Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP000099
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00:01 >>THE FOLLOWING IS A PAID PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU BY
00:04 AMAZING FACTS, INCORPORATED. 00:06 (MUSIC) >>WHEN YOU DECIDE TO BE 00:13 A CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE REALLY SAYING, 'I'M GOING TO TAKE MY 00:14 CROSS AND I'M GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS AND I'M GOING TO 00:16 DIE TO SELF.' AND YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT'S 00:19 LIKE CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN. 00:24 >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO 00:27 SHARING GOD'S WORD THROUGH MEDIA. 00:30 THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS FROM SOME OF OUR BEST 00:33 TELEVISION BROADCASTS. 00:35 WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF 00:38 AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 00:45 >>I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MOUNTAINS. 00:50 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU - I LIKE MOUNTAINS. 00:53 AND I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE SORT OF HARD WIRED INSIDE, 01:00 MAYBE MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS, I DON'T KNOW, TO ALWAYS CLIMB 01:04 TO THE TOP OF HILLS. 01:07 OUR WORLD IS COVERED WITH TWO MAJOR MOUNTAIN CHAINS. 01:13 THERE IS THE SPINE OF THE PLANET THAT REALLY REACHES ALL THE WAY 01:18 FROM THE ANDES DOWN IN TIERRA DEL FUEGO AND IT GOES THOUSANDS 01:23 OF MILES - AND IT DISAPPEARS AND COMES BACK AT TIMES THROUGH THE 01:27 ROCKIES AND THE MOUNTAINS THAT GO THROUGH NORTH AMERICA. 01:31 BUT YOU'VE GOT THAT GREAT CHAIN, THAT SPINE, AND IT RUNS 01:36 FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. 01:37 WHEN YOU GET TO EUROPE, THE GREAT CHAIN RUNS FROM EAST TO 01:40 WEST AND IT STARTS WITH THE PYRENEES AND THE MOUNTAINS THERE 01:43 IN SPAIN, THE ALPS, IT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS INTO THE HIMALAYAS 01:49 IN CHINA. 01:51 YOU KNOW, I DID THIS STUDY TODAY BECAUSE I STARTED LOOKING AT THE 01:54 DIFFERENT STORIES IN THE BIBLE DEALING WITH MOUNTAINS AND THEN 02:00 I LOOKED AT WHAT HAPPENED ON A VERY HUMBLE MOUNTAIN 02:03 OUTSIDE OF JERUSALEM. 02:05 NOW JERUSALEM, OF COURSE, IS ON A MOUNTAIN. 02:07 IT'S CALLED MOUNT ZION OR MOUNT MORIAH AND THERE WAS A KNOBBY 02:10 KNOLL OUTSIDE OF THE CITY WALLS - IT'S A LITTLE MOLEHILL ON A 02:16 MOUNTAIN CALLED GOLGATHA. 02:20 GOLGATHA IS THE NAME OF THE KNOLL, OR THAT KNOB, ON A HILL 02:25 THAT'S NORTHEAST OF JERUSALEM, WHERE JESUS WAS EXECUTED. 02:29 AND, BY THE WAY, THE WORD GOLGATHA IN HEBREW - AND YOU 02:33 READ IN THE NEW TESTAMENT YOU FIND IT'S 'GOLGATHA'. 02:35 IN HEBREW IT'S 'GOLGOATH' AND IT SIMPLY MEANS THE SKULL. 02:40 YOU LOOK AT THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE HILL WHERE JESUS 02:44 WAS CRUCIFIED AND EVEN THOUGH THAT'S SORT OF A HUMBLE HILL, 02:47 YOU LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER MOUNTAINS IN THE BIBLE AND YOU 02:49 FIND THAT MANY OF THOSE SAME THINGS HAPPENED ON CALVARY 02:54 - ON GOLGATHA - AT THAT TIME. 02:58 THE CROSS IS REALLY THE CENTER OF THE GOSPEL AND WHAT HAPPENED 03:01 ON THAT HILL. 03:02 1 CORINTHIANS 2:2. 03:05 PAUL SAID, "FOR I AM DETERMINED TO KNOW NOTHING AMONG YOU EXCEPT 03:08 JESUS CHRIST AND HIM CRUCIFIED." 03:12 SO ALL OF THOSE STORIES OF MOUNTAINS REALLY POINTED 03:14 TO MOUNT CALVARY. 03:16 NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT GENESIS 22, YOU FIND THAT THERE'S MANY CASES 03:21 IN THE BIBLE OF SACRIFICE ON A MOUNTAIN. 03:25 YOU REMEMBER WHAT GOD SAID TO ABRAHAM? 