00:38:50.73\00:38:53.56
And then we have in Acts chapter
17:11, a group of people from
00:38:53.60\00:38:56.60
Thessalonica who
search the scriptures daily.
00:38:56.63\00:38:59.77
So, these are
people in the Word.
00:38:59.80\00:39:01.87
That's how we can find truth
by spending time in the Word.
00:39:01.90\00:39:04.57
Doug: Amen.
00:39:04.61\00:39:05.91
Jëan: Thank you, Mark, Sarrah.
00:39:05.94\00:39:07.28
Alex in Florida,
welcome to "Bible Answers Live."
00:39:07.31\00:39:09.98
Alex: Good evening, pastors.
00:39:10.01\00:39:11.31
Doug: Evening.
00:39:11.35\00:39:12.68
Alex: Also wanted to
thank you for your ministry.
00:39:12.71\00:39:14.12
It's just a great blessing.
00:39:14.15\00:39:15.95
Doug: Well, thank you.
00:39:15.98\00:39:18.02
Alex: Yeah, so, I had
a question of Genesis 32
00:39:18.05\00:39:21.69
in verse 30, where Jacob,
after wrestling with God, says,
00:39:21.72\00:39:27.23
"For I have seen
God face to face,
00:39:27.23\00:39:30.23
and my life is preserved."
00:39:30.27\00:39:32.37
How do I understand this?
00:39:32.40\00:39:34.70
Seeing God face to face and,
yeah, life is preserved, yeah.
00:39:34.74\00:39:38.31
Doug: Yeah, the ancient Hebrews
rightly believe that no man
00:39:38.34\00:39:42.48
could endure looking into
the face of God the Father
00:39:42.51\00:39:47.58
and survive.
00:39:47.62\00:39:48.95
And they didn't realize that
sometimes they would look into
00:39:48.98\00:39:51.62
the face of what we
call a Christophany, Jesus,
00:39:51.65\00:39:54.42
God the Son,
before the incarnation.
00:39:54.46\00:39:56.66
He would
sometimes veil His glory.
00:39:56.69\00:39:59.06
You know, He spoke to Abraham.
00:39:59.09\00:40:00.46
The Bible says, "As a
man speaks to his friend."
00:40:00.50\00:40:03.23
Yet God said to Moses, "No
man can see My face and live."
00:40:03.26\00:40:06.74
But then Jacob wrestled with
this angel, evidently must have
00:40:06.77\00:40:10.04
seen his face at some
point, wrestled all night.
00:40:10.07\00:40:12.71
And he says, "I've
seen God face to face."
00:40:12.74\00:40:15.01
He probably saw God the Son.
00:40:15.04\00:40:16.78
Now, if you look in John 6:46,
Christ said, "Not that any man
00:40:16.81\00:40:20.72
has seen the Father."
00:40:20.75\00:40:23.35
That's John 6:46.
00:40:23.39\00:40:25.22
But when we are perfectly purged
from sin, it says in Revelation,
00:40:25.25\00:40:29.59
we will see His face.
00:40:29.62\00:40:32.26
That's going be--that's
pretty awesome to think about.
00:40:32.29\00:40:34.76
But even the angels veil
their faces from the face of God
00:40:34.83\00:40:37.60
on His throne in Isaiah 6.
00:40:37.63\00:40:39.97
I mean, the glory for
humans just would destroy us
00:40:40.00\00:40:44.41
in our sinful condition.
00:40:44.44\00:40:46.51
But some day, we will see Him
face to face, God the Father.
00:40:46.54\00:40:49.98
Jëan: All
right, thank you, Alex.
00:40:50.01\00:40:51.31
Next caller that we
have is Billy in Texas.
00:40:51.35\00:40:52.98
Billy, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:40:53.01\00:40:55.18
Billy: Good evening.
00:40:55.22\00:40:56.52
Doug: Evening.
00:40:56.55\00:40:57.89
Billy: I had a question.
00:40:57.92\00:40:59.22
I'm just kind of wondering about
the parable of the rich man
00:40:59.25\00:41:02.29
and Lazarus.
00:41:02.32\00:41:03.66
I think how you say, when
people die, that they don't know
00:41:03.69\00:41:08.20
anything, that they're under the
altar, and their next conscious
00:41:08.23\00:41:11.13
thought is Jesus and
the rapture, the awakening.
