>>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. (MUSIC)
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>>VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON
THE EARTH, REGARDLESS OF
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RELIGION OR NATIONALITY,
RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOME
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FORM OF BATTLE RAGING IN
THE WORLD AROUND US BETWEEN THE
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FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL -
A COLOSSAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN
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LIGHT AND DARKNESS, TRUTH AND
ERROR, OPPRESSION AND FREEDOM,
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RIGHT AND WRONG - AND
ULTIMATELY LIFE AND DEATH.
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WHAT IS THE STORY
BEHIND THIS GLARING PARADOX?
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MANY RELIGIONS, INCLUDING
THE BIBLE, TEACH THAT BEYOND THE
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THREE-DIMENSIONAL VEIL OF OUR
PHYSICAL WORLD WE SEE THERE'S
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ANOTHER VERY REAL
SPIRITUAL WORLD WE CANNOT SEE.
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IN THIS UNSEEN REALM EVER
ABOUT US WE SEE A TITANIC BATTLE
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RAGING BETWEEN THE SUPREME
RIGHTEOUS HERO AND THE ULTIMATE
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EVIL VILLAIN. THE
BIG QUESTION IS: WHO ARE
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THESE PRIMARY PLAYERS AND
HOW, WHERE, AND WHEN DID THIS
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COSMIC CRISIS BEGIN? THIS
IS THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF
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THE AGES AND THE MOST
AMAZING TRUE STORY THAT HAS EVER
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BEEN TOLD. THIS
CRISIS NOW INVOLVES EVERY
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PERSON ON EARTH.
YES, EVERY PERSON.
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
>>HUMAN HISTORY HAS BEEN
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RIDDLED WITH SCENES OF WAR
AND EVERY PERSON HAS EXPERIENCED
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CONFLICT, BUT TO UNDERSTAND THE
ORIGIN OF EVIL WE MUST TRAVEL
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BACK IN TIME TO THE VERY FIRST
WAR OF THE UNIVERSE - BECAUSE
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THIS BATTLE DID
NOT OCCUR ON EARTH.
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BEFORE OUR WORLD EVEN EXISTED
THERE WAS A WAR IN HEAVEN.
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EVEN THE WORDS 'WAR IN HEAVEN'
SOUND LIKE THE ULTIMATE PARADOX.
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IT'S ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE TO US
THAT THERE COULD BE A BATTLE AND
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STRIFE AMONG GOD'S
PERFECT BEINGS IN PARADISE.
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WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED
THIS CELESTIAL CONFLICT?
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THANKFULLY, AN ANCIENT BOOK
CALLED 'THE BIBLE', GIVES US
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ENOUGH DETAILS SO THAT WE CAN
PIECE TOGETHER THE ASTONISHING
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ACCOUNT. ALTHOUGH TRAGIC,
IT'S ALSO AN INCREDIBLY TENDER
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LOVE STORY THAT REACHES DOWN
THROUGH THE AGES, PERSONALLY
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TOUCHING YOU AND ME AND
EVERY INDIVIDUAL ON EARTH.
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OUR STORY BEGINS LONG AGO IN THE
VERY CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSE IN
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A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN THAT WAS
FILLED WITH ANGELIC BEINGS WHO
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DELIGHTED TO DO THE WILL OF GOD.
UNDER THE CREATOR'S JUST AND
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LOVING GOVERNMENT, ALL OF
HEAVEN ENJOYED AN EXISTENCE OF
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HAPPINESS AND PERFECT BLISS.
THE SUPREME PRINCE OF HEAVEN AND
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COMMANDER OF THE ANGELS WAS
THE ALL-POWERFUL AND LOVING SON
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OF GOD. MOST KNOW HIM BY
THE NAME HE TOOK WHEN HE CAME
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TO EARTH - JESUS.
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HE WAS ONE IN PURPOSE
AND MIND WITH GOD THE FATHER.
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HEAVEN, UNDER THE COMPASSIONATE
RULE OF FATHER, SON, AND SPIRIT,
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PROVED TO BE A PLACE
OF WONDER, PEACE AND JOY.
