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>> Amen. And particularly today,
He hears our cry and hears our
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plea and will not pass us by.
And we can see that by how He
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has led us in the past, because
He has moved in our lives and is
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still moving in our lives
today. So that gives us hope for
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tomorrow, 'cause He says,
"Do not worry about tomorrow."
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So we can place our hope in Him,
because He has us in His hands
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and He loves us so much.
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>> Hey, Sis, Dad, Mom, come
on! "Children's Story" is on!
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>> Hi, boys and girls.
I'm Aunt Carole, greeting you
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from your story hour. I
would be saying hello from my
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home, but I don't
have one right now.
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See, my husband and I sold our
home in California, and we're
driving all the way
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cross-country to Massachusetts,
to our new home. And that made
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me think of a family a long time
ago who had to drive all the way
across the United States from
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California to Florida. And even
though now is a hard time to
drive cross-country,
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because so many things are
closed, back then, they even had
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a worse time. Let me tell you
about that family. Their name
was the Crane family.
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There was mom and dad and Jimmy
and Robbie and Betsy. And, you
know, they were migrant
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workers. Do you know
what migrant workers are?
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They're people who follow the
harvest around from farm to farm
and they pick the apples and the
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fruit and the asparagus and
whatever is in season. Now, mom
and dad and the kids
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had just picked dates in
California, and they were
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finished. And they asked the
owner of the field, Mr.
Henderson, "Do you have work
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through the winter for us?" But
he didn't. As a matter of fact,
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nobody around there did. So he
told them they should go to the
post office and look at
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the bulletin board, see if
anything was available. But
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there wasn't. Well, they were
gonna stop at the store to get
some food, but then they
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realized, "You know, we don't
have much money. We better save
it till we find out where we can
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find work." So, they went back
to their cabin and they ate
potatoes for dinner.
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Now, Betsy said, "I like
potatoes, but isn't there
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anything else?" And her brother
Robbie handed her some ketchup.
She goes, "That's not what I
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mean. You know, I like
different kinds of food."
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"Well, we don't have a lot of
money and we don't have
different kinds of food right
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now, but, you know, we'll just
have to do with what we have."
And that's when her brother
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Jimmy, who liked to tease her,
said, "Well, I bet you'd like a
nice, cold watermelon.
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I bet you somebody put one on
the porch while we were eating
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these potatoes. Why don't you
check." Well, Betsy got up right
away to go check, but mom said,
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"Jimmy, stop teasing. Betsy,
there's no watermelon out there.
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Sit down." Just then, there
was a knock at the door, and Mr.
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Henderson had good news. There
was a man in Florida who had a
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job for their dad. The only
thing was, they had to get
there, to Florida, on their own
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money. Well, they only had
enough money for gas and for
oil, and their old jalopy had to
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stop every hour to be filled up
with water. So, before taking
off, they knelt down to pray and
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asked God to provide the food
that they need, just like it
says in Matthew 7 -- "Ask and
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you will receive." And Betsy
said, "Yes, God will send us
manna, just like He did
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the Israelites in the desert."
Oh, the boys teased her about
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manna. Well, God provided
lettuce from a field that had
been harvested, and the manager
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said, "You can have what's left
over, 'cause it's just gonna rot
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in the field." And that tasted
good and filled their tummies
for a while. But it didn't last
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long. And then they got
cantaloupes from another field,
because some of them were too
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ripe to pack. And they got to
eat those. But after a while,
those were gone, too.
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Each time, after the lettuce and
the cantaloupes, they prayed,
"Lord, please send us something
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to fill our bellies. It doesn't
have to be fancy. It doesn't
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even have to taste really good
but just fill our bellies and
nourish us." Well, after the
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lettuce and the cantaloupes,
they prayed about the same
prayer. But Betsy had a
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different idea. She said, "Dear
Lord, I want manna and I want
peanut-butter-and-jelly manna
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and I want vegetable soup and
stew and peaches and chocolate
candy for dessert."
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Well, the boys laughed at her.
Have you ever heard of
peanut-butter manna?
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But, again, the car overheated,
and mom and dad sent them out to
play, but it was so hot.
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They were sitting around. Well,
finally, Jimmy nudged Robbie and
said, "Robbie, want
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to have some fun? Follow my
lead." So Robbie nodded, said
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"Okay." And he said, "Betsy,
this looks just like the desert
where, you know, the Israelites
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had manna. I bet you there's
manna around here. Why don't you
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go behind that rock and see if
there's some manna there." Well,
Betsy said, "Sure!"
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And she ran around in that hot
weather, looking for manna.
Well, there was none behind the
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rock. "Well, what
about that tree up there?"
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Well, she ran to the tree.
"There's no manna here." So,
then she ran down the hill,
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and he said, "I'm sure it's in
the arroyo down there." Down in
the arroyo, she was
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quiet while they were laughing
and laughing and thinking,
"She's getting so hot running
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around, trying to find this
silly manna." All of a sudden,
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they heard her call, "Manna!
Manna! There's manna!" And she
was waving something.
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Well, when they ran to find her,
she was waving a gunnysack.
"Where are all these cans from?
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They were in this gunnysack.
