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00:05 by the friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. 00:09 Doug Batchelor: During the Pacific battles in 00:10 World War II, the Japanese eavesdropped on the U.S. 00:14 Marine communications, deciphering every U.S. code. 00:18 But Philip Johnson, an engineer and veteran, 00:21 made a suggestion. 00:22 He had been raised on the Navajo reservation, 00:25 and he knew it was virtually an unwritten language at the time. 00:28 Convinced that very few people of the world understood the 00:31 complex syntax and tonal qualities of Navajo, 00:35 the Marines authorized an official program to develop 00:39 and use the code. 00:40 Young Navajo men fluent in their native tongue and English, 00:44 some only 15 years old, constructed in master the Navajo 00:47 code which they use to transmit crucial 00:50 information during battles. 00:52 Historians believe the Navajo code talkers played a crucial 00:56 role in the U.S. victory in the Pacific and the 00:59 Japanese were never able to break the code. 01:04 Did you know the Scriptures teach that there's a simple 01:06 little known code that, once understood, 01:09 will unlock the mysteries of Bible prophecy? 01:12 Being able to decipher this code will make God's prophetic 01:16 messages come alive in your life, 01:19 bringing you peace and hope for the future. 01:21 Join me today as we examine this fascinating code. 01:29 Doug: Well, we are very excited to be with you here in 01:31 Charlotte, and we've been looking forward to this series. 01:34 We put together a set of new presentations based on Bible 01:37 prophecy, and especially in light of everything that is 01:41 going on in the world today, the last day of prophecy. 01:45 And our presentation tonight is dealing with The Secret Code 01:49 in Prophecy. 01:51 You know, I remember years ago hearing about 01:53 the enigma machine. 01:56 You've probably heard of that as well. 01:58 This machine is actually built back during World War I. 02:01 They used it for business. 02:04 But when World War II broke out, the Nazis found out that it was 02:09 such an incredibly sophisticated machine with the wheels, 02:13 and gears, and buttons, and wires, 02:15 so that they would transfer a message through this machine and 02:18 only those with a code book in the machine at the other end 02:21 could understand that message. 02:23 They figured it was an unbreakable code. 02:25 But what they didn't count on is there was a group of brilliant 02:30 Polish mathematicians who, working with some British 02:34 agents, they were able to crack the enigma code. 02:38 And that, along with their capturing a code book from a 02:42 Russian ewe boat that they ended up sinking so the Germans 02:46 wouldn't know that the code book was captured. 02:48 They were able to understand the correspondence between the 02:52 German military for the last half of World War II. 02:56 The U.S. even built a computer. 02:58 See once they got the message, then they had to decipher 03:00 it very quickly. 03:01 It was one of the first supercomputers, 03:03 as big as a truck, now it would fit in your watch. 03:06 And all that computer did was decipher enigma messages. 03:10 The U.S. built that machine for them. 03:12 So, through the combined work of the allies, 03:14 they figure they took two years off of World War II because they 03:19 understood the code of that machine. 03:22 Well, you know, in nature and in the Bible, 03:25 we see that there are cycles. 03:28 Even in the book of Ezekiel chapter 1, 03:30 it talks about a wheel within a wheel. 03:33 And you can see these wheels within wheels that are taking 03:38 place in Bible prophecy. 03:39 We're gonna talk a little bit about some of those unusual 03:42 cycles in our presentation tonight. 03:44 Now, first question, we're gonna do this in a series of questions 03:48 and the first question I'm gonna ask, 03:50 I like using this kind of question and answer 03:52 teaching method. 03:54 "Did Jesus give us some signs so we could know that they would 03:57 indicate that his coming was near?" 04:01 I'm not talking about the day and the hour, near. 04:04 What did he say? 04:05 "There'll be signs," Jesus said, "in the sun, 04:07 and in the moon, and in the stars, 04:09 and on the earth, distress of nations." 