Birds, bats and bees,
fish, dolphin and whales,
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they are dying around
the world in record numbers,
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is this a fulfillment
of Biblical prophecy?
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That's our topic
on His Voice Today.
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Mass Animal Deaths:
Another sign of the end?
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That's our topic
today on His Voice Today.
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In the book of Luke chapter
21 we have a very clear sermon
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given by Jesus
Christ 2,000 years ago
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as he sat upon the Mount
of Olives with His disciples.
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He described many
things in this chapter
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and if you look at verse 27,
He clearly describes His return.
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Verse 27 says that,
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Now, not only does He
describe the day of His return,
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but prior to this verse,
He describes many apocalyptic
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signs that would take
place right before He comes.
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One of these signs is described
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in verse 11,
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or a sequence of signs,
in verse 11 Jesus said, that:
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Notice this
phrase, "fearful sights,
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great signs would be
taking place in heaven. "
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Now I don't claim to
know exactly everything
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that Jesus meant by this phrase
"fearful sights and great signs"
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but I have a feeling that
it does apply to many things
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that we can see
around the world right now.
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One of these "fearful
sights" certainly took place
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in the little town
of Beebe, Arkansas,
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at the beginning of 2011,
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it's actually at the end
of 2010 beginning of 2011,
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January 1 when people
in this small town woke up
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and they looked around
and they were shocked to see
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the bodies of approximately
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5,000 birds that had
just fallen down from the sky
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they were on lawns,
they were on top of cars,
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they were in the streets,
they were on the tops of houses,
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the media described this as
a scene from a horror movie,
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the reports went
out around the Country
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and around the world,
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5,000 birds...
falling from the sky,
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what is going on?
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Well, if this was
just an isolated event,
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it wouldn't be so significant,
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but amazingly, the very next
day another report came out,
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about 100,000 fish found dead
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along the Arkansas River
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and that had happened the
day before, one day earlier
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and it was about a
hundred miles away.
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So you got Beebe, Arkansas,
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you got the Arkansas River,
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so you got the birds coming down
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and then you've
got all this fish
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washing up the shore.
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Well, that's just the
beginning of the bizarre events
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that were taking
place at that time
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and they had
continued to take place.
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Two days later, there was
a report of 500 earthquakes
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in the same area,
between those two events.
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And believe me,
people were spooked
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and the media was on top of
this and they were reporting
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about these strange
events and then asking,
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"What's going on,
why is this happening?"
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January 5, just a
couple of days later,
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another report
came out on CBS News,
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that two million dead
fish had washed ashore
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along the coast of Maryland.
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Two million fish...
you've got 5,000 birds,
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you've got a 100,000 fish,
you've got all these earthquakes
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in between the
birds and the fish,
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and then you've got more fish
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washing ashore in
the Chesapeake Bay.
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Another report came out,
January 5 about more dead birds,
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here it says... this
is an article from MSNBC,
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The plot thickens?
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Dead birds found in
Sweden and Kentucky.
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First it was New
Year's Eve, the article states
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talking about Central Arkansas
and the birds that came down,
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and now, the disasters
and the strange occurrences
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of birds... it
just continues to go on
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one after another, the
plot continues to thicken.
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January 5... 40,000 dead crabs
washed shore in Kent, England,
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and here's an article that says,
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"40,000 crabs join the slew
of animal-death mysteries. "
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Animal-death mysteries...
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I tell you, the media...
it was definitely stirred
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over these events,
and here's another one,
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January 17, 10,000 dead
cows and Buffalo die in Vietnam,
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and the reports
just continue to come in
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and people around the world,
reporters, television programs,
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radio... they were reporting
on these bizarre events
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that were happening
rapid-fire, one after another.
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And these strange
occurrences have continued since
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January of 2011,
rapid-fire, to this very moment.
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I've got a list
here of animal die-offs,
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and I've got 20
pages, and I've read these
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and I've looked at
these, it's just not Arkansas,
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it's not just
Maryland, it's not just Vietnam,
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the list just goes on
and on and on and on and on.
