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Men of Courage

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Participants: Danny Shelton (Host), John Lomacang (Host), Doug Batchelor, Dwight Hall

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00:13 ♪ >> HELLO, AND WELCOME BACK TO
00:18 OUR SECOND HOUR AS YOU MIGHT NOTICE, THERE'S A GUY THAT JUST
00:24 SNUCK IN TO MY LEFT. >> YOU WERE HAVING TOO MUCH FUN,
00:28 SO I THOUGHT I WOULD COME JOIN YOU.
00:31 THEN I FOUND SOMEBODY OUT IN THE HALLWAY, AND I SAID DWIGHT COME
00:37 IN TOO. SO WE HAVE DWIGHT HALL HERE.
00:42 >> DWIGHT HALL IN THE HALL. WELCOME.
00:44 >> GLAD TO BE HERE. >> WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS TO
00:49 GO THROUGH. YOU HEARD THE PLEA AND YOU CAME
00:52 OVER AND JOINED US. >> ABSOLUTELY.
00:55 AND THEN SUDDENLY SNEAKING IN HERE AGAIN IT LOOKS LIKE IS
01:00 PASTOR DOUG. >> YES.
01:03 GLAD THAT YOU COULD JOIN US. [ LAUGHTER ]
01:06 >> I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW LONG THE BREAK WAS.
01:09 >> THAT'S LIVE TELEVISION. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
01:12 >> WE HAVE BEEN CHATTING IN A COMFORTABLE COUCH KIND OF WAY,
01:16 BUT WE BROUGHT TWO GUYS IN HERE NOW THAT HAVE ADDED NEW STEAM TO
01:20 THE PROGRAM. DWIGHT HALL, DANNY JUST
01:24 INTRODUCE DWIGHT HALL TO US -- OR MAYBE DWIGHT WHY DON'T
01:29 YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO US. >> WELL, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T
01:33 KNOW ME YET, I'M DIGHT HALL FROM REMNANT PUBLICATIONS.
01:37 WE STARTED ABOUT 31 YEARS AGO, AND HAVE BEEN A TREMENDOUS
01:41 SUPPORT OF 3ABN SINCE I CAN REMEMBER, SINCE I STARTED THE
01:45 MINISTRY. SO WE LOVE TO GET BOOKS OUT.
01:47 I WANT TO SEE SOULS SAVED IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
01:53 THE BOOKS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, AND LOVE TO WORK WITH MINISTRIES
01:59 TO NETWORK TOGETHER AND SEE HOW MANY BOOKS WE CAN GET
02:02 OUT -- THAT ONE SAY ON THAT SEA OF GLASS, THEY CAN COME UP AND
02:07 SAY IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT BOOK, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
02:10 >> PROJECTS WE WORKED ON TODAY, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS IN THE
02:15 MILLIONS, ACTUALLY. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
02:17 >> SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO IN REMNANT PUBLICATION, AND YOU
02:23 GUYS HAVE PUT OUT PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF BOOKS
02:27 TRACKS MINISTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
02:29 31 YEARS THAT IS A LONG TIME. >> I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THAT
02:34 LONG. >> YEAH.
02:34 >> 3ABN IS ABOUT THE SAME AGE. AND WE MET A LONG TIME AGO.
02:40 >> YEAH, AT ONE OF YOUR FIRST CAMP MEETINGS.
02:44 >> YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT.
02:46 SOMEBODY SENT ME A VIDEO OF A GUY, AND IT LOOKED LIKE A FALL
02:52 SCENE BEHIND HIM. HE HAD SO MUCH LEAVES AND TREES,
02:57 AND I SAID WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT, AND THEY SAID DON'T LOOK
03:02 AT THE BACKGROUND, BUT JUST LISTEN TO HIM PREACH.
03:06 SO WE GAVE HIM A CALL, AND FOUND OUT WHO THIS YOUNG MAN WAS.
03:13 ALL OF US HAVE AGED A BIT, OF COURSE I'M SURE OUR VIEWERS
03:18 CAN'T TELL. AND THEN YOU RAN INTO JOHN A
03:26 WHILE LATER. >> THE ANSWER IS IF YOU DON'T
03:29 KNOW WHAT TO PUT THERE, JUST GET ALL OF THE PLANTS IN THE
03:34 NEIGHBORHOOD -- >> AND THE LATTICE STRIPS
03:36 BEHIND -- >> I THINK OUR DIRECTOR FOR THAT
03:39 MEETING, HE WANTED TO RECREATE THE CAVE LOOK.
03:42 >> MAYBE THAT WAS IT. MAYBE THAT WAS IT.
03:45 LOOK WHERE THE LORD HAS BROUGHT US NOW THAT WE ARE ABLE TO
03:49 LITERALLY REACH THE WORLD WITH THE THREE ANGEL'S MESSAGES.
03:54 AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE EVER DREAMED OF.
03:57 >> THAT'S RIGHT. SHALL WE HAVE SOME MUSIC?
04:01 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> WE HAVE JOHAN SENTANA ONCE
04:04 AGAIN, PLAYING A SONG, "TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS."
04:07 ♪
09:26 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT SONG.
09:30 THE THEME, "TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS," IS REALLY WHAT
09:32 THIS PROGRAM IS ALL ABOUT. >> AMEN.
09:34 >> 30 -- HOW MANY YEARS, DANNY? >> GOING ON 32.
09:38 >> 31. >> 50 FOR AMAZING FACTS.
09:44 >> WOW. AND I'M THE YOUNG GUY, I'M 30
09:48 YEARS OF MINISTRY. A LOT OF TIME IF YOU COMBINE US
09:52 HERE, AND WE HAVE HAD TO TRUST THE LORD ALL OF THAT WAY TO MAKE
09:58 A DIFFERENCE. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BOOK,
10:01 THAT DWIGHT HALL IN COMBINATION WITH DOUG BATCHELOR AND A VERY
10:08 EXCITING THEME. WALK US THROUGH THIS BOOK.
10:11 >> WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS HALF OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE
10:14 THERE IS A WITNESSING OPPORTUNITY, A WINDOW, THAT WE
10:17 BELIEVE IS COMING TO THE CHURCH IN THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
10:23 THERE IS A MOVIE. WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT
10:26 PEOPLE GO TO MOVIES. BUT THERE IS A MOVIE, THE
10:30 DIRECTOR HAS DONE A NUMBER OF BLOCKBUSTERS, INCLUDING THE
10:35 PASSION OF CHRIST, WITH MEL -GIBSON, HE BECAME OBSESSED WITH A WORLD WAR II HERO, WHO WON THE
10:45 HIGHEST MEDAL OF HONOR THAT CAN BE AWARDED.
10:49 AND MADE A FULL-FEATURE FILM, PORTRAYS THE COURAGE OF THIS MAN
10:54 WHO STOOD UP FOR HIS CONVICTIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF WORLD WAR II,
11:00 ENDED UP SAVING AN ESTIMATED 75 PEOPLE SINGLE HANDEDLY.
11:07 WOULDN'T CARRY A GUN IN BATTLE. AND FULLY EXPOSED TO ALL KINDS
11:12 OF WAR, AND THEY MEASURE THE OPENING WEEKEND IN MILLIONS.
11:15 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS FILM, AND THEY ARE
11:20 GOING TO WONDER WHAT ARE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST.
11:26 WHERE DID THIS MAN GET HIS FAITH.
11:29 SO DWIGHT AND I BOTH HAD THE SAME IDEA.
11:32 WE TALKED TO EACH OTHER AND SAID WHY DON'T WE DO THE BOOK
11:36 TOGETHER. SO THERE IS A BOOK COMING OUT
11:38 NOW -- THE NAME OF THE MOVIE BY THE WAY IS CALLED HAWKSAW RIDGE.
11:45 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE MOVIE --
11:49 >> IT IS COMING OUT IN NOVEMBER? >> NOVEMBER 4TH.
11:53 AND THEY WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS INCREDIBLE MAN OF COURAGE AND
11:57 THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO KNOW -- AND IT'S A TYPICAL
12:02 HOLLYWOOD FILM. I HAVE SEEN A TRAILER.
12:04 THERE IS GOING TO BE VIOLENCE AND LANGUAGE.
12:08 AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING PEOPLE DO THAT.