03:27 GENESIS 22, VERSE 2 "TAKE NOW YOUR SON, YOUR ONLY SON ISAAC, 03:31 WHO YOU LOVE, GO TO THE LAND OF MORIAH, AND OFFER HIM THERE 03:36 AS A BURNT OFFERING ON ONE OF THE MOUNTAINS OF WHICH 03:39 I TELL YOU." 03:40 BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW WHAT MOUNTAIN THAT WAS? 03:44 MOUNT MORIAH IS REALLY THE MOUNTAIN WHERE JERUSALEM IS, 03:47 IT'S THE MOUNTAIN WHERE JESUS DIED, AND SO ABRAHAM WAS 03:50 DIRECTED TO THE VERY SAME MOUNTAIN TO OFFER HIS SON. 03:54 BUT GOD STOPPED HIM ON THE WAY UP THE MOUNTAIN, VERSE 7. 03:59 "ISAAC SPOKE TO ABRAHAM HIS FATHER" - HERE THEY ARE MOUNTAIN 04:02 CLIMBING - AND HE SAID, 'FATHER!' 04:06 'HERE AM I, MY SON.' 'LOOK, THE FIRE - WE'RE TAKING 04:10 WHAT WE NEED FOR A FIRE TO OFFER SACRIFICE AND FOR THE WOOD, BUT 04:15 WHERE IS THE LAMB FOR A BURNT OFFERING?' 04:17 AND ABRAHAM SAID, 'MY SON,' - AND THESE WERE PROPHETIC WORDS 04:22 AS WELL AS PRACTICAL WORDS - 'GOD WILL PROVIDE FOR HIMSELF A 04:26 LAMB FOR A BURNT OFFERING.' GOD WILL PROVIDE FOR HIMSELF. 04:33 GOD ACTUALLY PROVIDED HIMSELF A LAMB FOR A BURNT OFFERING. 04:39 SO THE TWO OF THEM WENT ON TOGETHER. 04:42 MANY TIMES IN THE BIBLE YOU SEE THAT MOUNTAINS WERE PLACES WHERE 04:45 GOD REVEALED HIS GLORY. 04:48 FOR INSTANCE, YOU CAN SEE GLORY ON THE MOUNTAIN IN EXODUS 34, 04:52 VERSE 29. 04:55 WHERE DID MOSES GO TO GET THE TEN COMMANDMENTS? 04:58 UP A MOUNTAIN. 04:59 WHY NOT IN A VALLEY? 05:01 YOU KNOW, ONE REASON I THINK PEOPLE CLIMB MOUNTAINS IS 05:03 BECAUSE WE ALWAYS SAY, 'OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.' 05:05 WE THINK ABOUT GOING UP, RIGHT? 05:08 AND SOME PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, IF I WANT TO GET CLOSER TO GOD' - 05:12 NO ONE EVER SAYS, 'I'M GOING TO GO TO A VALLEY SO I CAN GET 05:14 CLOSER TO GOD.' WHEN JONAH WANTED TO GET AWAY 05:17 FROM GOD HE TOOK A SUBMARINE, RIGHT? 05:20 HE WENT DOWN, DOWN, DOWN. 05:22 PEOPLE THINK ABOUT GETTING CLOSER TO GOD, WE THINK ABOUT 05:24 GOING UP. 05:26 AND SO, MOSES WENT UP THE MOUNTAIN AND, WHILE HE WAS UP 05:31 THERE TALKING WITH THE LORD, THE GLORY OF THE LORD SO RADIATED 05:36 HIM - A GEIGER COUNTER PROBABLY WOULD HAVE GONE OFF - BECAUSE 05:39 HE CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN - IT SAYS, 'THE SKIN OF HIS 05:42 FACE SHONE WHEN HE CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAIN.' 05:46 THE GLORY OF GOD WAS ON THE MOUNTAIN. 05:49 NOW, YOU FIND ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT WHEN CHRIST WAS 05:51 ON THE CROSS. 05:54 THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE GLORY OF GOD SHONE THROUGH HIM AND HE 05:57 WAS TRIUMPHANT WHEN HE SAID, 'IT IS FINISHED.' 06:01 THERE WERE TIMES WHEN THE CLOUDS PARTED AND HE SAID, 06:04 'VERILY I SAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE' TO THE DYING 06:08 THIEF. YOU CAN ALSO LOOK IN THE STORY OF MARK 9, WHERE JESUS 06:12 CLIMBS ANOTHER MOUNTAIN. 06:14 MARK 9, VERSES 1 AND 3 - 1 THROUGH 3. 06:20 HE TOLD THE DISCIPLES "THERE ARE SOME OF YOU STANDING HERE WHO 06:22 WILL NOT TASTE OF DEATH TILL YOU SEE THE KINGDOM OF GOD PRESENT" 06:26 - OR COME - "WITH POWER. 06:28 NOW, AFTER SIX DAYS, JESUS TOOK PETER, JAMES, AND JOHN AND LED 06:32 THEM APART UP A HIGH MOUNTAIN AND HE WAS TRANSFIGURED BEFORE 06:38 THEM SO HIS CLOTHES BECAME SHINING," 06:41 - LIKE MOSES WAS SHINING - "EXCEEDING WHITE, 06:44 LIKE NO LAUNDERER ON EARTH CAN WHITEN THEM." AND THERE 06:47 THEY SAW JESUS WAS GLORIFIED. 06:50 THEY SAW THE GLORY OF GOD. 06:51 THEY SAW MOSES. 06:52 THEY SAW ELIJAH. 06:54 THERE WAS GLORY ON THE MOUNTAIN. 06:56 AND BY THE WAY, THAT EXPERIENCE - THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION 07:00 IT'S FOUND IN MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE - CAME JUST BEFORE 07:03 MOUNT CALVARY. 07:05 AND WHAT JESUS WAS PRAYING ABOUT UP THERE ON THE MOUNTAIN, HE WAS 07:08 PRAYING THEY WOULD HAVE AN EXPERIENCE ON THAT MOUNTAIN WITH 07:12 THE GLORY OF GOD, THAT WOULD STRENGTHEN THEIR FAITH TO 07:15 PREPARE THEM FOR THE OTHER MOUNTAIN THAT WAS COMING 07:18 - THE DARK EXPERIENCE OF CHRIST. 