It is really an honor
to our work here at 3ABN
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and it is true that
it comes with the job,
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the ability to
wear different hats,
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as Danny sometimes
says we wear different
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hats at times. One of
the hats that was given
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to me was to be responsible for
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development of
3ABN outside of the US.
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Our department takes
care of outside of the
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US in terms of
performing NGOs or
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Non-Governmental
Organizations, and talking
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and working with
other people in different
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countries and looking
at their needs and see
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what we can do to help
to spread the Gospel in
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their local area with
the Three Angels message.
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And we have close to
15 NGOs all around the
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world and these
people are working very hard
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to take 3ABN's
message in their own area.
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I like to just highlight
A few of them right now,
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so you know that the
work that you support
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is not only here in
United States is really going
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out all around the
world, and the funds that
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you help to support
3ABN goes not only here
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in the US but we
also ship and then we pay
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for all the expenses of
this work outside of US,
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for instance, in Uganda.
It's a beautiful location,
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I've been there
once when we were working
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and forming this
corporation there and the
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people were so
excited for the Lord and they
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watched 3ABN through
the satellite that they
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said, we need to get
this in our capital city
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here in Kampala, so
we formed the NGO and
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started to work, we
filed for the license,
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the government finally
gave us the license and
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we are in a process of
building this TV station
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in Kampala. I have
two pictures that I just
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received the last week,
and they are very fresh.
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The first one as you
can see is the building
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where we're gonna
have a very small studio,
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and the other side will
be the transmitter room,
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and this picture here
shows you the population
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there in the back.
Kampala is surrounded by what
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they call five hills,
and as you can see we are
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on top of one of hills
and it's a beautiful site
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to be able to
broadcast all over the city and
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we are very excited
about their ability to
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bring the Three Angels
message to Kampala city
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in Uganda. We pray
that the funds continue
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to come and we'll be
able to build this station
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and reach that
people there in Kampala.
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Also we are working
with our NGO in Australia.
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In Australia, we
have a 3ABN Australia and
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New Zealand. John
and Rose Mary are the
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directors there and
they work very hard to
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spread the Gospel in
their country and now
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we are purchasing
equipment, television
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equipment because
they're gonna start to go
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to different
churches and camp meetings and
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they're gonna start
video tape the programs
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there and Australia
and New Zealand and start
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to insert locally
there in their country.
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We made arrangements
that the satellite there
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that broadcast
the 3ABN, they will
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interrupted for few
hours and put insert
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local programming
for that local area.
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We also did
something very helpful to their
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NGOs or to the other
countries, we had some
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complaints of people
that say wow, you have
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all these special
program for the Sabbath hours
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but when we get
here it's already Sunday
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because they are
away 6, almost 12-14 hours
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ahead of us, so what
we did with the Lord's
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blessing we were able
to acquire a different
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a different frequency
on satellite and their
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friendly equipment and
they have the privilege
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to get all the
Sabbath programs ahead of us
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here in the US. We
play back 16 hours ahead
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of the US programming
we play back all these
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programs ahead of our
time, and they receive
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the program in
different hours than we do here.
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And the program
sometimes we change a
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little bit to
accommodate some of
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the time zones
all around the world.
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I better keep up with
my list here because the
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time is going so fast,
CA took a lot of my time
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talking about some other things.
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Angola, Angola is a
beautiful country that has
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a tremendous need,
we file, we have a 3ABN
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corporation there and
we filed for a license
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and we first got the
license for the radio,
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we have for the
radio, FM radio, and we also
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filed for the TV, we
haven't received the TV
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yet but we already
looking for land where we
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can build and get the
build up and build this
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radio station first,
so please pray and if you
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can help also with
this project in Angola.
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Peru, we have a
3ABN organization in Peru
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and Noda Wallace is
doing a tremendous job
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there to, she with
her work, and she was able
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to get more than 60
cable companies in Peru,
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so we praise the
Lord for the work they are
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doing in Peru. I
couldn't leave out the
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Philippines. I wanna
salute Toto Tihano is
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one of our workers
there in Philippines.
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He is a very good
help for spreading the
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Gospel there in the
Philippines especially in
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Manila where we
have a television station
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channel 45 that
covers entire city that has
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more than 20 million
as the population for the
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city. We have been
talking to Russia, Julie
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is preparing to
send us all their Russian
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material and
we're gonna package one
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channel that would
be 24 hours of a day on
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the small MO IPTV
Box, we gonna to have a
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Russian 24X7 channel
that all the programs
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that the Russian 3ABN
production center that
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is producing those
programs. And also we
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plan to get a 24X7
channel on the MO IPTV
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box. I'm talking too
much about the MO IPTV
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box but I'm so
excited because this box has
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really has been
blessing for people that cannot
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receive 3ABN on satellite
dish because they live in
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buildings or
condominiums or some regulations
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that don't allow
satellite instillation.
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I just have received
the, I will share just
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couple stories
that happened recently,
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I received a call
from this lady and said,
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look I have one MO
IPTV box but I wanna order
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three more, I said
wow, do you have three
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houses, and no this
is all for my house and I
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wanna have one MO
IPTV box in each room
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of my house
connect to each TV set,
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I said wow,
okay, if you want to,
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I'll be happy to
send it to you but what's
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going on, and she
shared that with me and
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that her son,
since he turned into the
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teenager years, he
just backslide and didn't
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wanna have anything
to do with the church.
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Now he is in late
teens and with some different
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friends and not
wanting to go to church but
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ship with the MO IPTV
box and connected to the
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TV and he comes
late, you know midnight,
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1 O'clock in the
morning and everybody is
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sleeping and he goes
in that and the MO IPTV
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box and he starts to
select whatever channels
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or whatever programs
that is more meaningful
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to him, and we love
the hours that he starts
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to watch Doug
Batchelor to make a long story
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short because my
time is almost gone.
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He is decided to go
the Andrews University,
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and he is going to
church and Martha we
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are praying for your
son because I know that
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the Lord has a
special plan for him.
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I receive also
another call a just last week
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from a eighty five
year old lady that she said
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that she is so
excited because she couldn't
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watch 3ABN before
but with the MO IPTV box
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she's watching 3ABN
now and that she wants to
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let us know that
it's a tremendous blessing
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for her, and before I
close, I just wanna ask a
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favor, I wanna ask
that you make a commitment
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to pray for a
special meeting that we are
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going to have this
coming week, October 5th
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it's a Friday,
around 5 O'clock PM Eastern
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time, we gonna have
a special meeting and
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please be on your
knees and pray for this
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meeting because it could means,
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it could mean that
we could get 3ABN and
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potentially around 60
million people in United
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States. So, please
pray for this meeting that
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we're about to
have. Thank you so
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much and God bless you.
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Thank you Moses,
Moses is indeed a hard
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working gentleman and
I apologize for taking
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a part of his time
but Irma and I love Moses
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and Adima very much
and my wife is a very,
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very good cook, and
Adima is also an extremely
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good cook and she
cooks slightly different
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because she is from
Brazil but she make a
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cake that is
truly, truly outstanding,
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and it occurs to me
that every time I mention
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her name that ought
to be good for at least
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one cake. So Adima
stand up, let the folks see
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you, this is Moses'
wife, she will a new mom
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in four months, and
I just got two cakes.