12:10 BUT IF THEY GET THESE BOOKS BY THE THOUSANDS, GIVE THEM TO
12:13 PEOPLE WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEWS.
12:16 THE FIRST PART OF THE BOOK HAS THE AUTHORIZED TESTIMONY OF
12:23 DES DESMOND DOSS, AND THEN I WROTE A
12:31 SECTION IN THE BACK, WHAT DO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS BELIEVE
12:35 IN AND AT THE END OF THE BOOK, THEY CAN SIGN UP FOR THE AMAZING
12:41 FACTS BIBLE STUDIES. IT'S ABOUT A SEVENTH-DAY
12:45 ADVENTIST CHRISTIAN. IT TELLS WHAT THEY BELIEVE, AND
12:48 THEN THEY CAN GET INTO THE STUDIES.
12:50 IT IS A TREMENDOUS WINDOW FOR OPPORTUNITY FOR WITNESSING.
12:53 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT TO
12:57 ME. I SAID A BOOK IS A BOOK IS A
13:00 BOOK. BUT SOMEBODY WATCHES THE MOVIE.
13:03 THAT'S GREAT. HAND THEM THE BOOK.
13:05 THAT'S GREAT. BUT WHERE DOES IT GO FROM THERE?
13:07 SO WHEN YOU, DOUG, PUT THIS IN THE BACK THAT CHANGES -- I WON'T
13:12 WANT TO SAY CHANGES -- IT ADDS EVERYTHING WE WOULD WANT -- WHAT
13:17 A WITNESSING TOOL THIS IS, BECAUSE NOW PEOPLE ARE COME OUT
13:20 OF THE MOVIE, HERE IS THE BOOK. YOU WANT TO READ THE BOOK.
13:24 YOU GET SO YOU ARE ALREADY IMPRESSED WITH THIS SEVENTH-DAY
13:31 ADVENTIST MAN WHO WOULDN'T CARRY A GUN, BUT YET SAVED SO MANY
13:36 LIVES THAT HE GOT THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR,
13:40 AND AT THE BACK WE'LL FIND OUT ABOUT HIS BELIEFS AND WHAT HE
13:45 BELIEVES, AND I'M SURE HOW TO GET IN CONTACT RIGHT HERE WITH
13:49 AMAZING FACTS. I MEAN THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE
13:51 OPPORTUNITY. IT'S LIKE WHEN WE HAD THE TEN
13:55 COMMANDMENTS TWICE REMOVED, AND WHEN WE HAD THE PASSION OF
13:58 CHRIST, AND WE WENT ON THE AIR AND TOLD FOLKS ABOUT IT.
14:02 SOME OF US SAY, WE CAN'T -- I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT WITNESSING.
14:07 YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE. GET THE BOOKS AND SHARE THEM.
14:11 >> EVERYBODY HAS SECLAR NEIGHBORS, AND WE WONDER HOW DO
14:14 WE SHARE OUR FAITH. AND THEY ARE ALL WATCHING TV AND
14:17 GOING TO THE MOVIES, AND WE SA THEY YOU KNOW THAT MOVIE CALLED
14:25 HACKSAW RIDGE, AND EVERYONE WILL KNOW ABOUT IT, SAY HERE IS A
14:29 COPY OF THE AUTHORIZED TESTIMONY OF THIS FELLA.
14:33 THIS IS THE STORY THAT LEAD TO THE MOVIE.
14:35 YOU OUGHT TO READ THIS. >> YEAH.
14:37 >> AND IT HAS BEEN OUT -- SOME TESTIMONY BOOKS COME AND
14:43 DISAPPEAR, A FEW HAVE ENDURED AND DESMOND'S STORY HAS ENDURED.
14:50 >> DID ANY OF YOU KNOW HIM? >> YEAH, I WAS VERY FORTUNATE
14:54 BECAUSE I REMEMBER I WAS IN OUR LITTLE CHURCH, AND A DEACON
14:59 ELBOWED ME ONE DAY, AND HE SAID YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?
15:02 THERE WAS AN OLD COUPLE WALKING IN TO SIT RIGHT UP FRONT, AND
15:07 THE MAN HAD A HEARING DEVICE. AND I SAID NO.
15:10 AND HE SAID THAT IS THAT WAR HERO, DESMOND DOSS, HIS WIFE'S
15:17 FAMILY FROM WAS THE TOWN. AND SO I WOULD SEE HIM, AND HE
15:22 WOULD VISIT US SOMETIMES IN SACRAMENTO.
15:26 AND HE TOLD BROTHER DOUG, I LOVE YOUR MESSAGES SO MUCH, AND I
15:30 THOUGHT MAN, YOU ARE A HERO. [ LAUGHTER ]
15:33 >> SO WE HAD A FEW CHANCES TO MEET AND TALK, BUT A SINCERE --
15:38 >> THAT'S GREAT. BECAUSE YEARS AGO, SOMEBODY SAID
15:41 SOMEBODY CALLED AND THEY WANT TO TALK TO YOU, THEY SAID DESMOND
15:51 DOSS HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF HIM? I SAID I'LL TAKE THAT CALL.
15:56 BUT HE LOVED 3ABN, AND WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PERSON AND HIS FAITH
16:00 IN THE LORD, AND -- BUT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T TALK TO HIM A LOT
16:05 BUT WHEN I DID, HE NEVER MENTIONED I'M A WAR HERO.
16:09 HE JUST TALKED ABOUT JESUS, TALKED ABOUT THE
16:12 MESSAGE -- MESSAGES OF WHAT HE WATCHED ON 3ABN --
16:15 >> RIGHT. >> AND WHAT AN HONOR, REALLY TO
16:19 SEE PEOPLE LIKE THAT WHO ARE STRONG IN THE LORD.
16:22 >> AMEN. >> AND NOW TO SEE THIS -- TO THE
16:26 WORLD TAKING THIS STORY AND SAYING HERE, THIS IS A GREAT
16:30 STORY. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AREN'T
16:33 DOING IT. THE WORLD IS MAKING A MOVIE
16:35 ABOUT IT. BUT THE OPPORTUNITY WITH YOU
16:38 GUYS WHAT A TREMENDOUS IDEA TO GET THE BOOK.
16:40 NOW HOPEFULLY -- I KNOW ON SOME OF THE OTHER BOOKS, DWIGHT,
16:45 PEOPLE COULD BUY THESE BY THE -PALATE LOADS. IN OTHER WORDS CHURCHES.
16:51 AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME, BUT I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG
16:55 TIME, IF WE DON'T, I THINK WE SHOULD BE TALK ABOUT CHURCHES
16:58 BUYING THESE BY THE THOUSANDS. FINDING THE THEATERS IN YOUR
17:02 AREA, MAKING AN EFFORT TO GO OUT AND LITERALLY GIVE THESE OUT TO
17:07 THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST WATCHED THE MOVIE.
17:09 THAT'S WHEN YOU ARE ALL PUMPED UP.
17:11 YOU ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT. YOU GO HOME AND TRY TO TELL
17:15 SOMEONE ELSE, AND YOU SOMETIMES FORGET, AND YOU SAY HERE IT IS
17:19 RIGHT HERE. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
17:20 >> AND THEN IT WILL BE ABLE TO LITERALLY LEAD YOU RIGHT TO
17:25 AMAZING FACTS. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
17:27 WE HAVE A SMALL CHURCH I GO TO IN MICHIGAN.
17:31 AND THEY SAID SIGN US UP FOR 8,000.
17:34 IT'S A FAITH VENTURE, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT CHURCHES GET
17:37 INVOLVED WITH THIS, AND JUST TO BACKTRACK A LITTLE BIT.
17:42 DESMOND DOSS NEVER HAD A CLUE, BECAUSE HE'S PASSED AWAY IN
17:49 2006. NEVER DID HE REALLY KNOW THAT
17:52 THERE WOULD BE THIS MOVIE THAT WOULD BE ABOUT HIS FAITH.
17:55 YES, IT'S A WORLD WAR II MOVIE, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT A MAN THAT
18:00 STOOD FOR HIS BELIEFS EVEN THOUGH HE WAS CALLED COWARD AND
18:03 EVERYTHING ELSE, AND BEAT UP. YOU SEE THE TRAILER ON THAT.
