It's time for us to travel,
you fasten your seatbelts now.
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This evening, we're
going to go to Pompeii.
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We're going to ride the
train from the city of Rome
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to the south, down
to the Bay of Naples.
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And there, we're
going to disembark
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and walk among the ruins of
the ancient city of Pompeii.
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It's only barely an
outline now, barely to be seen.
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There about 12
miles north, it is.
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The shadow of what's
left of Mount Vesuvius.
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In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius, after
giving several warning blasts,
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exploded with a
terrific explosion that almost
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instantly darkened the sun.
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Now, there had
been sufficient warning.
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For days and days, it
had been puffing and blowing,
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and threatening.
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It had, on one occasion prior,
sent out such a plume that
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folks decided it was
time to "get out of Dodge,"
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as the saying goes.
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So, many of them went
down to the Bay of Naples,
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got in their boats and pushed
off with sufficient supplies
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to last a day or two or more.
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And then the majority of
them decided to come back.
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And they paid
the price too great.
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In 79 AD, the mountain
exploded suddenly, instantly.
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And it buried this city, which
we believe to have been about
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25,000-30,000 in population,
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and also the sister
city of Herculaneum,
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between 18-22 feet of
ash, lapilli, which is a little
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BB like substance,
and just dirt and junk.
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The city then, became
much like a time capsule.
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It was as if someone
had put several things
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inside a container
and then put a seal upon
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the lid of the
container, and buried it,
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and left it there
for hundreds of years.
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Hundreds of years did go by.
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In 1745, a man by the
name of Charles of Bourbon
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was digging a canal, from
the snow melt of Mount Vesuvius
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to the north, down
to the Bay of Naples
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in order that folks could live
there on those pure white sand
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beaches and there overlooking
the beautiful blue water.
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So they could live there
and have fresh water to drink.
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And as he dug,
he came to a well.
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And he looked down with
a light inside the well.
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And he saw down there,
a street and a sidewalk.
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What had obviously happened
was that sometime prior,
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who knows how long
before, someone had decided
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to look for fresh water
by the digging of a well
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and broke through
into the burial ground
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of the city of Pompeii.
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But they didn't seem to
pay much attention to it.
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Charles of Bourbon, however, put
men with torches down inside.
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And then the announcement
was made around the world,
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"We have found a buried city. "
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Excavations then began
that continue to this very day.
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And it is so fascinating,
in that, here we have a whole
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society that was
encapsulated almost instantly.
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We're able now, to
know how they lived,
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in what style they lived,
how their homes were furnished.
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In many cases, what
their morals were or were not.
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And did they have
pets and what all happened.
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What kind of
things did they eat.
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It was all to be discovered
when they lifted the lid
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on the city of Pompeii.
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So let's begin to lift the lid
tonight, you and I, shall we.
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We're going to walk
down some of these streets.
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By the way, I think
you can notice here,
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and maybe even better here, yes.
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Here are the pillars.
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And on each of those
pillars, there is a number.
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This one happens to be 16.
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And 17 and 18 over
on the opposite side.
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In the museum, there is
a big book with a number
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that coordinates to this.
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And it tells what kinds
of businesses were operated
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on the insides
of these buildings.
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And in many cases, it tells
what kinds, the names rather,
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of the folks who owned
and operated the business.
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And we're going to see
the evidence of all of that
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in just a little bit.
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For your interest sake,
this is akin to going to
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the Columbia Center Mall.
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There's a good illustration.
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This is the mall of the
ancient city of Pompeii.
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I want you to
notice this street.
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This is main street.
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And the other street
that we just looked at,
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well maybe we'll back up one.
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Here you see that we have
my buddy standing with one foot
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on one side of the
sidewalk and then his other
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foot is on the rock.
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And from here, I'll
have you notice two or three
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other things, if I may.
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Firstly, I want you to
notice again over and around
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these pillars, look over
here to the extreme left.
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Here's the best way
to see it. Right there.
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Between the two
pillars, there is a niche.
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There is a groove
carved in the stone.
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That, ladies and
gentlemen, is where the doors,
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the sliding doors
slid in the groove.
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They were opened in the
morning and slid shut at night.
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And so, in our patio's still
today, we have sliding doors.
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They let us outside
of our master bedrooms.
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Sliding doors originated
here in and around Pompeii.
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And certainly
from the Roman world.
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And then you'll
notice another thing or two.
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You see the street that
is lower than the sidewalk.
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And there's a
curb that separate it.
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And that was for the purpose
of safety and cleanliness.
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You didn't want the folks
walking down in the streets
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where there were
horses and oxen and wagons,
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and that sort of thing.
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And not only that, you didn't
want them walking down there
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where the horses
and donkeys had been.
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You get the idea, don't ya.
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For reasons of sanitation,
and for reasons of safety,
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the street
separated from the sidewalk.
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Well, that leaves us then
wondering about that stone.
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This is the
reason for the stone.
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In every street, the
narrower ones need only one,
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but main street, as we noted
and shall again, required three.
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It gets, in the
summer time here, very hot.
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But quite unusually, the
heat here is not like that
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which you would find in Florida
where there's a lot of humidity.
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Or down on the Gulf Coast.
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There's, in fact,
very little humidity here.
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High temperatures,
but very little humidity.
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Sort of like a desert, an arid
sort of a feeling, to the air.
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Therefore then, in the
summer time, they would,
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from the aqueducts, open the
gates and bring in fresh water,
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and fill the streets with water
up to near the top of the curb.
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And when the afternoon
and evening breezes blew,
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it would blow across
the water in the streets.
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And air condition the
city in the same way that a
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swamp cooler
works here in our areas.
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Fascinating.
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And so on main street,
it took three of those steps
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to get across from
one side to the other.
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Notice something else too.
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You see the deep ruts here
that have been carved over the
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centuries as the result of the
turnings of the wagon wheels.
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Most remarkable.
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There's much more to see.
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We're going back now, down
the streets in the shopping area
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and the areas of government, and
we're going to spend some time.
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And notice what kind of
businesses were conducted here.
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And in some cases,
even the family members
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who conducted the business.
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National Geographic magazine,
only just a few months ago,
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did a special on these two
cities, Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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And, as I mentioned at
the outset, the excavations
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continue to this very day.
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And they made some discoveries
that were unknown since,
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you know, the 18th century
when the excavations began.
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And among those discoveries,
it was learned that is was
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the position, often, of the
man who was running for Mayor,
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or maybe for Governor of
the county, that's the way we'd
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say it in our comparisons today,
he would make this promise,
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"If you vote for me this
November, I promise to put
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on your street
corner, a fountain.
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So that you don't have to
walk a long ways to the canal
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to get your
water to bring home. "
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And so now, on
nearly every street corner,
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there is the
remains, or in this case,
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the completeness of a fountain.
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And you'll notice something
interesting about this one.
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The figure has a mouth.
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It's the figure, by
the way, of an Italian boy.
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And the water comes out of his
mouth and fills this cistern.
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And if you lived even in
the poor section of town,
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or the middle class
section, you need not go far.
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Nearly every
corner had one of these.
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In this case, when it filled
the cistern to overflowing,
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the overflow would
run out this little niche,
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back down into the streets
that were filled with water.
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The wealthy folks had indoor
plumbing, as we're going to see
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just a little bit from now.
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And so, we're going to
stop, first of all you and I,
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at the Curia.
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The sign says "Curia".
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That is the Latin
word for the Senate.
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During the bad weather in
Rome, the Caesar would come down
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to the Bay area to
spend a few weeks, or perhaps
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even months here in the
warmth of the beautiful sun
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and enjoying the blue
waters off of the Bay of Naples.
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When he would come down
here, he would bring with him
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many of his law makers.
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Today we call them the
Cabinet, and some of the
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main Senators, you see.
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And here in this Curia, the
Senate, they would make laws,
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pass laws, vote laws, that would
have an effect throughout the
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whole of the known world.
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Because, as we studied
our first night together here,
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Rome for many, many,
many years was in charge
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of much of the civilized world.
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Certainly the west. Alright.
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Now as we move
on down the street,
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we come to a little shop.
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It says, "Bottega del
frutti venditore Felix. "
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This was a fruit
and vegetable stand.
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A farmers market.
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That would be the
nearest thing that we know
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to the reality here.
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And furthermore, we
know the name of the man
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who operated the place.
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His name was Felix.
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Now how did they know?
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How did they make
these discoveries?
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How could they be sure?
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Two ways.
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There were clay records,
records that became in stone.
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Written upon clay, clay tablets.
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And then over the centuries,
it turned hard as stone.
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And records of
purchases and sales,
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and records of the
family names were to be found
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in and on those clay tablets.
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But perhaps even
more importantly,
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in the excavations, they
would often come to a cavity.
