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Doug Batchelor:
Hello, listening friends.
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Welcome to "Bible Answers Live."
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Would you like to
hear an amazing fact?
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On January 15, 1919, the North
End neighborhood of Boston,
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Massachusetts
experienced a tsunami.
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Not a flood of
water but of molasses.
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The great molasses flood
disaster occurred in the middle
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of the day when a large storage
tank, 50 feet tall and 90 feet
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wide, filled with 2.3 million
gallons of molasses burst.
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The sudden eruption of 13,000
tons of molasses created a
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deadly wave of sticky, brown
syrup 25 feet high that rushed
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through the streets at an
estimated 35 miles an hour.
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The nearby firehouse was
swept off its foundation and the
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sugary syrup created a swath
of destruction half a mile long.
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As the rushing molasses met
with the cold Boston air, it
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solidified and many people
and animals were trapped in the
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thick ooze like
insects on flypaper.
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The bizarre disaster killed
21 people, injured 150, not
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to mention killing
multiple horses and dogs.
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The molasses were being
fermented to produce ethanol,
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the active ingredient
in alcoholic beverages.
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Because prohibition was about
to start, the owners of the
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distilling business wanted to
top off the poorly-built tank to
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ensure maximum profits
from the alcohol sales.
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Millions of people today
are still stuck in the deadly
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addiction of alcoholism.
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Boy, that's a really bizarre
disaster, Pastor Ross, a wave of
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molasses going through a city.
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Jëan Ross: I know.
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Well, it's kind of sad 21 people
died, but you can imagine the
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cleanup after that.
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How did they get all
that gooey stuff swept up?
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I guess you
wouldn't sweep it up.
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You'd have to use a
shovel and kind of scrape it off
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the ground.
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And yeah, it must
have taken a long time.
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Doug: You know, I read about it
and--at first, of course, it was
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warm 'cause they had
loaded as much as they could the
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day before.
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So when it burst it flowed,
but then it met the January air
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in Boston.
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And molasses is
slow in good weather.
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It turned into
like--it almost hardened.
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And I think they were able to
chip a lot of it and shovel it,
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but it took a
year to clean it up.
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And they said for the next, oh,
20, 30 years, every summer you
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could smell
molasses in the neighborhood.
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It just
lingered for a long time.
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But, you know, sad thing
was they were really using the
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molasses
ultimately to make alcohol.
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You think of all those people
that were stuck and trapped and
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caught in this sticky ooze,
and you and I have met people
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through the years that
they are trapped in alcoholism.
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And I'm surprised that sometimes
I meet Christians that think,
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"Well, it's okay for a Christian
to drink a little alcohol."
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And I don't know if they realize
that one out of seven people
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that drinks
becomes an alcoholic.
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So how much should a Christian
support something that destroys
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one out of seven
people that touches it?
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Jëan: Well, you know, we do
have a book that addresses that.
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Sometimes
there's some confusion.
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For example, the New Testament
read--we read about Jesus
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turning the water into wine, and
people are wondering, "Well, was
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that an alcoholic beverage?"
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Well, the answer is no.
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And, you know, you can
read the context and it explains
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a lot more.
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Of course, the word wine in the
Bible doesn't always rem--refer
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to an alcoholic drink.
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It just could be
fresh grape juice.
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We do have a book that's called
"Alcohol and the Christian."
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We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and ask.
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The number is 800-835-6747.
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Ask for the book.
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It's called
"Alcohol and the Christian."
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Or you can dial #250 on
your smartphone and say, "Bible
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you a digital copy.
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Well, Pastor Doug, before we go
to the phone lines, let's start
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with a word of prayer.
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Dear Lord, we are so grateful
that we do have this time where
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we can open up
Your Word and study.
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Jesus said, "You shall know
the truth, and truth will set
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you free."
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And, Lord, that's our desire,
to learn truth from Your Word.
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So bless this program tonight.
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Be with those who are
listening wherever they are.
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In Jesus's name, amen.
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Doug: Amen.
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Jëan: You know, Pastor Doug,
we didn't mention it, but let me
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mention it again.
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If you have a Bible-related
question, here is the
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phone line.
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It's 800-463-7297.
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That's
800-GOD-SAYS, 800-463-7297.
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If you don't get in right
away, just stay on the phone.
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Somebody will answer your call,
and we'll get you lined up.
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All right, first caller
that we have then is Anthony in
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New York.
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Yeah, you're on the air.
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Anthony: Yeah.
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Well, let me get right into it.
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My question is from 1 Timothy
chapter 2, verses 14 and 15.
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Well, it kind of starts before
that, but I'll just read 14.
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It says, "And Adam was not
deceived, but the woman being
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deceived was in
the transgression.
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Notwithstanding she shall be
saved in childbearing, if they
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continue in faith and charity
and holiness with sobriety."
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So my question is very simple.
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What does it mean that she
will be saved in childbearing?
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I heard someone intimate
that--you know, that this just
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shows that the wife is supposed
to stay home with the children
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and things of that nature.
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I wasn't too sure about that,
but I just kind of want to know
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what that means, this verse.
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Doug: Yeah,
well, I think in part.
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You remember one of the
curses that God pronounced.
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He had a curse for Adam and
He had a curse for Eve, and He
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said, "In pain you will conceive
and bring forth children."
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It's interesting the word
conceive there is not just
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giving birth.
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Conception happens
9 months before birth.
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And some have thought,
was that morning sickness?
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And so--and then, of
course, there's pain in
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childbirth itself.
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But Paul is saying here, "You'll
be saved in childbearing."
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It's not just in the--you
know, God will, I think, add a
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blessing in the actual delivery
process, but I think that
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through the process of
mothering that there's something
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redemptive that they experience
and, you know, God's presence is
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there to help them and guide
them and sanctify them, so--
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Jëan: Yeah, and if you
look--if you go back in Genesis
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and you read the account, it
says God cursed the ground for
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man's sake.
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So beginning there, you know,
it produced thorns and thistles,
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and it says you're going to have
to work the soil in order for it
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to produce in the
sweat of your brow.
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So there was a benefit.
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There was a blessing, and
there is a blessing in work.
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And God designed that Adam
was to work, and that's still
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true today.
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Just like there was a blessing
in work, there is a blessing
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in--for the mother to
give birth and raise children.
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There is character development
in both cases, both working as
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well as raising your children.
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It doesn't mean that the dad
does not have a part to play, he
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very much does, but the prime
responsibility of raising the
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children falls on the
shoulders of the mother.
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She's the one that creates
the atmosphere, provides the
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guidance for
children being raised.
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Doug: Yeah, some of the
commentators I was looking at
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while you were sharing there,
they're saying that, you know,
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the love of a mother for a child
teaches them something also of
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the love of God for His children
and having children they
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see that.
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Jëan: Okay, very good.
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All right.
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Well, thank you, Anthony.
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Good question.
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We're going to go--let's
try Glenn and Linda, if they
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are ready, in Ohio.
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Glenn, Linda,
welcome to the program.
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Are you there?
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Glenn: Yes, we are, and
thank you very much for taking
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our call.
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Good evening to you.
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It's zero where I live right
now, so I hope that my question
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will be above zero.
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It concerns Enoch.
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In the Bible it says that Enoch
walks with God and that led to
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him being translated
and he didn't see death.
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I think there might be a mix-up
in the translation of that part
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of the Bible because elsewhere
in the Bible it says that
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Enoch died.
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In the 13th--the 11th chapter of
Hebrews, verse 13 it says, "All
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these died," and his name
is included in that all these.
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Can you help me?
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Doug: Yeah, I appreciate that.
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In Hebrews he's going through
and he's talking about people,
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the faithful fathers and
mothers that had died in faith.
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They're examples of faith.
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Paul, I think, identifies that
Enoch is an exception 'cause
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even in his talking about Enoch
it says that he was not for God
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took him.
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So--and then you also read that
in the Old Testament where it
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says, you know, he walked
with God and he was not for God
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took him.
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So I think Enoch is the
exception that Paul is making in
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Hebrews 13--11:13.
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Jëan: And I think the emphasis
there is that those who died
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died in faith.
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Not necessarily meaning that
all died because obviously Enoch
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wasn't, but those who died
died in faith; and that's the
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emphasis in the passage.
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Not necessarily that every
single person listed died but
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rather those who died died
in faith, which would be true of
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everyone except
Enoch and Elijah.
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All right, thank you.
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Doug: By the way, yeah--
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Jëan: Go ahead. You're
going to add something.
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Doug: Well, I was going to
say Moses and Elijah appeared to
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Jesus on the Mount of
Transfiguration, but that
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doesn't help my argument.
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So I'm going to drop it.
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Jëan: Yeah, Moses did
die and was resurrected.
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All right, let's see.
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Yulani is in Washington.
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Yuliana.
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Yuliana, welcome.
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Yuliana: Hi.
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Doug: Hello.
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Thanks for calling.
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Yuliana: My question is God says
to rest on Saturdays, but why do
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we go to church?
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Doug: So God says rest.
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Well, actually God
doesn't say rest on Saturdays.
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He says rest on the seventh day,
and we know that Jesus rose on
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the first day, which
is--you look at any calendar and
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that's Sunday.
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The seventh day would be the day
before that, which is Saturday.
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And so biblically the seventh
day of the week is the Sabbath.
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Jëan: So she's wondering
probably, Pastor Doug, if we
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need to rest on Sabbath, why do
we have to get up and put on our
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nice clothes and go to church?
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Why not stay home?
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Doug: Yeah.
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Well, in the commandment--this
is one of the Ten Commandments.
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It says you shall not
do your--it's talking about
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your labor, meaning your
la--regular labor, but it calls
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the Sabbath a holy convocation.
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And then you look at the
example of Jesus, it says as his
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custom was.
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Is that Mark chapter 2?
It's also in Luke--is it Luke 4?
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As his custom was, he went to
the synagogue on the Sabbath day
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and stood up to
read the Scriptures.
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So gathering
together for worship.
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And it even says in heaven.