00:41:11.17\00:41:15.77
How do I fit that parable in
to be true when all the others I
00:41:15.80\00:41:20.24
can see reverence in.
00:41:20.28\00:41:22.04
Doug: There first of all, I
think the key is your phrase
00:41:22.08\00:41:24.51
right there, the parable.
00:41:24.55\00:41:26.11
A parable is a story that
obviously some parts of the
00:41:26.15\00:41:30.15
parable are not to
be taken literally.
00:41:30.19\00:41:32.99
Jesus compares
the lost to sheep.
00:41:33.02\00:41:35.62
Well, we're not sheep.
00:41:35.66\00:41:37.03
He compares the lost to coins.
00:41:37.06\00:41:38.89
Well, we're not coins.
00:41:38.93\00:41:40.50
He compares the
Word of God to seed.
00:41:40.53\00:41:42.23
Well, it's not, you
know, sunflower seeds.
00:41:42.26\00:41:44.23
It's--so there's
a lot of analogies.
00:41:44.27\00:41:46.40
And the story in the parable
of the rich man and Lazarus, you
00:41:46.43\00:41:50.61
know that there are symbols
being used here because first of
00:41:50.64\00:41:53.61
all, there's nowhere else in the
Bible where it says that all the
00:41:53.64\00:41:56.28
saved go to the
bosom of Abraham.
00:41:56.31\00:41:58.31
It's the only place.
00:41:58.35\00:42:00.38
The reason he says the bosom of
Abraham is because Abraham, the
00:42:00.42\00:42:04.15
sacred father of the Jewish
nation, they all wanted to be
00:42:04.19\00:42:07.22
with Abraham.
00:42:07.26\00:42:08.76
And so, Jesus says that,
and then he's got this--the rich
00:42:08.79\00:42:12.53
man, the poor Lazarus
goes to Abraham's bosom.
00:42:12.56\00:42:15.26
The rich man, he goes to
Hades, which is a Greek place
00:42:15.30\00:42:18.30
of torment.
00:42:18.33\00:42:19.67
So, he chooses a word from Greek
mythology of a place of torment.
00:42:19.70\00:42:23.61
It's funny, he
uses a paradox here.
00:42:23.64\00:42:25.84
He's saying Lazarus,
who represents the Jews,
00:42:25.87\00:42:29.21
the Gentiles rather, they
were starving for the truth.
00:42:29.24\00:42:31.35
They're at the rich man's gate.
00:42:31.38\00:42:34.32
Lazarus goes to be in the Jewish
place of reward, and the rich
00:42:34.35\00:42:38.42
man who represents the
Jewish nation that had all this
00:42:38.45\00:42:40.79
knowledge and truth they were
feasting on while the Gentiles
00:42:40.82\00:42:44.33
died starving for
the truth at their gate.
00:42:44.36\00:42:48.36
The rich man goes to
the Greek place of torment.
00:42:48.40\00:42:51.07
So, Christ is using a
little irony and humor in here.
00:42:51.10\00:42:54.97
No one believes that people in
heaven and hell are going to be
00:42:55.00\00:42:57.27
able to talk to each other.
00:42:57.31\00:42:58.54
How could you enjoy heaven and
be having a conversation with
00:42:58.57\00:43:01.44
somebody burning in the flame?
00:43:01.48\00:43:03.81
But in this parable, they are.
00:43:03.85\00:43:05.48
Abraham's talking to somebody
burning in hell or in Hades.
00:43:05.51\00:43:10.09
And the whole purpose of
the story is what you call the
00:43:10.12\00:43:12.75
punchline.
00:43:12.79\00:43:14.29
They said--the rich man says,
"Oh, if he would send somebody
00:43:14.32\00:43:17.83
back to my father's house, warn
my brothers lest they come to
00:43:17.86\00:43:21.03
this place of torment."
00:43:21.06\00:43:23.43
And Abraham says, "Well, they've
got Moses and the prophets."
00:43:23.47\00:43:26.74
He said, "Oh, no.
00:43:26.77\00:43:28.10
But if someone would rise from
the dead, then they'd believe."
00:43:28.14\00:43:31.14
And Jesus said, "If they do not
believe Moses and the prophets,"
00:43:31.17\00:43:34.24
meaning the Word of God,
"neither will they be persuaded
00:43:34.28\00:43:36.88
though one should
rise from the dead."
