>>> AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR SECOND HOUR OF 3ABN "TODAY 00:00:11.51\00:00:17.45 LIVE." LIVE PROGRAMMINGST ARE 00:00:17.45\00:00:20.55 INTERESTING, BECAUSE I JUST STUCK A COUGH DROP IN MY MOUTH, 00:00:20.55\00:00:23.65 AND IT'S LIVE, SO YOU PROBABLY SAW THAT. 00:00:23.65\00:00:25.95 JUST IGNORE IT. DON'T THINK ABOUT IT. 00:00:25.95\00:00:29.32 [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS SO 00:00:29.32\00:00:33.80 INTERESTING. ISN'T IT, JAY, BECAUSE WE REALLY 00:00:33.80\00:00:36.26 NEED TO KNOW ABOUT -- PEOPLE WILL SAY, STUDY THE SCRIPTURES, 00:00:36.26\00:00:41.57 READ THE SCRIPTURES, BUT NOBODY REALLY TELLS YOU HOW TO STUDY, 00:00:41.57\00:00:46.01 AND IF YOU DON'T COME FROM A BACKGROUND OF REALLY BEING A 00:00:46.01\00:00:50.18 STUDENT, THEN YOU KIND OF DON'T -- EVEN WHEN YOU 00:00:50.18\00:00:52.68 ARE -- YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE BEEN A GOOD STUDENT OR WHATEVER, 00:00:52.68\00:00:56.48 YOU STILL -- YOU STILL WANT TO KNOW SOME GREAT TIPS ON HOW TO 00:00:56.48\00:01:00.56 STUDY THE WORD. SO THIS FIRST ONE, THE 00:01:00.56\00:01:04.36 OVERARCHING ONE THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT IS PICTURES. 00:01:04.36\00:01:08.46 >> YEAH. >> TAKING PICTURES, DOING THAT, 00:01:08.46\00:01:12.87 BIBLE CONCENTRATION GAME. >> UH-HUH. 00:01:12.87\00:01:15.60 >> RIGHT? AND THAT IS SO GOOD, BECAUSE NOW 00:01:15.60\00:01:18.01 YOU ARE LOOKING FOR JESUS IN EVERY -- IN EVERY SITUATION IN 00:01:18.01\00:01:21.28 THE SCRIPTURES. >> YEAH. 00:01:21.28\00:01:23.58 YEAH. >> WHERE IS JESUS IN THIS? 00:01:23.58\00:01:25.28 AND YOU WERE JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT A FIVE-DIMENSIONAL -- 00:01:25.28\00:01:30.52 >> YEAH. >> THE FIVE-DIMENSIONAL ASPECT. 00:01:30.52\00:01:34.19 BEFORE YOU DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM STEPHANIE DAWN 00:01:34.19\00:01:38.36 AGAIN. SHE HAS -- ACTUALLY SHE IS 00:01:38.36\00:01:40.96 SINGING A DUET -- >> NICE. 00:01:40.96\00:01:43.57 >> -- WITH PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG. >> UH-HUH. 00:01:43.57\00:01:46.57 >> SO LET'S HEAR FROM STEPHANIE DAWN AND PASTOR JOHN, AND THEN 00:01:46.57\00:01:54.31 WE'LL GET RIGHT TO IT. 00:01:54.31\00:02:03.89 ¤ ¤ IN TIMES LIKE THESE ¤ 00:02:05.69\00:02:19.40 ¤ YOU NEED A SAVIOR ¤ ¤ IN TIMES LIKE THESE ¤ 00:02:19.40\00:02:29.38 ¤ YOU NEED AN ANCHOR ¤ ¤ BE VERY SURE, BE VERY SURE ¤ 00:02:29.38\00:02:48.00 ¤ YOU ANCHOR HOME AND GRIPPED TO SOLID ROCK ¤ 00:02:48.00\00:02:54.80 ¤ IN TIMES LIKE THESE ¤ ¤ YOU NEED THE BIBLE ¤ 00:02:54.80\00:03:02.34 ¤ IN TIMES LIKE THESE ¤ ¤ BE VERY ¤ 00:03:02.34\00:03:17.69 ¤ BE VERY SURE ¤ ¤ YOUR ANCHOR HOLDS AND GRIPS 00:03:17.69\00:03:29.54 THE SOLID ROK ¤ ¤ THIS ROCK IS JESUS ¤ 00:03:29.54\00:03:36.01 ¤ YES, HE'S THE ONE ¤ ¤ THIS ROCK IS JESUS ¤ 00:03:36.01\00:03:43.69 ¤ THE ONLY ONE ¤ ¤ BE VERY SURE ¤ 00:03:43.69\00:03:50.86 ¤ BE VERY SURE ¤ ¤ YOUR ANCHOR HOLDS AND GRIPS 00:03:50.86\00:04:03.81 THE SOLID ROCK ¤ ¤ IN TIMES LIKE THESE ¤ 00:04:03.81\00:04:26.23 ¤ I HAVE A SAVIOR ¤ ¤ IN TIMES LIKE THESE ¤ 00:04:26.23\00:04:33.97 ¤ I HAVE AN ANCHOR ¤ ¤ I'M VERY SURE ¤ 00:04:33.97\00:04:41.24 ¤ I'M VERY SURE ¤ ¤ MY ANCHOR HOLDS AND GRIPS THE 00:04:41.24\00:04:50.02 SOLID ROCK ¤ ¤ THIS ROCK IS JESUS ¤ 00:04:50.02\00:04:58.26 ¤ YES, HE'S THE ONE ¤ ¤ THIS ROCK IS JESUS ¤ 00:04:58.26\00:05:05.30 ¤ THE ONLY ONE ¤ ¤ BE VERY SURE ¤ 00:05:05.30\00:05:14.74 ¤ BE VERY SURE ¤ ¤ YOUR ANCHOR HOLDS ¤ 00:05:14.74\00:05:23.55 ¤ AND GRIPS THE SOLID ROCK ¤ ¤ BE VERY SURE ¤ 00:05:23.55\00:05:32.23 ¤ BE VERY SURE ¤ ¤ YOUR ANCHOR HOLDS AND GRIPS 00:05:32.23\00:05:42.87 THE SOLID ROCK ¤ 00:05:42.87\00:05:48.41 >>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, STEPHANIE DAWN AND PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG. 00:05:54.35\00:06:01.12 BEAUTIFUL. "BE VERY SURE THAT YOUR ANCHOR 00:06:01.12\00:06:05.29 HOLDS." BECAUSE IN TIMES LIKE THESE, WE 00:06:05.29\00:06:08.06 REALLY NEED A SAVIOR. >> AMEN. 00:06:08.06\00:06:10.27 >> WE RELLY NEED A SAVIOR, AND IN THIS BOOK, WE CAN FIND THE 00:06:10.27\00:06:14.80 MIND OF CHRIST. >> YES. 00:06:14.80\00:06:16.34 >> UH-HUH. >> SO TELL US SOME MORE, PASTOR 00:06:16.34\00:06:22.68 MYERS, ABOUT THE FIVE-DIMENSIONAL ASPECTS OF 00:06:22.68\00:06:26.28 STUDY. IS THAT IT? 00:06:26.28\00:06:27.62 >> FIVE-DIMENSIONAL BIBLE STUDY -- AND BEFORE I TOUCH ON 00:06:27.62\00:06:32.05 THAT. >> UH-HUH. 00:06:32.05\00:06:33.15 >> WE WERE JUST TALKING OVER THE BREAK -- I WANTED TO BRING 00:06:33.15\00:06:36.73 SOMETHING UP ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW TO STUDY THE 00:06:36.73\00:06:39.63 BIBLE. >> OH, GOOD. 00:06:39.63\00:06:40.70 >> BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT -- I'M A 00:06:40.70\00:06:45.33 PASTOR. I PASTOR THE CAMPBELL 00:06:45.33\00:06:48.40 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, IN CAMPBELL -- PEACE. 00:06:48.40\00:06:51.81 [ LAUGHTER ] >> GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO YOUR 00:06:51.81\00:06:53.84 CHURCH. ABSOLUTELY. 00:06:53.84\00:06:55.31 >> BUT WHAT I HAVE FOUND IN MY EXPERIENCE AS A PASTOR, IS THAT, 00:06:55.31\00:07:01.45 YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH DEPEND ON THEIR PASTOR TO 00:07:01.45\00:07:08.62 STUDY FOR THEM. >> THIS IS A GOOD POINT. 00:07:08.62\00:07:11.09 >> AND IT'S -- IT'S -- I BELIEVE THAT THEY -- YOU KNOW, THE 00:07:11.09\00:07:18.23 PASTOR GOES -- DOES HIS STUDY, PUTS TOGETHER HIS SERMON, AND 00:07:18.23\00:07:25.11 THEN HE PREACHES, AND THE RECEIVE IT. 00:07:25.11\00:07:28.31 THAT WAS GREAT. THAT WAS GREAT. 00:07:28.31\00:07:30.98 THE PASTOR FEEDS THE FLOCK, BUT SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS T 00:07:30.98\00:07:41.79 TOW -- TOTALLY ON THE PASTOR TO FEED THE FLOCK. 00:07:41.79\00:07:48.86 AND I HAVE NEVER HAD SOMEONE COME TO ME AND BE LIKE, THIS IS 00:07:48.86\00:07:53.50 HOW YOU STUDY THE BIBLE. IT IS ALMOST LIKE THAT WAS 00:07:53.50\00:07:58.71 RESERVED FOR THE THEOLOGY STUDENT. 00:07:58.71\00:08:00.58 THE REST OF YOU FIGURE STUFF OUT ON YOUR OWN, BUT THAT'S NOT 00:08:00.58\00:08:06.75 REALLY YOUR BURDEN. BUT I THINK THE MORE EDUCATED 00:08:06.75\00:08:09.75 OUR PEOPLE ARE, IN TERMS OF LEARNING HOW TO GET INTO THE 00:08:09.75\00:08:14.22 SCRIPTURES THEMSELVES -- >> YES. 00:08:14.22\00:08:15.56 >> -- IT'S ALMOST LIKE WE HAVE A TOOLBOX AND AS PASTOR THESE ARE 00:08:15.56\00:08:21.46 THE TOOLS YOU USED TO STUDY THE BIBLE, BUT WE NEED TO SHARE 00:08:21.46\00:08:25.23 THOSE TOOLS WITH OUR MEMBERS, SO THEY ARE NOW EQUIPPED TO GET 00:08:25.23\00:08:30.91 INTO DEEP BIBLE STUDY. I THINK THE UNDERLYING ISSUE 00:08:30.91\00:08:33.81 THAT WE ARE FACING IN OUR CHURCH IS HOW WE APPROACH THE 00:08:33.81\00:08:37.88 SCRIPTURES. BECAUSE HOW WE APPROACH THE 00:08:37.88\00:08:40.35 SCRIPTURES DETERMINES -- YOU KNOW, I MEAN LOOK AT ALL OF THE 00:08:40.35\00:08:44.95 CONTROVERSIES WE HAVE GOING ON IN OUR CHURCH RIGHT NOW. 00:08:44.95\00:08:48.56 I'M NOT GOING TO NAME ANY OF THEM. 00:08:48.56\00:08:51.43 BUT THEY ARE ALL THEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES. 00:08:51.43\00:08:54.73 THESE ARE DOING UP BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN OPINION OF 00:08:54.73\00:08:59.73 VIEW OF HOW TO APPROACH THE SCRIPTURES, AN AS LONG AS THAT 00:08:59.73\00:09:03.94 EXISTS -- NO, THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO STUDY THE BIBLE, NO THIS 00:09:03.94\00:09:09.94 IS THE RIGHT WAY TO STUDY THE BIBLE, WE'RE GOING TO COME TO 00:09:09.94\00:09:14.25 DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS. I DON'T THINK THERE ANY ONE 00:09:14.25\00:09:18.65 RIGHT WAY TO STUDY THE BIBLE. >> OKAY. 00:09:18.65\00:09:24.46 >> SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, THIS IS THE ONLY WAY, AND THAT I DON'T 00:09:24.46\00:09:29.30 BELIEVE AT ALL. BECAUSE GOD -- I MEAN, I BELIEVE 00:09:29.30\00:09:32.50 THAT GOD HAS A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS TO REVEAL THE 00:09:32.50\00:09:34.97 SAME TRUTH. >> UH-HUH. 00:09:34.97\00:09:37.17 >> AND THAT'S HOW I APPROACH THE SCRIPTURE, SO WHEN SOMEONE 00:09:37.17\00:09:41.44 APPROACHES -- GETS THE TRUTH IN A WAY THAT I MAY NOT BE EITHER 00:09:41.44\00:09:45.55 FAMILIAR WITH, OR I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY ARRIVED AT THAT 00:09:45.55\00:09:51.05 PARTICULAR TRUTH, BUT THE TRUTH, I'M NOT GOING TO KNOCK THE WAY 00:09:51.05\00:09:55.16 THAT THEY GOT THERE. IT GOT THEM THERE TO THAT TRUTH. 