Good evening and welcome.
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Good to see each of you.
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Any of you folks
ever been to Paris?
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Could I see your hands?
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Look at the
hands. Yes, yes, and yes.
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You've been to Paris.
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Any of you ever
wanted to go to Paris?
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No, yea. Many of you did.
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Alright.
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We're going to London tonight.
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Would you fasten your seatbelts
as the lights go down, please.
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If you've been to London,
you're going to appreciate
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and enjoy this as well, I know.
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It seems that
everyone who has been there
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has wanted to go back.
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And I think the major
reason is that she's our mother
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and we share a common
language along with a common
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governmental style, at
least to a large degree.
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Let's then begin to look around
the city of London, shall we?
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We're going to
cross the English Channel
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from Oostende in Belgium.
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It'll take us about 3.5 hours
on this propeller driven ship.
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And the water is rough and that
is going to slow us down some.
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The waters of the English
Channel are among the most
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violent in all this world.
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The water of the Channel,
really, operates more like,
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well, more like a
river than it does an ocean.
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It comes from the North
Sea, to the north of course,
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and then flows in a southerly
direction until it dumps
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into the Atlantic
Ocean down in the south.
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The waters of the
Channel are most violent
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during May and June.
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Winds can come
suddenly, without warning.
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And back before we had all
kinds of weather technology,
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it caused many a fishermen
to go down into the depths.
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Some of you folks
probably know as well, that now
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there is a tunnel
beneath the English Channel.
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Always before, you had to
cross the water in a boat.
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And then they came with a
hydrofoil which was more like
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an airplane,
really, than a boat.
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It has fans that blow
down on the water and literally
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lifts the ship up until it's
4 or 5 feet above the water.
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And then it has propellers
that drive it just like a
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propeller drive airplane.
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And when it leaves the tarmac
on the one side of departure,
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you're on dry ground.
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And when it stops on the
other side, you get out on
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dry ground as well.
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But we're making this
crossing, as I mentioned,
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on a regular prop driven ship.
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And it takes us, depending
on the weather and conditions,
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3.5 to 4 hours.
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We're going over to Calais, over
to the area of the White Cliffs.
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From Calais, I should
better say, in France,
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over to the
White Cliffs of Dover.
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The White Cliffs, folks,
are really nothing more or less
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than the sand hills that have
been washed away by the constant
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pounding of the waters
of the English channel.
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We're going to disembark
here and get aboard the train.
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The train that will, in just
a few minutes really, take us in
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to the city of London.
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The major cities of
the world were born on
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the banks of a river.
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In Paris, it's the Seine.
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And in another
city, it's something else.
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Here, it is the River Tems.
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I, by the way, shall
never forget the first time
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I came to the city of London.
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I was in a train car, and in
that same compartment with me
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were two ladies who
are natives to the city.
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And as we crossed the
River Tems in the train car,
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one of them fairly
jumped out of her seat and said,
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"Oh look, look. Now you can
see the beautiful River Tems. "
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Well, if I'd been born
and raised in the city,
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I know I would have
felt just like she felt.
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But I had a little bit
of a different feeling.
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I know that I've seen
more beautiful rivers.
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The Yakama and
certainly the Columbia.
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And the one that runs
by your house as well.
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Let's have a little bit of
a close up here as we look at
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this panoramic view of the city.
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I want to use my
pointer to take you right to the
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very center of the picture.
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There it is.
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That, ladies and gentlemen,
is the dome to the largest
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Anglican
Cathedral in all the world.
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It's the second largest
cathedral because St. Peter's,
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over in the Vatican, is first.
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But it is the second largest.
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It's an Anglican, and
it is really, kind of the
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mother church of
the Anglican communion.
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And here, of course,
in the United States,
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we call it Episcopalian.
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Now, take your minds back many
years and you'll remember when
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a beautiful, beautiful
girl by the name of Diana
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married the prince.
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Prince Charles and Lady
Diana were married inside that
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beautiful, beautiful cathedral.
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The architect of the
cathedral was a man by the
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name of Christopher Wren.
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And if you want to read
an interesting biography,
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go to your library, or perhaps
you can pull up the information
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off the internet,
read a biography or two
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of Christopher Wren.
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He's buried in the
basement area of the cathedral.
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And the tomb, the
sarcophagus in which he's buried
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is very, very
lovely in it's own right.
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Peggy and I had the
happy privilege to be in the
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city of London when the
London Philharmonic was playing
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and the London City Choir
was singing together with them.
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And it happened in this church
and we had front row seats.
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One of the great
musical thrills of my life.
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Next, I guess, to
being at the Grand Ole Opry.
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I thought you'd appreciate that.
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Well, there's more to see.
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If you have not a lot
of either time or money,
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a good way to see the
city of London is to get aboard
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one of these double deck buses.
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You want to be sure to
get up in the top there and
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get a side seat, a window seat.
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And your driver
will also be your guide.
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He'll have one of those little
microphones around his ear and
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and by his mouth.
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And he'll drive you around
and show you the major sights
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and explain to you what happened
here and what happened there.
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And one thing that I recall
so very well from my visit,
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and this is related to
what we're going to talk about
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from the Bible in a little bit.
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He took us to the place where
the Bubonic Plague broke out.
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That horrible, horrible illness.
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That disease that
we now know was spread
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from fleas to rats to people.
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And the people died
here by the hundreds,
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and then by the thousands, and
then by the tens of thousands.
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A good place to catch a tour
bus, and you see one over on
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the right hand side, is
here at Piccadilly Circus.
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Now from my high
school years, I had read
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about Piccadilly Circus.
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And I thought somehow, that
it was a place where you went
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to see lions and tigers and
clowns and big circus tents.
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But of course,
it's not that at all.
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It's a traffic circle.
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The word circus is
from the word circle,
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and vice versa, from the Latin.
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And this is a main
hub of traffic downtown,
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from the center of which
the boulevards go off like
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the spokes of a wheel.
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Piccadilly Circus.
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It also happens to
be a gathering place
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for the young adults.
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Young teenagers and folks
in their early 20's perhaps.
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And single, largely.
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And they gather here, and they
tell their friends newly met
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where they have been
and what they've seen,
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and the cheap places to stay.
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And from there they spread out
to see the sights of the city,
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and then to other
places in the world as well.
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We're going to stop briefly
and pay our respects at the tomb
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of the British Unknown Soldier.
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The group that I was with
had made prior arrangements
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to stop and take a wreath
of flowers over to the tomb
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of the British unknown.
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And I shall never
forget that experience as well.
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We mentioned a bit ago
that we're related to the folks
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over in England
in many, many ways.
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Politically and because
that's really our birth mother
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in the sense of language
and a lot of other ways.
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And so, we have been
friends, more than that,
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we have been companions on
nearly every major battle field
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for the last 200
years, haven't we.
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Alright.
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So we pay our respects
to the tomb of the unknown.
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Now, not so very far away
is perhaps the second most
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famous address in all
of the city of London.
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Everyone that goes wants to
go see where the Queen lives.
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And of course, I
was able to do that.
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Buckingham Palace, and
then some of the palaces
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on the perimeter, I
was able to tour as well.
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But second to the place of
the royals, folks want to go
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to Number 10 Downing.
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Who lives at
Number 10 Downing Street?
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The Prime Minister.
That's exactly right.
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When I first went to this
city, they would allow you to go
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right up to the front
door and visit with the bobbies
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that stood guard
at the front door.
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Of course you can't do that now.
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There's where my
buddies and I were doing it.
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Having a little chat
with the bobbies and asking
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if the Prime Minister was home
and what he liked for breakfast.
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But because of terrorism and
all of that, you have to get a
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picture like this with
a telephoto lens from more
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than a block and a half away.
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What terrorism has done to the
world is very tragic, isn't it.
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And we've not seen the
worst of it yet, I'm afraid.
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Now, nearby, we're
going to stop at Whitehall,
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the military academy.
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The military academy
where those who guard
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the royals are trained.
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It's been in the world
news of late that Prince Harry
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was on the ground at a
certain battlefield recently
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and in harm's way.
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And he had to be brought
home because it got leaked.
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And you know all of that
which goes along with it.
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Well, the guards that guard
him, not only on the battlefield
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but when he's at home or
in the area, are trained here.
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Those who guard the Queen
and the Prince are trained
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right here at
Whitehall, the military academy.
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Next, we're going to stop at
a church that I believe to be
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one of the most
famous in all the world.
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Not because of
it's architecture,
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not because of its size.
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But rather, because of the men
who have pastored this church.
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One in very particular.
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He's like so many of the
Brits, he has four names.
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John R. W. Stott.
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Now when you go to the
Christian book store and you
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find his books, or you're able
to buy his recordings, do that.