00:43:36.91\00:43:38.88
So, the whole purpose of the
parable is to say that it's not
00:43:38.91\00:43:42.35
signs and wonders and miracles.
00:43:42.38\00:43:44.25
That if you don't
believe the Word of God, even a
00:43:44.29\00:43:46.35
resurrection, and of course,
Jesus did resurrect someone
00:43:46.39\00:43:49.96
named Lazarus and they
wanted to kill Lazarus.
00:43:49.99\00:43:52.76
It didn't change them.
00:43:52.79\00:43:54.83
Jëan: Absolutely.
00:43:54.83\00:43:56.13
All right, well,
thank you, great question.
00:43:56.16\00:43:58.73
Doug: Joe Cruz, I think, has a
sermon book called "The Parable
00:43:58.77\00:44:00.44
of the Rich Man and
Lazarus" that we can offer.
00:44:00.47\00:44:02.97
Jëan: Yeah, the
number to call 800-835-6747.
00:44:03.00\00:44:05.14
You can ask for the book called
"The Rich Man and Lazarus" that
00:44:05.17\00:44:08.78
explains this
parable in more detail.
00:44:08.81\00:44:10.98
You can dial #250
on your smartphone.
00:44:11.01\00:44:13.42
You can ask for it as
well, called "The Rich Man
00:44:13.45\00:44:15.72
and Lazarus."
00:44:15.75\00:44:17.05
We've got Alice in New York.
00:44:17.09\00:44:18.39
Alice, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:44:18.42\00:44:20.46
Alice: Yes, hi.
00:44:20.49\00:44:23.99
My question is, oh, by the
way, I love what you do for us.
00:44:24.03\00:44:27.36
Doug: Thank you.
00:44:27.40\00:44:28.66
Alice: So, my question is,
why do people tell me that they
00:44:28.70\00:44:33.00
follow the nine commandments,
but they don't follow the
00:44:33.03\00:44:37.01
Sabbath commandment?
00:44:37.04\00:44:38.57
What excuse are they using?
00:44:38.61\00:44:41.54
Doug: Yeah.
00:44:41.58\00:44:42.88
Well, there are some
churches that only follow
00:44:42.91\00:44:44.31
eight commandments.
00:44:44.35\00:44:45.65
They not only neglect the
Sabbath commandment, but they
00:44:45.68\00:44:47.38
have no problem with
idols in their churches.
00:44:47.42\00:44:50.72
So--but yeah, a lot of churches
will be perfectly fine if you
00:44:50.75\00:44:54.86
were to come and preach a
sermon on honoring your parents,
00:44:54.89\00:44:58.63
or don't steal or don't
lie, and they'd all say amen.
00:44:58.66\00:45:02.66
But when you get to the fourth
commandment, this is, "And
00:45:02.70\00:45:04.70
remember the Sabbath
day," they say, "Oh no, no, no.
00:45:04.73\00:45:06.57
We're not under the law
now, we're under grace."
00:45:06.60\00:45:09.57
So, I hear, you know,
there's not even agreement among
00:45:09.60\00:45:12.94
Christians that ignore
the fourth commandment.
00:45:12.97\00:45:14.98
There is not consensus.
00:45:15.01\00:45:16.95
Some say Jesus changed the
seventh day to the first day
00:45:16.98\00:45:20.95
with a resurrection,
which sounds beautifully poetic,
00:45:20.98\00:45:24.49
but there's no command anywhere
00:45:24.52\00:45:26.15
that says from now on
because of the resurrection,
00:45:26.19\00:45:28.32
keep the first
day as the Sabbath.
00:45:28.36\00:45:29.89
Nothing like that in the Bible.
00:45:29.92\00:45:32.03
There is no command to
keep the first day holy
00:45:32.06\00:45:35.06
anywhere in the Bible.
00:45:35.10\00:45:36.40
They say, well, "There's a
tradition," but, you know, Jesus
00:45:36.43\00:45:38.60
said, "Why do you neglect the
commandments of God to follow
00:45:38.63\00:45:40.97
your tradition?"
00:45:41.00\00:45:42.37
Another example is they say,
"Well, we're not under the law.
00:45:42.40\00:45:44.71
We don't need to keep any day.
00:45:44.74\00:45:46.07
It doesn't matter if you go
Saturday or Sunday or no day,
00:45:46.11\00:45:49.04
that now we're under grace,
that the law's been nailed to
00:45:49.08\00:45:52.38
the cross."