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Peru... dolphins washing ashore,
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other places where there's a
whole beach full of dead Orcas
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and people are
looking at these things
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and they are
wondering what is going on.
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I don't know if you've
heard about all of the...
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all of the bees
that are disappearing.
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But this is a
major... a major concern.
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if the bee
population gets too decimated,
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they're calling it a
"Colony Collapse Disorder,"
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a third of the food
supply of the world,
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is connected to pollination
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and if any sizable amount
of bees continue to disappear,
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it could just do terrible things
to the world's food supply.
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There's also evidence that
the bats along the East Coast,
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are disappearing rapidly,
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and the list just
goes on and on and on.
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fish, whales,
bees, dolphins, birds...
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scientists are wondering
what in the world is going on,
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and they're trying to
figure these things out.
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As I've read news reports
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on these different
mass-animal die-offs,
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I've read different explanations
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of why these
things are happening,
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various reasons are
given, but many times
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the experts really
say that they don't know.
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Sometimes it's connected to
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weather patterns
and weather changes,
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extreme cold
weather that's not usual,
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other times it may be connected
to environmental pollutions,
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poisons, there's all
kinds of conspiratory theories
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about, maybe the
Governments involved in this,
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lot of ideas,
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and I'm not saying that I
agree with all these ideas,
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but I do know that
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in the midst of all of
these mass animal die-offs,
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and the studies
that are being done,
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that many times the
experts are absolutely clueless.
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They just really
don't know what is going on,
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why is this happening,
they're continuing to study
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and to try to figure out what
is happening on Planet Earth.
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There are a
number of Bible verses
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I'd like to
direct your attention to,
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that I think are extremely
timely, they're significant,
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I think that this
book has something to say,
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about these
mass animal die-offs,
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and a number of months
ago, I was contacted by
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National
Geographic International,
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they wanted me to
fly to Washington, D.C.
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and to be involved in the
documentary about these things,
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and they wanted me to
represent the Biblical position,
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to share with those that
may watch the documentary
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whether these events have
anything to do with the Bible.
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Of course, the majority of
"experts"... they don't think so
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they think these are
just natural occurrences
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but a lot of people are
really spooked about it,
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and there are
many that do believe
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that these bizarre deaths
of so many animals and birds
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and fish and bees
and whatever else,
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that somehow there may be a
connection with Bible prophecy.
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I personally believe
that there is a connection.
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Let's take a look at a
verse, a couple of verses
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in the book of Job,
scholars tell us that Job was
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probably the first
book ever written...
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that was probably written by
Moses, out in the wilderness,
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when he fled from Pharaoh,
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even though it's not
listed as the first book,
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it is probably the
first book that was written
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and in Job chapter 12,
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there is an
amazing series of verses,
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that talk about the
things that God has made,
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the creatures
that He has formed.
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Verse 7 says:
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So these verses are clear
that we can look to the beasts,
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we can look to the fish,
we can look to the birds,
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and we can
learn... we can learn things
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that God wants to
teach us from His creatures.
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"Ask the animals and they will
teach you... " the Bible says.
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Now obviously we can
learn a lot of lessons,
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by looking at the
creatures that God has made,
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there's a verse in
the Bible that says,
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to look at the ant, how
the ant gathers it's food
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and prepares for the winter,
and how we don't want to be lazy
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we want to be like the ant,
and we want to prepare ourselves
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for things that are ahead of us,
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there are a lot of
verses in the Bible
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that talk about what we
can learn from the animals,
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and most of the time, it's
describing how we can learn
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by looking at them
while they are alive.
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But what about...
from their deaths?
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Can we learn
things from their deaths
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especially these mass
deaths that have been happening
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in increasing frequency
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especially since
the beginning of 2011.
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Well, let's find out,
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let's take a look
at some other verses,
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and see what the
Bible actually says.
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Can we learn from the global
demise of God's creatures?
