Participants: Bruce Moyer
Series Code: AIM
Program Code: AIM000398
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00:22 HELLO, WELCOME TO ADVENTURES IN MISSION BROUGHT TO YOU BY GOSPEL OUTREACH.
00:34 THAT YOU CAN CONTACT BOTH OUR OFFICES IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN CANADA. 00:40 OUR GUEST TODAY IS GABBI, AND GABBI YOU HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 00:47 CENTRAL ASIA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 00:51 WELCOME TO OUR PROGRAM. 00:52 THANK YOU, BRUCE. 00:54 STRANGE THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE EAST LATELY. 00:57 UNEXPECTED THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING. 01:00 THERE HAS BEEN TURMOIL, THINGS THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PREDICTED A YEAR BEFORE. 01:07 ABSOLUTELY STUNNING, THE NEWSPAPERS AND THE POLITICAL PUNDITS ARE AT A LOSS. 01:14 TONIGHT, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE ARAB SPRING, 01:20 BECAUSE I AM SURE THIS IS BRINGING UP NEW OPPORTUNITIES, NEW CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF 01:26 MISSION AND GOSPEL OUTREACH IS INVOLVED. 01:28 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS THERE IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD OPERATING 01:33 AND WE WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN OPERATE BEST. 01:35 WE WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR LISTENERS SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING 01:40 AND HOW WE ARE DOING IT. 01:42 NOW, YOU HAVE A PROGRAM THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED IN CALLED "BIBLES FOR PEACE". 01:48 THAT'S RIGHT. 01:49 WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT "BIBLES FOR PEACE"? 01:50 WELL BRUCE, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT TO POINT OUT THAT A YEAR AGO WE COULD HAVE NOT DREAMED 01:58 WHAT WE ARE WITNESSING TODAY, IN TERMS OF THE DRAMATIC CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE WITH 02:04 REDEFINITION OF IDENTITY IN THE ARAB WORLD TODAY. 02:08 ONE THING THAT HAS COMMON IN THE REGION IS HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE PEACE? 02:13 HOW CAN WE BUILD PEACE? 02:15 WHERE DO WE FIND PEACE? 02:17 WHERE IS THE SOURCE OF PEACE? 02:20 IT'S IN THIS EXPRESSION OF ISLAM, IT IS IN THIS POLITICAL VERSION OF DEMOCRACY WHERE IS 02:26 PEACE COMING FROM? 02:28 SO, EXCUSE ME, YES, WELL I HEAR FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT THE ARABS ARE NOT A PEACEFUL PEOPLE. 02:34 THEY ARE A WARLIKE PEOPLE. 02:37 AND YET YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT THE ARABS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PEACE. 02:42 THAT'S RIGHT. 02:43 I'M ANXIOUS TO HEAR THIS. 02:45 OK BRUCE, YOU SEE UNFORTUNATELY, WE ALL HAVE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE ARAB WORLD THAT MAKE IT 02:52 SOUND LIKE THIS IS A MONOLITHIC BLOCK. 02:55 NOT ALL THE ARABS ARE REPRESENTATED BY THE MOST EXTREME ARABS 03:00 AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE MEDIA. 03:02 WHILE WE DO NOT DENY THAT THOSE ARE ARABS AND THEY CLAIM TO BE FAITHFUL MUSLIMS, 03:07 THEY DO NOT REPRESENT AND CAN'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE ARAB WORLD. 03:11 SO WITHIN THEIR WORLD YOU HAVE A GROUP YOU HAVE A GREAT DIVERSITY, 03:14 BECAUSE YOU ARE LOOKING INTO A VERY COMPLEX WORLD. 03:17 THE MAJORITY OF THE ARAB PEOPLE , LIKE YOU AND ME WANT TO HAVE FOOD ON THE TABLE, 03:21 WANT TO GIVE EDUCATION TO THEIR CHILDREN, WANT TO WALK FREELY IN THE STREET WITHOUT BEING 03:25 HARASSED BY THE POLICE, WANT TO HAVE A PROPER FUTURE AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORSHIP GOD IN PEACE. 