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00:05 No volume ever written has been more loved and quoted, 00:10 and its words, sometimes simple and sometimes mysterious, 00:13 should always be studied carefully. 00:16 It is the Bible, the Word of God. 00:19 Welcome to "Bible Answers Live," providing accurate 00:23 and practical answers to all your Bible questions. 00:28 This broadcast is a previously recorded episode. 00:31 To receive any of the Bible resources mentioned 00:33 in this broadcast, call 800-835-6747. 00:38 Once again, that's 800-835-6747. 00:44 Now, here's your host from Amazing Facts International, 00:47 Pastor Doug Batchelor. 00:49 Doug Batchelor: Hello, friends. 00:51 Would you like to hear an amazing fact? 00:53 He is being called the polygamist of the century. 00:57 In 2022, Arabic papers and TV reported on a Saudi man who 01:02 married 53 times in 43 years, in an effort to find peace 01:07 in his life, ostensibly. 01:09 The 63-year-old man, called Abu Abdullah, 01:12 confirmed on Saudi television that he did not look 01:16 for personal pleasure in his multiple marriages, 01:18 but for stability and emotional comfort. 01:21 Abdullah got married for the first time at the age of 20. 01:24 His wife was six years older than him. 01:26 He thought a more mature woman would offer stability, 01:29 but when they fought, he married a second wife. 01:33 He pointed out that when a problem arose 01:35 between his first and his second wife, he thought the solution 01:38 would be to marry a third and a fourth wife. 01:42 And after some time, he divorced the first, 01:44 and the second, and the third wife to satisfy the fourth wife, 01:47 and so the soap opera continued for 43 years. 01:51 You know, in recent decades, the number of men married 01:54 to more than one woman has decreased in the Arab world, 01:57 but it is still legal in 58 countries, 02:00 mostly because the Qur'an specifically allows 02:03 for up to four wives. 02:05 Abu Abdullah emphasized to the media that he's now 02:08 married to only one woman and does not plan to marry again. 02:12 Yes, we'll wait and see. 02:15 You know, it makes me think, Pastor Crews, about Solomon. 02:19 It tells us in the Bible, Solomon, 02:22 I don't know that he's been beat by too many, 02:24 but 1 Kings 11 verse 3, it says he had 700 wives and princesses, 02:29 and 300 concubines. 02:32 But all of that marrying and divorcing is obviously 02:37 not God's plan. 02:38 And I should maybe say for our friends that are watching 02:40 right now, I'd like to welcome Pastor Aaron Crews who is here, 02:43 and he is one of our associates at the Granite Bay Church 02:46 where we pastor. 02:47 Pastor Ross is on his way overseas right now 02:50 on a mission project, and this is Pastor Aaron's second time, 02:54 first time with me. 02:55 Aaron Crews: Yeah, the first time. 02:57 Probably a few months ago I was with Pastor Jean, 02:59 we had a blast. 03:00 I was helping him out, fielding a few questions, 03:02 so I'm happy to be here with you, Pastor Doug, 03:06 and happy to answer your questions. 03:08 Doug: You know, and if his last name sounds familiar, 03:11 it's because we've been giving away his grandfather's books 03:14 on this program for 25 years now. 03:17 That's right, Pastor Aaron, I think your real name 03:19 is technically Joseph, is that right? 03:21 Aaron: Yes, it's now legally my middle name. 03:24 So, I am Joe Crews. 03:26 For all of you Joe Crews fans, I am the grandson 03:29 and inherited his name to an extent. 03:32 Doug: So, I think that's really neat the way the Lord 03:34 worked all that out, and we are still giving away 03:37 Joe Crews books. 03:38 But back to our subject about marriage, and by the way, 03:41 I was telling Pastor Crews, 03:42 I said I'm not picking on you, 03:44 because he's getting married in a few weeks. 03:46 Aaron: Amen, one month, just one month away. 03:50 My fiancé is actually here in the studio. 03:51 She won't be making an appearance, 03:54 but she is here to support me, and I'm really excited 03:57 about that. 03:59 And I do not plan, Katie, if you can here me over there, 04:01 I do not plan on having more than you as my wife. 04:05 So, yes, I'll try to follow the biblical model on that. 04:09 Doug: That's right, and we've got a Scripture that talks 04:10 about that, because I think we all know that some countries, 04:15 not only do they have multiple marriages, 04:17 but some people do it by they get married and divorced, 04:19 and they remarry and then they divorce, 04:21 and then they remarry, and I was sharing with our crew 04:24 before the program, my dad was married five times, 04:27 and my mother was married four times, 04:28 and that happens quite a bit in North America. 04:32 But what did Jesus say? 04:34 Matthew 19 verse 4, "And He answered and said to them, 04:38 'Have you not read that He that made them at the beginning, 04:41 male and female, and He said, 'For this reason a man shall 04:44 leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, 04:47 and the two shall become one flesh. 04:50 So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. 04:54 Therefore, what God has joined together, 04:56 let not man separate.'" 04:59 And we get a lot of questions during 05:01 our broadcasts that have to do with marriage, 05:03 and divorce, and does a person have a right to remarry, 05:06 and what are grounds for divorce, 05:08 and we have a special offer today. 05:10 We don't offer this often, but it's a book called 05:14 "What the Bible Says About Marriage, Divorce, 05:17 and Remarriage." 05:18 And we're going to give that away free tonight 05:21 for those who would like to get a copy of that. 05:23 How do they do it? 05:25 Aaron: Yeah, well, you can simply go to your─ 05:28 if you have a cellphone, you can simply dial #250, 05:34 and then say to your mobile device, 05:36 "Bible Answers Live." 05:38 That is #250, and they say, "Bible Answers Live." 05:42 But if you don't have a cellphone and 05:44 you have just a regular phone, some of us still have those, 05:47 you can call 1-800-835-6747. 05:54 Doug: Amen, well, before we get to the phones 05:56 and our questions for tonight, Pastor Aaron, 05:59 you want to go ahead and have prayer for us? 06:01 Aaron: I would love to. Let's bow our heads. 06:03 Dear heavenly Father, thank you for this day of life 06:05 that you have given to us. 06:07 Lord, I pray that you may speak through us this evening as 06:11 we answer Bible questions with your answers by God's grace. 06:15 Fill us with your Spirit, we pray in Jesus's name, amen. 06:19 Doug: Amen, alright, are you ready? 06:22 Let's go to the phones, see what's coming up. 06:24 Aaron: Alright, well, our first caller for this evening 06:26 is Jo calling in from Washington. 06:29 Hello, Jo, are you here? 06:31 What is your question this evening? 06:34 Jo: I am, thank you, what a pleasure. 06:36 Can you hear me? 06:39 Doug: Loud and clear. Aaron: Yes, loud and clear. 06:41 Jo: Okay, I have a friend and she's a new friend, 06:46 and I'm white, and she is a person of color, 06:50 and we talk about race a lot because I'm married 06:53 to a black man, so it opens the door 06:56 about the mystery of racism. 