There's one that says 'peanut
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butter.' There's one that says
'bread.' There's one that says
'jelly.'" And they looked, and
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there's one that says "creamed
corn" and "vegetable soup" and
even one that said "chocolate
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candy." Well, dad came along and
he saw these green cans were K
rations, and he called the
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number on the can and found out
that there was a troop nearby
who had been on maneuvers, and
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they threw all these cans away
because they didn't want to
carry them back. And they had a
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good mess hall, so they didn't
need it. They said, "Help
yourself. Compliments of Uncle
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Sam." So, guess what. They piled
their car with all these cans of
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food. They even tied them to the
roof and to the fenders and took
off, and they had food for the
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rest of their trip and
part of the winter. So, you see?
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God provides not only what we
need, but sometimes even what we
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want. And I know he'll take care
of all of us through this virus.
Just remember, keep praying and
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remember God loves you.
So do I. Goodbye for now.
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>> And thank you for giving us
not only what we need, but even
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also what we want. And
thank you for bringing us
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this whole day
and the whole night.
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And now it's in the morning,
and we can enjoy this day.
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In Jesus' name, amen. >> Amen!
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Dear Jesus,
thank you for this day.
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Lead us and keep us
safe from harm and danger.
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And even though this COVID-19 is
ruining all of our fun, but it
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can't ruin all
our hope and faith.
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Thank you for not giving only
what we need, even what we want.
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In Jesus' name, amen. >> Amen.
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>> ¤ I waited for the Lord ¤ He
inclined unto me ¤ He heard my
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complaint ¤ He heard my
complaint ¤ I waited for the
Lord ¤ He inclined unto me
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¤ He heard my complaint ¤ He
heard my complaint ¤ O blessed
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are they that hope ¤
And trust in the Lord ¤¤
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>> ¤ I waited for the Lord >>
¤ I waited for the Lord >> ¤ He
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inclined unto me >> ¤ He
inclined unto me >> ¤ He heard
my complaint >> ¤ He heard my
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complaint >> ¤ I waited for the
Lord >> ¤ I waited for the Lord
>> ¤ He inclined unto me
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>> ¤ He inclined unto me >> ¤ He
heard my complaint >> ¤ He heard
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>> ¤ He heard my complaint >>
¤ O blessed are they that hope ¤
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>> ¤ Blessed are they that trust
in the Lord ¤ ¤ O blessed are
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they that hope ¤ And trust ¤ O
blessed are they that hope and
trust in the Lord ¤
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¤ Trust in the Lord ¤
Trust in the Lord ¤ The Lord
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>> ¤ I waited for the Lord >>
¤ I waited for the Lord >> ¤ The
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Lord [ Singing in German ]
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[ Music stops ] >> All: Amen!
>> Thank you, Gallos twins.
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Beautiful, Dorothea, Christiane.
"I Waited for the Lord." That's
the prayer that we're
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praying as a faith community.
Let's pray right now. Father, in
English and German,
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it doesn't matter. That's the
only option we have. We can run
on ahead, I suppose,
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so that would be the other
option, or we can wait. We've
been waiting and waiting,
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and the waiting isn't over. But
in this brief moment, in the
coolness of this summer
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sanctuary, when we come to that
fork in the road, give us what
we need to know to make the
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right choice. We
pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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I think the
Chinese got it right.
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So, they were rummaging around,
and "how are we gonna come up
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with a word, 'crisis'?
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Crisis, crisis." So they talked
among themselves. They said,
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"Let's put two characters
together." I want to show you
the Chinese word for "crisis."
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We had two people who speak and
read Chinese in first service.
And we got this from Wikipedia,
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so we believe it's right. Those
two words together -- Those are
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two pictograms. I grew up in
Japan, and the Japanese use
10,000 Chinese characters.
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But their pictograms -- they
tell stories by the way they're
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shaped. And I don't know the
stories for these two, but I'll
tell you what the word means.
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So, it's a compound word. What
is crisis? Danger or dangerous.
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Danger or dangerous. And the
other word -- "change point."
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Hmm. What's a crisis?
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It's a "dangerous change point."
Does that make sense to you?
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Boy, it sure makes sense to
me. Medically, what's a crisis?
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Dangerous change point.
Economically, what's a crisis?
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Dangerous change point.
Racially, what's a crisis?
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Dangerous change
point. You come to that fork.
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Do we go this
way? Do we go that way?
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Obviously, it is a collective
experience, coming to these
00:24:42.34\00:24:44.91
dangerous change points.
00:24:44.91\00:24:46.78
It's also a private experience.
Some of you are, right now, in a
dangerous change point in your
00:24:46.82\00:24:50.89
life, and it has nothing to
do with COVID-19. That's okay.
00:24:50.89\00:24:55.39
But are you gonna go this way or
are you gonna go that way? There
is a cryptic superhero in
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"The Book of Beginnings."
Talking about a brave new world.
Nobody knows much about him.
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We're gonna dig just as much as
we can to see if we can identify
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the portrait. There are actually
two superheroes. Both of their
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names begin with the letter "N"
in English. We're gonna watch
dangerous change points.
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Which way will the superhero go?
Once upon a time, when the world
needed desperate divine
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intervention, God had a man
build an ark. It got filled with
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animals and birds and all those
creepy-crawly things. And then
eight people from that
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man's family boarded that ark.
One year and two months later,
they emerged from that ark with
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that zoo. And it is a brave
new world. They didn't even
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recognize it. One last time, we
go to that brave new world in
this little summer miniseries
00:26:02.92\00:26:07.36
that you and I have been
sharing. They emerge. What are
00:26:07.36\00:26:11.27
they gonna do? Well, they're
gonna have to make a domicile
for themselves. And, so, there
00:26:11.27\00:26:15.67
are four families -- mom and dad
and then the three boys with
their wives. That's four
00:26:15.67\00:26:19.74
families. So, they get the rocks
and they pile them up and they
have these humble little huts,
00:26:19.74\00:26:25.38
rock huts. Some were on the
slopes, maybe near the summit of
Mount Ararat. Yep, that's --
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Talking about crisis, the
dangerous change points. They're
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at one. I've been trying to
figure out in my mind, "Okay,
so, how many people -- How fast
00:26:35.42\00:26:41.36
could those three families --"
And, now, there are four, but I
figure, you know, Noah and Mrs.
