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Mending broken people
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Hello and welcome
to another 3ABN Today
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Bible Q and A.
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I'm Jason
Bradley, and I'm so excited
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that you've decided to study
the Word of God with us today.
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And we've been
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from all around the world.
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And we're so thankful
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And we're going to
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You know, going through
life we all need guidance,
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and there's no better
place to find guidance
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than the Word of God.
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2 Timothy 3:16-17,
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"All Scripture is
given by inspiration of God
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and is profitable for doctrine,
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for reproof, for correction,
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for instruction
in righteousness,
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that the man of
God may be complete,
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thoroughly equipped
for every good work."
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We have a wonderful panel here
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ready to answer
the Bible questions
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that have been submitted.
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And we have Pastor John Dinzey,
it's great to have you here.
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It's a blessing to be here
and we're depending on the Lord
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to give us the answers.
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Amen. Amen.
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Pastor Ryan Day?
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Amen. It's good to be here.
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Always excited to be
a part of Bible Q and A.
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Let's do it. All right.
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And Pastor James Rafferty,
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we've sat
together for quite a while.
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Yes, we have over 100 programs
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on Salvation in
Symbols and Signs.
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Good to be here,
Jason. Good to have you here.
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You know, Pastor Rafferty,
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I'm going to ask
that you pray for us
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before we dive
into the Word of God.
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Amen. Let's pray.
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Father in
heaven, thank You again
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for this
opportunity to answer questions,
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sincere, honest
questions, difficult questions
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and sometimes
very simple questions
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that are
answered from Your Word.
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We want to lift up
Your Word right now.
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We want to ask
that the Holy Spirit
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will be the instructor,
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the guide and we want to ask
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that those who are listening
will receive the answers
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that they need to
direct their lives,
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to change their lives,
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to impact their
lives for heaven.
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We ask and pray these
things in Jesus' name.
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Amen. Amen.
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Amen.
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You know, it can
be very difficult
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to answer some
of these questions
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in two minutes
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or the one question you
get that is three minutes.
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That's a challenge.
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Oh, wow, three minutes.
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For sure, yes.
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Pastor Dinzey, we're
going start with you.
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"Please shed light on this one.
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I thought that wine is a mocker
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and yet people in the
Bible were drinking it."
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This is from Chandler.
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Well, that's a good question.
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Proverbs 20:1 is the
scripture you are referring to.
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And it says, "Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is a brawler,
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and whoever is led
astray by it is not wise."
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New King James,
that's what it says.
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In the King James Version,
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it says, whoever is
deceived by it is not wise.
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So why are some
people drinking wine
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in the Bible?
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You have to look at the context
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because the word
wine in the Bible,
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in both the Old
and New Testament,
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is used to refer
both to fermented wine
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and pure grape juice.
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So you have to
look at the context.
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And we're going to look
at a few of those if we can.
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The Greek word is oinos,
the Hebrew word is yayin.
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These are the words
that have been translated,
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depending on the
context you have to look.
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Now let me give you one example.
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Noah, Chapter 9, in Genesis 9:20
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and onward it talks about Noah,
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it says that
"Noah became a farmer
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and he planted a vineyard.
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Then he drank of
the wine and was drunk."
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And what happened?
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"He became
uncovered in his tent.
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And Ham, the father of Canaan,
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saw the nakedness of his father,
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and told his two
brothers outside.
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But Shem and
Japheth took a garment
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and laid it on
both their shoulders
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and went backward
and covered the nakedness
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of their father.
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Their faces were turned away
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and they did not see
their father's nakedness."
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This is obviously
that he drank the wine
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that was intoxicating
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and he did something foolish.
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Now, Lot's daughters,
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you look at the
story of Lot's daughters,
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they made their father drunk.
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And then they
went to bed with him
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so that to preserve
the race or his name.
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They got him drunk
so that he didn't know
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what he was doing
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and two children were born.
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And there's great
trouble because of that.
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So perhaps you're
thinking of the story of Jesus.
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He converted wine.
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He converted water into wine.
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Would Jesus
convert water into wine
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that was intoxicating
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and people would get drunk
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and wouldn't know
what they were doing?
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No, Jesus was
faithful to God's word.
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He knew that wine is a mocker
and strong drink is raging.
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What He made was
the pure grape juice.
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And as a matter of fact,
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it is interesting
that some commentators
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have commented about this
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and they said, "It was
new wine freshly created.
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It was not old decayed
wine as it would have to be
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if they were intoxicating.
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There was no time for
the fermentation process
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to break down the structure
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of its energy giving sugars
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and into these
integrative alcohols.
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Jesus made pure grape juice.
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Imagine what weapons
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the scribes and
the Pharisee would have
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if they say Jesus
made fermented wine.
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It would have
destroyed His ministry,
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Jesus created the
fresh, pure grape juice
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and time does not
permit us to go further.
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And I hope this
is of help to you.
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Amen.
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I can only imagine how wonderful
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that grape juice must have been.
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My goodness.
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Welch's isn't got nothing on it.
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Exactly.
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I was thinking
the same exact thing.
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Absolutely incredible.
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Pastor Ryan, we're going
to go to you on this question.
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"Ryan, can you please explain
what spirits in prison mean
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in 1 Peter 3:18-20?"
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This is from
Luanne. Yeah, absolutely.
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So I've heard
actually a few answers
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on this over the years.
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But I believe we
should always allow the Bible
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to interpret itself
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and try to take
the weight of evidence
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as far as what the
spirits is referring to.
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So let's look at the
text, 1 Peter 3:18-19.
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The Bible says here,
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"For Christ also
suffered once for sins,
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the just for the unjust,
that He might bring us to God,
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being put to death in the flesh
but made alive in the Spirit."
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And here's the verse,
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"By whom He also
went and preached
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to the spirits in prison."
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Now many people take this text
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and they
automatically assume that Jesus,
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I've heard people
say all the time, people,
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you know, Jesus He
died and He went to hell
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and He went down there
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and preach to
dead people in hell
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or, you know, they've got
all these convoluted ideas
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and interpretations
that they come up with.
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But we must allow the
Bible to interpret itself.
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In this case, there's
a lot that can be said
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about this particular verse.
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And I'll give
the general meaning
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in just a moment
of the overall verse
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and what it's saying.
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But we're
dealing with the spirits.
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What is the spirits?
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I believe if we
allow other texts
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in Scripture to tell
us what these spirits are,
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it becomes clear.
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If we go to Luke 10:18-20,
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we get an idea
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of what the
spirits in the plural,
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lowercase s, in
the plural means.
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And then we have to
read it within the context.
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So Luke 10:18-20.
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Jesus is talking.
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He says, "I saw Satan fall
like lightning from heaven.
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Behold, I give you
the authority to trample
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on serpents and scorpions
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and over all the
powers of the enemy
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and nothing shall
by any means hurt you."
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But then verse 20
says, "Nevertheless,
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do not rejoice in
this that the spirits,"
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there it is, "that the
spirits are subject to you,
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but rather
rejoice because your names
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are written in heaven."
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Now take that and tie
it to Luke 11 next chapter
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and notice what he says,
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"When an unclean
spirit goes out of the man,
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he goes through the dry places,
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seeking rest, and finding none."
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He says, "I will
return to my house
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from which I came and he,"
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notice it, "when he comes,
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he finds it swept
and put in order."
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And then verse 26,
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"Then he goes and takes
with him seven other spirits,
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more wicked than himself
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and they enter and dwell there,
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and the last state of the man,
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the last state of the
man is worse than the first."
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Now also Mark 1:27,
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just to provide
some foundation here.
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"Then they all
were amazed, it says,
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so that they all questioned
among themselves saying,
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'What is this?
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What new doctrine is this?
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For with authority He commands
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even the unclean
spirits and they obey Him.'"
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Now all of
these particular texts
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referring to spirits
as evil fallen angels.
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I believe that's
exactly what's happening here
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in this text
based on the context
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as you keep reading through,
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Jesus died on the cross.
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So here's the
overall meaning of this text.
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Jesus died on the cross
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and was
resurrected by the Holy Spirit.
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He was made alive by the Spirit
and in His resurrected state,
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He proclaimed victory
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over Satan and
the fallen angels.
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Now, tie that to
the next few verses down
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in 1 Peter 3,
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when you get to verse 22,
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it kind of gives and
provides some support to this
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because when you get
to verse 22, it says,
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"Who has gone into heaven
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and is at the right hand of God,
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angels and
authorities and powers
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having been
made subject to Him."
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So yes, there
are, you know, spirits.
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This is the word pneuma.
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And we have to understand it
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within the
context that it's given.
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But spirits in
this context, I believe,
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is talking about how
Christ gained victory over sin.
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He gained victory over death,
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over the wiles
and the temptations
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and the evil plans of
the enemy and He preached,
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He proclaimed, He
declared that victory
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when He was made
alive and resurrected
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by the Spirit immediately
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when He got the first chance to.
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And you know what?
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And also I can add
to this really quickly,
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I believe, He also preached
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and became a
witness unto the spirits
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even come to us,
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we are spirits
to a certain extent,
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in the sense that we
are imprisoned by sin,
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but Christ overcame that.
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So, but in this context,
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I believe those
spirits is referencing
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the evil fallen spirits,
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the evil angels
that Christ overcame
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and gained the victory
over the plans of the enemy.
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Thank you for that
explanation, Pastor Day.
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"Pastor Rafferty,
how do I answer someone
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who says to me that
Pharaoh will be forgiven
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because it is God
who hardened his heart?
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This doesn't sit well with me."
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This is from Nam
out of South Africa.
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Nam out of South Africa,
that's a really good question.
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Let's look at a
couple of the verses here.
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Exodus 7:3-4, they read,
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"And I will
harden Pharaoh's heart,
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and multiply my
signs and my wonders
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in the land of Egypt.
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But Pharaoh shall
not hearken unto you,
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that I may lay
my hand upon Egypt
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and bring forth mine armies,
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and my people the
children of Israel,
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out of the land of
Egypt by great judgment."
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So the context of these verses,
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especially verse 4
really help us to understand
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what God is doing and
how God's foreknowledge
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of how Pharaoh will respond
is going to impact all of the,
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all that God is going to
do to deliver his people.
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See, God is basically saying,
I'm going to perform signs,
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I'm going to
perform wonders in Egypt.
