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Welcome to Heavens Declare.
I'm Jim Burr and we're here to
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share more programs. The title
of our program today would be
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The Great Controversy and
it's a space story. It starts in
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space, outside of the earth. But
before we get to that someone
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was asking me just today what
about these planets that are
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headed toward earth that are
going to knock earth off it's
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orbit? And it's always the same
thing that's been going around
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the internet for years. There's
some planet coming our way. NASA
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knows about it. They won't tell
anybody because their afraid
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people will freak out over this.
Actually in February 2016 a man
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was actually killed in India.
You can go on the internet and
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see the picture of a hole in the
ground where an asteroid came
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and yes there are, as we've
talked about before, thousands
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of asteroids that cross the
orbit of our earth. But right
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now we don't know of any that
are going to crash and NASA is
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looking for these things. In
fact, there was one in, I think
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it was, February 2014. It was a
tremendous thing. It hit Russia.
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Every year we have several that
get quite close to the earth,
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come within the orbit of our
geosynchronous satellites. These
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satellites are broadcast at
23,000 miles out there and we
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had one in 2016 that actually
came inside the orbit of the
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geosynchronous satellites.
There's actually been a space
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watch program. NASA has a space
watch program. You could get a
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grant of $25,000. University of
North Dakota did and there's a
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doctor in Flagstaff, Arizona
that bought one of our big 18
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inch telescopes and I've
been down to see it. It's in an
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observatory and he'll go around
and take a picture of the sky
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and completely cover the sky.
Then four hours later he takes
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the same picture. Then he goes
to bed and next morning, he gets
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up and he puts it on a computer.
All the stars will be there but
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an asteroid moving our way would
cause a streak on the screen.
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He's discovered over 500
of these earth-approaching
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asteroids. So NASA is trying to
find them. I mean, we could get
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hit today. But every day
of creation was very good so I
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think this is something that has
happened since the late heavy
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bombardment which happened since
creation, probably at the time
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of the flood. We talked about
that in one of our programs. If
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you have an interest in that you
might want to get this series
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from 3ABN, The Heavens Declare.
The first graphic we have I want
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to show you a little bit about
what I do and that's design
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telescopes, invent telescopes.
This is the binocular telescope.
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It's a six inch. So you get a
six-inch telescope for each eye
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and you see the lady looking
down there into the scope.
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You can see the two eye
pieces. So you actually can look
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straight up by looking straight
down. You see it's got handle
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bars so you can scan around the
sky. The next graphic shows a
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larger instrument. There's a 10-
inch binocular telescope on the
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right and then the 14-inch
on the left. This is kind of a
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world famous guy known in the
field of astronomy, Tony Hallis,
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and he bought the 10-inch
telescope and then I began
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getting e-mails from him. One
day there was a message saying
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he would never, ever, ever, ever
look through a one eye piece
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telescope again. Another day
he sent me an e-mail saying that
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he had more aesthetic pleasure
in three nights with this 10
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inch binocular than he did with
a 25-inch telescope. He came
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back and traded it in on a
larger binocular. But I want to
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show you the scope that he had
and he said that this 10-inch
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scope out performed this
humongous 25-inch scope that you
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see on the screen. Can you
imagine moving one of those
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instruments? That is a major
job moving and setting it up and
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dismantling it and he said
that little 10-inch binocular
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actually out-performed and he
had more aesthetic pleasure in
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three nights than he had
in a whole year with that big
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monstrosity. Then he got
the 14-inch binocular telescope.
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You see when you use just one
eye you get eye fatigue, your
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eye gets tired when you just
look with one eye. But with the
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binocular using both eyes... You
walk around for a day like this
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you can see what life looks
like You see more than double
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actually and your eyes dilate
and the longer you look the more
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you see. So a binocular
telescope, there's nothing like
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that. So today we want to talk
about the great controversy.
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This is something that started
in heaven and you can find this
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in Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28
which talk about war in heaven.
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So I'd like to read from Isaiah
14. In verse 12 it says...
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You know, like God himself. Well
Lucifer did not have the ability
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to create. If we go over to
Ezekiel 28, it's always easy to
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remember that, you take Isaiah
14 and just double it, Ezekiel
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28 tells more about
this. In verse 13 it says:...
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And so we see there was war
in heaven. The Bible tells us
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Michael and his angels fought
against Satan and his angels.
