He calls me His own
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He'll never leave me
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No matter where I go
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He knows my name
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He knows my every thought
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He sees each tear that falls
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And hears me when I call
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At this time I'd
like to invite you
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to come forward for prayer,
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as we approach our
God, this God of wonders,
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our Savior, not only that,
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this God who knows our name,
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who knows everything about us.
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As we approach this God,
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this Friend, this Creator,
this Redeemer in prayer,
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I'd like to invite you,
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if you have something
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that you'd like
to bring before Him,
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or you just like
to be closer to Him.
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I'd like to invite
you to come to the front,
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and join us here,
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as we sing this
first verse again:
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I have a Father
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He calls me His own
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He'll never leave me
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No matter where I go
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He knows my name
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He knows my every thought
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He sees each tear that falls
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And hears me when I call
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Let's kneel down in prayer.
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Dear God, I thank You
for Your many blessings,
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I thank You for the Sabbath day.
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Please help us to
do whatever You need.
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Please help all the
churches around the world
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and especially the
church and our PMC.
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Dear Lord, we come
to You this morning,
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thanking You
for all these things
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that You do for us.
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We are so blessed.
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We thank You for Your mercies,
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Your long suffering, and
for the gift of salvation.
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Bless this service today,
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and we ask that You
bless the lips of Your servant,
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so that You may
speak through him
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and through him.
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We thank You Lord
for hearing our prayer,
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and for being an awesome God,
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in Your name
Jesus we pray, Amen.
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Well, good
morning boys and girls.
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It is so nice to see you.
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We got a great
group today. Halleluiah.
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Nice to have you,
Oh, I see we still-- Oh,
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we still have
some coming so squeeze
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in just a little bit.
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Can you squeeze
in just a little bit,
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so that everybody can
have a nice soft stair.
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And if we can't fill all
the stairs then we've got
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the soft floor in front of them,
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there you go.
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Good to have you.
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Any visitors here today,
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just take a little bit of
time to welcome our visitors.
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Oh, Adriane, I met
you, nice to have you,
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and the others good to have you.
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Cecil, where you're from?
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Berrien Springs, that's
a good place to be from.
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We love our Berrien
Springs' visitors the best.
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Halleluiah because
you are close to home.
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Glad you're here.
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All right, have a seat guys.
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We're ready to
start when you all are
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most unusual
story I must tell you,
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most unusual.
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Just a few days old.
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Is everybody here?
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All right, but
before I tell you the story,
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I'm going to say a
word. Here's the deal.
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If you can guess the
meaning of this word,
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because we've little older kids
than we have in first church.
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So if you can guess
the meaning of this word.
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How many here are of
Ruth Murdoch High School?
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Put your hand up,
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be proud that you are
in Ruth Murdoch, okay.
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If you can guess the
meaning of this word,
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I'm going to do this--
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I'm gonna because I know
the principal at Ruth Murdoch,
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and I know the
principal at Andrews Academy,
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and we're going to advance you
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instantaneously
to Andrews Academy
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if you know the
meaning of this word.
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Now if you are college
student in the audience
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and you don't know
the meaning of this word,
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we'll advance you to
Andrews Academy. Okay.
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Okay, so here is the word.
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Now you have to
listen carefully.
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If you know the meaning now-
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Here's the word "Amnesia."
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"Amnesia."
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You have to know
the meaning of the word.
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You have to know
the meaning of the word.
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I'm going to put you on hold.
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I want to share a story with you
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that will give the
meaning of amnesia.
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You guys really know
the meaning of the word?
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Say me afterwards. All right.
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Do you know the
meaning of the word too sir?
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You go! Don't you say it?
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Okay, so here's the story.
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Here's the story.
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Just a few days ago,
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he was standing there all
by himself in Denver, Colorado.
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Anybody here from Colorado?
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Of course nice to have
the little pool children back.
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Good to have you
visiting, again a sad,
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sad occasion
that brings you here.
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Denver, Colorado,
he's standing there,
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looking at this big building
in the 16th street mall,
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it's called the
World Trade Centre,
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the building is,
not the one in New York.
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So it's just big building
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and he's just standing there
and looking at it like hmm.
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And all the sudden a
man comes walking up to him,
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"Sir, sir, sir, hey, hey,
hey, we've been watching you."
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He's a policeman.
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"We've been watching you sir.
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You have been standing
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in front of this
building for a long time.
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This does not look good.
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We want to find out
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what in the world
are you doing here?
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What's your name?"
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And he, well, not
yours. He was asking.
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Nicolas, thank you for that.
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He was asking--
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He was asking the
man, "What's your name?"
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And you know what Nicolas?
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The man could
not do, you just did.
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The Man looked at the policeman
and he said "What's my name?"
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"Yeah what's your name?"
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He said, "I don't know."
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"What do you
mean you don't know?
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What do you mean you
don't know you name?"
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How many here
don't know their name?
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Everybody knows his or her name.
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Yeah you know,
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and you thought I was
asking, how many know.
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Yeah.
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"Okay, okay,
okay, you're playing
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some little game
with me, are you sir?
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Where're you from?"
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And the man
thought for a minute,
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he said "I forgot."
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"You forgot, what is this?
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You trying to me
look foolish, sir.
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Hey, Joe, come over here."
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So the other police
officer came over here,
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he said "Joe, look at this man,
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he won't give me his name.
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He won't tell
me where he's from.
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Let me see your
driver's license."
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The man reached into-he
said "I don't have a wallet."
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"You don't have wallet.
What you got in those pockets?"
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They reached into the pockets,
$8 and a cigarette lighter.
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That's it. That's it.
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"What're you
doing here in Denver?"
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"I don't know."
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"What do you
mean you don't know?
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Get in this car."
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They drove him down
to the police station,
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clerk at the police station said
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"all right, name?"
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"I can't remember."
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"Okay, listen, we'll find
out. We'll just call your house.
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Just tell us the
city you're from?"
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"I don't know."
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"Come on, what is going on here.
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Who's your mother?"
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"I can't remember."
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"Your father?"
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"I can't remember either."
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"Something is wrong
here." And so you know what?
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The police started to say,
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"What we're going to
do, we can't keep this guy,
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we can't put him in prison,
he doesn't know anything."
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"Oh let's take him
down to the hospital."
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So they took him down
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to the medical centre in Denver,
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and they turned him
over to the doctors,
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and of course when
you go to the hospital,
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you have to fill out the form.
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So the clerk said
"Name?" "I don't remember."
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"Well, where you're from?
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Just put your
address right here."
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"I don't know."
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"A grown man like
you and you don't know.
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Doctor!" And the doctors
came and they examined the man
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and you know what
"Hey, look at you,
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you look healthy to me.
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You look strong.
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You're fine, let
me look, say, say ah."
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"Look into those
eyes, your eyes look fine."
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After the doctors hurdle up
and said this is very strange.
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He can't remember his name.
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He can't
remember where he's from.
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He can't
remember the work he does.
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He can't remember anything.
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"Oh," One doctor said
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"I remember studying about this,
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do you what this is?
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This is dissociative fugue.
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What the other doctor said
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"What?" Yeah,
it's a form of amnesia.
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It's a form of amnesia,
remember that word, amnesia.
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When you are
under incredible stress
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and things aren't
going right in your life
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and you're worried-some
people the mind just goes.
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How many of you've
ever worked on a computer?
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Put your hand up if
you've worked on a computer.
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Do you know the little
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'delete' button on
the computer, delete.
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It's like the mind
hit the delete button
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and everything on
the hard disk is gone.
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There's nothing there.
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You can still
read, you can still talk,
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but you have no memory.
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What're we going to do,
well we can't send him home,
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we can't put him in prison.
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So we just let stay in hospital?
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And then the word got out,
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the news stories began
to circulate in Denver.
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And then the Today Show,
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that's a morning news
television program in America.
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The Today Show heard about it,
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and they put,
there were calling,
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they gave him a name Al,
Amnesia Al they called him.
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That's his name Amnesia Al.
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And they put Amnesia
Al on the television.
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The whole nation saw it,
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let's put Amnesia
on the screen here.
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There is Amnesia Al.
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Can you see on the TV screen?
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This is the man.
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A nice looking
man, 40 years old.
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Nice glasses, nice shirt,
but nobody knows who he is.
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And he doesn't know.
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Well, far away
somebody was watching the news
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and this guy said hey wait.
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Hey, hey, and the guy
picked up his telephone
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and he called his
sister, Penny Hanson.
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He says, "Penny, you
got to turn the TV on,
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there's no goatee,
and there's no mustache
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but I'm sure this must be him.
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And Penny went and
turned on the television,
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she said "Yeah, wow!
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She said, he is, it's
him." Called the police.
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It took two detectives,
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an airline company in
Colorado named Frontier Airlines
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said we'll give you free ticket.
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They flew him
with two detectives
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to Seattle, Washington,
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where his fiancé was
waiting for him to come home.
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I want to put a picture on
the screen of Penny Hanson.
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Turns out he--
Look at these guys.
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He left home September 6.
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A friends of his
was dying in Alberta,
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Canada and the stress.
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He drove in a
little 1995 Dodge Neon
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but the stress just
blanked his mind out,
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they haven't been
able to find the car.
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They don't know how
he ended up in Denver
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but there he is.
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And, you know, he
said when he saw Penny,
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he says, "You
know what, your face,
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I kind of feel warm
about it but I don't know why."
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She says, "Oh, let me
take you to where you live."
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And he went to where he
used to lived, in Seattle
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and he says "Oh, this
kind of looks familiar."
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Can you believe it?
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He has amnesia, still does,
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can't remember a
thing about his past.
