As you're well aware
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we're living in
unprecedented times.
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Join us now for
today's special program.
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I want to spend my life
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mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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mending broken people
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Ryan: Hello, my Friends
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and welcome to
another exciting hour
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of 3ABN Today Bible Q and A.
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That's right... this is
an exciting time for me...
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I love Bible Q and A
because I love the Word of God
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and we know that you do too
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and we thank you
for taking out the time
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to be with us during this time.
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Get your friends... your family
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your co-workers...
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your enemies...
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anybody you have
in and around you,
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gather them at this time
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because we're going
to take on some questions
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that have been
submitted already in to us.
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We were going to take
many different questions today,
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we're going to find a
Bible answer for those,
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we have a wonderful panel
of people who'll be expressing
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and sharing and declaring
the truth from God's Word
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pertaining to these
particular questions
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that have been submitted.
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My name is Ryan Day and
it's just a privilege to be here
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to be alive another day, amen.
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And during this time,
we're going to study...
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we're going to worship
Him in spirit and in truth
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and dive deep
into the Word of God.
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I want to tell you how you
can get your questions answered.
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You want to
submit those questions
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and we're going to tell you
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three different
ways you can do that.
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The first way is,
of course, by e-mail
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and that e-mail, of
course, is BibleQA@3abn. org
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again that's: BibleQA@3abn. tv
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or you can also
text in your questions.
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We live in a day of...
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we live in a day
of cell phones, right,
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so, you can now
text in your questions
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and that's at: 618-228-3975
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again, that number is
right there on the screen:
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618-228-3975
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and we also live in
the age of Social Media
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and so, through Instagram,
if you have an Instagram account
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and if you don't... get one...
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because you could
submit your questions that way
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@3ABN_official
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make sure you get
that underscore in there
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@3ABN_official
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and you can direct message us
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and send us your
questions that way as well.
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Well, I know that our
Panel Members are excited,
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I'm excited...
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I know you guys are locked
and loaded and ready to go
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to share the Bible truth.
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I'm going to introduce
our Panel Ms. Shelley Quinn,
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always a blessing to have you,
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thank you for
being here with us.
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Shelley: It's always
a blessing to be here
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and I need some of your
energy so I can talk faster.
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Ryan: Amen, praise the
Lord and Pastor John Dinzey,
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loving that jacket
and that tie, Brother,
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we love your spirit
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and we love your
heart for the Lord
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and we thank you so much
for being here with us today.
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Dinzey: It's a blessing
for me to be here as well.
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Ryan: Amen, praise the Lord
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and all the way at the end of
the table, Pastor John Lomacang.
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Brother, we love your wisdom,
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we love the answers you
always give... are so precise
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and we thank you so
much for being with us today.
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Lomacang: It's still a
learning curve, you know,
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every time we open the Bible,
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we find out how deep
the ocean of God's Word is.
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and it's a privilege
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and I'm still
trying to figure out
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what kind of
tank I could purchase
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to go to the depth of God's Word
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and I don't think
there's any in this life,
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we're going to be
learning throughout eternity.
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So, praise God for
what we've learned thus far.
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Ryan: Amen, amen, well said,
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well, we dare not go any further
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without first asking for
the leadership and guidance
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of God's Holy Spirit
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and so, if you don't
mind, Pastor John Dinzey,
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would you have the
prayer for us Brother.
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Dinzey: Sure,
let's pray together.
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"Our loving heavenly Father,
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we thank You so much,
Lord, for the Holy Scriptures.
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and You have invited us
to search the Scriptures.
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You have invited us to
also be learners at Jesus' feet.
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We pray, Lord, that You will
bless us with Your Holy Spirit,
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that we may
understand your Scriptures
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and speak the words that
You have for Your children
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and the answers they need
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to understand
better the Scriptures.
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We pray that You will use
us to be light unto others
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and we pray for Your name
to be honored and glorified
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in all things.
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We ask this in Jesus'
holy and blessed name, amen. "
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All: Amen... amen.
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Ryan: All right, drum
roll, question number one:
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Now, I have to come to
you Pastor John Dinzey,
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I thought this would be a great
attention getter to start...
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just got to break the
ice and start with this one
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because you don't get
many questions like this
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but it's an important one.
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This is coming from Merryl
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and Merryl says,
"Should Christians be involved
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in secret
organizations like the Masons?"
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Dinzey: You know,
the short answer is: No.
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There are many
Secret Organizations
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but one of the most
well-known is the Masons
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as far as... that they
are a Secret Organization.
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They are so secret that
they are sworn to secrecy.
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The text I want to share
with you is Matthew chapter 5
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verses 14, 15 and 16.
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"You are the light of the world.
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A city that is set on
a hill cannot be hidden.
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Nor do they light a lamp
and put it under a basket,
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but on a lampstand,
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and it gives light to
all who are in the house.
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Let your light
so shine before men,
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that they may
see your good works
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and glorify your
Father in heaven. "
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So, the Masons
are a Secret Society
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and there seems to be
some religious elements to them
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but only in the
sense that it favors them
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and this is why...
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you can look at some
books written about Masonry
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and one of them says,
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"There's an
official Masonic lore
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clearly traces
Masonry to Hinduism,
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Buddhism, Zoroastrianism
and other eastern religions.
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Albert G. Mackey, co-author
of an Encyclopedia of Masonry
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is also one of the
Masonry's highest authority
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and in his Manual of the Lodge,
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he traces Masonic teaching
back to the ancient rites
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and mysteries practiced in the
very bosom of pagan darkness.
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This is what he
does... one of their own.
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So, I also want
to read this to you
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because I found
it on the internet
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because it also reveals
something about the Masons,
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it's in the final analysis,
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"Masons do not adjust
their beliefs to fit the Bible.
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The Bible is
adjusted to fit their beliefs
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and Mason's loyalty is
never to God but to the Lodge. "
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And another
individual has concluded that
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the prevailing Masonic opinion
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is that the
Bible is only a symbol
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of divine will,
law or revelation
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and not that its
contents are divine law
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inspired or revealed.
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So far, no responsible authority
has held that a Freemason
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must believe the
Bible or any part of it.
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Masonry's only
concern is that each person
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must swear by the
most holy book he knows
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so, that he will then
keep the oaths of Freemasonry.
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All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Dinzey: That's
all the time I have.
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Ryan: That's a lot
to... lot to talk about...
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deep... deep subject...
thank you for that, Brother.
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All right, Pastor John Lomacang,
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we're going to come to
you with this next question.
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This is coming from
Elaine in Clinton, Maryland
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and she says, "Please explain
Ecclesiastes chapter 12 verse 7
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especially address how
the spirit returns to God
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without going to heaven.
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Lomacang: Sure,
not a problem at all.
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Thank you for the question,
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I'll read the verse
first and answer the question.
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Ecclesiastes 12 verse 7...
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reversing the
process of creation.
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Ryan: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Lomacang: "Then the dust will
return to the earth as it was:
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and the spirit will
return to God who gave it. "
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I want to begin
with the very first thing
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that happened in Scripture
that the Lord Himself addressed
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pertaining to death.
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Now, the word "return" is
the key in the entire passage
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because if you go to heaven
and you're returning there,
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that's where you came from.
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I want you to grab that.
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The word "return"
means, "I went to Australia...
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I returned back to America... "
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because that's
where I came from.
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So, for the spirit
to return to heaven...
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that's what you said...
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that means, the
spirit came from heaven.
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But the Bible passage says,
"the spirit returns to God... "
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it doesn't say,
"returns to heaven. "
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We tend to think, "Well,
how could it return to God
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if it doesn't return to heaven?"
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Now, prime example:
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How can money return to me
and not return to my house?
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My house didn't give
you the money... I did.
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My house has nothing to do
with the money I loaned you.
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You don't put money on my couch
and say, "I paid you back. "
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You can say, "I
returned my money to you... "
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my house has
nothing to do with that,
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in the very same way,
heaven has nothing to do
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with the spirit that God gave.
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God gave it... it
goes back to God...
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that's the key. Ryan: Right.
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Lomacang: Now, let's
first find out what that is,
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Job 27 verse 3,
the King James Version.
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"All the while
my breath is in me,
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and the Spirit of
God is in my nostrils. "
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How did the Spirit of
God get in the nostrils?
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That's the creation
process, Genesis 2 verse 7,
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"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
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and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life;
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and man became a living being.
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That breath that returns to God
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is simply the breath of life.
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The Spirit there is
not a disembodied being
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that has dimensions that
goes and hangs out in heaven
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waiting to go
ahead and praise God,
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and clearly, Psalm 146
verse 4, "His breath goes forth,
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he returns to his earth;
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in that very day
his thoughts perish. "
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And lastly, Psalm 115 verse 17,
The dead do not praise the Lord,
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neither do any who
go down into silence. "
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So, to make it very, very clear,
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when we die, we
don't go up into praise...