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Praise the Lord. We
were meeting in committee
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trying to determine
who to bring in this year
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for music and for
ministry, looked at names
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of individuals that
have been here before
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others who had
not, and when our minds
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collectively fell
on Stephen Bohr, we all
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resonated with the
same spirit that was the one
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that the Lord will
have us have this year.
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And I think you will
agree with me that it was
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a good choice, was it not? Yeah.
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He is indeed a man
of God who has given
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himself to the study
of the word, and let me
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say this, Ellen
White says this ladies and
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gentleman that
Bible study increases your
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intelligence, it does.
So if you know, you may
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not be the sharpest
knife in the drawer or
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you wanna a get
little edge on young guys at
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work. Study your Bible
it will make you smarter
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and better looking.
Yeah. Study the word of
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God. Pastor Bohr
has given himself to the
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study of the word
of God and God has been
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good to him giving
him truths and nuggets
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that he has been
pleased to share with the world.
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And so now we ask
for him from you your
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prayerful and
undivided attention as the
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man of God gives us
a word from the Lord.
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Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
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This is a hard time to
preach. But there is one
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good thing
everybody will agree with me,
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you know why right,
because everybody is
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gonna be doing this.
Let's bow our heads for
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a word of
prayer. Father at heaven,
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what a joy it is to
be here this afternoon,
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and Father, as we
open your book, we ask that
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your spirit will
open our minds and give us
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understanding. And
inspire us to be faithful to
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you though the
heavens fall. We thank you
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Father for hearing
and answering our prayer
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for we ask it in
the name of Jesus. Amen.
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I invite you to turn
with me to The Book of
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Job, The Book of
Job, and as you're turning
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to the Book of Job, I
would just like to give
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you a little bit of
information about this
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book. First of all it
is the most ancient book
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of the Bible. According
to the spirit of prophecy
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and also by many
scholars, it was written by
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Moses as he was
tending Jethro's sheep in
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the area of Midian.
The Book of Job is a
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literally master piece,
it actually was written by
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Moses about 1500 BC
but it's telling a story
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that took place about
500 years before that,
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it's a story that
took place in the early
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patriotically period
around the year 2000 BC.
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The Book of Job has 42
chapters, the first two
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chapters are
prose, and chapter 42 and
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verses 7-12 are
also prose and in between
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the totality of the
rest of the book is poetry.
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Now the interesting
thing about the Book of
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Job is that all
heaven can see what is
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happening with Job,
but Job does not know
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what's happening in
heaven, that is a very
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important point
in understanding this
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magnificent book.
Now sometimes we're a
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little bit hard on
Job because Job as we're
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going to find
complained a lot but we need to
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remember that Job
did not have any Bible,
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he had no written
revelation because
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of course this book
that tells this story was
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written 500 years
approximately after he
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lived, and so we need
to understand that Job to
00:16:09.12\00:16:13.56
a great degree was
experiencing this in the
00:16:13.57\00:16:17.76
dark when it comes
to revelation from God.
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Now the Book of Job
is actually describing a
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judgment scene, the
Book of Job is really
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describing what
transpires during the
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period in which God's
people will live at the
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very end of time, it's
actually a trial, you say
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how is that? Well,
let's notice if all of the
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elements of a trial are
there. You have in a trial
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a district
attorney or an accuser.
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Do you have that
in the Book of Job?
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Of course you do, it's
Satan then you also have
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a judge and a
defense attorney, do you have
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a judge and a
defense attorney in the story
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of Job? Yes, in fact
in scripture these are not
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separate tasks, in
scripture the judge was
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to also stand in
favor of the innocent,
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so the judge was
also the defense attorney.
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Then of course you
have the evidence that is
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being examined and the
evidence is Job himself.
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You also have a jury
they're described as the
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sons of God, and then
you also have an accused,
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and who is the
accused? God, see one of the
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misunderstands
about the book is that Job
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supposedly is the
accused, Job is not the
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accused, the accused
is God. Now, the Book
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of Job at least the
first two chapters fluctuate
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between heaven and
earth. The story begins
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on earth then it turns
to heaven then it comes
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back to earth again,
then it goes to heaven
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and finally it ends up
on earth until you get to
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the very end of the
book, and then you have
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God speaking once
again from heaven. Now,
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I'd like to go
through the first two chapters
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and cover very
briefly the content of these
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chapters and I'm going
to underline one special
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verse. The first thing
that I would like us to
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notice in chapter 1
is that Job was a very
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spiritual man, we
are told that he offered
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sacrifices for
his children everyday.
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He was a family man,
we're told that he was
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up right blameless and
he rejected in his life
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evil. In chapter 29,
he says that he uses his
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goods, his money to
cloth those who are naked
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to open the eyes of
the blind and to help the
00:19:05.72\00:19:08.64
poor, in other words
he was a generous man,
00:19:08.65\00:19:12.24
he was not a materialist.
He used his resources
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to bless those
who were around him.
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He was also
according to chapter one a very
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rich man, he had ten
children, children are a
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sign of the blessing
of God. He had 7000 sheep,
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3000 camels, he
had 500 yoke of oxen,
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500 donkeys, and he
had many, many servants,
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and we're told that
he was the greatest man
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of the east, in other
words, he was a rich man
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but he was a
spiriual man, a strange
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combination indeed.
But there was some one
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observing Job, and of
course that was Satan,
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so the story in the
first eight verses describe
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Job he is riches and a
spiritual commitment to
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God. And then you
come to chapter 1 and
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verses 6-8 where a
heavenly meeting is
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described, let's
read those verses.
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Now there was a day
when the sons of God
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came to present
themselves before the
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Lord and Satan
also came among them.
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Now, I don't have
time to prove to you this
00:20:31.93\00:20:35.24
afternoon that the
sons of God both according
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to the Bible and the
Spirit of Prophecy are the
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representatives of
the unfallen worlds.
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You say how do you know that?
00:20:44.37\00:20:45.86
Well, the fact is
God then asks the devil
00:20:46.33\00:20:48.39
where do you come
from? He says I come
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from planet earth.
Why would the devil come
00:20:49.82\00:20:53.53
from planet earth
while he claimed to belong
00:20:53.54\00:20:56.44
to that group the
sons of God? If he came
00:20:56.45\00:20:58.39
from a planet, the
other sons of God's must
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also have come from
where? They also must
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have come
representing other realms of the
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universe. Verse 7, and
the Lord said to Satan,
00:21:06.72\00:21:11.28
from where do you
come, so Satan answered
00:21:13.09\00:21:15.86
the Lord and said from
going to and fro on the
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earth and from
walking back and fourth on it.
00:21:18.12\00:21:20.87
And I can imagine
now God with a certain
00:21:22.01\00:21:23.80
degree of pride
says to Satan, have you
00:21:23.81\00:21:27.69
considered my
servant Job? In other words,
00:21:28.36\00:21:31.48
he lives in your
territory but he's my servant
00:21:31.49\00:21:33.74
that there is none
like him in the earth,
00:21:34.13\00:21:36.32
a blameless and
upright man one who fears
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God and shuns evil.