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TO CARRY OUT THE COMMANDS OF
GOD, THE TRINITY WAS SURROUNDED
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BY A VIRTUAL OCEAN OF COUNTLESS
MINISTERING SPIRITS CALLED
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SERAPHIM AND CHERUBIM - OR MORE
COMMONLY, JUST KNOWN AS ANGELS.
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THESE POWERFUL AND INTELLIGENT
CREATURES FOUND THEIR GREATEST
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JOY IN DOING THE BIDDING OF THE
ALMIGHTY. BUT GOD CREATED ONE
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EXTRAORDINARY ANGEL TO SERVE
AS LEADER OF THE ENTIRE HEAVENLY
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THRONG. THE BIBLE TELLS
US THAT HIS NAME WAS LUCIFER,
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WHICH MEANS 'LIGHT BEARER'.
THIS CHERUB WAS THE GREATEST OF
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GOD'S CREATED BEINGS AND HELD
THE POSITION CLOSEST TO GOD'S
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THRONE AND DIRECTLY UNDER
JESUS IN HEAVENLY AUTHORITY.
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LUCIFER'S JOB WAS TO COMMUNICATE
THE LIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S
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WILL TO ALL THE OTHER ANGELS.
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LUCIFER WAS GOD'S MOST
SPLENDID CREATED BEING.
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HE WAS CAPTIVATINGLY HANDSOME
AND ENDOWED WITH ASTONISHING
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POWERS OF
LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION.
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AMONG THE ANGELS HE WAS GREATLY
ADMIRED, RESPECTED, AND LOVED AS
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A FRIEND, YET GOD FORESAW
THE MISERY LUCIFER WAS ABOUT TO
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INTRODUCE INTO
THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT.
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>>"FULL OF WISDOM AND PERFECT
IN BEAUTY...EVERY PRECIOUS STONE
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WAS YOUR COVERING...YOU WERE THE
ANOINTED CHERUB WHO COVERS; I
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ESTABLISHED YOU; YOU WERE ON THE
HOLY MOUNTAIN OF GOD; YOU WALKED
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BACK AND FORTH IN THE
MIDST OF FIERY STONES.
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YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS
FROM THE DAY YOU WERE CREATED,
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TILL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU."
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>>AS LUCIFER BEGAN TO PONDER HIS
OWN BEAUTY AND POWER, HIS HEART
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GRADUALLY STARTED TO CHANGE.
HE ALLOWED HIS FOCUS TO TURN
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AWAY FROM GOD AND HE
DIRECTED HIS LOVE UPON HIMSELF.
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HOW AND WHY THESE SEEDS OF
REBELLION GERMINATED IN HIS
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HEART WE MAY NEVER FULLY
UNDERSTAND, BUT THE PROPHET
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ISAIAH PROVIDES THIS
INSIGHT INTO LUCIFER'S THINKING.
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>>"HOW YOU ARE FALLEN
FROM HEAVEN, O LUCIFER, SON
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OF THE MORNING! HOW YOU
ARE CUT DOWN TO THE GROUND,
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YOU WHO WEAKENED THE NATIONS!
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FOR YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR HEART:
'I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN,
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I WILL EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE
THE STARS OF GOD...I WILL ASCEND
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ABOVE THE HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUDS,
I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.'"
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>>FOR LIFE-CHANGING
CHRISTIAN RESOURCES VISIT
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'AFBOOKSTORE.COM' (MUSIC)
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>>LUCIFER GRADUALLY BEGAN
TO COVET THE POWER OF GOD,
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BUT NOT HIS CHARACTER.
AS HE THOUGHT ABOUT HIS OWN
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EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES AND
BEAUTY, THE CANCEROUS TENTACLES
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OF PRIDE AND SELF-EXALTATION
GRIPPED HIS MIND.
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THIS RESENTMENT AND JEALOUSY
ULTIMATELY DROVE HIM TO VIOLATE
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GOD'S HOLY LAW AND
REBEL AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT.
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WE NEED TO PAUSE HERE
AND MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR.
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FROM THE BEGINNING GOD ORDAINED
THE LAWS OF PHYSICS TO GOVERN
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THE MATERIAL WORLD WE LIVE
IN. WITHOUT THESE NATURAL LAWS,
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THE UNIVERSE WOULD BE CHAOS.