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They'll be a
great blessing to you.
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I had read his books, I had
listened to him by way of tape.
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And I wanted so very, very
badly to be able to meet him.
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I knew that if I would
get a seat in his church
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I would have to get there early.
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Because while the majority
of the Christian churches
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in and around the city
and the surrounding areas
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are largely empty on
worship day, this church is
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packed to the rafters.
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Packed until often
there's not even standing room.
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And so I left my overnight place
at about nine the next morning.
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Got aboard the subway.
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They, over there of
course, call it the underground.
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Got off at Piccadilly, which is
only a block or two from here.
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And then I double times
it, I jogged right on down.
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From half a block away, I
could see that there was already
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a line in front of the door.
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More than that, I noticed that
there were television trucks
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with the big satellite
antennas and all of the rest.
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Something special was happening.
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I stood in that line
for 10 or 12 minutes,
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and when it didn't move I
snuck around to the side door
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and attempted to sneak in.
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But there, I was met
by a very able deacon.
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And he said, "I'm
sorry sir, we have no room.
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We're already full. "
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Now this is just a
little after 9 o'clock.
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I played to his sympathies.
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I said, "Sir, I have come all
the way from the United States.
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I'm a preacher and I want so
very much just to hear in person
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Pastor Stott speak. "
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"Well sir," he said, "I'm
sorry on two counts then. "
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"Firstly," he said, "we have
no room, not even standing room.
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Perhaps later, I
may find you a place.
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But secondly, and more
importantly, even if I can find
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you a place, you
can't hear Pastor Stott.
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He's not in residence
at all today," he said.
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"Matter of fact,
one of your chaps
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is filling our pulpit today. "
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Now whom do you folks think?
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What preacher would
come from the United States
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over to this very
famous church and fill it to
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capacity by 9 o'clock?
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Whom do you think it was, huh?
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Who said Jim Baker? I heard you.
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Come on now.
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No, it was Billy Graham indeed.
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And after a bit, the
deacon came to me and he said,
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"I found you a spot sir. "
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And it was right up front.
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And I was seated.
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And I heard Dr. Billy
Graham present a message
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on the Shepherd Psalm that
I think I shall never forget.
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And afterward, I had the
privilege to shake his hand.
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That's my claim to fame.
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I had to wait
another 8 years in order to
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meet and hear John Stott.
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I was working in the
city of Birmingham, Alabama
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when he came to the
Baptist university there,
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Samford University.
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And he taught a class
for two weeks on preaching.
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And I had the
privilege to audit his class.
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I sat at his feet, had
lunch with him one day,
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and told him the story
that I just told you about
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going all that way to meet him
and hearing Dr. Billy Graham.
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Well, we're going to stop
next at the place of Trafalgar.
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Trafalgar Square is also
dedicated to the war dead
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of the British armies,
and Navy more particularly.
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And atop that column, that
you see in the very center,
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is a statue of Lord Nelson.
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British Admiral Lord Nelson
who lead the British fleet
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out onto the high seas, when
their enemies fought them there
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with an armada much
larger than that of the British.
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Their enemies, the French and
the Spanish, combined together.
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And it was in that battle
of Trafalgar that Lord Nelson
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was gravely wounded, but hid
his wounds so that his soldiers
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would fight bravely on.
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So he's honored
here in Trafalgar Square.
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Now, we're going
to pause at the place
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of lawmaking for the British.
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These are the
halls of Parliament.
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Now how many of you folks have
ever been to one of the halls,
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or perhaps both the halls
of Congress in Washington D.C.?
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Could I see your hands?
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Yea. Many, many
of you have been.
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I have been there.
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I lived and worked out of
Washington D.C. for 3 years.
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There is
generally, a sense of decorum.
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Some call is southern
gentility, southern politeness.
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And the speaker will
say, "The lady from California
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now will speak. "
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"The gentleman from
Louisiana now has the floor. "
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And there is this politeness.
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"With all due respect," someone
will say and answer, you see.
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Over here, it's quite different.
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Someone stands up to speak
and about half of the folks
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out there say, "Boo,
down with the bugger. "
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"Let the lady sit down, boo. "
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It's really venom but they
seem to get their job done,
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none the less.
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The halls of Parliament.
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And here also we find, I
suppose, the most famous clock
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in all the world.
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There it is.
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It was Roger Miller, the
country singer and writer
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who immortalized it, I guess,
for all time when he composed
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and sang that little ditty.
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"England swings
like a pendulum do.
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Bobbies on bicycles, two by two.
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Westminster Abbey,
the tower of Big Ben.
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The rosy red cheeks
of the little children. "
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"England Swings"
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Now this, you
probably already knew.
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Almost every grandfather
clock, and almost every
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grandmother clock has the
chimes that are patterned after
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the chimes of
the tower of Big Ben.
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So the next time your
grandfather clock goes off,
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you'll remember this, won't you.
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I'm sure you will.
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We come now, to a cathedral
that is 1000 years old,
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ladies and gentlemen.
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Instead of a place of worship,
it's become more of an archive.
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It has become a
burial ground for some
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very, very famous people.
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Nearly every member
of the royal family,
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and by that I mean
the kings and queens,
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not their
children and grandchildren.
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The kings and queens from the
time of William the Conqueror,
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even until the recent time,
have been buried inside here.
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In addition to the royals, there
for instance, is Poets Corner
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where in crypts you'll find
the tombs of Keats and Shelley
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and Byron, and so forth.
00:19:06.39\00:19:08.83
And Samuel Johnson, perhaps
the greatest speaker and writer
00:19:08.86\00:19:12.35
in all of the English language,
is honored inside here.
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But I want to take your
minds to a couple of things.
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Firstly, the architecture.
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The architecture here is gothic.
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And I happen to feel it's one
of the most beautiful examples
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of gothic architecture.
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I remind you once more,
it was built 1000 years ago.
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Now with that in mind,
we're going to step inside
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and we're going to
look up at the ceiling.
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Hand carved marble,
ladies and gentlemen.
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Done not with power
tools, but by men with hammers
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and chisels and
crude sanding implements.
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I think they did a
good job. What do you think?
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Now, I'm going to
take your minds to an event
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that happened here
not so terribly long ago.
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Time goes by more
rapidly than we young folks
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really relate to sometimes.
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At the time of the
death of Princess Diana,
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her funeral was conducted here.
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And about where I'm
standing to shoot this picture
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was the catafalque
upon which her casket was
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with the little note from
her sons William and Harry,
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"Goodbye mom. "
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You remember, her own brother
eulogized her from nearby.
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Now we're going to
go, you and I together,
00:20:39.43\00:20:42.11
around behind the high altar.
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And we're going to notice
something that is of importance.
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That, ladies and gentlemen,
is the seat of coronation.
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If and when Prince Charles
becomes the King of England,
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he will sit in that chair as the
crown is placed upon his head
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and the scepter
placed in his hand.
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And I want you to notice
something beneath the chair.
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There has been made, a
shelf, over the centuries.
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Right there.
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And inside that shelf,
there is a great big rock.
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I suppose that thing
weights 200-250 pounds.
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It has two names.
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It's called the
"Stone of Destiny. "
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And it's also known
as the "Stone of Scone"
00:21:21.30\00:21:24.83
because it
originated from Scone, Scotland.
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For hundreds of years
before ever it was brought here
00:21:30.79\00:21:33.89
and placed beneath
the seat of coronation,
00:21:33.92\00:21:36.58
the Scottish kings sat
upon it while they were crowned.
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And then the British got
hold of it and decided it'd be
00:21:40.44\00:21:42.79
a good place for them
to show it off here beneath
00:21:42.82\00:21:46.86
their own seat of coronation.
00:21:46.89\00:21:48.56
And a few years ago,
some enterprising Scots
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got inside this cathedral.
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That's not so difficult.
00:21:56.26\00:21:57.77
But they got this
rock from under the chair.
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And I don't know,
it must have taken
00:22:02.98\00:22:04.79
two or three of
them just to carry it.
00:22:04.82\00:22:06.02
Or maybe they had a
suitcase, kind of make believe
00:22:06.05\00:22:11.35
they had camera equipment.
00:22:11.38\00:22:12.37
I don't know how they
did it, but they got it out
00:22:12.40\00:22:14.63
and they got it
clear back up to Scotland.
00:22:14.66\00:22:16.69
And they had it
for about 3 days before
00:22:16.72\00:22:18.71
it was discovered missing.
00:22:18.74\00:22:20.02
And when the folks from England
discovered it was missing,
00:22:20.05\00:22:23.83
they had a fit.
00:22:23.86\00:22:26.16
I mean, they were
ready to shed blood.
