Three Hundred
miles east of Moscow
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lies the old city of Gorky
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now called Nizhny Novgorod.
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Since the brutal
days of the tyrant Stalin
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until just a few months ago,
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Nizhny Novgorod was
closed to the outside world.
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Foreigners were
not allowed to walk
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its streets or
talk to its citizens.
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Even the powerful
Russian Orthodox Church
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was allowed only
a limited influence.
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Here the name of
God was almost banished
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from the minds of
the two million citizens.
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Yet during the
short summer of '92,
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just a few months
after the city was opened
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2,530 precious
Russian souls were baptized
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in the cold waters
of the Volga River,
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confessing their faith in Christ
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and their rejection of atheism.
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This presentation is
a story of the triumph
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of the cross of Jesus Christ
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over the hammer and sickle.
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Carter Report
presents Victory at Gorky.
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Christianity first
came to Russia in 988,
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then followed 900
years of oppression
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when the church joined with
the state to enslave the bodies
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and the souls of
the Russian people.
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This awful state of affairs
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led to the bloody
revolution of 1917
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when Lenin's fiery oratory
galvanized the Russian masses
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to cast off the
yoke of double bondage,
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the slavery of the czars
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and the
intolerance of the church.
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What began in 1917
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as the dawn of a
so-called new era of freedom
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soon gave way to
a night of terror.
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Systematic purges of all
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who could be
considered potential threats,
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exterminated tens of
millions Jews, Orthodox,
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Catholics,
Protestants, and even atheists
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were cast into
the great winepress
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of the wrath of the demigods,
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Lenin, Kosygin,
Stalin and Khrushchev.
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A fearful Iron Curtain
descended upon the borders
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of Russia and her colonies.
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And within that
vast prison house
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that called itself the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics.
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A reign of terror
deprived the people of hope,
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peace,
prosperity, life, and liberty,
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but great changes as
revolutionaries of 1917
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were eventually to take place.
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The coming of Mikhail Gorbachev
in the mid 80s was soon
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in the providence of almighty
God to dramatically change
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the USSR and the world.
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His policies of
glasnost and perestroika,
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Russian words
that may be translated,
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openness and restructuring
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were destined to blow
the doors off the hinges
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and smashed the
bars on the windows.
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During the first part of '92,
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before the breakup
of the Soviet Union,
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John Carter, an
Australian pastor and evangelist
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visited Moscow and
experienced firsthand
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the new political
and religious freedoms
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that were
shaking the whole nation.
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For 10 nights, he spoke
at the Palace of Culture
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to crowds whose appetite
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for spiritual
information seemed insatiable,
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his proclamation of
the resurrection of Christ
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at the tomb of Lenin,
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an area previously off limits
to preachers and TV cameraman
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was a dramatic
reinforcement of the reality
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that the Russian
people were experiencing
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a second revolution.
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Behind me here in red
squares, is the tomb of Lenin,
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the founder of communism.
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If you go through
those great doors,
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you will
actually see the founder
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of the communist state.
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I have an amazing
story to tell you today.
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I have visited
also another tomb,
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a tomb over there in Jerusalem,
the tomb of Jesus Christ.
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But when you go
through the doors,
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into the tomb of Jesus,
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there is no body
there because Jesus Christ
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was raised from the dead.
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Jesus is alive.
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You see, we
don't serve a dead man.
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We serve a living Christ.
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They did everything here to
get rid of the Christian Church.
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They persecuted the believers,
millions were put to death,
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but the church
today is stronger here
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than it's ever been before
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because the church is
not built upon a dead person.
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It is built upon
our living Christ.
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During January of 1992,
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Pastor Carter returned to Russia
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to visit Nizhny Novgorod,
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a city of 2 million
souls that had been closed
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to the world
for almost 60 years.
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During the reign
of the communists
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Nizhny was called Gorky.
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This strategically located
city is a major industrial
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and military center
with products ranging
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from Volga cars to nuclear
submarines were manufactured.
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Unlike Moscow
and St. Petersburg,
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Nizhny Novgorod had never
had an evangelistic campaign.
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The communists had
declared that God and His church
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would be outlawed in Gorky.
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The name given to
the city by the Marxists
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in honor of the poet Gorky
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whose works that
glorified communism.
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In this closed city an
awful experiment had taken place
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to remove the name of God
from the lives of the people.
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We will so
indoctrinate your children
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that they will not
even think about God
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said the
communists of Nizhny Novgorod.
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As the snows of a
fierce Russian winter
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held the city
in its icy embrace,
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John met with the
survivors of the church
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to plan an
evangelistic campaign.
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The first ever
in Nizhny Novgorod
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to bring the hope
of an eternal spring
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to those whose
lives had been frozen
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in the wastelands of atheism.
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The only suitable
meeting place for the crusade
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was the Palace of Sport,
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a stadium that
could seat 6,500 people.
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Negotiations with the
director and his staff
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resulted in the
signing of a contract
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to use the hall for six weeks.
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The large stadium is situated
in the heart of the city
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on a main city thoroughfare.
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It was built by the
communists to take the place
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of the Christian
churches that were destroyed
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by the atheistic government.
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City officials
expressed their doubts
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that many would be interested
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in attending religious meetings.
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We've been taught for 70 years,
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not to even think
about God, was their comment.
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Later events were to move
those same officials to say,
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"God sent you here.
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You have a message from Him.
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And we wanna hear it."
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During the week
in January, 1992,
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that John Carter
spent in Nizhny Novgorod.
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It was evident
that the Russian people
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were struggling to survive
the harshness of the winter.
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Food lines were long
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for the little
bit of food available.
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It was not uncommon to
see people forming lines,
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not even knowing what
was for sale in the hope
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that they just
might find something
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to bring relief and comfort.
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While the Russians
were hungry for food,
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John and his team
were soon to discover
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that the Russians had
an even greater hunger.
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Seventy years of the most
brutal atheistic dictatorship
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had been unable to
remove from their hearts,
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their hunger for God.
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In America, the
members of the Community
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Adventist Fellowship,
Glendale, California,
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and the staff of Three
Angels Broadcasting Network
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in Illinois,
worked to raise support
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both physical and spiritual
for the coming crusade.
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Donations came in
small and large amounts
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and the
Australian Adventist Church
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raised $200,000
for Bibles for Russia,
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13,000
Australian sponsored Bibles
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were earmarked
for Nizhny Novgorod.
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This number was later
increased to 25,000 Bibles
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as people across
the United States
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gave the help to
the Russian people.
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Not only was money given to help
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the Russians spiritually,
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but dollars were hand
carried to Nizhny Novgorod
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and converted into
rubles to help them buy food.
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Members of the
community Adventist fellowship
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worked with ADRA,
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the Fred Jordan
Mission and Delta Airlines
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to arrange and
deliver food and clothing
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for the people
of Nizhny Novgorod.
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Commencing May 1st, 30
second television messages
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were beamed into the
homes of the 2 million citizens
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of Nizhny Novgorod.
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One hundred twenty five
thousand color brochures
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were distributed.
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And the daily
newspapers carried ads
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that had been
prepared in Los Angeles.
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The advertising that presented
powerful archeological evidence
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for the creator
God and the Bible
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had dramatic impact.
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Twenty thousand
precious Russian souls
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packed the opening
evangelistic sessions
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on the weekend
of May 9th and 10th,
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with thousands
unable to gain entrance.
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God loves Russia and
God is working for Russia.
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And God has opened up the gates
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and the gospel
is being preached.
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Now there's one other sign,
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the Bible says
that in the last days,
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while the nations
are preparing for war,
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they will also be
talking peace and safety.
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Now, my beloved Russian friends,
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if you put all
these signs together,
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it is very, very plain.
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It is absolutely clear
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that the Bible
prophecies are being fulfilled.
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And I have good news for you.
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It is the news
that I preach in Russia.
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It is the news that
I preach in America.
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It is the news that
I preach in Australia.
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Here's the good news.
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Jesus is going to come again.
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He is going to raise the dead.
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He is going to set
up a new world order,
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and you can be a part of it.
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You can be a part
of the kingdom of God.
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From the very
start, it was evident
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that God was about to do
a special and mighty work.