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Noah, you know, at the age of
600, are probably not gonna have
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any more kids. You just don't do
it after 600 anymore, do you?
No. So they're not gonna have
00:26:48.77\00:26:52.27
any more kids. So, you got three
of their boys and their wives.
00:26:52.27\00:26:56.68
And husbands and wives being
husbands and wives, they begin
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to have children. So, I'm trying
to figure out, "How fast could
they have those children?"
00:27:00.55\00:27:04.05
So, I'm not mathematician. Those
two girls are going to Purdue
00:27:04.05\00:27:08.72
University. They're having to do
remote right now, like every
university in the land.
00:27:08.72\00:27:12.53
But they're mathematicians. So,
I said, "Okay, I'm gonna figure
00:27:12.53\00:27:17.60
this out. Here are the givens
that I'm gonna work with. I'm
gonna work with the given
00:27:17.60\00:27:21.20
that of the three families,
every family can have five
00:27:21.20\00:27:24.54
children," okay? So every family
from here on out is gonna have
five children. They may have had
00:27:24.54\00:27:29.04
10 or 20. I mean, who knows? But
I'm gonna just say five. And
then we're gonna allow for
00:27:29.04\00:27:33.35
endogamous marriages. What's
that? That's a marriage that
00:27:33.35\00:27:36.82
takes place within the family.
And, by the way, endogamous
marriages are not banned by God
00:27:36.82\00:27:42.82
until the book Leviticus gets
written. So there's a whole lot
00:27:42.82\00:27:45.56
of endogamous marriage-ing going
on. Obviously, it had to go on,
00:27:45.56\00:27:49.36
alright? So we're gonna allow
for those kind of marriages.
00:27:49.36\00:27:52.60
And we're gonna call every
generation about 30 years. And
then we're gonna go for
00:27:52.60\00:27:59.41
330 years. Now, Noah will die
at 350 years after the flood.
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We'll just say 330, 'cause it's
easy to do the arithmetic that
00:28:02.84\00:28:05.51
way. Hey, listen, so, here's the
number I came up with. You were
doing it real fast.
00:28:05.51\00:28:08.58
What did you come up with?
That's what I thought. The
number is 209,000 babies are
00:28:08.58\00:28:14.49
born by the time Noah
dies. 209,000 babies. That's a
00:28:14.49\00:28:19.39
maternity ward. But, of course,
that's done over a period of 330
00:28:19.39\00:28:25.47
years. Or 350. And even if that
209,000 -- "Dwight, you didn't
take into consideration
00:28:25.47\00:28:31.54
mitigating factors and, you
know, infertility and all this
stuff." No, I didn't do any of
00:28:31.54\00:28:34.21
that. I just said, "Five per
family." Let's cut it in half.
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Here's the point. You can get
there from here. That little
conclave of four families
00:28:39.75\00:28:48.12
eventually, over 330 years,
becomes a massive community. And
they're in these rock huts
00:28:48.12\00:28:53.19
and maybe they're using wood
now. They're dotted all over the
00:28:53.19\00:28:56.60
side of that mountain range. You
want to say 100,000. But then...
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[ Vocalizes "Dragnet" theme ]
...trouble strikes. And the
community is fractured.
00:29:03.24\00:29:11.01
Take a look at this. Open your
Bible to Genesis 11. Let's go.
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Genesis 11. I'm in the New
International Version. Genesis
00:29:14.72\00:29:17.72
11. Everybody knows the Tower of
Babel. We're not going to that
00:29:17.72\00:29:21.36
story, but it begins with these
two words -- These words will
tell us about a split, a
00:29:21.36\00:29:27.96
fracture. Talking about crisis,
dangerous change points. They
came to one, and one group
00:29:27.96\00:29:32.27
went this way. The other group
went that way. And look what we
00:29:32.27\00:29:36.40
end up with.
This will amaze you.
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Genesis 11:1. "Now
the whole world had one
00:29:38.24\00:29:43.18
language and a common
speech." Well, we know that.
00:29:43.18\00:29:45.38
That makes sense.
If they're all the
00:29:45.38\00:29:47.05
great-great-great-great-great-
grandma and -grandpa Noah,
00:29:47.05\00:29:49.52
nobody's changing
languages up there.
00:29:49.52\00:29:51.69
Verse 2 -- "But as people moved
eastward --" from the mountain
00:29:51.69\00:29:56.32
haven -- "As people moved
eastward, they found a plain --"
00:29:56.32\00:29:59.89
way down in the plain -- "plain
in Shinar and they settled
00:29:59.89\00:30:04.50
there."
00:30:04.50\00:30:05.73
They go -- They move east. They
have to go east from Ararat.
00:30:05.77\00:30:11.24
This is in the area of
Iraq today. They say, "Hey!
00:30:11.24\00:30:16.08
This is beautiful. Let's settle
here." Now, a little book called
00:30:16.08\00:30:21.25
"Patriarchs and Prophets" draws
-- gives us just enough of a
peek to pique our curiosity.