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But Pharaoh is not
going to pay attention
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and obey me in
relationship to these signs,
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in relationship
to these wonders.
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And it's going to
make his heart hard.
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Why is it going to
make his heart hard?
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Well, because Pharaoh responds
to the emergency by repenting,
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but it's a false repentance.
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As soon as the plague is gone,
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Pharaoh turns
back to his old ways.
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This is an illustration
of false repentance as seen
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in other places of the Bible.
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You see, God encourages
human beings to respond.
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But many times we
have a false positive.
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And that is not real or lasting.
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Let's look at a
couple of examples.
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For example, Judas,
his heart was hardened.
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When he saw all of the
miracles that Christ performed,
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he listened to
all of the sermons,
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the gospel truths
that Christ preached,
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but he did not respond to
Jesus with true repentance.
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And therefore he
became harder and harder
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through the process
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of God's
goodness being revealed.
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And in sense, in a sense,
Jesus was hardening his heart.
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Why?
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Because Judas was
choosing to reject
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what Jesus was saying.
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Same with the Jewish leaders.
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They were hardened by
seeing and hearing Jesus,
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and yet they weren't responding
to His signs and His miracles
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and His wonders
with genuine repentance.
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In fact, the word in
the Hebrew for hardened
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in Exodus 9:12, 10:20, 27, 11:10
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and Exodus 14:8
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means to be strong to
restrain and a conquered.
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Jesus, God is trying to restrain
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trying to conquer our hearts,
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but if we
respond to the negative,
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our hearts are hardened.
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Amen. Deep explanation.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Pastor Dinzey,
could you please explain
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what Genesis 9:4
means when it says,
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"You shall not eat
flesh with lifeblood in it?"
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Very good.
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Your question based
on the reading of it
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comes from the NIV.
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And it says, "But
you must not eat meat
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that has its
lifeblood still in it."
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This is a prohibition
that came after the flood
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because prior to the flood,
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there was no meat
eating by God's people,
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except for the ones
that were the wicked people
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that their hearts
were only evil continually.
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And notice in
Genesis 9:3, it says,
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"Every moving thing that
lives shall be food for you.
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I have given you all
things even as the green herbs
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but you shall not eat flesh
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with its life
that is its blood."
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This is the, what God has said.
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Now, why would God say that?
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God is all knowing.
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He knows how He
created the animals.
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And obviously,
it was not something
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that would be
good for you to do.
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As a matter of fact,
00:14:37.31\00:14:38.81
scientists can tell you
that we are not created,
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they don't use the
word created by the way,
00:14:42.84\00:14:45.01
to digest blood.
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And if you consider the fact
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that the animals
that carry diseases,
00:14:49.12\00:14:52.39
that disease
would be in the blood.
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Now there are some
people that eat live animals,
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they are taking a great risk
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because if there's a
disease in that animal
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and they eat the blood they are,
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they could be facing
serious, serious problem.
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Now, I give you an example.
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The H5N1 avian influenza virus,
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according to the
World Health Organization
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in an outbreak in some areas,
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the avian influenza virus
reports of a few human cases
00:15:18.15\00:15:22.08
potentially linked to avian flu
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to the consumption
of raw pork, poultry,
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including raw
blood based dishes.
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That's right, there
are dishes based on blood.
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And some of them
you might be surprised,
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pig's blood cake, blood sausage,
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blood pancakes in
Sweden, blood soup in Poland,
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deep fried blood
pudding on a stick.
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So these things use blood,
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and we encourage you to
keep away from those things.
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And there's more about this,
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and I'm sure that God
has a spiritual application
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to this as well.
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I love to eat,
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but I'm not
touching any of that.
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I can't, I can't do that.
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Pastor Day, we're going
to come to you on this one,
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moving along on that.
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"Ryan, the time of
tribulation is the seventh,
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seven last plagues,
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are the saved of God
going to be affected by these?
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If so, why?
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If not, where will
they be to escape them?
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Thank you for
answering my previous question.
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It spawned another one."
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This is from
Carol out of London.
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All right. Well,
thank you so much.
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That was a great question.
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And the simple answer is no,
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God's people
will not be affected
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by these plagues.
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And where we get this answer
from I believe very clearly,
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if we go to Psalm Chapter 91,
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it tells us very clearly
speaking of the righteous,
00:16:36.39\00:16:38.69
those who are full of
the Spirit of the Lord,
00:16:38.73\00:16:40.46
those who have adopted
and taken on the character,
00:16:40.50\00:16:42.83
the righteous character of God.
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Psalm 91:8-11.
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Notice what the Bible says here.
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It says, "Only with
your eyes, shall you behold,
00:16:47.90\00:16:50.41
excuse me, shall you look
00:16:50.44\00:16:51.77
and see the
reward of the wicked,
00:16:51.81\00:16:54.18
because you have made
the Lord who is my refuge,
00:16:54.21\00:16:57.28
even the Most High,
your dwelling place.
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No evil shall befall you,
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nor shall, get this,
nor shall any plague,
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come near your dwelling,
00:17:06.09\00:17:08.09
for He shall give His
angels charge over you,
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to keep you in all your ways."
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And so in this case my friends,
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the Psalm 91 is
testifying to the fact
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that that's a promise from God.
00:17:18.07\00:17:19.60
And we can believe
in that promise of God,
00:17:19.63\00:17:21.57
that when these
plagues are poured out,
00:17:21.60\00:17:23.81
they are poured out
not only on righteous,
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excuse me, not on the righteous,
00:17:26.11\00:17:27.48
but on the unrighteous.
00:17:27.51\00:17:28.91
And where we also
clearly get this from
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is if you go study
Revelation Chapter 15 and 16,
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and you look
into the seven angels,
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who had the seven
bowls of the wrath of God,
00:17:35.32\00:17:38.29
and tie that also to Revelation
Chapter 14, 14, 15, 16,
00:17:38.32\00:17:42.32
within the context of
the third angel's message,
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and with these angels coming
00:17:44.76\00:17:46.09
with these bowls
full of the wrath of God
00:17:46.13\00:17:47.60
to pour out on those who,
00:17:47.63\00:17:49.26
who have been
worshiping the beast,
00:17:49.30\00:17:52.20
who have worshiped the image
00:17:52.23\00:17:53.57
and who have received
the mark of the beast.
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Again, by the
time this tribulation
00:17:56.14\00:17:57.74
time period comes,
00:17:57.77\00:17:59.11
probation has closed.
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God's people are
sealed with the seal of God.
00:18:00.51\00:18:02.88
And then, of course,
the unrighteous are sealed
00:18:02.91\00:18:05.31
with basically
the mark of the beast.
00:18:05.35\00:18:07.28
God knows who His
genuine believers are
00:18:07.32\00:18:09.35
and who the
non-genuine people are.
00:18:09.38\00:18:10.92
And that is why
that seven last plagues
00:18:10.95\00:18:12.89
is poured out upon the wicked.
00:18:12.92\00:18:14.26
And you ask, where
will the righteous be
00:18:14.29\00:18:16.02
if they're not
affected by these?
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I think Isaiah 33:16, gives
us a little bit of an indication
00:18:17.43\00:18:21.06
because we know
we're going to have
00:18:21.10\00:18:22.43
to flee to the mountains, right?
00:18:22.46\00:18:23.80
Notice what Isaiah 33:16 says,
00:18:23.83\00:18:25.83
"He will dwell
on high his place,"
00:18:25.87\00:18:27.80
speaking of the
righteous by the way,
00:18:27.84\00:18:29.44
"his place of defense
will be the fortress of rocks,
00:18:29.47\00:18:33.31
bread will be given him,
00:18:33.34\00:18:34.68
his waters will be sure."
00:18:34.71\00:18:36.64
God is going to
protect His people.
00:18:36.68\00:18:38.61
No plague will touch them.
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Amen.
00:18:40.52\00:18:41.85
Amen. Amen.
00:18:41.88\00:18:43.22
"Pastor Rafferty,
00:18:43.25\00:18:44.85
I am really hoping you
all can give me some advice.
00:18:44.89\00:18:47.96
I was witnessing to a
Muslim brother I know,
00:18:47.99\00:18:51.43
and he was saying
that based on Luke 1:17
00:18:51.46\00:18:54.96
and Malachi 4:5-6,
00:18:55.00\00:18:57.80
Christians
believe in reincarnation.
00:18:57.83\00:19:00.44
Can you help me to give
him a clear interpretation
00:19:00.47\00:19:03.57
of just what these
scriptures are saying?"
00:19:03.61\00:19:05.87
This is from Sheldon.
00:19:05.91\00:19:07.31
Well, Sheldon, that
was a great question.
00:19:07.34\00:19:10.15
Malachi 4:5 is basically saying,
00:19:10.18\00:19:12.51
"Behold, I will send
you Elijah the prophet
00:19:12.55\00:19:14.72
before the coming of the great
and dreadful day of the Lord."
00:19:14.75\00:19:18.19
Jesus applies this to
John the Baptist in Luke 1:17.
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And that's why
your Muslim friend
00:19:23.53\00:19:24.86
is thinking that
Christians believe
00:19:24.89\00:19:26.70
in reoccurring, in incarnation,
00:19:26.73\00:19:29.03
but incarnation
is the belief that
00:19:29.06\00:19:31.40
a person comes
back to this earth
00:19:31.43\00:19:33.23
after death in a different form,
00:19:33.27\00:19:35.14
either higher or lower,
00:19:35.17\00:19:36.50
depending on how they
lived in their previous life.
00:19:36.54\00:19:39.44
Now, neither the
Bible nor Christians
00:19:39.47\00:19:41.11
in general believe this,
00:19:41.14\00:19:42.48
it is a strongly held
belief of the Hindu religion,
00:19:42.51\00:19:45.81
not Christians.
00:19:45.85\00:19:47.18
So the Bible teaches that
every human being is unique,
00:19:47.22\00:19:50.99
an individual that is unique,
00:19:51.02\00:19:52.92
who is not
duplicated in any other form.
00:19:52.95\00:19:56.29
We live by the
breath and the life of God.
00:19:56.32\00:19:59.36
We die and the life
force returns to God.
00:19:59.39\00:20:03.20
We resurrect at
the voice of Jesus
00:20:03.23\00:20:06.10
in one of two resurrections,
00:20:06.13\00:20:07.47
the
resurrection of the righteous
00:20:07.50\00:20:08.84
or the
resurrection of the unrighteous
00:20:08.87\00:20:11.01
depending on whether we chose
00:20:11.04\00:20:12.74
to trust in Jesus Christ
00:20:12.77\00:20:14.24
as our Lord and Savior.