00:45:52.41\00:45:53.88
But basically what they
say is that God nailed all Ten
00:45:53.92\00:45:57.62
Commandments of the cross,
but He reinstated nine of them.
00:45:57.65\00:46:01.19
It's like saying if you've got
one finger that hurts, you cut
00:46:01.22\00:46:03.36
off all ten and sew
nine of them back on.
00:46:03.39\00:46:05.86
It doesn't make any sense.
00:46:05.89\00:46:07.56
Then I heard one creed of
man say that back in the days of
00:46:07.60\00:46:10.23
Joshua, the sun stood
still Saturday turned to Sunday.
00:46:10.27\00:46:13.84
But they kept still the seventh
day for another thousand years.
00:46:13.87\00:46:17.67
So, that's a silly analogy.
00:46:17.71\00:46:20.38
So, there's not even agreement
about why you would want to get
00:46:20.41\00:46:24.75
rid of a commandment, except
that it's just been such a
00:46:24.78\00:46:27.12
long tradition.
00:46:27.15\00:46:28.48
A lot of churches and pastors
know to try to change that
00:46:28.52\00:46:31.65
and do what Jesus did,
it would be very difficult.
00:46:31.69\00:46:35.42
But if you go by what the Bible
says, Christ kept the seventh
00:46:35.46\00:46:38.33
day of the week.
00:46:38.36\00:46:39.66
God's people kept the
seventh day of the week.
00:46:39.69\00:46:41.00
The early Christians kept
the seventh day of the week.
00:46:41.03\00:46:43.40
God's law does not change.
00:46:43.43\00:46:44.93
It's written in stone, and
He's the same yesterday, today,
00:46:44.97\00:46:48.97
and forever.
00:46:49.00\00:46:50.31
The Saturday is what we
call--the Sabbath is what we
00:46:50.34\00:46:53.27
call Saturday today.
00:46:53.31\00:46:55.01
So, there is no good reason.
00:46:55.04\00:46:57.35
Jëan: Pastor Doug, even
early Protestant reformers, for
00:46:57.38\00:46:59.71
example, the pilgrims
that came to the United States,
00:46:59.75\00:47:02.72
they believed in
the Sabbath commandment.
00:47:02.75\00:47:04.05
Now, of course, they thought
it was on the first day of
00:47:04.09\00:47:05.69
the week.
00:47:05.72\00:47:06.96
They thought it was Sunday, but
they still encouraged people to
00:47:06.99\00:47:08.69
observe what they
considered the Sabbath.
00:47:08.72\00:47:11.16
They even called
Sunday Sabbath, right?
00:47:11.19\00:47:13.63
And they were to observe it.
00:47:13.66\00:47:15.13
They were to keep it.
00:47:15.16\00:47:16.40
And now, of course, today, even
amongst churches that do worship
00:47:16.43\00:47:18.83
on Sunday, there's not
much keeping of the day.
00:47:18.87\00:47:22.00
Doug: No.
00:47:22.04\00:47:23.34
Jëan: It's all been set aside.
00:47:23.37\00:47:24.71
Doug: Yeah, in the last 50
years it has been sort of a
00:47:24.74\00:47:27.38
distancing from the whole
Sabbath truth about resting that
00:47:27.41\00:47:31.38
in seventh.
00:47:31.41\00:47:32.75
Jëan: We have a study guide.
00:47:32.78\00:47:34.08
It's called "The Lost Day
of History" that explains the
00:47:34.12\00:47:35.85
subject in more detail.
00:47:35.88\00:47:37.32
We'll be happy to send this
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:47:37.35\00:47:39.49
Just ask for it.
00:47:39.52\00:47:40.82
It's called "The
Lost Day of History."
00:47:40.86\00:47:42.19
The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:47:42.22\00:47:45.19
You can dial #250 on your
smartphone and say, "I like the
00:47:45.23\00:47:49.13
study guide called
'The Lost Day of History."'
00:47:49.16\00:47:51.73
Next caller that we have
is Nathaniel in Kentucky.
00:47:51.77\00:47:54.37
Nathanael, welcome
to "Bible Answers Live."
00:47:54.40\00:47:56.24
Nathanael: Thank you very much.
00:47:56.27\00:47:57.61
Doug: Thanks for calling.
00:47:57.64\00:47:58.94
Nathanael:
Appreciate for what you do.
00:47:58.97\00:48:00.88
I've been following you
for several years from Africa.