00:22:26.19\00:22:28.96
And the Scots said, "We're not
going to fight over a rock. "
00:22:29.44\00:22:32.99
"Have it back. "
00:22:33.02\00:22:34.42
And so under heavy
escort, they brought it back
00:22:34.45\00:22:37.95
and replaced it here.
00:22:37.98\00:22:39.35
But now the rest of the story.
00:22:39.38\00:22:41.69
A few months ago,
the government here said,
00:22:41.72\00:22:45.21
"Look, it was your
rock. It belongs to you.
00:22:45.24\00:22:49.65
Have it back. "
00:22:49.68\00:22:51.18
You'd think someone
was tired of hauling
00:22:51.21\00:22:53.47
the thing back and
forth, wouldn't you?
00:22:53.50\00:22:55.00
But if you're going to see
the thing now, they tell me
00:22:55.03\00:22:57.16
you must go
Edinburgh in Scotland.
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The Stone of Scone,
the Stone of Destiny.
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Now we've come, ladies and
gentlemen, to 47 City Road.
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We've come to the church that
was the last place of preaching
00:23:08.48\00:23:12.85
of a man who's
become my indoor sport.
00:23:12.88\00:23:15.76
The man whom I feel was
one of the greatest Christians
00:23:17.06\00:23:19.63
ever to live since the time of
the Bible writers and authors;
00:23:19.66\00:23:23.98
Paul and Titus and Timothy.
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Originator of a Christian
movement that changed the world.
00:23:28.02\00:23:32.31
His name, John Wesley.
00:23:33.36\00:23:36.98
John Wesley was
born into the home of
00:23:38.44\00:23:43.48
a nonconformist preacher.
00:23:43.51\00:23:47.14
That means he didn't go
along with some of the teachings
00:23:47.44\00:23:50.30
of the Anglican church.
00:23:50.33\00:23:52.44
And because of his disagreements
theologically, he was disallowed
00:23:52.47\00:23:57.28
preaching inside
any Anglican church,
00:23:57.31\00:24:00.44
where church and
state were one and the same
00:24:00.47\00:24:03.19
back in those days.
00:24:03.22\00:24:04.57
He raised a family of
11 children along with
00:24:05.96\00:24:09.13
his dear Christian wife.
00:24:09.16\00:24:10.79
And almost without exception,
each of those 11 children
00:24:10.82\00:24:15.50
went into some form of ministry.
00:24:15.53\00:24:17.93
Preaching ministry, missionary
ministry, medical ministry.
00:24:17.96\00:24:21.91
And that to include the girls.
00:24:21.94\00:24:23.87
When John and his
brother Charles became
00:24:26.34\00:24:29.19
eligible for college,
they were granted scholarships
00:24:29.22\00:24:33.33
over in the area
of Oxford, Cambridge.
00:24:33.36\00:24:36.03
They were made Oxford scholars.
00:24:36.89\00:24:38.32
That meant, as long
as they chose to stay,
00:24:38.35\00:24:41.42
their tuition was paid and their
books were provided to them.
00:24:41.45\00:24:46.96
And they were
given a living stipend.
00:24:46.99\00:24:49.79
And they were scholars
indeed. Straight "A" students.
00:24:49.82\00:24:53.24
It wasn't too very
long after their arrival
00:24:53.27\00:24:56.24
at the Oxford Universities
that the boys began to
00:24:56.27\00:25:00.14
gather around
themselves, others of like mind
00:25:00.17\00:25:02.81
with a love for Jesus.
00:25:02.84\00:25:04.00
And they set a certain time
every morning, about sunrise,
00:25:04.03\00:25:08.36
to get up and
have worship together,
00:25:08.39\00:25:10.84
and then to study
their Bibles together.
00:25:10.87\00:25:13.67
And then, of course, there
was school work to be done.
00:25:13.70\00:25:16.19
But they would also set
a time during the day to go
00:25:16.22\00:25:20.24
into the cities and
visit the places of the poor,
00:25:20.27\00:25:24.41
the indigent, the poor
houses, and the hospitals
00:25:24.44\00:25:27.83
for the really poor
folks, and the orphanages.
00:25:27.86\00:25:30.84
And then they would
stand on street corners and
00:25:30.87\00:25:33.06
speak of their love for Jesus.
00:25:33.09\00:25:34.77
And then they would
gather together again in the
00:25:34.80\00:25:37.00
evening time, study
together, pray together.
00:25:37.03\00:25:40.91
And ere long, this group
of young men became known,
00:25:40.94\00:25:44.99
disparagingly, as the Methodists
00:25:45.02\00:25:48.44
because of their
methodical practice
00:25:48.47\00:25:51.37
of their faith in Jesus.
00:25:51.40\00:25:52.85
A time for this, a time
for this, and a time for this.
00:25:52.88\00:25:55.79
Upon his graduation, John
Wesley decided he wanted to go
00:25:56.52\00:26:01.56
and be a missionary
in some area where they'd
00:26:01.59\00:26:05.16
never heard of Jesus Christ.
00:26:05.19\00:26:06.70
So he got aboard the
boat and came over to
00:26:06.73\00:26:09.72
what is today,
Savannah, Georgia.
00:26:09.75\00:26:12.23
And he began a
ministry to Native Americans.
00:26:12.26\00:26:14.94
John Wesley was
small in stature.
00:26:15.61\00:26:18.35
At best, they say he
stood about 4 ft 11 in.
00:26:18.38\00:26:22.83
Maybe 5 feet if he
had heels on his shoes.
00:26:22.86\00:26:25.92
But he was a Christian giant.
00:26:25.95\00:26:28.69
There was a girl, native to
the area of Savannah Georgia,
00:26:29.27\00:26:34.21
who was smitten with him.
00:26:34.24\00:26:36.23
I mean, she fell head
over heels in love with him.
00:26:36.26\00:26:39.65
And she began to
tell around that they were
00:26:40.81\00:26:43.97
going to be married.
00:26:44.00\00:26:45.17
"John Wesley has
asked me to be his wife. "
00:26:45.20\00:26:47.73
"I'm going to be
a pastor's wife. "
00:26:47.76\00:26:49.75
And when the word
got back to John Wesley,
00:26:49.78\00:26:51.87
he immediately put
out the disclaimer.
00:26:51.90\00:26:53.83
He said, "Not at all. "
00:26:53.86\00:26:55.16
He said, "I've never given
this girl the slightest hint
00:26:55.19\00:26:58.30
that I'm romantically
inclined toward her.
00:26:58.33\00:27:00.36
I've always been kind
to her, respectful of her.
00:27:00.39\00:27:03.72
But I have never,
never suggested anything
00:27:03.75\00:27:07.19
of a romantic nature.
00:27:07.22\00:27:08.55
No, we're not
going to be married. "
00:27:08.58\00:27:10.89
A couple of days later,
her daddy said, "Oh yea?"
00:27:11.36\00:27:15.60
He said, "We can either
do it peacefully or you can
00:27:18.88\00:27:21.34
do it in front of a shotgun.
00:27:21.37\00:27:23.79
But you're not going
to jilt my daughter. "
00:27:23.82\00:27:25.84
Oh, by the way, you know what in
Idaho we call a formal wedding?
00:27:25.87\00:27:30.42
That's when you
have a white shotgun.
00:27:30.98\00:27:33.76
And so, John Wesley decided
it was time to get out of Dodge.
00:27:38.19\00:27:41.38
And so, one night under cover of
darkness, he slipped out through
00:27:41.41\00:27:44.61
the swamps filled with
gators and poisonous snakes
00:27:44.64\00:27:47.45
to Tybee Island.
00:27:47.48\00:27:48.64
And there he caught the
first boat that would take him
00:27:48.67\00:27:51.07
back to London.
00:27:51.10\00:27:52.84
And he began a ministry on
the back of mules and horses
00:27:53.59\00:27:57.38
that would take him a
distance of over 300,000 miles.
00:27:57.41\00:28:02.22
In his later years, they built
for him this little church.
00:28:03.88\00:28:07.21
Large by today's standards,
but small by comparison to
00:28:07.24\00:28:11.45
standards of the
great cathedrals.
00:28:11.48\00:28:13.24
And the place was packed.
00:28:14.03\00:28:16.13
John Wesley married the
nurse of his third illness.
00:28:16.16\00:28:20.55
Tragedy he didn't
marry the the nurse of his
00:28:20.58\00:28:22.63
first or second illness.
00:28:22.66\00:28:23.86
But he made the
mistake of marrying the nurse
00:28:23.89\00:28:26.28
of his third illness.
00:28:26.31\00:28:27.28
And it was not a
marriage made in heaven.