00:30:21.25\00:30:28.12
Take a look at
"Patriarchs and Prophets."
00:30:28.16\00:30:29.79
Put it on the
screen for you here.
00:30:29.79\00:30:31.49
"For a time, the descendants
of Noah continued to dwell among
00:30:31.49\00:30:35.73
the mountains," okay?
So they're all up there --
00:30:35.73\00:30:37.90
100,000, 200,000,
eventually. We don't know.
00:30:37.90\00:30:40.00
"Among the mountains
where the ark had rested.
00:30:40.00\00:30:42.67
As their numbers increased,
apostasy soon led to division."
00:30:42.67\00:30:48.68
Now one more line. Watch this.
"Those who desired to forget
00:30:48.68\00:30:52.18
their Creator --" So when
time goes on, even though the
00:30:52.18\00:30:56.05
great-great-great-grandfathers
and -mothers are still alive,
00:30:56.05\00:31:01.02
the traditions passed on in the
families begin to weaken among
00:31:01.02\00:31:05.09
some of them. "They
desired to forget their
00:31:05.09\00:31:07.23
Creator and to cast off
the restraint of His law."
00:31:07.23\00:31:09.73
"We don't have
to live under this."
00:31:09.73\00:31:11.63
And, by the way, they felt
a constant annoyance from the
00:31:11.63\00:31:14.30
teaching and example of
their God-fearing associates.
00:31:14.30\00:31:16.84
Keep it right there.
Keep it back on that screen,
00:31:16.84\00:31:19.01
because we got teenagers
sitting in this room right now.
00:31:19.01\00:31:21.28
And I'm so glad that you came
out -- you braved it and you
00:31:21.28\00:31:23.61
came out, young
adults sitting right here.
00:31:23.61\00:31:26.05
You know the meaning of this.
There are times when you have to
take a stand, when your parents
00:31:26.08\00:31:29.35
have inculcated moral values
into your life, and that stand
means you have to resist the
00:31:29.35\00:31:34.72
crowd that you're running with.
You have to resist the circle
that you're hanging with.
00:31:34.72\00:31:38.89
And you know what happens. They
get this little -- They get this
00:31:38.89\00:31:42.26
little, "Oh, Goody-Two-shoes,
huh?" or "Holy moly" or whatever
it is. And they begin to poke
00:31:42.26\00:31:47.80
fun. But that begins to wear on
them, because you, with your
moral chutzpah, your moral
00:31:47.80\00:31:54.58
courage, you stand as a rebuke
to them. You're not doing a
thing. You're just -- But it
00:31:54.58\00:31:59.51
bugs them, and, eventually, they
say, "Hey, I'm out of here."
That's what's happened in the
00:31:59.51\00:32:04.12
mountain range of Arafat. And
the group -- The community
literally splits so that we end
00:32:04.12\00:32:11.93
up with two superheroes. Both of
them -- in English, their name
00:32:11.93\00:32:20.04
begins with "N." Yeah, well,
let's finish this. I guess I
needed to finish this,
00:32:20.07\00:32:22.64
didn't I? Let's
finish the quote here.
00:32:22.64\00:32:25.21
Now watch this. Why
were they attracted?
00:32:31.58\00:32:34.72
Guess what. Three
chapters later, Lot does
00:32:41.36\00:32:44.26
the very same thing.
00:32:44.26\00:32:45.89
He says, "You know what? I don't
like this country-living stuff.
00:32:45.93\00:32:48.40
I'm going down there." Remember
that? And that's dangerous.
00:32:48.40\00:32:52.37
Twice, we're told -- We can see
it right now. It's dangerous.
00:32:52.37\00:32:57.91
Dangerous change points.
And they said, "We're going that
00:32:57.91\00:33:01.71
way." Hmm. Superheroes.
You know, our world is awash in
00:33:01.71\00:33:05.51
superheroes. Have you noticed
that? I was trying to think of
all the superheroes that I know,
00:33:05.51\00:33:09.48
but they're so old compared with
the new ones. And when I went on
00:33:09.48\00:33:12.79
to Google, I said, "What are the
new superheroes?" There are so
many out there now.
00:33:12.79\00:33:15.59
But you know what a superhero
is. But here's the deal about
00:33:15.59\00:33:18.03
superheroes. Tell me if I'm
right or wrong. The deal about
00:33:18.03\00:33:21.30
superheroes is -- they're a very
-- They start off with a very --
as a normal woman, a normal man,
00:33:21.30\00:33:25.30
right? But they come to a moment
in that tale -- they come to a
moment when they have to make a
00:33:25.30\00:33:29.34
choice. They can become a hero
or they can become a villain.
00:33:29.34\00:33:32.01
True or false? True. Some choose
to go this way. Some choose to
00:33:32.01\00:33:37.01
go that way. We have two men
with their names beginning with
"N." They come to that dangerous
00:33:37.01\00:33:44.85
change point and they both make
opposite decisions, and we've
lived with the results ever
00:33:44.85\00:33:49.92
since. Watch this.
Go back to Chapter 10.
00:33:49.92\00:33:54.00
Okay, so, we were just in 11. I
told you we weren't gonna stay
with the Tower of Babel.
00:33:54.00\00:33:57.37
Go back to Chapter 10. We have
now what's called the Table of
00:33:57.37\00:34:02.70
Nations. This is the story of
how the boys of Noah and their
wives multiplied and the regions
00:34:02.70\00:34:08.14
of the world they began to move
to. So, drop down now to Verse
00:34:08.14\00:34:13.65
8. Genesis 10:8. "And Cush
--" Oh, Cush is the son of Ham.