06:59 And she told me that her people believe that God struck them 07:09 with a curse because of a sin. 07:17 She didn't know what sin, and that is why 07:20 they have spent centuries being abused and, you know? 07:27 Doug: Yes, I know exactly what you're talking about. 07:30 Jo: I don't believe that, but I do not know where to go 07:33 in the Bible to combat that, and I don't know where it came from. 07:41 Doug: Well, we're going to share with you. 07:42 If you look in the Book of Genesis, 07:45 when it's talking about Noah, and I think you might find 07:49 this in Genesis 9 where it says in verse 20, 07:52 "Noah became a farmer, and he planted a vineyard. 07:54 Then he drank the wine and was drunk, 07:57 and he became uncovered in his tent." 07:59 He was kind of stumbling around drunk and unclothed. 08:01 "And him, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness 08:05 of his father," and instead of, you know, 08:08 just covering his father up, he went out and I think 08:10 he and his son Canaan kind of laughed at their father 08:13 who was stumbling around drunk in the tent and was uncovered. 08:17 But Shem and Japheth went and they backed into the tent 08:21 with a rope and they covered him up. 08:22 And then Noah, when he sobers up, 08:24 he pronounced a curse on Ham. 08:26 And there are those who have said that the three sons of Noah 08:30 created the three races, and that Ham was black, 08:34 and Japheth was Asian, and Shem was Caucasian, 08:37 and there's no Bible truth to that. 08:39 I think some people used that years ago to try and endorse 08:42 slavery, and they, you know, made a case that Ham 08:45 was the father of all the African people, 08:48 but you don't really have the nations dividing until you get 08:51 to Genesis chapter 11, and they basically got together based 08:56 on what languages they could understand. 08:59 It had nothing to do with the color of skin. 09:01 So, the races didn't really grow their distinctions 09:04 until the people did separate, and though the way genetics 09:08 works is through intermarriage over many generations, 09:11 certain traits become dominant. 09:14 So, that was a myth that has been perpetrated, 09:17 and some people, I guess, still repeat it, 09:19 but it's absurd and it's not biblical. 09:22 Aaron: Yeah, good answer, Pastor Doug. 09:25 And another verse that kind of comes to my mind is 09:27 actually the second commandment. 09:30 In Exodus 20 verse 5, it talks about, 09:32 "I, the Lord Your God, am a jealous God, 09:35 visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to 09:37 the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me." 09:41 Ham certainly committed a bad sin against his father, 09:44 but there's no evidence that that sin carried 09:47 on the consequences for hundreds and hundreds of generations, 09:51 right? 09:52 That's just not something there. 09:54 But hey, thanks, Jo, so much for asking that question. 09:57 Next, we have Ronald calling in from Massachusetts. 10:01 Hello, Ronald, are you there? 10:02 What is your question: 10:05 Ronald: Hello, pastors, thank you for taking my call. 10:07 Can you hear me? 10:08 Doug: Yes, loud and clear. 10:10 Ronald: Awesome, so I have a few questions, 10:13 but I told you I'd ask just one, and the most important 10:15 for right now is about the Sabbath. 10:18 So, I've been impressed on by the Holy Spirit to start keeping 10:21 the Sabbath, and in doing my research about the Sabbath, 10:26 I found that, like, I have family in different countries 10:30 where they are many hours ahead of us, 10:33 so they're already in Sabbath and we're behind, 10:37 but then I also found that there is countries that are 10:39 a whole day ahead of us, and other countries that 10:43 don't even have sunsets certain times of the year. 10:46 So, they say that keeping Sabbath was just for the nation 10:51 of Israel back then. 10:53 Just wondering how is the best way, 10:57 with all of this evidence, to explain that we still have 11:00 to keep the Sabbath, and that the Bible actually 11:03 supports all of us as mankind to keep the Sabbath? 11:10 Doug: Yeah, well, of course the Sabbath begins and ends with 11:13 sunset, according to the Bible, on the seventh day of the week, 11:17 or as the seventh day begins. 11:19 You keep the Sabbath when it gets to you. 11:21 You know, if you're taking a plane around the world, 11:24 when do you get on the plane? 11:26 Well, when it lands and it's at your destination. 11:28 It's interesting you would mention that, 11:30 because as I speak right now, I'm here in California, 11:33 my wife has gone ahead of me to Australia, 11:36 and she was enjoying the Sabbath over there before the Sabbath 11:41 had come to me, because they're about a day ahead. 11:43 But I don't find any complication with that, 11:48 and I always think it's interesting this question 11:50 comes up when people learn the Sabbath truth, 11:52 because folks don't have any problem getting to church 11:54 on Sunday, even though they're in different time zones. 11:57 They go to church when the day gets there. 12:00 And so, we keep the Sabbath when it comes to us based on the sun, 12:04 and the time, and the days. 12:06 Everybody in the world, even the North Pole, 12:08 they've got a seven-day week, so yeah, it's not a problem. 12:14 Aaron: Yeah, hey, Ronald, thank you so much 12:17 for your question. 12:18 Doug: You know, I might mention to Ronald 12:19 just one more thing. 12:21 You know, we have a website, Ronald, 12:22 and it's called SabbathTruth.com. 12:25 It's one of the most popular websites on the subject, 12:27 just reams of information on the Sabbath. 12:29 If you just go to SabbathTruth.com, 12:32 and for our friends that are listening that are bilingual, 12:36 speak Spanish, it's also in Spanish, 12:38 it's SabadoBiblico.com. 12:41 And just has a whole encyclopedia of questions 12:45 and answers, including this one. 12:47 Thanks so much for your question. 12:48 Aaron: Yes, alright, our next caller is calling in from Ohio, 12:53 and his name is Glen. 12:55 Hello, Glen, are you there with us? 12:57 Glen: Yes, I am, thank you very much for taking my call. 13:00 My question concerns the feasts of Leviticus 23. 13:04 People tell me I'm fussy about it, 13:06 but you know, those are not Jewish feasts. 13:09 God says tell the children of Israel these are My feasts, 13:13 and it's a capital M, so we're talking about feasts of God. 13:16 And the question I have about this is there seems to be 13:19 an aloofness among people about the keeping of the feasts, 13:23 whether they should be or should not be, 13:26 or they're not for Christians, and a lot of different say so 13:29 about whether they should be kept or not. 13:31 And my question is, is should we be keeping the feasts in lieu 13:35 of the Scripture in Zechariah chapter 14 verses 16 through 19. 