00:09:55.16\00:09:58.83 AND MAYBE THAT'S HOW GOD SPOKE TO THEM. 00:09:58.83\00:10:01.33 BUT, YEAH, SO YOU DISCOVERED THE TRUTH ABOUT -- YOU KNOW, THE LAW 00:10:01.33\00:10:06.77 OF GOD. OKAY. 00:10:06.77\00:10:08.24 WELL, HEY, PRAISE GOD, BECAUSE YOU CAME TO THAT TRUTH. 00:10:08.24\00:10:11.97 SO WE NEED TO -- I THINK THERE IS A CRISIS IN OUR CHURCH. 00:10:11.97\00:10:17.18 >> INTERESTING. >> RIGHT? 00:10:17.18\00:10:18.48 AND THIS PERSON IS LIKE NO, NO, NO. 00:10:18.48\00:10:21.85 YOU ARE READING THE BIBLE WRONG. NO, NO, NO. 00:10:21.85\00:10:25.52 YOU ARE READING THE BIBLE WRONG, AND YOU HAVE TWO SCHOLARS THAT 00:10:25.52\00:10:30.26 HAVE COME TO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS ON THE 00:10:30.26\00:10:33.56 SAME TEXT. BOTH CLAIMING THEY ARE SCHOLARS, 00:10:33.56\00:10:36.40 AND YET YOU ARE COMING TO TWO DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS. 00:10:36.40\00:10:41.37 SO THERE IS A CRISIS IN OUR CHURCH, AND I THINK THAT IS 00:10:41.37\00:10:44.61 SOMETHING WE NEED TO BEGIN TO PAY ATTENTION TO. 00:10:44.61\00:10:47.28 HOW DO WE APPROACH THE SCRIPTURES? 00:10:47.28\00:10:50.11 DO OUR MEMBERS EVEN KNOW HOW TO APPROACH THE SCRIPTURES. 00:10:50.11\00:10:55.22 >> RIGHT -- OH, GO AHEAD, JAY. >> THAT'S SEBLGS LENT. 00:10:55.22\00:11:01.52 THE MEMBERS NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. 00:11:01.52\00:11:06.19 SO IF THE MEMBERS WANTED TO LEARN FROM YOU, HOW WOULD THEY 00:11:06.19\00:11:11.90 DO THAT? >> YOU CAN GO TO 00:11:11.90\00:11:18.04 POWEROFTHELAMB.COM, AND SEE THE DIFFERENT COURSES, AND YOU CAN 00:11:18.04\00:11:20.61 SEE WHAT I HAVE ONLINE. YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THOSE 00:11:20.61\00:11:24.58 COURSES OR JUST SIGN UP FOR OUR EMAILS, OR GIVE US YOUR EMAIL 00:11:24.58\00:11:28.98 AND SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER, AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON 00:11:28.98\00:11:34.66 THOSE COURSES. BUT THE PURPOSE OF THAT COURSE 00:11:34.66\00:11:37.53 IS TO BASICALLY INSTRUCT PEOPLE HOW TO DO THAT THEMSELVES. 00:11:37.53\00:11:42.60 WHICH LEADS ME TO MY DIMENSIONS. >> YES. 00:11:42.60\00:11:45.77 >> SO MOST PEOPLE -- THERE ARE FIVE DIMENSIONS OF BIBLE STUDY 00:11:45.77\00:11:50.94 IN WHAT I CALL PHOTO-THEOLOGY. THERE'S THE LITERAL DIMENSION.-THERE IS THE CHRIST 00:11:50.94\00:11:59.21 DIMENSION. THE THIRD DIMENSION IS THE ME DIMENSION. 00:11:59.21\00:12:03.49 THE FOURTH DIMENSION IS THE CHURCH DIMENSION. 00:12:03.49\00:12:07.16 AND THE FIFTH DIMENSION IS THE EVEN DIMENSION. 00:12:07.16\00:12:10.76 FIRST DIMENSION IS THIS. WHAT IS THE TEXT LITERALLY 00:12:10.76\00:12:16.60 SAYING, RIGHT? EXODUS -- 00:12:16.60\00:12:18.00 >> WAS GOING TO SAY, CAN WE TAKE A TEXT. 00:12:18.00\00:12:22.30 >> LET THEM MAKE ME A SANCTUARY THAT I MAY DWELL AMONG THEM. 00:12:22.30\00:12:27.78 SO IT IS TALKING ABOUT THIS LITERAL TEMPLE THAT WAS BUILT 00:12:27.78\00:12:34.42 BACK THERE IN THE WILDERNESS BY MOSES. 00:12:34.42\00:12:39.09 THE MOST HOLY PLACE, ET CETERA. THAT THE FIRST DIMENSION. 00:12:39.09\00:12:43.89 I AM SIMPLY LOOKING AT THE LITERAL BUILDING THAT WAS BACK 00:12:43.89\00:12:47.03 THERE IN THE WILDERNESS WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL LEFT EGYPT. 00:12:47.03\00:12:53.70 THE SECOND DIMENSION IS THE CHRIST DIMENSION. 00:12:53.70\00:12:56.74 LET THEM MEET ME AT THE SANCTUARY THEY MAY DWELL AMONG 00:12:56.74\00:13:01.04 THEM. WOW. 00:13:01.04\00:13:01.91 WOW. WOW. 00:13:01.91\00:13:03.55 CHECK THIS OUT. THE SANCTUARY WAS LOCATED IN THE 00:13:03.55\00:13:06.58 CENTER OF THE 12 TRIBES. >> OH. 00:13:06.58\00:13:11.49 >> WOE. WOE. 00:13:11.49\00:13:13.62 WOE. THE SANCTUARY WAS TO LEAD THE 00:13:13.62\00:13:17.13 12. SO WHEN GOD WAS LEADING THE 00:13:17.13\00:13:19.86 CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, THE CLOUD WAS HOVER OVER THEM, AND THE 00:13:19.86\00:13:25.87 SANCTUARY WOULD GO BEFORE THEM. SO OKAY. 00:13:25.87\00:13:28.44 JESUS SAID DESTROY THIS TEMPLE, AND I'LL RAISE IT UP AGAIN IN 00:13:28.44\00:13:32.27 THREE DAYS. THE BIBLE SAYS OF JESUS THAT HIS 00:13:32.27\00:13:35.91 NAME WOULD BE EMMANUEL, MEANING -- 00:13:35.91\00:13:41.02 >> GOD. >> -- LET THEM MAKE ME A 00:13:41.02\00:13:46.32 SANCTUARY THAT I MAY DWELL AMONG THEM. 00:13:46.32\00:13:48.92 JUST AS THE SANCTUARY DWELLED IN THE MIDST OF THE 12 -- 00:13:48.92\00:13:52.36 >> HUM. >> OH. 00:13:52.36\00:13:53.53 >> IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, LITERAL DIMENSION. 00:13:53.53\00:13:56.97 IN THE SECOND DIMENSION, CHRIST IS THE TEMPLE, CHRIST IS THE 00:13:56.97\00:14:02.90 SANCTUARY DWELLING AMONG THE 12 DISCIPLES. 00:14:02.90\00:14:07.44 >> WOW. UH-HUH. 00:14:07.44\00:14:09.54 >> OKAY. GOT IT NOW. 00:14:09.54\00:14:12.05 WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE THIRD DIMENSION. 00:14:12.05\00:14:14.58 HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO ME? NO YOU NOT THAT YOU -- 00:14:14.58\00:14:18.32 >> OH, WOW. >> -- ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY 00:14:18.32\00:14:22.09 SPIRIT. >> UH-HUH. 00:14:22.09\00:14:24.43 >> AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD DWELLS IN YOU. 00:14:24.43\00:14:27.50 AH, I GET IT NOW. IN A LITTLE SANCTUARY, GLORY IN 00:14:27.50\00:14:32.40 THE TEMPLE. IN THE SECOND DIMENSION, THE 00:14:32.40\00:14:34.94 SPIRIT OF HIS FATHER IN HIM. IN THE THIRD DIMENSION, THE HOY 00:14:34.94\00:14:38.74 SPIRIT IN ME. >> YES. 00:14:38.74\00:14:40.78 FROM ONE TEXT. >> FROM ONE TEXT 00:14:40.78\00:14:42.94 >> THAT'S AMAZING. >> FROM ONE TEXT. 00:14:42.94\00:14:45.31 >> UH-HUH. >> RIGHT? 00:14:45.31\00:14:47.25 >> UH-HUH. WHAT ABOUT THE FOURTH DIMENSION. 00:14:47.25\00:14:51.55 WHAT DIMENSION IS THAT? >> WE'RE PLAYING CONCENTRATION. 00:14:51.55\00:14:56.93 [ LAUGHTER ] >> CONCENTRATE. 00:14:56.93\00:14:58.33 [ LAUGHTER ] >> NO, THE FOURTH DIMENSION IS 00:14:58.33\00:15:01.26 THE CHURCH DIMENSION. >> OKAY. 00:15:01.26\00:15:03.33 >> OKAY. SO NOW -- AH, WE ALL ARE LIVELY 00:15:03.33\00:15:08.60 STONES THAT ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER TO FORM THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD. 00:15:08.60\00:15:13.34 TO FORM THE HOUSE OF GOD. >> HUM. 00:15:13.34\00:15:16.91 >> THE ENTIRE CHURCH IS A SYMBOL OF -- THE SANCTUARY IS A SYMBOL 00:15:16.91\00:15:21.55 OF THE ENTIRE CHURCH. WE ARE ALL BUILDING THE CHURCH 00:15:21.55\00:15:26.05 OF GOD, THE HOUSE OF GOD. WE HAVE STONES THAT MAKE UP THE 00:15:26.05\00:15:30.29 HOUSE OF GOD. FIRST DIMENSION, LITERAL TEMPLE. 00:15:30.29\00:15:34.46 SECOND DIMENSION CHRIS TEMPLE. THIRD DIMENSION. 00:15:34.46\00:15:36.60 I AM A TEMPLE. FOURTH DIMENSION, ALL OF US 00:15:36.60\00:15:41.20 TOGETHER MAKE THE TEMPLE. THE FIFTH DIMENSION IS THE 00:15:41.20\00:15:45.77 HEAVENLY DIMENSION. AH, HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. 