00:20:14.28\00:20:15.84
So the truth
contained in this text,
00:20:15.88\00:20:18.51
in Malachi Chapter
4 and Luke Chapter 1,
00:20:18.55\00:20:21.52
is that the same spirit
that rested upon Elijah,
00:20:21.55\00:20:24.79
which was the Spirit of God,
00:20:24.82\00:20:26.69
also rested upon
John the Baptist.
00:20:26.72\00:20:28.72
It was God's Spirit,
00:20:28.76\00:20:30.39
and that is the same spirit
00:20:30.43\00:20:31.96
that John the Baptist had
00:20:31.99\00:20:33.33
when he came to
prepare the way of the Lord.
00:20:33.36\00:20:35.56
He did a similar work
to the work of Elijah.
00:20:35.60\00:20:38.93
And so it was not man
00:20:38.97\00:20:40.84
but God and His Spirit
that was manifest to Malachi,
00:20:40.87\00:20:46.14
or excuse me, yes,
and foretold in Malachi,
00:20:46.17\00:20:49.41
manifest through Elijah,
00:20:49.44\00:20:50.78
that was also be manifest
through John the Baptist.
00:20:50.81\00:20:53.25
The same spirit rest
upon John the Baptist,
00:20:53.28\00:20:55.42
calling people to repentance,
00:20:55.45\00:20:56.79
calling people to
understand God and follow God
00:20:56.82\00:20:59.92
during a time of apostasy.
00:20:59.95\00:21:01.59
And this is what's
meant by the spirit
00:21:01.62\00:21:04.06
and power of Elijah
resting on John the Baptist.
00:21:04.09\00:21:07.96
Wow.
00:21:08.00\00:21:09.33
Thank you for that answer.
00:21:09.36\00:21:10.70
That was a
great breakdown there.
00:21:10.73\00:21:12.53
"Pastor Dinzey, did
Jesus really go down into hell
00:21:12.57\00:21:16.00
after the cross
and free people?"
00:21:16.04\00:21:19.27
Well, that's a very
interesting question
00:21:19.31\00:21:20.81
as well.
00:21:20.84\00:21:22.18
And some do think
that because of a scripture
00:21:22.21\00:21:25.31
that I will not
have time to deal with,
00:21:25.35\00:21:26.82
because I'm dealing
with your question here.
00:21:26.85\00:21:29.92
Did Jesus really go down
into hell, to preach to people?
00:21:29.95\00:21:33.56
Well, the Bible
says in Matthew 16:27,
00:21:33.59\00:21:37.29
"For the Son of man
00:21:37.33\00:21:38.69
will come in the glory of
His Father with His angels,
00:21:38.73\00:21:42.16
and then," notice how it says,
00:21:42.20\00:21:43.80
"and then He will reward
each according to his works."
00:21:43.83\00:21:48.87
So the people
that are in the grave
00:21:48.90\00:21:50.61
now are neither in heaven
nor in hell suffering in fire
00:21:50.64\00:21:56.21
because Jesus has not come.
00:21:56.24\00:21:58.51
It's when He comes
00:21:58.55\00:21:59.88
that He gives
His reward to people.
00:21:59.91\00:22:03.75
So this is why now
I go to John 5:28-29.
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"Do not marvel," said
Jesus, "Do not marvel at this,
00:22:08.26\00:22:10.76
for the hour is coming in
which all who are in the graves
00:22:10.79\00:22:14.10
will hear His voice,
00:22:14.13\00:22:16.10
and come forth,
00:22:16.13\00:22:17.47
those who have done good
to the resurrection of life,
00:22:17.50\00:22:21.27
and those who have done evil
00:22:21.30\00:22:23.17
to the
resurrection of condemnation."
00:22:23.20\00:22:26.01
So you see, condemnation comes
00:22:26.04\00:22:28.54
after Jesus returns.
00:22:28.58\00:22:30.95
In Ecclesiastes 9:4, we
have the following words,
00:22:30.98\00:22:34.22
"But for him,
00:22:34.25\00:22:35.58
who is joined to all the living,
00:22:35.62\00:22:37.29
there's hope."
00:22:37.32\00:22:38.65
While we are
alive, there is hope.
00:22:38.69\00:22:40.52
You can repent.
00:22:40.56\00:22:42.29
But notice how it says,
00:22:42.32\00:22:43.66
"For a living dog is
better than a dead lion.
00:22:43.69\00:22:45.49
For the living
know that they will die,
00:22:45.53\00:22:48.10
but the dead know nothing,
00:22:48.13\00:22:50.47
and they have no more reward."
00:22:50.50\00:22:51.97
They cannot have
the reward of salvation
00:22:52.00\00:22:54.54
because they are dead.
00:22:54.57\00:22:55.90
"For the memory
of them is forgotten.
00:22:55.94\00:22:57.41
Also, their love their hatred,
00:22:57.44\00:22:59.04
and their envy
have now perished.
00:22:59.07\00:23:01.88
Never more will
they have a share
00:23:01.91\00:23:04.21
in anything done under the sun."
00:23:04.25\00:23:05.95
The opportunity
for salvation is now
00:23:05.98\00:23:08.65
while we are alive.
00:23:08.68\00:23:10.42
Jesus did not go down to the,
00:23:10.45\00:23:12.65
to hell because
hell was not activated.
00:23:12.69\00:23:15.32
Please read
Revelation Chapter 21,
00:23:15.36\00:23:17.43
to get a picture of
when people are cast
00:23:17.46\00:23:19.49
into the lake of fire,
00:23:19.53\00:23:20.86
and they are, and
the wicked perish.
00:23:20.90\00:23:23.03
Revelation 20.
00:23:23.06\00:23:24.40
Revelation 20,
thank you very much.
00:23:24.43\00:23:25.77
Yes, Revelation 20.
00:23:25.80\00:23:27.14
Amen. I meant to say that.
00:23:27.17\00:23:28.50
I know what you meant.
00:23:28.54\00:23:29.87
That speaks to
the sense of urgency.
00:23:29.90\00:23:31.47
Yes. Praise God.
00:23:31.51\00:23:32.84
Praise God. Amen.
00:23:32.87\00:23:34.21
"Pastor Day, I
heard a priest say
00:23:34.24\00:23:35.58
that the Sabbath was changed
00:23:35.61\00:23:36.98
when Jesus entered and
said "Peace on Sunday."
00:23:37.01\00:23:40.32
But I see in Luke and John,
00:23:40.35\00:23:42.32
it was night,
the day had passed.
00:23:42.35\00:23:44.52
Is that right?"
00:23:44.55\00:23:45.89
This is from Karl
out of California.
00:23:45.92\00:23:47.66
Not entirely Karl.
00:23:47.69\00:23:49.42
Let's look back
at the Scripture,
00:23:49.46\00:23:50.79
John 20:19-20.
00:23:50.83\00:23:52.79
And when I say not entirely,
00:23:52.83\00:23:54.16
I mean, not at all in one aspect
00:23:54.20\00:23:56.56
and not entirely in another.
00:23:56.60\00:23:57.93
So let's look at John
20:19-20. Let's read that.
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This is the instance
00:24:01.20\00:24:02.54
in which this
priest is referring to,
00:24:02.57\00:24:04.04
and it says there, "Then
the same day at evening,"
00:24:04.07\00:24:06.04
this is Resurrection Sunday,
00:24:06.07\00:24:07.51
"the same day at evening
00:24:07.54\00:24:08.88
being the first
day of the week."
00:24:08.91\00:24:10.45
So even though it
was still evening,
00:24:10.48\00:24:12.68
and some people
consider evening night,
00:24:12.71\00:24:14.38
the first day of the week,
00:24:14.42\00:24:15.75
of course, a
biblical day in the Bible
00:24:15.78\00:24:17.22
is from sundown to sundown,
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this was, would have
still been on the first day,
00:24:18.85\00:24:21.89
because the Scripture indicates
00:24:21.92\00:24:23.26
that it's on the first day.
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It goes on to say,
"When the doors were shut,
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where the
disciples were assembled."
00:24:26.80\00:24:28.23
Notice, why were
they assembled though?
00:24:28.26\00:24:29.90
For fear of the
Jews, it's what it says.
00:24:29.93\00:24:32.33
"For fear of the Jews,
00:24:32.37\00:24:33.80
Jesus came and stood in
the midst and said to them,
00:24:33.84\00:24:36.27
'Peace be with you.'
00:24:36.30\00:24:37.87
When He had said this,
00:24:37.91\00:24:39.24
He showed them His
hands and His side.
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Then the disciples were
glad when they saw the Lord."
00:24:40.64\00:24:43.55
Now let's get to
the Sabbath issue.
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Okay, first of all, to
answer your first question.
00:24:45.41\00:24:47.35
It was on Sunday, but nowhere
in this text does it say,
00:24:47.38\00:24:51.19
does it show Jesus showing up,
00:24:51.22\00:24:52.65
you know, high five
and the disciples say.
00:24:52.69\00:24:54.22
Hey, guys, look, we got
a new Sabbath day today,
00:24:54.26\00:24:56.86
because you know, I've
resurrected on this day
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and nowhere in here even though
He says peace be with you,
00:24:58.79\00:25:01.66
does He indicate that
there is a transference
00:25:01.70\00:25:04.50
of solemnity or
importance of the Sabbath
00:25:04.53\00:25:06.84
from one day to another.
00:25:06.87\00:25:08.20
In this case, the reason why
00:25:08.24\00:25:09.57
He's saying peace be with you
00:25:09.60\00:25:10.94
is what it says in that
previous part of the verse.
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For fear of the Jews,
they were gathered together.
00:25:12.97\00:25:14.88
These brothers and
sisters were gathered together,
00:25:14.91\00:25:16.64
scared for their life.
00:25:16.68\00:25:18.05
They were
thinking that the same Jews
00:25:18.08\00:25:19.75
that murdered Jesus on the cross
00:25:19.78\00:25:21.68
were going to be after them.
00:25:21.72\00:25:23.05
And so Jesus enters
00:25:23.08\00:25:24.42
because there's a bunch
of shaking terrified Jews
00:25:24.45\00:25:26.15
in this room.