07:20 CHRIST WAS GLORIFIED ON THIS MOUNTAIN BECAUSE SOON HE WAS 07:23 GOING TO LOOK LIKE HE WAS DEFEATED ON THE OTHER MOUNTAIN. 07:28 IT WAS TO PREPARE THEM. 07:30 IN CONNECTION WITH THIS, GOD OFTEN REVEALS HIMSELF. 07:34 THERE WAS REVELATION ON THE MOUNTAIN. 07:38 YOU LOOK, FOR INSTANCE, IN REVELATION CHAPTER 21, 07:41 VERSES 10 AND 11. 07:45 "SO HE CARRIED ME AWAY IN THE SPIRIT TO A GREAT AND HIGH 07:50 MOUNTAIN, AND HE SHOWED ME THAT GREAT CITY, THE HOLY JERUSALEM, 07:55 DESCENDING OUT OF HEAVEN FROM GOD, HAVING THE GLORY OF GOD AND 07:59 HER LIGHT WAS LIKE THE MOST PRECIOUS STONE, LIKE A JASPER 08:03 STONE" - HERE HE IS ON THIS HIGH MOUNTAIN AND HE SEES THE NEW 08:08 JERUSALEM - CAN YOU THINK OF A TIME IN THE BIBLE WHERE JESUS 08:12 WAS TAKEN TO ANOTHER HIGH MOUNTAIN AND SHOWN OTHER CITIES 08:14 IN THEIR GLORY? 08:17 THE DEVIL SAID, 'YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT BEING KING OF THE 08:20 NEW JERUSALEM, LET ME DO THAT. 08:23 I'LL GIVE YOU ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD.' 08:26 AND YOU CAN READ THERE IN MATTHEW - MATTER OF FACT I'VE 08:28 GOT THAT MARKED HERE IN MY BIBLE - MATTHEW CHAPTER 4, VERSE 8 - 08:33 AMONG THE TEMPTATIONS THAT CAME TO CHRIST - "THE DEVIL TOOK HIM 08:37 UP ON AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN AND SHOWED HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS 08:41 OF THE WORLD AND THEIR GLORY. 08:44 HE SAID, 'ALL THESE THINGS I'LL GIVE YOU IF YOU FALL DOWN AND 08:46 WORSHIP ME.'" AGAIN, HE SHOWED HIM ALL THE 08:48 KINGDOMS AND ALL THE CITIES. 08:50 IT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT GOD HAD SHOWN JOHN UP ON 08:53 THAT MOUNTAIN. 08:54 THERE WAS ANOTHER TIME WHEN ELIJAH WAS DISCOURAGED. 08:58 HE WAS DOWN IN THE VALLEY PRAYING THAT HE MIGHT DIE AND 09:01 GOD FED HIM, MIRACULOUSLY, WITH HIS ANGEL FOOD. 09:06 DO YOU REMEMBER? 09:07 THE ANGEL APPEARED TO HIM WHEN HE WAS SLEEPING UNDER THE BROOM 09:08 TREE - IT'S A BUSH - AND IN THE STRENGTH OTHAT FOOD HE TOOK 09:11 OFF AND HE CONTINUED TO RUN FROM JEZEBEL - WHERE DID HE GO? 09:15 HE WENT DOWN INTO THE SINAI DESERT AND DECIDED, 'I'M GOING 09:18 TO GO UP MOUNT SINAI.' FOUND THE MOUNTAIN, WENT UP ON 09:21 TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN, THERE WAS A CAVE AND IN THE CAVE A 09:25 TREMENDOUS WIND STORM CAME BY. 09:28 THEN THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE - AND HE WAS PROBABLY GLAD HE WAS 09:30 IN THE CAVE BECAUSE ROCKS CAME TUMBLING DOWN THE HILL. 09:34 THEN HE SAW A BRUSH STORM - A FIRE SWEPT THROUGH THE 09:36 DESERT. AND HE SAW ALL THESE NATURAL CATACLYSMIC DISASTERS 09:42 AND THEN HE HEARD A STILL SMALL VOICE AND IT SAID, 09:46 'WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? 09:48 YOU'VE GOT TO GET BACK DOWN IN THE VALLEY.' 09:51 SOMETIMES GOD SPEAKS TO US, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GET AWAY FROM 09:54 EVERYTHING TO HEAR THAT STILL SMALL VOICE. 09:56 SOMETIMES YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO THE MOUNTAIN TO HEAR THE VOICE 09:58 THAT TELLS YOU TO GO BACK TO WORK IN THE VALLEY. 10:01 DID JESUS DO THIS ALSO? 10:04 WOULD JESUS GO INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND PRAY? 10:07 WHY DID HE GO UP A MOUNTAIN TO PRAY? 10:10 WELL, YOU CAN PRAY IN A VALLEY, JONAH PRAYED IN, LIKE I SAID, 10:12 A SUBMARINE. 10:15 NOW, GOD CAN HEAR YOUR PRAYER ANYWHERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE 10:18 WE'RE DRAWN UPWARD. 10:21 EVEN THE PAGANS - NOT THAT I WANT TO CONFUSE THINGS - 10:26 THEY WOULD WORSHIP THEIR GODS TYPICALLY IN WHAT THEY CALLED 10:28 'THE HIGH PLACES.' ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE YOU'LL 10:31 HEAR REFERENCE TO THE HIGH PLACES. 10:34 AND WHEN ISRAEL TOOK THE PROMISED LAND, THEY CLEANED OFF 10:38 ALL THESE ALTARS TO PAGAN GODS THAT WERE ON THE HIGH PLACES AND 10:42 THEY WOULD REPLACE THEM WITH THEIR ALTARS BECAUSE THEY WOULD 10:44 WORSHIP GOD ON THE MOUNTAINS. 