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In Isaiah 66 it says that, "From
one Sabbath to another, all
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flesh will come
together to worship before Me."
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So gathering together to worship
is part of Sabbath-keeping, but
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that doesn't mean the
whole day you're in church.
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There's also time for rest, good
time also to visit maybe people
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who are shut in or need
encouragement or give Bible
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studies as Jesus said the
Sabbath is a day for doing good,
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and probably a good
day to weather permitting.
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Get out in nature,
but--hopefully that helps
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a little bit, Yuliana.
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Jëan: The verse you're referring
to, Luke chapter 4, verse 16.
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Says that, "As--" Speaking
of Jesus, "As his custom was, he
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went into the synagogue on
the Sabbath day, and stood up
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to read."
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Doug: Very good.
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Thank you.
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And we do have
a--both a magazine and
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a study guide on that.
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Jëan: That's right.
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It's called--the study
guide is called "Forgotten Day
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of History."
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And we'll be happy to send that
to anyone who calls and asks.
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And the other magazine is
entitled--I'm trying to think of
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the name there, Pastor Doug.
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Doug: "The Day of the Lord."
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Jëan: "Day of the Lord."
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That's right.
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Excellent magazine.
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Next caller that we have
is Elizabeth in Colorado.
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Elizabeth, welcome
to "Bible Answers Live."
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Elizabeth: Hi. Yes.
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My question is, what is
the song for the 144,000?
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Doug: Well, you know,
it--it's a song of redemption.
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It doesn't give
the words to the song.
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But after the children
of Israel--let me back up.
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Everything you find in
Revelation--virtually everything
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you find in Revelation you'll
find the genesis of it in the
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Old Testament, and there's so
many things in Revelation that
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are referring to something
else in the Old Testament.
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Of course, there were 12
tribes in Israel and they had 12
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judges, and so you end up with
12 times 12,000 in Revelation.
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Talks about when the children of
Israel crossed the Red Sea and
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when they were delivered
they sang the song of Moses, and
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Moses taught them a song
too in Deuteronomy at the end.
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And so it's a song of
deliverance and--that they sing
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because they've experienced
this great liberation,
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this deliverance.
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You know, when we're
happy, we sing a song.
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So the 144,000 have come through
great tribulation and they have
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this song of
deliverance they sing.
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Doesn't give us the exact words,
but we do have a book that talks
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more about the 144,000.
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And I think one of the keys
to their song is in their names.
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When you look at the names
of the 144,000 it's the names of
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the 12 tribes, but they're given
in an order that is unique to
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only Revelation and each
name--like the word Judah means
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"I will praise the Lord," and
then it says, "He--for He has
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looked on me."
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When you put their names and
their definitions together, it
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tells a story.
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It's probably similar
to the song of the 144,000.
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Jëan: All right,
we do have that book.
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It's called "Who
Shall Sing the Song?"
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And it's about the 144,000.
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The number to
call is 800-835-6747.
00:14:29.53\00:14:32.87
You can just ask
for that book by name.
00:14:32.90\00:14:35.14
You can also dial #250 on your
smartphone and ask for the song
00:14:35.17\00:14:39.14
about--the book
about the 144,000.
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Thank you, Elizabeth.
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Next caller that we have is
Sabin Adele listening in Canada.
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Sabin, welcome to the program.
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Savin: Hello, pastors.
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Doug: Evening.
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Savin: I have a question.
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Why was Jesus angry at
the people in the temple?
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Doug: Yeah.
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When Jesus went into the
temple--and this happened on two
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occasions, once at the beginning
of his ministry and once in the
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week before he was crucified.
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He went into the temple, and
people would come for the feast.
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They'd come sometimes
from hundreds of miles away.
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Many of the Jews would come
from around the Roman Empire.
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They were to
bring their sacrifices.
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But they couldn't bring
their sacrifice lamb with them
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hundreds of miles, so they'd
get to Jerusalem and they'd
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buy them.
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And some of the priests had kind
of created a monopoly where you
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had to use temple
money to buy your sacrifice.
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You had to exchange the
money there in the temple.
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You couldn't use Roman money
because it had Caesar's head on
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it and that was idolatry.
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And you had to buy their
perfectly-inspected sacrifices,
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and there was greatly marked
up and there was haggling over
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prices and they smelled the
animals and they heard the birds
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cooing and the cattle lowing.
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And Jesus walked into the temple
courtyard, which was supposed to
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be a sacred place of prayer
and they turned it into a flea
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market and a bazaar.
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Lots of noise and smells.
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And Jesus said,
"Take these things hence.
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Take them out of here.
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For you--my Father's house is
to be a house of prayer," that's
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from Isaiah 58, "and you
have made it a den of thieves."
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So it says he
made a whip of cords.
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It doesn't say
he whipped anybody.
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I think all he had to
do was say it and hold it.
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They got the idea and
everyone--all the money changers
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ran out.
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Jesus could not have been very
frightening 'cause it says the
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children gathered around
him immediately after that.
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So the wicked ran,
and the children came.
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Jëan: Was as if the divinity of
Christ sort of flashed through
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his humanity.
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And those wicked leaders, those
people that were making money
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and buying and selling, they saw
that divinity and they were just
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filled with fear and almost
stumbled over themselves to get
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out of the way.
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Doug: He did actually
throw over their tables.
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The Bible says he flipped over
the tables of the money changers
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and told them,
"Take these things out."
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Jëan: All right, thank you.
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Good question.
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Next caller that we
have is Dwensky in Florida.
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Dwensky, welcome to the program.
00:17:05.99\00:17:07.99
Dwensky: Yeah,
thank you for having me.
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My question is in Genesis
6, verse 4 when it talked about
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there was giants on the earth in
those days and also afterwards.
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When they say that, how tall do
you think Adam and Eve were when
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it comes to
those back in the days?
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Doug: Yeah, well, all I
could give you is an estimate.
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I've read one commentary where
it says that Eve may have been
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18 feet tall and Adam 20.
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And I know we think,
"Wow, where do you get that?"
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Well, for one thing, we look
at the fossil record of ancient
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mammals and they were huge.
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I think I did one last
week on armadillos, and they had
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armadillos--a typical one now
weighs, you know, 20 pounds, but
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they had armadillos that
weighed as much as a car.
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There were sloths that
were 13 feet tall on these big
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mastodons, saber-toothed tigers
twice as big as a tiger now.
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And so you look at the massive
size of the mammals before the
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flood and the vegetation that
produced those coal beds and how
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the atmosphere must have been
different, and the age of man
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was so much bigger or longer
then that it makes sense that he
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was bigger too.
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And so the exact size is not
given in the Bible, but I think
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by today's standards
Adam would have been a giant.
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I think the tallest man in
modern times was 8 feet tall.
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Waldsworth or Waldo, I forget.
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Anyway--but yeah, there's
no real Scripture that says how
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tall he was.
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Tells us Goliath
was roughly 9 1/2 feet.
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And there was a king
of the Amalekites--no, not
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the Amalekites.
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The king of the Anakim
who was--he had a bed 13
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feet tall--long.
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So if he fit his
bed, he was pretty tall.
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Jëan: All right, next caller
that we have is Josh in Iowa.
00:19:02.17\00:19:05.14
Josh, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:19:05.17\00:19:08.38
Josh: Hi. Thank
you for having me.
00:19:08.41\00:19:10.41
Doug, I am an annihilationist
just like you, but I--my
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question pertains to the lake of
fire because I--I've done some
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research on the term lake
of fire and apparently it's a
00:19:20.29\00:19:23.86
nickname the Jews
had for the Dead Sea.
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And so if that's the case,
that means that God is going to
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destroy sinners in the end
by drowning them as opposed to
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burning them.
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So I guess my question for you
is, is in fact the lake of fire
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a reference to the Dead Sea?
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And if that's the case, then is
God going to drown believers as
00:19:39.61\00:19:43.11
opposed to destroying
them with actual fire?
00:19:43.14\00:19:46.21
Doug: Yeah, the reason that the
Dead Sea was sometimes nicknamed
00:19:46.25\00:19:50.49
lake of fire is because it
was on the borders of Sodom and
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Gomorrah that were destroyed
with fire--literal fire
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and brimstone.
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So it does talk about fire.
00:19:57.96\00:19:59.53
God will rain fire and
brimstone out of heaven, is that
00:19:59.56\00:20:01.76
Revelation 20, on them.
00:20:01.80\00:20:03.83
So I think the lake
of fire is spoken of.
00:20:03.87\00:20:06.53
And for our friends listening,
my friend Josh when he says he's
00:20:06.57\00:20:09.84
an annihilationist, what that
means is he believes in hell,
00:20:09.87\00:20:12.21
but he believes that the wicked,
like I do and Pastor Ross, will
00:20:12.24\00:20:15.41
ultimately be annihilated.
00:20:15.44\00:20:16.75
It says that they are
burnt up, second death.
00:20:16.78\00:20:18.91
They are no more, no more pain,
and God makes all things new.
00:20:18.95\00:20:23.08
The idea of the wicked being
tormented through endless ages,
00:20:23.12\00:20:27.46
suffering with no end we
do not think is biblical.
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By the way, we have a
lesson on that as well.
00:20:30.79\00:20:33.76
So I think the lake of fire
is a literal lake, to answer
00:20:33.80\00:20:35.50
Josh's question.
00:20:35.53\00:20:36.83
Jëan: The study guide is
called "Is the Devil in Charge
00:20:36.87\00:20:39.07
of Hell?"
00:20:39.10\00:20:40.40
Actually a very
interesting study.
00:20:40.44\00:20:41.94
We'll be happy to send this
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:20:41.97\00:20:43.91
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:20:43.94\00:20:47.71
And you can ask for that study
guide "Is the Devil in Charge
00:20:47.74\00:20:49.91
of Hell?"
00:20:49.94\00:20:51.28
You can dial #250
on your smartphone.
00:20:51.31\00:20:53.62
You'll be able to order
the lesson that way as well,
00:20:53.65\00:20:55.95
actually get a digital
download of that study guide.
00:20:55.98\00:21:00.22
Our next caller that we
have is Robert in Washington.
