Participants: Pr. Doug Batchelor
Series Code: EG
Program Code: EG002953A
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00:11 >>EVERY NOW AND THEN, IN THE PANORAMA OF HISTORY, WE HEAR 00:13 ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT GO FROM THE LOWEST DEPTHS TO THE HIGHEST 00:17 PINNACLES. THEY EMERGE FROM THE SHACKLES 00:19 OF PRISON TO LEAD AND INSPIRE A NATION. 00:24 TAKE JOSEPH, FOR INSTANCE: HE'S SOLD BY HIS BROTHERS AS A SLAVE, 00:27 THEN FALSELY ACCUSED AND THRUST INTO PRISON. 00:30 YET, THROUGH A SERIES OF DIVINE CIRCUMSTANCES, HE MIRACULOUSLY 00:33 GOES FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE, RULING THE ONES WHO ONCE 00:37 IMPRISONED HIM. SOUND FAR-FETCHED? 00:39 IT'S HAPPENED IN HISTORY MORE THAN YOU THINK. 00:42 SOUTH AFRICA IS THE HOME OF JUST SUCH A LEADER. 00:45 NELSON MANDELA WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ESTABLISH PEACE AND FREEDOM 00:49 IN HIS COUNTRY AND HIS INFLUENCE WAS FELT AROUND THE WORLD. 00:54 BEFORE FREEDOM, THERE MUST BE FORGIVENESS. 00:56 LIKE JOSEPH, WHO WAS UNJUSTLY ACCUSED OF A CRIME HE DID NOT 00:59 COMMIT, NELSON MANDELA WAS ACCUSED OF TERRORISM AND 01:03 SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON ROBIN ISLAND. 01:06 HE WAS OFTEN EXPOSED TO CRUEL PUNISHMENT AND ABUSE. 01:09 BUT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF APPARENT FAILURE AND 01:10 DISCOURAGEMENT, HE NEVER LOST HEART AND HE NEVER GAVE UP. 01:14 AFTER YEARS IN PRISON, A GROWING NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS RALLIED FOR 01:18 HIS RELEASE AND EVENTUALLY IT TOOK PLACE. 01:20 AND GOD USED HIM SO THAT HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING TO 01:23 ABOLISH RACIAL SEGREGATION IN THE COUNTRY OF SOUTH AFRICA. 01:27 INCREDIBLY, HE NOW WAS, VIRTUALLY, THE ABSOLUTE LEADER 01:30 IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAD IMPRISONED HIM. 01:33 HE HAD ALL THE TOOLS AND THE POWER AT HIS DISPOSAL TO GET 01:35 EVEN WITH THE PRISON GUARDS AND OTHERS THAT HAD MISTREATED HIM. 01:39 INSTEAD, MANDELA CHOSE FORGIVENESS. 01:42 IT REMINDS ME OF THAT VERSE IN THE BIBLE IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 01:44 4, VERSE 31, "LET ALL BITTERNESS, WRATH, ANGER, 01:49 CLAMOR, AND EVIL SPEAKING BE PUT AWAY FROM YOU, WITH ALL MALICE. 01:52 AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER, TENDERHEARTED, FORGIVING ONE 01:56 ANOTHER, EVEN AS GOD IN CHRIST FORGAVE YOU." 02:01 I'M SO THANKFUL THAT NELSON MANDELA, LIKE JOSEPH, CHOSE TO 02:04 FORGIVE THOSE WHO WERE ONCE HIS ENEMIES, AND TO SERVE HIS NATION 02:07 WITH LOVE AND COURAGE. YOU CAN FIND A NUMBER OF 02:10 EXAMPLES OF THIS HAPPENING IN THE BIBLE. 02:12 YOU HAVE DANIEL, WHO WAS A CAPTIVE FROM THE LAND OF JUDAH, 02:15 AND YET GOD ARRANGED THINGS WHERE HE BECOMES THE PRIME 02:17 MINISTER IN THE KINGDOM OF BABYLON. 02:19 YOU HAVE ESTHER, WHO WAS A POOR ORPHAN GIRL IN PERSIA, AND YET 02:23 GOD WORKED THINGS OUT WHERE SHE BECOMES THE QUEEN OF THAT 02:25 COUNTRY. THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH ENDS WITH 02:28 AN INCREDIBLE STORY OF A YOUNG KING NAMED JEHOIACHIN, WHO WAS 02:32 IN A BABYLONIAN DUNGEON FOR 37 YEARS AND THEN KING 02:35 EVIL-MERODACH HAS MERCY ON HIM AND HE HAD A NEW STATUS, GOING 02:39 FROM THE PRISON TO THE PALACE. THIS IS WHAT THE LORD WANTS TO 02:42 DO FOR YOU AND ME, FRIENDS. HE GIVES YOU THE BREAD OF LIFE. 02:44 HE GIVES YOU THE ROBE OF JESUS' RIGHTEOUSNESS. 02:47 HE GIVES YOU A SEAT AT HIS TABLE. 02:49 IF YOU ACCEPT HIS FORGIVENESS AND YOU'RE WILLING TO PASS IT 02:51 ON, YOU AND I CAN LIVE AND REIGN WITH CHRIST. 02:54 WOULDN'T YOU LIKE THAT EXPERIENCE? (MUSIC) 03:09 >>AMAZING FACTS BEGAN IN 1965 WITH A 03:13 GOD-INSPIRED CONCEPT. >>HELLO, THIS IS JOE CREWS AND 03:16 THE AMAZING FACTS BROADCAST FACTS WHICH AFFECT YOU. 03:20 >>EACH RADIO BROADCAST WOULD BEGIN WITH AN AMAZING FACT FROM 03:24 SCIENCE, NATURE, OR HISTORY, FOLLOWED BY A BIBLE MESSAGE THAT 03:28 TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF LISTENERS FROM EVERY WALK OF LIFE. 03:32 THE PROGRAM WAS AN INSTANT SUCCESS AND THE MINISTRY SOON 03:35 BEGAN EXPANDING TO INCLUDE BIBLE LESSONS. 03:38 IN 1986 AMAZING FACTS ADDED THE MEDIUM OF TELEVISION TO ITS 03:43 GROWING OUTREACH EFFORTS, OFFERING SOUL-WINNING 03:46 EVANGELISTIC MESSAGES FOR VIEWERS AROUND THE WORLD. 03:50 IN 1994, PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR ASSUMED LEADERSHIP OF THE 03:54 MINISTRY, ADDING THE BIBLE ANSWERS LIVE CALL-IN RADIO 03:57 PROGRAM AND NEW MINISTRY TV PROGRAMS BEGAN AIRING ON 04:01 MULTIPLE NETWORKS AROUND THE WORLD. 04:04 FOR 50 YEARS, THE DRIVING VISION OF AMAZING FACTS HAS BEEN THE 04:09 BOLD PROCLAMATION OF THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL AND, WITH A 04:13 TEAM OF EVANGELISTS CIRCLING THE GLOBE, AND THOUSANDS OF MEN AND 04:16 WOMEN BEING TRAINED THROUGH THE AMAZING FACTS CENTER OF 04:19 EVANGELISM PROGRAM - AFCOE - THE MINISTRY IS HELPING GOD'S CHURCH 04:24 SEE A RICH HARVEST OF SOULS. AMAZING FACTS: GOD'S 04:30 MESSAGE, OUR MISSION. (MUSIC) 04:39 VIRTUALLY EVERYONE ON THE EARTH, REGARDLESS OF RELIGION OR 04:42 NATIONALITY, RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS SOME FORM OF BATTLE 04:46 RAGING IN THE WORLD AROUND US BETWEEN THE FORCES OF GOOD AND 04:50 EVIL. A COLOSSAL STRUGGLE BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS, 04:54 TRUTH AND ERROR, OPPRESSION AND FREEDOM, RIGHT AND WRONG AND, 04:59 ULTIMATELY, LIFE AND DEATH. WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND 05:07 THIS GLARING PARADOX? MANY RELIGIONS, INCLUDING THE 05:11 BIBLE, TEACH THAT BEYOND THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL VEIL OF OUR 05:15 PHYSICAL WORLD WE SEE, THERE'S ANOTHER VERY REAL SPIRITUAL 05:19 WORLD WE CANNOT SEE. IN THIS UNSEEN REALM EVER ABOUT 05:23 US, WE SEE A TITANIC BATTLE RAGING BETWEEN THE SUPREME 05:28 RIGHTEOUS HERO AND THE ULTIMATE EVIL VILLAIN. 05:31 THE BIG QUESTION IS: WHO ARE THESE PRIMARY PLAYERS AND HOW, 05:36 WHERE, AND WHEN DID THIS COSMIC CRISIS BEGIN? 05:40 THIS IS THE GREATEST MYSTERY OF THE AGES AND THE MOST AMAZING 05:45 TRUE STORY THAT HAS EVER BEEN TOLD. 05:48 THIS CRISIS NOW INVOLVES EVERY PERSON ON EARTH. 05:52 YES, EVERY PERSON. (DRAMATIC MUSIC) 07:20 >>HUMAN HISTORY HAS BEEN RIDDLED WITH SCENES OF WAR AND EVERY 07:24 PERSON HAS EXPERIENCED CONFLICT, BUT TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGIN OF 07:29 EVIL, WE MUST TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO THE VERY FIRST WAR OF 07:33 THE UNIVERSE BECAUSE THIS BATTLE DID NOT OCCUR ON EARTH. 07:37 BEFORE OUR WORLD EVEN EXISTED, THERE WAS A WAR IN HEAVEN. 07:42 EVEN THE WORDS 'WAR IN HEAVEN' SOUND LIKE THE ULTIMATE PARADOX. 