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Doug Batchelor: Hello, friends.
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Would you like to
hear an amazing fact?
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Leeches are
something like a combination of
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a science fiction monster
movie and like little vampires.
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They survive by
feeding on the blood of humans
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and other animals.
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They have ten sets of
eyes but poor eyesight,
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and they can go 6
months or more without feeding.
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When leeches attach to their
host, they pierce the skin with
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long proboscis and inject a
blood-thinning anticoagulant.
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The host rarely feels the bite
because the leech also has very
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small and sharp teeth and an
anesthetic in its saliva that
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numbs the area that it
pierces round the skin.
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Once they lock on, they continue
feeding until they've consumed
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up to five times
their body weight in blood.
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The largest leech species
is the giant amazon leech,
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which can grow over 18
inches long and 4 inches wide.
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I know it sounds strange,
but physicians have been using
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leeches in a variety of
medical procedures for thousands
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of years, and incredibly
hospitals still order them today
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for doctors to use in
healing everything from eczema
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to promote
circulation in microsurgery.
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Well, Pastor Carlos, who
would ever think these slimy
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little vampire worms
could have a positive purpose?
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Carlos Munoz: Yeah.
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Reminds me in the Bible of
sometimes some uncomfortable
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situation that God uses to bring
some healing into our lives.
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Right?
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Doug: Yeah, and, you know,
sometimes a person might think
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that there just not good enough,
but God uses sinners that are
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transformed to do a great work,
which reminds me of a verse that
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Paul shares in 1
Corinthians chapter 1, verse 26.
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"For you see your calling,
brethren, that not many wise
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according to the
flesh, not many mighty,
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not many noble, are called.
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But God has chosen the foolish
things of the world to put to
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shame the wise, and God has
chosen the weak things of the
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world to put to shame the things
that are mighty; and the base
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things of the world and the
things that are despised God has
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chosen, and the things that
are not, to bring to nothing the
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things that are, that no flesh
should glory in his presence."
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The Lord can even use
little worms, and He can use us.
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That's a lesson in humility,
which makes me think about the
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ultimate condescension is when
Jesus the King of the Universe,
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Creator of All Things comes
to earth and becomes a creation.
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That'd be like you and I
becoming a worm when you--
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or even less than that.
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Yeah, and, you know, there's
a lot of beautiful lessons
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in the Bible about the
humility of Christ and how
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he laid aside his glory
and came into this world.
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And if you'd like to know more
about that and how God can use
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you--Jesus is an example, that
he humbled himself and God did
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great things, and he can
do great things through you.
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Carlos: Yes, that free offer
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Doug: Amen, we got a lot of
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live Sunday evening, and
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a rebroadcast on a variety
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The TV audience
is actually growing,
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and that's very exciting.
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If you are watching on TV, you
notice that Pastor Ross's voice
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sounds a little
different tonight.
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That's because we
have Pastor Carlos.
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He's been in here
with us many times.
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Pastor Carlos is the director of
our evangelism training program
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better known as AFCOE, Amazing
Facts Centers of Evangelism,
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and also leading out in
the Amazing Facts Latino work.
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So any questions
in Spanish tonight?
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No, don't do that to us.
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But why don't you have
prayer for us, Pastor Carlos,
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before we begin?
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Carlos: Let's pray.
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Father, we thank You for just
the beautiful opportunity that
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You give us to open
Your Word and spend time with
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those people that may
have questions in their minds.
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Just help them, Father, so
that they can get connected with
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us and that--You give us
the discernment and Your wisdom
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so that it'll be Your
answers in perfect harmony
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with Your Word for Your glory.
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And so we thank You
for this opportunity,
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and we ask this in
Jesus's name, amen.
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Doug: Amen.
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Carlos: All right, the
first question we have is from
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Isabella calling us from Texas.
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Hello, Isabella.
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You're on "Bible Answers Live."
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Isabella: Hello.
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I was wondering, what are
the best evidences for the earth
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being created in
like 6 literal days,
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and what does the Bible say
about Scripture being literal?
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Doug: Yeah, well, I think it's
clear in the context when God
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talks there in Genesis
chapter 1 and 2 about the days
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of creation, and I
think the Hebrew word is yom.
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The days of creation
being 24-hour periods
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because they're
given sequentially.
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It says the
evening and the morning.
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It also tells us God does
not make the sun, the moon,
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and the stars until the fourth
day yet He's made the vegetation
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on the third day.
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If these were not literal
days--well, a plant can live
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for a few days without
sunlight, but they can't live
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for a few ages or millennia.
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And the light that God has when
He first says let there be light
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is just the light of
His glory, His presence.
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The Bible says
that God is light.
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So there are several
Scriptures that said in 6 days
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the Lord created the
heavens and the earth.
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It's also repeated
in the Sabbath command,
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and just all through the
Scriptures God reiterates that
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He made the world in 6 days
and it's never set forth as ages
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or epochs of some form.
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Carlos: Fun fact too is
where did the 7-day week cycle
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come from?
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Doug: Yeah, all
around the world.
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Every nation has a 7-day week,
and you can find reasons in
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astronomy for a 365-day year.
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It's what it takes for
the earth to circle the sun.
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You find reasons for most
calendars having a 30-day month.
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That's a lunar cycle.
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There's no reason for a
7-day week and yet the world
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all carries out a
literal 7-day week.
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Thank you. And
that's just a start.
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We've got a book called
"The Wonders of Creation,"
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and it may address
that question, Isabella.
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Thank you.
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Isabella: Thank you.
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Carlos: All right. Next
we have Ash from Florida.
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First time caller.
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Ash, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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Ash: Thank you.
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My question is, what
should a Christian do to mature
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their relationship with God?
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They've been in the
church for a long time,
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but they still keep commandments
for self-preservation.
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Doug: That's
really a great question,
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and we appreciate
you asking that, Ash.
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There's a lot of people out
there and they're kind of going
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to church out of obligation.
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Now, there's nothing wrong with,
you know, when a person first
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comes to the Lord to be
doing it because you're trying
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to avoid trouble and
you want to go to heaven.
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You know, when we first
start teaching children,
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sometimes you have to start
with some pretty basic motives.
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You know, if they
disobey, there's sometimes pain
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or there's a reward
for doing something right.
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But as those children mature,
you're hoping that they're going
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to learn to obey their parents
'cause they love and trust their
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parents and know that what
they're asking in principle
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is a good thing.
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When we start out
following the Lord, you know,
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the Bible says
repent lest you perish.
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It's normal to
not want to perish.
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And Jesus tells about
the reward for the righteous.
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To desire those
things is normal.
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Even the disciples said,
"Lord, what will we get?"
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And they want to
know, "What's our reward?
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We left
everything to follow You."
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So there's nothing
wrong with that, but as you
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mature--ultimately a Christian
needs to be motivated by love.
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Bible says we love Him
because He first loved us.
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So the key, Ash, is that we
might learn to love Him more.
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And we read about
Christ's love for us.
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The better we know
him, the more we love him.
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So through reading the Word,
through communion with God,
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we fall in love with a
person 'cause you talk to them.
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We get to know Him better.
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We love Him more.
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We want to serve Him better.
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It usually boils down to the
three Christian disciplines of
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reading the Word, prayer,
and then being a witness.
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As you lead others to Christ,
you find real joy in that.
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So yeah--and, you know, we have
some booklets that talk about
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how you can have a better
relationship with the Lord.
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Actually,
there's that book called
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"The Drummer Boys Prayer."
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And if you read that, Ash,
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I think it'll
really encourage you.
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It's called "The
Drummer Boys Prayer."
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Carlos: Amen.
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Just a reminder of offer is
1-800-835-6747 for those offers.
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Thank you very much, Ash.
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Next we have Jerry
calling us from Texas.
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Welcome, Jerry.
You're on the air.
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Jerry: Hey, guys.
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Hi, pastors.
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I just want to
get your take on this.
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My question is in a
way a two-part question,
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but I'm going to maybe
rephrase it in one part.
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I have in Joshua 5:13 to 15
where you have Joshua meeting
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the angel of the Lord
before He took on Jericho.
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And then also we
have Abraham in the Bible.
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He walked with God
when he gave God a meal
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and before Sodom and
Gomorra was destroyed.