And now the devil has a
00:21:40.71\00:21:45.73
come back, the next
verse I considered to be
00:21:45.74\00:21:48.98
the most important
verse in the book, so Satan
00:21:48.99\00:21:54.15
answered the Lord and
said, does Job fear God
00:21:54.35\00:22:01.80
for nothing? Does
Job serve you because he
00:22:03.43\00:22:08.21
loves you? Or does he
serve you for the loafs
00:22:08.22\00:22:11.67
and the fishes?
Does he serve you out of
00:22:11.68\00:22:15.08
mercenary motives? Is
he loyal to you because
00:22:15.09\00:22:19.27
of what you give him
because everything in his
00:22:19.28\00:22:21.77
hands prosper
because you have blessed him,
00:22:21.78\00:22:24.47
because you have,
have put your guard around
00:22:24.67\00:22:28.80
him, so that I
can't touch him. Now, God
00:22:28.81\00:22:32.85
could have said to the
devil yeah, I bless him,
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so what he could have
said that to the heavenly
00:22:38.29\00:22:41.59
beings but they
would have been left with a
00:22:41.79\00:22:44.69
doubt, yeah, God
does protect Job,
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God does prosper Job.
The devil says you have
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to let me touch him
but if you let me take
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what he has, he would
curse you to your face.
00:22:55.86\00:22:58.39
Now, God has to decide
whether he's gonna say,
00:22:59.64\00:23:01.89
okay, go try him if
you want, you'll see that
00:23:03.76\00:23:07.20
you're wrong, or God
could take the easy way
00:23:07.21\00:23:10.34
and say, I'm not
going to let you do anything
00:23:10.35\00:23:14.34
to my servant. What
would the heavenly beings
00:23:14.35\00:23:17.84
have thought at that
point? They would have
00:23:17.85\00:23:20.64
thought what is God
afraid of? Maybe the
00:23:20.65\00:23:26.46
accuser is right
because God has circled Job with
00:23:26.47\00:23:30.33
His protection. He
has blessed everything,
00:23:30.34\00:23:32.46
and He has not allowed
the devil to touch him,
00:23:32.65\00:23:34.75
so maybe he's
right, maybe Job does serve
00:23:34.99\00:23:37.75
God for the loafs
and the fishes out of
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mercenary motives.
Notice chapter 1 and
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verse10, have you
not made a hedge around
00:23:46.38\00:23:49.19
him, around his
household and around all
00:23:49.20\00:23:51.68
that he has on every
side, you have blessed
00:23:51.69\00:23:54.40
the work of his
hands and his possessions
00:23:54.41\00:23:56.98
have increased in the
land but now stretch out
00:23:57.15\00:24:00.53
your hand and touch
all that He has and He will
00:24:00.54\00:24:03.33
surely curse you to
your face, take what He
00:24:03.34\00:24:07.68
has and He will curse
you. And so God says to
00:24:07.69\00:24:12.10
the devil in verse
12 and the Lord said to
00:24:12.11\00:24:17.73
Satan behold, all that
he has is in your power
00:24:17.74\00:24:21.75
only do not lay a
hand on his person so Satan
00:24:22.29\00:24:25.85
went out from the
presence of the Lord.
00:24:25.86\00:24:28.55
To make a long story
short, the story that
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you know well, the
devil took everything that
00:24:33.04\00:24:37.35
Job had, he took
all of his servants,
00:24:37.36\00:24:42.85
he took killed all of
his children. He took all
00:24:43.01\00:24:46.54
of his possessions, all
of his beasts of burden,
00:24:46.55\00:24:49.29
all of the servants
gone in a matter of a few
00:24:49.47\00:24:53.24
minutes. And you
say how do you know it's
00:24:53.25\00:24:54.90
a few minutes
because when the reports are
00:24:54.91\00:24:56.82
brought, it says
while this one was still
00:24:56.83\00:24:58.54
talking the next one
came. Well, he was still
00:24:58.55\00:25:00.83
talking the next one
came, well, he was talking
00:25:00.84\00:25:03.16
the next one came.
This did not happen in the
00:25:03.17\00:25:05.83
course of several
days, it happened in the
00:25:05.84\00:25:08.41
course of several
minutes, and of course
00:25:08.42\00:25:11.79
all of the heavenly
beings are watching what is
00:25:11.80\00:25:14.22
happening, what
is Job going to do?
00:25:14.23\00:25:17.10
Does he serve God for
the loafs and the fishes
00:25:18.88\00:25:21.31
out of mercenary
motives? Or does he serve
00:25:21.32\00:25:23.36
God simply for
nothing because he loves God.
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Well, let's look at
what happens in chapter 1
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and verse 20, then
Job arose, tore his robe
00:25:31.72\00:25:39.35
and shaved his head,
and he fell to the ground
00:25:40.04\00:25:43.48
and worshiped, and he
said, naked I came from
00:25:43.49\00:25:49.29
my mother's womb and
naked shall I return there.
00:25:49.30\00:25:52.83
The Lord gave and
the Lord has taken away,
00:25:53.00\00:25:55.76
he was half right. The
Lord did not take away,
00:25:55.77\00:25:59.24
the Lord gave and
the Lord has taken away,
00:26:00.24\00:26:02.55
blessed be the name
of the Lord and I can
00:26:03.06\00:26:06.78
imagine all of the
heavenly beings saying
00:26:06.79\00:26:08.74
yes, God is right,
Jobs serves God for nothing,
00:26:08.75\00:26:14.40
he serves God
simply because he loves him
00:26:15.16\00:26:17.49
with no mercenary
motives because he
00:26:17.70\00:26:19.47
doesn't have anything
and he still worships and
00:26:19.48\00:26:23.10
blesses God. So now
a second counsel takes
00:26:23.11\00:26:26.94
place in heaven,
and the devil comes back
00:26:26.95\00:26:29.66
representing plant
earth, by the way the
00:26:29.67\00:26:31.46
original
representative was Adam.
00:26:31.47\00:26:33.16
The devil comes
here because when Adam
00:26:34.53\00:26:36.45
gave into the
temptations of Satan,
00:26:36.46\00:26:38.80
Satan became the
ruler of this world.
00:26:38.81\00:26:41.55
The prince of this
world as Jesus said that's
00:26:41.75\00:26:43.89
why Jesus came to
take away the rulership of
00:26:43.90\00:26:47.05
the world from
the hands of Satan,
00:26:47.06\00:26:48.36
he cast him out of
the cross. Jesus said the
00:26:48.37\00:26:51.09
prince of the world
will be cast out, and He
00:26:51.10\00:26:53.61
was talking about
His death on the cross,
00:26:53.62\00:26:55.37
Jesus brought back
the world, took it back.