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we go down into silence
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and the spirit that returns
to God is the breath of life
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that the Lord gave
to Adam in his nostrils
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at the time of creation.
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Ryan: Amen... amen.
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Praise the Lord for
Bible truth on that subject.
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Shelley: Amen.
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Ryan: All right,
Ms. Shelley Quinn,
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this comes from
Mike in Toronto, Canada,
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he says, "Are
there people who die,
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who will not
resurrect from the ground?"
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And then he says,
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"When I said 'not
coming from the ground'
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I am referring to
those that die in Christ
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and to those that
die without Christ.
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Please give me an answer.
Thank you for your help. "
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Shelley: All right,
this is Mike in Toronto,
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well, Mike, Jesus gives us
the answer in John 5:28 and 29,
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He says, "Do not marvel at this;
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the time is coming when
all who are in their grave
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will hear His voice... "
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so, as you said,
we're in the grave...
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and then he says,
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"they will come forth...
those who have done good,
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to the resurrection of life... "
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that's the first resurrection...
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and those who have done evil,
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to the
resurrection of condemnation. "
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So, there are
two resurrections...
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the resurrection of life
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we see depicted in
1st Corinthians 15:51
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through 53, when he says,
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"in a moment,
we'll all be changed...
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in the twinkling of an eye...
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at the sound of the trumpet... "
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it says, "the dead will
be raised incorruptible... "
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we will be changed...
we'll put on incorruption
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and this mortal
will put on immortality
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and Jesus says in
Revelation 20:4 through 6,
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"They lived and reigned with
Christ for a thousand years.
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But the rest of the
dead did not live again
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until the thousand
years were finished. "
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He's talking about the
first resurrection and he says,
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"Blessed and holy is he
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who has part in
the first resurrection.
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Over such the
second death has no power,
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but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ,
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and shall reign with
Him a thousand years. "
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Okay, that's those
who've heard His voice...
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come forward at
the first resurrection
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but a thousand years later,
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second resurrection.
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Revelation 20:11 through 15,
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"Then I saw a great white throne
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and Him who sat on it,
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from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away.
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And there was
found no place for them.
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And I saw the
dead, small and great,
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standing before God,
and books were opened.
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And another book was opened,
which is the Book of Life.
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And the dead were judged
according to their works,
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by the things
written in the books.
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The sea gave up the
dead that were in it,
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and Death and
Hades... " that's the grave...
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delivered up the
dead who were in them.
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And they were judged, each
one according to his works.
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Then Death and Hades were
cast into the lake of fire.
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This is the second death.
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And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life
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was cast into
the lake of fire. "
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Let me read one last Scripture,
Revelation 21:7 through 8,
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"He who overcomes
shall inherit all things,
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and I will be his God
and he shall be My son.
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But the cowardly, unbelieving,
abominable, murderers,
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sexually immoral,
sorcerers, idolaters,
00:13:34.74\00:13:37.61
and all liars
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shall have
their part in the lake
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which burns with
fire and brimstone,
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which is the second death. "
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So, all are going to
hear His voice in the grave...
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He will call forth the righteous
for the first resurrection...
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He will call for the
wicked for the 2nd resurrection
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which ends in a second death.
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Ryan: Amen, very nice...
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the truth of the
resurrections in three minutes
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there you have
it, praise the Lord.
00:14:05.31\00:14:07.11
All right, Pastor John Dinzey,
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coming back to you
for this next question,
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this is coming from Kenny
in Nigeria and Kenny says,
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"I have the question and
pondering on it for a long time,
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what kind of
'speaking in tongues'
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was referred to in
1st Corinthians 14?
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Is it the same as the
one that happened in Acts 2
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during Pentecost?"
00:14:27.40\00:14:28.80
Dinzey: Thank you, it's
interesting when you look at
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1st Corinthians
chapter 2... chapter 14
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and you're looking
at the description there
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where it's talking
about the Gift of Tongues.
00:14:38.67\00:14:41.51
Now, when you look at 1st
Corinthians chapter 12-14,
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the gifts of the
Spirit are being discussed
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and your question is:
What is happening there?
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Is it the same thing?
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It's talking about the
gift of speaking in tongues
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in another language.
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You have to look at the context
when the word "tongues" is used
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to see if it's talking about
a language or the tongue itself
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and here it's
talking about a a language...
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in 1st Corinthians 14,
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the same as it is talking
about it in Acts chapter 2...
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the difference is that in
1st Corinthians chapter 14,
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there is no interpreter
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and Paul exhorts
the people to keep quiet
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if there is no interpreter.
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In Acts chapter 2...
as the disciples were...
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received the gift of
speaking in another language,
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the people heard them
speak in their own language
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and praised the Lord.
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So, in Acts chapter
2 verse 11, it says,
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"We hear them
speaking in our own tongues...
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in our own language
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the wonderful works of God. "
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In other words,
they were understanding
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what they were saying.
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So, there seems to be an abuse
of this gift in 1st Corinthians
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chapter 14 in which apparently
they wanted to have predominance
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"I have this gift and I
want to speak right now... "
00:15:56.69\00:15:59.95
but there was no one
that could understand them
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so, Paul says, "Let
him keep silent... "
00:16:02.52\00:16:05.89
and I want to say
this to you because
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when you have some
difficult Scriptures,
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they are better
understood by the
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"easier-to-understand
Scriptures... "
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and first in Acts
chapter 2 helps us understand
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what is happening in
1st Corinthians chapter 14.
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Now, it is interesting
what you find in 1st Corinthians
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chapter 14, verse 21,
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notice, "In the
law it is written:
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'With men of other
tongues and other lips
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I will speak to this people;
00:16:34.29\00:16:36.09
and yet, for all that,
they will not hear Me,'
00:16:36.12\00:16:39.23
says the Lord. "
00:16:39.26\00:16:40.73
So, here Paul is quoting a...
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a text in Isaiah
chapter 28 verse 11,
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and he is quoting this
text talking about the Assyrians
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that came in with
the people of Israel
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and God told them,
00:16:55.18\00:16:56.51
"With men of other
tongues, I will speak to you. "
00:16:56.54\00:16:58.21
In other words,
another language...
00:16:58.25\00:16:59.88
"I want to speak to you. "
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And so, here... it's
interesting that the Septuagint
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uses the word: language here
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and in reference to
this... to this Scripture
00:17:07.02\00:17:10.39
and when you look at the two,
Paul quoting Isaiah chapter 28,
00:17:10.43\00:17:15.30
he is... like
providing a definition.
00:17:15.36\00:17:18.13
It's talking about
people speaking another language
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or a language they do not know.
00:17:21.84\00:17:23.74
And so, the things
to keep in mind here
00:17:23.77\00:17:27.28
that when you are in church,
00:17:27.31\00:17:29.41
you're supposed to speak
00:17:29.48\00:17:31.51
words that are
easy to be understood.
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Ryan: Amen. Dinzey: Time is up.
00:17:34.32\00:17:36.92
Ryan: That's okay,
that's very well put,
00:17:36.95\00:17:38.39
thank you, Brother.
00:17:38.45\00:17:39.79
All right, Pastor
Lomacang, coming back to you...
00:17:39.82\00:17:41.82
for your second question
00:17:41.86\00:17:43.36
and this is coming from
Sharlene in Ontario, Canada.
00:17:43.39\00:17:47.60
So, maybe Sharlene and
Berry from Ontario, Canada.
00:17:47.66\00:17:51.90
They say, "I'm confused...
00:17:51.93\00:17:53.67
North America had people living
there when it was colonized.
00:17:53.70\00:17:57.61
How is this
'water' in the prophecies?"
00:17:57.64\00:18:01.68
Lomacang: Okay, I love that.
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You know, couple of things
that we here in America...
00:18:03.41\00:18:06.88
you know, when we
celebrate Christopher Columbus,
00:18:06.95\00:18:10.39
we say, "How could
you discover my backyard
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when I'm already in the house?"
00:18:13.62\00:18:14.96
So, this has some... the
focal point of this prophecy
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that are opened here
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was the focus that
Daniel and Revelation gave...
00:18:21.46\00:18:26.30
those two sister books.
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when Daniel talked about
the four beasts that were
00:18:27.70\00:18:30.61
described in Daniel chapter 7,
00:18:30.64\00:18:32.94
he talked about the water there
00:18:32.97\00:18:35.21
and I'll read the verse
to you, Daniel 7 verse 2,
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Daniel spoke saying,
"I saw in my night vision,
00:18:38.08\00:18:40.78
and behold, the
four winds of heaven
00:18:40.82\00:18:42.95
were stirring
up the Great Sea. "
00:18:42.98\00:18:45.05
So, the "stirring up"
that is talked about there is,
00:18:45.12\00:18:47.66
agitation.