04:11 Things above, things in humanity, 04:13 things in nature, there'll be signs that will intensify in 04:18 frequency and their occurrence, and this 04:21 will indicate his coming is near. 04:24 Jesus said, "When you see these things, 04:25 lift up your heads." 04:27 I could stop right here and go into a presentation of about 50 04:31 different things that I think are signs that tell us that we 04:34 are living in, what I believe, is the last generation. 04:37 But I'm just gonna list a few that really stand out for me. 04:40 One is found in the book of Daniel chapter 12, 04:43 verse 4 where he says, "But you, oh, Daniel, 04:45 shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; 04:49 many will run to and fro, and knowledge is increased." 04:54 You just heard Pastor Ross and I allude to, 04:57 we were on the other side of the planet couple 05:00 of weeks ago in South Africa. 05:02 And Karen and I this year, or within the last year anyway, 05:05 were in Fiji, and New Zealand, and just people 05:08 going around the globe. 05:09 They never did that back in Christ's day. 05:12 He never went more than 100 miles from the place 05:14 of his birth. 05:16 How many of you knew somebody that grew up and spent their 05:18 whole life and they never traveled 100 miles? 05:21 I knew a guy that was 70 miles from the ocean, 05:23 at 80 years old, he had never seen the ocean. 05:26 Someone finally took him and he was amazed. 05:29 Said, "Wow, that's a lot of water." 05:32 But people will run to and fro and knowledge will be increased. 05:36 How many of you have a smartphone? 05:38 You can access all of the wisdom of the ages now by just talking 05:42 to it and ask it a question. 05:44 I've just discovered this feature on my phone. 05:46 It's been on phones for a long time. 05:48 And it's amazing, my smartphone makes me feel dumb, actually. 05:53 But if you had showed something like that to the apostle Paul, 05:57 he would have thought you were possessed. 06:00 So, knowledge has increased more in the last 50 years than all of 06:04 the history of man combined. 06:06 So, that's one of the signs. 06:08 Here's another one, Jesus said, "This gospel of the kingdom will 06:12 be preached in all the world as a witness to the nation's and 06:15 then the end will come." 06:18 He didn't say, might come. 06:20 He says, "Then the end will come." 06:22 And, you know, even now this broadcast through the medium 06:26 of television, it is bouncing in about half a second off 06:29 satellites 23,000 miles up in space, 06:32 and ricocheting through the internet all over the world. 06:36 And this is just one presentation, 06:39 one ministry, or actually a group of ministries, 06:41 that are preaching the gospel and there's hundreds. 06:45 I had the privilege of conducting one of the first 06:49 public evangelistic programs in mainland China about a 06:54 year-and-a-half ago preaching to a group like this full 06:58 auditorium, free, 15 presentations. 07:02 They told me it was the first time that had been 07:04 allowed in 59 years. 07:06 And so, we've seen it happening. 07:08 And the DVDs and the Internet, the gospel is going 07:11 everywhere now. 07:12 Jesus didn't say everybody would believe. 07:14 He said, "But it would go to all the nations, 07:17 then the end will come." 07:18 I think we're living in that generation that will see this. 07:21 Now, this is a part I need to emphasize right at the front end 07:24 of our study tonight. 07:25 Next question, "Can anyone know the exact 07:28 date of Jesus's return?" 07:31 I'm gonna be talking about some signs, 07:33 but we've gotta be careful. 07:35 Jesus was very clear, "But of that day and that hour no one 07:39 knows, not even the angels of heaven nor the Son, 07:43 but only the Father." 07:46 Some people thought Jesus is coming 2,000 07:48 years after his birth. 07:50 I actually am on record in 1999 telling people 07:55 I don't think that's true. 07:57 You know why? 07:59 Because everybody thought so. 08:00 You remember the big fury in 1999? 08:02 Any of you alive back then? 08:04 Any of you, if you remember Y2K, and the world was gonna end, 08:07 and all the planes were gonna fall out of the sky. 08:09 And I said, No, I don't think Jesus is coming 08:10 December 31, 1999. 08:12 "Really, why not?" 08:14 Because all of you think so. 08:15 And Jesus said, "In such an hour, 08:17 you think not, the Son of Man is coming." 