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It may have been more a battle
of rhetoric, a war of words,
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because you see Satan using the
I, I, I, will do that. The Bible
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tells us he's the accuser of
the brethren and apparently the
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accuser of God. So he was a
trouble maker and he talked to
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angels. We have 10,000
times 10,000 and thousands and
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thousands of angels and Lucifer
had apparently had conversation
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probably with
every one of those angels
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because the Bible tells us that
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one-third of the angels followed
him, left God, and two-thirds of
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the angels decided to stay with
God. I had a problem in my work
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place some years ago and I had
a fellow that was causing a lot
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of problems in the work place
and when I'd be gone on weekends
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lecturing I'd come back and I
had some disgruntled employees
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and I eventually lost about a
third of my employees. I wasn't
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really sure how it happened,
who was the trouble maker at the
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very beginning but a third of
them left and about two-thirds
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of them stayed. Now he was
obviously talking about me and
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whatever it was he was saying
and the employees that stayed,
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they heard him talking about
me they'd be wondering was this
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true? Was this true? Was there
any truth to this? So I would
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assume that what Lucifer
was saying about God to all the
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angels, he was trying to recruit
everybody. He wanted everybody
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to go with him but two-thirds
stayed with God but in their
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minds wouldn't they be wondering
was there any truth to what they
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they heard. So we had war in
heaven. When you have a conflict
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like that you need a jury to
decide who's true, who's right,
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who's wrong. Satan was the
accuser of the brethren. If God
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had just destroyed Satan... I
mean, he knew he was right, he
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knew the devil was wrong, he
could have just zapped him and
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he'd have been gone. But in
a court room setting, I want to
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think about this great
controversy from the picture of
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a court room. In the court
room setting, you've got to have
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somebody neutral. You've got
to have the jury. You know how
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careful they are in selecting
a jury, they're so careful about
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that. They quiz them, they
question them. Do you believe
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in the death penalty? Have you
read the newspapers? Do you know
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anything about the case? They're
very, very careful in selecting
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a jury. Well you've got to find
somebody neutral, somebody that
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isn't starting out with opinion.
Well there was nobody in the
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the universe that was neutral.
You see a third, according to
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the Bible, had gone with Satan,
two-thirds stayed with God. Who
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is going to be the judge? God's
hands were tied. He could not
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destroy Lucifer because what
happens in a court room if the
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defendant kills the plaintiff,
you see? Who's guilty? What is
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the jury going to say? So
God said, can't get rid of him.
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We're going to have to take this
court to the earth and let the
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earth... You know we're a
spectacle to the angels. The
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angels will be watching this.
Let us see what the result is,
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let this play out. Let's see how
bad things get with a devil in
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control of the earth. He's
called the god of this world.
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I don't know if you knew the
Bible says that, the god of this
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world, small g,
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OK. He's the god of this world.
So here we have earth as a
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court room and God is on trial
here. God put himself on trial.
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So we see all the misery. You
see this is the most difficult
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question that I hear people call
in on the radio all the time.
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The most difficult question
pastors have to deal with is why
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do bad things happen to good
people? You hear people call in
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and you know their heart is
broken. My friend, my brother,
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you know was such a good
Christian and they got hit by a
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train or truck or something.
Or they got cancer. Starving
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children, where is God? People
have this question. You know
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atheists even come at us with
these questions. If there's a
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God why are there starving
children? Why is there war? Why
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is there so much abuse
and blood shed on this planet?
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But we need to put the blame
where it is, where it needs to
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go and that is to Satan because
he causes all the problems. Did
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ever see a child that could
get their brother or sister in
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trouble? There are some kids
that are just masters at getting
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their brother and sister
in trouble. So this is kind of
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what's going on here on
earth. The devil causes all the
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problems he can cause because
he knows that God's going to get
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the blame. Starving children,
where is God? People ask those
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questions. So we see the result
of misery, war and death and
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destruction and disease and we
see all this stuff on earth and
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it's caused by Satan. God
says I'm going to show you my
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goodness. Moses said to the Lord
let me see your glory and the
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Lord said I will make my
goodness pass before you.
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So the Lord shows us all
his beautiful creation, whether
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we're talking about the universe
whether we're talking about the
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microscope, the mountains, the
trees, the hills, the flowers,
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the little children, you
know, all of the things God has
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created and it is so amazing.
I have discovered that he has
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given you 20,000 herbs
and spices. The Bible says he
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satisfies your mouth with good
things. You know he wouldn't
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have had to give you cinnamon.
You like cinnamon on your rolls?
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You like oregano for your pizza?