00:25:26.19\00:25:27.52
And so Jesus shows up and says,
"Hey, look, peace be with you."
00:25:27.56\00:25:30.09
And in fact, in another part
of the verse or the passage,
00:25:30.13\00:25:33.09
it says that He
actually breathed on them.
00:25:33.13\00:25:35.53
And they
received the Holy Spirit,
00:25:35.56\00:25:37.03
they were comforted by Jesus.
00:25:37.07\00:25:38.80
So we have to allow the Bible,
00:25:38.83\00:25:41.34
we take the
Bible for what it says.
00:25:41.37\00:25:43.10
In this case for any
priest or any minister,
00:25:43.14\00:25:45.71
and I've heard
many people do this,
00:25:45.74\00:25:47.08
they take passages,
00:25:47.11\00:25:48.44
they twist them and
manipulate the text to say
00:25:48.48\00:25:50.78
what they want it to say.
00:25:50.81\00:25:52.21
They're practicing an I,
you know, what's called I say
00:25:52.25\00:25:54.98
Jesus adding to the
text what's not there.
00:25:55.02\00:25:57.42
We won't allow the
text to say what it says.
00:25:57.45\00:25:59.22
And in this case,
there's no mention
00:25:59.25\00:26:00.96
of the transferring or
changing of God's Holy Day.
00:26:00.99\00:26:03.53
Sunday, Sunday, it's a work day.
00:26:03.56\00:26:05.43
The Sabbath is the seventh
day of the week, Saturday.
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Amen.
00:26:08.20\00:26:09.53
There is a lot of
misinformation out there.
00:26:09.56\00:26:10.97
Thank you for clarifying that.
00:26:11.00\00:26:12.50
Pastor Rafferty,
I think your faith
00:26:12.53\00:26:14.70
is going to
light up on this one.
00:26:14.74\00:26:18.04
"Kindly explain
Revelation Chapter 4?"
00:26:18.07\00:26:20.28
Revelation,
Revelation, Revelation.
00:26:20.31\00:26:22.94
Revelation Chapter 4 is
the second of four cycles,
00:26:22.98\00:26:27.02
prophetic cycles in
the Book of Revelation.
00:26:27.05\00:26:28.95
There is the seven
churches, the seven seals,
00:26:28.98\00:26:30.75
the seven trumpets and
the seven last plagues.
00:26:30.79\00:26:32.89
And each one of these
00:26:32.92\00:26:34.26
begins with a
setting of the apostolic age.
00:26:34.29\00:26:37.29
This one begins
with the throne of God
00:26:37.33\00:26:39.26
being established
in Revelation 4:2,
00:26:39.29\00:26:42.83
"Immediately I
was in the spirit,
00:26:42.86\00:26:44.20
and behold, a
throne was set in heaven,
00:26:44.23\00:26:46.10
and One who sat on the throne.
00:26:46.13\00:26:47.47
And he was to look upon like
a jasper and a sardine stone,
00:26:47.50\00:26:50.37
and there was a
rainbow around his throne,
00:26:50.41\00:26:52.21
in sight like us
to unto an emerald."
00:26:52.24\00:26:54.28
So God's throne is established.
00:26:54.31\00:26:55.78
We know this,
because Jesus is resurrected.
00:26:55.81\00:26:58.81
He's accomplished our salvation,
00:26:58.85\00:27:00.18
the great controversy in a sense
00:27:00.22\00:27:02.55
has been ended by the
life and death of Jesus Christ.
00:27:02.58\00:27:05.69
Now it
continues because we need,
00:27:05.72\00:27:07.49
human beings need to respond
00:27:07.52\00:27:08.96
to what Christ has
accomplished for us.
00:27:08.99\00:27:10.39
But in heaven,
00:27:10.43\00:27:11.76
it's over according
to Revelation Chapter 12.
00:27:11.79\00:27:13.56
Satan no longer
has access to heaven,
00:27:13.60\00:27:15.86
he can no longer
deceive, or falsify God,
00:27:15.90\00:27:19.10
misrepresent God in
the heavenly realms,
00:27:19.13\00:27:20.90
in the heavenly universe.
00:27:20.94\00:27:22.27
So God's throne is established,
00:27:22.30\00:27:23.64
is established on
justice and mercy,
00:27:23.67\00:27:25.84
is established by the Lamb
00:27:25.87\00:27:27.21
that is revealed in
Revelation Chapter 5.
00:27:27.24\00:27:29.08
But it goes on to
describe these 24 elders
00:27:29.11\00:27:31.48
that are around the
throne on these seats.
00:27:31.51\00:27:33.68
And it says that they're clothed
00:27:33.72\00:27:35.05
with white raiment
00:27:35.08\00:27:36.42
and they have crowns
of gold on their head.
00:27:36.45\00:27:37.79
These are all the
things that have been promised
00:27:37.82\00:27:41.12
to the overcomers
in the seven churches.
00:27:41.16\00:27:43.56
So the overcomers
have been given the promise
00:27:43.59\00:27:45.56
of sitting on a
throne with Christ,
00:27:45.59\00:27:46.93
they've been given a
promise of having white robes,
00:27:46.96\00:27:49.13
they've been given a
promise of having crowns
00:27:49.16\00:27:51.77
of victory on their heads.
00:27:51.80\00:27:53.44
And all of these promises
are given to the 24 elders,
00:27:53.47\00:27:57.74
I believe these 24 elders
00:27:57.77\00:27:59.17
who have never been seen before,
00:27:59.21\00:28:00.68
they haven't been seen
00:28:00.71\00:28:02.04
in the throne
scene in Revelation
00:28:02.08\00:28:03.41
or in Isaiah Chapter
6 and Daniel Chapter 7
00:28:03.45\00:28:05.21
and Ezekiel Chapter 1 or 10.
00:28:05.25\00:28:07.15
All of these throne
scenes are minus the elders,
00:28:07.18\00:28:10.72
we see them now.
00:28:10.75\00:28:12.29
Because with the promise is
given to the seven churches,
00:28:12.32\00:28:15.12
because these elders represent
those who are redeemed,
00:28:15.16\00:28:18.13
and we see a
small group of people
00:28:18.16\00:28:20.16
that Christ brought with Him
00:28:20.20\00:28:21.53
from the grave
when He went to heaven,
00:28:21.56\00:28:22.90
I believe these
are the 24 elders,
00:28:22.93\00:28:24.83
that are here
depicted for the first time
00:28:24.87\00:28:27.30
in the throne scene
in Revelation Chapter 6.
00:28:27.34\00:28:29.84
And then it goes on to describe
the four living creatures.
00:28:29.87\00:28:32.71
These four living
creatures are the same
00:28:32.74\00:28:34.58
as we see in Ezekiel Chapter 1,
00:28:34.61\00:28:37.08
in Isaiah Chapter 6.
00:28:37.11\00:28:38.58
They are angel
seraphim, cherubim.
00:28:38.61\00:28:41.05
They have these characteristics
of an eagle and a man etc,
00:28:41.08\00:28:46.12
because an ox,
00:28:46.15\00:28:47.49
because these are
the characteristics
00:28:47.52\00:28:48.86
of the angels that serve us,
00:28:48.89\00:28:50.46
that fly swiftly,
00:28:50.49\00:28:51.89
that come sometimes as
men or human beings on earth.
00:28:51.93\00:28:55.03
And these angels
along with the 24 elders
00:28:55.06\00:28:57.73
who represent all the
redeemed are praising God.
00:28:57.77\00:28:59.87
They're saying,
Holy, Holy, Holy,
00:28:59.90\00:29:02.00
Father, Son, Holy
Spirit, Holy, Holy, Holy
00:29:02.04\00:29:04.61
is the Lord God
of heaven and earth.
00:29:04.64\00:29:07.28
They're praising God and
they're giving Him glory,
00:29:07.31\00:29:09.44
because He's the creator,
00:29:09.48\00:29:10.81
and He is the
sustainer of all things.
00:29:10.85\00:29:12.78
So this is a
beautiful introduction
00:29:12.81\00:29:15.58
to the seven seals.
00:29:15.62\00:29:16.99
It prepares us for
the Lamb that is slain
00:29:17.02\00:29:19.32
from the foundation of the earth
00:29:19.35\00:29:20.69
that is going to
be revealed to us
00:29:20.72\00:29:22.26
in Revelation Chapter 5,
00:29:22.29\00:29:24.33
confirming God's
throne being established,
00:29:24.36\00:29:26.49
confirming the 24 elders.
00:29:26.53\00:29:27.96
And then, of
course, we go to the rest.
00:29:28.00\00:29:29.33
Salvation in Symbols and Signs,
00:29:29.36\00:29:30.77
we have a whole
series on Revelation
00:29:30.80\00:29:32.27
and you can get
a lot more details
00:29:32.30\00:29:34.14
if you want to know more
about Revelation Chapter 4.
00:29:34.17\00:29:36.27
Amen.
00:29:36.30\00:29:37.64
You got bonus
points for that by the way.
00:29:37.67\00:29:40.31
Absolutely.
00:29:40.34\00:29:41.94
"Pastor Dinzey,
00:29:41.98\00:29:43.31
I've been watching
today Bible Q and A,
00:29:43.35\00:29:46.11
and have decided to
start reading the Bible
00:29:46.15\00:29:48.45
starting from the Book of John,
00:29:48.48\00:29:50.52
as Pastor Dinzey had suggested
00:29:50.55\00:29:52.49
from the previous program.
00:29:52.52\00:29:53.96
I am confused already
from the very first chapter.
00:29:53.99\00:29:57.06
What does it mean when it says,
00:29:57.09\00:29:58.49
"The Word was God?"
00:29:58.53\00:29:59.86
This is in verse 1.
00:29:59.89\00:30:01.23
"And the Word
became a human being."
00:30:01.26\00:30:04.63
Does that mean that
Jesus was like letters?
00:30:04.67\00:30:07.10
It's a foolish question,
I know, but I don't care.
00:30:07.14\00:30:09.64
I'm still going
to ask it anyway,
00:30:09.67\00:30:11.54
because I want
to know the truth.
00:30:11.57\00:30:13.61
Amen.
00:30:13.64\00:30:14.98
Rosa, I want to commend
you for studying the Bible.
00:30:15.01\00:30:18.15
Great blessings are in
store as you read God's Word.
