Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: AFP
Program Code: AFP300001
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00:01 >>THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
00:04 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. (MUSIC) 00:11 >>VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON THE EARTH, REGARDLESS OF 00:14 RELIGION OR NATIONALITY, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOME 00:17 FORM OF BATTLE RAGING IN THE WORLD AROUND US BETWEEN THE 00:21 FORCES OF GOOD AND EVIL - A COLOSSAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN 00:26 LIGHT AND DARKNESS, TRUTH AND ERROR, OPPRESSION AND FREEDOM, 00:30 RIGHT AND WRONG - AND ULTIMATELY LIFE AND DEATH. 00:37 WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THIS GLARING PARADOX? 00:42 MANY RELIGIONS, INCLUDING THE BIBLE, TEACH THAT BEYOND THE 00:45 THREE-DIMENSIONAL VEIL OF OUR PHYSICAL WORLD WE SEE THERE'S 00:49 ANOTHER VERY REAL SPIRITUAL WORLD WE CANNOT SEE. 00:53 IN THIS UNSEEN REALM EVER ABOUT US WE SEE A TITANIC BATTLE 00:58 RAGING BETWEEN THE SUPREME RIGHTEOUS HERO AND THE ULTIMATE 01:02 EVIL VILLAIN. THE BIG QUESTION IS: WHO ARE 01:05 THESE PRIMARY PLAYERS AND HOW, WHERE, AND WHEN DID THIS 01:10 COSMIC CRISIS BEGIN? THIS IS THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF 01:15 THE AGES AND THE MOST AMAZING TRUE STORY THAT HAS EVER 01:19 BEEN TOLD. THIS CRISIS NOW INVOLVES EVERY 01:23 PERSON ON EARTH. YES, EVERY PERSON. 01:30 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) >>HUMAN HISTORY HAS BEEN 02:54 RIDDLED WITH SCENES OF WAR AND EVERY PERSON HAS EXPERIENCED 02:58 CONFLICT, BUT TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGIN OF EVIL WE MUST TRAVEL 03:03 BACK IN TIME TO THE VERY FIRST WAR OF THE UNIVERSE - BECAUSE 03:07 THIS BATTLE DID NOT OCCUR ON EARTH. 03:10 BEFORE OUR WORLD EVEN EXISTED THERE WAS A WAR IN HEAVEN. 03:15 EVEN THE WORDS 'WAR IN HEAVEN' SOUND LIKE THE ULTIMATE PARADOX. 03:19 IT'S ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE TO US THAT THERE COULD BE A BATTLE AND 03:23 STRIFE AMONG GOD'S PERFECT BEINGS IN PARADISE. 03:27 WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS CELESTIAL CONFLICT? 03:30 THANKFULLY, AN ANCIENT BOOK CALLED 'THE BIBLE', GIVES US 03:34 ENOUGH DETAILS SO THAT WE CAN PIECE TOGETHER THE ASTONISHING 03:37 ACCOUNT. ALTHOUGH TRAGIC, IT'S ALSO AN INCREDIBLY TENDER 03:42 LOVE STORY THAT REACHES DOWN THROUGH THE AGES, PERSONALLY 03:45 TOUCHING YOU AND ME AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL ON EARTH. 03:52 OUR STORY BEGINS LONG AGO IN THE VERY CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSE IN 03:57 A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN THAT WAS FILLED WITH ANGELIC BEINGS WHO 04:01 DELIGHTED TO DO THE WILL OF GOD. UNDER THE CREATOR'S JUST AND 04:09 LOVING GOVERNMENT, ALL OF HEAVEN ENJOYED AN EXISTENCE OF 04:13 HAPPINESS AND PERFECT BLISS. THE SUPREME PRINCE OF HEAVEN AND 04:21 COMMANDER OF THE ANGELS WAS THE ALL-POWERFUL AND LOVING SON 04:24 OF GOD. MOST KNOW HIM BY THE NAME HE TOOK WHEN HE CAME 04:29 TO EARTH - JESUS. 