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00:16 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪
00:21 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE REMOVING PAIN ♪ 00:28 ♪ LORD, LET MY WORDS ♪ ♪ LET MY WORDS ♪ 00:32 ♪ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ♪-♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 00:47 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:12 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE." 01:15 THANK YOU FOR SKROIN -- JOINING US, AND WE LOVE THIS THURSDAY 01:20 EVENING, AND THE LIVE PROGRAM, DON'T WE YVONNE. 01:23 >> WE DO. >> WHICHCO CO-HOST, SISTER 01:31 YVONNE, WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE. 01:37 >> IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE. IT'S JUST -- IT'S JUST A SPECIAL 01:41 TIME. >> IT IS. 01:42 AND I THINK WE HAD BROTHER BRADSHAW A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, 01:48 AND ELDER CARTER LAST WEEK, AND THIS WEEK WE'RE PRIVILEGED TO 01:56 PASTOR STEPHEN BOHR, AND YOU ARE PRESIDENT OF SECRETS UNSEALED. 02:00 AND WE GO ALL THE WAY BACK -- I WENT TO WISCONSIN ACADEMY IN 02:06 1967, 68. I THINK WAS A JUNIOR, AND YOU 02:09 WERE CLOSE TO THE SAME AGE. AND WE MET EACH OTHER THERE. 02:13 AND YOU CAME HERE FOR A SHORT TIME, AND THROUGH MINISTRY LATER 02:16 ON FOR MANY YEARS, SO NOW WE GET TO WATCH YOU AT HOME ON TV. 02:22 SO JUST TURN ON 3ABN AND SEE PASTOR STEPHEN BOHR. 02:29 STEPHEN IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU HERE. 02:33 >> MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE. YOU MAKE US SOUND LIKE WE'RE 02:37 OLD. [ LAUGHTER ] 02:39 >> IF I DO THE MATH -- I DON'T DO THE MATH, NOT REALLY, I'M SO 02:44 THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE IN THE CLOSING MOMENTS OF EARTH'S 02:48 HISTORY. SO THANKFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS 02:51 MOVEMENT, THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, AND SO 02:54 THANKFUL TO BE A PART 3ABN. SO WATCH THE PROPHECY BEING 03:09 FULFILLED RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES. I NEVER DREAMED WHAT IS 03:13 HAPPENING RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES, SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO BE 03:18 DISCUSSING SOME VERY IMPORTANT TOPICS, BUT PARTICULARLY 03:20 TONIGHT, IN LIGHT OF SOME -- QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT 03:23 ARE HAPPENING, WE'RE -- WE HAVE ASKED HIM TO BE HERE, AND WE'RE 03:28 GOING TO STUDY ON THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH. 03:38 THERE IS A GREAT INTEREST RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE FOLK WERE SAYS WHO 03:44 CARES. AS LONG AS YOUR HEART IS RIGHT. 03:47 WHATEVER FEELS GOOD DO IT. BUT PEOPLE NOWADAYS SAY, WELL, 03:53 I'LL JUST KEEP -- I'LL GO THIS DAY OR THAT DAY. 03:56 GOD DOESN'T REALLY CARE. AS LONG AS WE KEEP ONE DAY. 04:00 I THINK WE SHOULD KNOW. IT'S LIKE SAYING GOD DOESN'T 04:05 REALLY CARE IF WE KEEP THE OTHER C 04:10 COMEING -- COMMANDMENTS. WHAT DO YOU THINK? 04:14 >> I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 04:16 WE NEED TO STUDY GOD'S WORD AND SEE WHAT DOES GOD SAY? 04:21 ALL OF MY STUDIES SAY IT IS IMPORTANT. 04:24 >> YEAH. AND THE THING ABOUT -- ONCE YOU 04:26 HAVE EXPERIENCED IT -- >> UH-HUH. 04:28 >> THEN YOU KNOW. >> SO TRUE. 04:31 >> BUT EXPERIENCING THE SABBATH, THEN YOU NEVER WOULD WANT TO BE 04:35 WITHOUT IT. >> THAT IS SO TRUE. 04:37 >> AMEN. >> BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A BREAK 04:41 FROM THE REST OF THE WEEK, GOD KNEW WHEN HE CREATED US -- HE 04:46 CREATED US TO NEED -- HE COULD HAVE CREATED US WHERE WE NEVER 04:51 NEEDED REST, BUT I THINK HE KNEW WE WOULD STRAY AWAY FROM HIM IF 04:59 HE DIDN'T TAKE A DAY, SO HE SAID I'M GOING TO MAKE MY KOREA 05:06 ACCUSATIONS SO THEY DON'T FORGET WHO I AM. 05:09 WE'RE SO THANKFUL YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT. 05:12 AND YOU DO SPANISH AND ENGLISH. AND YOU ARE ON RADIO, YOU ARE 05:18 ALSO A WRITER, MANY TALENTS, MANY GIFTS, BUT WE LOOK UP TO 05:24 YOU AS A MAN OF GOD. WE REALIZE EVERYONE IS HUMAN, 05:29 BUT LOOKING AT YOU, WE KNOW YOU HAVE SPENT YOUR LIFE IN THE 05:33 STUDY OF GOD'S WORTH, AND IF THERE IS TRUTH TO BE FOUND, YOU 05:37 ARE GOING TO FIND IT, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT EASILY -- HE WANTS 05:41 TO GO AT IT, AND HE HAS BEEN DOING IT FOR SO MANY YEARS, 05:47 LITERALLY OPENING THE WORD AND DISSECTING IT, AND MAKE IT SO WE 05:51 CAN ALL UNDERSTAND IT. WE'RE NOT ALL THEOLOGIANS, AND 05:56 SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU DO IT IN A 05:59 WAY SO WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND IT. WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER TONIGHT 06:04 THANKS TO PASTOR BOHR. >> WE DO. 06:07 IT'S CALLED "HIDDEN SABBATH TRUTHS."-AND IT IS A FREE OFFER, AND YOU 06:11 ARE GOING TO RECEIVE IT THROUGH PASTOR BOHR'S MINISTRY, SECRETS 06:16 UNSEALED, AND WE NEED TO TELL YOU HOW TO RECEIVE THAT. 06:20 >> WE CAN PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN, IF WE HAVE IT. 06:23 >> YEAH. >> THE ADDRESS OR IF IT'S INSIDE 06:26 HERE -- >> PASTOR BOHR TELL US HOW OUR 06:30 VIEWERS CAN RECEIVE THIS. >> WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR CALL 06:32 CENTER RIGHT NOW AS WE ARE SPEAKING -- 06:34 >> THERE IT IS. >> WE HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN. 06:37 >> THERE IT IS. >> PEOPLE CAN CALL THAT NUMBER 06:40 AND THEY WILL TAKE YOUR ORDER. >> 559-264-2300 -- I'M READING 06:48 IT OFF OF THE SCREEN HERE -- 264-2300, SO YOU WANT 06:54 THIS BOOK -- ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE, RIGHT? 06:57 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> ABSOLUTELY FREE. 06:59 >> CAN'T BEAT IT. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 07:03 YOU CAN'T GET CHEAPER THAN FREE. [ LAUGHTER ] 07:05 >> WE WANT TO TELL YOU IN ADVANCE, WE HAE FOLKS WHO IS 07:10 WILLING TO ANSWER THE PHONES, SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS TONIGHT, 07:13 NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT. YOU DON'T ALWAYS GET TO TALK 07:18 DIRECTLY TO BROTHER STEVE, BUT TONIGHT YOU WILL. 07:21 WE WILL TAKE THESE QUESTIONS, SO AS WE GET INTO THE TOPIC, AND 07:26 YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IN YOUR HEART AND MIND, BE SURE TO CALL US AT 07:31 618-627-4651 OR EMAIL US -- AND I THINK THEY WILL PUT THAT UP 07:35 FOR YOU IN JUST A MOMENT TOO -- I THINK IT'S -- 07:40 >> LIVE@3ABN.TV. >> THERE YOU GO. 07:47 LIVE@3ABN.TV. SO YOU CAN EMAIL OR CALL, AND HE 07:50 IS ON THE HOT SEAT TONIGHT. [ LAUGHTER ] 07:52 >> BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS, WE HAVE SPECIAL MUSIC. 07:55 >> WE DO. >> AND THE TITLE OF THE SONG IS 07:58 "HE GREW THE TREE." >> "HE GREW THE TREE." 07:59 >> BEAUTIFUL SONG. >> UH-HUH. 08:01 >> I FIRST HEARD IT IN THE '80S, AND I WAS SURPRISED WHO SANG IT 08:07 AT THAT TIME, WHO CAME OUT WITH IT, I THINK IT WAS BARBARA 08:12 MANDRELL. >> OH, OKAY. 08:14 >> THE SONG SAYS NO ONE TOOK HIS LIFE, WITH LOVE HE GAVE IT. 08:19 SO HE GREW THE TREE THAT HE KNEW WOULD BE USED TO MAKE THE OLD 08:24 RUGGED CROSS. PAM LISTER IS GOING TO BE 08:28 SINGING IT. >> PAM LISTER. 08:29 ♪ 08:45 ♪ ♪ HE GREW THE TREE ♪ 09:46 ♪ HE KNEW WOULD BE USED TO MAKE HIS OLD RUGGED CROSS ♪ 10:00 ♪ NOTHING LOOK HIS LIFE ♪ ♪ WITH LOVE HE GAVE IT ♪ 10:07 ♪ HE WAS CRUCIFIED ♪ ♪ ON A TREE THAT HE CREATED ♪ 10:27 ♪ HE GREW THE TREE ♪ ♪ SO THAT WE MIGHT GO FREE ♪ 10:42 ♪ WITH TEARS IN HIS EYES ♪ ♪ GOD LOOKED DOWN ♪ 10:55 ♪ SPAT UPON, REJECTED ♪-♪ HE GREW THE TRUE ♪ ♪ HE KNEW WOULD BE ♪ 11:09 ♪ USED TO MAKE THE OLD RUGGED CROSS ♪ 11:18 ♪ NOTHING TOOK HIS LIFE ♪ ♪ WITH LOVE HE GAVE IT ♪ 11:25 ♪ HE WAS CRUCIFIED ♪ ♪ 11:46 ♪ HE GREW THE TRUE ♪ ♪ SO THAT WE MIGHT GO FREE ♪ 11:57 ♪ HE GREW THE TREE ♪ ♪ HE KNEW WOULD BE ♪ 12:06 ♪ USED TO MAKE THE OLD RUGGED CROSS ♪ 12:28 >> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU, PAM. 12:31 WAS ABOUT THAT A NICE JOB? >> SUCH A LOVELY SONG. 12:35 >> GREAT WORDS. ISN'T THAT A TREMENDOUS THOUGHT 12:38 THAT HE GAVE HIS LIFE >> THAT'S RIGHT. 12:40 >> ON A TREE THAT HE CREATED. >> YES. 12:43 YES. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, 12:45 THAT'S -- >> GIVES YOU CHILL BUMPS. 12:49 >> YEAH. >> HE GREW THE SEED THAT HE KNEW 12:53 WOULD BE USED TO MAKE THE OLD RUGGED CROS. 12:56 THAT'S LOVE. THAT'S LOVE. 12:57 THAT'S AMAZING LOVE. >> YES. 12:59 >> I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 13:02 >> AMEN. >> AND FOR HIS SACRIFICIAL PLAN 13:06 OF SALVATION, THAT HE WAS WILLING TO COME TO THIS EARTH 13:10 AND GIVE HIS LIFE FOR FALLEN MAN. 13:13 AND HE SAYS IF YOU LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMNDMENTS, AND TODAY THERE 13:17 IS SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE CHRISTIAN WORLD TO SAY, WELL, 13:21 YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, OR THEY ARE 13:25 JUST ON OUR HEARTS, AND THE OLD TESTAMENT -- AND SOME FOLKS SAY 13:32 WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP NINE. AND WE WANT TO GO BACK, I THINK 13:39 THE BEST WAY PASTOR BOHR IS GO BACK TO GENESIS. 13:44 CAN WE BE CERTAIN THAT THESE ARE LITERAL DAYS. 13:48 >> OKAY. THIS IS A FOUNDATIONAL QUESTION. 13:51 IF THE DAYS OF CREATION WERE NOT LITERAL, THEN I'M WASTING MY 13:57 TIME HERE. BECAUSE THE SABBATH IS BASICALLY 14:01 DONE AWAY WITH UNLESS YOU HAVE A LITERAL WEEK. 14:04 >> OKAY. >> I HAVE SOME NOTES THAT I'M 14:07 GOING TO BE USING. WE HAVE SEVERAL EVIDENCES THAT 14:10 THE DAYS OF CREATION WERE LITERAL DAYS. 14:12 FIRST OF ALL, WE FIND EVERY TIME IN THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT THE 14:18 WORD DAY APPEARS WITH A NUMERAL, LIKE DAY ONE OR FIRST DAY, 14:23 SEC -- SECOND DAY, IT ALWAYS REFERS TO A LITERAL 24-HOUR DAY. 14:29 NO EXCEPTIONS. FIRST, DAY, SECOND DAY, THIRD 14:34 DAY, THAT IS A NUMERAL WITH THE WORD DAY, SO IT MEANS IT IS A 14:41 LITERAL DAY. SECOND THE EXPRESSION EVENING 14:45 AND MORNING. THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE RISING 14:47 AND SETTING OF THE SUN. ALSO IN PSALM 33 THERE IS AN 14:53 EXPRESSION OF IMMEDIACY. HE SPOKE AND IT WAS DONE. 14:56 AND IN THE CREATION STORY YOU HAVE ALSO AN EXPRESSION WHICH IS 15:00 VERY INTERESTING, AND IT WAS SO, HE DID IT, AND IT WAS SO. 15:04 ALSO THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE 15:09 DAYS OF CREATION WERE LITERAL, BECAUSE THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT 15:13 TELLS US WE'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK SIX, AND REST THE SEVENTH, 15:18 BECAUSE GOD WORKED SIX AND RESTED THE SEVENTH. 15:21 SO OBVIOUSLY IF GOD EXPECTS US TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE, THE DAYS 15:27 HE WORKED AND RESTED MUST BE EQUIVALENT TO THE DAYS THAT WE 15:31 HAVE AS WELL. THE NEW TESTAMENT WRITERS 15:35 UNDERSTOOD THAT THE DAYS WERE LITERAL. 15:38 JESUS FOR EXAMPLE, SAID HE WHO MADE THEM IN THE BEGINNING MAE 15:43 AND FEMALE CREATED THEM. SO HE HAS TAKEN THE STORY OF 15:48 CREATION LITERALLY. SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF EXAMPLES 15:53 THAT THE DAYS OF CREATION WERE LITERAL, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE 15:59 WHY THAT IS IMPORTANT. BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY THAT ARE 16:03 SAYING WE CAME INTO CREATION THROUGH EVOLUTION, AND THE DAYS 16:10 WERE SYMBOLIC AND REPRESENTED MANY, MANY YEARS. 16:18 >> THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHO ARE 16:24 HEARING THE WORLD EVOLVED, EVOLUTION STLL EXISTS -- AND 16:28 IT'S JUST -- IT'S SO SAD TO ME, BECAUSE YOU LOSE -- IF YOU DON'T 16:32 HAVE THAT SENSE OF GOD IS THE CREATOR, THEN PART OF YOUR 16:38 IDENTITY IS JUST MESSED UP TO ME. 16:40 BECAUSE YOU -- YOU KNOW, DID YOU COME FROM APES? 16:45 DID YOU COME FROM A TAD POLE? NO, WE WERE CREATED BEINGS IN 16:51 THE IMAGE OF GOD, AND THERE ARE SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE 16:55 GROWN UP WITHIN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHO ARE NOT 16:59 HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT WHERE THEY REALLY CAME FROM. 17:01 AND THAT'S JUST SAD TO ME. >> IT RUINS THEIR SELF IMAGE. 