00:26:55.54\00:26:58.76
Chapter 2 and verse
1, again there was a day
00:26:59.21\00:27:01.69
when the sons of
God came to present
00:27:01.70\00:27:03.32
themselves before
the Lord and Satan came
00:27:03.33\00:27:05.41
also among them to
present himself before
00:27:05.42\00:27:07.66
the Lord. And the Lord
said to Satan from where
00:27:07.67\00:27:10.90
do you come? So
Satan answered the Lord and
00:27:10.91\00:27:13.05
said from going to and
fro on the earth and from
00:27:13.06\00:27:15.85
walking back and forth
on it, now I can imagine
00:27:15.86\00:27:18.93
God with a little more
pride, then the Lord said
00:27:18.94\00:27:22.56
to Satan, have you
considered my servant
00:27:22.57\00:27:25.33
Job, he lives in your
territory but he is my
00:27:25.34\00:27:27.29
servant, my servant
Job that there is none
00:27:27.30\00:27:29.97
like him in the earth
a blameless and upright
00:27:29.98\00:27:32.95
man, one who fears
God and shuns evil,
00:27:32.96\00:27:36.29
and still he holds
fast to his integrity,
00:27:36.50\00:27:39.97
although you incited
me against him to destroy
00:27:40.15\00:27:43.24
him without cause
but the devil now has a
00:27:43.25\00:27:47.77
come back. He says you
didn't let me touch him.
00:27:47.78\00:27:51.39
Notice verse 6,
actually verse 4.
00:27:52.41\00:27:54.57
So Satan answered the
Lord and said skin for
00:27:55.34\00:27:59.14
skin, yes all that a
man has he will give for his
00:27:59.15\00:28:03.02
life but stretch out
your hand now and touch
00:28:03.03\00:28:06.71
his bone and his flesh
and he will surely curse
00:28:06.72\00:28:09.96
you to your face. Now
the Lord has to make a
00:28:09.97\00:28:14.27
decision, will I let the
devil, will I let Satan go
00:28:14.28\00:28:19.61
and afflict Job? Or
will I say to the devil,
00:28:19.70\00:28:25.79
I already showed
you by taking everything
00:28:26.24\00:28:28.42
away from him that
he was going to be loyal
00:28:28.43\00:28:30.42
to me, so there's
not going to be any more
00:28:30.43\00:28:32.57
tests, what would
have happened in the minds
00:28:32.58\00:28:36.11
of the heavenly
beings, they would have
00:28:36.12\00:28:38.50
thought what is God
afraid of, you see God is
00:28:38.51\00:28:44.91
trying to prove a point
through His servant Job,
00:28:44.92\00:28:47.76
His servant Job is
going to vindicate God before
00:28:48.21\00:28:51.90
the universe. Notice
chapter 2 and verse 6,
00:28:51.91\00:28:57.43
and the Lord said to
Satan behold, he is in
00:28:57.44\00:29:00.11
your hand but spare
his life, so Satan went
00:29:00.12\00:29:05.34
out from the presence
of the Lord and struck
00:29:05.35\00:29:08.57
Job with painful boils
from the sole of his foot
00:29:08.76\00:29:13.04
to the crown of his
head, and he took for
00:29:13.05\00:29:15.62
himself a potsherd,
that's a piece of pottery
00:29:15.63\00:29:17.82
with which to scrape
himself while he set in
00:29:18.01\00:29:20.90
the midst of ashes.
He's lost his health now,
00:29:20.91\00:29:25.87
he's lost everything
he has, all possessions,
00:29:26.84\00:29:30.03
all of his children,
now he's lost his health
00:29:30.25\00:29:32.98
and is about to lose
the support of his wife,
00:29:33.20\00:29:35.53
in the next verse
his wife says Job,
00:29:36.70\00:29:39.05
do you still
conserve your integrity,
00:29:39.14\00:29:41.00
curse God and die,
she was serving as whose
00:29:41.26\00:29:46.39
tempter or
temptress, as the temptress of
00:29:46.40\00:29:49.57
Satan because Satan
had said, he will curse
00:29:49.58\00:29:51.72
you to your face, she
says curse God and die,
00:29:51.73\00:29:55.21
and Job says,
you've spoken foolishly,
00:29:56.27\00:29:58.79
shall God give us
good and not also give us
00:29:59.69\00:30:03.16
evil, and it says in
all of this Job did not sin.
00:30:03.17\00:30:06.47
Then we're told
that his three friends.
00:30:08.53\00:30:10.31
His three most intimate
friends come to confront
00:30:10.32\00:30:13.85
him. And when
they see his plight,
00:30:13.86\00:30:19.50
his plight, they had
to sit seven days and
00:30:19.57\00:30:25.64
agonize with Job
because they see that
00:30:25.65\00:30:29.18
his pain and
suffering is great and then
00:30:29.19\00:30:31.93
beginning in chapter
3 a conversation begins
00:30:31.94\00:30:35.02
between Job and his
friends and his friends
00:30:35.03\00:30:37.78
begin accusing him,
they also become and
00:30:37.79\00:30:43.13
instruments of the
devil they say you know,
00:30:43.14\00:30:46.19
if you were okay
with God. God wouldn't be
00:30:46.46\00:30:49.87
doing this to you.
Yes, because you are a
00:30:49.88\00:30:52.64
great sinner Job that
God is punishing you and
00:30:52.65\00:30:56.42
another friends
says hey you know how can
00:30:56.43\00:30:58.75
you serve a God
treats you this way in other
00:30:58.76\00:31:02.68
words by using the
arguments of Satan to
00:31:02.69\00:31:05.20
try and shake the
faith of Job and his God,
00:31:05.21\00:31:09.18
by the way also from
chapters 3 all the way
00:31:11.43\00:31:14.53
until the end the
chapter 37 Job not only is
00:31:14.54\00:31:17.95
talking with his
friends and his friends are
00:31:17.96\00:31:20.34
trying to discourage
him but Job is also talking
00:31:20.35\00:31:23.77
repeatedly to God
and the answer of God is
00:31:24.60\00:31:29.96
a deafening silence.
Now, what has Job lost
00:31:29.97\00:31:36.64
everything except his
life the only thing he has
00:31:37.21\00:31:40.99
left is his life he
even says in the book of Job
00:31:41.00\00:31:44.96
that the nations, the
surrounding nations spit
00:31:44.97\00:31:48.24
in his face and
slapped him in his face by the
00:31:48.25\00:31:51.24
way I have another
sermon where I show
00:31:51.25\00:31:53.51
the Job is actually a
foreshadowing of Jesus,
00:31:53.52\00:31:57.19
the suffering of
Jesus because many of the
00:31:57.37\00:32:00.11
things that were done
with Job were actually
00:32:00.12\00:32:02.68
done with Jesus they
both went through a very
00:32:02.69\00:32:05.37
similar
experience. And so Job has lost
00:32:05.38\00:32:11.19
possessions, he's
lost children, he's lost
00:32:11.20\00:32:14.08
servants, he's lost all
of his beasts, he's lost
00:32:14.29\00:32:18.12
his health, he has lost
the support of his wife,
00:32:18.13\00:32:21.54
he has no support from
his friends, the nations
00:32:21.88\00:32:24.88
that know him,
he's famous have turned
00:32:24.89\00:32:26.85
against him, he
has nothing lean on and
00:32:26.86\00:32:29.19
now he says, now God
why have you forsaken
00:32:29.20\00:32:33.94
me too? Let's read
a few verses from the
00:32:33.95\00:32:39.73
poetic sections of
Job and obviously we can't
00:32:39.74\00:32:43.35
read many of them
because of the scarcity of
00:32:43.36\00:32:46.42
time but I want to
read several of them so you
00:32:46.43\00:32:48.95
can catch a glimpse of
Job's dialogue with God.