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And then we have Jacob
that wrestled with God,
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and then after--I
think this is the fourth time
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you have the situation.
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Manoah in Judges 13:15 to 20
when her and her husband met the
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angel of the Lord and--but Moses
only saw the backside of God,
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and he was probably
more godly than others.
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Well, Abraham was godly.
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Doug: So
summarize your question.
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Jerry: Oh, why would--why did
Moses not get to see the Lord
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as Abraham or Jacob or Joshua?
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Doug: Or Joshua, these others.
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Yeah, that's a good question.
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There's a verse, and Pastor
Carlos might have it more at his
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fingertips, where it says no man
has seen the Father at any time.
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And Moses, we believe, he had
seen God probably every bit as
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good--or as well, I should say,
as Joshua or Manoah or Jacob.
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When Jacob wrestled, he
said, "I have seen God."
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They saw what we
call a Christophany.
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They saw a human incarnation of
Christ where Christ came and he
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appeared to Abraham, he appeared
to Joshua, he appeared to Jacob.
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But they were not
seeing God in his glory.
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And what Moses was
asking--and it's funny
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you would mention this.
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Pastor Carlos and I just before
we went on the air were talking
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about Moses wanting
to see the glory of God.
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So that's very strange that
you should ask that right now.
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And--but when Moses was on the
mountain, he was in the presence
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of the Lord for 40 days twice.
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So, you know, 80 days up in the
mountain in the cloud of glory.
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But he hadn't really seen
the undiminished presence of the
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Almighty unveiled, I should say,
'cause the Bible says no man can
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see God is--even God
said no man will see His face
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in our mortal condition.
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We cannot endure
it. In heaven we will.
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You read in Revelation,
"And they will see His face."
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We will see Him face
to face in our glorified,
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purified condition.
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You find that verse?
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Carlos: Yes, John 6:46,
"Not that any man has seen the
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Father, save he is that of God.
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How he has seen the Father."
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Only Jesus has.
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Doug: So they probably saw
what they call a pre-incarnation
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appearance of Jesus.
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That's why Jesus said, "Abraham
saw my day, and he embraced it."
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Thank you.
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Appreciate that, Jerry.
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Carlos: Next we have Junith.
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Junith from Nevada, welcome.
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You're on "Bible Answers Live."
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Junith: Hello, Pastor
Carlos and Pastor Doug.
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Pastor Carlos,
goodness notice to Pastor Doug,
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but you can say yum, yum.
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Anyway, thanks
for taking my call.
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My question is in the lens
of the great controversy between
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Christ and Satan, we know
that the Christ is the head
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of his body, who--now
on the side of the enemy,
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who is the body of the serpent?
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Is it in the context of
the kingdom of Babylonia in
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the perspective of the
Old Testament and the kingdom
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of Jerusalem is the kingdom
of God in that perspective?
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Thank you for answering.
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Doug: Yeah. We'll do our best.
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I think what's happening here
is when Jesus said, you know,
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Christ is the head of his
church, the body is the bride of
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Christ, the people of Christ.
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But there's another people.
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There's only two
groups in the world.
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There's those that are on the
straight road to salvation and
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those on the broad
road to destruction.
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Jesus said, "If you're not
with me, you're against me.
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You're either part of the
bride of Christ or you're part
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of the children of Babylon."
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As you mentioned,
Junith, there's several titles.
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Jesus said to the
religious leaders,
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"You are of your
father the devil."
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So the whole world is
really divided into those either
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surrendered to Christ or not.
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They either know the
Lord and they've accepted
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the plan of salvation or not.
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And, you know, there might
be some well-intentioned people
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that are on the
wrong road, and that's why
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we've got to let them know.
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But yeah, that would be the
body or the bride of the devil.
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You've got two
women in Revelation.
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Revelation 12 you've
got the bride of Christ.
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Revelation 17 you've got the
bride of the beast, so to speak.
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Thank you, Junith.
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Appreciate your call.
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Carlos: Next we
have Gary from Illinois.
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Gary, you are on the air.
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Welcome.
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Gary: Thank you.
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Christians as a
group, they should be taking
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climate change seriously.
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It's the most pressing
problem facing humanity.
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Those that do, this is my
question, will they be wearing
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a crown of those
people who drive hybrid cars
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and plant trees and recycle?
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I mean, that's what the church
should emphasize and that--
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the earth is God's, and
so that releases us from any,
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you know, responsibility.
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Okay, that's my question.
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Doug: Okay, well, you know,
certainly there are blessings
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and benefits in every believer
being responsible stewards
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in many capacities and one,
of course, being of the world.
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You know, God gave Adam and Eve
the world and He said that they
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were to dress and
to tend the garden.
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They were to keep and
take care of things, and--but
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there's no salvation in being
environmentally careful 'cause
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I've got some dear friends
that are very sensitive about
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the environment but
they don't accept Christ.
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And so they're not
going to be saved because
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they drive a hybrid car.
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You know, there's
no salvation in saying,
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"I'm going to plant a tree."
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And of course there are people
who claim to be Christians
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that are not saved because
their lives don't reflect
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the principles of Christ.
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But, you know, while
there may be wonderful benefits
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and blessings in being
responsible stewards of
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the planet,
nobody's saved by that.
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Salvation comes only through
surrender to Christ and making
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him the Lord of your life.
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Carlos: Amen, it
reminds me of Revelation 11:18.
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It says that God is
going to destroy those
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that destroy the earth, right?
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But not because the
earth is--God came to save it,
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but because you're
making the situation
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for everybody
else that lives here.
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You're causing harm on
other humans, polluting the air,
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polluting the water.
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Doug: But you can't
say--I'm just following up
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on what you're saying.
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While it is true God is
destroying those that destroy
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the earth, He's not saving
those that save the earth.
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So, you know, it's--it might
sound like a double negative,
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but hopefully that made sense.
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Thank you very much.
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Appreciate your call, Gary.
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Carlos: Thank you, Gary.
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Next we have
Cindy from California.
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Welcome to "Bible
Answers Live." Cindy: Thank you.
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Good evening, Pastor
Doug and Pastor Carlos.
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Doug: Evening. Carlos: Hello.
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Cindy: My question is, how
do you determine what are okay
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activities to do on the Sabbath?
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When I was a kid, we were
allowed to sit on the couch
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and read the junior guide.
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My example is, is it okay
to cook for potluck, play in
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the snow, which we
just got a lot of this week
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in Southern California?
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Can you swim?
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I mean, how do you determine
what is okay and what's not?
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Doug: Good, you know--and
I don't often mention it,
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but Amazing Facts
does carry a book.
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I wrote a little book
because we get this question
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a lot just being pastors.
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What's a good way to--how
do you keep the Sabbath holy?
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And anyone out there,
if you want you can call
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and request that.
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How do we keep the Sabbath holy?
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But let me give you
some quick principles.
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You know, when folks
say you shouldn't be cooking
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on the Sabbath; well, you
need to back these things up
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with Scripture or at
least scriptural principles.
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Moses told the
children of Israel,
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"Gather your
manna ahead of time.
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There'll be no manna on Sabbath.
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Bake what you're going to bake,
boil what you're going to boil."
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And that would mean as far
as possible you'd want to get
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all of your cooking done.
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You know, there are some things
that just for the practicality
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of it you might need to
still do in food preparation
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so you can present it in a
helpful, fresh way on Sabbath.
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But you should get all
of the cooking you possibly
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can done out of the way
'cause it's a day of rest.
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If you're doing all the
work of every other day,
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it sort of loses the
blessing of rest and freedom.
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When it comes to
getting out in nature,
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that's a wonderful thing.
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You know, if you're walking
up a trail and the kids on
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a summer day want to cool their
feet in the creek, that's great.
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But--you know, I'm a parent.
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It can turn into a
swimming party pretty quick.
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And, you know, as soon as
they say, "Well, if I can get in
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my--up to my ankles, can
I get in up to my knees?"
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And next thing they're doing
cannonballs off the rocks and
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having--playing water polo.
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So, you know, you just--you
have to have some boundaries
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or things can get out of hand.
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You know, after church, even
at our church, the kids all get
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outside and they
got ants in their pants
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and they want to run around.
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That's fine.
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But then I saw
them the other day
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and they brought a soccer ball.