00:21:00.26\00:21:02.99
Robert, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:21:03.02\00:21:05.29
Robert: Yes, I was just
wondering--I just was reading
00:21:05.33\00:21:08.13
tonight in Matthew 3:15.
00:21:08.16\00:21:11.17
We know that Jesus was sinless,
but then he says to John for him
00:21:11.20\00:21:16.04
to baptize him because it
would fulfill all righteousness.
00:21:16.07\00:21:19.81
So what does that mean?
00:21:19.84\00:21:21.24
Doug: Yeah, well, when John saw
Jesus coming to him for baptism,
00:21:21.28\00:21:25.01
he's mystified 'cause he knews--
knows that Jesus is the sinless
00:21:25.05\00:21:28.65
Son of God that will take
away the sin of the world.
00:21:28.68\00:21:30.69
That's how John introduced him.
00:21:30.72\00:21:32.02
He's wondering, "Why are you
ba--wanting me to baptize you?
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You're sinless.
00:21:36.79\00:21:38.13
You should baptize me."
00:21:38.16\00:21:39.46
Jesus said, "Permit it," or
suffer it, "to be so now, for
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thus it is fitting for us
to fulfill all righteousness."
00:21:41.80\00:21:44.90
So Jesus sets an example for us
of being baptized; and I think
00:21:44.93\00:21:49.07
Christ was not baptized for his
sin, but in the same way that
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Jesus died for our sins not
because he sinned but he died in
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place of us.
00:21:57.18\00:21:58.51
There are some people who cannot
be baptized like the thief on
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the cross.
00:22:01.35\00:22:02.68
I think Jesus was dying--was
being baptized and basically not
00:22:02.72\00:22:06.32
only as our example but--that
he could give us credit or give
00:22:06.35\00:22:11.69
someone credit for his baptism.
00:22:11.73\00:22:14.36
And also Christ began
his ministry at his baptism.
00:22:14.40\00:22:18.40
When he came out of the water he
was not only washed in the water
00:22:18.43\00:22:21.84
then the Holy Spirit came down,
he was baptized in the water in
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the Spirit.
00:22:24.84\00:22:26.17
He said to us, "Unless you're
born of the water and Spirit,
00:22:26.21\00:22:28.18
you cannot enter
the kingdom of heaven."
00:22:28.21\00:22:30.28
So he gave us an example of
what to expect through baptism.
00:22:30.31\00:22:34.48
The heavens are open,
the voice of the Father says,
00:22:34.52\00:22:36.89
"You're My son."
00:22:36.92\00:22:38.22
We are adopted.
00:22:38.25\00:22:39.55
There's a lot
of parallels there.
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Jëan: And we do have a book.
00:22:40.96\00:22:42.26
It's called "Baptism:
Is It Really Necessary?"
00:22:42.29\00:22:44.23
It'll give you a lot more
of the Bible verses there.
00:22:44.26\00:22:46.19
The number to call is
800-835-6747 and ask for the
00:22:46.23\00:22:50.50
book "Baptism: Is
It Really Necessary?"
00:22:50.53\00:22:52.90
You can also dial #250 and
you'll be able to get it that
00:22:52.93\00:22:56.27
way as well.
00:22:56.30\00:22:57.64
We got Marc in Oregon.
00:22:57.67\00:22:58.97
Marc, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:22:59.01\00:23:02.11
Marc: Well, hello there.
00:23:02.14\00:23:03.48
This is my first time.
00:23:03.51\00:23:04.81
Doug: Well,
thank you for calling.
00:23:04.85\00:23:06.95
Welcome.
00:23:06.98\00:23:08.32
Marc: Yes, I'll make it
simple. I had a question.
00:23:08.35\00:23:12.62
I've been doing some re-evaluing
of my life and doing some
00:23:12.65\00:23:15.76
studying and I come across,
King James Version, St. John 14,
00:23:15.79\00:23:22.93
verse 20.
00:23:22.96\00:23:25.07
And if you could explain that a
little bit because I read it and
00:23:25.10\00:23:31.87
it sounds a little different
to me, but I was wondering what
00:23:31.91\00:23:35.64
you thought.
00:23:35.68\00:23:36.98
Doug: Yeah, well, let me read it
for our friends, and right now
00:23:37.01\00:23:39.85
I'm looking at
the New King James.
00:23:39.88\00:23:41.18
They're very similar.
00:23:41.22\00:23:42.52
"At that day you will know that
I am in my Father, and you in
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me, and I in you."
00:23:45.62\00:23:47.36
And what is Jesus saying?
00:23:47.39\00:23:49.79
Well, all through the New
Testament you'll notice that
00:23:49.82\00:23:52.16
Paul frequently says
that we are in Christ.
00:23:52.19\00:23:55.60
That means that our lives are
resting in faith in Christ, that
00:23:55.63\00:23:59.37
we are abiding in Christ.
00:23:59.40\00:24:01.44
I think Paul uses the phrase
in Christ more than anyone else.
00:24:01.47\00:24:05.27
And so when it says that Christ
is in the Father, it means that
00:24:05.31\00:24:08.74
they're one, they're
united, they're together.
00:24:08.78\00:24:11.71
And he wants us to be one in
him; that we're melded together,
00:24:11.75\00:24:15.98
that we are united.
00:24:16.02\00:24:17.52
And it's like an intimate term.
00:24:17.55\00:24:20.39
And so Jesus said, "If you've
seen me, you've seen my Father.
00:24:20.42\00:24:25.23
The Father is in
me, and I'm in Him."
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It's hard for us to kind
of comprehend that; but he
00:24:27.40\00:24:31.37
represents the Father, and
Father represents him, and when
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we become
Christians we represent Christ.
00:24:34.30\00:24:37.07
Jëan: All right, maybe
time for one more caller before
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the break.
00:24:39.64\00:24:40.98
We got Susie in California.
00:24:41.01\00:24:42.31
Hi, Susie.
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We got just a few more seconds.
00:24:43.71\00:24:45.01
And your question.
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Susie: Yeah, yeah.
00:24:46.41\00:24:47.72
Good evening, pastor.
00:24:47.75\00:24:49.08
Yeah, my question is, is
it sin to cook on Sabbath day?
00:24:49.12\00:24:52.25
Does it consider labor?
00:24:52.29\00:24:54.06
Doug: Is it a sin
to cook on Sabbath?
00:24:54.09\00:24:55.79
Well, you should probably get
all of your baking and boiling
00:24:55.82\00:24:59.69
done, according to what the
Bible says in Moses' writings.
00:24:59.73\00:25:03.03
Get as much done
as you reasonably can.
00:25:03.06\00:25:05.33
You got to make a
salad or something.
00:25:05.37\00:25:06.70
It's more practical to do
that day to keep things fresh.
00:25:06.74\00:25:09.27
But get as much out
of the way as you can.
00:25:09.30\00:25:11.57
Hey, we've got to take a break.
00:25:11.61\00:25:12.94
We'll be right back.
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Darrell: I grew up in a
neighborhood in Northwest, D.C.,
00:25:36.03\00:25:38.30
a neighborhood called Petworth.
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I went to a private school, and
I didn't fit in well at school
00:25:39.70\00:25:42.24
because I was from an
inner city neighborhood.
00:25:42.27\00:25:44.04
I didn't feel well at
home because I went to
00:25:44.07\00:25:45.64
a private school.
00:25:45.67\00:25:46.98
I've always been a
people-pleaser, so I would do
00:25:47.01\00:25:49.48
what they did.
00:25:49.51\00:25:50.85
And if they started
drinking, I started drinking.
00:25:50.88\00:25:52.85
They started smoking
marijuana, I smoked marijuana.
00:25:52.88\00:25:55.52
Once I became aware of girls and
what male-female relationships
00:25:55.55\00:26:00.92
were all about, I was off
to the races with these guys.
00:26:00.96\00:26:03.39
So we started partying every
weekend, and we stay out till
00:26:03.43\00:26:06.29
all hours of the evening.
00:26:06.33\00:26:07.60
My homework didn't get done.
00:26:07.66\00:26:08.96
My grades
suffered because of it.
00:26:09.00\00:26:10.67
And as soon as I went to college
at Ca--at a Catholic university
00:26:10.70\00:26:14.17
here I started smoking hashish,
and back in those days you could
00:26:14.20\00:26:18.84
smoke in class.
00:26:18.87\00:26:20.18
I loved the way it made me feel.
00:26:20.21\00:26:22.38
I didn't have to
worry about--I fit in.
00:26:22.41\00:26:24.71
I was fun.
00:26:24.75\00:26:26.41
People liked being with me.
00:26:26.45\00:26:28.42
I was--kind of
the life of the party.
00:26:28.45\00:26:29.98
I came out of my shell.
00:26:30.02\00:26:31.35
And shortly thereafter in my
mid-20s, I was working at one of
00:26:31.39\00:26:34.76
the biggest computer
companies--after graduating
00:26:34.79\00:26:37.26
college, one of the biggest
computer companies on the planet
00:26:37.29\00:26:39.59
at the time.
00:26:39.63\00:26:40.93
And I had money, I had women,
I had, you know, a car every
00:26:40.96\00:26:45.53
2 years.
00:26:45.57\00:26:46.87
My job
performance started to suffer.
00:26:46.90\00:26:49.87
Nothing else was
the same in my life.
00:26:49.90\00:26:52.01
I started missing work.
00:26:52.04\00:26:53.74
I would get hired,
maybe even be promoted.
00:26:53.78\00:26:56.85
I did really well 3, 4
months in, 5 months in.
00:26:56.88\00:27:00.95
You know, say 4 to 6
months I would lose the job.
00:27:00.98\00:27:03.62
I've for--gotten more
jobs than I can remember.
00:27:03.65\00:27:06.35
I needed to smoke on a daily
basis all day every day and that
00:27:06.39\00:27:11.16
cost money.
00:27:11.19\00:27:12.49
So then I started
getting into stealing.
00:27:12.53\00:27:16.13
I'm stealing from
family and friends.