07:47 IT'S ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE TO US THAT THERE COULD BE A BATTLE AND 07:51 STRIFE AMONG GOD'S PERFECT BEINGS IN PARADISE. 07:55 WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS CELESTIAL CONFLICT? 07:58 THANKFULLY, AN ANCIENT BOOK CALLED THE BIBLE GIVES US ENOUGH 08:02 DETAILS SO THAT WE CAN PIECE TOGETHER THE ASTONISHING 08:05 ACCOUNT. ALTHOUGH TRAGIC, IT'S ALSO AN 08:09 INCREDIBLY TENDER LOVE STORY THAT REACHES DOWN THROUGH THE 08:12 AGES, PERSONALLY TOUCHING YOU AND ME AND EVERY 08:16 INDIVIDUAL ON EARTH. OUR STORY BEGINS LONG AGO IN THE 08:23 VERY CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSE IN A PLACE CALLED HEAVEN THAT WAS 08:27 FILLED WITH ANGELIC BEINGS WHO DELIGHTED TO DO THE WILL OF GOD. 08:36 UNDER THE CREATOR'S JUST AND LOVING GOVERNMENT, ALL OF HEAVEN 08:39 ENJOYED AN EXISTENCE OF HAPPINESS AND PERFECT BLISS. 08:47 THE SUPREME PRINCE OF HEAVEN AND COMMANDER OF THE ANGELS WAS THE 08:50 ALL-POWERFUL AND LOVING SON OF GOD. MOST KNOW HIM BY THE NAME 08:56 HE TOOK WHEN HE CAME TO EARTH - JESUS. 08:59 HE WAS ONE IN PURPOSE AND MIND WITH GOD THE FATHER. 09:03 HEAVEN, UNDER THE COMPASSIONATE RULE OF FATHER, SON, AND SPIRIT, 09:07 PROVED TO BE A PLACE OF WONDER, PEACE, AND JOY. 09:12 TO CARRY OUT THE COMMANDS OF GOD, THE TRINITY WAS SURROUNDED 09:16 BY A VIRTUAL OCEAN OF COUNTLESS MINISTERING SPIRITS CALLED 09:20 SERAPHIM AND CHERUBIM OR, MORE COMMONLY, JUST KNOWN AS ANGELS. 09:25 THESE POWERFUL AND INTELLIGENT CREATURES FOUND THEIR GREATEST 09:28 JOY IN DOING THE BIDDING OF THE ALMIGHTY. 09:33 BUT GOD CREATED ONE EXTRAORDINARY ANGEL TO SERVE AS 09:37 LEADER OF THE ENTIRE HEAVENLY THRONG. 09:40 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT HIS NAME WAS LUCIFER, WHICH MEANS 'LIGHT 09:44 BEARER'. THIS CHERUB WAS THE GREATEST OF 09:47 GOD'S CREATED BEINGS AND HELD THE POSITION CLOSEST TO GOD'S 09:51 THRONE AND DIRECTLY UNDER JESUS IN HEAVENLY AUTHORITY. 09:56 LUCIFER'S JOB WAS TO COMMUNICATE THE LIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE OF 09:59 GOD'S WILL TO ALL THE OTHER ANGELS. 10:03 LUCIFER WAS GOD'S MOST SPLENDID CREATED BEING. 10:07 HE WAS CAPTIVATINGLY HANDSOME AND ENDOWED WITH ASTONISHING 10:10 POWERS OF LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION. 10:13 AMONG THE ANGELS HE WAS GREATLY ADMIRED, RESPECTED, AND LOVED AS 10:17 A FRIEND, YET GOD FORESAW THE MISERY LUCIFER WAS ABOUT TO 10:23 INTRODUCE INTO THE KINGDOM OF LIGHT. 10:29 >>"FULL OF WISDOM AND PERFECT IN BEAUTY...EVERY PRECIOUS STONE 10:34 WAS YOUR COVERING...YOU WERE THE ANOINTED CHERUB WHO COVERS; I 10:39 ESTABLISHED YOU; YOU WERE ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN OF GOD; YOU WALKED 10:44 BACK AND FORTH IN THE MIDST OF FIERY STONES. 10:47 YOU WERE PERFECT IN YOUR WAYS FROM THE DAY YOU WERE CREATED, 10:51 TILL INIQUITY WAS FOUND IN YOU." >>AS LUCIFER BEGAN TO PONDER HIS 10:58 OWN BEAUTY AND POWER, HIS HEART GRADUALLY STARTED TO CHANGE. 11:03 HE ALLOWED HIS FOCUS TO TURN AWAY FROM GOD AND HE DIRECTED 11:07 HIS LOVE UPON HIMSELF. HOW AND WHY THESE SEEDS OF 11:11 REBELLION GERMINATED IN HIS HEART, WE MAY NEVER 11:14 FULLY UNDERSTAND. BUT THE PROPHET ISAIAH PROVIDES 11:18 THIS INSIGHT INTO LUCIFER'S THINKING. 11:23 >>"HOW YOU ARE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, O LUCIFER, SON OF THE 11:26 MORNING! HOW YOU ARE CUT DOWN TO THE 11:29 GROUND, YOU WHO WEAKENED THE NATIONS! 11:32 FOR YOU HAVE SAID IN YOUR HEART: 'I WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN, I 11:37 WILL EXALT MY THRONE ABOVE THE STARS OF GOD...I WILL ASCEND 11:42 ABOVE THE HEIGHTS OF THE CLOUDS, I WILL BE LIKE THE MOST HIGH.'" 11:51 >>LUCIFER GRADUALLY BEGAN TO COVET THE POWER OF GOD, BUT NOT 11:55 HIS CHARACTER. AS HE THOUGHT ABOUT HIS OWN 11:58 EXTRAORDINARY ABILITIES AND BEAUTY, THE CANCEROUS TENTACLES 12:02 OF PRIDE AND SELF-EXALTATION GRIPPED HIS MIND. 12:06 THIS RESENTMENT AND JEALOUSY ULTIMATELY DROVE HIM TO VIOLATE 12:10 GOD'S HOLY LAW AND REBEL AGAINST HIS GOVERNMENT. 12:16 WE NEED TO PAUSE HERE AND MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR. 12:19 FROM THE BEGINNING GOD ORDAINED THE LAWS OF PHYSICS TO GOVERN 12:22 THE MATERIAL WORLD WE LIVE IN. WITHOUT THESE NATURAL LAWS, 12:26 THE UNIVERSE WOULD BE CHAOS. IN THE SAME WAY, GOD'S MORAL LAW 12:31 HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED SECURITY AND STABILITY TO THE COSMOS. 12:36 SOME BELIEVE THAT THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DID NOT EXIST UNTIL 12:39 THE LORD DELIVERED THEM TO MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI. 12:43 BUT SCRIPTURE TEACHES US THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF GOD'S LAW HAVE 12:46 EXISTED THROUGHOUT ETERNITY, FOR THEY'RE THE VERY FOUNDATION OF 12:50 HIS HEAVENLY KINGDOM OF LOVE. >>"...ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE 12:56 SURE. THEY STAND FAST FOREVER AND EVER, AND ARE DONE IN TRUTH 13:00 AND UPRIGHTNESS" >>THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE A 13:05 SUMMARY OF GOD'S CHARACTER OF LOVE. THE FIRST FOUR 13:09 COMMANDMENTS DESCRIBE WHO GOD IS, HIS POWER, HIS TERRITORY, 13:13 AND AUTHORITY. THE LAST SIX DESCRIBE WHAT GOD IS LIKE - 13:17 HIS HONESTY, HIS PURITY - HIS FAITHFULNESS - ALL OF THESE 13:21 THINGS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TRUE AND WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE. 13:25 NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF ETERNITY, LUCIFER 13:29 BEGAN VIOLATING THESE PERFECT PRINCIPLES. 13:34 LUCIFER KNEW IF HE WAS TO EVER SHARE THE POWER AND STATUS OF 13:38 GOD, HE WOULD NEED SUPPORT, SO HE WENT TO WORK. 13:42 HE BEGAN TO DEVIOUSLY CIRCULATE AMONG THE OTHER ANGELS, PLANTING 13:46 SEEDS OF DOUBT AND DISCONTENT REGARDING GOD'S LEADERSHIP. 13:50 AT THE SAME TIME, HE WOULD SUBTLY HIGHLIGHT HIS OWN 13:53 VIRTUES. HE INSINUATED THAT GOD WAS 13:55 ABUSING HIS DIVINE POWER AND HIS LAW WAS RESTRICTING THE TRUE 13:59 FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS OF HIS CREATURES. 14:02 WITH HIS CLEVER REASONING AND UNRIVALED POWERS OF INFLUENCE, 14:06 LUCIFER MANAGED TO PERSUADE A GREAT NUMBER OF THE ANGELS TO 14:10 JOIN HIM IN HIS MUTINY. PERHAPS YOU'RE WONDERING: HOW 14:17 COULD SO MANY INTELLIGENT ANGELS BE DUPED INTO FOLLOWING 14:20 THIS DECEIVER? WELL, KEEP IN MIND, UP 'TIL THIS 14:23 POINT, NO ANGEL HAD EVER HEARD A LIE. 14:27 AND AT THIS EARLY STAGE OF THE REBELLION, THE ANGELS DID NOT 14:30 REALIZE HOW OBSESSED LUCIFER WOULD BECOME WITH ACQUIRING THE 14:34 POSITION OF GOD. THEY DID NOT KNOW HE WOULD 14:37 EVENTUALLY STOOP TO TORTURE AND MURDER GOD'S OWN SON ON THE 14:40 CROSS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEIZE HIS THRONE. 