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Oh, boys and girls, you know
sometimes some people wonder,
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does Jesus had amnesia?
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How many think
Jesus has amnesia?
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Do you think
Jesus forgets any thing?
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No.
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Some people think, you
know, Jesus hasn't come back.
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Jesus hasn't come back.
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I'll bet you He forgot
about promising to come.
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Do you think
Jesus has forgotten?
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You know what?
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Jesus is worried
that we'll have amnesia,
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and we'll forget.
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Oh my, my, my, I
don't want to forget
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Jesus is coming soon, do you?
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How many want to remember
that as long as you live?
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No amnesia with Jesus.
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Oh Jesus, don't let us
forget that you are coming soon.
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Let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, we raise our hands
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because we really
don't want to forget.
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We are sorry for
the times we have.
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We get so excited
about what we're doing,
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we forget all
about the good news
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that You are coming soon.
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And so we raise our
hands, please help us remember.
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Stay our forever friend,
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every step of the
way until You come,
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we pray in Your name. Amen.
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As you go quietly and
reverently back to your seats.
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Will you be saying
that in your heart?
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Oh, Jesus thank
You for not forgetting.
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I don't want to forget either.
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Please come soon. God bless you.
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Happy Sabbath to you.
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Praise Him, O praise Him
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O come, ye people
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Praise the Lord forever
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Sing praises to His holy name
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Praise Him, O praise Him
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O come, ye people
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Praise Him, O praise Him
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Praise the Lord forever
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Sing praises to His holy name
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To the God of glory
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To the God of glory
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Loudest praise now bring
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Source of our salvation
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Our eternal King
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Praise Him, Praise Him
Praise the Lord forever
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Come and praise Him
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Come and praise the
Lord Come and praise the Lord
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Praise Him, O praise Him
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To the God of glory
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O come, ye people
Praise the Lord forever
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Come and praise
Him Come and praise Him
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Come and praise the Lord
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Oh, Father, we don't
want to have amnesia.
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We don't want to forget,
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for all the times that
we have, what can we say.
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You are a
gracious and merciful God.
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May today's
teaching help us remember
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all the more what
we must not forget,
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we pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
00:18:12.79\00:18:16.64
Why is it? Tell me
the answer to this.
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Why is it that the
world loves a war story,
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but to a man and
a woman we hate war?
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I know the media are touting
that the upcoming election
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is some sort of
referendum on the war.
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I tell you in our
little home Karen and I,
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our daughter
Chrissie is married to a medic
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with the US Army Rangers.
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And they're now deciding
between two units of rangers
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to go to Iraq and
you bet we are praying.
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We are praying hard.
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They're stationed
in Kansas, Fort Riley.
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Although fact of the matter is,
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Seventh-day Adventist boys
and Seventh-day Adventist girls
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do end up in a war.
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They have all
through our history.
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Imagine my surprise to pull
a book off the history section
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of the shelf at
an airport bookstore
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and discover that in--
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I'm talking about
World War II now in that,
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in that-- Uh,
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I don't even know what
the word is I'm looking for.
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In that strategic battle
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for that little
rocky crag named Iwo Jima.
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You heard of Iwo Jima?
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The most famous war
picture in the history of earth
00:19:32.86\00:19:34.50
was taken in the United States.
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I'm going to put
that war picture.
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Imagine my
surprise to discover that
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off those boys who
raised that flag at Iwo Jima,
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one of them is a
Seventh-day Adventist soldier.
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In fact he is the young man
who was pushing the flag pole
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into the summit
there on Iwo Jima,
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his name Harlon
Block from Weslaco, Texas.
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I'm reading the
book by James Bradley,
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it's a New York
Times bestseller,
00:19:58.82\00:19:59.91
it's entitled
Flags of Our Fathers.
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You may have
heard of that title.
00:20:02.01\00:20:03.63
Listen to this description of
the Seventh-day Adventist home
00:20:03.66\00:20:06.68
in which Harlon Block
grew up in, all right.
00:20:06.71\00:20:09.99
Early in their
move to the valley,
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this would be the Rio
Grande Valley in Texas.
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Bell that's Harlon's mother,
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became a fully
accepting practitioner
00:20:14.91\00:20:17.21
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:20:17.24\00:20:19.48
Now he's going to give
a one sentence synopsis
00:20:19.51\00:20:21.68
to what its means to be
a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:20:21.71\00:20:23.04
And I want to
tell you something,
00:20:23.07\00:20:24.14
you and I could not
have done it more succinctly
00:20:24.17\00:20:27.04
than this bestseller on
The New York Times has done it.
00:20:27.07\00:20:30.13
So she became a fully
accepting practitioner,
00:20:30.16\00:20:32.31
her husband later did.
00:20:32.34\00:20:33.67
Of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:20:33.70\00:20:34.79
the vivid
Protestants strain that
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assume a seventh day
creation of the earth, check.
00:20:37.35\00:20:40.55
A great controversy between
Jesus Christ and Satan, check.
00:20:40.58\00:20:43.41
A millennia return of
Christ in the history, check.
00:20:43.44\00:20:45.68
At which moment the
dead will awaken, check.
00:20:45.71\00:20:47.69
Evil will vanish and
time will end, check, check.
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That's pretty good, isn't it?
00:20:51.03\00:20:53.34
Harlon was the child
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most influenced by
Bell and her beliefs.
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He grew up feeling sure
of what was right and wrong,
00:20:56.56\00:20:58.43
confident of this
"ordered view of the world."
00:20:58.46\00:21:01.27
He was the tease of the girls.
00:21:01.30\00:21:02.79
He ended up
being a football star
00:21:02.82\00:21:04.46
at the high school,
00:21:04.49\00:21:05.69
and when the marines
came to town recruiting,
00:21:05.72\00:21:07.75
he signed up,
ended up being shipped
00:21:07.78\00:21:09.74
to that little rocky
crag called Iwo Jima,
00:21:09.77\00:21:12.20
and on that island gave his life
00:21:12.23\00:21:13.62
for the country
he loved, all right.
00:21:13.65\00:21:16.32
The world loves a good war story
00:21:16.35\00:21:20.56
though there is no good war.
00:21:20.59\00:21:24.45
And the Bible is
replete with good war stories.
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In fact today,
we're going to take look
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at one of the most famous,
00:21:30.90\00:21:33.50
classics of military history
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and strategy that forms
the bedrock and the framework
00:21:35.35\00:21:38.70
for today's Bible teaching.
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Open your Bible please,
without any further adieu,
00:21:40.06\00:21:42.41
let us fly to
the Book of Daniel,
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the apocalyptic book
in the Old Testament,
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the Book Of Daniel please.
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Find Daniel Chapter 5.
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If you came
today without a Bible,
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we've got one in the
pew rack, right in front of.
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Pull that Bible out.
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It will be the same translation.
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I'll be reading from
the New King James Version
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and it's page
599 in our pew Bible.
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Daniel Chapter 5,
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one of the great military
classics, brilliant strategy,
00:22:01.95\00:22:06.35
and it's a framework
for today's teaching.
00:22:06.38\00:22:08.65
All right, enough talking,
let's go, Daniel Chapter 5.
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And let's begin in
verse 1, Daniel 5:1.
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Belshazzar, the king of Babylon.
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All right, this is Babylon.
00:22:24.22\00:22:26.02
"Belshazzar the
king made a great feast
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for a thousand of his
lords and their wives,
00:22:28.27\00:22:31.20
and drank wine in the
presence of the thousand."
00:22:31.23\00:22:35.30
It's party time in Babylon.
00:22:35.33\00:22:37.59
Although I tell you
what, for the life me,
00:22:37.62\00:22:38.94
I can't figure out why anybody
00:22:38.97\00:22:40.62
would be going
to a party tonight.
00:22:40.65\00:22:42.84
The Barbarians are literally
at the gates of the Babylon.
00:22:42.87\00:22:47.52
And what gets me is
that everybody in the party
00:22:47.55\00:22:49.80
knows that their city
is surrounded by the armies
00:22:49.83\00:22:54.62
of this young
Persian king name Cyrus.
00:22:54.65\00:22:57.50
He has the city in a chokehold,
00:22:57.53\00:23:00.43
and they are partying tonight.
00:23:00.46\00:23:03.77
Of course that's
why the party goes on
00:23:03.80\00:23:05.72
because everybody
knows Babylon is invincible.
00:23:05.75\00:23:09.23
Let me put a picture,
00:23:09.26\00:23:10.29
an artist's conception
of the walls of Babylon.
00:23:10.32\00:23:13.11
Let me put it on
the screen for you.
00:23:13.14\00:23:14.42
Babylon had a double set
of two walls, a double set.
00:23:14.45\00:23:18.22
So that on the
outside you began with 24 feet
00:23:18.25\00:23:20.61
and 26 feed wide
walls respectively,
00:23:20.64\00:23:24.13
then you went little further
00:23:24.16\00:23:25.27
and you came to the second set
00:23:25.30\00:23:26.57
and they're 12 feet wide
and 22 feet thick respectively.
00:23:26.60\00:23:30.19
At some places those walls
towered up to 40 feet high.
00:23:30.22\00:23:35.60
Nobody is worried about
Babylon falling tonight.
00:23:35.63\00:23:38.82
And in fact some
estimates indicate
00:23:38.85\00:23:40.99
that they had enough
food inside those walls
00:23:41.02\00:23:43.75
to survive a
decade's long siege.
00:23:43.78\00:23:47.40
So it's party on
dude in Babylon tonight.
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Babylon is fallen, is
fallen that great city.