IN THE SAME WAY, GOD'S MORAL LAW
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HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED SECURITY
AND STABILITY TO THE COSMOS.
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SOME BELIEVE THAT THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS DID NOT EXIST UNTIL
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THE LORD DELIVERED THEM TO MOSES
ON MOUNT SINAI, BUT SCRIPTURE
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TEACHES US THAT THE PRINCIPLES
OF GOD'S LAW HAVE EXISTED
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THROUGHOUT ETERNITY - FOR
THEY'RE THE VERY FOUNDATION OF
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HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM OF LOVE.
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>>"ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE
SURE. THEY STAND FAST FOR EVER
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AND EVER, AND ARE DONE
IN TRUTH AND UPRIGHTNESS."
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>>THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE
A SUMMARY OF GOD'S CHARACTER
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OF LOVE. THE
FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS
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DESCRIBE WHO GOD IS, HIS POWER,
HIS TERRITORY, AND AUTHORITY.
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THE LAST SIX DESCRIBE WHAT
GOD IS LIKE - HIS HONESTY, HIS
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PURITY, HIS FAITHFULNESS - ALL
OF THESE THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
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TRUE AND WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE.
NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE
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HISTORY OF ETERNITY, LUCIFER
BEGAN VIOLATING THESE PERFECT
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PRINCIPLES. LUCIFER KNEW, IF HE
WAS TO EVER SHARE THE POWER AND
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STATUS OF GOD, HE WOULD NEED
SUPPORT. SO HE WENT TO WORK.
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HE BEGAN TO DEVIOUSLY CIRCULATE
AMONG THE OTHER ANGELS, PLANTING
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SEEDS OF DOUBT AND DISCONTENT
REGARDING GOD'S LEADERSHIP.
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AT THE SAME TIME HE WOULD SUBTLY
HIGHLIGHT HIS OWN VIRTUES.
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HE INSINUATED THAT GOD WAS
ABUSING HIS DIVINE POWER AND HIS
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LAW WAS RESTRICTING THE TRUE
FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS OF HIS
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CREATURES. WITH HIS CLEVER
REASONING AND UNRIVALED POWERS
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OF INFLUENCE, LUCIFER MANAGED
TO PERSUADE A GREAT NUMBER
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OF THE ANGELS TO
JOIN HIM IN HIS MUTINY.
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PERHAPS YOU'RE WONDERING,
'HOW COULD SO MANY INTELLIGENT
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ANGELS BE DUPED INTO
FOLLOWING THIS DECEIVER.
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WELL, KEEP IN MIND, UP TIL THIS
POINT NO ANGEL HAD EVER HEARD A
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LIE AND AT THIS EARLY STAGE
OF THE REBELLION, THE ANGELS DID
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NOT REALIZE HOW OBSESSED LUCIFER
WOULD BECOME WITH ACQUIRING THE
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POSITION OF GOD.
THEY DID NOT KNOW HE WOULD
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EVENTUALLY STOOP TO TORTURE
AND MURDER GOD'S OWN SON ON THE
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CROSS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE
HIS THRONE. STRANGELY, LUCIFER
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THOUGHT HE COULD CONCEAL
HIS TRUE PURPOSE FROM GOD.
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>>"WOE TO THOSE WHO SEEK DEEP TO
HIDE THEIR COUNSEL FAR FROM THE
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LORD, AND THEIR WORKS ARE IN THE
DARK; THEY SAY, 'WHO SEES US?'
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AND, 'WHO KNOWS US?'"
>>DON'T THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT
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LUCIFER'S REBELLION SURPRISED
GOD OR CAUGHT HIM UNAWARE.
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THE LORD KNOWS ALL THINGS
- INCLUDING THE THOUGHTS OF
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HIS CREATURES.
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HE UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT WAS
GOING THROUGH LUCIFER'S MIND AND
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IN LOVING MERCY GOD WARNED
THE WAYWARD ANGEL OF HIS DANGER.
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BUT IN THE END PRIDE AND
SELF-LOVE WOULD NOT PERMIT
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LUCIFER TO REPENT SO HE
CHOSE OPEN REBELLION AGAINST GOD
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RATHER THAN HUMBLE OBEDIENCE.