04:31 HE WAS ONE IN PURPOSE AND MIND WITH GOD THE FATHER. 04:35 HEAVEN, UNDER THE COMPASSIONATE RULE OF FATHER, SON, AND SPIRIT, 04:39 PROVED TO BE A PLACE OF WONDER, PEACE AND JOY. 04:44 TO CARRY OUT THE COMMANDS OF GOD, THE TRINITY WAS SURROUNDED 04:48 BY A VIRTUAL OCEAN OF COUNTLESS MINISTERING SPIRITS CALLED 04:52 SERAPHIM AND CHERUBIM - OR MORE COMMONLY, JUST KNOWN AS ANGELS. 04:57 THESE POWERFUL AND INTELLIGENT CREATURES FOUND THEIR GREATEST 05:01 JOY IN DOING THE BIDDING OF THE ALMIGHTY. BUT GOD CREATED ONE 05:07 EXTRAORDINARY ANGEL TO SERVE AS LEADER OF THE ENTIRE HEAVENLY 05:11 THRONG. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT HIS NAME WAS LUCIFER, 05:16 WHICH MEANS 'LIGHT BEARER'. THIS CHERUB WAS THE GREATEST OF 05:20 GOD'S CREATED BEINGS AND HELD THE POSITION CLOSEST TO GOD'S 05:23 THRONE AND DIRECTLY UNDER JESUS IN HEAVENLY AUTHORITY. 05:28 LUCIFER'S JOB WAS TO COMMUNICATE THE LIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD'S 05:31 WILL TO ALL THE OTHER ANGELS. 05:35 LUCIFER WAS GOD'S MOST SPLENDID CREATED BEING. 05:39 HE WAS CAPTIVATINGLY HANDSOME AND ENDOWED WITH ASTONISHING 05:42 POWERS OF LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION. 05:46 AMONG THE ANGELS HE WAS GREATLY ADMIRED, RESPECTED, AND LOVED AS 05:50 A FRIEND, YET GOD FORESAW THE MISERY LUCIFER WAS ABOUT TO 05:55 INTRODUCE INTO THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT. 06:01 >>"FULL OF WISDOM AND PERFECT IN BEAUTY...EVERY PRECIOUS STONE 06:06 WAS YOUR COVERING...YOU WERE THE ANOINTED CHERUB WHO COVERS; I 06:11 ESTABLISHED YOU; YOU WERE ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF GOD; YOU WALKED 06:16 BACK AND FORTH IN THE MIDST OF FIERY STONES. 06:20 YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS FROM THE DAY YOU WERE CREATED, 06:24 TILL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU." 06:29 >>AS LUCIFER BEGAN TO PONDER HIS OWN BEAUTY AND POWER, HIS HEART 06:33 GRADUALLY STARTED TO CHANGE. HE ALLOWED HIS FOCUS TO TURN 06:37 AWAY FROM GOD AND HE DIRECTED HIS LOVE UPON HIMSELF. 06:42 HOW AND WHY THESE SEEDS OF REBELLION GERMINATED IN HIS 06:45 HEART WE MAY NEVER FULLY UNDERSTAND, BUT THE PROPHET 06:49 ISAIAH PROVIDES THIS INSIGHT INTO LUCIFER'S THINKING. 06:55 >>"HOW YOU ARE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, O LUCIFER, SON 06:58 OF THE MORNING! HOW YOU ARE CUT DOWN TO THE GROUND, 07:02 YOU WHO WEAKENED THE NATIONS! 07:04 FOR YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR HEART: 'I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN, 07:09 I WILL EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD...I WILL ASCEND 07:14 ABOVE THE HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUDS, I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.'" 