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And at the outset,
they were just breaking in
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and paying little attention.
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But some scientists said,
"We're making a mistake here.
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When we come to these
cavities, these hollows,
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instead of just smashing
in, we're going to carefully,
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into this bubble,
make a little hole.
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About the size of a pencil.
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And then through that
hole, we're going to slip
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a rubber tube.
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And through the rubber
tube, we're going to pump
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a very liquid plaster
of paris like substance.
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Wait until it hardens and
solidifies, and then chip away
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the ash and the
lapilli, and see what we find. "
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So, in cases as in this
shop, they found melons.
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They found tomatoes,
and they found bell peppers.
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And that's how we know then,
by the records on clay tablets
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and by the
evidence of the excavations
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of those little
hollows, what kind of business
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was operated here.
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The fruit vendor
by the name of Felix.
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Now just down the
street a little ways,
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we come to another place.
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And this place tells
us what happened here.
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And it also tells
us the name of the man.
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It says, this is the tavern
of a guy by the name of Antonio.
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And I wouldn't be too
surprised if they didn't
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refer to it as "Tony's place".
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Huh?
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Let's have a
look around, shall we.
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I stood here to
shoot this picture
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and I saw this
marble colored bar.
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And then I went over to
the left and I saw this oven.
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It had originally been
completely covered with marble,
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but some of the
marble has fallen away
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to expose the bricks.
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And by the way, any time
you see that long narrow brick,
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you can be quite sure
that it is from the Roman era.
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Because that's the
way they made bricks,
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the style and the
size of the Roman brick.
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And so I stood here and thought
and shot a picture or two,
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and then it came to me.
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This had to have
been a pizza parlor.
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What do you think, huh?
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If that isn't a pizza
oven, I've never seen one.
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And the bar over
there is where you'd choose
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your root beer or 7-Up.
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Don't you suppose?
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Someone said, and
I think rightly so,
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pizza was born in Italy but
grew up in the United States.
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We eat far, far more pizza
than they do over in Italy.
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And ours is quite
different, matter of fact.
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Well, I don't know if it
was Dominos or Pizza Hut, but
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Charlie's tavern looks
to me like a pizza parlor.
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Let's look around further.
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Out at the entry,
out at the street level,
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there is another bar.
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And this one is curious
in that it has big holes.
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The bar was made
to be water tight.
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And then the inside
was filled with water.
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And the beverages, whether
they be hard or fresh juice,
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I don't know.
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But they were put in earthen
jugs, big earthen bottles,
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and then sat down inside
this water, and that would
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keep the beverage
cool throughout the day.
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Not ice cold, but
much cooler than it
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might have been otherwise.
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My three buddies are
putting on a little bit of a
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performance for you there.
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They're pretending as if they're
stopping to have a beverage.
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I can imagine some guy on his
way from the job, work place,
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to his home,
coming home a little late.
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And his wife asks
him, "What happened dear.
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Did you have a flat tire?"
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And he says,
"No, I stopped off at
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Tony's place for a cold one. "
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Look, you didn't even
have to step out of the street
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in order to enjoy the beverage.
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You could stand
right out in the street.
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And in the heat of
summer, you would be ankle deep
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in cool water, huh.
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Refreshment on both ends.
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How unique.
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We look around in the back side,
we see another of the bars.
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And it has two of those openings
as you can see there, rather.
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And the earthen
jugs are still in them.
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And then over in the
corners, we see others of those
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great big bottles, and still
more back in the back room.
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Our next stop is at the bakery.
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And my buddy is leaning
up against a big grind stone.
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Here, the farmers
would bring their grain,
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sell it for a cash crop,
trade it for baked goods.
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Or have it milled and
then take the flour home
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so the ladies could
make their favorite desserts,
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or their favorite
breads, I suppose.
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We're going to move on
back now into the inside,
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and there is the oven.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
back in there is a shelf.
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And that shelf has
a big pit beneath it
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in which the fire burned.
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The shelf is made of stone.
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And the fire that
burned would heat the rocks,
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and the bread atop those, in the
pans, stone pans, would bake.
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Now, in the museum,
there they have loaves of bread
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that were found here at
the time of the excavations,
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now in the early part of
the 19th century, 1815-1816.
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They have the loaves of
bread, that were discovered here
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in this bakery, on
display in the museum.
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They're a little
more than a day old.
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Pretty crusty now.
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But it's a fascinating thing.
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Again, it just points out
how the time capsule was lifted
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and we make discoveries
about folks that we didn't know
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very much about before.
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Wherever the Romans went
in number, they would build
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for themselves, a coliseum.
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Here we have the
coliseum of the city of Pompeii.
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And this, by the
way, is in the area of the
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more recent excavations.
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I happened to be in
Phoenix, when a few weeks ago,
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the super bowl was played.
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I was in an RV parked
only just a stone's throw
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from the great
Phoenix University coliseum.
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And I noted that the
Phoenix coliseum was built
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after the style of
the Roman coliseum.
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I have noted further that where
the Portland Trail Blazers play,
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and where the
Seattle Seahawks play,
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or wherever your
favorite team plays,
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they play in a
coliseum that was based after
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that of the Roman era.
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Somebody said, "What
goes around comes around. "
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And others have said,
"Hang on to your old neckties. "
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I don't know.
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We're going to
climb up the steps there,
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ladies and gentlemen.
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And we're going to go
through one of those arches.
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And then, we shall filter
down into the seating area.
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There was a parapet wall
that was about 12 feet high
00:19:21.80\00:19:25.44
to separate the
players from the spectators,
00:19:25.47\00:19:29.67
and the players
from the animals.
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Because there were African
animals that were kept here.
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I have been asked,
"Did Christians die here?
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Were Christians
thrown to starved animals?"
00:19:38.27\00:19:40.63
And the
historical answer is, yes.
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Not in near the number as
what happened over in Rome
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at the great coliseum, where
we may visit on another evening.
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But Christians did die at
the coliseum of Pompeii as well.
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It was a pagan world into
which our Lord Jesus was born.
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And they worshipped
a host of pagan gods,
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gods of the sun and
the moon and the stars.
00:20:01.75\00:20:05.85
These are the remains of
the Temple of Fortuna Augusta.
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And we're not going to
go into that tonight, but
00:20:10.28\00:20:12.43
when we're finished this
evening, you may want to go
00:20:12.46\00:20:14.98
home and pull it up on
your your computer, or read it
00:20:15.01\00:20:17.78
out of your encyclopedia.
00:20:17.81\00:20:19.87
It was a fascinating
theory behind Fortuna Augusta.
00:20:19.90\00:20:24.22
But the main temple
was the Temple of Apollo.
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Now Apollo was one of
the names of the sun god,
00:20:28.23\00:20:30.84
the Greek name of the sun god.
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And when the Caesar
was in residence here,
00:20:33.31\00:20:36.20
this is where
he came to worship.
00:20:36.23\00:20:37.91
Originally, this
temple was covered over with
00:20:37.94\00:20:41.92
beautiful white Italian marble.
00:20:41.95\00:20:45.03
And it was said
that on a clear day,
00:20:45.06\00:20:47.52
when the sun was
brightly shining,
00:20:47.55\00:20:49.90
and the white
caps were glistening,
00:20:49.93\00:20:51.99
this temple could be seen
for miles and miles off shore.
00:20:52.02\00:20:57.34
And it glistened like a
diamond in the sunlight.
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So we can just imagine,
the Emperor of the world
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and leader of much
of the known world,
00:21:04.48\00:21:06.88
coming right here to
pray to the many gods;
00:21:06.91\00:21:10.43
sun, the moon, and the stars.
00:21:10.46\00:21:12.86
Now I mentioned to you
folks, that the poorer folks,
00:21:13.78\00:21:17.75
those who lived in the
town houses and the condominiums
00:21:17.78\00:21:23.58
and the cold water
walkups, didn't have far
00:21:23.61\00:21:26.28
to go for fresh
water because nearly
00:21:26.31\00:21:28.60
every corner had a cistern.
00:21:28.63\00:21:31.58
But the wealthy
folks had indoor plumbing.
00:21:31.61\00:21:34.74
And we're going
to begin now to see
00:21:34.77\00:21:36.85
the evidence of some of that.
00:21:36.88\00:21:38.71
If you'll look
very carefully there,
00:21:39.63\00:21:41.11
you'll see in the picture, the
piping that brought fresh water
00:21:41.14\00:21:45.11
off the aqueduct.
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Twisted and turned and
joints of stone pipe that were
00:21:47.62\00:21:52.54
hollowed out somehow
and then made together.
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Turned and turned,
and then went back inside.
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Uh-huh, that's
exactly what it is.
00:22:08.20\00:22:12.24
That's a public restroom.