00:34:13.65\00:34:16.48
Who's Ham? Ham's that boy that
went into his dad's tent when
00:34:16.48\00:34:20.06
his dad was naked. Remember
that? His dad was drunk and
naked. We just talked about
00:34:20.06\00:34:23.89
that, didn't we? Ham is
the boy that goes in there.
00:34:23.89\00:34:25.96
We don't know what happened in
that tent, but it was not good
00:34:25.96\00:34:29.73
at all. Something is now being
passed on. That moral character,
00:34:29.73\00:34:34.10
or the lack thereof, is being
transmitted now to generation
00:34:34.10\00:34:38.81
after generation. Now you have
Cush, who was the father of --
here's that "N," boy -- Nimrod.
00:34:38.81\00:34:46.75
The father of Nimrod. The son
-- The grandson of Cush -- well,
00:34:46.75\00:34:55.16
who is he? We have very little
information, but watch what
happens with what we have.
00:34:55.16\00:34:58.46
"Who became a mighty warrior on
the earth." So, who's the first
00:34:58.46\00:35:02.60
-- Who is the first "N"
superhero? It's Noah. Come on.
We've already got Noah.
00:35:02.60\00:35:07.94
We're sure about it. He's in
the Bible Hall of Fame. He's a
00:35:07.94\00:35:11.01
superhero. Now we have Nimrod.
What do we know about Nimrod?
Well, we just read it.
00:35:11.01\00:35:14.48
He is a mighty warrior on
the earth. Robert Alter, in his
00:35:14.48\00:35:17.88
translation of the Hebrew Bible,
renders this line -- "He was the
first mighty man on earth."
00:35:17.88\00:35:21.95
We could call him the first,
really, superhero. The guy just
00:35:21.95\00:35:26.42
looked like -- He just looked
like he had it all together, in
terms of courage, in terms of
00:35:26.42\00:35:32.56
physique, in terms of power. He
became a hero, a superhero. Now,
I need to tell you that his
00:35:32.56\00:35:38.77
name meant "he shall rebel." It
can also mean, "We shall rebel.
00:35:38.77\00:35:48.14
Kind of interesting that a
parent would name a child that,
00:35:48.14\00:35:52.08
but... Who is this guy?
Nimrod. What else do we know?
00:35:52.08\00:35:57.72
Well, let's read the -- at least
read the next line. What is it?
00:35:57.72\00:36:03.02
Verse 9? So, "Nimrod, who became
a mighty warrior on the earth
--" that's Verse 8.
00:36:03.02\00:36:05.96
And here comes Verse 9.
00:36:05.96\00:36:07.93
Whoa! Now, I'm not a hunter.
I've never gone hunting. But
what I've heard about
00:36:16.40\00:36:22.18
hunting is that it's how you
live with an adrenaline rush.
This stuff just happens.
00:36:22.18\00:36:30.15
It's kill or be killed,
particularly big game. And we've
00:36:30.15\00:36:34.82
been to a big-game park in
Kenya. And you've got big, big
00:36:34.82\00:36:40.60
game. So, hunters are mighty
people. They're not intimidated.
00:36:40.63\00:36:43.63
And back then, it wasn't an
AK-whatever to take that animal
00:36:43.63\00:36:47.50
down. Shhhhhh! Pfoo!
00:36:47.50\00:36:50.57
That's it.
Shhhhhh! Pfoo! Gotcha!
00:36:50.61\00:36:57.38
We got a superhero here who's
courageous, and the people love
00:36:57.38\00:37:00.72
it. People always are drawn to,
you know, masculine, fully
testosteroned males,
00:37:00.72\00:37:08.96
superheroes. Nimrod becomes
a superhero. Living with the
00:37:08.96\00:37:16.53
adrenaline rush. The only
adrenaline rush I've ever gotten
00:37:16.56\00:37:18.83
was -- I went fishing once
over here by the dam in Berrien
00:37:18.83\00:37:22.14
Springs. And I actually --
[ Laughs ] I actually caught
00:37:22.14\00:37:25.67
something. Man, I'm
talking about adrenaline rush.
00:37:25.67\00:37:28.38
It only lasted a few seconds,
'cause I let the fish go.
00:37:28.38\00:37:34.45
But you can understand that if
you have the prowess for
hunting, that is an adrenaline
00:37:34.48\00:37:40.16
rush that rushes again and again
and again. We have a superhero
00:37:40.16\00:37:46.13
on our hands. His name also
begins with "N" -- Nimrod, "he
00:37:46.13\00:37:51.20
shall rebel," "we shall rebel."
Oh, is anything more embedded
here that might tell us about
00:37:51.20\00:37:57.87
who this Nimrod superhero guy
is? Well, there is a little --
00:37:57.87\00:38:04.81
one more key that I'm gonna
throw in here. Years --
Centuries later, after
00:38:04.81\00:38:10.92
Genesis gets written by Moses --
Centuries later, Jews in
Alexandria, Egypt, decide to
00:38:10.92\00:38:16.96
translate the Hebrew Bible. And
it's called a Septuagint -- the
00:38:16.96\00:38:22.23
Septuagint, right? So, the
Hebrew becomes Greek. Guess what
they do. Apparently, the
00:38:22.23\00:38:27.50
reputation of Nimrod has been
festering for centuries, and
when they come to this line that
00:38:27.50\00:38:34.11
reads "and he was a mighty
hunter before the Lord," they
said, "Nope. We're not gonna
00:38:34.11\00:38:38.91
translate it that way." The
Greek reads, "And he was a
mighty hunter against the Lord."