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Among the 3,000 unable
to get into the stadium
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for one session was an
elderly Russian gentleman
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who cried out,
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"I've been waiting for 70 years
for Jesus, please let me in."
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Waiting for Jesus, waiting
for God, waiting for truth.
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Instead of communism
obliterating the hunger
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of the Russian soul for God,
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it had only intensified longings
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for spiritual realities.
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After 70 years of atheism,
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the heart of mother Russia
is now crying out for God.
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As the meetings continued,
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the interest of
the Russian people grew
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until two sessions
every night were inadequate.
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City authorities
warned that the meetings
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might have to cease.
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If some way could not be
found to restrain the crowds
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that nightly were
unable to find places inside
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the 6,500 seat stadium.
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At one stage,
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the Russian army was
called to control the masses.
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The soldiers arrived
in trucks with guard dogs.
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Some Russian
soldiers were later baptized.
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After the meetings had
continued for seven nights,
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John Carter made an
appeal for the people
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to accept the
Bible as God's word
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and Jesus as man's only savior,
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14,000 positively responded.
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I'm gonna ask you
to raise your hand.
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And by raising your hand,
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you will say, "I want to
be ready when Jesus comes.
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I want to be in
the kingdom of God.
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I will be a believer.
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I will be a Christian.
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Who were these people who
were struggling to gain access
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to the hall where God's
Word was being preached?
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It quickly became obvious
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that the majority were
atheists and agnostics.
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When prayer was
said for the first time,
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hardly one person
in the vast audience
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knew what was happening.
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Prayer was an unknown
experience, but not for long.
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During the first altar call
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to publicly accept
and confess Christ,
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10,000 Russians left
their seats and came forward.
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I'm going to
ask you to stand up,
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and then I'm going to ask
you to come down the front.
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And we want you to come
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because this is an act of faith.
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And we're saying tonight,
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Lord Jesus Christ,
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I'm coming forward in faith.
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And I'm so glad to see
so many young people here,
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because this is a new
day for mother Russia.
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But I want to tell you,
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no power on this
earth can get rid of Jesus,
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because He's alive.
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He is the living Christ.
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And the living Christ
loves the Russian people.
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At this time Bibles were given
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to those who had
attended seven meetings,
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thousands of
Russians with great joy
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received God's Word
for the very first time.
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Unforgettable was the
moment when John Carter read
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John 3:16 and
invited the audience
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to repeat these
beloved words after him.
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"For God so loved the
world that He gave His only Son
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that whosoever believes
in Him should not perish,
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but have everlasting life."
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One of the most powerful
and feared organizations
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in Russia is the
Department of Internal Security.
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It's long been recognized
as an arm of the infamous KGB.
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How amazed they were
Russian church leaders
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to receive an
official invitation
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from a distinguished Russian
officer, General Vladimir,
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head of the
Department of Internal Security
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for Nizhny Novgorod
requesting that John Carter come
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and preach to his
staff and officers.
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At first, the Russian
church leadership thought
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that some mistake had been made,
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but the invitation
was urged upon the church
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until an acceptance was gained.
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Pastor Carter with his team
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visited the College
of Internal Security
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and was escorted
by a Russian colonel
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to the general's
private quarters.
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After words of welcome,
John and his close associates
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were taken to an auditorium
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that was packed
with 1000 officers.
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General Vladimir then
introduced the evangelists
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to the audience and remark
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that he had been
attending the meetings.
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John then spoke for 60 minutes
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on evidences for the creator God
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and why true
freedom is impossible
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without a recognition of
the fact that God made us.
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And therefore, every
person is unique and glorious.
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You are not an animal.
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You are not a machine.
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You are a child of God.
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His appeal to
accept God as creator,
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climaxed an invitation for
all present to join in prayer.
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The general rose and
with him 1000 of his officers
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among whom some
were openly weeping.
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A further 60 minutes
were spent answering questions
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and then Bibles were presented
to the general and his staff.
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One thousand Bibles were
later given to the entire group.
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This was the
first time in history
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of the Russian
people that a preacher
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had been asked to
speak to the staff
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of the Internal Security.
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Some of these
officers later were baptized.
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How God has opened the doors.
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During the dark
ages of communism,
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millions of Russians perished
at the hands of the state,
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more died through the political
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and religious
purges of Lenin and Stalin
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than through the ravages
of Hitler's Stormtroopers
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who wiped out 20
million Russian lives.
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The fear generated by
the ultimate police state
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forced the Russian
people to keep to themselves,
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avoid eye contact with strangers
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and hide their feelings
to all even family members.
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During the opening
meetings of the crusade,
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there were few smiles
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and almost no
display of any emotions,
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but as the love of God
was proclaimed in Jesus,
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a dramatic change
took place in the audience,
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a mighty river of love,
long dammed up burst forth.
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Nightly the people came
bearing flowers and crying out
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"thank you for coming.
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We love you."
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The first baptism was
held on Sabbath, June 6th,
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when thousands of new
believers filled waiting buses
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and moved in a
convoy to the Volga River.
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Just five years ago,
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police officers had raided
the church in Nizhny Novgorod,
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beaten up the members and
confiscated their property.
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Now, the police
were providing an escort
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and clearing the
way through traffic.
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Arriving at the site
on the banks of the Volga,
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the Carter Report team
was greeted by soldiers
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of the Russian army who had
provided and pitched army tents
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for those planning baptism.
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An army truck was also provided
as a platform for the speaker.
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Newspaper reports like in
this baptism in the Volga River
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to the baptism of
John in the Jordan.
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The same newspaper
also compared this baptism
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to the coming of
Christianity to Russia in 988,
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when Prince Vladimir baptized
Russians in the Dnieper.
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Or God's mighty
power of saving grace
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manifested through this
great Pentecostal outpouring
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of His Holy Spirit.
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The members of the
Carter Report team say,
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"To God be the glory,
great things He has done,
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all glory, honor, and praise
be to the Lamb forever and ever.
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The power of God to change lives
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is also seen in
the life of the man
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who was John Carter's
translator, Leonid Fundo.
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Leonid is a Russian
Jew whose grandfather
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Levi Matthew Braginsky
was co-founder of the KGB.
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As a little boy, Pastor Fundo
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played beneath the table
in his grandfather's house
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where Lenin,
Trotsky and Braginsky
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had plotted the 1917 revolution.
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Ten years ago, the hopelessness
of Leonid's grandfather's
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atheistic
philosophy led him to join
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a pseudo Christian
group whose stern legalism
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drove him deeper into despair.
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After four years with this cult,
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that called itself the
faithful and true witness,
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Leonid returned to atheism.
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Then a shaft of light
flashed upon him as Igor,
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a converted Jew in Moscow
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explained to him
the good news of Jesus.
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Leonid is now an ordained pastor
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and was used mightily
by God during the meetings.
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His fervent and professional
translation of 70 meetings,
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plus 35 baptismal
classes was a powerful testimony
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to the power of God's gospel
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that his grandfather
had sought to destroy.
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Leonid whose work
brings him in contact
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with officials
of church and state
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believes that liberty
is to proclaim the gospel
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in Russia may soon be curtailed.
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Talk of the development
of a Russian state church
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brings to his mind dark
images of Czarist oppression.
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Leonid with many others
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believes that the time is short.
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The time to proclaim God's Word
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and distribute
Bibles in Russia is now.
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During 1000 years
of Russian history,
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there have only been a few
years of peace and liberty.
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The pages of Russian history
are crimsoned with blood.
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The question on
millions of Russian lips
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is how long will peace last?
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How long will we be free?
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The words of Jesus
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read in the dramatic
content of this Russian scenario
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sound a note of
urgency and warning.
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Work while it is day,
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the night comes
when no man can work.
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Therefore let all
who believe in Christ,
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all who rejoice in liberty,
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all who enjoy
peace and prosperity
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do everything possible
now to take the good news
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of salvation to
the Russian people.
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The victory at Gorky
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must be repeated
across Russia while it is day.
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My name is Tanya Serova.
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I am student of the
Institute of Foreign Languages
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in Nizhny Novgorod
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where the meetings of
Pastor Carter took place.