00:48:00.91\00:48:05.38
I've been watching you.
00:48:05.41\00:48:07.02
So, I really appreciate.
00:48:07.05\00:48:09.15
I've--this has changed me a lot.
00:48:09.18\00:48:13.52
Doug: Well, praise the Lord.
00:48:13.56\00:48:14.86
Thank you so much.
00:48:14.89\00:48:16.22
We are glad to
hear that, Nathanael.
00:48:16.26\00:48:18.39
Nathanael: So, my question
is, I've been reading Revelation
00:48:18.43\00:48:22.83
chapter 11.
00:48:22.86\00:48:24.70
So, the two witnesses, but
I failed to understand who are
00:48:24.73\00:48:30.17
those two witnesses.
00:48:30.21\00:48:32.54
Doug: Yes, in Revelation 11, and
we probably can't go through the
00:48:32.57\00:48:36.01
whole passage because
it's a lengthy study, but in a
00:48:36.04\00:48:40.12
nutshell, the two
witnesses are the Word of God.
00:48:40.15\00:48:43.59
You know, they're symbolized
by Moses and Elijah, Moses being
00:48:43.62\00:48:47.22
the law, Elijah the prophets,
you could say they're the New
00:48:47.26\00:48:49.89
and the Old Testament.
00:48:49.92\00:48:51.56
The Word of God is often given
in a dual nature in the Bible.
00:48:51.59\00:48:55.06
The Ten Commandments
are on two tables of stone.
00:48:55.10\00:48:58.40
The law of God is
like a two-edged sword.
00:48:58.43\00:49:01.27
The Word of God is
a double-edged sword.
00:49:01.30\00:49:03.17
So, these two witnesses,
you find them also mentioned
00:49:03.20\00:49:06.31
in Zechariah.
00:49:06.34\00:49:07.81
It says, "They're
like the two olive trees."
00:49:07.84\00:49:10.11
And then it gives
characteristics about them.
00:49:10.15\00:49:12.61
It says they can
shut up the heavens.
00:49:12.65\00:49:14.78
Well, you know, there's places
in the Bible where Elijah and
00:49:14.82\00:49:17.95
Moses, they say the
heavens would be shut up.
00:49:17.99\00:49:21.59
And then it says they can call
down plagues and you see that in
00:49:21.62\00:49:25.16
the Bible.
00:49:25.19\00:49:26.59
And then it's also telling
something that would happen to
00:49:26.63\00:49:28.56
the Word of God.
00:49:28.60\00:49:30.30
That just near the end of this
papal persecution that ended in
00:49:30.33\00:49:35.44
1798, there was a period where
there was a war against the Word
00:49:35.47\00:49:39.74
of God and a first
atheistic country was France.
00:49:39.77\00:49:43.38
And they for three and a half
years, they burnt Bibles and
00:49:43.41\00:49:48.35
destroyed them, and it looked
like the two witnesses laid in
00:49:48.38\00:49:50.72
the street.
00:49:50.75\00:49:52.05
Symbolically, the
Word of God was desecrated.
00:49:52.09\00:49:54.76
But then it came back to life.
00:49:54.79\00:49:56.42
They--the nation
suffered terribly from that.
00:49:56.46\00:50:00.33
They suffered spiritually.
00:50:00.36\00:50:02.20
They restored the Word of
God and it was exalted back
00:50:02.23\00:50:05.60
to heaven.
00:50:05.63\00:50:06.97
And so, that's a longer study.
00:50:07.00\00:50:08.54
Do we have a--.
00:50:08.57\00:50:09.87
Jëan: We do, we got a book,
it's called "The Two Witnesses."
00:50:09.90\00:50:11.47
Doug: Oh, there we go.
00:50:11.51\00:50:12.81
Jëan: Moses and Elijah,
you wrote it Pastor Doug.
00:50:12.84\00:50:15.28
That's a good one.
00:50:15.31\00:50:16.61
Doug: It doesn't go
into France, I don't think.
00:50:16.64\00:50:17.95
Jëan: But it does talk
about the two witnesses.
00:50:17.98\00:50:19.48
So yes, if you'd like to get
that book, just call and ask.
00:50:19.51\00:50:22.28
It's 800-835-6747.
00:50:22.32\00:50:25.49
It's called "The Two Witnesses,"
written by Pastor Doug.