00:30:18.18\00:30:21.85
In John 1:1-2, "In
the beginning was the Word
00:30:21.88\00:30:25.05
and the Word was with God,
00:30:25.09\00:30:26.45
and the Word was God."
00:30:26.49\00:30:28.29
He was in the
beginning with God.
00:30:28.32\00:30:30.16
It's talking about Jesus.
00:30:30.19\00:30:32.06
This is the Greek word logos.
00:30:32.09\00:30:34.13
And it means, the word
it means a declaration.
00:30:34.16\00:30:37.07
It means a message, the
saying, even the very thoughts.
00:30:37.10\00:30:40.57
So what does this mean?
00:30:40.60\00:30:41.94
And it says in John 1:14,
00:30:41.97\00:30:43.71
"And the Word became
flesh and dwelt among us
00:30:43.74\00:30:46.07
and we beheld
His glory, the glory
00:30:46.11\00:30:48.48
as of the only
begotten of the Father,
00:30:48.51\00:30:50.78
full of grace and truth."
00:30:50.81\00:30:53.01
Jesus is the
manifestation in the flesh.
00:30:53.05\00:30:58.49
He became flesh.
00:30:58.52\00:30:59.85
He was God, became
flesh and He wanted to show us
00:30:59.89\00:31:05.19
what God is like.
00:31:05.23\00:31:07.63
He was a declaration.
00:31:07.66\00:31:09.00
He was the word living among us.
00:31:09.03\00:31:14.17
Jesus has been
given many titles,
00:31:14.20\00:31:16.27
and not one single title
00:31:16.30\00:31:19.27
or description
really can give us
00:31:19.31\00:31:22.68
the all marvelous beauty
for character of the Lord.
00:31:22.71\00:31:26.78
He's called the bread
of life, in John Chapter 6,
00:31:26.82\00:31:29.85
the light of the
world in John Chapter 8,
00:31:29.88\00:31:31.72
the gate for the
sheep in John Chapter 10,
00:31:31.75\00:31:33.82
the Good
Shepherd, John Chapter 10,
00:31:33.86\00:31:35.76
the resurrection and
the life, John Chapter 11,
00:31:35.79\00:31:38.23
the way, the truth and the life,
00:31:38.26\00:31:39.66
John Chapter 14, the
true vine, John Chapter 15,
00:31:39.69\00:31:42.86
the Lamb of God,
in John Chapter 1,
00:31:42.90\00:31:45.63
and the true light
that lights every man,
00:31:45.67\00:31:48.14
and every person,
00:31:48.17\00:31:49.60
and many other
titles given to Jesus,
00:31:49.64\00:31:51.91
but what about this word.
00:31:51.94\00:31:53.31
It's the Greek word
logos, and like I said,
00:31:53.34\00:31:55.31
it means something said,
00:31:55.34\00:31:56.68
a communication
and including thought.
00:31:56.71\00:31:59.15
Jesus is God's
thought made audible.
00:31:59.18\00:32:02.45
And notice how it
says in John 1:18,
00:32:02.48\00:32:05.65
"No one has
seen God at any time,
00:32:05.69\00:32:07.39
the only begotten Son,
00:32:07.42\00:32:09.22
who's in the
bosom of the Father,
00:32:09.26\00:32:11.09
He has declared him."
00:32:11.13\00:32:13.33
So in Jesus, we
see what God is like.
00:32:13.36\00:32:16.73
God is love,
00:32:16.77\00:32:18.10
and He came to reveal
that love to humanity.
00:32:18.13\00:32:21.37
And He is not letters.
00:32:21.40\00:32:22.84
He is the message of
salvation for humanity.
00:32:22.87\00:32:26.41
Amen. Amen.
00:32:26.44\00:32:27.78
I'm thankful He is who He is.
00:32:27.81\00:32:29.14
Amen.
00:32:29.18\00:32:30.51
"Pastor Day, can
you please explain
00:32:30.55\00:32:31.88
the parables in Luke 5:36-39?"
00:32:31.91\00:32:35.15
This is from Diane
out of Pennsylvania.
00:32:35.18\00:32:36.52
Absolutely.
00:32:36.55\00:32:37.89
Let's go ahead and read
through these really quickly.
00:32:37.92\00:32:39.25
And then we'll provide
some answers behind this.
00:32:39.29\00:32:41.26
I'm going to start
reading actually in verse 33.
00:32:41.29\00:32:43.36
Because in order to
understand verses 36 to 39,
00:32:43.39\00:32:45.76
you got to back
up and get context.
00:32:45.79\00:32:47.46
So verse 33, it says,
"Then they said to Him,"
00:32:47.50\00:32:49.46
this is the
Pharisee, speaking to Christ.
00:32:49.50\00:32:51.47
"Then they said to Him,
00:32:51.50\00:32:52.83
'Why do the disciples of
John fast often to make prayers,
00:32:52.87\00:32:55.14
and likewise
those of the Pharisees,
00:32:55.17\00:32:57.44
but Yours eat and drink?'
00:32:57.47\00:32:59.34
And He said to them,
00:32:59.37\00:33:00.71
'Can you make the
friends of the bridegroom fast
00:33:00.74\00:33:02.38
while the
bridegroom is with them?
00:33:02.41\00:33:04.38
But the days will
come when the bridegroom
00:33:04.41\00:33:06.25
will be taken away from them,
00:33:06.28\00:33:07.65
then they will
fast in those days.'"
00:33:07.68\00:33:10.02
And then He brings
about these parables.
00:33:10.05\00:33:11.82
"Then He spoke a
parable to them saying,
00:33:11.85\00:33:13.19
'No one puts a piece
00:33:13.22\00:33:14.56
from a new
garment on an old one,
00:33:14.59\00:33:16.12
otherwise the new makes a tear,
00:33:16.16\00:33:18.49
and also the piece that
was taken out of the new
00:33:18.53\00:33:20.93
does not match the old.
00:33:20.96\00:33:22.76
And no one puts new
wine into old wineskins,
00:33:22.80\00:33:25.77
or else the new wine will burst
the wineskins and be spilled,
00:33:25.80\00:33:28.60
and the
wineskins will be ruined.
00:33:28.64\00:33:30.17
But new wine must be
put into new wineskins,
00:33:30.21\00:33:32.21
and both are preserved."
00:33:32.24\00:33:33.58
What Christ is actually doing,
00:33:33.61\00:33:34.94
this is based on the
context of this exchange
00:33:34.98\00:33:37.25
that He's having between
Himself and the Pharisees.
00:33:37.28\00:33:39.95
And the Pharisees show
up and they're like, hey,
00:33:39.98\00:33:41.32
look, we're over here.
00:33:41.35\00:33:42.68
We're fasting, you
know, once, twice a week,
00:33:42.72\00:33:45.12
every single day and
Your disciples over here
00:33:45.15\00:33:47.29
just eating and drinking.
00:33:47.32\00:33:48.66
And Jesus said,
"Look, I'm the bridegroom."
00:33:48.69\00:33:50.03
He identifies
Himself as the Messiah,
00:33:50.06\00:33:52.29
as the bridegroom and
the Savior of the world.
00:33:52.33\00:33:54.70
But here's where
the exchange comes
00:33:54.73\00:33:57.30
that helps to
clarify these parables.
00:33:57.33\00:33:59.37
Jesus basically is describing
00:33:59.40\00:34:01.80
the difference between
the way of the Pharisees
00:34:01.84\00:34:04.27
and His fresh new
perspective on the gospel
00:34:04.31\00:34:08.18
that He is
bringing for salvation.
00:34:08.21\00:34:10.28
Notice, it's about fasting.
00:34:10.31\00:34:11.78
Moses had given instruction
back in the Old Testament,
00:34:11.81\00:34:14.72
that encouraging the people
to fast at least once a year,
00:34:14.75\00:34:17.82
but by the time we get to
Jesus' time, the Pharisees,
00:34:17.85\00:34:20.59
which is where we
get the idea of you know,
00:34:20.62\00:34:22.16
don't be pharisaical, don't be,
00:34:22.19\00:34:23.83
don't have a works
approach to salvation.
00:34:23.86\00:34:25.33
These brothers and sisters
were fasting twice a week
00:34:25.36\00:34:27.73
and the motivation
behind that fasting wasn't,
00:34:27.76\00:34:29.86
you know, necessarily for
health or for spirituality.
00:34:29.90\00:34:32.23
It was basically a
works approach to salvation,
00:34:32.27\00:34:34.90
the idea that
somehow they can appease God,
00:34:34.94\00:34:37.21
make God think
that they're holier
00:34:37.24\00:34:39.04
and that they're more pious
00:34:39.07\00:34:40.44
and they're more zealous
for the good holy things of God
00:34:40.48\00:34:43.14
that we'll just make
God happy if we fast more.
00:34:43.18\00:34:45.51
It was a works
approach to salvation.
00:34:45.55\00:34:47.45
Jesus by saying,
"Look, no one takes
00:34:47.48\00:34:49.52
an old garment a new
one and puts it together.
00:34:49.55\00:34:51.35
It don't work."
00:34:51.39\00:34:52.72
Because, you know,
these, if especially
00:34:52.75\00:34:54.09
if it's not preshrunk,
00:34:54.12\00:34:55.46
and you put
these things together,
00:34:55.49\00:34:56.83
they're going to tear
00:34:56.86\00:34:58.19
and it's going to be
worse off before it was,
00:34:58.23\00:34:59.56
you know, worse off
afterwards before it was before.
00:34:59.59\00:35:01.40
And also with the new wines,
00:35:01.43\00:35:02.76
no one puts the new
wine into old wineskins
00:35:02.80\00:35:05.33
because the old wineskins
have already been stretched,
00:35:05.37\00:35:08.30
they've become brittle,
00:35:08.34\00:35:09.67
they've been worn down
in the hot heat of the sun.
00:35:09.70\00:35:12.14
And so now you put the
new wine in the new wineskins
00:35:12.17\00:35:15.61
and the old wine
in the old wineskins.
00:35:15.64\00:35:17.38
What Christ is saying
00:35:17.41\00:35:18.75
is the new and the
old can't be mixed.
00:35:18.78\00:35:20.78
What Christ is
bringing is a fresh,
00:35:20.82\00:35:23.22
new, beautiful
approach to the gospel.