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I've been to many of them
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and found out that God loves me.
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And now I love Him.
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The meetings were meant
much for me because I realized
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that tomorrow
life is meaningful now,
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and I know there
is light before me.
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And anywhere I go,
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I will go to the kingdom of God.
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I know that the wages of death,
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the wages of sin is death,
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but the gift of
God is eternal life.
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My name is Svetlana.
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This month, I've graduated
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from the college of foreign
languages in Nizhny Novgorod.
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I have been to many
lectures of Pastor Carter.
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And during those lectures,
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I've learned that God
loves me and I love God.
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That God needs me and I need
God and He's ready to help me.
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During the lectures I
was taught to read the Bible
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and to talk to God.
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And now, I believe that I've
managed to come closer to Him.
00:22:09.52\00:22:14.20
Now, I got Bible and
I'm very thankful to that.
00:22:14.30\00:22:18.07
And now I can
read it, analyze it
00:22:18.10\00:22:20.70
and find answers for
my numerous questions.
00:22:20.74\00:22:24.41
And now I feel
happiness and joy in my heart.
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People need the Lord
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People need the Lord
00:22:36.79\00:22:42.36
At the end of
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Broken dreams
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He's the open door
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People need the Lord
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People need the Lord
00:23:00.08\00:23:05.95
When will we realize
00:23:05.98\00:23:11.69
That we must give our lives?
00:23:11.72\00:23:16.39
For people
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Need the Lord
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People need the Lord
00:23:22.50\00:23:27.34
Now is the time to preach
the Word of God in Russia.
00:24:27.93\00:24:32.93
There are storm
clouds on the horizon.
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We don't know how long
liberty is going to rain here
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in this great land.
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Freedom could be taken
from these people any moment.
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I want to say to you today with
all my heart and all my soul,
00:24:45.41\00:24:50.95
now is the time to preach
the good news of Jesus Christ
00:24:50.99\00:24:55.92
to these
wonderful Russian people.
00:24:55.96\00:24:58.26
God is working in
the land of Russia.
00:24:58.29\00:25:01.80
Let us work with God
while we have the opportunity.
00:25:01.83\00:25:05.37
This campaign
would not have gone ahead
00:25:08.50\00:25:11.17
without the assistance
of our friends of 3ABN.
00:25:11.21\00:25:16.01
They've helped
us with the finance.
00:25:16.04\00:25:18.21
They've helped to raise money.
00:25:18.25\00:25:19.78
They've sent a television crew,
00:25:19.81\00:25:22.38
and I want to say to every
person watching this telecast,
00:25:22.42\00:25:26.45
thank God for the wonderful,
00:25:26.49\00:25:28.56
the consecrated people of 3ABN.
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Jesus
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Is coming,
00:25:37.27\00:25:41.90
though we know
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Not when
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Yes,
00:25:50.55\00:25:52.71
He is coming,
00:25:52.75\00:25:55.72
Jesus is coming again
00:25:58.99\00:26:04.06
Jesus
00:26:07.40\00:26:11.30
Is coming,
00:26:11.33\00:26:16.07
though we know
00:26:16.10\00:26:19.64
Not when
00:26:19.67\00:26:24.68
Yes,
00:26:24.71\00:26:26.82
He is coming
00:26:26.85\00:26:29.78
Jesus is coming again
00:26:32.95\00:26:37.96
Jesus is coming again
00:26:41.46\00:26:46.47
Jesus is coming again
00:26:50.17\00:26:56.14
Since coming back from Russia,
00:26:58.98\00:27:00.38
there have been
some amazing developments
00:27:00.45\00:27:02.82
with our good friends of 3ABN,
00:27:02.85\00:27:04.85
we've just
purchased 10 prime acres,
00:27:04.89\00:27:07.59
right in the very
heart of old Gorky.
00:27:07.62\00:27:09.52
On those 10 acres are
two massive buildings.
00:27:09.56\00:27:12.23
You know, what's going to
happen to those buildings.
00:27:12.26\00:27:14.13
They are going to become
temples for the glory of God,
00:27:14.20\00:27:16.97
the house of two
and a half thousand
00:27:17.00\00:27:18.90
brand new
Christian Russian converts.
00:27:18.93\00:27:21.34
Listen, my
friend, we need your help.
00:27:21.37\00:27:24.04
I'm going back to
Russia in just a few days,
00:27:24.11\00:27:26.41
and we can use
right now, 100,000 Bibles.
00:27:26.44\00:27:31.21
The Russian people
are crying out for God
00:27:31.25\00:27:33.82
and they're
crying out for Bibles.
00:27:33.85\00:27:35.75
We need to go and
preach the Word of God
00:27:35.78\00:27:37.95
while we still
have the opportunity.
00:27:37.99\00:27:40.26
Listen, friend, the
door could close any time,
00:27:40.29\00:27:43.19
we need to go and we
need to move with urgency.
00:27:43.22\00:27:46.36
Therefore I need
to hear from you.
00:27:46.39\00:27:49.06
I need you now as I've
never needed you before.
00:27:49.10\00:27:52.33
Write to me, please.
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John Carter, Box 1900,
00:27:53.94\00:27:56.50
Thousand Oaks, California 91358.
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Seventy years is a long
time to keep people waiting.
00:28:00.61\00:28:03.98
Let's not keep
them waiting any longer.
00:28:04.01\00:28:06.65
In the year of our Lord, 988,
00:28:16.42\00:28:18.73
Kiev, the capital of Ukraine
00:28:18.76\00:28:21.53
witnessed the
coming of Christianity
00:28:21.56\00:28:23.10
to the Russian
and Ukrainian peoples.
00:28:23.13\00:28:25.57
Prince Vladimir
decreed that his people
00:28:25.60\00:28:27.77
would become Christians.
00:28:27.80\00:28:29.50
He conducted a
baptism in the Dnieper River
00:28:29.54\00:28:31.67
and hundreds were immersed
professing faith in Christ
00:28:31.71\00:28:34.74
and the Orthodox Church.
00:28:34.78\00:28:37.45
In 1995, Kiev saw
another page of history unfold
00:28:37.48\00:28:42.52
as thousands of
Ukrainians and Russians
00:28:42.55\00:28:44.99
by their own personal decisions
00:28:45.02\00:28:47.26
were baptized into the
Lord Jesus and the great truths
00:28:47.29\00:28:50.76
of the three angels' messages.
00:28:50.83\00:28:53.23
The Carter Report for
the greater glory of God
00:28:53.26\00:28:55.83
presents Victory at Kiev,
00:28:55.86\00:28:59.20
3,488 baptisms.
00:28:59.23\00:29:04.64
Kiev, a city of 3 million
00:29:04.67\00:29:07.31
is the cradle of Russian
and Ukrainian civilization.
00:29:07.34\00:29:10.98
Historically and
culturally, it is arguably
00:29:11.01\00:29:13.88
the most important city
of the former Soviet Union.
00:29:13.95\00:29:17.79
It is a city of
gold dome churches,
00:29:17.82\00:29:20.29
freeline boulevards
and magnificent parks.
00:29:20.32\00:29:23.76
It is the proud capital of
the newly independent nation
00:29:23.79\00:29:27.03
of Ukraine.
00:29:27.13\00:29:29.30
It is a city that's
had more than its share
00:29:29.33\00:29:31.17
of trouble and suffering.
00:29:31.20\00:29:32.57
Hundreds of thousands
of brave Ukrainians died
00:29:32.60\00:29:34.84
defending Kiev
against the onslaughts
00:29:34.87\00:29:36.71
of Nazi's Stormtroopers.
00:29:36.74\00:29:38.74
More than 100,000,
perhaps even 300,000 Jews
00:29:38.77\00:29:42.14
were murdered at this Kiev site
00:29:42.18\00:29:44.08
by the German forces
that occupied Ukraine
00:29:44.15\00:29:46.28
from 1941 to 1944,
00:29:46.31\00:29:49.32
even more Ukrainians were
slaughtered by the communists
00:29:49.35\00:29:52.22
who carried out a reign of
terror against intellectuals
00:29:52.25\00:29:54.52
and dissidents.