07:24 >>FOR LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN RESOURCES VISIT 07:26 'AFBOOKSTORE.COM' (MUSIC) 07:39 >>LUCIFER GRADUALLY BEGAN TO COVET THE POWER OF GOD, 07:44 BUT NOT HIS CHARACTER. AS HE THOUGHT ABOUT HIS OWN 07:47 EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES AND BEAUTY, THE CANCEROUS TENTACLES 07:51 OF PRIDE AND SELF-EXALTATION GRIPPED HIS MIND. 07:55 THIS RESENTMENT AND JEALOUSY ULTIMATELY DROVE HIM TO VIOLATE 07:59 GOD'S HOLY LAW AND REBEL AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT. 08:03 WE NEED TO PAUSE HERE AND MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR. 08:07 FROM THE BEGINNING GOD ORDAINED THE LAWS OF PHYSICS TO GOVERN 08:11 THE MATERIAL WORLD WE LIVE IN. WITHOUT THESE NATURAL LAWS, 08:15 THE UNIVERSE WOULD BE CHAOS. IN THE SAME WAY, GOD'S MORAL LAW 08:19 HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED SECURITY AND STABILITY TO THE COSMOS. 08:24 SOME BELIEVE THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DID NOT EXIST UNTIL 08:28 THE LORD DELIVERED THEM TO MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI, BUT SCRIPTURE 08:32 TEACHES US THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF GOD'S LAW HAVE EXISTED 08:35 THROUGHOUT ETERNITY - FOR THEY'RE THE VERY FOUNDATION OF 08:38 HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM OF LOVE. 08:43 >>"ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE SURE. THEY STAND FAST FOR EVER 08:46 AND EVER, AND ARE DONE IN TRUTH AND UPRIGHTNESS." 08:52 >>THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE A SUMMARY OF GOD'S CHARACTER 08:55 OF LOVE. THE FIRST FOUR COMMANDMENTS 08:58 DESCRIBE WHO GOD IS, HIS POWER, HIS TERRITORY, AND AUTHORITY. 09:03 THE LAST SIX DESCRIBE WHAT GOD IS LIKE - HIS HONESTY, HIS 09:07 PURITY, HIS FAITHFULNESS - ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 09:11 TRUE AND WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE. NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 09:15 HISTORY OF ETERNITY, LUCIFER BEGAN VIOLATING THESE PERFECT 09:19 PRINCIPLES. LUCIFER KNEW, IF HE WAS TO EVER SHARE THE POWER AND 09:25 STATUS OF GOD, HE WOULD NEED SUPPORT. SO HE WENT TO WORK. 09:31 HE BEGAN TO DEVIOUSLY CIRCULATE AMONG THE OTHER ANGELS, PLANTING 09:34 SEEDS OF DOUBT AND DISCONTENT REGARDING GOD'S LEADERSHIP. 09:38 AT THE SAME TIME HE WOULD SUBTLY HIGHLIGHT HIS OWN VIRTUES. 09:42 HE INSINUATED THAT GOD WAS ABUSING HIS DIVINE POWER AND HIS 09:46 LAW WAS RESTRICTING THE TRUE FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS OF HIS 09:49 CREATURES. WITH HIS CLEVER REASONING AND UNRIVALED POWERS 09:53 OF INFLUENCE, LUCIFER MANAGED TO PERSUADE A GREAT NUMBER 09:57 OF THE ANGELS TO JOIN HIM IN HIS MUTINY. 10:04 PERHAPS YOU'RE WONDERING, 'HOW COULD SO MANY INTELLIGENT 10:07 ANGELS BE DUPED INTO FOLLOWING THIS DECEIVER. 