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Pastor Doug Batchelor.
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Doug Batchelor: Hello friends,
welcome to Bible Answers Live.
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Would you like to
hear an amazing fact?
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Armadillos are among the
strangest of God's creatures.
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Like their cousins, the
anteater, armadillos have a very
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long sticky tongue to slurp
up bugs and strong claws to tear
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open ant nests or to dig
up a burrow 15 feet long.
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The female armadillo always
bears four young, which are
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always the same sex, either
four female or four males.
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This is the only
mammal known to do so.
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Armadillos like to swim and
they're very good at it, but
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because their heavy shells make
them sink, they must swallow air
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to become more buoyant or they
sink and walk along the bottom
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of streams like a lobster.
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If they need to, they can
hold their breath for up to six
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minutes at a time.
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They sleep a lot and only come
out at twilight or when it's
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very cloudy because their eyes
are very sensitive to light.
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The name armadillo is a Spanish
word meaning little armored one.
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Their armor protects them
against the thorns and spikes in
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the desert.
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When threatened, the three
banded armadillo can roll up
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into a virtual ball.
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The popular nine-banded
armadillo found all the way from
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the US down to South America
is between 29 to 36 inches long,
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including the tail, and
they usually weigh between 8 to
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17 pounds.
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Now that's nothing compared to
the largest armadillos who have
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ever lived, which
are called glylopidons.
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They lived in South America.
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They were about 11 feet long,
5 feet tall, and weighed over
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4400 pounds.
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For additional defense, at the
end of their long tails, they
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had a club covered with spikes.
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You know, even though some of
these ancient mammals were huge,
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they still needed armor because
there were also even bigger
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predators they had to
worry about back then.
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Jëan Ross: That's
right, Pastor Doug.
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It seemed like before the
flood, animals were super sized.
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Even the
armadillo needed to be big.
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Doug: They call them megafauna.
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They had some of these are huge.
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I remember I was on
the island of Malta.
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I was 16 years old.
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They took us to a museum.
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They showed us the rack,
a rack of antlers from some
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deer-like creature.
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That did look like
it was 20 feet long.
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It, just, the
animals were huge back then.
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It's hard to comprehend.
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And we've all heard about the 13
feet tall sloths and, you know,
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some of these other big animals.
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Well, we believe that they lived
contemporaneous with a lot of
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the big reptiles and what
we call dinosaurs, but it's
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interesting, they needed armor.
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And you know, the Bible tells
us that we need armor, too, to
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protect ourselves from a
very big reptile and the dragon,
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the devil.
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And Paul says in Ephesians
chapter 6, verse 11, matter of
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fact, there's
several verses there.
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He says, "Put on the whole armor
of God, that you might be able
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to stand against
the wiles of the devil."
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We deal with temptation every
day and God in His word and in
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the teachings of Christ, He
provides armor so that we can be
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victorious in our
battles with the enemy.
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Jëan: We have a book that's
called "The Armor of God" and
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talks about how we can
practically put on that armor
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every day so we can stand
against the wiles of the enemy.
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If you'd like to see the
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The number to
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That is our resource phone line
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Well, Pastor Doug, before
we go to the phone, let's start
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with prayer.
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Dear Father, we are so grateful
for this time to be able to open
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up your Word and study.
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And Lord, we know the Bible is
Your book and so we ask for the
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Holy Spirit to guide us, lead
us into a clearer understanding
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of truth.
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Be with those who are listening
and watching wherever they
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might be.
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We ask this in
Jesus's name, amen.
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Doug: Amen.
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Jëan: First caller this evening
is Duncan calling from Canada.
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Duncan, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Duncan: I have a question
relating to Malachi chapter 3,
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verse 16.
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Is the prayer of remembrance
spoken of in Malachi chapter 3
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and the Lamb's Book of Life,
which we read about in the Book
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of Revelation one and the same?
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Doug: All right, well, let
me read this for our friends.
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It says in the Malachi 3:16,
"Then those who feared the Lord
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spoke one to another, and the
Lord listened and heard them; So
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a book of remembrance was
written before Him for those who
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feared the Lord and
who meditated on His name."
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Now are you wondering if that is
the same as the Lamb's Book of
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life you find in Revelation?
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Duncan: Yes, I am.
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Doug: You know, it appears
there's different books in
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the Bible.
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You've got a book of what you
would call remembrance, you've
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got the book of life, and then,
you know, Revelation also deals
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with a book with seven
seals that are written.
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You've got a book of records in
the Bible where it tells us, you
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know, every idle word we
speak is somehow recorded.
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Jëan: So, you know, I
think that, well, there's
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several books.
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First of all, you know, you've
got the Book of Life and the
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Bible says, "Those whose names
are found written in the Lamb's
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Book of Life."
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So you want your name written
in the Lamb's Book of Life.
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But in addition to that, the
Bible says when Jesus comes, He
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brings His rewards with Him to
give to every man according to
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His works.
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So that's not only referring to
the wicked being judged out of
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the book of iniquity or book of
sin, but each is rewarded also
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based upon what they
have done for the Lord.
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Out of some kind of
record, probably the book
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of remembrance.
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So, I think these books serve
different purposes, different
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aspects as we see in Scripture,
but the most important book, of
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course, is to have your
name in the Lamb's Book of Life.
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Doug: Yeah, and just keep in
mind, friends, when the Bible
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talks to us about books, you
know, we have records that are
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kept, just look at the way
records have changed, you know,
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the record used to be on
cuneiform and then, you know,
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you get type with the Gutenberg
and in the last few years, it
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went from big round reels
of tape to cassette tapes to
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computer tape to computer disk
to digital and so what kind of
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ways does God have
to record information?
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He uses word book because that's
something they could relate to,
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but God has a record of
everything and exactly how He
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stores that, I don't know,
but He's got it booked as you
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might say.
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Jëan: All right,
thank you, Duncan.
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Next caller that we
have is Paul in South Dakota.
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Paul, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Paul: Well, thank you, brothers.
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My question is about Revelation
13 verse 5, that 42 months or
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3.5 years.
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Will that be closing around
the time probation closes?
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Doug: All right, let me read
this for our friends listening.
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We'd like to be mindful a lot
of folks listen driving down the
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road and they don't
have a Bible in their lap.
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And it says in Revelation 13:5,
"And it was given, and he was
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given," and this is speaking
of this beast power, "a mouth
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speaking great things and
blasphemies, and he was given
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authority to
continue forty-two months.
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Then he opened his mouth
in blasphemy against God to
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blaspheme His name, His
tabernacle, and those that dwell
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in heaven.
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And it was granted to him to
make war with the saints and to
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overcome them.
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And authority was given over to
him over every tribe nation, all
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who dwell on the earth will
worship him whose names are not
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written in the
Lamb's Book of Life."
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And so you've got this time
period that's mentioned three
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times in Revelation, also
mentioned in Daniel, of 42
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months, 1260 years, a time, a
times, and the dividing of time.
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A time was one year.
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A times meant a pair or a couple
of years, which so that's one
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plus two, that's three.
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Plus the dividing are half, 3.5.
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So you got three and half years,
42 months, 1260 days, they all
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add up to the same time period.
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Now, this is not talking
about when the plagues begin.
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This is stretching during a time
of great tribulation in the Dark
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Ages from 538 till 1798 and it
was a time of what they called
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the papal persecution.
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By the way, even the Catholic
Church admits to this and
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they've
apologized for it in history.
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And so from the time that the
church became sort of a military
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power in 538 when they were
given an army compelling people
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to obey and believe until they
lost power under the army of
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Napoleon when Berthier went into
Rome to arrest the Pope in 1798,
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that's exactly 1260
years because a day in prophecy
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is a year.
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So that's what that
time period's pointing to.
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Jëan: And we find that actually
7 times in Scripture, both in
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Daniel and Revelation.
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As you mentioned pastor Doug
times and a half a time, 1260
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years or days and 42 months.
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There are 30 days in the Hebrew
month, so 42 times 30 is 1260.
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Same time period.
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Doug: Yep, also the same length
of time Jesus taught, three and
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a half years.
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It was literal three and a half
years, same time from Christ's
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death until the stoning of
Stephen, same time that Elijah
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hid during a time of
famine, three and a half years.
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So yeah, it's actually
an interruption of seven.
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It's cutting seven in half.
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So it's the opposite
of the perfect number.
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It's apostasy, there's
some persecution happening in
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that time.
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Jëan: All right, we
do have a study guide.
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It's called, "Who
Is The Antichrist?"
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And I think that's one of the
identifying marks that's listed
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here, this 1260
year time period.
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If you'd like to learn
more, just call and ask.
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The number is 800-835-6747.
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name, "Who Is The Anti-Christ?"
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Next caller that we have
is Glenn and Linda in Ohio.
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Glenn, Linda,
welcome to the program.
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Glenn: Thank you very
much for taking this call.
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I have a question just before I
come in with a former question.
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I'd like to see "Amazing Facts"
develop a book that were in
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three parts.
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The first part is the biblical
prophecies fulfilled, the second
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part biblical prophecies waiting
to be fulfilled, and the third
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part, the prophecy is
known to be fulfilled.
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I think "Amazing Facts" would be
a good spot to develop something
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like that.
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Doug: Well, thank
you, I appreciate that.
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That'd be a good
project to work on.
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We do have some resources along
those lines, but we'll tell you
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about that later.
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And your question, Glenn.
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Glenn: Thank you very much
and thank you for taking my
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question, which is Leviticus 11.