00:50:25.52\00:50:28.16
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:50:28.19\00:50:30.13
You can dial #250 on your
smartphone and ask for that.
00:50:30.16\00:50:34.00
A lot of great information.
00:50:34.03\00:50:35.96
Next one that we have
is Pamela in Washington.
00:50:36.00\00:50:38.07
Pamela, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:50:38.10\00:50:39.83
Pamela: Hi, how
are you doing tonight?
00:50:39.87\00:50:42.47
Doug: Doing great,
thank you for calling.
00:50:42.50\00:50:44.81
Pamela: My question tonight
is, Daniel 8:14 of the cleansing
00:50:44.84\00:50:49.81
of the sanctuary, and I'm
assuming that sanctuary is in
00:50:49.84\00:50:53.65
heaven, and I was wondering
what is being cleansed in
00:50:53.68\00:50:57.82
that sanctuary?
00:50:57.85\00:50:59.92
Doug: Yeah, well, there's--this
is very important to understand.
00:50:59.95\00:51:02.99
There are two things
that are happening there.
00:51:03.02\00:51:04.79
You've got a sanctuary in
heaven and a sanctuary on earth.
00:51:04.83\00:51:08.96
In the earthly sanctuary in the
Old Testament, they had once a
00:51:09.00\00:51:12.57
year a special
cleansing of the sanctuary.
00:51:12.60\00:51:14.90
It was called
the Day of Atonement.
00:51:14.94\00:51:16.64
We call it Yom Kippur, when the
high priests would enter into
00:51:16.67\00:51:20.08
the holy of holies and go
through a ceremony where the
00:51:20.11\00:51:23.55
people were separated
from the sins that had been
00:51:23.58\00:51:26.48
stored symbolically.
00:51:26.51\00:51:27.82
You can't store, you know,
sin like you do data on a hard
00:51:27.85\00:51:31.29
drive, but the sins had
symbolically been stored because
00:51:31.32\00:51:34.66
of the shedding of
blood in the sanctuary.
00:51:34.69\00:51:36.86
The priests would go through
this ritual where they had the
00:51:36.89\00:51:39.09
two goats.
00:51:39.13\00:51:40.43
One was slain, one was
carried off and abandoned in
00:51:40.46\00:51:42.93
the wilderness.
00:51:42.96\00:51:44.33
And it basically gave them a
fresh start with the new year.
00:51:44.37\00:51:48.64
Now this happens for God's
people spiritually when Jesus,
00:51:48.67\00:51:51.84
our high priests,
entered into heaven.
00:51:51.87\00:51:54.24
And we've entered that last
phase of His heavenly ministry
00:51:54.28\00:51:58.01
as our high priests.
00:51:58.05\00:51:59.35
You can read about this
in Hebrews several chapters.
00:51:59.38\00:52:03.22
Hebrews 9, Hebrews 8.
00:52:03.25\00:52:05.79
And now there's a
sanctuary on earth too,
00:52:05.82\00:52:07.69
which is His church.
00:52:07.72\00:52:09.19
The Bible says, "You
are the body of Christ."
00:52:09.22\00:52:11.66
So, this time prophecy, if
you go 2300 years from the going
00:52:11.69\00:52:17.60
forth of the commandment to
restore and build Jerusalem, the
00:52:17.63\00:52:20.57
date to start the
prophecy is in the next chapter.
00:52:20.60\00:52:24.51
And if you go from that,
which is 457, is when Artaxerxes
00:52:24.54\00:52:28.81
gave the decree, you
find that in Ezra chapter 7.
00:52:28.84\00:52:32.05
He gave the decree to
restore and build Jerusalem.
00:52:32.08\00:52:35.02
And if you go 2300 years,
because in a prophecy like this
00:52:35.05\00:52:39.32
a day is a
year, it reaches 1844.
00:52:39.35\00:52:42.86
Well, what happened there?
00:52:42.89\00:52:44.33
Well, you enter the last age
of the church called Laodicea,
00:52:44.36\00:52:47.76
which means a
judging of the people.
00:52:47.76\00:52:50.30
God--Christ enters His
final work as our heavenly
00:52:50.33\00:52:53.60
high priest.
00:52:53.64\00:52:54.97
And He also began a movement
cleansing His church on earth.
00:52:55.00\00:53:00.24
Now, if you look in Daniel
chapter 8 to understand, you go
00:53:00.28\00:53:02.64
to verse 12.