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I said, "Guys,
let's put that away.
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It's not supposed to
turn into a World Cup game."
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So you just need to
pray you can have wisdom
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and know how to discern.
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Carlos: Yeah, and I
remember the story in Mark 3
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when Jesus heals a
guy with a dry hand.
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He says it's good to
do good on Sabbath, right?
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Doug: Heal people. Visit people.
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Get out in nature, give.
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Carlos: Bible
studies. Doug: Yeah.
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There's even, I think,
some appropriate games you could
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play with your kids that would
like teach them Bible memory
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or something.
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So you keep their minds engaged.
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That's--the big challenge
is often with the kids.
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The adults have no
problem sleeping, taking a nap,
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but the kids, they want
to get out and do something.
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You got to have some
good activities for them.
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Carlos: And you
have to plan it, right?
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You can't--you have
to plan during the week,
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"What am I going--how
am I going to get my kids
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to be excited
about the Sabbath?"
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Doug: Exactly.
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You don't want
to start remembering
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the Sabbath Friday evening.
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You want to remember it
on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
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Carlos: Or make the
Sabbath everything about,
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"No, you can't do
this. No, no, no."
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But they're
delighting in it, right?
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Doug: You want them to
be excited when it comes
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and sad when it goes.
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Carlos: Amen, amen, all right.
Thank you very much, Cindy.
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Next we have
Anthony from New York.
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Anthony, you are
on the air. Welcome.
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Anthony: Yes.
Good evening, pastors.
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I was going to say
something in Spanish,
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but one of the previous
callers beat me to it, but--
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Carlos: Pastor
Doug knows Spanish.
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Don't be surprised.
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Anthony: Good stuff. Yeah.
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Well, I'll try to make my
question as brief as possible.
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I'm going to give a little short
background, but--so Hezekiah
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was considered to be a righteous
king, I know, in chapter 18.
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But then in 2 Kings chapter 20,
he--the Lord through the prophet
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Isaiah that he was going to die.
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Verse 2 he says he
turned his face to the wall
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and prayed into the Lord.
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Verse 3 says he wept sore.
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He asked God to let him live.
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So God did allow him to live and
he lived for another 15 years,
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but unfortunately he
ended up marring his weakness
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as a result of living
longer, so much and is.
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You know, we sometimes have
loved ones or even ourselves
00:22:07.89\00:22:11.16
we may be sick
unto death, right?
00:22:11.19\00:22:12.79
Terminal illness.
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So when should we pray fervently
or bitterly as Hezekiah did
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and ask God for healing and to
let us live, and when should we
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accept impending death as
His will and that He might
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just be protecting us
from something in our future?
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Doug: Yeah.
That's a good question.
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You know, we often as pastors
go and you pray by the bedside
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of somebody that is sick.
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We have
occasional anointing services
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and pray for their healing.
00:22:38.52\00:22:40.42
But whenever we do
that, we should always say,
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"Thy will be done."
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You know, that's
in the Lord's Prayer.
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Thy will be done on earth as it
is in heaven should be a daily
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prayer in every situation.
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I think the normal thing for
us to do is to pray for healing.
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That's why the
Bible commands us.
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Is anyone sick?
00:22:57.54\00:22:58.91
Call together the elders,
pray that they might be healed.
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Jesus went around healing.
00:23:01.04\00:23:02.68
And so God wants us to pray
for healing for a full life.
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Now, that doesn't mean--I had
a sister in our church that when
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she got to be, you know,
like 93 she says, "Pastor Doug,
00:23:09.75\00:23:12.89
I want you to come
pray for my healing."
00:23:12.92\00:23:14.56
I said, "Well, I can do that."
00:23:14.59\00:23:16.32
But I said, "First, let me
ask, do you think there's a
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connection between your
hearing issues and being 93?"
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She gave me a big smile.
00:23:21.66\00:23:23.16
She said, "Are you
telling me I'm getting old?"
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I says, "I didn't say that."
00:23:24.87\00:23:26.80
But, you know, at some point
life sort of runs its course.
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And I think most of the healing
that you see in the Bible is to
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give a person a normal life,
you know, a normal lifespan.
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And when people are in the
final ages and stages of life,
00:23:40.88\00:23:46.25
you commit them to God's care.
00:23:46.29\00:23:49.09
You can always ask them to
lengthen his trans--lengthen
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their tranquility and
give them a little more time
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for some reason, but
always say, "Thy will be done."
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Hey, thank you.
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Appreciate that, Anthony.
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Carlos: We have
Frank from New York.
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Frank, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:24:04.11\00:24:05.61
You're on the air.
00:24:05.64\00:24:07.28
Frank: Yes.
00:24:07.31\00:24:08.78
Good evening, Pastor
Doug and Pastor Carlos.
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My question for both of you--
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or both gentlemen
is of the following.
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I don't understand where it says
in Scripture that a person who's
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not baptized and who believes
they're saved and they're a
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Christian who believes in God
and the holy Bible cannot really
00:24:30.30\00:24:37.01
be lived throughout life
and enter the kingdom of God
00:24:37.04\00:24:40.21
without being baptized.
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Is that scripturally
correct, or do you have to live
00:24:42.98\00:24:45.91
with baptism to
actually believe in Scripture?
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Because when I was a child--an
infant, I was baptized and then
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I never believed in God after
that until they forced me to
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believe in receiving a--you
cannot mention religions over
00:24:57.86\00:25:02.80
the--on your show, but they
forced me to receive a form of
00:25:02.83\00:25:09.87
Christian adoration of
God through my second level
00:25:09.90\00:25:13.21
of sacramental life.
00:25:13.24\00:25:15.64
So can you live without baptism
throughout your entire life
00:25:15.68\00:25:18.58
without baptism?
00:25:18.61\00:25:21.45
Doug: All right,
let's talk about that.
00:25:21.48\00:25:22.88
Good question.
00:25:22.92\00:25:24.45
First of all, let's
answer it this way, Frank.
00:25:24.49\00:25:26.99
There will be some people in
heaven that were not baptized
00:25:27.02\00:25:31.03
clearly because--well, the thief
on the cross next to Christ,
00:25:31.06\00:25:34.00
he couldn't be baptized.
00:25:34.03\00:25:36.67
Jesus said, "You'll be with me."
00:25:36.70\00:25:38.13
I think Christ gave
him credit for his baptism,
00:25:38.17\00:25:40.47
and then you've got all
these Old Testament characters
00:25:40.50\00:25:42.77
that will be in heaven.
00:25:42.80\00:25:44.47
They didn't practice baptism
all through the Old Testament.
00:25:44.51\00:25:46.68
So for those living in the
New Testament times, it's pretty
00:25:46.71\00:25:50.25
clear that baptism is like
a marriage between a believer
00:25:50.28\00:25:55.32
in Christ, and Jesus
says in Mark chapter 16--
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and you might jot
this down, E. Frank.
00:25:58.15\00:26:00.19
Mark chapter 16,
verse 16, "He who believes
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and is baptized will be saved.
00:26:03.69\00:26:06.33
He who does not
believe will be condemned."
00:26:06.36\00:26:09.16
Notice he puts a pretty high
priority on believing and being
00:26:09.20\00:26:11.50
baptized, but then he
adds he that does not believe.
00:26:11.53\00:26:15.24
He doesn't say and is not
baptized will be condemned.
00:26:15.27\00:26:18.34
Believing is the big emphasis.
00:26:18.37\00:26:20.64
But when Jesus sent
out the apostles he said,
00:26:20.68\00:26:22.91
"Go teach in all nations,
baptizing them in the name
00:26:22.94\00:26:26.41
of the Father,
Son, and Holy Spirit."
00:26:26.45\00:26:28.18
And then Peter preaching at
Pentecost in Acts chapter 2.
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When they said,
"Men and brethren,
00:26:31.55\00:26:33.36
what shall we do to be saved?"
00:26:33.39\00:26:34.99
He said, "Repent and be baptized
for the remission of sins."
00:26:35.02\00:26:39.19
Ananias said to Paul, "Arise
and be baptized and wash away
00:26:39.23\00:26:43.93
your sins, calling on the Lord."