03:33 THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS IDEA OF PEACE IS BUILT IN THE DNA OF THE RELIGION. 03:38 I KNOW THAT AT TIMES, SOME PEOPLE HAVE LAUGHED ABOUT THIS, BUT THE WORD THAT ISLAM COMES 03:43 FROM HAS A R OOT IN A 3 LETTER S-L-M SALAM THAT IS RELATED TO THE HEBREW WORD SHALOM PEACE. 03:52 SO, YES THE ARAB PEOPLE ARE SEEKING PEACE. 03:56 NOW, SOME WILL ADVOCATE THAT THEY ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE PEACE IS THROUGH VIOLENCE. 04:00 BUT, THESE ARAB REVOLUTIONS IN PLACES SUCH AS EGYPT AND TUNISIA AND OTHER PLACES ARE TRYING TO 04:07 SHOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT NONVIOLENCE IS A VERY VIABLE WAY OF ACHIEVING 04:13 PEACE AND BUILDING PEACE. 04:15 THEY ARE DETERMINED TO KEEP GOING BACK IN PROTEST PEACEFULLY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE PEACE. 04:22 OK, THAT IS AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE. 04:24 WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. 04:25 YES, AT TIMES I THINK WE WANT VERY SIMPLISTIC ANSWERS 04:29 AND WE ARE LOOKING AT 1.2 BILLION PEOPLE. 04:32 I MEAN IT'S A HUGE MASS OF HUMANITY THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING AND JUST TO PUT JUST ONE SIMPLE 04:38 LABEL IT JUST DEFACES REALITY OF THE ARAB WORLD. 04:41 WHEN WE SPEAK OF THE ARAB WORLD, WE ARE ONLY SPEAKING OF ONE SMALL SECTION, AS IT WERE, 04:48 OF THE ENTIRE MUSLIM WORLD. 04:50 EXACTLY. 04:51 VERY GOOD. 04:52 PEOPLE DON'T OFTEN REALIZE THAT THE ARAB WORLD REPRESENTS 04:54 ONLY 20 PERCENT OF ENTIRE ISLAMIC WORLD. 04:57 OH, YOU SAY, THIS IS A VERY INFLUENTIAL 20 PER CENT BECAUSE THE HEART OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD 05:04 FINDS IT'S BASE IN THOSE SO CALLED "HOLY LANDS". 05:08 SO YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT THE BIBLES FOR PEACE. 05:12 WHY FOR PEACE? 05:13 WELL, GOSPEL OUTREACH HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON WORKING IN THE 10/40 WINDOW IN FRONT LINE WORK. 05:21 YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN A STRATEGIC PARTNER IN SUPPORTING THE WORK 05:27 OF THE ADVENTIST CHURCH IN THEIR WORK. 05:31 AS WE HAVE ENTERED INTO NEW TERRITORIES THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE RECEIVED AN 05:39 UNPRECEDENTED REQUEST FOR BIBLES FROM LEADERS, TRIBAL, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS WHO ARE 05:46 STARTING TO DISCOVER IN THE WORD OF GOD THE SEEDS OF PEACE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, 05:51 THE PRINCE OF PEACE. 05:52 NOW, WHAT LEADS THESE MUSLIMS TO WANT TO STUDY THE BIBLE? 05:57 THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 05:59 AND AGAIN, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS. 06:01 BUT, IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME, I WILL TELL YOU THE SPECIFIC PROJECT FOR ONE SPECIFIC COUNTRY 06:08 IN OUR LAND SO THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS COUNTRY, 06:11 SO THAT YOU MIGHT GET A WIDER PERSPECTIVE. 06:15 IN 2008, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WAS BEFORE THE ARAB SPRING, WE RECEIVED REQUESTS FOR 1000 06:23 BIBLES FROM A SPECIFIC LOCAL LEADER IN ONE OF THOSE SO CALLED CLOSED COUNTRIES. 06:33 I WILL SAY SO CALLED CLOSED COUNTRIES BECAUSE WHILE YES, THESE COUNTRIES ARE CLOSED FOR 06:36 TRADITIONAL FORMS OF EVANGELISM THEY ARE NOT CLOSED TO THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 06:41 WE MIGHT CALL THEM CREATIVE ACCESS COUNTRIES. 06:44 YES, I LIKE THAT ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IT IS TRULY THE CASE. 06:48 IN SOME OF THESE COUNTRIES WE HAVE SEEN A GROWING NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WILL REFER TO DREAMS 06:55 AND VISIONS IN WHICH THEY SEE THESE MEN IN WHITE COMING AND STUDYING THEM IN A JOURNEY. 