00:53:02.68\00:53:04.45
And it says, "Because of
transgression, an army was given
00:53:04.48\00:53:07.62
over to the horn," this little
horn power, "to oppose the daily
00:53:07.65\00:53:11.25
sacrifice; and he cast
truth down to the ground."
00:53:11.29\00:53:16.16
So, when truth is cast down
to the ground, God's church is
00:53:16.19\00:53:19.79
defiled by error.
00:53:19.83\00:53:21.96
God began a movement in
1844 on Earth that he restored
00:53:22.00\00:53:27.80
these truths that had
been lost during the Dark Ages.
00:53:27.84\00:53:31.41
And He was cleansing the
sanctuary on earth as He's
00:53:31.44\00:53:33.98
cleansing the
sanctuary in heaven.
00:53:34.01\00:53:35.74
And when Michael stands up
and he's done, then a time of
00:53:35.78\00:53:39.55
trouble comes.
00:53:39.58\00:53:40.88
So, we're living in this last
stage and age of the church.
00:53:40.92\00:53:44.65
Now that was a very quick
answer, but it's a big question.
00:53:44.69\00:53:49.19
Jëan: You know, we do have
a study guide, actually two,
00:53:49.22\00:53:51.09
that might be helpful.
00:53:51.13\00:53:52.43
The one is
called "Right On Time."
00:53:52.46\00:53:53.80
And it talks about that
time prophecy, Daniel 8:14.
00:53:53.83\00:53:56.26
And then there's another
one called "Case Closed."
00:53:56.30\00:53:58.93
Talks about a heavenly judgment
that takes place just before
00:53:58.97\00:54:02.37
Jesus comes.
00:54:02.40\00:54:03.71
You can call and ask
for both of those studies.
00:54:03.74\00:54:05.54
They kind of go together.
00:54:05.57\00:54:06.88
The one is called "Right On
Time" and the other is called
00:54:06.91\00:54:09.31
"Case Closed."
00:54:09.34\00:54:10.88
The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:54:10.91\00:54:14.82
You can ask for that.
00:54:14.85\00:54:16.15
You can dial #250
on your smartphone.
00:54:16.18\00:54:18.92
And again, the study guide
is called "Right On Time" and
00:54:18.95\00:54:21.46
"Case Closed."
00:54:21.49\00:54:22.79
Those are the two that
go along with that question.
00:54:22.82\00:54:25.59
We got Erica in Canada.
00:54:25.63\00:54:27.30
Erica, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:54:27.36\00:54:29.53
Erica: Thank you
for answering my call.
00:54:29.56\00:54:34.14
I have a question.
00:54:34.17\00:54:36.74
So, does God--like, does
God understand the pains that
00:54:36.77\00:54:42.84
we feel?
00:54:42.88\00:54:44.21
Does He like come down to our
level to like understand that we
00:54:44.25\00:54:49.08
are going through the trials and
tribulations because He's very
00:54:49.12\00:54:53.46
powerful and He's
just up in heaven.
00:54:53.49\00:54:56.36
And then I have another one.
00:54:56.39\00:54:58.23
Is God--I know God doesn't have
like limitations to what He can
00:54:58.26\00:55:01.70
answer, but at the same time,
does God--are there things that
00:55:01.73\00:55:05.80
God cannot do because of
the circumstances surrounding?
00:55:05.83\00:55:09.50
Doug: Yeah,
yeah, great questions.
00:55:09.54\00:55:11.81
Two big questions in
just a minute or two.
00:55:11.84\00:55:14.38
God feels everything we
feel because He's all knowing.
00:55:14.41\00:55:17.91
He knows what you're
feeling better than you do.
00:55:17.95\00:55:20.85
And Jesus came into the world
not so God could figure out what
00:55:20.88\00:55:24.02
we're feeling, but so we would
also know that He knows because
00:55:24.05\00:55:27.99
He really did experience
what--He was tempted, it says in
00:55:28.02\00:55:30.93
Hebrews, in all
points as we are.
00:55:30.96\00:55:34.20
And yeah, God
does--He does care.
00:55:34.23\00:55:36.77
What was the second
part of that question?
00:55:36.80\00:55:38.87
Jëan: Is there stuff that
He doesn't do or can't do?
00:55:38.90\00:55:40.84
Doug: Oh yeah.
00:55:40.87\00:55:42.17
There things that
God can't do, yeah.