00:35:23.25\00:35:25.55
Not that He's recreating,
but He's saying the old,
00:35:25.59\00:35:28.02
the way of the
Pharisees that's like an old,
00:35:28.06\00:35:29.89
brittle,
stretched, you know, non,
00:35:29.92\00:35:33.36
can't be used old wineskin.
00:35:33.40\00:35:35.26
Get that out of the way,
00:35:35.30\00:35:36.63
because that way that old way
00:35:36.67\00:35:38.00
of the Old
Covenant doesn't work.
00:35:38.03\00:35:39.37
Christ is bringing
the new perspective,
00:35:39.40\00:35:40.74
the New Covenant,
00:35:40.77\00:35:42.10
salvation through
Christ and Christ alone.
00:35:42.14\00:35:43.97
Amen.
00:35:44.01\00:35:45.34
That almost
reminds me of baptism,
00:35:45.37\00:35:46.71
leaving the old man behind.
00:35:46.74\00:35:48.08
That's right. That's right.
00:35:48.11\00:35:49.44
And entering into the
newness through Christ Jesus.
00:35:49.48\00:35:51.35
"Pastor Rafferty,
00:35:51.38\00:35:52.71
I was studying
in a Sabbath School
00:35:52.75\00:35:54.08
lesson recently
and became confused.
00:35:54.12\00:35:56.92
It states that a
man had to sacrifice
00:35:56.95\00:35:59.95
an animal for his sins.
00:35:59.99\00:36:01.79
Every time I
study this, I'm baffled.
00:36:01.82\00:36:04.19
Is this on a daily basis,
or is it a once a year thing?
00:36:04.23\00:36:08.03
It makes me...
00:36:08.06\00:36:09.40
It makes one wonder
how often this was done,
00:36:09.43\00:36:11.73
because we sinned more
often than we would like.
00:36:11.77\00:36:14.34
If I were a farmer, I'd
soon be out of livestock.
00:36:14.37\00:36:17.77
The priest would
also be exhausted.
00:36:17.81\00:36:20.04
I'm so glad
Jesus put an end to it.
00:36:20.08\00:36:22.74
Can you please
shine some light on this?"
00:36:22.78\00:36:25.21
Well, absolutely.
00:36:25.25\00:36:26.58
The texts that I want us
to look at for this question
00:36:26.61\00:36:29.38
are found in Isaiah 1:10-11.
00:36:29.42\00:36:33.42
I just want to
say that God feels
00:36:33.46\00:36:35.12
exactly the same way you feel.
00:36:35.16\00:36:36.73
You're actually eliciting
or sharing God's thoughts,
00:36:36.76\00:36:41.23
as they're revealed
here in Isaiah 1:10-11.
00:36:41.26\00:36:44.83
"Hear, the word of the
Lord, you rulers of Sodom,
00:36:44.87\00:36:48.34
and hear and give
ear unto the Lord,
00:36:48.37\00:36:51.04
our God, you people of Gomorrah,
00:36:51.07\00:36:53.48
the law of our God,
you people of Gomorrah.
00:36:53.51\00:36:55.48
To what purpose is the multitude
00:36:55.51\00:36:57.38
of your sacrifices unto me?
00:36:57.41\00:36:58.91
Saith the Lord,
00:36:58.95\00:37:00.28
I am full of
burnt offerings of rams,
00:37:00.32\00:37:02.55
and the fat of fed beasts,
00:37:02.58\00:37:04.52
and delight not in
the blood of bullocks,
00:37:04.55\00:37:06.96
or of lambs, or if he goats."
00:37:06.99\00:37:08.76
And you can read the
rest of this section here.
00:37:08.79\00:37:11.03
It's just
bringing the same point
00:37:11.06\00:37:12.76
that God is making here.
00:37:12.79\00:37:14.13
And that is, these sacrifices
were supposed to lead people
00:37:14.16\00:37:17.10
away from sin.
00:37:17.13\00:37:18.47
They weren't
supposed to have people,
00:37:18.50\00:37:20.24
you know, use them
as a means of sinning.
00:37:20.27\00:37:23.20
And that's exactly what happened
00:37:23.24\00:37:24.57
with the Jewish nation.
00:37:24.61\00:37:25.94
You know, you can
imagine what it would be like
00:37:25.97\00:37:27.81
if you have a pet animal
of some kind, a dog or a cat.
00:37:27.84\00:37:31.58
If you sinned, and
the consequences of that
00:37:31.61\00:37:34.02
sin was that you
had to take that animal,
00:37:34.05\00:37:36.18
put your hand on the head,
00:37:36.22\00:37:37.82
confess your sins on
animals and cut its throat.
00:37:37.85\00:37:40.82
And you would
think that's terrible.
00:37:40.86\00:37:42.79
That was the point.
00:37:42.82\00:37:44.16
And it wasn't God
that was instigating this,
00:37:44.19\00:37:47.16
it was sin that
brought this calamity,
00:37:47.20\00:37:49.56
because sin results in death
00:37:49.60\00:37:51.40
and God was showing
this is what sin does.
00:37:51.43\00:37:53.27
Sin destroys. Sin kills.
00:37:53.30\00:37:55.37
And so it was
never God's purpose,
00:37:55.40\00:37:57.37
that they would make
some kind of business
00:37:57.41\00:37:59.71
out of sacrificing animals like
00:37:59.74\00:38:01.34
we've made a business
00:38:01.38\00:38:02.71
out of sacrifice animals
for our food, for eating.
00:38:02.74\00:38:05.91
God, the animal
sacrifices pointed to Jesus
00:38:05.95\00:38:09.08
and they
revealed the consequences
00:38:09.12\00:38:11.82
of our sin on God Himself.
00:38:11.85\00:38:13.99
And the sacrifice therefore,
00:38:14.02\00:38:15.62
these animals was
to touch our hearts,
00:38:15.66\00:38:19.73
to help us to realize
the pain and the suffering,
00:38:19.76\00:38:22.56
that sin brings upon the heart
of God by experiencing the pain
00:38:22.60\00:38:25.67
and suffering that sin
brings to these animals
00:38:25.70\00:38:28.27
because in
Hebrew times in Israel,
00:38:28.30\00:38:30.41
in the Old Testament times,
00:38:30.44\00:38:32.11
a lot of their livestock
were like pets to them.
00:38:32.14\00:38:34.71
They were very close
and connected to these pets.
00:38:34.74\00:38:36.95
So definitely,
God does empathize
00:38:36.98\00:38:40.32
and sympathize with
your feelings on this.
00:38:40.35\00:38:42.38
He definitely wants
the end of all this,
00:38:42.42\00:38:45.42
the sacrifice of animals
00:38:45.45\00:38:46.79
when you come into
the New Testament times
00:38:46.82\00:38:48.72
and Jesus fulfills that.
00:38:48.76\00:38:50.09
But He also wants to end our sin
00:38:50.13\00:38:51.63
which hurts Christ's
heart again and again.
00:38:51.66\00:38:55.16
That was an excellent question
and an excellent answer,
00:38:55.20\00:38:57.63
Pastor Rafferty.
00:38:57.67\00:38:59.00
Pastor Dinzey, I
want to go to you now.
00:38:59.03\00:39:01.44
This is actually
from our 3ABN+ chat,
00:39:01.47\00:39:06.24
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00:39:27.63\00:39:29.70
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Pastor Dinzey, we will
go to this question here.
00:39:38.11\00:39:41.14
"In a previous
program, someone asked
00:39:41.18\00:39:43.28
if you can be baptized
without joining a church.
00:39:43.31\00:39:46.75
The answer was not clear to me.
00:39:46.78\00:39:48.42
According to Acts 8:35-39,
00:39:48.45\00:39:52.12
the eunuch was
baptized by Philip
00:39:52.15\00:39:54.46
and I didn't see in the
Bible that he joined the church.
00:39:54.49\00:39:57.23
Please explain. Thank you."
00:39:57.26\00:39:59.73
Well, people can
have that type of view
00:39:59.76\00:40:02.43
and hurt themselves spiritually,
00:40:02.46\00:40:04.10
because when God's
people come together,
00:40:04.13\00:40:07.64
God does wonderful things.
00:40:07.67\00:40:09.07
They're singing and
praising God together.
00:40:09.10\00:40:11.54
And God's people
are edified as they hear
00:40:11.57\00:40:14.94
how the Lord has
worked in the lives of others.
00:40:14.98\00:40:17.65
I believe that what
you're looking at is that
00:40:17.68\00:40:20.35
the Bible doesn't tell us
00:40:20.38\00:40:21.98
everything that
happened afterward.
00:40:22.02\00:40:24.32
What did the eunuch do?
00:40:24.35\00:40:25.69
Did he just go
about his business,
00:40:25.72\00:40:27.52
did he just forget
about what he learned and he,
00:40:27.56\00:40:30.63
that his life was transformed?
00:40:30.66\00:40:33.09
The Bible does not follow him
00:40:33.13\00:40:35.06
completely to
tell us what he did.
00:40:35.10\00:40:37.70
But surely, he
did what Jesus said
00:40:37.73\00:40:40.40
in Matthew 28:19-20.
00:40:40.44\00:40:43.17
Jesus said, "Go therefore,
00:40:43.20\00:40:45.24
and make disciples
of all the nations,
00:40:45.27\00:40:47.78
baptizing them in
the name of the Father,
00:40:47.81\00:40:49.51
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost,
00:40:49.54\00:40:50.95
and the Holy Spirit,
00:40:50.98\00:40:52.31
teaching them to
observe all things
00:40:52.35\00:40:53.68
that I have commanded you.
00:40:53.72\00:40:55.05
And lo, I am with you always,
even to the end of the age.
00:40:55.08\00:40:57.65
Amen."
00:40:57.69\00:40:59.02
Someone that is baptized,
00:40:59.05\00:41:00.39
someone that has learned
that you can be forgiven,
00:41:00.42\00:41:03.89
and that you can be
a candidate for heaven,
00:41:03.93\00:41:06.70
you can have eternal life.
00:41:06.73\00:41:08.43
You want to share
the good news with others
00:41:08.46\00:41:10.17
so that they can too
experience the joy of salvation.
00:41:10.20\00:41:13.90
This man could not be quiet.
00:41:13.94\00:41:16.04
I'm sure he shared the Gospel
00:41:16.07\00:41:17.97
of Jesus Christ
with other people,
00:41:18.01\00:41:20.08
and perhaps started
forming small groups
00:41:20.11\00:41:22.54
and probably became a church.