00:28:27.29\00:28:29.11
I mean, the kindest thing
you can say about his wife is,
00:28:29.14\00:28:32.19
"She was mean. "
00:28:32.22\00:28:34.05
He was preaching from
this church, and in the pulpit
00:28:36.38\00:28:39.33
one worship morning,
on the ten commandments.
00:28:39.36\00:28:41.73
He said, "You know brothers and
sisters, I've been accused of
00:28:41.76\00:28:43.60
breaking each
of the commandments
00:28:43.63\00:28:44.65
except the one that
says, 'Thou shalt not steal. '
00:28:44.68\00:28:47.03
I've never been
accused of breaking that one. "
00:28:47.06\00:28:49.05
And his wife jumped up, shouting
in the middle of his sermon,
00:28:49.08\00:28:52.81
"John, that's a lie.
00:28:52.84\00:28:54.25
Just last week, you stole
six pence from my purse. "
00:28:54.28\00:28:57.14
And John Wesley said,
"Well brothers and sisters,
00:28:58.03\00:28:59.95
I guess that
completes the list now. "
00:28:59.98\00:29:02.47
One day, one of his
students, a pastor in training
00:29:08.19\00:29:12.79
came here to the front
door of his little parsonage.
00:29:12.82\00:29:16.43
The door was opened a
bit and he heard inside
00:29:16.46\00:29:20.60
noise, a ruckus.
00:29:20.63\00:29:22.66
Fearful that there was a robbery
taking place, or something,
00:29:23.06\00:29:26.90
he pushed the door
open and went right in.
00:29:26.93\00:29:29.00
And he said, there he found John
Wesley's wife mopping the floor
00:29:29.03\00:29:33.66
with the poor little guy.
00:29:33.69\00:29:34.66
Literally dragging him
around by the hair of his head.
00:29:34.67\00:29:37.69
For his safety sake, John
Wesley separated from his wife
00:29:38.65\00:29:43.20
and spent his last years,
about 11, quite alone here.
00:29:43.23\00:29:47.74
He's buried around behind.
00:29:47.77\00:29:49.68
I went around to his
grave, and there I knelt.
00:29:49.71\00:29:53.30
There I prayed, "Oh
God, give me the burden
00:29:53.33\00:29:56.94
that you have given John
Wesley and so many other of your
00:29:56.97\00:29:59.84
faithful Christians.
00:29:59.87\00:30:01.33
Give me the burden.
00:30:01.36\00:30:03.14
And may I be
methodical, Methodist,
00:30:03.17\00:30:06.01
in my love for Jesus Christ. "
00:30:06.04\00:30:08.23
Thank you for
traveling with me tonight.
00:30:08.26\00:30:10.14
There've been a couple of
alarming stories as regards
00:30:11.20\00:30:14.22
your health and mine in
the last couple of days.
00:30:14.25\00:30:16.87
I'm going to share them with
you, only just very briefly.
00:30:16.90\00:30:20.04
It happened in Los
Angeles, a man in a motel,
00:30:21.38\00:30:24.81
not the best perhaps,
but certainly not the worst,
00:30:24.84\00:30:28.03
discovered a white powder.
00:30:28.06\00:30:30.05
He called the police, and
the police came thinking, first
00:30:30.08\00:30:32.40
of all, that it was cocaine.
00:30:32.43\00:30:35.49
And some sampled it and
sniffed like they do cocaine
00:30:35.52\00:30:38.84
and tasted it on their lips.
00:30:38.87\00:30:40.25
The tragedy is, it was ricin.
00:30:40.28\00:30:42.98
That terrible poison,
that deadly poison that's made
00:30:43.01\00:30:46.11
out of the castor bean.
00:30:46.14\00:30:47.87
It's assumed now, that
there is one that is at least
00:30:47.90\00:30:51.15
very critically ill.
00:30:51.18\00:30:52.60
And perhaps as many as 20
or 30 others who's outcome
00:30:52.63\00:30:56.29
we're at this point unsure of.
00:30:56.32\00:30:58.38
It was the same poison, do you
remember, that a few years ago
00:30:58.41\00:31:01.60
was used in the subways over
in Japan to take the lives of
00:31:01.63\00:31:05.38
around 40 people.
00:31:05.41\00:31:07.12
And then yesterday,
there was the announcement
00:31:07.15\00:31:11.17
that in the city of Las
Vegas, a certain health clinic
00:31:11.20\00:31:14.52
has been using hypodermic
needles more than once.
00:31:14.55\00:31:19.22
And I shouldn't say
that, I ought to qualify to say
00:31:19.25\00:31:23.20
they're not
using the same needle.
00:31:23.23\00:31:25.25
But they're using the
same vials and they're
00:31:25.28\00:31:27.71
using the same plunger.
00:31:27.74\00:31:29.47
And the sad news is that they
believe now that there have been
00:31:29.50\00:31:33.71
somewhere around 40,000
people that have been infected,
00:31:33.74\00:31:37.49
because of this,
with either hepatitis
00:31:37.52\00:31:39.88
or the HIV virus, or both.
00:31:39.91\00:31:43.14
Disease.
00:31:43.90\00:31:45.41
Growing like wildfire in
so many parts of the world.
00:31:45.44\00:31:48.51
And the prophecies suggest
that they're going to come
00:31:48.54\00:31:50.98
to this part of
the world as well.
00:31:51.01\00:31:52.78
It was science fiction
only just a few years ago,
00:31:53.34\00:31:55.66
some of you will
remember The Andromeda Strain,
00:31:55.69\00:31:58.82
and the fear of a disease
coming that would wipe out
00:31:58.85\00:32:02.06
a great amount, a large
number of the human race.
00:32:02.09\00:32:05.88
And then there was
the movie Medicine Man
00:32:06.18\00:32:09.37
played by Sean
Connery that was, too, sort of
00:32:09.40\00:32:14.05
on the side of make believe.
00:32:14.08\00:32:15.54
But more recently, there
came the movie some of you will
00:32:15.57\00:32:18.31
remember that was
acted by Dustin Hoffman.
00:32:18.34\00:32:21.11
And it was based on a
true story of a disease
00:32:21.14\00:32:23.93
that was traced to the jungle.
00:32:23.96\00:32:25.73
A disease that could very
easily come to our own shores
00:32:25.76\00:32:29.44
and be spread
like fire in dry grass.
00:32:29.47\00:32:32.68
I want you to open your Bibles
please to Revelation chapter 21
00:32:33.28\00:32:37.56
and let's read God's future,
God's plan for His redeemed.
00:32:37.59\00:32:42.25
Revelation chapter 21.
00:32:42.28\00:32:43.91
We've said over and over
again that the Revelation
00:32:43.94\00:32:46.64
is for those who
live in the last days.
00:32:46.67\00:32:48.72
And we're going to begin tonight
with the really good news.
00:32:49.65\00:32:52.60
Revelation chapter 21,
beginning with the first verse
00:32:52.63\00:32:56.48
and reading down through
to the end of verse four.
00:32:56.51\00:32:59.17
Revelation 21:1-4,
here in vision says John,
00:32:59.20\00:33:05.59
"I saw a new heaven and a
new earth, the first heaven and
00:33:05.62\00:33:08.63
the first earth were passed
away and there was no more sea.
00:33:08.66\00:33:11.70
And then I saw the holy city,
the New Jerusalem, coming down
00:33:11.73\00:33:14.78
from God out of
heaven, prepared as a bride
00:33:14.81\00:33:16.93
adorned for her husband.
00:33:16.96\00:33:18.97
And I heard a great
voice out of heaven that said,
00:33:19.00\00:33:21.86
'Look, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
00:33:21.89\00:33:24.67
He's going to be with
them and be their God. '"
00:33:24.70\00:33:28.14
"And then He'll wipe away
every tear from their eyes,"
00:33:29.09\00:33:31.56
it says in verse four.
00:33:31.59\00:33:32.87
"And then
there'll be no more death,
00:33:33.27\00:33:35.31
there'll be no more sorrow,
there shall be no more pain
00:33:35.34\00:33:38.50
for the former
things have passed away. "
00:33:38.53\00:33:41.95
In the beginning, God created
the world that was perfect.
00:33:43.79\00:33:45.94
In the center of His perfect
world, he placed a garden.
00:33:46.04\00:33:48.27
In the center of the garden, He
placed our parents Adam and Eve.
00:33:48.30\00:33:51.81
It was a perfect environment.
00:33:51.84\00:33:54.41
In the end, we're going
to return to the original.
00:33:55.85\00:33:58.58
God's going to remake the earth.
00:33:58.61\00:34:00.16
In the center of
His remade earth,
00:34:00.19\00:34:01.79
He's going to place the garden.