You think of cumin and oregano,
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all the things God has given
us to just add. We wouldn't need
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all of that. But it's just the
goodness of God that he's given
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us thousands of foods. What
a creator. All the beautiful
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things. He's just done
everything to show us his
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goodness. The Bible tells us in
Romans that the goodness of the
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Lord leads us to repentance
and we all need to be repenting
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because we're all sinners,
aren't we? So in the court room
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scene, this earth being
the court room, the angels are
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watching. We're a spectacle to
the angels, we're a spectacle to
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the universe. Now if God decides
to solve every problem, cure
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every cancer, feed every child
on earth, that's tampering with
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the evidence. In a court room
scene, if you tamper with the
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evidence, what happens? You have
a mistrial. If God fixes every
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problem on earth, and he does
answer our prayer, I've seen him
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answer prayer, I know he answers
prayers, he wants to answer
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prayer, but he does not solve
every problem on earth because
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the devil is the god of this
world. Again, it's a small g.
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He's the ruler of this world. If
God solved every problem, that's
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tampering with the evidence. We
have a mistrial. You see if he
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solved every problem on earth
the angels who are watching us
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go like huh, God says he's
really bad. I don't see he is so
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bad. You see the problem? God
can't tamper with the evidence.
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Some people have told me this
really helps to understand why
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bad things happen to good people
you see. Once again, I've seen
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God answer prayer right in front
of my eyes. Some stories I can't
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tell you because people might
be watching who would know these
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stories, but I tell you, I have
seen prayers answered over and
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over again. But yet this earth
is a court room. God is on trial
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here and God can't solve every
problem, because that would be
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tampering with the evidence. If
we look at Revelation 12:10, it
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says: And I heard a loud
voice saying in heaven now is
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salvation and strength and the
kingdom of our God and the power
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of Christ, for the accuser of
the brethren is cast down which
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accused them before God day and
night and they overcame him by
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the blood of the lamb and
by the word of their testimony.
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And they loved not their life to
the death. Freedom is important
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to God. Revelation 12:12,
Rejoice ye heavens, woe to the
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earth because Satan is cast
down. Heavens rejoice, rejoice,
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rejoice ye heavens, the devil is
cast out of heaven but woe, woe
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to the earth because he is cast
down to the earth. He's very
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angry because he knows that he
has a short time. So along this
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line, why did Jesus have to die?
People say will Jesus died for
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my sins. Why did Jesus have
to die? I think a way of talking
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about that and illustrating that
and expanding on that a little
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bit, you know, if you get a
ticket and you go before the
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judge and the judge says you
know don't worry about it. We're
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all about grace, come on we
don't want to make anybody mad
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or angry. Just be careful
but don't worry about paying the
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fine, OK. And that's the way
some people want grace, you see.
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They just want grace. They don't
want to hear about the scripture
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that says straight is the gate,
and narrow is the way and few
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there be that find it. The
scripture that says there is a
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holiness without which no one
will see the Lord. I think that
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is probably the holiness of
Christ. But if the judge is just
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all about grace, what kind of a
planet do we live on, what kind
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of a world do we live on? Don't
worry, there's no penalty, you
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see. Now if you get a ticket,
you go before the judge, and the
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judge says that will be $100
for running that red light, the
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judge doesn't care who pays the
fine. He doesn't care, just pay
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the fine. Your very best friend
could come in and write a check
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and the judge is happy; the
judge is happy. But if it's your
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very best friend that paid
the bill are you going to keep
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running red lights, keep
speeding? You see if you have
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respect for the law because the
law has some teeth, the law has
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a penalty. If the judge
just says, you know, don't worry
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about it, it's all about grace
and we don't do any penalties
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here and you disregard the law
you wouldn't want to live in a
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place like that would you
because it wouldn't be safe.
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Everybody would be running
red lights and nobody paying any
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attention to the law. So the law
has to have some teeth in it.
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So, again, the judge doesn't
care who pays the fine. But when
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it comes to the law of God, you
see, we're bankrupt, we're all
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sinful. You look at Romans
5. It talks about in Adam, what
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happened in Adam, it passed to
all men, death and sin by one,
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it passed to all of us. You and
I might say why is that fair.
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I wish I'd been back in the
Garden of Eden. I'd like to have
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a shot at that. Why is it fair
for me to be condemned because
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of Adam's sin. Well you read in
Romans 5, five times in Romans
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5 it talks about the fact that
death came by one man but the
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word says much more has been
given to us in Christ. Much more
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has been given to us in Christ.
So what we lost in Adam, and we
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weren't there to have a part
in it but we have inherited that
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through Adam. It tells us in
Romans 5, five times that God
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has given us much more much more
in Christ. The debt for that sin
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that we have committed is so
great it would take the richest
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person billions and billions
on earth and it still wouldn't
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pay the debt. But you see Jesus
had credentials to pay the debt.
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Now Jesus is your best friend.