14:46 STRANGELY, LUCIFER THOUGHT HE COULD CONCEAL HIS TRUE PURPOSE 14:50 FROM GOD. >>WOE TO THOSE WHO SEEK DEEP TO 14:57 HIDE THEIR COUNSEL FAR FROM THE LORD, AND THEIR WORKS ARE IN THE 15:01 DARK; THEY SAY, 'WHO SEES US?' AND, 'WHO KNOWS US?'" 15:09 >>DON'T THINK FOR A MOMENT THAT LUCIFER'S REBELLION 15:12 SURPRISED GOD OR CAUGHT HIM UNAWARE. 15:15 THE LORD KNOWS ALL THINGS INCLUDING THE THOUGHTS OF HIS 15:18 CREATURES. HE UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT WAS 15:22 GOING THROUGH LUCIFER'S MIND, AND IN LOVING MERCY GOD WARNED 15:26 THE WAYWARD ANGEL OF HIS DANGER. BUT IN THE END, PRIDE AND 15:30 SELF-LOVE WOULD NOT PERMIT LUCIFER TO REPENT. 15:34 SO HE CHOSE OPEN REBELLION AGAINST GOD, RATHER THAN HUMBLE 15:38 OBEDIENCE. SOME HAVE WONDERED: DOES 15:43 THIS MEAN THAT GOD CREATED A DEFECTIVE ANGEL? 15:47 NO, BUT HE DID CREATE LUCIFER WITH THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE. 15:51 YOU SEE, THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE IS A WONDERFUL THING, BUT IT 15:55 CARRIES WITH IT INCREDIBLE RISK, INCLUDING THE RISK OF REBELLION 16:00 AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT GOD'S LOVE MIGHT BE REJECTED. 16:04 YOU SEE, REAL LOVE CANNOT COME FROM A PRE-PROGRAMMED CREATURE 16:09 AND IT CAN'T BE FORCED. IT MUST BE VOLUNTARILY GIVEN. 16:14 FOR EXAMPLE, AS CUTE AS THIS LITTLE ROBOT DOG IS, IT CAN 16:20 NEVER REALLY LOVE ME. I CAN MAKE IT APPEAR TO LOVE 16:23 ME, BUT IT'S ONLY CARRYING OUT PRE-PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTIONS. 16:28 IT HAS NO CHOICE. ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS LITTLE 16:34 GUY IS TRULY HAPPY TO SEE ME. HE'S CHOSEN TO GIVE 16:39 ME HIS AFFECTION. AND, GIVEN TIME, OUR 16:42 RELATIONSHIP WOULD GROW AND STRENGTHEN AS I LOVE AND CARE 16:45 FOR HIM. IN THE SAME WAY, A GOD OF LOVE ONLY WANTS THE GENUINE 16:50 LOVE OF HIS INTELLIGENT CREATURES AND, FOR 16:53 THAT TO HAPPEN, THEY MUST HAVE FREE CHOICE. 16:57 LUCIFER'S REBELLION IS THE GREATEST EVIDENCE THAT HE TRULY 17:01 HAD THAT FREEDOM. SO NOW, THE BIG QUESTION WAS: 17:07 HOW WOULD GOD RESPOND TO THIS CRISIS? 17:10 HOW WOULD HE DEAL WITH LUCIFER AND THE MILLIONS OF ANGELS WHO 17:13 JOINED HIM IN HIS REBELLION? MANY WONDER WHY GOD DID NOT 17:20 IMMEDIATELY DESTROY THE REBEL. AFTER ALL, HE COULD HAVE EASILY 17:24 VAPORIZED LUCIFER WITH A BOLT OF LIGHTNING. 17:30 BUT WOULD THAT HAVE REALLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM? 17:33 NO, ON THE CONTRARY, THAT WOULD HAVE JUST INTENSIFIED THE DOUBTS 17:37 AND SUSPICIONS THAT LUCIFER HAD BEEN PLANTING IN THE MINDS OF 17:40 THE ANGELS. REMEMBER, LUCIFER KNEW, AS NO ONE ELSE COULD HAVE, 17:45 THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GOD. 17:48 HIS DESTRUCTION WOULD HAVE BEEN VIEWED AS PART OF A MASSIVE 17:51 COVER-UP AND FEAR OF REPRISAL, RATHER THAN LOVE, WOULD HAVE 17:55 BECOME THE MOTIVATING REASON TO SERVE GOD. NO, THE LORD KNEW, IN 18:01 HIS WISDOM, THE BEST WAY TO MEET THE CRISIS WAS TO ALLOW IT TO 18:05 RUN ITS COURSE. THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY TO 18:09 ENSURE THAT EVIL WOULD NEVER RISE AGAIN. 18:15 >>"LET BOTH [WHEAT AND TARES] GROW TOGETHER UNTIL THE HARVEST, 18:18 AND AT THE TIME OF HARVEST I WILL SAY TO THE REAPERS, 'FIRST 18:21 GATHER TOGETHER THE TARES AND BIND THEM IN BUNDLES TO BURN 18:24 THEM, BUT GATHER THE WHEAT INTO MY BARN.'" 18:32 >>IN THE PARABLE OF THE WHEAT AND THE TARES, JESUS 18:35 ILLUSTRATES THAT A GROWING TIME IS NEEDED FOR A PLANT TO 18:38 REVEAL ITS TRUE NATURE. IN HIS INFINITE UNDERSTANDING 18:42 GOD KNEW, GIVEN TIME, LUCIFER'S REAL CHARACTER WOULD BE EXPOSED 18:47 AND THE BITTER FRUIT OF HIS REBELLION WOULD BECOME 18:49 APPARENT TO ALL. UP TIL NOW, THE CITIZENS OF THE UNIVERSE WERE 18:54 UNFAMILIAR WITH SIN AND WHERE IT WOULD LEAD. 18:58 BUT THAT WOULD CHANGE AS THEY CAME TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES ITS 19:01 TERRIBLE, SELF-DESTRUCTIVE NATURE. 19:04 IN THE END, THE WISDOM AND LOVE OF GOD'S GOVERNMENT WOULD STAND 19:08 FOREVER VINDICATED AND THE UNIVERSE WOULD BE SECURE. 19:13 AS LUCIFER AND HIS SUPPORTERS BROUGHT THE REBELLION TO THE 19:16 FOREFRONT, THE LORD KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE NO PEACE IF THEY 19:20 WERE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN HEAVEN. 19:22 A LINE MUST BE DRAWN - ACTION TAKEN - AND THE REBELS EVICTED. 19:28 BUT LUCIFER AND HIS SUPPORTERS WOULD NEVER GO WILLINGLY OR 19:31 PEACEFULLY. THE NEXT STEP WAS WAR. 19:40 >>"AND WAR BROKE OUT IN HEAVEN: MICHAEL AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT 19:43 WITH THE DRAGON; AND THE DRAGON AND HIS ANGELS FOUGHT, BUT THEY 19:47 DID NOT PREVAIL, NOR WAS A PLACE FOUND FOR THEM IN HEAVEN ANY 19:51 LONGER. SO THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST OUT, THAT SERPENT OF OLD, 19:55 CALLED THE DEVIL AND SATAN, WHO DECEIVES THE WHOLE WORLD; HE WAS 20:00 CAST TO THE EARTH, AND HIS ANGELS WERE CAST OUT WITH HIM." 20:06 >>THE BIBLE DOESN'T REVEAL EXACTLY WHAT WEAPONS WERE USED 20:10 OR HOW LONG THIS COSMIC CONFLICT LASTED, BUT THIS WAS A WAR THE 20:15 LIKES OF WHICH NO MORTAL EYE HAS EVER SEEN. REVELATION 12, VERSE 20:20 4 TELLS US THAT, ULTIMATELY, LUCIFER AND ONE-THIRD OF GOD'S 20:25 ANGELS WERE PHYSICALLY EXPELLED FROM HEAVEN. BUT WHAT NEXT? 20:44 LUCIFER NOW HAD MILLIONS OF ANGELS ON HIS SIDE BUT HE NEEDED 20:48 A STAGING GROUND FROM WHICH TO CONTINUE HIS REVOLT. 20:51 SOON, ALL TOO SOON, THE UNIVERSE WOULD BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND HOW 20:56 PAINFUL AND COSTLY THE WAGES OF SIN COULD BE. 20:59 FOR THE WAR WAS NOT OVER, IT HAD ONLY JUST BEGUN. 21:04 LUCIFER, THE LIGHT BEARER, HAD NOW BECOME SATAN, THE ADVERSARY. 21:15 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) >>AFTER THE WAR IN HEAVEN, SATAN AND HIS FALLEN 21:26 ANGELS WERE BANISHED FROM THE COURTS OF GLORY. 21:29 FOR A TIME, THE DEVIL AND HIS DEMONS ROAMED THROUGH THE 21:32 UNIVERSE, UNSUCCESSFULLY SEARCHING FOR WORLDS TO 21:35 SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM IN THE REBELLION. 21:38 IN THE MEANTIME, THE HEART OF GOD KEENLY FELT THE VACUUM 21:42 CREATED BY THE LOSS OF LUCIFER AND HIS ANGELS, SO THE FATHER, 21:47 SON, AND HOLY SPIRIT, RETURNED TO THEIR FAVORITE WORK - THE 21:50 MARVELOUS WORK OF CREATION. THEY DECIDED TO MAKE A NEW WORLD 21:55 FILLED WITH A MYRIAD OF AMAZING AND DIVERSE CREATURES TO LOVE. 21:59 THIS NEW WORLD WOULD BE UNIQUE BECAUSE THE PRINCIPLE CREATURES 22:03 WOULD BE MADE IN GOD'S OWN IMAGE. 22:06 TO THEM THE LORD WOULD ALSO GIVE DOMINION OF THIS NEW PLANET WE 22:10 NOW KNOW AS EARTH. >>"IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED 22:15 THE...EARTH...THEN GOD SAW EVERYTHING THAT HE HAD MADE, 22:19 AND INDEED IT WAS VERY GOOD." >>WHAT AN AWESOME SIGHT TO 22:26 BEHOLD - GOD FORMING A BRAND-NEW WORLD, OUR PLANET - EARTH. 