The temple to the
Sun God is in ruins.
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Ruins, ruins, ruins, everywhere.
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That was the life of Lydia also.
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Her life was in ruins.
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There was nothing in her
life that was to be desired.
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But then one day
she found the true God.
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She found Jesus Christ.
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And now as a child of a king,
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she has gone
from rags to riches.
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Stay tuned for
rest of the story.
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The City of Hierapolis
which was founded on this site
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in the second century B.C.
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differs from all
other ancient cities.
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It was built not
on earth or rock,
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but on solid limestone
layers formed by mineral water
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that flowed for centuries
over this raised level plateau.
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We're in area called Pamukkale,
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literally, cotton castle.
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The water comes down, deposits
the limestone over the cliffs.
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It's so massive, so
big, and so beautiful.
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It's probably more than the
area of concentrated limestone
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in Yellowstone
National Park. It's huge.
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But this is also
famous for healing.
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People come from
all over the world.
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They did back
in the Bible times.
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Came from
everywhere for healing,
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for psoriasis,
for skin troubles,
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for internal troubles.
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It seemed like
whatever ailed them,
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they thought this
waters would heal them.
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People come from
all over the world
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to enjoy the
waters here at Hierapolis.
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Feels very good.
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It's also anciently
connected with Laodicea
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which I'm told
is right over there
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on the lower level of mountains.
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But earthquakes, time
apparently have diverted water
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which no longer
flows into that area.
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These pumps were
installed many centuries
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past the third century B.C.
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when people
actually started living here.
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The pool is spectacular.
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The spring, gorgeous as the--
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the bubbles come
up from the bottom.
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I can even see a column, an
old colonnade down in the pool.
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Lydia is a Bible name.
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Did your family name
you for the biblical Lydia?
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Speaking in foreign language
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Well, my real name comes
from Poland and it's Yasia.
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Speaking in foreign language
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But here in Ukrainian,
they translated it to Lydia
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just so it's easier to say.
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Speaking in foreign language
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That's very interesting.
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Thank you for sharing that.
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Tell me about your early life,
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your childhood,
if you don't mind.
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Speaking in foreign language
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I grew up in the
village city of Chernobyl.
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My family was separated so I
lived in the boarding school.
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Speaking in foreign language
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My dad lived in Poland and
my mother lived in Ukraine.
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Speaking in foreign language
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My childhood wasn't easy.
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In America, if you
go to boarding school
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it means that you have money,
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but I understand
that's just the opposite with
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what you're saying.
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Speaking in foreign language
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So did you have to
pay or--at boarding school
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or did you work or--
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Tell me how that worked out.
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The government paid for it
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because my mother was a handicap
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and was suffering
with tuberculosis.
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So you had
difficulties from many levels.
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Mother an
invalid, and--and father,
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it was hard to get
work, and several children
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I guess in your family? Yes.
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So as you got a little older,
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how did you survive
and what did you do?
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Speaking in foreign language
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My mother died very early.
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I was only 16 years old.
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Speaking in foreign language
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So our father took care of us,
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but he wasn't making
enough to feed three kids.
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Speaking in foreign language
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So I had to drop
out of seventh grade
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and start working at a warehouse
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to support my younger sister
while she was going to school.
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And then later on, what
kind of jobs did you have?
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Speaking in foreign language
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I live in the same village.
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I later got married.
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We had two children.
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The man was an alcoholic.
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I decide to divorce him.
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And then I live
my life like that.
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Did religion play
a part in your family
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at all, as you were growing up?
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Speaking in foreign language
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My mom told me
stories about Christ.
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Speaking in foreign language
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So that's how the seed
of God got planted in me.
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Speaking in foreign language
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You say it was a small part.
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Did you look for God at all,
or you were so busy working,
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you didn't have time for God?
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Speaking in foreign language
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I prayed.
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Speaking in foreign language
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I was always looking for
God, because life was so hard.
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Speaking in foreign language
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Did you attend church?
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Speaking in foreign language
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I started going
to an Orthodox Church
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in our village.
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Tell me about those experiences.
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Did they help you in your life?
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Speaking in foreign language
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God did help me, but during
that time I didn't notice it.