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Is it possible that teaching
of abstaining from eating animal
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products a slap in God's face?
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Doug: Say, isn't it possible
that eating them is a slap in
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God's face, you say?
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Glenn: Yes,
you're not eating it.
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He's teaching the abstaining
from eating animal products.
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Doug: Oh, well, when God says
that he specifies what animals
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may be eaten, He wasn't
commanding that they had to eat
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and so not choosing not to
eat it is--was not an insult.
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You know, there's things that
God has allowed because of the
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hardness of people's
heart, but it wasn't His will.
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God made laws about slavery.
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So, if we say, "Well, you know,
God made laws about slavery, I
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don't want to insult Him,
so I better get some slaves."
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No, that's not a good argument.
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God made laws about divorce and
so you say, "Well, since He made
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laws about divorce,
may as well get divorced."
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And because He made laws
about what animals can be eaten,
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doesn't mean you have
to kill and eat animals.
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It's because of the hardness
of our hearts or you might say
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hardness of our arteries.
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He said, "If you're going
to eat meat, do not eat the
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unclean meats.
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These are the meats to eat."
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And God says, whatever you
do, you know, whatever you sow,
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you're going to reap.
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And we know scientifically now
that you get cholesterol from
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animal products.
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That people are a lot healthier
if you're a vegetarian and
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better yet a vegan, you're
going to live longer and have
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less disease.
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The jury's in, we know that.
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And so, your body is the
temple of the Holy Spirit.
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You're obviously going to
do better if you take care of
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your body.
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Now, a lot of doctors will
say limit, you know, red meats,
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limit certain kinds of meats.
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Certainly, you don't want to eat
pork, they don't even grade pork
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prime because it's so infested.
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But no, it's not an insult to
God because He gave permission
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to eat certain kinds of meats,
does not mean you need to do it.
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It means it was because of
the hardness of our hearts.
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He said, "If you're going
to do it, here are the laws."
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But that was definitely not
His original plan and in heaven,
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we're not going to be
killing and eating animals.
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And Adam and Eve weren't
doing it in the Garden of Eden.
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Jëan: You know, we
have a study guide.
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It's called, "God's Free Health
Plan" and it gives the biblical
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principles for living a healthy
life and not only dealing with
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diet, but other areas
of guidance that we find
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in Scriptures.
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It's very informative.
00:14:11.61\00:14:12.95
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:14:12.98\00:14:14.55
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:14:14.58\00:14:18.72
That's 800-835-6747.
00:14:18.75\00:14:21.29
Ask for the study guide, it's
called "God's Free Health Plan."
00:14:21.32\00:14:24.06
You can also dial #250 and say,
"Bible answers live" and then
00:14:24.09\00:14:28.43
ask for it by name.
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All right, thank you, Glenn and
Linda, next caller that we have
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is Matt in California.
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Matt, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Matt: Hey, good evening,
Pastor Doug and Pastor Ross.
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Thank you for taking
my call and my question.
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So my question is, what did
a biblical marriage consist of?
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My understanding was, back then,
a man would ask the father of
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the wife to be married and
then they would pretty much be
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married after that, correct?
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And then was there like a
minister or a priest who married
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them and then entered into a
marriage contract kind of like
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we have today or
how did that work?
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Doug: Yeah, that is a good
question, but it's probably a
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lengthy answer to
give you a lot of history.
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The first marriage God
performed for Adam and Eve.
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Adam and Eve did not have to
have a big ceremony because the
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ceremony is basically you're
witnessing to the community that
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there's been a covenant.
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There was no
community besides the angels.
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And so, but then, as time went
on, you see that by the time you
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get to, you know, Jacob and
Isaac, well, Isaac's marriage to
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Rebecca was pretty perfunctory.
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It says he took her to
his mother's tent, she became
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his wife.
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But Jacob, they had a marriage
feast and it lasted days, and
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the story of Samson,
there was a marriage feast.
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And then, of course,
Jesus's first miracle is a
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marriage feast.
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That's because the marriage
covenant was something that
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affected people socially.
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The family knew these
people have made a covenant.
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They're now, you
know, married for life.
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They're not available.
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They're off the market,
so to speak, and that was to
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be respected.
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There were severe penalties
for violating the marriage vow.
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One of the Ten
Commandments addresses that.
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So it was something
that was done publicly.
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There was
usually a dating period.
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The dating period back then
was not only to make sure the
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parties were compatible.
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The families were often largely
involved and there was a dowry,
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an agreement for
what the price would be.
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So, yeah, it's kind of evolved
over time, but the idea of the
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marriage ceremony is almost
universal around the world.
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So the community, there's
witnesses knows these people
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have made a covenant and it was
something celebrated from that
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point on.
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They were to be
for just one another.
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Jëan: And of course the marriage
covenant was not only recognized
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by the people getting married,
but as Pastor Doug mentioned,
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the families recognized
it and society recognized it.
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And so today, we have certain
laws when people get married
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that gets recognized by
the state and there's certain
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privileges and rights
that a married couple has.
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So, you want to be married
both in God's eyes, but also be
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recognized by society, by
the community, by the laws of
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the state.
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Doug: Yeah, and you can see
the what happens in a culture,
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because it's happening today,
where men go around fathering
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children, but they don't stay
around to father them and they
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just kind of procreating and you
have a lot of children growing
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up without families and
fathers and it causes problems.
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Statistically, it's
kind of a known fact.
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Those young people are going
to have a higher percentage of
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problems growing up.
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Jëan: All right, we
do have a study guide.
00:17:39.05\00:17:40.29
It's called, "Keys for a Happy
Marriage" and gives some good
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biblical counsel for those who
are married, for those who are
00:17:42.92\00:17:45.26
thinking about getting married.
00:17:45.29\00:17:46.73
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:17:46.76\00:17:50.13
And you can ask for
that study guide, "Keys for a
00:17:50.17\00:17:52.30
Happy Marriage."
00:17:52.33\00:17:53.67
You can also dial
#250 on your smartphone.
00:17:53.70\00:17:56.04
Say, "Bible answers live," and
then ask for that by name, "Keys
00:17:56.07\00:17:59.57
for a Happy Marriage."
00:17:59.61\00:18:01.61
Ellie in Kansas, I
believe it's Ellie.
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Welcome to "Bible Answers Live."
00:18:04.08\00:18:06.38
Ellie: Yeah, yeah, my
question is why did God
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stop talking to us directly?
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Because, you know, I
cannot understand why when He
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told Noah to create the ark,
He told him directly, right?
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But I cannot understand
why He doesn't talk to us
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directly today.
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Doug: Well, I think God still
does speak more directly to
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some people.
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We know that God says in His
Word that, you know, the Lord
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does nothing, but He tells
His secret to His servants,
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the prophets.
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They are prophets that God
speaks to and He might speak
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through a dream, a vision,
an angel, a few of them, like
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Abraham, He speaks
face to face--or Noah.
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These are prophets and the
gift of prophecy is still very
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much alive.
00:18:57.87\00:18:59.17
But most people God
does not speak to directly.
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Most people, it says in Isaiah,
our sins have separated us
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from God.
00:19:05.67\00:19:06.91
And if God were to talk to us,
you know, some people we just
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could not endure His presence.
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So it might even be an act of
mercy, but God does still speak
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to people.
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And I don't know of any prophets
personally, but I know there
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have been some
in recent history.
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Jëan: But, you know, the Bible
also tells us that, yes, in
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addition to the Word of
God, which of course is God
00:19:27.86\00:19:30.63
communicating to us, He does
speak through prophets, but if
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somebody is seeking God's will,
there are times so we got, you
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know, test
everything with Scripture.
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But there are times where you
hear that still small voice, as
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the Bible puts it, the Holy
Spirit would guide a person.
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You might not hear an audible
voice, but you might have a
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strong--I don't know what you'd
want to call it--impression
00:19:49.58\00:19:53.52
perhaps that you feel as
though God is guiding you a
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certain way.
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Of course, you want to test
all of that by Scripture, but
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there's many instances, I think
in my life, Pastor Doug, yours
00:19:59.96\00:20:02.33
where you look back and
say, "Wow, that just seemed very
00:20:02.36\00:20:05.63
clear that the Lord is pushing
me in a certain direction."
00:20:05.67\00:20:09.67
Doug: Absolutely.
00:20:09.70\00:20:11.17
Jëan: All right, thank you.
00:20:11.21\00:20:12.51
Next caller that we have,
oh, you know, we do have a book.
00:20:12.54\00:20:14.24
It's called,
"Determining the Will of God."
00:20:14.28\00:20:15.91
Probably talks about
this and gives you some
00:20:15.94\00:20:17.51
biblical principles.
00:20:17.55\00:20:19.41
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:20:19.45\00:20:21.25
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:20:21.28\00:20:24.65
It's 800-835-6747.
00:20:24.69\00:20:27.26
As for the book,
"Determining the Will of God."
00:20:27.29\00:20:29.89
You can dial #250 and you
can ask for it that way as well.
00:20:29.92\00:20:34.03
Next caller is
Chuck in Virginia.
00:20:34.10\00:20:35.76
Chuck, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Chuck: Hi, good
evening, pastors.
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My question is
concerning Ezekiel 10.
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It refers to cherubim and faces
and wheels and wings full of
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eyes, as well as
four faces and four wings.
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I would like to know
what this chapter represents.
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Thank you.