18:07 BUT HE STOOD UP FOR THAT, NO MATTER IF ANYNE EVER
18:11 CONGRATULATED HIM OR NOT, HE DID IT BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT
18:14 THING TO DO, AND NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE AROUND THE
18:18 WORLD, TO GET BOOKS OUT, AND I THINK IT'S JUST ANOTHER THIN
18:21 THAT I THINK IS PRETTY AMAZING. A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE FILM
18:27 FESTIVAL IN VINACE, CALIFORNIA, BUT HERE IS WHAT WAS AMAZING.
18:39 THERE WAS A 10-MINUTE STANDING OVATION.
18:42 SO I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS FAITH.
18:45 BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT THERE.
18:48 IF YOU WATCH A MOVIE ABOUT THE AMISH OR SOMETHING, AND PEOPLE
18:53 SAY I'M SO GLAD THEY STOOD FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE, BUT THEN THEY
19:00 FORGET ABOUT IT. BUT HERE IS A BOOK THAT SHOWS
19:04 WHAT DID HE BELIEVE? AND WHAT MADE HIM SO STRONG?
19:08 AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE OF THE WORLD ARE
19:11 GOING TO WANT TO SEE, AND WE NEED TO GET IT PASSED OUT.
19:15 >> THE BIBLE DOES SAY AS A MAN THINKTH, SO DOES HE.
19:21 HOW DID THOSE THOUGHTS GET SHAPED?
19:23 BECAUSE IN BATTLE -- YOUR CHARACTER IS NO SHAPED IN
19:27 BATTLE. IT IS REVEALED IN BATTLE.
19:32 AND TO PUT HIMSELF IN A SITUATION THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY
19:35 LIFE THREATENING -- HE COULD HAVE DIED, BUT THE LORD WAS WITH
19:40 HIM. HIS FAITH WAS INTELLECTUAL AND
19:42 ACTIVE. BECAUSE PEOPLE IN SIMILAR
19:45 SITUATIONS -- HE PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE IN GUN BATTLE.
19:50 BULLETS ARE FLYING, AND HE IS DRAGGING SOMEBODY IN, AND PEOPLE
19:54 ARE SAYING WHAT ARE YOU DOING? THAT IS SUCH A FAITH THAT THERE
20:00 IS NOTHING THAT MAN CAN DO TO IT.
20:03 >> ONE OF THE INCREDIBLE THINGS ABOUT THE STORY WAS THAT IT WAS
20:06 A MIRACLE. AND HE TELLS YOU, DESMOND SAID,
20:09 IT IS A MIRACLE THAT I SURVIVED. >> YES.
20:13 >> SO PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THE THEATER, THEY ARE GOING
20:16 TO BE SAYING, WOW, THIS GUY STOOD UP FOR HIS CONVICTIONS AND
20:22 GOD DID SOMETHING MIRACULOUS TO SAVE HIS LIFE BECAUSE OF THAT.
20:27 AND THEY WILL BE MOVED. THERE WILL BE TEARS.
20:30 THE BOOK WILL MAKE YOU CRY. AND I'LL BE PERFECTLY HONEST, A
20:34 LOT OF BOOKS THAT WE GIVE AWAY, WE ALL KNOW IT'S LIKE FISHING.
20:39 PEOPLE GET A BOOK AND SAY THANKS, AND PUT IT AWAY, THROW
20:42 IT AWAY, AND THEY READ A SMALL FRACTION.
20:46 YOU GIVE THIS BOOK TO SOMEBODY THAT IS COMING OUT OF THE
20:52 THEATER, THEY ARE GOING TO READ IT.-THIS IS THAT OPPORTUNITY.
20:57 >> YES, AND DO WE KNOW WHERE THE BATTLE HAPPENED?
21:00 >> OKINAWA. >> OKINAWA.
21:03 >> YEAH. >> I SAW A DOCUMENTARY SEVERAL
21:07 YEARS AGO WHERE SOMEONE WENT TO OKINAWA, AND SOUND A FEW OF THE
21:13 SOLDIERS THERE THAT SAID THEY WERE THE ONES SHOOTING AT
21:18 DESMOND DOSS, AND THEY SAID IT WASN'T LIKE HE WAS IN COVER.
21:24 THESE WERE THE PEOPLE 50 YEARS LATER, SAYING WE SAW HIM, AND WE
21:28 COULD WOUND HIM, BUT WE COULD -NOT KILL HIM. HE CONTINUED TO DRAG PEOPLE TO
21:34 SAFETY, LET THEM DOWN, GET RID OF THEM.
21:37 AND WE WERE THERE. WE SHOT.
21:39 WE SHOT. I MEAN THEY SAID WE CAN'T
21:42 BELIEVE WE COULDN'T KILL THE GUY.
21:45 WE KNEW SOMETHING MUST BE GOING ON.
21:48 WE COULDN'T KILL HIM. AND THAT'S AMAZING TESTIMONY
21:53 WHEN YOU HEAR THAT FROM PEOPLE SHOOTING AT HIM IN WORLD WAR II.
21:56 >> I CAN ONLY THING OF ONE TEXT, THE ANGEL OF THE LORD --
22:01 [ LAUGHTER ] >> -- THAT FEAR HIM AND DELIVER
22:04 HIM. >> ALL RIGHT.
22:06 >> THAT'S A FACT. BECAUSE THE TESTIMONY -- YOU
22:10 APPEALED TO THAT DOCUMENTARY BECAUSE OF THE SHEER IMPACT OF
22:14 HIS LIFE ON EVERYBODY'S ELSE. AND THE PERSON GIVING THE
22:17 TESTIMONY, SAYING WE WERE SHOOTING AT HIM, AND WE COULDN'T
22:21 DO ANYTHING TO HIM. HE WASN'T MANEUVERING, HE WAS
22:25 DRAGGING PEOPLE TO SAFETY. >> AND HE ALWAYS GAVE GLORY TO
22:33 GOD. >> AND THIS MAY HAVE HAPPENED
22:34 BECAUSE THIS STORY IS GOING TO BE SUCH A WITNESS TO
22:38 PEOPLE -- HE WASN'T THINKING ABOUT THAT WHEN HE WAS SAVING
22:41 ALL OF THESE PEOPLE'S LIVES. HE WASN'T THINKING ABOUT IT 20
22:45 YEARS LATER, 30 YEARS, I'M SURE, BUT HERE HE IS SPEAKING IN JESUS
22:50 AND WITNESSING TO MORE PEOPLE THAN HE EVER DREAMED OR
22:54 IMAGINED, HE WOULD DO IT. AND THROUGH THIS BOOK, AND DOUG
22:58 THROUGH YOUR STUDIES AT THE BACK, I SUSPECT
23:02 THOUSANDS -- THOUSANDS -- SHOULD BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IF WE
23:04 DO OUR PART ON THE GROUND. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
23:07 >> EVERYTHING ELSE PEOPLE DO, AND I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A
23:13 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, REPUBLICAN CONVENTION,
23:16 INDEPENDENTS, THEY HAVE GROUND TROOPS.
23:18 NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU HAVE GOT GROUND TROOPS.
23:28 BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE AN ORGANIZED, GROUND TROOPS, THAT
23:32 TAKES THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SAY YOU KNOW WHAT, NO MORE EXCUSES
23:36 FOR ME. I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING.
23:39 LORD HELP ME TO DO SOMETHING. IT'S VERY SIMPLE.
23:43 CONTACT REMNANT PUBLICATIONS, FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN GET THESE.
23:46 BUY THEM BY THE THOUSANDS, AND LITERALLY GIVE THSE OUT.
23:50 YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO BE AT THE MOVIE THEATER.
23:52 THAT'S GREAT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAN, BUT THE OTHERS, YOU'RE
23:57 GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS. YOUR NEIGHBOR SAYS DID YOU HEAR
24:00 ABOUT THAT MOVIE? YEAH, MAYBE THEY WATCH IT LATER
24:03 ON. MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T WATCHED IT.
24:06 WELL, HERE LET ME GIVE YOU THIS BOOK.
24:08 AND YOU JUST PUT THE WORD OF GOD IN THEIR HANDS.
24:10 >> YOU KNOW, DANNY, WHAT YOU SAID IS SO IMPORTANT.