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In the book of Hosea chapter
4 there is an amazing sequence
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of verses that I believe have
tremendous relevance to us today
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lessons from Hosea
chapter 4 verses 1 to 3
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and then verse
9, the Bible says,
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here in this verse we
find that God had a controversy
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with the people back
in those ancient days
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"for there's no truth or mercy
or knowledge of God in the land
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by swearing, and lying,
and killing, and stealing,
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and committing adultery,
they break all restraint
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with bloodshed upon bloodshed. "
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Now this verse is listing
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different ones of
the 10 Commandments,
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swearing is Commandment number 3
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lying is number 9,
committing adultery is number 7,
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bloodshed upon bloodshed
is Commandment number 6,
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and God is listing
how the people of the land
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were violating
the 10 Commandments,
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one after
another, after another,
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it was just
rampant throughout Society.
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Now, then we go to verse
3, look at what that says,
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"Therefore the land will mourn
and everyone who dwells there
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will waste away with
the beasts of the field
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and the birds of the air
and even the fish of the sea
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will be taken away,
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and so what this
verse is telling us
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is that when Society was full
of sin and breaking God's law,
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the result would even
ripple into the animal kingdom
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and animals would
start dying, en masse,
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as a result of the
breaking of God's law
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that had to do with people,
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now then, if you
go down to verse 9,
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and verse 9 is a
rather scary verse,
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Verse 9 tells us that
after the animals suffer
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as a result of man's sin,
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then it talks about the people,
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how I will punish
them for their ways.
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So you look at the sequence,
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God had a controversy
with the land, with the people,
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they were breaking
the 10 Commandments,
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the animals and the birds
and the fish will be taken away,
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and then, verse 9 says
that people would be next.
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Now, many people say to me,
"Well, that was ancient Israel
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that has nothing to do
with our world today. "
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But when you look at
1st Corinthians chapter 10
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verse 11, the
Bible is very clear
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that Israel's history...
ancient Israel's history
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is a Lesson Book for
those of us that live
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right before the
end of the world.
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You can read it
right in your own Bible,
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in 1st Corinthians
chapter 10, verse 11.
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Now let's go to
Revelation chapter 11
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and let's look at verse 18,
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Revelation 11:18
clearly describes
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an apocalyptic sequence,
it describes events that are
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going to be taking place
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right before
the end of the world
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it talks about the
nations being angry,
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about God's wrath coming,
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the time of the dead
that they should be judged,
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and that God
should give a reward,
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to his servants the
prophets, and to the saints,
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and to those who fear
His name small and great
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and then the
last part of verse 18,
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says, notice
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"... that He will destroy
those who destroy the earth. "
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The Bible says,
God will finally...
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at the very end... destroy
those who destroy the earth.
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And as I look at this verse
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about humanity
destroying the earth,
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there's no doubt in my mind that
that it is happening right now.
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I'm not a rabid Environmentalist
but I certainly do appreciate
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the world that God has given me,
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our family lives in the
mountains in North Idaho,
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and we appreciate
the beauties of nature,
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and as you look
around the world,
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increasingly it is being just
devastated by the things of man,
00:15:08.34\00:15:14.24
and that there's
just so much pollution,
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there's so much
waste, nuclear waste,
00:15:17.05\00:15:19.61
that is being pumped
into the environment,
00:15:19.65\00:15:21.65
I heard about a whole island,
about the State of Texas,
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it's really... it's in an island
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that's out in the Pacific Ocean
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and they call it
the Plastic Island,
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there was a book
written about this
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that somehow the
ocean currents have
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accumulated all of this plastic
and quarantined it in one area,
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out in the middle of the ocean,
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that again is as big as
the... the State of Texas.
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So it's no secret that
there's a lot of pollution
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and corruption... a
lot of this is fueled by
00:15:44.77\00:15:46.31
big business and industry
that don't care about humanity,
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I certainly put
people above animals,
00:15:50.18\00:15:53.31
but as I look at what's
happening around the world,
00:15:53.35\00:15:55.78
and I look at
mankind destroying the earth,
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and I look at the Bible,
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it tells me that
one of these days,
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God is going to say,
00:16:02.49\00:16:03.83
"Enough is
enough, enough is enough"
00:16:03.86\00:16:05.59
and He is going to step in
00:16:05.63\00:16:07.00
and it says...
the Scripture says,
00:16:07.06\00:16:08.86
that He will destroy
those who destroy the earth
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and there's no doubt in my mind,
00:16:12.27\00:16:13.84
that the mass animal die-offs
are connected to the destruction
00:16:13.87\00:16:17.97
that is occurring because
of the greed and the pollution
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and a lot of the waste,
00:16:22.28\00:16:24.81
that is coming
from the human race,
00:16:24.85\00:16:27.08
and it's a tragedy.