00:38:38.91\00:38:44.35
Ooh! So he's a
rebel. He's strong.
00:38:44.35\00:38:50.93
He's a superhero, and the people
just gravitate to him. They like
00:38:50.93\00:38:56.77
him. They like what he stands
for. Nimrod, superhero number
two. The community splits.
00:38:56.77\00:39:05.27
[ Imitates tearing ] He says,
"Chh! Follow me. I'll give you
00:39:05.27\00:39:14.42
what you want." And where does
he lead them? We know it, right
here. There's only one more line
00:39:14.42\00:39:19.55
to help us here. We got
to unpack this. Verse 10.
00:39:19.55\00:39:22.29
"And the first centers of his
kingdom --" Hit the pause button
00:39:22.29\00:39:26.86
right there. "The first centers
of his kingdom." I'm gonna ask
00:39:26.86\00:39:30.97
you a question. If you invent a
kingdom, what does that make
you? A king. You're a king.
00:39:30.97\00:39:39.87
There hasn't been a king on this
planet. But the superhero says,
00:39:39.87\00:39:46.82
"Hey, I cleared this space for
you." And, by the way, it's a
very small step from prowess
00:39:46.82\00:39:53.12
with hunting animals to prowess
with killing humans. I'm just
00:39:53.12\00:40:00.60
gonna hit a pause button right
here. I just -- I'm just telling
you. "Oh, you old fogy."
00:40:00.60\00:40:06.40
No, I'm telling you that if
every video game in your house
that's being played is killing
00:40:06.40\00:40:13.17
whoever steps in front of you --
"Pshoo! Gotcha! Pshoo! Gotcha!"
00:40:13.17\00:40:17.21
Blood splattering. "Pshoo!
Gotcha!" That kind of numbness
00:40:17.21\00:40:23.65
to human life eventually can be
acted out. And killing animals
00:40:23.65\00:40:31.13
-- aah! -- marauding animals --
Hey, listen, I'm glad he was a
00:40:31.13\00:40:34.03
hunter. Do you know what? Have
you seen some of those fossils
00:40:34.03\00:40:37.07
they found? Pssh! How would you
like to be on a mountain trail,
and you run into that sabertooth
00:40:37.07\00:40:43.61
whatever? He was delivering
people. He was a hero. He was a
00:40:43.61\00:40:47.34
superhero. But you can go from
killing animals to killing
people... if you're not careful.
00:40:47.34\00:40:55.38
Nimrod. Oh, what was
that line again? "He..."
00:40:55.38\00:41:00.59
"The first centers of his
kingdom --" Okay. The king has a
00:41:00.59\00:41:04.63
kingdom. And notice his
kingdom and notice where the
00:41:04.63\00:41:07.46
headquarters is. What's the next
word? The first sentence of his
00:41:07.46\00:41:10.77
kingdom were what? What's the
first one? What's the first one?
00:41:10.77\00:41:14.17
It's Babylon. Okay, where did
Babylon come from? Babylon came
00:41:14.17\00:41:17.77
from Babel. Hey, guess who
led this little -- this mountain
00:41:17.77\00:41:22.61
fracture. Guess who led them to
the plain. Guess who was the
superhero that set up this alt
00:41:22.61\00:41:30.65
kingdom. "And I'll be your
king." You're gonna watch here,
and in just a split second,
00:41:30.65\00:41:36.76
you're gonna see a portrait
emerging of, "Oh, no. You're
00:41:36.76\00:41:42.30
kidding me." No, right, really.
"The first centers of his
kingdom were Babylon --" That's
00:41:42.30\00:41:48.74
mission control. Then Uruk, then
Akkad, then Kalneh, in Shinar.
00:41:48.74\00:41:52.44
"From that land, he went --"
next verse, 11 -- "he went to
00:41:52.47\00:41:55.11
Assyria. There,
he built Nineveh,
00:41:55.11\00:41:56.78
Rehoboth Ir, Calah, and Resen,
which is between Nineveh and
00:41:56.78\00:42:00.45
Calah -- which
is the great city."
00:42:00.45\00:42:02.62
Isn't that something?
The boy whose name means "he
00:42:02.62\00:42:06.79
shall rebel" becomes
the planter of cities.
00:42:06.79\00:42:14.03
Reminds me of Cain, whose name
might as well have read "he
shall rebel" and becomes the
00:42:14.10\00:42:21.30
father of walled cities. Wow.
What's going on here? This is
00:42:21.30\00:42:29.24
crazy. "A mighty warrior against
the Lord." Against the Lord.
00:42:29.24\00:42:34.88
Two superheroes -- Noah -- And,
by the way, Noah almost got took
down, if I can put it that way.
00:42:34.88\00:42:42.96
He almost got took down.
Somebody who knows when crises
come, they are dangerous change
00:42:42.96\00:42:51.93
points was waiting for that
moment. "I'm gonna take that man
00:42:51.93\00:43:01.34
down." Mm. Who is this?
Who is this mysterious, cryptic
00:43:01.34\00:43:07.68
Nimrod -- "he shall rebel" --
who makes himself the king of an
alt kingdom, who sets up his
00:43:07.68\00:43:13.92
headquarters in a place
called Babylon? Who is he?