17:05 >> YES. >> IT'S NOT JUST IN SECULAR 17:08 SCHOOLS. UNDERSTAND -- AND MAYBE YOU CAN 17:11 EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE -- POPE'S 17:15 RECENTLY -- THEIR -- THEIR VIEW OF CREATION VERSUS EVOLUTION. 17:20 I MAY BE JUMPING AHEAD A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME 17:24 TO -- TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS SURPRISING TO 17:28 ME, FINDING OUT -- >> YEAH, ME TOO. 17:32 >> -- YOU KNOW, THAT -- THAT -- I'LL LET YOU 17:34 GIVE IT TO US. >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT IT. 17:38 THIS IS GOING TO BE A SURPRISE EVEN FOR THE LAYETTE IN THE 17:45 ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. BUT TWO OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL 17:50 POPES IN THE LAST TWO DECADES ARE JOHN PAUL II AND NOW 18:00 FRANCIS. THE DAYS OF CREATION WERE NOT 18:02 LITERAL DAYS, AND THE BIG BANG IS THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE, 18:06 AND THAT WE CAME AS A RESULT OF A LONG PROCESS OF EVOLUTION IN 18:12 THE COURSE OF MILLIONS OF YEARS. AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF 18:17 QUOTATIONS HERE. ONE IS JOHN PAUL II, HE SPOKE TO 18:21 THE PAPAL ACADEMY OF THE SCIENCES, AND HE SAID THIS, IT 18:27 IS INDEED REMARKABLE THAT THIS THEORY THAT IS THE THEORY OF 18:32 EVOLUTION -- HAS BEEN PROGRESSIVELY ACCEPTED BY 18:35 RESEARCHERS, FOLLOWING A SERIES OF DISCOVERIES IN VARIOUS FIELDS 18:41 OF KNOWLEDGE. THE CONVERGENCE OF ALL OF THESE 18:45 DIFFERENT SCIENCES NEITHER SOUGHT FOR FABRICATED ARE THE 18:49 RESULTS OF WORK THAT WAS CONDUCTED INDEPENDENTLY IS IN 18:56 ITSELF A SIGNIFICANT ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF THE THEORY. 19:00 SO THEY HAVE ALL REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT EVOLUTION 19:04 ACTUALLY IS THE WAY WE EXPLAIN THE ORIGIN OF MAN. 19:06 SO HE SAYS IT IS A SIGNIFICANT ARGUMENT IN FAVOR OF THE THEORY. 19:13 FRANCIS THE FIRST WAS EVEN MORE EXPLICIT. 19:17 THE BIG BANG WHICH WE HOLD TO BE THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD -- HE IS 19:24 SAYING THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH HOLDS THE ORIGIN OF THE EARTH TO 19:29 BE THE BIG BANG, DOES NOT CONTRADICT THE CREATOR, BUT 19:35 REQUIRES IT. EVOLUTION IN NATURE IS NOT 19:40 INCONSISTENT WITH THE NOTION OF EVOLUTION. 19:42 GOD BEGAN THE PROCESS, AND INCORPORATED IN BEINGS, THE 19:48 CAPACITY TO EVOLVE IN THE COURSE OF MILLIONS OF YEARS, AND THEN 19:51 HE SAID THIS -- THIS IS -pAMAZING -- WHEN WE READ ABOUT CREATION IN GENESIS, WE RUN THE 19:58 RISK OF IMAGINING GOD WAS A MAGICIAN WITH A MAGIC WAND ABLE 20:02 TO DO EVERYTHING, BUT THAT IS NOT SO. 20:05 HE CREATED HUMAN BEINGS AND LET THEM DEVELOP ACCORDING TO THE 20:11 INTERNAL LAWS THAT HE GAVE TO EACH ONE, SO THEY WOULD REACH 20:14 THEIR FULFILLMENT. SO HE IS SAYING THAT WE SHOULD 20:17 NOT IMAGINE THAT GOD IS A MAGICIAN WHO IS ABLE TO DO 20:22 EVERYTHING. >> OH, MY. 20:23 >> AND HE IS SAYING THAT THE BIG BANG IS THE EXPLANATION FOR THE 20:27 ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE, SO THE SCHOLARS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC 20:33 CHURCH, DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE GENESIS STORY THAT THE STORY WAS 20:38 LITERAL. >> HUM. 20:39 >> BOTTOM LINE. >> SO WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE 20:43 FOUNDATION OF NOT ONLY THE WEAK, BUT THE GENDERS TO -- NOT ONLY 20:49 THE SABBATH AND THESE OTHER THINGS, I MEAN YOU THRO THAT 20:54 AWAY, YOU HAVE THROWN AWAY FOUNDATIONS. 20:58 >> WELL, IF YOU THROUGH AWAY A LITERAL SEVEN DAYS OF CREATION. 21:04 HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE GOES BY THE WAYSIDE. 21:06 BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE CREATION STORY. 21:10 ALSO GENDER IDENTITY DISAPPEARED. 21:12 GOD CREATED MALE AND FEMALE. BUT IF THE CREATION STORY DIDN'T 21:16 HAPPEN THE WAY IT SAYS, THEN YOU CAN INVENT ALL KINDS OF GENDERS. 21:21 ALSO THE SABBATH GOES, BECAUSE THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT IS BASED 21:25 ON THE IDEA THAT GOD WORKS SIX LITERAL DAYS AND RESTS ON THE 21:31 SEVENTH DAY. FURTHERMORE THESE POPES ARE 21:34 CONTRADICTORY IN THEIR THEOLOGY, BECAUSE EVOLUTION REQUIRES THE 21:38 SURVIVAL OF THE FITEST. AND FRACIS THE FIRST IS SAYING 21:42 THE RICH NEEDS TO HELP THE POOR, BUT THAT TOTALLY GOES AGAINST 21:46 THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION THAT HE STANDS FOR, BECAUSE EVOLUTION 21:52 TEACHES THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. 21:55 THE STRONG WIN, AND THE WEAK LOSE. 21:57 SO HE CONTRADICTS HIS OWN PHILOSOPHY. 22:01 AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, AS ADVENTISTS WE BELIEVE 22:06 THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST IS IMMINENT. 22:08 BUT IF YOU BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION, HOW MANY MORE MILLIONS OF YEARS 22:12 DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION REACHES ITS 22:17 CONCLUSION? IT TOTALLY OBLITERATES THE 22:20 EMINENCE OF THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST. 22:23 IT TOTALLY OBLITERATES AND IT DESTROYS, IT DESTROYS THE 22:28 CHARACTER OF GOD. HIS OMNIPOTENCE. 22:31 ISN'T GOD POWERFUL ENOUGH TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT -- TO MAKE 22:35 PERFECT THINGS FROM THE BEGINNING? 22:38 >> SURE. >> DOES HE HAVE TO USE A LONG 22:40 PROCESS? ISN'T HE WISE ENOUGH TO MAKE 22:42 BEINGS THAT ARE PERFECT? DOES HE HAVE TO USE A MECHANISM 22:47 WHERE THERE IS MUCH DEATH AND SUFFERING. 22:50 DEATH LONG BEFORE SIN CAME INTO THE WORLD? 