00:29:54.56\00:29:55.89
This peaceful forest, just
outside the city's boundaries
00:29:55.92\00:29:58.83
is the resting place
for a multitude of victims
00:29:58.86\00:30:01.40
whose only crime was the desire
00:30:01.43\00:30:03.33
for political and
religious freedom.
00:30:03.37\00:30:05.53
Tens of thousands
were transported here
00:30:05.57\00:30:07.80
made to kneel and then
shot in the back of the neck
00:30:07.84\00:30:10.77
by the communists.
00:30:10.81\00:30:13.07
During 1932 and 33,
00:30:13.11\00:30:15.88
8 million
Ukrainians died of starvation.
00:30:15.91\00:30:19.18
This genocide occurred
00:30:19.21\00:30:20.58
when the Marxist
government in Moscow
00:30:20.62\00:30:22.65
decreed that the
bountiful harvest of the Ukraine
00:30:22.68\00:30:25.29
were to be sent to Russia,
00:30:25.32\00:30:26.86
a number
equivalent to the population
00:30:26.92\00:30:29.09
of New York City perished
00:30:29.12\00:30:30.89
because they were
forbidden to eat the food,
00:30:30.93\00:30:33.56
the bread, and the
potatoes that they had produced
00:30:33.60\00:30:36.36
with their own
hands on their own lands.
00:30:36.40\00:30:39.23
Stalin while living like a
czar in the Kremlin remarked
00:30:39.27\00:30:42.50
that it was impossible
to avoid breaking eggs
00:30:42.54\00:30:45.04
when making an omelet.
00:30:45.07\00:30:46.54
He further observed that
the death of a million people
00:30:46.61\00:30:49.21
was just a statistic.
00:30:49.24\00:30:51.75
For 70 years, the
godless Marxist carried out
00:30:51.78\00:30:55.28
a war of terrorism against
all who professed faith in God.
00:30:55.32\00:30:59.29
Millions were sent to
prison where they were beaten,
00:30:59.32\00:31:02.06
frozen interrogated,
tortured, and starved.
00:31:02.09\00:31:04.96
The soil of the former
Soviet Union is drenched
00:31:04.99\00:31:07.73
with the blood of a
great multitude of martyrs
00:31:07.76\00:31:10.23
who did not count their
lives dear into themselves.
00:31:10.27\00:31:13.60
More recently,
communist incompetency combined
00:31:13.64\00:31:16.10
with a callous
disregard for human life
00:31:16.14\00:31:18.44
caused the deaths of
at least 125,000 persons.
00:31:18.47\00:31:22.58
Just 60 miles from Kiev
is the city of Chernobyl,
00:31:22.61\00:31:27.18
reside a four
carelessly constructed
00:31:27.22\00:31:29.52
maintain nuclear reactors.
00:31:29.55\00:31:31.59
On April 26th, 1986 at
1:23 AM a meltdown occurred.
00:31:31.62\00:31:37.29
The great
concrete containment shield
00:31:37.33\00:31:39.29
over reactor number four
was blasted into fragments.
00:31:39.33\00:31:42.40
A cloud of radioactive gas,
00:31:42.43\00:31:44.10
many times more
deadly than that of Hiroshima
00:31:44.13\00:31:46.23
and Nagasaki
exploded into the atmosphere.
00:31:46.27\00:31:50.14
Workers wearing
inadequate protective clothing
00:31:50.17\00:31:52.54
were ordered by the
communist authorities
00:31:52.57\00:31:54.48
into the area of
greatest contamination.
00:31:54.51\00:31:57.75
Armed with shovels and brooms,
00:31:57.78\00:31:59.31
these people who had been
promised a worker's paradise
00:31:59.35\00:32:02.65
waged war against
chunks and fragments of uranium
00:32:02.68\00:32:05.32
that were scattered
like monstrous autumn leaves
00:32:05.35\00:32:08.19
over an apocalyptic landscape.
00:32:08.22\00:32:10.53
They died in agony a
few hours or days later.
00:32:10.56\00:32:13.80
It's estimated that
at least 125,000 died
00:32:13.83\00:32:17.43
as a direct
result of the meltdown.
00:32:17.47\00:32:20.14
Others still suffer
without hope or compensation.
00:32:20.20\00:32:23.71
These children in Kiev
00:32:23.77\00:32:25.57
are victims of the worst
nuclear accident in history.
00:32:25.61\00:32:28.71
They live in orphanages
with a minimum of medical care.
00:32:28.74\00:32:32.18
All this suffering has prepared
the soul of the Ukrainian
00:32:32.21\00:32:35.38
for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
00:32:35.42\00:32:37.35
That alone gives
light in darkness
00:32:37.39\00:32:39.85
and hope in despair.
00:32:39.89\00:32:42.96
John Carter, an
Australian pastor and evangelist
00:32:42.99\00:32:46.16
went to Kiev
during January of 1995.
00:32:46.19\00:32:49.56
It was his mission to
explore the possibilities
00:32:49.60\00:32:51.80
of conducting a
citywide crusade.
00:32:51.83\00:32:54.40
He had in March of 1991
00:32:54.44\00:32:56.64
conducted the first
evangelistic series of meetings
00:32:56.67\00:32:59.11
in the Soviet Union
when he proclaimed God's Word
00:32:59.14\00:33:02.51
at the Palace of
Culture in Moscow.
00:33:02.54\00:33:05.08
Subsequent Carter Report
meetings in Nizhny Novgorod,
00:33:05.11\00:33:08.08
Russia resulted in
more than 5,000 baptisms.
00:33:08.12\00:33:12.45
The baptism in June of 1992,
00:33:12.49\00:33:15.42
when 2,530 precious
Russian souls confessing Christ
00:33:15.46\00:33:20.20
were baptized in the Volga
River was an historic occasion.
00:33:20.23\00:33:24.63
At that time, it was the
largest baptism since 988,
00:33:24.67\00:33:28.24
when Prince
Vladimir opened the door
00:33:28.27\00:33:29.90
to Christianity in Kiev.
00:33:29.97\00:33:32.74
Providence had
directed the Carter Report team
00:33:32.77\00:33:35.51
from Moscow to
Nizhny Novgorod to Kiev,
00:33:35.54\00:33:38.81
birthplace of a
great Slavonic civilization
00:33:38.85\00:33:41.48
that was to shake the world.
00:33:41.52\00:33:43.65
What will happen here?
00:33:43.69\00:33:45.02
Will Kiev respond to the
public proclamation of Christ
00:33:45.05\00:33:48.12
and the truths of the
three angels' messages
00:33:48.16\00:33:50.53
were questions
with which John Carter
00:33:50.59\00:33:52.63
and Ukrainian
Adventist believers wrestled?
00:33:52.66\00:33:56.50
The Palace of
Sport downtown Kiev
00:33:56.53\00:33:59.73
is a prestigious auditorium
that seats 9,500 people.
00:33:59.77\00:34:03.91
It was chosen as
the site for the crusade
00:34:03.94\00:34:06.14
and negotiations with Ukrainian
government officials commenced.
00:34:06.17\00:34:09.71
Ukrainian church
leaders spent days
00:34:09.74\00:34:11.55
and weeks meeting with officials
00:34:11.58\00:34:13.18
who were reluctant to give
permission for the crusade,
00:34:13.21\00:34:15.98
months passed and no
positive word was forthcoming.
00:34:16.02\00:34:19.52
Then a
significant event occurred.
00:34:19.55\00:34:21.59
Some would even
call it a miracle,
00:34:21.62\00:34:23.73
almost all the churches of Kiev,
00:34:23.76\00:34:25.56
including the Baptists,
Pentecostals and Orthodox
00:34:25.59\00:34:29.00
signed a petition
requesting the government
00:34:29.03\00:34:30.87
to allow the meetings.
00:34:30.93\00:34:32.57
In response,
government officials,
00:34:32.60\00:34:34.20
including the mayor and
the minister of religion
00:34:34.24\00:34:36.67
placed their
signatures on the authorization.
00:34:36.71\00:34:39.74
With only weeks to go
before the opening night
00:34:39.77\00:34:41.88
of July 29th, 1995,
00:34:41.91\00:34:44.55
great printing presses in Texas,
00:34:44.58\00:34:46.68
USA rolled into
action to produce
00:34:46.72\00:34:49.28
1 million color brochures
to advertise the crusade.