10:10 WELL, KEEP IN MIND, UP TIL THIS POINT NO ANGEL HAD EVER HEARD A 10:14 LIE AND AT THIS EARLY STAGE OF THE REBELLION, THE ANGELS DID 10:18 NOT REALIZE HOW OBSESSED LUCIFER WOULD BECOME WITH ACQUIRING THE 10:22 POSITION OF GOD. THEY DID NOT KNOW HE WOULD 10:25 EVENTUALLY STOOP TO TORTURE AND MURDER GOD'S OWN SON ON THE 10:29 CROSS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE HIS THRONE. STRANGELY, LUCIFER 10:36 THOUGHT HE COULD CONCEAL HIS TRUE PURPOSE FROM GOD. 10:43 >>"WOE TO THOSE WHO SEEK DEEP TO HIDE THEIR COUNSEL FAR FROM THE 10:47 LORD, AND THEIR WORKS ARE IN THE DARK; THEY SAY, 'WHO SEES US?' 10:53 AND, 'WHO KNOWS US?'" >>DON'T THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT 10:59 LUCIFER'S REBELLION SURPRISED GOD OR CAUGHT HIM UNAWARE. 11:03 THE LORD KNOWS ALL THINGS - INCLUDING THE THOUGHTS OF 11:06 HIS CREATURES. 11:08 HE UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH LUCIFER'S MIND AND 11:12 IN LOVING MERCY GOD WARNED THE WAYWARD ANGEL OF HIS DANGER. 11:17 BUT IN THE END PRIDE AND SELF-LOVE WOULD NOT PERMIT 11:21 LUCIFER TO REPENT SO HE CHOSE OPEN REBELLION AGAINST GOD 11:26 RATHER THAN HUMBLE OBEDIENCE. SOME HAVE WONDERED, 'DOES THIS 11:32 MEAN THAT GOD CREATED A DEFECTIVE ANGEL?' 11:35 NO, BUT HE DID CREATE LUCIFER WITH THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE. 11:39 YOU SEE, THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE IS A WONDERFUL THING, BUT IT 11:44 CARRIES WITH IT INCREDIBLE RISK - INCLUDING THE RISK OF 11:47 REBELLION AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT GOD'S LOVE MIGHT BE 11:51 REJECTED. YOU SEE, REAL LOVE CANNOT COME FROM A 11:55 PRE-PROGRAMMED CREATURE AND IT CAN'T BE FORCED. 11:59 IT MUST BE VOLUNTARILY GIVEN. FOR EXAMPLE, AS CUTE AS THIS 12:04 LITTLE ROBOT DOG IS, IT CAN NEVER REALLY LOVE ME. 12:10 I CAN MAKE IT APPEAR TO LOVE ME, BUT IT'S ONLY CARRYING OUT 12:14 PRE-PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTIONS - IT HAS NO CHOICE. 12:18 ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS LITTLE GUY IS TRULY HAPPY TO SEE ME. 12:27 HE'S CHOSEN TO GIVE ME HIS AFFECTION AND, GIVEN TIME, OUR 12:30 RELATIONSHIP WOULD GROW AND STRENGTHEN AS I LOVE AND CARE 12:33 FOR HIM. IN THE SAME WAY A GOD OF LOVE ONLY WANTS THE GENUINE 12:38 LOVE OF HIS INTELLIGENT CREATURES, AND FOR THAT 12:41 TO HAPPEN, THEY MUST HAVE FREE CHOICE. LUCIFER'S REBELLION 12:46 IS THE GREATEST EVIDENCE THAT HE TRULY HAD THAT FREEDOM. 12:50 SO NOW, THE BIG QUESTION WAS, 'HOW WOULD GOD RESPOND TO THIS 12:56 CRISIS? HOW WOULD HE DEAL WITH LUCIFER AND THE MILLIONS OF 13:00 ANGELS WHO JOINED HIM IN HIS REBELLION?' MANY WONDER WHY GOD 13:07 DID NOT IMMEDIATELY DESTROY THE REBEL. 13:10 AFTER ALL, HE COULD HAVE EASILY VAPORIZED LUCIFER WITH A BOLT OF 13:14 LIGHTNING. BUT WOULD THAT HAVE REALLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM? 13:21 NO, ON THE CONTRARY, THAT WOULD HAVE JUST INTENSIFIED THE DOUBTS 13:25 AND SUSPICIONS THAT LUCIFER HAD BEEN PLANTING IN THE MINDS OF 13:29 THE ANGELS. REMEMBER, LUCIFER KNEW, AS NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE, 13:34 THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD. 13:36 HIS DESTRUCTION WOULD HAVE BEEN VIEWED AS PART OF A MASSIVE 13:40 COVER-UP AND FEAR OF REPRISAL, RATHER THAN LOVE, WOULD HAVE 13:44 BECOME THE MOTIVATING REASON TO SERVE GOD. 13:47 NO, THE LORD KNEW, IN HIS WISDOM, THE BEST WAY TO MEET THE 13:51 CRISIS WAS TO ALLOW IT TO RUN ITS COURSE. THIS WOULD BE 13:55 THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE THAT EVIL WOULD NEVER RISE AGAIN. 