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Drop down to verse 3,
00:23:57.74\00:23:59.00
and then while the
partying is going on
00:23:59.03\00:24:02.02
"They brought the gold
vessels that had been taken
00:24:02.05\00:24:04.88
from the temple
of the house of God
00:24:04.91\00:24:06.84
which had been in Jerusalem,
00:24:06.87\00:24:08.85
and the king and his
lords, and his wives,
00:24:08.88\00:24:10.96
and his concubines drank
from the holy vessels. Verse 4,
00:24:10.99\00:24:15.96
"They drank
wine, and they praised
00:24:15.99\00:24:18.05
the gods of gold and
silver, bronze and iron,
00:24:18.08\00:24:20.79
wood and stone."
00:24:20.82\00:24:23.25
Only a fool plays with the Holy.
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Only a fool.
00:24:29.30\00:24:31.12
Do you know what's holy?
00:24:31.15\00:24:33.54
Sex is holy.
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Sex is a gift from
God to a man and a woman
00:24:37.71\00:24:40.07
who live within the protective
walls of holy matrimony.
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I'm telling you what, sir,
00:24:44.79\00:24:46.74
if you're
fooling around with her
00:24:46.77\00:24:48.81
and she is not your wife,
00:24:48.84\00:24:50.31
you are just as
destined for the judgment
00:24:50.34\00:24:54.70
as Belshazzar is tonight.
00:24:54.73\00:24:56.70
You get away from that girl
00:24:56.73\00:24:58.67
and leave your hands off of her.
00:24:58.70\00:25:02.90
All right. Sex is holy.
00:25:02.93\00:25:05.25
The Sabbath is holy.
00:25:05.28\00:25:07.40
The Sabbath is the
gift of the Creator
00:25:07.43\00:25:08.50
to the human race.
00:25:08.53\00:25:09.64
It is holy time.
00:25:09.67\00:25:10.93
This is when our
friendship goes deep
00:25:10.96\00:25:13.19
with the end of
every single week.
00:25:13.22\00:25:14.47
The Sabbath is holy.
00:25:14.50\00:25:15.53
You can't play with what's holy.
00:25:15.56\00:25:18.55
Your body is holy.
00:25:18.58\00:25:19.61
You know that,
you are the temple
00:25:19.64\00:25:20.77
of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:20.80\00:25:23.74
What you put inside
your body is a moral issue.
00:25:23.77\00:25:26.23
It's the only body
trust me you'll ever be given.
00:25:26.26\00:25:30.24
So take very good
care of it. You're holy.
00:25:30.27\00:25:33.41
Belshazzar is a fool
drinking out of holy cups.
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Verse 5, "In the same hour
the fingers of a man's hand
00:25:41.29\00:25:46.10
appeared and wrote
opposite the lampstand
00:25:46.13\00:25:50.16
on the plaster of the
wall of the king's palace,
00:25:50.19\00:25:54.15
and the king saw the
part of the hand that wrote."
00:25:54.18\00:25:58.02
You try to
imagine it in your heart,
00:25:58.05\00:26:00.11
a bloodless hand.
00:26:00.14\00:26:01.96
No connection to anything,
00:26:01.99\00:26:03.21
just a bloodless hand
begins to etch its letters
00:26:03.24\00:26:08.44
of awful doom on the
plaster of that palace banquet.
00:26:08.47\00:26:15.74
But Belshazzar and
the inebriated partygoers
00:26:15.77\00:26:18.50
are sobered just
a little too late.
00:26:18.53\00:26:24.26
And when the word
goes out bring him in,
00:26:24.29\00:26:25.41
bring him in!
00:26:25.44\00:26:27.06
The old man now,
was a Hebrew captive,
00:26:27.09\00:26:30.54
became a prophet
after he was taken captive.
00:26:30.57\00:26:32.86
Served so faithfully,
00:26:32.89\00:26:34.38
the grandfather of the
Belshazzar, Nebuchadnezzar.
00:26:34.41\00:26:36.30
When old man Daniel
00:26:36.33\00:26:37.94
with his bushy white
mane enters that room,
00:26:37.97\00:26:41.32
Daniel knows it's
over, it's too late.
00:26:41.35\00:26:43.31
Daniel's name
by the way trumpets
00:26:43.34\00:26:44.80
every time you call
it, God is my judge.
00:26:44.83\00:26:47.86
God is the judge.
00:26:47.89\00:26:49.73
When Daniel walks in,
he sadly shakes his head,
00:26:49.76\00:26:51.74
he reads the letters and he says
00:26:51.77\00:26:53.82
"Oh king, it's too late.
00:26:53.85\00:26:56.50
You have been
weighed in the balances
00:26:56.53\00:26:59.45
and you have been found wanting.
00:26:59.48\00:27:01.70
Fallen, fallen
is Babylon the great
00:27:01.73\00:27:04.02
because she's made all
nations drink of the wine
00:27:04.05\00:27:06.95
of the wrath of her fornication.
00:27:06.98\00:27:09.48
It's over.
00:27:09.51\00:27:11.79
And in that instant,
there is the horse cry
00:27:11.82\00:27:15.06
from the far end
of the palace hall.
00:27:15.09\00:27:17.98
And in the midnight the
clatter of running feet,
00:27:18.01\00:27:21.26
the Persians
have broken through.
00:27:21.29\00:27:24.57
Babylon is fallen, is
fallen that great city.
00:27:24.60\00:27:29.84
And verse 30 how does it read,
00:27:29.87\00:27:31.98
"That every night Belshazzar,
00:27:32.01\00:27:34.78
king of the
Chaldeans, was slain."
00:27:34.81\00:27:38.77
So how did he do
it? Invincible city.
00:27:38.80\00:27:40.43
How did that young prince?
00:27:40.46\00:27:41.49
How did that young king Cyrus,
00:27:41.52\00:27:42.65
how could he
have possibly brought
00:27:42.68\00:27:43.99
Babylon to its knees?
00:27:44.02\00:27:46.18
How is rest of the story.
00:27:46.21\00:27:49.07
Take a, listen, take a look
at this incredible strategy.
00:27:49.10\00:27:52.51
And by the way,
this military victory
00:27:52.54\00:27:55.01
and strategy were all predicted
00:27:55.04\00:27:57.26
including the
name of the general
00:27:57.29\00:27:59.43
who would achieve it.
00:27:59.46\00:28:00.49
All predicted one and
a half centuries before
00:28:00.52\00:28:02.81
the event took place.
00:28:02.84\00:28:03.87
A 150 years before
Babylon fell 539 BC.
00:28:03.90\00:28:08.77
God predicted
the name of the king
00:28:08.80\00:28:11.45
and the exact strategy.
00:28:11.48\00:28:14.73
Go back just a couple of books,
00:28:14.76\00:28:16.52
couple of three books to Isaiah.
00:28:16.55\00:28:18.33
Take a look, a century
and a half earlier now.
00:28:18.36\00:28:21.00
Keep that in mind,
God is speaking His words.
00:28:21.03\00:28:22.77
He actually names young
Persian king Isaiah Chapter 45,
00:28:22.80\00:28:28.05
that would be page
490 in your pew Bible.
00:28:28.08\00:28:33.54
Isaiah 45, take a look at this.
00:28:33.57\00:28:36.17
Incredible, a century
and a half in advance.
00:28:36.20\00:28:39.35
Isaiah 45:1 "Thus says the
Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,"
00:28:39.38\00:28:43.87
one and a half centuries
before the boy is born,
00:28:43.90\00:28:46.02
God is saying, I got a
guy named Cyrus, is coming.
00:28:46.05\00:28:48.11
He's my man.
00:28:48.14\00:28:49.24
And what Cyrus gonna do,
00:28:49.27\00:28:50.35
this is what God says to Cyrus
00:28:50.38\00:28:51.66
"Whose right hand I have held,
00:28:51.69\00:28:53.18
to subdue nations before him
00:28:53.21\00:28:55.21
and loose the
armor of the kings,
00:28:55.24\00:28:56.73
to open before
him the double doors,
00:28:56.76\00:29:00.10
so that the gates
will not be shut:"
00:29:00.13\00:29:02.19
I need to tell
you one more thing
00:29:02.22\00:29:03.49
about those walls.
00:29:03.52\00:29:06.28
Those walls are 24
feet and 26 feet thick,
00:29:06.31\00:29:09.20
you remember that.
00:29:09.23\00:29:10.26
There is a way into the city.
00:29:10.29\00:29:12.01
Even though you
can't climb the walls,
00:29:12.04\00:29:13.18
there's a way into the city.
00:29:13.21\00:29:15.33
In fact I'm giving them a chance
00:29:15.36\00:29:16.46
up in the
mezzanine to scram it back
00:29:16.49\00:29:18.08
to the slide I forgot about.
00:29:18.11\00:29:19.31
There is a way into the city.
00:29:19.34\00:29:20.90
The River Euphrates runs
straight through Babylon.
00:29:20.93\00:29:23.44
Take a look at that.
00:29:23.47\00:29:24.64
The famous River Euphrates
goes straight through Babylon,
00:29:24.67\00:29:27.38
straight through the heart.
00:29:27.41\00:29:29.46
But you can understand
00:29:29.49\00:29:30.54
though they don't show it there.
00:29:30.57\00:29:31.60
The walls are
built over the city.
00:29:31.63\00:29:33.53
So sure, you could
jump into the river,
00:29:33.56\00:29:35.62
it goes all the way to
the top of the cauldron,
00:29:35.65\00:29:37.88
you'd have to hold
your breath 24 feet
00:29:37.91\00:29:39.44
and then 26
feet and then 12 feet
00:29:39.47\00:29:41.42
and then 22 and even if
you get inside the city.