00:27:16.16\00:27:17.67
And when that ran out and people
would stop--were not trusting me
00:27:17.70\00:27:21.17
anymore, I
started to rob people.
00:27:21.20\00:27:25.34
My family didn't want
anything to do with me.
00:27:25.37\00:27:26.98
My friends didn't want
anything to do with me.
00:27:27.01\00:27:28.41
People--when I called people,
they didn't answer the phone.
00:27:28.44\00:27:30.58
When I knocked on the door,
they didn't answer the door.
00:27:30.61\00:27:32.45
I was purcha--I purchased a
house and--a young lady and I
00:27:32.48\00:27:35.05
purchased it together and we
were going to move in together
00:27:35.08\00:27:37.59
and that fell by the wayside
because I started smoking and I
00:27:37.62\00:27:41.19
started just taking things
from the house and selling them.
00:27:41.22\00:27:44.39
I started taking her
personal items and selling them.
00:27:44.43\00:27:46.36
I started
stealing from her purse.
00:27:46.39\00:27:49.43
I started stealing from stores.
00:27:49.46\00:27:53.20
I mean, pizza
delivery guys were like an ATM.
00:27:53.23\00:27:55.90
Nothing mattered.
00:27:55.94\00:27:57.27
I've been homeless about four or
five times in my life and each
00:27:57.31\00:28:01.51
time was drug-related.
00:28:01.54\00:28:03.04
Each time I chose to do drugs
rather than to live with this
00:28:03.08\00:28:08.05
person that--whoever
it was I was dating.
00:28:08.08\00:28:10.89
During all this time, my sister
and her family, they would
00:28:10.92\00:28:14.59
engage me, they
would take me to church.
00:28:14.62\00:28:16.59
I met this woman who happened
to be going to my church and I
00:28:16.62\00:28:19.16
didn't even know, and she was
taking Bible studies from her
00:28:19.19\00:28:22.60
brother-in-law and her
sister who were church leaders.
00:28:22.63\00:28:25.77
They heard about a seminar by
Doug Batchelor in Amazing Facts
00:28:25.80\00:28:29.10
called "The Prophecy Code."
00:28:29.14\00:28:30.51
I learned about this--the
true meaning of the Sabbath.
00:28:30.54\00:28:33.31
I learned about my health issues
and the die--and what--how diet
00:28:33.34\00:28:36.95
and exercise can positively
affect my health and my
00:28:36.98\00:28:41.15
li--my well-being.
00:28:41.18\00:28:42.52
I learned about
forgiveness from God.
00:28:42.55\00:28:46.09
For me, I took to Pastor Doug
right away because of the way he
00:28:46.12\00:28:50.36
spoke, his cadence, his--the
way he talked was so--it was
00:28:50.39\00:28:55.26
just like he was talking to me.
00:28:55.30\00:28:56.80
He gave out the--his
book "The Richest Caveman."
00:28:56.83\00:29:00.54
And when I read that book, I was
astonished at all the things he
00:29:00.57\00:29:04.71
had been through.
00:29:04.74\00:29:06.14
His story was not exactly
like mine, but it was a lot
00:29:06.17\00:29:09.71
like mine.
00:29:09.74\00:29:11.05
So I just identified
with him right from the start.
00:29:11.08\00:29:12.71
I thank God that I went to that
"Prophecy Code" seminar because
00:29:12.75\00:29:17.05
it was my
introduction to the truth.
00:29:17.09\00:29:20.32
And I even go to YouTube
and catch the--some of the
00:29:20.36\00:29:24.03
seminars--other seminars that
they've had, you know, over the
00:29:24.06\00:29:27.00
years, and I do it because
I still feel a connection.
00:29:27.03\00:29:30.23
It's like my roots, it's
like my foundation was built on
00:29:30.27\00:29:33.07
Amazing Facts.
00:29:33.10\00:29:34.44
And I like the
free offers they give.
00:29:34.47\00:29:35.87
I can imagine the call taker on
00:29:35.90\00:29:37.71
the other end when I call the
00:29:37.74\00:29:39.71
800 number, "Hi, girl.
00:29:39.74\00:29:41.21
How are you?"
00:29:41.24\00:29:42.58
"What--which free
gift would you like today?"
00:29:42.61\00:29:43.98
I can't imagine life without
getting those free offers
00:29:44.01\00:29:46.75
because those books
are just so well-written.
00:29:46.78\00:29:48.68
It's like
they're written for me.
00:29:48.72\00:29:50.39
I do really appreciate Amazing
Facts and Pastor Doug Batchelor
00:29:50.42\00:29:52.75
because they brought--they
helped bring me to where
00:29:52.79\00:29:55.09
I am today.
00:29:55.12\00:29:56.46
My name is Darrell.
00:29:56.49\00:29:57.93
You and Amazing
Facts have changed my life.
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My name is Doug Batchelor.
00:31:24.48\00:31:25.78
Jëan: My name is Jëan Ross,
and we have Deeann listening
00:31:25.81\00:31:28.05
in Washington.
00:31:28.08\00:31:29.38
Deeann, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:31:29.42\00:31:31.42
Deeann: Thank you.
00:31:31.45\00:31:32.75
Can you hear me?
00:31:32.79\00:31:34.12
Doug: Yeah.
00:31:34.16\00:31:35.46
Deeann: Okay, thank you
so much for taking my call.
00:31:35.49\00:31:38.16
So I was recently made aware
in the past couple of days that
00:31:38.19\00:31:41.06
there was one of the states here
in the United States--I don't
00:31:41.10\00:31:44.57
know if I'm
supposed to mention it, but--
00:31:44.60\00:31:46.57
Doug: Oh, that's
fine. Yeah, North Dakota.
00:31:46.60\00:31:49.57
There's nothing wrong with--we
tell people to avoid mentioning
00:31:49.60\00:31:51.94
denominations, but yeah, we--but
yeah, we like to keep the
00:31:51.97\00:31:55.98
questions focused on the Bible.
00:31:56.01\00:31:57.31
You can mention a
state. That's fine.
00:31:57.35\00:32:00.08
Deeann: Okay, anyway, so I heard
that it just barely failed, that
00:32:00.12\00:32:04.09
they were trying to
push through a Sunday law.
00:32:04.12\00:32:07.66
And so that got me thinking,
why are they doing that?
00:32:07.69\00:32:11.69
Because everything that I've
ever read in the Bible--I mean,
00:32:11.73\00:32:14.73
I got out my concordance and I
was looking up, you know, trying
00:32:14.73\00:32:18.40
to find support for Sunday and,
I mean, everything I find is
00:32:18.43\00:32:23.61
that--it says that Saturday
or, you know, that the Sabbath,
00:32:23.64\00:32:27.48
Saturday, is the
Lord's Day, not Sunday.
00:32:27.51\00:32:30.05
So I guess my question is, am I
missing something, or why would
00:32:30.08\00:32:33.21
they be pushing through a Sunday
law when it's not biblical?
00:32:33.25\00:32:37.45
Doug: Yeah, well, the--you know,
the founding fathers of our
00:32:37.49\00:32:41.92
country, going all the way back
to Plymouth and Jamestown, they
00:32:41.96\00:32:45.79
had laws about--they believed
that Sunday was the Sabbath so
00:32:45.83\00:32:48.30
they said, you know, "We're
going to enforce keeping of the
00:32:48.33\00:32:51.03
fourth commandment."
00:32:51.07\00:32:52.40
They had the day wrong,
but they had the concept right.
00:32:52.43\00:32:54.10
But you're not
supposed to force it.
00:32:54.14\00:32:55.80
Roger Williams was the one who
said, you know, you shouldn't be
00:32:55.84\00:32:59.01
putting people in the stocks, in
the street or punishing people
00:32:59.04\00:33:03.11
because they do not keep one
of the first four commandments.
00:33:03.14\00:33:06.11
We should have
freedom of religion.
00:33:06.15\00:33:08.45
If a person is being forced
to keep the Sabbath--Sabbath is
00:33:08.48\00:33:11.95
a spiritual thing.
00:33:11.99\00:33:13.29
You can't force a
person to love God.
00:33:13.32\00:33:15.22
You can't force worship.
00:33:15.26\00:33:16.56
And so the first four
commandments are really between
00:33:16.59\00:33:18.69
each individual.
00:33:18.73\00:33:20.06
The last six commandments the
civil government should enforce:
00:33:20.10\00:33:24.20
respect for marriage,
property, life, so forth.
00:33:24.23\00:33:26.70
Yeah, so in the early days
of the country, in order to give
00:33:26.74\00:33:30.87
people time off, a number
of governments they had all
00:33:30.91\00:33:34.08
these blue laws.
00:33:34.11\00:33:35.41
I guess they were originally
written on blue paper so they
00:33:35.44\00:33:37.15
called them blue laws, and they
were laws about what you could
00:33:37.18\00:33:40.38
and couldn't do on Sunday
so that people would not be
00:33:40.42\00:33:42.85
distracted from worship.
00:33:42.88\00:33:45.19
And most of the
states had blue laws.
00:33:45.22\00:33:48.56
A number of states
have repealed them.
00:33:48.59\00:33:50.19
Some states still have them.
00:33:50.23\00:33:51.56
Some things are open
and aren't open on Sunday.
00:33:51.59\00:33:54.96
So I heard North Dakota their
arguments for why to do it was
00:33:55.00\00:33:58.63
they said, "Well, we need
to make sure there's a day when
00:33:58.67\00:34:00.60
people aren't forced to work
7 days a week, fam--for family
00:34:00.64\00:34:03.84
time, and, you know, we
shouldn't be focusing on
00:34:03.87\00:34:07.14
merchandizing all week long."
00:34:07.18\00:34:09.28
And so they were trying to
bring about some of the moral
00:34:09.31\00:34:13.15
arguments for why it would
be good to have a Sunday law.
00:34:13.18\00:34:17.82
And I heard during COVID a
lot of people were saying the
00:34:17.85\00:34:21.02
environment's recovering.
00:34:21.06\00:34:22.66
There's environmental
reasons for taking one day off.