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Doug: Yeah, well, you'll find
that not only in Ezekiel chapter
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10, I think you'll also find
it in Ezekiel chapter 1, and the
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four creatures, you also
find those same four creatures
00:21:01.59\00:21:04.79
mentioned in
Revelation-- is it chapter 4?--
00:21:04.83\00:21:08.06
that it talks about them.
00:21:08.10\00:21:09.43
And maybe we'll start there
because you start getting into
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the wheels within the wheels and
it's pretty, it's pretty deep.
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There's been a couple of
ideas about what these four
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creatures represent.
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You've got a lion, you've got
a man, you've got a calf, and
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you've got an eagle.
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And these are
different attributes of Christ.
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You find them
reflected in the Gospels.
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In Matthew, for instance,
Jesus is the lion of the tribe
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of Judah.
00:21:38.49\00:21:39.79
In Mark, Mark is speaking more
to the Romans, but it also shows
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the vision and
the swiftness of God.
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You've got Luke, who is a
physician and he shows the
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humanity of Christ.
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And then you've got John and
he shows Jesus as the sacrifice,
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the calf.
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And so these creatures that
you find in these apocalyptic
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prophecies of Revelation and
Ezekiel are showing different
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dimensions of
God, different facets.
00:22:06.55\00:22:10.06
Jëan: It's also interesting
if you look at the order that's
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given in Revelation.
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Revelation 4, you have a
lion which could represent
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Christ's pre-incarnation.
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Then you have the calf, Jesus
came to be our sacrifice to bear
00:22:18.43\00:22:21.40
our sins.
00:22:21.44\00:22:22.77
And then you have the
man, Christ ascended to heaven.
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He is our high
priest, ministering.
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And then you have the eagle,
Jesus coming back as King of
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kings and Lord of lords.
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He's coming and eagle is
often associated with judgment.
00:22:30.88\00:22:34.15
It's swift, connected
with royalty or rulership.
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So Jesus comes as King
of kings and Lord of lords.
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So you kind of almost see the
sequence of the different phases
00:22:39.99\00:22:42.92
of Christ's ministry reflected.
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But we do believe that these are
four angelic beings that make up
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or surround God's throne.
00:22:48.96\00:22:51.07
And you read about that more
in Revelation chapter 4 and 5.
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Doug: Yeah, and the wheel within
the wheel that's sort of a key
00:22:55.17\00:22:57.21
to all life in that whether
it's, what do you call it?
00:22:57.24\00:23:01.94
An electron and an atom, you've
got one globe circling another
00:23:01.98\00:23:07.85
globe all the way to not only
the human cell, but you go into
00:23:07.88\00:23:10.95
the solar system and the
galaxies, and everything seems
00:23:10.99\00:23:14.12
to be wheels within a wheel.
00:23:14.16\00:23:16.49
And, you know, in the galaxies
you've got these suns that are
00:23:16.52\00:23:19.13
being orbited by planets and
it's just the whole Milky Way
00:23:19.16\00:23:23.03
and everything is like a
revolving wheel within a wheel.
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So it's sort of one
of the mysteries of life.
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Jëan: All right, next one that
we have is Alfred in Canada.
00:23:29.14\00:23:31.24
Alfred, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:23:31.27\00:23:34.28
Alfred: Yes, thank you
for taking my call, pastors.
00:23:34.31\00:23:36.98
Doug: Thanks for calling.
00:23:37.01\00:23:38.95
Alfred: I was just wondering,
when I'm reading in the New
00:23:38.98\00:23:40.85
Testament, it talks about God
the Father and Jesus the Son,
00:23:40.88\00:23:45.49
especially in John 3:16, with
this God all of the world that
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He gave His only begotten Son.
00:23:48.36\00:23:50.59
A person will get the impression
that God is a single parent.
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Is that so?
00:23:54.20\00:23:56.16
Doug: No, you know, when
you start thinking of God as the
00:23:56.20\00:23:59.77
Father and Jesus as the Son,
we've got to be careful not to
00:23:59.80\00:24:03.14
try to relate Them
to an earthly family.
00:24:03.17\00:24:07.31
It's just showing the wonderful
love between the Father and
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the Son.
00:24:11.55\00:24:12.78
When He made His sacrifice, He
so loved the world He gave His
00:24:12.81\00:24:15.58
Son, His only begotten Son.
00:24:15.62\00:24:17.95
And it's actually an allusion
back to when God told Abraham to
00:24:17.99\00:24:23.29
give his son that as a
sacrifice, I've heard some
00:24:23.32\00:24:28.63
people say, "Well, God, God is
the Father and the Holy Spirit's
00:24:28.66\00:24:31.93
the Mother, and
Jesus is the byproduct."
00:24:31.97\00:24:34.74
No, I think it, you know, we're
trying to bring God down to our
00:24:34.77\00:24:37.47
level when we start
using statements like that.
00:24:37.51\00:24:41.08
So, no, Jesus is not--it's not
like He's an only child in and
00:24:41.11\00:24:46.41
that God brought Him up in
a single parent family home.
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Jëan: Yes, because then that
kind of leads to the question,
00:24:50.02\00:24:51.65
well, then, was there a point
when Christ did not exist and it
00:24:51.69\00:24:54.49
was just the Father, and then
Christ came forth somehow or was
00:24:54.52\00:24:57.86
begotten from the Father?
00:24:57.89\00:24:59.19
No.
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The Bible says that both the
Father and the Son and the Holy
00:25:00.66\00:25:02.36
Spirit, They all share the
qualities of divinity, meaning
00:25:02.40\00:25:05.83
that there is the eternal.
00:25:05.87\00:25:07.40
There is no beginning, no end.
00:25:07.44\00:25:09.00
So you have the Father, Son, and
Holy Spirit, sometimes called
00:25:09.04\00:25:11.27
the godhead or the Trinity,
and They share certain qualities
00:25:11.31\00:25:14.54
or characteristics.
00:25:14.58\00:25:15.91
They are united in the
work of saving mankind.
00:25:15.94\00:25:18.48
They're omnipresent, They're
omniscient, They--you know,
00:25:18.51\00:25:22.52
all powerful.
00:25:22.55\00:25:23.79
So all of these qualities and
characteristics are manifest,
00:25:23.82\00:25:26.39
and yet you have
Christ who came to the earth.
00:25:26.42\00:25:29.52
He was our sacrifice.
00:25:29.56\00:25:31.26
God the Father, the ruler of
the universe, the Holy Spirit,
00:25:31.29\00:25:33.90
He's the gift that works in us
and through us and reveals the
00:25:33.93\00:25:36.93
presence of God.
00:25:36.97\00:25:38.27
So They're all working
together to save mankind.
00:25:38.30\00:25:41.40
You know, we do
have a book, Pastor Doug.
00:25:41.44\00:25:42.77
It's called, "The Trinity: Is It
Biblical?" and it talks about--
00:25:42.80\00:25:45.91
Doug: Or actually--I'm
sorry, that's the old one.
00:25:45.94\00:25:47.98
The new one, "The
Trinity: One God or Three?"
00:25:48.01\00:25:50.11
Jëan: Oh, okay, good,
we updated the title, good.
00:25:50.15\00:25:52.85
We'll be happy to send that
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:25:52.88\00:25:54.82
Just call and ask for that
book on, "The Trinity: One God
00:25:54.85\00:25:57.35
or Three?"
00:25:57.39\00:25:58.69
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:25:58.72\00:26:01.69
That is our resource phone line.
Again, that's 800-835-6747.
00:26:01.72\00:26:06.90
Ask for the book on "The
Trinity," you can dial #250
00:26:06.93\00:26:09.90
and just ask for it by name.
00:26:09.93\00:26:12.10
You know, I'm looking at the
clock, Pastor Doug, we probably
00:26:12.13\00:26:14.27
don't have time to take another
call before we take the break,
00:26:14.30\00:26:16.64
but somebody did mention
about prophecy being fulfilled.
00:26:16.67\00:26:19.81
Do we have anything in "Amazing
Facts" that kind of highlights
00:26:19.84\00:26:22.01
some of the prophecies of
Scripture and the fulfillment?
00:26:22.04\00:26:24.88
We do have a DVD, a
video, actually, I think it's
00:26:24.91\00:26:27.88
available, that talks about
prophecies in the Old Testament
00:26:27.92\00:26:31.72
that pointed to Christ.
00:26:31.75\00:26:33.32
Doug: "The Bride, The Beast,
and Babylon" is one, and then we
00:26:33.36\00:26:37.16
also have "Kingdoms in Time."
00:26:37.19\00:26:39.43
And you can order
that from "Amazing Facts."
00:26:39.46\00:26:42.50
You know, we don't make any
money by letting you know you
00:26:42.53\00:26:44.53
can probably watch it
for free on YouTube as well.
00:26:44.57\00:26:47.14
But one of them is called "The
Bride, the Beast, and Babylon."
00:26:47.17\00:26:50.31
I think it's got like
over a million views right now
00:26:50.34\00:26:52.34
on YouTube.
00:26:52.37\00:26:54.18
And it takes a number of Old
Testament prophecies and shows
00:26:54.21\00:26:57.78
their fulfillment as
well as "Kingdoms in Time."
00:26:57.81\00:27:00.98
It's a different DVD that is
very popular and I think people
00:27:01.02\00:27:05.69
can purchase that on Amazon,
but you can also probably see it
00:27:05.72\00:27:09.49
on YouTube.
00:27:09.52\00:27:10.86
Everyone copies everything,
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00:27:10.89\00:27:12.76
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Sarah: When I was growing up
in the Philippines, we were not
00:27:38.42\00:27:41.76
really churchgoers, it's
just only special occasions that
00:27:41.79\00:27:45.93
we go.