00:18:47.69\00:18:49.02
Daniel was talking about
the rise of one kingdom...
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the fall of that kingdom...
00:18:51.56\00:18:52.89
the rise of
another... the fall of that one
00:18:52.93\00:18:54.56
and kingdom one
rising after the other.
00:18:54.60\00:18:56.40
The purpose of the
stirring up of the great sea
00:18:56.43\00:18:58.57
which meant water
00:18:58.60\00:19:00.44
was... this was
happening in a place where
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it was a time of
war... a time of commotion...
00:19:03.00\00:19:05.37
a time of agitation...
00:19:05.44\00:19:06.81
it doesn't just mean people...
00:19:06.84\00:19:08.21
in this context, it
means a time of agitation...
00:19:08.24\00:19:10.98
a time of war...
00:19:11.05\00:19:12.38
because each
nation rose and fell
00:19:12.41\00:19:14.35
in the context of one
being overcome by the other
00:19:14.38\00:19:18.12
in a battle.
00:19:18.15\00:19:19.65
Revelation 17:15 says,
00:19:19.69\00:19:22.02
"The waters that you saw,
00:19:22.09\00:19:24.33
are peoples, multitudes,
nations, and tongues. "
00:19:24.36\00:19:26.33
However, Revelation
13:11 refers to America
00:19:26.36\00:19:30.17
as coming up at a time...
coming up out of the earth
00:19:30.23\00:19:33.27
and the picture
of a lamb is used,
00:19:33.30\00:19:35.87
meaning... this
is a young country.
00:19:35.94\00:19:38.61
This was a very infant nation.
00:19:38.64\00:19:41.18
So, it's not so much
the timing and the people
00:19:41.28\00:19:43.71
that were living there,
00:19:43.78\00:19:45.35
it's the conditions
that were talked about...
00:19:45.38\00:19:47.62
these four kingdoms coming up
at a time of agitation and war
00:19:47.68\00:19:50.95
but America coming
up at a time of peace
00:19:50.99\00:19:53.69
as an infant nation...
so, that's the focal point...
00:19:53.72\00:19:56.26
not so much...
people were living there...
00:19:56.29\00:19:58.13
people were living in
all parts of the world
00:19:58.16\00:20:00.53
but simply, God was
focusing on the timing
00:20:00.56\00:20:02.76
of the rise and
fall of these nations.
00:20:02.80\00:20:04.93
Ryan: Amen, thank you,
Pastor for that answer.
00:20:04.97\00:20:07.24
All right, Ms. Shelley,
this is coming from Michellete
00:20:07.27\00:20:10.77
from Fridley Minnesota.
00:20:10.81\00:20:13.41
Hope I'm saying
that right, Michellete...
00:20:13.44\00:20:15.44
they say, "What if you
taste and see the Lord is good
00:20:15.48\00:20:20.52
and still not
satisfied... is that bad?"
00:20:20.55\00:20:24.09
Shelley: Michellete, I so
appreciate the transparency
00:20:24.12\00:20:28.26
of your question.
00:20:28.32\00:20:29.66
Psalm 34 verse 8 says,
00:20:29.69\00:20:32.19
"Taste and see
that the LORD is good;
00:20:32.23\00:20:34.36
blessed is the man
who trusts in Him!"
00:20:34.36\00:20:37.73
The Psalmist is
inviting us into this experience
00:20:37.80\00:20:41.77
to taste the goodness
of God's perfect love.
00:20:41.80\00:20:45.14
His... there's no other
experience that surpasses it
00:20:45.17\00:20:49.04
and we see the
beauty of His character...
00:20:49.08\00:20:51.78
how merciful... how
patient... how loving He is...
00:20:51.81\00:20:55.25
how personal He is
that God is inviting us
00:20:55.28\00:21:00.52
into this intimate personal
relationship as our daddy...
00:21:00.56\00:21:05.39
as our Abba...
00:21:05.43\00:21:07.00
and it's something that
as we're seeking His face,
00:21:07.03\00:21:11.70
we're supposed to...
00:21:11.73\00:21:13.07
instead of seeking
His hand just to...
00:21:13.10\00:21:15.84
what He's going to do,
00:21:15.87\00:21:17.37
we seek His face... we
remember all of His benefits
00:21:17.41\00:21:21.61
and we're mindful of His
constant presence with us,
00:21:21.64\00:21:25.55
it's a beautiful thing.
00:21:25.58\00:21:27.38
When you've spent time
with the Lord like that,
00:21:27.42\00:21:30.29
there's nothing else...
00:21:30.32\00:21:32.89
I mean, there's a
soul satisfaction...
00:21:32.92\00:21:35.09
nothing else will satisfy you.
00:21:35.12\00:21:37.19
But let me say this,
00:21:37.23\00:21:38.56
I have tasted... I have
seen... I have been satisfied.
00:21:38.59\00:21:43.33
But Michellete,
00:21:43.37\00:21:44.90
if I have my
favorite meal on Sunday night
00:21:44.97\00:21:48.54
and it satisfies me,
00:21:48.64\00:21:50.87
am I still satisfied on Monday?
00:21:50.91\00:21:53.04
or by Tuesday or Wednesday?
00:21:53.07\00:21:55.18
You see, it is not a
once-in-a-lifetime event,
00:21:55.21\00:22:01.32
we've got to
taste and see every day.
00:22:01.38\00:22:04.39
Any time I realize
that I'm not satisfied...
00:22:04.42\00:22:07.52
I know I'm not surrendered...
00:22:07.56\00:22:09.29
I invite you right now...
00:22:09.32\00:22:10.99
know God... stop
resisting His love...
00:22:11.03\00:22:16.03
submit to His plan...
00:22:16.10\00:22:17.57
yield through the
leading of the Holy Spirit...
00:22:17.60\00:22:20.17
surrender totally
00:22:20.20\00:22:21.54
and you will find
that that satisfaction
00:22:21.57\00:22:24.64
is beyond any other.
00:22:24.71\00:22:27.18
Ryan: Hmmm... amen... amen...
one of my favorite texts...
00:22:27.21\00:22:29.98
"O taste and see that
the Lord is good. " Psalm 34.
00:22:30.01\00:22:34.02
Praise the Lord...
00:22:34.05\00:22:35.42
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and we're
number... we'll go for it...
00:24:00.04\00:24:02.04
your third
question at this point
00:24:02.07\00:24:03.47
and this is coming from
Kim out of Washington State
00:24:03.51\00:24:06.88
and Kim says,
00:24:06.91\00:24:08.24
"The fourth commandment
is to rest on the Sabbath,
00:24:08.28\00:24:11.21
I see how it's a worship
issue as obedience is worship.
00:24:11.25\00:24:15.82
Would it not be honored by truly
resting on God's Sabbath day
00:24:15.85\00:24:20.99
then attending and/or
conducting church gatherings
00:24:21.02\00:24:25.63
to celebrate the good news and
resurrection on the first day?"
00:24:25.69\00:24:30.43
Dinzey: That's very interesting.
00:24:30.47\00:24:32.70
You know, I have to say
that you can go to church
00:24:32.73\00:24:37.44
any day of the
week and worship God...
00:24:37.47\00:24:39.67
praise His holy name.
00:24:39.71\00:24:41.04
You can do it any day
00:24:41.08\00:24:42.41
but there's something particular
and special and important
00:24:42.44\00:24:46.15
about the seventh day.
00:24:46.18\00:24:47.52
I'm referring to
the fourth commandment.
00:24:47.55\00:24:49.92
In Exodus chapter
20 verses 8 through 11,
00:24:49.95\00:24:52.55
we are told to: Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:24:52.59\00:24:55.69
Six days you shall
labour, and do all your work:
00:24:55.72\00:24:58.16
But the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord your God:
00:24:58.19\00:25:01.46
in it you shall do no work,
00:25:01.50\00:25:02.90
you nor your son,
nor your daughter,
00:25:02.93\00:25:04.70
nor your male servant,
nor your female servant,
00:25:04.77\00:25:07.44
nor your cattle,
nor your stranger
00:25:07.47\00:25:08.90
who is within your gates... "
00:25:08.97\00:25:10.47
why? "For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:25:10.51\00:25:14.41
the sea, and
all that is in them,
00:25:14.48\00:25:16.44
and rested the seventh day:
00:25:16.51\00:25:18.15
therefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day,
00:25:18.18\00:25:20.52
and hallowed it. "
00:25:20.55\00:25:21.88
Now, not only did He do this,
00:25:21.95\00:25:24.15
but He also...