22:32 AND WITH EVERY WONDERFUL DAY OF THE CREATION, SOMETHING NEW AND 22:35 SPECTACULAR BURST ON THE SCENE. ON THE THIRD DAY GOD SPOKE AND 22:40 BEAUTIFUL, LUSH VEGETATION SPRANG INTO EXISTENCE - PLANTS 22:44 OF ALL COLORS, SHAPES, AND SIZES. 22:49 ON THE FIFTH DAY THE WORLD WAS FILLED WITH STUNNING, EXOTIC 22:53 CREATURES THAT COULD EITHER SOAR THROUGH THE HEAVENS OR GLIDE 22:56 FREELY THROUGH THE BLUE WATERS - AND SOME COULD DO BOTH. 23:02 THE SIXTH DAY SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF A VAST AND 23:05 DIVERSE MULTITUDE OF LAND ANIMALS - FROM THE GIANT 23:09 ELEPHANT TO THE TINY CHIPMUNK, EACH FOUND A HOME IN THE NEW 23:13 PLANET AND A PLACE TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE REST OF 23:16 CREATION. AND ALSO ON THE SIXTH DAY, GOD CREATED MAN. 23:26 >>"THEN GOD SAID, 'LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR IMAGE, ACCORDING TO 23:29 OUR LIKENESS...' AND THE LORD GOD FORMED MAN OF THE DUST OF 23:33 THE GROUND, AND BREATHED INTO HIS NOSTRILS THE BREATH OF LIFE; 23:37 AND MAN BECAME A LIVING BEING. THE LORD GOD PLANTED A GARDEN 23:41 EASTWARD IN EDEN, AND THERE HE PUT THE MAN WHOM HE HAD FORMED." 23:47 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) >>WHAT A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO BE 24:47 MADE IN THE LIKENESS OF GOD - TO BE A FREE-THINKING, 24:51 SELF-GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL. 24:53 IN THE BEGINNING, MAN WAS NOT AWARE OF HIS NAKEDNESS. 24:57 THIS WAS LIKELY BECAUSE, PRIOR TO SIN, HE WAS CLOTHED WITH 25:00 GLORY AND LIGHT. GOD ALSO CREATED THE IDEAL 25:11 COMPANION FOR ADAM, HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, EVE. 25:28 THE JOYFUL PAIR WERE PLACED IN A MAGNIFICENT GARDEN, FLAWLESSLY 25:32 DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THEIR HAPPINESS. 25:35 TO ADAM AND EVE AND THE OTHER CREATURES OF THE EARTH WAS ALSO 25:39 GIVEN THE DIVINE PRIVILEGE OF PROCREATING IN THEIR OWN IMAGE. 25:45 IT WAS THE INTENTION OF GOD THAT THE HUMAN RACE WOULD RETAIN 25:48 DOMINION OVER THIS PERFECT PARADISE FOREVER. 25:52 ETERNALLY HAPPY AND HEALTHY, THEY'D WORK WITH THE FLORA OF 25:55 GOD'S GARDEN WHILE ENJOYING THE AFFECTION AND COMPANIONSHIP OF 25:59 ALL THE CREATURES UNDER THEIR CARE. 26:05 THE ENVIRONMENT OUR FIRST PARENTS EXPERIENCED WAS VASTLY 26:08 DIFFERENT FROM THE WORLD TODAY. ROSES HAD NO THORNS. 26:12 INSECTS DID NOT BITE OR STING, AND LIONS AND LAMBS WOULD GENTLY 26:17 FROLIC TOGETHER. BUT THE GREATEST BLESSING WAS 26:21 THAT HUMANS LIVED IN PERFECT HARMONY WITH THEIR MAKER. 26:25 EVERY SEVENTH DAY, ADAM AND EVE WOULD REST FROM THEIR PLEASANT 26:28 LABOR AND HOLD OPEN BLISSFUL COMMUNION WITH THEIR VISITING 26:31 CREATOR. IT WAS A SPLENDID, WONDERFUL 26:36 WORLD AND THIS HAPPY STATE WOULD HAVE CONTINUED THROUGH ETERNITY 26:41 IF ONLY OUR FIRST PARENTS HAD PROVED FAITHFUL IN 26:44 ONE SIMPLE TEST. >>"BUT OF THE TREE OF THE 26:50 KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL YOU SHALL NOT EAT, FOR IN THE DAY 26:53 THAT YOU EAT OF IT YOU SHALL SURELY DIE." 26:59 >>BECAUSE THE ADVERSARY HAD CONTAMINATED THE UNIVERSE WITH 27:02 HIS REBELLION, THE LORD SAW THE NEED OF A SIMPLE TEST OF LOVE 27:07 AND LOYALTY. REMEMBER, THE GOOD ANGELS HAD 27:10 JUST SEEN A THIRD OF THEIR FRIENDS CAST OUT OF 27:12 HEAVEN DURING THE WAR. HOW COULD THEY BE ASSURED THESE 27:16 NEW HUMANS WOULD NOT SIDE WITH LUCIFER AND CAUSE MORE TROUBLE? 27:20 SO THE LORD PLACED A UNIQUE TREE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN - A TREE 27:24 WHOSE FRUIT WAS NOT TO BE EATEN ON PAIN OF DEATH. 27:28 PASSING THIS SIMPLE TEST OF OBEDIENCE WOULD DEMONSTRATE ADAM 27:32 AND EVE'S ALLEGIANCE TO GOD AND FAITH IN HIS WORD. 27:35 EVEN MORE, IT WAS A TEST OF LOVE. 27:38 THIS IS WHY JESUS SAID, IN JOHN 14, 'IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY 27:42 COMMANDMENTS.' BUT SOMEONE ELSE LEARNED OF THIS TEST OF FAITH 27:48 AND HE DETERMINED TO USE IT TO HIS ADVANTAGE. 27:52 SATAN WAS VERY JEALOUS OF THE HAPPY HUMANS WHO WERE NOW 27:55 ENJOYING THE BLESSED LIFE THAT HE HAD LOST. 27:59 THEIR HAPPY EXISTENCE STOOD IN STARK CONTRAST TO HIS OWN, WHICH 28:03 WAS NOW FULL OF GUILT, SIN, AND MISERY. 28:06 IN HIS BROODING RESENTMENT AND ANGER HE WAS NOT CONTENT TO 28:10 LEAVE THE INNOCENT PAIR ALONE, FOR SIN ALWAYS SEEKS TO DRAG 28:14 OTHERS DOWN WITH IT. AND SO, ONE DAY, AS EVE WAS 28:22 ENGAGED IN HER PLEASANT WORK, SHE FOUND HERSELF ALONE AND 28:26 PERILOUSLY CLOSE TO THE FORBIDDEN TREE. 28:29 IT WAS THEN THAT SATAN SAW HIS OPPORTUNITY. 28:33 USING A MESMERIZING SERPENT AS HIS MEDIUM, THE FALLEN ANGEL 28:37 CALLED TO EVE FROM THE TREE AND THOUGHT TO ENGAGE HER IN 28:41 CONVERSATION. HIS CHARMING WORDS WERE 28:49 CAREFULLY CALCULATED TO INSTILL A DISTRUST OF GOD. 29:01 >>"THEN THE SERPENT SAID TO THE WOMAN, 'YOU WILL NOT SURELY DIE. 29:05 FOR GOD KNOWS THAT IN THE DAY YOU EAT OF IT YOUR EYES WILL BE 29:08 OPENED, AND YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD, KNOWING GOOD AND EVIL.' SO 29:13 WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, THAT IT WAS 29:16 PLEASANT TO THE EYES, AND A TREE DESIRABLE TO MAKE ONE WISE, SHE 29:21 TOOK OF ITS FRUIT AND ATE. SHE ALSO GAVE TO HER HUSBAND 29:24 WITH HER, AND HE ATE." >>TRAGICALLY, AS EVE LISTENED TO 29:31 THE SMOOTH, SILKY VOICE OF THE TEMPTER, SHE BEGAN TO ENTERTAIN 29:35 DOUBTS ABOUT GOD'S WORD. THE SERPENT ENTICED HER WITH THE 29:39 PROMISE OF ENHANCED POWER AND WISDOM. 29:43 SHE FOUND THIS APPEALING. AFTER ALL, THE FRUIT HAD, 29:46 APPARENTLY, GIVEN THE SNAKE THE ABILITY TO SPEAK. 29:49 WHAT OTHER POWERS MIGHT IT GIVE HER? 29:53 AND SO EVEN THOUGH SHE HAD JUST MET THE SERPENT, SHE TRUSTED HIS 29:56 WORD ABOVE GOD, WHO HAD CREATED HER AND PROVIDED HER PARADISE 30:01 HOME. SO EVE ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT 30:05 AND SOON AFTER PERSUADED HER HUSBAND TO DO THE SAME. 30:10 ADAM COULD HAVE CHOSEN TO REMAIN LOYAL TO GOD, BUT HE PUT HIS 30:13 LOVE FOR HIS WIFE ABOVE HIS LOVE FOR GOD. 30:17 AS OUR FIRST PARENTS GAVE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE ENEMY, THE 30:22 DOMINION OF THE EARTH WAS CLAIMED BY SATAN. 30:29 >>"DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT TO WHOM YOU PRESENT YOURSELVES SLAVES TO 30:32 OBEY, YOU ARE THAT ONE'S SLAVES WHOM YOU OBEY..." 30:35 "NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS." 30:40 >>THIS WORLD WOULD NOW BECOME THE ULTIMATE BATTLEFIELD BETWEEN 30:44 GOOD AND EVIL AND THE HEARTS OF EVERY MAN AND WOMAN THE PRIZE. 