00:15:45.77\00:15:49.91 >> HUM. >> SO NOW -- CHECK THI OUT. 00:15:49.91\00:15:53.85 I CAN TAKE FROM ONE TEXT, EXODUS 25:8 AND PREACH FIVE DIFFERENT 00:15:53.85\00:16:00.76 SERMONS. >> WOW. 00:16:00.76\00:16:01.42 >> I'M GOING TO PREACH JUST ON THE LITERAL TEMPLE AND ALL OF 00:16:01.42\00:16:05.39 THE SYMBOLISM OF THE LITERAL TEMPLE. 00:16:05.39\00:16:08.56 AND AFTER THAT SERIES I'M GOING TO DO A WHOLE MESSAGE ON CHRIST 00:16:08.56\00:16:14.47 BEING THE TEMPLE, AND THEN HOW WE ARE THE TEMPLE AND HOW THE 00:16:14.47\00:16:20.81 CHURCH IS A TEMPLE. AND GUYS WE HAVE TO WORK 00:16:20.81\00:16:25.28 TOGETHER TO COMPLETE THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE. 00:16:25.28\00:16:27.98 AND NOW I'M THINKING WHAT ARE THESE GUYS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 00:16:27.98\00:16:32.02 CALLED TO DO? THEY WERE CALLED TO REBUILD THE 00:16:32.02\00:16:36.32 TEMPLE. BECAUSE WHEN THE TEMPLE IS 00:16:36.32\00:16:38.99 FINALLY BUILD, GUESS WHAT? JESUS, THE SPIRIT OF GOD FILLS 00:16:38.99\00:16:45.23 THE TEMPLE WHEN THE TEMPLE IS BUILT. 00:16:45.23\00:16:47.64 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M THINKING, WOE. 00:16:47.64\00:16:51.04 SO YOU MEAN WHEN THE CHURCH IS COMPLETE, JESUS, THE LATTERINE 00:16:51.04\00:17:01.52 COMES AND FILLS THE TEMPLE? AND MOST PEOPLE READ TH BIBLE 00:17:01.52\00:17:06.12 IN TWO DIMENSIONS. YES. 00:17:06.12\00:17:08.62 >> WHAT IS IT LITERALLY SAYING? AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR ME? 00:17:08.62\00:17:12.99 >> UH-HUH. >> YOU ARE MISSING OUT. 00:17:12.99\00:17:15.86 TO ME THE MOST POWERFUL DIMENSION IS THE SECOND 00:17:15.86\00:17:19.50 DIMENSION, THE CHRIST DIMENSION. BUT THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU ARE 00:17:19.50\00:17:23.14 MISSING OUT WHEN YOU DON'T READ THE BIBLE IN THE SECOND 00:17:23.14\00:17:30.95 DIMENSION, THE FOURTH DIMENSION, THE FIFTH DIMENSION. 00:17:30.95\00:17:32.81 I'M READING THE TEXT AND I'M GOING . . . 00:17:32.81\00:17:38.09 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WHILE THE OTHER PERSON IS 00:17:38.09\00:17:40.39 READING NEXT THEY ARE LIKE . . . [ LAUGHTER ] 00:17:40.39\00:17:45.53 >> WHAT? AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING 00:17:45.53\00:17:47.50 THAT IN A -- LIKE LOOK AT ME TYPE OF WAY. 00:17:47.50\00:17:50.60 I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE I'M READING THE TEXT IN FIVE 00:17:50.60\00:17:55.60 DIMENSION, WHILE THE OTHER PERSON IS READING THE TEXT IN 00:17:55.60\00:17:59.41 ONE DIMENSION, MAYBE TWO, YOU MISS OUT ON SO MUCH -- 00:17:59.41\00:18:04.25 >> YES. >> -- AND ALL GOD IS REALLY 00:18:04.25\00:18:07.15 TRYING TO DO IS OPEN OUR EYES SO THAT WE CAN SEE, RIGHT? 00:18:07.15\00:18:10.89 >> UH-HUH. >> I REMEMBER ONCE I WAS 00:18:10.89\00:18:18.53 PROBABLY -- WELL, I REMEMBER ON TIME I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE 00:18:18.53\00:18:22.96 MALL WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS, AND WE WALKED THROUGH THIS GROUP 00:18:22.96\00:18:27.04 OF PEOPLE WHO WERE LIKE, WOE, LOOK AT THAT PICTURE! 00:18:27.04\00:18:33.84 AND I WALKED OVER, AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THIS BIG PICTURE OF 00:18:33.84\00:18:39.11 NOTHING BUT ZIGZAG LINES. AND I'M LIKE, ARE YOU GUYS 00:18:39.11\00:18:44.49 CRAZY. AND SOMEONE SAW ME, AND THEY ARE 00:18:44.49\00:18:47.29 LIKE YOU GOT TO DO THIS THING WITH YOUR EYES. 00:18:47.29\00:18:50.49 SO I START TRYING TO DO ALL KINDS OF STUFF WITH MY EYES, AND 00:18:50.49\00:18:55.20 ROLLING MY EYES, AND SUDDENLY MY EYES FOCUSED IN ON ONE POINT IN 00:18:55.20\00:19:01.17 THE PICTURE, AND IT BECAME A 3-D IMAGE. 00:19:01.17\00:19:06.11 AND WHEN I MOVED THE IMAGE MOVED. 00:19:06.11\00:19:09.28 AND I WAS LOSING IT. WAS LIKE WHAT! 00:19:09.28\00:19:12.51 MANY OF US WHEN WE PICK UP THE BIBLE, ALL WE SEE ARE ZIGZAG 00:19:12.51\00:19:18.05 LINES >> UH-HUH. 00:19:18.05\00:19:19.99 >> WHY IS THIS STORY IN THE BIBLE? 00:19:19.99\00:19:22.29 I DON'T GET THIS? >> HUH HUH. 00:19:22.29\00:19:25.36 >> BUT WHEN WE DO THAT THING WITH OUR EYES, PHOTO-THEOLOGY, 00:19:25.36\00:19:30.33 AND WE LEARN TO FOCUS IN ON JESUS, ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT 00:19:30.33\00:19:36.27 BECOMES A 3-D IMAGE, AND NOW WE'RE LIKE, WOE, WHAT IN THE 00:19:36.27\00:19:41.98 WORLD. >> YES. 00:19:41.98\00:19:44.18 YES. >> AND THAT'S THE FIRE. 00:19:44.18\00:19:45.68 IF YOU WERE REQUIRED TO STUDY SOMETHING YOU FOUND NO -- AND 00:19:45.68\00:19:51.49 FROM FOR ME OF IT, IT'S LIKE THAT. 00:19:51.49\00:19:55.06 I MUST NOW STUDY THE BIBLE.-AND IT'S A BURDEN TO US. OH, BOY, I GOT TO DO THIS AGAIN. 00:19:55.06\00:20:02.86 THE BIBLE SHOULD BE -- IT IS THE MOST EXCITING BOOK THAT I HAVE 00:20:02.86\00:20:07.54 EVER READ. AND THAT'S HOW WE NEED TO 00:20:07.54\00:20:09.70 APPROACH THE SCRIPTURES. WE NEED TO APPROACH THE 00:20:09.70\00:20:12.94 SCRIPTURES EXPECTING. I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME, HEY, 00:20:12.94\00:20:16.08 WHEN YOU READ THE SCRIPTURE, JUST GET EXCITED? 00:20:16.08\00:20:19.68 WHAT? JUST GET EXCITED. 00:20:19.68\00:20:21.25 I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY -- JUST GET EXCITED BECAUSE GOD IS GOING 00:20:21.25\00:20:26.22 TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING IF YOU ARE OPEN IT TO. 00:20:26.22\00:20:28.62 AND HERE IS THE THING, WHEN I READ THE BIBLE -- AND I TELL 00:20:28.62\00:20:32.43 PEOPLE THIS ALL THE TIME. I DON'T TRY TO FIND NEW TRUTHS. 00:20:32.43\00:20:36.67 MY OBJECTIVE IS NOT TO FIND NEW TRUTH. 00:20:36.67\00:20:41.14 ANYTHING YOU HEARD ME SAY IS PROBABLY SOMETHING YOU ALREADY 00:20:41.14\00:20:45.14 KNOW. THE END CONCLUSION -- DON'T LOOK 00:20:45.14\00:20:48.88 AT ME LIKE THAT -- THE END CONCLUSION IS SOMETHING YOU 00:20:48.88\00:20:52.05 ALREADY KNOW. YOU ALREADY KNW THAT JESUS CAME 00:20:52.05\00:20:54.18 INTO THE WORLD BECAUSE OF OUR SINS, AND THAT HE DIED SO THAT 00:20:54.18\00:20:58.42 WE MIGHT LIVE. YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT. 00:20:58.42\00:21:01.76 YOU JUST HEARD IT IN A NEW PACKAGE. 00:21:01.76\00:21:04.53 SO THE NEW PACKAGE IS LIKE, WOE. THIS MESSED UP STORY OF DAVID 00:21:04.53\00:21:11.83 AND BATHSHEBA, WE CAN SEE THE SAME THING THERE? 00:21:11.83\00:21:16.97 THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE TRUTH DOES. 00:21:16.97\00:21:19.51 GOD SHOWS US THE SAME TRUTH FROM A THOUSAND DIFFERENT ANGLES. 00:21:19.51\00:21:24.35 IT'S NOT NEW LIGHT OR NEW TRUTH. IT'S THE SAME OLD TRUTH BUT FROM 00:21:24.35\00:21:29.22 A THOUSAND DIFFERENT ANGLES. >> YES. 00:21:29.22\00:21:30.99 >> WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WE DON'T FIND NEW TRUTH. 00:21:30.99\00:21:35.42 THAT'S HOW PEOPLE GET IN -TROUBLE. >> YES. 00:21:35.42\00:21:38.33 >> NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT'S LIKE, YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I 00:21:38.33\00:21:42.46 FOUND THIS TRUTH, AND IF YOU DON'T BEIEVE IT, YOU KNOW, GOD 00:21:42.46\00:21:46.23 IS NOT WORKING THROUGH YOU, RIGHT? 00:21:46.23\00:21:49.37 SO YOU HEAR ABOUT THAT SO OFTEN. SO THIS IS NOT LOOKING FOR NEW 00:21:49.37\00:21:53.58 TRUTH. IT'S JUST SAYING, GOD, SHOW ME 00:21:53.58\00:21:57.71 THE SAME OLD TRUTH BUT FROM A NEW PERSPECTIVE. 00:21:57.71\00:22:00.72 >> YES. YES. 00:22:00.72\00:22:03.12 WHICH HE WILLINGLY DOES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SAID 00:22:03.12\00:22:06.39 EARLIER -- AND THIS IS REALLY, REALLY TRUE. 00:22:06.39\00:22:09.19 YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO HANG THESE PICTURES ON. 00:22:09.19\00:22:12.16 >> YEAH. >> YOU HAVE TO GET IN THE WORD. 00:22:12.16\00:22:15.40 YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DISCOVER ANYTHING, IF YOU ARE NOT 00:22:15.40\00:22:19.50 SPENDING TIME IN THE WORD. >> YEP. 00:22:19.50\00:22:22.37 >> SO EVEN IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO STUDY, START READING THE 00:22:22.37\00:22:28.48 WORD, BECAUSE YOU BEGIN TO PICK THIS, THIS, AND PUT IT TOGETHER, 00:22:28.48\00:22:32.41 AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT. 00:22:32.41\00:22:35.55 >> YEAH. LIKE FILL YOUR MIND, RIGHT? 