22:54 WHAT DOES IT DO WITH THE LOVE OF GOD? 22:58 YOU KNOW, HOW CAN GOD OBSERVE THE SUFFERING AND THE PROCESS OF 23:02 EVOLUTION, ANIMALS KILLING ANIMALS AND THIS CRUEL PROCESS 23:06 AND -- AND YET BELIEVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS THAT GOD'S HEART IS 23:12 MOVED WHEN A SPAR ROW FALLS OUT OF A TREE? 23:15 IT JUST DOESN'T SQUARE WITH -- WITH A GOD OF LOVE. 23:18 >> RIGHT. AND HIS OMNIPOTENCE AS YOU SAID 23:22 BEFORE. HE -- HE SPOKE, AND IT WAS DONE. 23:24 HE COMMANDED AND IT STOOD FAST, SO IT WASN'T -- IT DIDN'T EVOLVE-INTO SOMETHING. 23:30 IT STOOD FAST IMMEDIATELY. HE SPOKE IT. 23:33 IT HAPPENED. >> YEAH. 23:35 >> THAT'S THE -- ONLY NIP IMPORTANT GOD THAT WE SERVE. 23:46 BUT IT'S INTERESTING THAT EVERYTHING IS TWISTED NOWADAYS, 23:50 SO IF YOU ARE A CREATIONIST, YOU ARE LOOKED AT AS BEING IGNORANT, 23:56 BECAUSE THE PREVAILING IMPRESSION OF -- OF EDUCATED 24:01 PEOPLE IS EVOLUTION. >> UH-HUH. 24:05 >> SO IF YOU DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO THAT -- THAT THEORY, THEN YOU 24:09 ARE LOOKED AT -- YOU ARE LAUGHED AT. 24:12 >> YEAH. >> IT'S VEY INTERESTING TO ME 24:14 HOW SATAN HAS TAKEN -- THE GOOD IS BAD, AND THE BAD IS GOOD. 24:19 >> OH, YEAH. >> YEP. 24:21 >> WELL, TAKE -- TO ME ONE OF THE -- I THINK THE MOST 24:26 DEMEANING THING HE CAN SAY IS GOD IS NOT A MAGICIAN WHO CAN 24:30 TAKE A MAGIC WAND. I'M GLAD HE IS NOT A MAGICIAN, 24:34 AREN'T YOU? >> YEAH. 24:35 [ LAUGHTER ] >> MAGICIANS -- THERE'S NO WAY 24:38 FOR SALVATION OF MAN. NO MAGICIAN CAN COME UP WITH 24:43 THAT. ONLY A CREATOR, GOD, CAN DO THAT 24:46 AND CREATE A PERFECT WORLD THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS FRAIL 24:51 HUMAN AGENTS WHO ARE BORN TERMINALLY ILL, THAT WE HAVE THE 24:56 OPPORTUNITY TO SOME DAY LIVE FOREVER IN A SINLESS WELL. 25:00 NO MAGICIAN CAN DO THAT. >> WHAT HE IS REALLY SAYING IS 25:04 THAT GOD ISN'T POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GET THINGS RIGHT FROM THE 25:08 START? >> YEAH. 25:10 >> GOD IS NOT O-- ONLY NIP IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, ISN'T GOD 25:24 POWERFUL ENOUGH TO GET THINGS RIGHT FROM THE START? 25:26 >> YEAH, HE'S PUTTING HIM ON THE LEVEL WITH MAN. 25:30 >> RIGHT. >> THE WRIGHT BROTHERS STARTED 25:34 OUT TRYING TO FLY AN AIRPLANE AND OVER DECADES IT WAS 25:40 PERFECTED AND NOW OVER CENTURIES -- THAT'S KIND OF HOW 25:43 HE'S PUTTING GOD. FIRST OF ALL IT WAS TRIAL AND 25:47 ERROR, AND HE DIDN'T DO SO WELL -- I MEAN THAT'S PUTTING 25:50 HIM ON THE LEVEL OF MAN. LET'S GO BACK TO GENESIS, 25:54 BECAUSE FOR ME, IF I DON'T BELIEVE IN GENESIS, THEN I DON'T 25:57 BELIEVE THE REST OF THE BIBLE, SO I THINK WE NEED TO ESTABLISH 26:01 THE FACT THAT THE GENESIS STORY IS A LITERAL STORY, AND THAT YOU 26:05 ARE SAYING THAT THE DAYS ARE LITERAL DAYS, AND BECAUSE FOR 26:09 ONE THING EVENING AND MORNING, FIRST DAY, SECOND DAY, AND SO ON 26:14 UNTIL THE SEVENTH DAY, AND EVENING AND MORNING IS MEASURED 26:19 BY THE SUNRISE AND SUNST. NOW TELL US WHERE THE 26:23 SABBATH -- WAS IT INSTITUTED THEN, OR HOW DID THE SABBATH 26:27 COME ABOUT? AND WHY THE NEED FOR A SABBATH. 26:31 GOD WASN'T TIRED WHEN HE WORKED. >> OBVIOUSLY. 26:35 [ LAUGHTER ] >> WELL, MAYBE GOD GETS TIRED AK 26:37 CORING TO THE PAPAL VIEW, BECAUSE GOD CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, 26:41 YOU KNOW. >> THERE YOU GO. 26:43 >> BUT THERE IS A TEXT IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS THAT GOD DOESN'T 26:47 GET WEARY. >> NOR SLEEPS NOR SLUMBERS. 26:52 >> THAT'S RIGHT. LET ME DRAW ATTENTION TO A 26:58 DEBATE THAT TOOK PLACE LAST FRIDAY EVENING. 27:02 LET ME JUST SHARE WITH YOU FOUR PREMISES THAT WERE USED BY THE 27:11 EVANGELICAL AGAINST THE ADVENTIST VIEW. 27:14 NUMBER 1, HE STATED THAT GENESIS TELLS US THAT IT WAS GOD WHO 27:20 RESTED ON THE 7TH DAY GOD RESTED THE 7TH DAY. 27:26 SECOND, THE WORD THAT IS USED FORREST REALLY MEANS TO CEASE. 27:31 WHEN I SAYS THAT GOD RESTS, IT MEANS TO CEASE. 27:36 IT IS NOT TALKING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF GOD'S REST. 27:40 NUMBER 3, THERE IS NO COMMAND IN GENESIS THAT GOD TOLD MAN TO 27:44 REST AS WELL. >> THIS IS WHAT HE IS SAYING -- 27:47 >> YES, THIS IS HIS POINT OF VIEW. 27:50 SO GENESIS SAYS GOD RESTED. SECONDLY, THE WORD REST MEANS TO-CEASE. 27:58 NUMBER 3, THERE IS NO COMMAND FOR MAN TO REST, SO HIS 28:02 CONCLUSION IS THAT THE SABBATH IS NOT A CREATION INSTITUTION, 28:06 BUT WAS PART OF THE OLD COVENANT THAT WAS ONLY FOR THE JEWS, 28:10 BECAUSE THERE IS NO COMMAND FOR ADAM AND EVE TO KEEP THE 28:14 SABBATH, AND IT SAYS THAT GOD WAS THE ONE THAT RESTED, AND IT 28:17 IS NOT TALKING ABOUT QUALITY OF REST, IT IS TALKING ABOUT GOD 28:22 CEASING. >> OKAY. 28:22 >> I CAN AGREE WITH THREE OF THE PROPOSITIONS. 28:26 I AGREE NUMBER 1, THAT THE RECORD SAYS THAT GOD RESTED. 28:30 >> UH-HUH. >> I CAN AGREE THAT THE WORD 28:33 REST SHOULD BE TRANSLATED CEASE. >> UH-HUH. 28:37 >> AND I CAN AGREE THAT GOD DID NOT GIVE ADAM AND EVA COMMAND 28:42 THERE IN GENESIS 2 TO OBSERVE THE SABBATH. 28:48 WHAT I CANNOT ACCEPT IS THE CONCLUSION HE REACHES ON THE 28:52 BASIS OF THOSE THREE POINTS THAT HE BRINGS OUT. 28:55 THERE IS A REASON WHY THE -- THE STORY TELLS US THAT GOD RESTED 28:59 AND THERE'S A REASON WHY IT DOESN'T SAY THAT GOD COMMANDED 29:05 MAN TO REST. SO MAYBE WE CAN JUST TAKE THESE 29:09 PROPOSITIONS ONE BY ONE -- >> OKAY. 29:10 >> -- AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. >> LET'S DO. 29:14 >> THE CREATION STORY SAYS THAT GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY, 29:21 TRUE. IT IS TRUE THAT THE WORD REST -SHOULD BETTER BE TRANSLATED 29:27 CEASE. GENESIS 8:22, AFTER THE FLOOD 29:30 GOD TELLS NOAH THAT SEED TIME AND HARVEST AND DAY AND NIGHT 29:37 WILL NOT CEASE FROM NOW ON. AND THE WORD IS ALSO USED IN 29:43 JOSHUA 5:12 WHEN IT SAYS THAT MANNA CEASED THE DAY AFTER THEY 29:49 ENTERED THE PROMISE LAND. IT IS USED ALSO IN THE BOOK OF -NEHEMIAH, CHAPTER 6, WHERE THE 29:59 ENEMIES ARE SAYING COME AND TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT. 30:05 AND NEHEMIAH SAYS I CAN'T CEASE BUILDING THE WALL. 30:10 AND THEN IT SEEKS ABOUT WHEN WARS WILL CEASE. 