10:49 WHICH LEADS ME TO THE NEXT POINT. 10:52 WORSHIP ON THE MOUNTAIN. 10:54 YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN INTERESTING PROPHECY IN THE BOOK OF MICAH - 10:57 MICAH CHAPTER 4, JUST GO TO THE FIRST VERSES IN MICAH CHAPTER 4 11:03 AND IT SAYS, "NOW, IT WILL COME TO PASS IN THE LATTER DAYS THAT 11:07 THE MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD'S HOUSE SHALL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE TOP 11:10 OF THE MOUNTAINS, AND WILL BE EXALTED ABOVE THE HILLS; AND 11:15 PEOPLE SHALL FLOW TO IT. 11:16 MANY NATIONS WILL COME AND SAY, 'COME, LET US GO UP TO THE 11:21 MOUNTAIN OF THE LORD, TO THE HOUSE OF THE GOD OF JACOB; HE 11:25 WILL TEACH US HIS WAYS AND WE WILL WALK IN HIS PATH.' 11:29 FOR OUT OF ZION A LAW SHALL GO FORTH AND THE WORD OF THE LORD 11:33 FROM JERUSALEM." 11:35 YOU KNOW, GOD TELLS US THAT THIS WORSHIP OFTEN HAPPENS UP THERE 11:41 ON THE MOUNTAINS. 11:43 YOU CAN FIND IN THE PSALMS, 'I WILL LOOK UNTO THE HILLS 11:48 FROM WHENCE COMETH MY HELP.' NOT THAT WE PRAY TO THE MOUNTAIN 11:51 TOPS - WE'VE GOT PEOPLE IN OUR CULTURE THAT ARE NATURALISTS AND 11:54 THEY PRAY TO THE MOUNTAINS - BUT IT WAS BECAUSE THE TEMPLE 11:57 OF GOD WAS ON A MOUNTAIN, THAT DAVID SAID, 'I WILL LOOK UP 12:01 UNTO THE HILLS FROM WHENCE COMETH MY HELP. 12:03 MY HELPS COMES FROM THE LORD THAT MADE THE HEAVEN 12:06 AND THE EARTH.' WE DON'T WORSHIP MOUNTAINS. 12:11 MATTER OF FACT, SOMETIMES MOUNTAINS IN THE BIBLE 12:13 SIGNIFY SIN. 12:16 YOU GOT THAT WOMAN IN REVELATION CHAPTER 17 THAT SITS ON A BEAST 12:19 WITH SEVEN HEADS AND IT SAYS THOSE SEVEN HEADS REPRESENT 12:22 SEVEN MOUNTAINS. 12:26 A MOUNTAIN, LET'S FACE IT, IS A BIG PILE OF DIRT. 12:29 ISN'T THAT RIGHT? 12:31 AND THAT COULD BE WHY THE LORD TELLS US THAT'IF YOU'VE GOT 12:34 FAITH LIKE A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED YOU CAN SAY UNTO THIS 12:37 MOUNTAIN, 'BE PLUCKED UP' AND IT WILL BE CAST INTO THE DEPTHS OF 12:40 THE SEA.' I OFTEN WONDER WHY JESUS SAID THAT. 12:45 IS THE LORD TELLING US THAT WE ARE TO PRAY SO THAT WE COULD 12:50 MOVE MOUNTAINS? 12:51 NOT THE PHYSICAL MOUNTAINS, BUT MOST PEOPLE FEEL A 12:55 MOUNTAIN-SIZED BURDEN OF SIN THAT CRUSHES US. 13:00 AND WHEN WE HAVE FAITH, GOD CAN MOVE THAT MOUNTAIN AND 13:03 CAST IT INTO THE SEA. 13:05 DOESN'T THE LORD SAY, 'I WILL CAST THEIR SINS INTO THE 13:08 DEPTHS OF THE SEA.'? 13:10 SO WHAT'S THE MOUNTAIN THAT WE NEED FAITH TO MOVE? 13:12 WHAT'S THAT PILE OF DIRT? 13:15 IT'S THE SIN IN OUR LIVES. 13:18 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE KILLED EVERY YEAR BECAUSE 13:20 THEY'RE DIGGING AND THE DIRT FALLS ON THEM. 13:25 AND THEY GET DOWN IN SOME DITCH OR TRENCH AND THE DIRT 13:29 FALLS ON THEM. 13:31 AND THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL AROUND THE WORLD THAT SUFFOCATE 13:35 UNDER A MOUNTAIN OF SIN - A MOUNTAIN OF DIRT - 13:38 EVERY DAY. AND IT TAKES FAITH TO MOVE THAT MOUNTAIN. 13:42 THE LORD CAN DO THAT, AMEN? 13:45 SO THEY WOULD ALSO BUILD THEIR TEMPLES UP ON THE MOUNTAINS. 13:49 YOU SEE THROUGH THE BIBLE INTERCESSION HAPPENING 13:52 ON THE MOUNTAIN. 13:54 FOR INSTANCE, YOU LOOK IN EXODUS 17, VERSE 10. 13:58 YOU REMEMBER WHEN THE LORD SAID, THROUGH MOSES, THAT JOSHUA WAS 14:04 TO GO FIGHT THE AMALEKITES WHEN THEY WERE ATTACKED FROM BEHIND? 14:07 MOSES SAID HE'D GO UP ON THE MOUNTAIN. 14:10 THERE'S THAT PICTURE BY JOE MANISCALCO. 14:12 THEY'D GO UP ON THE MOUNTAIN AND HE WOULD FIGHT DOWN IN THE 14:15 VALLEY AND MOSES WOULD BE UP ON THE MOUNTAIN WITH HIS HANDS 14:18 OUTSTRETCHED INTERCEDING THAT THEY MIGHT OBTAIN THE VICTORY. 14:23 AND SO, THERE HE WAS ON THE MOUNTAIN INTERCEDING. 14:26 DID JESUS STRETCH OUT HIS HANDS ON MOUNT GOLGATHA 14:29 AND INTERCEDE FOR US? 14:31 SO WHEN MOSES' HANDS GOT TIRED AND HE PUT HIS HANDS DOWN, WHAT 14:36 HAPPENED TO THE BATTLE IN THE VALLEY? 