00:22:13.24\00:22:15.12
But in defense of my friend,
I quickly need to say to you,
00:22:17.80\00:22:20.12
he's only sitting there to
change the film in his camera.
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Here's how it worked.
00:22:25.25\00:22:26.48
Fresh water came
from off the aqueducts,
00:22:26.88\00:22:29.74
out of the canal, if you please.
00:22:29.78\00:22:31.84
On a gravity flow, it ran
beneath these stone stools
00:22:31.87\00:22:36.89
and carried all the sewer
away to the treatment plant.
00:22:36.92\00:22:42.68
Most remarkable.
00:22:42.71\00:22:44.16
Five hundred years
before the birth of Jesus,
00:22:44.19\00:22:48.23
indoor plumbing.
00:22:48.26\00:22:49.51
Now, we have seen
where the poorer folks lived
00:22:51.65\00:22:55.27
and where the
everyday man shopped.
00:22:55.30\00:22:57.93
We're going to transition now
and go into, what over in Idaho
00:22:57.96\00:23:02.72
we would call, the mucky
muck neighborhood, alright.
00:23:02.75\00:23:06.68
This is where
the rich folks lived.
00:23:06.71\00:23:08.99
And when I travel
around through the cities
00:23:09.02\00:23:11.62
and villages of the U.S.,
I will often come to a home
00:23:11.65\00:23:15.58
or a property that has a sign
up on a tree or up on a gate
00:23:15.61\00:23:20.05
that says, "Beware of the dog. "
00:23:20.08\00:23:24.82
Oh, and by the
way, I must tell you.
00:23:26.12\00:23:29.94
You know, we live in a
day and age where we can learn
00:23:29.97\00:23:33.74
so very much if we'll just be
quiet and listen a little bit.
00:23:33.77\00:23:38.12
And that's not easy for
me, but this is what I learned
00:23:40.07\00:23:43.09
from Judge Judy.
00:23:43.12\00:23:44.80
Now listen, if you put a sign
on your door, on your fence,
00:23:45.88\00:23:51.33
or on your gate that
says, "Beware of the dog,"
00:23:51.36\00:23:54.08
you're only admitting
that you knew in advance
00:23:54.11\00:23:57.72
that you had a
dangerous situation.
00:23:57.75\00:24:00.48
So if you have one of those pit
bulls that likes to take a bite
00:24:01.51\00:24:05.13
out of everybody,
don't put up a sign.
00:24:05.16\00:24:08.57
Just let him be a
surprise, I guess.
00:24:08.60\00:24:11.01
Did you, by the way,
hear about that little guy
00:24:12.50\00:24:14.54
that came running
in the house screaming,
00:24:14.57\00:24:16.61
crying, just
screaming, "Mama, mama. "
00:24:16.64\00:24:19.33
He was just scared to death.
00:24:19.36\00:24:20.85
And his mom asked,
"What was the matter, honey?
00:24:20.88\00:24:22.94
What's the matter?"
00:24:22.97\00:24:23.94
He said, "The neighbor's
dog, that great big dog. "
00:24:23.95\00:24:26.49
And the mother
said, she inspected him,
00:24:26.52\00:24:28.71
"Did he bite you
son, did he bite you?"
00:24:28.74\00:24:31.29
"No, but tasted me. "
00:24:31.32\00:24:33.76
Well over here, instead
of putting a sign on the gate
00:24:39.57\00:24:43.19
or on the door, or
something, they simply,
00:24:43.22\00:24:46.08
in the mosaic of the sidewalk,
put a picture of this dog.
00:24:46.11\00:24:50.87
He's in the
attack mode, you see.
00:24:50.90\00:24:52.67
He's crouching, he's tethered,
and his fangs are bared.
00:24:52.70\00:24:56.78
He's giving the warning,
"Enter at your own risk. "
00:24:56.81\00:25:00.03
"Beware of the dog. "
00:25:00.06\00:25:02.34
We, by the way, have a
10 pound attack poodle.
00:25:03.53\00:25:09.23
And he'll taste ya.
00:25:11.04\00:25:12.83
We step inside the home and
the first thing we notice is
00:25:14.87\00:25:18.73
the hole in the roof.
00:25:18.76\00:25:20.08
What's going on?
Was there a strong wind?
00:25:20.68\00:25:22.83
No, this is the
atrium, ladies and gentlemen.
00:25:22.86\00:25:25.71
And that hole is there winter,
summer, spring, and fall.
00:25:25.74\00:25:29.50
And if you're wondering
what happens when it rains,
00:25:29.53\00:25:31.73
the answer is very simple.
00:25:31.76\00:25:33.14
The rain water comes right in.
00:25:33.17\00:25:35.49
But beneath that opening, there
is a fountain in the floor.
00:25:35.52\00:25:39.96
And it's just a bit larger
than the opening in the ceiling.
00:25:39.99\00:25:44.01
And it serves two purposes.
00:25:44.04\00:25:45.95
One is aesthetic.
00:25:45.98\00:25:47.56
Every eye that came to this
home would look at the fountain.
00:25:47.59\00:25:54.12
Often times, they'd have a
little statue or something,
00:25:54.15\00:25:56.76
we're told, in the
center of that fountain.
00:25:56.79\00:25:59.31
And so it was pretty,
potted plants around it.
00:25:59.34\00:26:03.03
But it had a
practical side as well.
00:26:03.06\00:26:05.53
Every person that came
in the house, whether guest
00:26:05.56\00:26:08.63
or family member, went
over beside the fountain,
00:26:08.66\00:26:12.20
removed their shoes,
and bathed their feet.
00:26:12.23\00:26:15.96
And that saved on the
vacuum cleaning, you see.
00:26:15.99\00:26:18.82
Not a bad idea.
00:26:18.85\00:26:21.33
Every major room in this home
looked out on to the garden.
00:26:21.36\00:26:26.15
The dining room, the family
room, the formal sitting room,
00:26:26.18\00:26:32.26
and the major
bedroom, master bedroom.
00:26:32.29\00:26:34.77
They all opened
out on to the garden.
00:26:34.80\00:26:38.47
Now, the plants here,
of course, don't date back
00:26:38.50\00:26:41.58
to the time of the
explosion, before Jesus.
00:26:41.61\00:26:45.04
But the statuary, on
the other hand, does.
00:26:45.07\00:26:47.69
And that which isn't
that old, has been recopied
00:26:47.72\00:26:51.03
from some of the
ruins that were found here.
00:26:51.06\00:26:53.36
Well, we mentioned a bit
ago that during the time of
00:26:54.85\00:26:58.08
the excavations, they
would find these bubbles.
00:26:58.11\00:27:00.95
Instead of just smashing
into them, they finally came
00:27:00.98\00:27:03.65
to the idea of filling them full
of a material that would harden
00:27:03.68\00:27:08.21
and then carefully chip away.
00:27:08.24\00:27:10.07
And as they did that, they found
not only the evidence of melons
00:27:10.10\00:27:13.43
and tomatoes and eggplant,
but also of other living things
00:27:13.46\00:27:17.85
like this dog.
00:27:17.88\00:27:19.95
Is this a dog's body?
00:27:19.98\00:27:21.60
No. That had long,
long ago returned to dust.
00:27:21.63\00:27:26.61
And ash to ash.
00:27:26.64\00:27:27.67
But this is what the dog looked
like when they chipped away
00:27:27.70\00:27:31.17
the stone that had
once been molten rock.
00:27:31.20\00:27:34.50
The evidence
obviously is that the dog died
00:27:35.31\00:27:39.11
as a result of asphyxiation.
00:27:39.14\00:27:41.41
Breathing that poisonous gas.
00:27:41.44\00:27:43.03
Died for want of
pure air and oxygen.
00:27:43.06\00:27:46.88
He died in a
twisted and contorted form.
00:27:46.91\00:27:50.20
And not only did the
animals die in that way,
00:27:50.23\00:27:53.07
but so also is the evidence,
did the people as well.
00:27:53.10\00:27:56.73
Here was a person that was found
in the corner of the basement.
00:27:56.76\00:28:01.51
And you notice the attempt
to cover the nose and the mouth
00:28:01.54\00:28:05.26
from the poisonous gas.
00:28:05.29\00:28:06.81
Trying to hold the hands
over the nose and the mouth.
00:28:06.84\00:28:10.06
But it didn't work.
00:28:10.09\00:28:11.25
Many of these figures were found
with their gems and their jewels
00:28:11.28\00:28:17.01
and their gold
coins in their hands.
00:28:17.04\00:28:19.77
The evidence from
National Geographic magazine,
00:28:19.80\00:28:22.84
as I alluded before,
is that many of them had
00:28:22.87\00:28:25.22
been out on the bay.
00:28:25.25\00:28:27.82
They had been, maybe
a mile or two off shore.