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Speaking in foreign language
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And when I went to church,
I didn't understand much.
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Speaking in foreign language
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So our viewers
realize or know this,
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they actually do everything
in some ancient language, right?
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So the
worshippers really don't know
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what's happening in many times?
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I didn't understand anything.
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Hierapolis can mean Sacred City.
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And according to
Stephanus of Byzantium,
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the city was given this name
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because of the large
number of temples it contained.
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Up to the reign of Augustus,
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the city was
officially described
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on coins as
Hierapolis, the City of Temples.
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In the middle of
the second century B.C.,
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the Seleucians
founded the City of Laodicea,
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just across the
valley from Hierapolis.
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It seems unlikely
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that they would
establish a second city
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in such close proximity
to an already existing one.
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It is reasonable to assume
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that Hierapolis
was not in existence
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until the last quarter
of the second century B.C.
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Later records
are chiefly concerned
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with a series of earthquakes.
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The city was
devastated by an earthquake
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which took place in 17 A.D.,
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during the reign of Tiberius,
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but the most severe
of all the earthquakes
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occurred in 60 A.D.,
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during the reign of Nero.
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The present
appearance of the city
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probably results
from the reconstruction
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after this earthquake.
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Earthquakes
made a drastic change
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in the temple area here,
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but the power of
God made a mighty change
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in the life of Lydia.
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Stay tuned to find out how.
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Here is another story of
hope from Adventist World Radio.
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Tong hated his
life, always on edge.
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He often found himself
angry at the actions of others.
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"I lived under the control
of people's words," he says.
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The anger and
hopelessness led Tong to wonder
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if anyone would miss
him if he killed himself.
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A classmate suggested Tong tune
in to Adventist World Radio.
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Listening that night,
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Tong heard for the
first time of a God
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who loved him unconditionally.
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"That night I got
back my life," he says.
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Tong knows there are
many others like him in China
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living in hopelessness,
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believing that
no one loves them.
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"I pray they find
God soon," he says.
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Jesus will help them
to leave the world of sin.
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The city received the
much coveted title of Neokoros
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from the Emperor Caracalla.
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This accorded the city certain
administrative privileges
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as well as the
right of sanctuary.
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Apollo, the
chief god of Hierapolis
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was identified with the
Phrygian sun God Lairbenus.
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The many deities and
temples in the city included
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a number of
temples to foreign deities
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such as the
Ephesian god Artemis.
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Of the purely Greek gods,
the most important was Poseidon,
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who was
responsible for earthquakes,
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and Pluto Hades, the
God of the underworld.
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The importance of these gods
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can be explained by the
frequency of earthquakes
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in the region and
the underground gas
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and water containing
various minerals and compounds
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which was a
characteristic of the region.
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It was through these features
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that Hierapolis won
fame in ancient times.
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Various writers of the period
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dwelt on the
interesting phenomenon
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known as the Plutonium.
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I'm on the temple
stairs of the God Apollo.
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Apollo was known,
at least in this area,
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as the god of the sun.
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I say at least in this area,
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because in different places, in
different geographic locations
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that tends to change.
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Tamos in one area
is the god of the sun.
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In Egypt, Ra,
the god of the sun.
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But in this area, the
priest for the god of the sun
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had a very
interesting way to prove
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that they were really holy,
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that they were really
those sent by the sun god
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to minister in this temple.
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They would walk
into this location.
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It's since been rolled over
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because it is a
dangerous location,
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apparently there are gases.
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They listed here as plutonium.
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Pluto, the god
of the underworld.
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The priests would enter
into the god of the underworld
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and they would take
with them a caged bird.
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They would drop
down in this area.
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Hold their breath
only people didn't realized
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that they hold
their breath for a while
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and the bird would die because
there's toxic gases down there.
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I'm told that they could even
get cows and different animals
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down there with the priest
and again the priest would--
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knew how to hold his
breath, and soon the animal die,
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but the priest
would emerge unscathed,
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therefore showing
that he was truly holy
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and sent from the sun god.
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Something changed in your life.
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Would you mind sharing that?
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Speaking in foreign language
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Yes, my life changed.
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Speaking in foreign language
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I started loving people.