00:16:27.12\00:16:29.02
We live in a polluted,
sinful, mixed up crazy world
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and it's not
going to get any better,
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it's only going to get worse
00:16:34.56\00:16:35.92
until the Lord comes
and makes it all better
00:16:35.96\00:16:38.49
and that's the hope that we have
00:16:38.53\00:16:40.50
and we'll talk about that more,
00:16:40.53\00:16:42.56
we've got a lot to
say about what is coming
00:16:42.60\00:16:45.83
and the hope that we have.
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There is a light at
the end of the tunnel
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and it's not a train.
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It's going to be ultimately
the return of Jesus Christ
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to get rid of sin
and sorrow and suffering
00:16:54.44\00:16:56.28
and we'll look at that
before we're done today,
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but let's look a little
bit more about the animals...
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let's talk about the animals...
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Matthew chapter 24
is an amazing chapter
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where Jesus... back
on the Mount of Olives
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describes events leading
up to the end of the world,
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things that are
going to be happening,
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all over the Planet,
and in verses 37 to 39
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Jesus said: "As it
was in the Days of Noah
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so also will the
coming of the son of man be.
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For as in the days
that were before the flood,
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they were eating and drinking
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and marrying and
giving in marriage,
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until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
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and they did not know
00:17:36.28\00:17:37.99
until the flood came
and took them all away,
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so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be. "
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These verses are very clear,
00:17:45.03\00:17:46.70
Jesus is very clear
that there will be some
00:17:46.73\00:17:49.70
definite parallels
between Noah's ancient days
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and the days on earth
right before his return,
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right before the
end of the world.
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That's exactly what He says.
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Now if you go back
to the days of Noah,
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and you look at what
happened in Genesis 6, 7 and 8,
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it's amazing that Noah built the
ark... it took him 120 years.
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When those 120 years were over,
00:18:15.32\00:18:17.79
the time came when Noah
preached his last sermon,
00:18:17.83\00:18:22.00
and right before he
preached his last sermon,
00:18:22.03\00:18:26.17
something very unusual
happened, it was a sign,
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God gave the antediluvians
as they're called...
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the people before the flood...
he gave them one final sign
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that the end was at hand
and you know what that sign was,
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when you read Genesis
chapter 7, it's very, very clear
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that the last sign before
the door of the ark closed...
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was the sign of the animals.
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All of a sudden,
out of the forests
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and in the skies,
00:18:53.80\00:18:55.56
the sky was darkened
because the birds were coming,
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and the animals were
coming out of the forest
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and all these animals,
two by two, seven by seven,
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Genesis describes
in a very orderly way,
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they went into the ark
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and that was right
before the door closed.
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And so, as I pondered that,
00:19:09.14\00:19:11.11
and this was just
something to ponder,
00:19:11.15\00:19:12.48
it's just something to ponder
00:19:12.51\00:19:14.02
that God gave
humanity one last sign,
00:19:14.05\00:19:18.25
before the door closed,
00:19:18.29\00:19:19.95
and that sign had
to do with animals,
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they went into the ark,
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and then in a short
time... the door closed,
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a sign of animals...
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and the reason why
this is significant to me,
00:19:30.93\00:19:34.17
is because when I
read Matthew 24 verse 37,
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which we just read,
00:19:37.47\00:19:38.81
Jesus said, "As it
was in the days of Noah,
00:19:38.84\00:19:42.34
so shall it be, before He comes.