00:28:27.86\00:28:30.07
They were out where they
were safe from the explosion,
00:28:30.10\00:28:33.01
safe from the
fire that would follow.
00:28:33.04\00:28:36.27
But they went back.
00:28:36.30\00:28:38.18
They went back to
claim their treasures.
00:28:38.21\00:28:41.44
They went back to get
their gold, to get coins,
00:28:41.47\00:28:44.25
to get their jewelry.
00:28:44.28\00:28:45.63
They went back, many of them,
simply because they did not
00:28:45.66\00:28:50.05
want to leave
their beautiful homes.
00:28:50.08\00:28:52.60
And they paid a price too high,
00:28:52.63\00:28:54.61
as you can see here.
00:28:54.64\00:28:56.09
And again, a prostrate form,
again with that vain attempt
00:28:56.12\00:29:01.80
to shield the
nose and the mouth.
00:29:01.83\00:29:04.51
There are so many
parallels, ladies and gentlemen,
00:29:06.04\00:29:08.76
between their day
and time, and our own.
00:29:08.79\00:29:12.13
So very many.
00:29:12.16\00:29:13.57
If you today, this day
and age, give folks the choice
00:29:16.02\00:29:19.66
of coming to meetings,
similar to these perhaps,
00:29:19.69\00:29:23.27
to learn the truths of Jesus,
00:29:24.23\00:29:26.43
to see where we are
in the stream of time,
00:29:27.31\00:29:30.19
and to get ready to meet Him in
peace, get to know him better,
00:29:30.22\00:29:33.46
memorize His promises.
00:29:33.49\00:29:35.14
You give folks a choice between
doing something like that
00:29:35.17\00:29:38.43
or going to the super
bowl, going to the high school
00:29:38.46\00:29:42.36
basketball game,
or going to the dance,
00:29:42.39\00:29:44.98
where will the majority go?
00:29:45.01\00:29:47.28
Yea.
00:29:48.03\00:29:49.23
Elsewhere.
00:29:49.26\00:29:50.88
They have their priorities
00:29:50.91\00:29:52.89
in an improper place.
00:29:54.06\00:29:55.69
The very fact that you
folks are here tonight proves
00:29:55.72\00:29:58.82
that you have your
priorities in order.
00:29:58.85\00:30:01.23
And I thank you so very
much for traveling with me.
00:30:01.26\00:30:03.96
And now we will
continue with our program.
00:30:03.99\00:30:06.65
The lead story on the World
News tonight was the bad news.
00:30:09.65\00:30:13.35
The price of crude oil
broke an all time high.
00:30:13.38\00:30:16.57
They're rather sure
that in the next week or two,
00:30:16.60\00:30:19.65
it's going to break
another record or two.
00:30:19.68\00:30:23.02
I've noticed since I've
been in the area that the
00:30:23.05\00:30:25.03
price of gasoline, and
even worse the price of diesel,
00:30:25.06\00:30:29.06
has jumped about
25 cents in ten days.
00:30:29.09\00:30:32.28
And we're paying the price
and we're suffering the hurt.
00:30:32.31\00:30:35.01
Peggy tried to make an
order for some video equipment
00:30:36.16\00:30:41.64
a couple of days ago.
00:30:41.67\00:30:43.03
And she was going to
pay for that with our
00:30:43.06\00:30:45.18
American Express card.
00:30:45.21\00:30:47.00
And the folks at the place of
business down in Phoenix said,
00:30:47.03\00:30:50.36
"Well, there's something
wrong with American Express
00:30:50.39\00:30:53.38
and maybe if you made a
phone call down there. "
00:30:53.41\00:30:56.19
And so Peggy made a
phone call and they said,
00:30:56.22\00:30:57.92
"Well, our computers are down. "
00:30:57.95\00:31:00.24
They said, "Really what
we're doing is just kind of
00:31:00.27\00:31:03.00
updating our computers.
00:31:03.03\00:31:04.82
And maybe
before the day is over,
00:31:04.85\00:31:06.67
we'll have it all fixed up. "
00:31:06.70\00:31:08.01
So Peggy, just
before the end of business
00:31:08.04\00:31:10.43
back there, called again.
00:31:10.46\00:31:11.43
Now they said, "Our
computers are still down. "
00:31:11.44\00:31:13.84
And then, a day
later, we learned the truth.
00:31:13.87\00:31:17.75
The power went out in Tampa,
Florida near the headquarter
00:31:17.78\00:31:20.96
of American Express
cards and the financial cards.
00:31:21.26\00:31:26.98
And do you know what
they first blamed it on?
00:31:27.01\00:31:29.30
We're not sure,
they're doing some research.
00:31:29.33\00:31:30.87
They're saying today, that
this may not have been the case.
00:31:30.90\00:31:33.16
That it may have been a man
who just opened the wrong box
00:31:33.19\00:31:35.69
and pushed the wrong button.
00:31:35.72\00:31:37.02
But yesterday, there was
the very strong suggestion
00:31:37.05\00:31:40.34
that what had happened
was, some high school kid
00:31:40.37\00:31:43.10
had somehow, with his
computer, hacked in to the
00:31:43.13\00:31:47.33
nuclear power supply
and shut down the power.
00:31:47.36\00:31:50.72
An interesting day
that we've come to.
00:31:50.75\00:31:53.55
Power outages that
could shutdown Wall Street
00:31:54.57\00:31:57.75
and shutdown the financial
institutions of the world.
00:31:57.78\00:32:00.16
Tonight, we're going to
talk about our trip-trap
00:32:00.19\00:32:02.64
troubled planet in its context
with a final economic crisis.
00:32:02.67\00:32:06.88
And before we go further, I
want to say to all of you folks,
00:32:06.91\00:32:09.66
Lyle is a loyal American.
00:32:09.69\00:32:11.86
And I hope that comes across.
00:32:11.89\00:32:13.46
I have been to 62
other countries of the world
00:32:13.49\00:32:16.47
and one of the things that
my world travel has done is
00:32:16.50\00:32:18.99
make me love these
United States of America.
00:32:19.02\00:32:21.97
There's not another place like
it on the face of God's earth.
00:32:22.00\00:32:25.22
We ought to put in a
thank offering every day
00:32:25.25\00:32:27.50
for the
privilege of living here.
00:32:27.53\00:32:29.34
This is the great country.
00:32:29.37\00:32:32.25
God's United States of America.
00:32:32.28\00:32:34.85
But while I'm a loyal
American, I'm at the same time,
00:32:34.88\00:32:37.80
a concerned American.
00:32:37.83\00:32:39.48
And I discovered that
I'm not alone in my concerns.
00:32:39.51\00:32:42.00
As I travel from north
to south and east to west,
00:32:42.03\00:32:44.52
I discovered that
there are thousands,
00:32:44.55\00:32:46.74
yea, tens of
thousands of Americans who,
00:32:46.77\00:32:49.20
like myself, are concerned.
00:32:49.23\00:32:50.93
And one of our grave
concerns is the loss of freedom
00:32:50.96\00:32:54.88
that we have known
since, basically 9/11.
00:32:54.91\00:32:58.07
We have lost, ladies
and gentlemen, more freedoms
00:32:58.10\00:33:00.55
since the Twin
Towers came crashing down,
00:33:00.58\00:33:02.72
than in all of the prior
history of the United States
00:33:02.75\00:33:05.44
together combined.
00:33:05.47\00:33:07.28
I read not very long ago,
again from a news magazine,
00:33:07.31\00:33:12.08
that if you're the
average person in the average
00:33:12.11\00:33:14.45
American city, and yours
probably wouldn't qualify
00:33:14.48\00:33:17.83
but it's getting close.
00:33:17.86\00:33:18.94
If you're an average person
who makes average trips to town
00:33:18.97\00:33:22.42
in the average city, your
picture is going to be taken
00:33:22.45\00:33:26.64
about 270 times per day.
00:33:26.67\00:33:30.50
You're going to be watched
by a camera 270 times per day.
00:33:30.53\00:33:34.34
Well, that'll happen to me about
75 times just over in Wal-Mart.
00:33:34.37\00:33:39.58
I'm always
looking up and kind of,
00:33:39.61\00:33:42.19
I didn't put it in
my pocket, you know.
00:33:42.22\00:33:45.42
Oh, but I did make a mistake.
00:33:45.45\00:33:48.71
George, you won't tell anybody?
00:33:48.74\00:33:51.13
I'm afraid I went
through a red light.
00:33:52.07\00:33:54.37
Or it was
certainly turning pink.
00:33:54.40\00:33:56.49
And then someone told
me, "Didn't you see the sign
00:33:56.52\00:33:59.91
up there that said
they're watching you on camera?"
00:33:59.94\00:34:02.56
George, would you
tell them I didn't mean to?
00:34:02.59\00:34:04.92
Alright, thank you.
