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00:03 - [Narrator] It is the best selling book in history. 00:05 No volume ever written has been more loved and quoted, 00:09 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 00:22 providing accurate and practical answers 00:25 to all your Bible questions. 00:28 This broadcast is a previously recorded episode. 00:31 To receive any of the Bible resources 00:33 mentioned in this broadcast, call 800-835-6747. 00:39 Once again, that's 800-835-6747. 00:44 Now, here's your host 00:46 from Amazing Facts International, Pastor Doug Batchelor. 00:50 - Hello friends, would you like to hear an amazing fact? 00:53 One of the most incredible survival stories 00:56 from World War II 00:57 involves a B-17 ball turret gunner, Alan McGee. 01:02 The young airman survived a 22,000 foot fall 01:05 without a parachute from his damaged flying fortress. 01:09 While on a mission, January 3, 1943, 01:12 over Lorraine France, 01:14 McGee was wounded by anti-aircraft flak. 01:17 And he discovered that his parachute 01:18 had a large hole in the middle. 01:20 He removed his parachute and was looking for another one 01:23 when his aircraft was hit again, 01:25 and he was knocked unconscious and blown out of the plane. 01:29 The next thing he knew, 01:31 McGee awoke terrified 01:32 to find himself falling free fall helplessly 01:35 through the sky. 01:37 He prayed and he asked God to save his life. 01:40 He said, "I don't wish to die 01:42 because I know nothing of life." 01:44 Then he lost consciousness again. 01:46 Moments later, his body crashed through the glass 01:49 roof of the Saint-Nazaire railroad station. 01:52 And he was tangled in the steel girders and cables. 01:55 The German soldiers that came to the scene 01:57 were astonished to find him badly injured, but still alive. 02:01 His arm was nearly torn off. 02:03 He had badly damaged teeth, legs, knees, and ankles. 02:06 He was treated well by skilled German doctors 02:10 and made a near full recovery at his POW camp. 02:13 McGee went on to live to 84 years of age. 02:17 He said, "I don't know how I got here, but I'm here. 02:20 Thanks to God." 02:21 Now that's an amazing story, Pastor Ross. 02:23 I've heard of some people falling long distances. 02:27 And I think the record is 23,000 feet by a Russian soldier 02:31 who landed on a hillside in the snow, 02:34 but for this man to land in France 02:37 and go through the roof of a building 02:38 and live is pretty astonishing. 02:40 - That is, that would seem to be definitely 02:42 an answer to prayer. 02:43 Here he prays he's falling through the air. 02:45 Next thing he knows he's still alive 02:47 and just remarkable to fall through glass and cable 02:50 and wiring and everything else 02:52 that was used in that roof or that train station 02:54 and still to survive and have a full recovery. 02:57 But the sample outta the story is he survives, 02:59 but he gets taken to prisoner-of-war camp 03:03 where he is there for the rest of the war, 03:04 but he does recover. 03:06 - Yes. And it seems like his faith 03:07 in God really was revealed there 03:10 in trusting in God through that experience. 03:12 We do have a book Pastor Dough 03:14 that talks about faith in difficult circumstances. 03:17 It's the story of another POW experience 03:20 where somebody was in a prisoner-of-war camp, 03:22 but who had incredible faith in God 03:24 and how God answered this person's prayer. 03:27 It's called "Deathwatch in Siberia." 03:29 And this is our free offer to anyone 03:31 who would like to get it. 03:32 All you have to do is just call and ask. 03:34 It's our free gift today, "Deathwatch in Siberia." 03:37 If you're outside of North America 03:39 and you are watching this program, 03:41 just go to the Amazing Facts websites, 03:43 amazingfacts.org or .com, 03:46 and you'll be able to read the book right there online. 03:49 Well, Pastor Doug before we go to the phone lines, 03:51 as we always do, let's start with prayer. 03:53 - Amen. 03:54 - Dear Father, we thank you that we have this opportunity 03:56 to once again, open up Your Word and study. 03:58 We thank you for the many who are listening 04:00 and those who are gonna be calling in 04:02 with their Bible questions. 04:04 Lord, as we study, 04:05 we pray that Your Spirit would lead us 04:06 into a fuller and deeper understanding of the Bible. 04:09 We ask this in Jesus name. 04:10 Amen. 04:11 - Amen. - If you have 04:13 a Bible question, our phone lines are open. 04:14 This is a good time to pick up your phone 04:16 and give us a call. 04:16 The number is 800-463-7297. 04:21 And that'll bring you right here into the studios. 