30:49 LITTLE DID ADAM AND EVE REALIZE IT AT THE TIME, BUT THEIR ONE 30:52 MOMENT OF DISTRUST AND DEFIANCE WOULD OPEN THE FLOODGATES OF 30:56 SUFFERING ON MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 31:06 >>"THEREFORE, JUST AS THROUGH ONE MAN SIN ENTERED THE WORLD, 31:10 AND DEATH THROUGH SIN, AND THUS DEATH SPREAD TO ALL MEN, BECAUSE 31:15 ALL SINNED." >>OUR FIRST PARENTS SOON BEGAN 31:20 TO FACE THE TERRIBLE RESULTS OF THEIR SIN. 31:23 IN THEIR HOLY STATE, ADAM AND EVE GLOWED WITH ROBES OF GLORY. 31:28 AFTER THEY SINNED, THESE NATURAL ROBES OF LIGHT FADED AND THEY 31:32 BECAME MORTIFIED BY A SENSE OF THEIR NAKEDNESS. 31:36 SHAME AND FEAR REPLACED THEIR JOY AND PEACE AND THEY SOUGHT TO 31:39 COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS WITH LEAVES. THEY, NOW, ALSO FOUND 31:43 THEMSELVES UNDER THE CONSTANT INFLUENCE OF THE DEVIL. 31:47 GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION HAD WEAKENED THEIR VERY NATURES AND 31:51 SATAN HAD GAINED A NEW POWER OVER HUMANITY. 31:54 PEOPLE COULD NO LONGER RESIST THE TEMPTATIONS OF THE DEVIL IN 31:57 THEIR OWN STRENGTH. LASTLY, AND MOST TERRIFYING, 32:02 THEY FOUND THEMSELVES LIVING UNDER A LOOMING DEATH SENTENCE. 32:07 GOD HAD WARNED THEM THAT DISOBEDIENCE WOULD BRING DEATH. 32:10 THEY HAD ALREADY EXPERIENCED THE SPIRITUAL DEATH, HOW LONG UNTIL 32:14 THEY SUFFERED PHYSICAL DEATH AS WELL? AT THIS POINT, THEIR 32:18 FUTURE HELD NOTHING BUT DARKNESS AND DESPAIR. 32:24 >>"SO HE DROVE OUT THE MAN; AND HE PLACED CHERUBIM AT THE EAST 32:27 OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN, AND A FLAMING SWORD WHICH TURNED EVERY 32:30 WAY, TO GUARD THE WAY TO THE TREE OF LIFE." 32:36 >>JUST AS SIN CAUSED THE FALLEN ANGELS TO BE EXPELLED FROM THEIR 32:39 HEAVENLY HOME, SO NOW, BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE, ADAM AND EVE 32:44 WERE DRIVEN FROM THEIR GARDEN HOME IN PARADISE. 32:48 EVERYTHING AROUND THEM WAS QUICKLY CHANGING AND HUMANKIND 32:51 FOUND ITSELF SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEARTACHE, DISEASE, AND FINALLY, 32:55 DEATH. EVEN THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS WERE 32:58 INFECTED BY THE TERRIBLE CURSE. THORNS AND THISTLES NOW APPEARED 33:02 ON TREES AND FLOWERS, AND ANIMALS THAT HAD FORMERLY BEEN 33:06 GENTLE, BEGAN TO KILL AND DEVOUR ONE ANOTHER. 33:10 THE WORST RESULT WAS SIN HAD SEPARATED HUMANITY FROM GOD. 33:20 >>"BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM YOUR GOD; AND 33:24 YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU, SO THAT HE WILL NOT 33:28 HEAR." >>AT CREATION, ADAM AND EVE WERE 33:33 GIVEN THE HONOR OF SPEAKING WITH THE ANGELS AND EVEN GOD, 33:36 THE SON, FACE TO FACE. BUT GOD IS SO PERFECTLY PURE AND 33:40 HOLY THAT NO EVIL CAN EXIST IN HIS PRESENCE. 33:44 NOW THAT THE FIRST HUMANS HAD SINNED, GOD WITHDREW HIS HOLY 33:48 PRESENCE FROM THEM FOR THEIR OWN PROTECTION. 33:51 SIN HAD BURNED A CATARACT ON THE SOUL OF MAN SO HE COULD NO 33:54 LONGER SEE THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION. FROM THIS TIME ON, 33:58 DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH HEAVEN WOULD BE LIMITED. AS ALL OF 34:05 THESE CURSES FELL UPON ADAM AND EVE, THE LORD'S HEART WAS DEEPLY 34:09 MOVED WITH TENDER COMPASSION. THE LAW THAT THEY HAD BROKEN 34:12 COULD NOT BE ALTERED TO SAVE THEM, FOR IT'S AS SACRED AND 34:16 UNCHANGING AS GOD HIMSELF. THE LORD KNEW THERE WAS ONLY ONE 34:20 WAY THAT MAN COULD BE REDEEMED, SO A PLAN WAS REVEALED - BORN 34:25 FROM THE VERY HEART OF GOD - A PLAN TO SAVE MAN FROM HIS 34:29 APPOINTMENT WITH ETERNAL DEATH AND TO RESTORE EVERYTHING THAT 34:32 HAD BEEN LOST THROUGH SIN. IT WOULD BE AN AMAZING ENDEAVOR 34:36 IN ITS DEPTH, SCOPE, AND POWER, BUT IT WAS A PLAN THAT WOULD 34:40 ALSO INVOLVE AN ENORMOUS SACRIFICE. 34:49 >>"GOD'S LOVE WAS REVEALED AMONG US IN THIS WAY: GOD SENT HIS 34:52 ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD SO THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM. 34:57 IN THIS IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD BUT THAT HE LOVED US 35:02 AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS." 35:08 >>THE SCRIPTURES CLEARLY TEACH, IN ROMANS 6:23, THAT THE WAGES 35:13 FOR SIN ARE DEATH. THE BROKEN LAW DEMANDED THE LIFE 35:17 OF THE SINNER AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE IN ALL THE UNIVERSE WHO 35:21 COULD QUALIFY AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY. 35:25 THE CREATOR ALONE COULD PAY THE DEBT OF HIS CREATURES BY 35:28 STANDING IN THEIR PLACE. SO JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD, 35:33 WILLINGLY AGREED TO LEAVE THE PURITY, GLORY, AND 35:37 SAFETY OF HEAVEN. HE WOULD COME TO DIE IN MAN'S 35:41 BEHALF, ON THIS WICKED, RENEGADE PLANET. 35:45 HE WOULD BE BORN AS AN INNOCENT, HELPLESS BABY, ENDURE A LIFE OF 35:49 SORROW AND SHAME, AND YET LIVE A PERFECT AND VICTORIOUS LIFE. 35:54 FINALLY, HE WOULD DIE A HUMILIATING DEATH IN ORDER TO 35:58 STAND AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR FALLEN HUMANITY. 36:02 THROUGH HIS SACRIFICE, MANKIND MIGHT, AMAZINGLY, BE OFFERED ONE 36:07 MORE CHANCE AT ETERNAL LIFE. HIS BLOOD WOULD PROVIDE THE 36:10 RANSOM FOR THE WORLD THAT HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED BY SATAN. 36:16 THIS WONDERFUL PLAN OF REDEMPTION WAS GRAPHICALLY 36:19 ILLUSTRATED IN THE SYSTEM OF ANIMAL SACRIFICES ORDAINED BY 36:23 GOD AFTER THE FALL OF MAN. THE LORD HAD WARNED ADAM AND EVE 36:27 THEY WOULD DIE THE DAY THEY ATE THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT. 36:30 SO HOW WAS IT THAT THEY REMAINED ALIVE? 36:33 THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT SOON AFTER THEIR SIN, GOD PROVIDED 36:37 CLOTHING FOR THEM IN THE FORM OF ANIMAL SKINS. 36:41 IT'S WORTHY OF NOTING THAT REVELATION REFERS TO JESUS 36:43 CHRIST AS THE LAMB SLAIN FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. 36:48 THIS INDICATES THAT A LAMB WAS SLAIN THAT VERY DAY, TO PREVENT 36:52 THEIR IMMEDIATE DEATH. BY FAITH IN THIS SACRIFICE, 36:57 THEIR DEATH SENTENCE WAS SYMBOLICALLY TRANSFERRED FROM 36:59 THEMSELVES TO THE INNOCENT CREATURE - THE LAMB, OF COURSE, 37:03 BEING A REPRESENTATION OF JESUS. AND SO, A RAY OF HOPE WAS 37:08 PROVIDED IN A SEEMINGLY DARK AND HOPELESS SITUATION. THROUGH 37:13 REPENTANCE AND FAITH IN THE BLOOD OF THE COMING MESSIAH, 37:16 ANY HUMAN COULD ONCE AGAIN BECOME A CHILD OF GOD. BUT IN 37:21 SPITE OF THIS WONDERFUL PLAN, FOR THE TIME BEING, 37:24 SATAN WOULD STILL HAVE DOMINION OF THE EARTH AND 37:27 LIFE IN THIS WORLD WOULD NOT BE EASY. 37:33 >>"...IN THE WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATION; BUT BE OF GOOD 37:36 CHEER, I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD." 37:42 >>MANY NATURALLY WONDER WHY A LOVING AND ALL-POWERFUL GOD 37:46 PERMITS SORROW AND SUFFERING IN OUR WORLD TODAY. 