And that's good information.
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Elder, we've talked a
lot about the sanctuary
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but I want you to grab
that Revelation book there,
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because I think of the three
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the one that perhaps has
the most difficult material
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to wrestle with is Revelation.
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You talked on something
before that when you write
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you don't write as
the be all the end all,
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you have to think
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like I think
believe what I believe
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we're not gonna go to heaven,
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and yet you have
very strong opinions
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because you've studied.
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What is the mindset that
when you are writing a book
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and a reader is sitting
before you, what's the mindset
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that you have as
far as that reader?
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Is it, I just want
you to be enlightened.
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I want to store your thinking.
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I want you to think
what I, what I think?
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What's going on in your head
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when you are trying to
lead a reader to truth?
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What goes on in my
head is, do I understand it?
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Do I understand
what I'm explaining here?
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And if-- can I
explain it in simple language,
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simple English that
they can understand,
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so that when a person
sits down and read it,
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they should be
able to understand
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what it's talking about
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and I don't think
God gave us something
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that couldn't be
understood, you know.
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And I don't have to
have a degree in Hebrew
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or degree in Greek to
be able to understand it.
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It's English, I
can understand English.
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So that's basically
what I'm trying to do is
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explain what it's talking about.
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There are some
areas of Revelation
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that are subject to debate
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and probably will
be till Christ comes.
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Has your mindset on
Revelation in general
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changed over the years?
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Have you grown in yourself,
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in your understanding of some
of the more difficult passages?
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Oh, without a question,
you know, several times.
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Not just once, several times
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and it's just a
matter of keeping your heart
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and your mind
open and as you grow,
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you know, if
you're studying all didn't
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bring about growth,
you are missing something.
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And so as you grow,
you get clear view of it
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and so many times it
clears your view and you say,
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now I understand
what that's talking about.
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I look back over some things
I've taught very early on.
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You come out of
school, you figure
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you've got all the
answers, you know everything
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and you look back and you say,
what was I thinking, you know,
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and you got to
apologize to the Lord.
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You know, Lord I
was little brash.
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And our pioneers
grew, Ellen White grew,
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James White
grew, Uriah Smith grew
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and changed some
of their thinking.
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So it's good to know
that that when you write,
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you are writing as a person
who is growing, who is learning
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as a fellow traveler as it were
on the road to understanding.
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Absolutely. Yeah.
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And you know, I
hope that the insights
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that I share
are helpful to them.
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I hope that it
will help them grow
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in their Christian experience,
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you know, but they
need to just read it,
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they need to understand it
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that it is not
enough for me to tell you
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this is what it says,
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you need to read it and
understand it for yourself.
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Well, Pastor Cox,
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it's been great
to visit with you
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and to talk about the
sanctuary and this new book
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and all of your
books especially Revelation
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that we had little
time with and Daniel.
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I've gonna have to
be honest with you,
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I think your contribution here
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on the sanctuary
is your greatest yet.
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Thank you so
much for joining us.
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Thank you for your support.
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May God bless you, keep
on, keeping on with Jesus.
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