14:03 >>"LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST, AND AT THE TIME OF 14:06 HARVEST I WILL SAY TO THE REAPERS, 'FIRST GATHER TOGETHER 14:10 THE TARES AND BIND THEM IN BUNDLES TO BURN THEM, BUT GATHER 14:14 THE WHEAT INTO MY BARN.'" >>IN THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT 14:21 AND THE TARES, JESUS ILLUSTRATES THAT A GROWING TIME IS NEEDED 14:25 FOR A PLANT TO REVEAL ITS TRUE NATURE. IN HIS INFINITE 14:30 UNDERSTANDING GOD KNEW, GIVEN TIME, LUCIFER'S REAL CHARACTER 14:34 WOULD BE EXPOSED AND THE BITTER FRUIT OF HIS REBELLION WOULD 14:37 BECOME APPARENT TO ALL. UP TIL NOW THE CITIZENS OF THE 14:41 UNIVERSE WERE UNFAMILIAR WITH SIN AND WHERE IT WOULD LEAD. 14:46 BUT THAT WOULD CHANGE AS THEY CAME TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES ITS 14:49 TERRIBLE SELF-DESTRUCTIVE NATURE. 14:52 IN THE END, THE WISDOM AND LOVE OF GOD'S GOVERNMENT WOULD STAND 14:56 FOREVER VINDICATED AND THE UNIVERSE WOULD BE SECURE. 15:01 AS LUCIFER AND HIS SUPPORTERS BROUGHT THE REBELLION TO THE 15:04 FOREFRONT, THE LORD KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PEACE IF THEY 15:08 WERE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN HEAVEN. 15:10 A LINE MUST BE DRAWN, ACTION TAKEN, AND THE REBELS EVICTED. 15:15 BUT LUCIFER AND HIS SUPPORTERS WOULD NEVER GO WILLINGLY OR 15:19 PEACEFULLY. THE NEXT STEP WAS WAR. 15:28 >>"AND WAR BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN: MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT 15:31 WITH THE DRAGON; AND THE DRAGON AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT, BUT THEY 15:35 DID NOT PREVAIL, NOR WAS A PLACE FOUND FOR THEM IN HEAVEN 15:39 ANY LONGER. 15:40 SO THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, THAT SERPENT OF OLD, CALLED 15:44 THE DEVIL AND SATAN, WHO DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD; HE WAS 15:48 CAST TO THE EARTH, AND HIS ANGELS WERE CAST OUT WITH HIM." 15:55 >>THE BIBLE DOESN'T REVEAL EXACTLY WHAT WEAPONS WERE USED 15:58 OR HOW LONG THIS COSMIC CONFLICT LASTED, BUT THIS WAS A WAR THE 16:03 LIKES OF WHICH NO MORTAL EYE HAS EVER SEEN. REVELATION 12, 16:08 VERSE 4 TELLS US THAT ULTIMATELY LUCIFER AND ONE-THIRD OF GOD'S 16:13 ANGELS WERE PHYSICALLY EXPELLED FROM HEAVEN. BUT WHAT NEXT? 16:32 LUCIFER NOW HAD MILLIONS OF ANGELS ON HIS SIDE BUT HE NEEDED 16:36 A STAGING GROUND FROM WHICH TO CONTINUE HIS REVOLT. 16:40 SOON - ALL TOO SOON - THE UNIVERSE WOULD BEGIN TO 16:43 UNDERSTAND HOW PAINFUL AND COSTLY THE WAGES OF SIN COULD 16:46 BE, FOR THE WAR WAS NOT OVER, IT HAD ONLY JUST BEGUN. 16:52 LUCIFER, THE LIGHT BEARER, HAD NOW BECOME SATAN, THE ADVERSARY. 