00:22:35.55\00:22:41.42 I LOVE LISTENING TO YOUR STORY HOUR. 00:22:41.42\00:22:44.63 KIDS STORIES, BUT YOU LISTEN TO THOSE STORIES, AND YOU ARE LIKE, 00:22:44.63\00:22:50.00 AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED? AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. 00:22:50.00\00:22:54.17 THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL WAY TO HANG THESE PICTURES IN MEMORY'S 00:22:54.17\00:22:58.27 HALL. SO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO, IF 00:22:58.27\00:23:01.68 IT'S LISTENING TO TABLE STORIES, JUST START THROWING THOSE 00:23:01.68\00:23:07.18 STORIES IN THERE. PUT THEM IN THERE, AND YOU'LL 00:23:07.18\00:23:09.72 BEGIN TO SEE -- YOU'LL BEGIN -- WHEN YOU TRAIN YOUR 00:23:09.72\00:23:13.39 MIND HOW TO BEGIN TO THINK IN PICTURES, LIKE, IT JUST COMES TO 00:23:13.39\00:23:17.93 LIFE IN AN AMAZING WAY. IN AN AMAZING WAY. 00:23:17.93\00:23:22.63 >> TOUCH ON THE DANIEL STATUTE. YOU KNOW I WANT YOU TO GET TO 00:23:22.63\00:23:28.07 THAT. YOU KNOW I WANT TO HEAR THAT. 00:23:28.07\00:23:31.51 >> SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF LEARNING HOW TO THINK IN 00:23:31.51\00:23:36.31 PICTURES.-RIGHT? THIS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT, IF YOU 00:23:36.31\00:23:40.02 WILL. AND LET ME SAY THIS -- I LIKE TO 00:23:40.02\00:23:42.15 SAY THIS, GOD AS GIVEN EVERY ONE OF US A CAMERA, AND IT'S THIS 00:23:42.15\00:23:47.02 RIGHT HERE. SOME OF US HAVE OLD 00:23:47.02\00:23:49.36 CAMERAS -- AND I DON'T NEED MEAN AGE, I MEAN -- REMEMBER HOW YOU 00:23:49.36\00:23:56.03 USED TO HAVE TO DEVELOP A PICTURE IN THE OLD DAYS, AND IT 00:23:56.03\00:24:05.84 TOOK HOURS, AND SOME OF US HAVE A CELL PHONE AND IT'S LIKE BOOM. 00:24:05.84\00:24:12.41 BUT DON'T BE DISCOURAGED, THE MORE YOUR TRAIN YOUR MIND TO 00:24:12.41\00:24:16.45 THINK IN PICTURES AND DIMENSIONS, THE EASIER IT IS 00:24:16.45\00:24:20.82 GOING TO BECOME. YOU WILL BE READING A TEXT AND 00:24:20.82\00:24:23.76 YOU WILL JUST SEE THAT TEXT BECOMES LIVING. 00:24:23.76\00:24:26.29 AND YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT ON THE SET OF -- 00:24:26.29\00:24:29.26 >> SALVATIONS -- >> SALVATIONS SIMILARABLES AND 00:24:29.26\00:24:34.30 SIGNS. JAMES AND I ARE TALKING -- AND 00:24:34.30\00:24:36.94 WHILE HE IS TALKING OR I'M TALKING, ONE OF US IS LIKE . . . 00:24:36.94\00:24:42.11 HOLD ON. PLEASE STOP. 00:24:42.11\00:24:43.41 DID YOU SEE WHAT WE JUST READ? NO. 00:24:43.41\00:24:46.75 LOOK AT THIS. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE ALL SEE 00:24:46.75\00:24:51.45 SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. 00:24:51.45\00:24:53.25 >> YES. >> THAT'S WHAT WE WAT TO LEARN. 00:24:53.25\00:24:55.19 WE WANT THE TEXT TO JUST POP OFF OF THE PAGE. 00:24:55.19\00:24:58.09 >> YES. YES. 00:24:58.09\00:25:00.33 >> IT BECOMES NOT 3-D, BUT 5-D, RIGHT? 00:25:00.33\00:25:05.00 >> YES. >> SO I'M -- I'M NOT GOING TO 00:25:05.00\00:25:08.60 USE THAT EXAMPLE. I'LL USE A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE. 00:25:08.60\00:25:12.14 WHEN YOU PRACTICE ANYTHING, YOU LEARN DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES, 00:25:12.14\00:25:18.11 RIGHT? BUT REALLY THE ART OF -- I'M 00:25:18.11\00:25:20.32 GOING TO USE THE EXAMPLE. WAS MARTIAL ARTIST BACK IN THE 00:25:20.32\00:25:24.92 DAY, AND AS A MARTIAL ARTST, YOU STUDY TECHNIQUE, RIGHT? 00:25:24.92\00:25:29.69 YOU HAVE DIFFERENT FORMS. SO YOU STUDY THIS FORM, YOU 00:25:29.69\00:25:33.76 STUDY THIS FORM, YOU STUDY THIS FORM. 00:25:33.76\00:25:37.20 FOR THE PURPOSE OF WHEN YOU GET INTO A FIGHT, YOU'RE NOT GOING 00:25:37.20\00:25:41.50 THROUGH -- OKAY THIS FORM, THIS FORM. 00:25:41.50\00:25:44.47 YOU ARE TAKE BITS AND PIECES FROM EACH FORM TO ADAPT TO THAT 00:25:44.47\00:25:48.34 PARTICULAR SITUATION. >> UH-HUH. 00:25:48.34\00:25:50.05 >> RIGHT? >> UH-HUH. 00:25:50.05\00:25:53.45 >> IN THE VERY SAME WAY, BIBLE STUDY IS LEARNING HOW TO TAKE 00:25:53.45\00:25:59.52 PIECES OF THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND BRINGING IT 00:25:59.52\00:26:02.02 TOGETHER TO HANDLE A TEXT THAT YOU ARE FIGHTING WITH. 00:26:02.02\00:26:04.93 >> AH. >> HOW DO I -- HOW DO I BREAK 00:26:04.93\00:26:09.10 INTO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS TEXT? 00:26:09.10\00:26:11.73 SO YOU ARE LEARNING TO USE THESE DIFFERENT PRINCIPALS. 00:26:11.73\00:26:19.57 PHOTO-THEOLOGY, DIMENSIONS, THE PRINCIPLE GAME, AND SOON YOU 00:26:19.57\00:26:23.78 BEGIN TO LEARN HOW TO USE -- LIKE ALL OF THESE THINGS 00:26:23.78\00:26:27.98 BEGIN TO BEAR ON THE TEXT, AND YOU ARE NOT THINKING, NOW LET ME 00:26:27.98\00:26:33.86 THINK IN DIVE DIMENSIONS. IT BECOMES FLUID TO YOU. 00:26:33.86\00:26:38.36 IT BECOMES REFLECTIVE. THAT'S WHAT THEY DID IN THE 00:26:38.36\00:26:44.17 MARTIAL ARTS, IT WAS JUST REFLEXES. 00:26:44.17\00:26:46.67 THAT'S WHAT WE WANT ON A SPIRITUAL LEVEL. 00:26:46.67\00:26:50.21 DON'T ANYONE WRITE INTO 3ABN -- >> RIGHT. 00:26:50.21\00:26:52.77 >> IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE >> HE IS NO LONGER IN THE 00:26:52.77\00:26:57.31 MARTIAL ARTS. >> MUSCLE MEMORY. 00:26:57.31\00:27:01.45 >> MUSCLE MEMORY. ABSOLUTELY. 00:27:01.45\00:27:03.59 SO LET'S TALK ABOUT DANIEL, AND WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SHARE HERE IS -pJUST A COMBINATION OF 00:27:03.59\00:27:09.96 DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES, IF YOU WILL, OKAY? >> OKAY 00:27:09.96\00:27:15.16 >> SO I'M GOING TO START WITH GENESIS, 1:26. 00:27:15.16\00:27:21.77 IN GENESIS 1:26 -- IN FACT, CAN YOU READ THAT, GENESIS 1:26. 00:27:21.77\00:27:32.88 >> SURE. >> WHEN I GOT A CHANCE TO HEAR 00:27:32.88\00:27:35.75 THIS ON THESET -- I RECORDED YOU ON THE PHONE. 00:27:35.75\00:27:38.52 >> YEAH. >> AND THEN I SHARED IT WITH MY 00:27:38.52\00:27:41.96 GIRLFRIEND. WAS LIKE, YOU HAVE TO HEAR THIS. 00:27:41.96\00:27:45.16 THIS WAS JUICY. THIS WAS JUICY. 00:27:45.16\00:27:48.60 >> HERE WE GO. THEN GOD SAID LET US MAKE MAN IN 00:27:48.60\00:27:53.40 OUR IMAGE ACCORDING TO OUR LIKENESS. 00:27:53.40\00:27:57.94 LET THEM HAVE DOMINION OVER THE FISH IN THE SEAS BIRDS IN THE 00:27:57.94\00:28:01.74 AIR AND OVER THE CATTLE OVER ALL OF THE EARTH AND EVERY CREEPING 00:28:01.74\00:28:05.85 THING THAT CREEPS ON THE EARTH. >> OKAY. 00:28:05.85\00:28:09.22 SO GENESIS 1:26. AND IN ONE OF MY ONLINE CLASSES 00:28:09.22\00:28:14.72 I USED THIS EXAMPLE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. 00:28:14.72\00:28:18.23 IT WAS A LIVE ONLINE CLASS. AND I WAS TALKING WITH MY 00:28:18.23\00:28:22.10 STUDENTS AND WE JUST KIND OF WALKED THROUGH THIS AND BUILT IT 00:28:22.10\00:28:28.50 TOGETHER. >> THIS IS AT 00:28:28.50\00:28:30.31 POWEROFTHELAMB.COM. >> POWEROFTHELAMB.COM. 00:28:30.31\00:28:32.71 AND THE CLASS IS CALLED PHOTO-THEOLOGY. 