08:20 Now the church has pretty much gone to sleep, 08:23 it could be any time. 08:25 Some people are then setting dates and saying, 08:27 "Well, Jesus is gonna come 2,000 years, 08:29 not from his birth, but from his ministry, 08:32 his baptism, his anointing. 08:33 Others say, "No, it's 2,000 years from his death." 08:35 Don't even go there, friends. 08:38 I'll tell you why, it could be sooner than you think 'cause 08:42 Jesus said, "Except those days be shortened, 08:44 no flesh would be saved." 08:46 It could be later than you think because the Lord is long 08:50 suffering to us. 08:51 We're not willing that any should perish. 08:54 He's waiting till the last minute to save as 08:55 many as he can. 08:56 So, we gotta be very careful to start trying to pinpoint dates. 08:58 And some of you, if you knew the date, 09:00 it'd be like filing your taxes. 09:02 You'd wait to the last minute to get ready. 09:05 So, the Lord wants you to just be ready. 09:06 Jesus was very clear, but we can know when it's near. 09:09 And that's what we're gonna be talking about. 09:12 Jesus said, "You know how to tell the weather." 09:15 I mean, the weatherman can try and predict the weather was some 09:19 accuracy by satellites, and they have a perspective. 09:22 And Jesus said, "How come you can't see the 09:25 signs of the times?" 09:26 So, the Lord has given us signs of the times, 09:28 but no man knows the day and the hour of his coming. 09:33 And I want you to make--I want to make that very clear in this 09:36 presentation 'cause I'm gonna talk about some of the signs, 09:38 and we're gonna talk about some times, 09:41 but not dates, for the Lord's coming. 09:43 All right, question number three, 09:45 "What number appears most frequently in prophecy?" 09:51 You knew it, the number seven. 09:54 And here's this one verse in the Bible in the book of Revelation. 09:57 Revelation chapter 1, verse 20 talks about the mystery of the 10:00 seven stars, "Which he saw in my right hand, 10:04 and the seven golden lampstands, and the seven stars of the 10:08 angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands which 10:11 you saw are seven churches." 10:13 It's pretty clear about the number seven. 10:15 I've just got a small list here in my Bible that I assembled of 10:19 some of the sevens that you find in Scripture. 10:23 Six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are 10:26 an abomination to them. 10:27 You've heard about the seven deadly sins. 10:30 Judgment, that's kind of frightening but because it's 10:33 connected with judgment, seven's also connected with forgiveness. 10:36 For instance, Peter said, "Lord, how often shall I 10:40 forgive my brother?" 10:41 Matthew 18. "Seven times?" 10:43 And Jesus said, "Seventy times seven. 10:46 He said not seven times, but seventy times seven. 10:48 Again, forgiveness. 10:51 When the priest went before the Lord, 10:53 he took the blood of the sacrifice and the sprinkled it 10:55 seven times before the Lord. 10:58 And so seven connected with forgiveness. 11:01 You may remember the story in 2 Kings chapter 5 about Naaman 11:06 the general who was a leper. 11:08 He was told to wash in the Jordan. 11:10 Jordan is a symbol of where Jesus was baptized, 11:13 death, burial, resurrection, baptism; seven times, 11:16 and he was cleansed from his leprosy. 11:18 Miriam spent seven days outside of the tabernacle with her 11:22 leprosy and then she was healed. 11:25 And so, seven is sometimes like a cycle of time that talks about 11:29 a judgment. 11:30 So, "What are some of the other Bible stories that reference 11:34 this cycle of seven?" 11:36 How long was Moses on Mount Sinai getting 11:38 the Ten Commandments? 11:40 Forty days and forty nights. 11:41 But you remember, there was another time period before 11:44 he went up. 11:45 "Now the glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, 11:48 and the cloud covered it," for how long? 11:50 "Six days and on the seventh day, 11:54 the Lord called to Moses out of the cloud, 11:57 and Moses went up." 11:59 Another law they had, just some of the other stories, 12:02 "If you buy a Hebrew servant," Exodus chapter 21:2, 12:06 "He will serve six years, and in the seventh year, 12:10 he'll go free." 12:12 Now, is Jesus gonna set the captives free when he comes? 12:15 So, six years, people in the world have been 12:19 enslaved to the devil. 