14:40 JOSHUA AND THE OTHER SOLDIERS BEGAN TO LOSE. 14:43 AND SO, THEY NOTICED, 'HEY, WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HANDS DOWN 14:45 AND WHEN YOU REST YOUR ARMS, THEY START TO LOSE. 14:47 SO KEEP YOUR ARMS UP.' HE SAID, 'WELL I'M TRYING 14:49 BUT THEY'RE TIRED.' POOR MOSES, CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW 14:53 BAD IT WOULD BE - IF YOU KNOW YOU PUT YOUR HANDS 14:56 DOWN SOMEONE'S GOING TO DIE. 15:00 THE PRESSURE TO KEEP YOUR HANDS UP? 15:04 THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE. 15:06 IF YOU PHYSICALLY ARE TOO WEAK, SOMEONE'S GOING TO DIE. 15:09 AND SO HE CALLED FOR HIS BROTHER AND HUR - HE SAID, 15:11 'COME OVER AND HELP ME. 15:12 HOLD MY HANDS UP.' THEN HE HELD HIS HANDS UP UNTIL 15:15 THEY GOT THE ULTIMATE VICTORY IN THE VALLEY. 15:20 THAT MEANS THAT AS LONG AS THE PEOPLE COULD LOOK UP ON THE HILL 15:24 AND SEE MOSES INTERCEDING, THEY SAID, 'HE'S STILL THERE.' 15:27 KIND OF LIKE SOME SOLDIERS - AS LONG AS THEY STILL SEE 15:29 THEIR FLAG ON THE MOUNTAIN, THEY KEEP FIGHTING. 15:32 IT GAVE THEM COURAGE. 15:34 IT GAVE THEM MORALE AND HOPE. 15:36 AND WHEN WE SEE JESUS - HE SAID, 'IF I AM LIFTED UP I 15:39 WILL DRAW.' THAT'S ONE REASON HE WAS CRUCIFIED ON A HILL 15:43 - POSITION OF VISIBILITY. 15:47 CAN YOU SEE HIM, BY FAITH, INTERCEDING FOR YOU? 15:50 EXCEPT NOW HE'S NOT ON A MOUNTAIN HERE ON EARTH, 15:52 HE'S UP IN HEAVEN. 15:53 HE'S AS HIGH AS YOU CAN GET. 15:55 YOU CAN'T GET ANY HIGHER THAN HEAVEN. 15:56 IT'S LIKE THE NORTH POLE. 15:57 ONCE YOU GET TO THE NORTH POLE, IF YOU KEEP GOING, 15:59 YOU START GOING SOUTH. 16:03 THEY CALL AUSTRALIA 'DOWN UNDER.' 16:06 BECAUSE WHEN YOU LEAVE NORTH YOU GO DOWN. 16:10 WHEN YOU LEAVE HEAVEN YOU GO DOWN. 16:13 EVERYTHING, FROM HEAVEN, IS DOWN. 16:15 JESUS IS AS HIGH AS HE CAN BE NOW, INTERCEDING FOR YOU AND ME, 16:19 RIGHT? 16:23 INTERCESSION ON A MOUNTAIN. 16:26 LUKE 23:34 "AND JESUS SAID, 'FATHER FORGIVE THEM, THEY DON'T 16:31 KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING." 16:32 ON MOUNT CALVARY DID JESUS INTERCEDE FOR YOU AND ME? 16:35 THERE HE WAS PRAYING - HE'S GOING TO BE CRUCIFIED AND HE'S 16:37 PRAYING FOR US, FOR OUR FORGIVENESS, AT THAT TIME. 16:43 VICTORY ON THE MOUNTAIN. 16:46 JOSHUA 14, VERSES 12 AND 13 - HOW MANY OF YOU REMEMBER CALEB? 16:53 CALEB, WHEN HE FIRST, AS A SPY, WENT THROUGH THE PROMISED LAND 16:56 AND HE SAW THE MOUNTAINS OF HEBRON WHICH WERE VERY FERTILE 16:59 AND THEY HAD BEAUTIFUL SPRINGS, EVEN DURING THE HARVEST TIME OF 17:03 THE YEAR - THEY WENT DURING HARVEST BECAUSE REMEMBER THEY 17:05 BROUGHT THE GRAPES, SO IT WAS DURING THE HARVEST. 17:07 AND HE SAW ALL THE SPRINGS. 17:08 HE SAW THE ABUNDANCE OF THE CROPS. 17:10 HE SAID, 'THIS IS WHERE I WANT TO GO.' 17:12 BUT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF THE FAITH IN THE PEOPLE OF GOD, 17:15 CALEB HAD TO WAIT 40 YEARS BEFORE HE COULD GET INTO THE 17:20 PROMISED LAND AND EVEN AFTER THEY ENTERED THE PROMISED LAND 17:22 HE HAD TO FIGHT FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE THEY COULD SORT OF 17:25 SUBDUE THE DIFFERENT ENEMIES. 17:27 THEN HE COMES TO HIS OLD BUDDY JOSHUA - THE ONLY TWO OF THEM 17:29 STILL ALIVE THAT HAD LEFT EGYPT 20 YEARS OLD - OLDER THAN 20. 17:34 AND HE SAID, 'YOU REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU AND I, 40 YEARS AGO, 17:36 LOOKED AT THIS TERRITORY AND I SAID, 'THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING 17:38 TO PITCH MY TENT.' NOW LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS, 17:40 HE'S AN OLD MAN - 85 YEARS OLD. 17:42 HE SAYS NOW, JOSHUA 14, VERSE 12 'NOW THEREFORE, GIVE ME THIS 17:48 MOUNTAIN OF WHICH THE LORD SPOKE TO ME IN THAT DAY, FOR YOU HEARD 17:51 IN THAT DAY HOW THE ANAKIM WERE THERE' - THE GIANTS IN THE 17:54 MOUNTAIN - 'AND THE CITIES WERE GREAT AND FORTIFIED. 