13:43 Does that have any bearing on whether we should keep 13:45 the Feast of Tabernacles in this case or not? 13:48 Doug: Well, I tell you what. 13:49 Let me do something, Glen, for the benefit of our friends 13:51 that are listening, I'm going to read that in Zechariah 14. 13:54 "Judah also will fight at Jerusalem, 13:57 and the wealth of all the surrounding nations 13:59 shall be gathered together. 14:00 Gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance. 14:02 Such shall be the plague on the horse and on the mule, 14:05 and on the camel in that day," 14:07 and I think you want to especially go to verse 16. 14:11 "And it will come to pass everyone who is left of all the 14:13 nations which have come against Jerusalem shall go out from year 14:16 to year and worship the King, the Lord of Hosts, 14:18 and keep the Feast of Tabernacles." 14:20 Now, the Feast of Tabernacles was their memorial 14:24 of their deliverance from slavery. 14:27 And we will be remembering that God has saved us 14:32 from the slavery of sin, 14:34 so I think this is just a symbol. 14:39 Of course, when it's talking about going up to Jerusalem, 14:43 it's talking about the new Jerusalem we believe 14:45 is in heaven. 14:46 You can read in Isaiah chapter 66 where it says, 14:50 "And from one new moon to another, 14:51 and from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship 14:55 before the Lord." 14:56 So, among those 52 Sabbaths in a year, 14:59 one will be a special way of remembering our redemption. 15:03 Now, I would say to a person that if you want to keep 15:06 the feasts, enjoy yourself. 15:10 Paul says in Romans chapter 14, "One man regards one day 15:13 above another, another man regards every day alike." 15:15 He says if you're going to regard a day, 15:17 regard it for the Lord. 15:19 If you're not going to regard the day to the Lord, 15:21 you do not regard it. 15:22 He's speaking specifically about the feasts there and not the 15:27 Sabbath of the Ten Commandments, which was part 15:29 of God's perfect plan. 15:30 The feasts all came as a result of sin. 15:33 The Sabbath of the Ten Commandments 15:34 was in the Garden of Eden. 15:35 It goes back to the beginning. 15:37 But we do have a book we can offer you a free copy, Glen, 15:40 and it talks about the feasts. 15:43 And if you call Amazing Facts, call that resource number 15:45 and ask for the booklet "Dealing with the Feasts." 15:48 Aaron: Yeah, that's a great resource. 15:50 Just a few extra verses I want to kind of throw in there. 15:53 So, there's a prophecy in Daniel chapter 9 foretelling 15:57 the arrival of the Messiah, and there in Daniel chapter 9 16:00 verse 27, it says that the Messiah, He, "Shall bring 16:04 an end to sacrifice and offering," right? 16:07 Foretelling that the various cultic rituals that God himself 16:11 had established that were shadows pointing to Himself 16:14 would no longer be kept in the same way that his people did 16:20 in the old covenant, Old Testament era, right? 16:23 So, nowadays, it would be impossible to fulfill 16:26 to the letter of the law all of the various feasts. 16:29 You'd have to go, number one, to the temple in Jerusalem, 16:33 which isn't there, right? 16:35 You'd have to bring an animal sacrifice, 16:37 which New Testament makes quite clear those were just shadows 16:40 of the sacrifice of Jesus. 16:42 So, if you're going to insist on keeping some of these 16:45 in the exact same way of the Old Testament, 16:48 it's going to be quite difficult, 16:50 and I don't think it's something that the Scripture commands us 16:54 to do explicitly any longer. 16:57 Doug: Yeah, when Jesus died on the cross, 16:58 it says the veil in the temple was torn from top to bottom, 17:01 and this indicated that the whole ceremonial system 17:04 of sacrifices and feasts, and that's what it's talking 17:08 about also in Colossians. 17:10 You know, that's all nailed in Colossians chapter 2. 17:13 Aaron: Yeah, that's another good one. 17:15 Well, thanks so much for your question, Glen. 17:17 Our next caller is Junith, calling in from Nevada, 17:21 hello, Junith. 17:25 Junith: Hello, Pastor Aaron and Pastor Doug, 17:27 can you hear me? 17:29 Doug: Yes, very well. 17:30 Junith: Okay, good, very well. 17:32 Thank you for taking my call. 17:35 Anyway, my question is about the deception of Eve 17:42 around the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. 17:46 I am not so convinced that Eve got deceived 17:51 because of her curiosity. 17:53 So, can you please give us an answer 17:56 as to the biblical perspective? 18:00 Was it because of the presence of the one third of the angels 18:03 that was deceived by the devil, or Satan was around the tree 18:07 as well? 18:08 That because the devil got Eve into a conversation, 18:15 they had the chance of devouring kind of-- 18:20 Eve there, that they put her in a cloudy state of mind where 18:24 the instruction of God was very, very crystal clear not to even 18:29 touch, not to eat of the fruit 18:32 of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. 18:35 Doug: Okay, well, for one thing, 18:37 how was Eve deceived so easily? 18:40 You mentioned that, well, we know the devil was there 18:42 possessing the serpent. 18:44 Could he have other fallen angels that were there 18:46 that were whispering in her ear? 18:49 Possibly, the Bible doesn't say, but I would also think that 18:52 God's got good angels that may have been trying to encourage 18:54 her to make the right decision, and his Spirit within her. 18:58 But there's a few things that play here, 19:01 one is the devil played upon the very things that attracted him. 19:05 He said, "You will be like God," he was saying to Eve, you know. 19:07 You'll have special powers. 19:09 Look, I was just a serpent and now I can talk. 19:13 Look what eating the fruit did for me and you can have 19:15 this power and God's trying to keep something from you, 19:17 So, that of course, got her curiosity. 19:19 The desire for more power was attractive. 19:23 And also, Eve had never heard a lie before. 19:27 I know it's hard for us to imagine living 19:28 in a world of innocence where everyone tells the truth, 19:32 and she had to grapple with the fact 19:35 that she was being deceived. 19:37 Someone was stating an outright lie, 19:39 or at least a partial lie. 19:41 He said, "Has God said you shouldn't eat 19:42 from any of the trees?" 19:44 Well, he exaggerated that. 19:45 So, all those things were at play, Junith, 19:47 I think, and yeah. 19:51 Aaron: Yeah, a telling verse is found about the deception 19:55 that Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 19:58 chapter 11 in verse 3. 20:00 We get a little insight into the deception of Eve. 20:02 It reads, Paul writes, he says, "But I fear, lest somehow, 20:06 as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, 20:10 so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity 20:14 that is in Christ." 20:16 And then he says what the deception was. 20:18 "For if he who comes preaches another Jesus 20:23 whom we have not preached," et cetera, et cetera, 20:26 he says, "You may well put up with it!" 20:29 So, what Satan did to Eve is, he presented to Eve 20:35 another version of who God is. 20:38 He made God to look like an overbearing, 20:41 overly restrictive God, a liar, 20:44 someone who can't be trusted and selfish. 