00:28:32.71\00:28:36.21 I'M TAKING THEM TO GENESIS 1:26. AND HERE IS THE IDEA BEHIND IT. 00:28:36.21\00:28:41.85 WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS VERSE IN A WAY THAT WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT 00:28:41.85\00:28:45.52 IT BEFORE. WE'RE USING DIFFERENT 00:28:45.52\00:28:48.96 TECHNIQUES. WE'RE USING DIMENSIONS, AND 00:28:48.96\00:28:51.39 USING THE PRINCIPAL CALLED QUESTIONING THE TEXT. 00:28:51.39\00:28:54.56 WHEN YOU APPROACH A TEXT, DO YOU JUST READ THE TEXT OR ASK 00:28:54.56\00:29:01.40 QUESTIONS? A GOOD DETECTIVE ALWAYS ASKS 00:29:01.40\00:29:05.37 QUESTIONS. WE USED TO TRY TO COME UP WITH 00:29:05.37\00:29:07.78 AT LEAST 20 QUESTIONS FOR THAT TEXT. 00:29:07.78\00:29:12.08 IN OUR CLASS WE CAME UP WITH 20 QUESTIONS FIRST, AND THEN I 00:29:12.08\00:29:17.42 INTRODUCED A NEW PRINCIPLE, AND WE CAME UP WITH A HUNDRED 00:29:17.42\00:29:21.92 QUESTIONS FOR GENESIS 1:26. >> WOW. 00:29:21.92\00:29:25.09 >> EACH OF THOSE QUESTIONS CAN BE A STUDY IN AND OF ITSELF, YOU 00:29:25.09\00:29:29.63 CAN STUDY GENESIS 1:26, FOR A VERY, VERY, VERY LONG TIME. 00:29:29.63\00:29:35.07 RIGHT?-SO I'M GOING TO JUICE DOWN SOME OF THE THINGS AND 00:29:35.07\00:29:39.51 BRING IT TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL. SO YOU HAE GOD CREATING MAN IN 00:29:39.51\00:29:44.75 HIS IMAGE AND LIKENESS, MEANING THAT MAN REFLECTED THE CHARACTER 00:29:44.75\00:29:49.22 OF GOD. THERE ARE TWO KINGDOMS YOU FIND 00:29:49.22\00:29:53.36 IN GENESIS 1:26. THE KINGDOM OF MAN AND THE 00:29:53.36\00:29:58.73 ANIMAL KINGDOM. GOD GAVE MAN DOMINION OVER THE 00:29:58.73\00:30:04.07 ANIMAL KINGDOM >> RIGHT. 00:30:04.07\00:30:07.07 >> SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT MAN ENDS UP SINNING. 00:30:07.07\00:30:10.74 AND MAN SINS THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF A SERPENT. 00:30:10.74\00:30:14.91 SO WHEN HE SINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A SERPENT, HE NOW 00:30:14.91\00:30:22.38 BECOMES SUBJECT -- HE LOSES THE IMAGE OF GOD. 00:30:22.38\00:30:24.95 HE IS NO LONGER IN THE IMAGE OF GOD, BUT NOW HE BEGINS TO 00:30:24.95\00:30:29.72 REFLECT THE IMAGE OF THE -- >> SERPENT. 00:30:29.72\00:30:34.63 ANIMAL. >> I'M GOING TO USE THE WORD 00:30:34.63\00:30:36.56 BEAST. >> OH, COME ON. 00:30:36.56\00:30:37.97 >> SEE WHAT I JUST DID? >> YES. 00:30:37.97\00:30:40.44 >> I DIDN'T USE THE TERM SERPENT, RIGHT? 00:30:40.44\00:30:43.54 IT IS A SERPENT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT THE SERPENT IS A BEAST. 00:30:43.54\00:30:48.51 IN MY MIND, I'M THINKING, HUM.-WOW, MAN LOST HIS IMAGE -- LOST THE IMAGE OF GOD. 00:30:48.51\00:30:57.49 SO WHOSE IMGE IS HE REFLECTING NOW. 00:30:57.49\00:30:59.95 HE IS REFLECTING THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST. 00:30:59.95\00:31:03.83 HOLD ON, DOESN'T THE BOOK OF REVELATION TALK ABOUT THE IMAGE 00:31:03.83\00:31:08.26 OF THE BEAST. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS MAN BEGINS TO 00:31:08.26\00:31:11.60 REFLECT THE ANIMAL NATURE. CANE KILLING ABLE. 00:31:11.60\00:31:17.37 ANIMALISTIC. THE -- THE CONDITION OF MEN'S 00:31:17.37\00:31:23.78 HEARTS BEFORE THE FLOOD. ANIMALISTIC. 00:31:23.78\00:31:26.61 SO WE BEIN TO TRACE THIS ANIMAL NATURE, INSTEAD OF A DIVINE 00:31:26.61\00:31:32.29 NATURE. WOE, INSIDE EVERY ONE OF US IS 00:31:32.29\00:31:34.66 THIS WAR BETWEEN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND THE IMAGE OF THE BEAST. 00:31:34.66\00:31:38.56 WHO ARE WE GOING TO ACT LIKE IN WHO ARE WE GOING TO REFLECT? 00:31:38.56\00:31:42.36 >> UH-HUH. >> THEN, WAIT A MINUTE. 00:31:42.36\00:31:45.37 SO THE REASON THAT THE BOOK OF DANIEL USES BEASTS TO REFLECT 00:31:45.37\00:31:52.97 THE KINGDOM OF MEN IS BECAUSE GOD IS TRYING TO TELL US, THIS 00:31:52.97\00:31:57.18 IS WHAT MAN HAS BECOME. THIS IS WHAT THE KINGDOM OF MEN 00:31:57.18\00:32:00.82 HAVE BECOME. THEY HAVE BEEN BRUTAL 00:32:00.82\00:32:04.45 ANIMALISTIC. LOOK AT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF 00:32:04.45\00:32:07.59 THE LINE, THE BEAR, THE LEOPARD. THESE BEASTS IN A CERTAIN WAY 00:32:07.59\00:32:13.29 REFLECT CERTAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF WICKED HUMANITY. 00:32:13.29\00:32:16.63 >> HUM. >> HUM. 00:32:16.63\00:32:18.50 >> SO NOW, NO WONDER NEBUCHADNEZZAR WAS TURNED LIKE A 00:32:18.50\00:32:25.17 BEAST IN DANIEL 6. >> UH-HUH. 00:32:25.17\00:32:28.71 >> RIGHT? THAT PICTURE IS GOD SAYING, YOU 00:32:28.71\00:32:31.71 WANT TO ACT LIKE A BEAST? ALL RIGHT. 00:32:31.71\00:32:34.15 YOU WANT TO -- THIS IS THE IMAGE YOU WANT TO REFLECT? 00:32:34.15\00:32:39.12 I'M GOING TO LET YOU REFLECT THIS IMAGE. 00:32:39.12\00:32:41.32 NOW THE PLAN OF SALVATION BOILS DOWN TO THIS. 00:32:41.32\00:32:44.66 GOD IS TRYING TO REMOVE THE ANIMAL NATURE, AND RESTORE THE 00:32:44.66\00:32:49.10 IMAGE OF GOD, AND WHEN HE RESTORES THE IMAGE OF GOD -- I 00:32:49.10\00:32:53.30 WANT YOU TO NOTE THE CONNECTION THAT I'M MAKING, RIGHT? 00:32:53.30\00:32:56.54 >> UH-HUH. >> WHEN THE IMAGE OF GOD IS 00:32:56.54\00:32:59.44 RESTORED IN MAN, HE WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE DOMINION OVER THE 00:32:59.44\00:33:06.35 BEASTS. >> UH-HUH. 00:33:06.35\00:33:07.22 >> BUT THERE'S MORE. >> UH-HUH. 00:33:07.22\00:33:09.68 >> BECAUSE HE'S NOT JUST GOING TO HAVE DOMINION OVER THE BEAST. 00:33:09.68\00:33:15.89 HE HAD DOMINION OVER THE BEASTS FROM THE SEA, THE BEASTS FROM 00:33:15.89\00:33:20.23 THE EARTH, AND THE BEASTS IN THE AIR. 00:33:20.23\00:33:24.30 WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. DOESN'T THE LOOK OF REVELATION 00:33:24.30\00:33:28.07 TALK ABOUT A BEAST FROM THE SEA, THE BEAST FROM THE EARTH, AND A 00:33:28.07\00:33:35.04 DRAGON FROM IS FROM THE AIR. WHEN THE CHURCH REFLECTS THE 00:33:35.04\00:33:41.15 IMAGE OF GOD, THEY HAVE NOTHING TO HEAR REGARDING THE BEAST FROM 00:33:41.15\00:33:45.82 THE SEA, OR THE BEAST FROM THE EARTH, OR THE DRAGON WHO IS THE 00:33:45.82\00:33:50.26 PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR. NOW GENESIS 1:26 IS JUST 00:33:50.26\00:33:57.40 PREGNANT WITH THE GOSPEL. THIS IS WHAT GOD IS 00:33:57.40\00:34:00.24 TRYING -- HE'S TRYING TO GIVE ME DOMINION OVER THE BEAST IN ME. 00:34:00.24\00:34:06.74 AND NOW I REALIZE, IF I DON'T GET DOMINION OVER THE BEAST IN 00:34:06.74\00:34:12.51 ME, I'M IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM ABLE TO GET DOMINION OVER THE 00:34:12.51\00:34:18.95 BEAST FROM THE SEA OR FROM THE EARTH. 00:34:18.95\00:34:24.59 NOW TAKE THAT BACK TO DANIEL 2 -- 00:34:24.59\00:34:26.53 >> OH, YEAH. >> -- AND AGAIN, I WANT YOU TO 00:34:26.53\00:34:30.00 SEE HOW THESE CONNECTIONS AR HAPPENING. 00:34:30.00\00:34:33.50 IF I'M JUST READING LITERALLY WHAT IT SAYS, THERE'S NO WAY I'M 00:34:33.50\00:34:38.51 MAKING THESE CONNECTIONS. IF I'M STAYING IN THE INK, OKAY, 00:34:38.51\00:34:42.24 I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING. 00:34:42.24\00:34:46.15 I'M NOT DOING AWAY WITH THE LITERAL, I'M NOT DOING AWAY WITH 00:34:46.15\00:34:51.69 THE FIRST DIMENSION, BUT I JUST DIMENSION-ALIZED -- NOW I HAVE 00:34:51.69\00:34:57.03 BROUGHT IT INTO THE FOURTH DIMENSION, HOW IT RELATES TO THE 00:34:57.03\00:35:01.06 CHURCH. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE THIRD 00:35:01.06\00:35:03.00 DIMENSION, HOW IT RELATES TO ME. I BROUGHT IT INTO THE CHRIST 00:35:03.00\00:35:08.74 DIMENSION. IT'S CROSSING ALL THESE 00:35:08.74\00:35:12.51 DIMENSIONS. >> YES. 00:35:12.51\00:35:14.64 >> I DIMENSIONALIZED THE TEXT. >> YES. 00:35:14.64\00:35:18.18 >> NOW IN DANIEL 2 WE HAVE AN IMAGE OF A MAN. 00:35:18.18\00:35:21.62 >> RIGHT. >> BUT IN DANIEL 7, WE HAVE THAT 00:35:21.62\00:35:24.92 SAME THING IN THE IMAGE OF A BEAST. 00:35:24.92\00:35:28.12 SO WHAT IS GOD TRYING TO TELL US? 00:35:28.12\00:35:30.19 AGAIN, HE IS TRYING TO TELL US, LOOK, THIS IS THE CONDITION OF 00:35:30.19\00:35:34.63 THE KINGDOM OF MEN. DANIEL 2, HEAD OF GOLD, CHEST OF 00:35:34.63\00:35:42.70 SILVER, BELLY OF BRASS, LEGS OF IRON, AND TOES OF CLAY. 00:35:42.70\00:35:49.61 THESE FOUR METALS REPRESENT DIFFERENT METALS. 00:35:49.61\00:35:53.11 THESE KINGDOMS ARE THE KINGDOMS OF MEN. 00:35:53.11\00:35:57.12 THE IMAGE IS AN IMAGE OF MAN. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT DANIEL 2, WE 00:35:57.12\00:36:05.66 TYPICALLY THINK THESE REPRESENT THE NATIONS, THAT WOULD BE THE 00:36:05.66\00:36:08.86 FOURTH DIMENSION. THIS IS HOW T RELATES TO THE 00:36:08.86\00:36:11.37 CHURCH AS A WHOLE. BUT NOW LET'S TAKE DANIEL 2 AND 00:36:11.37\00:36:16.20 LOOK AT IT IN THE THIRD DIMENSION. 00:36:16.20\00:36:18.14 HOW DOES IT RELATE TO ME? IT'S THE IMAGE OF A MAN. 00:36:18.14\00:36:21.74 >> UH-HUH. UH-HUH. 00:36:21.74\00:36:24.45 >> COULD DANIEL 2 NOT JUST BE ABOUT THE RESULT OF KINGDOMS 00:36:24.45\00:36:30.69 THAT REJECT GOD, BUT COULD IT ALSO BE SHOWING US THAT THIS IS 00:36:30.69\00:36:37.09 THE RESULT OF THE MAN THAT REJECTS GOD? 00:36:37.09\00:36:39.86 >> HUM. UH-HUH. 00:36:39.86\00:36:41.66 >> THE MAN THAT J-- REJECTS GOD IS GOING TO FALL. 00:36:41.66\00:36:52.04 SO THIS KINGDOM, REPRESENTED BY A MAN, ALSO POINTS TO WHAT 00:36:52.04\00:36:57.25 HAPPENS TO ME WHEN I REJECT CHRIST. 00:36:57.25\00:36:59.31 IT STARTS GOAL, BUT THEN DETERIORATES TO SILVER, BRASS, 00:36:59.31\00:37:06.79 IRON. IN OTHER WORDS, THE METALS 00:37:06.79\00:37:11.16 BECOME HARDER -- >> HUH. 00:37:11.16\00:37:12.53 >> THE LONGER THAT I REJECT GOD. >> OH. 00:37:12.53\00:37:16.16 >> HUM. >> THAT'S GOOD. 00:37:16.16\00:37:18.33 THAT'S -- THAT'S GOOD. >> SATAN IS TRYING TO GET US TO 00:37:18.33\00:37:23.64 BE IRON HEARTED AND REJECT GOD ALL TOGETHER. 00:37:23.64\00:37:28.31 SATAN IS TRYING TO GET US TO CRUCIFY CHRIST AFRESH. 00:37:28.31\00:37:31.71 SO THE LONGER WE GO WITHOUT GOD, IS THE MORE HARDENED WE GET. 00:37:31.71\00:37:36.62 LOOK AT THE METALS AS THEY DEVALUE, AS THEY GO ON, WOW, YOU 00:37:36.62\00:37:40.99 KNOW WHAT, THE LONGER I GO WITHOUT GOD, THE LES 00:37:40.99\00:37:46.13 VALUABLE -- THE LOWER -- NOT LESS VALUABLE I AM, BUT THE MORE 00:37:46.13\00:37:52.03 WE LOSE VALUE, IF YOU WILL. >> UH-HUH. 00:37:52.03\00:37:55.34 >> FOR OTHERS AROUND US AND FOR OURSELVES. 00:37:55.34\00:38:08.45 >> THERE ARE FOUR KINGDOMS. KINGDOM OF THE MIND, KINGDOM OF 00:38:08.45\00:38:11.65 THE HEART, KINGDOM OF THE APPETITES, KINGDOM OF THE 00:38:11.65\00:38:17.09 DIRECTIONS. >> HUM. 00:38:17.09\00:38:19.09 >> WOW. >> SO WHAT IS GOD TRYING TO DO 00:38:19.09\00:38:21.90 IN GOD IS TRYING TO CONCUR OUR KINGDOMS. 00:38:21.90\00:38:25.37 >> WOW. >> THE BIBLE SAYS A KINGDOM 00:38:25.37\00:38:29.34 DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND. 00:38:29.34\00:38:31.27 >> RIGHT. >> SO I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT 00:38:31.27\00:38:33.98 THIS. IF I'M SERVING GOD -- LIKE I 00:38:33.98\00:38:37.75 LIKE BIBLE STUDY, IT'S ALL CEREBRAL FOR ME. 00:38:37.75\00:38:44.19 I LOVE THE WORD. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TREAT 00:38:44.19\00:38:47.59 OTHERS WITH LOVE. I CAN CLAIM I'M A CHRISTIAN ALL 00:38:47.59\00:38:51.39 DAY LONG. I'M A BIBLE READING, THREE 00:38:51.39\00:38:55.43 ANGELS' MESSAGES ALL DAY LONG, AND IF MY HEART HAS HATE, IF I 00:38:55.43\00:39:00.27 HAVE ANGER TOWARDS OTHER PEOPLE, I CAN CLAIM ALL DAY LONG. 00:39:00.27\00:39:05.24 THIS KINGDOM IS DIVIDED, AND JESUS DOES NOT DWELL IN A 00:39:05.24\00:39:09.91 DIVIDED KINGDOM. HE IS NOT GOING TO RULE THE MIND 00:39:09.91\00:39:15.22 WHILE SATAN HA THE HEART. AND IF YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO 00:39:15.22\00:39:19.35 DIRECT YOUR PATH -- GIVE YOUR PATH TO HIM AND WALK IN HIS 00:39:19.35\00:39:24.19 WAYS. IT'S EITHER THE WHOLE KINGDOM IS 00:39:24.19\00:39:27.03 HIS OR NONE AT ALL. HE DOES NOT SHARE THE KINGDOM 00:39:27.03\00:39:30.53 WITH SATAN. >> THAT'S GOOD. 00:39:30.53\00:39:31.97 >> I STUDIED THAT -- WHEN A PERSON A BAPTIZED, IT'S THE FALL 00:39:31.97\00:39:37.17 OF THEIR KINGDOMS. RIGHT? 00:39:37.17\00:39:41.68 IT'S JESUS CHRIST COMING AND DESTROYING THOSE KINGDOMS. 00:39:41.68\00:39:45.48 LORD, I AM ALL YOURS, MIND, HEART, APPETITE AND DESIRES AND 00:39:45.48\00:39:52.59 BATH AND DIRECTION. EVERYTHING IS YOURS. 00:39:52.59\00:39:54.92 AND DANIEL 2 SAYS THE WIND COMES AND BLEW AWAY THE REMNANTS OF 00:39:54.92\00:40:00.60 THAT OLD IMAGE. THAT'S WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO. 00:40:00.60\00:40:04.20 HE WANTS TO MAKE US A NEW CREATION IN HIM. 00:40:04.20\00:40:08.84 >> THAT IS RICH. >> THIS IS GENESIS 1:26. 00:40:08.84\00:40:14.01 THIS IS HOW HE CREATED US IN HIS IMAGE. 00:40:14.01\00:40:19.45 IN HIS WHAT? IMAGE. 00:40:19.45\00:40:24.05 CHAPTER 2, THAT IMAGE NEEDS TO FALL. 00:40:24.05\00:40:27.32 BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMAGE OF BEASTS. 00:40:27.32\00:40:32.59 THAT'S ALL TAKEN TOGETHER AND WHEN I LOOK AT GENESIS 1:26, I 00:40:32.59\00:40:37.93 SEE SOMETHING THAT IS JUST LIKE, WHAT? 00:40:37.93\00:40:40.94 [ LAUGHTER ] >> UH-HUH. 00:40:40.94\00:40:42.94 >> I'LL SHARE ANOTHER EXAMPLE. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES IN 00:40:42.94\00:40:46.34 THE BOOK OF DANIEL. TALKING ABOUT FINDING CHRIST. 00:40:46.34\00:40:50.31 I WANT TO RUN THROUGH THE WHOLE BOOK OF DANIEL QUICKLY, AND YOU 00:40:50.31\00:40:55.92 GUYS SHOULD -- >> DO NOT QUIZ US ON LIVE 00:40:55.92\00:40:59.82 TELEVISION. >> I WILL NOT QUIZ YOU. 00:40:59.82\00:41:03.26 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO 00:41:03.26\00:41:05.19 RUN THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY. SO IN DANIEL 1, WE HAVE DANIEL, 00:41:05.19\00:41:12.80 WHO THE BIBLE SAYS WAS WITHOUT FAULT, WITHOUT BLAME. 00:41:12.80\00:41:17.07 HE ENTERS INTO THE KINGDOM OF BABYLON. 00:41:17.07\00:41:20.21 HE IS TAKEN AS A CAPTIVE -- EVEN THOUGH HE IS BLAMELESS, HE HAS 00:41:20.21\00:41:26.85 TAKEN AS A CAPTIVE WITH HIS PEOPLE. 00:41:26.85\00:41:29.95 AND HE HAS TO CROSS THE GREATER EUPHRATES. 00:41:29.95\00:41:34.22 ALMOST LIKE THIS WAS A BAPTISM INTO A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR HIM. 00:41:34.22\00:41:37.86 NOW THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS IN DANIEL 1, IS HE IS TEMPTED 00:41:37.86\00:41:43.23 OVER APPETITE. SO HERE IS MY QUESTION FOR YOU. 00:41:43.23\00:41:47.40 DID JESUS COME TO A WORLD WHERE HE WAS GUILTLESS, BUT CAME TO BE 00:41:47.40\00:41:52.74 A PRISONER WITH HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS WITH HUMANITY? 00:41:52.74\00:41:58.01 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> DID HE HAVE A BAPTIST. 00:41:58.01\00:42:02.25 >> YES. >> AND WHAT WAS HIS FIRST 00:42:02.25\00:42:06.09 TEMPTATION? APPETITE. 00:42:06.09\00:42:07.12 IN DANIEL 2, WE JUST DISMISSED THE IMAGE -- THERE'S AN IMAGE OF 00:42:07.12\00:42:12.09 A MAN WHO REPRESENTS THESE KINGDOMS. 00:42:12.09\00:42:15.43 WHY DOES THIS MN FALL? HE FALLS, RIGHT? 00:42:15.43\00:42:19.23 AND WHY DOES HE FALL? BECAUSE OF PRIDE. 00:42:19.23\00:42:27.34 THESE KINGDOMS END UP FALLING. HOW WERE THEY DESTROYED? 00:42:27.34\00:42:31.01 >> BY STONE. >> BY STONE BEING BASHED AGAINST 00:42:31.01\00:42:35.02 THE FEET. THE FEET, RIGHT? 00:42:35.02\00:42:37.65 >> RIGHT. >> STAIN -- SATAN KNOWS. 00:42:37.65\00:42:48.03 SECOND TEMPTATION, HEY, HERE WE HAVE JESUS WHO REPRESENTS THE 00:42:48.03\00:42:52.43 KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. AND HE SAYS IF YOU ARE THE SON 00:42:52.43\00:42:55.34 OF GOD, WHY DON'T YOU FALL IN WHY DON'T YOU THROW YOURSELF 00:42:55.34\00:42:59.57 DOWN. DON'T WORRY, YOU WILL NOT -- 00:42:59.57\00:43:02.24 >> BASH YOUR FOOT. >> BASH YOUR FOOT AGAINST THE 00:43:02.24\00:43:07.85 STONE. HE IS TRYING TO DO TO JESUS WHAT 00:43:07.85\00:43:12.45 WAS DONE IN THE IMAGE. DANIEL 3, IMAGE IS SET UP, THEY 00:43:12.45\00:43:21.10 BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP THIS IMAGE. WHAT WAS JESUS'S THIRD 00:43:21.10\00:43:26.23 TEMPTATION? BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP. 00:43:26.23\00:43:28.97 DANIEL 1, 2, AND 3 REFLECT THE BEGINNING OF CHRIST'S MINISTRY, 00:43:28.97\00:43:35.04 HIS FIRST THREE TEMPTATIONS. WHAT ABOUT DANIEL 4? 