00:34:22.69\00:34:25.06
And don't drive your car
and let--you know, let the
00:34:25.09\00:34:27.60
environment rest.
00:34:27.66\00:34:29.06
So that's the logic behind it.
00:34:29.10\00:34:30.87
Of course, I don't agree with
it, but--anyway, anything to add
00:34:30.90\00:34:34.10
to that?
00:34:34.14\00:34:35.40
Jëan: Well, you know, we do have
a book, one of our study guides.
00:34:35.44\00:34:37.31
It's called "Written in Stone,"
and it's all about the Ten
00:34:37.34\00:34:40.31
Commandments and kind of
highlights, as you mentioned,
00:34:40.34\00:34:42.94
the first four versus the last
six and what responsibility the
00:34:42.98\00:34:46.92
government has in enforcing the
Ten Commandments or what portion
00:34:46.95\00:34:50.79
of the Ten Commandments.
00:34:50.82\00:34:52.35
So a great study.
00:34:52.39\00:34:53.99
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:34:54.02\00:34:55.99
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:34:56.02\00:34:59.13
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00:34:59.16\00:35:00.56
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00:35:00.60\00:35:02.50
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00:35:02.53\00:35:05.50
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00:35:07.20\00:35:08.84
Kayla in Texas.
00:35:08.87\00:35:10.17
Kayla, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:35:10.21\00:35:12.81
Kayla: Good evening to you both.
00:35:12.84\00:35:14.18
I appreciate your program,
and I actually have my children
00:35:14.21\00:35:16.61
watching the program right now.
00:35:16.64\00:35:17.95
So praise God.
00:35:17.98\00:35:20.15
Yeah, it's--for a Christian who
rededicates their life to the
00:35:20.18\00:35:23.79
Lord, what promises from the
Word can assure us that we are
00:35:23.82\00:35:28.36
accepted back into the fold,
that it's not too late for us?
00:35:28.39\00:35:32.26
Doug: Well, you have
some stories for one thing.
00:35:32.29\00:35:33.80
You've got the parable of the
prodigal son; that, you know, he
00:35:33.83\00:35:37.67
spent evidently years
squandering his father's
00:35:37.70\00:35:40.57
inheritance but he finally came
to his senses, came home, and he
00:35:40.60\00:35:44.07
was warmly welcomed back.
00:35:44.11\00:35:46.11
You've got Peter who denied the
Lord, and first thing Jesus said
00:35:46.14\00:35:51.41
when he rose from the
dead he told Mary, "Go tell the
00:35:51.45\00:35:53.42
disciples and Peter."
00:35:53.45\00:35:55.98
And Peter, you know, he
went out and wept bitterly.
00:35:56.02\00:35:57.89
He repented of denying the Lord.
00:35:57.92\00:36:00.79
And then you got the story of
David who wandered from the Lord
00:36:00.82\00:36:04.29
in a big way, drifting
into not only conspiring, really
00:36:04.33\00:36:08.33
murdering a friend through enemy
soldiers but then stealing his
00:36:08.36\00:36:12.37
wife and trying to do a cover
up; and he repents, and you read
00:36:12.40\00:36:16.40
that in Psalm 32 and 51.
00:36:16.44\00:36:18.91
You've got a lot of examples,
and I'm sure there are also
00:36:18.94\00:36:21.01
verses that talk about--yeah,
you got in Eze--where is it in
00:36:21.04\00:36:24.25
Ezekiel, Pastor Ross?
00:36:24.28\00:36:25.58
If a wicked man turns from his
sins and does what the righteous
00:36:25.61\00:36:28.65
man does, all his wickedness
will be forgiven; and if
00:36:28.68\00:36:31.59
a righteous man turns from
his good works and does what the
00:36:31.62\00:36:34.56
wicked man does, his
righteousness is forgiven.
00:36:34.59\00:36:37.66
So the Lord is pretty
clear that He welcomes us back.
00:36:37.69\00:36:40.66
Jëan: You know, I was also
thinking Exodu--Ezekiel chapter
00:36:40.70\00:36:43.26
18, verse 21.
00:36:43.30\00:36:45.43
Twenty-one to twenty-three is
the verse you were referring to.
00:36:45.47\00:36:47.50
But another Bible story, you
got the story of Mary Magdalene.
00:36:47.54\00:36:49.94
The Bible says Jesus cast seven
devils out of her, and it's
00:36:49.97\00:36:54.34
possible that that didn't
all happen at the same time.
00:36:54.38\00:36:56.91
In other words, she
might have slipped back.
00:36:56.95\00:36:59.08
So there is redemption and
people can be converted and come
00:36:59.11\00:37:03.28
back to the Lord absolutely.
00:37:03.32\00:37:04.85
Doug: Yeah, and like the
Pharisee said, "Lord, have mercy
00:37:04.89\00:37:08.39
on me a sinner."
00:37:08.42\00:37:09.76
The thief on the
cross when Jesus died.
00:37:09.79\00:37:11.09
The Bible is full of
stories of God's patience
00:37:11.13\00:37:13.33
and redempten--redemption.
00:37:13.36\00:37:15.53
Jëan: All right, next caller
that we have is Ely in Kansas.
00:37:15.56\00:37:18.80
Ely, welcome to the program.
00:37:18.83\00:37:20.50
Ely: Hey, good evening,
guys. God bless you all.
00:37:20.54\00:37:24.97
My question for tonight
is, is the Holy Spirit God?
00:37:25.01\00:37:30.21
Because I don't
really understand that.
00:37:30.25\00:37:32.65
Can you be, like, very specific?
00:37:32.68\00:37:35.78
Doug: Yeah, we'll do our best.
00:37:35.82\00:37:37.52
You know, you could probably
launch into a 30-minute study
00:37:37.55\00:37:41.36
right now on that, and we
don't--won't have time for that.
00:37:41.39\00:37:43.86
But what are the
characteristics of God?
00:37:43.89\00:37:48.06
Well, we know the Holy Spirit
is omnipresent, which God is.
00:37:48.10\00:37:51.60
He's all-knowing,
and He's omniscient.
00:37:51.63\00:37:55.94
He's omnipotent.
00:37:55.97\00:37:58.34
And Jesus refers to the
Holy Spirit not as an it
00:37:58.37\00:38:01.04
but as a He.
00:38:01.08\00:38:02.54
"When he, the Spirit of truth,
has come--" It says that the
00:38:02.58\00:38:05.68
Holy Spirit anointed Jesus, and
you read that you can grieve the
00:38:05.71\00:38:12.79
Holy Spirit.
00:38:12.82\00:38:14.12
You don't grieve an
it or a power source.
00:38:14.16\00:38:16.49
And so you look at what the
characteristics of personality
00:38:16.52\00:38:20.06
are and the Holy Spirit
has those characteristics.
00:38:20.10\00:38:23.20
He leads us.
00:38:23.23\00:38:24.53
He's a comforter.
00:38:24.57\00:38:25.90
He comforts us.
00:38:25.93\00:38:27.24
He can be grieved.
00:38:27.27\00:38:28.60
And indeed Jesus said all
manner of sin and blasphemy will
00:38:28.64\00:38:32.01
be forgiven.
00:38:32.04\00:38:33.34
We can sin against God
the Father and the Son.
00:38:33.38\00:38:36.34
But said don't
blaspheme the Holy Spirit.
00:38:36.38\00:38:38.98
Christ identified
the Spirit as separate.
00:38:39.01\00:38:41.58
And then Jesus when he--the
Great Commission, he says
00:38:41.62\00:38:43.85
baptize in the name
of the Father, the Son,
00:38:43.89\00:38:47.86
the Holy Spirit.
00:38:47.89\00:38:49.22
You see the Spirit there in
creation in Genesis, the Spirit
00:38:49.26\00:38:52.73
moved upon the face of the
waters; and the last verses in
00:38:52.76\00:38:55.83
the Bible, the Spirit
and the bride say come.
00:38:55.86\00:38:58.23
So from cover to cover in the
Bible you've got God the Spirit
00:38:58.27\00:39:01.37
is evident.
00:39:01.40\00:39:03.07
Jëan: We do have a book.
00:39:03.10\00:39:04.41
It's called "The Trinity,"
and it explains the subject,
00:39:04.44\00:39:07.34
give some--
00:39:07.38\00:39:08.68
Doug: "One God or Three." Yeah.
00:39:08.71\00:39:10.05
Jëan: Yap. Some
great Bible facts there.
00:39:10.08\00:39:12.41
So call and ask for it.
00:39:12.45\00:39:14.08
It's called "One God
or Three: The Trinity."
00:39:14.12\00:39:15.45
The number to call is
800-835-6747 or you can dial
00:39:15.48\00:39:19.45
#250 on your smartphone.
00:39:19.49\00:39:21.86
Thank you for your call, Ely.
00:39:21.89\00:39:23.32
Next caller that we
have is Felix in Florida.
00:39:23.36\00:39:25.69
Felix, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:39:25.73\00:39:27.86
Felix: Thank you. Thank you.
00:39:27.93\00:39:30.57
It's an honor, a great honor.
00:39:30.60\00:39:32.53
The question is, is the--what's
the dynamic between the soul and
00:39:32.57\00:39:39.84
the spirit?
00:39:39.87\00:39:41.18
Are they one and the same or
are they two distinct entities?
00:39:41.21\00:39:46.08
Because I understand that even
the animals have the same breath
00:39:46.11\00:39:50.29
and the same soul.
00:39:50.32\00:39:52.75
So I suppose the question is the
difference between the soul and
00:39:52.79\00:39:56.93
the spirit.
00:39:56.96\00:39:58.56
So are they interchangeable?
00:39:58.59\00:40:00.96
Doug: Yeah.
00:40:01.00\00:40:02.30
Well, a good question.
00:40:02.33\00:40:03.67
It is a--it's a deep question.
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.00
You know, sometimes one word can
be used a couple of different
00:40:05.03\00:40:08.60
ways in the Bible.