00:25:24.19\00:25:25.52
in the Scriptures we are
told in Leviticus 23 verse 3,
00:25:25.55\00:25:29.19
"Six days shall work be done:
00:25:29.22\00:25:32.36
but the seventh day
is the Sabbath of rest,
00:25:32.39\00:25:34.30
an holy convocation;
00:25:34.36\00:25:37.00
ye shall do no work therein:
00:25:37.03\00:25:38.77
it is the Sabbath of the
Lord in all your dwellings. "
00:25:38.80\00:25:40.70
In other words,
there was supposed to be
00:25:40.74\00:25:42.50
a holy convocation.
00:25:42.54\00:25:43.87
That is a gathering together
of the people in God's temple
00:25:43.91\00:25:48.04
to worship and praise Him.
00:25:48.08\00:25:50.41
To rest the whole
day as you are speaking
00:25:50.45\00:25:54.32
is not in keeping with
the seventh-day Sabbath...
00:25:54.35\00:25:57.22
the commandment to
keep the Sabbath day holy.
00:25:57.25\00:26:01.39
Now, if you're just
resting the whole day,
00:26:01.42\00:26:04.96
you're missing the
purpose of the Sabbath day.
00:26:04.99\00:26:08.40
God wants us to
spend time with Him...
00:26:08.43\00:26:11.17
quality time with
Him studying His Word...
00:26:11.23\00:26:13.97
praising His name...
00:26:14.00\00:26:15.34
worshipping together
00:26:15.37\00:26:16.71
and leave all of the
secular things aside.
00:26:16.74\00:26:20.21
Can you go to church the
next day and Monday and Tuesday
00:26:20.24\00:26:23.38
and Wednesday?
Yes, of course you can
00:26:23.41\00:26:24.95
but to keep the Sabbath day holy
00:26:24.98\00:26:27.68
involves a holy convocation...
a gathering together...
00:26:27.72\00:26:31.35
we all praise God
and honor His name.
00:26:31.39\00:26:34.52
Ryan: Amen, thank
you Brother Dinzey,
00:26:34.56\00:26:37.29
appreciate that.
00:26:37.33\00:26:38.83
All right, Pastor Lomacang,
00:26:38.86\00:26:40.30
this next
question is a loaded one.
00:26:40.36\00:26:42.00
This is coming from
Rob from Quebec, Canada
00:26:42.06\00:26:45.17
and he says,
00:26:45.23\00:26:46.74
"What are your views on
us possibly being on the cusp
00:26:46.77\00:26:50.34
of tribulation but
not the great tribulation
00:26:50.37\00:26:54.01
which involves the Third
Temple and the Mark of the Beast
00:26:54.08\00:26:57.01
possibly heading
our way via 2025?"
00:26:57.08\00:27:00.65
Lomacang: Okay,
great question...
00:27:00.68\00:27:02.35
you know, a lot of
people misunderstand
00:27:02.38\00:27:03.82
Daniel 9 verses 24 to 27...
00:27:03.85\00:27:05.79
and the last
week in the prophecy
00:27:05.82\00:27:08.02
is what this
whole focal point is.
00:27:08.06\00:27:09.96
You know, when
under President Trump
00:27:09.99\00:27:13.19
when the Embassy
was moved to Jerusalem,
00:27:13.23\00:27:14.66
President Benjamin Netanyahu
looked at that as a sign
00:27:14.73\00:27:19.53
to start
rebuilding the Third Temple
00:27:19.57\00:27:21.34
and they started
making plans in 2020
00:27:21.37\00:27:23.54
to start building the
foundation for the new temple.
00:27:23.57\00:27:25.77
So, they are thinking
that when this temple is built
00:27:25.81\00:27:28.94
and then the Antichrist comes
and violates the sacrifices,
00:27:28.98\00:27:34.15
then, the abomination
of desolation just occurred
00:27:34.18\00:27:37.72
and they believe at that point,
00:27:37.75\00:27:39.25
the tribulation
is going to begin...
00:27:39.29\00:27:40.69
the Jews are
going to be converted
00:27:40.72\00:27:42.12
and the Antichrist is going
to make a covenant with them
00:27:42.16\00:27:44.13
for this one week...
00:27:44.16\00:27:45.49
in the middle of that week,
the "Rapture" is going to happen
00:27:45.53\00:27:47.83
and so much... it's going
to get so much more confusing,
00:27:47.86\00:27:50.07
here's the problem here...
00:27:50.10\00:27:51.43
this 70th week
of the Daniel 9...
00:27:51.47\00:27:54.74
and I'll read it very carefully
for you, Daniel 9 verse 24,
00:27:54.80\00:27:57.81
I'll start with verse 25...
00:27:57.84\00:27:59.77
oh, verse 24, very quickly,
00:27:59.84\00:28:01.81
"Seventy weeks are
determined for your people
00:28:01.88\00:28:04.11
and for your holy city... "
00:28:04.15\00:28:05.51
he's speaking
directly to Daniel.
00:28:05.55\00:28:06.88
"To finish the transgression,
to make an end of sins,
00:28:06.92\00:28:09.08
to make
reconciliation for iniquity,
00:28:09.12\00:28:10.69
to bring in
everlasting righteousness,
00:28:10.72\00:28:12.29
to seal up the
vision and prophecy,
00:28:12.35\00:28:13.69
and to anoint the Most Holy. "
00:28:13.72\00:28:16.36
Now, when this
happened, verse 25 says,
00:28:16.39\00:28:19.66
"When the command to restore
and rebuild Jerusalem... "
00:28:19.69\00:28:22.36
now, here's the problem...
00:28:22.43\00:28:23.77
when the command
to give and restore
00:28:23.80\00:28:26.97
original Jerusalem
was given, 457 B.C.,
00:28:27.00\00:28:30.74
he says... when you
follow 483 years later,
00:28:30.77\00:28:34.44
it will take you to the time
where the Messiah is anointed.
00:28:34.48\00:28:37.08
Jesus was anointed in 27 A.D.
00:28:37.11\00:28:40.18
exactly as the
prophecy fulfilled.
00:28:40.22\00:28:42.38
Here's the problem...
00:28:42.45\00:28:43.79
this is huge problem...
00:28:43.82\00:28:45.15
either this prophecy
refers to the Messiah Jesus
00:28:45.19\00:28:49.29
who was anointed in 27 A.D.
00:28:49.32\00:28:51.79
3 and a 1/2 years later in
31 A.D. He was crucified...
00:28:51.86\00:28:55.10
3 and a 1/2 years
later, He was crucified.
00:28:55.13\00:28:56.83
3 and a 1/2 years later,
the gospel went to the Gentiles.
00:28:56.87\00:28:59.67
That seven-year period...
already been fulfilled.
00:28:59.70\00:29:03.07
But why do they miss that?
00:29:03.10\00:29:04.87
It's because there
were two other decrees
00:29:04.91\00:29:06.37
given by Cyrus and Darius.
00:29:06.41\00:29:07.74
When you begin with the
decree of Cyrus and Darius,
00:29:07.78\00:29:10.51
you never... the
prophecy is never fulfilled
00:29:10.55\00:29:12.18
and the Catholic
Church... during the Dark Ages
00:29:12.21\00:29:14.78
sent Francisco
Ribera and Luis de Alcazar
00:29:14.82\00:29:17.12
to re-interpret the prophecies
00:29:17.15\00:29:18.52
to specifically point the
Reformers away from the fact
00:29:18.55\00:29:23.32
that Rome was the
System of the Antichrist
00:29:23.36\00:29:25.49
and to push it
way into the future
00:29:25.56\00:29:27.50
so, now, the Jews are
saying, "Wait... we don't... "
00:29:27.56\00:29:29.90
they don't accept the
coming of the first Messiah,
00:29:29.93\00:29:32.17
so, they are looking for
the coming of the Messiah
00:29:32.20\00:29:34.37
in the future.
00:29:34.40\00:29:35.74
And so, this prophecy
has already been fulfilled.
00:29:35.77\00:29:37.41
Ryan: Right.
00:29:37.44\00:29:38.81
Lomacang: There's
going to be no rebuilding...
00:29:38.84\00:29:40.18
they may rebuild a temple
00:29:40.21\00:29:41.54
but the Messiah is not coming
when that temple is rebuilt.
00:29:41.58\00:29:43.58
So, they're looking
for physical evidences
00:29:43.61\00:29:45.68
of the coming of the Messiah
00:29:45.75\00:29:47.08
and when that temple...
00:29:47.12\00:29:48.45
when the embassy was
transferred to Jerusalem,
00:29:48.48\00:29:50.72
they thought boom...
00:29:50.75\00:29:52.09
and world leaders came
together to celebrate that...