00:27:45.96\00:27:47.73
When my husband and I got
married, we had the opportunity
00:27:47.76\00:27:50.77
to move here in the USA.
00:27:50.80\00:27:53.60
So during those years we were
blessed that every year we get
00:27:53.64\00:27:57.27
the chance to go back to
the Philippines and visit
00:27:57.31\00:27:59.84
our parents.
00:27:59.87\00:28:02.61
It came to the point that my
father was getting like ill and
00:28:02.64\00:28:08.72
getting weaker.
00:28:08.75\00:28:10.72
It was in July 2018 when he told
me, "Why will you go back in the
00:28:10.75\00:28:16.96
USA when your
dad is passing away?"
00:28:16.99\00:28:20.66
But I have to go back.
00:28:20.70\00:28:22.56
I didn't get the
chance to talk to him anymore.
00:28:22.60\00:28:25.40
It was in
October when he passed.
00:28:25.43\00:28:29.44
After my dad passed away, it
was the first time now that I
00:28:29.47\00:28:34.04
thought about death,
wondering where he is.
00:28:34.08\00:28:37.48
I knelt down and prayed, "Lord
God, please lead me on what is
00:28:37.51\00:28:42.88
the truth."
00:28:42.92\00:28:44.89
I work at the
University Medical Center.
00:28:44.92\00:28:48.26
One of my patients, he was
a pastor and there was one day
00:28:48.29\00:28:52.49
that he gave me a DVD from
Amazing Facts, and it's called
00:28:52.53\00:28:56.93
"Cosmic Conflict."
00:28:56.97\00:28:58.27
So when I watched the DVD, that
made me more interested about
00:28:58.30\00:29:02.50
good and evil.
00:29:02.54\00:29:05.31
From this point on, I've been
like almost every day I'd watch
00:29:05.34\00:29:11.41
Pastor Doug videos.
00:29:11.45\00:29:13.35
Every time when I
listen, it's just so clear.
00:29:13.38\00:29:16.42
It just made sense.
00:29:16.45\00:29:18.42
So after learning about the
Sabbath, after learning about
00:29:18.45\00:29:22.79
unclean food, about tithing,
that's when I started like, "I'm
00:29:22.82\00:29:27.66
getting to know Jesus more."
00:29:27.73\00:29:31.40
When I started this journey,
my husband saw a change in me.
00:29:31.43\00:29:36.44
I learned to be more patient to
him and then one day I asked him
00:29:36.47\00:29:41.44
if he wanted to go to Bible
study to just listen to the
00:29:41.48\00:29:45.71
Bible study.
00:29:45.75\00:29:47.05
And a year later after those
Bible studies, he was baptized
00:29:47.08\00:29:52.22
after I was baptized.
00:29:52.25\00:29:55.16
So I'm grateful that God
used "Amazing Facts" to share
00:29:55.19\00:29:59.76
the truth.
00:29:59.79\00:30:02.23
My name is Sarah.
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Doug: Welcome
back, listening friends,
00:32:04.32\00:32:05.79
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00:32:21.37\00:32:24.11
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00:32:26.94\00:32:28.24
And my name is Doug Batchelor.
00:32:28.28\00:32:29.71
Jëan: My name is Jëan Ross,
and we have Tim, who's listening
00:32:29.74\00:32:32.71
in Texas.
00:32:32.75\00:32:34.05
Tim, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:32:34.08\00:32:35.42
You're on the air.
00:32:35.45\00:32:36.75
Tim: Hey, how
are you doing, guys?
00:32:36.79\00:32:38.12
This is Tim the street
evangelist from San Antonio.
00:32:38.15\00:32:40.79
Doug: Oh, good to
hear from you again.
00:32:40.82\00:32:43.09
Tim: Yeah, you know, every day
I tell your story to somebody, I
00:32:43.12\00:32:47.60
mean, over and
over and over again.
00:32:47.66\00:32:50.03
I went in the
store shopping one day.
00:32:50.07\00:32:51.90
I had an hour.
00:32:51.93\00:32:53.23
It was Sabbath was coming up.
00:32:53.27\00:32:54.80
I thought, I'm going to take
21 of these Bible card, three
00:32:54.84\00:32:57.64
EBN cards.
00:32:57.67\00:32:58.91
I went in there in a half hour I
witnessed the 21 people who got
00:32:58.94\00:33:02.04
my shopping done, got home,
drove home, and was able to work
00:33:02.08\00:33:05.58
out for ten minutes.
00:33:05.61\00:33:06.95
Doug: Oh, wow, that's
industrial strength witnessing.
00:33:06.98\00:33:09.55
Good for you, Tim.
00:33:09.58\00:33:11.12
Tim: Yeah, so my question is
about the healing leaves in the
00:33:11.15\00:33:17.66
garden that heals the nations in
the New Jerusalem and why would
00:33:17.69\00:33:23.87
that be there?
00:33:23.90\00:33:25.40
Doug: You know, when you notice
it says in Revelation, I think
00:33:25.43\00:33:28.44
it's 21 or is it 22?
00:33:28.47\00:33:30.51
Says, "The leaves of the
tree are for the healing of
00:33:30.54\00:33:32.14
the nations."
00:33:32.17\00:33:34.21
It doesn't say healing
of people, it's a healing
00:33:34.24\00:33:36.95
of nations.
00:33:36.98\00:33:38.75
All of the nations in this world
are divided by everything from
00:33:38.78\00:33:44.25
political to cultural
to racial differences.
00:33:44.29\00:33:48.22
But when we get to heaven and
we're standing around that tree
00:33:48.26\00:33:51.06
of life under those leaves, all
of those divisions are healed.
00:33:51.09\00:33:55.00
I've heard it
explained that way.
00:33:55.03\00:33:57.40
And you have the verse there.
00:33:57.43\00:33:58.73
Jëan: Yeah, Revelation 22
verse 2, where I'll read it.
00:33:58.77\00:34:02.37
"In the middle of the street,
and on either side of the river,
00:34:02.40\00:34:05.17
was the tree of life, which bore
twelve kinds of fruit, each tree
00:34:05.21\00:34:09.44
yielding its fruit every month.
00:34:09.48\00:34:10.81
The leaves of the tree were
for the healing of the nations."
00:34:10.85\00:34:14.62
Just to add to that,
Pastor Doug, you know,
00:34:14.65\00:34:16.02
this is a big tree.
00:34:16.05\00:34:17.35
You read the
dimensions, it's massive.
00:34:17.39\00:34:18.75
And back in Bible times, people
would often gather, especially
00:34:18.79\00:34:22.89
in the heat of a
day, under a tree.
00:34:22.92\00:34:25.63
There'd be a large tree.
00:34:25.66\00:34:26.96
Matter of fact, in the Old
Testament, talks about Abraham.
00:34:27.00\00:34:29.16
It speaks about places
where there were certain trees,
00:34:29.20\00:34:31.93
sycamore trees, and so trees
were important and people would
00:34:31.97\00:34:34.87
gather under trees,
they'd visit, they'd socialize.
00:34:34.90\00:34:37.74
There would be discussions that
would take place and it's as if
00:34:37.77\00:34:40.64
this tree in the New Jerusalem
is a gathering point where
00:34:40.68\00:34:43.24
people gather together.
00:34:43.28\00:34:44.61
They'll talk, they'll visit.
00:34:44.65\00:34:46.05
And as you mentioned, Pastor
Doug, there is some healing,
00:34:46.08\00:34:48.85
some clarification, one
might say, amongst the nations.
00:34:48.88\00:34:52.75
And there'll be
peace and harmony.
00:34:52.79\00:34:54.82
Not that anyone will be getting
sick in heaven and some you have
00:34:54.86\00:34:57.46
to pluck a leaf and chew
on it in order to get your
00:34:57.49\00:34:59.46
strength back.
00:34:59.49\00:35:01.36
It's more for
healing the nations.
00:35:01.40\00:35:03.00
Doug: You know, one other thing
I've heard, and by the way,
00:35:03.03\00:35:05.20
whenever you read
Revelation, I'm going to do a
00:35:05.23\00:35:06.80
series someday.
00:35:06.84\00:35:08.17
Just go through
Revelation and show the
00:35:08.20\00:35:09.50
Old Testament parallels.
00:35:09.54\00:35:10.87
But in Ezekiel 47, it says,
"Along the bank of the river, on
00:35:10.91\00:35:15.01
this side and that, will
grow all kinds of trees used for
00:35:15.04\00:35:17.65
food; Their leaves will
not wither, their fruit will
00:35:17.68\00:35:20.35
not fail.
00:35:20.38\00:35:21.72
They will bear their fruit every
month," it says that about the
00:35:21.75\00:35:23.82
Tree of Life, "because the
waters flow from the sanctuary,"
00:35:23.85\00:35:27.19
talks about a river flowing from
the temple of God in heaven.
00:35:27.22\00:35:29.96
"The fruit will be for food
and the leaves for medicine."
00:35:29.99\00:35:33.93
So, the other thing I've heard
is that, because of sin, even
00:35:33.96\00:35:37.67
our glorified bodies, we're
going to come forth from the
00:35:37.70\00:35:41.24
grave, we'll have eternal
bodies, but we will continue to
00:35:41.27\00:35:44.74
grow, and it's like, you know,
whatever has stunted us through
00:35:44.77\00:35:48.71
sin, we're going to continue to
grow and these leaves will have
00:35:48.74\00:35:52.58
something to do with that.