30:13 SO IT IS TRUE THAT IN GENESIS 2, THE BEST TRANSLATION OF THE WORD 30:21 IS TO CEASE. HOWEVER -- HOWEVER, WE NEED TO 30:25 ASK THE QUESTION, WHY DOES THE GENESIS ACCOUNT TELL US THAT GOD 30:30 WAS THE ONE WHO CEASED, AND HE DIDN'T TELL ADAM AND EVE, AT 30:36 LEAST EXPLICITLY THERE, THAT THEY SHOULD CEASE. 30:40 SO BASICALLY THE IDEA IS THE SABBATH WAS SOMETHING ALL ABOUT 30:45 GOD. IT WASN'T ABOUT HUMAN BEINGS. 30:47 THE OLD COVENANT, THE SABBATH FOR THE JEWS BEGINS IN EXODUS 16 30:52 WITH THE MANNA, AND THEN EXODUS 20, SO THE SABBATH IS FOR THE 30:58 JEWS, BECAUSE THERE I NO COMMAND FOR ADAM AND EVE TO KEEP 31:07 THE SABBATH IN GENESIS. THERE IS AN ANSWER TO ALL OF 31:12 THIS. >> TAKE YOUR TIME. 31:14 >> FOUR THINGS WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE WHEN WE STUDY THE 31:17 STORY OF CREATION WITH REGARDS TO THE SABBATH. 31:22 NUMBER 1, WHEN GOD CEASED, THERE WAS NO SIN, AND THERE WERE NO -pJEWS. 31:29 THAT'S A CRITICALLY IMPORTANT DETAIL. 31:30 >> NO SINS AFTER SIX DAYS OF CREATION, GOD RESTED, THERE WAS 31:35 NO SIN -- >> AND THERE WERE NO JEWS. 31:38 BECAUSE ADAM AND EVE WERE NOT JEWS. 31:40 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> OKAY? 31:42 SO WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? IF WE CAN SHOW THAT GOD GAVE THE 31:46 SABBATH TO ADAM AND EVE BEFORE SIN, AND BEFORE THE JEWS 31:50 EXISTED, THEN ALL OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT WERE USED BY THIS 31:55 EVANGELICAL SAYING THE SABBATH IS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT 32:02 DISAPPEAR. THE FIST POINT WE NEED TO 32:04 NOTICE IS THAT WHEN GOD RESTED ON THE SABBATH -- WHEN GOD 32:08 CEASED, THERE WAS NO JEW, AND THERE WAS NO SIN. 32:14 SECOND, THE CREATION STORY IS ALL ABOUT GOD. 32:17 THE WORD GOD IS USED 31 TIMES IN THE FIRST CHAPTER. 32:22 AND IN GENESIS 2:2-3, GOD -- CREATION AND REST IS 32:32 ATTRIBUTED TO GOD TEN TIMES. SO THAT'S 41 TIMES IN GENESIS 32:41 1:1 THROUGH 2-3, 41 TIMES GOD IS-MENTIONED AS THE ONE WHO WORKED SIX DAYS, AND AS THE ONE WHO 32:48 RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY. LET ME READ GENESIS 2:2-3. 32:56 WE CAN'T READ THE WHOLE FIRST CHAPTER. 32:59 WHAT I WAT US TO CATCH THE PICTURE OF IS THE CREATION STORY 33:02 IS ALL ABOUT GOD. IT'S NOT ABOUT MAN. 33:04 >> YES. >> IT SAYS IN GENESIS 2:2-3, AND 33:09 ON THE SEVENTH DAY, GOD ENDED HIS WORK, WHICH HE HAD DONE, AND 33:17 HE RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY, FROM ALL OF HIS WORK, WHICH HE 33:23 HAD DONE. THEN GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY 33:26 AND SANCTIFIED IT, BECAUSE IN IT, HE RESTED FROM ALL OF HIS 33:31 WORK, WHICH GOD HAD CREATED AND MADE. 33:33 SO THERE'S NO REFERENCE TO MAN HERE. 33:36 BECAUSE GOD WAS THE ONE WHO WORKED SIX DAYS AND CREATED 33:40 EVERYTHING, AND GOD WAS THE ONE WHO RESTED AFTER HE CONCLUDED 33:44 HIS WORK THE SIX DAYS. >> UH-HUH. 33:46 >> SO POINT NUMBER 1, NO JEW AND NO SIN. 33:51 POINT NUMBER 2, THE FIRST WEEK OF THE HISTORY OF THIS WORLD IS 33:55 ABOUT GOD. GOD WORKED SIX, AND GOD RESTED 33:58 ON THE SEVENTH. THIRD, AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS 34:03 ANSWERING WHY GOD DID NOT COMMAND ADAM AND EVE TO -- TO 34:07 CEASE FOR SABBATH. NUMBER 3, AND THIS SURPRISED ME 34:12 A FEW YEARS AGO. I HAD READ THE CREATION STORY 34:15 MANY, MANY TIMES, BUT I FOUND SOMETHING VERY INTERESTING, AND 34:20 THAT IS THAT GOD DID NOT MAKE THE SABBATH HOLY UNTIL IT ENDED. 34:24 >> UH-HUH. >> GOD RESTED ALL DAY SABBATH. 34:28 HE RESTED ALL DAY SABBATH. AND THEN WHEN THE SABBATH ENDED, 34:33 HE BLESSED AND MADE IT HOLY. AND THAT'S CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT. 34:38 LET'S READ GENESIS 2:3, AND THEN EXODUS 20:11 AND PROVE THAT 34:43 POINT FROM THE BIBLE. >> THEN GOD BLESSED THE SEVENTH 34:48 DAY AND SANCTIFIED IT, BECAUSE IN IT HE RESTED FROM ALL OF HIS 34:52 WORK WHICH HE HAD CREATED AND MADE. 34:56 THE WORD RESTED, SAYS IT WAS PAST. 34:59 AT THE END. >> WHY DID HE BLESS THE SEVENTH 35:02 DAY AND MAKE IT HOLY? BECAUSE HE RESTED. 35:05 >> HE RESTED FROM ALL OF HIS WORK. 35:07 >> SO HE RESTED, AND BECAUSE OF THAT HE MAKES THE DAY HOLY. 35:11 SO HE RESTS AND THEN THE DAY BECOMES HOLY AFTER HE RESTS. 35:17 EXODUS 20:11 HAS THE SAME IDEA. THIS IS THE CONCLUSION TO THE 35:25 FOURTH COMMANDMENT. EXODUS 20:11. 35:28 >> FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD MADE THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, THE 35:32 SEA AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM, AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY, 35:37 THEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND HELD IT. 35:40 >> NOW IS THAT CLEAR? >> UH-HUH. 35:42 >> IT SAYS GOD MADE EVERYTHING IN SIX DAYS, RESTED THE SEVENTH 35:48 DAY, THEREFORE, THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND MADE IT 35:52 HOLY. SO GOD RESTED ALL DAY SABBATH, 35:55 AND THAT'S WHAT MADE THE SABBATH-HOLY WAS GOD'S REST. AT THE END OF THE SABBATH, THAT 36:02 FIRST SABBATH, NOW THE DAY IS HOLY. 36:05 THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT TO REMEMBER. 36:06 >> UH-HUH. >> THE FOURTH POINT THAT WE NEED 36:10 TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IS THAT, AFTER GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH 36:15 DAY, AND MADE THE SABBATH DAY HOLY, AND BLESSED THE SABBATH 36:21 DAY, GOD HAD CREATED THE WEEK. BECAUSE USUALLY WE THINK OF GOD 36:27 CREATING THINGS. BUT GOD ALSO CREATED A WEEK OF 36:30 SEVEN DAYS. AND IF I CAN READ A STATEMENT 36:33 FROM THIS FANTASTIC BOOK PATRIARCHS AND PROPHETS, PAGE 36:38 111, AND OF COURSE THIS COMMENT IS FIRMLY BASED ON SCRIPTURE, 36:43 BECAUSE WE JUST NOTICED THAT GOD WORKED SIX, GOD RESTED ON THE 36:48 SEVENTH, AND AFTER HE RESTED HE MADE THE DAY HOLY. 36:51 SO HE CREATED THE WEEK. LIKE THE SABBATH THE WEEK 36:56 ORIGINATED AT CREATION, AND IT HAS BEEN PRESERVED AND BROUGHT 36:59 DOWN TO US THROUGH BIBLE HISTORY. 