00:29:52.12\00:29:54.16
I have an entire sermon
called: The Appearing...
00:29:54.19\00:29:56.22
you can get that if you
call us here at our church,
00:29:56.26\00:29:58.26
and it describes in
detail how that happened
00:29:58.29\00:30:01.13
and what they're looking for.
00:30:01.16\00:30:02.50
But the fact of the matter is,
00:30:02.56\00:30:03.90
this prophecy has
already been fulfilled.
00:30:03.93\00:30:05.97
Ryan: Wow! 70
weeks in two minutes,
00:30:06.03\00:30:08.37
my goodness!
Praise the Lord Brother,
00:30:08.40\00:30:10.74
praise the Lord for that truth.
00:30:10.77\00:30:12.11
We certainly need to
be in the word of God.
00:30:12.17\00:30:13.81
All right, Ms. Shelley Quinn,
00:30:13.84\00:30:16.58
this is coming to
you from Eugene in Ghana
00:30:16.61\00:30:19.31
and Eugene says,
00:30:19.35\00:30:20.75
"Will we see the face of God
the Father and the Holy Spirit
00:30:20.78\00:30:25.49
since He is also a person. "
00:30:25.55\00:30:27.12
Shelley: Ah Eugene,
Matthew 5:8 gives you an answer,
00:30:27.16\00:30:31.36
it says, "Blessed
are the pure in heart,
00:30:31.43\00:30:33.23
for they shall
see the face of God. "
00:30:33.26\00:30:35.00
But even more importantly,
Revelation 22:4 says,
00:30:35.03\00:30:38.50
"They shall see His face,
00:30:38.53\00:30:40.74
and His name shall
be on their foreheads. "
00:30:40.77\00:30:43.47
Adam and Eve
saw God face to face
00:30:43.51\00:30:46.41
but the curse of sin...
00:30:46.44\00:30:48.74
God put them out of the Garden
00:30:48.81\00:30:52.68
and then, no one could
see Him face to face again.
00:30:52.71\00:30:55.78
Remember when Moses said,
"O... let me see your glory... "
00:30:55.85\00:30:58.75
God put him in the
cleft... the rock...
00:30:58.82\00:31:00.62
God walked by...
00:31:00.66\00:31:01.99
he only saw the back of God.
00:31:02.06\00:31:03.83
No man can look on
the face of God right now
00:31:03.86\00:31:06.56
because we're
not righteous enough.
00:31:06.63\00:31:09.13
God is... when you
think of God is love...
00:31:09.16\00:31:12.40
that means... God is
sinless... love cannot sin
00:31:12.43\00:31:15.17
and so, man...
00:31:15.27\00:31:17.84
no mortal man can look upon the
face of God right now and live.
00:31:17.87\00:31:21.28
We need that robe
of righteousness...
00:31:21.31\00:31:24.18
the immortality and
that's what happened.
00:31:24.25\00:31:27.08
But when John 14:9...
00:31:27.12\00:31:29.75
the only person that's ever
really looked on the face of God
00:31:29.78\00:31:32.82
lived during the
time... since Adam and Eve
00:31:32.85\00:31:35.59
lived during the time of Jesus.
00:31:35.62\00:31:37.99
John 14:9... Jesus said to him,
00:31:38.03\00:31:39.93
"Have I been with you so long,
00:31:39.96\00:31:41.80
and you don't know me, Philip?
00:31:41.83\00:31:44.17
He who has seen Me
has seen the Father;
00:31:44.20\00:31:47.14
so how can you say,
'Show us the Father'?"
00:31:47.17\00:31:50.01
But what's going to
happen at the resurrection
00:31:50.07\00:31:53.61
of the righteous in
1st Corinthians 15:53?
00:31:53.64\00:31:57.85
That curse of sin is
going to be removed...
00:31:57.88\00:32:00.88
we put on immortality...
00:32:00.92\00:32:02.68
we're clothed in
Christ's righteousness...
00:32:02.72\00:32:05.32
we can now look upon God's face
00:32:05.35\00:32:08.39
and our joy will be in
perfect relationship with Him.
00:32:08.46\00:32:14.63
You know, this I
believe, Numbers 6:25 and 26,
00:32:14.66\00:32:20.97
love is a beautiful blessing
00:32:21.00\00:32:22.84
but I believe it's going
to be fulfilled in a new way.
00:32:22.87\00:32:26.31
It says, "The LORD will
make His face shine upon you,
00:32:26.34\00:32:29.08
and be gracious to you;
00:32:29.11\00:32:30.45
the LORD lift up His
countenance upon you,
00:32:30.48\00:32:32.88
and give you peace. "
00:32:32.91\00:32:34.25
That's going to happen
00:32:34.28\00:32:35.62
when we get to see
our Lord face to face.
00:32:35.65\00:32:37.79
Ryan: Amen, thank
you Shelley for that.
00:32:37.85\00:32:40.29
Pastor John Dinzey,
00:32:40.32\00:32:42.29
this is coming from
Pinky in the Philippines
00:32:42.36\00:32:45.19
and Pinky says,
00:32:45.23\00:32:47.13
"Were there other created humans
during Adam and Eve's time
00:32:47.20\00:32:53.67
for in Genesis
chapter 4 verses 15 to 17... "
00:32:53.70\00:32:57.51
she quotes the verse here...
00:32:57.54\00:32:58.87
"But the Lord said unto him,
00:32:58.91\00:33:00.31
'Not so, anyone who kills
Cain will suffer vengeance
00:33:00.34\00:33:03.01
seven times over. '
00:33:03.04\00:33:04.38
Then the Lord
put a mark on Cain,
00:33:04.41\00:33:05.95
so that no one who
found him would kill him.
00:33:05.98\00:33:08.48
So Cain went out
from the Lord's presence
00:33:08.55\00:33:11.15
and lived in the land
of Nod east of Eden. "
00:33:11.19\00:33:13.72
And so, her follow-up
portion of this question says,
00:33:13.76\00:33:16.96
"Cain made love to his
wife and she became pregnant
00:33:16.99\00:33:19.96
and gave birth to Enoch.
00:33:20.00\00:33:21.30
The above implies that
there were other people
00:33:21.33\00:33:24.37
who might find Cain
and Cain had a wife. "
00:33:24.40\00:33:27.44
Pause...
00:33:27.47\00:33:29.24
Dinzey: Thank you
Pinky for the question
00:33:29.30\00:33:30.74
and some of the answer as well.
00:33:30.77\00:33:32.11
This is a very
interesting question.
00:33:32.17\00:33:34.91
Many people have this question
00:33:34.94\00:33:36.48
and I like to use the
word "procreated" not "created"
00:33:36.51\00:33:40.92
procreated because
they were sons and daughters
00:33:40.95\00:33:42.92
of Adam and Eve.
00:33:42.95\00:33:44.29
Now, it's interesting when
you go to Genesis chapter 4,
00:33:44.32\00:33:47.36
it is giving us a
description of what happened
00:33:47.39\00:33:50.26
with the first and
second son of Adam and Eve
00:33:50.33\00:33:53.13
and it was something so shocking
that the Bible brings it out
00:33:53.16\00:33:57.20
not necessarily in
chronological order
00:33:57.23\00:33:59.93
and we're going to
get to that in a moment.
00:34:00.04\00:34:02.24
Now, what's happening
in Genesis chapter 4...
00:34:02.27\00:34:04.47
it is helping us to
understand what happened...
00:34:04.51\00:34:06.71
the people of God
had a departure...
00:34:06.74\00:34:09.14
Cain and his... Cain
that killed his brother Abel
00:34:09.18\00:34:12.51
became those that
departed from the Lord...
00:34:12.55\00:34:14.82
he says, "I'm going away from
the presence of the Lord... "
00:34:14.85\00:34:17.59
worshipping according
to the way he wanted to.
00:34:17.62\00:34:21.09
While Adam and his
posterity... his children
00:34:21.12\00:34:24.59
continued serving the Lord
00:34:24.63\00:34:26.29
and this is why I point
you to the genealogy of Cain
00:34:26.33\00:34:31.03
in Genesis
chapter 4 verses 16 to 24
00:34:31.07\00:34:34.27
which I'm not going to read.
00:34:34.30\00:34:35.67
Now, when you get to the
end of Genesis chapter 4,
00:34:35.70\00:34:40.54
verses 25 and 26 it says this,
00:34:40.58\00:34:43.01
"And Adam knew his wife again,
00:34:43.04\00:34:45.41
and she bore a
son, and named him Seth:
00:34:45.48\00:34:47.68
'For God hath appointed another
seed for me instead of Abel,
00:34:47.72\00:34:52.32
whom Cain killed. '
00:34:52.35\00:34:53.76
And as for Seth, to
him also a son was born;
00:34:53.79\00:34:57.16
and he named him Enoch.