24:13 WHEN WE GOT THE PASSION BOOK OUT, IT GOT INTO WAL-MART, AND
24:17 EVERYONE SAID HOW DID YOU GET INTO WAL-MART?
24:19 IT WAS FROM THE GROUND TROOPS. IT WAS THE FAITHFUL
24:22 PEOPLE -- THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT PASSED OUT 25,000 OF THOSE BOOKS
24:27 IN BENTONVILLE, AND THE LADY THAT WAS THE BUYER AT WAL-MART
24:33 READ IT, AND WE HAD BEEN WORKING TO GET INTO WAL-MART FOR YEARS,
24:38 AND SHE CALLED US AND SAID I READ THIS BOOK.
24:41 IT WAS AMAZING. BUT IT'S THE GROUND TROOPS, THE
24:46 FAITHFUL PEOPLE THAT PASS THESE OUT.
24:48 SO NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOURSELVES.
24:52 WHO KNOWS WHO MIGHT READ IT. >> DOUG, I'M GETTING TOO OLD TO
24:57 BE TACKFUL. [ LAUGHTER ]
24:58 >> SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU REALLY TO I HAVE ABOUT IT, HERE
25:02 IS SOMETHING THAT IS SO SIMPLE TO DO, AND HOW MUCH DO WE CARE
25:06 IN HOW MUCH DO WE CARE ABOUT THOSE AROUND US?
25:10 THIS IS NOT LIKE SEND IN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, SEND
25:14 IN 20,000, THIS IS SAYING TOGETHER AS A GROUP, AS A
25:18 CHURCH, AS A FAMILY, MAKE A COMMITMENT.
25:22 WE WANT THESE BOOKS. 3ABN IS NOT INVOLVED IN IT, BUT
25:26 THE ONLY WAY I AM INVOLVED IN IT, IS I HAVE A VISION WHEN I
25:30 SEE SOMETHING -- Y'ALL HAD TO BRING IT TO ME, BUT I CAN SEE
25:34 THIS AS BEING ONE OF THE GREATEST WITNESSES TOOLS SINCE
25:38 THE 10 COMMANDMENTS TWICE REMOVED OR PASSION OF CHRIST,
25:42 SOME OF THOSE, BECAUSE THE WORLD IS PROMOTING IT FOR US --
25:45 >> YES. >> -- AND FOR US NOT TO JUMP ON
25:49 THAT, DOUG, TO ME WOULD BE A SIN, WOULD BE A SHAME.
25:55 MAYBE SIN IS THE RIGHT WORD. BECAUSE HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU
25:58 THINK WILL BE SPENT ON MARKETING THIS MOVIE ACROSS AMERICA.
26:03 MILLIONS. AND IT DIDN'T COME FROM OUR
26:07 DOLLARS. SAY LOOK, HERE -- HERE IS THE
26:10 MAN. TAKE THE BOOK, AND I PROMISE
26:13 YOU -- I CAN GUARANTEE YOU -- NOTHING WE DO, HIS WORD
26:18 DOESN'T RETURN VOID. WHEN THIS BOOK GOES OUT, YOU
26:22 CANNOT LOSE, GOD WINS, SOULS WILL COME TO CHRIST.
26:26 SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE PRICE, BUT I'M SURE YOU ARE DOING IT AT
26:34 EVANGELISTIC COST, AND THE MORE THEY GET THE LOWER THE COST.
26:38 WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS TO EVERYBODY AROUND US.
26:42 DOUG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR INPUT IN THIS.
26:44 AND WORKING IT TOGETHER, YOU TWO, THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL
26:48 ABOUT. WORKING TOGETHER.->> YOU CAN MAKE THE PLACE OF
26:53 DESMOND DOSS, HE WAS UNASHAMED OF SAVING LIVES.
27:00 >> I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING. KEEP GOING.
27:03 >> THERE ARE PEOPLE BEING WOUNDED EVERY DAY BY THE ENDMY,
27:08 HUNTED BY THE END -- ENEMY. WE NEED TO SAY SEND THE BULLETS,
27:17 WE'RE GOING TO FEARLESSLY GO INTO THE BATTLEFIELD.
27:23 THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WOUNDED THAT NEED TO BE DRAGGED
27:26 TO SAFETY. THE BIBLE SAYS IN HIS HONOR
27:30 BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD THAT THEY MAY REST FROM
27:34 THEIR LABORS, AND THEY WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM.
27:37 SO HE SET A PRECEDENCE BY SAYING I AM DOING WHAT EVERY ONE OF US
27:44 IS CALLED TO DO. HE DID IT ON THE ACTUAL
27:49 BATTLEFIELD, AND WE'RE DOING IT ON THE SPIRITUAL BATTLEFIELD.
27:53 AND IF YOU SAY -- LEARN MORE ABOUT THE MAN DESMOND DOSS WHEN
28:01 THE MOVIE IS DONE. THEY WILL BE TAKING THAT BOOK
28:08 HOME LIKE HOT HOT DOGS, OR VEGGIE DOGS.
28:13 [ LAUGHTER ] >> THIS IS THE OFFICIAL POSTER
28:14 FOR ALL OF THE MOVIE THEATERS. >> WOW.
28:17 >> SO WE WAS ABLE TO GET THAT THROUGH LIONSGATE WORKING WITH
28:25 THEM. SO WHEN YOU GO TO THE THEATERS
28:29 OR PASS IT OUTDOOR TO DOOR, THEY WILL RECOGNIZE THIS IF THEY WENT
28:33 TO THE MOVIE. IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR EACH OF US
28:36 TO HAND A BOOK OUT, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO SAY ABSOLUTELY.
28:39 AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY CAN I HAVE ONE FOR MY BROTHER,
28:44 GRANDMOTHER, SISTER. IT WON'T BE JUST ONE THAT THEY
28:47 WILL ASK FOR. THEY WILL ASK FOR MANY.
28:50 >> I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE AT HOME ARE THINKING.
28:55 WE HAVE TOLD THEM ABOUT AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AND SHOWN
28:57 THE BOOK. THERE IS A WEBSITE THEY CAN GO
29:00 TO. >> WHAT IS IT?
29:02 >> I THINK IT'S HACKSAWRIDGE.INFO.
29:09 THERE IT IS. WHEN PEOPLE SEARCH THEY WILL
29:11 KIND IT. THE NAME OF THE BOOK IS "THE
29:16 HERO AT HACKSAWRIDGE." AND IT HAS GOT THE PRICING
29:21 STRUCTURE IF PEOPLE WANT TO BUY IN QUANTITY.
29:25 AND THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN REMNANT AND AMAZING
29:29 FACTS. AND I'M NOT TAKING ANY
29:31 ROYALTIES. WE'RE WANTING THIS TO BE AS
29:33 CHEAP AS POSSIBLE TO GET THE BOOKS OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
29:37 >> UH-HUH. >> WE DID GET SOME RESPONSES TO
29:42 THE QUESTIONS -- WE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE SECOND HOUR.
29:45 AND I'LL TRY TO COVER AS MANY AS I CAN.
29:50 FROM BRIGDA FROM ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI.
29:54 PLEASE EXPLAIN THE SCRIPTURE IN SECOND -- CORINTHIANS 5:1.
30:07 WHILE YOU ARE K -- LOOKING IT UP, TO BE ABSENCE FROM THE BODY
30:16 IS TO BE PRESENT IN THE LORD. THERE IS NO SUCH SCRIPTURE.
30:20 >> YEAH. >> YOU WANT TO READ IT AND
30:23 EXPLAIN IT? >> LET'S START WITH VERSE 4.
30:29 FOR WE THAT ARE IN THIS TABERNACLE, DO GROW AND BE BER
30:37 DONNED, THE CLOTHE OF MORTALITY MIGHT BE SWALLOWED UP FOR LIFE.
30:42 HE HAS [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR US IS GOD, THEREFORE, WE ARE ALSO
30:46 CONFIDENT KNOWING THAT WHILE WE ARE AT HOME IN THE BODY, WE ARE
30:49 ABSENT FROM THE LORD, FOR WE WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT.