00:35:52.61\00:35:54.42
The fruit perpetuates life,
the leaves help us grow into the
00:35:54.45\00:35:56.65
fullness of God's original plan,
I'm not sure, but it'll be good.
00:35:56.69\00:36:01.22
Jëan: Okay, thank you, Tim.
00:36:01.26\00:36:03.49
Connie in Arizona.
00:36:03.53\00:36:04.86
Welcome to "Bible Answers Live."
00:36:04.89\00:36:07.66
Connie: Yes, good
evening, gentlemen.
00:36:07.66\00:36:10.20
My question is in Genesis.
00:36:10.23\00:36:13.13
I've always been very curious
and I have many questions asked
00:36:13.17\00:36:16.27
of me when God said He
would "make man in Our image"
00:36:16.30\00:36:22.41
that makes
obviously God as a plural God.
00:36:22.44\00:36:25.85
There are three in the godhead.
00:36:25.88\00:36:28.72
What does He mean in
your interpretation of
00:36:28.75\00:36:33.12
"In Our image"?
00:36:33.15\00:36:35.09
What image would we be, then?
00:36:35.12\00:36:37.49
Doug: All right, for one thing,
when it tells us about the image
00:36:37.53\00:36:40.16
of God, there is a physiological
likeness in that, when you read
00:36:40.20\00:36:45.27
about God in the Bible, it
describes God with eyes, hands,
00:36:45.30\00:36:48.84
feet, nose, arm, hair, mouth.
00:36:48.87\00:36:52.84
I mean, so we have features
that are like the form of God.
00:36:52.87\00:36:58.81
And but in another sense is that
in our image through an act of
00:36:58.85\00:37:04.62
love, God the Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit procreate in
00:37:04.65\00:37:09.12
Their image.
00:37:09.16\00:37:10.49
They made man in Their image.
00:37:10.53\00:37:11.83
Humans get married, we
procreate in our image.
00:37:11.86\00:37:16.30
So we do something
God does in that sense.
00:37:16.33\00:37:18.70
Man and woman get together, they
become one flesh, and one of the
00:37:18.73\00:37:21.40
ways they're one flesh is
by commingling their DNA in
00:37:21.44\00:37:24.81
their offspring.
00:37:24.84\00:37:26.17
And I have fun.
00:37:26.21\00:37:27.51
I was doing it yesterday.
00:37:27.54\00:37:28.88
When I see parents and then
I see their children, I look at
00:37:28.91\00:37:31.18
the children and I
look at the parents.
00:37:31.21\00:37:32.55
I'm always curious what features
they've got from which parent,
00:37:32.58\00:37:36.82
and you can always see something
from both parents usually.
00:37:36.85\00:37:40.16
So, that's another way that we
are made in the image of God is
00:37:40.19\00:37:43.36
that we've been given the
ability to create in our image
00:37:43.39\00:37:47.23
as God does.
00:37:47.30\00:37:48.60
Jëan: And then, of course, we
have the ability to worship God,
00:37:48.63\00:37:51.63
we have the ability to
communicate, to understand,
00:37:51.67\00:37:53.70
to reason.
00:37:53.74\00:37:55.04
We have free will, free choice.
00:37:55.07\00:37:56.60
So in addition to just in
the image of God physically, but
00:37:56.64\00:38:00.44
even more so spiritually, we
have the ability to understand,
00:38:00.48\00:38:03.61
to worship, to reason.
00:38:03.65\00:38:05.08
Doug: We can think certainly a
lot more abstract than animals.
00:38:05.11\00:38:09.25
Jëan: All right,
thank you, Connie.
00:38:09.28\00:38:10.62
Next caller that we
have is Hector in Florida.
00:38:10.65\00:38:12.29
Hector, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:38:12.32\00:38:14.79
Hector: Thank you.
Good evening, pastors.
00:38:14.82\00:38:16.36
Doug: Evening.
00:38:16.39\00:38:17.73
Hector: My questions will
be based on three references.
00:38:17.76\00:38:22.60
In Luke 23, 53, 55, they left
what they had intention to do
00:38:22.63\00:38:32.57
and then they return on
after Sabbath, talking about--
00:38:32.61\00:38:37.85
Then in Mark 16, verse 1, again,
they returned after the Sabbath.
00:38:37.88\00:38:43.32
Then when you compare what's
been said in Romans 12:16, that
00:38:43.35\00:38:49.76
pushed me to ask that question.
00:38:49.79\00:38:52.39
Do you think it is lawful to
participate or attend wedding or
00:38:52.43\00:39:00.94
funeral on Sabbath?
00:39:00.97\00:39:04.54
Doug: Well, it's not preferable
if it involves preparation.
00:39:04.57\00:39:10.61
Now, certainly a
funeral or memorial service--
00:39:10.65\00:39:13.75
you don't want to be
involved in burying somebody.
00:39:13.78\00:39:15.82
The disciples wouldn't finish
embalming the work of embalming
00:39:15.85\00:39:19.02
Jesus on the Sabbath.
00:39:19.05\00:39:20.66
So they felt that that was
inappropriate, even though it
00:39:20.69\00:39:23.26
was an act of love, they
thought, "Well, this is not
00:39:23.29\00:39:25.29
going to please Jesus, we'll
wait till the Sabbath is over."
00:39:25.33\00:39:28.83
A marriage is also a sacred
covenant and there's certainly
00:39:28.86\00:39:32.27
something spiritual about it.
00:39:32.30\00:39:33.90
But the typical preparation of a
wedding and the festivities that
00:39:33.94\00:39:38.37
often are associated with
it, you know, I've seen a couple
00:39:38.41\00:39:42.01
that got married in church and
baptized on the same day, and it
00:39:42.04\00:39:45.28
was actually done
in an appropriate way.
00:39:45.31\00:39:47.02
There was no work and
stuff that usually goes on.
00:39:47.05\00:39:50.05
And I've seen memorial
services done where you're just
00:39:50.09\00:39:52.89
remembering a person and
praising their life of service
00:39:52.92\00:39:55.12
on the Sabbath day.
00:39:55.16\00:39:56.79
But, you know, the typical
graveside service and things
00:39:56.83\00:40:00.33
that might go on with the
funeral, that it would be better
00:40:00.36\00:40:02.96
to do that another day.
00:40:03.00\00:40:04.67
So I don't know.
Your thoughts on that?
00:40:04.70\00:40:06.03
Jëan: Yeah, absolutely.
00:40:06.07\00:40:07.40
I mean, you got two parts
for the wedding, for example.
00:40:07.44\00:40:09.20
You have the part that
usually happens in the church.
00:40:09.24\00:40:12.04
It's sacred.
00:40:12.07\00:40:13.41
It's a covenant you're making
before God, but then usually
00:40:13.44\00:40:15.28
there is a celebration following
and that's the reception.
00:40:15.31\00:40:18.38
There's a lot of work
involved in the reception.
00:40:18.41\00:40:20.82
And that's not always in line
with the guidelines given in
00:40:20.85\00:40:24.42
Scripture as far as preparation
and food preparation,
00:40:24.45\00:40:28.56
conversation and gathering.
00:40:28.59\00:40:30.73
Doug: And rest.
00:40:30.76\00:40:32.06
Jëan: And rest, yeah.
00:40:32.09\00:40:33.40
So I have seen folks who
just wanted to have the actual
00:40:33.43\00:40:35.46
wedding part in the church on
Sabbath and they weren't going
00:40:35.50\00:40:38.00
to do reception that day.
00:40:38.03\00:40:39.33
They're going to do
it a different time.
00:40:39.37\00:40:40.97
Well, that's probably okay.
00:40:41.00\00:40:42.34
But even then, there's a
lot of preparation that's often
00:40:42.37\00:40:44.51
involved in putting a wedding
together in the church, flowers
00:40:44.54\00:40:47.34
and decorating.
00:40:47.38\00:40:48.71
We usually do weddings for us.
00:40:48.74\00:40:51.45
You know, they'll do
preparations Saturday night, and
00:40:51.48\00:40:53.55
the weddings usually are on
Sunday, and it doesn't conflict
00:40:53.58\00:40:56.15
with the Sabbath.
00:40:56.18\00:40:57.49
Doug: That's right.
00:40:57.52\00:40:58.99
Hope that helps
a little, Hector.
00:40:59.02\00:41:00.42
Good question. Thank you.
00:41:00.46\00:41:02.29
Jëan: Marlene in Florida.
Marlene, welcome to the program.
00:41:02.32\00:41:04.73
Marlene: Hello,
Pastor Doug and Pastor Ross.
00:41:04.76\00:41:08.03
You kind of touched on
this question earlier, but my
00:41:08.06\00:41:10.67
question is the four beasts
around the throne in Revelation.
00:41:10.70\00:41:15.24
Do you think that is a literal
description or a symbolic
00:41:15.27\00:41:18.81
description of them?
00:41:18.84\00:41:20.84
Doug: Well, I think it's
a symbol because it's hard
00:41:20.88\00:41:24.08
to imagine.
00:41:24.11\00:41:25.35
Well, there's so many symbols
about beasts and creatures in
00:41:25.38\00:41:27.45
Revelation.
00:41:27.48\00:41:28.78
All the others are symbolic.
00:41:28.82\00:41:30.65
And so there are other places
that picture the throne of God
00:41:30.69\00:41:33.42
without any
creatures around His throne.
00:41:33.46\00:41:35.92
You've got Isaiah where it says
there's actually cherubim and
00:41:35.96\00:41:38.96
that's probably more accurate.