17:01 >>FOR LIFE-CHANGING CHRISTIAN RESOURCES VISIT AFBOOKSTORE.COM. 17:08 (MUSIC) 17:25 >>AFTER THE WAR IN HEAVEN, SATAN AND HIS FALLEN 17:28 ANGELS WERE BANISHED FROM THE COURTS OF GLORY. 17:30 FOR A TIME, THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS ROAMED THROUGH THE 17:34 UNIVERSE UNSUCCESSFULLY SEARCHING FOR WORLDS TO 17:37 SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM IN THE REBELLION. 17:39 IN THE MEANTIME, THE HEART OF GOD KEENLY FELT THE VACUUM 17:44 CREATED BY THE LOSS OF LUCIFER AND HIS ANGELS. 17:47 SO THE FATHER, SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT RETURNED TO THEIR 17:51 FAVORITE WORK - THE MARVELOUS WORK OF CREATION. 17:55 THEY DECIDED TO MAKE A NEW WORLD FILLED WITH A MYRIAD OF 17:59 AMAZING AND DIVERSE CREATURES TO LOVE. THIS NEW WORLD WOULD BE 18:03 UNIQUE BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLE CREATURES WOULD BE MADE 18:06 IN GOD'S OWN IMAGE. TO THEM, THE LORD WOULD ALSO GIVE 18:10 DOMINION OF THIS NEW PLANET WE NOW KNOW AS EARTH. 18:16 >>"IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE...EARTH...THEN GOD SAW 18:19 EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD MADE, AND INDEED IT WAS VERY GOOD." 18:27 >>WHAT AN AWESOME SIGHT TO BEHOLD - GOD FORMING A BRAND-NEW 18:31 WORLD - OUR PLANET, EARTH. 18:34 AND WITH EVERY WONDERFUL DAY OF THE CREATION SOMETHING NEW AND 18:37 SPECTACULAR BURST UPON THE SCENE. 18:40 ON THE THIRD DAY, GOD SPOKE AND BEAUTIFUL LUSH VEGETATION SPRANG 18:45 INTO EXISTENCE - PLANTS OF ALL COLORS, SHAPES, AND SIZES. 18:52 ON THE FIFTH DAY, THE WORLD WAS FILLED WITH STUNNING EXOTIC 18:55 CREATURES THAT COULD EITHER SOAR THROUGH THE HEAVENS OR GLIDE 18:58 FREELY THROUGH THE BLUE WATERS - AND SOME COULD DO BOTH. 19:04 THE SIXTH DAY SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF A VAST AND 19:07 DIVERSE MULTITUDE OF LAND ANIMALS - FROM THE GIANT 19:11 ELEPHANT TO THE TINY CHIPMUNK - EACH FOUND A HOME IN THE NEW 19:15 PLANET AND A PLACE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE REST OF 19:18 CREATION. AND ALSO ON THE SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MAN. 19:28 >>"THEN GOD SAID, 'LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO 19:31 OUR LIKENESS...' AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF 19:34 THE DUST OF THE GROUND, AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE 19:38 BREATH OF LIFE; AND MAN BECAME A LIVING BEING. THE LORD GOD 19:42 PLANTED A GARDEN EAST-WARD IN EDEN, AND THERE HE PUT THE MAN 19:46 WHOM HE HAD FORMED." (MUSIC) 20:46 >>WHAT A TREMENDOUS HONOR - TO BE MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD - 20:51 TO BE A FREE-THINKING, SELF-GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL. 20:55 IN THE BEGINNING, MAN WAS NOT AWARE OF HIS NAKEDNESS. 20:58 THIS WAS LIKELY BECAUSE, PRIOR TO SIN, HE WAS CLOTHED WITH 21:02 GLORY AND LIGHT. GOD ALSO CREATED THE IDEAL COMPANION 21:13 FOR ADAM - HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, EVE. 21:30 THE JOYFUL PAIR WERE PLACED IN A MAGNIFICENT GARDEN FLAWLESSLY 21:34 DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THEIR HAPPINESS. 