SOME HAVE WONDERED, 'DOES THIS
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MEAN THAT GOD
CREATED A DEFECTIVE ANGEL?'
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NO, BUT HE DID CREATE LUCIFER
WITH THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
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YOU SEE, THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE
IS A WONDERFUL THING, BUT IT
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CARRIES WITH IT INCREDIBLE
RISK - INCLUDING THE RISK OF
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REBELLION AND THE POSSIBILITY
THAT GOD'S LOVE MIGHT BE
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REJECTED. YOU SEE,
REAL LOVE CANNOT COME FROM A
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PRE-PROGRAMMED
CREATURE AND IT CAN'T BE FORCED.
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IT MUST BE VOLUNTARILY GIVEN.
FOR EXAMPLE, AS CUTE AS THIS
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LITTLE ROBOT DOG IS, IT
CAN NEVER REALLY LOVE ME.
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I CAN MAKE IT APPEAR TO LOVE
ME, BUT IT'S ONLY CARRYING OUT
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PRE-PROGRAMMED
INSTRUCTIONS - IT HAS NO CHOICE.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS LITTLE
GUY IS TRULY HAPPY TO SEE ME.
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HE'S CHOSEN TO GIVE ME HIS
AFFECTION AND, GIVEN TIME, OUR
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RELATIONSHIP WOULD GROW AND
STRENGTHEN AS I LOVE AND CARE
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FOR HIM. IN THE SAME WAY A GOD
OF LOVE ONLY WANTS THE GENUINE
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LOVE OF HIS INTELLIGENT
CREATURES, AND FOR THAT
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TO HAPPEN, THEY MUST HAVE
FREE CHOICE. LUCIFER'S REBELLION
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IS THE GREATEST EVIDENCE
THAT HE TRULY HAD THAT FREEDOM.
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SO NOW, THE BIG QUESTION WAS,
'HOW WOULD GOD RESPOND TO THIS
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CRISIS? HOW WOULD HE DEAL
WITH LUCIFER AND THE MILLIONS OF
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ANGELS WHO JOINED HIM IN HIS
REBELLION?' MANY WONDER WHY GOD
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DID NOT
IMMEDIATELY DESTROY THE REBEL.
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AFTER ALL, HE COULD HAVE EASILY
VAPORIZED LUCIFER WITH A BOLT OF
00:13:10.75\00:13:14.42
LIGHTNING. BUT WOULD THAT
HAVE REALLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM?
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NO, ON THE CONTRARY, THAT WOULD
HAVE JUST INTENSIFIED THE DOUBTS
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AND SUSPICIONS THAT LUCIFER HAD
BEEN PLANTING IN THE MINDS OF
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THE ANGELS. REMEMBER, LUCIFER
KNEW, AS NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE,
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THE INNER WORKINGS OF
THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD.
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HIS DESTRUCTION WOULD HAVE
BEEN VIEWED AS PART OF A MASSIVE
00:13:36.91\00:13:40.08
COVER-UP AND FEAR OF REPRISAL,
RATHER THAN LOVE, WOULD HAVE
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BECOME THE
MOTIVATING REASON TO SERVE GOD.
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NO, THE LORD KNEW, IN HIS
WISDOM, THE BEST WAY TO MEET THE
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CRISIS WAS TO ALLOW IT TO
RUN ITS COURSE. THIS WOULD BE
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THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THAT
EVIL WOULD NEVER RISE AGAIN.
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>>"LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER UNTIL
THE HARVEST, AND AT THE TIME OF
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HARVEST I WILL SAY TO THE
REAPERS, 'FIRST GATHER TOGETHER
00:14:06.88\00:14:10.38
THE TARES AND BIND THEM IN
BUNDLES TO BURN THEM, BUT GATHER
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THE WHEAT INTO MY BARN.'"
>>IN THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT
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AND THE TARES, JESUS ILLUSTRATES
THAT A GROWING TIME IS NEEDED
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FOR A PLANT TO REVEAL ITS
TRUE NATURE. IN HIS INFINITE
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UNDERSTANDING GOD KNEW, GIVEN
TIME, LUCIFER'S REAL CHARACTER
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WOULD BE EXPOSED AND THE BITTER
FRUIT OF HIS REBELLION WOULD
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BECOME APPARENT TO ALL. UP
TIL NOW THE CITIZENS OF THE
00:14:37.77\00:14:41.61
UNIVERSE WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH
SIN AND WHERE IT WOULD LEAD.