00:26:43.97\00:26:46.17
So all through the New Testament
there's a great deal of emphasis
00:26:46.20\00:26:49.74
on baptism, and that's
not the baptism that an infant
00:26:49.77\00:26:53.38
would receive 'cause
that's not Bible baptism.
00:26:53.41\00:26:56.51
It's a decision you make as
an adult to follow the example
00:26:56.54\00:27:00.95
of Jesus, have your sins
washed away, to be filled
00:27:00.98\00:27:03.89
with the Holy Spirit,
and commit your life to Him.
00:27:03.92\00:27:06.45
You need to be able to
believe, repent, be taught;
00:27:06.49\00:27:09.62
and babies
can't do these things.
00:27:09.66\00:27:11.93
You're--technically
you're dedicated as a baby.
00:27:11.96\00:27:14.56
Jesus was dedicated as a baby,
00:27:14.60\00:27:17.10
but he wasn't
baptized till he was 30.
00:27:17.13\00:27:18.93
He did that as an adult.
00:27:18.97\00:27:20.74
So technically, E. Frank,
you probably never were really
00:27:20.77\00:27:23.27
baptized, though
that's the term that's used.
00:27:23.30\00:27:25.61
A lot of people
call that baptism.
00:27:25.64\00:27:27.61
It's really a dedication.
00:27:27.64\00:27:29.31
You need to make the
decision to be baptized.
00:27:29.34\00:27:31.91
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Hello, Ruth.
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Ruth: Oh, hi.
00:31:18.74\00:31:20.24
Good evening, Pastor
Doug and Pastor Carlos.
00:31:20.28\00:31:22.98
May God bless your ministry.
00:31:23.01\00:31:24.61
We always pray and
support your ministry.
00:31:24.65\00:31:26.72
So we are thankful for
both of you--all of you.
00:31:26.75\00:31:29.38
I have a question regarding
Math--Mark 16:19, and that
00:31:29.42\00:31:34.69
question is I thought Jesus--I
studied a 2,300-day prophecy,
00:31:34.72\00:31:39.63
but I always get confused
because I believe Jesus to be
00:31:39.66\00:31:43.67
in the most holy place.
00:31:43.70\00:31:47.20
And after he ascended to heaven,
according to Mark 16:9, it says
00:31:47.24\00:31:53.74
he sat at the right hand of God
and I thought the right hand of
00:31:53.78\00:31:58.55
God meant the most holy place,
and I was like--I always had the
00:31:58.58\00:32:02.85
idea, according to Scripture,
that he went to the holy place.
00:32:02.88\00:32:06.35
And then in 1844 according to
the 2300-day prophecy, he went
00:32:06.39\00:32:11.46
to the holy--to the most
holy to cleanse the sanctuary.
00:32:11.49\00:32:15.36
So that's where my confusion is.
00:32:15.40\00:32:17.63
I don't know you guys
understand my question.
00:32:17.67\00:32:19.57
Doug: No, I do; I think
your question makes sense.
00:32:19.60\00:32:21.64
First, let me give
you a couple of thoughts.
00:32:21.67\00:32:23.94
When Jesus first ascended to
heaven following his sacrifice
00:32:23.97\00:32:28.74
when it was declared successful
and effective--remember
00:32:28.78\00:32:32.48
he told Mary,
"Do not cling to me."
00:32:32.51\00:32:34.45
This is John 20, I believe.
00:32:34.48\00:32:36.35
He said, "Don't cling to
me for I've not yet ascended
00:32:36.38\00:32:37.85
to my Father, but go and tell
my brethren I ascend to my God
00:32:37.89\00:32:41.29
your God, my
father your father."
00:32:41.32\00:32:43.56
When Jesus ascended
and he sat down, that meant
00:32:43.59\00:32:47.66
he was enthroned as victorious
over the devil and ransoming--
00:32:47.66\00:32:54.10
recapturing our planet that
had been hijacked, so to speak.
00:32:54.14\00:32:59.21
And so there was an enthroning
that happened immediately
00:32:59.24\00:33:01.74
upon his ascension.
00:33:01.78\00:33:03.45
That doesn't mean that
his work as our high priest in
00:33:03.48\00:33:06.75
the first apartment of
the heavenly sanctuary,
00:33:06.78\00:33:08.92
that first phase was
obscured in some way.
00:33:08.95\00:33:13.09
And I think we've got to kind of
defuse ourself of the idea that
00:33:13.12\00:33:16.42
Jesus was somehow handcuffed in
one room of this heavenly temple
00:33:16.46\00:33:21.40
for 2,000 years or that
the Father couldn't see him
00:33:21.43\00:33:24.87
'cause there's a veil
or something between them.
00:33:24.90\00:33:26.97
The Bible says a veil is removed
in Christ, and while Christ
00:33:27.00\00:33:29.87
is still in his first
role of ministry doesn't mean
00:33:29.90\00:33:33.48
he can't see the Father.
00:33:33.51\00:33:34.88
He's in the presence of God
in the heavenly dwelling place,
00:33:34.91\00:33:38.51
this heavenly sanctuary;
but the heavenly sanctuary
00:33:38.55\00:33:41.82
is so infinitely more majestic
and bigger than the model
00:33:41.85\00:33:45.55
they had here on earth.
00:33:45.59\00:33:47.12
So yeah,
the--he's in the presence of
00:33:47.16\00:33:49.76
the glory of the Father.
00:33:49.79\00:33:51.46
He went into a final
phase of that ministry in 1844
00:33:51.49\00:33:56.53
when the age of Laodicea
began and is still there now,
00:33:56.56\00:34:00.70
and he'll soon stand
up, say, "It is finished."
00:34:00.74\00:34:03.51
And that's when things
get hairy and scary on earth
00:34:03.54\00:34:07.74
and the plagues fall.
00:34:07.78\00:34:09.68
By the way, I was just
looking in Acts chapter 7.
00:34:09.71\00:34:12.08
Notice it says in--in 1
Peter he's gone into heaven.
00:34:12.11\00:34:14.45
He's at the right hand of God.
00:34:14.48\00:34:16.95
Mark says he's sitting
at the right hand of God.
00:34:16.99\00:34:20.42
Luke 7 says, "Being
full of the Holy Spirit,
00:34:20.46\00:34:23.09
Stephen gazes into heaven.
00:34:23.12\00:34:24.79
He saw the glory
of God, Jesus standing
00:34:24.83\00:34:27.03
at the right hand of God."
00:34:27.03\00:34:28.66
Right hand is a sign of
favor, a sign of strength.
00:34:28.70\00:34:31.70
It doesn't mean
that Jesus is consigned
00:34:31.73\00:34:33.97
to one side of the Lord.
00:34:34.00\00:34:37.34
Carlos: Yeah,
and intercession too,
00:34:37.37\00:34:39.01
which is ongoing
until he returns.
00:34:39.04\00:34:40.78
Doug: Yeah, he ever lives
to make intercession for us.
00:34:40.81\00:34:43.28
Thank you. Good question, Ruth.
00:34:43.31\00:34:44.85
Carlos: Good evening, Sophia.
00:34:44.88\00:34:47.05
You are on "Bible Answers Live."
00:34:47.08\00:34:49.65
Welcome.
00:34:49.68\00:34:51.55
Sophia: Good
evening, Pastor Doug.
00:34:51.59\00:34:52.95
Good evening, Pastor Carlos.
00:34:52.99\00:34:55.36
I wanted to find out--there's a
verse, Proverbs 18 and verse 21,
00:34:55.39\00:35:01.20
death and life are in
the power of the tongue.
00:35:01.23\00:35:04.37
Now, I've heard many
interpretations saying that we
00:35:04.40\00:35:07.44
can speak things over our lives.
00:35:07.47\00:35:09.57
Like if I lie about being sick,
then I can become sick because I
00:35:09.60\00:35:13.34
spoke it over my life, or I can
speak bad things over my life.
00:35:13.38\00:35:19.51
But is this what
the verse is saying?
00:35:19.55\00:35:23.02
Doug: You know, I don't think
that's the principal meaning
00:35:23.05\00:35:25.65
of the verse.
00:35:25.69\00:35:27.12
I think Solomon is
talking about--that our words
00:35:27.16\00:35:30.09
can give life or death.
00:35:30.13\00:35:32.93
You know, there's a--and he also
talks about the power of a king.