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Now, obviously, in Noah's
day, the animals weren't dying,
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but nevertheless, it's
clear that God used animals
00:19:48.25\00:19:52.52
as part of His voice,
00:19:52.55\00:19:55.92
where He would
speak to the people
00:19:55.96\00:19:58.56
before a flood.
00:19:58.59\00:19:59.93
When the skeptics
saw the animals come in,
00:20:00.00\00:20:03.37
they didn't
believe it, they thought,
00:20:03.40\00:20:04.73
"Ah, this is nothing,
this is insignificant,
00:20:04.77\00:20:06.20
there is nothing to this,
but those skeptics were wrong,
00:20:06.23\00:20:10.04
and in a short time,
they were... under water
00:20:10.07\00:20:13.58
and that was it.
00:20:13.61\00:20:14.94
And again, Jesus said,
"As it was in Noah's day,
00:20:14.98\00:20:17.15
so shall it be,
before He comes. "
00:20:17.21\00:20:20.78
Again, back to Matthew 24,
00:20:20.82\00:20:25.49
the final sign
that Jesus gives us
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or at least one of the
signs, in Matthew 24 verse 14,
00:20:28.52\00:20:34.33
Jesus said, "And this
gospel of the kingdom... "
00:20:34.36\00:20:37.93
and the gospel
means... the good news,
00:20:37.97\00:20:39.70
the good news of God's grace,
00:20:39.73\00:20:41.94
of His love, of His
mercy, of His kindness
00:20:42.00\00:20:44.41
and of what He did for
us through Jesus Christ
00:20:44.44\00:20:46.81
that Jesus came
down to this dark world
00:20:46.84\00:20:48.68
and took our sins and paid
the price for you and for me.
00:20:48.71\00:20:52.81
"And this gospel of the kingdom
00:20:52.85\00:20:54.92
will be
preached in all the world
00:20:54.98\00:20:56.99
as a witness to all
the nations; and then... "
00:20:57.02\00:21:01.92
Jesus said... "then
shall the end come. "
00:21:01.96\00:21:04.26
There is a day coming
when it will be the end.
00:21:04.29\00:21:07.03
That's exactly what
Jesus Christ taught there
00:21:07.06\00:21:09.70
there's no doubt about it
and to me as I've pondered this,
00:21:09.73\00:21:15.44
it is significant that all
throughout the Old Testament
00:21:15.50\00:21:21.34
ever since Adam and Eve sinned,
what was it that God used
00:21:21.38\00:21:27.22
specifically,
methodically, and purposefully
00:21:27.25\00:21:30.99
to communicate to humanity
the message of the gospel
00:21:31.02\00:21:35.29
of His son? It was
the death of animals
00:21:35.32\00:21:38.89
all throughout Hebrew
history, the temple services,
00:21:38.93\00:21:41.43
they would offer
lambs as sacrifices
00:21:41.46\00:21:45.17
and those lambs pointed forward
to the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:21:45.23\00:21:48.30
God decided... in
His infinite wisdom...
00:21:48.37\00:21:50.64
a long time ago,
00:21:50.71\00:21:52.47
that He would use
the death of animals
00:21:52.54\00:21:55.51
to speak to humanity
00:21:55.54\00:21:57.01
about the
seriousness of breaking His law
00:21:57.05\00:21:59.68
about the seriousness of sin,
00:21:59.71\00:22:01.45
and about the seriousness
of our need for Jesus Christ
00:22:01.48\00:22:05.42
and that certainly is
the need that we have today.
00:22:05.45\00:22:09.36
We need the
Lord, I need the Lord,
00:22:09.39\00:22:11.56
you need Him... we all need Him.
00:22:11.59\00:22:16.13
I don't know if you've...
00:22:16.16\00:22:18.67
have heard the story or not,
00:22:18.73\00:22:20.30
but it's rather amazing,
00:22:20.34\00:22:22.34
it came out of Argentina
00:22:22.40\00:22:24.34
in April of 2012, it's
about a husband and wife
00:22:24.37\00:22:27.24
that were looking
forward to having a baby.