00:14:41.64\00:14:46.48
BUT THAT WOULD CHANGE AS THEY
CAME TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES ITS
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TERRIBLE
SELF-DESTRUCTIVE NATURE.
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IN THE END, THE WISDOM AND LOVE
OF GOD'S GOVERNMENT WOULD STAND
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FOREVER VINDICATED AND
THE UNIVERSE WOULD BE SECURE.
00:14:56.66\00:15:01.40
AS LUCIFER AND HIS SUPPORTERS
BROUGHT THE REBELLION TO THE
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FOREFRONT, THE LORD KNEW THAT
THERE WOULD BE NO PEACE IF THEY
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WERE ALLOWED TO
REMAIN IN HEAVEN.
00:15:08.17\00:15:10.64
A LINE MUST BE DRAWN, ACTION
TAKEN, AND THE REBELS EVICTED.
00:15:10.67\00:15:15.48
BUT LUCIFER AND HIS SUPPORTERS
WOULD NEVER GO WILLINGLY OR
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PEACEFULLY. THE
NEXT STEP WAS WAR.
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>>"AND WAR BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN:
MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT
00:15:28.09\00:15:31.69
WITH THE DRAGON; AND THE DRAGON
AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT, BUT THEY
00:15:31.73\00:15:35.26
DID NOT PREVAIL, NOR WAS A
PLACE FOUND FOR THEM IN HEAVEN
00:15:35.30\00:15:39.03
ANY LONGER.
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SO THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST
OUT, THAT SERPENT OF OLD, CALLED
00:15:40.50\00:15:44.37
THE DEVIL AND SATAN, WHO
DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD; HE WAS
00:15:44.41\00:15:48.24
CAST TO THE EARTH, AND HIS
ANGELS WERE CAST OUT WITH HIM."
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>>THE BIBLE DOESN'T REVEAL
EXACTLY WHAT WEAPONS WERE USED
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OR HOW LONG THIS COSMIC CONFLICT
LASTED, BUT THIS WAS A WAR THE
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LIKES OF WHICH NO MORTAL EYE
HAS EVER SEEN. REVELATION 12,
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VERSE 4 TELLS US THAT ULTIMATELY
LUCIFER AND ONE-THIRD OF GOD'S
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ANGELS WERE PHYSICALLY EXPELLED
FROM HEAVEN. BUT WHAT NEXT?
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LUCIFER NOW HAD MILLIONS OF
ANGELS ON HIS SIDE BUT HE NEEDED
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A STAGING GROUND FROM
WHICH TO CONTINUE HIS REVOLT.
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SOON - ALL TOO SOON -
THE UNIVERSE WOULD BEGIN TO
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UNDERSTAND HOW PAINFUL AND
COSTLY THE WAGES OF SIN COULD
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BE, FOR THE WAR WAS NOT
OVER, IT HAD ONLY JUST BEGUN.
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LUCIFER, THE LIGHT BEARER, HAD
NOW BECOME SATAN, THE ADVERSARY.
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>>AFTER THE WAR IN
HEAVEN, SATAN AND HIS FALLEN
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ANGELS WERE BANISHED
FROM THE COURTS OF GLORY.
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FOR A TIME, THE DEVIL AND
HIS DEMONS ROAMED THROUGH THE
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UNIVERSE UNSUCCESSFULLY
SEARCHING FOR WORLDS TO
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SYMPATHIZE WITH
THEM IN THE REBELLION.
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IN THE MEANTIME, THE HEART
OF GOD KEENLY FELT THE VACUUM
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CREATED BY THE LOSS OF
LUCIFER AND HIS ANGELS.
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SO THE FATHER, SON, AND
HOLY SPIRIT RETURNED TO THEIR
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FAVORITE WORK - THE
MARVELOUS WORK OF CREATION.