17:58 AND IT MAY BE THE LORD WILL BE WITH ME AND I SHALL BE ABLE TO 18:00 DRIVE THEM OUT AS THE LORD HAS SAID.'" 18:03 AND JOSHUA BLESSED HIM AND GAVE HEBRON TO CALEB, THE SON OF 18:07 JEPHUNNEH AS AN INHERITANCE." 18:09 HE GOT VICTORY ON THE MOUNTAIN BECAUSE HE HAD FAITH AND TODAY 18:13 - THAT'S WHY THE JEWS ARE IN ISRAEL - THAT'S WHERE THE WORD 18:16 'JEW' COMES FROM - JUDAH. 18:18 CALEB WAS FROM THE TRIBE OF JUDAH AND BECAUSE THIS OLD MAN 18:21 HAD FAITH THAT GOD WOULD BE WITH HIM, HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE ON THE 18:24 GIANTS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND BE VICTORIOUS. 18:28 OH, BY THE WAY, DID JESUS HAVE VICTORY ON HIS MOUNTAIN? 18:31 WHEN HE SAID, 'IT IS FINISHED.' WAS THAT A DECLARATION OF DEFEAT 18:35 OR VICTORY? 18:38 SOMETIMES THERE'S DEATH ON THE MOUNTAIN. 18:41 DEUTERONOMY 32, VERSES 48 AND 50. 18:44 "THEN THE LORD SPOKE TO MOSES THAT VERY SAME DAY" - HE'S STILL 18:46 PREACHING, HE'S IN HIS PRIME - 'HIS NATURAL FORCE WAS NOT 18:49 ABATED, HIS EYE WAS NOT DIM.' HE SAID, "GO UP THIS MOUNTAIN OF 18:55 THE ABARIM, MOUNT NEBO, WHICH IS IN THE LAND OF MOAB ACROSS FROM 18:58 JERICHO; VIEW THE LAND OF CANAAN," - THERE YOU HAVE 19:02 ANOTHER VISION ON THE MOUNTAIN - "WHICH I WILL GIVE TO THE 19:04 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL AS A POSSESSION AND DIE ON THE 19:07 MOUNTAIN WHICH YOU ASCEND, AND BE GATHERED TO YOUR PEOPLE, JUST 19:11 AS AARON YOUR BROTHER DIED ON MOUNT HOR." 19:14 WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 19:16 WELL, JESUS ASKS US TO TAKE UP OUR CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM. 19:20 WHERE DID JESUS TAKE HIS CROSS? 19:23 TO MOUNT CALVARY - GOLGATHA. 19:26 AND WHAT DID HE DO UP THERE? 19:28 HE TOOK HIS CROSS TO HIS EXECUTION - TO A PLACE 19:31 WHERE HE DIED. 19:32 HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE. 19:34 DID MOSES DIE RELUCTANTLY OR DID HE FOLLOW THE FATHER'S WILL TO 19:39 CLIMB A MOUNTAIN AND DIE? 19:42 I MEAN, MOST OF US WOULD GO KICKING AND SCREAMING. 19:45 BUT HE WILLINGLY CLIMBED A MOUNTAIN AND DIED. 19:49 BECAUSE HE SAID, 'THIS IS GOD'S WILL.' 19:52 WHEN YOU DECIDE TO BE A CHRISTIAN, YOU'RE REALLY SAYING, 19:54 'I'M GOING TO TAKE MY CROSS AND I'M GOING TO FOLLOW JESUS AND 19:56 I'M GOING TO DIE TO SELF.' AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT'S 20:00 LIKE CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN. 20:02 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TALKS ABOUT MOUNTAINS OF REFUGE. 20:07 MARK 13, VERSE 14 "BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE ABOMINATION OF 20:12 DESOLATION, SPOKEN OF BY DANIEL THE PROPHET, STANDING WHERE IT 20:16 OUGHT NOT (LET HIM THAT READS UNDERSTAND) LET THOSE THAT BE IN 20:20 JUDEA FLEE INTO THE VALLEYS" - WHAT DOES HE SAY? 20:25 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT SAYS? 20:27 "FLEE INTO THE MOUNTAINS.' AND THEN YOU READ IT AGAIN IN 20:29 LUKE 21:21. 20:30 THAT'S EASY TO REMEMBER, LUKE 21:21 "LET THOSE THAT ARE 20:33 IN JUDEA FLEE INTO THE MOUNTAINS. LET THEM THAT ARE ON 20:36 THE MIDST OF IT DEPART, AND LET NOT THEM THAT ARE IN THE 20:39 COUNTRIES ENTER THERE UNTO." 20:41 YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY SOLDIERS FIGHT FOR THE HIGH GROUND. 20:44 IT'S - THEIR DEFENSE WILL BE THE MOUNTAINS. 20:49 OF COURSE THE BIBLE, WE MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, 20:51 TALKS ABOUT HAVING MOUNTAIN-MOVING FAITH. 20:55 'I SAY TO YOU, IF YOU'VE GOT FAITH LIKE A MUSTARD SEE YOU CAN 20:59 SAY UNTO THIS MOUNTAIN, 'BE CAST INTO THE SEA.' 21:01 AND IF YOU DON'T DOUBT IN YOUR HEART BUT YOU BELIEVE THOSE 21:04 THINGS THAT YOU SAY WILL BE DONE, YOU WILL HAVE 21:07 WHATEVER YOU ASK. 21:09 THEREFORE I SAY TO YOU 'WHAT THINGS YOU ASK FOR WHEN YOU 21:11 PRAY, BELIEVE THAT YOU RECEIVE THEM AND YOU WILL HAVE THEM.' 21:15 DON'T UNDERESTIMATE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH GOD'S HELP, FRIENDS. 