00:34:04.95\00:34:06.93
You'll fix it for me? Alright.
00:34:08.71\00:34:11.57
I thank you kindly.
00:34:12.24\00:34:13.68
Look, yesterday I picked up
the Tri-City Herald newspaper.
00:34:13.71\00:34:21.20
And here's the headline,
"Toxic Economy Looms. "
00:34:21.23\00:34:23.92
And it goes on to say,
"It's a worrisome time.
00:34:24.22\00:34:26.80
The soaring economic ills
are causing serious problems. "
00:34:28.21\00:34:34.83
And then it goes on to talk
about the high cost of gasoline.
00:34:34.86\00:34:38.43
And it moves further than that
to talk about the serious crisis
00:34:38.46\00:34:42.32
in the housing market.
00:34:42.35\00:34:43.50
And they say, together
this has the possibility
00:34:43.53\00:34:46.71
to take us into a deep recession
and perhaps even stagflation.
00:34:46.74\00:34:53.28
We're not going to go
into what stagflation is.
00:34:53.31\00:34:55.23
But you economists, of course,
already know all about that.
00:34:55.26\00:34:58.37
I want you now, if you will
please to open with me, your
00:34:58.40\00:35:00.69
Bibles, to the last book for
those who live in the last days,
00:35:00.72\00:35:05.29
and one of the last
chapters, Revelation.
00:35:05.32\00:35:07.37
Revelation, not the
last book by accident,
00:35:07.40\00:35:09.63
we need to say
over and over again,
00:35:09.83\00:35:11.24
but it's for those who
are living in the end times.
00:35:11.27\00:35:13.98
The time is at hand.
00:35:14.01\00:35:15.81
And we've said again
and again that prophecy
00:35:15.84\00:35:18.33
is history written in advance.
00:35:18.36\00:35:20.08
And history is the
mirror reflection of prophecy.
00:35:20.11\00:35:23.63
And they go together,
prophecy and history, like...
00:35:23.66\00:35:25.84
What? You've memorized it.
00:35:25.87\00:35:27.48
...identical twins. Sure.
00:35:27.51\00:35:29.30
Prophecy and
history; identical twins.
00:35:29.33\00:35:31.78
And so right now,
we're going to read together
00:35:31.81\00:35:34.50
a little bit of prophecy.
00:35:34.53\00:35:35.86
Revelation chapter 13 contains
the most awesome warning
00:35:35.89\00:35:39.18
to be found
anywhere in God's word.
00:35:39.21\00:35:40.96
And I'm going to take
up the reading at verse 15.
00:35:40.99\00:35:44.71
Revelation chapter 13,
beginning with the 15th verse.
00:35:44.74\00:35:49.61
And it says about a certain
power, which we'll say more
00:35:50.60\00:35:53.13
on another evening,
"He had power to give life
00:35:53.16\00:35:56.67
to the image of the beast,
that this image of the beast
00:35:56.70\00:36:00.07
should both speak and
cause as many as would not
00:36:00.10\00:36:02.45
worship the image that
they should be killed. "
00:36:02.48\00:36:05.00
And he causes a few
folks, some of the wealthy and
00:36:05.03\00:36:08.72
some of the poor
and some of the...
00:36:08.75\00:36:10.43
Is that the way
your Bible reads?
00:36:10.46\00:36:11.90
Come on now, I have to
check you out from time to time.
00:36:11.93\00:36:14.20
He causes how many?
00:36:14.23\00:36:15.65
I perhaps, have said it before.
00:36:15.68\00:36:17.64
It needs to be
said, however, again.
00:36:17.67\00:36:19.45
When you're
studying communication,
00:36:19.48\00:36:25.69
as I did at the graduate level,
your professor will often say,
00:36:25.72\00:36:30.42
and even in high school
speech classes, I remember,
00:36:30.45\00:36:33.35
in your speech
making, in your preaching,
00:36:33.38\00:36:35.46
don't make allness statements.
00:36:35.49\00:36:37.26
Don't say, it's always like
this or everybody is like that.
00:36:37.29\00:36:40.42
For there are
exceptions to every rule.
00:36:40.45\00:36:43.24
And so, don't make
allness statements.
00:36:43.27\00:36:44.98
But here, God is
making the allness statements.
00:36:45.01\00:36:48.69
And He doesn't do it just once,
He does it again and again.
00:36:48.72\00:36:51.75
He doesn't say, "He causes
some, or a few, or many. "
00:36:51.78\00:36:55.09
"He causes all, small and great,
rich and poor, free and bond,
00:36:55.12\00:36:58.91
to receive a mark
either in their right hand
00:36:58.94\00:37:01.13
or in their foreheads. "
00:37:01.16\00:37:03.28
And then, in the
following verse 17,
00:37:03.31\00:37:05.79
"And that nobody, no man
could buy or sell unless he have
00:37:05.83\00:37:12.23
the mark, or the
name of the beast,
00:37:12.26\00:37:14.44
or the number of his name. "
00:37:14.47\00:37:15.97
Now what God is trying to
get across to us here is this.
00:37:16.00\00:37:19.85
When these things come down,
it won't matter who you are
00:37:20.63\00:37:23.98
or where you live.
00:37:24.01\00:37:25.39
When all of this falls into
place, it'll make no difference
00:37:26.90\00:37:30.32
if you're the man who
does the surgery beneath
00:37:30.35\00:37:33.20
the great lights, the
attorney at the bar, or the guy
00:37:33.23\00:37:37.25
that throws the garbage
in the back of the truck,
00:37:37.28\00:37:39.92
or sweeps the street.
00:37:39.95\00:37:42.16
He causes all, small
and great, rich and poor.
00:37:42.19\00:37:44.96
Everybody is in the
same kind of situation.
00:37:44.99\00:37:48.94
Now this is another
statement that needs to be made.
00:37:48.97\00:37:51.62
We've done it before but
must, of necessity, do it again.
00:37:51.65\00:37:54.52
The Bible is not just
for we who live in the
00:37:56.09\00:37:58.11
United States of America.
00:37:58.14\00:37:59.57
We believe this
is a special country,
00:37:59.60\00:38:01.96
a God blessed country certainly.
00:38:01.99\00:38:04.08
But God's word is not only just
for those of us who live here
00:38:04.11\00:38:08.61
in the United States.
00:38:08.64\00:38:09.99
It is also for
those who live in Japan,
00:38:10.02\00:38:13.28
and for those
who live in Germany,
00:38:13.31\00:38:15.03
and those who are
down in the Philippines,
00:38:15.06\00:38:17.12
and those in Philadelphia.
00:38:17.15\00:38:18.98
God's word is for all of God's
people all around God's earth.
00:38:19.01\00:38:22.85
Therefore then,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:38:22.88\00:38:24.84
the warnings found in God's word
are not only just for Americans,
00:38:24.87\00:38:29.18
but they're for all
people all around the earth.
00:38:29.21\00:38:32.28
Now, having made that
point, I move to this one.
00:38:32.31\00:38:35.46
For a long, long
while I wondered,
00:38:35.49\00:38:38.47
"How Lord, could this be?"
00:38:38.50\00:38:40.14
How this economic
dictatorship to have an affect
00:38:40.17\00:38:44.24
all around the world.
00:38:44.27\00:38:45.64
Over in Japan, and at
the same time, out in India
00:38:45.67\00:38:48.70
and other places.
00:38:48.73\00:38:49.70
How could it possibly be?
00:38:49.71\00:38:51.14
We are so
diverse, we are so unique.
00:38:51.17\00:38:54.16
We are so very, very individual.
00:38:54.19\00:38:57.26
But in the last few
years, ladies and gentlemen,
00:38:57.76\00:39:00.16
this picture, in many, many
ways, particularly financial,
00:39:00.19\00:39:04.56
has drastically changed.
00:39:04.59\00:39:06.64
We're all now, interconnected
by computer money, together.
00:39:06.67\00:39:12.45
And what one country
does, the other country does.
00:39:12.48\00:39:15.93
You probably know that about
70% of the banking of the world
00:39:15.96\00:39:19.91
happens out at Wall
Street in New York City.
00:39:19.94\00:39:22.93
And money is not sent in
envelopes or safe pouches,
00:39:22.96\00:39:26.73
but rather, it is
sent electronically.
00:39:26.76\00:39:29.47
And consequently, now
there's a whole new fraud.
00:39:29.50\00:39:32.29
A guy who really knows
how to use his computer
00:39:32.32\00:39:35.22
can have transferred
from the big city bank
00:39:35.25\00:39:38.09
out to his personal
account somewhere in the Bahamas
00:39:38.12\00:39:40.89
or over in Switzerland.
00:39:40.92\00:39:42.61
And perhaps, for
months and months and months,
00:39:42.64\00:39:44.63
or perhaps never, does
anyone know the difference.