00:43:13.92\00:43:20.06
Well, he is who he is, but it
doesn't take us long to figure
out who might be the actual alt
00:43:20.06\00:43:32.01
king behind Nimrod. Lookit,
here's what Nimrod did. He said,
"Hey, guys, come on.
00:43:32.01\00:43:38.25
Superhero me -- you follow me."
You know what? They get down to
00:43:38.25\00:43:42.38
that plain, and you know what he
declares? "We're gonna move from
monotheism to polytheism.
00:43:42.38\00:43:49.76
We're gonna have lots of gods.
We're gonna move from
patriarchal government to
00:43:49.76\00:43:54.03
monarchical government. We're
gonna have me as your king.
00:43:54.03\00:43:57.37
And we're gonna move from the
quiet of outdoor living to
walled fortresses that can be
00:43:57.37\00:44:05.01
controlled." I mean,
who's emerging from this?
00:44:05.01\00:44:08.88
You seeing anybody? The king of
an alt kingdom who's thrown a
rebellion against the
00:44:08.88\00:44:15.58
government of the universe?
Yeah, you don't need a PhD. This
isn't rocket science.
00:44:15.58\00:44:23.76
We know who he is, this Nimrod.
I'm not saying he's the
personification of you know who.
00:44:23.76\00:44:31.00
He just became the front for you
know who, who you know who
chooses Babylon to be his
00:44:31.00\00:44:37.64
headquarters and his front of
the alt kingdom all the way till
the return of Christ slams
00:44:37.64\00:44:43.68
Babylon one last time to the
ground. "Babylon will reign."
00:44:43.68\00:44:49.55
Hey, when this pandemic began, I
got to tell you, I said, "Okay,
Dwight, you're gonna have some
00:44:49.55\00:44:55.56
time to read." [ Scoffs ] Time
to read. But, anyway, I said,
00:44:55.56\00:45:02.26
"Okay, let's try -- I don't know
how long this pandemic -- the
lockdown's gonna last, but let's
00:45:02.26\00:45:06.17
read the -- I want to read
the book "The Great Controversy"
00:45:06.17\00:45:08.17
through. I'd read it a couple
times. "Great Controversy." It's
an apocalyptic classic.
00:45:08.17\00:45:11.74
By the way, you're watching
right now or listening here
right now, you want to get the
00:45:11.74\00:45:15.64
book, just go to amazon.com,
type in "Great Controversy." You
can get a paperback for not
00:45:15.64\00:45:20.52
very much at all. I said, "I
want to read that book through."
00:45:20.52\00:45:23.59
And guess what -- this
Wednesday, wouldn't you know it?
Before the lockdown was
00:45:23.59\00:45:27.46
lifted -- for worship -- I read
the last chapter. That reading
00:45:27.46\00:45:34.46
has -- has -- has radically
reoriented some of my thinking,
and I have to share some of that
00:45:34.46\00:45:39.57
with you. It is so stunning.
I saw stuff I have never seen
00:45:39.57\00:45:45.91
before! To the place I'm
determined, by the grace of God,
that sometime during this new
00:45:45.91\00:45:50.45
school year, we're gonna have
a series on prophecy. You know
00:45:50.45\00:45:53.25
why? We have a new generation
that has never heard of
prophecy, and we have a
00:45:53.25\00:45:58.39
not-so-new generation that has
forgotten all about prophecy,
and stuff is coming to us now,
00:45:58.39\00:46:03.99
coming in our face so fast, that
I'm concerned that we might be
caught, all of us, off-guard and
00:46:03.99\00:46:09.63
miss the moment that we were
given. Miss it! We didn't see it
00:46:09.63\00:46:15.84
coming. It's coming. These
dangerous change points, are you
00:46:15.84\00:46:19.44
kidding? They are gonna be
faster and fast-- We've already
had three of them -- three of
00:46:19.44\00:46:24.55
them -- in this nation. They're
gonna be coming faster and
00:46:24.55\00:46:29.18
faster. [ Clicks tongue ]
00:46:29.18\00:46:30.79
Ah. What's that Chinese
word? Come on, let's go to that
00:46:30.82\00:46:32.72
Chinese
character again. Chinese...
00:46:32.72\00:46:35.42
Crisis. What's it
mean? Dangerous change point.
00:46:35.42\00:46:39.93
COVID-19 -- Is this
stage one of COVID-19?
00:46:39.93\00:46:43.13
I'm not sure. Have we
ever even moved to stage two?
00:46:43.16\00:46:46.43
Is there gonna be a stage three?
Nobody knows. Change point.
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Dangerous change point. We
don't know. We have no idea.
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What about what's going on in
your life right now? Is this a
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dangerous change point? Ha.
Hey, by the way, please, let's
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be very clear on this -- God
does not send crises. Once in a
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while, He does. Usually, no.
You know what God does? Tchew!
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Seizes crises. He harnesses them
in order to advance His agenda
in your life, His agenda in my
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life. You see, Noah came to that
dangerous change point. Ooh, it
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was a little shaky there, as
chapter nine indicates. It was a
little shaky, but he
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said, "No, no, no, no, no." He
chose to submit to the God of
that dangerous change point, the
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Almighty Himself. Nimrod came
to that same dangerous change
00:47:34.72\00:47:38.52
point. He said, "Nope, I'm not
going that way, which means I'll
be my own king and I will rule
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this earth," and he went that
way. That, essentially, is the
only two choice-- Those are the
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only two choices we have, go
with the king of the universe,
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or me, king. The point is, these
change points are gonna keep
coming. What made the
00:47:54.14\00:47:58.37
difference? Noah said, "I'm
gonna submit to God. Whatever
His agenda is, do it to
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me." Nimrod said, "I
will not submit to God.