20:47 Doug: He was afraid to share power and he was hiding it. 20:49 Aaron: Exactly, so when a picture is presented 20:51 of our loving God to be this tyrannical view, 20:55 well, then Eve was presented with these two pictures, 20:57 and she chose the wrong picture, and that caused her to rebel. 21:02 Doug: That's right, so Junith, 21:03 we do have a booklet that talks about temptation, 21:06 and we'll be happy to send you or anybody that wants 21:09 to have a free copy of that. 21:10 It's called "Tips for Resisting Temptation." 21:12 And Pastor Aaron, how do they get that? 21:16 Aaron: Well, you can dial in, if you have a cellphone, 21:19 to #250, that's #250, and simply say, 21:24 "Bible Answers Live," and there you will ask the person 21:30 that you'll speak to for the offer. 21:32 What was it again? 21:34 Doug: "Tips for Resisting Temptation." 21:35 Aaron: "Tips for Resisting Temptation." 21:38 Doug: Very good, okay, I think we're ready 21:39 for the next call. 21:41 Aaron: Alright, our next caller is calling in 21:42 from Illinois, and it is Gary. 21:45 Hello, Gary, are you there? 21:49 Gary: Yes, in 2 Thessalonians 2, 21:51 it says Satan will appear and perform signs, powers, 21:55 and miracles that will deceive 21:58 all those who love not the truth. 22:00 Are those people who love not the truth the same people 22:04 who bring believers before kings, authorities, 22:07 and principalities in Mark 13 where we're not to worry 22:11 about what we should say or premeditate, 22:15 but words will be given to us? 22:18 Are those the same people who deliver us to kings 22:21 and authorities, and is the Antichrist giving all those 22:26 who love not the truth a new philosophy, 22:29 a new doctrine, that Christians will have to answer to? 22:33 Doug: Okay, well, anybody who's rejecting the truth, 22:37 when God brings it through the Holy Spirit, 22:39 and they're convicted, and they stifle that, 22:43 they would fall under the category that they can come 22:45 to the place where they sincerely believe a lie because 22:48 they've rejected the truth. 22:49 When you take away light, the only thing left is darkness, 22:53 so it's nothing God is trying to trick them with a lie. 22:56 It's just when you reject truth, the only thing left is a lie. 22:59 And that would be the same group that will bring us before kings 23:02 and councils, and God says in that hour the Holy Spirit 23:05 will tell you what you ought to say in defense of the truth, 23:09 and we're hoping that at those occasions, 23:12 there are people listening who are still open. 23:14 When Paul was being tried on a number of occasions, 23:17 when Paul was being persecuted and tried in front of different 23:22 groups, there were people in the crowd listening to him give 23:25 a faithful witness that were convicted 23:28 and later became believers. 23:30 I'm thinking about Sergius Paulus who ended up believing, 23:33 even though Bar-Jesus was resisting, 23:36 the sorcerer was resisting Paul's words. 23:39 So, yeah, I think anybody rejecting the truth falls 23:43 in that category. 23:45 Aaron: Yeah, if those who reject the truth, 23:47 it's all throughout biblical history, 23:48 that they have a tendency to persecute God's people 23:51 and bring us before trials. 23:53 Doug: And some will be sincere. 23:55 I mean, Paul, when he was persecuting Christians, 23:57 he thought he was helping God out, 24:00 and he just was wrong. 24:02 Aaron: Yeah, yeah. 24:03 Doug: Alright, we got maybe time for one more 24:04 before our break, let's see. 24:06 Aaron: Alright, our next caller is calling in from Texas, 24:09 and it's Jerry. 24:10 Hello, Jerry, are you there? What is your question? 24:13 Jerry: Hi, Aaron, just a side note. 24:15 I first saw you on TV two weeks ago and I called your father, 24:19 Larry. 24:21 He's been my friend for a few years. 24:23 Anyway, my question is that there's many verses 24:28 in the Bible that refer to this. 24:30 The verse I'm thinking now is 1 Samuel 4:4, 24:35 and it says, "So the people sent to Shiloh and from there 24:39 they carried the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of Hosts, 24:42 who sits above the cherubim," and of course it says 24:46 two sons of Samuel. 24:49 But it is possible that Jesus Christ 24:54 was the other guarding angel above the throne of God? 25:00 Doug: I don't think so, and part of the reason is 25:03 you have a more vivid picture. 25:05 The Ark itself was just a miniature depiction 25:08 of God's throne in heaven with the two angels. 25:11 When you look in Isaiah chapter 6, 25:13 he's in the presence of God and it says there's these 25:15 two cherubim that are saying, "Holy, holy, holy." 25:18 Jesus is the one to be worshiped, 25:21 and so Jesus wouldn't be the angel on the right or the left, 25:25 He's not an angel, Jesus is God the Son, 25:29 and it says in Hebrews, "The angels worship him." 25:33 So, if you think the two angels that directed both Solomon and 25:36 Moses, that those angels would be faced towards each other 25:39 inward, with their faces down, 25:41 kind of like the picture in Isaiah. 25:43 It says they're covering their faces in Isaiah 25:45 because the presence of God is there. 25:47 And their attention is focused on the one who's on the throne, 25:52 which would be Christ, and you know, 25:55 you could also say the Father, because Jesus, 25:57 He sits down it says at the right hand of the Father. 26:00 But that's a picture of God in the middle. 26:04 Aaron: Yeah, Jesus, I mean, Revelation chapter 3, 26:07 He's seated on the throne with God the Father, right? 26:11 He overcame and was seated at the right hand of the throne 26:13 of God, so Jesus is definitely there on the throne. 26:16 We don't know who the other angel is. 26:20 Maybe some people speculate to a degree, 26:23 maybe it's Gabriel, right? 26:24 But the ultimate thing is the Bible is not clear exactly 26:27 who the other fallen angel, excuse me, 26:29 the other unfallen angel was. 26:32 Doug: Yeah, it would be─ I think that one at least 26:35 is Gabriel. 26:36 Some of my Catholic friends say one of them is a guy 26:38 named Raphael, but I don't know where they get that. 26:40 Hey, friends, you can hear the music. 26:41 We're going to take a break and be back 26:43 with more Bible questions. 26:49 announcer: Stay tuned, "Bible Answers Live" will return shortly. 26:57 announcer: Can't get enough Amazing Facts Bible study? 26:59 You don't have to wait until next week to enjoy 27:01 more truth-filled programming. 27:04 Visit the Amazing Facts Media Library at AFTV.org. 27:09 At AFTV.org, you can enjoy video and audio presentations 27:14 as well as printed material all free of charge, 27:17 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 27:20 right from your computer or mobile device. 27:22 Visit AFTV.org. 27:26 announcer: Do you feel as though your world is spiraling 27:28 out of control, or perhaps new life challenges 27:31 are frightening you more than they should? 