00:34:57.19\00:34:58.59
Then men began to call
upon the name of the Lord. "
00:34:58.63\00:35:00.90
So, that's the
way Genesis 4 ends.
00:35:00.93\00:35:03.43
Everything is
clarified in Genesis chapter 5.
00:35:03.47\00:35:06.47
Notice Genesis
chapter 5 verse 3,
00:35:06.50\00:35:08.60
"And Adam lived a
hundred and thirty years... "
00:35:08.64\00:35:11.91
I'm making emphasis
on that for a reason...
00:35:11.94\00:35:15.11
and begat a son in his own
likeness, after his own image,
00:35:15.14\00:35:18.65
and named him Seth. "
00:35:18.68\00:35:20.48
Wow! that's a 130 years...
00:35:20.52\00:35:22.55
would you not accept that
Adam and Eve had plenty of time
00:35:22.58\00:35:25.82
to have sons and daughters...
many sons and daughters...
00:35:25.92\00:35:29.12
and yes... one of
those daughters Cain married
00:35:29.19\00:35:33.29
and had children by her.
00:35:33.33\00:35:35.40
So, there were many sons
and daughters of Adam and Eve
00:35:35.43\00:35:37.77
because there
was 130 years of time
00:35:37.80\00:35:40.07
for them to have many children
00:35:40.10\00:35:41.94
and so, you can continue reading
this in Genesis chapter 5.
00:35:41.97\00:35:46.41
Shelley: Amen.
00:35:46.44\00:35:47.78
Ryan: Thank you Pastor Dinzey
for that... appreciate it.
00:35:47.81\00:35:49.41
All right Pastor John Lomacang,
00:35:49.48\00:35:51.48
we're coming to
you with the fourth...
00:35:51.51\00:35:53.68
your fourth question here
00:35:53.75\00:35:55.38
and this is coming
from a Viewer in California
00:35:55.42\00:35:58.09
and this person says,
"Hello, I'm a new listener,
00:35:58.12\00:36:00.82
God bless you all.
00:36:00.89\00:36:02.22
Why is half of the
Christian Community
00:36:02.26\00:36:05.79
waiting on a "Rapture"?
00:36:05.86\00:36:07.86
Lomacang: Okay, thank you,
that gives me an opportunity
00:36:07.93\00:36:10.90
to continue the
answer to the last question.
00:36:10.93\00:36:13.07
Perfectly timed...
00:36:13.10\00:36:14.44
because they are
accepting something
00:36:14.47\00:36:17.11
that the Bible doesn't teach.
00:36:17.14\00:36:18.47
That's the bottom line.
00:36:18.51\00:36:19.84
Let me just give you
a very short timeline
00:36:19.87\00:36:21.64
and I... I talked about
this on my last question.
00:36:21.68\00:36:25.01
During the Dark Ages
00:36:25.08\00:36:27.12
the Bible clearly defined
Rome, the System of Rome...
00:36:27.15\00:36:29.52
Pagan Rome...
00:36:29.55\00:36:30.99
and then later on Papal Rome...
a religious-political System
00:36:31.05\00:36:33.99
as the System of Antichrist.
00:36:34.02\00:36:36.19
But Rome sought to push the
people's eyes away from them
00:36:36.26\00:36:40.20
to some future time
that this lone individual
00:36:40.23\00:36:44.67
comes some
place out of the earth
00:36:44.70\00:36:46.37
and becomes the Antichrist
00:36:46.43\00:36:47.87
and as I said in
the last question,
00:36:47.90\00:36:49.40
make a covenant...
00:36:49.44\00:36:50.87
confirm this covenant...
00:36:50.91\00:36:52.27
making a treaty with the Jews...
00:36:52.31\00:36:54.01
have them rebuild the temple...
00:36:54.04\00:36:55.38
and when the temple is
rebuilt, then, all of a sudden,
00:36:55.41\00:36:58.58
before the tribulation begins,
00:36:58.61\00:36:59.95
the church will
just disappear...
00:37:00.05\00:37:01.65
the pilots out of their
controls sees people disappear
00:37:01.68\00:37:04.29
from their cars...
00:37:04.32\00:37:05.69
people missing
from the dinner table...
00:37:05.72\00:37:07.32
and they believe
the "Secret Rapture" now
00:37:07.36\00:37:09.56
is a beginning of the
last tribulation time-frame
00:37:09.59\00:37:13.26
out of which then
when this happens,
00:37:13.29\00:37:15.16
this is seven years from now...
00:37:15.20\00:37:17.13
the Lord will come back visibly.
00:37:17.17\00:37:19.03
The Bible doesn't teach an
invisible return of Christ.
00:37:19.07\00:37:21.77
The Bible says...
Revelation 1 verse 7,
00:37:21.80\00:37:23.87
"Every eye will see Him. "
00:37:23.91\00:37:25.24
But how did this take
root in the Christian world?
00:37:25.27\00:37:27.31
A nutshell...
are you ready for it?
00:37:27.34\00:37:29.44
Francisco Ribera was the
Jesuit commissioned by Rome.
00:37:29.48\00:37:32.95
Then, later in Europe a man
by the name of John N. Darby
00:37:33.01\00:37:36.32
advanced something called
"Dispensational Theology. "
00:37:36.38\00:37:39.65
Then Cyrus I. Scofield
00:37:39.69\00:37:41.32
from which we get the
Scofield Reference Bible,
00:37:41.39\00:37:43.69
began to include all
the "Rapture" theories
00:37:43.73\00:37:45.99
in his Bible Notes
00:37:46.03\00:37:47.36
which began to cause
people to think that somehow
00:37:47.40\00:37:49.83
since it's in the Notes,
it's in the Bible... no...
00:37:49.86\00:37:52.53
then Hal Lindsey in the '70s,
"The Late Great Planet Earth"
00:37:52.60\00:37:55.90
continued to compound that.
00:37:55.97\00:37:57.51
Then, Tim La
Haye and Jerry Jenkins
00:37:57.54\00:37:59.74
in this entire Rapture Series...
the "Left Behind" Series
00:37:59.77\00:38:03.01
compounded that in
the Christian world
00:38:03.08\00:38:05.15
so, today, millions
are looking for something
00:38:05.18\00:38:07.88
that is not
supported by the Bible.
00:38:07.92\00:38:10.12
If you support the
Bible and believe the Bible,
00:38:10.15\00:38:12.32
"Behold, He
cometh with clouds...
00:38:12.35\00:38:14.19
and every eye will see Him. "
00:38:14.22\00:38:16.22
There is no secret.
00:38:16.26\00:38:17.69
Psalm 25 verse 9,
00:38:17.76\00:38:19.19
"Our Lord shall come
and shall not keep silent. "
00:38:19.23\00:38:22.66
It's going to be a visible...
an audible earth-shaking event.
00:38:22.73\00:38:26.60
Shelley: Amen.
Ryan: Praise God...
00:38:26.63\00:38:28.10
if Danny was here, he'd say,
00:38:28.14\00:38:29.47
"that's a
two-hander" right there.
00:38:29.50\00:38:30.84
Praise the Lord.
00:38:30.87\00:38:32.21
Great answer Pastor, thank you.
00:38:32.24\00:38:34.04
Ah... Sister Shelley Quinn,
00:38:34.08\00:38:35.41
this is coming from
Richard and he says,
00:38:35.44\00:38:39.01
"God's second commandment says,
00:38:39.08\00:38:40.48
"Thou shalt not make
unto thee any graven image,
00:38:40.52\00:38:42.65
or any likeness of any
thing that is in heaven above,
00:38:42.68\00:38:45.49
or that is in the earth beneath,
00:38:45.52\00:38:47.46
or that is in the
water under the earth.
00:38:47.49\00:38:51.06
Is it wrong to have
wooden models of animals
00:38:51.09\00:38:55.10
or metal object like a
horse with a cowboy on it
00:38:55.13\00:38:58.17
or ceramic objects of animals
00:38:58.23\00:39:00.47
or even of people that
we love on tables or ledges
00:39:00.50\00:39:04.14
in our houses?
00:39:04.17\00:39:05.51
I would never bow down
to them or worship them
00:39:05.54\00:39:07.78
but there are many
things that are images
00:39:07.84\00:39:10.85
in people's houses.
00:39:10.88\00:39:12.21
Is this a sin?
Should I get rid of them?
00:39:12.25\00:39:14.58
Shelley: Richard, I
appreciate your heart...
00:39:14.62\00:39:16.82
let's look to the
Scripture for the answer.