30:55 WE ARE WILLING TO BE ABSENT FROM THE BODY AND BE PRESENT WITH THE
31:03 LORD. FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK AS SOON AS
31:05 YOU DIE, YOU ARE PRESENT WITH THE LORD, IN A SENSE THAT'S
31:10 TRUE. WHEN A BELIEVER DIES, THEIR NEXT
31:13 CONSCIOUS THOUGHT IS THE RESURRECTION.
31:16 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> A THOUSAND YEARS MIGHT GO BY,
31:20 AND THERE IS NO CONSCIOUSNESS OF TIME WHEN WE DIE.
31:24 IN THAT DOESN'T MEAN FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE ALIVE, THAT THE
31:30 RIGHTEOUSNESS HAVE ALREADY GONE TO HEAVEN.
31:34 THEY COME OUT OF THEIR GRAVES AT THE COMING OF THE LORD.
31:41 FIRST THESSALONIANS 4. SO HE IS ALSO TALKING ABOUT THAT
31:45 IF -- IF WE'RE NOT LIVING FOR THE FRESH, THE BODY, WE'RE
31:50 LIVING FOR THE LORD -- >> UH-HUH.
31:53 >> -- SO PAUL KIND OF GOES BETWEEN THESE TWO THINGS, SORT
31:57 OF IN -- WHAT DO YOU CALL IT -- METAPHORS A NUMBER OF
32:01 TIMES. >> UH-HUH.
32:03 >> BUT ALL KNEW THAT HIS NEXT THOUGHT ONCE HE WAS EXECUTED WAS
32:06 THE RESURRECTION AND BEING IN GOD'S PRESENCE.
32:10 >> THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE INSTANTLY GOES.
32:12 I TAKED TO A NON-SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST PASTOR, AFTER A
32:19 FUNERAL, I COMMENTED HE DID A GOOD JOB ON THE FUNERAL AND
32:22 LATER WE TALKED. AND HE SAID YOUR ADVENTISTS, I
32:26 DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM, THE BIBLE SAYS WHEN YOU
32:29 DIE YOUR SPIRIT GOES BACK TO GOD WHO GAVE IT, SO I SAID -- WELL,
32:34 WHAT IS -- SPELL THAT OUT FOR ME.
32:36 HE SAID IT IS VERY SIMPLE, WHEN A PERSON DIES, THEIR SPIRIT GOES
32:42 BACK TO GOD AND GO TO HEAVEN IMMEDIATELY.
32:45 AND I SAID YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE THIS LITERAL.
32:48 HE SAID IT'S WHAT IT SAYS. YOU ARE ALWAYS A STICKLER
32:52 FOR -- THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. I SAID GUESS WHAT THERE IS NO
32:56 NEED FOR SAVIOR, CHURCH, PASTORS, THERE'S NO NEED FOR
33:01 ANYTHING. DON'T LIVE RIGHT ON THIS EARTH,
33:04 IF YOU TAKE THAT LITERAL, JOHN, GUESS WHAT, EVEYBODY GOES TO
33:08 HEAVEN. BECAUSE IT SAYS WHEN YOU DIE
33:10 YOUR SPIRIT GOES TO GOD WHO GAVE IT.
33:13 SO I SAID IF YOU TAKE THAT LITERAL, NOW THERE'S NO NEED FOR
33:18 PREACHERS, JUST LET EVERYBODY LIVE THEIR LIFE, WHEN YOU
33:22 DIE -- AND HE IS LIKE, OH, OF COURSE IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT.
33:26 I SAID THAT'S WHAT YOU TOLD ME IT MEANS.
33:29 SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN? AT THE SERMON YOU SAID SO THAT
33:37 SINTH SHALL LIVE. THAT'S WHAT YOU TOLD THE PEOPLE,
33:41 WHEN YOU DIE YOUR SOUL LIVES FOR ETERNITY.
33:44 I SAID IT SAYS THE SOUL THAT SINTH, IT SHALL DIE.
33:52 SO WE HAD A LITTLE BIBLE STUDY. SO THIS ONE, DOUG, TO BE ABSENT
33:59 FROM THE BODY, PRESENT WITH THE LORD, HE WASN'T SAYING, WELL, I
34:04 WANT TO JUST DIE MY SPIRIT IS IMMEDIATELY GOING TO GOD.
34:10 IT JUST SAY -- DOESN'T SAY NEXT STOP AND IT'S OVER.
34:19 >> YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE VERSES IN THE BODY, AND IT SAYS I WAS
34:23 IN HELL AND YOU BROUGHT ME UP, AND THERE IS NOT A SINGLE
34:27 COMMENT OF ANY CONSCIOUSNESS IN DEATH.
34:32 >> HAS -- LAZZARETH NEVER MENTIONED IT.
34:44 >> THERE ARE SOME TERRIBLE SONGS THAT HAVE BEEN LINKED -- OR
34:50 SERMONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO TEXTS IN THE BIBLE THAT IT ISN'T
34:57 WHAT IT SAYS. PAUL SAYS MY DESIRE IS THAT
35:01 MORTALITY MAY BE SWALLOWED UP BY LIFE.
35:03 WE'RE ALL MORE TALL. HOW WILL MORTALITY BE
35:11 BE -- SWALLOWED UP BY LIFE. BUT THE ONE THING ABOUT THIS
35:17 VERSE, IT NEVER MENTIONED DEATH AT ALL.
35:19 SO PEOPLE INFER IT IS ABOUT DEATH.
35:22 PAUL IS TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY HE WENT THROUGH IN
35:26 LIFE. HE SAID THIS LIFE HAS BEEN
35:28 NOTHING BUT ONE TRIAL AFTER ANOTHER.
35:30 I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL IT'S DONE. AND THAT'S WHY HE USED THE
35:34 PHRASE, HE SAYS I FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I FINISHED BY COUSE, I
35:39 KEPT THE FAITH. JUST BEFORE THAT, HE SAYS MY
35:44 DEPARTURE IS AT HAND. HE SAYS I'M ABOUT DONE WITH THIS
35:49 LIFE. >> YEAH, THERE'S ONLY TWO STATES
35:51 OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THE DELIVER -- BELIEVER.
35:56 YOU ARE IN YOUR BODY, AND AT THE RESURRECTION THERE IS A
36:03 TRANSFORMATION. THERE IS NO THIRD STATE WHERE
36:05 YOU ARE IN THE GRAVE OR YOU ARE IN A FLOATING SPIRIT THAT IS
36:10 MENTIONED. >> AND TO ADD JOB 27:3.
36:14 ABOUT THAT SPIRIT. >> UH-HUH.
36:17 >> THAT RETURNED TO GOD. IT TELLS YOU WHAT THAT IS.
36:20 BUT WHILE YOU ARE K LOOK THAT UP.
36:24 . I'LL READ ANOTHER QUESTION.
36:25 >> THE SPIRIT OF GOD IS IN MY NOSTRIL.
36:30 >> GENESIS 2:7, GOD PUT THE SPIRIT IN ADAM'S NOSTRILS, AND
36:36 THAT BREATH GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE LORD.
36:38 HERE IS ANOTHER ONE, I HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT THE LUNAR
36:42 SABBATH, AND WE ARE KEEPING THE SABBATH ON THE WRONG DAY.
36:45 CAN YOU GIVE ME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT?
36:48 >> THIS IS SORT OF A NEW TEACHING, THAT THE SABBATH IS TO
36:53 BE GOVERNED BY THE MOON AND NOT THE WEEK.
36:56 THE BIBLE IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT'S THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE
37:03 WEEK. THERE WERE LUNAR SABBATHS, BUT
37:05 THAT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE WEEKLY SABBATH OF THE TEN
37:09 COMMANDMENTS. AND YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE EVERY
37:13 WIND OF DOCTRINE OUT THERE -- >> IT SOUNDS KIND OF LOONEY TO
37:18 ME. [ LAUGHTER ]
37:19 >> YEAH, AND IF ANYONE IS IN DOUBT, YOU HAVE A WHOLE NATON
37:24 OF VIEWS THAT FOR 3,000 YEARS NOW, EVERY SEVENTH DAY, THEY
37:33 HAVE KNOWN WHEN THE SABBATH IS. >> AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH KNOWS
37:37 THAT SUNDAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK.
37:40 AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL OF THE JEWS FOR ALL OF THOSE THOUSANDS
37:43 OF YEARS. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY
37:46 PROBLEM TRYING TO DECIDE WHICH DAY IS WHICH.