00:29:41.45\00:29:44.51
So let's say
you could swim under
00:29:44.54\00:29:45.90
all those walls
and you get inside,
00:29:45.93\00:29:47.94
there are massive walls
all along the river bank,
00:29:47.97\00:29:50.63
no way Jose,
00:29:50.66\00:29:51.97
you cannot get out of
that river into the city.
00:29:52.00\00:29:55.89
But God says here, the gates,
00:29:55.92\00:29:57.91
the only way into the
city would be some gates
00:29:57.94\00:30:00.31
stationed strategically
all along the walls
00:30:00.34\00:30:03.33
along the river bank.
00:30:03.36\00:30:04.46
The only way you can
get in if the gets are open.
00:30:04.49\00:30:07.50
And what did God just say
00:30:07.53\00:30:08.90
"I'm going to open
before him the double doors
00:30:08.93\00:30:11.15
so that the
gates will not be shut.
00:30:11.18\00:30:12.94
Look at this verse 2.
00:30:12.97\00:30:14.07
"I will go before
you Cyrus and I will make
00:30:14.10\00:30:15.82
the crooked places straight,
00:30:15.85\00:30:16.96
and I will break in
pieces the greats of bronze
00:30:16.99\00:30:18.81
and I'll cut the bars of iron."
00:30:18.84\00:30:20.82
In verse 3, "I will give
you the treasures of darkness
00:30:20.85\00:30:23.73
and the hidden
riches of secret places,
00:30:23.76\00:30:25.61
that you may know that I,
00:30:25.64\00:30:27.66
the Lord, who
call you by your name,
00:30:27.69\00:30:29.23
I am the God of Israel."
00:30:29.26\00:30:30.94
Finally verse 4, "For
Jacob My servant's sake,
00:30:30.97\00:30:33.80
and Israel My elect,
00:30:33.83\00:30:35.31
I have even
called you by your name,
00:30:35.34\00:30:37.13
I have named
you..." And get this.
00:30:37.16\00:30:39.17
"Though you have not known Me."
00:30:39.20\00:30:41.84
God chose a human being
00:30:41.87\00:30:44.39
who had no personal
connection with Him.
00:30:44.42\00:30:49.04
I tell you what?
00:30:49.07\00:30:50.10
The next time you write
off some godless atheist ruler,
00:30:50.13\00:30:54.94
political ruler on this planet,
00:30:54.97\00:30:56.79
I want you to
remember the story of Cyrus
00:30:56.82\00:30:58.69
and be reminded,
00:30:58.72\00:31:01.04
God can partner with anybody
00:31:01.07\00:31:04.68
to strategically
bring about His will.
00:31:04.71\00:31:06.93
An atheist, you
don't have to have
00:31:06.96\00:31:09.37
an evangelical
Christian in office,
00:31:09.40\00:31:11.92
in order for God's
will to be done in America,
00:31:11.95\00:31:14.45
which gives us a
little bit of space and peace.
00:31:14.48\00:31:18.50
You don't have to
have a believer anywhere.
00:31:18.53\00:31:20.92
He took a pagan.
00:31:20.95\00:31:22.33
He said this is My man
Cyrus, My anointed one.
00:31:22.36\00:31:25.62
Clue one,
00:31:25.65\00:31:27.60
the name of Babylon's
conqueror would be Cyrus.
00:31:27.63\00:31:29.72
Clue number two, the
double doors will be left open.
00:31:29.75\00:31:31.75
Let's go to clue three,
00:31:31.78\00:31:32.81
and you just go to
the end of the chapter
00:31:32.84\00:31:34.23
right before Isaiah 44,
00:31:34.26\00:31:35.74
the last two verses.
00:31:35.77\00:31:37.10
God says in verse 27
"Who says to the deep,
00:31:37.13\00:31:39.89
'Be dry! And I will
dry up your rivers."
00:31:39.92\00:31:42.62
Clue number three,
00:31:42.65\00:31:43.81
the river is
going to get dried up.
00:31:43.84\00:31:45.91
Who is He speaking about?
00:31:45.94\00:31:46.97
Verse 28, "Who says of Cyrus,
00:31:47.00\00:31:48.65
'He is My shepherd,
00:31:48.68\00:31:50.31
and he shall
perform all My pleasure',
00:31:50.34\00:31:51.83
he would say to Jerusalem,
00:31:51.86\00:31:53.29
'You shall be built."
00:31:53.32\00:31:54.87
I'm going to
use that godless man
00:31:54.90\00:31:56.55
to help deliver
My remnant people.
00:31:56.58\00:31:58.19
I'm going to use
a godless politician
00:31:58.22\00:32:00.20
to save the
community of faith on earth.
00:32:00.23\00:32:03.31
I'm going to use a godless king.
00:32:03.34\00:32:06.75
And He'll say to Jerusalem,
00:32:06.78\00:32:07.81
'You shall be
built', to the temple,
00:32:07.84\00:32:09.24
'Your
foundation shall be laid.'"
00:32:09.27\00:32:11.41
One and a half
centuries before Babylon fell.
00:32:11.44\00:32:13.83
God said this is how
it's going to happen.
00:32:13.86\00:32:15.52
The gates would be opened,
and I'm going to use Cyrus.
00:32:15.55\00:32:17.63
Fifty years before Babylon fell,
00:32:17.66\00:32:20.72
God names more
specifically the body of water.
00:32:20.75\00:32:26.57
Go to Jeremiah,
this now 50 years,
00:32:26.60\00:32:28.54
Jeremiah Chapter 50.
00:32:28.57\00:32:30.61
One more fascinating piece.
00:32:30.64\00:32:32.73
Get a load of this, Jeremiah 50.
00:32:32.76\00:32:34.53
Can you imagine this?
This is page 548. Unbelievable!
00:32:34.56\00:32:39.19
Fifty years
before this invincible.
00:32:39.22\00:32:41.55
Babylon was the
largest city of antiquity.
00:32:41.58\00:32:44.07
Fifty years in advance.
00:32:44.10\00:32:46.82
Verse 35, Chapter 50:35
00:32:46.85\00:32:49.23
God says "'A sword is
against the Chaldeans,'
00:32:49.26\00:32:52.71
that would the Babylonians,
00:32:52.74\00:32:54.15
against the
inhabitants of Babylon,
00:32:54.18\00:32:55.76
against her princes,
against her wise men.
00:32:55.79\00:32:57.45
A sword is
against the soothsayers,
00:32:57.48\00:32:59.00
they will be fools.
00:32:59.03\00:33:00.28
A sword is
against her mighty men,
00:33:00.31\00:33:01.34
and they will be dismayed.
00:33:01.37\00:33:02.46
A sword is against their horses,
00:33:02.49\00:33:03.67
chariots, mixed peoples,
00:33:03.70\00:33:05.01
again they will
become like women.
00:33:05.04\00:33:06.36
A sword is
against her treasures."
00:33:06.39\00:33:08.19
Now verse 38,
00:33:08.22\00:33:09.34
"And a drought is
against her waters."
00:33:09.37\00:33:13.48
It now identifies
which water this is?
00:33:13.51\00:33:15.43
It's the river.
00:33:15.46\00:33:17.73
Put it together with Isaiah.
00:33:17.76\00:33:18.79
It's the river that
runs through Babylon.
00:33:18.82\00:33:20.66
"A drought is
against her waters,
00:33:20.69\00:33:21.94
and they will be dried up.
00:33:21.97\00:33:23.00
For it is the
land of carved images,
00:33:23.03\00:33:24.86
and they are
insane with their idols."
00:33:24.89\00:33:27.73
Babylon is an idolatrous power,
00:33:27.76\00:33:32.28
and I'll take that power down.
00:33:32.31\00:33:35.22
Did it happen the way God
predicted a century earlier?
00:33:35.25\00:33:37.67
Listen to this.
00:33:37.70\00:33:38.73
October 13, 539 BC.
00:33:38.76\00:33:40.48
By the way, we're almost--
we just passed the anniversary,
00:33:40.51\00:33:42.51
October 13, 539 BC,
00:33:42.54\00:33:45.08
the Greek historian
describing that night.
00:33:45.11\00:33:47.10
This is Herodotus.
00:33:47.13\00:33:48.23
We'll put it on
the screen for you.
00:33:48.26\00:33:49.65
Describes the midnight
victory of the Persian forces.
00:33:49.68\00:33:53.33
Seen on the screen there,
00:33:53.36\00:33:54.40
"He, Cyrus, posted
his army at the place
00:33:54.43\00:33:58.13
where the river enters the city,
00:33:58.16\00:33:59.24
and another part of it
00:33:59.27\00:34:00.38
where the stream
issues from the city."
00:34:00.41\00:34:02.03
All right, Euphrates
goes in, Euphrates comes out.
00:34:02.06\00:34:04.11
So at both places
he positions his army.
00:34:04.14\00:34:08.65
"And then he bade his
men, hear the instructions,
00:34:08.68\00:34:10.63
enter the city by the
channel of the Euphrates
00:34:10.66\00:34:13.43
when they should
see it to be fordable"
00:34:13.46\00:34:14.98
Look at it guys,
when the river drops,
00:34:15.01\00:34:16.48
trust me, it's going to drop.
00:34:16.51\00:34:17.69
When the river drops, you go in.
00:34:17.72\00:34:19.55
we're taking the city tonight.
00:34:19.58\00:34:20.70
You understand, we're
taking the city tonight.
00:34:20.73\00:34:23.22
Then what does he do?
00:34:23.25\00:34:24.31
"Then he himself marched away
00:34:24.34\00:34:26.00
with those of his
army who couldn't fight,
00:34:26.03\00:34:27.54
and when he came to the lake,
00:34:27.57\00:34:29.42
Cyrus dealt with it..."