00:32:48.96\00:32:52.77
Notice actually,
monologue, its not a
00:32:53.36\00:32:55.46
dialogue it's a
monologue with God.
00:32:55.47\00:32:57.36
Notice Job 16, Job
chapter 16 and verses 16
00:32:57.42\00:33:02.36
and 17. Job says, here
my face is flushed from
00:33:02.86\00:33:08.08
weeping, And on my
eyelids is the shadow
00:33:08.09\00:33:13.50
of death; Although no
violence is in my hands,
00:33:13.51\00:33:19.06
and my prayer is
pure. You see his agony,
00:33:19.18\00:33:24.21
he knows he has in
his integrity, he knows
00:33:24.78\00:33:28.45
that his course has
been endured and he had,
00:33:28.59\00:33:31.37
he is, he is crying
its says here that that his
00:33:31.71\00:33:33.91
eyes are swollen
from crying out to God and
00:33:33.92\00:33:36.48
God doesn't answer.
Notice verse 20 in the
00:33:36.49\00:33:39.84
same chapter my
friend scorn me my eyes pour
00:33:39.85\00:33:45.40
out tears to God.
Notice chapter 19 and verses 9
00:33:45.41\00:33:50.17
through 11, chapter
19 and verses 9 through
00:33:50.18\00:33:52.75
11. He is speaking
about God and he says this
00:33:52.76\00:33:56.52
he has striped me of
my glory and taken the
00:33:56.80\00:34:00.64
crown from my head he
breaks me down on every
00:34:00.65\00:34:04.74
side and I am gone,
my hope he has uprooted
00:34:04.75\00:34:08.97
like a tree. He has also
kindled his wrath against
00:34:08.98\00:34:12.86
me and he counts me
as one of his enemies.
00:34:12.87\00:34:16.87
Are you understanding
the frustration of Job,
00:34:17.75\00:34:20.21
he can't understand
why this is happening,
00:34:20.81\00:34:22.90
he has no revelation
he doesn't know that he
00:34:23.04\00:34:25.62
is the subject of
conversation of the
00:34:25.84\00:34:28.03
universe, do you think
if we had known it would
00:34:28.04\00:34:31.17
have been a lot
easier yes but then it would
00:34:31.18\00:34:34.40
have been a test.
Notice Job chapter 19 and
00:34:34.41\00:34:39.77
verses 6 and 7 just
back a few you, a few
00:34:39.78\00:34:42.50
verses Job says that
Know then that God has
00:34:42.51\00:34:46.58
wronged me, And has
surrounded me with His
00:34:46.59\00:34:51.07
net If I cry out
concerning wrong, I'm not
00:34:51.08\00:34:54.60
heard. If I cry
aloud, there is no justice.
00:34:54.61\00:34:58.73
In other words there is
no justice in this I cry
00:34:58.95\00:35:00.82
out and God doesn't
listen. Notice Job 23 and
00:35:00.83\00:35:05.41
verses 3 to 5. Job
23 and verses 3 to 5.
00:35:05.42\00:35:09.95
Job actually wants go
to God seat to present
00:35:11.15\00:35:13.89
his case, notice the
judgment language here
00:35:13.90\00:35:16.44
it says all that I
knew where I might find him
00:35:16.64\00:35:19.50
that I might come to
his seat, I would present
00:35:20.56\00:35:24.27
my case before him
and fill my mouth with
00:35:24.28\00:35:29.09
arguments. I would
know the words which
00:35:29.10\00:35:33.49
he would answer me
and understand what
00:35:33.50\00:35:36.22
he would say to me.
He says I wish I could
00:35:36.41\00:35:38.66
go before his throne
and discuss this with him
00:35:38.67\00:35:41.69
I know that he would
see my point of view.
00:35:41.90\00:35:43.87
Notice chapter 30
and verses 20 and 21,
00:35:45.48\00:35:48.53
chapter 30 and verses 20 and 21,
00:35:48.86\00:35:51.24
once again Job says I
cry out to You, but You
00:35:52.29\00:35:56.15
do not answer me;
I stand up, and You
00:35:56.16\00:36:00.51
regard me. But You
have become cruel to me;
00:36:00.52\00:36:05.23
With the strength of
Your hand You oppose me.
00:36:05.64\00:36:08.47
He can't understand
why God is opposed to him
00:36:08.77\00:36:11.44
if he's been faithful
to God. Notice two more
00:36:11.64\00:36:16.00
texts of this poetic
section chapter 31 and
00:36:16.01\00:36:19.42
verses 5 and 6,
chapter 31 and verses 5 and 6.
00:36:19.43\00:36:23.66
Here Job says, If I
have walked with falsehood,
00:36:24.24\00:36:27.76
or if my foot has
hastened to deceit,
00:36:28.42\00:36:30.82
Let me be
weighed on honest scales,
00:36:31.46\00:36:35.29
That God may know my integrity.
00:36:35.36\00:36:38.64
Notice verse 35,
verse 35 he says Oh that I
00:36:40.23\00:36:44.94
had one to hear me!
Here is my mark oh that
00:36:44.95\00:36:50.69
the almighty
would answer me, that my
00:36:50.70\00:36:53.47
Prosecutor had
written a book! What is Job's
00:36:53.48\00:36:57.88
problem? He is
suffering all of this he can
00:36:57.89\00:36:59.88
understand it he says
wish that somebody could
00:36:59.89\00:37:02.92
present my case if I
actually that I could go
00:37:02.93\00:37:05.69
there and present
my case directly to
00:37:05.70\00:37:07.48
him, I know he would
see my point of view and
00:37:07.49\00:37:09.72
I'll be able to
understand exactly what's
00:37:09.73\00:37:11.68
happening now I
must say that at certain
00:37:11.69\00:37:15.17
points Job also shows
trample faith it's like
00:37:15.18\00:37:20.01
a teeter-totter
experience, he's down here
00:37:20.02\00:37:23.31
crying out why have
you forsaken me but then
00:37:23.32\00:37:25.82
he says I know
that my redeemer liveth,
00:37:26.04\00:37:29.36
he says though he
slay me, yet will I trusted
00:37:30.17\00:37:33.41
him, will one
who dies leave again?