Do you respect the law, do you
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obey the law, do you follow the
law? Yes, if your best friend
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gets you out of jail, your best
friend gets you out of trouble,
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now you have respect for
the law. You see you can't run a
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company or a family or a nation
or a universe without law and
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it's law that makes it civil,
you have to have law to run
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anything and everything. So
therefore, you have respect for
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the law because there are
some teeth in the law. Now a
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conversation that goes on in the
Christian world. Are you going
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be sinning until Jesus comes?
This is a debate that goes on in
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Sabbath School classes and other
meetings. Some say yes, I'm just
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human; I'm going to be sinning
till Jesus comes. And others say
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no you have to be perfect,
you have to be an overcomer,
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perfectly overcome before
the end, the second coming. Some
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thoughts I have on that I'd like
to share with you. Will you be
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sinning till Jesus comes? Yes
and no. Yes and no. People use
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the excuse and say well I'm just
human, I'm just human you know.
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And some use that as excuse for
living a sinful life, excusing
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their sins. The Bible would say
making provision for the flesh.
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I guess Ellen White would
say that, that people are making
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provision for the flesh. I'm
just human. You know, I'm going
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sin because I'm just human.
And yes, we are human and yes we
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make mistakes. We make mistakes
right here trying to tape this
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program because sometimes the
words come out wrong and we have
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to go back and redo it
again. We're human, we do make
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mistakes. I'd like to suggest
you probably can't get in your
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car and drive for a couple of
hours without make some
mistakes. You're going
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go over the line, you're going
to speed, you're not going to
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a complete stop. Because we're
human we make those mistakes.
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So yes. But if we are planning
or making provision for those
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mistakes. You see that's where
the grace comes in. So I guess
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I would say that we are not
going to be making plans to sin
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until Jesus comes. We need
to overcome those inherited and
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cultivated tendencies to sin. We
must overcome those. But we're
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do we make mistakes, yes,
because Ellen White tells us
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that as long as life shall last
we shall have self to subdue
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and besetting sins to overcome.
So are you going to sin till
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Jesus comes? We are not going
to be preparing to sin, we're
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not going to be planning to sin.
We're not going to be making
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provisions for our sin. We're
not going to be excusing our sin
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and say well I'm only human
and therefore, I'm going to be
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sinning tell Jesus comes.
So we need to pray for power to
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overcome. In this program, back
a ways, we were talking about
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the fact that God put this
incredible power in a paper clip
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and in a penny. The energy
in the atoms of the penny is, if
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you could convert that to
chemical energy, it would be
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2.2 million gallons of gasoline.
In a paper clip, there is enough
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in those atoms to create and
to make 18,000 tons of TNT, in a
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paper clip. So with that kind of
power, God can speak that power
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into the atom. Do you think that
your problems are big for him?
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If even in a paper clip the
energy there would be equal to
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18,000 tons of TNT. We have
another statement from Ellen
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White where she says that Satan
knows better than the children
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of God the power that they can
have over him when their trust
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is in Christ. So yes folks,
are we sinning till Jesus comes?
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Yes, and no. We're human as long
as life shall last we have self
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to subdue, besetting sins to
overcome, but folks if we are
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saying well you know I know I'm
a sinner and it's because I'm
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human I make these mistakes.
Yes, we do make mistakes, but we
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don't prepare for them, we don't
plan for them, we don't cherish
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them, we discuss it with him, we
hate them and we are longing and
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praying for the day when we
can be total overcomers and the
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power is in Christ. I love that.
Satan knows better, I mean he
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knows he's defeated. Satan knows
better than the children of God
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the power they can have
when their trust is in Christ.
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The other grave concern I have
folks is the Bible says love not
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the world. I have a real concern
because I see it in so many
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families. I see people who can't
get through the weekend without
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a blockbuster movie and being
caught up in the music and the
00:26:37.43\00:26:40.53
materialism and the sports,
all the things of this world.
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The Bible says love not the
world and I'm afraid that people
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would not enjoy heaven, the
holiness of heaven. And how,
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tell me how could a Christian
watch a Hollywood movie with all
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the violence and all the blood
shed and all the profanity, when
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the angels cover their faces,
the angels who never sin, cover
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their faces when they speak
God's name. Folks, there is a
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holiness without which no one
will see the Lord. We need to
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put away the world, the things
of the world, all the things of
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the world, we need to put
them away. God is not going to
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torture you in hell or in heaven
I know Christians... I've been
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their home and I've seen the
Hollywood movies and I go like
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they're not going to enjoy
heaven if they can't get through
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the weekend without watching
a Hollywood movie. Well our time
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is gone again. I want to thank
you for watching Heavens Declare
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We have more programs coming up.
I just want to say thanks again.
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God bless.
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