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30:51 Brittany: Yeah, my question is with all the problems 30:56 of the world we have today, does all this involve the sign 31:03 of the times mentioned in Matthew 24 and Revelation 13? 31:11 Doug: Okay, good question. 31:13 Now, Matthew 24, while there are three or four places 31:16 in the New Testament where Jesus kind of highlights 31:19 signs of His return, 31:21 you've got Matthew 24, Mark 13, Luke 17, and Luke 21. 31:28 There's nothing specifically in John, 31:29 but twice in Luke. 31:31 And then when you say Revelation 13, 31:34 that's a little more specific when you're talking about the 31:37 beast and the mark of the beast, though some of that has 31:39 already been fulfilled in history. 31:41 And I tell people if you want, at the end of the response here, 31:45 you can also request the lesson on, you know, 31:48 who is the Antichrist, and you'll see how that prophecy 31:51 is already being fulfilled. 31:53 But as far as signs, you know, Pastor Crews, 31:56 I did an online Bible study last week 31:59 that was translated in Chinese. 32:01 It was a live study, and there was about over 200,000 people 32:05 tuned into the stream. 32:07 And the subject was seven signs of Christ's return. 32:10 In fact, I'll be in Australia next week, 32:12 and I'll be also presenting that study. 32:14 And I was going through just things like conditions in 32:18 the world today with everything from overpopulation to, 32:22 you know, the threat of wars and rumors of wars, 32:25 and Jesus said in Matthew 24 there will be plagues. 32:28 I think, you know, most people would agree the pandemic was 32:31 in that category, though not as bad as the Spanish flu, 32:35 it was still a deadly plague. 32:37 But there's always been wars, there's always been plagues, 32:41 the things that make it different today, 32:43 in my mind, a couple of things. 32:45 One is in Daniel chapter 12, Jesus said many will run 32:51 to and fro and knowledge will increase. 32:54 Well, you look at the explosive increase in knowledge 32:57 in the last 100 years in technology. 33:00 Wisdom has not increased, 33:01 but knowledge has certainly increased. 33:03 And just everything is kind of going robotic with artificial 33:06 intelligence, and all my life people have accused me 33:10 of having artificial intelligence. 33:12 This is a new meaning now. 33:15 And then you also have something different. 33:18 It says the gospel will be preached, 33:19 this is Matthew 24:14, "The gospel will be preached 33:22 in all the world for a witness unto the nations, 33:25 and then the end will come." 33:27 And now, through things like this program that's going out 33:30 on the internet around the world, and radio, 33:33 and television, and the printed page, 33:35 and missionaries, and there's so many means right now 33:38 to rapidly communicate with the world. 33:40 It doesn't say everyone would believe and be converted, 33:43 it says as a witness. 33:45 And the gospel is going around the world, 33:46 I think in this generation. 33:48 So, I don't worry about the Second Coming, 33:51 I'm actually very excited about it, 33:53 because if you're ready, then it's a glorious appearing, 33:56 you're looking forward to it. 33:58 But yes, I do think we are living in the last days. 34:00 No man knows the day and the hour. 34:03 I mean, during World War II they thought this is the end 34:06 of the world with the nuclear bomb, 34:08 and here we are 70 years later. 34:10 But you look at the explosion of the population around the world, 34:14 and the resources that are being consumed exponentially quicker, 34:21 I guess that says the same thing. 34:23 You wonder how much longer can it last? 34:26 Aaron: Yeah, and a key verse is Matthew 24 verse 8. 34:30 Jesus says all of these signs that you're seeing in the world 34:32 are like birth pains. 34:34 Some translations will say sorrows. 34:36 In the original Greek it's birth pains, 34:38 and the thing about birth pains is, 34:40 is that birth pains get more frequent and more intense 34:43 the closer you get to the delivery of the child, 34:46 right? 34:47 So, wars, rumors of wars, pestilence, right, 34:49 COVID-19, global pandemic, 34:51 all of these various signs are going to get more frequent 34:53 and more intense the closer we're getting. 34:55 And that's exactly what we're seeing around the world today. 34:58 Doug: Yeah, even with the natural disasters. 35:00 Insurance companies say that it seems like their intensity 35:03 and frequency is increasing. 35:05 And Jesus mentions earthquakes in Matthew 24. 35:08 Thank you, Brittany. 35:09 We do have a study guide that talks about the Second Coming 35:13 of Jesus, and we'll be happy to send you a free copy of that. 35:17 It's called "The Ultimate Deliverance." 35:19 Aaron: Alright, our next caller is Abigail 35:23 who's calling in from Florida. 35:25 Welcome to "Bible Answers Live," Abigail. 35:27 What is your question? 35:29 Abigail: Hi, how are you, pastors? 35:31 Doug: Doing great. Aaron: Doing well. 35:34 Abigail: My question is about 1 Corinthians 11:2-12 35:37 which discusses head coverings. 35:40 I am wondering what this portion means exactly, 35:44 and if women are still supposed to wear something that covers 35:46 the head while praying or prophesying today? 35:50 Doug: Yeah, well, this is a difficult verse in that 35:55 when you read it, it would seem like it's saying, 35:59 well, I guess that women are not supposed to pray or teach 36:02 in public unless they have their head covered. 36:05 And the question is, since there's no command anywhere 36:10 in the Old Testament specifically saying this, 36:14 and because Paul uses the word later in the chapter, 36:18 he says we have no other custom, and so many have thought, 36:22 well, this was a custom of respect. 36:24 By the way, that's verse 16. 36:26 "If anyone seems to be contentious, 36:27 we have no such custom, nor do the churches of God." 36:30 Is this a Bible mandate? 36:32 It's understood that as a term of respect and/or submission 36:37 to their husbands, women were to cover their heads in public. 36:41 I know, Pastor Crews, when I travel to Europe and even 36:47 some places in India, the women always cover their heads. 36:50 I remember here in North America, 36:52 I went to give a Bible study to an apostolic Pentecostal lady, 36:57 and at the end when we knelt to pray, 37:00 she looked very nervous because she had nothing on her head, 37:03 and she grabbed the curtains. 37:06 She was by a curtain, she grabbed the curtains and put it 37:08 over her head, because she was very sensitive about praying 37:10 in public not having her head covered. 37:13 And that always struck me, and I thought, well, you know, 37:16 I have no problem, 37:17 you see, the Mennonites, the ladies often 37:20 have their heads covered, if someone wants to do this, 37:22 but I don't think we can make a command out of it, 37:25 because the Bible says in the mouth of two or three witnesses, 37:27 you've got this one verse, we're wondering is this a custom? 