00:40:08.64\00:40:10.31
Sometimes in the Bible when
it says sons of God, talking
00:40:10.34\00:40:13.31
about angels.
00:40:13.34\00:40:14.68
Sometimes it says sons of
God and it's talking about
00:40:14.71\00:40:17.15
believers, and you
have to look at the context.
00:40:17.18\00:40:21.08
Sometimes in the Bible an
angel means an angel, a cherub
00:40:21.12\00:40:23.92
or a seraphim.
00:40:23.95\00:40:25.25
But then somebody
called King David an angel.
00:40:25.29\00:40:27.79
Well, he's not a
seraphim or a cherubim.
00:40:27.82\00:40:30.23
The word spirit in the Bible
in Greek it's the word pneuma,
00:40:30.26\00:40:35.40
which means wind; and that's
often talking about the breath
00:40:35.43\00:40:38.93
or the wind of God, the breath
of life, which that breath of
00:40:38.97\00:40:42.07
life is in an
animal and in humans.
00:40:42.10\00:40:45.37
Doesn't mean it's conscious,
it's just the power of life.
00:40:45.41\00:40:48.74
And it says God breathed into
Adam, he became a living soul
00:40:48.78\00:40:52.88
there in Genesis.
00:40:52.91\00:40:54.32
So when God's breath of life
entered into Adam, he became
00:40:54.35\00:40:58.72
a living soul.
00:40:58.75\00:41:00.19
When you take the breath away
and the ashes to ashes, the body
00:41:00.22\00:41:04.69
turns back to dust, you
don't have a living soul.
00:41:04.73\00:41:08.23
You know, it's kind of like
a person said if you get some
00:41:08.26\00:41:11.70
nails and you get some boards
and you put them together you
00:41:11.73\00:41:13.90
can make a box.
00:41:13.94\00:41:15.27
It doesn't become a box until
you assemble it a certain way.
00:41:15.30\00:41:18.74
Then if you disassemble, you
pull out the nails and you set
00:41:18.77\00:41:21.31
the boards in one pile and the
nails in another and you say,
00:41:21.34\00:41:24.25
"Okay, where's the box?"
00:41:24.28\00:41:25.58
Well, it stops being a box
when you have the two together.
00:41:25.61\00:41:29.18
So the combination of the breath
of life and the body makes
00:41:29.22\00:41:34.79
a soul.
00:41:34.82\00:41:36.12
So animals have that.
00:41:36.16\00:41:37.63
The spirit, meaning
the consciousness, the
00:41:37.66\00:41:40.20
self-awareness of man, the word
is sometimes used that way when
00:41:40.23\00:41:43.13
Paul talks about
body, soul, and spirit.
00:41:43.16\00:41:46.00
And he's really using it the way
the Greeks might sometimes use
00:41:46.03\00:41:49.07
the word spirit.
00:41:49.10\00:41:50.64
But I don't know if that
helps or confuses things.
00:41:50.67\00:41:53.27
Animals do have the
breath of life, of course.
00:41:53.31\00:41:55.88
Jëan: We do have a study guide.
00:41:55.91\00:41:57.21
It's called "Are
the Dead Really Dead?"
00:41:57.25\00:41:58.81
And it talks about the spirit
and the soul and gives you a lot
00:41:58.85\00:42:01.35
more Bible verses.
00:42:01.38\00:42:02.82
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and ask.
00:42:02.85\00:42:04.99
The number,
again, is 800-835-6747.
00:42:05.02\00:42:08.79
And dial #250 on your smartphone
and ask for the study guide "Are
00:42:08.82\00:42:13.13
the Dead Really Dead?"
00:42:13.16\00:42:14.63
Thank you, Felix.
00:42:14.66\00:42:15.96
We've got Melinda in California.
00:42:16.00\00:42:17.33
Melinda, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:42:17.37\00:42:19.10
Melinda: Hi. Good evening.
00:42:19.13\00:42:21.64
This is Melinda
from Southern California.
00:42:21.67\00:42:23.97
I have a question, Pastor Doug.
00:42:24.01\00:42:26.64
Does it says in the Bible
that we can't sue a person?
00:42:26.68\00:42:30.65
Doug: No, it doesn't say
you're not allowed to sue.
00:42:30.68\00:42:35.35
Paul in 1 Corinthians, I think,
is it, Pastor Ross, at chapter 7
00:42:35.38\00:42:39.35
where he said believers go
to court with believers and that
00:42:39.39\00:42:43.73
before the unbelievers,
and this is to your shame.
00:42:43.76\00:42:47.56
Christians should, as
far as possible, not sue.
00:42:47.60\00:42:50.70
In fact, you know, Christ said
if someone sues you to take your
00:42:50.73\00:42:53.70
shirt, give them your cloak.
00:42:53.74\00:42:55.44
That doesn't mean there aren't
times when--you know, you've got
00:42:55.47\00:42:57.97
a house and you've got it
insured and fire burns up the
00:42:58.01\00:43:00.88
house and the insurance company
doesn't want to pay, there's
00:43:00.91\00:43:03.65
nothing immoral with your going
into court and saying, "Look,
00:43:03.68\00:43:06.41
you need to fulfill the
contract and replace our house."
00:43:06.45\00:43:09.62
So if it comes to that, you
need to do something like that.
00:43:09.65\00:43:12.49
If you take my shirt, I'm
probably not going to sue you to
00:43:12.52\00:43:16.96
get my shirt back.
00:43:16.99\00:43:18.33
Jesus says just let them
have your shirt, you know.
00:43:18.36\00:43:21.16
So it--it's--they're
different circumstances.
00:43:21.20\00:43:23.80
Jëan: And the verse you're
referring to is 1 Corinthians
00:43:23.83\00:43:25.13
chapter 6.
00:43:25.17\00:43:26.53
It's actually from
verse 1 through to verse 7.
00:43:26.57\00:43:29.04
And, again, as you mentioned,
it's really the context.
00:43:29.07\00:43:30.71
He's talking about believers.
00:43:30.74\00:43:32.07
These are supposed to be
brothers and sisters in Christ
00:43:32.11\00:43:34.28
in a church and yet they taking
each other to court, and Paul
00:43:34.31\00:43:37.85
says, "Well, if there's a
disagreement, you know, speak to
00:43:37.88\00:43:40.22
the pastor, speak to the elder.
00:43:40.25\00:43:41.72
Can't you resolve it
without having to go to court?"
00:43:41.75\00:43:44.52
So that counsel is, of course,
very valid, and that's different
00:43:44.55\00:43:47.22
in what you said, Pastor Doug,
when it comes to business or it
00:43:47.26\00:43:50.43
comes to somebody not
fulfilling their contract.
00:43:50.46\00:43:53.63
Yeah, there's nothing wrong
in going to court in that case.
00:43:53.66\00:43:57.03
However, you have--we live in a
sort of sue-hungry society today
00:43:57.07\00:44:01.90
where it seems like everyone's
trying to make money and there
00:44:01.94\00:44:04.84
is a lot of fraud and a
lot of greed and a lot of suing
00:44:04.87\00:44:08.31
happening, and I think as
Christians we need to, you know,
00:44:08.34\00:44:12.45
be faithful.
00:44:12.48\00:44:13.92
Doug: Yeah, you know, a lot of
lawyers--don't want to disparage
00:44:13.95\00:44:17.45
all the lawyers, but a
lot of lawyers they get these
00:44:17.49\00:44:19.55
deep-pocket settlements
and they--people are inspired
00:44:19.59\00:44:23.16
to sue.
00:44:23.19\00:44:24.53
They say, "Well, you know,
that person got $3 million for,"
00:44:24.56\00:44:26.56
whatever it was.
00:44:26.59\00:44:28.10
And usually it's something
incidental, and a third of that
00:44:28.13\00:44:31.20
goes to their lawyers and
so it's created this cycle of
00:44:31.23\00:44:34.44
people becoming very litigious
in our society looking for
00:44:34.47\00:44:37.71
deep-pocket lawsuits.
00:44:37.74\00:44:39.61
Jëan: All right, next
caller that we have is Ron in
00:44:39.64\00:44:41.38
New Mexico.
00:44:41.41\00:44:42.71
Ron, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:44:42.74\00:44:44.05
Ron: Well, thank
you. Thank you, pastors.
00:44:44.08\00:44:47.95
I'm a Bible-believing Christian.
00:44:47.98\00:44:49.48
The Bible is
God's owner's manual.
00:44:49.52\00:44:51.92
It's the only true and
trustworthy standard for living.
00:44:51.95\00:44:55.86
It is not infallible, and I
often run into others that say,
00:44:55.89\00:45:00.23
"Oh, the Bible is infallible."
00:45:00.26\00:45:01.76
Well, was there one
demoniac or was there two?
00:45:01.80\00:45:05.17
Did Paul see something but he
didn't hear anything, or did he
00:45:05.20\00:45:08.07
hear something but
he didn't see something?
00:45:08.10\00:45:09.74
It depends on which
chapter of Acts you're reading.
00:45:09.77\00:45:14.11
So how do we respond to people
who say the Bible is infallible
00:45:14.14\00:45:17.31
when there are human errors
that God permitted to be in it?
00:45:17.35\00:45:21.25
Doug: Well, I believe the Bible
is God's perfect Word of God.
00:45:21.28\00:45:24.29
The two examples that you gave
there when it says in Mark and
00:45:24.32\00:45:30.59
Luke that there was one demoniac
and then you read in Matthew and
00:45:30.63\00:45:35.00
he says there were two, I don't
think that's a contradiction.
00:45:35.03\00:45:38.43
I think what's happening
there is you're actually--you're
00:45:38.47\00:45:40.90
getting the truth in that there
was probably one that was more
00:45:40.94\00:45:44.41
notable and outspoken, the
other one was lingering more in
00:45:44.44\00:45:47.34
the background.
00:45:47.38\00:45:48.61
Matthew included him, but Luke
and Mark really focused on the
00:45:48.64\00:45:52.11
one man that the
devil was speaking through.
00:45:52.15\00:45:54.45
So I think you can
reconcile stories like that.