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I don't care what you say or
what you do." Ah, I got to end
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with this. I want you to see
this quotation. Why should you
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submit to God? Some of you are
going through a crisis right
now. You are poised in a very
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dangerous change point. I don't
say that to scare you. I just
affirm that that's where
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you -- you are at this
moment, but look now. One last
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quotation. Look what God brings
out of dangerous change points.
Let's go, please, to
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"Thoughts from the Mount of
Blessing." Last quotation --
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"The trials of life are God's
workmen, to remove the
impurities and roughness from
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our character. Their hewing"
-- that's chopping or cutting --
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"their squaring, their
chiseling, their burnishing" --
00:48:42.88\00:48:45.39
that's rubbing real hard --
"their polishing" -- Whew, talk
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about stones. Man,
that stone is beautiful
00:48:47.86\00:48:49.79
now. Look at that.
00:48:49.79\00:48:50.96
"...is a painful process; it
is hard to be be pressed down to
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the grinding wheel." You
ever seen those wheels where
00:48:53.53\00:48:55.56
the -- where the guy sits behind
a wheel and he's got a little
00:48:55.56\00:48:57.83
accelerator on this thing, and
that wheel can go faster, and he
00:48:57.83\00:49:00.20
slows it down -- ohhhh -- and
then he -- rrrrrgh -- sparks are
00:49:00.20\00:49:02.47
going, everything, if
he's dealing with metal?
00:49:02.47\00:49:04.21
Whatever it is, it's
just cutting off, cutting off.
00:49:04.21\00:49:07.51
It is a painful process to
be pressed against that wheel.
00:49:07.51\00:49:12.65
"But...God in His great love"
-- I love this -- "is seeking to
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develop in us the
precious graces of His Spirit."
00:49:15.92\00:49:18.59
Keep reading. "He
permits us to encounter
00:49:18.59\00:49:20.62
obstacles, persecution, and
hardships" -- in other words,
00:49:20.62\00:49:23.19
crises, dangerous change
points. He allows them to come.
00:49:23.19\00:49:26.06
He doesn't cause them.
Jesus said, "An enemy's done
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this." But He
allows them to come
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"...not as a curse, but as the
greatest blessing of our lives."
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If you're in a change point
right now, a dangerous change
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point, I need you to
hang on to that last line.
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This crisis will one day be the
greatest blessing of your life.
00:49:45.18\00:49:55.19
Say, "Aw, come on,
Dwight." No, I'm serious.
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Now, listen, listen.
Sometimes you will never see it
00:49:58.16\00:50:02.93
till the crisis has passed.
One more caveat -- Sometimes you
00:50:02.93\00:50:08.84
will never see it in this life.
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A dangerous change point. But
you said, "I'm going with God.
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I'm not throwing God out now.
I'm not abandoning Him now." Oh,
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my. Does God know about
dangerous change points? [
Scoffs ] Look at Calvary.
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"I'm standing here at the foot
of the cross." Look at Calvary,
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the greatest crisis in the
universe -- a huge, dangerous
change point. He could go this
00:50:35.40\00:50:41.54
way, He could go that way, but
He went the right way, and
because Calvary conquered the
00:50:41.54\00:50:47.44
alt kingdom of the fallen
Lucifer, there is no crisis that
can take you down. Not one that
00:50:47.44\00:50:54.52
can take you down. Stay with
Jesus. Oh, I like that hymn --
00:50:54.52\00:50:57.95
How's it go? "Jesus, keep me
near the cross. There a
precious" -- Come on, you can
00:50:57.95\00:51:04.59
say it under the mask. It's not
gonna hurt you. Do you know the
words? "Jesus, keep me near the
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cross. There a precious"... >>
Fountain. >> ..."fountain, free
00:51:08.10\00:51:11.87
to all, a healing stream, flows
from Calv'ry's mountain." We're
talking about mountains.
00:51:11.87\00:51:17.11
"Flows from Calv'ry's mountains.
In the cross" -- Say it with
00:51:17.11\00:51:21.08
me -- "In the cross,
be my glory"... >> Ever.
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>> ..."ever, till my raptured
soul shall find rest," beyond
00:51:24.78\00:51:30.89
the what? Beyond the river.
Whatever it is you're going
through right now, God is
00:51:30.89\00:51:35.56
preaching to you. At this very
moment, He's saying something to
00:51:35.56\00:51:39.26
your heart. He's saying, "Stay
with Me, girl. Stay with Me,
00:51:39.26\00:51:41.56
boy. Don't you leave Me now.
Don't you let go now. This is
going to be -- One day,
00:51:41.56\00:51:48.04
you will see it. Your shining
moment -- the greatest blessing
00:51:48.04\00:51:54.34
I ever gave to you -- will come
from this, so stay with Me. Stay
00:51:54.34\00:52:03.45
with Me." Does that
make sense? Amen. Amen.
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And so, Holy Father, we stand
before You, as it were, at the
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foot of the cross. All we're
asking, in this season of
dangerous change points, in this
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season of crises, keep us right
here. Keep us at the cross. And
let Your promise ring true
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deep within us -- "The greatest
blessing of your life, I'm about
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to give." We'll stay with You,
by Your grace. Stay with us,
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please. And now, may the love of
the Father and the grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ and the
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fellowship of the Holy Spirit
be with you into the new week
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ahead. Amen. [ Organ plays ]
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