37:31 If it was a command, you'd see some other corroborating 37:35 evidence somewhere else, I think. 37:37 Aaron: Our next caller is calling in from New York. 37:39 We have Frank on the line, hello, Frank. 37:42 Frank: Yes, hi, Pastor Crews and Pastor Doug. 37:47 I have a question that, you know, 37:51 I've gotten in a little bit of trouble with this, 37:53 but nevertheless, I've managed to tackle it to the best 37:56 of my abilities. 37:58 I read in the Bible that it's an abomination to look into 38:02 the occult and to do things that are against the will of God 38:08 in the sense of godliness, and my question is, 38:12 is it a sin in itself to research devil worship 38:20 and sorcery? 38:23 Is there a Scripture in the Bible that says that it's better 38:25 to just be a Christian and follow God's principles 38:29 and God's laws rather than, you know, 38:33 indwell and ponder upon what devil worship is? 38:38 Doug: Well, that's a great question. 38:40 You know, suppose you want to research what devil worship is 38:42 so that you can expose it and preach against it. 38:45 If you're researching it because you're intrigued and interested, 38:48 that would be very dangerous. 38:50 I think I would recommend that most people, 38:53 unless they have a special calling from God, 38:56 because they're encountering something that they do 38:58 a deeper study, but I heard about a pastor once that 39:01 he was on a commission on pornography in Washington, 39:05 and he thought to better understand what he's going to be 39:08 addressing in the commission, he needed to research pornography. 39:11 And in the process of researching it, 39:13 he became addicted to pornography. 39:15 So, I would say stay away from the unfruitful works 39:20 of darkness, as Paul says in Ephesians, 39:22 and just avoid these things. 39:24 You know, God says there shall not be found among you 39:26 anyone that consults the dead, or a soothsayer, 39:29 or a wizard, or a witch, and you become like what you look at, 39:34 so I'd say keep your eyes fixed on Jesus. 39:36 Aaron: Yeah, and the verse you just referenced 39:38 is Deuteronomy chapter 18 verses 10 through 12. 39:43 And then maybe this is a verse that will find itself 39:46 to be helpful. 39:48 It's in the New Testament, Ephesians chapter 5 verses 11 39:51 through 13 says, "Have no fellowship 39:54 with the unfruitful works of darkness, 39:57 but rather expose them." 39:59 But the question is, how do we expose them? 40:01 Well, Paul says, "For it is shameful even to speak 40:03 of those things which are done by them in secret. 40:06 But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, 40:11 for whatever makes manifest is light." 40:15 So, the way in which we should expose the darkness 40:18 isn't by joining the darkness, isn't by, you know, 40:22 digging ourselves deep into all the things that Satan is doing, 40:25 but rather proclaiming the light from God's Word, right? 40:29 Doug: Amen, that's the answer. 40:31 Thank you, Frank, I hope that helps a little bit. 40:34 And you know, Amazing Facts has a lesson called 40:36 "Does God Inspire Astrologers and Psychics?" 40:40 "Does God Inspire Astrologers and Psychics?" 40:43 If you'd like a free copy of that, you can either call 40:46 800-835-6747. 40:49 Or what else can they do? 40:50 Aaron: If you have a cellphone, 40:52 you can dial #250, #250, and ask for that resource. 40:59 Doug: Yeah, I think you just say, 41:01 "Bible Answers Live," and it'll direct you. 41:02 Alright, who's next? 41:03 Aaron: Alright, our next caller is Steve, 41:07 calling in from Texas, and it looks like you're a first-time 41:10 caller, Steve. 41:11 Welcome to our program. 41:13 Steve: Well, thank you. 41:14 Greetings from Texas. 41:17 I was curious about who was running the store in heaven 41:26 when Jesus was down here on earth? 41:29 Was there any priestly duties going on, 41:32 and who was doing that? 41:34 Doug: Okay, that's a good question. 41:35 So, when you think about Christ as our High Priest, 41:38 the Bible tells us that in Hebrews, 41:40 and what a priest typically does is, he is offering blood 41:44 and sacrifice. 41:45 He's, you know, pleading the blood of the sacrifice, 41:47 and he's a mediator for the people. 41:49 Well, Christ has always been our mediator, 41:52 but it wasn't until the sacrifice of Jesus 41:55 that He went before the Father pleading His blood. 41:58 Up until then, there was the ceremonial system, 42:02 and the temple on earth, and the sacrifices on earth 42:04 that prefigured what Jesus would ultimately do. 42:08 So, when we talk about the temple of heaven, 42:10 you keep two things in mind. 42:11 You've got the dwelling place of God where you've got the throne 42:14 of God in heaven, and God's always been on his throne, 42:18 but then as far as the priestly ministry, 42:21 which is unique to sin, Jesus did not really activate 42:25 that until after His sacrifice. 42:28 So, we have a study guide, Steve, 42:31 that talks about the temple in heaven, 42:35 and it's called "God Drew the Plan," and we will send you 42:38 a free copy if you'd like. 42:40 It's called "God Drew the Plan." 42:42 How do they get that? 42:43 Aaron: They can get that by calling in to 1-800-835-6747 42:49 and saying, "Bible Answers Live," 42:51 or if you have a cellphone, 42:52 just dial #250 and say, "Bible Answers Live." 42:56 Alright, our next caller we have here calling in from Illinois, 43:01 and his name is Larry. 43:03 Larry, my father's name is Larry, 43:05 so it's a great name to have. 43:07 Welcome to the show. 43:09 Larry: Welcome, thank you. Okay, so here it is. 43:13 I got a friend, 30 years ago my friend and I were baptized 43:16 together in the Remnant Church, and we keep 43:20 the Ten Commandments, the seven-day Sabbath, 43:22 and the faith of Jesus, so my question is now for my friend, 43:28 because I'm concerned about him. 43:29 For five years, he has no worship in a church, 43:33 in a denomination, he gives no tithe, 43:35 and I see him now and then. 43:39 Did he lose the salvation in the Remnant Church? 43:43 And that's sort of my question, and how do I help him? 43:46 Doug: Okay, well, the important part of that question is, 43:50 can a person who once fellowshipped, 43:53 can they slip away? 43:55 And the answer is clearly yes. 43:58 You know, Paul makes it very clear. 43:59 He says I could preach to others and myself be cast away. 44:02 You've got examples in the Bible of people who─Hebrews chapter 6, 44:07 you know, they walked with the Lord, 44:09 but they turned away and it says it's impossible to renew them 44:13 to repentance. 44:14 Now, that would be a unique case, 44:16 but clearly they've turned away. 44:18 In Revelation it says repent or I'll take your candlestick 44:21 out of it's place, and he's speaking to the churches. 44:23 So, how do you reach a friend or a loved one that is drifting? 44:27 There's typically four things you can do. 44:30 One is, be a good witness to them. 44:34 Two, pray for them. 44:36 Three, if they're open, and this is where it gets 44:39 a little delicate, share information. 