00:39:44.66\00:39:47.42
How many of you folks
have heard of Dr. Ben Carson?
00:39:48.59\00:39:51.98
"Gifted Hands," the surgeon
from John Hopkins University?
00:39:52.01\00:39:54.70
Have you read his latest book?
00:39:54.73\00:39:56.11
It is fascinating.
00:39:56.14\00:39:57.82
And he concludes with
some interesting ideas.
00:39:57.85\00:40:00.73
He said, "I believe that it
is time that instead of having
00:40:00.76\00:40:04.10
checkbooks, and
instead of doing computer work
00:40:04.13\00:40:07.72
and paying our
bills by the computer,
00:40:07.75\00:40:10.22
that we now go to
the eye picture. "
00:40:10.25\00:40:14.19
You put your eye, either in
your home at your home computer
00:40:14.22\00:40:17.18
or at the bank,
and it reads your eye.
00:40:17.21\00:40:20.54
And your eye is more
individual than your fingertip.
00:40:20.57\00:40:23.87
And instantly, the transfers are
made, either into your account
00:40:23.90\00:40:27.68
or out of your account.
00:40:27.71\00:40:28.81
And he said if we were to
do this, we would instantly
00:40:28.84\00:40:32.51
solve 90% of the major crime.
00:40:32.54\00:40:35.53
Now you think about it.
00:40:35.56\00:40:36.80
The guy that sneaks
around and stops at the brothel
00:40:38.93\00:40:43.09
there just outside of Las
Vegas, and pays with $100 bills,
00:40:43.12\00:40:48.06
is not going to
be able to do that.
00:40:48.09\00:40:50.30
And the Mafioso type
who gives some guy $50,000
00:40:50.33\00:40:54.35
to knock off his business
partner, is not going to be
00:40:54.38\00:40:57.72
able to do that.
00:40:57.75\00:40:59.41
When you look at it
from that vantage point,
00:40:59.44\00:41:01.56
it makes a lot of sense.
00:41:01.59\00:41:04.10
We could suddenly
reduce crime maybe 50-70%.
00:41:04.13\00:41:08.63
But we would be
sacrificing our freedoms.
00:41:09.38\00:41:13.54
Exactly so.
00:41:13.57\00:41:15.12
And so, the devils last
attempt to take total control
00:41:15.67\00:41:18.15
of the world is going
to be through the economy,
00:41:18.25\00:41:21.31
through money.
00:41:21.34\00:41:22.71
The love of money.
00:41:22.74\00:41:24.01
You remember our
Lord Jesus that said,
00:41:24.04\00:41:26.03
"You can't server
both God and mammon. "
00:41:26.06\00:41:29.53
That's the reading
from the Kind James.
00:41:29.56\00:41:31.35
But the translation
in the new language,
00:41:31.38\00:41:34.03
the modern
languages, is very simple.
00:41:34.06\00:41:35.74
"You can't put Me first and also
have great love for money. "
00:41:35.77\00:41:38.86
It's not going to work.
00:41:38.89\00:41:39.86
The devil doesn't
yet understand that.
00:41:39.87\00:41:42.53
And so he's going to
use money, and the economy
00:41:43.23\00:41:45.69
and the control of it, to
try to force men and women into
00:41:45.72\00:41:49.78
a mold that they otherwise
would not choose to be in.
00:41:49.81\00:41:53.80
He can't believe that there
can be some with characters so
00:41:53.83\00:41:58.31
sterling that they
can't be bought or sold.
00:41:58.34\00:42:00.36
My favorite writer outside
the Bible put it in these words,
00:42:00.39\00:42:03.56
"The greatest want of
the world is the want of men.
00:42:03.59\00:42:07.43
Men who's conscience is
as true to duty as is the
00:42:07.46\00:42:10.44
needle to the pole.
00:42:10.47\00:42:11.51
Men who will not be bought or
sold though the heavens fall. "
00:42:11.54\00:42:16.53
Worldwide implications.
00:42:19.47\00:42:21.41
I recently made a
trip again to Europe.
00:42:24.84\00:42:28.17
And I discovered that over
in Europe, even though their
00:42:29.26\00:42:32.15
euro dollar is now very
strong in comparison to ours,
00:42:32.18\00:42:35.14
worth about 40%
more than our dollar.
00:42:35.17\00:42:38.09
Oh, and by the way, that brings
to my mind another thought.
00:42:38.12\00:42:41.17
Did you know that many,
many of the major companies that
00:42:41.20\00:42:44.58
do business with us,
whether they sell us oil
00:42:44.61\00:42:48.30
or they sell us some
other commodity, refrigerators
00:42:48.33\00:42:50.59
or Toyota's, they're not wanting
payment in American dollars?
00:42:50.62\00:42:55.22
Because as soon as they
take the American dollars,
00:42:55.25\00:42:57.38
they are taking a 40% discount.
00:42:57.41\00:42:59.98
And so they want us to trade
our money with the euro dollar
00:43:00.01\00:43:03.63
or with the Japanese yen.
00:43:03.66\00:43:05.43
And some of them are even
willing to take the Mexican peso
00:43:05.46\00:43:09.44
in exchange for,
rather than, the U.S. dollar.
00:43:09.47\00:43:15.02
Strange situation we've
come to, but one that God said
00:43:15.05\00:43:18.14
would happen just
before Jesus comes back again.
00:43:18.17\00:43:21.26
And so I've noticed that the
problems that we're facing here
00:43:21.91\00:43:25.16
in terms of the economy, the
housing market just one example,
00:43:25.19\00:43:29.50
is much greater over in England.
00:43:29.53\00:43:32.48
Much greater than here.
00:43:32.51\00:43:34.41
Here in the United
States, we send out to our kids,
00:43:34.44\00:43:38.56
college kids, and oh,
even in the last few months,
00:43:38.59\00:43:41.87
they've been sending credit
cards, unsolicited, unasked for,
00:43:41.90\00:43:45.65
to eight graders.
00:43:45.68\00:43:46.65
Did you know that?
00:43:46.68\00:43:47.67
Yea, eight grader opens his
mail and there's a credit card.
00:43:47.70\00:43:51.28
And so he runs down and
buys him a $100 worth of gum.
00:43:51.31\00:43:55.04
So strange, really it is.
00:43:56.67\00:43:59.67
But we have made
credit available.
00:43:59.70\00:44:02.72
We have said, "Here, use
it, enjoy it, live it up. "
00:44:02.75\00:44:06.10
"Oh, and if you'll take
the credit that you have on
00:44:07.41\00:44:10.11
your other card," says this
big company, "if you'll transfer
00:44:10.14\00:44:13.54
that credit over to our
card, we will give to you
00:44:13.57\00:44:17.28
no interest for 3 months.
00:44:17.31\00:44:18.62
And after the 3
months, we will only charge you
00:44:18.65\00:44:21.33
for the next 6
months, 4% or 5%."
00:44:21.36\00:44:24.65
And we fail to read the small
print, ladies and gentlemen.
00:44:24.68\00:44:28.44
And now we're discovering that
when you read the small print,
00:44:28.47\00:44:31.65
they have an ability
that if your payment is late
00:44:31.68\00:44:35.33
by 1/2 hour, oh and if it
says that your payment is due
00:44:35.36\00:44:40.83
on the 30th of the
month, and you mail your letter
00:44:40.86\00:44:44.81
and it gets there by
the 30th of the month,
00:44:44.84\00:44:47.48
it is still
considered to be late.
00:44:47.51\00:44:49.48
And now the interest rate
goes from 5% or 4% up to 28%.
00:44:49.51\00:44:56.57
And then they add late fees that
can bring the interest rate up
00:44:56.60\00:45:00.07
to as high as 40%.
00:45:00.10\00:45:02.85
And then they begin to
add the interest to it,
00:45:02.88\00:45:06.29
it begins to compound
daily, and before very long
00:45:06.32\00:45:10.10
you're in debt up
beyond your eyeballs,
00:45:10.13\00:45:12.75
and they're going
to take away your home.
00:45:12.78\00:45:14.59
And so, the housing
market has been collapsing.
00:45:14.62\00:45:17.15
Have you noticed
that in your area?
00:45:17.18\00:45:18.65
My home town is Boise, Idaho.
00:45:18.68\00:45:20.54
My daughter happens to
have a home in Boise, Idaho
00:45:20.57\00:45:23.68
that she's been attempting to
sell for about the last 2 years.
00:45:23.71\00:45:28.28
They began, and
because it's a lovely home,
00:45:28.31\00:45:30.54
and I've seen some very
lovely homes around here,
00:45:30.57\00:45:33.59
it was a home that was
appraised at around $400,000.
00:45:33.62\00:45:37.74
And so they thought they would
start maybe just a little bit
00:45:37.77\00:45:39.87
above the appraisal.