12:21 He's a hard taskmaster. 12:22 But the Lord's gonna to come and he's gonna set the captives 12:24 free, and those who've trusted in Christ will be liberated 12:28 at that time. 12:29 Jericho, you know when the children of Israel, 12:32 the first battle to take the Promised Land was a city 12:34 called Jericho. 12:35 How many times did they march around the city of Jericho? 12:38 Thirteen times. 12:41 Everyone gets that wrong. 12:42 You all remember how many times they marched around the city the 12:46 last day, but it says they march around 12:48 the city once for six days. 12:51 Then on the seventh day, they march around 12:53 the city seven times. 12:55 That's a total of 13. 12:57 How many were at the Last Supper? 12:59 Thirteen, what does that mean? 13:01 I don't know, but I just think, I always 13:03 think about these numbers. 13:05 Just stir up your pure minds. 13:07 You might give me your ideas. 13:09 Anyway but notice six days and march around the city. 13:11 Then the seventh day, they took the Promised Land. 13:14 "What are some of the other patterns of seven in Scripture?" 13:18 We got a lot, friends. 13:20 Enoch, you can read in the book of Jude, 13:22 Enoch is the seventh from Adam. 13:25 He prophesied about these men saying, 13:27 "Behold, the Lord comes with 10,000 saints." 13:31 Now, we just talked about, Enoch, 13:32 the father of Methuselah, what direction did Enoch go? 13:35 He went up. 13:37 What generation was he? 13:38 He was the seventh. 13:41 So, if you count from Adam, Seth, 13:43 Emus, you make your way up to Enoch, 13:45 you got six before him, the seventh goes up. 13:49 And the seventh, Jude says, talks about the Lord is coming. 13:52 Very interesting, I don't know, maybe I'm seeing stuff that 13:57 isn't really there but to me, I just see a pattern. 14:00 You can read in Job, "In six troubles he will deliver you. 14:04 Yes, in seven no evil will touch you." 14:07 Why does no evil touch us in seven? 14:08 'Cause we're caught up. 14:10 You remember there was a famine in the land and Elijah 14:12 prayed for rain. 14:13 And he sent his servant to the ocean he said, 14:15 "Any rain yet?" 14:17 He said, "It hasn't rained for three-and-a-half years. 14:18 There's nothing." 14:19 He prayed again, he prayed again, 14:22 he prayed again. 14:23 Came to pass, after six times the servant came back said, 14:25 "Nothing, nothing, nothing." 14:27 Seventh time he prayed he said, "You know, 14:29 there's a cloud coming up out of the sea, 14:33 and that cloud grew and it filled the sky and it poured, 14:36 and there was a storm." 14:38 And by the way, there's gonna be a storm, 14:40 friends, in the future just before Jesus comes. 14:43 Christ said there's gonna be a time of trouble such as there 14:45 never has been since there was a nation, 14:47 even under that same time. 14:49 You've heard of the tribulation, this is why Jesus said, 14:52 "He that endures to the end will be saved." 14:54 We've gotta have a faith now where we believe his Word 14:57 and we love the Lord. 14:59 announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing 15:01 free resource. 15:03 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, 15:05 you can download a digital copy straight to your computer or 15:08 mobile device. 15:09 To get your copy of today's free gift, 15:11 simply call us and ask for the offer number shown on your 15:15 screen or visit the web address and download a digital copy. 15:19 And be sure to select a digital download option 15:21 on the request page. 15:22 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word with 15:26 "Amazing Facts" wherever and whenever you want. 15:29 And most important, to share it with others. 15:34 Doug: "Did Jesus foretell there might be an appearance 15:36 of delay connected with his return?" 15:40 I mean here 6,000 years have gone by. 15:42 It's been 2,000 years since Christ was born, 15:45 how come he hasn't come back yet? 15:46 Don't forget when Jesus came the first time, 15:49 was the church ready for his first coming? 15:51 Did his own people, with the Bible, 15:54 grow tired of waiting for the Messiah? 15:57 Why would we think the devil's gonna be any different? 15:59 It's gonna be the same way, the Second Coming, 16:03 as it was the first. 16:04 And they weren't reading the Bible. 