37:01 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A WEEK OF SEVEN DAYS. 37:03 >> UH-HUH. >> IT CONTINUES SAYING GOD 37:07 HIMSELF MEASURED OFF THE FIRST WEEK AS A SAMPLE FOR SUCCESSIVE 37:14 WEEKS TO THE CLOSE OF TIME. VERY CLEAR, SIX DAYS, RESTED THE 37:20 SEVENTH. WE STILL HAVE A WEEK OF SEVEN 37:22 DAYS. IT CONTINUES SAYING LIKE EVERY 37:24 OTHER, IT CONSISTED OF SEVEN LITERAL DAYS. 37:28 SIX DAYS WERE EMPLOYED IN THE WORK OF CREATION, AND HERE COMES 37:32 THE KEY POINT. SIX DAYS WERE EMPLOYED IN THE 37:35 WORK OF CREATION. UPON THE SEVENTH, GOD RESTED, 37:40 AND THE THEN BLESSED THIS DAY AND SET IT APART A DAY OF REST 37:48 FOR MAN. VERY CLEARLY IT SAYS GOD RESTED 37:51 AND HE THEN BLESSED THIS DAY AND SET IT APART AS A DAY OF REST 37:56 FOR MAN.-NOW THE QUESTION IS, BACK TO THE ORIGINAL QUESTION, WHY DIDN'T 38:03 GOD COMMAND ADAM AND EVE TO KEP THAT FIRST SABBATH OF CREATION 38:08 WEEK? WELL, NOW I WANT TO GIVE YOU 38:10 SEVERAL REASONS. >> OKAY. 38:14 >> NUMBER 1, GOD COULD NOT GIVE ADAM AND EVE THE SABBATH BEFORE 38:20 HE MADE IT. >> UH-HUH. 38:22 >> HUM. >> GOOD POINT. 38:24 >> AND WE KNOW HE MADE IT, BECAUSE THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR 38:30 MAN. >> UH-HUH. 38:32 >> SO COULD GOD GIVE THE SABBATH TO ADAM AND EVE AND TELL THEM TO 38:36 KEEP THE SABBATH BEFORE HE MADE IT? 38:38 HE COULDN'T GIVE THEM WHAT HE HAD NOT MADE YET. 38:41 POINT NUMBER 1. >> OKAY. 38:43 >> POINT NUMBER 2, WE ALREADY NOTICED THAT HE MADE THE SABBATH 38:47 HOLY WHEN IT ENDED, WHICH MEANS THAT GOD COULD NOT HAVE TOLD 38:52 ADAM AND EVE TO KEEP THAT SABBATH HOLY BEFORE IT WAS HOLY. 38:55 >> RIGHT. >> RIGHT. 38:57 >> IS THAT MAKING SENSE? >> UH-HUH. 38:59 >> YES. >> FURTHERMORE, WE'RE TOLD THAT 39:02 GOD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND MADE IT HOLY. 39:06 GOD DOESN'T NEED A DAY THAT IS BLESSED AND HOLY FOR HIMSELF. 39:10 >> RIGHT. >> UH-HUH. 39:12 >> POINT NUMBER 4, GOD ACTUALLY NEEDED TO GIVE ADAM AND EVE THE 39:19 EXAMPLE OF HOW TO OBSERVE THE SABBATH BEFORE HE COULD EXPECT 39:23 THEM TO OBSERVE THE SABBATH. >> OKAY. 39:27 GOOD. >> AND THERE'S THIS QUOTATION IN 39:30 THIS DEVOTIONAL BOOK LIFT HIM UP, WHICH EXPRESSES ITS WELL. 39:34 GOD MADE MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE AND THEN GAVE HIM AN EXAMPLE OF 39:39 OBSERVING THE SEVENTH DAY, WHICH HE SANCTIFIED AND MADE HOLY. 39:45 WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT WHAT PARENTS TELL THEIR CHILDREN, OR 39:50 WHAT THEY EXEMPLIFY TO THEIR CHILDREN. 39:56 >> GREAT POINT. >> NUMBER 1, THE SABBATH WAS 40:01 MADE FOR MAN. NUMBER 2, THE SABBATH WASN'T 40:04 HOLY UNTIL IT ENDED. IN THE BIBLE GENESIS 2 AND 40:10 EXODUS 20. HE COULDN'T TELL THEM KEEP THE 40:15 HOLY DAY HOLY UNTIL IT WAS HOLY. NUMBER 3, HE COULD NOT TELL THEM 40:20 KEEP THE SABBATH WHEN THE SEVENTH DAY IS STARTING. 40:26 BECAUSE THEY WOULD SAY HOW? HE HAS TO EX-EXEMPLIFY THE 40:31 SABBATH AND THEN TELL THEM NOW YOU DO HOW YOU SAW ME DO IT. 40:38 NUMBER 4, THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT DOES NOT COME ABOUT UNTIL THE 40:45 SECOND SABBATH OF HUMAN HISTORY. YOU ARE SAYING WAIT A MINUTE. 40:49 IS THIS SOME KIND OF HERESY? NO, IT'S NOT HERESY. 40:56 WHY DIDN'T GOD TELL ADAM AND EVE TO CEASE BECAUSE THIS INDIVIDUAL 41:02 SAYS THAT THE WORD MEANS CEASED, SO WE'LL TAKE HIM IN HIS 41:08 ARGUMENT. AND IT WAS GOD WHO CEASED. 41:12 HE DIDN'T TELL ADAM AND EVE TO CEASE. 41:16 WHY DIDN'T HE TELL ADAM AND EVE TO CEASE. 41:22 WHY DID HE CEASE FROM? >> HIS WORK. 41:26 >> AND THEY HADN'T YET WORKED. ARE YOU WITH ME? 41:31 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO IT STARTS WITH THE SEC 41:34 SABBATH IN HUMAN HISTORY, BECAUSE GOD WORKS SIX, RESTS THE 41:39 SEVENTH, AT THE END OF THE SABBATH, HE MAKES IT HOLY, AND 41:43 THEN HE SAYS TO ADAM AND EVE NOW, YOU SAW ME DO IT, NOW YOU 41:48 GO AND WORK SIX, AND THEN NEXT SABBATH, YOU ARE GOING TO REST 41:52 THE WAY YOU SAW ME REST. >> UH-HUH. 41:55 >> LET'S READ EXODUS 20:8-11. REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY TO KEEP 42:04 IT HOLY. SIX DAYS YOU SHALL LABOR AND DO 42:07 YOUR WORK, BUT THE SEVENTH DAY IS THE DAY OF YOUR GOD. 42:12 IN IT, YOU SHALL DO NO WORK. NOW COMES THE REASON WHY GOD 42:22 SAYS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THE SEVENTH 42:25 DAY. >> UH-HUH. 42:27 >> VERSUS 11, FOR IN SIX DAYS, THE LORD MADE THE HEAVENS AND 42:32 THE EARTH, THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM, AND RESTED THE 42:39 SEVENTH DAY, THEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY AND HELD 42:43 IT. THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT CANNOT 42:46 APPLY TO ADAM AND EVE, THAT FIRST SABBATH, BECAUSE THE 42:51 COMMANDMENT SAYS WORK SIX AND REST THE SEVENTH, AND THEY HAD 42:54 NOT WORKED SIX. BUT THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT MAKES 42:58 IT CLEAR THAT BEGINNING WITH THE SECOND WEEK, GOD EXPECTED THEM 43:01 TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE. IS THAT MAKING SENSE? 43:05 >> UH-HUH. >> NOW, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, 43:08 WELL, IS THE SABBATH OF CREATION, THE SAME SABBATH OF 43:11 THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT? OF COURSE IT IS. 43:15 LET'S NOTICE SOME COMMONALITIES BETWEEN THE SABBATH IN GENESIS, 43:18 AND THE SABBATH IN EXODUS 20. >> RIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO THAT. 43:23 YOU SAID MARK 2:27, RIGHT, 28, AND IT SAYS SABBATH WAS MADE 43:27 FOR -- >> MAN. 43:29 >> MAN. >> SO FOR ANYBODY TO SAY, WELL 43:32 THAT -- THIS IS NEW TESTAMENT, IT'S NOT OLD TESTAMENT, RIGHT? 