00:41:22.58\00:41:23.91
Now this is just me,
considering what one would do
00:41:23.95\00:41:27.42
because this is what
God's people should do,
00:41:27.45\00:41:29.58
spread the good
news of salvation.
00:41:29.62\00:41:31.69
And notice in 1
Corinthians 12:13,
00:41:31.72\00:41:34.56
"For by one Spirit,
00:41:34.59\00:41:35.92
we were all
baptized into one body.
00:41:35.96\00:41:38.03
If you're baptized,
you're baptized into one body,
00:41:38.06\00:41:40.40
whether Jews or Greeks,
00:41:40.43\00:41:41.76
whether slaves or free,
00:41:41.80\00:41:43.13
and have all been made
to drink into one Spirit."
00:41:43.16\00:41:45.93
I continue in 1
Corinthians 12:11,
00:41:45.97\00:41:49.80
and it says, "And He Himself
gave some to be apostles,
00:41:49.84\00:41:52.37
some prophets,
and some evangelists
00:41:52.41\00:41:54.61
and some pastors
and teachers," why?
00:41:54.64\00:41:56.78
"For the
equipping of the saints,
00:41:56.81\00:41:58.65
for the work of ministry,
00:41:58.68\00:42:00.48
for the edifying
of the body of Christ,
00:42:00.52\00:42:02.88
till we all come to
the unity of the faith
00:42:02.92\00:42:05.92
and the knowledge
of the Son of God,
00:42:05.95\00:42:08.09
to be a perfect man to
the measure of the stature
00:42:08.12\00:42:11.56
and fullness of Christ."
00:42:11.59\00:42:13.03
One who is baptized
00:42:13.06\00:42:14.43
will want to share the good news
00:42:14.46\00:42:16.56
and be a part of God's family
00:42:16.60\00:42:19.20
and spread the good news
00:42:19.23\00:42:20.57
as far and wide
as he can or she can.
00:42:20.60\00:42:22.54
Amen. You can't help it.
00:42:22.57\00:42:24.84
You can't help just
get motivated to go.
00:42:24.87\00:42:27.41
That's right.
Blessing is on the go.
00:42:27.44\00:42:29.24
Let's ask Pastor Ryan Day.
00:42:29.28\00:42:31.58
"Please clarify
why Daniel Chapter 9
00:42:31.61\00:42:34.15
talks about 62 weeks
00:42:34.18\00:42:35.72
until the Messiah's work began,
00:42:35.75\00:42:37.55
the Anointed One.
00:42:37.59\00:42:39.02
Yet we know that took
place at 69 weeks in 27 AD,
00:42:39.05\00:42:44.33
the beginning of Jesus'
00:42:44.36\00:42:45.69
three and a half
years of ministry,
00:42:45.73\00:42:47.86
which ended in 31 AD.
00:42:47.90\00:42:50.10
Why does it say
62 weeks in the Bible
00:42:50.13\00:42:53.03
when we know it was 69 weeks
00:42:53.07\00:42:55.10
by the time Jesus was baptized?"
00:42:55.14\00:42:57.67
This is from Meyer Marilla.
00:42:57.71\00:43:00.81
All right,
that's a great question.
00:43:00.84\00:43:02.28
I once had that question.
00:43:02.31\00:43:03.81
And I know many people
have asked that question.
00:43:03.85\00:43:06.48
So let's go to Daniel 9,
we start reading in verse 25.
00:43:06.51\00:43:09.05
The answer is
actually implied in the text
00:43:09.08\00:43:11.12
if you understand
the history behind it.
00:43:11.15\00:43:12.99
But Daniel 9:25, says,
00:43:13.02\00:43:16.02
"Know therefore and understand
00:43:16.06\00:43:17.69
that from the going
forth of the command
00:43:17.73\00:43:19.59
to restore and build Jerusalem
00:43:19.63\00:43:21.83
until Messiah the Prince,
00:43:21.86\00:43:23.37
there shall be,"
00:43:23.40\00:43:24.73
and here's the
reference you're referencing to,
00:43:24.77\00:43:26.10
"seven weeks
and sixty-two weeks,
00:43:26.13\00:43:28.30
the street shall be built again,
00:43:28.34\00:43:29.77
and the wall, even
in trouble sometimes."
00:43:29.80\00:43:31.77
Now many people stop right there
00:43:31.81\00:43:33.14
but there's a
continuance in the next verse.
00:43:33.17\00:43:35.04
"And after the sixty-two weeks,"
00:43:35.08\00:43:37.08
and this is where
the confusion comes in.
00:43:37.11\00:43:38.71
"After the sixty-two
weeks, Messiah shall be cut off,
00:43:38.75\00:43:41.22
but not for Himself."
00:43:41.25\00:43:42.85
And so to understand this,
00:43:42.88\00:43:44.22
we know that
Christ did come 69 weeks,
00:43:44.25\00:43:47.19
or the end of 69 weeks
00:43:47.22\00:43:49.22
into this 70 weeks
prophecy of Daniel Chapter 9.
00:43:49.26\00:43:52.69
So why does it seem
to imply in verse 26,
00:43:52.73\00:43:54.83
that He comes
after the 62 weeks?
00:43:54.86\00:43:57.13
Because if you do
the math correctly,
00:43:57.17\00:43:59.23
you have to
include the seven weeks
00:43:59.27\00:44:00.70
before the 62 weeks,
00:44:00.74\00:44:02.37
which is how you get the 69.
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.07
But here's why
it's said that way,
00:44:04.11\00:44:06.01
the seven weeks
it's mentioned here,
00:44:06.04\00:44:07.74
there's a reason
why it says seven weeks
00:44:07.78\00:44:09.44
and 62 weeks.
00:44:09.48\00:44:10.81
And I always wonder like
why did they just say 69 weeks?
00:44:10.85\00:44:13.62
Because the seven weeks,
00:44:13.65\00:44:15.25
which is if you
apply appropriately
00:44:15.28\00:44:17.32
the year-day principle here,
00:44:17.35\00:44:18.92
seven times seven is 49.
00:44:18.95\00:44:20.92
It actually took 49 years
approximately for Jerusalem,
00:44:20.96\00:44:25.36
for the people of Jerusalem
00:44:25.39\00:44:26.73
to complete the
building of the wall,
00:44:26.76\00:44:29.00
as it stated here, notice,
to restore and build Jerusalem.
00:44:29.03\00:44:32.07
And then if you
go down there it says
00:44:32.10\00:44:33.57
the streets shall be built again
00:44:33.60\00:44:34.94
and the wall even
in troublesome times.
00:44:34.97\00:44:36.67
So they had to
reestablish government.
00:44:36.71\00:44:38.74
They had to rebuild
Jerusalem from the ground up.
00:44:38.77\00:44:41.94
They had to rebuild the temple,
as Cyrus would give the decree
00:44:41.98\00:44:45.71
and, of course, Artaxerxes
would give the official decree
00:44:45.75\00:44:48.48
to restore and
build a government
00:44:48.52\00:44:50.42
and reestablish the statehood
of Jerusalem in 457 BC.
00:44:50.45\00:44:55.09
And so if you count 49
years from 457 BC onward,
00:44:55.12\00:44:59.16
it took them about 49 years
00:44:59.19\00:45:01.20
to reestablish the completeness
of Jerusalem as a state.
00:45:01.23\00:45:04.47
Now, there's a
reference in John 2:20,
00:45:04.50\00:45:07.50
where the
Pharisees confirmed that
00:45:07.54\00:45:09.70
it took about 46 years
for them to build the temple.
00:45:09.74\00:45:12.31
So this is actually
some support for this,
00:45:12.34\00:45:14.24
because 46 years it took
them to build the temple,
00:45:14.28\00:45:16.68
but you have,
give or take there,
00:45:16.71\00:45:18.05
three, three and a half years,
00:45:18.08\00:45:19.41
where they're still
trying to restore government,
00:45:19.45\00:45:21.55
restore the
statehood of Jerusalem.
00:45:21.58\00:45:23.08
So the seven weeks comes first,
00:45:23.12\00:45:25.35
there's restoration
of Jerusalem 49 years.
00:45:25.39\00:45:28.42
And then now comes the 62
weeks tacked on behind that,
00:45:28.46\00:45:32.19
which is why verse 26
says, after the 62 weeks,
00:45:32.23\00:45:35.60
because if you have seven
weeks restoration of Jerusalem,
00:45:35.63\00:45:38.30
now the 62 weeks to follow,
00:45:38.33\00:45:40.37
at the end of that 62
weeks, you've now come 69,
00:45:40.40\00:45:44.41
four weeks, or in
this case, 483 years,
00:45:44.44\00:45:47.21
all the way to 27 AD
00:45:47.24\00:45:48.68
where Jesus Christ
is now being baptized
00:45:48.71\00:45:50.98
and beginning His ministry.
00:45:51.01\00:45:52.35
So I hope that makes sense.
00:45:52.38\00:45:53.72
That was a quick timeline.
00:45:53.75\00:45:55.42
That's very good.
00:45:55.45\00:45:56.79
It's a lot there.
00:45:56.82\00:45:58.15
"Pastor Rafferty,
can you please explain
00:45:58.19\00:46:00.86
Revelation 20:13-14?"
00:46:00.89\00:46:04.43
Revelation again,
00:46:04.46\00:46:05.79
this is a little
bit more challenging,
00:46:05.83\00:46:07.16
Revelation Chapter 20:13-14,
00:46:07.20\00:46:09.80
"And the sea gave up the dead
00:46:09.83\00:46:11.43
which were in them and death
and hell delivered up the dead
00:46:11.47\00:46:15.17
which were in them.
00:46:15.20\00:46:16.74
And they were judged every
man according to their works,
00:46:16.77\00:46:20.14
and death and hell were
cast into the lake of fire.
00:46:20.18\00:46:23.65
This is the second death."
00:46:23.68\00:46:26.18
So these verses basically
00:46:26.21\00:46:27.72
are referring to
the second death.
00:46:27.75\00:46:29.18
The second death is
the ultimate destruction
00:46:29.22\00:46:31.22
of the wicked.
00:46:31.25\00:46:32.59
The sea would represent
those who died in the sea.
00:46:32.62\00:46:36.06
The death would
represent those who simply died.
00:46:36.09\00:46:38.96
And hell represents Hades
in the Greek or the grave.