07:02 IT IS INTERESTING THAT ONLY ONE TIME, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN DOCUMENTING DREAMS. 07:08 I AM VERY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING HOW GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT 07:12 CULTURES ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 07:15 ONLY ONE TIME, IN EVERY SINGLE TIME OF HUNDREDS OF DREAMS THAT I'VE HEARD NEVER JESUS REVEALED 07:22 FULLY HIS WHOLE IDENTITY. 07:24 EITHER HE STEPS ON ONE OF THE PATH OF THIS SEARCH AS A MAN IN WHITE AND HE USES BIBLICAL 07:31 LANGUAGE AT TIMES. 07:32 HE REFERS TO HIMSELF AS "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIGHT". 07:34 HE DOESN'T EXPLAIN THAT THIS IS PART OF A LARGER BIBLICAL PICTURE OR HE ALWAYS USES THE 07:40 ISLAMIC NAME ISA EL MASIH , YOU KNOW ME AS ISA EL MASEE . 07:43 HE NEVER USES THE CHRISTIAN TERM THAT CHRISTIAN ARABS USE. 07:49 HE SITS IN THE PATH THAT USUALLY LEADS THEM TO THE BIBLE OR AFFIRMS THEM. 07:53 PEOPLE SOMETIMES TAKE THE BIBLE BUT THEY FEEL VERY FEARFUL. 07:56 I AM DISPLACING GOD BY READING THIS BOOK THAT IS NOT MINE AND THEN THEY HAVE THIS DREAM OF 08:01 JESUS THAT AFFIRMS THAT THIS BOOK IS FROM ME, BE SAFE, I AM WITH YOU. 08:07 SO, IN 2008 A GROUP OF 1000 BIBLES WERE DISTRIBUTED. 08:13 THIS CREATED A WAVE OF INTEREST. 08:17 LET ME JUST SHARE ONE STORY FROM THIS FIRST BATCH OF 1000 BIBLES. 08:22 IT WAS ABOUT A GOVERNOR IN A WIDESPREAD REGION AND UNDER HIM THERE WERE SEVERAL DOZENS AND 08:33 I'M SORRY I'M GOING TO USE NUMBERS A LITTLE VAGUE, YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I HAVE TO BE 08:38 SENSITIVE TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE. 08:40 HE HAD HEARD THE STORY OF JESUS MANY YEARS AGO IN THE 60'S. 08:45 HE WAS CONVICTED THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROPHET THAT PUT HIM DIFFERENT TO THE 08:51 REST OF THE PROPHETS BUT HE HAD NEVER FULLY UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT MEANT AND WHAT KIND OF 08:56 COMMITMENT THIS JESUS WAS CALLING. 08:59 SO, IT 2008 BY PROVIDENCE HE RECEIVED ONE OF THESE FIRST 1000 BIBLES. 09:05 HE JUST FELL IN LOVE WITH THE BIBLE. 09:10 HE DESCRIBED THAT WHEN HE RECEIVED THE BIBLE, 09:13 THIS USED TO BE THE KORAN AND THIS WAS THE BIBLE. 09:16 BUT AS HE KEPT READING THE BIBLE, THIS PROCESS KEPT HAPPENING AND HE FELT SO 09:21 CONVICTED THAT THIS WORD WAS INDEED THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY THAT HE COMMITTED HIMSELF TO 09:27 BRING ALL THE OTHER SUBTRIBAL LEADERS INTO THE FAITH AS DESCRIBED IN THE BIBLE. 09:34 SO, HE BECAME A POWERFUL FORCE FOR DISTRIBUTING THE REST OF THE BIBLES INTO COMMUNITIES WHERE, 09:42 AGAIN, WHERE WE HAVE NOT GONE. 09:44 BUT HE AS A LOCAL LEADER CREATED A SORT OF DOMINO EFFECT. 09:48 AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN THE WORD OF GOD HITS ANY COMMUNITY IN THE HISTORY OF GOD, 09:54 INTERESTING TO THE COMMUNITY IS A VERY TRANSFORMATIONAL PROCESS. 09:58 IT BECOMES LIKE THE YEAST IN THE DOUGH. 10:00 SO THIS CREATED A WAVE OF INTEREST AND OUT OF THIS IN 2008 THE FIRST 1000 BIBLES, 10:07 WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR 13 THOUSAND BIBLES THE NEXT YEAR. 10:11 13 THOUSAND; 13 THOUSAND BIBLES. 10:13 THESE ARE LARGE NUMBERS AND THESE BIBLES AGAIN WERE DISTRIBUTED. 10:20 LET ME TELL YOU ANOTHER STORY THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LAWYER. 10:28 LET'S CALL HIM ALLI FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING A NAME. 10:32 ALLI WAS A LAWYER, A RESPECTED LAWYER SOMEONE WITH A DEEP SENSE OF AUTHORITY IN JUSTICE. 