00:43:35.04\00:43:42.35 THAT'S NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM OF THAT BIG TREE. 00:43:42.35\00:43:46.96 THIS TREE, IT'S BRANCHES LODGED IN THE AIR, AND OWL THF THE 00:43:46.96\00:43:51.46 BIRDS CAME AND LODGED IN THIS TREE IT WAS SO GREAT. 00:43:51.46\00:43:56.87 BUT GOD IS TELLING NEBUCHADNEZZAR, YOUR TREE, THIS 00:43:56.87\00:44:02.30 TREE, BABYLON, REPRESENTING BABYLON, IS NOT THE TREE THAT IS 00:44:02.30\00:44:06.34 GOING TO LAST FOREVER. THERE IS ANOTHER KINGDOM 00:44:06.34\00:44:10.28 REPRESENTED BY ANOTHER TREE THAT IS THE ONE THAT WILL LAST 00:44:10.28\00:44:13.48 FOREVER, AND WHEN JESUS COMES ON THE SCENE, HE GIVES HIS 00:44:13.48\00:44:19.22 PARABLE -- THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A TREE, AND IT BECOMES 00:44:19.22\00:44:26.09 THE GREATEST TREE -- NO, NEBUCHADNEZZAR, NOT YOUR TREE, 00:44:26.09\00:44:31.00 THE TREE OF CALVARY. THAT'S THE TREE THAT SET UP THE 00:44:31.00\00:44:35.40 ETERNAL KINGDOM OF GOD. THAT'S THE TREE THAT PROVIDES 00:44:35.40\00:44:41.98 SHADE AND COVERING FOR THOSE WHO WANT SALVATION. 00:44:41.98\00:44:45.18 SO DANIEL 4 POINTS TO THE DEATH OF CHRIST ON CALVARY. 00:44:45.18\00:44:49.55 DANIEL 5, DANIEL 5, YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED IN DANIEL 5. 00:44:49.55\00:44:55.92 WRITING ON THE WALL. YOUR KINGDOM IS NUMBERED AND 00:44:55.92\00:44:59.03 FINISHED. WHY WAS IT FINISHED? 00:44:59.03\00:45:01.66 BECAUSE CYRUS, WHO IS A TYPE OF CHRIST, IS OUTSIDE THE CITY 00:45:01.66\00:45:08.60 GATES. THE BIBLE PROPHESIED THAT HE 00:45:08.60\00:45:11.34 WOULD DRY UP THE RIVER EUPHRATES, DECENTING TO THE 00:45:11.34\00:45:16.24 DEEP, AND OPEN THE GATES AND SET THE CAPTIVES FREE. 00:45:16.24\00:45:21.38 GUESS WHAT? WHEN JESUS WAS DIEING ON THE 00:45:21.38\00:45:24.95 CROSS, HE WAS DIEING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF JERUSALEM. 00:45:24.95\00:45:28.79 WHAT DID HE DO IN HIS DEATH? HE DESCENDED INTO THE DEEP TO 00:45:28.79\00:45:35.83 OPEN THE GATES OF DEATH AND HELL IN ORDER TO SET THE CAPTIVES 00:45:35.83\00:45:40.84 FREE. DANIEL 4, CHRIST DEATH. 00:45:40.84\00:45:45.14 DANIEL 5, CHRIST BURIAL, AND THEN . . . 00:45:45.14\00:45:51.71 [ LAUGHTER ] >> AND THEN DANIEL 6. 00:45:51.71\00:45:53.58 >> UH-HUH. >> AND WHAT DO WE HAVE 00:45:53.58\00:45:58.35 HAPPENING? DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN WITH A 00:45:58.35\00:46:03.29 STONE OVER THE MOUTH OF THAT DEN, AND THE STONE IS SEALED. 00:46:03.29\00:46:07.60 >> RIGHT. >> MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T COME OUT 00:46:07.60\00:46:13.23 OF THAT TOMB. >> UH-HUH. 00:46:13.23\00:46:18.77 >> WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT DANIEL CHAPTERS 1 THROUGH 6 IN 00:46:18.77\00:46:25.75 ANOTHER DIMENSION REFLECTS THE STORY OF JESUS CHRIST? 00:46:25.75\00:46:30.82 >> RIGHT. RIGHT. 00:46:30.82\00:46:32.19 >> UH-HUH. >> AND IT DOESN'T STOP THERE, 00:46:32.19\00:46:35.02 BECAUSE IN DANIEL 7, YOU HAVE JESUS AS HIGH PRIEST. 00:46:35.02\00:46:38.36 SO WHAT YOU HAVE HAPPENING, DANIEL 1 THROUGH 6, CHRIST 00:46:38.36\00:46:42.96 MINISTRY ON EARTH. DANIEL 7, JESUS AS HIGH PRIEST. 00:46:42.96\00:46:47.27 DANIEL 8 JESUS IN THE SANCTUARY. DANIEL 9 THE PROPHECY ABOUT THE 00:46:47.27\00:46:54.44 CLOSE OF SALVATION. DANIEL 11, HE STANDS UP FOR HIS 00:46:54.44\00:47:04.59 PEOPLE. THIS IS STUDYING THE BIBLE USING 00:47:04.59\00:47:07.69 PICTURES AND IMAGES. EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND 00:47:07.69\00:47:10.86 PICTURES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A SCHOLAR 00:47:10.86\00:47:12.96 TO UNDERSTAND PICTURES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A DEGREE 00:47:12.96\00:47:16.40 TO UNDERSTAND PICTURES. LIKE, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE THAT 00:47:16.40\00:47:19.33 GOD IS WANTING ALL OF HIS PEOPLE TO HAVE THIS UNDERSTANDING OF 00:47:19.33\00:47:24.01 THE SCRIPTURES, BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITING GOD, AND WE'RE LIMITING 00:47:24.01\00:47:28.64 THE SCRIPTURES, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HOVER AROUND THIS 00:47:28.64\00:47:34.02 SABBATH IS THIS DAY AND NOT THAT DAY. 00:47:34.02\00:47:36.05 AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE -- BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING A BIBLE STUDY 00:47:36.05\00:47:41.16 WITH YOUR FELLOW -- YOU KNOW, CHRISTIAN FROM OTHER 00:47:41.16\00:47:45.56 PLACES -- OTHER DENOMINATIONS PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT EVEN BE 00:47:45.56\00:47:50.90 FAMILIAR WITH THE BIBLE AND JUST SHARE WITH THEM, LOOK AT THIS. 00:47:50.90\00:47:55.17 DID YOU KNOW JESUS WAS IN THIS STORY OF DAVID AND BATHSHEBA? 00:47:55.17\00:48:02.61 AND WHEN PEOPLE BEGIN TO SEE THIS KIND OF -- WOE! 00:48:02.61\00:48:07.38 WOE! HEY, TELL ME MORE. 00:48:07.38\00:48:08.95 TELL ME MORE. YOU'RE LIKE, HEY, THERE'S MORE 00:48:08.95\00:48:12.42 TO COME, BUT LET'S JUST KEEP -- YOU BEGIN TO HAVE AN 00:48:12.42\00:48:21.36 AVENUE THEY THINK IS SO UNINTRUSIVE. 00:48:21.36\00:48:24.77 IT IS NON-CONFRONTATIONAL, BUT IN A SENSE IT'S THE VERY GOSPEL. 00:48:24.77\00:48:31.34 IT'S THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES. IT'S EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S JUST 00:48:31.34\00:48:34.61 IN STORY FORMAT. AND PEOPLE SEE IT, THEY ARE 00:48:34.61\00:48:38.48 LIKE, HOW IN THE WORLD -- LIKE I NEVER SAW THAT BEFORE. 00:48:38.48\00:48:41.38 >> YEAH. >> AND THAT'S WHAT GETS PEOPLE 00:48:41.38\00:48:44.62 EXCITED. >> UH-HUH. 00:48:44.62\00:48:45.62 >> YEAH. >> BECAUSE NOW YOU BEGIN TO SEE 00:48:45.62\00:48:48.22 JESUS IN THE STORIES OF THE BIBLE. 00:48:48.22\00:48:50.79 >> YES. >> SO HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOUR 00:48:50.79\00:48:53.46 SERMONS? THIS IS AMAZING. 00:48:53.46\00:48:55.13 HOW DO YOU PREPARE YOUR SERMONS? >> SO THE WAY I PREPARE MY 00:48:55.13\00:49:01.24 SERMONS, I ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THAT IN MY ONLINE COURSES. 00:49:01.24\00:49:04.94 I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT. >> UH-HUH. 00:49:04.94\00:49:07.98 >> BECAUSE THESE ARE THE PRINCIPALS THAT I UTILIZE WHEN 00:49:07.98\00:49:11.18 PREPARING THE SERMONS -- AND I REMEMBER THIS -- I'M GOING TO 00:49:11.18\00:49:14.08 TELL SOMETHING THAT IS VERY, VERY -- I THINK I MAY HAVE TOLD 00:49:14.08\00:49:16.99 YOU THIS BEFORE. BUT MY FIRST SERMON I EVER 00:49:16.99\00:49:21.39 PREACHED WAS LIKE TWO HOURS LONG. 00:49:21.39\00:49:23.73 >> OH, MY WORD, AND PEOPLE STAYED? 00:49:23.73\00:49:26.19 >> THEY STAYED.-AND THE REASON IT WAS TWO HOURS LONG, IS 00:49:26.19\00:49:31.67 BECAUSE I PUT EVERYTHING I EVER LEARNED AB ABOUAB 00:49:31.67\00:49:42.88 ABOUTED A -- ADVENTISTISM IN THAT SERMON. 00:49:42.88\00:49:52.89 [ LAUGHTER ] >> HOW DOES A PERSON PUT A 00:49:52.89\00:49:55.36 SERMON TOGETHER EVERY WEEK, LIKE FOR LIFE. 00:49:55.36\00:49:57.56 >> RIGHT. >> AND I WAS JUST TERRIFIED, I 00:49:57.56\00:50:01.06 WAS LIKE -- IT TOOK ME THREE MONTHS TO PUT TOGETHER ONE 00:50:01.06\00:50:06.23 SERMON. I DON'T HAVE THREE MONTHS 00:50:06.23\00:50:08.10 BETWEEN SEVEN DAYS. AND I WAS LIKE, I NEED TO START 00:50:08.10\00:50:11.37 THINKING NOW ABOUT THE SERMONS I'M GOING TO PREACH. 00:50:11.37\00:50:14.74 I STARTED WRITING DOWN SERMON TITLES. 00:50:14.74\00:50:17.81 THAT'S A GOOD SERMON TITLE RIGHT THERE. 