37:49 BUT IT'S CLEAR FROM GENESIS THAT GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR US TO 37:53 KNOW THE PAIN AND TRIALS OF THIS LIFE. 37:57 AS IT CAME FROM GOD'S HAND, THE EARTH WAS A WONDERFUL PARADISE. 38:01 IT WAS THE SIN OF ADAM AND EVE THAT GAVE SATAN THE RIGHT TO 38:05 CLAIM CONTROL OF THIS PLANET. BECAUSE OF THEIR TRAGIC CHOICE, 38:09 THE DEVIL AND HIS MINIONS GAINED THE POWER TO TEMPT AND TORMENT 38:13 HUMANS, INFLICTING SICKNESS, PAIN, AND SUFFERING. 38:16 PERHAPS A BETTER QUESTION WOULD BE: WHY DOESN'T SATAN HAVE FULL 38:20 CONTROL OF HUMANITY? THE ANSWER IS JESUS CHRIST. 38:27 YOU MAY ALREADY REALIZE THAT JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS 38:30 PROVIDED EACH OF US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE SAVED. 38:34 BUT IN REALITY, IT DID MUCH MORE THAN THAT. WHEN THE SAVIOR 38:38 OFFERED HIS LIFE TO REDEEM THE EARTH, THAT ACT PLACED 38:42 RESTRICTIONS ON SATAN'S CONTROL OVER HUMANITY. SATAN COULD NOT 38:47 FORCE OUR WILL AND HIS POWER TO HARM US WOULD BE LIMITED. 38:51 CHRIST'S SACRIFICE ALSO BROUGHT US A TIME OF PROBATION WHERE WE 38:55 CAN SEE FOR OURSELVES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOD'S 38:58 GOVERNMENT AND SATAN'S AND THEN DECIDE WHO WE WOULD SERVE. 39:03 ULTIMATELY, BECAUSE OF JESUS' SELFLESS SACRIFICE, SATAN'S 39:08 KINGDOM WILL COME TO AN END AND THE EARTH WILL ONE DAY BE 39:12 RETURNED TO MAN MORE WONDERFUL THAN IT WAS AT THE BEGINNING. 39:16 SO WHEN ADAM AND EVE BEGAN THEIR LIVES AS EXILES FROM PARADISE, 39:20 THEY STILL HAD HOPE. GOD HAD PROVIDED THE SKINS OF 39:25 SACRIFICED ANIMALS TO COVER THEIR NAKEDNESS, BUT MORE 39:28 IMPORTANTLY, HE HAD PROMISED THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB OF GOD TO 39:33 COVER THEIR SIN IF THEY ACCEPTED CHRIST AND REPENTED. ONE BIG 39:38 QUESTION REMAINED: WOULD PEOPLE ACCEPT GOD'S GENEROUS GIFT? 39:47 >>"HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE NEGLECT SO GREAT A SALVATION?" 39:53 >>THE AMAZING STORY THAT YOU'VE JUST HEARD IS TRUE AND IT 39:57 AFFECTS YOU. BECAUSE OF SATAN'S DESIRE TO BE 40:01 GOD, AND ADAM AND EVE'S DISTRUST AND DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD, WE ALL 40:06 FIND OURSELVES IN A PERILOUS SITUATION. ON ONE HAND, MANKIND 40:11 HAS BEEN GREATLY FAVORED BY GOD WITH A SECOND CHANCE TO REGAIN 40:15 OUR EDEN HOME. ON THE OTHER, IF WE FAIL TO TAKE 40:19 ADVANTAGE OF THIS WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY, WE BECOME SLAVES 40:23 TO SATAN AND WILL ULTIMATELY BE DESTROYED WHEN GOD CLEANSES 40:27 THE UNIVERSE OF SIN. FRIENDS, THERE IS NO BETTER TIME 40:31 TO MAKE YOUR DECISION FOR JESUS THAN RIGHT NOW. 40:35 NONE OF US KNOW HOW LONG WE MIGHT HAVE TO LIVE ON THIS 40:38 EARTH. OUR LIVES CAN END INSTANTLY. 40:42 JESUS HAS SHOWN GREAT INTEREST IN YOUR WELL-BEING AND HIS LOVE 40:45 FOR YOU MOVED HIM TO PROVIDE A WAY TO ESCAPE FROM THE COMING 40:49 DESTRUCTION. HE JUST ASKS YOU TO ACCEPT 40:53 HIM - TO REPENT OF YOUR SINS. THROUGH CHRIST YOU CAN FIND 40:57 PARDON AND RECEIVE A NEW HEART TO BECOME LIKE HIM IN CHARACTER. 41:02 THE SOBERING NEWS IS THAT SATAN IS MOVING IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY 41:07 TO KEEP YOU FROM ACCEPTING GOD'S GIFT OF SALVATION. 41:11 THROUGH THE BUSYNESS OF LIFE, THE LOVE OF MONEY, OR SOME OTHER 41:14 FASCINATING DISTRACTION, HE WORKS TO KEEP YOU OCCUPIED WITH 41:18 ANYTHING BUT WHAT REALLY MATTERS MOST: YOUR ETERNAL SALVATION. 41:24 FOR YOU SEE, THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION IS THAT IF YOU DON'T 41:28 CHOOSE JESUS, YOU WILL HAVE, BY DEFAULT, CHOSEN SATAN. 41:34 ALTHOUGH ADAM AND EVE'S TERRIBLE CHOICE BROUGHT UNTOLD DEATH AND 41:37 MISERY, YOU NOW HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE A BETTER DECISION. 41:42 GOD IS OFFERING YOU A PEACE THAT SATISFIES THE DEEPEST LONGING IN 41:46 YOUR SOUL AND A JOY THAT WILL LIFT YOU ABOVE THE TRIALS OF 41:50 THIS WORLD. THE YEARNING DESIRE OF GOD'S 41:52 HEART IS FOR YOU TO BE SAVED AND TO BE WITH HIM IN PARADISE. 41:57 BUT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN KEEP YOU OUT OF HEAVEN IS YOU. 42:02 IMAGINE HOW TRAGIC IT WOULD BE IF YOU WERE NEEDLESSLY TO REJECT 42:06 THIS PRECIOUS GIFT. YOU CAN CHOOSE TODAY TO ACCEPT 42:10 THE SALVATION THAT GOD HAS PROMISED. 42:12 IN FACT, THIS VERY MOMENT, YOU CAN ACCEPT EVERLASTING LIFE 42:16 THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. CAN I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME, 42:21 RIGHT NOW, IN A SIMPLE PRAYER ACCEPTING HIS WONDERFUL OFFER? 42:26 PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME: DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, I COME TO YOU 42:33 NOW AND HUMBLY ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS. LORD, I CONFESS 42:38 THAT I'M A SINNER AND I'VE BROKEN YOUR HOLY LAW. 42:42 I REALIZE THAT THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH. 42:47 I BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST SUFFERED AND DIED ON THE CROSS 42:51 TO TAKE THE PUNISHMENT FOR ALL OF MY SINS. 42:54 I BELIEVE JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND I ACCEPT HIM AS MY 42:58 PERSONAL SAVIOR. FROM THIS MOMENT FORWARD I GIVE 43:03 YOU MY HEART AND TRUST YOU TO BE THE LORD OF MY LIFE. 43:07 PLEASE FORGIVE ALL OF MY SINS AND SEND YOUR SPIRIT TO HELP ME 43:12 DO YOUR WILL. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE 43:17 AND ACCEPT YOUR GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE AND I PRAY THESE 43:21 THINGS IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN. 43:33 >>AMAZING FACTS. CHANGED LIVES. >>EARLY 1980S ALL THE BABY 43:42 BOOMERS WERE TURNING 21 AND THE NIGHTCLUB SCENES WERE EXPLODING 43:45 AND I STARTED AN ENTERTAINMENT LIGHTING COMPANY. 43:48 >>I WAS THE PRESIDENT AND THERE WERE SIX DIVISIONS. 43:50 DOING THE RAVES IN THE '80S AND '90S, YOU KNOW, IN SOME 43:54 WAREHOUSE WHERE YOU'RE SETTING UP LIGHTING AND FOG AND, YOU 43:56 KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE AND - NIGHTCLUB - 44:00 NIGHTCLUB INSTALLATIONS. I LOVED IT AND IT WAS WHO I WAS. 44:05 >>BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE OUT OF TOWN AND MOVED ABOUT TWO OR THREE 44:07 TIMES, BUT WE WERE ALWAYS GOING TO DIFFERENT CHURCHES. 44:11 WE WERE IN A LUTHERAN CHURCH AND THEN WE WERE IN A METHODIST 44:13 CHURCH. WE WERE IN THREE DIFFERENT BAPTIST CHURCHES. 44:16 MY WIFE WAS RAISED CATHOLIC; I WAS RAISED METHODIST. 