00:45:39.90\00:45:41.09
And nothing happened,
no one even came to look.
00:45:41.12\00:45:43.74
And so they dropped
the price about $25,000.
00:45:43.77\00:45:46.29
And nobody came to look.
00:45:46.32\00:45:47.86
And so they dropped the
price again another $25,000.
00:45:47.89\00:45:51.03
And one person came to look.
00:45:51.06\00:45:53.02
And they dropped the price again
and nobody has been to look
00:45:53.05\00:45:57.17
in the last 3 months.
00:45:57.20\00:45:58.77
They had changed realtors
on three different occasions.
00:45:58.80\00:46:02.83
And finally, my
daughter confronted the last one
00:46:02.86\00:46:05.43
and asked him, "Sir, why
aren't you doing anything?"
00:46:05.46\00:46:08.75
And he said to my daughter,
"Lady, it's obvious that you
00:46:08.78\00:46:11.66
don't understand. "
00:46:11.69\00:46:13.11
Here in this little
community of Eagle, Idaho,
00:46:13.14\00:46:16.18
which has a population
smaller still than your city,
00:46:16.23\00:46:19.98
here in Eagle, this suburb
of Boise, there are 1200 homes
00:46:20.01\00:46:28.13
on the market.
00:46:28.16\00:46:29.48
1200 homes that are for sale.
00:46:29.51\00:46:32.12
And in greater Boise, the
number is up near 100,000.
00:46:32.15\00:46:37.19
And the banks are wondering what
to do, what are we going to do?
00:46:37.92\00:46:42.56
And so the Federal Reserve...
00:46:42.59\00:46:44.88
And this, let's see
if I can't find it here.
00:46:44.91\00:46:48.46
The Federal Reserve
Chairman spoke yesterday.
00:46:48.49\00:46:51.20
Well, it doesn't matter.
00:46:52.15\00:46:54.20
But Neil Cavuto asked him,
"What are you going to do?"
00:46:54.60\00:46:56.94
He said, "We're going to
lower the interest rate. "
00:46:56.97\00:46:58.86
Neil Cavuto asked,
"How do you do that?"
00:46:58.89\00:47:00.68
He said, "We're going
to print more money. "
00:47:00.71\00:47:02.76
And Neil said, "I thought
that's exactly your answer. "
00:47:02.79\00:47:05.31
Now he said, "Who is going
to stand behind the money?"
00:47:05.34\00:47:08.65
Because it's
practically hot air.
00:47:08.68\00:47:10.89
Who's going to
stand behind the money?
00:47:10.92\00:47:12.53
And the Chairman of the Federal
Reserve said, "Probably China. "
00:47:12.56\00:47:18.73
Ladies and
gentlemen, Japan and China own
00:47:18.76\00:47:21.66
much of the United States.
00:47:21.69\00:47:23.28
In 10 years, the United States
has moved from a position of
00:47:24.17\00:47:27.23
being the largest creditor to
being the largest debtor nation
00:47:27.26\00:47:31.80
in all this world.
00:47:31.83\00:47:34.26
In other words, 10 years ago,
more countries owed us money
00:47:34.29\00:47:37.93
than was owed to any
one other single country.
00:47:37.96\00:47:41.48
We indeed, were
the wealthy Americans.
00:47:41.51\00:47:43.86
And now, my dears, we owe
more money to more countries
00:47:43.89\00:47:48.02
than does any other
single nation, including those
00:47:48.05\00:47:51.91
impoverished third
nations of the world
00:47:51.94\00:47:55.00
that are so
deeply, deeply in debt.
00:47:55.03\00:47:57.04
And the amount is mushrooming.
00:47:57.44\00:47:59.44
You know what happens to
interest that is compounded,
00:47:59.47\00:48:01.85
then super compounded?
00:48:01.88\00:48:03.30
And it was the former Chairman
of the Chrysler Motor Company,
00:48:03.33\00:48:07.16
Lee Iacocca, who was
quoted very recently as saying,
00:48:07.19\00:48:10.02
"We need now to face
the facts, it is a reality.
00:48:10.05\00:48:13.15
We will never, never be
able to pay the interest
00:48:13.18\00:48:17.39
on the national debt. "
00:48:17.42\00:48:19.51
And then he went on to
conclude, "It is a bitter legacy
00:48:20.11\00:48:23.37
that we have
left to our children
00:48:23.40\00:48:25.47
and to our grandchildren. "
00:48:25.50\00:48:27.58
Here's something that
came from the news magazine
00:48:27.61\00:48:29.59
just about 4 days ago.
00:48:29.62\00:48:31.32
The stock market, as you're
probably aware, has dropped
00:48:32.29\00:48:34.65
again today, about 300 points.
00:48:34.68\00:48:36.68
We've gone, in about a month and
a half, from somewhere around
00:48:37.20\00:48:40.10
14,000 to 12, and sometimes
a little less than that.
00:48:40.13\00:48:44.59
Then it asks, "Are we
living in a '9/10' economy?
00:48:44.62\00:48:48.78
Global financial markets were
rocked last month, following
00:48:49.54\00:48:53.26
rising defaults affecting
mortgage-backed securities.
00:48:53.29\00:48:57.92
What does this mean for
the world's money supply
00:48:57.95\00:49:00.48
and for confidence in the
Western financial institutions?
00:49:00.51\00:49:03.76
Are we on the verge of a
major upheaval and a collapse
00:49:03.79\00:49:07.79
of the world economy?"
00:49:07.82\00:49:09.24
Well my dears, the
Bible says the answer
00:49:09.27\00:49:11.90
to that question is, "Yes. "
00:49:11.93\00:49:14.10
Yes, indeed.
00:49:14.13\00:49:15.13
By the way, if you
folks want some information
00:49:15.16\00:49:18.58
that is brand new and
updated and trustworthy,
00:49:18.61\00:49:21.92
you'll find it here in
this issue of "In These Times".
00:49:21.95\00:49:25.38
"Killer Credit"
00:49:25.41\00:49:26.60
It'll just, it'll shock you.
00:49:26.63\00:49:28.97
I'm rather sure that it will.
00:49:29.00\00:49:31.16
What is the national debt?
00:49:34.35\00:49:35.76
When you and I had meetings like
these here 8 years ago, was it?
00:49:35.79\00:49:40.86
Eight years ago, the
national debt was around
00:49:40.89\00:49:46.51
5 trillion dollars.
00:49:46.54\00:49:48.37
But yesterday, I spent most all
of the afternoon at the library
00:49:49.42\00:49:53.19
doing some research.
00:49:53.22\00:49:54.79
And I found a quotation.
00:49:55.52\00:49:57.29
I want to read it to you, and
then you'll be able probably to
00:49:57.32\00:49:59.93
tell me who said it,
who made it, and when.
00:49:59.96\00:50:02.20
Listen now.
00:50:02.23\00:50:03.41
"The budget should be balanced.
00:50:03.54\00:50:06.18
The treasury should be refilled.
00:50:07.41\00:50:10.36
The public debt
should be reduced.
00:50:11.41\00:50:14.39
And the arrogance
of public officials
00:50:15.10\00:50:17.24
should be controlled. "
00:50:17.27\00:50:19.41
Who do you think said that?
00:50:19.61\00:50:21.10
The guy that's running
for the Office of President?
00:50:21.13\00:50:24.00
No, that was an old
fellow by the name of Cicero
00:50:24.03\00:50:27.58
who lived 106 years
before the birth of Jesus.
00:50:27.61\00:50:31.46
What goes around comes around.
00:50:33.33\00:50:36.53
What is the national debt
today, ladies and gentlemen?
00:50:37.96\00:50:41.70
Well, this was yesterday
at four in the afternoon.
00:50:42.11\00:50:47.60
9 trillion, 329
billion, 722 million,
00:50:48.80\00:50:58.17
971 thousand, 236
dollars, and 97 cents.
00:50:58.20\00:51:04.31
That was yesterday.
00:51:04.37\00:51:06.17
It's much, much worse
than that, of course, today.
00:51:06.20\00:51:08.43
Now, this is the bottom line.
00:51:09.09\00:51:11.44
While our government
is in debt to the tune
00:51:11.47\00:51:14.45
of almost 10 trillion
dollars, the gross personal debt
00:51:14.48\00:51:18.09
of the peoples of the United
States is almost equal to it.
00:51:18.12\00:51:21.30
What does that mean?
00:51:21.33\00:51:22.37
That means that for
our cars, our automobiles,
00:51:22.40\00:51:24.45
our washing machines, our homes,
and the clothes that we charge
00:51:24.48\00:51:28.58
with our credit card; we
American people are in debt
00:51:28.61\00:51:32.13
almost to the same
degree as is our government.
00:51:32.16\00:51:35.01
And so where does
the blame lie, huh?