00:35:32.96\00:35:35.73
You know, like Nebuchadnezzar,
he would speak and someone
00:35:35.76\00:35:37.80
was executed.
00:35:37.83\00:35:39.13
He'd speak,
someone else was promoted;
00:35:39.17\00:35:40.94
and that was in the
power of the tongue.
00:35:40.97\00:35:42.44
James tells us that the tongue
is extremely powerful and,
00:35:42.47\00:35:45.71
you know, it can set a forest on
fire, so to speak, of trouble.
00:35:45.74\00:35:50.28
But the words that
you speak carefully--
00:35:50.31\00:35:52.95
this is also in Proverbs.
00:35:52.98\00:35:54.68
A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold
00:35:54.72\00:35:57.82
and pictures of silver.
00:35:57.85\00:35:59.82
And so when it says that
life and death is in the power
00:35:59.85\00:36:03.12
of the tongue, you can
speak words of encouragement
00:36:03.16\00:36:06.23
and life to people and hope.
00:36:06.26\00:36:09.10
Jesus, he gave
life in his tongue.
00:36:09.13\00:36:11.47
Pilate gave death when he
declared him to be condemned.
00:36:11.50\00:36:17.74
Now, there is some truth.
00:36:17.77\00:36:20.11
Jesus said, "Be it unto
you according to your faith."
00:36:20.14\00:36:23.04
It is often true that, you know,
if people are negative and they
00:36:23.08\00:36:27.82
don't believe, sometimes they
get what they don't believe.
00:36:27.85\00:36:31.05
That doesn't mean that we get
to choose what's going to happen
00:36:31.09\00:36:33.52
by speaking things, but you
got to be careful what you say
00:36:33.56\00:36:36.19
'cause you can be
influenced by your own words.
00:36:36.22\00:36:38.26
Christ talks about--you know,
00:36:38.29\00:36:40.83
it's like a
self-fulfilling prophecy.
00:36:40.86\00:36:42.63
Be it unto you
according to your faith.
00:36:42.66\00:36:44.27
So I do think Christians should
be positive, and I do think
00:36:44.30\00:36:47.20
that we should try to
be encouraging and remember
00:36:47.24\00:36:49.84
that we are
affected by our own words.
00:36:49.87\00:36:52.91
But this verse, I
think, is really talking about
00:36:52.94\00:36:55.24
just the power of
speech for good or evil.
00:36:55.28\00:36:57.15
Carlos: Yeah, and Matthew 12:37
says, "For by your words you
00:36:57.18\00:36:59.91
will be justified, and by your
words you will be condemned."
00:36:59.95\00:37:02.05
Doug: Good
point. Yeah, of course.
00:37:02.08\00:37:03.72
Carlos: Thank you, Sophia.
00:37:03.75\00:37:05.39
Next we have
Tammy from Washington.
00:37:05.42\00:37:07.29
Doug: Pardon me.
00:37:07.32\00:37:08.82
Pastor Carlos, we have a
booklet, and it's called "Tiny
00:37:08.86\00:37:14.00
Tail Bearers" and it's about the
tongue--the power of the tongue.
00:37:14.03\00:37:17.17
And we'll send you a free copy.
00:37:17.20\00:37:19.40
We don't often get that request,
00:37:19.43\00:37:21.77
but we do have a
good sermon book on that.
00:37:21.80\00:37:23.27
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00:37:32.01\00:37:34.52
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Welcome, Tammy.
00:37:36.92\00:37:38.69
Tammy: Hello, Pastor
Doug and Pastor Carlos.
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I have an interesting question.
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I know in heaven that we're--you
know, when we come down to
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the new earth we're going
to be building our own houses,
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we're going to be
growing our own food,
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we're going to
be tending animals.
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Well, my question relates
to the last part of that.
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I want to know, are our beloved
pets that we have here on earth
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going to be in heaven with us?
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Doug: That's a great
question, and don't feel like
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it's an odd question.
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We actually get that question
probably two or three times
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a year, which is understandable
because people love their pets
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and there's
nothing wrong with that.
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In fact, the Bible says a
righteous man regards the life
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of his beast, but the tender
mercies of the wicked are cruel.
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Righteous people care about
their animals, and the Bible
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tells us--even in the
Ten Commandments it says that
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on the Sabbath your ox
and your donkey shall rest.
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God cares about them resting.
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In the Book of
Jonah God says to Jonah,
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"You don't care
about the Ninevites dying.
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What about all the
animals in the city,
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don't you care about them?"
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So, you know, God loves animals.
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He's the one that made them.
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Originally, Adam and Eve were
to not only tend the garden,
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but they were to
befriend all of the creatures.
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They would be wonderful friends
and the delight of Adam and Eve.
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You give a kid a
puppy and you'll see
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what I'm talking about.
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So God understands.
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And then we build relationships,
you know, with our animals,
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and I, like you--I'm assuming,
Tammy, have had, you know,
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pets and dogs and cats that you
grow attached to and you love,
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and their lives are not as long
as ours and then you lose them
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and it's so sad and you think,
"Well, I ever see them again?"
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I can't tell you about a
Scripture that says God is going
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to resurrect our pets, but I
also can't tell you he won't.
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So we may be very surprised when
we get to the kingdom to find
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out that God has given
Spot and our kitty little
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glorified bodies and raise them.
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We don't know that.
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The one thing I will promise,
nobody in heaven is going
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to be disappointed.
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So just get there.
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God said there's things you
can't even imagine that He has
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for those that love Him, but
I can't point you to a Scripture
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that says He's going
to resurrect our pets.
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Thank you. Carlos: Thank you.
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Next we have Marvin calling
us from Montreal, Canada.
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Welcome, Marvin.
You're on the air.
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Marvin: Good evening,
Pastor Doug and Pastor Carlos.
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Doug: Evening.
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Marvin: My question
is about Isai--sorry--
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Isaiah 57, verse 1 and 2.
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I just want to--more
explanation about this verse.
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Doug: Yeah, all right.
Let's read it for our listeners.
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It says in Isaiah 57, verse 1
and 2, "The righteous perishes,
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and no man takes it to heart;
merciful men are taken away,
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while no one
considers that the righteous
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is taken away from evil.
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He shall enter into peace; and
they shall rest in their beds,
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each one walking
in his uprightness."
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Well, you know, in the time of
Isaiah, there was a lot of war.
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They were also facing the
Babylonians that were going
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to eventually come
and destroy the city.
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Isaiah foretold that.
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But they were being
attacked also from the Assyrians
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in the north.
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Isaiah lived and prophesied
during the reign of three kings,
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and a couple of
them were not very good.
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Hezekiah was good.
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His son was not good, Manasseh.
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And Isaiah's saying,
"You know, no one considers
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that the righteous
people are being taken away.
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And why is this happening?"
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Some of the righteous were being
laid in their graves so they
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would not witness the terrible
things that were going to come
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upon the kingdom, especially
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during the long
reign of Manasseh.
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And sometimes God lays a person
in their grave not as a judgment
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but as a blessing to
spare them from some plague.
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And just before the Lord comes,
there'll be some that I think
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will be laid to their
rest that they're spared
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from the seven last plagues.
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So thank you.
Marvin, I appreciate that.
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Appreciate your call.
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Carlos: Next we
have from Australia Joan.
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Joan is calling us.
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Welcome to "Bible Answers Live."
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You're on the air.
Joan: Hi, how are you?
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Doug: Good., thank you,
Joan. And your question?
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Joan: My question tonight
is, did God's hand intervene and
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put the blessing--to put
the blessing on Jacob and not
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Esau because Isaac was
thinking of his stomach?
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Doug: Yeah.
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Well, I think that God actually
blessed Jacob because he had
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predetermined that Jacob was
more interested in the spiritual
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blessing than the monetary one.
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Usually the firstborn son--you
know, Jacob and Esau were twins,
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but Esau was slightly older.
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So technically he got a double
portion of his father's goods.
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But Jacob knew that it was
foretold the Messiah was going
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to come through the
descendants of Isaac his father.
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Jacob wanted this
spiritual blessing.
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Now, proof of this is that after
the years that Jacob spent away
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from home, he came home.
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He gave like 10% of everything
he owned to his brother.