37:50 EXCEPT IF YOU LIVE IN LONDON. I CALLED THE FRONT DESK AND I
37:54 SAID ON YOUR CALENDAR, WHAT IS THE LAST DAY OF THE WEEK, THEY
37:58 SAID SUNDAY. I SAID WHAT IS THE FIRST DAY OF
38:02 THE WEEK? THEY SAID MONDAY.
38:05 SO MANY OF THE COUNTRIES -- A LOT OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE
38:10 MADE THE LAST DAY SUNDAY -- >> THEY DO IT FOR THE WORKWEEK.
38:14 >> BUT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO EASTER, IT-CAN'T BE THE LAST DAY.
38:19 SO THATNESS -- THAT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
38:25 WANT ANOTHER ONE? >> SURE.
38:27 >> WHY DO SOME TEACH THAT THE FRUITS AND LEAVES ON THE TREE OF
38:32 LIFE ARE NECESSARY FOR ETERNAL LIFE?
38:36 DON'T WE RECEIVE IMMORTALITY AT THE COMING OF CHRIST?
38:39 OKAY? >> IN THE BEGINNING GOD TOLD
38:42 ADAM AND EVE. HE SAID YOU EAT FROM THE TREE.
38:46 THERE WAS SOME ESSENCE FROM THE TREE THAT MUST HAVE PERPETUATE
38:51 THEIR PHYSICAL ETERNITY, BECAUSE WHEN THEY SINNED HE SAID YOU CAN
38:54 NO LONGER EAT FROM THAT TREE. AND JESUS SAID IN REVELATION
38:59 THAT IF WE ARE FAITHFUL WE WILL EAT FROM THE TREE AGAIN THAT IS
39:02 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARADISE OF GOD.
39:06 AND IT SAYS THE LEAVES OF THE TREE WERE FOR THE HEALING OF THE
39:11 NATIONS. AND JOHN IS QUOTING EZEKIEL
39:16 THERE, WHO SAID THE LEAVES ARE THE MEDICINE.
39:18 AND IT IS BASICALLY SAYING EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE HEALTHY
39:23 AND WHOLE. GOD'S ORIGINAL PLAN WAS FOR MAN
39:27 TO EAT. THERE WA SOME BENEFIT IN
39:30 EATING. THERE WAS SOME NOURISHMENT.
39:32 AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE ETERNAL.
39:36 >> AND DON'T YOU THINK PART OF IT WAS JUST PRINCIPLE, GOD SAYS
39:42 SOMETHING, WE HAVE TO OBEY HIM. AND LIKE LOT'S WIFE, ALL SHE DID
39:47 WAS TURN AND LOOK. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
39:51 >> WHICH IS SIMILAR TO ME, MAYBE SOME OF THAT COULD BE THE
39:55 PHYSICAL PART, BUT IN PRINCIPLE, GOD SAYS DON'T DO IT, DONE DO
39:59 IT. IF HE SAYS DO IT, DO IT.
40:01 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU KNOW WE HAVE A PROBLEM
40:04 RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW MY MIND IS
40:06 STILL ON FIRE FROM LONDON. AND WHEN DOUG AND I DID BIBLE
40:11 QUESTIONS TOGETHER ON THE RADIO -- I REMEMBER THIS.
40:13 >> YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
40:16 >> WE DID A SERIES OF MEETINGS IN SACRAMENTO.
40:20 AND DOUG SAID, JOHN, YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS, I'LL ANSWER THEM.
40:26 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I KNOW.
40:28 RIGHT NOW MY MIN IS ON STEROIDS FROM LONDON.
40:32 >> HE DID BOTH OVER THERE. >> YOU LET THE GENIE OUT OF THE
40:36 BOTTLE. >> I LET THE SINGERS SING.
40:39 BUT THE REASON THEY ATE FROM THE TREE OF LIFE IS BECAUSE THEY DID
40:44 NOT HAVE IMMORTALITY. THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
40:49 THREATENED WITH DEATH IF THEY WERE IMMORAL.
40:53 >> I THINK THEY ATE FROM THE TREE --
40:56 >> TO MAINTAIN LIFE. >> BEFORE THEY ATE FROM THE
41:01 FO FORBIDDEN TREE --
41:03 >> THAT'S RIGHT. BUT THE VITALITY CAME FROM THE
41:06 TREE OF LIFE. BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE
41:09 IMMORTALITY. >> THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
41:11 >> SO IN ETERNITY, THEY ARE REMINDED, YOU LOST IT, BUT HERE
41:18 IT IS AGAIN. ARE YOU READY?
41:20 YOU HAVE GOT TO JUMP IN ON ONE OF THESE QUESTIONS.
41:23 >> HE HASN'T HAD A CHANCE. AND USUALLY I'M THE ONE THAT IS
41:29 TALKING. >> OKAY.
41:32 I HAVE BEEN -- OKAY. WILL THE LIVE VIDEO FROM
41:39 [ INAUDIBLE ] EVER BE ON AMAZING FACTS OR 3ABN.
41:46 DO YOU HAVE A LIVE FEED? >> FOR YEARS WE HAVE BROUGHT IN
41:53 A WEBCAM . AND WE SAID EVENTUALLY WE'RE
41:59 GOING TO BUILD A SET THAT IS BUILT FOR RADIO, AND BRING THE
42:07 CAMERAS IN. SO GOD WILLING.
42:10 >> WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RESPONSE TO SOMEONE WHO SAYS THAT WHEN
42:14 ISRAEL IS ATTACKED, JESUS WILL COME?
42:18 >> WELL, ISRAEL HAS BEEN ATTACKED MANY TIMES ALREADY.
42:21 >> UH-HUH. >> SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE
42:24 BIBLE TELLS US ISRAEL BEING ATTACKED IS A SIGN OF JESUS
42:29 COMING. THEY WERE ATTACKED SEVERELY IN
42:32 70 AD. AND THAT WAS A FULFILLMENT OF
42:36 PROPHECY. BUT I THINK WE'RE CONTINUE TO
42:38 SEE WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS. BUT I THINK SOMEONE MIGHT BE
42:43 GETTING THAT FROM ZECHARIAH 14, THINGS THAT IS A SIGN -- A
42:48 GLOBAL ATTACK AGAINST ISRAEL. I DON'T READ THAT PROPHETSY,
42:53 EXACTLY. >> THOSE ARE THINGS THAT DID
42:58 OCCUR. >> YEAH.
42:59 >> ASK SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH
43:04 POLITICAL MATTER? AS WITH THE CONDITION OF
43:07 SOCIETY, WHAT DO WE DO AS CHRISTIANS?
43:10 DO WE TAKE AN ACTIVE PART OR JUST PRAY.
43:14 >> I HAVE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE ASK ME THAT QUESTION.
43:18 ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, I DID A SERMON CALLED SHOULD A CHRISTIAN-VOTE.
43:22 AND I WENT THROUGH THE BIBLE AND SPIRIT OF PROPHECY QUOTES, AND
43:28 MY CONCLUSION WAS IF THERE IS A PRINCIPLE AT STAKE THAT WILL
43:35 EFFECT A CHRISTIAN'S ABILITY TO PRACTICE OR PROCLAIM THEIR
43:41 FAITH, THEY SHOULD VOTE ON THOSE.
43:45 SO WHEN THE ELECTION COMES AROUND AND THERE ARE FREEDOMS
43:51 INVOLVED WITH YOUR FAITH AT SAKE, YOU SHOULD VOTE.
43:55 IN A SOCIETY LIKE AMERICA, THIS IS OUR SYSTEM, WE'RE TO OBEY THE
44:00 LAWS OF THE LAND, AND WE ARE CITIZENS OF A COUNTRY, BUT THAT
44:04 FREEDOM IN OUR LAND, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO VOTE, SO AS A
44:09 CHRISTIAN WE SHOULD NOT PERSECUTE A PERSON WHO DOES OR A
44:12 PERSON WHO DOESN'T, BECAUSE THE LAW OF THE LAND SAYS YOU ARE
44:16 FREE TO CHOOSE. PERSONALLY, I THINK AS
44:20 CHRISTIANS WE ARE INVESTORS IN ANOTHER KINGDOM, BUT WE'RE
44:25 TRYING TO MAKE THIS PLACE AS GOOD AS WE CAN, AS LONG AS WE
44:30 CAN FOR THE GOSPEL. >> THAT EXACT THING IS HAPPENING
44:33 IN THIS ELECTION NOW. I'LL LET YOU GUESS AT HOME WHICH
44:37 CANDIDATE -- BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO PUT IT OUT THERE, AN
44:41 WE'RE NOT SUPPORTING A CANDIDATE.