00:34:49.32\00:34:54.02
Delta Airline employee
00:34:54.06\00:34:55.79
and community Adventist
fellowship church member,
00:34:55.82\00:34:58.39
Javier Piraino
organized the air freighting
00:34:58.43\00:35:01.33
of the 30,000 pound
load of handbills to Kiev.
00:35:01.36\00:35:05.57
Pastor Norman
Matiko, Carter Report manager
00:35:05.60\00:35:09.00
left Los Angeles for
Kiev and carried newspaper,
00:35:09.04\00:35:12.27
radio and television
advertising ready for release.
00:35:12.31\00:35:15.54
One week later in Kiev teams
00:35:15.58\00:35:18.31
of hundreds of
Adventist Christians
00:35:18.35\00:35:20.62
distributed 1 million handbills
00:35:20.65\00:35:23.02
as the media carried the
message that the Carter Report
00:35:23.05\00:35:26.12
was about to commence
at the Palace of Sport.
00:35:26.15\00:35:28.72
Two days before
the opening nights,
00:35:59.25\00:36:01.76
John Carter and
his team of Australian,
00:36:01.79\00:36:03.76
Canadian and American laymen
and women arrived in Kiev.
00:36:03.79\00:36:08.10
The question
foremost in the minds of many,
00:36:08.13\00:36:10.37
both local and foreign
was will the advertising work,
00:36:10.40\00:36:14.14
after all Kiev had
in the past for years
00:36:14.17\00:36:17.74
many crusades
sponsored by many denominations.
00:36:17.77\00:36:21.08
Would this unique approach
00:36:21.11\00:36:22.64
so different from
anything previously seen
00:36:22.68\00:36:25.15
captivate the masses?
00:36:25.18\00:36:26.82
"Will the people
come," they asked.
00:36:26.85\00:36:29.22
They didn't have to
wait long for an answer.
00:36:29.25\00:36:32.22
The opening day of the crusade
00:36:32.25\00:36:34.06
saw 25,000 packed
the Palace of Sport.
00:36:34.09\00:36:37.66
Every square inch of
available space was taken.
00:36:37.69\00:36:40.43
Doors were broken by the crowds
00:36:40.50\00:36:41.96
and a frantic rush
to secure admission.
00:36:42.00\00:36:44.13
Tens of thousands stood outside
unable to enter the building.
00:36:44.17\00:36:47.90
So great were the crowds
that filled the city square
00:36:47.94\00:36:50.47
and flooded into
the thoroughfares
00:36:50.51\00:36:52.37
led the authorities close
the local railway station.
00:36:52.41\00:36:55.88
During the opening lecture,
00:36:55.91\00:36:57.81
Pastor Carter showed from
the world of ancient Egypt,
00:36:57.85\00:37:01.15
that the Bible is
historically accurate,
00:37:01.18\00:37:03.82
and that there is a
God in heaven who loves us.
00:37:03.85\00:37:06.65
You are not an animal.
00:37:06.69\00:37:08.12
You are not a machine.
00:37:08.16\00:37:09.69
You are a child of God was
his message to the multitude
00:37:09.72\00:37:13.29
that had been immersed
00:37:13.33\00:37:14.83
in the hopeless
teachings of Marxist atheism.
00:37:14.86\00:37:18.90
I will be on God's side,
00:37:18.93\00:37:22.24
here in the great
land of the Ukraine.
00:37:22.27\00:37:25.84
I will be on the side
of the great Creator God.
00:37:25.87\00:37:30.15
I will be on the side of Christ.
00:37:30.18\00:37:33.52
From the very start,
00:37:33.55\00:37:35.05
it was evident that God
was doing a special work,
00:37:35.08\00:37:38.12
lost souls were
finding their way home
00:37:38.15\00:37:40.46
to the father's house.
00:37:40.49\00:37:42.09
The name of Jesus
was being magnified
00:37:42.12\00:37:44.36
and the mighty
Spirit of the living God
00:37:44.39\00:37:46.59
was moving
powerfully upon the hearts
00:37:46.63\00:37:48.70
of the great congregation.
00:37:48.73\00:37:50.77
Then came the first
of a series of crises.
00:37:50.83\00:37:53.80
As the meetings
progressed with capacity crowds
00:37:53.84\00:37:56.24
attending two
sessions every evening,
00:37:56.27\00:37:58.54
Kiev's minister of
religion issued a decree
00:37:58.57\00:38:01.11
revoking the authorization
to conduct the crusade.
00:38:01.14\00:38:04.28
Church leaders were
summoned to city hall
00:38:04.31\00:38:06.51
and charged with
violating the law.
00:38:06.55\00:38:10.22
You are teaching
religion that is not permitted.
00:38:10.25\00:38:13.59
You have created
a public disturbance
00:38:13.62\00:38:15.76
that is against our laws.
00:38:15.79\00:38:18.06
You are teaching
children to pray.
00:38:18.09\00:38:19.96
That is forbidden.
00:38:20.03\00:38:21.53
You have covered the
city with your advertising.
00:38:21.56\00:38:23.80
That must cease.
00:38:23.87\00:38:25.57
We are issuing an order,
00:38:25.60\00:38:27.27
stop the
preaching, stop the meetings.
00:38:27.34\00:38:30.91
Calmly Pastor Murga,
00:38:30.94\00:38:32.81
leader of the
Adventist Church responded,
00:38:32.84\00:38:34.78
"We have broken no laws.
00:38:34.81\00:38:36.51
We are abiding
by the Constitution.
00:38:36.54\00:38:38.48
We will not close
down the meetings.
00:38:38.51\00:38:40.72
By God's grace, we
will complete our mission."
00:38:40.75\00:38:44.65
The following day, John Carter,
00:38:44.69\00:38:46.49
Norman Matiko and Paul Mickelson
00:38:46.52\00:38:48.56
visited the embassies of
the United States in Canada
00:38:48.59\00:38:51.36
and the Australian consulate
general to seek their support
00:38:51.39\00:38:54.56
to influence the Ukrainian
government to honor the rights
00:38:54.60\00:38:57.90
of freedom of
religious expression.
00:38:57.93\00:39:00.37
The United States
ambassador personally contacted
00:39:00.40\00:39:03.07
the Ukrainian government
and embassy officials declared
00:39:03.10\00:39:06.61
that the Kiev government
was operating outside the laws
00:39:06.64\00:39:09.84
of Ukraine and
the United Nations.
00:39:09.88\00:39:12.65
Despite intense lobbying
00:39:12.68\00:39:14.28
by the
Australian consulate general
00:39:14.35\00:39:16.45
and protest and pleas by civic
and religious liberty groups,
00:39:16.48\00:39:20.19
the harassment and threatening
continued and intensified.
00:39:20.22\00:39:24.36
Pastor Carter on August 9th,
1995 was summoned to city hall.
00:39:24.39\00:39:29.46
Accompanied by church leaders,
00:39:29.50\00:39:31.03
he arrived at the office
of the minister of religion,
00:39:31.07\00:39:34.04
refusing to allow any witnesses
or supporters to accompany him,
00:39:34.07\00:39:38.07
government officials
escorted John to an office
00:39:38.11\00:39:40.38
where he was
threatened and interrogated
00:39:40.41\00:39:42.44
for more than an hour.
00:39:42.48\00:39:44.28
If you do not
close down the meetings,
00:39:44.31\00:39:46.18
we will not
guarantee your personal safety
00:39:46.21\00:39:48.88
was the message
of the officials.
00:39:48.92\00:39:50.99
Responding to their tactics
00:39:51.02\00:39:52.39
that were
reminiscent of the ugly days
00:39:52.42\00:39:54.09
of the cold war,
Pastor Carter replied,
00:39:54.16\00:39:57.13
"The Adventists
have broken no laws,
00:39:57.16\00:40:00.00
but you are
breaking the Ukrainian laws
00:40:00.03\00:40:02.43
that guarantee freedom
of religious expression.
00:40:02.46\00:40:05.23
We will not close
down the meetings."