00:37:33.42\00:37:37.15
Yes, I know the day
of my change is coming
00:37:37.47\00:37:40.59
because I know that
my redeemer lives I will
00:37:40.60\00:37:43.16
stand at the end of
the days and my eyes will
00:37:43.17\00:37:46.15
see my King, will
see my Lord. And so he
00:37:46.16\00:37:49.78
has this ambivalent
experience up and down
00:37:49.79\00:37:53.84
like Jesus on the
cross if I must say,
00:37:54.09\00:37:57.38
finally when you get
the chapter 38 God has
00:37:58.94\00:38:02.44
heard enough now God
is gonna speak to Job
00:38:02.45\00:38:07.59
and he is gonna say
Job now you'll be quiet
00:38:07.60\00:38:10.73
it's my turn
chapter 38 and verse 1 then
00:38:11.30\00:38:18.50
the Lord answer Job
out of the world when and
00:38:18.51\00:38:22.00
said who is this? Who
darkens counsel by words
00:38:22.01\00:38:29.38
without knowledge?
What is Job problem he is
00:38:29.39\00:38:32.91
speaking with
someone who doesn't what?
00:38:32.92\00:38:34.55
He doesn't know. Verse
3, Now prepare yourself
00:38:35.29\00:38:40.43
like a man; I will
question you, and you
00:38:40.44\00:38:44.03
shall answer Me. I
gave you from chapter 3
00:38:44.04\00:38:49.32
to chapter 37 my
turn now and then notice
00:38:49.33\00:38:55.32
verse 4 where
were you when I lay the
00:38:55.33\00:38:59.35
foundations of the
earth tell me if you have
00:38:59.36\00:39:03.14
understanding.
Who determined its
00:39:03.15\00:39:05.94
measurements?
Surely you know! And or
00:39:05.95\00:39:12.16
who stretched the
line upon it? Verse 6 To
00:39:12.17\00:39:17.47
what were its
foundations fastened?
00:39:17.48\00:39:20.53
Or who laid its
cornerstone when the
00:39:21.28\00:39:23.92
morning stars sang
together and all the sons
00:39:23.93\00:39:26.78
of God shouted for
joy? Where were you Job
00:39:26.79\00:39:29.46
when, when I laid the
foundations of the earth
00:39:29.47\00:39:31.75
of course Job is
saying oh I was even closed
00:39:31.76\00:39:34.52
to be in around and
then we don't even have time
00:39:34.53\00:39:38.96
to get into, but if
you follow Job 38, 39, and
00:39:38.97\00:39:41.90
40 you're gonna find
that God asked Job over
00:39:41.91\00:39:44.98
60 questions where
were you? Did you do
00:39:44.99\00:39:50.54
this? Did you do that?
You think you're really
00:39:50.55\00:39:52.93
great because of
this? And as Job by the way
00:39:52.94\00:39:56.78
God describes
creation in its exact order,
00:39:56.79\00:39:59.35
first of all he speaks
about the foundations if
00:40:01.27\00:40:03.34
you continue reading
you're gonna find that
00:40:03.35\00:40:05.26
he speaks about God
creating the light then
00:40:05.27\00:40:07.38
you're gonna find
that God created the
00:40:07.39\00:40:10.16
firmament where the
rain and the snowfall
00:40:10.17\00:40:12.14
from then you're
gonna notice that he
00:40:12.15\00:40:13.78
created the green
grass that's the third
00:40:13.79\00:40:15.64
day then you have
several constellation
00:40:15.65\00:40:17.73
mentioned, that's
the fourth day then you
00:40:17.74\00:40:19.90
have birds mentioned
and finally he has ends
00:40:19.91\00:40:22.40
up by speaking about
the beasts of the field.
00:40:22.41\00:40:24.76
God is describing
creation and as God speaks
00:40:25.73\00:40:28.53
Job become smaller
and smaller, and smaller,
00:40:28.78\00:40:32.63
and smaller and
he says who am I?
00:40:32.89\00:40:36.48
Punny little old Job
creature to question the
00:40:36.57\00:40:40.31
Great God. Now I
want you to notice how God
00:40:40.32\00:40:48.30
ends this part of the
speech. Chapter 40 and
00:40:48.51\00:40:53.01
verses 1 and 2,
Job 40 verses 1 and 2,
00:40:53.02\00:40:56.62
this is the
conclusion of God speech to Job
00:40:57.78\00:41:00.14
more over the Lord
answered Job and said,
00:41:00.78\00:41:03.32
shall the one
who contends with the
00:41:04.10\00:41:07.01
almighty correct
him. He who rebukes God
00:41:07.02\00:41:12.89
let him answer it, and
then interestingly enough
00:41:13.24\00:41:19.62
Job is gonna say,
God, you've proved your
00:41:19.76\00:41:26.42
point I will speak no
more, but the interesting
00:41:26.43\00:41:32.92
thing is that he
does speak again.
00:41:32.93\00:41:35.04
Now notice verse 3
here Job says actually
00:41:36.41\00:41:41.82
says then Job
answered the Lord and
00:41:41.83\00:41:43.56
said behold I'm vile,
in other words I'm nothing,
00:41:43.57\00:41:46.77
what shall I answer
you, I lay my hand over
00:41:48.28\00:41:52.35
my mouth once I have
spoken, but I will not
00:41:52.36\00:41:57.15
answer yes twice, but I
will proceed no further.
00:41:57.16\00:41:59.42
I'm not gonna talk
anymore, you made your
00:41:59.56\00:42:01.19
point. You're the
Great God, I'm the clay,
00:42:01.20\00:42:05.20
insignificant punny
little Job, case finished,
00:42:06.06\00:42:09.39
I accept
whatever you do, but the
00:42:09.50\00:42:13.15
interesting thing is
that even though Job said
00:42:13.16\00:42:15.42
that he was not
gonna speak again.
00:42:15.43\00:42:16.87
He does speak again in the book.
00:42:17.06\00:42:19.13
It's important to
notice where he speaks.
00:42:21.25\00:42:23.40
He speaks again in chapter 42.
00:42:25.34\00:42:28.51
There is something
that happens in chapter 41
00:42:30.06\00:42:33.43
that leads Job to
want to speak again.
00:42:33.78\00:42:36.19
Now listen up, one
thing which has surprised
00:42:38.04\00:42:41.61
scholars as they've
studied the book of Job is
00:42:41.62\00:42:43.60
that most of
protagonist of the story that
00:42:43.61\00:42:46.41
appeared in chapter
1 and 2 reappear at the
00:42:46.42\00:42:48.78
end of the book. But
it appears like the one
00:42:48.79\00:42:54.13
who caused all of the
problem. Got off scout
00:42:54.14\00:42:58.16
free and
nothing happened to him.
00:42:58.17\00:43:00.53
Satan, you look at the
end of the book and say,
00:43:01.87\00:43:05.87
where is Satan?
What happened to him?
00:43:05.94\00:43:07.31
He is the one who
caused all of the suffering.