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Speaking in foreign language
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I was in a stress
everyday over others.
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Speaking in foreign language
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How did that happen?
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Speaking in foreign language
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When the U.S.S.R. fell apart,
00:12:37.63\00:12:39.73
my husband left
to Moscow for work.
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This was my second husband.
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He bought me a Bible.
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Speaking in foreign language
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I started reading it,
but a lot of the script
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didn't make sense to me.
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Why did he buy you that Bible?
00:13:00.53\00:13:02.96
Speaking in foreign language
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We listen to the radio together.
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And during our younger years,
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we were both
introduced to Christ.
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Speaking in foreign language
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So we both grew
an interest for it.
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Speaking in foreign language
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Was this the A.W.R. program
you began listening to on radio?
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Speaking in foreign language
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No, this was all mix,
Orthodox, Catholic and so on.
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It was a big mix
of different things,
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but I just noticed the
word of God as they spoke.
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So the Holy Spirit
was working in your heart?
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Speaking in foreign language
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Yes, yes.
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It did it for my husband,
made us extremely happy.
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Once you had the
Bible in your hands,
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what did it mean to you?
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What happened in your life?
Speaking in foreign language
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We didn't have a collection.
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We read the Bible, but
we didn't understand it.
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No one tried to
explain it to me.
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So later I went
to a Baptist Church
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to gain more knowledge
for better explanations.
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Speaking in foreign language
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Talking to God didn't work
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and asking questions at
church seemed pointless,
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because it seemed like he didn't
know the right answer either.
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I was getting curious why
the Bible talk about Saturday,
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but here we are
celebrating Sunday.
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And I always ask
myself that question.
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Speaking in foreign language
00:14:44.20\00:14:46.13
So on your own
you studied the Bible
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and you found the
question Sunday and Sabbath,
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so you asked the
pastor, that's what happened?
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Speaking in foreign language
00:14:52.93\00:14:54.33
Yes, yes, it was like that.
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Speaking in foreign language
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The Baptist told me that
Jesus Christ cancelled Saturday.
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Speaking in foreign language
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I told them that
this couldn't be true,
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I looked
everywhere. There was no way.
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Speaking in foreign language
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Tell me more--
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Speaking in foreign language
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I couldn't.
Speaking in foreign language
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They told me I was incorrect.
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Speaking in foreign language
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I went to a different church,
but they didn't help me either.
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Speaking in foreign language
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My husband and I found
there is a hope on the radio.
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Speaking in foreign language
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And we start listening.
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Speaking in foreign language
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And they fill
my heart with hope.
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Speaking in foreign language
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So you wrote a
letter to the A.W.R. studio?
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Tell me more.
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Speaking in foreign language
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We had a written
letter. They were asking
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if they would like
to stay in contact.
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Speaking in foreign language
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So we start
doing homework at home
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and sending all
our questions to them.
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Speaking in foreign language
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And what was the
answer to the questions?
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Was there a main
question burning in your heart
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that was answered?
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Speaking in foreign language
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Yes, that's correct.
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Speaking in foreign language
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Then they give us a
local Adventist Church.
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Speaking in foreign language
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But first a
pastor came to our home.
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He was nice and very direct.
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Speaking in foreign language
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We ended up going to
that Adventist Church
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and we actually
got baptized there.
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Various athletic
and musical competitions
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were held in Hierapolis
as in other ancient cities.
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Under the Empire,
crowds flocked to Olympic,
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Phyrian and Actian games
similar to those in Greece.
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Strangely enough, there is no
trace of a stadium in the city,
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and it is generally
thought that the stadium
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must have been located
on the level plain below.
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Gladiatorial
combats and wild beast shows
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were held in the theatre.
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But Hierapolis was not only
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a centre of
excursions and entertainment.
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The city's wealth
and importance stemmed
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from the many and varied
industrial establishments
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to be found there.
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The inscriptions refer
not only to institutions
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such as the wool
industry cooperative,
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but also to guilds
formed by the dyers,
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fullers, carpet weavers, nail
manufacturers, and coppersmiths.
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These were all associated with
fully organized institutions
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that were also responsible
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for the care of
their member's graves.