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He wasn't interested in his
father's inheritance; he was
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interested in the spiritual
blessing, and that's why he
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manipulated his brother into
selling him the birthright and
00:43:10.65\00:43:14.99
then he tricked--with the help
of his mother he tricked his
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father into blessing him.
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The idea of Isaac eating before
he blessed him was ac  custom.
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I don't think it's
'cause Isaac was, you know,
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preoccupied with his stomach.
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They often had a feast
before they had a covenant,
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and that was very common.
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Even Jesus, they had a
last supper at the time
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of the new covenant.
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So the Passover was a
feast connected with a covenant.
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You know, Isaac probably was
hungry and he loved the special
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kind of food, but I
don't think you could say
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that that's why
Isaac--I'm sorry.
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Jacob got the blessing.
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Carlos: Yeah, next we have
David from here in California.
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David, welcome.
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You're on "Bible Answers Live."
00:43:56.10\00:43:57.93
David: Hey, thanks for
taking the call, Pastor Doug
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and Carlos, and
thanks for the show.
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Really appreciate it.
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Question about the dead
and the first resurrection.
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So it says the
dead will know not.
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It says when
Jesus come, archangel,
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all will hear his voice.
00:44:13.21\00:44:14.55
The dead will rise first.
00:44:14.58\00:44:15.95
So does--so will the dead
basically have die three times
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or the dead just hear him
coming but they got to stay
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in the ground, in the pit?
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What happens to the unrighteous?
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Doug: Yeah, well, the
unrighteous are that you die
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the first death, but then
the Bible says the unrighteous
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are raised in judgment at
the end of the 1,000 years.
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They're then judged.
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Because they're not in the book
of life they are cast into the
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lake of fire, and the
Bible says in Revelation 20 this
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is the second death.
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Now, the only ones that
might experience a third death,
00:44:49.05\00:44:52.19
so to speak, are--well,
a couple of categories.
00:44:52.22\00:44:55.56
One, if Jesus had risen someone
from the dead and then they died
00:44:55.59\00:44:58.83
lost, then they get resurrected
again, judged and die again.
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So they die three times.
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And then the people that
are judged or that were judging
00:45:03.70\00:45:07.54
Jesus like the high priest, he's
going to be raised to see Christ
00:45:07.57\00:45:11.91
come, then he'll die
again at the second coming.
00:45:11.94\00:45:14.68
Then he's raised at
the end of the millennium,
00:45:14.71\00:45:16.61
judged and thrown
in the lake of fire.
00:45:16.64\00:45:18.68
That would be those
who executed Christ.
00:45:18.71\00:45:21.05
It says those that pierced him.
00:45:21.08\00:45:23.49
And Christ said, "You
will see the son of man coming
00:45:23.52\00:45:26.12
on the right hand of power."
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So--but that's a very
small group of people.
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Most people that are
lost, they just experience
00:45:30.73\00:45:33.36
the second death.
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Carlos: Yes, and that
verse is Matthew 26, verse 64.
00:45:35.13\00:45:37.47
Doug: About
Caiaphas. Yeah, thank you.
00:45:37.50\00:45:39.93
Appreciate that,
David. Good question.
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Carlos: There we go.
00:45:41.67\00:45:43.41
Diane from British Columbia,
welcome to "Bible Answers Live."
00:45:43.44\00:45:45.74
You're on the air.
00:45:45.77\00:45:47.48
Diane: Thank you
for taking the call.
00:45:47.51\00:45:48.84
I appreciate it.
00:45:48.88\00:45:50.55
Doug: Thank you.
00:45:50.58\00:45:51.98
Now, you may be
on a speaker phone.
00:45:52.01\00:45:53.55
Get real close to your
phone 'cause you sound far away.
00:45:53.58\00:45:55.58
Diane: Okay. Sorry about that.
00:45:55.62\00:45:57.99
Doug: That's good.
00:45:58.02\00:45:59.59
Diane: I have a
question about Daniel 11:40.
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Doug: Oh, don't
ask that question.
00:46:02.16\00:46:03.86
Sorry. No,
that's a good question.
00:46:03.89\00:46:06.63
We're just not sure.
It's a difficult subject.
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Go ahead. I'll let you finish.
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I interrupted you.
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Diane: Yeah.
00:46:11.63\00:46:13.10
I was just wondering about
who is the king of the south.
00:46:13.13\00:46:15.30
Doug: All right.
00:46:15.34\00:46:16.67
Pastor Carlos, you want to
take your first stab at it?
00:46:16.71\00:46:18.41
This is one of the most
hotly-debated subjects among
00:46:18.44\00:46:20.61
theologians and--but we'll
share with you some of the ideas
00:46:20.64\00:46:25.31
that are out there.
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Go ahead. You
should get started.
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Carlos: So there's two
kings in Daniel 11 at the end in
00:46:28.95\00:46:31.19
verse 40, the king of the
north and the king of the south.
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We know that literally the king
of the north would represent
00:46:33.09\00:46:36.39
Babylon, the king of the south
would represent Egypt--Sodom
00:46:36.42\00:46:40.56
as it's mentioned in
the Book of Revelation.
00:46:40.60\00:46:42.43
So we know the king of the north
would represent the Babylonian
00:46:42.46\00:46:44.37
system power that appears
in the Book of Revelation
00:46:44.40\00:46:47.80
as the end-time religious order.
00:46:47.84\00:46:50.57
And then the king of the south,
there's two main interpretations
00:46:50.61\00:46:54.04
in regards to the south; the
representation of the immorality
00:46:54.08\00:46:57.31
in the world, the secular
world that'll be combating
00:46:57.35\00:47:01.22
as we see it today in
society and still till the end.
00:47:01.25\00:47:04.35
And then there's
another interpretation.
00:47:04.39\00:47:06.09
I know Jean Ross falls in line
with this, is that the south
00:47:06.12\00:47:09.06
represents Islam
coming and battling
00:47:09.09\00:47:11.33
against Christianity too, so--
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Doug: Yeah, and I'm inclined
that's--I guess I lean that way
00:47:12.99\00:47:15.56
and I don't--you know, this
is something that, as Paul said,
00:47:15.60\00:47:18.00
we don't say by
command but by permission.
00:47:18.03\00:47:19.83
You see that the king of
the north, and I would agree
00:47:19.87\00:47:23.71
with Carlos, is sort of apostate
Christianity, Babylon, and--
00:47:23.74\00:47:27.04
but there are two
children of Abraham
00:47:27.08\00:47:29.64
that are tracked
through the Bible.
00:47:29.68\00:47:31.15
We see Islam in earlier
places in Revelation 9 and it is
00:47:31.18\00:47:35.02
the second largest religion in
the world, and there have been
00:47:35.05\00:47:38.05
numerous wars and
there's conflict today.
00:47:38.09\00:47:40.72
And the nations that are
mentioned in the end of Daniel,
00:47:40.76\00:47:44.26
if you being literal at
all, Edom, Moab, Libya, Egypt,
00:47:44.29\00:47:47.60
so forth, they're
all Islamic principally.
00:47:47.60\00:47:51.40
And so you just wonder
if there'll be some final
00:47:51.43\00:47:53.84
earthly conflict along
with the spiritual conflict.
00:47:53.87\00:47:58.14
So some of that remains
to be seen, but that's--
00:47:58.17\00:48:03.11
those are a couple of
principled views out there.
00:48:03.14\00:48:05.38
And thank you, Diane.
00:48:05.41\00:48:07.25
Hope that made a
little bit of sense.
00:48:07.28\00:48:08.95
Carlos: Thank you, Diane.
00:48:08.98\00:48:10.72
Next we have
Raymond from Michigan.
00:48:10.75\00:48:15.16
Raymond, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
00:48:15.19\00:48:16.76
You're on the air.
00:48:16.79\00:48:18.29
Raymond: Hello, pastors.
00:48:18.33\00:48:19.69
How are you both doing tonight?
00:48:19.73\00:48:21.13
Doug: Wonderful.
00:48:21.16\00:48:23.10
Raymond: That's
good. That's good.
00:48:23.13\00:48:24.87
My question is, does it say what
type--or what kind of language
00:48:24.90\00:48:29.30
will we be speaking in heaven?
00:48:29.34\00:48:32.41
Doug: All right.