10:41 SOMEONE WHO ALWAYS FELT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING ABOUT GOD THAT I'M MISSING. 10:46 WHEN HE FOUND AT FIRST, HE ONLY FOUND THE GOSPELS AND THE BOOK OF LUKE. 10:51 HE COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN, BRUCE. 10:53 HE READ THE GOSPELS AND THE BOOK OF LUKE 10 TIMES IN ONE WEEK. 11:00 HE SAID THAT AT NIGHT, DURING THE DAY, EVERY SINGLE FREE TIME HE HAD, 11:04 ALL HE COULD THINK OF WAS GOING BACK 11:07 AND THEN HE REALIZED THAT THIS WAS JUST PART OF SOMETHING LARGER. 11:12 SO, HE WAS ASKING GOD TO PLEASE TAKE HIM TO SOMEONE WHO COULD GIVE HIM THE FULL BOOK. 11:18 YOU UNDERSTAND, THAT SOMETIMES WHEN SOMEONE REQUESTS BIBLES CHRISTIANS PEOPLE ARE FEARFUL OF 11:23 GIVING A BIBLE WITHOUT KNOWING WHO THE PERSON IS AND THE SINCERITY OF THEIR REQUEST 11:28 BECAUSE IT CAN COMPROMISE THEIR OWN LIVES, BUT HE INSISTED AND SHOWED THAT HE HAD ACTUALLY READ 11:34 THE GOSPELS SO OUR LOCAL LEADERS WHO ARE BEING PAID BY GOSPEL OUTREACH ACTUALLY GAVE THIS MAN 11:41 A BIBLE AND THIS TIME HE READ THE BIBLE TWICE IN 10 DAYS. 11:47 THE WHOLE BIBLE? 11:48 THE WHOLE BIBLE. 11:50 I SEE THIS AND IT PUTS ME TO SHAME BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I EVER HAVE SUCH A THRIST FOR GOD 11:55 IN WHICH I HAD READ THE WHOLE BIBLE IN TWO WEEKS. 12:00 THIS IS IN A COUNTRY WHERE EVEN TO OWN A BIBLE WOULD RESULT IN DEATH PENALTY. 12:09 YES, YOU HAVE 3 DAYS TO REPENT FROM APOSTASY AND AFTER 3 DAYS IF YOU DON'T REPENT, 12:14 THEN BY LAW YOU CAN BE KILLED. 12:17 NOW THE LAW USUALLY IS NOT IMPLEMENTED 12:19 BUT THE DEATH COMES THROUGH YOUR RELATIVES IN SOCIETY. 12:23 YOU ARE SHUNNED BY YOUR RELATIVES? 12:25 OH NO, YOU CAN BE KILLED BY YOUR RELATIVES. 12:29 THAT'S RIGHT AND NOBODY WILL PROSECUTE THEM BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE PROVINCES OF THE LAW. 12:35 BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DEFEND THE HONOR OF THE FAMILY. 12:36 EXACTLY! 12:37 HE HAD BROUGHT SHAMING TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAS SOMEHOW TORN THE SOCIAL FABRIC. 12:44 SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT HE HAS BECOME A FOLLOWER OF JESUS AS MUCH AS NOW HE HAS MOVED FROM 12:50 THIS ISLAMIC COMMUNITY INTO A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY. 12:52 THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING THAT THE BIGGEST BARRIER PEOPLE FACE 12:56 IS REALLY SOCIAL MORE THAN THE THEOLOGICAL. 12:59 AH HA. 13:01 SO, IN THE CASE OF OUR LAWYER HE WAS ON ABSOLUTE FIRE AND HE DESCRIBED THAT WHEN HE FOUND THE 13:09 BIBLE IT WAS LIKE A LOST FRIEND THAT HAD FOUND A PLACE, SOMETHING INSIDE OF HIM. 13:15 SO, MOVING ALONG IN THE YEAR 2010, THE NEXT YEAR, 13:22 NOW WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR 25 THOUSAND BIBLES. 13:25 THIS WAS OVERWHELMING AND WE HAD TO THANK GOD FOR THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT HE SENT. 13:34 PEOPLE LIKE GOSPEL OUTREACH AND DEAR BROTHERS FROM THE QUIET HOUR WHO HAVE FAITHFULLY 13:41 BELIEVED THAT THE WORD OF GOD HAS TO BE PLANTED IN LOCAL SOIL SO THAT IT CAN TAKE LOCAL ROOTS 13:47 AND BECOME PART OF THE VERY FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY. 13:51 THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM THAT AT TIMES THE GOSPEL HAS BEEN PERCEIVED AS A FOREIGN BOOK BUT 13:57 NOW WHEN A LOCAL PERSON COMES AND SAYS" IN THIS BOOK I HAVE FOUND THE TRUE IDENTITY. 14:02 WHAT IT TRULY MEANS TO BE AN ARAB. 14:04 HOW GOD HAS CALLED OUR COMMUNITY TO LIVE UNDER HIS PRESENCE, HAS BLESSED US FARTHER EACH MILE AND 14:11 HAS BROUGHT JESUS CHRIST TO REDEEM US FROM SIN." 14:16 BECAUSE YOU HAVE HAD SEMETIC PEOPLE READING WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY A SEMETIC BOOK, 14:22 IN A SEMETIC CONTEXT. 