00:34:01.82\00:34:03.09
In the center of the
garden, He's going to invite
00:34:03.12\00:34:05.63
His children to come
and partake of the fruit
00:34:05.66\00:34:08.68
of the various trees.
00:34:08.71\00:34:10.62
In the beginning, they
breathed fresh clean air.
00:34:10.65\00:34:14.98
They drank pure water.
00:34:15.01\00:34:17.17
They had a vegetarian diet.
00:34:17.20\00:34:19.05
And by the way, you
folks may or may not know
00:34:19.08\00:34:26.73
that where I come
from, and that's Idaho,
00:34:26.76\00:34:29.86
they call a vegetarian,
"Man who cannot chew. "
00:34:29.89\00:34:36.14
And now you know
what I have to go through
00:34:38.03\00:34:39.84
a little better, don't you now.
00:34:39.87\00:34:40.92
Huh? Alright.
00:34:40.95\00:34:42.58
And so, they had a
very perfect environment.
00:34:42.61\00:34:45.18
Pure air, pure
water. The very best to eat.
00:34:45.21\00:34:48.44
All vegetarian
because there was no death.
00:34:48.47\00:34:50.91
In Isaiah 11:6, God said
there shall not be anything hurt
00:34:50.94\00:34:56.61
or destroyed in
all of My holy kingdom.
00:34:56.64\00:34:59.81
I remember so very well, a lady
that Peggy worked with when she
00:34:59.84\00:35:03.42
was going through college.
00:35:03.45\00:35:05.13
This lady, as a
child, had a pet chicken.
00:35:05.16\00:35:07.66
Any of you had a pet chicken?
00:35:07.69\00:35:09.08
Not the average pet, but
this lady had a pet chicken.
00:35:09.11\00:35:12.47
And she found it in dumplings
one day, and from that time
00:35:12.50\00:35:16.87
ever after, she couldn't
even look at cooked chicken.
00:35:16.90\00:35:20.07
Let alone eat it.
00:35:20.10\00:35:21.70
We're not going to have to worry
about it in the earth made new.
00:35:21.73\00:35:24.03
Not only did they have a perfect
environment and good food
00:35:24.06\00:35:27.22
and good clean air
and water, they exercised.
00:35:27.25\00:35:30.30
The Bible says they
were involved in gardening.
00:35:30.33\00:35:34.26
It was a life free of stress.
00:35:34.29\00:35:36.66
In the middle of the
garden, there was a tree called
00:35:36.69\00:35:38.99
the tree of life.
00:35:39.02\00:35:39.99
And they ate from that
tree for their perpetual health.
00:35:40.00\00:35:43.42
And then as we read on through
Genesis, we come to chapter 3
00:35:43.45\00:35:47.01
and we find the devil
coming, tempting our parents,
00:35:47.04\00:35:49.47
Adam and Eve, with
the forbidden fruit.
00:35:49.50\00:35:51.16
They failed the test and
then the earth is cursed.
00:35:51.19\00:35:54.42
"Thorns and
thistles, it shall produce. "
00:35:54.45\00:35:56.63
It says in Genesis
chapter 3 and about verse 18.
00:35:56.66\00:35:59.48
And from that time,
there came weeds in the garden.
00:35:59.51\00:36:03.87
Now I want you to
listen very carefully to this.
00:36:04.77\00:36:06.71
The further and
further folks remove themselves
00:36:08.79\00:36:12.97
from the Father, the greater
and more dreadful the disease.
00:36:13.00\00:36:18.63
The further
folks remove themselves
00:36:19.80\00:36:22.52
from the Father, the greater
and more deadly the disease.
00:36:22.55\00:36:28.19
And could I suggest to
you that the same rule still
00:36:28.22\00:36:31.43
applies till this very day?
00:36:31.46\00:36:33.60
Now I want to read to
you several scriptures.
00:36:34.30\00:36:36.48
We're going to have
to move quickly because
00:36:36.51\00:36:38.15
we're going to go
through a lot of really good
00:36:38.18\00:36:40.20
Bible verses this evening.
00:36:40.23\00:36:41.69
The next one is going to
take us to Exodus chapter 15.
00:36:41.72\00:36:44.22
So begin to turn there
with me right now if you will.
00:36:44.25\00:36:47.03
Here is God's promise to His
00:36:47.06\00:36:48.76
obedient
children after the fall.
00:36:48.79\00:36:50.82
This takes us to Moses leading
the children of Israel out.
00:36:50.85\00:36:54.58
Exodus chapter 15 and we're
going to notice at verse 26.
00:36:55.17\00:36:59.51
Genesis and then
Exodus, chapter 15 and verse 26.
00:36:59.54\00:37:05.31
God says this to his children
that are going now from Egypt
00:37:06.63\00:37:11.34
over into the Promise Land.
00:37:11.37\00:37:12.76
God says, "If you will
diligently listen to My voice,
00:37:12.79\00:37:17.42
and if you will do that
which is right in My sight
00:37:18.31\00:37:20.94
if you'll give an
ear to My commandments
00:37:20.97\00:37:23.93
and keep My statutes, then I
will put none of these diseases
00:37:23.96\00:37:28.12
upon you which
you knew in Egypt.
00:37:28.15\00:37:29.76
For I, the Lord,
have healed thee. "
00:37:29.79\00:37:33.77
That's good news, it's it.
00:37:33.80\00:37:35.62
Good news.
00:37:35.65\00:37:36.69
God says, "If you'll do
what I say, if you'll follow
00:37:36.72\00:37:38.63
My principles, if you'll know My
example and be faithful to it,
00:37:38.66\00:37:42.85
then I'm going to
bless you in many ways,
00:37:42.88\00:37:46.06
including good health. "
00:37:46.09\00:37:48.41
Down in Egypt, the folks
had been accustomed to a diet
00:37:49.31\00:37:52.75
that was not according
to God's original plan.
00:37:52.78\00:37:55.07
Moreover, they were
accustomed to being involved in
00:37:55.10\00:37:58.75
immorality;
sexually and promiscuity.
00:37:58.78\00:38:02.07
And we know that from
the evidence that has been
00:38:02.10\00:38:04.61
unearthed in the tombs
and in the tomb writings
00:38:04.64\00:38:07.12
regarding the golden calf.
00:38:07.15\00:38:08.40
We read about the folks building
the golden calf while Moses
00:38:08.43\00:38:11.06
is up on the mountaintop.
00:38:11.09\00:38:12.23
And somehow, we just
fall to the mistaken notion
00:38:12.26\00:38:14.44
that it's a simple
matter, "well they've kind of
00:38:14.55\00:38:16.83
gone back to idolatry. "
00:38:16.86\00:38:18.48
But when the Old testament
says they rose up to play,
00:38:18.51\00:38:21.50
it's talking
about a sexual orgy.
00:38:21.53\00:38:24.12
And so, they had
turned a long way from God
00:38:24.15\00:38:26.95
and from His original plan
in terms of diet and in terms of
00:38:26.98\00:38:30.67
living the life
that God had suggested
00:38:30.70\00:38:33.18
that they lead and live.
00:38:33.21\00:38:35.41
We're, from here,
going to go to Jeremiah.
00:38:35.44\00:38:37.35
Isaiah and then
Jeremiah chapter 30,
00:38:37.38\00:38:41.39
and we're going
to notice verse 17.
00:38:41.42\00:38:44.96
Then we're going to
go over a chapter or two
00:38:44.99\00:38:46.84
and notice another verse.
00:38:46.87\00:38:48.46
Jeremiah chapter 30,
beginning down at verse 17.
00:38:48.49\00:38:53.05
Jeremiah 30:17
00:38:53.08\00:38:55.13
God says here in promise, "'I
will restore health unto you.
00:38:55.16\00:38:59.75
I will heal your
wounds,' says the Lord.
00:38:59.78\00:39:02.68
'Because they have
been called an outcast
00:39:05.22\00:39:07.33
I am the Lord of Zion
who will take care of you. '"
00:39:07.36\00:39:11.27
And that's from a
modern translation.
00:39:11.30\00:39:13.20
Now let's drop over,
shall we, to chapter 30.
00:39:13.23\00:39:16.01
Jeremiah chapter 30 and
we're going to notice verse 17.
00:39:16.04\00:39:20.98
I'm sorry, chapter 33.
00:39:21.01\00:39:22.38
We were just in 30.
00:39:22.41\00:39:23.38
Chapter 33 and we'll
notice together verse 6.
00:39:23.39\00:39:26.31
And it's very similar.
00:39:26.34\00:39:27.51
Here's God's promise
to His children as regards
00:39:27.54\00:39:30.42
to their being faithful to Him.
00:39:30.45\00:39:31.82
"Behold, I will bring
forth health and cure.