00:34:29.45\00:34:30.69
the historian writes
00:34:30.72\00:34:31.88
"with the river just as
had the Babylonian queen:"
00:34:31.91\00:34:34.73
The queen once upon a time said,
00:34:34.76\00:34:35.79
I need a lake up here.
And so what did she do?
00:34:35.82\00:34:37.88
Drawing off the river
by a canal into the lake
00:34:37.91\00:34:41.17
which was till now a marsh.
00:34:41.20\00:34:43.06
"He, Cyrus, made the stream,
that would be the Euphrates,
00:34:43.09\00:34:45.82
sink till its former
channels could be forded.
00:34:45.85\00:34:49.20
When this happened,
00:34:49.23\00:34:50.29
The Persians who have
been posted with their intent
00:34:50.32\00:34:52.37
to make their way into Babylon
00:34:52.40\00:34:53.50
by the channel of the Euphrates,
00:34:53.53\00:34:54.78
which had now sunk,
00:34:54.81\00:34:55.91
they saw the water
sink to about the height
00:34:55.94\00:34:59.34
of the middle of man's thigh."
00:34:59.37\00:35:01.77
You can go anywhere.
00:35:01.80\00:35:03.15
Any army can march
through water this shallow.
00:35:03.18\00:35:07.23
The Euphrates drops
and Herodotus tells us,
00:35:07.26\00:35:11.07
and in fact that night
there was a party in Babylon.
00:35:11.10\00:35:14.11
Daniel 5 is right.
00:35:14.14\00:35:16.18
And the drunken guards left,
00:35:16.21\00:35:18.53
mistakenly left all
the river gates open.
00:35:18.56\00:35:21.72
How had God put it Isaiah 45
00:35:21.75\00:35:24.86
"I will open before
Cyrus the double doors,
00:35:24.89\00:35:27.17
so that the gates
will not be shut."
00:35:27.20\00:35:32.38
And they were not.
00:35:32.41\00:35:34.16
The point, ladies and gentlemen,
00:35:34.19\00:35:35.49
when God's king
of the east shows up,
00:35:35.52\00:35:39.50
there ain't nobody that
can keep Him out, nobody.
00:35:39.53\00:35:44.75
In fact I wish you
jot that down right now.
00:35:44.78\00:35:46.68
Will you? With
better English than that.
00:35:46.71\00:35:48.13
Pull out your study guide
in today's worship bulletin.
00:35:48.16\00:35:51.78
Thank you ushers.
00:35:51.81\00:35:52.84
Let's get study
guides out quickly now.
00:35:52.87\00:35:54.48
If you didn't get your
00:35:54.51\00:35:55.56
study guide, just
hold your hand up,
00:35:55.59\00:35:56.66
we have a study guide
for you in the balcony,
00:35:56.69\00:35:58.55
up here to front,
00:35:58.58\00:35:59.97
pull out the study guide.
00:36:00.00\00:36:01.47
And while the
ushers are getting it out,
00:36:01.50\00:36:02.59
let me just say to those of you
00:36:02.62\00:36:03.77
watching on
television, go to our website.
00:36:03.80\00:36:05.39
Let me put it on the screen.
00:36:05.42\00:36:06.99
There it is, www.pmchurch.tv.
00:36:07.02\00:36:10.89
That's our website.
00:36:10.92\00:36:12.32
This is the teaching series
00:36:12.35\00:36:13.73
entitled "Rumors from the East."
00:36:13.76\00:36:15.71
Click on that series,
00:36:15.74\00:36:16.94
then you'll see
a list of titles.
00:36:16.97\00:36:18.35
This particular title
is "Kings of the East."
00:36:18.38\00:36:21.24
Click on there, you
see the word pardon me,
00:36:21.27\00:36:24.63
you see the word
study guide, click there.
00:36:24.66\00:36:26.35
You'll get the
identical study guide.
00:36:26.38\00:36:28.41
I want to get that point
while it's fresh on our minds.
00:36:28.44\00:36:31.44
Jot it down please.
00:36:31.47\00:36:34.43
"When the
divinely appointed king
00:36:34.46\00:36:35.97
of the east shows up..."
00:36:36.00\00:36:37.85
It's on the
screen, just fill it in.
00:36:37.88\00:36:39.88
"When the
divinely appointed king
00:36:39.91\00:36:40.94
of the east shows
up, there is nothing."
00:36:40.97\00:36:44.27
There is nothing, write that in,
00:36:44.30\00:36:45.50
that can keep him out!
00:36:45.53\00:36:46.56
What's all this have to
do with rumors from the east?
00:36:46.59\00:36:48.05
Keep your pen moving.
00:36:48.08\00:36:49.34
It is the
critical historical clue,
00:36:49.37\00:36:51.77
this story we just
shared the military victory,
00:36:51.80\00:36:54.28
the clue that
unlocks rumor number three.
00:36:54.31\00:36:59.84
Rumor number three,
this is the final rumor.
00:36:59.87\00:37:01.57
We are moving to
wrap on this series.
00:37:01.60\00:37:03.66
Go to the Bible's last book,
it's the twin book to Daniel.
00:37:03.69\00:37:06.56
It's the New
Testament equivalent of Daniel.
00:37:06.59\00:37:09.16
It's the Book of
Revelation the Apocalypse,
00:37:09.19\00:37:10.97
just one line.
00:37:11.00\00:37:12.65
Just one line of Revelations 16.
00:37:12.68\00:37:14.65
Please find that, and
let's cut to the chase.
00:37:14.68\00:37:18.14
Revelations Chapter 16.
00:37:18.17\00:37:20.81
By the way you
recognize the chapter,
00:37:20.84\00:37:22.75
these are the
seven last plagues.
00:37:22.78\00:37:24.88
I don't know what
you know about Scripture
00:37:24.91\00:37:26.68
but you don't have
to know much to know--
00:37:26.71\00:37:29.72
When you hear about
the seven last plagues.
00:37:29.75\00:37:31.55
Everybody knows
that they immediately,
00:37:31.58\00:37:33.36
according to the Bible,
they immediately proceed
00:37:33.39\00:37:35.35
the destruction of this earth,
00:37:35.38\00:37:37.23
the end of time, all right.
00:37:37.26\00:37:38.59
So the seven angels
are shown holding bowls.
00:37:38.62\00:37:41.34
This is just before
the return of Christ.
00:37:41.37\00:37:43.42
Plague number six.
00:37:43.45\00:37:44.97
Take a look at
this, plague number six,
00:37:45.00\00:37:46.57
drop down to verse
12 Revelations 16:12,
00:37:46.60\00:37:49.89
"Then the sixth
angel poured out his bowl
00:37:49.92\00:37:54.08
on the great river Euphrates..."
00:37:54.11\00:37:55.51
Have we already heard
about the River Euphrates?
00:37:55.54\00:37:58.14
Yeah, we've already read it.
00:37:58.17\00:37:59.73
"He poured out his
bowl on the River Euphrates
00:37:59.76\00:38:01.95
and its water..." was what?
00:38:01.98\00:38:04.72
Waters dried up. We
heard about that? Yep.
00:38:04.75\00:38:08.00
"And its water was dried up,
00:38:08.03\00:38:09.89
so that the way of the
kings from the east..."
00:38:09.92\00:38:12.93
Cyrus attacked
Babylon from the east.
00:38:12.96\00:38:15.91
He was a king from the east.
00:38:15.94\00:38:17.05
"So that the way of
the kings from the east
00:38:17.08\00:38:19.72
might be prepared."
00:38:19.75\00:38:23.54
Ladies and gentlemen,
00:38:23.57\00:38:24.63
what you've just read is
a neat and tidy summation
00:38:24.66\00:38:27.00
of the great and strategic
military victory of King Cyrus.
00:38:27.03\00:38:31.86
He was the king from the east.
00:38:31.89\00:38:33.13
He was east to Babylon.
00:38:33.16\00:38:34.81
King Cyrus and
the fall of Babylon.
00:38:34.84\00:38:38.98
When the divinely appointed king
00:38:39.01\00:38:40.44
of the east showed up,
00:38:40.47\00:38:42.25
there was nothing
that could keep him out.
00:38:42.28\00:38:44.99
But then, hey, come
on who cares about Cyrus?
00:38:45.02\00:38:48.48
We're third millennials.
00:38:48.51\00:38:51.88
Unless of course
what we've just read here
00:38:51.91\00:38:53.37
in Revelation isn't
about the Persian Cyrus at all,
00:38:53.40\00:38:57.00
could that be it?
00:38:57.03\00:38:58.39
So who could this
king of the east be
00:38:58.42\00:39:01.89
in the Apocalypse?
00:39:01.92\00:39:03.61
Three clues, jot them down.
00:39:03.64\00:39:04.74
Fascinating, jot these down.
00:39:04.77\00:39:06.65
Clue number one the
name Cyrus means "sun."
00:39:06.68\00:39:10.80
Comes up in the
morning and goes down at night.
00:39:10.83\00:39:12.70
It means sun, Cyrus means sun.
00:39:12.73\00:39:14.89
Have we heard about
the sun in this series,
00:39:14.92\00:39:16.54
"Rumors from the east?"
00:39:16.57\00:39:18.59
Clue number
one, Cyrus means sun.
00:39:18.62\00:39:20.05
Clue number two,
the Greek for "east"
00:39:20.08\00:39:21.79
actually in this
case is a two-word phrase
00:39:21.82\00:39:24.50
that means
"rising sun" rising sun
00:39:24.53\00:39:29.06
or you can combine it "sunrise."
00:39:29.09\00:39:32.37
All right.
00:39:32.40\00:39:33.55
And clue number
three, fascinating this one.