00:43:07.43\00:43:09.35
What happened to
him? Well the fact is that
00:43:11.10\00:43:14.33
Satan is mention in
the last at the end of the
00:43:14.34\00:43:17.54
book, but he is
not called Satan,
00:43:17.55\00:43:21.28
he is called Leviathan,
go with me to chapter 41,
00:43:22.47\00:43:28.99
chapter 41, you see
this is the climax of God's
00:43:30.26\00:43:34.79
questions, he's gonna
ask several additional
00:43:34.80\00:43:37.50
questions in
chapter 41, he's gonna say,
00:43:37.51\00:43:40.76
Job can you defeat
Leviathan? Can you take
00:43:40.77\00:43:46.63
Leviathan as your
servant? Can you destroy
00:43:46.64\00:43:50.80
him, and of course
Job would know about
00:43:50.81\00:43:54.57
Leviathan because
archaeologists have
00:43:54.58\00:43:57.52
discovered tablets
with the name of Leviathan
00:43:57.53\00:44:00.45
is used in that
period. Leviathan was conceived
00:44:00.46\00:44:06.24
as the great enemy
of the Gods, in fact the
00:44:06.32\00:44:10.32
idea was and this was
an Polytheistic Society
00:44:10.33\00:44:13.38
where they
believed in many Gods.
00:44:13.39\00:44:14.65
The Gods had to
fight against Leviathan,
00:44:14.75\00:44:17.21
they have to cut him
up in pieces to be able
00:44:17.33\00:44:19.52
to create the world.
In other words Leviathan
00:44:19.53\00:44:22.36
was a dragon, a many
headed dragon that had
00:44:22.37\00:44:25.21
to be destroyed by
the Gods, in order for the
00:44:25.22\00:44:27.50
Gods to create the
world, and Job of course
00:44:27.51\00:44:30.13
lived in this culture
he was a Monotheist he
00:44:30.14\00:44:32.06
believed in only one
God, but he was acquitted
00:44:32.07\00:44:34.35
with the
terminology and God uses the
00:44:34.36\00:44:36.83
terminology in a
Monotheistic context.
00:44:36.84\00:44:40.02
In a context of one
God, now notice chapter 41
00:44:40.66\00:44:44.45
and I'm gonna only
read certain verses and
00:44:44.46\00:44:46.21
verse 1 God says to
Job can you draw out
00:44:46.22\00:44:52.35
Leviathan with a hook
or snare his tongue with
00:44:52.36\00:44:58.34
a line which you
lower? Can you put a reed
00:44:58.35\00:45:03.91
through his nose or
pierce his jaw with a hook.
00:45:04.03\00:45:07.26
Will he make many
supplications to you,
00:45:08.38\00:45:10.65
will he speak softly
to you, will he make a
00:45:11.46\00:45:14.98
covenant with you,
will you take him as a
00:45:14.99\00:45:18.59
servant forever, will
you play with him as with
00:45:18.60\00:45:22.40
a bird or will you
leash him for you maidens,
00:45:22.41\00:45:27.00
will your companions
make a banquet of him,
00:45:27.32\00:45:30.20
will they apportion
him among the merchants,
00:45:30.45\00:45:33.08
can you fill his skin
with harpoons or his head
00:45:33.35\00:45:41.24
with fishing spears.
This is a Marine creature
00:45:41.63\00:45:45.94
isn't it? It's a
creature that lives in the seas,
00:45:45.95\00:45:49.17
by the way you
can read in Psalms 74
00:45:49.81\00:45:52.29
verses 12 through 15.
It says that Leviathan
00:45:52.46\00:45:55.34
was a multi headed
creature, you need to
00:45:55.35\00:46:00.02
remember that, a
multi headed creature.
00:46:00.03\00:46:02.51
Now let's jump down to verse 18.
00:46:03.14\00:46:05.12
You know, many
scholars think that this is
00:46:06.62\00:46:08.02
describing a crocodile.
This is some crocodile
00:46:08.03\00:46:12.32
if it's a crocodile
'cause he breathes smoke
00:46:12.33\00:46:14.53
and fire. Notice
verse 18 his sneezing,
00:46:14.54\00:46:18.84
flash forth light
and his eyes are like the
00:46:19.26\00:46:22.24
eyelids of the
morning. Out of his mouth go
00:46:22.25\00:46:25.63
burning lights
sparks a fire shoot out,
00:46:25.64\00:46:29.09
smoke goes out of his
nostrils as from a boiling
00:46:29.91\00:46:33.31
pot and burning
rushes. His breath kindles
00:46:33.46\00:46:36.85
coals, and a flame
goes out of his mouth.
00:46:36.86\00:46:39.92
What type of creatures
is being describe here.
00:46:41.31\00:46:43.23
This is a dragon, you
better believe that it's a
00:46:44.19\00:46:46.15
dragoon. A multi-
headed dragon. Now let's
00:46:46.16\00:46:51.36
go to verse 24, I'm
skipping around 'cause we
00:46:51.37\00:46:53.97
don't have the time to
read the whole chapter.
00:46:53.98\00:46:55.59
It's a
fascinating chapter verse 24.
00:46:55.60\00:46:58.09
His heart is as hard
as a stone; Even as hard
00:46:58.26\00:47:02.14
as a stone; Even as
hard as a lower millstone.
00:47:02.15\00:47:03.44
When he raises
himself up, the mighty are
00:47:04.10\00:47:06.89
afraid. Because of
his crushing there beside
00:47:06.90\00:47:10.71
themselves, though
sword that reaches him it
00:47:10.72\00:47:14.47
cannot avail. Nor does
spear, dart, or javelin.
00:47:14.48\00:47:19.61
He regards iron as
straw and Bronze as
00:47:19.64\00:47:22.50
rotten wood. The
arrow cannot make him flee.
00:47:22.51\00:47:25.72
Sling stones become
like stubble to him.
00:47:26.07\00:47:28.67
Darts are regarded
as straw, He laughs at
00:47:28.90\00:47:31.70
the flit of
javelins. Is this basically an
00:47:31.71\00:47:34.61
indestructible
dragon. It most certainly is.
00:47:34.62\00:47:38.33
Now who is this
dragon. This is symbolic
00:47:38.60\00:47:41.23
language. Notice
the 2 verses that this
00:47:41.24\00:47:45.21
chapter ends
with verses 33 and 34.
00:47:45.22\00:47:48.84
On earth, there is
nothing like him, which is made
00:47:50.50\00:47:56.19
without what? Without
fear and now comes the key
00:47:56.37\00:48:00.98
verse, he beholds
every high thing, he is King
00:48:00.99\00:48:05.49
over all the children
of pride. You say well that
00:48:05.85\00:48:12.49
doesn't prove that it's
talking about the devil.
00:48:12.50\00:48:14.78
No it doesn't, unless
we had other texts from
00:48:15.69\00:48:18.64
scripture to link
with this one. Go with me
00:48:18.65\00:48:21.80
to Isaiah 27 and
verse 1. Isaiah chapter 27
00:48:21.81\00:48:27.10
and verse 1, this is
speaking about after the
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millennium, it's says
in verse 1, in that day,
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the Lord with his
severe sword great and
00:48:36.79\00:48:40.17
strong will punish
Leviathan the fleeting
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what? The fleeting
serpent, so what is
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Leviathan? He is
the serpent. Leviathan,
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that twisted serpent
and he will slay and it
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says here in the New King James.
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He will slay the
reptile that is in the sea.
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The reason why they
put reptiles because
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they're thinking
crocodile. What does the
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King James says?