00:48:32.44\00:48:34.38
Pastor Carlos is
probably going to say Spanish
00:48:34.41\00:48:36.04
is the language of heaven.
00:48:36.08\00:48:38.11
Raymond: Yes, yes.
I've heard that before.
00:48:38.15\00:48:40.28
Doug: And it is a whole lot
easier to learn than English
00:48:40.32\00:48:43.22
from what I understand 'cause
I grew up speaking English.
00:48:43.25\00:48:45.65
It was easier for me,
but when--I learned some
00:48:45.69\00:48:48.42
Spanish 'cause the rules
were much more consistent.
00:48:48.46\00:48:50.66
And you know--you've actually
taught in English and Spanish,
00:48:50.69\00:48:54.00
so you've probably run
into all of the conundrums.
00:48:54.00\00:48:56.67
But I don't think
we'll speak either in heaven.
00:48:56.70\00:48:59.37
There's some language--all the
languages of the world somehow
00:48:59.40\00:49:02.77
sprang from a mother tongue
that was spoken in the Garden of
00:49:02.80\00:49:05.81
Eden, and at the Tower of Babel
that language got confounded.
00:49:05.84\00:49:11.58
Now, you can find similarities
between a number of languages
00:49:11.61\00:49:14.35
around the world.
00:49:14.38\00:49:16.05
So as the people scattered from
the Tower of Babel they took
00:49:16.08\00:49:19.05
some maybe common words,
but we don't know exactly
00:49:19.09\00:49:23.09
what that language of
Canaan is going to be.
00:49:23.12\00:49:25.73
But it'll be beautiful.
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Carlos: I've always thought
it might be Hebrew because when
00:49:27.50\00:49:29.83
it says--in the Tower of Babel
it says He confused the tongues
00:49:29.86\00:49:32.83
of those that were
working in the tower.
00:49:32.87\00:49:34.84
So could it be that Hebrew was
the original language and then--
00:49:34.87\00:49:38.57
Doug: Seth and some of his
followers did not--or Shem,
00:49:38.61\00:49:40.81
rather, and some of his
followers did not get involved
00:49:40.84\00:49:43.55
in the corruption and their
language did not get confounded.
00:49:43.58\00:49:46.51
That's an interesting theory.
00:49:46.55\00:49:48.05
That may be.
00:49:48.08\00:49:49.75
Of course, it's sure
hard to speak Hebrew.
00:49:49.78\00:49:51.59
Got a lot of kind of-- Yeah.
00:49:51.62\00:49:55.46
Anyway--but yeah, it'll be--you
know, they say one reason that
00:49:55.49\00:50:00.16
English is an international
language is over the years
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English has developed so
many words to describe things.
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There are more words in English
to describe things with greater
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detail, and I think the language
of heaven is going to have all
00:50:10.97\00:50:15.14
kinds of nuances we don't
even know now to say things.
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So it's going to be very
beautiful and very expressive,
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whatever it is.
00:50:19.91\00:50:21.42
Thank you. Good question.
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Carlos: Next we have
Nathan from California.
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Nathan, welcome to
"Bible Answers Live."
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You're on the air.
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Nathan: Hello.
00:50:28.52\00:50:29.86
How should I respond to people
that say biblical--the Bible
00:50:29.89\00:50:32.89
isn't trustworthy because it was
written by men because they're
00:50:32.93\00:50:36.87
fallible and stuff?
00:50:36.90\00:50:38.23
Like, you know--
00:50:38.27\00:50:39.60
Doug: Yeah, well, I
would say, is there anything
00:50:39.63\00:50:41.77
that men do that they trust?
00:50:41.80\00:50:44.01
Just because the Bible was
written by men--I mean, if you
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get into a car accident and
you've got to go to the hospital
00:50:48.48\00:50:52.81
and you've got to have your leg
set, you're probably not going
00:50:52.85\00:50:56.22
to try and set your
broken leg yourself.
00:50:56.25\00:50:58.15
You're going to have to entrust
that to men and you're going to
00:50:58.19\00:51:00.62
say, "Well, they've studied it
and they've passed on a lot of
00:51:00.66\00:51:02.66
knowledge, and they
can do that pretty well."
00:51:02.69\00:51:05.56
Because men do something doesn't
mean that it's all flawed.
00:51:05.59\00:51:08.30
All the technology we're
using right now has been created
00:51:08.33\00:51:12.13
by men and most of
it is pretty dependable.
00:51:12.17\00:51:14.30
Now, with the Bible,
it wasn't normal men.
00:51:14.34\00:51:17.14
The Bible says holy men
spoke as they were moved
00:51:17.17\00:51:20.88
by the Holy Ghost.
00:51:20.91\00:51:22.51
These are unusual people that
are filled with the Holy Spirit.
00:51:22.54\00:51:25.58
And so the Holy
Spirit is involved in
00:51:25.61\00:51:27.35
also preserving the Bible.
00:51:27.38\00:51:29.35
Now, some ways we know that the
Bible is still accurate is God
00:51:29.38\00:51:33.72
arranged for Scriptures to
be hidden before Christ was
00:51:33.76\00:51:37.03
born--about 200 years
before Christ was born hidden in
00:51:37.06\00:51:39.83
the desert, and then 2,000
years later those Scriptures
00:51:39.86\00:51:43.77
are rediscovered.
00:51:43.80\00:51:45.17
And we compare these Old
Testament Scriptures that had
00:51:45.20\00:51:48.00
been hidden in jars, the Dead
Sea Scrolls, for 2,000 years
00:51:48.04\00:51:51.47
with the versions of the Hebrew
Bible that we have today and
00:51:51.51\00:51:55.28
we see that they're virtually
identical and it just increases
00:51:55.31\00:51:58.51
our--and I've been to see
the Dead Sea Scrolls and had my
00:51:58.55\00:52:02.72
guide who spoke ancient Hebrew
read right off of them, and
00:52:02.75\00:52:06.69
I know my Bible pretty well,
and he was reading right off the
00:52:06.72\00:52:09.06
scroll of Isaiah the story
of Hezekiah, and Sennacherib,
00:52:09.09\00:52:12.83
Rabshakeh and it's
just like my Bible.
00:52:12.86\00:52:14.93
So, of course, he had to
translate it as he read it into
00:52:14.96\00:52:18.50
English; but yeah, the Bible
has been miraculously preserved.
00:52:18.53\00:52:23.27
Carlos: Yeah. Do
we have a resource?
00:52:23.30\00:52:26.01
Doug: Yeah, we've got a book
called "The Ultimate Resource."
00:52:26.04\00:52:29.14
It's on the Bible.
00:52:29.18\00:52:30.78
We'll send you a free
copy, "The Ultimate Resource."
00:52:30.81\00:52:32.68
Just ask for that
when you call, Nathan.
00:52:32.71\00:52:34.48
Thank you.
00:52:34.52\00:52:35.85
We can get one more
question in, pastor?
00:52:35.88\00:52:37.19
Carlos: Yes, we can.
00:52:37.22\00:52:38.62
Peyton from California, welcome.
00:52:38.65\00:52:40.32
First-time caller.
00:52:40.36\00:52:41.69
You're on "Bible Answers Live."
00:52:41.72\00:52:43.56
Peyton: Hello.
Good evening, pastors.
00:52:43.59\00:52:45.69
Doug: Evening. Carlos: Hello.
00:52:45.73\00:52:47.83
Peyton: So my
question is, what are the signs
00:52:47.86\00:52:49.66
of the second coming?
00:52:49.70\00:52:51.13
Would it be soon due to the
current morality of the world?
00:52:51.17\00:52:53.94
And I say it as kind of a
two-part question because I am
00:52:53.97\00:52:57.14
in the military and I'm kind
of stuck in a sense and I would
00:52:57.17\00:53:00.38
like to pick up and move on
to country living, but it seems
00:53:00.41\00:53:03.75
quite difficult considering,
you know, everything going on
00:53:03.78\00:53:06.61
in current society--
00:53:06.65\00:53:08.32
Doug: Amen. Well,
don't go AWOL, Peyton.
00:53:08.35\00:53:11.99
But there are a lot of
signs and, as you mentioned,
00:53:12.02\00:53:17.96
one of them is the morality.