43:38 MARK IS NEW TESTAMENT, AND STILL WE'RE TOLD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 43:42 THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN. IF THE SABBATH WAS DONE AWAY 43:47 WITH AT THE CROSS, WHY ARE WE HEARING THAT THE SABBATH WAS 43:51 MADE FOR MAN? IT DIDN'T SAY FOR THE JEWS. 43:53 IT DIDN'T SAY FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. 43:56 IT SAID FOR MAN, WHICH I WOULD SAY INCLUDES ALL OF US. 44:00 >> SURE. AND IT PROVES MY POINT. 44:03 >> YEAH. >> BECAUSE GOD WORKED SIX. 44:05 HE DID ALL OF THE WORK. HE RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY, MADE 44:09 IT HOLY, AND THEN HE -- HE -- SEE, HE CREATED THE 44:13 SABBATH, SO NOW HE SAYS TO ADAM AND EVE, NOW I'M GIVING YOU THE 44:17 WEEK, AND NOW YOU ARE WORK SIX THE WAY THAT I DID, AND THE NEXT 44:22 SEVENTH DAY, YOU ARE GOING TO REST THE WAY YOU SAW ME REST. 44:25 SO -- SO NOW WE KNOW THE REASON WHY GOD DID NOT COMMAND ADAM AND 44:30 EVE TO CEASE ON THAT FIRST -SABBATH, BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT CEASE, BECAUSE THEY HADN'T 44:37 WORKED. >> RIGHT. 44:38 >> SO THIS ARGUMENT, BASED ON THE OLD COVENANT, SAYING 44:42 THAT -- YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S NO COMMAND FOR ADAM AND 44:46 EVE TO KEEP THE SABBATH, THE SABBATH IS FOR THE JEWS, DOESN'T 44:51 HOLD ANY WATER. ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THIS, THE 44:53 WHOLE ARGUMENT AND THE DEBATE FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE. 44:57 >> UH-HUH. >> NOW, WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK 45:00 AT A FEW OTHER THINGS HERE. >> GOOD. 45:03 >> A FEW OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS. WE HAVE NOTICED SO FAR NUMBER 1, 45:07 GOD COULDN'T GIVE THE SABBATH TO ADAM AND EVE UNTIL HE MADE IT. 45:11 NUMBER 2, IS GOD DIDN'T NEED TO BLESS AND MAKE A DAY HOLY FOR 45:17 HIMSELF. NUMBER 3, GOD MADE THE SABBATH 45:20 HOLY WHEN IT ENDED, SO HE COULDN'T TELL ADAM AND EVE TO 45:24 KEEP THE SABBATH WHEN IT STARTED. 45:27 NUMBER 4, GOD COULD NOT TELL THEM TO KEEP THE SABBATH WITHOUT-FIRST EXEMPLIFYING IT. 45:38 AND IT BEGINS WITH THE SECOND WEEK OF HUMAN HISTORY, BECAUSE 45:48 THEY HADN'T WORKED SIX. NOW THE QUESTION IS -- AND THIS 45:52 COMES UP ALL THE TIME -- IS WHETHER THE SABBATH OF GENESIS 45:56 IS THE SAME SABBATH OF EXODUS. >> RIGHT. 46:01 UH-HUH. >> AND OF COURSE IT IS, BECAUSE 46:02 YOU HAVE THESE -- THE FOLLOWING COMMONALITIES. 46:06 NUMBER 1, IN BOTH CASES IT'S A MEMORIAL OF CREATION. 46:11 SECONDLY, THE SABBATH COMES AFTER SIX DAYS OF WORK. 46:16 THREE, THE SABBATH IS THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK. 46:20 AND FOUR, WE HAVE TOLD IN BOTH TEXTS THAT GO RESTED, BLESSED, 46:27 AND SANCTIFIED THE SABBATH. >> UH-HUH. 46:29 >> RIGHT. >> SO THERE'S CLEAR 46:33 COMMONALITIES BETWEEN GENESIS AND -- EXODUS. 46:41 BUT NW THERE IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT IF YOU WENT TO 46:47 THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE. AND YOU CAN. 46:50 THE WORD REST IN GENESIS, RESTED, IS NOT THE SAME WORD, 46:55 REST IN THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT. IN GENESIS WHERE IT SAYS THAT 46:59 GOD RESTED, IT'S THE WORD -SHALLOT, WHICH EMPHASIZES THAT HE CEASED HIS WORK OF CREATING. 47:09 AND THEN YOU WONDER, YOU SAY, WHAT DID GOD DO THE SEVENTH DAY? 47:14 WE KNOW THAT HE CEASED. WE KNOW HE DIDN'T CREATE 47:17 ANYMORE. BUT CAN WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT 47:20 GOD DID ON SEVENTH DAY WHILE HE WAS CEASING FROM HIS WORK A OF 47:29 COURSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARGUE AGAINST THE SABBATH, THEY 47:32 MAKE A BIG POINT OF THIS THING, WELL, THE WORD SABBATH IS NOT 47:37 THE SAME IN GENESIS AS EXODUS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE SAME 47:42 SABBATH. WELL, THE FACT IS, THERE IS A 47:44 REASON WHY IN THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT, MOSES, WHO WROTE 47:51 EXODUS, WHY IN GENESIS HE USED SHALLBOT, AND IN EXODUS CHAPTER 48:01 20, HE USED THE WORD [ INAUDIBLE ]. 48:03 BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT MEAN CEASE. 48:06 IT DESCRIBED QUALITY OF REST, HOW GOD RESTED. 48:10 BECAUSE IN EXODUS 20, THE OBJECTIVE IS THAT GOD IS GIVING 48:14 AN EXAMPLE OF THE QUALITY OF REST FOR MAN TO FOLLOW HIS 48:20 EXAMPLE. THAT'S THE EMPHASIS. 48:24 AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN GIVE YOU EXAMPLES -- ACTUALLY THERE'S 48:27 THREE THINGS, THE WORD NOWAK IN THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT IS USED 48:33 IN SEVERAL TEXTS -- MAYBE WE CAN READ THESE TEXTS. 48:36 THE WORD NOWAK MEANS TO REST AFTER MUCH ACTIVITY, AND IT IS 48:43 FREQUENTLY CONNECTED WITH THE IDEA OF FEASTING, GLADNESS, JOY, 48:50 HAPPINESS, AND SO LET'S NOTICE SEVERAL VERSES WHERE THE WORD IS 48:55 USED, SO WE CAN CATCH THE NUANCE OF IT. 49:04 PROVERBS 29:17. >> OKAY. 49:08 IT SAYS CORRECT YOUR SON AND HE WILL GIVE YOU REST. 49:13 YES, HE WILL GIVE DELIGHT TO YOUR SOUL. 49:16 >> OH. >> THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL A 49:21 SYNONYMOUS PARALLELISM. THERE ARE THREE BASIC TYPES, 49:29 SYNONYMOUS PARALLELISM, AND SYNTHETIC WHERE THE THIRD LINE 49:34 OR SECOND LINE COMPLETED THE IDEA OF THE FIRST LINE. 49:37 IT SAYS DISCIPLINE YOUR SON AND HE WILL GIVE YOU REST, AND THEN 49:41 IT EXPLAINS WHAT KIND OF REST? >> DELIGHT TO YOUR SOUL. 49:45 >> SO WHAT KIND OF REST IS IT? >> DELIGHTFUL REST. 49:48 >> IT'S A DELIGHTFUL REST. LET'S GO TO ESTHER -- AND THIS 49:57 IS TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE JEWS WERE DELIVERED FROM CERTAIN 50:01 DEATH. A DEATH DECREE HAD BEEN GIVEN 50:03 AGAINST THE ENTIRE NATION. AND THE JEWS ESTABLISHED A FEAST 50:09 TO CELEBRATE THEIR DELIVERANCE, AND THIS FEAST IS CALLED PURIM. 50:16 AND THE WORDS THAT ARE CONNECTED WITH PURIM. 50:24 ESTHER 9:17-18, AND THEN WE'LL JUMP DOWN TO VERSUS 22. 50:31 THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE EASY BOOKS TO FIND IN THE BIBLE. 50:37 ESTHER 9:17-18, AND THEN VERSE 22. 