00:46:38.99\00:46:42.63
And so basically,
these verses are saying
00:46:42.66\00:46:45.07
that all who
died the first death
00:46:45.10\00:46:47.20
will be resurrected
from wherever they died,
00:46:47.24\00:46:49.64
whether they're
buried in the sea,
00:46:49.67\00:46:51.01
whether they're
buried in graves,
00:46:51.04\00:46:52.37
or wherever they are,
00:46:52.41\00:46:53.74
they're going to be resurrected,
00:46:53.78\00:46:55.21
and they're going
to face a judgment
00:46:55.24\00:46:56.85
according to the context
of Revelation Chapter 20.
00:46:56.88\00:47:00.42
This judgment is going to
be according to their works.
00:47:00.45\00:47:02.65
The books are going to be open.
00:47:02.68\00:47:04.05
We might say today,
the video is going to play.
00:47:04.09\00:47:07.12
And they're going to
see the history of the world
00:47:07.16\00:47:09.12
and their place in that history,
00:47:09.16\00:47:10.69
and every wicked deed,
00:47:10.73\00:47:12.06
every immoral act
that they committed
00:47:12.09\00:47:14.06
because they didn't
put their trust in Christ,
00:47:14.10\00:47:15.80
and they didn't let
Him take those sins away,
00:47:15.83\00:47:18.83
cast them into
the depths of the sea.
00:47:18.87\00:47:20.40
And so they have to
face the record of that sin,
00:47:20.44\00:47:22.54
and that is going to be
a part of their punishment.
00:47:22.57\00:47:25.41
So they face this judgment
according to their works.
00:47:25.44\00:47:27.91
And then they experience
00:47:27.94\00:47:29.28
what is called the second death.
00:47:29.31\00:47:30.78
Now the second death
00:47:30.81\00:47:32.15
is also known as
the lake of fire.
00:47:32.18\00:47:34.88
And this second
death is a phrase
00:47:34.92\00:47:37.99
that is used only
four times in the Bible,
00:47:38.02\00:47:39.82
and every time
it is used is used
00:47:39.85\00:47:41.46
in the Book of Revelation,
00:47:41.49\00:47:42.82
Revelation
2:11, Revelation 20:6,
00:47:42.86\00:47:45.03
Revelation 20:14,
and Revelation 21:8.
00:47:45.06\00:47:48.50
It refers to the finality,
00:47:48.53\00:47:50.67
that complete
perishing of all of those
00:47:50.70\00:47:53.97
who have
rejected the love of God,
00:47:54.00\00:47:55.74
and chosen to live a selfish,
deceptive and immoral life.
00:47:55.77\00:47:59.91
God so loved the world
00:47:59.94\00:48:01.28
that He gave His
only begotten Son that
00:48:01.31\00:48:02.64
whosoever believes in Him
00:48:02.68\00:48:04.01
should not perish
in the lake of fire,
00:48:04.05\00:48:05.95
should not perish
with the second death,
00:48:05.98\00:48:07.98
should not be hurt
by the second death,
00:48:08.02\00:48:09.55
but have eternal life.
00:48:09.58\00:48:10.92
Amen. Amen.
00:48:10.95\00:48:12.79
Well, that concludes
our normal question round.
00:48:12.82\00:48:16.73
We're entering
into the bonus round.
00:48:16.76\00:48:19.19
This is what we like to call it,
00:48:19.23\00:48:20.93
what I like to
call it the bonus round.
00:48:20.96\00:48:23.13
And so I'm going to
throw out some questions.
00:48:23.16\00:48:25.57
And whoever wants
to answer may do so.
00:48:25.60\00:48:28.17
What does the Bible
say about this quote,
00:48:28.20\00:48:31.04
"If you're absent
during my struggle,
00:48:31.07\00:48:33.64
don't expect to be
present during my success?"
00:48:33.68\00:48:37.88
Well, I'll take a stab at this
00:48:37.91\00:48:40.58
and somebody can
add to it if they want.
00:48:40.62\00:48:42.65
I can tell you the
Bible says absolutely nothing
00:48:42.68\00:48:46.09
about that particular statement.
00:48:46.12\00:48:47.96
But I will state,
you know, I understand
00:48:47.99\00:48:50.33
where the
statement is coming from,
00:48:50.36\00:48:52.09
from kind of a
worldly perspective.
00:48:52.13\00:48:54.30
But, you know, when
I heard this statement,
00:48:54.33\00:48:56.03
when I read the statement,
my mind immediately went to,
00:48:56.06\00:48:58.37
you know, what would Jesus do?
00:48:58.40\00:49:00.80
What if Jesus
held that attitude,
00:49:00.84\00:49:02.84
you know, what He was
successful over death,
00:49:02.87\00:49:05.34
He was successful over sin
00:49:05.37\00:49:07.01
and He invites us
into that success.
00:49:07.04\00:49:09.61
And I understand
00:49:09.64\00:49:10.98
where this
person is coming from,
00:49:11.01\00:49:12.35
where this quote
is trying to say that,
00:49:12.38\00:49:13.72
you know, we have
people in our lives,
00:49:13.75\00:49:15.08
they're not there
for us when we need them,
00:49:15.12\00:49:16.45
and then once we
become successful,
00:49:16.48\00:49:17.82
now they want to
come into our lives.
00:49:17.85\00:49:19.19
I get it completely.
00:49:19.22\00:49:20.56
But the Bible does not
specifically address this
00:49:20.59\00:49:23.46
in text that I'm aware of.
00:49:23.49\00:49:25.73
But we also have to
keep ourselves in check
00:49:25.76\00:49:27.80
to make sure that we
don't become too prideful
00:49:27.83\00:49:29.43
and selfish to realize,
00:49:29.46\00:49:31.07
you know, in the
realization that,
00:49:31.10\00:49:32.50
you know, Jesus Christ is here.
00:49:32.53\00:49:34.70
You know, He was abandoned,
people weren't there for Him
00:49:34.74\00:49:37.17
when He needed them,
especially His disciples,
00:49:37.21\00:49:39.41
what if His
disciples all scattered, right?
00:49:39.44\00:49:41.08
They weren't there for
Him when He needed them,
00:49:41.11\00:49:43.18
but yet He still
invited them into that communion
00:49:43.21\00:49:45.88
in His success
in victory over sin.
00:49:45.91\00:49:48.18
So keep ourselves in check.
00:49:48.22\00:49:49.62
Remain humble, and
have the mind of Christ
00:49:49.65\00:49:52.02
when we're pertaining to
certain comments like this.
00:49:52.05\00:49:55.29
Absolutely.
00:49:55.32\00:49:56.66
Yeah. Good.
00:49:56.69\00:49:58.03
Anybody, you
want to add anything?
00:49:58.06\00:50:00.83
Maybe this scripture might help.
00:50:00.86\00:50:04.20
In the Book of Matthew says,
00:50:04.23\00:50:05.57
"You have heard
that it was said,
00:50:05.60\00:50:06.94
you shall love your
neighbor and hate your enemy.
00:50:06.97\00:50:08.77
But I say to you,
love your enemies,
00:50:08.80\00:50:11.04
bless those who curse you,
00:50:11.07\00:50:12.41
do good to those who hate you
00:50:12.44\00:50:13.81
and pray for those
who spitefully use you
00:50:13.84\00:50:16.98
and persecute you,
00:50:17.01\00:50:18.35
that you may be sons
of your Father in heaven,
00:50:18.38\00:50:21.18
for He makes His
sun rise on the evil
00:50:21.22\00:50:23.59
and on the good and sends rain
on the just and on the unjust.
00:50:23.62\00:50:27.22
Kindness shown to
others at all times
00:50:27.26\00:50:29.86
is what Jesus would do.
00:50:29.89\00:50:31.23
Amen.
00:50:31.26\00:50:32.59
Well said, "I am a
Seventh-day Adventist
00:50:32.63\00:50:35.70
and go to a church
that allows its members
00:50:35.73\00:50:37.53
to get up and take
part in the service
00:50:37.57\00:50:39.30
with anything on
like going up on stage
00:50:39.33\00:50:41.84
with all kinds of jewelry,
00:50:41.87\00:50:43.20
how can we be
God's last day people
00:50:43.24\00:50:45.07
and still not have self-denial?
00:50:45.11\00:50:47.18
What would you tell me to do?"
00:50:47.21\00:50:48.61
We have a few
seconds to answer this.
00:50:48.64\00:50:51.11
Well, I always tell people
and I'm just getting into,
00:50:51.15\00:50:54.42
you know, the
Spirit of Prophecy here.
00:50:54.45\00:50:55.78
But I always tell people to
read prayerfully Evangelism,
00:50:55.82\00:50:58.62
page 272.
00:50:58.65\00:51:00.19
This is an ongoing issue.
00:51:00.22\00:51:02.06
We struggle with this
as a church not knowing,
00:51:02.09\00:51:04.66
you know, what the balance is.
00:51:04.69\00:51:06.19
Evangelism, 272,
00:51:06.23\00:51:07.66
just from a
biblical perspective tells us
00:51:07.70\00:51:09.76
we need to lay the axe
at the root of the tree.
00:51:09.80\00:51:11.67
You can't pick off the
leaves whatever seems offensive,
00:51:11.70\00:51:14.10
the ornaments,
the outward things,
00:51:14.14\00:51:15.97
we need to talk about Jesus,
00:51:16.00\00:51:17.44
we need to reveal
the Spirit of Christ,
00:51:17.47\00:51:19.47
we need to reveal
the love of Christ.
00:51:19.51\00:51:20.94
And then the axe is
laid at the root of the tree
00:51:20.98\00:51:22.91
and all these
outward things fall off.
00:51:22.94\00:51:24.68
So when I see people
with the outward adorning,
00:51:24.71\00:51:26.72
etc, they need more of
Jesus, they need Christ,
00:51:26.75\00:51:28.85
more than anything
else they need Jesus Christ.
00:51:28.88\00:51:31.22
Amen.
00:51:31.25\00:51:32.59
Absolutely. That's beautiful.
00:51:32.62\00:51:33.96
And, you know, when people
00:51:33.99\00:51:35.32
enter into a
church for the first time,
00:51:35.36\00:51:37.73
you know, we need to be
introducing them to Christ.
00:51:37.76\00:51:40.20
I love that. I love that.
00:51:40.23\00:51:42.00
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for answers from God's Word.
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