14:24 YES, BRUCE. 14:25 IT NEEDS TO MAKE SENSE. 14:26 IT DOES. 14:28 PEOPLE, THIS IS ONE OF THE MORE EXCITING THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD ON GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:31 IT REALLY IS AND I JUST WANT TO REAFFIRM THAT YOU ARE WATCHING "ADVENTURES IN MISSION" BROUGHT 14:38 TO YOU BY GOSPEL OUTREACH. 14:40 AGAIN, OUR ADDRESS, OUR URL, OUR PHONE NUMBER, EVERYTHING IS ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. 14:49 WE INVITE YOU TO CORRESPOND WITH US. 14:51 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, OR AS WE WILL TALK LATER, IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT WE ARE 14:57 TALKING ABOUT. 14:58 CONTINUE ON, PLEASE. 14:59 WELL, BRUCE, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE THING THAT TO ME PERSONALLY ONE OF THE MOST 15:04 ENRICHING EXPERIENCES HAVING READ IN THE BIBLE WITH MUSLIMS. 15:08 BECAUSE SOME OF THESE STORIES THAT I READ THEM FROM MY WORLDVIEW AS A WESTERNER HAVE 15:13 TAKEN A MUCH DEEPER MEANING. 15:15 FOR EXAMPLE, THE STORY IN WHICH JESUS HEALS THIS WOMAN WHO HAS BEEN BLEEDING FOR 12 YEARS, 15:20 TO ME THIS IS A STORY ABOUT JESUS' POWER OF HEALING. 15:23 FOR WOMEN, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HEALING. 15:25 IT HAS TO DO ALL ABOUT REMOVING THE SHAME AND DEFILEMENT OF BEING 12 YEARS CUT OFF FROM 15:32 BEING ABLE TO BE IN THE COMMUNITY OF THE SAINTS, TO GATHER, 15:37 TO PRAY AND JESUS AS A SOURCE OF PURITY THAT CAN BE TOUCHED AND HE DOESN'T GET CONTAMINATED, 15:45 BUT HE ACTUALLY CLEANSE US. 15:48 SO HER PROBLEM WAS NOT SO MUCH JUST THAT SHE WAS BLEEDING, BUT IS WAS BECAUSE OF THAT SHE WAS 15:54 TOTALLY DEFILED AND ESTRANGED FROM THE COMMUNITY. 15:56 EXACTLY. 15:58 AND CURSED BY GOD SHE COULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN WHAT WAS GOING ON. 16:01 I COULD TELL YOU SO MANY OTHER STORIES THAT WHEN YOU READ IT THROUGH MUSLIM EYES, 16:05 IT MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE. 16:06 IT MAKES YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS MY GOD. 16:09 THIS IS THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE THAT COMES AND SPEAKS TO EVERY CULTURE IN WAYS PEOPLE 16:14 UNDERSTAND AND IN WAYS THAT ARE RELEVANT. 16:18 SO, I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HOW TRANSFORMING IT IS FOR THOSE 16:24 WHO RECEIVE THE BIBLE BUT FOR THOSE OF US WHO PARTIPATE IN THIS PROJECT. 16:29 NOW, IN THE YEAR 2010 WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FOR 25 THOUSAND BIBLES. 16:33 GOD MADE A WAY FOR THESE BIBLES TO FIND A WAY AGAIN INTO THESE LARGER TRIBES. 16:42 SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING HAPPENED AT THE TIME WHEN THE REQUEST OF THE BIBLE CAME; 16:48 A VERY IMPORTANT NATIONAL LEADER RECEIVED A DREAM. 16:52 IN HIS DREAM, GOD TOLD HIM "THIS IS MY BOOK AND I WANT TO RESTORE THIS BOOK BACK INTO MY PEOPLE." 17:00 THE MAN WROTE THIS STORY IN A VERY IMPORTANT NEWSPAPER BUT HE DID NOT PUT HIS NAME, 17:06 HE JUST PUT THAT HE IS A VERY IMPORTANT NATIONAL LEADER BUT HE NEVER SIGNED HIS NAME. 17:11 NOW, ONE OF OUR LEADERS WHO ACTUALLY WORKS FOR GOSPEL OUTREACH 17:15 REACHED THE EDITORS OF THE NEWSPAPER. 17:17 THEY WERE GOOD FRIENDS AND ASKED FOR THE IDENTITY OF THIS MAN 17:21 AND ACTUALLY GOT TO HAVE THE ADDRESS. 17:23 SO, HE WENT AND VISITED THIS MAN AND TOOK A BIBLE. 17:26 THE MAN WHO HAD HAD THE DREAM HADN'T SEEN THE BIBLE YET, SO THEY ARE STUDYING THE BIBLE. 