44:44 I SAW FOR MYSELF A CANDIDATE -- I THINK IT WAS
44:49 APRIL 15TH, 2015, THAT THIS PERSON, I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL,
44:55 RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS -- SOMETHING LIKE
44:57 WITH THEIR AGE-OLD TRADITIONS, WILL HAVE TO MOVE OVER FOR THE
45:04 PRO-ABORTION, PRO-LIFE, AND FOR GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENTS, ET CETERA,
45:09 ET CETERA. AND SO BASICALLY WHAT THIS
45:11 PERSON WAS SAYING IS, IF THESE ORGANIZATIONS -- BECAUSE AS THEY
45:17 QUESTIONED THIS PERSON -- I'M ALMOST ABOUT TO SAY -- BUT AS
45:21 THEY QUESTIONED THIS PERSON, THE ANSWER WAS YOU KNOW
45:24 WHAT -- OTHER WORDS, LET'S SAY THAT -- PERSON WHO IS A
45:29 HOMOSEXUAL, SAYS I WANT TO BE YOUR ASSOCIATE PASTOR, AND YOU
45:34 DON'T ALLOW THAT, YOUR NON-PROFIT STATUS CAN BE TAKEN
45:38 AWAY. NOW ONE OF THE PEOPLE RUNNING
45:41 FOR OFFICE HAS ALREADY SAID THEY WOULD DO THIS.
45:43 THIS IS THEIR AGENDA. SO TO ME THIS IS ONE OF THOSE
45:47 THINGS IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PRINCIPLES.
45:50 I'M TRYING TO BE CAREFUL AS I CAN AND NOT SAY WHO TO VOTE FOR,
45:55 OR WHO NOT TO, BUT IT'S WORTH LOOKING INO, BECAUSE
46:00 ORGANIZATIONS CAN LOSE THEIR NON-PROFIT STATUS.
46:04 AND WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN THE SUPREME COURT, THE BALANCE OF IT
46:08 IS -- >> THAT'S ACTUALLY THE BIGGER
46:12 ISSUE. THE PRESIDENT MAY LAST FOUR,
46:14 EIGHTY YEARS, THE SUPREME COURT CAN INFLUENCE THE COUNTRY FOR UP
46:18 TO 30 YEARS. >> YEAH.
46:20 SO IT IS SOMETHING -- PLEASE STUDY INTO IT, AND DECIDE WHAT
46:22 YOU WANT TO DO. >> AND I THINK TOO THAT -- I
46:26 THINK PEOPLE KIND OF GET MIXED UP ON VOTING FOR A PRINCIPLE, OR
46:30 GETTING INVOLVED SO MUCH INTO POLITICS.
46:33 >> UH-HUH. >> BECAUSE IN THE BIBLE AND IN
46:37 THE [ INAUDIBLE ] OF AGES IT MENTIONED THAT JESUS STAYED
46:41 ALOOF TO ALL OF THAT STUFF, BECAUSE HE WAS AFTER EVERYBODY'S
46:46 SOUL. AND HE DID NOT WANT TO INFLUENCE
46:49 PEOPLE ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER AS FAR AS BEING A POLITICIAN,
46:53 SO-SO SPEAK. WHAT HE WANT INFLUENCE PEOPLE
46:59 ON -- AS YOU SAID, SHE WILL BE BORN AGAIN.
47:03 IF WE'RE FOR SOMEONE LET'S SAY, AND WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN
47:07 OPINIONS, WE CAN TURN OTHER PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN
47:12 UNDERSTAND. WE OUGHT TO BE OUT THERE AFTER
47:14 THEIR SOULS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU DON'T VOTE,
47:18 BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID THE SUPREME COURT OR THE PRINCIPLES
47:21 OF ALL KINDS OF THINGS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
47:24 WE'RE -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY NEUTRAL, BUT THAT WE REALLY CARE
47:28 FOR EVERYBODY'S SOUL. NO MATTER WHAT THEY BELIEVE IN.
47:31 WE WANT TO SEE THEM IN THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM, AND WE DON'T
47:36 WANT TO HURT THAT BY PUSHING SOMEBODY OUT.
47:40 YOU CAN HURT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
47:43 >> ABSOLUTELY IF YOU SAY I'M A REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT, IT'S
47:49 LIKE SAYING I'M A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST, YOU JUST EMBRACE WHAT
47:53 THEY SAY. I CN'T SAY -- BECAUSE I'M NOT A
47:56 REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT. I CAN'T PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO
48:00 THAT. I HAVE TO PLEDGE IT TO GOD.
48:02 AND WE KNOW RIGHT NOW -- I MEAN THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE THE
48:09 LOWEST PEOPLE -- YOU KNOW, THE TRUST PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE IN
48:12 AMERICA TRUSTING EITHER CANDIDATE IS THE LOWEST MAYBE
48:16 EVER. SO NOW WHAT DO YOU DO?
48:18 YOU HAVE TO PUT THE CANDIDATES OUT OF THE WAY, IF YOU ARE GOING
48:22 TO VOTE. I CHOSE LAST TIME NOT TO VOTE.
48:25 AND I MENTIONED IT ON TELEVISION, AND PEOPLE GOT
48:29 UPSET, AND SAID PEOPLE SHED THEIR BLOOD SO YOU COULD VOTE.
48:36 AND I SAID THEY ALSO SLED THEIR BLOOD SO I COULD HAVE AN OPTION
48:40 OF WHETHER I WANTED TO OR NOT. >> THAT'S WHY WE PASS OUT THE
48:47 BOOK, SO WE CAN SHARE CHRIST THAT BRIDGES EVERY DENOMINATION,
48:54 THAT BRIDGES EVERY POLITICIAN, OR BELIEF.
48:56 THIS IS I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH, AND THE LIE.
49:01 AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GET THESE BOOKS OUT.
49:05 >> AND JESUS SAID -- THIS IS MY FAVORITE TEXT IN THE BIBLE IN
49:10 THIS CLIMATE -- MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.
49:14 IF MY KINGDOM WEE OF THIS WORLD, BY DISCIPLES WOULD FIGHT.
49:18 AND WHEN WE START FIGHTING AMONGST OURSELVES, WE CEASE TO
49:22 BE CHRISTIANS. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
49:25 >> DESMOND DOSS WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF PATE -- PATRIOTISM,
49:39 AND CHRISTIANISM. HE WAS ALSO SUCH A TREMENDOUS
49:45 CITIZEN, HE WAS GIVEN THE HIGHEST AWARD.
49:48 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> SO THAT MAN HAD A WAY OF
49:53 BALANCING HIS FAITH. >> SOMEONE SAYS THEY JUST WENT
49:57 TO THIS SITE TO ORDER A THOUSAND, AND THEY GOT A MESSAGE
50:01 SAYING THAT AMOUNT IS NOT AVAILABLE, SO WE'LL LET YOU WORK
50:04 THAT OUT WITH YOUR TEAM. >> I'M GLAD THAT THEY SAID THAT.
50:09 PEOPLE CAN ORDER THE BOOKS. THEY ARE PREORDERS RIGHT NOW.
50:12 BUT WE'RE NOT WANTING PEOPLE TO MASS DISTRIBUTE THEM UNTIL THE
50:16 MOVIE COMES OUT. WE -- WE -- BECAUSE OF USING
50:19 THIS PICTURE, WORKING WITH LIONSGATE, THEY WANT US TO MAKE
50:24 SURE THAT WE DON'T GET THE BOOKS OUT TO THE MASSES UNTIL THE DAY
50:29 OF THE MOVIE, AND OF COURSE BEING A BLOCKBUSTER, WHICH I'M
50:33 SURE IT WILL BE, IT COULD BE ON THE SCREENS FOR FOUR TO SIX
50:36 WEEKS, AND OF COURSE WE HAVE LOTS OF TIME EVEN AFTER THAT.