00:40:05.27\00:40:08.57
After the interrogation,
00:40:08.60\00:40:09.97
he was greeted by
the leaders of the church
00:40:10.01\00:40:12.17
who were anxious to know
00:40:12.21\00:40:13.84
if the evangelist had
compromised under pressure.
00:40:13.88\00:40:17.31
We must hold
firm and not retreat
00:40:17.35\00:40:19.98
was the resolve of these brave
Ukrainian Christian leaders
00:40:20.02\00:40:23.35
who are not
strangers to persecution.
00:40:23.39\00:40:26.92
Another crisis occurred
when the Kiev government
00:40:26.96\00:40:29.02
issued an order to the
police to immediately cease
00:40:29.06\00:40:31.86
their security
duties at the crusade,
00:40:31.89\00:40:34.60
because it was unlawful
to conduct public meetings
00:40:34.63\00:40:37.40
without a police presence,
00:40:37.43\00:40:39.03
the government now had
a legal pretense to stop
00:40:39.07\00:40:41.67
the proclamation
of the Word of God.
00:40:41.70\00:40:43.94
Church leaders visited one
police station after another
00:40:43.97\00:40:47.21
only to receive
the same answer, "Nat,
00:40:47.24\00:40:49.78
we are forbidden to come."
00:40:49.81\00:40:52.35
As the critical
hour for the commencement
00:40:52.38\00:40:54.25
of the evening
meeting approached,
00:40:54.28\00:40:56.08
the Carter Report team
prayed to the God of heaven
00:40:56.12\00:40:59.05
that He would quickly come
to the defense of His people
00:40:59.09\00:41:02.02
and provide a
legal police presence.
00:41:02.06\00:41:04.79
When church leaders
explained the situation
00:41:04.83\00:41:06.80
to a major in
the Kiev police force
00:41:06.83\00:41:09.46
that they have providentially
met on the street,
00:41:09.50\00:41:12.57
the senior police
officer responded,
00:41:12.60\00:41:14.74
"Yes, I will come
and I will bring my men.
00:41:14.77\00:41:17.11
These meetings must continue.
00:41:17.17\00:41:18.71
I will protect your meetings
00:41:18.74\00:41:20.18
for the sake of
the Ukrainian people."
00:41:20.24\00:41:23.51
Frustrated that the
meetings were continuing
00:41:23.55\00:41:25.51
and that the police were
providing security services,
00:41:25.55\00:41:28.38
the mayor of Kiev then called
the director of the Palace
00:41:28.42\00:41:31.12
of Sport with the order,
00:41:31.15\00:41:32.69
"Close the meetings immediately.
00:41:32.72\00:41:34.92
These people are
breaking our laws."
00:41:34.96\00:41:37.23
The director of the auditorium
00:41:37.29\00:41:38.63
during the 90 minute
conversation responded,
00:41:38.66\00:41:41.36
"These people are not
breaking our laws, but you are.
00:41:41.40\00:41:45.07
They are honorable people.
00:41:45.10\00:41:47.00
I will honor the contract
with the Carter Report."
00:41:47.07\00:41:51.67
Day by day the
battle for the souls
00:41:51.71\00:41:53.91
of the Ukrainian
people continued.
00:41:53.94\00:41:55.78
Day by day God
provided our daily bread.
00:41:55.81\00:41:58.65
For 26 days John Carter preached
00:41:58.68\00:42:00.92
twice every day to
cumulatively more than
00:42:00.95\00:42:03.89
350,000
spiritually hungry souls.
00:42:03.92\00:42:08.32
When the pastor gave the
invitation to the audience
00:42:08.36\00:42:10.76
to accept the great Creator,
believe the Bible is God's Word
00:42:10.83\00:42:14.46
and trust in Jesus
Christ as man's only savior,
00:42:14.46\00:42:17.53
16,000 responded.
00:42:17.57\00:42:20.10
This was an
audience that had been born
00:42:20.14\00:42:21.77
and bred in Marxism,
communism and atheism.
00:42:21.80\00:42:25.31
Now, thousands were
turning their lives over to God.
00:42:25.34\00:42:29.74
Several nights later,
many thousands received
00:42:29.78\00:42:32.48
for the first time, their
own copy of the Word of God.
00:42:32.51\00:42:35.72
Twenty five thousand Bibles
were placed in grateful hands.
00:42:35.75\00:42:39.35
Moving beyond words was
the unforgettable experience
00:42:39.39\00:42:43.06
when thousands of
ex-atheists and unbelievers
00:42:43.09\00:42:45.73
read for the
first time, John 3:16.
00:42:45.76\00:42:48.80
"For God so loved the world
00:42:48.83\00:42:50.20
that He gave His
only begotten Son
00:42:50.23\00:42:51.90
that whoever believes
in Him should not perish,
00:42:51.93\00:42:54.17
but have everlasting life."
00:42:54.20\00:42:58.44
The battle to keep the meetings
going continued every day.
00:42:58.47\00:43:02.08
Every morning
presented a new challenge.
00:43:02.11\00:43:04.38
Every evening
witnessed a new victory.
00:43:04.41\00:43:08.15
The news of what God was
doing at the Palace of Sport
00:43:08.18\00:43:11.19
reached the ears of
the influential leader
00:43:11.22\00:43:13.69
of the
Ukrainian Orthodox Church,
00:43:13.76\00:43:16.26
metropolitan Filaret, his
predecessor, the patriarch
00:43:16.29\00:43:20.20
had died during mysterious
circumstances only days
00:43:20.23\00:43:23.53
before the crusade commenced.
00:43:23.57\00:43:25.77
The patriarch had
vowed that while he lived
00:43:25.80\00:43:29.24
the Carter Report
meetings would never take place.
00:43:29.27\00:43:32.47
Now, his successor welcomed
Pastor Carter and his team
00:43:32.51\00:43:36.28
to his palace and
warmly greeted the evangelist.
00:43:36.31\00:43:39.81
"We can see that God
is with you," he said.
00:43:39.85\00:43:42.02
"You are doing a good work."
00:43:42.05\00:43:43.85
Pastor Carter
expressed to the metropolitan,
00:43:43.89\00:43:46.35
the love of all
Adventist Christians
00:43:46.39\00:43:49.06
and assured him
that their only desire
00:43:49.09\00:43:51.16
was to build up
the kingdom of God.
00:43:51.19\00:43:53.50
He also expressed to
the Archbishop, their sorrow
00:43:53.56\00:43:56.26
that Orthodox priest had
been killed by the militia
00:43:56.30\00:43:59.40
as they had endeavored
to bury their patriarch.
00:43:59.43\00:44:02.40
"May God bless
you and your work"
00:44:02.44\00:44:04.64
was the metropolitan's response.
00:44:04.67\00:44:07.94
Baptism for the new
believer is a significant
00:44:07.98\00:44:10.55
and meaningful act.
00:44:10.58\00:44:12.35
It represents a
public confession of faith
00:44:12.38\00:44:14.45
in Jesus Christ
as Lord and savior.
00:44:14.48\00:44:17.19
When Pastor Carter invited
those who wished to be baptized
00:44:17.22\00:44:20.06
to come forward as an
act of faith and obedience,
00:44:20.09\00:44:22.89
more than 8,000 responded.
00:44:22.92\00:44:25.86
Little wonder that
the archenemy of souls
00:44:25.89\00:44:28.53
wanted these meetings stopped.
00:44:28.56\00:44:31.27
As the Carter Report team
continued to work and pray
00:44:31.30\00:44:34.10
for the victory, God's Spirit
held back the winds of strife,
00:44:34.14\00:44:37.71
and thousands of Ukrainian souls
00:44:37.74\00:44:39.64
became members of
the kingdom of God.
00:44:39.67\00:44:42.18
To Him alone be the
honor, power and glory.
00:44:42.21\00:44:44.68
In a few minutes, this video
will show the largest baptism
00:44:47.72\00:44:50.55
in the history of
the ex-Soviet Union.
00:44:50.59\00:44:53.32
You will see in here, the story
00:44:53.36\00:44:54.69
of how the
government authorities
00:44:54.72\00:44:56.06
did all of their power to stop
00:44:56.09\00:44:57.43
thousands of
Ukrainian and Russians
00:44:57.46\00:44:59.23
from travelling
to the Dnieper River,
00:44:59.26\00:45:01.13
where the baptism was planned.