00:45:54.48\00:45:56.62
And even the story where Paul
talks about his conversion, he
00:45:56.65\00:46:00.96
said the people there they heard
a voice and other place it says
00:46:00.99\00:46:03.96
they saw a light.
00:46:03.99\00:46:05.33
And I think as he's telling that
story, he's talking about, well,
00:46:05.36\00:46:09.33
you know, maybe they heard a
noise but some didn't know what
00:46:09.36\00:46:11.30
the voice said and
they knew that Paul had this
00:46:11.33\00:46:15.24
dramatic vision.
00:46:15.27\00:46:16.97
I don't see those as conflicts.
00:46:17.01\00:46:19.47
Now, having said that, there
are places, there are difficult
00:46:19.51\00:46:22.48
spots, and I'll admit that,
in the Bible where, you know,
00:46:22.51\00:46:25.28
there'll be one place where it
says that a king was 4 years old
00:46:25.31\00:46:27.78
when something happened and
then later it says he was 40.
00:46:27.82\00:46:31.45
You will have in translations
where people found a manuscript
00:46:31.49\00:46:35.39
and they couldn't read what
the old manuscript said and they
00:46:35.42\00:46:38.43
didn't know was that a zero
or was it a one, and the--just
00:46:38.46\00:46:41.96
there's little things like that.
00:46:42.00\00:46:43.40
But in my experience, rather
than highlight those things you
00:46:43.43\00:46:48.77
are far better off believing
too much of the Bible than
00:46:48.80\00:46:52.14
questioning the Bible and
starting to say, "I'm going to
00:46:52.17\00:46:54.84
pick and choose what
parts I believe are accurate."
00:46:54.88\00:46:57.55
And so in that sense I think the
Bible must be looked upon as the
00:46:57.58\00:47:00.88
unfailing Word of God.
00:47:00.92\00:47:03.12
Jëan: You know, we do
have a book, Pastor Doug.
00:47:03.15\00:47:04.49
It's called "The Ultimate
Resource" and it's about
00:47:04.52\00:47:06.72
the Bible.
00:47:06.76\00:47:08.09
Talks about where the
Bible came from and translations
00:47:08.12\00:47:11.06
and manuscripts.
00:47:11.09\00:47:12.39
Just a lot of good information.
00:47:12.43\00:47:13.76
We'll be happy to send it
to anyone who calls and asks.
00:47:13.80\00:47:15.70
The number is 800-835-6747.
00:47:15.73\00:47:19.07
You can dial #250.
00:47:19.10\00:47:20.40
It's called "The Ultimate
Resource" and it's all about
00:47:20.44\00:47:23.54
the Bible.
00:47:23.57\00:47:24.87
All right, thank you, Ron.
00:47:24.91\00:47:26.24
We've got Mark in Kentucky.
00:47:26.27\00:47:27.58
Mark, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:47:27.61\00:47:29.24
Mark: Yes.
00:47:29.28\00:47:31.25
Can you hear me?
00:47:31.28\00:47:32.58
Doug: We can.
00:47:32.61\00:47:33.95
Mark: Yeah, I was wondering,
is it wrong to go to church
00:47:33.98\00:47:37.42
on Sunday?
00:47:37.45\00:47:38.82
Because the late great Billy
Graham always said--after his
00:47:38.85\00:47:44.66
preaching he'd say, "Get
into a good church on Sunday."
00:47:44.69\00:47:47.40
And I was wondering a lot of
Adventists I've--I have on my
00:47:47.40\00:47:52.60
town they look down upon
me because I go to church
00:47:52.63\00:47:55.17
on Sunday.
00:47:55.20\00:47:56.64
Could you help me
with that, please?
00:47:56.67\00:47:58.54
Doug: Yeah.
00:47:58.57\00:47:59.81
Well, first of all, let me say
for the record there are going
00:47:59.84\00:48:01.98
to be millions of people
in heaven that went to church
00:48:02.01\00:48:03.95
on Sunday.
00:48:03.98\00:48:05.88
Billy Graham also said there are
a number of Adventists that did
00:48:05.91\00:48:10.12
meetings with him, meaning that
they would cooperate with some
00:48:10.15\00:48:14.76
of the area churches in inviting
people to a Billy Graham crusade
00:48:14.79\00:48:18.99
in the community.
00:48:19.03\00:48:20.36
Now, I can see where there could
be some dilemmas with that, but
00:48:20.40\00:48:22.93
I just know there were.
00:48:22.96\00:48:24.30
And Billy Graham knowing that,
he would say in those events,
00:48:24.33\00:48:27.50
"See to it that you go
to church this weekend."
00:48:27.54\00:48:31.01
And I heard him say that
with my own ears in Sacramento.
00:48:31.04\00:48:34.44
So he would sometimes know
that there were Sabbath-keeping
00:48:34.48\00:48:37.48
Christians in the crowd and
he would be sensitive to that.
00:48:37.51\00:48:39.88
Billy Graham often said,
you know, "I've got to work with
00:48:39.91\00:48:42.28
a lot of churches in a
lot of different backgrounds.
00:48:42.32\00:48:44.79
Try not to highlight things
that are going to separate."
00:48:44.82\00:48:47.42
And so he was sensitive to that.
00:48:47.46\00:48:49.22
But sin is knowing to
do good and not doing it.
00:48:49.26\00:48:52.16
Now, while I said there are
going to be a lot of Christians
00:48:52.19\00:48:54.03
in heaven that went to church on
Sunday, there's not going to be
00:48:54.10\00:48:58.47
anyone in heaven that knew
God's will and deliberately did
00:48:58.50\00:49:01.84
something other than His Word.
00:49:01.87\00:49:04.37
Sin is knowing to do
good and not doing it.
00:49:04.41\00:49:06.84
And if we know what God's Word
clearly says and it's been made
00:49:06.88\00:49:09.61
plain to us and the
Holy Spirit's convicted us
00:49:09.64\00:49:12.71
and we go against what we
know to be true, that's sin.
00:49:12.75\00:49:16.02
So--I mean, you know, King
David I expect to see in heaven.
00:49:16.05\00:49:21.79
He had way too many wives.
00:49:21.82\00:49:24.29
Evidently that wasn't something
he was convicted about because
00:49:24.33\00:49:27.40
everybody was
doing it back then.
00:49:27.46\00:49:28.73
It just--I don't know
if it ever dawned on him or
00:49:28.76\00:49:30.40
his son Solomon.
00:49:30.43\00:49:32.00
Now, if I get too many
wives, I'm not going to make it.
00:49:32.03\00:49:35.20
I know better.
00:49:35.24\00:49:36.64
So Abraham had slaves.
00:49:36.67\00:49:39.97
Well, it was
ubiquitous back in his time.
00:49:40.01\00:49:42.04
Everybody had slaves.
00:49:42.08\00:49:44.45
We know better now.
00:49:44.48\00:49:46.18
And so when we know what the
truth is--it says sin is knowing
00:49:46.21\00:49:51.42
to do good and not
doing it, Hebrews 10:26.
00:49:51.45\00:49:54.59
So hopefully that makes sense.
00:49:54.62\00:49:56.42
Yeah, whatever it is, when God
reveals truth to you, you should
00:49:56.46\00:49:59.79
walk in the light.
00:49:59.83\00:50:01.10
Jesus said if you know these
things, happy are you if you
00:50:01.13\00:50:04.17
do them.
00:50:04.20\00:50:05.73
All right, thanks.
00:50:05.77\00:50:07.07
Jëan: We've got Viemma
listening from Washington.
00:50:07.10\00:50:10.01
Viemma, welcome to the program.
00:50:10.04\00:50:11.34
Viemma: Hi. I
have a quick question.
00:50:11.37\00:50:15.28
We've been considering having a
garage sale, and I would like to
00:50:15.31\00:50:21.48
know if we should be
paying tithe on that.
00:50:21.52\00:50:26.09
Because we normally pay tithe,
but I didn't know on something
00:50:26.12\00:50:30.79
that you already owned and
had paid for if that would be
00:50:30.83\00:50:36.26
the same.
00:50:36.30\00:50:37.60
Doug: Yeah, well, a tithe
would be on your increase.
00:50:37.63\00:50:40.30
A garage sale, you're selling
something that has value.
00:50:40.34\00:50:43.00
You've invested in and it would
be increase, but--keep in mind
00:50:43.04\00:50:47.28
increases in everything.
00:50:47.31\00:50:49.58
What I mean is let's suppose
you spend $10 advertising your
00:50:49.61\00:50:53.62
garage sale in the local paper
and you make $50 in selling your
00:50:53.65\00:50:58.95
items, your profit has been $40.
00:50:58.99\00:51:01.79
So you pay tithe on your income.
00:51:01.82\00:51:03.86
That's $4.
00:51:03.89\00:51:05.19
We can handle that, and
then God will bless you.
00:51:05.23\00:51:08.00
He says, "I'll open
the windows of heaven."
00:51:08.03\00:51:09.80
So it doesn't make
sense, friends, but take my word
00:51:09.83\00:51:12.50
for it.
00:51:12.53\00:51:13.84
Nine-tenths will go
farther than ten-tenths.
00:51:13.87\00:51:16.10
Ninety percent blessed
will go farther than one hundred
00:51:16.14\00:51:19.07
percent cursed, so--
00:51:19.11\00:51:20.74
Jëan: We have a study guide.
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We've got Ray in Arizona.
00:51:40.03\00:51:41.56
Ray, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:51:41.60\00:51:44.17
Ray: Good evening.
00:51:44.20\00:51:45.60
Thanks for taking my call.
00:51:45.63\00:51:47.74
My question is, when Adam
and Eve sinned against God, were
00:51:47.77\00:51:52.51
they cursed to hell or did
they repent and get forgiven?
00:51:52.54\00:51:57.41
Doug: Yeah, good question.
00:51:57.45\00:51:59.38
Well, from what we see in
the Bible, we believe that Adam
00:51:59.41\00:52:02.35
did repent.