50:39 WE WANT TO GET THEM ORDERED. YOU CAN PREORDER THEM.
50:42 MAKE THOSE ORDERS RIGHT NOW -- >> THEY WENT TO THE WEBSITE AND
50:46 THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO GET THEM NOW.
50:48 SO THEY ARE PREORDERING. >> THE WEBSITE JUST WENT UP
50:54 TODAY. GO BACK, IT WILL WORK.
50:56 AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE OLDER THAT CAN'T GET OUT AS
51:01 MUCH TO PASS OUT BOOKS, BUT WHAT THEY CAN DO IS THEY CAN GIVE
51:06 DONATIONS TO WHETHER IT'S AMAZING FACTS OR REMNANT
51:10 PUBLICATIONS TO DO MAILINGS. WE HAVE DONE MILLIONS AND
51:13 MILLIONS OF BOOKS WITH JUST MAILINGS OF PEOPLE WHO SAY I
51:18 HAVE ARTHRITIS, I CAN'T GET OUT, BUT I CAN SEND SOME MONEY AND
51:23 YOU COULD SEND OUT TO MY ZIP CODE OR MY TOWN.
51:26 SOME PEOPLE LIVE IN SMALLER -TOWNS, OF 3 OR 5,000, AND THEY WILL DO A WHOLE MAILING.
51:32 WE CAN DO THAT. SO THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO GET
51:36 THIS BOOK OUT. I'M GLAD THAT SOMEBODY IS
51:39 WANTING TO ORDER A THOUSAND. >> YEAH.
51:43 >> IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS BY THIS
51:47 WEEKEND, AND MAYBE EVEN IN THE MILLIONS.
51:51 >> OVER 10 MILLION OF TEN COMMANDMENTS, OVER 2 MILLION OF
51:56 THE PASSION. THIS IS TO ME -- I'M SURE THE
51:59 LORD CAN BRING SOMETHING OUT. HE ALWAYS DOES.
52:02 I ALWAYS THINK WHEN SOMETHING BIG HAPPENED -- I JUST DON'T SEE
52:05 IT GETTING BIGGER THAN THIS. BUT THIS IS ABOUT A PERSON.
52:10 THIS IS A TIME WHERE I DONT KNOW IF YOU'LL EVER GET ANOTHER
52:14 MOVIE ABOUT A SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST THAT IS SO POSITIVE
52:17 THAT IS GOING TO BE SHARED AS SUCH A POSITIVE THING.
52:20 THERE IS NO OTHER TIME LIKE THIS TO GET THESE OUT.
52:24 >> AND THE OTHER THING HE BRINGS OUT IS PATRIOTISM.
52:29 >> YES. >> RIGHT NOW WITH SO MANY SHADY
52:33 LINES ON HOW OUR VETS HAVE BEEN TREATED, HOW PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT
52:37 FOR THIS COUNTRY AND ALL OF OUR RIGHTS ARE BEING TREATED.
52:41 HE IS A PERSON WHO PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR THE SAME BELIEFS
52:45 THAT WE ENBRACE TODAY. BUT HE WAS PATRIOTIC TO HIS GOD.
52:50 >> AND WITHOUT A GUN. >> AND WITHOUT A GUN.
52:53 PATRIOTIC TO HIS GOD AND COUNTRY WITHOUT COMPROMISING HIS
53:02 PRIN PRINCIPLES.
53:03 WE CANNOT OVEREMPHASIZE THE TIMING OF THIS.
53:05 THERE IS TIME -- THERE IS A WINDOW -- PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE
53:09 WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU WERE TO LINE UP ALL OF
53:19 THE PLANETS, PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY GOING TO BE IN THE
53:23 KINGDOM BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO GET OUT AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT
53:26 IT. THE LORD SAID THE HARVEST IS
53:29 RIPE, THE LABOR IS FEW. YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY A WORD.
53:33 YOU HAVE JUST GOT TO GO LIKE THIS.
53:35 >> UH-HUH. .
53:36 >> AND THE GOSPEL IS GOING TO BE PREACHED.
53:41 >> AMEN. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS
53:43 COOPERATION AND THANK YOU, DANNY FOR GIVING THEM THE FREEDOM
53:48 TO -- NOT JUST OUR NATION -- LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
53:52 WORLD. HOW DO PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF AMERICA
53:53 GET THIS? >> THEY ARE GOING TO GET ON THE
53:56 WEBSITE. OBVIOUSLY THAT GOES AROUND THE
53:58 WORLD, OR THEY CAN GET AHOLD OF AMAZING FACTS OR REMNANT
54:04 PUBLICATIONS, WE'LL GET THEM TO THEM.
54:06 IT IS GOING TO HIT AUSTRALIA THIS SAME DAY -- OF COURSE THEY
54:12 WILL BE A DAY AHEAD OF US, BUT AROUND THE WORLD, WE'LL GET THEM
54:19 SHIPPED. THIS IS NOT ABOUT MAKING MONEY,
54:22 IT NEVER HAS BEEN IN ANY OF OUR MINISTRIES.
54:24 THIS IS ABOUT GETTING A BOOK OUT THAT CAN CHANGE A PERSON'S LIFE
54:28 FOR ETERNITY. AND THAT IS IMPORTANT.
54:31 AND THIS WAS BEING WORKED ON FOR 15 YEARS.
54:34 AND IT'S COMING OUT NOW. WHY?
54:37 BECAUSE THIS IS GOD'S TIMING. LET'S NOT WASTE THE TIMING.
54:41 >> SPEAKING OF TIMING LET'S GET THE ADDRESS UP THERE FOR THOS
54:46 WHO WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH DOUG BATCHELOR AND ALSO DWIGHT
54:50 HALL. HERE IS THE INFORMATION THAT YOU
54:52 NEED. >> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT
54:54 MORE ABOUT AMAZING FACTS OR SUPPORT THEIR MINISTRY, YOU CAN
54:59 CONTACT THEM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, YOU CAN WRITE TO AMAZING
55:04 FACTS MINISTRIES, POST OFFICE BOX 1058, ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA
55:15 95678. YOU CAN CALL THEM AT
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55:33 ♪ >> AS YOU KNOW OUR TIME COMES
55:38 AND GOES SO QUICKLY. BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE DWIGHT A
55:42 CHANCE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW HOW THEY CAN GET IN TOUCH.
55:45 >> YOU CAN GET ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.REMNANTPUBLICATIONS OR CALL
55:56 US. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE
55:58 REAL QUICK, THAT THERE'S A HARD BACK BOOK.
56:03 THIS IS AN ABRIDGED VERSION, BUT THERE IS A HARD BACKED BOOK THAT
56:08 YOU ARE SEE ON THE WEBSITE, AND THAT IS A FULL VERSION AND IT
56:11 HAS PICTURES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHICH WOULD BE A GREAT
56:16 GIFT COPY. BUT THIS SHARING BOOK IS ONE
56:18 THAT IS GOING TO GET OUT TO THE MASSES, AND SOMETHING WE NEED TO
56:23 ALL WORK TOGETHER ON. >> WHICH WE ARE.
56:26 >> UH-HUH. >> DOUG ANY CLOSING THOUGHTS
56:28 BEFORE WE SAY GOOD-BYE TONIGHT? >> IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE
56:32 HERE.-pTHIS IS AN HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY. THERE ARE CERTAIN WAVES FOR
56:41 EVANGELISM. AND GOD HAS SET UP THIS TIME,
56:44 AND WE NEED TO EXPLOIT THAT FOR THE GOSPEL THROUGH THE SHARING
56:49 BOOK. >> THANK YOU BOTH FOR WHAT YOU
56:50 DO IN YOUR MINISTRIES. FOR THE CAUSE OF GOD.
56:56 MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE WILL BE IN HEAVEN BECAUSE OF YOUR EFFORTS.
57:02 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> DANNY, I'M GOING TO LET YOU
57:07 CLOSE IT OUT. >> FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME, OUR
57:09 TIME IS GONE, BUT UNTIL WE SEE YOU NEXT TIME, MAY THE LORD
57:17 ABUNDANTLY BLESS YOU WITH MORE THAN YOU COULD EVER ASK OR
57:20 THINK. ♪


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