00:39:33.58\00:39:35.99
Isaiah 45:1 which
we read a moment ago.
00:39:36.02\00:39:38.62
I want to talk
about My anointed Cyrus,
00:39:38.65\00:39:40.31
remember God saying that,
00:39:40.34\00:39:41.39
My anointed one
Cyrus. Listen to this.
00:39:41.42\00:39:43.45
"God calls Cyrus His
"anointed" or in the Hebrew,
00:39:43.48\00:39:46.27
mashiach, which is
used only in Isaiah 45
00:39:46.30\00:39:50.55
and in Daniel 9:25, 26."
00:39:50.58\00:39:53.83
For in Daniel 9, it
is translated as Messiah.
00:39:53.86\00:39:57.76
The English word comes
from the Hebrew "Messiah."
00:39:57.79\00:40:01.91
Now we take those
three, just those three clues,
00:40:01.94\00:40:03.58
ladies and gentlemen.
00:40:03.61\00:40:05.11
Who do you suppose
is this apocalyptic king
00:40:05.14\00:40:08.48
that comes right
into earth from the east
00:40:08.51\00:40:10.83
and is called the
Sun of Righteousness:
00:40:10.86\00:40:12.67
Malachi 4:2, The
Sunrise: Luke 1:78
00:40:12.70\00:40:16.29
and the Messiah: John 1:41?"
00:40:16.32\00:40:18.64
Who might that be?
00:40:18.67\00:40:20.23
Keep your pen
moving, Revelation 19:11-16
00:40:20.26\00:40:24.28
confirms that it is
none other than King Jesus.
00:40:24.31\00:40:28.96
Now, folks, it's
not rocket science,
00:40:28.99\00:40:30.73
those three clues,
Sun, coming from the east,
00:40:30.76\00:40:33.53
rising who is this?
00:40:33.56\00:40:36.71
You see that little
sentence that I struck
00:40:36.74\00:40:38.00
in the study guide
taking these three clues:
00:40:38.03\00:40:40.14
Who do you suppose
is this apocalyptic king
00:40:40.17\00:40:42.75
that comes right
into earth from the east
00:40:42.78\00:40:44.71
and is called The
Sun of Righteousness:
00:40:44.74\00:40:46.56
Malachi 4:2 and
it's called The Sunrise:
00:40:46.59\00:40:48.89
Luke 1:78 and it's
called the Messiah: John 1:41?
00:40:48.92\00:40:52.32
Who do you suppose this is?
00:40:52.35\00:40:54.06
Revelation 19 is
absolutely unequivocal,
00:40:54.09\00:40:56.74
this is none
other, write this in.
00:40:56.77\00:40:58.23
This is none
other than King Jesus.
00:40:58.26\00:41:00.93
Hallelujah, the
Cyrus of the Apocalypse.
00:41:00.96\00:41:05.34
His name means Sun, I'm
the Sun of Righteousness.
00:41:05.37\00:41:08.27
The Cyrus is Jesus.
00:41:08.30\00:41:10.30
Just turn one page, will you?
00:41:10.33\00:41:11.74
One page to Revelation 19,
00:41:11.77\00:41:13.45
I love this description
of Christ second coming.
00:41:13.48\00:41:16.41
Isn't this beautiful?
00:41:16.44\00:41:17.51
Revelation 19:11,
"Then I saw heaven opened,
00:41:17.54\00:41:20.29
and behold, a white horse."
00:41:20.32\00:41:21.68
Oh, I love
horses, scared of riding,
00:41:21.71\00:41:24.07
but I love them.
00:41:24.10\00:41:26.31
I'm gonna learn someday.
00:41:26.34\00:41:28.12
"Now I saw heaven opened,
and behold, a white horse.
00:41:28.15\00:41:30.38
And He who sat on him
was called Faithful and True,
00:41:30.41\00:41:32.95
and in righteousness
He judges and makes war.
00:41:32.98\00:41:35.68
His eyes, verse 12,
were like a flame of fire,
00:41:35.71\00:41:38.04
and on His head
were many crowns.
00:41:38.07\00:41:39.58
He had a name written that
no one knew except Himself."
00:41:39.61\00:41:43.46
Verse 13, "He was clothed
with a robe dipped in blood...
00:41:43.49\00:41:47.26
" crimson, "...and His
name is called the Word of God.
00:41:47.29\00:41:53.21
Verse 14, hallelujah,
"And the armies in heaven,
00:41:53.24\00:41:55.75
clothed in fine
linen, white and clean,
00:41:55.78\00:41:57.98
followed Him
also on white horses."
00:41:58.01\00:42:00.38
Now verse 15,
00:42:00.41\00:42:01.66
"Out of His mouth goes
a sharp two edged sword,
00:42:01.69\00:42:04.46
that with it He
should strike the nations.
00:42:04.49\00:42:06.72
And He Himself will
rule them with a rod of iron.
00:42:06.75\00:42:09.80
He Himself treads the
winepress of the fierceness
00:42:09.83\00:42:12.35
and wrath of Almighty God."
00:42:12.38\00:42:13.90
Final verse 16,
"And He had on His robe
00:42:13.93\00:42:16.65
and He has on His
thigh a name written:
00:42:16.68\00:42:19.51
King of kings...
Read it out loud with me.
00:42:19.54\00:42:22.45
"...King of kings and
Lord of lords." Hallelujah.
00:42:22.48\00:42:28.92
There He is
ladies and gentlemen,
00:42:28.95\00:42:31.18
the king of the
east that's who He is.
00:42:31.21\00:42:34.47
Imagine my surprise to discover.
00:42:34.50\00:42:36.27
I'm reading the
late Australian scholar
00:42:36.30\00:42:39.97
and writer name Lewis Viera,
00:42:40.00\00:42:41.46
I'm reading him in preparation
00:42:41.49\00:42:42.97
for this series
and I discovered.
00:42:43.00\00:42:44.03
Write this down.
00:42:44.06\00:42:45.19
That in fact the favorite
direction of King Jesus,
00:42:45.22\00:42:47.99
His favorite of all directions,
00:42:48.02\00:42:49.97
write it down is "east."
00:42:50.00\00:42:51.76
Keep your pen moving.
00:42:51.79\00:42:53.09
Three incredible pieces
of evidence for that premise.
00:42:53.12\00:42:57.11
Numbers 2:3, look at this.
00:42:57.14\00:42:58.84
Isn't this fascinating?
00:42:58.87\00:43:00.19
You remember the
camp Israel had 12 tribes
00:43:00.22\00:43:02.33
and always the
sanctuary is the middle.
00:43:02.36\00:43:04.39
The tribe of Judah was
given its place to camp.
00:43:04.42\00:43:06.95
Numbers 2:3 "The tribe of Judah
00:43:06.98\00:43:10.04
was to camp "on the east side
00:43:10.07\00:43:12.83
toward the rising of the sun."
00:43:12.86\00:43:15.11
And Revelation 5:5 calls
00:43:15.14\00:43:16.86
"Jesus the Lion of
the tribe of Judah."
00:43:16.89\00:43:20.28
Write it down.
00:43:20.31\00:43:22.00
East is His favorite.
00:43:22.03\00:43:23.23
It's His favorite
direction. Here's another one.
00:43:23.26\00:43:26.88
Jesus in the mini
Apocalypse, all right,
00:43:26.91\00:43:29.27
Mathew 24 is the
gospel's Apocalypse.
00:43:29.30\00:43:32.85
Jesus in the
mini Apocalypse says,
00:43:32.88\00:43:35.09
"When I come the
lightning is going to flash
00:43:35.12\00:43:37.50
from the east to the west."
00:43:37.53\00:43:42.00
Write it down from
the east lo the west.
00:43:42.03\00:43:44.07
It's His favorite direction.
00:43:44.10\00:43:46.20
Notice this, 2 Peter 1:19,
00:43:46.23\00:43:48.07
Revelation 22:16, Jesus
is called the "Morning Star."
00:43:48.10\00:43:51.23
And if go out running
early before the sun is up
00:43:51.26\00:43:53.32
like I do you know
that the morning star
00:43:53.35\00:43:55.72
always rises in the east.
00:43:55.75\00:43:58.58
It's not even a
star, it's a planet.
00:43:58.61\00:43:59.95
It's that bright
light in the east,
00:43:59.98\00:44:02.96
the last light to go out.
00:44:02.99\00:44:05.06
Great Controversy,
00:44:05.09\00:44:06.18
the Apocalyptic
classic, get this.
00:44:06.21\00:44:08.52
I tell you this
moves me every time
00:44:08.55\00:44:10.54
I come across
these words, page 640,
00:44:10.57\00:44:12.57
soon describes the
second coming of Jesus.
00:44:12.60\00:44:15.41
"Soon there appears in
the east a small black cloud,
00:44:15.44\00:44:20.73
about half the
size of a man's hand."
00:44:20.76\00:44:23.08
I used to try to
figure that one out.
00:44:23.11\00:44:24.14
Half the size of a man's hand,
00:44:24.17\00:44:25.95
I mean how big is that?
Well here's a man's hand.
00:44:25.98\00:44:27.91
Let me show you my hand.
00:44:27.94\00:44:29.79
I want to now make this
hand half its size, watch this.
00:44:29.82\00:44:34.52
Oh I did, I just decreased
00:44:34.55\00:44:36.10
the size by
about a half, didn't I?
00:44:36.13\00:44:38.15
So this is going to
be that little cloud
00:44:38.18\00:44:40.38
in the east is going to be
half the size of a man's hand.
00:44:40.41\00:44:42.81
Does it mean the
man's hand right here?