00:45:01.16\00:45:03.13
You'll see a multitude
of precious new believers
00:45:03.16\00:45:05.70
released from the curse
of communism and unbelief,
00:45:05.73\00:45:08.37
immersed in the waters
of that same mighty river
00:45:08.40\00:45:11.31
that witnessed the
first great baptism of 988 AD.
00:45:11.34\00:45:15.34
But before that grand spectacle
meet some of the people
00:45:15.38\00:45:18.81
who attended the
Carter Report meetings.
00:45:18.85\00:45:21.98
My name is Katheran Jasmine.
00:45:22.02\00:45:24.22
First I was an earthiest
00:45:27.49\00:45:29.29
and I did not believe in God.
00:45:29.32\00:45:34.20
But now, when I started
attending these lectures
00:45:34.20\00:45:39.03
I liked it,
00:45:39.07\00:45:42.77
and faith started
growing inside of me.
00:45:42.80\00:45:47.34
Carter's Report
really affected me,
00:45:47.38\00:45:52.51
it touch my heart.
00:45:52.55\00:45:54.02
It's very high level.
00:45:54.08\00:45:55.85
And after the first lecture,
00:45:59.29\00:46:02.56
I felt kind of
feeling strange a little bit.
00:46:02.59\00:46:05.86
And I told all my
friends and relatives
00:46:05.89\00:46:09.53
and all my neighbors about this.
00:46:09.56\00:46:12.30
And a lot of people who I
know became interested in this
00:46:12.33\00:46:16.40
and they are here today.
00:46:16.44\00:46:19.74
And they're
receiving great blessings too.
00:46:19.77\00:46:23.68
And I'm very glad that
there is a report like that,
00:46:23.75\00:46:29.15
group of people who like
00:46:29.18\00:46:33.12
give money
00:46:33.15\00:46:36.83
to bring truths
00:46:36.86\00:46:39.29
to people, truths
about existence about Bible,
00:46:39.33\00:46:42.70
the truth they
didn't know before.
00:46:42.73\00:46:46.80
Before we had
only Marxist theory.
00:46:46.84\00:46:50.71
I think that programs like that
00:46:50.77\00:46:55.78
are really great,
they're priceless.
00:47:00.85\00:47:05.52
I want to really
thank those people
00:47:05.55\00:47:08.72
who gave money
00:47:08.76\00:47:12.66
for this
program, so it can happen.
00:47:12.69\00:47:15.13
I really like these
lectures, they're really neat.
00:47:17.63\00:47:22.47
And I would like to,
00:47:22.50\00:47:24.94
this is very
essential for our people here,
00:47:24.97\00:47:27.48
so that they can
believe that there is something,
00:47:27.51\00:47:33.08
somebody who can
support them, and save them.
00:47:33.11\00:47:36.28
The first of a
series of baptisms
00:47:39.42\00:47:41.22
was planned for Sabbath.
00:47:41.26\00:47:42.99
The 19th day of August,
00:47:43.02\00:47:44.83
church leaders contacted Kiev
bus companies to hire buses,
00:47:44.86\00:47:48.33
to transport the new
believers to the baptismal site,
00:47:48.36\00:47:51.47
the Dnieper River.
00:47:51.50\00:47:52.83
Each bus company
representative responded,
00:47:52.87\00:47:55.37
"We have been forbidden
to allow you to have buses.
00:47:55.40\00:47:58.31
The Kiev minister of religion
00:47:58.34\00:48:00.04
does not want this
baptism to proceed.
00:48:00.11\00:48:02.54
We will not help you."
00:48:02.58\00:48:04.35
Friday the 18th
of August arrived
00:48:04.38\00:48:06.05
and still there
were no buses available.
00:48:06.08\00:48:08.42
Carter Report team members met
together and prayed the prayer
00:48:08.45\00:48:11.39
our Lord had taught us to say,
00:48:11.42\00:48:13.39
"Give us this
day our daily bread."
00:48:13.42\00:48:17.66
Believing that God would
supply their daily needs,
00:48:17.69\00:48:20.73
they planned for
the baptism on tomorrow.
00:48:20.76\00:48:23.77
On Sabbath
morning, the 19th of August,
00:48:23.80\00:48:26.00
33 giant buses
pulled into the parking lot
00:48:26.03\00:48:29.17
at the Palace of Sport.
00:48:29.20\00:48:30.84
These buses had come
from outlying districts
00:48:30.91\00:48:33.78
without the
knowledge or permission
00:48:33.81\00:48:35.54
of the Kiev authorities.
00:48:35.58\00:48:37.35
God was leading and
He was taking charge
00:48:37.38\00:48:40.62
of what was to be
the largest baptism
00:48:40.65\00:48:42.78
in the history of the nation.
00:48:42.82\00:48:44.95
Running a shuttle
service, these buses conveyed
00:48:44.99\00:48:47.16
thousands of
Ukrainians to the Dnieper River,
00:48:47.19\00:48:49.86
where the Carter Report
team and 50 Ukrainian pastors
00:48:49.89\00:48:52.79
and elders waited.
00:48:52.83\00:48:55.30
Who were these people
who had come for baptism?
00:48:55.33\00:48:57.77
What had brought them
to this place at this time?
00:48:57.80\00:49:00.87
They were people
who had been born
00:49:00.90\00:49:02.34
and bred in
atheism and communism.
00:49:02.37\00:49:05.17
They were people who had
seen their nation ravaged
00:49:05.21\00:49:08.34
by the reign of monsters
whose lives had been brutalized
00:49:08.38\00:49:12.11
by the most corrupt
and oppressive system
00:49:12.15\00:49:14.05
known to man.
00:49:14.08\00:49:15.55
They were young
and they were old.
00:49:15.58\00:49:17.72
They were old women whose
husbands had been murdered
00:49:17.75\00:49:20.09
by blood thirsty dictators.
00:49:20.12\00:49:22.52
They were young people longing
for a new and better life.
00:49:22.56\00:49:26.46
They were old men
who had somehow survived
00:49:26.49\00:49:28.43
the bloody purges of
Marxist demons in human form,
00:49:28.46\00:49:32.07
all soldiers who
had lived through
00:49:32.10\00:49:33.84
more suffering and
sorrow than we can comprehend.
00:49:33.87\00:49:37.87
They were God's
children, frail, stumbling,
00:49:37.91\00:49:40.28
courageous with hearts,
strangely warmed by a new hope.
00:49:40.31\00:49:45.21
They were part of a great
multitude of every kindred,
00:49:45.25\00:49:48.32
tongue and people
redeemed by the grace of God
00:49:48.35\00:49:51.69
and washed in the
blood of the Lamb.
00:49:51.72\00:49:55.52
Here in 90 minutes,
50 pastors and elders
00:49:55.56\00:49:58.39
under the
direction of Pastor Carter
00:49:58.43\00:50:00.20
baptized 2,817 precious souls.
00:50:00.23\00:50:04.83
For each of these new
beloved brothers and sisters
00:50:04.87\00:50:07.74
along with another 671
00:50:07.77\00:50:10.57
who were baptized
during the following two weeks,
00:50:10.61\00:50:13.11
we say glory, be to
the Father and to the Son
00:50:13.14\00:50:17.11
and to the Holy Spirit.
00:50:17.15\00:50:18.58
Let the world and the church
know we serve a mighty God.
00:50:18.61\00:50:22.38
And the victory at Kiev
was wrought not by might,
00:50:22.42\00:50:25.39
nor by power, but
by His Holy Spirit.
00:50:25.42\00:50:28.76
Glory. Hallelujah.