44:41 You can't, you know, force a person to listen. 44:43 If you're preaching to your kids and others all the time, 44:45 you're just going to drive them away, 44:47 but if they're open, give them a DVD or magazine, 44:50 or share with them, or a Bible study. 44:51 Give them a website to look at, 44:54 and so they can read on their own. 44:57 And then the fourth thing is do the first three patiently. 45:01 Don't give up. 45:02 Keep doing the first three. 45:04 There's really nothing else you can do. 45:06 Be a good witness, pray, and pray very powerful, 45:10 and share information, and continue, persist. 45:15 Aaron: Amen, yeah, King Solomon was clearly 45:19 with the Lord for much of his life, but then, 45:22 it was mentioned a little bite earlier in our show 45:24 at the beginning, is this brother definitely backslid, 45:27 and he, in the Book of Ecclesiastes, 45:30 he describes his life where he just went full-on worldly, 45:34 but he still came back to the Lord, right? 45:37 So, you can be with the Lord, leave him, 45:39 but then still come back, so continue to pray 45:41 for your friend, your brother in Christ, and yeah, 45:45 just persevere in those prayers. 45:47 Well, Larry, thanks so much for calling. 45:49 Our next caller is Lee, calling in from Texas. 45:54 Lee, welcome to "Bible Answers Live." 45:57 What's your question? 45:59 Yes, thank you. 46:00 Yes, my question is, after the seven last plagues, 46:03 will people still remain on earth until Christ appears, 46:07 or does he appear immediately after the seven last plagues, 46:10 or is there maybe, like, a few days after 46:12 the seven last plagues and then he appears? 46:16 Doug: Well, Pastor Crews may look this up for me, 46:18 but the seventh plague is synonymous, 46:23 and I think this is going to be in Revelation 16, yeah. 46:27 The seventh plague is synonymous with the Second Coming. 46:31 So, that great earthquake and the hail that falls from heaven, 46:35 this is the coming of the Lord. 46:37 And so, at the conclusion of the seventh plague, 46:40 it's a plague for the lost, but it's really salvation 46:42 for the saved. 46:43 Keep in mind when the tenth plague fell upon the Egyptians, 46:47 that tenth plague was the harbinger that Israel 46:49 was going to begin it's journey the next day. 46:52 And so, it's interesting there were ten plagues on Egypt, 46:56 the last seven plagues, God of protected 46:59 the children of Israel. 47:01 And it was at the end of the last seven plagues 47:03 for the Israelites that they were delivered, 47:06 and it's the last seven that they were protected from, 47:09 and it's at the end of the seven plagues in Revelation. 47:13 Aaron: Yeah, and that seventh plague that you're referring to 47:15 is at the end of Revelation chapter 16. 47:19 The last few verses, you can read that, 47:20 and it's clearly the Second Coming of Jesus, 47:23 is strongly, you know, described there. 47:27 Doug: Yeah, thank you, appreciate your question, Lee. 47:29 Aaron: Alright, our next caller is calling in from North Dakota, 47:34 and his name is Tom. 47:36 Hey, Tom, welcome to the show. 47:38 What's your question? 47:39 Tom: Thank you, yeah, I was calling regarding a conversation 47:43 with a friend regarding the manner in which Jesus 47:45 is coming the second time. 47:47 And I shared with him 1 Thessalonians 16 to 17, 47:52 ascending to meet him in the clouds of heaven. 47:57 They had the question then, how do we reconcile 48:00 Zechariah 14:1-5, where he is standing on the Mount of Olives, 48:08 it splits in two, the day of the Lord? 48:12 Doug: So, I'm still not sure. 48:15 When it says in Zechariah that the feet of the Lord touch 48:18 the Mount of Olives, this is happening at the end 48:21 of the one thousand years. 48:22 The Second Coming, let me explain it, 48:26 and then I think it'll become clear. 48:29 Jesus went to heaven, John 14, he said, 48:31 "I go to prepare a place for you. 48:33 And if I go prepare a place for you, 48:35 I will come again and receive you unto myself, 48:37 that where I am, you might be." 48:40 He comes, he takes us up, we are caught up to meet him 48:42 in the air, 1 Thessalonians 4. 48:44 He doesn't touch the ground at that point. 48:46 We live and reign with Christ for a thousand years, 48:49 but then you read in Revelation chapter 21, 48:52 he sees the new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven, 48:55 the redeemed of course are with him in the city, 48:57 that's when his feet touch the Mount of Olives, 49:00 he creates a great valley, the new Jerusalem settles down 49:03 into this incredible valley that's been created 49:05 by the Lord touching the earth again. 49:08 And that also fits in with Zechariah chapter 14 49:11 where his feet touch. 49:13 At that point, his feet touch the earth. 49:14 It's interesting, Pastor Aaron, that Jesus, 49:17 he said I'm going to come as I left, 49:20 and it says he ascended from Bethany on the Mount of Olives, 49:23 an area right between the two, and he's coming back 49:26 to the Mount of Olives. 49:27 So, he's literally coming back where he ascended, 49:29 and his feet are going to touch where they left it off, 49:32 probably. 49:33 Aaron: Yeah, yeah, so to just summarize what you just said, 49:36 Pastor Doug, is that at the Second Coming, 49:39 we know that he's not going to touch earth again, 49:41 but a thousand years, right, after his Second Coming, 49:45 he'll come a third time, along with all of the redeemed, 49:48 and that's when the new Jerusalem and his feet will 49:52 touch the earth, and that's when that prophecy of Zechariah 14 49:55 will reach a full fulfillment. 49:57 Doug: Yeah, the person may want to get our lesson 50:00 on the millennium to really study that, and it's called 50:03 "1,000 Years of Peace." 50:05 If you'd like a free copy, you can ask for it right now. 50:08 Aaron: Yeah, dial in #250 into your cellphone, 50:11 and say, "Bible Answers Live." 50:14 Alright, our next caller is calling in from Florida, 50:18 and we have Carlos. 50:20 Hi, Carlos, welcome to the show. 50:23 Carlos: Good evening, pastors. 50:26 So, my question is why were the Ten Commandments put into the 50:31 Ark of the Covenant and the rest of the law put out beside it? 50:38 What did this mean? 50:40 What was the purpose of that? 50:42 Doug: Well, there's a distinction made 50:44 between the two. 50:45 The most holy object on the planet was the Ten Commandments. 50:51 What I mean by that is, it was the Word of God, 50:54 and Jesus is the Word of God, and it was written on rock, 50:58 and Jesus is the Rock. 51:00 And in the holy city you've got the holy mountain, 51:03 and in the holy temple on the holy mountain you've got 51:05 the holy sanctuary, you got the holy place, 51:08 you got the Holy of Holies, and the only thing 51:10 in the Holy of Holies was the holy ark, 51:11 and in the holy ark you've got the holy law. 51:15 But the law of God was written with God's finger. 51:19 The ceremonial laws were written by the hand of Moses, 51:22 and it mentions those again in Colossians chapter 2. 