17:34 THIS IS A VERY RECENT STORY, THEY ARE STUDYING THE BIBLE TOGETHER BUT HE HAS FELT THAT 17:39 HIS CALLING WAS TO RESTORE THIS BOOK AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. 17:43 THIS IS WHAT CREATED THIS UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR BIBLES. 17:49 SO, IMAGINE 25 THOUSAND FAMILIES. 17:51 THE WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING,BRUCE IS THOUGH INFLUENTIAL FAMILIES BECAUSE IT 17:58 CREATES A DOMINO EFFECT. 18:01 THAT MAKES THE GOSPEL TO GO MUCH FASTER. 18:05 ANOTHER PERSON THROUGH THE BIBLE GOT VERY INTERESTED IN PROPHECIES. 18:10 THIS IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT PHENOMENON THAT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE AND MORE AND MORE ARAB 18:16 PEOPLE WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 18:19 WHAT IS THE TIME AND WHAT IS THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WITNESSING RIGHT NOW SUPPOSED TO MEAN? 18:25 DOES THIS AN ANTICIPATION OF THE ARRIVAL OF JESUS IN THE MATTHEW BIBLE? 18:30 SO THIS IS A VERY RICH TIME FOR US. 18:33 SO, THE MUSLIMS ARE LOOKING FOR THE END OF THE WORLD. 18:36 YES. 18:37 FOR THE SECOND COMING, AS IT WERE. 18:38 THE SIGNS OF THE END. 18:40 THEY ARE VERY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE SIGNS AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE A MUSLIM 18:44 UNDERSTANDING YOU COULD GO TO THE WEBSITE OF HARUN YAHYA ? 18:48 AND YOU WILL SEE HOW MUSLIMS HAVE VERY DETAILED SIGNS OF THE END AND MANY COINCIDE WITH THE 18:56 BIBLICAL SIGNS OF THE END. 18:59 HARUN YAHYA . 19:00 HARUN YAHYA , YES. 19:02 WE WILL PUT THAT ON THE SCREEN SO THAT THE PEOPLE CAN SEE IT AND THEY CAN CHECK IT OUT. 19:06 O.K. 19:07 SO, I COULD TELL YOU MANY OTHER STORIES, BUT THESE ARE JUSTA LITTLE TIDBITS OF HOW PEOPLE ARE 19:14 RESPONDING WITH EMOTION. 19:16 I HAD A PERSONAL STORY MORE THAN 2 YEARS AGO WHEN I TOOK A BIBLE TO A GROUP OF WOMEN AND AS WE 19:28 WERE TEACHING THEM HOW TO READ THE STORIES AND HOW TO TELL THE STORIES, 19:31 THE WOMEN WERE IN TEARS. 19:34 THEY SAID THIS IS THE MOST EMPOWERING EXPERIENCE OF OUR LIVES. 19:41 PEOPLE COME AND TELL US ABOUT EMPOWERING WOMEN BUT THEY REALLY ARE WORKING IN A WAY THAT IS 19:47 DISRESPECTFUL TO OUR CULTURE. 19:49 THEY WANT TO REMOVE OUR VEILS AND MAKE US FEEL NAKED. 19:51 THEY TELL US THAT WE HAVE TO ACT IN CERTAIN WAYS; THAT WE HAVE TO LEAVE OUR HOMES. 19:56 WE DON'T LIKE THAT. 19:57 BUT NOW YOU HAVE TOLD US THAT WE CAN SPEAK WITH THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE? 20:01 IN OTHER WORDS, THEY WANT TO KNOW GOD, THEY WANT TO KNOW ISA EL MASIH , 20:09 BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO BECOME WESTERN. 20:11 THAT'S RIGHT. 20:12 SO, THESE WOMEN WERE IN TEARS AND SAID THIS IS THE MOST EMPOWERING HANNO MATTOLA IN 20:18 SAYING GOD IS GREAT. 20:20 GOD IS THE MOST MERCIFUL, MIGHTY. 20:22 THEY WERE JUST FULL OF PRAISES WITH THE THOUGHT THAT NOW THEY COULD GO BACK TO THEIR 20:26 COMMUNITIES AND SHARE THE WORD OF GOD WITHOUT THE MEDIATION OF ANY MAN AND THEY COULD EMPOWER 20:32 THE NEXT GENERATION OF CHILDREN TO BE BROUGHT UP INTO THESE STORIES OF THE SCRIPTURES. 20:38 YOU KNOW, THESE ALL OUR CULTURE, SO THE STORIES ARE VERY MEANINGFUL. 20:41 WHAT AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY . 20:42 ONCE YOU INTRODUCE IT INTO THE HOME, WITH THE WOMEN WHO CONTROL THE CHILDREN AND EDUCATE THEM. 20:48 YES! 20:50 YOU KNOW A FRIEND TOLD ME SOMETHING WHEN WE USED TO LIVE IN EGYPT THAT YOU DON'T 20:55 UNDERSTAND THAT THE HEAD IS THE MAN. 20:59 THE NECK IS THE WOMAN AND THE NECK MOVES THE HEAD WHERE SHE WANTS. 21:05 THEN HE EXPLAINED HOW THIS HEART OF THE MUSLIM WORLD IS THE WOMAN. 21:11 SHE IS THE ONE WHO TRAINS THE CHILDREN. 