00:41:38.99\00:41:40.56
Isaiah chapter 6, and then in
Exodus when the ark is made, it
00:41:40.60\00:41:44.80
pictures two cherubim or
seraphim on the right and left
00:41:44.83\00:41:48.20
of the throne of God.
00:41:48.24\00:41:49.64
These angels
that guard His throne.
00:41:49.67\00:41:52.81
I don't know that God's got
a zoo around His throne, but in
00:41:52.84\00:41:57.81
the--in Revelation, it uses
symbolic features of an animal
00:41:57.85\00:42:01.35
to teach a lesson.
00:42:01.38\00:42:03.28
Jëan: And of course in the
same chapter Jesus appears in
00:42:03.32\00:42:05.22
Revelation chapter 5 as a
Lamb as it had been slain before
00:42:05.25\00:42:08.86
the throne.
00:42:08.89\00:42:10.56
So again, there's a lot
of symbols in those passages.
00:42:10.59\00:42:14.03
Doug: I think these
creatures are full of eyes too.
00:42:14.10\00:42:16.43
It's, you know.
00:42:16.46\00:42:17.97
Jëan: Six wings--well, they'd
also had the Old Testament
00:42:18.00\00:42:20.64
description of them.
00:42:20.67\00:42:22.27
All right, thank you.
00:42:22.30\00:42:23.61
Next caller that we
have is Tom in Oregon.
00:42:23.64\00:42:25.11
Tom, welcome to the program.
00:42:25.14\00:42:27.04
Tom: Hello, fellas.
00:42:27.08\00:42:29.08
Hey, I have a question about
Luke 17, verse 31 to maybe 36
00:42:29.11\00:42:38.45
and then verse 24.
00:42:38.49\00:42:42.92
My question is we've always
been taught that this was these
00:42:42.96\00:42:46.80
warnings were to flee Jerusalem
in 8070 and it appears that
00:42:46.83\00:42:53.77
Jesus is repeating this.
00:42:53.80\00:42:56.17
It's in red letters.
00:42:56.20\00:42:58.44
Had His Second Coming.
00:42:58.47\00:43:00.91
Doug: Yeah, I do think that the
statement that Christ makes in
00:43:00.94\00:43:06.58
Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 17 and
Luke 21, He's doing what they
00:43:06.61\00:43:13.49
call the Olivet Discourse,
talking about the Second Coming,
00:43:13.52\00:43:16.73
and He's not only talking
directly to the disciples about
00:43:16.76\00:43:20.76
the destruction of Jerusalem,
that is part of what He's
00:43:20.80\00:43:23.43
saying, because He says there
won't be left one stone upon
00:43:23.47\00:43:26.33
another of the temple and
that it would be thrown down,
00:43:26.37\00:43:29.07
and that did happen.
00:43:29.10\00:43:30.74
But He's also looking down
in time to God's people near the
00:43:30.77\00:43:33.31
end of time, because there was
going to be three tribulations,
00:43:33.34\00:43:38.35
you might say.
00:43:38.38\00:43:39.75
There was a literal tribulation
that fell on Israel when the
00:43:39.78\00:43:43.99
Romans surrounded the
city and destroyed Jerusalem.
00:43:44.02\00:43:47.66
Then there was a tribulation
historically that happened to
00:43:47.69\00:43:50.39
God's people during the
Dark Ages, a great persecution.
00:43:50.43\00:43:54.40
Then there'll be another great
time of trouble, it talks about
00:43:54.46\00:43:57.73
in Daniel chapter 12, just
before the Second Coming, when
00:43:57.77\00:44:01.94
the seven
plagues are poured out.
00:44:01.97\00:44:03.57
That's when Michael stands up.
00:44:03.61\00:44:05.74
So, Christ is, I think,
referring here where it says,
00:44:05.77\00:44:09.24
you know, two
men are in the field.
00:44:09.28\00:44:11.45
One is taken, one is left,
and He said, "Don't even take
00:44:11.48\00:44:14.18
anything out of your house."
00:44:14.22\00:44:15.55
I think He's saying not only
when the Roman army showed up,
00:44:15.58\00:44:18.22
but in the last days there's
going to be signals for us
00:44:18.25\00:44:20.82
to run.
00:44:20.86\00:44:22.19
Jëan: And then also the
verse that in verse 24 it says,
00:44:22.22\00:44:24.56
"There's lightning that flashes
from one part of heaven even to
00:44:24.59\00:44:27.60
the other, also the Son
of Man shall be in His day."
00:44:27.66\00:44:30.57
So, here it's talking about
the literal visible coming of
00:44:30.60\00:44:33.77
Christ, yeah.
00:44:33.80\00:44:35.14
Doug: Good point.
00:44:35.17\00:44:36.50
Jëan: All right, thank you, Tom.
00:44:36.54\00:44:37.87
We do have a study guide called,
"Anything But Secret" and it's
00:44:37.91\00:44:40.91
about the Second Coming of Jesus
and deals with this passage of
00:44:40.94\00:44:43.51
Scripture and others.
00:44:43.55\00:44:45.01
If you'd like to learn more,
the number is 800-835-6747.
00:44:45.05\00:44:49.75
And then again, you can
just ask for it by name.
00:44:49.78\00:44:51.39
It's called
"Anything But Secret."
00:44:51.42\00:44:53.79
You can also dial #250 on
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00:44:53.82\00:44:57.39
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00:44:57.43\00:45:01.00
Landon in Texas.
Landon, welcome to the program.
00:45:01.03\00:45:04.37
Landon: Hello, hello,
hello. How're you all doing?
00:45:04.40\00:45:07.50
Doug: Hey, you're there.
Hi, good, thanks for calling.
00:45:07.54\00:45:09.00
Landon: So, I wanted to ask,
I had a question about James 4
00:45:09.04\00:45:13.01
verse 7 and how it correlated
to Jesus's temptation in the
00:45:13.04\00:45:18.75
wilderness and how exactly did
the devil flee from Jesus when
00:45:18.78\00:45:25.99
He was tempted.
00:45:26.02\00:45:27.99
Doug: Yeah, well, you know, the
devil can clearly give someone
00:45:28.02\00:45:31.09
more-direct focused attention.
00:45:31.13\00:45:33.86
And when he was tempting Jesus,
he was--the devil was there
00:45:33.90\00:45:36.36
in person.
00:45:36.40\00:45:37.73
He wasn't tempting Jesus through
one of his fallen angels.
00:45:37.77\00:45:40.97
I think the devil does
also use up space and time.
00:45:41.00\00:45:45.14
You know, he talks about going
to and fro in the earth and
00:45:45.17\00:45:47.64
walking up and down in it.
00:45:47.68\00:45:49.44
The devil is not omnipresent.
00:45:49.48\00:45:51.08
He's not all over the
earth at the same time.
00:45:51.11\00:45:52.88
He works through fallen angels.
00:45:52.91\00:45:55.22
And so, you know, after Christ
said, "Get behind Me, Satan"--
00:45:55.25\00:45:58.89
He's basically
saying, "Be gone"--
00:45:58.92\00:46:01.36
the devil had to obey
that and he left His presence.
00:46:01.39\00:46:07.03
And you can even see that where
the devil came into the presence
00:46:07.03\00:46:10.13
of God in the book of Job
and then he went out from the
00:46:10.17\00:46:12.47
presence of the Lord.
00:46:12.50\00:46:14.17
And so Jesus left the presence,
where He goes, I know--where His
00:46:14.20\00:46:18.61
headquarters is,
the Bible doesn't say.
00:46:18.64\00:46:21.64
Jëan: You know,
there is a promise in that.
00:46:21.68\00:46:23.31
If we submit ourselves to God
and we resist the devil, there
00:46:23.35\00:46:26.68
comes a point where on
that particular temptation, he's
00:46:26.72\00:46:29.92
almost forced to retreat,
meaning that he realizes that
00:46:29.95\00:46:32.92
he's not going
to gain the victory.
00:46:32.95\00:46:34.72
And maybe at some
point, God says, "All right,
00:46:34.76\00:46:36.49
enough, enough.
00:46:36.52\00:46:37.86
You got to go now."
00:46:37.89\00:46:39.19
So he finally does leave.
00:46:39.23\00:46:40.76
It doesn't mean he's not going
to come back and try again, but
00:46:40.80\00:46:42.86
if we trust in the Lord,
we submit and we hold on, that
00:46:42.90\00:46:46.03
temptation, the power of
that temptation wanes away as we
00:46:46.07\00:46:49.80
trust in the
Lord as if the devil
00:46:49.84\00:46:51.51
has been driven away from us.
00:46:51.54\00:46:53.41
Doug: Yes.
00:46:53.44\00:46:54.81
Jëan: Thank you.
00:46:54.84\00:46:56.61
You know, we do have a
book called, "Tips for Resisting
00:46:56.64\00:46:58.08
Temptation" and we'll talk
about this verse along with
00:46:58.11\00:46:59.61
many others.
00:46:59.65\00:47:01.02
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:47:01.05\00:47:02.62
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:47:02.65\00:47:06.35
That is the resource phone line.
00:47:06.39\00:47:07.69
It's 800-835-6747.
00:47:07.72\00:47:11.23
Ask for the book.
00:47:11.26\00:47:12.56
It's called, "Tips
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00:47:12.59\00:47:14.40
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00:47:14.46\00:47:18.77
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00:47:18.80\00:47:21.80
Connor in Mississippi.