51:25 And Moses said they're going to be there to be a witness 51:28 against you. 51:29 He's talking again about the ceremonial laws. 51:31 They were put in a pocked on the outside, 51:33 because they were of a passing nature, 51:35 where the ark, written by the hand of God, 51:37 was of an unchanging nature. 51:40 One was the hand of man, one was the finger of God, 51:42 one was written on stone, one was written on parchment, 51:46 or we'd say paper. 51:48 So, there was a distinction between the two, 51:50 one is permanent, eternal, and one is passing. 51:53 But it was still a sacred record for 2,000 years. 52:00 Thank you, Carlos, appreciate that and hope that─we do have 52:02 a lesson called "God Drew the Plans," and it talks 52:05 about the temple and the ark in that lesson. 52:09 Aaron: Yeah, and just for the other listeners, 52:11 the verse that Carols is referencing 52:14 is Deuteronomy 31 verse 26. 52:17 That's where it says, "The book of the law shall be placed 52:20 beside the ark," right, while the Ten Commandments 52:23 were placed inside of it. 52:25 Okay, I think we've got time for one more caller, 52:28 one more question. 52:30 We have Barbara calling in from Florida. 52:33 Welcome, Barbara, what is your question this evening for us? 52:37 Barbara: Hello, my question is in Ezekiel 16 verses 10 52:43 to 13, basically it talks about jewelry, 52:47 expensive clothes, so I was wondering is it okay for us 52:53 to wear jewelry and expensive clothes, 52:55 since it says it's okay in Ezekiel 16 verse 10 through 13? 53:02 Doug: Okay, in a Jewish wedding, 53:05 the dowery and the wedding gifts were often given, 53:08 they had no paper money, they were often given 53:10 in the form of the nice clothing. 53:13 You'll notice that Samson paid for his debt to the Philistines 53:18 with clothing. 53:19 But if you read what it says, for example, 53:24 you have to compare Scripture with Scripture to say, 53:26 well, how does God feel about jewelry? 53:29 Go to Isaiah chapter 3 and if you look here, 53:32 let me see where this beings. 53:35 Okay, we can say, yeah, "In that day," verse 18, 53:40 "In that day, the Lord will take away the finery," 53:42 the daughters of Zion, "The jingling anklets, 53:45 the scarves, the crescents, the pendants, the bracelets, 53:48 the veils, the headdresses, the leg ornaments, 53:51 the headbands, the perfume boxes, 53:53 the charms, and the rings, the nose jewels, 53:55 the festal apparel, the mantles, the outer garments, the purses," 53:59 so describing one is a wedding picture of God 54:04 marrying the church, but you also have to look at where Paul 54:08 says, "Let not the women be adorned with gold and pearls," 54:12 and Peter says, "Let it not be the outward adorning, 54:16 the wearing of gold," and that's in 1 Peter chapter 3. 54:18 We're running out of time. 54:21 I do have a book that I've written 54:22 on the subject of Christians and adornment. 54:25 Now, there's noting wrong with wearing, you know, 54:27 quality clothing that won't wear out. 54:29 Jesus had a nice robe that they didn't want to tear up. 54:32 But as far as the external frivolous adorning, you know, 54:37 someone will write a song about would Jesus wear 54:40 a Rolex? 54:42 You know, people made fun of evangelists and people 54:44 that dressed ostentatiously. 54:46 Christians should be modest in their apparel is 54:48 a practical principle. 54:51 So, the book is called "Jewelry, How Much is Too Much?" 54:56 "Jewelry, How Much is Too Much?" 54:58 Call 800-835-6747. 55:01 Quickly, for our friends listening, 55:03 we sign off in two stages. 55:05 We're going to say farewell to our friends listening 55:07 on satellite radio. 55:08 For the rest of you, we're coming back 55:09 in just a moment with the rapid-fire Bible questions. 55:15 announcer: Thank you for listening to today's broadcast. 55:17 We hope you understand your Bible even better than before. 55:21 "Bible Answers Live" is produced by Amazing Facts International, 55:25 a faith-based ministry located in Granite Bay, California. 55:31 Aaron: Hello, welcome back. 55:34 We have a few minutes left here, and we have some questions 55:37 that have been emailed to us. 55:40 So, Pastor Doug, we're going to try to get through as many 55:42 of these as we can, so our first question is this. 55:45 This is by Ari from Norway, intercontinental here. 55:49 "When Jesus was finished with his mission on earth, 55:53 did he then need his own redemptive services," 55:57 so to speak, "If he happened to sin in heaven, 56:01 since he is still a human?" 56:02 In other words, is it possible, could Jesus sin in heaven? 56:07 Doug: Well, the Bible tells us that Jesus did no sin. 56:11 Peter tells us that, that he is the sinless one. 56:14 And so, Christ is the only man that ever lived that never 56:18 sinned, so he didn't need to have any kind of redemption. 56:22 You know, when he rose from the dead, 56:23 he rose with a glorified body, he's pure and perfect, 56:26 and, heaven forbid, if he did need redemption, 56:31 his sacrifice on the cross would have covered that, 56:34 but he didn't. 56:36 Aaron: Yeah, the last person to ever sin will be Jesus. 56:40 Next question by Carlene. 56:43 She asks, "Why wasn't Satan destroyed at the flood? 56:47 And what is the difference between not destroying him 56:50 at the flood, but destroying him at the Second Coming?" 56:52 Doug: Yeah, good question. 56:54 Someone's thinking, well, the whole world was destroyed 56:55 and Satan was outside the ark, why wasn't he destroyed? 56:58 Well, Paul tells us in Ephesians 6 we don't wrestle 57:01 against flesh and blood. 57:03 You can't drown the devil, so to speak, in water. 57:06 He's a spirit. 57:07 And the reason he's destroyed is because the fire, 57:10 when the Lord comes back, is not going to be a three-dimensional 57:13 fire, it's going to be a fire that is going to be 57:16 the kind of fire that will also devour angels. 57:18 The Bible says that the presence of the Lord is a consuming fire, 57:22 and I don't understand the physics of it all, 57:25 but God is going to send out whatever nuclear spiritual fire 57:31 it is that the devil needs, and his angels, 57:33 to burn them up. 57:34 Aaron: Yeah, and one more principle real quick is 57:36 in Matthew 13. 57:37 Jesus tells a parable about the wheat and the tares. 57:39 And Jesus says, "Let both grow together until the harvest." 57:46 There's something about the full maturity of both righteousness 57:50 and wickedness before God brings a final end. 57:54 Doug: Yeah, and then it tells us in Matthew chapter 25:31, 58:01 it says, "Like a fire prepared for the devil and his angels," 58:04 Matthew 25 anyway. 58:06 Aaron: Yeah, there it is. 58:08 Doug: Well, hey, friends, out of time. 58:10 Send us more questions next week. 58:11 God bless, we look forward to studying with you again 58:14 next week. 58:15 And go to AmazingFacts.org. 58:20 announcer: "Bible Answers Live," honest and accurate answers 58:23 to your Bible questions. |
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