21:19 YOU CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, AMEN? 21:23 NOW, BEFORE I TIE THIS OFF, I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING. 21:27 THIS IS A LOT IF INTERESTING TRIVIA UNLESS YOU MAKE IT REAL 21:29 AND APPLY IT - TALKING ABOUT MOUNTAINS. 21:33 YOU'VE PROBABLY CLIMBED UP STAIRCASES. 21:35 YOU'VE CLIMBED BEFORE. 21:36 YOU KNOW IT CAN GET TOUGH. 21:38 AND SOMETIMES YOU THINK YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE TOP. 21:40 I THINK ALL OF US HAVE DIFFERENT MOUNTAINS THAT WE ARE CLIMBING. 21:45 SOME OF YOU ARE BATTLING GETTING YOUR DEGREE 21:49 - YOU WONDER IF YOU'RE EVER GOING TO DO IT. AND MAYBE YOU'VE 21:50 PASSED OR FAILED SOME TESTS AND IT'S LIKE A MOUNTAIN YOU WANT TO 21:54 CONQUER. YOU JUST KEEP ON GOING. 21:58 YOU TRUST, YOU PLOD, ONE DAY AT A TIME. 22:01 FOR SOME OF YOU, YOU MAY BE FIGHTING SOME MOUNTAINS IN YOUR 22:03 HEALTH AND YOU WONDER - JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S CRUSHING YOU - 22:08 YOU WONDER IF YOU'RE EVER GOING TO GET TO THE - THROUGH THE 22:10 CLOUDS INTO THE SUNSHINE AGAIN. 22:12 YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP ON PLODDING. 22:13 YOU CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS WITH FAITH. 22:15 FOR SOME OF YOU, YOUR MOUNTAINS MIGHT BE YOUR FAITH. 22:19 SOME OF YOU IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL MOUNTAINS THAT 22:24 ARE CRUSHING YOU RIGHT NOW. 22:25 IT MIGHT BE YOUR MARRIAGE AND YOU'RE JUST WONDERING, 22:29 'HOW CAN I EVER GET TO THE TOP? 22:31 WILL IT ALWAYS BE THIS WAY? 22:34 AND I THINK THE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE LORD IS THAT HE WAS 22:38 VICTORIOUS ON THE MOUNTAIN, YOU CAN BE TOO. 22:41 WELL, THESE MOUNTAINS THAT SOMETIMES INTIMIDATE US IN THIS 22:43 LIFE WILL NOT ALWAYS BE THERE. 22:47 WHEN JESUS COMES, THE BIBLE TELLS US, THE MOUNTAINS WON'T 22:50 EVEN STAND STILL. 22:52 THE MOUNTAINS WILL FALL. 22:54 PSALM 46, VERSE 2 "THEREFORE WE WILL NOT FEAR, EVEN THOUGH THE 22:58 EARTH BE REMOVED, AND THE MOUNTAINS BE CARRIED INTO THE 23:01 MIDST OF THE SEA." 23:03 JEREMIAH 4:24 "I BEHELD THE MOUNTAINS, AND INDEED THEY 23:07 TREMBLED, AND ALL THE HILLS MOVED BACK AND FORTH." 23:10 - AND THAT LEADS UP TO THIS LAST EXAMPLE - 23:13 'THEN THE SKY RECEDED AS A SCROLL WHEN IT IS ROLLED UP AND 23:17 EVERY MOUNTAIN AND ISLAND - EVERY MOUNTAIN AND ISLAND WAS 23:20 MOVED OUT OF ITS PLACE.' BY THE WAY, ALL ISLANDS ARE 23:24 MOUNTAINS, THEY'RE JUST SURROUNDED BY WATER, RIGHT? 23:30 'EVERY ISLAND AND MOUNTAIN IS MOVED OUT OF ITS PLACE AND THE 23:36 KINGS OF THE EARTH AND THE GREAT MEN AND THE RICH MEN AND 23:38 COMMANDERS AND MIGHTY MEN AND EVERY SLAVE MAN AND EVERY FREE 23:41 MAN MAY HIDE THEMSELVES IN THE CAVES AND THE ROCKS AND THE 23:44 MOUNTAINS AND THEY SAY TO THE MOUNTAINS AND THE ROCKS, 'FALL 23:47 ON US AND HIDE US FROM THE FACE OF HIM WHO SITS ON THE THRONE 23:51 AND FROM THE WRATH OF THE LAMB. 23:54 FOR THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH HAS COME AND WHO IS ABLE 23:57 TO STAND?' SO, EVEN THOUGH THE MOUNTAINS 24:00 ARE MOVED OUT OF THEIR PLACE, 'A THOUSAND MAY FALL AT YOUR SIDE, 24:04 TEN THOUSAND AT YOUR RIGHT HAND,' DO YOU NEED TO BE AFRAID 24:06 IF YOU'RE IN THE LORD'S HANDS? 24:09 THE ONLY MOUNTAIN YOU CAN TRUST IN THIS WORLD THAT'S GOING TO 24:11 SURVIVE, IS CALVARY - IS IF YOU TAKE UP YOUR CROSS AND YOU CLIMB 24:16 THAT MOUNTAIN WITH JESUS, THAT'S WHEN YOU'LL HAVE THE VICTORY, 24:20 YOU'LL HAVE THE INTERCESSION, YOU'LL HAVE THE REVELATION, 24:23 YOU'LL HAVE THE GLORY, YOU'LL HAVE THE WORSHIP - EVERYTHING WE 24:25 TALKED ABOUT HAPPENED THERE WITH JESUS THAT DAY ON THE MOUNTAIN. 24:28 SO, WHAT DO YOU SAY FRIENDS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO MOUNTAIN 24:30 CLIMBING WITH JESUS? 