00:51:35.04\00:51:37.99
What other country in all of
the world solves its problems,
00:51:38.02\00:51:41.97
its financial
problems, you know, everybody,
00:51:42.00\00:51:44.55
we're losing our homes and
folks are not spending money
00:51:44.58\00:51:47.67
because they don't
have money to spend.
00:51:47.70\00:51:49.13
And so, here, we're
going to give you a tax refund.
00:51:49.16\00:51:52.49
We're going to give every
one of you folks, at least
00:51:52.52\00:51:55.38
every family, we're
going to give you $600.
00:51:55.41\00:51:57.66
Now this is what we
want you to do with the $600.
00:51:57.69\00:52:00.12
We want you to run down to
the mall and spend that money.
00:52:00.15\00:52:03.16
We want you to make a
down payment on a car.
00:52:03.19\00:52:05.03
We want you to put it down on
a new set for your living room.
00:52:05.06\00:52:08.11
We're the only country in
all the world that solves our
00:52:08.14\00:52:10.96
indebtedness by encouraging
our people to go into debt.
00:52:10.99\00:52:13.85
You tell me one other country
in the world that encourages
00:52:13.88\00:52:16.96
its folks, instead of saving,
instead of putting some money
00:52:16.99\00:52:19.69
in the bank, to go
out and spend like crazy.
00:52:19.72\00:52:22.42
It's madness.
00:52:22.45\00:52:24.22
Madness.
00:52:26.99\00:52:28.75
The national debt is increasing
at $1.2 million every minute.
00:52:30.73\00:52:36.67
"Seventy-six major
banks," and I'm reading again
00:52:37.57\00:52:39.59
from the news service.
00:52:39.62\00:52:40.71
"Seventy-six of the major
banks in the United States
00:52:40.74\00:52:42.87
are on the brink
or near failure. "
00:52:42.90\00:52:46.11
Federal deposit insurance.
00:52:46.91\00:52:48.54
You know, we have the
mistaken idea, somehow, that the
00:52:48.57\00:52:50.76
FDIC is a government outfit.
00:52:50.79\00:52:53.27
That we vote someone in
there and they take charge.
00:52:53.30\00:52:56.20
No, not at all.
00:52:56.23\00:52:57.47
Not anywhere near it.
00:52:57.50\00:52:58.62
The Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation...
00:52:58.65\00:53:00.77
I'm sorry, I
misspoke. The Federal Reserve.
00:53:00.80\00:53:03.21
The Federal Reserve is not owned
and operated by the government.
00:53:03.24\00:53:07.43
We don't vote
anyone into office.
00:53:07.46\00:53:09.54
But rather, it is made
up of about a dozen of the
00:53:09.57\00:53:12.28
wealthiest men in the world.
00:53:12.31\00:53:13.98
And they're the ones
that are loaning the money.
00:53:14.01\00:53:15.83
And they're the ones that
are getting the big returns.
00:53:15.86\00:53:17.99
And they're the ones that are
getting into our back pockets
00:53:18.02\00:53:20.27
and stealing from us.
00:53:20.30\00:53:21.61
Printing more money and passing
on the debt to other countries.
00:53:22.31\00:53:25.20
You buy it from us,
some day we'll pay you back.
00:53:25.23\00:53:27.71
And now we're going to, as we
conclude, see that these things
00:53:29.25\00:53:31.63
are all related to
the end time events.
00:53:31.66\00:53:34.83
That God knew what was going
to happen and He knew what would
00:53:35.13\00:53:38.30
bring about this
economic dictatorship.
00:53:38.33\00:53:40.61
I'm going to share with
very quickly now, as we move
00:53:42.76\00:53:44.53
toward a
conclusion, what has put us
00:53:44.56\00:53:46.83
in this financial difficulty.
00:53:46.86\00:53:49.59
The cost of illegal's
coming across our borders,
00:53:51.37\00:53:54.01
both North and South,
are costing us multiplied
00:53:54.04\00:53:58.18
millions of
dollars every single day.
00:53:58.21\00:54:02.25
Now please understand, Lyle
is not a racist of any kind.
00:54:02.28\00:54:05.41
If I know my own heart,
I know better than that.
00:54:05.44\00:54:07.99
And then, we have
these natural disasters.
00:54:08.02\00:54:10.84
We've had Katrina, and
right on top of it, Rita.
00:54:10.87\00:54:13.86
And it has cost our
government billions and billions
00:54:13.89\00:54:16.45
and billions of dollars.
00:54:16.48\00:54:17.58
And then we have
the welfare roles.
00:54:17.61\00:54:19.83
We have the folks that
are being paid not to work.
00:54:19.86\00:54:23.89
And some of them would work,
and perhaps, ought to work.
00:54:23.92\00:54:27.82
Down in the Southland not
too long ago, a guy said to me,
00:54:27.85\00:54:30.19
"You know, they're lots of
folks down here in the South
00:54:30.22\00:54:32.11
that wouldn't work
if you gave them a job
00:54:32.14\00:54:34.33
in a doughnut factory. "
00:54:34.53\00:54:36.17
Now I guess that's a
pretty good job, I don't know.
00:54:36.20\00:54:39.05
Then we have also a war
raging out in the Middle East.
00:54:39.08\00:54:41.98
And that war in the Middle
East, it's costing you peoples
00:54:42.01\00:54:45.43
of the United States $10
billion every single month.
00:54:45.47\00:54:48.94
And then we have earthquakes.
00:54:48.97\00:54:50.42
And we dip into our pockets,
and all we Americans are fine
00:54:50.45\00:54:54.02
to help the folk who
are in the earthquake.
00:54:54.05\00:54:56.12
And then we have the fires that
burn down the most expensive
00:54:56.15\00:54:59.28
neighborhoods in
Malibu and elsewhere.
00:54:59.31\00:55:01.63
And they give them loans that
are backed by the government.
00:55:01.66\00:55:05.14
And free money besides that.
00:55:05.17\00:55:07.03
And we poor folks who live
out here in Middle America,
00:55:07.06\00:55:09.44
we're paying the bill.
00:55:09.47\00:55:10.84
And then, we have medical care.
00:55:10.87\00:55:12.88
It is considered that
within 5 years, 25% of the
00:55:12.91\00:55:16.36
national budget is
going to go to medical costs.
00:55:16.39\00:55:19.89
Then we have the
Homeland Security problem
00:55:21.13\00:55:24.49
with surveillance, and we have
border fences and border police,
00:55:24.52\00:55:29.19
that are
costing us increasingly.
00:55:29.22\00:55:31.00
And we then have these
horrors of the annual income
00:55:31.03\00:55:38.66
that drops and drops
in comparison to inflation
00:55:38.69\00:55:41.16
and deflation and stagflation.
00:55:41.19\00:55:43.13
And some have said to me,
"Well really, we're better off
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than we were than
when I was a kid. "
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Well, I've looked into that
and I found that it's not true.
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In 1942, and that by the
way, was the year that some
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really, really
fine people were born.
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Now again, this isn't the
history of civilization, folks.
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In 1942, the annual
income was $1800 per year
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and a new home cost $3000.
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You earn in 2 years, enough
money to pay off your home.
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In 1960, gasoline
cost 25 cents a gallon.
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It meant, if you worked for
one hour at the minimum wage
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of $2 per hour, you could
buy 8 gallons of gas today.
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Can you buy 8 gallons of
gas today with an hour's wage?
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Huh? I don't think so.
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I don't think so.
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Our Lord has to come, folks.
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Our Lord has to come.
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There's going to
soon come a collapse.
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It might be the Twin
Tower picture all over again.
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It might be
something in Los Angeles.
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It might be a natural disaster.
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But it is going to
demand somebody to come along
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to take the reins in hand.
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You know, the American
people traditionally have been
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taught to say,
"Dictatorship horrors, never.
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Not here in the
land of the free. "
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But one day soon
they're going to say,
00:56:56.27\00:56:58.56
"Thank God, finally someone
has come along with enough guts
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to put on the
brakes. Thank God. "
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"And no man could buy or sell. "
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Now is the time to make
the spiritual preparation.
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Now is the time.
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Lay not up for
yourselves treasures on earth.
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Rather, put your
treasure in the bank of heaven.
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Let's pray.
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We thank You Lord, for
the promise of Your word,
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"I'll be with you to the end.
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I'll never allow My
children to go hungry or
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see their seed begging bread.
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Your bread and
your water will be sure.
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My grace is sufficient. "
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Dear God help us, like
Abraham, to set our sights
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on things that are eternal.
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And not to worry at
all about having the
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finest things here and now.
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But to be very
concerned about the hereafter.
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May we long anxiously
for the coming of Jesus.
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Oh, to look in His face.
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That'll be glory.
In Jesus' name, amen.
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