21:37 TO ADAM AND EVE AND THE OTHER CREATURES OF THE EARTH WAS ALSO 21:40 GIVEN THE DIVINE PRIVILEGE OF PROCREATING IN THEIR OWN IMAGE. 21:45 IT WAS THE INTENTION OF GOD THAT THE HUMAN RACE WOULD RETAIN 21:50 DOMINION OVER THIS PERFECT PARADISE FOREVER - ETERNALLY 21:54 HAPPY AND HEALTHY, THEY'D WORK WITH THE FLORA OF GOD'S GARDEN 21:57 WHILE ENJOYING THE AFFECTION AND COMPANIONSHIP OF ALL THE 22:01 CREATURES UNDER THEIR CARE. THE ENVIRONMENT OUR FIRST 22:08 PARENTS EXPERIENCED WAS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD TODAY. 22:12 ROSES HAD NO THORNS. INSECTS DID NOT BITE OR STING 22:16 AND LIONS AND LAMBS WOULD GENTLY FROLIC TOGETHER. 22:21 BUT THE GREATEST BLESSING WAS THAT HUMANS LIVED IN PERFECT 22:24 HARMONY WITH THEIR MAKER. EVERY SEVENTH DAY ADAM AND EVE 22:28 WOULD REST FROM THEIR PLEASANT LABOR AND HOLD OPEN BLISSFUL 22:32 COMMUNION WITH THEIR VISITING CREATOR. 22:36 IT WAS A SPLENDID WONDERFUL WORLD AND THIS HAPPY ESTATE 22:40 WOULD HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH ETERNITY IF ONLY OUR FIRST 22:43 PARENTS HAD PROVED FAITHFUL IN ONE SIMPLE TEST. 22:49 >>DID YOU KNOW THAT NOAH WAS PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF ABRAHAM? 22:52 OKAY, MAYBE HE WASN'T IN THE ROOM, BUT HE WAS ALIVE AND 22:56 PROBABLY TELLING STORIES ABOUT HIS FLOATING ZOO. 23:00 FROM THE CREATION OF THE WORLD TO THE LAST DAY EVENTS OF 23:02 REVELATION, 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM' IS A FREE RESOURCE WHERE YOU CAN 23:07 EXPLORE MAJOR BIBLE EVENTS AND CHARACTERS. 23:10 ENHANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE BIBLE AND DRAW CLOSER 23:13 TO GOD'S WORD. GO DEEPER. 23:15 VISIT THE AMAZING BIBLE TIMELINE AT 'BIBLEHISTORY.COM'. 23:23 >>BUT OF THE TREE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU 23:26 SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE DAY THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL 23:29 SURELY DIE." >>BECAUSE THE ADVERSARY HAD 23:35 CONTAMINATED THE UNIVERSE WITH HIS REBELLION, THE 23:38 LORD SAW THE NEED OF A SIMPLE TEST OF LOVE AND LOYALTY. 23:42 REMEMBER, THE GOOD ANGELS HAD JUST SEEN A THIRD OF THEIR 23:45 FRIENDS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN DURING THE WAR. 23:48 HOW COULD THEY BE ASSURED THESE NEW HUMANS WOULD NOT SIDE WITH 23:52 LUCIFER AND CAUSE MORE TROUBLE? SO THE LORD PLACED A UNIQUE TREE 23:56 IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. A TREE WHOSE FRUIT WAS NOT TO BE 23:59 EATEN, ON PAIN OF DEATH. PASSING THIS SIMPLE TEST OF 24:04 OBEDIENCE WOULD DEMONSTRATE ADAM AND EVE'S ALLEGIENCE TO GOD AND 24:08 FAITH IN HIS WORD. EVEN MORE, IT WAS A TEST OF 24:11 LOVE. THIS IS WHY JESUS SAID, IN JOHN 24:14 14, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.' BUT SOMEONE ELSE 24:20 LEARNED OF THIS TEST OF FAITH AND HE DETERMINED TO USE IT TO 24:24 