00:55:42.20\00:55:43.51
God can't lie.
00:55:43.54\00:55:44.87
And the Bible says that,
you know, God, He can't stop
00:55:44.91\00:55:49.48
loving you.
00:55:49.51\00:55:50.85
There's nothing that can
separate God from His love for
00:55:50.88\00:55:52.95
you there in Romans chapter 8.
00:55:52.98\00:55:55.08
Jëan: And God
won't force the will.
00:55:55.12\00:55:56.95
We have freedom to choose.
00:55:56.99\00:55:58.35
Doug: And yeah.
00:55:58.39\00:55:59.69
So, in that sense, you might
say God doesn't tempt anybody.
00:55:59.72\00:56:02.12
He can't be tempted by evil, and
neither does He tempt anyone.
00:56:02.16\00:56:05.96
So, I've actually got a study.
00:56:05.99\00:56:07.46
I don't have it in front of me
now, and it's like eight things
00:56:07.50\00:56:09.43
God can't do.
00:56:09.46\00:56:10.87
But it's talking about He
can't go against His own nature
00:56:10.90\00:56:13.50
because God is omnipotent.
00:56:13.54\00:56:15.37
And He can save you, friends.
00:56:15.40\00:56:17.67
That's the good news.
00:56:17.71\00:56:19.01
So, no matter what you've
been through or what your trials
00:56:19.04\00:56:21.11
might be, He knows, He
understands, and He feels your
00:56:21.14\00:56:25.58
tears, He feels your pain, and
He wants you to have a new life
00:56:25.61\00:56:31.22
that comes from a
relationship with Him.
00:56:31.25\00:56:33.36
Surrender your life to Jesus.
00:56:33.39\00:56:34.86
It's the best decision you
can ever make and you'll never
00:56:34.89\00:56:37.33
regret it.
00:56:37.36\00:56:38.69
Check out the Bible studies that
are free, amazingfacts.org, and
00:56:38.73\00:56:42.36
we're going to study His
Word with you again soon.
00:56:42.40\00:56:46.17
Jëan: We got time maybe for
one more caller pastor Doug.
00:56:46.20\00:56:48.40
We've got Tabitha
listening in Nevada.
00:56:48.44\00:56:50.64
Tabitha, we got about a minute.
00:56:50.67\00:56:52.31
Welcome to the program.
00:56:52.34\00:56:53.64
Tabitha: Thank you.
00:56:53.68\00:56:56.95
My question is in Matthew
chapter 27, verses 52 and 53.
00:56:56.98\00:57:01.65
It says, "And the graves were
open; and many bodies of the
00:57:01.68\00:57:04.25
saints which slept and arose,
and they came out of their
00:57:04.29\00:57:07.96
graves after his resurrection,
and went into the holy city, and
00:57:07.99\00:57:11.43
appeared unto many."
00:57:11.46\00:57:13.06
Where exactly did they go?
00:57:13.09\00:57:14.96
Explain the holy
city, is that heaven
00:57:15.00\00:57:17.43
or can you explain, please?
00:57:17.47\00:57:19.53
Thank you.
00:57:19.57\00:57:20.87
Doug: Well, the Holy City was
another name for Jerusalem, and
00:57:20.90\00:57:23.44
this is a very special
resurrection of few people that
00:57:23.47\00:57:26.61
had--some of the saints
that had died around Jerusalem.
00:57:26.64\00:57:29.74
They came out of their graves.
00:57:29.78\00:57:31.51
They appeared after the
resurrection of Jesus to some
00:57:31.55\00:57:34.48
people in Jerusalem.
00:57:34.52\00:57:36.05
They identified who they were.
00:57:36.08\00:57:37.79
And then when Christ ascended to
heaven, when He told Mary, "I've
00:57:37.82\00:57:41.06
not yet ascended to my Father,"
but then He ascended, they
00:57:41.09\00:57:44.16
ascended with Him.
00:57:44.19\00:57:45.49
They were like His firstfruits.
00:57:45.53\00:57:47.00
There's a verse is it
in Ephesians, Pastor Ross.
00:57:47.03\00:57:49.56
He led captivity captive.
00:57:49.60\00:57:50.90
Jëan: Ephesians 4, verse 8.
00:57:50.93\00:57:52.47
Doug: And they were the
trophies that He led to heaven.
00:57:52.50\00:57:56.07
Well, thank you very much
for your questions, friends.
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