44:19 CURRENTLY I'D BEEN OUT READING ALL THE HAL LINDSEY BOOKS AND 44:22 WATCHING ALL THE LEFT BEHIND MOVIES AND SO I REALLY WANTED TO 44:25 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BOOK OF REVELATION WAS ALL ABOUT, BUT 44:27 NOTHING EVER REALLY MADE SENSE TO ME. 44:29 >>ONE DAY, PASTOR LLOYD LOGAN CAME KNOCKING AND HE HAD THAT 44:33 NET 99 FLIER. >>WE WERE PREPARING FOR AN 44:36 EVANGELISTIC SERIES AND DIFFERENT PEOPLE WERE GOING 44:41 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WITH HANDBILLS TO INVITE 44:44 PEOPLE TO THE MEETINGS. >>I SAW THAT COMING AT ME, YOU 44:47 KNOW, ALL THE COLORS, AND I THOUGHT, 'OH NO, THIS IS 44:50 SOME KIND OF CULT THING. >>SHE SAID, 'THANK 44:52 YOU VERY MUCH. I'M NOT MUCH INTERESTED MYSELF, 44:55 BUT MY HUSBAND LIKES THAT KIND OF THING. 44:58 >>THEN LLOYD SAID, 'WOULD YOU GIVE IT TO HIM, PLEASE?' 45:01 AND I SAID, 'OKAY, I WILL.' SO I TOOK THE PAMPHLET AND I PUT IT 45:06 ON THE COUNTER. GARY CAME HOME AND HE WALKED BY IT. 45:09 >>RAN THROUGH THE KITCHEN TO QUICKLY EAT AND TAKE A SHOWER 45:12 AND GO BACK OUT AND WORK A SHOW. >>TWO OR THREE DAYS WENT BY 45:15 LIKE THIS AND I HAD MOVED THAT BROCHURE FROM THE COUNTER - PUT 45:19 IT ON THE DINING ROOM TABLE - PUT IT BACK ON THE COUNTER. 45:23 I ACTUALLY THREW IT IN THE GARBAGE. 45:24 AS I THREW IT IN THAT GARBAGE CAN I COULD HEAR HIM AND SEE HIS 45:28 FACE SAYING, 'WOULD YOU GIVE IT TO HIM, PLEASE?' 45:32 AND I ACTUALLY TOOK THE GARBAGE OUT AND THAT NIGHT, LYING IN BED 45:35 I KEPT SEEING HIS FACE AND HEARING HIS VOICE AND THINKING, 45:38 'OH BOY, I'VE GOT TO GET THAT BROCHURE OUT OF THE GARBAGE.' 45:42 AND I TOOK THAT AND PUT IT RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE REMOTE CONTROL - 45:47 BRIGHT COLORS, HE'LL SEE IT. >>FINALLY SAT DOWN IN MY LIVING 45:50 AND I PICKED UP THE REMOTE AND I SAW THAT ANGEL HOLDING 45:53 OUT THAT SCROLL. >>'WHOA, COOL! WHAT IS THIS?' 45:57 AND I WAS IN THE KITCHEN COOKING AND I THOUGHT, 'OH NO.' 46:00 >>AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I TURNED IT OVER AND THEN I SAW A 46:03 LITTLE BUILDING - A LITTLE CHURCH BUILDING - AND IT WASN'T 46:06 TOO FAR AWAY - IT WAS ABOUT SIX HOUSES DOWN AND IT SAID, 'FRIDAY 46:09 NIGHT.' >>AND I CERTAINLY WASN'T GOING. 46:12 I MEAN, IT WASN'T MY INTENTION TO GO. 46:14 >>I DIDN'T HAVE ANY SHOWS GOING ON THAT NIGHT AND SO I THOUGHT 46:17 IT WAS A ONE-NIGHT DEAL. I WENT AND AS I HEARD ABOUT THE 46:20 MILLENNIUM MAN I WAS JUST BLOWN AWAY. I DIDN'T WANT IT TO END. 46:25 I KNEW THAT WHAT I WAS HEARING WAS ALL FROM THE SCRIPTURES AND 46:27 IT WASN'T BASED ON HOLLYWOOD MOVIES OR OTHER BOOKS THAT WERE 46:30 WRITTEN. THEY SAID, 'COME AGAIN TOMORROW 46:32 NIGHT' AND I THOUGHT 'WOW, GREAT! 46:34 TWO NIGHTS.' SO I TRIED TO TELL MY WIFE ABOUT IT AND SHE STILL 46:38 WASN'T INTERESTED AND THEN SHE DECIDED TO COME. 46:40 >>I STARTED TO HEAR THE TRUTH, YOU KNOW, I STARTED TO GET FED. 46:44 >>EVERY NIGHT AFTER THE SEMINAR THEY WOULD HAND US AN AMAZING 46:47 FACTS STUDY GUIDE. I COULDN'T DO THOSE 46:49 THINGS FAST ENOUGH. >>THE BUSINESS KEPT US GOING 46:52 SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND IT WAS NIGHT AND DAY. 46:55 >>CREWS WORKING ALL AROUND THE CLOCK AND SO WHEN WE FINALLY 46:58 HEARD THE SABBATH MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, SO FAR EVERYTHING'S BEEN 47:01 TRUE - RIGHT FROM THE BIBLE. >>CHURCH ON SATURDAY - NO 47:04 WORK - ANYWAY, IT ALL CLICKED. >>BOTH OUR HEADS TURNED AT EACH 47:07 OTHER. OUR JAWS DROPPED OPEN. >>I SAID, 'WE CAN'T DO THAT.' 47:13 >>AND THE FIRST THING THAT CAME OUT OF MY MOUTH WAS 'WE HAVE 47:15 TO.' >>I KNEW THAT IT WOULD BE A 47:17 SACRIFICE AND I WAS IN FEAR ABOUT IT. 47:21 >>WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW WE WERE GOING TO DO IT, BUT WE TALKED TO 47:25 THE PASTOR ABOUT IT AND THE PASTOR SAID, 'WE'LL JUST PRAY 47:27 ABOUT IT AND GOD WILL OPEN DOORS. 47:29 >>I DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP ALL THE CONNECTIONS I'D MADE - ALL 47:32 THE NETWORKING - ALL THE MONEY - ALL THE INVESTMENT. 47:35 >>WE WENT TO THE BOARD AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER 47:38 CLOSING ON SATURDAY AND THEY AGREED TO. SO WE CLOSED THE 47:41 STOREFRONT ON SATURDAYS, BUT WE WERE STILL DOING PRODUCTIONS AND 47:44 THAT KIND OF BOTHERED US. SO A COUPLE MONTHS LATER GOD 47:48 OPENED A DOOR FOR MY WIFE - SHE EXITED THE COMPANY. 47:51 I PRAYED ABOUT IT AND GOD OPENED THE DOOR FOR ME TOO. 47:54 >>GARY, SHORTLY AFTER, WAS OFFERED A JOB BEING PAID MORE 47:58 MONEY THAN HE MADE AS AN OWNER OF THE COMPANY. 48:01 HE SAID, 'I'LL GIVE YOU A THOUSAND DOLLAR RAISE AND YOU 48:04 WILL NEVER WORK ANOTHER WEEKEND.' 48:07 >>AND WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE SABBATH AND ENJOY THE 48:11 WONDERFUL BLESSINGS THAT GOD HAD FOR US ON THE SABBATH DAY. 48:14 >>MY KIDS NEVER AGAIN HAD TO SAY, 'QUIT TALKING ABOUT WORK.' 48:18 AFTER THE SEMINAR WAS OVER MY WIFE AND I AND MY CHILDREN WERE 48:20 ALL BAPTIZED INTO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 48:23 EVEN IF I GAVE UP EVERYTHING, I KNEW THAT GOD WOULD HAVE 48:26 SOMETHING BETTER. >>I HAVE MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDING 48:30 AND THERE'S MUCH MORE DEPTH IN MY CHRISTIAN WALK WITH THE LORD. 48:34 >>WE STARTED AN AMAZING FACTS BIBLE SCHOOL AT OUR CHURCH. 48:37 IT ALLOWS ANYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES AND TO UNDERSTAND 48:41 THE END-TIMES. THE CHURCH CHANGED MY LIFE DRAMATICALLY AND 48:44 I'M VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT. (MUSIC) 48:53 >>(CRICKETS) (SPRINKLERS) (OMINOUS MUSIC) (DOG BARKING) 49:26 (FIRE ALARM) >>MOMMY, DADDY, HELP ME. 49:41 >>NO, I DON'T THINK SO. YOU DIDN'T DO VERY WELL ON YOUR 49:44 REPORT CARD THIS LAST QUARTER SO, NO. 49:47 >>YOU HAVEN'T BEEN PULLING YOUR WEIGHT AROUND HERE LATELY. 49:50 YOU WANT HELP? WELL, I WANTED HELP WITH THE DISHES LAST NIGHT. 49:54 HELP YOURSELF. >>HUH? 49:56 >>HONEY, DID YOU BRING THE MARSHMALLOWS? (SIRENS) (MUSIC) 50:23 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? YOU DON'T HAVE TO 50:26 WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, 50:30 VISIT THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY AT 'AFTV.ORG'. 50:35 AT 'AFTV.ORG' YOU CAN ENJOY VIDEO AND AUDIO PRESENTATIONS AS 50:40 WELL AS PRINTED MATERIAL ALL FREE OF CHARGE, 24 HOURS A DAY 7 50:45 DAYS A WEEK, RIGHT FROM YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. 50:48 VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'. >>IN THREE, TWO, ONE - ACTION! 50:56 (DRAMATIC MUSIC) >>THIS DOCUMENTARY COVERS A SPAN 51:07 FROM THE FIRST COMING OF JESUS AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE 51:11 CHURCH, UP UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 51:16 IT SHOWS THE GREAT APOSTASY THAT CREPT INTO THE CHURCH AND THEN, 51:22 ULTIMATELY, THE GREAT REVIVAL THROUGH THE GREAT REFORMATION. 51:27 THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH BATTLE. IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT 51:31 IS HAPPENING IN HALLUCINATIONS OF A PROPHET. 