50:43 >> THIS WAS THE 13TH DAY OF THE MONTH OF ADAR, AND ON THE 14TH 50:47 OF THE MONTH THEY RESTED AND MADE IT A DAY OF FEASTING AND 50:52 GLADNESS. >> THE WORD RESTED IS THE SAME 50:55 WORD IN THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT? DID THEY GO TO BED OR CEASE WHAT 50:59 THEY WERE DOING? NO, A DAY OF FEASTING AND 51:04 GLADNESS. SO WE START TO CATCH A PICTURE 51:06 OF WHAT GOD DID ON THE SEVENTH DAY. 51:09 IT WASN'T JUST THAT HE CEASED, BUT THERE IS JOY AND GLADNESS 51:15 ASSOCIATED WITH IT. NOW READ VERSE 18 AND 22. 51:19 >> THE JEWS ASSEMBLED TOGETHER ON THE 13TH DAY AS WELL AS ON 51:23 THE 14TH AND ON THE 15TH OF THE MONTH THEY RESTED AND MADE IT A 51:27 DAY OF FEASTING AND GLADNESS. >> THERE IT IS AGAIN. 51:33 VERSE 22. >> ON THE DAYS IN WHICH THE JEWS 51:36 HAD RESTED FROM THEIR ENEMIES AS THE MONTH THAT WAS TURNED FROM 51:41 SORROW TO JOY FOR THEM, THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE THEM DAYS OF 51:45 FEASTING AND JOY OF SENDING PRESENTS TO ONE ANOTHER AND 51:49 GIFTS TO THE POOR. >> SO WHAT IDEA IS ASSOCIATED 51:53 WITH THE WORD REST? >> FEASTING AND JOY, GLADNESS. 51:56 >> BY THE WAY, THAT'S THE REASON WHY JEWS DO NOT FAST ON SABBATH, 52:02 BECAUSE THE SABBATH IS NOT A DAY FOR FEASTING -- FOR -- FOR 52:07 FASTING, IT'S A DAY FOR FEASTING. 52:09 THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO BE GLUTTONS, BUT IT'S A DAY OF 52:14 CELEBRATION. GLADNESS, HAPPINESS, JOY, IS 52:17 WHAT IS INVOLVED. >> YES, WHEN WE WERE IN ISRAEL, 52:20 AND THE SABBATH WAS COMING ON, AND WE WERE BY THE WHALING WALL, 52:25 AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE THERE WERE ACTUALLY HAVING -- LIKE A PARTY. 52:29 THEY WERE CELEBRATING. THEY WERE CELEBRATING THE 52:33 ONCOMING OF THE SABBATH. >> YEAH. 52:35 >> IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. >> YEAH, IT'S NOT A DAY OF 52:39 MOURNING AND SADNESS. LIKE THE FARAHSIES MADE IT. 52:44 THE SABBATH OF THE PHARAOHSIES WAS NOT THE SABBATH OF THE LORD. 52:54 SO YOU HAVE THIS WORD -- IN ISAIAH 58 IT SAYS THAT THE 53:00 SABBATH IS A DELIGHT. >> WHERE IS IT? 53:04 >> ISAIAH 58:13. >> THAT WAS WHAT I ALREADY 53:10 OPENED TO BEFORE -- >> READ IT. 53:12 >> IT IS 58 -- >> 58:13. 53:16 >> I SAID THERE IS WHEE HE IS GOING. 53:18 AND I DIDN'T KNOW THESE OTHER TEXTS -- 53:20 >> YOU HAVE BEEN AROUND ME TOO MUCH. 53:22 >> YOU WENT DEEPER THAN I DID. I WENT STRAIGHT RIGHT HERE. 53:25 >> OH, YES. >> SO WITHOUT MY GLASSES 53:28 HERE -- IF YOU TURN AWAY -- >> DO YOU WANT -- 53:30 >> NO, NO. WATCH THIS. 53:33 TURN AWAY FROM THE SABBATH FROM DOING YOUR OWN PLEASURE ON MY 53:38 HOLY DAY AND CALL THE SABBATH -- A WHAT? 53:42 >> DELIGHT. >> -- A DELIGHT. 53:44 THE HOLY DAY OF THE LORD, HONORABLE AND SHALL HONOR HIM, 53:49 NOT DOING YOUR OWN WAYS, NOR FINDING YOUR OWN PLEASURES. 53:54 SO THAT'S GREAT -- NOW THAT TEXT GOES EXACTLY ALONG WITH THE 53:58 OTHER -- THE FEASTING, BEING DELIGHTFUL -- 54:01 >> THE WORD DELIGHT, REST. >> IT'S THE SAME REST AS KEEPING 54:05 THE SABBATH HOLY. >> SO DO WE START CATCHING A 54:10 PICTURE OF WHAT GOD'S REST WAS LIKE? 54:13 BY THE WAY GOD DID NOT CELEBRATE AT CREATION BY HIMSELF. 54:17 THE WHOLE UNIVERSE CELEBRATED. GO TO JOB 38:4-7. 54:24 SO THIS IDEA -- ALL ADVENTISTS THEY ARE LEGALISTS -- 54:28 >> 38 YOU SAID? >> 38:7. 54:31 THE SABBATH IS A DAY OF MISERY, A DAY OF RESTRICTIONS, IT 54:36 DOESN'T FIT WITH THE BIBLICAL PERCEPTION. 54:41 READ VERSE 4 SO WE GET THE CONTENT OF CREATION. 54:45 >> OKAY. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I LAID THE 54:49 FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH? TELL ME IF YOU HAVE 54:52 UNDERSTOODING. WHO DETERMINED ITS MEASUREMENTS. 54:55 SURELY YOU KNOW. OR WHO STRETCHED THE LINE UPON 54:59 IT, TO WHAT WERE ITS FOUNDATIONS FASTENED, OR WHO LAID ITS 55:06 CORNERSTONES WHEN THE MORNINGSTARS SANG TOGETHER AND 55:09 ALL SHOUTED FOR JOY. >> SO IT WASN'T JUST A DAY OF 55:14 HAPPINESS FOR THE LORD, IT WAS FOR THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. 55:21 >> YES. BEAUTIFUL. 55:22 >> THAT'S NEAT. >> AND NOT ONLY THE MEANING OF 55:27 NOWAK, IN GENESIS -- THE EMPHASIS IS THAT GOD CREATED NO 55:33 MORE, HE CEASED ON THE SEVENTH DAY. 55:36 BUT IN EXODUS, THE EMPHASIS IS NOWAK WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH 55:43 FEASTING AND HAPPINESS AND JOY, BECAUSE IN EXODUS GOD IS SAYING, 55:47 I WORKED SIX, AND THE SEVENTH DAY I NOWAKED. 55:53 I KNOW I'M INVENTING A WORD, NOWAKED, BUT THE WHOLE HEAVENLY 56:03 UNIVERSE CELEBRATED. AND THEN EXODUS 31:17. 56:06 >> OKAY. >> WE'RE -- WE'RE STUDYING NOW 56:09 WHAT GOD DID ON THE SEVENTH DAY TO EXEMPLIFY TO MAN WHAT GOD 56:14 WANTED MAN TO DO. >> 31:17, IT IS A SIGN BETWEEN 56:20 ME AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FOREVER, FOR IN SIX DAYS THE 56:24 LORD MADE THE HEAVENS AND EARTH, AND ON THE SEVENTH DAY HE WAS 56:29 RESTED AND WAS REFRESHED. >> I BET YOU CAN'T GUESS WHAT 56:35 THE WORD RESTED IS IN HEBREW. IT'S SHABOT. 56:42 BUT IT ADDS SOMETHING THERE. GOD RESTED AND WHAT ELSE DID HE 56:46 DO? >> AND WAS REFRESHED. 56:48 >> HE WAS REFRESHED. INTERESTING. 56:51 NOW WHAT DOES THE WORD REFRESHED MEAN? 56:54 IT IS A HEBREW WORD WHICH MEANS TO TAKE A BREATH. 56:56 >> OKAY. SPEAKING OF THAT -- 57:01 [ LAUGHTER ] >> I NEED YOU TO PAUSE. 57:04 BUT WHAT THEY TOLD ME EARLIER, AND I DIDN'T WANT -- YOUR PHONE 57:10 NUMBER HAS BEEN OVERWHELMED "HIDDEN SABBATH TRUTHS," SO THEY 57:20 ARE SAYING HAVE PATIENCE. THEY ARE SAYING DON'T GIVE UP, 57:25 STAY ON THE LINE, AND THEY'LL GET TO YOU. 57:32 559-264-2300. OKAY. 57:32 SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A BREAK -- THIS IS REALLY 57:36 INTERESTING. >> IT IS. 57:37 THIS IS RICH. >> SO WE'RE STARTING TO OPEN UP 57:39 SOME THINGS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY GOD FOR US. 57:42 SO FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, DON'T GO AWAY. 57:47 WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT. ♪ |
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