16:06 There was a few wise men in the East, 16:07 couple of people in the temple, Hannah and Simeon, 16:09 some shepherds in the field, but most people were not ready for 16:13 the first coming. 16:14 The devil hasn't changed. 16:17 So, what are some examples Jesus gave us so we can know that he 16:19 told us, "Prepare for a time of delay that will test your 16:24 faith," or at least the appearance of delay. 16:26 After Jesus gives the signs in Matthew 24 talking about the 16:30 Second Coming. 16:32 He tells the disciples, "If that evil servant says in his heart, 16:35 'My Lord is delaying his coming,'" and he begins 16:40 to eat and drink with the drunken. 16:41 Why would he mentioned if that sermon says, 16:43 "My Lord delays."? 16:46 You know, it sounds like Christ is quoting what happened when 16:49 the children of Israel got tired of waiting for 16:51 Moses to come back. 16:53 Moses went up the mountain to get the Ten Commandments, 16:54 but he was, you know, over 80 years old, 16:57 and he went up there, and there's thunder and smoke coming 17:00 out of the mountain, and the mountain's shaking and after a 17:03 few weeks, you'd start to worry. 17:05 You know, an old guy up there, he could have tripped, 17:07 he's by himself. 17:09 He's probably not coming back. 17:11 After three weeks, four weeks, after 40 days 17:15 they said, "Oh, this is it. 17:17 He's not coming back. 17:18 We can't go up the mountain, we're forbidden. 17:19 We gotta get someone else." 17:21 It says, "While Moses delayed. 17:23 When the people saw that Moses delayed coming 17:25 down the mountain." 17:28 They were being tested. 17:30 What did they do? 17:31 Many of them failed the test. 17:34 They made a golden calf. 17:35 They compromised their worship. 17:36 Could the church be faced with the same kind of test today? 17:39 We're in a time of waiting right now. 17:41 When our faith should be going stronger, 17:43 and some are compromising trying to be like the world. 17:46 Another example in the Bible. 17:50 You've heard of Samuel the prophet, 17:53 Samuel anointed king to be--Saul to the king and he said, 17:58 "You're gonna have an epic battle with the Philistines. 18:00 Don't go into battle till I offer sacrifice for you." 18:03 Samuel was the prophet, he was the priest. 18:05 He was the judge of Israel. 18:07 Well, he said, notice what he says, 18:09 "You shall go down before me to Gilgal and surely I will come." 18:15 Did Jesus tell you that, "I will come again"? 18:17 Does he lie? 18:19 "Surely, I will come down to you to offer burnt offering and 18:22 sacrifices of peace offerings. 18:24 Seven days you'll wait, wait till I come. 18:28 Wait till I come to you." 18:29 Very clear instructions. 18:31 But then the Bible says Saul, the Philistines were gathering, 18:35 his men were getting afraid, many were deserting. 18:38 Six days went by, Samuel was not even there. 18:43 And the Bible says he waited seven days, 18:45 but Samuel didn't come. 18:47 And Saul finally said, "Look, we've got to offer sacrifice." 18:49 When the seventh day came, he was being tested. 18:52 He did something that he was forbidden to do. 18:55 The king was not the priest. 18:57 He was not supposed to offer the sacrifice. 18:59 And he went and he did it 'cause the other nations did it so he 19:02 thought, "It doesn't matter if I do it." 19:03 He offered sacrifice and as soon as he was done, 19:05 guess what happened. 19:07 Samuel came. 19:08 Same thing that happened as soon as they made the golden calf. 19:10 Moses came, there's gonna be a big test in the last days 19:14 of God's people. 19:16 That's why Jesus said, "Many will come to me 19:18 in that day, 'Lord, Lord.'" 19:19 He'll say, "I don't know you. 19:21 Depart from me, you who work iniquity." 19:22 They lost patients waiting, time of testing. 19:26 Why do you think Jesus said in Matthew 25, 19:28 Matthew 24 signs of the Second Coming. 19:31 Matthew 25, "While the bridegroom delayed--" 19:34 Who's the bridegroom in that parable? 19:36 He's a symbol for Jesus, we all agree? 19:38 Did Christ--is he trying to tell us something? 19:41 That there was a period of testing where those--there is 19:45 10 virgins, 5 wise, 5 foolish, right? 19:50 You know the parable? 19:51 There's a time of testing, half of them failed the test 'cause 19:55 they thought, "Well, he's not coming back." 19:57 The Lord sometimes tests our faith. 20:00 "Will Jesus actually be late for his return?" 