It's says the dragon
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by the way the word
in the Septuagint the
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great translation
of the Old Testament is
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Dracon, dragon, this
is obviously a dragon.
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Do you know
notice that the dragon is
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spoken out here
not only as the dragon,
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but as the twisted
serpent and also as
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Leviathan. Now
where do we find a text of
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scripture that is
similar to this Revelation
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chapter 12,
Revelation chapter 12 and I want
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to read verses 7
through 9 Revelation 12:7
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through 9 it's says
here, an war broke out
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in heaven. Michael
and his angels fought the
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dragon and the
dragon and his angels
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fought, but they did
not prevailed that is the
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devil and his angels
nor was a place found for
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them in heaven any
longer. Now notice this,
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so the great
dragon was cast out.
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There is one name
what's the next one?
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That serpent of old
called the devil and what
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was the name that
was given to the devil in
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Job 1 and 2?
Satan, so do have three or
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the four names that
are found in Job that
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apply to the devil,
yes you have the name
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serpent, you have
the name dragon and
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you have the name
Satan, so the question is
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who is Leviathan
in Job chapter 41.
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Leviathan is a
symbol of Satan, so does Job
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now know who has
been causing all of his
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suffering. It's the
great enemy of God he says,
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and now he says I
have to talk again and he
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does in Job 42,
if you go with me.
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Job 42 and we're
going to read verses 1
00:51:11.37\00:51:17.49
through 6 ,Job 42
verses 1 through 6 then
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Job answered the Lord and said,
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I know that you can
do everything including
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what. What has
God just spoken about
00:51:32.28\00:51:36.09
defeating whom?
Leviathan. The serpent,
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the dragon, Satan,
the devil, so Job now says
00:51:40.73\00:51:45.50
now that you've
shown me about Leviathan
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he says I know
you can do everything,
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and that no
purpose of yours can be
00:51:50.93\00:51:53.99
withheld from you.
You asked who is this
00:51:54.00\00:51:59.14
who hides council
without knowledge.
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Therefore I have
uttered what I did not
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understand? What I
did not understand,
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at this point does
he understand? Yes,
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what I did not
understand thanks to
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wonderful for me
which I did not know.
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Now notice that the
tone that he uses listen
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please and let me
speak you said I will
00:52:30.20\00:52:35.32
question you and
you shall answer me.
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I have heard of you by
the hearing of the ear,
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but now my eye
sees you, that is now I
00:52:43.18\00:52:49.07
understand you, now
I know what has been
00:52:49.08\00:52:52.01
happening and he
says therefore I uphold
00:52:52.02\00:52:55.89
myself and repent
in dust and ashes.
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Let me ask to Job
make God look good.
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He sure did, he had
questions, he complained,
00:53:06.36\00:53:11.45
he wanted an
explanation of what was
00:53:12.50\00:53:14.49
taking place. He
said to God, why have you
00:53:14.50\00:53:17.67
forsaken me, but
he never let go of the
00:53:17.68\00:53:22.03
hand of the God. He
never cursed God to his
00:53:22.04\00:53:25.32
face, he hang onto to
God jus like Jesus later
00:53:25.33\00:53:29.30
when he went to the
garden gets somebody
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pray father of this
cup can be taken from me
00:53:31.21\00:53:33.64
let it be so never or
less not my will be done,
00:53:33.92\00:53:36.54
but yours, and why
Jesus cried on the Cross
00:53:36.64\00:53:40.23
my God, my God why
has Satan forsaken me.
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What was the
answer? Silence and tell the
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Resurrection. And then
at the end of the story
00:53:48.43\00:53:51.87
Job receives twice
as much as what he had
00:53:51.96\00:53:54.39
before he becomes
much more prosperous,
00:53:54.40\00:53:57.85
rich and full of joy
and happiness and lives many
00:53:58.23\00:54:02.24
long years. Why do
you suppose God gave
00:54:02.25\00:54:05.97
us this story? Folks
this story is a description
00:54:05.98\00:54:10.93
of the experience
that God's people are going
00:54:10.94\00:54:13.11
to go through
at the end of time.
00:54:13.12\00:54:16.05
God's people are
going to lose everything,
00:54:17.95\00:54:20.03
everything except
their lives. Is that true?
00:54:21.63\00:54:30.01
Will anybody die
during the time trouble of
00:54:30.96\00:54:34.78
God's people? No, not
during the time of trouble
00:54:34.79\00:54:37.84
after the close of
probation, no more people
00:54:38.43\00:54:41.39
of God will be slain.
Will God allow the devil
00:54:41.40\00:54:44.68
to afflict the people
of God to the at most.
00:54:44.69\00:54:47.11
We've studied this
last night yes, will we lose
00:54:47.12\00:54:49.54
houses yes, will
we lose automobiles?
00:54:49.55\00:54:54.04
Will we lose our bank accounts?
00:54:54.23\00:54:56.15
Will we loose our
support of friends?
00:54:56.46\00:54:58.32
Will we lose support
of our spouses in many
00:54:58.60\00:55:01.75
cases? Will we lose
our health? Will we lose
00:55:01.76\00:55:05.65
our freedom? Yes, the
scripture says that God's
00:55:05.66\00:55:09.21
people will lose
everything except their
00:55:09.22\00:55:13.91
lives. We'll have no
excuse to complain 'cause
00:55:13.92\00:55:20.88
we have the benefit
of this story of Job.
00:55:20.89\00:55:22.82
We know exactly
what's gonna be happening,
00:55:24.67\00:55:26.93
but it's one thing to
know it up here and it's
00:55:29.17\00:55:32.73
another thing to go
through it. That's why
00:55:32.74\00:55:35.84
now we should be
filling our minds with
00:55:35.85\00:55:38.07
God's word, we
should be filling our minds
00:55:38.08\00:55:40.90
with these stories,
we should be memorizing
00:55:40.91\00:55:43.72
scripture so that
when crunch time comes the
00:55:43.73\00:55:46.76
scriptures will come
out in our behavior in
00:55:46.77\00:55:49.38
firmness in our
allegiance to God as our
00:55:49.39\00:55:53.08
King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
00:55:53.09\00:55:55.54
And so this story
describes the great
00:55:57.42\00:55:59.27
controversy
between good and evil,
00:55:59.28\00:56:01.09
the great
controversy between Christ and
00:56:02.23\00:56:03.92
Satan, and the good
news is that after the
00:56:03.93\00:56:07.66
crisis and after the
suffering, God will bless
00:56:07.67\00:56:11.88
his people with
greater prosperity,
00:56:12.21\00:56:14.88
length of years
and much more then they
00:56:15.37\00:56:18.89
ever had before and
they will live happily
00:56:18.94\00:56:23.18
ever after.
Amen. Father in heaven,
00:56:23.65\00:56:26.89
we thank you for the
privilege of studying
00:56:26.90\00:56:28.75
your word. I ask Lord
that you will write these
00:56:28.76\00:56:31.84
things in our minds
and in our hearts that when
00:56:31.85\00:56:34.08
crunch time comes
we'd like to remain
00:56:34.09\00:56:35.95
faithful. We pray
in Jesus name, amen.
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