00:39:31.85\00:39:35.92
And I will cure My people,
and I'll reveal unto them
00:39:35.95\00:39:39.45
the abundance of My
peace and My truth. "
00:39:39.48\00:39:44.51
Would you folks notice
with me, that good health
00:39:44.54\00:39:47.07
and peace of mind
comes at the point
00:39:47.10\00:39:51.02
of following the truths of God?
00:39:51.05\00:39:53.03
Jesus promised, in John
chapter 10 and the 10th verse,
00:39:54.78\00:39:57.42
"I have come that I
might give you life,
00:39:57.45\00:40:01.46
and that more abundantly. "
00:40:01.49\00:40:04.21
Jesus said, "If you'll
live My way, I will bring to you
00:40:04.24\00:40:07.35
an abundant life. "
00:40:07.38\00:40:08.48
And He will do that.
00:40:08.51\00:40:10.23
I know He will.
00:40:10.26\00:40:11.68
Now, I want you to go with me
if you will please, to 3 John.
00:40:11.71\00:40:15.31
Not John's gospel, but
those little Johnnie letters
00:40:15.34\00:40:18.04
right before The Revelation.
00:40:18.07\00:40:19.99
And the third of
them is very small.
00:40:20.02\00:40:21.72
It's only just one chapter,
and we're going to read verse 2.
00:40:21.75\00:40:25.69
3 John, the third little letter.
00:40:25.72\00:40:29.60
And well, let's read verses
1 and 2, shall we do that.
00:40:29.63\00:40:33.20
Let's read versus 1 and 2
of the third letter of John.
00:40:33.23\00:40:36.40
Right before Jude
and then Revelation.
00:40:36.43\00:40:39.16
Here's what he says.
00:40:39.19\00:40:40.43
"The Elder, unto
the well beloved Gaius,
00:40:40.46\00:40:45.81
whom I love in the truth.
00:40:45.84\00:40:48.65
Beloved, I wish above all
things you might prosper and
00:40:48.68\00:40:54.14
be in health, even
as your soul prospers. "
00:40:54.17\00:40:59.36
And so there again, we see
the plan of God given and spoken
00:40:59.39\00:41:01.93
through Jesus to His
servants of the New Testament.
00:41:01.96\00:41:05.31
"I want you to be happy
and I want you, certainly,
00:41:05.34\00:41:08.65
to be healthful as well. "
00:41:08.68\00:41:10.82
Now, in the last days, God says
that there are going to be some
00:41:11.12\00:41:16.09
serious medical difficulties
in spite of modern medicine.
00:41:16.12\00:41:20.62
And so, I'm going to invite you
with me please to transition.
00:41:20.65\00:41:23.62
We're going to go to the last
book, The Revelation, once more.
00:41:23.65\00:41:26.32
And we're going to
notice, firstly, at chapter 18.
00:41:26.35\00:41:29.55
Revelation chapter 18 and
we're going to read at verse 8.
00:41:29.58\00:41:33.50
The last book for those
who live in the last days.
00:41:35.36\00:41:38.14
And this, by the way,
has to do with the plagues,
00:41:38.17\00:41:40.47
and the reference here
is to spiritual Babylon.
00:41:40.50\00:41:43.38
And that means, all who
have turned their backs on the
00:41:43.41\00:41:46.56
clear truths of God's word.
00:41:46.59\00:41:48.32
To spiritual Babylon,
there comes this warning.
00:41:48.35\00:41:50.98
Chapter 18 of the
Revelation, and verse 8.
00:41:51.01\00:41:54.31
"Therefore, the
plagues will come in one day. "
00:41:54.34\00:41:57.75
I'm going to pause here
to remind some of you folks
00:41:57.78\00:42:00.59
that in the Bible, when you're
studying a passage that is
00:42:00.62\00:42:03.32
clearly prophetic, you
interpret that, traditionally,
00:42:03.35\00:42:06.38
to mean a literal year.
00:42:06.41\00:42:08.56
Ezekiel chapter 4 and
verse 6, and Numbers chapter 14,
00:42:08.59\00:42:12.26
where God has said repeatedly,
00:42:12.29\00:42:13.95
"I have given you
a day for a year. "
00:42:13.98\00:42:16.89
And so, New Testament
scholars have said that we're to
00:42:16.92\00:42:19.50
understand this in terms of
its lasting for a literal year.
00:42:19.53\00:42:23.91
The plagues will come in a year.
00:42:23.94\00:42:26.95
"There will be mourning
and there will be famine.
00:42:26.98\00:42:30.14
And she shall be utterly burned,
for strong is the Lord God
00:42:30.17\00:42:34.76
who brings the judgment. "
00:42:34.79\00:42:37.01
Now with that in mind,
we're going to go to the sermon
00:42:37.04\00:42:40.01
of Jesus on end time events.
00:42:40.04\00:42:41.99
We refer to it
nearly every evening.
00:42:42.02\00:42:43.96
It's to be found
in Matthew chapter 24,
00:42:43.99\00:42:46.92
and we're going to
read the 7th verse.
00:42:46.95\00:42:48.82
Matthew chapter 24, to note
especially tonight, verse 7.
00:42:48.85\00:42:54.19
Matthew 24:7
00:42:54.22\00:42:55.95
Here is Jesus' warning.
00:42:55.98\00:42:57.54
You remember the context.
00:42:57.57\00:42:58.61
And while you're turning,
I'll just remind us once more.
00:42:58.64\00:43:01.60
The disciples have said, "Lord,
what is it going to be like
00:43:01.63\00:43:04.08
when you come back?
00:43:04.11\00:43:05.26
Tell us so that we and our
children, and their children,
00:43:05.29\00:43:07.66
can be ready. "
00:43:07.69\00:43:08.66
And Jesus said it's going to
be like this and this and this.
00:43:08.67\00:43:11.36
"And when you see
these things happen,
00:43:11.39\00:43:13.13
then know that
the end is near. "
00:43:13.16\00:43:15.06
And so I take up
the reading then,
00:43:15.09\00:43:16.75
chapter 24 of
Matthew, and the 7th verse.
00:43:16.78\00:43:20.35
Where Jesus said, "For nation
shall rise against nation,
00:43:20.38\00:43:24.23
and kingdom against kingdom. "
00:43:24.26\00:43:26.51
Now I'm going to pause
there just a little bit
00:43:26.54\00:43:28.20
to dovetail something that
is not necessarily related,
00:43:28.23\00:43:32.33
but I think will make
a lot of sense to you.
00:43:32.36\00:43:34.96
We talk about war and
rumor of war being signs,
00:43:34.99\00:43:38.19
and we think about this nation
fighting with that nation,
00:43:38.22\00:43:41.02
and this country
fighting against this country.
00:43:41.05\00:43:43.25
And we could make tonight
a long list of the wars that
00:43:43.28\00:43:46.29
are going on between
nations right now, and perhaps
00:43:46.32\00:43:49.18
on another night we will
take a careful look at that.
00:43:49.21\00:43:52.01
But I want to share
with you a little bit of the
00:43:52.04\00:43:54.74
original language as it
has to do with this passage.
00:43:54.77\00:43:57.92
The word there that's translated
as "kindred against kindred,
00:43:57.95\00:44:01.86
nation against nation,
kingdom against kingdom. "
00:44:03.33\00:44:05.70
The word is "ethnos".
00:44:05.90\00:44:10.98
Some of you "A" students are
going to want to write it down.
00:44:11.01\00:44:13.15
"Ethnos," it's from that
word that we have our word
00:44:13.18\00:44:16.98
"ethnic" and "ethnicity".
00:44:17.01\00:44:19.09
What God, is here
saying, is that in the last day,
00:44:19.12\00:44:22.38
you're going to find a
lot of folks that belong
00:44:22.41\00:44:25.19
to the same race, they
live in the same country,
00:44:25.22\00:44:28.10
but the
neighborhoods are at war.
00:44:28.13\00:44:30.34
Do you see what
we're saying now?
00:44:30.37\00:44:31.79
Yeah.
00:44:31.82\00:44:33.07
The Crips and the Bloods are
fighting one against the other.
00:44:33.10\00:44:36.66
Or the Hispanics are
fighting against the Blacks.
00:44:36.69\00:44:39.63
Or they have divided up
into gangs inside the prisons.
00:44:39.66\00:44:43.26
Ethnic groups
warring against one another.
00:44:43.29\00:44:45.92
And we're seeing that
now, ladies and gentlemen,
00:44:45.95\00:44:48.11
like we have never seen
it in the history of mankind.
00:44:48.14\00:44:51.11
And I think again,
that's one of the signs.
00:44:51.14\00:44:53.41
Let's go beyond that.
00:44:53.44\00:44:54.85
"Nation rise against
nation, kingdom against kingdom.