00:50:17.81\00:50:22.65 BUT THIS IS WHERE THOSE PRINCIPLES REALLY BEGAN TO COME 00:50:22.65\00:50:26.69 INTO PLAY. BECAUSE I HAD TO LEARN SOMETHING 00:50:26.69\00:50:32.19 WHICH IS PROBABLY THE LAST THING-I'LL SHARE IN TERMS OF THE PRINCIPALS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT 00:50:32.19\00:50:40.24 I CALL FREE STYLING. I REALIZE THAT IN THE HIP HOP 00:50:40.24\00:50:45.67 WORLD WE WOULD FREE STYLE, AND PART OF FREE STYLING WAS, YOU 00:50:45.67\00:50:50.68 WOULD HAVE TO POINT TO AN OBJECT AND THE PERSON WOULD HAVE TO 00:50:50.68\00:50:54.85 RHYME ABOUT THAT THING ON THE SPOT AND MAKE IT RHYME WITH THE 00:50:54.85\00:51:00.26 NEXT OBJECT YOU POINTED TO AND MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. 00:51:00.26\00:51:04.19 AND I REALIZED I WAS DOING THAT WHEN IT CAME TO THE SCRIPTURES, 00:51:04.19\00:51:09.56 AND I BELIEVE JESUS WAS A FREE STYLER. 00:51:09.56\00:51:12.90 I DON'T THINK HE PREMEDITATED THINGS HE WAS COMING UP WITH. 00:51:12.90\00:51:16.84 I THINK HE WAS TALKING TO THE CROWDS, AND HE IS 00:51:16.84\00:51:23.81 LIKE -- CONSIDER THE LILIES IN THE FIELD. 00:51:23.81\00:51:26.75 AND WE WOULD JUST COME UP WITH -- BOOM. 00:51:26.75\00:51:32.39 LOOK AT THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS. HE WOULD LOOK AT THINGS AND COME 00:51:32.39\00:51:37.59 UP WITH SOMETHING. AND THAT'S WHAT I SAW MYSELF 00:51:37.59\00:51:40.73 DOING. I WOULD BE LOOKING AT -- LIKE, 00:51:40.73\00:51:43.43 LOOK AT THE GROSS. AND BE LIKE, LIKE, WHEN 00:51:43.43\00:51:46.43 HURRICANES COME THROUGH, THE BIG THINGS GET TOPPLED, THE HOUSES, 00:51:46.43\00:51:50.57 THE TREES GET UPROOTED, BUT THE SMALLEST THING, THE GRASS, IT 00:51:50.57\00:51:59.78 STAYS IN PLACE. [ INAUDIBLE ] THE HUMBLEST 00:51:59.78\00:52:05.15 THINGS ARE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE GREATEST STARS. 00:52:05.15\00:52:12.23 SO I WOULD LOOK FOR OBJECT LESSONS IN JUST THE EVERY DAY 00:52:12.23\00:52:16.00 THINGS OF LIFE. >> UH-HUH. 00:52:16.00\00:52:17.70 >> AND THAT BEGAN TO TEACH ME HOW TO BE STUDYING THE BIBLE ALL 00:52:17.70\00:52:21.60 THE TIME. WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING. 00:52:21.60\00:52:24.64 WHAT LESSONS CAN I PULL FROM DRIVING? 00:52:24.64\00:52:31.11 AND LOOK AT THE DIRTY DISH? JOOE -- JESUS IS TRYING TO WASH 00:52:31.11\00:52:39.12 ME. AND SOME OF THIS DIRT IS SO 00:52:39.12\00:52:42.69 STUCK ON -- IT'S NOT TRYING TO KILL ME. 00:52:42.69\00:52:45.79 IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET THIS DIRT OFF. 00:52:45.79\00:52:47.86 AND ULTIMATELY HE WANTS TO LIFT UP THAT PLATE AND BE ABLE TO 00:52:47.86\00:52:52.60 LOOK AT IT AND SEE HIMSELF. >> YES, THAT IS GOOD. 00:52:52.60\00:52:55.64 >> THAT'S GOOD. >> AND SO NOW MY DISH WASHING 00:52:55.64\00:52:59.57 TIME BECOMES GOSPEL TIME. LIKE OBJECT LESSONS. 00:52:59.57\00:53:03.51 YOU LEARN HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE, NOT -- OKAY. 00:53:03.51\00:53:07.45 NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME TO SIT DOWN -- YOU ARE STUDYING THE 00:53:07.45\00:53:10.69 BIBLE ALL THE TIME. YOU ARE TRAINING YOURSELF HOW TO 00:53:10.69\00:53:13.39 SEE THE BIBLE AND HOW TO STUDY ALL THE TIME. 00:53:13.39\00:53:16.73 >> UH-HUH. AND THIS IS SO RICH. 00:53:16.73\00:53:19.89 THANK YOU. IN YOUR ONLINE SCHOOL, 00:53:19.89\00:53:23.83 THE -- DID THE STUDENTS COME TO YOU WITH THEIR CHALLENGES, AND 00:53:23.83\00:53:27.74 THEY TELL YOU, THIS IS WHAT I'M DEALING WITH, BECAUSE IT'S 00:53:27.74\00:53:31.51 LIVE -- >> IT'S LIVE. 00:53:31.51\00:53:33.58 >> IT'S INTERACTIVE. >> SO QUESTIONS BACK AND FORTH. 00:53:33.58\00:53:37.78 HEY, THIS IS WHAT I STRUGGLE WITH. 00:53:37.78\00:53:39.85 WE GO THROUGH THESE PRINCIPLES, AND WE'RE DOING EXAMPLES. 00:53:39.85\00:53:44.19 I WANT TO TAKE GENESIS 1:26. LET'S QUESTION THE TEXT. 00:53:44.19\00:53:52.23 LET'S DIMENSIONALIZE THE TEXT. SO IT'S A VERY HANDS ON TYPE OF 00:53:52.23\00:53:58.17 EXPERIENCE. >> UH-HUH. 00:53:58.17\00:53:58.93 >> AND I THINK IT'S HELPING PEOPLE TO REALLY GET TOOLS THAT 00:53:58.93\00:54:02.40 THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO BEFORE. 00:54:02.40\00:54:05.81 >> YES. >> UH-HUH. 00:54:05.81\00:54:10.28 >> IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE TOOLS. 00:54:10.28\00:54:12.98 YOU CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE TOOLS. 00:54:12.98\00:54:16.08 >> AND NOWADAYS ACCESSIBILITY IS KEY TOO. 00:54:16.08\00:54:20.56 I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE THE ONLINE SCHOOL. 00:54:20.56\00:54:23.22 YOU ALSO HAVE AN INSTAGRAM WHERE PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW YOU. 00:54:23.22\00:54:32.43 AND IT'S @IVORMYERS. >> YES. 00:54:32.43\00:54:50.75 >> WITH THE INSTAGRAM, WHAT DO YOU DO? 00:54:50.75\00:54:53.49 I KNOW IT'S PICTURES, BUT -- >> PEOPLE FOLLOW YOU AND THEY 00:54:53.49\00:54:59.63 WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AS YOU CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU'RE 00:54:59.63\00:55:03.97 DOING IN THE LORD, AND PEOPLE THAT SIGN UP WILL GET ACCESS TO 00:55:03.97\00:55:08.57 MATERIAL I'M PRODUCING, DIFFERENT BILE STUDIES AND 00:55:08.57\00:55:11.81 THINGS OF TAT NATURE. >> GOOD. 00:55:11.81\00:55:13.74 THAT'S GREAT. WHAT WOULD YOU SY ARE SOME OF 00:55:13.74\00:55:16.14 THE GRATEST CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE IN BRINGING THESE 00:55:16.14\00:55:22.62 PRINCIPLES TO PEOPLE? >> I THINK PEOPLE FEELING THAT 00:55:22.62\00:55:27.89 THEY CAN'T DO IT THEMSELVES. >> HUM. 00:55:27.89\00:55:30.16 >> AND THAT'S MY GREATEST BURDEN. 00:55:30.16\00:55:32.73 PEOPLE GO TO A CAMP OR SOMETHING, AND THEY ARE 00:55:32.73\00:55:36.06 LIKE -- BY THE WAY COME TO AN ARMY BIBLE CAMP IF YOU WANT THE 00:55:36.06\00:55:40.57 FULL EXPERIENCE. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT TO AN ARMY 00:55:40.57\00:55:43.64 BIBLE CAMP, GO TO MY WEBSITE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CLOSSES 00:55:43.64\00:55:49.28 THERE. EITHER WAY, CHECK THEM OUT, BUT 00:55:49.28\00:55:51.51 I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO ARMY BIBLE CAM IF YOU CAN. 00:55:51.51\00:55:56.42 JUST GOOGLE IT ONLINE, AND YOU'LL SEE IT, BUT ENCOURAGING 00:55:56.42\00:56:01.49 PEOPLE, LETTING THEM KNOW, LISTEN, YOU CAN DO THIS 00:56:01.49\00:56:04.76 YOURSELF. >> UH-HUH. 00:56:04.76\00:56:06.53 >> WHEN PEOPLE HEAR MY TESTIMONY, THEY ARE LIKE, WAIT, 00:56:06.53\00:56:09.63 YOU WEREN'T TRAINED IN THE NORMAL WAY TO UNDERSTAND THIS 00:56:09.63\00:56:13.47 STUFF? WHEN THEY HEAR THAT, I THINK 00:56:13.47\00:56:15.34 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MY TESTIMONY IS SPECIAL FOR THOSE 00:56:15.34\00:56:20.81 KIND OF PEOPLE. I'M JUST SAYING FOR THOSE PEOPLE 00:56:20.81\00:56:24.01 WHO ARE LIKE, YEAH, I CAN'T GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 00:56:24.01\00:56:26.75 THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT AN EX-HIP HOP ARTIST FOUND THIS STUFF 00:56:26.75\00:56:36.16 THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:56:36.16\00:56:38.03 >> AMEN. WE'RE CERTAINLY GRATEFUL THAT 00:56:38.03\00:56:42.80 YOU DID. AND WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU JOINED US 00:56:42.80\00:56:46.57 TONIGHT. WHAT A BLESSING YOU ARE TO THE 00:56:46.57\00:56:50.34 BODY OF CHRIST. >> THANK YOU. 00:56:50.34\00:56:53.04 >> JAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? 00:56:53.04\00:56:55.91 >> I'M JUST EXCITED TO HEAR THIS. 00:56:55.91\00:57:00.68 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVNG ME. >> ABSOLUTELY. 00:57:00.68\00:57:04.02 MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN TO THE NEW SALVATION SYMBOLS AND SIGNS. 00:57:04.02\00:57:11.26 GOD BLESS YOU, AND JOIN US NEXT TIME. 00:57:11.26\00:57:14.20 HAVE A GREAT EVENING. ¤ 00:57:14.20\00:57:16.93