00:44:42.84\00:44:44.26
No, no, always, if
you're going to talk
00:44:44.29\00:44:45.94
about the hand you have
to hold it in perspective,
00:44:45.97\00:44:47.41
it will be at arm's length.
00:44:47.44\00:44:49.65
So there is a
cloud from the east
00:44:49.68\00:44:52.02
half the size of a man's hand.
00:44:52.05\00:44:53.90
What's going on
here, watch this.
00:44:53.93\00:44:55.63
"The people of God know
00:44:55.66\00:44:56.75
this to be the
sign of the Son of man.
00:44:56.78\00:44:59.50
In solemn
silence they gaze upon it
00:44:59.53\00:45:02.64
as it draws nearer the earth,
00:45:02.67\00:45:04.71
becoming lighter
and more glorious,
00:45:04.74\00:45:06.65
imagine this,
until it is a huge,
00:45:06.68\00:45:08.75
a great white cloud,
00:45:08.78\00:45:10.31
its base a glory
like consuming fire,
00:45:10.34\00:45:12.57
and above it a rainbow.
00:45:12.60\00:45:15.51
Jesus rides forth
as a mighty conqueror."
00:45:15.54\00:45:19.01
Wow.
00:45:19.04\00:45:21.65
We were having a
brunch two Sundays ago,
00:45:21.68\00:45:23.86
with our senior
leaders, our elders.
00:45:23.89\00:45:26.74
We were having brunch together,
and we were sharing stories.
00:45:26.77\00:45:28.72
And one of the
elders shared this story
00:45:28.75\00:45:30.80
about his daughter he
said "Our daughter left Christ,
00:45:30.83\00:45:33.00
left the church everything.
00:45:33.03\00:45:35.33
Then years later we got
a phone call one morning.
00:45:35.36\00:45:37.98
She was on the
other end of the line
00:45:38.01\00:45:39.37
and she was
announcing, said ''Daddy, Mama,
00:45:39.40\00:45:40.95
both of you get on the
phone." she said "Last night,
00:45:40.98\00:45:44.00
last night I had a
dream that Jesus was returning
00:45:44.03\00:45:47.10
to the earth and that
dream has so troubled me
00:45:47.13\00:45:50.65
that I have
decided to give my heart
00:45:50.68\00:45:52.18
back to Jesus and
return to the church."
00:45:52.21\00:45:55.01
I'm telling you,
00:45:55.04\00:45:56.08
I've seen it
happened over and over again.
00:45:56.11\00:45:57.67
Just a mere visualization
of the return of Christ
00:45:57.70\00:46:02.35
to this earth and
suddenly inside your conscience,
00:46:02.38\00:46:04.64
inside your heart there
is this little pounding,
00:46:04.67\00:46:06.68
there's a little something
that's saying you know what,
00:46:06.71\00:46:08.34
I want to be
ready, I need to be ready.
00:46:08.37\00:46:12.70
Let your mind
visualize that little cloud
00:46:12.73\00:46:15.58
getting closer and closer.
00:46:15.61\00:46:18.22
It's Cyrus.
00:46:18.25\00:46:19.84
It's Cyrus and he is going
00:46:19.87\00:46:21.95
to bring Babylon to its knees.
00:46:21.98\00:46:24.77
Write it down
ladies and gentlemen,
00:46:30.35\00:46:31.68
I want to be there
when the King of the east
00:46:31.71\00:46:33.51
comes riding
out of that sunrise.
00:46:33.54\00:46:34.71
Write it down.
00:46:34.74\00:46:35.81
There it is, rumor number three.
00:46:35.84\00:46:37.24
What is rumor
number three? He's coming!
00:46:37.27\00:46:39.07
That's the rumor.
Write it down, He is coming.
00:46:39.10\00:46:41.38
Hallelujah.
00:46:41.41\00:46:43.93
Which by the way, in my book,
00:46:43.96\00:46:45.69
that's what makes this rumor
00:46:45.72\00:46:47.89
the best rumor of all
three, the best of the best.
00:46:47.92\00:46:52.34
And by the way that is also why
when that dark and evil power
00:46:52.37\00:46:58.34
known as the king of the
north when he gets this rumor,>>
00:46:58.37\00:47:02.64
he is driven into a panic.
00:47:02.67\00:47:05.38
And in one lashing fury,
00:47:05.41\00:47:08.37
seeks to obliterate
those who are loyal to God.
00:47:08.40\00:47:11.77
It's this rumor.
00:47:11.80\00:47:13.75
You say, come on, unpack this.
00:47:13.78\00:47:14.98
Come on, what's the
drying up of the Euphrates.
00:47:15.01\00:47:16.80
What is this?
Who is this Babylon?
00:47:16.83\00:47:19.92
Two weeks from today,
00:47:19.95\00:47:21.02
this entire series shuts down.
00:47:21.05\00:47:23.49
And I hope that
if you're anywhere
00:47:23.52\00:47:24.67
within driving
distance two weeks from the day,
00:47:24.70\00:47:26.23
you'll be right here.
00:47:26.26\00:47:27.55
Title of the teaching
then "King of the North."
00:47:27.58\00:47:29.78
We've held it in
advance, we've held it back,
00:47:29.81\00:47:32.08
we've read it, we've noted it,
00:47:32.11\00:47:33.21
we've not said a word about it.
00:47:33.24\00:47:34.70
And I'm going to be
careful in that teaching
00:47:34.73\00:47:36.65
it's going to be cryptic.
00:47:36.68\00:47:38.83
I'm not just going to
come out and spell it for you.
00:47:38.86\00:47:41.10
But anybody who
can pick up the cues
00:47:41.13\00:47:43.28
will know in an instant
after those cues and clues,
00:47:43.31\00:47:48.11
who the king of the north is?
00:47:48.14\00:47:49.91
Today, King of the east.
00:47:49.94\00:47:51.44
Forget the king of the
north, today hallelujah,
00:47:51.47\00:47:54.08
King of the east.
00:47:54.11\00:47:55.90
And by the way, did
you notice in your Bible,
00:47:55.93\00:47:57.43
it's not king of the east,
00:47:57.46\00:47:58.81
it's "kings" plural of the east.
00:47:58.84\00:48:01.87
Go back to verse 12
here in Revelation 16.
00:48:01.90\00:48:05.34
"Then the sixth
angel poured out his bowl
00:48:05.37\00:48:07.14
on the great river Euphrates,
00:48:07.17\00:48:08.80
and its water was dried up,
00:48:08.83\00:48:09.99
so that the way of the kings
00:48:10.02\00:48:12.86
from the east
might be prepared."
00:48:12.89\00:48:16.15
So who are these kings?
00:48:16.18\00:48:17.75
Who's John talking
about? Keep your pen moving.
00:48:17.78\00:48:20.41
Well, let John
interpret himself.
00:48:20.44\00:48:22.16
We're not going to
bring in extra interpretation.
00:48:22.19\00:48:23.86
Let John speak
Revelation 1:5, 6.
00:48:23.89\00:48:26.45
Jot this down,
this praise to Jesus.
00:48:26.48\00:48:28.49
"To Him who
loved us and washed us
00:48:28.52\00:48:30.50
from our sins in His own blood,
00:48:30.53\00:48:32.32
and has made us kings
00:48:32.35\00:48:37.31
and priests to
His God and Father"
00:48:37.34\00:48:40.24
Keep your pen moving.
00:48:40.27\00:48:41.31
In Revelation 17:14,
00:48:41.34\00:48:43.06
"For He is the Lord of
lords and King of kings,
00:48:43.09\00:48:45.79
and those who are with,
00:48:45.82\00:48:49.44
those who are with
Him in this final showdown
00:48:49.47\00:48:52.17
are called,
chosen, and faithful.
00:48:52.20\00:48:55.97
"One more, Revelation 20:4,
00:48:56.00\00:48:58.39
"And I saw thrones, and they,
00:48:58.42\00:49:01.84
those whom Jesus takes to heaven
00:49:01.87\00:49:03.66
and they sat on them."
00:49:03.69\00:49:05.82
Ladies and gentlemen,
when John uses the word kings.
00:49:05.85\00:49:08.89
Keep your pen moving.
00:49:08.92\00:49:10.61
He's drawing a circle so wide
00:49:10.64\00:49:12.10
that it even includes every man,
00:49:12.13\00:49:13.52
woman and child who follows,
00:49:13.55\00:49:16.37
who follows Jesus!
00:49:16.40\00:49:18.33
No, they don't,
00:49:18.36\00:49:19.39
they don't come
back to earth with Jesus.
00:49:19.42\00:49:20.47
How could they?
They're already on this earth.
00:49:20.50\00:49:22.57
They're not
coming back with Him.
00:49:22.60\00:49:24.03
There are people who are
here but John intentionally--
00:49:24.06\00:49:26.01
Keep your pen moving.
00:49:26.04\00:49:27.09
John
intentionally uses the plural.
00:49:27.12\00:49:29.05
Write that down.
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He uses the plural to teach that
00:49:30.19\00:49:32.58
because of their allegiance
to the king of the East,
00:49:32.61\00:49:35.74
his victory is
theirs when He conquers
00:49:35.77\00:49:37.87
the enemy of Babylon,
it's their conquering too.
00:49:37.90\00:49:41.10
They come together.
He's not returned yet.
00:49:41.13\00:49:49.07
The divine Cyrus
has not come back yet.
00:49:49.10\00:49:54.80
But when He comes, hallelujah,
00:49:54.83\00:49:57.28
He conquers. He will conquer.
00:49:57.31\00:50:00.39
That's why,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:50:00.42\00:50:02.76
I can watch the
unfolding nuclear showdown
00:50:02.79\00:50:05.16
with North Korea and not
lose a night of sleep over?
00:50:05.19\00:50:08.52
I'm not afraid.