00:47:21.84\00:47:23.44
Connor, welcome to the program.
00:47:23.47\00:47:24.77
Connor: Hello, thank you.
00:47:24.81\00:47:28.21
So, my question was in Mark
7:17 to 23, as well as a couple
00:47:28.24\00:47:34.22
other verses in
the New Testament,
00:47:34.25\00:47:36.75
God refers to pork and other
unclean animals as being good
00:47:36.79\00:47:42.12
and worthy of thanksgiving
and and to be accepted.
00:47:42.16\00:47:46.13
Does this mean that the
old food law referenced in the
00:47:46.16\00:47:49.50
Old Testament is null?
00:47:49.53\00:47:52.17
Doug: Where does God
say pork is to be accepted?
00:47:52.20\00:47:57.37
Connor: In Acts 10:15, God
says, "What God has declared
00:47:57.41\00:48:00.91
clean, you must
not call common."
00:48:00.94\00:48:04.15
In Mark 7:17 to 23, Jesus
declares that all foods are
00:48:04.18\00:48:08.68
clean, and in 1 Timothy 4:4,
"For everything God created is
00:48:08.72\00:48:14.86
good and nothing is to be
rejected if it is received
00:48:14.89\00:48:17.99
with thanksgiving."
00:48:18.03\00:48:19.43
Doug: All right, you
said, "God said pork was clean."
00:48:19.46\00:48:21.66
Where did you
find the word "pork"?
00:48:21.70\00:48:23.00
Connor: It does not expressly
refer to pork, but all animals.
00:48:23.03\00:48:27.50
Doug: I just wanted
to make that clear, okay.
00:48:27.54\00:48:29.97
Now, if you go to--let's
take them one at a time.
00:48:30.01\00:48:32.04
All right, so we
got Acts chapter 10.
00:48:32.07\00:48:34.21
The sheet comes down from heaven
and God's voice says what God
00:48:34.24\00:48:36.98
has cleansed, you
must not call common.
00:48:37.01\00:48:39.35
Peter, when explaining that
vision to the church later, he
00:48:39.38\00:48:42.85
says, "God has shown me
not to call any man unclean."
00:48:42.88\00:48:48.56
So is it fair to say this vision
is about calling food unclean?
00:48:48.59\00:48:53.36
If Peter understands,
it means do not call
00:48:53.40\00:48:55.90
the Gentiles unclean.
00:48:55.93\00:48:58.00
So when Peter is explaining that
vision, he says, "God has shown
00:48:58.03\00:49:01.50
me not to call any man unclean."
00:49:01.54\00:49:03.67
That's what the vision meant.
00:49:03.71\00:49:05.34
So did the vision mean anything
about food or was God telling
00:49:05.37\00:49:08.38
Peter he can go preach
to the Gentiles, "Don't call
00:49:08.41\00:49:10.71
them unclean"?
00:49:10.75\00:49:13.45
Connor: Well, it does refer
to--if I'm pretty sure, now, I
00:49:13.48\00:49:19.52
did read this last Sabbath,
but it refers to this vision is
00:49:19.55\00:49:27.76
after Peter was
starting, I believe it says.
00:49:27.76\00:49:32.80
Doug: No, well, the
vision happens before Peter goes
00:49:32.83\00:49:34.90
to Cornelius.
00:49:34.94\00:49:36.27
He's up on the food, he's
up on the roof and he's hungry.
00:49:36.30\00:49:38.84
He's thinking about food.
00:49:38.87\00:49:40.21
He has this vision of an
unclean sheet that comes down.
00:49:40.24\00:49:42.48
Now notice, this vision takes
place, oh, maybe four years
00:49:42.51\00:49:46.01
after Jesus has gone to heaven.
00:49:46.05\00:49:48.25
And Peter answers when God
says, "Arise, kill, and eat."
00:49:48.28\00:49:51.92
Peter says, "Not so, Lord,
I've never eaten anything common
00:49:51.95\00:49:55.52
or unclean."
00:49:55.56\00:49:56.79
So Peter never heard Jesus say
it was okay, because he still
00:49:56.83\00:49:59.46
hasn't eaten
anything common or unclean.
00:49:59.49\00:50:01.80
And then it never says he takes
anything from the sheet and
00:50:01.83\00:50:04.63
eats it.
00:50:04.67\00:50:05.97
So now he's wondering
what the vision means.
00:50:06.00\00:50:08.44
If you look in verse 17, Peter's
wondering in himself what the
00:50:08.47\00:50:12.27
vision means.
00:50:12.31\00:50:13.64
He obviously doesn't think
it means go buy some bacon.
00:50:13.68\00:50:16.68
He's wondering what it means.
00:50:16.71\00:50:18.05
Behold, men come from a Gentile,
Cornelius, knocking at the door
00:50:18.08\00:50:22.95
that very moment.
00:50:22.98\00:50:24.85
God was saying, "Do not
call the Gentiles unclean."
00:50:24.89\00:50:27.82
So that's that one.
00:50:27.86\00:50:29.16
And then now you mention
also where in Mark 7 where Jesus
00:50:29.19\00:50:32.93
said, "It's not what goes in
a man's mouth that defiles him,
00:50:32.96\00:50:35.63
but what comes out."
00:50:35.66\00:50:37.57
And then there's a preface
in there that says, "In saying
00:50:37.60\00:50:40.37
this, He
declared all foods clean."
00:50:40.40\00:50:42.07
By the way, you'll only
find that in the NIV Version.
00:50:42.10\00:50:46.04
In the original Greek, it says,
"The food enters your mouth and
00:50:46.07\00:50:49.51
goes out, thus
purging clean foods."
00:50:49.54\00:50:51.85
In other words, your food
is eliminated and your stomach,
00:50:51.88\00:50:55.58
your digestive system purges if
you get any dirt because you're
00:50:55.62\00:50:58.42
eating with unwashed hands.
00:50:58.45\00:51:00.12
No food, no particular food,
no unclean food is mentioned in
00:51:00.16\00:51:02.92
that passage.
00:51:02.96\00:51:04.26
It's just talking about
eating with hands that are not
00:51:04.29\00:51:07.30
ceremonially washed.
00:51:07.36\00:51:09.36
Jesus said, "That's not what's
going to make you unclean."
00:51:09.40\00:51:12.47
And let me see,
you gave three verses.
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Jëan: 1 Timothy
chapter 4, verse 4.
00:51:15.44\00:51:17.07
Doug: Oh, yeah, "For
every creature of God
00:51:17.11\00:51:19.04
is good and
nothing to be refused
00:51:19.07\00:51:20.88
if it's received
with thanksgiving."
00:51:20.91\00:51:22.54
So was Paul saying here
to Timothy that "you can eat
00:51:22.58\00:51:26.68
anything that might
crawl across your plate"?
00:51:26.72\00:51:28.32
"It's okay to eat a
cockroach skunk sandwich.
00:51:28.35\00:51:30.92
It's okay to eat buzzards.
00:51:30.95\00:51:32.25
It's okay to eat all kinds of
dogs and snakes, and--" no, it's
00:51:32.29\00:51:37.09
not saying that.
00:51:37.13\00:51:38.43
The the issue is they were
offering animals to pagan gods.
00:51:38.46\00:51:43.16
Now, they're
offering clean animals.
00:51:43.20\00:51:45.40
Anything that the Romans
sacrificed, whether it was a
00:51:45.43\00:51:49.04
sheep, a chicken, a goat, they
offered it to Jupiter, Apollo,
00:51:49.07\00:51:52.67
Mercury, their gods, and
the Jews were worried "we can't
00:51:52.71\00:51:56.61
eat--" these are
the Jewish Christians.
00:51:56.64\00:51:57.98
"We can't eat those things.
00:51:58.01\00:51:59.31
They've been
offered to pagan gods."
00:51:59.35\00:52:00.65
Paul said, "Every creature
of God is cleansed because it is
00:52:00.68\00:52:04.59
sanctified by the Word of God."
00:52:04.62\00:52:06.96
So if the Word of God sanctifies
something and says you can eat
00:52:06.99\00:52:10.76
these clean meats, then don't
worry about if it was offered to
00:52:10.79\00:52:13.93
a pagan god.
00:52:13.96\00:52:15.56
So, they're talking about clean
foods there that are offered
00:52:15.60\00:52:18.87
to idols.
00:52:18.90\00:52:20.20
Don't let that worry you, and
it's like I tell my friends, if
00:52:20.24\00:52:23.91
I go to a Chinese restaurant and
many Thai or Chinese restaurants
00:52:23.94\00:52:27.71
have got a
Buddha at the entrance.
00:52:27.74\00:52:30.31
As some people might say,
"I can't eat there because they
00:52:30.35\00:52:32.41
worship Buddha."
00:52:32.45\00:52:33.75
"Well," I say,
"it doesn't bother me.
00:52:33.78\00:52:35.12
I'm not worshiping Buddha."
00:52:35.15\00:52:36.45
So, you know, but if it
worries my friend, we'll go
00:52:36.48\00:52:39.15
somewhere else.
00:52:39.19\00:52:40.52
That's what
Paul's talking about.
00:52:40.56\00:52:41.86
He's not saying that suddenly
God now said that you can
00:52:41.89\00:52:44.83
eat anything.
00:52:44.86\00:52:46.26
What parent would tell their
child--doesn't matter if you're
00:52:46.29\00:52:50.10
a Christian, Jew or what
your religion is or if you're
00:52:50.13\00:52:52.83
a pagan.