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This was the ancient walkway
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that goes to the
market out in behind me.
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I'm told in this area even
perhaps the Apostle Paul came
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because he had arthritis.
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He may have gone to
those pools over there
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and bathed for a while to
take care of those old bones.
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But this area is very famous
because of its trade roots,
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textiles, its marble quarries
and also for its black wool.
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It's an area that was
made popular for the bathing,
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for--for many things here.
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Tradition has it
that Philip the Apostle
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lived in this
area of Hierapolis.
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No, we don't know
exactly how long or what he did.
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But again, we do
know what he did.
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He apparently witnessed
for his faith in Jesus Christ,
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because up on that
hill he was crucified.
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We're told that he
was actually crucified
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like the Apostle Peter.
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Peter, you see,
requested that he was not worthy
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to be crucified like his Lord.
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So he asked to be
crucified upside down.
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And that's what we're
told was the request of Philip.
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Some people may not realize it,
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but there are two important
people in the New Testament
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with the name of
Philip, not just one.
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Philip the Evangelist,
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and Philip the
Apostle. That's right,
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they are not the same person.
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Philip the Evangelist,
was one of the seven deacons
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chosen to serve
the fledgling church.
00:21:12.80\00:21:15.33
It was this Philip who baptized
the Ethiopian in the river
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and was then spirited away
to another location by the Lord.
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Jesus found the other Philip
in Galilee and said to him,
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"Follow me." He
answered that call
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and although in temperament
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he was very close
to doubting Thomas.
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He apparently
gained faith and courage
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to proclaim the
gospel with power,
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because tradition holds that
through a miraculous healing
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and his preaching,
Philip converted the wife
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of the proconsul of the city.
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This enraged the
proconsul, and he had Philip
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and his companions tortured.
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Philip and Bartholomew
were then crucified upside down,
00:21:50.80\00:21:54.70
and Philip
preached from his cross.
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As a result of his preaching
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the crowd released
Bartholomew from his cross,
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but Philip insisted
that they not release him,
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and he died on the cross.
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His remains were later
placed in Constantinople,
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were they were
transported to Cyprus
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after the conquest
of the City in 1204.
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Finally in 1219, there
was a devastating earthquake
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and Hierapolis was
never reconstructed.
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It was gradually abandoned.
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So God led you step by
step from a little girl
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to--to think about God to
one church, then another church,
00:22:30.26\00:22:35.10
and really another church,
and finally the A.W.R. program,
00:22:35.10\00:22:39.06
and now you're a happy
person and you're baptized.
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Is that a good summation?
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Speaking in foreign language
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Yes, of course, I'm very happy.
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And I want people to
find Him like I found God.
00:22:49.73\00:22:53.26
Speaking in foreign language
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If your heart is leading
to Him, follow your heart.
00:22:57.96\00:23:01.73
Speaking in foreign language
00:23:01.73\00:23:08.16
Don't just look at
what people are doing.
00:23:08.16\00:23:11.43
Find your own
answers in the Bible.
00:23:11.43\00:23:14.80
Speaking in foreign language
00:23:14.80\00:23:16.70
This is the church that
we were always looking for.
00:23:16.70\00:23:20.60
Speaking in foreign language
00:23:20.60\00:23:24.03
We found our church.
00:23:24.03\00:23:25.66
It brought joy to my heart.
00:23:25.66\00:23:28.36
Do you tell anybody
else about Jesus Christ?
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Do you share that or do
you share A.W.R. with anyone?
00:23:31.36\00:23:34.53
Speaking in foreign language
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Of course, you can't
keep this feeling in.
00:23:40.16\00:23:42.86
Speaking in foreign language
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Your mind wants
to tell everyone.
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Speaking in foreign language
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Right now you have an
opportunity to tell people
00:23:56.23\00:23:58.66
perhaps in many, many places
00:23:58.66\00:24:01.46
that are going through
the things you went through,
00:24:01.46\00:24:03.60
that aren't finding happiness,
00:24:03.60\00:24:05.23
that aren't
finding a relationship.
00:24:05.23\00:24:08.33
What would you
tell them right now?