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THEY DECIDED TO MAKE A NEW
WORLD FILLED WITH A MYRIAD OF
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AMAZING AND DIVERSE CREATURES
TO LOVE. THIS NEW WORLD WOULD BE
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UNIQUE BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLE
CREATURES WOULD BE MADE
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IN GOD'S OWN IMAGE. TO
THEM, THE LORD WOULD ALSO GIVE
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DOMINION OF THIS NEW
PLANET WE NOW KNOW AS EARTH.
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>>"IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED
THE...EARTH...THEN GOD SAW
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EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD MADE,
AND INDEED IT WAS VERY GOOD."
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>>WHAT AN AWESOME SIGHT TO
BEHOLD - GOD FORMING A BRAND-NEW
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WORLD - OUR PLANET, EARTH.
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AND WITH EVERY WONDERFUL DAY OF
THE CREATION SOMETHING NEW AND
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SPECTACULAR
BURST UPON THE SCENE.
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ON THE THIRD DAY, GOD SPOKE AND
BEAUTIFUL LUSH VEGETATION SPRANG
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INTO EXISTENCE - PLANTS OF
ALL COLORS, SHAPES, AND SIZES.
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ON THE FIFTH DAY, THE WORLD
WAS FILLED WITH STUNNING EXOTIC
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CREATURES THAT COULD EITHER SOAR
THROUGH THE HEAVENS OR GLIDE
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FREELY THROUGH THE BLUE
WATERS - AND SOME COULD DO BOTH.
00:18:58.37\00:19:04.24
THE SIXTH DAY SAW THE
INTRODUCTION OF A VAST AND
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DIVERSE MULTITUDE OF
LAND ANIMALS - FROM THE GIANT
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ELEPHANT TO THE TINY CHIPMUNK
- EACH FOUND A HOME IN THE NEW
00:19:11.25\00:19:15.48
PLANET AND A PLACE TO LIVE
IN HARMONY WITH THE REST OF
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CREATION. AND ALSO ON THE
SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MAN.
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>>"THEN GOD SAID, 'LET US MAKE
MAN IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO
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OUR LIKENESS...' AND
THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF
00:19:31.87\00:19:34.90
THE DUST OF THE GROUND, AND
BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE
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BREATH OF LIFE; AND MAN BECAME
A LIVING BEING. THE LORD GOD
00:19:38.11\00:19:42.74
PLANTED A GARDEN EAST-WARD IN
EDEN, AND THERE HE PUT THE MAN
00:19:42.78\00:19:46.82
WHOM HE HAD FORMED." (MUSIC)
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>>WHAT A TREMENDOUS HONOR - TO
BE MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD -
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TO BE A FREE-THINKING,
SELF-GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL.
00:20:51.08\00:20:55.02
IN THE BEGINNING, MAN WAS
NOT AWARE OF HIS NAKEDNESS.
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THIS WAS LIKELY BECAUSE, PRIOR
TO SIN, HE WAS CLOTHED WITH
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GLORY AND LIGHT. GOD ALSO
CREATED THE IDEAL COMPANION
00:21:02.69\00:21:13.84
FOR ADAM - HIS
BEAUTIFUL WIFE, EVE.
00:21:13.87\00:21:30.55
THE JOYFUL PAIR WERE PLACED IN
A MAGNIFICENT GARDEN FLAWLESSLY
00:21:30.59\00:21:34.19
DESIGNED TO
ENHANCE THEIR HAPPINESS.
00:21:34.22\00:21:37.53
TO ADAM AND EVE AND THE OTHER
CREATURES OF THE EARTH WAS ALSO
00:21:37.56\00:21:40.86
GIVEN THE DIVINE PRIVILEGE OF
PROCREATING IN THEIR OWN IMAGE.
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IT WAS THE INTENTION OF GOD
THAT THE HUMAN RACE WOULD RETAIN
00:21:45.93\00:21:50.31
DOMINION OVER THIS PERFECT
PARADISE FOREVER - ETERNALLY
00:21:50.34\00:21:54.21
HAPPY AND HEALTHY, THEY'D WORK
WITH THE FLORA OF GOD'S GARDEN
00:21:54.24\00:21:57.85
WHILE ENJOYING THE AFFECTION
AND COMPANIONSHIP OF ALL THE
00:21:57.88\00:22:01.22
CREATURES UNDER THEIR
CARE. THE ENVIRONMENT OUR FIRST
00:22:01.25\00:22:08.32
PARENTS EXPERIENCED WAS VASTLY
DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD TODAY.