21:13 THE FATHER IS THE PUBLIC FACE. 21:15 HE TAKES THE CHILDREN TO THE MALLS, TO THE CEREMONIES, ETC., BUT I THE HEART THE REALLY 21:21 FORMING AND SHAPING EXPERIENCES ARE RECEIVED THROUGH THE HANDS OF THE MOTHERS. 21:26 SO, THE MOTHER IS A DEEPLY INFLUENTIAL PERSON. 21:28 A RECENT MISSIOLOGICAL STUDY IN NORTH AFRICA HAS POINTED TO THIS REALITY THAT A LARGE GROUP OF 21:34 MEN WHO RIGHT NOW ARE MOVING INTO CONVERSION ARE MEN WHO HAD MOTHERS WHO HAD SECRETLY BECOME 21:43 BELIEVERS AND HAD PLANTED THE SEEDS. 21:46 NOW THE CHILDREN, GROWN UP CHILDREN, 21:49 ARE COMING FORTH AND OPENLY EMBRACING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. 21:53 SO, "BIBLE PEACE" IS ACTUALLY IS TRANSFORMING WHOLE HOMES, FAMILIES, 21:58 WHOLE COMMUNITIES BY GETTING IN THERE WITH THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN. 22:02 THESE ARE REALLY SEEDS THAT WE PLANT IN THE LOCAL SOIL. 22:07 WE LEAD THAT THROUGH THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO MOVE FORWARD AND BECOME PART OF WHO THEY ARE. 22:14 THE REALITY IS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK THE WAY WE ORDINARILY DO. 22:20 YES, BRUCE. 22:22 THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS GOING TO BOLIVIA OR PERU OR TO SOUTH AFRICA, OR ANY COUNTRY. 22:27 THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING TOTALLY NEW AND DIFFERENT. 22:29 YES, THAT'S RIGHT BRUCE. 22:31 WE HAVE NOTED THAT AS THE BIBLES ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED ALSO THERE IS A GREAT NEED FOR A VEHICLE 22:39 FOR PEOPLE TO DO FOLLOWUP. 22:40 YOU HAVE TO GET THE BIBLES OUT TO THE PEOPLE, DON'T YOU? 22:42 EXACTLY. 22:44 AND WE NEED A VEHICLE THAT IS RELIABLE, THAT CAN TAKE THESE BIBLES INTO THE DESERT AREAS AND 22:49 NOT BREAK DOWN, ONE THAT IS RESPECTABLE. 22:54 THANK YOU. 22:55 THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 22:56 IF YOU GO THROUGH A ROAD BLOCK, IN MY EXPERIENCE AND YOU'VE GOT AN OLD KLUNKER, A BEAT UP JOB, 23:03 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET RESPECT. 23:05 YOU ARE GOING TO GET TROUBLE. 23:06 YOU ARE GOING TO GET IN DEEP TROUBLE, YOU MIGHT GET YOUR BIBLES CONFISCATED, 23:09 AND YOU MIGHT END UP IN JAIL. 23:10 SO YOU REALLY NEED A RESPECTABLE VEHICLE. 23:14 THAT'S RIGHT. 23:15 WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE CHECK POINTS, PEOPLE SEE YOU AND THINK OH, 23:17 THIS MAN MUST BE A LEADER OR SOMEBODY OF INFLUENCE AND THEY CAN PASS BY. 23:21 SO, WE NEED 25 THOUSAND BIBLES. 23:24 WE HAVE RECEIVED THIS NEW REQUEST FOR 25 THOUSAND MORE BIBLES PLUS WE NEED A VEHICLE. 23:31 25 THOUSAND MORE? 23:32 YES, PHEW! 23:34 I KNOW THIS IS WHY WE ARE APPEALING TO YOU SAYING, PLEASE COME AND BE PART OF THIS THING 23:39 THAT GOD IS DOING. 23:40 WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY? 23:41 YES, IT IS EXCITING. 23:42 TO LITERALLY BE ON THE GROUNDFLOOR OF TRANSFORMING AN ENTIRE COUNTRY. 23:46 I CANNOT THINK OF ANY BETTER WAY FOR US TO USE OUR MONEY THAT'S SAYING I WANT TO PUT THIS SEED. 23:53 BECAUSE THE BIBLE IS, AS THE BIBLE SAYS, IT'S LIVING IT, ACTING IT, 23:58 IT IS LIKE A 2 EDGED SWORD. 24:00 IT GETS RIGHT BETWEEN THE BONE AND THE MARROW. 24:03 IT IS AND YOU KNOW, ALSO AS WE HAVE TAKEN THESE BIBLES 24:06 WE HAVE NOTED THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR FOLLOWUP. 24:10 SO, WE ARE APPEALING TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM TO PLEASE 24:15 HELP US TO PROVIDE BIBLES, TO HAVE A RELIABLE VEHICLE TO TAKE THESE BIBLES. 24:20 THESE BIBLES ARE BEING SPREAD INTO HUGE TERRITORIES. 24:23 BRUCE, I CANNOT DESCRIBE THE LAND OF THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS THAT OUR BROTHERS TRAVEL TO TAKE 24:29 THESE BIBLES. 