00:39:16.85\00:39:18.99
The first four commandments
of God's Ten Commandments
00:39:19.02\00:39:23.32
are all about worship.
00:39:23.39\00:39:24.73
Let's look at the
second commandment,
00:39:24.76\00:39:26.49
Exodus 20:4 through 5,
00:39:26.56\00:39:28.93
now, first I want you to notice
00:39:28.96\00:39:30.43
there are three prohibitions
that are written out in this.
00:39:30.47\00:39:34.30
"You shall not
make for yourself... "
00:39:34.34\00:39:36.97
that's number
one... "a carved image
00:39:37.04\00:39:39.61
or any likeness of anything
that is in heaven above,
00:39:39.64\00:39:42.58
or that is in the earth beneath,
00:39:42.61\00:39:43.98
or in the water
underneath the earth;
00:39:44.01\00:39:45.98
you shall not bow down
to them nor serve them. "
00:39:46.05\00:39:52.49
So, God is
prohibiting... forbidding
00:39:52.59\00:39:56.69
that we make any image for the
religious purpose of worshiping,
00:39:56.73\00:40:02.26
of bowing
down... of serving it...
00:40:02.30\00:40:04.20
it is improper to bow down or
worship before a carved image.
00:40:04.27\00:40:08.87
It's sinful to have these
sacred images that we worship
00:40:08.90\00:40:13.61
in Christian worship.
00:40:13.64\00:40:14.98
Now, I can't find
anything in all of the Bible
00:40:15.01\00:40:19.11
that specifically
forbids photography...
00:40:19.15\00:40:22.08
western art or any
of this that it guards
00:40:22.12\00:40:25.95
that are not made
as religious images.
00:40:25.99\00:40:29.72
So, when we think of
objects that we use for art...
00:40:29.76\00:40:35.36
that we use for...
00:40:35.40\00:40:36.87
if they're not being
used for worship and adoration
00:40:36.90\00:40:39.93
like having a picture of Jesus
00:40:39.97\00:40:42.27
or a picture of loved ones,
00:40:42.30\00:40:45.37
this is not equal to idolatry.
00:40:45.41\00:40:48.48
What we have to remember
00:40:48.51\00:40:49.84
is that we're not worshiping it
00:40:49.91\00:40:52.51
but we need to
keep in our mind's eye
00:40:52.58\00:40:54.78
it is an artist's conception
00:40:54.82\00:40:58.02
because nothing can capture
the true likeness of God.
00:40:58.05\00:41:01.89
Ryan: Amen, thank
you so much Shelley.
00:41:01.92\00:41:03.83
Lomacang: And Ryan, very quickly
00:41:03.86\00:41:05.36
I just want to make
one quick correction...
00:41:05.43\00:41:07.50
I said Psalm
25:9... I meant Isaiah 25:9
00:41:07.50\00:41:09.83
but the actual
reference is Psalm 50 verse 3.
00:41:09.86\00:41:12.90
"Our God shall come,
and shall not keep silent. "
00:41:12.93\00:41:15.97
I want to make sure
that was clear there.
00:41:16.00\00:41:17.34
Ryan: Yeah, I
appreciate that, thank you.
00:41:17.37\00:41:18.71
All right, Pastor John Dinzey,
00:41:18.74\00:41:20.51
this is your last question
00:41:20.58\00:41:21.91
before we go to
the extra questions,
00:41:21.94\00:41:23.95
but this is coming
from Chantel from Jamaica
00:41:23.98\00:41:27.48
and they say,
"Can you please expound
00:41:27.52\00:41:30.45
on the Special Resurrection
mentioned in Daniel 12
00:41:30.49\00:41:34.26
verse 2 specifically
00:41:34.29\00:41:36.59
and spoken of by
our Sister E.G. White
00:41:36.62\00:41:39.66
in the Great
Controversy page 637.
00:41:39.69\00:41:42.60
There has not been much
teaching of this in our church.
00:41:42.63\00:41:46.27
I do believe that it is an
important truth, much love. "
00:41:46.30\00:41:49.94
Dinzey: Okay,
thank you very much...
00:41:49.97\00:41:52.17
this question is
very interesting.
00:41:52.21\00:41:54.41
I like to say this, you know,
00:41:54.44\00:41:57.21
God's ministers are praying
00:41:57.25\00:42:00.12
asking for God to
give them a message
00:42:00.15\00:42:01.92
to present to His children
when they have to preach
00:42:01.95\00:42:05.39
and the Lord will impress
them to preach on this message
00:42:05.45\00:42:10.23
when the time is necessary.
00:42:10.26\00:42:11.83
Could it be that this is
being preached in other places?
00:42:11.89\00:42:15.16
It's possible...
maybe not in your area
00:42:15.20\00:42:16.83
but it could be.
00:42:16.87\00:42:18.20
I like to read from
Great Controversy page 637
00:42:18.23\00:42:20.34
which you made reference
to, it says: Graves are opened,
00:42:20.37\00:42:23.14
and "many of them that sleep
in the dust of the earth awake,
00:42:23.17\00:42:25.84
some to everlasting life,
00:42:25.91\00:42:27.24
and some to shame and
everlasting contempt. "
00:42:27.28\00:42:29.91
Daniel chapter 12 verse 2.
00:42:29.98\00:42:31.38
All who have died in the faith
of the third angel's message
00:42:31.41\00:42:34.98
come forth from
the tomb glorified,
00:42:35.02\00:42:37.35
to hear God's covenant of peace
00:42:37.39\00:42:39.39
with those who
have kept His law.
00:42:39.42\00:42:41.29
"They also which
pierced Him" Revelation 1:7,
00:42:41.32\00:42:45.19
Those that mocked and
derided Christ's dying agonies,
00:42:45.26\00:42:49.56
and the most violent opposers
of His truth and His people,
00:42:49.60\00:42:53.84
are raised to
behold Him in His glory
00:42:53.87\00:42:56.87
and to see the honor placed
upon the loyal and obedient.
00:42:56.91\00:43:00.91
Great Controversy page 637.
00:43:00.94\00:43:03.58
In Revelation chapter 1
verse 7 it does say that
00:43:03.61\00:43:08.58
"He is coming with clouds,
00:43:08.62\00:43:11.62
and every eye will see Him,
00:43:11.65\00:43:12.99
even they who pierced Him. "
00:43:13.02\00:43:14.72
So, appears to be a
Special Resurrection
00:43:14.76\00:43:18.56
for those particular people,
00:43:18.59\00:43:20.13
just as it is written
The Great Controversy...
00:43:20.16\00:43:22.56
the quote that I just mentioned
00:43:22.60\00:43:24.83
and there's also another one
that I'd like to point to you
00:43:24.90\00:43:27.50
in Matthew 26 verses 63 and 64
00:43:27.54\00:43:31.04
where Jesus is
being questioned there,
00:43:31.07\00:43:33.48
and it says: But
Jesus held His peace,
00:43:33.51\00:43:35.88
and the high priest
answered and said unto Him,
00:43:35.94\00:43:37.98
"I adjure thee
by the living God,
00:43:38.01\00:43:39.91
that thou tell us whether thou
be the Christ, the Son of God. "
00:43:39.95\00:43:42.58
Jesus said unto him,
00:43:42.62\00:43:44.39
"Thou has said:
nevertheless I say unto you,
00:43:44.42\00:43:47.19
'Hereafter you
shall see the Son of man
00:43:47.22\00:43:49.82
sitting on the
right hand of power,
00:43:49.86\00:43:51.19
and coming in the
clouds of heaven. '"
00:43:51.23\00:43:53.23
There is evidence in Scripture
00:43:53.29\00:43:55.33
for this type of
resurrection of these people
00:43:55.36\00:43:57.47
so they can see God's glory
00:43:57.50\00:43:59.80
of the Son that
He's been glorified
00:43:59.83\00:44:02.57
so, yes, why has
it not been expounded?
00:44:02.64\00:44:05.31
I do not know for sure
00:44:05.34\00:44:07.11
but God in His timing
will bring the message
00:44:07.14\00:44:09.04
that God's people need.
00:44:09.08\00:44:10.41
Shelley: Amen.
00:44:10.45\00:44:11.85
Ryan: Very nice,
thank you Pastor.
00:44:11.88\00:44:13.42
All right, Pastor John Lomacang,
00:44:13.45\00:44:15.02
this is coming from
Linda in Redding, California.
00:44:15.05\00:44:18.35
"Are the Climate
changes we are experiencing
00:44:18.39\00:44:21.66
only due to gasses
00:44:21.69\00:44:23.69
or is it due to the
angels loosening the four winds
00:44:23.73\00:44:27.23
or both?"