20:04 What do you think? 20:05 Let's read some prophecies on this. 20:06 It says in Habakkuk, "The vision is yet for an appointed time, 20:11 but at the end, it will speak and not lie." 20:14 Notice, it says, "Though it tarries, 20:18 wait for it because it will surely come. 20:21 It will not tarry." 20:23 In other words, he says though it tarries, 20:25 but it will not tarry. 20:27 Though it appears and many of the world are saying, 20:29 "I guess the Lord's not coming back." 20:31 You can read here in Hebrews 10:37, 20:34 "For yet a little while, and he who is coming will come 20:37 and will not tarry. 20:39 And the just shall live by faith." 20:43 Friends, is your faith hanging on? 20:45 Jesus said, "I'm coming again." 20:46 This ought to be the great hope, the blessed hope of believers 20:50 that will mobilize us. 20:52 And if, how would you live if you thought the Lord was 20:55 coming in a week? 20:57 We ought to be living that way every day. 20:59 He said, "I will come again," and he will reward everybody. 21:03 You can read in Hebrews chapter 10, 21:05 verse 37, "If anyone draws back, my soul has no pleasure in him." 21:10 That's the rest of that verse. 21:12 Here's one from 2 Peter 3, verse 3 and 4, 21:15 "Knowing this first, that scoffers will come in the last 21:18 days," that's in the words of our song, 21:22 mockers and scoffers. 21:24 "Walking according to their own lusts saying, 21:27 'Where is the promise of his coming? 21:29 Forever since the fathers fell asleep, 21:31 all things continue as they were from the beginning of the 21:34 creation until now." 21:35 What is Peter talking about scoffers in the world? 21:38 There's always been scoffers in the world. 21:40 Maybe he's talking about scoffers in the church in the 21:44 last days, walking after their own lust. 21:47 And I'm walking godly lives saying, 21:48 Ah, he's never gonna come. 21:50 Yeah, we've heard it, Jesus is coming, 21:51 Jesus is coming. 21:52 You preachers been saying that for years. 21:54 That's right, and one of these days we're gonna be right. 21:56 He is gonna come. 21:59 He told us to let people know. 22:01 How does the Bible end? 22:02 Even so come, Lord Jesus. 22:04 We can't lose faith in that, friends. 22:07 It says, Peter says, "But the day of the Lord will come as a 22:12 thief in the night in which the heavens will pass away with a 22:14 great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat and 22:18 the earth also and the things that are in it 22:20 will be burned up." 22:21 He's gonna come. 22:23 Romans chapter 13, verse 11, "And knowing the time, 22:28 that now it is high time to awake out asleep. 22:31 For now is our salvation nearer then when we first believed." 22:36 What were those--how many of the ten virgins were wise? 22:41 How many of them were foolish. 22:44 How many were sleeping? 22:46 I wonder if the Lord's telling us something about the condition 22:50 before the bridegroom comes. 22:51 We need to wake up. 22:53 The Bible says, "The night is far spent, 22:55 the day is at hand. 22:57 Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness and let us put 23:00 on the armor of light." 23:02 Friends, I believe we're living in the most exciting time 23:05 in the Earth's history. 23:07 I believe the Lord has told us in his Word in through the signs 23:10 of the times, through the stories of the Bible, 23:13 through the cycles that we see in prophecy. 23:16 And we'll be sharing a lot more. 23:17 You need to stick with this program because we're gonna be 23:19 sharing things that you maybe never heard before, 23:21 but I promise you it will be from the Word of God and it's 23:24 all gonna tell you that Christ is coming soon. 23:27 What's happening behind the scenes in prophecy right now, 23:29 much of the world is confused about and how we can be ready. 23:34 The Lord has not forgotten us. 23:36 He is gonna come again. 23:38 I remember back in 1995 when all this unfolded during the Bosnian 23:43 War, one of our fighter pilots, Captain Scott O'Grady, 23:47 was flying over war-torn Bosnia when his F16 when a SAM missile 23:52 tore through his aircraft. 23:55 And as he pummeled towards the ground, 23:57 he pulled the ejection lever and he exploded out of what was left 24:01 of the cockpit, burned his face, injured eye it a little bit, 24:06 and he parachuted down. 24:08 And they saw, the enemy on the ground, 24:09 saw that they hit him. 24:11 They saw him parachute down. 24:12 They couldn't get to the spot quick enough and he dropped his 24:14 chute, went and hid like a scared animal in the brush 24:17 in the woods. 