00:50:08.55\00:50:10.27
I never told you
this before but my mother
00:50:10.30\00:50:11.87
was born in Pyongyang,
00:50:11.90\00:50:13.55
the capital of North Korea.
00:50:13.58\00:50:15.77
Born as a missionary's kid.
00:50:15.80\00:50:17.78
I'm not afraid of how
that's going to turn out.
00:50:17.81\00:50:20.06
I tell you what?
00:50:20.09\00:50:21.47
I just know when
the rulers of this earth
00:50:21.50\00:50:23.63
had exhausted
their final solution,
00:50:23.66\00:50:26.74
the king of the east comes
00:50:26.77\00:50:27.80
riding triumphantly
out of that sunrise.
00:50:27.83\00:50:30.37
Hallelujah, thank you Jesus.
00:50:30.40\00:50:32.31
That's why you know what?
00:50:32.34\00:50:33.85
The quagmire in the
Middle East right now,
00:50:33.88\00:50:35.28
I can't figure it out.
00:50:35.31\00:50:37.34
I don't know what this election
00:50:37.37\00:50:38.59
is going to be a referendum on,
00:50:38.62\00:50:39.85
I don't know what they
are going to decide from this.
00:50:39.88\00:50:42.24
But I'm not
losing any sleep over it
00:50:42.27\00:50:43.90
unless our
son-in-law Andrew as a medic
00:50:43.93\00:50:46.07
to the rangers get sent,
00:50:46.10\00:50:47.73
then I'll be up
night and day praying.
00:50:47.76\00:50:53.71
I've a feeling
speaking of this election.
00:50:53.74\00:50:57.58
There is no human brilliance
sufficient to solve the moral,
00:50:57.61\00:51:00.96
social and political
woes and ills of this planet.
00:51:00.99\00:51:05.20
I carry in the back of my Bible.
00:51:05.23\00:51:07.71
I brood on these
words every now and then.
00:51:07.74\00:51:09.25
Listen to this.
00:51:09.28\00:51:10.31
These words are
written a hundred years ago.
00:51:10.34\00:51:11.58
"The present..."
00:51:11.61\00:51:12.70
They sound like they
were written yesterday.
00:51:12.73\00:51:15.10
"The present is a time
of overwhelming interest
00:51:15.13\00:51:17.23
to all living.
00:51:17.26\00:51:18.62
Rulers and statesmen,
00:51:18.65\00:51:19.68
men who occupy positions
of trust and authority,
00:51:19.71\00:51:21.82
thinking men and
women of all classes,
00:51:21.85\00:51:24.63
have their attention
fixed upon the events
00:51:24.66\00:51:26.39
taking place about us.
00:51:26.42\00:51:27.79
They are watching the strained,
00:51:27.82\00:51:29.40
restless relations that
exist among the nations.
00:51:29.43\00:51:32.24
They observe the intensity
that is taking possession
00:51:32.27\00:51:34.61
of every earthly element,
00:51:34.64\00:51:36.24
and they recognize
thinking people do that
00:51:36.27\00:51:38.86
something great and
decisive is about to take place,
00:51:38.89\00:51:42.02
that the world is on the
verge of a stupendous crisis."
00:51:42.05\00:51:48.54
I'm not afraid because
I know that when we are
00:51:48.57\00:51:52.73
at our wits' end
humanly speaking,
00:51:52.76\00:51:56.82
there's a king that comes
riding out of that sunrise.
00:51:56.85\00:52:02.32
That this night
of crushing darkness
00:52:02.35\00:52:05.90
is soon going to end.
00:52:05.93\00:52:07.33
I know what you'd
say, "Come on Dwight,
00:52:07.36\00:52:08.94
it's not crushing,
it's not dark for me.
00:52:08.97\00:52:10.23
I'm having a
great time right now.
00:52:10.26\00:52:11.70
This is the best
hour of my life."
00:52:11.73\00:52:14.19
I want to tell you something,
it is crushing and dark
00:52:14.22\00:52:16.73
for a senior at
Andrews University today
00:52:16.76\00:52:18.68
named Leroy Brown who
lost his mother and brother
00:52:18.71\00:52:21.16
in the same car
accident this week.
00:52:21.19\00:52:25.38
You want to know
crushing darkness.
00:52:25.41\00:52:27.46
Be a member of
Marilyn Poole family.
00:52:27.49\00:52:30.50
You want to know what it's
like to live with a broken heart
00:52:30.53\00:52:33.59
in the midnight of life?
00:52:33.62\00:52:36.55
Talk to the
Judas Peter's family.
00:52:36.58\00:52:38.01
Two people, community activists
00:52:38.04\00:52:41.22
both lost within the last week.
00:52:41.25\00:52:44.74
You say, "My life is
just fine right now."
00:52:44.77\00:52:46.47
Trust me, trust me.
00:52:46.50\00:52:49.33
If there is no
longing in your heart
00:52:49.36\00:52:50.47
for this midnight to end,
00:52:50.50\00:52:52.24
God can take
care of that for you.
00:52:52.27\00:52:56.61
There will be no
human being on this planet
00:52:56.64\00:52:58.32
who will not know midnight,
00:52:58.35\00:53:00.12
and our hunger and our longing
for Jesus Christ to come.
00:53:00.15\00:53:03.16
Our hunger and
our longing for that,
00:53:03.19\00:53:05.20
where is that sun that
is supposed to come up.
00:53:05.23\00:53:09.39
If your life is just
hunky-dory party on dude,
00:53:09.42\00:53:11.70
have great time
tonight wherever you're going.
00:53:11.73\00:53:13.72
But I'm telling you
what, like Belshazzar,
00:53:13.75\00:53:15.43
you're going to get
a wake up call one day.
00:53:15.46\00:53:17.04
There will be a
knocking at your door
00:53:17.07\00:53:18.84
and you'll
discover it's midnight.
00:53:18.87\00:53:22.64
Don't ask for
it, don't ask for it.
00:53:22.67\00:53:25.38
Just know that His grace will
be sufficient when it comes.
00:53:25.41\00:53:29.13
You'll have a
dark night. We all do.
00:53:29.16\00:53:33.30
But hallelujah,
I have not examined
00:53:33.33\00:53:36.85
all the calendars of earth,
00:53:36.88\00:53:38.60
but I understand that
there has never been a midnight
00:53:38.63\00:53:42.51
on this planet that has not been
00:53:42.54\00:53:44.85
followed by a sunrise.
00:53:44.88\00:53:48.29
Straight out of the
east. Thank you Jesus.
00:53:48.32\00:53:52.36
East. That's why
in Bible prophecy,
00:53:52.39\00:53:55.56
east is a four letter word.
00:53:55.59\00:53:56.67
Write this down.
00:53:56.70\00:53:57.77
In Bible prophecy,
east is a four letter word
00:53:57.80\00:53:59.94
spelled HOPE, east,
00:53:59.97\00:54:07.35
because that's where
00:54:07.38\00:54:09.65
Jesus is coming from, east.
00:54:09.68\00:54:14.09
And He is a last best
hope we have ever had.
00:54:14.12\00:54:16.75
I tell you what?
We have this hope.
00:54:16.78\00:54:18.47
We really do have it and nobody,
00:54:18.50\00:54:21.36
and I mean nobody
can take this hope
00:54:21.39\00:54:26.51
away from us. Amen.
00:54:26.54\00:54:32.85
We have this hope
00:54:50.32\00:54:54.78
that burns within our hearts
00:54:54.81\00:54:59.73
Hope in the coming of the Lord
00:54:59.76\00:55:07.40
We have this faith
00:55:07.43\00:55:14.30
that Christ alone imparts
00:55:14.33\00:55:17.01
Faith in the promise
00:55:17.04\00:55:19.67
of His Word
00:55:19.70\00:55:25.19
We believe the time is here
00:55:25.22\00:55:29.39
When the nations far and near
00:55:29.42\00:55:33.62
Shall awake, and shout and sing
00:55:33.65\00:55:38.53
Hallelujah! Christ is King!
00:55:38.56\00:55:44.83
We have this hope that
00:55:44.86\00:55:52.80
burns within our hearts
00:55:52.83\00:55:58.28
Hope in the coming of the Lord
00:55:58.31\00:56:02.17
And now to Him who
loves us and has freed us
00:56:14.85\00:56:16.91
from our sins by His
blood and has made us to be
00:56:16.94\00:56:20.32
a kingdom and priest to
serve His God and Father,
00:56:20.35\00:56:24.26
to Him be glory and
power for ever and ever. Amen.
00:56:24.29\00:56:28.82
Look, He is
coming with the clouds
00:56:28.85\00:56:33.14
and every eye will see Him.
00:56:33.17\00:56:35.34
Even those who pierced Him.
00:56:35.37\00:56:37.54
And all the peoples
of the earth will mourn
00:56:37.57\00:56:39.10
because of Him, so shall it be.
00:56:39.13\00:56:42.05
Amen. Even so
come Lord Jesus. Amen.
00:56:42.08\00:56:49.49
Before you go, I wanted to take
00:57:06.37\00:57:07.76
one more moment to let you know,
00:57:07.79\00:57:09.12
how glad I am you
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00:57:09.15\00:57:10.95
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00:57:10.98\00:57:13.25
Living in the
world that we do now,
00:57:13.28\00:57:14.83
a civilization
surviving on the edge
00:57:14.86\00:57:16.51
of constant upheaval and change,
00:57:16.54\00:57:19.08
I'm grateful that we have
the bed rock hope of Jesus,
00:57:19.11\00:57:21.20
aren't you?
00:57:21.23\00:57:22.62
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00:57:22.65\00:57:23.69
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