00:50:28.79\00:50:30.19
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:50:30.23\00:50:34.56
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:50:34.60\00:50:37.00
Hallelujah
00:50:37.03\00:50:39.60
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:50:39.63\00:50:44.04
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:50:44.07\00:50:46.47
Hallelujah
00:50:46.51\00:50:49.21
For the Lord God
00:50:49.24\00:50:52.11
Omnipotent reigneth
00:50:52.15\00:50:56.02
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:50:56.05\00:50:58.32
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah Hallelujah
00:50:58.35\00:51:00.99
For the Lord God
00:51:01.02\00:51:04.03
Omnipotent reigneth
00:51:04.06\00:51:07.76
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:51:07.83\00:51:10.13
Hallelujah,
Hallelujah Hallelujah
00:51:10.17\00:51:12.60
For the Lord God
00:51:12.63\00:51:15.54
Omnipotent reigneth
00:51:15.57\00:51:19.34
The kingdom of this world
00:51:19.37\00:51:22.61
Is become the
kingdom of our Lord
00:51:22.64\00:51:27.58
And of His
Christ, and of His Christ
00:51:27.62\00:51:30.79
He shall reign for ever and ever
00:51:59.58\00:52:05.62
And He shall
reign for ever and ever
00:52:05.65\00:52:10.93
And He shall
reign for ever and ever
00:52:10.96\00:52:16.73
For ever and
ever, forever and ever
00:52:16.77\00:52:19.80
King of kings
00:52:23.24\00:52:27.74
The Lord of lords
00:52:27.78\00:52:32.78
King of kings
00:52:32.81\00:52:35.82
The Lord of lords
00:52:35.85\00:52:40.02
King of kings
00:52:40.06\00:52:42.26
The Lord of lords
00:52:42.29\00:52:44.96
He shall reign for ever and ever
00:52:51.07\00:52:56.67
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:52:56.74\00:52:59.21
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:52:59.24\00:53:01.64
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:53:01.68\00:53:04.05
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
00:53:04.08\00:53:08.02
Hallelujah
00:53:08.05\00:53:14.06
I've just come back from Russia.
00:53:23.23\00:53:25.07
What a trip.
00:53:25.10\00:53:26.80
With a team of 16
Russians, Americans,
00:53:26.84\00:53:29.50
Canadians and Australians,
00:53:29.54\00:53:31.51
I've traveled 6,000 miles
from Moscow to Vladivostok
00:53:31.54\00:53:35.91
through seven time zones.
00:53:35.94\00:53:37.95
Oh, my friend, I wish
00:53:37.98\00:53:39.48
you could have been
there to see the faces
00:53:39.51\00:53:41.75
of the people waiting for
us at 35 stops along the way.
00:53:41.78\00:53:47.32
Old babushkas, young men,
00:53:47.36\00:53:50.19
young women standing
for hours in the snow,
00:53:50.23\00:53:53.36
crying out slava
bogu, praise God.
00:53:53.40\00:53:56.60
Thank You for coming.
00:53:56.63\00:53:57.97
Thank You for not forgetting us.
00:53:58.00\00:54:01.37
They stood there
and we gave them Bibles.
00:54:01.40\00:54:04.11
Every person got a Bible.
00:54:04.14\00:54:05.91
Every person got a box
of medicines and vitamins.
00:54:05.94\00:54:09.41
And we gave out
62,000 gospel audio cassettes
00:54:09.44\00:54:13.82
that tells them that
there's a God in heaven
00:54:13.85\00:54:16.99
who knows all about them
00:54:17.02\00:54:18.45
and who loves them
00:54:18.49\00:54:19.82
and who send
Jesus to die for them.
00:54:19.85\00:54:22.46
I said to one little old lady
00:54:22.49\00:54:24.16
who'd been
waiting there in the snow
00:54:24.23\00:54:25.76
for three hours at
temperature 35 degrees below.
00:54:25.79\00:54:30.47
I don't know what the
wind chill factor was.
00:54:30.53\00:54:33.07
I do know it was cold.
00:54:33.10\00:54:34.70
I said, "What
are the needs here?"
00:54:34.74\00:54:37.01
She said, "I don't
like even to tell you."
00:54:37.07\00:54:38.84
I said, "Please
tell me the needs."
00:54:38.87\00:54:40.24
She said, "We haven't been paid
by our employers for a year."
00:54:40.28\00:54:44.11
People here are on
the verge of starvation,
00:54:44.15\00:54:46.78
but she said, "Our needs are
greater than anything physical.
00:54:46.82\00:54:49.92
We need Christ.
00:54:49.95\00:54:51.35
We need the Word of God.
00:54:51.39\00:54:52.89
Go back to
America, tell the people,
00:54:52.92\00:54:54.96
do not forget us
in the name of God.
00:54:54.99\00:54:58.09
Don't forsake us.
00:54:58.13\00:55:00.33
My friend, don't forsake
your brothers and sisters
00:55:00.36\00:55:03.30
in the ex-Soviet Union.
00:55:03.37\00:55:04.70
That's my plea to you today.
00:55:04.73\00:55:07.14
I wish you could
come with me to Chernobyl.
00:55:07.17\00:55:09.47
My wife, Beverley
has a special ministry
00:55:09.50\00:55:11.31
for the suffering
little children of Chernobyl.
00:55:11.34\00:55:13.81
I wish you
could see their faces.
00:55:13.88\00:55:16.31
I wish I could describe
to you if I had the ability,
00:55:16.34\00:55:19.75
their pains, their sorrows,
00:55:19.78\00:55:21.88
they are the victims of
the worst nuclear disaster
00:55:21.92\00:55:25.49
in the history
of the human race.
00:55:25.52\00:55:27.79
Recently with the help of
the good old United States
00:55:27.82\00:55:31.29
Air Force, we were able to
take a great quantity of goods
00:55:31.33\00:55:35.36
to the suffering people of Kiev
00:55:35.40\00:55:37.97
and the little
children of Chernobyl.
00:55:38.00\00:55:40.20
This is our
latest mission update
00:55:40.24\00:55:42.74
and it gives the amazing story.
00:55:42.77\00:55:45.37
This is the US
Air Force Hercules.
00:55:45.41\00:55:47.54
Thank God for what they did.
00:55:47.58\00:55:50.11
I wish you could come with me
friend and visit the soldiers.
00:55:50.15\00:55:53.48
I've had generals, colonels,
00:55:53.52\00:55:56.52
thousands of soldiers
say to me, don't forget us.
00:55:56.55\00:56:00.59
We've got souls too.
00:56:00.62\00:56:02.09
We've got hearts.
00:56:02.12\00:56:03.96
I've had the
privilege of speaking recently
00:56:03.99\00:56:06.03
to thousands of KGB officers,
00:56:06.06\00:56:09.13
their messages,
"Don't forsake us.
00:56:09.16\00:56:12.10
Don't forget us."
00:56:12.13\00:56:13.77
I wanna put this in your
hands our latest mission update.
00:56:13.84\00:56:16.91
Write to me John
Carter, P.O. Box 1900,
00:56:16.94\00:56:20.91
Thousand Oaks, California 91358.
00:56:20.98\00:56:25.55
We wish to thank the members
00:56:25.58\00:56:26.95
of the community
Adventist fellowship
00:56:27.02\00:56:29.18
and our loyal and faithful
friends across North America
00:56:29.22\00:56:32.45
for making this
crusade possible.
00:56:32.49\00:56:34.62
We also wish to
record our gratitude too,
00:56:34.66\00:56:37.23
and admiration for our
brothers and sisters in Kiev,
00:56:37.26\00:56:41.03
who stood courageously
with us when the battle raged.
00:56:41.06\00:56:44.83
Above all, we thank God who
gave us grace to fight the good
00:56:44.87\00:56:49.50
fight of faith and
who gave us the victory.
00:56:49.54\00:56:52.44
To God be the glory,
great things He has done.
00:56:52.47\00:56:56.91
For a copy of today's program,
00:57:07.12\00:57:09.16
please contact
us at P.O. Box 1900,
00:57:09.19\00:57:12.76
Thousand Oaks, California 91358
00:57:12.79\00:57:16.77
or in Australia,
contact us at P.O. Box 861,
00:57:16.80\00:57:21.94
Terrigal, New South Wales 2260.
00:57:21.97\00:57:26.11
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through the generous support
00:57:26.14\00:57:29.41
of viewers like you.
00:57:29.44\00:57:30.95
We thank you for
your continued support.
00:57:30.98\00:57:34.05
May God richly bless you.
00:57:34.12\00:57:35.78