00:44:54.88\00:44:58.06
There shall be
famines and pestilences. "
00:44:58.09\00:45:02.50
And then it goes on to
talk about earthquakes.
00:45:02.53\00:45:04.25
And we've spent a
good bit of time with that
00:45:04.28\00:45:06.54
on other evenings.
00:45:06.57\00:45:07.88
Pestilence.
00:45:07.91\00:45:09.47
I've done my homework.
00:45:09.78\00:45:11.50
The origin of the New
Testament word "pestilence"
00:45:13.94\00:45:17.40
is better translated as
illness, disease, pandemic.
00:45:17.43\00:45:24.67
And that all, by the
way, comes from a man
00:45:24.70\00:45:26.66
by the name of Webster, along
with New Testament scholars.
00:45:26.69\00:45:30.11
It comes from the New Testament
word "loimos"; pestilence.
00:45:30.14\00:45:35.15
HIV virus that
becomes full blown AIDS.
00:45:36.46\00:45:41.20
Since 1981, there have
been more than 30 million deaths
00:45:41.23\00:45:47.83
as the result of
that disease alone.
00:45:47.86\00:45:50.01
May I take your mind
down to Sub-Saharan Africa.
00:45:50.04\00:45:53.42
60% of the population in the
00:45:53.45\00:45:55.65
Sub-Saharan
Africa have, today, AIDS.
00:45:55.68\00:45:59.98
Only 1 in 6 of them
get any medication at all,
00:46:00.01\00:46:03.64
and there is no cure.
00:46:03.67\00:46:05.67
Worse than AIDS? Is it possible?
00:46:07.28\00:46:10.85
It is.
00:46:12.67\00:46:14.60
Dr. Michio Kaku, PhD. degree
from City University of New York
00:46:15.28\00:46:22.72
said, and I'm quoting,
"The viruses we now have
00:46:22.75\00:46:27.09
in the making are much,
much more deadly than any
00:46:27.12\00:46:31.13
prior disease, including AIDS."
00:46:31.16\00:46:34.14
Dr. Michael Osterholm from the
Center of Infectious Diseases
00:46:34.17\00:46:39.73
and the University of
Minnesota said, and I quote,
00:46:39.76\00:46:41.80
"Pandemics are like earthquakes,
like hurricanes and tsunami's.
00:46:41.83\00:46:46.38
They accrue. "
00:46:46.41\00:46:47.42
And he's getting back to this
idea that we've shared before
00:46:47.45\00:46:49.87
about the birth pangs, you know.
00:46:49.90\00:46:51.96
At the time, they get stronger,
and nearer the time of delivery
00:46:51.99\00:46:56.62
they're more intense and they
come closer and closer together.
00:46:56.65\00:46:59.67
The birth pang syndrome.
00:46:59.70\00:47:01.71
Now listen up.
00:47:01.74\00:47:03.14
New and more deadly, and this,
by the way, was demonstrated
00:47:03.17\00:47:06.07
by the movie in which
Dustin Hoffman played the lead,
00:47:06.10\00:47:08.94
E.coli and Ebola.
00:47:08.97\00:47:11.04
And I'm going to
read to you a little bit.
00:47:11.07\00:47:13.24
"Methicillin-resistant
staphylococcus aureus
00:47:13.27\00:47:17.14
is now one of the greatest
threats around the world.
00:47:17.17\00:47:21.37
MRSA, we call it.
00:47:21.40\00:47:23.94
And then we have also the threat
of toxic shock that's growing.
00:47:23.97\00:47:26.84
We have the flesh-eating
necrotizing fasciitis.
00:47:26.87\00:47:31.37
We have the
synergistic cellulitis.
00:47:31.40\00:47:33.86
And then we also have SSSS,
00:47:33.89\00:47:36.71
staphylococcal
scalded skin syndrome. "
00:47:36.74\00:47:39.94
And it goes on and gets worse.
00:47:39.97\00:47:41.67
Then there are the airborne
diseases, the touch contact.
00:47:43.98\00:47:48.38
And your doctor, you
may notice, stands back
00:47:48.41\00:47:50.91
with very few exceptions.
00:47:50.94\00:47:52.15
But the nurse, as we've also
alluded, is the one that has
00:47:52.18\00:47:56.00
the close-up personal
contact with your vomit
00:47:56.03\00:47:58.91
and with your other problems.
00:47:58.94\00:48:01.86
Where are these diseases
most likely to spread from?
00:48:04.20\00:48:07.66
What's the most dangerous place?
00:48:07.69\00:48:09.37
The stool in
the public restroom?
00:48:09.57\00:48:11.72
No.
00:48:11.75\00:48:12.72
Is it the doorknob
down at the restaurant?
00:48:12.73\00:48:14.94
No. Though Lyle, by the
way, now has a habit of opening
00:48:14.97\00:48:18.06
nearly all public
doors kind of like this.
00:48:18.09\00:48:20.37
I was asked the other
day if I'd lost a hand.
00:48:20.77\00:48:24.03
I said, "No sir, and I don't
want to lose my life either. "
00:48:24.06\00:48:27.50
What is the most likely place
for you contracting a disease?
00:48:28.80\00:48:32.87
The handle of the grocery
cart at the grocery store.
00:48:32.90\00:48:36.45
And that's why many of
the stores now are providing
00:48:36.48\00:48:39.85
that little towelette that
they want you to wipe your hand
00:48:39.88\00:48:42.79
and then wipe the handle.
00:48:42.82\00:48:44.84
Because that's
where everybody grips.
00:48:44.87\00:48:47.87
And that's also where the
sick kids hang on and drool.
00:48:47.90\00:48:52.16
Be careful about the grocery
cart at the grocery store.
00:48:52.19\00:48:56.49
Disease warfare
against man made plagues.
00:48:57.17\00:48:59.77
Now listen
please, and very carefully
00:48:59.80\00:49:01.74
as we transition once again.
00:49:01.77\00:49:03.71
Colonel Randall Larsen, retired
from the United States Air Force
00:49:03.74\00:49:07.36
now Director of
Homeland Security.
00:49:07.39\00:49:09.54
And I'm going to read to
you a short statement from him.
00:49:09.57\00:49:12.24
"Nature can be harsh.
00:49:12.27\00:49:14.15
However, that which
now really scares me
00:49:14.93\00:49:19.53
are the man made diseases.
00:49:20.47\00:49:22.37
Dr. Serguei Popov from the
National Center for Biodefense
00:49:24.50\00:49:29.33
from the George
Mason University.
00:49:29.36\00:49:32.52
By the way, he's the man
who headed up the Soviet Union's
00:49:32.55\00:49:36.36
disease projects.
00:49:36.39\00:49:37.76
And he recently said, "It
is possible to take smallpox,
00:49:37.79\00:49:42.09
one of the worst
natural killers, and engineer it
00:49:42.12\00:49:45.18
to become the
final ultimate weapon. "
00:49:45.21\00:49:48.55
And then he went on to say
that the recipe for doing this
00:49:52.08\00:49:55.96
with smallpox is to be
found out on the internet.
00:49:55.99\00:49:59.41
Dr. Steven Bloch,
PhD. of Biophysics,
00:50:01.76\00:50:04.75
Stanford University of
California said, and I quote,
00:50:04.78\00:50:07.17
"We've lived many,
many decades with the
00:50:07.99\00:50:09.79
threat of nuclear annihilation.
00:50:09.82\00:50:11.49
Fortunately, however,
only a few folks had access
00:50:11.52\00:50:14.84
to the nuclear button.
00:50:14.87\00:50:15.85
But, what happens when we
give that button to everybody?"
00:50:15.88\00:50:20.65
And he's talking, by the
way, about the information
00:50:20.68\00:50:23.35
that's so readily
available out on the internet.
00:50:23.38\00:50:25.95
Then one more quotation
briefly from a man who knows
00:50:27.25\00:50:30.75
what's he's talking about.
00:50:30.78\00:50:31.75
His name is Dr.
Robert Butterworth.
00:50:31.76\00:50:33.96
He has PhD. in Trauma
Psychiatry and Psychology.
00:50:33.99\00:50:37.71
And he asks, "Who
would do such a thing?"
00:50:37.74\00:50:41.40
And he's talking
about germ warfare
00:50:41.43\00:50:43.54
and spreading these
diseases that are manufactured
00:50:43.57\00:50:46.17
in some government
medical institution.
00:50:46.20\00:50:49.73
"Who would do such a thing?
00:50:49.76\00:50:51.40
Well in most
instances, it's not about oil,
00:50:51.43\00:50:54.82
nor is it about
money or revenge.