04:23 - And they can also watch 04:24 on the Amazing Facts Facebook page. 04:27 If you go to Facebook, 04:29 which is the Amazing Facts Facebook page 04:30 or the Doug Batchelor Facebook page, 04:32 you can see what's happening here in the studio, 04:34 as well as Amazing Facts Television, better known as AFTV. 04:39 So we invite you to tune in, 04:40 tell your friends we are live tonight, 04:42 and I think we're gonna do our best 04:44 to answer some Bible questions. 04:46 - Okay, we're ready to go to the phone lines. 04:48 Our first call of this evening is Chad listening in Canada, 04:51 Chad you on the air. 04:53 - [Chad] Hey pastors, how are you doing? 04:55 - Doing great, thank for calling. 04:58 - [Chad] Yes, thank you for making this available. 05:01 It's a great thing that you guys are doing. 05:04 - And your question tonight. 05:07 - [Chad] Yes, so some Christian denominations 05:09 believe that the prophecy of the mark of the beast 05:15 was fulfilled by Emperor Nero. 05:18 What proof from the Bible or from history 05:23 do we have to prove that that prophecy 05:26 has not been fulfilled and Nero did not fulfill it? 05:30 - Okay, good question. 05:32 There are three principle views 05:34 when it comes to interpreting prophecy 05:35 and revelation in particular, 05:37 they've got the preterist view, 05:39 and preterist you can see in the title there 05:41 is the word pre. 05:43 They believe that virtually all of revelation 05:45 was fulfilled by 100 AD. 05:48 And they think Nero was the anti-Christ. 05:51 And they talk about that 05:53 the woman wearing the purple and the scarlet, 05:56 those were also the Roman Caesars wore those colors. 05:59 And so there's that group. 06:02 Then you've got what you call the historicist view. 06:04 And that's probably where Pastor Ross and I fall. 06:07 That means revelation and prophecies 06:09 covering a panorama of history. 06:11 Revelation in particular tells us that 06:14 these prophecies begin with John getting the revelation. 06:17 He said, "The time is at hand." 06:19 And it continues on the second coming. 06:21 Well, second coming doesn't happen yet. 06:24 And so it's covering the history of God's people, 06:27 not just for the first 100 years, 06:29 but it's talking about the history of God's people 06:31 all the way from the time of John, 06:34 Jesus first coming to His second. 06:36 I mean, indeed, beyond that to heaven. 06:39 And then you've got the futurist view 06:40 and they typically take Revelation 4, 06:43 and they say everything from chapter four on 06:45 where they hear the voice of a trumpet. 06:47 They say, that's the resurrection trumpet. 06:49 And that's dealing with events 06:51 that are after this secret rupture. 06:54 So those are the three views. 06:56 There's very few people actually. 06:59 I mean, when you look at percentages, 07:01 very few Christians believe the preterist view 07:03 because it just doesn't match up with Revelation 12, 13, 17, 07:09 so many other prophecies. 07:11 You can't squash them in 07:13 and say the Caesars of Rome fulfilled all of that. 07:16 - Pastor Doug, also interesting the history 07:17 of the preterist view and the futurist view 07:20 prior to those different views, 07:21 they weren't something that was believed 07:24 in the early days of the Christian Church, 07:26 but during the time of the reformation, 07:27 a number of the reformers 07:29 were using the historicist interpretation of Bible prophecy, 07:33 and they were identifying different political powers 07:36 and religious powers. 07:37 Of course, the papacy was also being identified 07:39 based on a historicist interpretation of Revelation. 07:42 And in response to the reformation, 07:44 we have what we call the counter reformation 07:47 that had the full support of the papacy at the time. 07:51 And they promoted a different interpretation of Revelation, 07:55 moved the spotlight away from them. 07:57 And there were actually two views 07:58 that was officially endorsed by the church, 08:01 the preterist and the future review, 08:03 which are directly opposite in the interpretation. 08:06 But they were both adopted in different areas 08:10 again, just to move the focus away 08:12 from the historicist interpretation, 08:14 but most Protestant churches held to the historicist view 08:17 until, oh, about 150 years ago, or even less 08:21 where we began to see some futuristic interpretations 08:24 creep into main Protestant churches. 08:27 - And really the futurist view really became popular 08:29 in the '70s and the '80s with some books by Hal Lindsey 08:33 that used the skill field Bible. 08:35 But yeah, you're absolutely right. 08:37 Those views are actually were... 08:39 what's the word? 08:40 They were manufactured. 08:42 Those prophetic views were manufactured 08:44 by Roman Catholic scholars, Jesuit scholars. 08:48 And even though they're opposite views. 08:50 - Right, well, we do have a study guide. 