00:52:02.38\00:52:03.79
God established the sacrificial
system way back in the beginning
00:52:03.82\00:52:07.32
with Adam and Eve
and Cain and Abel.
00:52:07.36\00:52:09.02
It talks about Abel brought
a lamb as God had instructed.
00:52:09.06\00:52:12.83
Adam and Eve tried to
cover their sin with fig leaves.
00:52:12.86\00:52:16.23
God said, "That will not do."
00:52:16.26\00:52:18.03
And it says He
gave them coats of skin.
00:52:18.07\00:52:20.50
Now, this is where we understand
that God established the
00:52:20.54\00:52:23.74
sacrificial system.
00:52:23.77\00:52:25.41
And is it Revelation?
00:52:25.44\00:52:27.74
Talks about the lamb slain from
the foundation of the world.
00:52:27.78\00:52:30.01
I forget the
verse. Is that chapter 4?
00:52:30.05\00:52:32.05
And so there at the
foundation of the world
00:52:32.08\00:52:34.85
God established
the sacrificial system.
00:52:34.88\00:52:37.15
Adam and Eve, I
believe, embraced that.
00:52:37.19\00:52:39.99
They will be forgiven.
00:52:40.02\00:52:41.36
I expect we will see them in
the Resurrection of the just.
00:52:41.39\00:52:45.26
So there's no explicit word in
the Bible that says Adam and Eve
00:52:45.29\00:52:49.06
will be saved and go to heaven,
but the evidence is that they
00:52:49.10\00:52:52.40
repented of their sin
and that they'll be saved.
00:52:52.43\00:52:55.04
Jëan: Revelation chapter 13,
verse 8 is where it refers to
00:52:55.07\00:52:58.04
the lamb slain from the
foundation of the world.
00:52:58.07\00:53:01.51
Thank you, Ray.
00:53:01.54\00:53:02.84
We've got Carla in Texas.
00:53:02.88\00:53:04.21
Carla, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:53:04.25\00:53:07.35
Kara: Hello.
00:53:07.38\00:53:09.35
My question is, how will
we know the signs of the end?
00:53:09.38\00:53:12.59
Doug: Oh, good question.
00:53:12.62\00:53:14.29
Big question.
00:53:14.32\00:53:15.92
How do we know
the signs of the end?
00:53:15.96\00:53:18.13
Well, Jesus tells us
there's--well, several places.
00:53:18.16\00:53:22.66
Matthew chapter 24, Luke chapter
17, Luke chapter 21, Mark
00:53:22.70\00:53:28.17
chapter 13, and the apostle Paul
1 Timothy and 1 Thessalonians,
00:53:28.20\00:53:33.38
they give you several signs.
00:53:33.41\00:53:34.71
Even in Revelation
you'll find some signs.
00:53:34.74\00:53:37.25
Some of these
things our Christ said.
00:53:37.28\00:53:39.35
Of course, there'll be wars and
rumors of wars, but the end is
00:53:39.38\00:53:42.32
not yet.
00:53:42.35\00:53:43.69
We've had wars and rumors of war
since the time of Jesus, but the
00:53:43.72\00:53:47.12
way they accelerate.
00:53:47.16\00:53:48.46
The natural disasters--Christ
talks about earthquakes.
00:53:48.49\00:53:51.83
He talks about plagues.
00:53:51.86\00:53:53.19
That's--that would
be a pandemic, a plague.
00:53:53.23\00:53:56.03
And so the--you know, before
a baby is born, the mother will
00:53:56.06\00:54:01.97
feel some contractions.
00:54:02.00\00:54:03.30
She feels some discomfort,
and there are some pains.
00:54:03.34\00:54:06.74
That's sort of
normal with pregnancy.
00:54:06.78\00:54:09.14
But then just before delivery
there's an increase--a sudden
00:54:09.18\00:54:13.95
intense increase in the pain and
the frequency and the intensity,
00:54:13.98\00:54:19.92
and the doctor knows that as the
contractions get closer and get
00:54:19.95\00:54:23.89
more severe you're
going to have a baby.
00:54:23.93\00:54:26.76
Paul says the whole creation
groans and labors, it travails,
00:54:26.80\00:54:31.10
waiting to be delivered.
00:54:31.13\00:54:33.10
And so we see as we near the end
of time the natural disasters
00:54:33.13\00:54:37.81
seem to be increasing
in frequency and intensity.
00:54:37.84\00:54:41.04
The wars are getting bigger and
more devastating like World War
00:54:41.08\00:54:44.68
I and World War II.
00:54:44.71\00:54:46.68
So that's one sign.
00:54:46.72\00:54:47.95
Now, one of the big signs for
me--you read in Daniel 12, it
00:54:47.98\00:54:51.12
said, "Many will run to and fro,
and knowledge will increase."
00:54:51.15\00:54:54.56
Look at how knowledge is
exploded with AI and TVs and
00:54:54.59\00:54:58.73
radios and how different it
is from people 100 years ago.
00:54:58.76\00:55:02.03
The way we live and we fly
around the world in a couple of
00:55:02.06\00:55:04.97
days, that's one thing.
00:55:05.00\00:55:07.50
And then another thing, Jesus
said the gospel of this kingdom
00:55:07.54\00:55:10.41
will be preached in all the
world then the end will come.
00:55:10.44\00:55:14.31
Well, now through radio, TV,
internet, and, you know, tapes
00:55:14.34\00:55:19.21
and so forth, books, the gospel
is going into every corner of
00:55:19.25\00:55:22.92
the world, then
the end will come.
00:55:22.95\00:55:25.42
Thank you, Carla.
00:55:25.45\00:55:26.76
We have a book that talks about
some of the signs of Christ
00:55:26.79\00:55:28.72
coming, and it's in
our study guide rather.
00:55:28.76\00:55:30.93
Jëan: All right, it's called
"Ultimate Deliverance," which is
00:55:30.96\00:55:33.26
talking about the
Second Coming of Christ.
00:55:33.29\00:55:34.73
The number to call is
800-835-6747 or dial #250.
00:55:34.76\00:55:41.84
Next caller that we have
is Denise in Rhode Island.
00:55:41.87\00:55:44.21
Denise, we got about a minute.
00:55:44.24\00:55:46.04
Your question.
00:55:46.07\00:55:47.41
Denise: My question is I
was reading Genesis today
00:55:47.44\00:55:49.04
and--Genesis 4.
00:55:49.08\00:55:50.41
Seems like lots of people
today are asking about Genesis.
00:55:50.45\00:55:54.88
Why do people believe that they
have eternal life when it says
00:55:54.92\00:55:58.49
plainly that God sent them
out of the Garden of Eden with
00:55:58.52\00:56:03.89
a angel protecting the
entrance of the tree of life?
00:56:03.93\00:56:08.10
It seems like we don't have it,
but so many people believe that
00:56:08.13\00:56:11.40
we have eternal life even though
it says here plainly that God is
00:56:11.43\00:56:15.87
protecting us from getting
access--having access to it.
00:56:15.90\00:56:20.28
Doug: Yeah, you're on the right
track because God said that we
00:56:20.31\00:56:24.08
don't have eternal life.
00:56:24.11\00:56:25.41
He said, "In the day
that you sin thereof, you will
00:56:25.45\00:56:27.02
surely die."
00:56:27.05\00:56:28.38
And He set up a cherubim to
guard the way with a flaming
00:56:28.42\00:56:30.92
sword to the tree of life and He
said, "Lest the man eat from the
00:56:30.95\00:56:34.56
tree and live forever."
00:56:34.59\00:56:37.03
Jëan: All right.
00:56:37.06\00:56:38.36
Well, Pastor Doug, we
have a few email questions.
00:56:38.39\00:56:39.73
So we want to try and get that
in before we run out of time.
00:56:39.76\00:56:41.90
Question one it says, "Can
you please explain the special
00:56:41.93\00:56:45.90
resurrection and the
general resurrection?"
00:56:45.93\00:56:49.60
Doug: Yeah, though--Jesus
indicated that--when he was
00:56:49.64\00:56:52.67
being tried, he told the high
priest, I think this is Matthew
00:56:52.71\00:56:55.68
27, he said, "Hereafter you will
see the Son of Man coming in the
00:56:55.71\00:57:00.75
clouds with great glory."
00:57:00.78\00:57:02.78
So there was a
special resurrection.
00:57:02.82\00:57:04.99
Those involved in the
persecution of Christ in the
00:57:05.02\00:57:08.29
trial condemning him are
going to be brought forth to see
00:57:08.32\00:57:10.69
him come.
00:57:10.73\00:57:12.06
Jëan: All right,
another question.
00:57:12.09\00:57:13.40
Roni is asking, "Is it
wrong for a Christian to
00:57:13.43\00:57:14.73
learn self-defense?"
00:57:14.76\00:57:16.00
He's not talking about wanting
to be involved in competitive
00:57:16.03\00:57:18.23
sports but just worst-case
scenario if you need to
00:57:18.27\00:57:21.44
defend yourself.
00:57:21.47\00:57:23.17
Doug: You know, I think that
it's almost natural for young
00:57:23.20\00:57:26.37
men to wrestle.
00:57:26.41\00:57:27.71
We've got boys.
00:57:27.74\00:57:29.08
You've got boys.
00:57:29.11\00:57:30.41
And so, you know, wrestling,
fighting, some of that--I think,
00:57:30.45\00:57:36.18
you know, you sure don't want to
ever have to use that, but it's
00:57:36.22\00:57:38.59
probably not a bad thing to
go through the exercise that's
00:57:38.62\00:57:41.46
involved in it.
00:57:41.49\00:57:42.72
If a person's taking a course
where they're learning jujitsu
00:57:42.76\00:57:45.69
and they're learning to wrestle
and grapple, don't want to do
00:57:45.73\00:57:48.43
anything that's going to
hurt somebody deliberately.
00:57:48.46\00:57:50.23
As far as possible, I think a
Christian ought to try to turn
00:57:50.27\00:57:52.97
the other cheek and
practice what Jesus said and be
00:57:53.00\00:57:56.71
a peacemaker.
00:57:56.74\00:57:58.04
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