00:44:27.23\00:44:28.90
Lomacang: Wow! That's how
I love that question because
00:44:28.93\00:44:31.43
the Bible doesn't give an
answer one way or the other
00:44:31.47\00:44:33.97
but I do have a
particular Scripture
00:44:34.00\00:44:36.17
about how God feels about how
we are stewards of the climate.
00:44:36.20\00:44:39.34
Ryan: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:44:39.37\00:44:40.71
Lomacang: First of all, the
answer is purely speculative
00:44:40.74\00:44:43.55
to some degree
00:44:43.61\00:44:44.95
but the Bible indicates
that there is a judgment
00:44:44.98\00:44:47.78
that God will usher
upon those who violate
00:44:47.82\00:44:51.79
their stewardship of the planet.
00:44:51.85\00:44:53.42
I'll read Revelation chapter
11 verse 18... the Bible says,
00:44:53.46\00:44:56.39
"The nations were angry,
00:44:56.42\00:44:58.23
Your wrath has come,
00:44:58.26\00:45:00.13
and the time of the dead,
00:45:00.16\00:45:02.16
that they should be judged,
00:45:02.20\00:45:04.27
and that You should reward
Your servants the prophets
00:45:04.30\00:45:07.07
and the saints,
00:45:07.10\00:45:08.74
and those who fear
Your name, small and great,
00:45:08.77\00:45:12.04
and should destroy
those who destroy the earth. "
00:45:12.07\00:45:15.64
Now, the effects that
we're experiencing today
00:45:15.68\00:45:19.25
depending on
your political party
00:45:19.28\00:45:21.32
you could argue
one way or the other.
00:45:21.35\00:45:23.35
I don't want to
support one camp or the other
00:45:23.39\00:45:26.12
but I do support the
fact that we are stewards
00:45:26.22\00:45:28.86
of what God has given to us.
00:45:28.89\00:45:30.23
You find that the Lord made it
clear to Adam in Genesis 1:28,
00:45:30.29\00:45:34.40
"Be fruitful and multiply;
00:45:34.46\00:45:36.50
and fill the
earth and subdue it;
00:45:36.53\00:45:38.13
have dominion over
the fish of the sea,
00:45:38.17\00:45:40.20
over the birds of the air,
00:45:40.27\00:45:41.60
and over every living
thing that moves on the earth. "
00:45:41.64\00:45:43.77
And so, you see clearly
that God gave Adam dominion.
00:45:43.81\00:45:46.51
He says, "I want you
to care for the planet
00:45:46.54\00:45:48.94
that I'm giving to you... "
00:45:49.01\00:45:50.35
and I think we have
a great responsibility.
00:45:50.38\00:45:52.25
I've traveled around
the world extensively
00:45:52.28\00:45:54.08
and I've seen some
countries... I won't mention it
00:45:54.12\00:45:56.52
but some of the
waters are so filthy...
00:45:56.55\00:45:58.62
the people bathe and
drink from the very same waters
00:45:58.65\00:46:01.09
and they go through
diseases that are unnumbered
00:46:01.12\00:46:03.93
because they have
refused to be honest stewards
00:46:03.96\00:46:06.66
of what God has given to us.
00:46:06.70\00:46:08.00
I think in America sometimes
money drives a larger agenda
00:46:08.03\00:46:11.73
than responsibility.
00:46:11.77\00:46:13.20
Many things are sold
00:46:13.27\00:46:14.60
for which if we look
at the stewardship of it
00:46:14.64\00:46:17.37
destroying our body
and destroying the earth.
00:46:17.41\00:46:20.14
So, I think in a nutshell,
00:46:20.21\00:46:21.68
we can see the impact of
what's happening in our world
00:46:21.71\00:46:23.95
based on a lot of
things that are money driven
00:46:23.98\00:46:26.28
and not driven by
our honest stewardship
00:46:26.35\00:46:29.82
and responsibility to God.
00:46:29.85\00:46:31.65
So, in a nutshell,
00:46:31.69\00:46:34.22
are the angels
releasing the winds
00:46:34.26\00:46:36.26
and is the climate
change due to that?
00:46:36.29\00:46:38.19
I can't answer that
00:46:38.26\00:46:39.76
because the Bible doesn't
give me any evidence for that
00:46:39.83\00:46:41.73
but the climate is
definitely changing.
00:46:41.76\00:46:43.60
Ryan: That's for
sure... absolutely.
00:46:43.67\00:46:45.40
Thank you Pastor.
00:46:45.43\00:46:46.77
All right, Ms. Shelley Quinn,
this is your last question
00:46:46.84\00:46:49.50
and this is coming
from Daniel in Uganda
00:46:49.54\00:46:52.31
and Daniel says,
"Can you please explain
00:46:52.34\00:46:55.01
Colossians 2 verse 16...
what was Paul meaning here?"
00:46:55.08\00:47:00.92
Shelley: Oh, absolutely Daniel,
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first let me back
up to Colossians 2:14
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so that we can
see this in context.
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Colossians 2:14 says...
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talking about Christ
having wiped out the handwriting
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of requirements
that was against us,
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which was contrary to us.
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He has taken it out of the way,
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having nailed it to the cross.
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Undoubtedly, the
handwriting of requirements...
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this handwriting of
decrees... this dogmas
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with the old covenant.
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In Exodus 24, we find that
the book of the covenant...
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the words that God gave to Moses
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he wrote out in the
book of the covenant...
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the civil laws...
the ceremonial laws
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and this was then
repeated... enlarged
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in the book of Deuteronomy
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which is known as:
The Book of the Law
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or the Book of the Covenant
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and it had the curses...
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we find in
Deuteronomy 27:14 to 26
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the curses for
not obeying that law.
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So, Deuteronomy 31:26 says,
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"Take this Book of the Law,
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put it beside the ark of the
covenant of the Lord your God,
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that it may be there as
a witness against you... "
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same thing that Colossians
2:14 is talking about...
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so, when we look at that,
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remember in Ephesians
2:15... 2:14 and 15 Paul writes
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that Jesus
Himself is our peace...
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that He has broken down...
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He has made the two one...
the Gentiles and the Jews...
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He's broken down the
middle wall of separation,
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having abolished in
His flesh the enmity,
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that is, the law of commandments
contained in ordinances,
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so as to create Himself
one new man from the two.
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So, now we get to your
verse, Colossians 2:16,
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"So let no one judge
you in food or drink... "
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if the Book of the Law...
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the Book of the Covenant that
had all these ceremonial laws,
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these drink
offerings and food offerings
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and grain offerings
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and all of this...
the annual sabbaths...
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the feast days...
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he said, "Let no one
judge you in food or in drink,
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or regarding a festival
or a new moon or 'sabbaths'
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the old covenant
Ceremonial System...
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all the drink offerings...
the food offerings...
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the annual sabbaths...
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the feast days
of unleavened bread
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and Pentecost and trumpets
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and the Feast of Atonement...
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they all pointed to
Christ and verse 17 says,
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"they're just a
shadow of things to come,
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but the
substance is of Christ. "
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Ryan: Amen, thank you
for that, concise answer.
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All right, we have
made it to our extras round.
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This is where we toss
out some extra questions
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and let you guys respond...
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this first question
is coming from Isabel
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and she says, "When
the Lord God almighty
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sent the great flood
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and everything
and everyone perished
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except Noah and
his family were saved,
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where did Satan and his
workforce... the demons go?"
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Lomacang: Well, because they
didn't have physical dimensions
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in a spirit realm...
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there's no particular place that
they had to hide from the flood
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I think that they maintained
some of the attributes of angels
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but now they were fallen angels.
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The only evidence
we have in the Bible is
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where in 1st
Peter it talks about...
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they were delivered
in chains of darkness...
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the word "Tartarus"
there... spirit world
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that is beyond
our ability to see...
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so, to me...
they're not like animals
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that they seek
for a higher plane...
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the Lord allowed them to
continue to see the results
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of their influence on humanity
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but their day is coming.
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Ryan: That's
right... that's right...
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Dinzey: Yes, you know,
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it's interesting that
this question has been asked...
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I've never heard
somebody ask that question,
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I'm not
interested where they are...
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we have enough
trouble seeing them...
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that they are around today...
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so, wherever they are,
they apparently survived,
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so, by God's grace, we
need to depend on the Lord
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so that we can be victorious
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from all those things
that they're throwing at us.
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Ryan: Amen...
no comment, okay...
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Lomacang: The
reason why they survived...
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because the Bible says,
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"They are reserved
unto the day of judgment. "
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Their time was not to
be destroyed in the flood,
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they are reserved
until the day of judgment
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to be punished... so
they got their day coming.
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Ryan: Amen... praise
the Lord, praise the Lord.
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Well, we don't have enough
time for another extra question
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but we are going to take
a break just for a moment...
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to an address roll
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