00:50:54.85\00:50:56.67
But it is about relief. "
00:50:56.70\00:50:59.05
I'm sorry, it is
about relief, rather.
00:50:59.08\00:51:01.74
It's about reliefs,
relief, belief, and religion.
00:51:01.77\00:51:07.53
He's talking about a holy war.
00:51:08.22\00:51:10.03
Dr. Redlener from the National
Center for Disaster Preparedness
00:51:18.97\00:51:25.39
Columbia
University recently said this.
00:51:25.42\00:51:29.98
"The thought of holding
your little child in your arms
00:51:30.01\00:51:34.31
while it's dying is
something that is catastrophic
00:51:34.34\00:51:41.38
to even consider.
00:51:41.41\00:51:43.56
But in the event of this
kind of medical emergency,
00:51:44.70\00:51:48.44
the hospitals are
going to be over run.
00:51:48.47\00:51:51.22
The scientists are
going to be racing to find
00:51:52.49\00:51:55.13
some kind of a
cure, some kind of a help.
00:51:55.16\00:51:57.31
But look how long it's taken
us to find relief for cancer. "
00:51:57.34\00:52:03.24
God said that in the last days,
there were going to be plagues.
00:52:06.76\00:52:10.91
There are going to be
diseases rampant and pandemic.
00:52:10.94\00:52:15.29
And we're on
the verge of it now.
00:52:16.14\00:52:18.35
And we could become discouraged
and we could go into hiding.
00:52:19.68\00:52:22.95
We could go to some
remote part of the world,
00:52:22.98\00:52:25.30
crawl in a hole and
pull it in after us.
00:52:25.33\00:52:27.64
But that's not God's suggestion.
00:52:27.67\00:52:30.35
This gospel of the kingdom
must go to the whole world.
00:52:30.38\00:52:32.99
We have a work to do.
00:52:33.02\00:52:34.91
And God has
promised His children,
00:52:34.94\00:52:37.10
"I'm going to keep you
well while you do My job. "
00:52:37.13\00:52:40.79
And so we're going to
conclude now with some
00:52:40.82\00:52:42.70
promises from God's word.
00:52:42.73\00:52:44.26
In Psalm 91:10 God
said, "There shall no... "
00:52:44.29\00:52:48.90
You know it, help me.
00:52:48.93\00:52:50.19
"There shall no evil befall
thee, neither shall any plague
00:52:50.22\00:52:54.89
come nigh thy dwelling. "
00:52:54.92\00:52:56.93
Malachi 4:2, there
we have God's promise.
00:52:56.96\00:53:01.42
"The Sun shall
arise," talking about Jesus
00:53:01.45\00:53:04.98
and His second coming.
00:53:05.02\00:53:06.00
"The Sun shall arise
with healing in His wings. "
00:53:06.03\00:53:10.94
Revelation 21:4, where
we began a little bit ago.
00:53:10.97\00:53:15.29
There God says, "I
shall wipe away every tear.
00:53:15.32\00:53:19.06
And there'll be no more
sorrow, no more suffering,
00:53:19.09\00:53:21.33
no more pain, no more death,
00:53:21.36\00:53:23.66
for the former
things have passed away. "
00:53:23.69\00:53:27.25
I want to tell you,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:53:27.28\00:53:29.17
it's going to be a
pretty safe neighborhood.
00:53:29.20\00:53:31.77
It's going to be a
pretty healthful neighborhood
00:53:31.80\00:53:34.10
when God comes to pitch
His tent in our neighborhood.
00:53:34.13\00:53:38.60
Don't you think so?
00:53:38.63\00:53:39.80
And that's His promise.
00:53:39.83\00:53:41.27
John said, "I saw the holy
city New Jerusalem, coming down
00:53:41.30\00:53:45.02
from God out of
heaven, prepared as a bride
00:53:45.05\00:53:47.27
adorned for her husband. "
00:53:47.30\00:53:48.89
And by the way,
here's an interesting thought
00:53:48.92\00:53:51.47
that came to me
not so very long ago.
00:53:51.50\00:53:53.50
I was asked to go to conduct
a wedding this past summer.
00:53:53.53\00:53:56.93
The bride, I met a day
or two before the wedding.
00:53:59.42\00:54:03.83
She was not the
prettiest girl I had ever seen,
00:54:04.58\00:54:07.09
and that may be being kind.
00:54:07.12\00:54:09.56
Sweet and good.
00:54:11.85\00:54:13.41
But not necessarily beautiful.
00:54:15.34\00:54:17.21
But when she came
walking down the aisle,
00:54:18.59\00:54:20.84
beaming, looking
at her husband to be,
00:54:22.59\00:54:27.54
smile all across her
face, I've got to tell you
00:54:28.55\00:54:31.91
that girl was transformed.
00:54:31.94\00:54:33.37
I couldn't believe it
was the same girl I'd met
00:54:33.40\00:54:35.27
the day before at the practice.
00:54:35.30\00:54:36.77
I mean, she was
drop dead gorgeous.
00:54:36.80\00:54:39.91
I, in all of my years
of marrying, have never
00:54:39.94\00:54:43.25
met an ugly bride.
00:54:43.28\00:54:44.66
So John said, "I saw the
holy city, the New Jerusalem,
00:54:44.69\00:54:49.05
came down prepared like a bride
ready to marry her husband. "
00:54:49.08\00:54:53.97
Then Jesus says, "I'll wipe away
every tear from their eyes. "
00:54:54.99\00:54:58.35
And God our Father says, "I'm
going to build My tabernacle,
00:54:58.38\00:55:01.87
I'm going to put My tabernacle
in your neighborhood. "
00:55:01.90\00:55:03.99
And that folks, is an allusion
to the Old Testament times
00:55:04.02\00:55:07.94
when a goat herder or a
sheep herder would be out in the
00:55:07.97\00:55:11.06
wilderness tending his
sheep, out in the area where
00:55:11.09\00:55:13.63
robbers and briggins and
bad guys would come after dark
00:55:13.67\00:55:17.85
and beat up on you and
take all of your goodies.
00:55:17.88\00:55:20.30
And so, a man alone
would see the fires of others
00:55:20.33\00:55:24.66
who would congregate together
for the purpose of safety
00:55:24.69\00:55:28.02
and the enjoyment
of fellowship, singing.
00:55:28.05\00:55:31.49
And that's what God
says, "I'm going to,
00:55:31.52\00:55:34.10
at the end of all things,
put My house in the middle
00:55:34.13\00:55:37.95
of your neighborhood. "
00:55:37.98\00:55:39.47
It's going to be a
pretty safe place, isn't it.
00:55:39.58\00:55:41.77
We're not going to have
to worry about the thief
00:55:41.80\00:55:43.56
or the robber or the rapist.
00:55:43.59\00:55:44.96
And we're not going to
have to worry about diseases,
00:55:44.99\00:55:49.24
pandemics, plagues,
or even the common cold.
00:55:49.27\00:55:53.11
And so I say once
again, hurry back Lord Jesus.
00:55:53.14\00:55:56.39
The Bible refers to our
Lord as the great Physician.
00:55:57.37\00:56:01.42
The great Healer.
00:56:02.09\00:56:03.98
And I want Him soon to come.
00:56:04.66\00:56:06.40
Peggy and I, a few weeks
ago, lost our middle child.
00:56:07.14\00:56:11.73
Suddenly.
00:56:15.70\00:56:17.11
No warning.
00:56:17.60\00:56:18.77
He was the picture of health.
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But he had, in the 15 years
prior to his death, been in
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involved in about 6
automobile accidents.
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Two of them very, very serious.
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None of them his
fault, by the way.
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This, by the way, is one of the
reasons that I say to you folks
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every evening when we conclude,
be sure to wear your seatbelts.
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But one of the accidents
that happened to my boy,
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his back was broken and
he had internal injuries,
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and he had skull
injuries, and he was bleeding
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about the face and the head.
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And the hospital called me
and said, "Your son is dying. "
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We prayed and begged
God, and God spared his life
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for another 17 years.
00:57:11.20\00:57:13.67
But he had such terrible pain.
00:57:14.43\00:57:16.70
The back was broken
and the knee was shattered
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and he had 5 or 6 surgeries.
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He had such terrible pain.
00:57:21.87\00:57:24.15
So Peggy and I, in
the last few weeks,
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have found a longing
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for the great Physician,
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for the healing Father.
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No more disease,
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no more suffering,
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and no more sorrow.
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Please Jesus,
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hurry.
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Please Jesus, come
back as soon as you can.
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In the interim, we have
children and grandchildren
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many others, spouses we
love so much who are not ready.
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Make every
appeal to their hearts.
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Don't give up on them.
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But at the same time,
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don't postpone your coming.
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In Jesus' name, amen.
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