24:33 YOU TIE OFF TO HIM AND YOU'RE SAFE. 24:35 THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TELL YOU WHEN YOU GO MOUNTAIN 24:37 CLIMBING IS YOU WANT TO BE PAIRED UP WITH SOMEBODY THAT 24:40 KNOWS HOW TO SECURE A ROPE. 24:43 AND IF YOU ARE YOKED WITH CHRIST AND YOU'RE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, 24:46 HE WON'T LOSE YOU. 24:47 AMEN? 24:50 >>STAY TUNED. 24:51 WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL OFFER. 24:53 (MUSIC) >>NOW EVERY CHRISTIAN 25:03 IS A SOLDIER. 25:07 THE EARLY CHRISTIANS KNEW THAT BEING A SOLDIER FOR CHRIST COULD 25:11 REALLY MEAN THEY'D DIE. 25:16 THE WHOLE STORY OF THE GOSPEL IS IN THE CONTEXT OF 25:19 'THIS IS A BATTLE. 25:20 WE'RE AT WAR WITH THE ENEMY.' >>EVERY DAY PEOPLE SPEND ABOUT 25:26 7 HOURS AND 45 MINUTES SLEEPING, 17 SECONDS BRUSHING THEIR TEETH, 25:31 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES EATING, 4 HOURS AND 50 MINUTES WATCHING 25:34 T.V., AND 33 MINUTES ON THE PHONE. 25:37 WITH ONLY 24 HOURS IN THE DAY, WHERE DOES GOD FIT IN? 25:40 MOVING MOUNTAINS. 25:41 A NEW DAILY DEVOTIONAL. 25:43 IT'S ABOUT UNDERSTANDING GOD AND BUILDING YOUR FAITH. 25:46 WITH 366 SHORT STORIES TO INSPIRE AND ENCOURAGE, 25:49 YOUR DAY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. 25:51 AFBOOKSTORE.COM. 25:53 LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN RESOURCES. 25:56 >>IF YOU'VE MISSED ANY OF OUR AMAZING FACTS PROGRAMS, VISIT 25:58 OUR WEBSITE AT AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 26:00 THERE YOU'LL FIND AN ARCHIVE OF ALL OUR TELEVISION AND RADIO 26:03 PROGRAMS, INCLUDING AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 26:06 ONE LOCATION. 26:07 SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. 26:08 AMAZINGFACTS.ORG. 26:16 >>JOURNEY BACK THROUGH TIME TO THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. 26:19 DISCOVER HOW A PERFECT ANGEL TRANSFORMED INTO SATAN 26:24 THE ARCH VILLAIN. 26:27 THE BIRTH OF EVIL. 26:28 A REBELLION IN HEAVEN. 26:31 A MUTINY THAT MOVED TO EARTH. 26:34 BEHOLD THE CREATION OF A BEAUTIFUL NEW PLANET 26:38 AND THE FIRST HUMANS. 26:40 WITNESS THE TEMPTATION IN EDEN. 26:43 DISCOVER GOD'S AMAZING PLAN TO SAVE HIS CHILDREN. 26:48 THIS IS A STORY THAT INVOLVES EVERY LIFE ON EARTH. 26:52 EVERY LIFE. 26:55 THE COSMIC CONFLICT. 26:57 IF GOD IS GOOD, IF GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL, 27:00 IF GOD IS LOVE, THEN WHAT WENT WRONG? 27:04 AVAILABLE NOW ON DVD. 27:06 (MUSIC) >>IN A BATTLE, VERY FEW 27:15 ARMIES WILL WIN FROM A LOW VANTAGE POINT. 27:18 USUALLY, THOSE ON HIGHER GROUND WILL SUCCEED. 27:21 MOUNTAINS ARE LOOKED UPON IN DIFFERENT WAYS, BASED ON 27:23 YOUR PERSPECTIVE. 27:24 CLIMBING MOUNTAINS AND ASCENDING TO THE HIGHEST OF HEIGHTS BRINGS 27:27 A SENSE OF JOY AND IT'S JUST PLAIN EXHILARATING. 27:30 SOME PEOPLE, HOWEVER, SEE MOUNTAINS AS A DETERRENT 27:33 TO SUCCESS. 27:34 THE SIZE OF THE MOUNTAIN IS NOT SEEN AS A CHALLENGE, BUT MORE AS 27:37 A SIGN OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND DESPAIR. 27:40 WE ARE EXCITED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH OUR POCKETBOOK CALLED 27:43 'TIPS FOR RESISTING TEMPTATION'. 27:45 THIS GREAT RESOURCE WILL BRING DAILY STRENGTH AND 27:48 ENCOURAGEMENT. 27:49 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AMAZINGFACTS.ORG OR CALL THE 27:53 TOLL-FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND ASK FOR OFFER #708. 27:57 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 27:58 SEE YOU NEXT TIME. 28:02 >>THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS WEEK'S 28:04 SPECIAL FREE OFFER. 28:05 THERE IS NO COST OR OBLIGATION. 28:07 JUST CALL THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN AND BE SURE TO 28:10 NOTE THE OFFER NUMBER WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR REQUEST. 28:15 (MUSIC) >>THE PRECEDING WAS A 28:24 PAID PRESENTATION BROUGHT TO YOU |
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