00:53:17.99\00:53:20.10
You know, Jesus said before
he comes it'll be like it was
00:53:20.13\00:53:22.26
in the days of Lot and
Noah, and there was violence.
00:53:22.30\00:53:26.37
You know, people were all
entertained with violence and
00:53:26.40\00:53:29.04
not only--he said there'd
be wars and rumors of wars.
00:53:29.07\00:53:31.27
We got rumors of
nuclear war right now.
00:53:31.31\00:53:33.81
They would have the immorality
that they had in Sodom and
00:53:33.84\00:53:37.01
Gomorrah, which is of
course, you know, international
00:53:37.05\00:53:39.35
and rampant right now.
00:53:39.38\00:53:40.82
And then Christ said the gospel
of the kingdom would be preached
00:53:40.85\00:53:43.89
in all the world.
00:53:43.92\00:53:45.39
Well, now through the internet
and radio and television,
00:53:45.42\00:53:47.96
satellite, we have the
technology that human walls
00:53:47.99\00:53:52.03
cannot stop the
proclamation of the gospel.
00:53:52.06\00:53:54.73
Even these broadcasts right now
through the internet are going
00:53:54.73\00:53:57.97
into so many different countries
and the gospel is being preached
00:53:58.00\00:54:01.67
in all the world.
00:54:01.70\00:54:02.94
And so there's a number of signs
that the Lord gives us that his
00:54:02.97\00:54:06.31
coming is near.
00:54:06.34\00:54:08.01
One of them is he says
there'll be pestilence.
00:54:08.04\00:54:10.21
That's plagues.
00:54:10.25\00:54:11.88
We just came
through a global pandemic.
00:54:11.91\00:54:14.15
And so--you know,
and it says in Revelation
00:54:14.18\00:54:16.72
the Euphrates river will dry up.
00:54:16.75\00:54:18.52
Of course there's a spiritual
application to that, but I think
00:54:18.55\00:54:20.46
it's interesting the Euphrates
river is drying right now.
00:54:20.49\00:54:22.69
So it might be a
dual prophecy there.
00:54:22.72\00:54:25.43
Anyway, Peyton, so
there's a lot of things.
00:54:25.46\00:54:27.40
You just put your life in
God's hands and say, "Lord,
00:54:27.46\00:54:30.03
I want to put You first, and I'd
like to live in the country."
00:54:30.07\00:54:34.70
Of course, country
living is not going to save you.
00:54:34.74\00:54:36.94
Having a beautiful place in
the country and food stored away
00:54:36.97\00:54:39.84
is not going to
save us in the last days.
00:54:39.87\00:54:41.98
It'll be a lot easier than those
who are stuck in the cities
00:54:42.01\00:54:45.25
when, you know,
bedlam breaks out.
00:54:45.28\00:54:47.72
But ultimately God can save you.
00:54:47.75\00:54:50.69
The safest place to be is
in the middle of His will.
00:54:50.72\00:54:53.99
And, friends, I hope everyone
listening is in the hollow of
00:54:54.02\00:54:57.36
His hand right now.
00:54:57.39\00:54:58.76
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Doug: Welcome
back, listening friends.
00:55:29.09\00:55:30.66
For those who stayed by, this
is the time we do some quick
00:55:30.69\00:55:33.56
internet questions that came in.
00:55:33.60\00:55:35.36
And, Pastor Carlos, if someone
wants to send us a question,
00:55:35.40\00:55:38.40
how do they do that?
00:55:38.43\00:55:39.87
Carlos: You can email us at
BALquestions@amazingfacts.org.
00:55:39.90\00:55:44.84
That's
BALquestions@amazingfacts.org,
00:55:44.87\00:55:48.81
and we might read your
question on live next week.
00:55:48.84\00:55:51.88
Doug: Let's see how many we
can get in in 2 minutes here.
00:55:51.91\00:55:54.72
Carlos: First one, "During
Noah's time, did God limits
00:55:54.75\00:55:56.89
man's lifespan to 120 years?"
00:55:56.92\00:55:59.22
Because Noah lived to be 950?
00:55:59.25\00:56:01.59
Doug: No, it's saying when God
says, "My Spirit will not always
00:56:01.62\00:56:04.79
strive with man," and
this is Genesis chapter 6,
00:56:04.83\00:56:07.36
"his days will be 120 years."
00:56:07.40\00:56:09.60
That means before the
flood God was going to give them
00:56:09.63\00:56:11.83
120 years of probation.
00:56:11.87\00:56:14.17
People live much longer
than that even after the flood.
00:56:14.20\00:56:16.57
So that's not talking
about their lifespan, it was
00:56:16.60\00:56:19.24
talking about probationary
time before the flood.
00:56:19.27\00:56:22.08
Carlos: Yes, next question,
"Were Joseph and Mary married
00:56:22.11\00:56:24.81
when Mary conceived Jesus."
00:56:24.85\00:56:27.08
Doug: No, they were
what we would call engaged.
00:56:27.12\00:56:30.52
They had signed a betrothal
covenant, and Joseph was about
00:56:30.55\00:56:34.86
to break that off 'cause he
thought that Mary had come up
00:56:34.89\00:56:37.73
pregnant from normal means
and God said, "Don't do it.
00:56:37.76\00:56:41.00
She's conceived
by the Holy Spirit."
00:56:41.03\00:56:42.53
But they were engaged.
00:56:42.56\00:56:44.20
They were not married yet.
00:56:44.23\00:56:45.57
Carlos: Next question,
"Is it a sin to be rich?"
00:56:45.60\00:56:49.24
Doug: Well, it
could be for some people.
00:56:49.27\00:56:51.21
Jesus said that it's hard for
a rich man to enter the kingdom,
00:56:51.24\00:56:54.18
and the Bible says
strive not to be rich.
00:56:54.21\00:56:57.71
That should not be our goal.
00:56:57.75\00:56:59.58
But certainly there are a number
of rich people in the Bible that
00:56:59.61\00:57:02.02
we expect to see in
heaven, everyone from Abraham
00:57:02.05\00:57:04.19
to Solomon to David to Job.
00:57:04.22\00:57:06.49
You just don't
want to love riches.
00:57:06.52\00:57:09.02
The Bible says the love of
money is the root of all evil.
00:57:09.06\00:57:11.63
Carlos: "Ezekiel 39:11
talks about fire descending from
00:57:11.66\00:57:14.76
heaven to destroy the wicked."
00:57:14.83\00:57:16.13
The question is, "Will there
be a cemetery in the new earth,
00:57:16.16\00:57:18.30
or has this prophecy
already fulfilled in the past?"
00:57:18.33\00:57:21.64
Doug: Well, that is a future
prophecy when God rains fire
00:57:21.67\00:57:24.71
down from heaven to devour
the wicked, and then you read--
00:57:24.74\00:57:27.68
it says that in
Malachi chapter 4
00:57:27.71\00:57:30.38
the wicked will be
burnt up root and branch.
00:57:30.41\00:57:33.45
So all over the face of
the earth where the wicked are
00:57:33.48\00:57:35.85
consumed, Malachi says you'll
go forth from the new Jerusalem.
00:57:35.88\00:57:38.89
You will tread down the wicked.
00:57:38.92\00:57:40.59
They will be ashes
under the soles of your feet.
00:57:40.62\00:57:43.16
So I guess you could say that
it's kind of a cremation all
00:57:43.19\00:57:47.93
over the world, but
it's going to be grass.
00:57:47.96\00:57:50.23
The meek will inherit the earth.
00:57:50.27\00:57:52.10
Carlos: Last
question, "Was Jesus like
00:57:52.13\00:57:53.84
any other regular child?"
00:57:53.87\00:57:56.81
Doug: Yeah, good question.
00:57:56.84\00:57:58.57
In the sense that he
did need to learn to walk
00:57:58.61\00:58:00.98
and talk as babies do.
00:58:01.01\00:58:02.91
He needed his parents
to love and cleanse him,
00:58:02.94\00:58:05.61
and he had to learn to
do things that children do.
00:58:05.65\00:58:08.62
Yes, he never
sinned. He never disobeyed.
00:58:08.65\00:58:11.19
He was filled with the Holy
Spirit from his mother's womb.
00:58:11.22\00:58:14.06
All right,
listening friends, time's up.
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God bless.
00:58:16.12\00:58:17.66
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