00:24:08.33\00:24:10.10
Speaking in foreign language
00:24:10.10\00:24:14.76
My advice is to
keep walking forward,
00:24:14.76\00:24:17.83
because the devil
won't let you save your soul.
00:24:17.83\00:24:21.13
Speaking in foreign language
00:24:21.13\00:24:24.83
But keep pushing and God will
open the door, invite you in.
00:24:24.83\00:24:29.23
Speaking in foreign language
00:24:29.23\00:24:31.06
Lydia, it seems like
you've had a very hard life,
00:24:31.06\00:24:34.23
but God has brought
you tremendous happiness.
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Do you look
forward to going home?
00:24:37.03\00:24:39.10
Speaking in foreign language
00:24:39.10\00:24:41.56
Of course, I don't keep
my treasures here on earth.
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Speaking in foreign language
00:24:45.76\00:24:51.20
Because I was always poor,
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but I hold all my
treasures in heaven.
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Speaking in foreign language
00:24:57.26\00:24:59.10
Lydia, thank you for sharing.
00:24:59.10\00:25:00.50
I appreciate it so much.
00:25:00.50\00:25:02.00
Look forward to
being with you in heaven.
00:25:02.00\00:25:03.70
Speaking in foreign language
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.10
Thank you, because
He can see all this
00:25:05.10\00:25:07.63
and He knows everything.
00:25:07.63\00:25:10.10
And I'm glad I've
got to talk with you now
00:25:10.10\00:25:12.70
before our--
before we get to heaven.
00:25:12.70\00:25:14.46
Speaking in foreign language
00:25:14.46\00:25:15.86
Thank you. I'm very glad.
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That's pretty much. Thank you.
00:25:17.60\00:25:21.10
In the Book of Revelation,
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the letter to the
Church of Laodicea
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which is not far from here,
described the people as thinking
00:25:25.10\00:25:29.10
they were very wealthy,
they were increased in goods.
00:25:29.10\00:25:33.90
But it also says that they
were very poor, spiritually.
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The message of
that letter to Laodicea
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was counseling them to buy gold,
00:25:41.30\00:25:44.66
tried in fire and
white clothes to wear.
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In our story today,
Lydia was very poor.
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She described to us,
00:25:52.76\00:25:54.36
how they lived out in
the country in a farm,
00:25:54.36\00:25:57.33
how difficult their life was.
00:25:57.33\00:25:59.56
Her mother was an invalid.
00:25:59.56\00:26:01.50
It was hard to make a living
from doing that farm work.
00:26:01.50\00:26:05.93
But over time, after much search
00:26:05.93\00:26:09.90
she discovered 'The
Voice of Hope Radio.'
00:26:09.90\00:26:13.60
And on that-- from that program
00:26:13.60\00:26:15.40
she began to find the
answers to her questions.
00:26:15.40\00:26:19.06
Questions like, how did
the Sabbath change to Sunday
00:26:19.06\00:26:22.90
and many other
questions that she had.
00:26:22.90\00:26:26.06
When she heard these
things she became so happy
00:26:26.06\00:26:29.46
that she had found
the truth in Jesus Christ.
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But do you remember at
the very end of the interview,
00:26:34.36\00:26:37.40
Jim referred to
how poor she had been
00:26:37.40\00:26:39.96
and she almost
interrupted him and she said,
00:26:39.96\00:26:42.86
"No, I'm not
poor, I'm very rich.
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I have in Jesus Christ,
wealth and righteousness."
00:26:46.73\00:26:53.46
Lydia represents those
who have followed the council
00:26:53.46\00:26:58.23
through the Laodiceans.
00:26:58.23\00:27:00.73
The gold refined in fire
represents her spiritual riches
00:27:00.73\00:27:06.46
and the white cloth--
00:27:06.46\00:27:09.20
the white clothes
represent Jesus' righteousness.
00:27:09.20\00:27:13.13
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00:27:13.13\00:27:17.53
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00:27:17.53\00:27:20.86
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00:27:20.86\00:27:22.83
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00:27:22.83\00:27:25.56
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00:27:27.56\00:27:33.03
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00:27:33.03\00:27:37.06
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00:27:37.06\00:27:40.70
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00:27:40.70\00:27:46.46
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