24:19 And for six days, he was trying to evade the enemy in strange 24:24 territory, and he was hiding under bushes. 24:28 Says, sometimes he saw the boots going just right near him of the 24:32 enemy looking for him. 24:33 They knew if they could get that American pilot, 24:35 it would be quite a trophy. 24:37 He had a radio and he kept calling for help. 24:38 He saw the battery was slowly fading on his radio, 24:41 and he wondered if anybody was hearing him. 24:44 And he said, the only thing that sustained him during that time 24:47 was his love for God, his love for his family, 24:53 and his love for his country. 24:55 For six days, Captain O'Grady hid, 24:58 drank dirty water, and he ate bugs and did all he could to 25:03 survive, kept calling for help. 25:05 And finally, he heard somebody call back on his radio. 25:10 They were afraid to call him for fear that others would pick up 25:12 the transmission, and he was given some instructions. 25:15 And after six days, there was a clearing. 25:18 He set off a flare, and a helicopter descended with twenty 25:22 Marines jumping out to create a perimeter. 25:25 He ran to that chopper and jumped in as fast as he could, 25:28 and the whole thing took seven minutes. 25:30 And he got back and you know, it was amazing. 25:34 Whenever I hear this story, I don't know, 25:37 I'm getting old and emotional or something. 25:38 Just it was amazing to me that while he was going through that 25:43 ordeal, he wondered, "Has my country forgotten about me? 25:47 Is anybody doing anything for me? 25:49 Are they gonna come back? 25:50 Maybe I'm just one soldier and they don't care." 25:52 And if he could only know what was going on behind the scenes, 25:55 the whole United States Military plus the military of allies had 26:02 been mobilized to save one soldier. 26:05 Now, if faulty men can do that for their fellow man, 26:09 will God forget about us? 26:11 Is he gonna come again? 26:13 Friends, you can count on it, and I think that the time 26:16 is coming soon. 26:18 He wants you to be ready. 26:19 And once you are ready, he wants you to help get other people 26:22 ready because friends, can you tell me what is more important 26:24 than eternal life? 26:30 announcer: Don't forget to request today's life-changing 26:33 free resource. 26:34 Not only can you receive this free gift in the mail, 26:36 you can download a digital copy straight to your computer or 26:39 mobile device. 26:40 To get your digital copy of today's free gift, 26:43 simply text the keyword on your screen to 40544, 26:47 or visit the web address shown on your screen. 26:49 And be sure to select the digital download option 26:52 on the request page. 26:53 It's now easier than ever for you to study God's Word with 26:57 "Amazing Facts," wherever and whenever you want. 27:00 And most important, to share it with others. 27:06 announcer: What if you could know the future? 27:09 What would you do? 27:12 What would you change? 27:14 To see the future, you must understand the past. 27:19 male: Alexander the Great becomes King when he's only 18, 27:20 but he's a military prodigy. 27:23 A hundred and fifty years in advance, 27:26 Cyrus had been named. 27:29 male: Nebuchadnezzar built this city as a showcase 27:31 to the entire world. 27:34 male: Rome was violent, they were ruthless, 27:37 they were determined. 27:41 announcer: This intriguing documentary, 27:43 hosted by Pastor Doug Batchelor, explores the most striking Bible 27:47 prophecies that have been dramatically fulfilled 27:51 throughout history. 27:52 "Kingdoms In Time," an extraordinary adventure through 27:57 the Bible's most amazingly fulfilled prophecies. 28:00 Are you ready? 28:04 ♪♪♪ 28:08 announcer: Don't forget to request today's free offer. 28:10 It's sure to be a blessing. 28:11 And thank you for your continued support as we take the gospel of 28:15 Jesus Christ to the world. 28:17 We hope you'll join us next week as we delve 28:19 deep into the Word of God. 28:25 announcer: This presentation was brought to you by the 28:27 friends of the Amazing Facts Ministry. |
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