24:30 WE WILL NEED MORE WORKERS. 24:31 YES. 24:32 GUESS WHAT, THIS IS A FULFILLING OF THE GREAT COMMISSION. 24:34 YES. 24:36 GOD TELLS US THAT AT THE END OF TIME WE COULD EXPECT HIS WORD TO BE TAKEN TO THE ENDS OF THE 24:41 EARTH AND THIS IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH GREAT JOY! 24:45 HALLELUJAH! 24:46 YES. 24:47 I ENVY YOU; I AM SO GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO TAKE TIME OUT. 24:51 I KNOW YOU HAD TO TRAVEL A LONG WAY TO COME TO WHERE WE ARE AND BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND SHARE 24:57 THIS. 24:58 I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE. 24:59 BUT I AM SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING WILL BE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT 25:03 YOU'VE HAD TO SAY. 25:04 YOU HAVE OPENED UP WHOLE NEW DOORS, WHOLE NEW VISTAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE. 25:09 AMEN. 25:11 GOSPEL OUTREACH IS PLEASED, PROUD TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF ALL THAT IS HAPPENING. 25:16 AMEN. 25:17 TO US THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS WORLD MORE EXCITING THAN MISSION. 25:20 YES. 25:21 GOSPEL OUTREACH FOCUSES, AS YOU KNOW, ON THE 10/40 WINDOW. 25:25 YES. 25:26 WE HAVE WORK CLEAR ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF THAT WINDOW WITH ALL DIFFERENT FAITHS AND 25:31 CULTURES SHARING JESUS IN THE SAME WAY WITH THE LOCAL PEOPLE DOING THE WORK WHO KNOW THE 25:38 LANGUAGE, KNOW THE CULTURE AND CAN WORK WITHIN IT. 25:41 AMEN. 25:42 BROTHERS, SISTERS, FRIENDS IF YOU' D LIKE TO HAVE A PART IN THIS, 25:46 IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED IN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TODAY, NUMBER ONE, 25:51 I'D INVITE YOU TO PRAY. 25:52 PLEASE PRAY FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD. 25:55 IT IS IN TURMOIL RIGHT NOW. 25:57 WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS GOING, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING BUT AT THIS POINT, 26:02 WE HAVE A BRIEF WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY. 26:06 IT COULD BE THAT THINGS WILL CLOSE DOWN AGAIN. 26:09 IT IS POSSIBLE. 26:11 IN EGYPT, YOU HAVE THE SALAFIS AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. 26:15 IF THE SALAFIS GAIN THE UPPERHAND, IT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT MIDDLE EAST. 26:20 YES. 26:22 SO, WE HAVE A BRIEF OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO PUT BIBLES 26:27 IN THE PEOPLES HANDS AND TRANSFORM. 26:30 SO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THAT, 26:33 I INVITE YOU TO MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOSPEL OUTREACH. 26:55 I INVITE YOU TO CORRESPOND WITH US. 26:57 LET US KNOW YOU ARE PRAYING FOR "BIBLES FOR PEACE" AND THEN WE INVITE YOU TO TAKE A REAL 27:05 SERIOUS FINANCIAL PART IN WHAT IS HAPPENING. 27:09 MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS PLEASE TO: "BIBLES FOR PEACE", PART OF THE GOSPEL OUTREACH PROGRAM TO 27:17 THE REST OF THE WORLD TO THE 10/40 WINDOW. 27:20 WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED TODAY IS ONLY, AS YOU'VE SAID, ONE PART OF OTHE MUSLIM WORLD WHICH 27:26 STRETCHES ALL ACROSS FROM NORTH AFRICA TO THE FARTHEST BOUNDARIES OF INDONESIA, 27:33 WHICH BY THE WAY IS THE LARGEST MUSLIM COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, ISN'T IT? 27:37 WE OFTEN FORGET THAT, SO PLEASE WE INVITE YOU TO BECOME PARTNERS WITH US IN PRAYER AND PARTNERS 27:44 WITH US IN GIVING. 27:46 BE PART OF GOSPEL OUTREACH IN A VERY REAL WAY. 27:49 THANK YOU. 27:55 [CLOSING MUSIC] |
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