00:22:27.28\00:22:30.98
But problems developed and
the woman was not full-term
00:22:31.01\00:22:35.45
and she was...
quite a bit early,
00:22:35.48\00:22:37.12
and so they took
her to the hospital
00:22:37.15\00:22:40.09
and she was trying to
go through her delivery,
00:22:40.12\00:22:42.39
and things weren't going right,
and apparently the baby died
00:22:42.42\00:22:47.33
and it was... they said
that it was a stillborn death
00:22:47.36\00:22:50.10
and so they took the
child away from the mother
00:22:50.13\00:22:53.03
and put... they
pronounced it dead,
00:22:53.07\00:22:55.40
the hospital pronounced it dead
00:22:55.44\00:22:56.77
and they placed it
in the hospital morgue,
00:22:56.81\00:22:58.44
well, within the next 12
hours, the mother and father
00:22:58.47\00:23:02.34
after the woman was
recovering, she decided...
00:23:02.38\00:23:05.68
we want to see our
baby one more time,
00:23:05.71\00:23:07.98
we never... we didn't
even get to hardly see
00:23:08.02\00:23:10.72
this child...
this little baby girl
00:23:10.75\00:23:12.49
because she was
taken away so quickly
00:23:12.52\00:23:14.19
and so they went
into the hospital morgue
00:23:14.26\00:23:15.96
and there was nobody there,
00:23:15.99\00:23:18.46
but they found the
coffin where their child was
00:23:18.49\00:23:20.63
and so amazingly... the
father pried open this coffin
00:23:20.70\00:23:24.27
and then looked
down at this little body
00:23:24.30\00:23:28.94
with a blanket over it,
and then he pulled the blanket
00:23:28.97\00:23:33.07
away from his child
00:23:33.11\00:23:34.58
just so he could see his
little girl... one last time
00:23:34.61\00:23:37.61
before they closed
the coffin forever,
00:23:37.65\00:23:40.45
and as he pulled the
blanket off this little girl,
00:23:40.48\00:23:46.86
she began to cry,
00:23:46.89\00:23:50.03
and her parents were
just absolutely shocked
00:23:50.06\00:23:53.86
and they found out
their little girl was alive,
00:23:53.90\00:23:57.67
she wasn't dead!
00:23:57.70\00:23:59.03
As far as I remember
from the news report,
00:23:59.07\00:24:01.67
five hospital
administrators lost their jobs
00:24:01.70\00:24:04.44
as a result of that
and the little girl...
00:24:04.47\00:24:07.18
the last I read... was doing...
00:24:07.24\00:24:08.88
she was doing fine
00:24:08.91\00:24:10.25
after being
nurtured back to health.
00:24:10.28\00:24:15.72
As I think about the
world that we live in,
00:24:15.75\00:24:18.59
as I think about
the mass animal die-offs
00:24:18.65\00:24:21.46
that are happening all around us
00:24:21.49\00:24:22.82
and as I think about
something even more important,
00:24:22.86\00:24:25.73
which is the
struggles and the suffering
00:24:25.79\00:24:30.40
and the dying of humanity,
00:24:30.43\00:24:33.03
we live in a
polluted, mixed-up world
00:24:33.07\00:24:36.37
that's just full of
poison, waste, toxicity,
00:24:36.40\00:24:40.18
pain and
suffering, sorrow and death,
00:24:40.21\00:24:43.95
and as I look at all this,
and then I look at my Bible,
00:24:43.98\00:24:46.72
and I look at the
signs that Jesus predicted,
00:24:46.75\00:24:48.72
the fearful
signs, the great signs,
00:24:48.75\00:24:50.09
the things that
would be happening,
00:24:50.12\00:24:51.45
and look at ancient
Israel, when I look at how
00:24:51.49\00:24:53.29
when Society was breaking God's
law over and over and over again
00:24:53.32\00:24:57.69
the result would
ripple into the animal kingdom
00:24:57.73\00:24:59.73
and God said that
even the birds and the fish
00:24:59.76\00:25:02.00
would be taken away as
a testimony against men,
00:25:02.06\00:25:04.23
because of man's sinfulness,
then I read in Matthew 24
00:25:04.27\00:25:07.70
that in the midst
of all these signs
00:25:07.74\00:25:09.64
that precede
the coming of Jesus,
00:25:09.67\00:25:11.51
the final sign would be
the good news of the gospel,
00:25:11.54\00:25:14.18
the good news of His love
that will go to all the world,
00:25:14.21\00:25:16.98
as a witness to all the nations
and then the end will come.