00:22:08.36\00:22:12.39
ROSES HAD NO THORNS.
INSECTS DID NOT BITE OR STING
00:22:12.43\00:22:16.67
AND LIONS AND LAMBS
WOULD GENTLY FROLIC TOGETHER.
00:22:16.70\00:22:21.07
BUT THE GREATEST BLESSING
WAS THAT HUMANS LIVED IN PERFECT
00:22:21.10\00:22:24.51
HARMONY WITH THEIR MAKER.
EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADAM AND EVE
00:22:24.54\00:22:28.58
WOULD REST FROM THEIR PLEASANT
LABOR AND HOLD OPEN BLISSFUL
00:22:28.61\00:22:31.98
COMMUNION WITH
THEIR VISITING CREATOR.
00:22:32.01\00:22:36.32
IT WAS A SPLENDID WONDERFUL
WORLD AND THIS HAPPY ESTATE
00:22:36.35\00:22:40.29
WOULD HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH
ETERNITY IF ONLY OUR FIRST
00:22:40.32\00:22:43.76
PARENTS HAD PROVED
FAITHFUL IN ONE SIMPLE TEST.
00:22:43.79\00:22:49.93
>>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS
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SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE
DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL
00:23:26.33\00:23:29.70
SURELY DIE."
>>BECAUSE THE ADVERSARY HAD
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CONTAMINATED THE
UNIVERSE WITH HIS REBELLION, THE
00:23:35.34\00:23:38.21
LORD SAW THE NEED OF A
SIMPLE TEST OF LOVE AND LOYALTY.
00:23:38.25\00:23:42.65
REMEMBER, THE GOOD ANGELS
HAD JUST SEEN A THIRD OF THEIR
00:23:42.68\00:23:45.69
FRIENDS CAST OUT OF
HEAVEN DURING THE WAR.
00:23:45.72\00:23:48.49
HOW COULD THEY BE ASSURED THESE
NEW HUMANS WOULD NOT SIDE WITH
00:23:48.52\00:23:52.13
LUCIFER AND CAUSE MORE TROUBLE?
SO THE LORD PLACED A UNIQUE TREE
00:23:52.16\00:23:56.16
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. A
TREE WHOSE FRUIT WAS NOT TO BE
00:23:56.20\00:23:59.83
EATEN, ON PAIN OF DEATH.
PASSING THIS SIMPLE TEST OF
00:23:59.87\00:24:04.31
OBEDIENCE WOULD DEMONSTRATE ADAM
AND EVE'S ALLEGIENCE TO GOD AND
00:24:04.34\00:24:08.34
FAITH IN HIS WORD.
EVEN MORE, IT WAS A TEST OF
00:24:08.38\00:24:11.81
LOVE. THIS IS WHY
JESUS SAID, IN JOHN
00:24:11.85\00:24:14.25
14, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY
COMMANDMENTS.' BUT SOMEONE ELSE
00:24:14.28\00:24:20.22
LEARNED OF THIS TEST OF FAITH
AND HE DETERMINED TO USE IT TO
00:24:20.26\00:24:24.09
HIS ADVANTAGE. SATAN
WAS VERY JEALOUS OF THE
00:24:24.13\00:24:27.96
HAPPY HUMANS WHO WERE NOW
ENJOYING THE BLESSED LIFE THAT
00:24:27.96\00:24:31.57
HE HAD LOST. THEIR
HAPPY EXISTENCE STOOD IN
00:24:31.60\00:24:34.74
STARK CONTRAST TO HIS OWN, WHICH
WAS NOW FULL OF GUILT, SIN, AND
00:24:34.77\00:24:38.97
MISERY. IN HIS
BROODING RESENTMENT AND
00:24:39.01\00:24:41.88
ANGER HE WAS NOT CONTENT TO
LEAVE THE INNOCENT PAIR ALONE,
00:24:41.91\00:24:46.31
FOR SIN ALWAYS SEEKS TO
DRAG OTHERS DOWN WITH IT.
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I REALIZED THAT THERE HAD TO
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INCLUDING MYSELF. >> MY
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>> I LOST EVERYTHING AND THAT
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GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE. >>
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