00:52:52.87\00:52:54.20
What parent
would tell their kid,
00:52:54.24\00:52:55.97
"We don't care what you eat"?
00:52:56.00\00:52:57.64
I mean, of course you care
what they eat, because don't
00:52:57.67\00:53:00.91
be deceived.
00:53:00.94\00:53:02.28
God is not mocked.
00:53:02.31\00:53:03.61
If you eat bad food, you're
going to have bad results, and
00:53:03.65\00:53:05.45
you're going to have heart
disease and be overweight and
00:53:05.48\00:53:07.88
have cholesterol problems.
00:53:07.92\00:53:09.22
So, these verses are often
misapplied to say that God now
00:53:09.25\00:53:12.55
said you can eat anything.
00:53:12.59\00:53:14.06
That's not true.
00:53:14.09\00:53:15.59
Jëan: All right,
we do have a book.
00:53:15.62\00:53:16.96
It's called,
"God's Free Health Plan."
00:53:16.99\00:53:18.29
It's one of our Amazing Facts
study guides that gives more
00:53:18.33\00:53:20.46
biblical principles.
00:53:20.50\00:53:21.93
The number to call for that
is 800-835-6747 or you can dial
00:53:21.96\00:53:26.27
#250 on your smartphone and ask
for "God's Free Health Plan."
00:53:26.30\00:53:31.77
Angela in New York.
00:53:31.81\00:53:33.11
Angela, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:53:33.14\00:53:34.71
Angela: Hi, good
evening, pastors.
00:53:34.74\00:53:36.54
How are you?
00:53:36.58\00:53:37.91
Doug: Doing great, thank
you. Thanks for your call.
00:53:37.95\00:53:40.62
Angela: Okay, so my question
is, I was just wondering, will
00:53:40.65\00:53:46.05
the Jews ever come to Jesus and
how long is it going to take for
00:53:46.09\00:53:49.69
them to come?
00:53:49.72\00:53:51.03
And I also read something,
I'm not sure if I read it in the
00:53:51.06\00:53:53.80
Bible, I mean, I know I read
it in the Bible, but I'm not
00:53:53.83\00:53:56.67
sure where.
00:53:56.70\00:53:58.03
It says that they're waiting
until the fullness of the
00:53:58.07\00:54:00.97
Gentiles to come and then
they will be--like, accept them
00:54:01.00\00:54:07.04
through, once they
become jealous or something--
00:54:07.08\00:54:10.45
of jealousy.
00:54:10.48\00:54:11.78
Doug: Yeah, you're
combining two verses.
00:54:11.81\00:54:13.65
You're on the right track, but
you're combining--I think it's
00:54:13.68\00:54:15.92
in Luke 21 where it says
that Jerusalem is trodden by the
00:54:15.95\00:54:19.25
Gentiles until the times of the
Gentiles, and then in Romans it
00:54:19.29\00:54:22.96
says in chapter 10 verse 19,
"I'll provoke you to jealousy by
00:54:22.99\00:54:27.00
those who are not a nation,
I'll move you to anger by a
00:54:27.03\00:54:29.80
foolish nation."
00:54:29.83\00:54:31.17
In other words, Paul is saying
that when the Jews saw the
00:54:31.20\00:54:33.94
Gentiles accepting Jehovah and
turning to God, they'd say, "Oh,
00:54:33.97\00:54:37.61
maybe we'd better turn
back and maybe we ought to
00:54:37.64\00:54:40.01
recognize Jesus."
00:54:40.04\00:54:41.44
Now, God's never
saved people based on their
00:54:41.48\00:54:44.21
national identity.
00:54:44.25\00:54:45.68
There will be many of Abraham's
children, literal Jews that, I
00:54:45.71\00:54:48.65
think, are going to be revived
and turned back to the Lord.
00:54:48.68\00:54:51.49
But you're never going to
have all of any one nation.
00:54:51.52\00:54:54.52
All of the Romans
did not accept Jesus.
00:54:54.56\00:54:56.42
Many did, but not all.
00:54:56.46\00:54:58.36
And you will not have all of
the Jews suddenly saved because
00:54:58.39\00:55:01.13
they've got a passport.
00:55:01.16\00:55:02.73
So, but there will be a
great revival among the Jews and
00:55:02.76\00:55:05.83
I believe many
will turn back to God.
00:55:05.87\00:55:08.34
And, you know, Paul intimates
that in Romans 9:10, you
00:55:08.37\00:55:12.41
know, we didn't have time
to read the whole chapter.
00:55:12.44\00:55:15.08
So, I do believe there's going
to be a revival among the Jewish
00:55:15.11\00:55:19.65
people and there are
other verses that imply this.
00:55:19.68\00:55:23.62
So, yeah, I don't think He's
done with the Jewish nation.
00:55:23.65\00:55:28.29
Thank you very much.
00:55:28.32\00:55:29.56
We do have a book that I think
you'll enjoy and it's called,
00:55:29.59\00:55:34.63
"Spiritual Israel."
00:55:34.66\00:55:35.96
I had to think for a minute.
00:55:36.00\00:55:37.33
I wrote it.
00:55:37.37\00:55:38.97
Jëan: The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:55:39.00\00:55:42.34
And again, the book is
called, "Spiritual Israel."
00:55:42.37\00:55:44.74
You can dial #250
on your smartphone.
00:55:44.77\00:55:47.78
Say, "Bible Answers Live" and
just order it that way as well.
00:55:47.81\00:55:51.95
Rajeem from Massachusetts.
00:55:51.98\00:55:53.82
Is it Rajeem?
Welcome to the program.
00:55:53.85\00:55:56.25
Rajeem: Good evening,
Pastor Doug, Pastor Ross.
00:55:56.28\00:55:58.65
Thank you for taking my call.
00:55:58.69\00:56:00.06
Doug: Yeah.
00:56:00.09\00:56:01.92
Rajeem: All right, so my
question was, is that I was
00:56:01.96\00:56:05.53
wondering when was
the fall of Lucifer?
00:56:05.56\00:56:09.53
Doug: We think Lucifer was cast
out of heaven before Adam and
00:56:09.56\00:56:12.20
Eve were created.
00:56:12.23\00:56:13.60
Part of the reason God made
this world and was preparing to
00:56:13.64\00:56:16.94
populate it is to replace all
the beings that had been evicted
00:56:16.97\00:56:21.24
from heaven when 1/3 of the
angels follow Lucifer out of the
00:56:21.28\00:56:25.35
presence of God.
00:56:25.38\00:56:26.68
There's no specific verse that
says this, but the idea that God
00:56:26.72\00:56:31.02
created the world and I think He
gave Adam and Eve warning that
00:56:31.05\00:56:34.49
the end that there had
been a rebellion and warned them
00:56:34.52\00:56:37.79
against temptation.
00:56:37.83\00:56:39.13
There's only one place the devil
could come to them that was
00:56:39.16\00:56:41.43
there at that forbidden tree.
00:56:41.46\00:56:43.47
So Lucifer, I
think, was cast out first.
00:56:43.50\00:56:46.47
Jëan: Well, Pastor Doug, we have
some email questions that have
00:56:46.50\00:56:48.67
been sent to us and our first
question tonight is, does the
00:56:48.70\00:56:52.21
devil have access
to one's thoughts?
00:56:52.24\00:56:54.64
Doug: You know, that only in the
sense that I think the devil can
00:56:54.68\00:56:57.08
place temptations in our mind--
of course, we can place things
00:56:57.11\00:57:00.55
in each other's
minds just by talking.
00:57:00.58\00:57:02.88
So the devil can place things in
our minds, but he can't always--
00:57:02.92\00:57:06.52
he can't read our minds.
00:57:06.55\00:57:07.86
Only God knows men's hearts.
00:57:07.89\00:57:09.26
I think you find that in, oh,
1 Kings chapter chapter 8, like
00:57:09.29\00:57:14.83
verse 32 in the dedication
prayer of Solomon, he says,
00:57:14.86\00:57:17.97
"God and God only knows
the thoughts of men's hearts."
00:57:18.00\00:57:20.57
Jesus knew what was in
man, the devil doesn't know what
00:57:20.60\00:57:23.41
you're thinking.
00:57:23.44\00:57:24.74
Jëan: Okay, we
have another question.
00:57:24.77\00:57:26.24
Pastor Doug, what do you
think about the Shroud of Turin?
00:57:26.27\00:57:29.01
Doug: Yeah, of course, it's
not really a Bible question, but
00:57:29.04\00:57:31.08
it's a famous relic that you
find in Italy that many people
00:57:31.11\00:57:35.08
come and they believe that
it was the actual grave clothes
00:57:35.12\00:57:37.82
of Jesus.
00:57:37.85\00:57:39.19
And it was rather
mysterious, how it was formed.
00:57:39.22\00:57:42.76
All the dating and the careful
examination shows that it dates
00:57:42.79\00:57:47.03
for hundreds of
years after Christ.
00:57:47.03\00:57:50.33
It may have been a crusader,
somebody that was crucified.
00:57:50.37\00:57:53.77
And they were wrapped up because
it does look like it's an
00:57:53.80\00:57:56.60
authentic piece, but it's
not the grave clothes of Jesus.
00:57:56.64\00:58:00.68
It, just, the
dating doesn't match.
00:58:00.71\00:58:02.61
Doug: Thank you,
friends, for your question.
00:58:02.64\00:58:04.25
We'll study God's Word
together again, God willing,
00:58:04.28\00:58:06.41
next week, God bless.
00:58:06.45\00:58:09.08
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