00:25:17.01\00:25:20.22
As I think about that father who
reached down into this coffin
00:25:20.25\00:25:23.39
and grabbed his little girl,
00:25:23.42\00:25:24.75
I mean, what if he
wouldn't have come after her,
00:25:24.79\00:25:26.69
what if they would
have left her there,
00:25:26.72\00:25:28.26
what if they would have
thought that she was dead
00:25:28.32\00:25:29.96
and never tried to
get the coffin open?
00:25:29.99\00:25:31.39
She would have perished but
the father and the mother...
00:25:31.43\00:25:35.83
they went to see
her one more time,
00:25:35.86\00:25:38.03
and as I think about my Bible,
00:25:38.07\00:25:40.00
and think about God,
and think about His love,
00:25:40.04\00:25:41.80
I know that God is
reaching out His hand,
00:25:41.84\00:25:43.57
to you... you may feel
like you're in a coffin,
00:25:43.61\00:25:45.81
you may feel like your life
is a mess and you have no hope,
00:25:45.84\00:25:48.81
but I want you to know
that you have a daddy in heaven,
00:25:48.84\00:25:51.75
you have a father
in heaven who loves you
00:25:51.78\00:25:53.92
and He's reaching
out His hand to you
00:25:53.95\00:25:55.98
in the midst of all
the problems in this world
00:25:56.02\00:25:57.92
and all the problems
that you may be going through,
00:25:57.95\00:26:00.39
He loves you and He's
trying to get a hold of you
00:26:00.42\00:26:02.79
and get you out of sin
00:26:02.82\00:26:04.49
and get you out of
all these difficulties
00:26:04.53\00:26:06.73
and prepare you to
live in a holy place...
00:26:06.76\00:26:08.73
to prepare you to live
in heaven with Him forever.
00:26:08.76\00:26:12.93
In Luke 21, Jesus listed
signs that would take place,
00:26:12.97\00:26:17.14
He said there
would be fearful signs,
00:26:17.17\00:26:18.51
there would be great signs
00:26:18.54\00:26:19.87
that would be
happening all around the world,
00:26:19.91\00:26:21.84
and these things would
take place right before,
00:26:21.88\00:26:23.95
as He said, they
would see the Son of Man
00:26:23.98\00:26:27.15
coming in clouds, with
power and with great glory.
00:26:27.18\00:26:32.65
This book gives me hope, it
tells me that Jesus is coming
00:26:32.69\00:26:36.42
it tells me that sin is
not going to go on forever,
00:26:36.46\00:26:38.56
that animals won't die forever
and people won't die forever,
00:26:38.59\00:26:42.16
one day, Jesus is going to come,
He's going to make it all right,
00:26:42.23\00:26:45.30
He's going to come with power
and glory to get His people
00:26:45.33\00:26:48.70
and to take us home.
00:26:48.74\00:26:50.07
You... have just
heard, from this book...
00:26:50.11\00:26:53.51
His voice today.
00:26:53.58\00:26:56.41
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00:26:56.44\00:26:58.78
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or to watch more
of Pastor Steve's
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Television Programs online,
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including His powerful new
series of two-minute talks,
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visit hisvoicetoday. com
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that's hisvoicetoday. com
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if you have any prayer requests,
you can e- mail them to us
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at prayerrequests@hisvoicetoday
.com
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if you would like a free copy
of Steve Wohlberg's audio CD,
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"Behold the White Horse"
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you can call us
at 1-800-78-Bible
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that's 1-800-78 Bible.
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We hope you will
join us next time
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for another inspiring His
"Voice Today" presentation
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with Steve Wohlberg,
until then... keep the faith.
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