HIS ADVANTAGE. SATAN WAS VERY JEALOUS OF THE 24:27 HAPPY HUMANS WHO WERE NOW ENJOYING THE BLESSED LIFE THAT 24:31 HE HAD LOST. THEIR HAPPY EXISTENCE STOOD IN 24:34 STARK CONTRAST TO HIS OWN, WHICH WAS NOW FULL OF GUILT, SIN, AND 24:39 MISERY. IN HIS BROODING RESENTMENT AND 24:41 ANGER HE WAS NOT CONTENT TO LEAVE THE INNOCENT PAIR ALONE, 24:46 FOR SIN ALWAYS SEEKS TO DRAG OTHERS DOWN WITH IT. 24:54 >>STAY TUNED, PASTOR DOUG WILL BE RIGHT BACK WITH THIS WEEK'S 24:57 SPECIAL FREE OFFER. (MUSIC) 25:00 >> AMAZING FACTS HAS IMPACTED MY LIFE. 25:02 >> I JUST PRAISE GOD FOR AMAZING FACTS. 25:04 >> AMAZING FACTS ACTUALLY DID HAVE AN IMPACT ON MY LIFE. 25:07 >> IT'S ALL A PROCESS, GETTING TO WHERE I AM TODAY. 25:09 >> AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN - >> I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT - 25:13 >> I BEGAN READING THE BIBLE. >>I GOT BAPTIZED INTO THE 25:15 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST - >> I REALIZED THAT THERE HAD TO 25:17 BE MORE TO LIFE. >> GOD IS REALLY DOING THIS. 25:21 >> THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL. >> AMAZING FACTS - MORE THAN 45 25:27 YEARS OF PROCLAIMING GOD'S MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD. 25:31 >> AND THEN THE LOGO POPS ACROSS - AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 25:35 I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT MINISTERS, BUT HE WAS 25:38 - THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING 25:41 WHERE I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP - AND I'VE 25:44 NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE LET ME - LET ME LOOK THROUGH AND 25:47 FIND THIS. I JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. 25:50 >> AND SO I STARTED DOING BIBLE STUDIES. 25:51 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE GUYS STARTED BEING CHANGED - 25:55 INCLUDING MYSELF. >> MY QUESTION WAS 'WHY DID THAT 25:58 HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?' THE LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT 26:01 AND - AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS A FATHER. 26:04 >> I LOST EVERYTHING AND THAT WAS WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS 26:08 GOD MISSING IN MY LIFE. >> I WENT TO A PROPHECY SEMINAR 26:11 WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT. THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL AND 26:15 SO IRREFUTABLE AND I JUST WENT 'THIS IS REAL. 26:18 THIS IS - THIS IS AMAZING.' 26:23 >>DEEP WITHIN THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE: STORIES OF GREAT HEROES; 26:28 HEROES OF GREAT DEEDS; GREAT LOVE AND GREAT SACRIFICE. 26:37 BUT BEHIND THEM IS ANOTHER HERO. HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT AMID THE 26:43 SHADOWS. HE WAS THERE FROM THE BEGINNING 26:48 AND HE'LL BE THERE UNTIL THE END. 26:52 DISCOVER THE GOLDEN THREAD OF A SAVIOR WOVEN THROUGHOUT THE 26:56 ENTIRE BIBLE TAPESTRY. 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