51:35 THOSE THINGS ARE PLAYED OUT IN REAL HISTORY. 51:49 >>THE SCARLET HARLOT WOMAN IN REVELATION 17, WHO REPRESENTS 51:52 THE CHURCH THAT HAS FALLEN INTO APOSTASY - AND WE THOUGHT, IN 51:57 THE CONTEXT OF THESE TWO POLAR OPPOSITE VISIONS IN REVELATION, 52:03 WE COULD TELL THE STORY OF WHAT THE DEVIL WANTED TO DO TO THE 52:06 CHURCH - THIS COUNTERFEIT CHURCH AND THIS PERSECUTING POWER - AND 52:10 THE REAL PURITY THAT GOD WANTED FOR HIS PEOPLE - THE PURE TRUTH 52:14 - THE PURE WORD. AND JUST SEE THE BATTLE - THE CONFLICT - 52:17 BETWEEN THESE TWO AND THE DRAGON APPEARS IN BOTH STORIES. 52:22 YOU'VE GOT THE SAME DRAGON - THAT SEVEN-HEADED DRAGON - IS 52:25 PERSECUTING THIS ONE WOMAN AND YET, THE OTHER WOMAN IS RIDING 52:29 UPON IT - THEY'RE WORKING IN COOPERATION - THEY'RE A TEAM. 52:33 THE CONTEXT OF THESE TWO VISIONS CREATES A VERY CLEAN WAY TO 52:37 ILLUSTRATE THE BATTLE BETWEEN TRUTH AND ERROR - TRUE 52:40 CHURCH/FALSE CHURCH - GOOD CHURCH/BAD CHURCH - PURE 52:44 CHURCH/DEFILED CHURCH - AND THAT'S THE GREAT CONTROVERSY 52:48 GOING ON IN THE RELIGIOUS WORLD TODAY. 52:51 >>WE DON'T WANT HER TO GO TO THE POINT WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE, 'OH 52:53 MAN, SHE'S KIND OF SCARY. >>NO, THE - THE FACE IS GOING 52:56 TO BE LIKE FLAWLESS BEAUTY. JUST INTENSE EYES. 53:01 I'VE GOT CRAZY LASHES. I'VE GOT LIKE THREE DIFFERENT 53:03 OPTIONS FOR LASHES. >>OKAY. 53:05 >>LIKE A REALLY VIBRANT LIP, YOU KNOW, SO JUST REALLY, REALLY 53:10 INTENSE IN THE FACE AND FLAWLESS. 53:12 BUT WE CAN ALSO DO, YOU KNOW, DECORATIVE STUFF TOO, LIKE WE 53:15 WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE HAND. >>AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD A PIECE 53:21 THAT'S A FALL AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE BRAIDS AND IT'S GOING TO 53:25 ADD MORE HAIR AND MORE WAVE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADD A 53:28 BUNCH OF JEWELS AND CROWNS AND GEMS AND JEWELRY. 53:34 >>SHE IS GOING TO BE HIGHLY DECORATED. 53:36 >>YEAH, DECORATIONS. >>THE WOMAN ON THE DRAGON ALSO 53:39 HAS WRITING ON HER FOREHEAD: MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT THE 53:44 MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND THE ABOMINATION OF THE EARTH. 53:47 WE HAD NICOLE, OUR MAKE-UP ARTIST, WRITE ALL THE ACTUAL 53:50 SCRIPTURE VERSE THERE, ON HER FOREHEAD, IN HEBREW. 53:54 ALL RIGHT, TAKE HER AROUND. VERY NICE. 53:59 DIP THE HEAD A LITTLE BIT. >>AS AN EVANGELIST - WE HAVE 54:03 PREACHED - FOR YEARS I'VE TALKED ABOUT REVELATION 17 - THIS 54:06 INFAMOUS WOMAN - AND I'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN AN ARTIST'S CONCEPT 54:11 THAT RIGHTLY PORTRAYS WHAT I THOUGHT IN MY MIND JOHN SAW IN 54:15 VISION AND IT JUST - SOMETHING ABOUT THE VIVID BRIGHT COLORS. 54:21 EVERYBODY THAT WALKED IN AND SAW THAT BEING SHOT, THEIR MOUTHS 54:25 FELL OPEN. I EXPECT THIS IS GOING TO BE - A 54:27 MIXTURE OF RESPONSES AND THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE WHEN YOU 54:31 SHARE TRUTH WITH PEOPLE. BUT THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH AND 54:35 SO WHEN PEOPLE SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE CHURCH AND THE 54:39 - THE GREAT COMPROMISE AND THE PERSECUTION THAT GOD'S PEOPLE 54:44 HAVE GONE THROUGH, EVEN AT THE HANDS OF PROFESSED CHRISTIANS. 54:48 I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY, 'WOW, HOW COME I NEVER SAW 54:52 THIS BEFORE? I'M GOING TO TAKE A STAND FOR THE TRUTH. 54:56 I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT MY LIFE. 54:58 THIS IS GOING TO LIBERATE ME. THIS IS GOING TO MAKE ME A 55:00 BETTER PERSON. THIS IS A BETTER PICTURE OF GOD.' 55:03 ANYTHING WE DO TO DISTORT THE TRUTH OR TO COVER THE TRUTH, IT 55:07 HIDES OR VEILS JESUS IN SOME WAY. 55:10 AND SO, THIS FILM - WE'RE WANTING TO TEAR THE VEIL AWAY 55:12 AND REALLY SHOW WHO JESUS IS THROUGH A PURE VIEW OF THE 55:16 TRUTH. AND EVERYBODY IS AFFECTED BY THAT. (MUSIC) 55:46 >>PORT ROYAL, HERE IN JAMAICA, WAS ONCE CONSIDERED THE 55:49 MOST WICKED CITY IN THE WORLD. THEY HAD MORE BARS AND BROTHELS 55:53 PER SQUARE FOOT THAN ANY OTHER PLACE ON THE PLANET. 55:56 IT WAS SAID TO BE JUST FULL OF CUTTHROATS AND PIRATES BUT, 55:59 DURING THIS TIME, THE KING OF FRANCE, LOUIS XIV, HE BEGAN TO 56:03 PERSECUTE THE PROTESTANTS AND THE HUGUENOTS IN THE KINGDOM AND 56:06 MANY FLED. THAT'S WHEN LOUIS GALDY AND HIS 56:09 BROTHER LAURENT CAME TO PORT ROYAL. 56:13 WHEN LOUIS GALDY ARRIVED, HE WAS ABSOLUTELY DUMBFOUNDED AT THE 56:17 UNRESTRAINED IMMORALITY, VIOLENCE, AND EXTRAVAGANCE THAT 56:20 FILLED PORT ROYAL. THAT'S WHY NOBODY WAS SURPRISED 56:23 WHEN THE JUDGMENT OF GOD FINALLY HAPPENED. 56:26 JUST BEFORE NOON ON JUNE 7, 1692, THERE WAS A MASSIVE 56:30 EARTHQUAKE THAT AFFECTED THE WHOLE ISLAND, PORT ROYAL, IN 56:33 PARTICULAR. TWO THIRDS OF IT SLID INTO THE SEA. 56:37 THEN CAME A TSUNAMI. THOUSANDS PERISHED. 56:39 UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN LOUIS GALDY WAS SWALLOWED UP IN THE 56:42 EARTHQUAKE. YOU KNOW, MUCH OF JAMAICA IS A 56:48 ROCK, BUT PORT ROYAL WAS BUILT ON THE SAND. 56:51 AND SO, WHEN THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK, THE SAND VIRTUALLY 56:54 LIQUEFIED, SWALLOWING MUCH OF THE CITY AND THOUSANDS OF 56:56 PEOPLE. LOUIS GALDY WAS BURIED ALIVE, 57:00 BUT WHILE UNDERGROUND HE WAS STILL CONSCIOUS AND HE PRAYED. 57:04 HE RESIGNED HIMSELF TO HIS FATE, PRAYED TO THE LORD, AND THEN 57:08 ANOTHER MIRACLE HAPPENED. THERE WAS AN AFTERSHOCK, 57:10 WITH VOLCANIC ACTIVITY, THAT EXPLODED, BLOWING LOUIS GALDY 57:14 OUT OF THE EARTH HUNDREDS OF YARDS OFF INTO THE SEA WHERE HE 57:18 HAD A PRETTY HARD LANDING, BUT HE WAS ABLE TO SWIM 57:20 UNTIL HE WAS RESCUED. LOUIS GALDY DEDICATED THE 57:23 REMAINING 47 YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO SERVING JESUS IN THIS ISLAND 57:27 AND HE'S EVEN BURIED HERE STILL TODAY. 57:34 YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE TELLS US, JUST BEFORE JESUS COMES BACK THE 57:37 CONDITIONS IN THE WORLD WILL BE VERY MUCH LIKE THEY WERE IN 57:39 SODOM AND IN PORT ROYAL. THERE'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS 57:43 EARTHQUAKE AND EVEN ISLANDS WILL BE SWALLOWED UP. BUT GOD'S 57:46 PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE AFRAID. THE SAME WAY THAT THE LORD TOOK 57:49 CARE OF LOUIS GALDY, HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 57:51 IT SAYS IN PSALM 91 THAT YOU MIGHT SEE A THOUSAND FALL AT 57:54 YOUR SIDE OR TEN THOUSAND AT YOUR RIGHT HAND, BUT ONLY WITH 57:57 YOUR EYES WILL YOU SEE AND BEHOLD THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 58:00 WICKED. HE CAN PROTECT YOU AND RESURRECT YOU. 58:03 (MUSIC) |
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