08:52 Somebody might be wondering a little bit more 08:53 about what does the Bible mean 08:54 when it talks about the mark of the beast 08:56 there in Revelation 13? 08:58 We have a study guide 08:59 that's actually called the "Mark of the Beast." 09:01 We'll be happy to send this to anyone who's wanting to know, 09:04 incidentally, this is an important truth. 09:06 'Cause the Bible tells us in the last days, 09:08 there's gonna be two groups. 09:09 Those who have the seal of God, 09:10 those who have the mark of the beast. 09:12 So we wanna know what the seal is, 09:13 we wanna know what the mark is, call and ask for it. 09:15 The number to call is 800-835-6747. 09:19 And again, you can ask for the Amazing Facts study guide, 09:21 it's called "The Mark of the Beast," 09:23 and we'll be happy to get in the mail and send it to you. 09:25 If you're in North America, 09:27 otherwise just visit the Amazing Facts website, 09:29 amazingfacts.org. 09:31 Next caller that we have, 09:33 we've got Refugio listening in Texas. 09:35 Refugio, welcome to the program. 09:37 - [Refugio] Hi, yes, sir. 09:38 How's it going? 09:39 And God bless you all. 09:40 - Thank you, good. 09:41 How are you doing? 09:43 - [Refugio] I'm doing all right. 09:44 My question is... [inaudible] 09:50 Can you repeat that a little bit? 09:53 That was hard to hear your question. 09:55 - [Refugio] One of them is the vaccinations. 09:56 vaccinations. 09:57 Is it right to take it 10:00 if you believe in God and Jesus? 10:03 - Mhmm, well 10:04 yeah, let's talk about that for just a second. 10:06 Now you're not gonna find any reference 10:08 to vaccines in the Bible. 10:12 The Bible does talk about medicine, 10:14 and there are some good things about medicine. 10:18 I think it's both in Revelation 10:20 and Ezekiel, it talks about the trees by the river, 10:25 their fruit was good and their leaves were from medicine. 10:28 And then Bible tells us 10:29 that happy heart does good like a medicine. 10:32 So there were some medicines that had good outcomes 10:34 that they weren't using vaccination in the Bible. 10:38 I don't think that there's any moral problem 10:41 with vaccination that's been in the news a lot lately, 10:45 but up until last year, 10:49 people got smallpox and polio 10:50 and all different kinds of vaccinations, 10:52 and they didn't have any problem with that. 10:56 I can understand why a lot of people might have issues 10:58 with the government forcing you to do something 11:03 that you take something in your body, 11:04 at least in America, that's kind of atypical. 11:07 Usually your person's health issues are very personal 11:11 and private and you're not really compelled 11:13 or penalized for not taking some medicine. 11:16 And so there's a lot of views on that, 11:19 but you're not gonna find the word vaccination 11:21 or vaccine in the Bible, 11:23 but there's no sin against medicine. 11:27 The right kind, 11:29 you don't wanna be addicted to any drug though. 11:31 - We do have a study guide 11:32 that talks about "God's Free Health Plan." 11:34 And if ever there's the time for us to be healthy, 11:36 it seems it would be now, 11:37 there's all kinds of diseases out there. 11:39 Now of course, some of it like we just talking 11:41 about this virus passed decades, 11:43 it's not always dependent upon how healthy you are. 11:46 Healthy people get sick 11:47 and they can get very sick with this virus. 11:49 And so there is something 11:50 that one needs to carefully consider their situation, 11:52 talk to the healthcare provider and that kind of thing. 11:54 But there are some biblical principles that if we follow, 11:57 it's gonna help us strengthen our immune system, 12:00 and generally make us healthier people. 12:02 And the Bible has quite a bit to say about health. 12:05 It's called "God's Free Health Plan." 12:07 It's one of our Amazing Fact study guides. 12:08 And we'll be happy to send this 12:10 to anyone who calls and asks. 12:11 The number to call for that is 800-835-6747. 12:16 And again, just ask for the Amazing Facts study guide, 12:18 it's called "God's Free Health Plan," 12:21 and we'll get that - Amen. 12:22 in the mail and send it to you. 12:23 Some good Bible principles dealing with health. 12:26 Thanks for your call. 12:27 We've got Terry listening from Maryland. 12:29 Terry walk into the program. 12:32 - [Terry] Hi, good evening to Pastor Ross 12:34 and Pastor Batchelor. 12:36 I had a question, 12:38 I was married before and we were divorced 12:43 because my husband had committed adultery. 12:46 And that was back in 1999. 12:50 And since then, the last, I'd say few years 12:54 I've been dating someone 12:56 and we were talking about getting married, 12:59 and pastor refused to marry us because he said, 13:03 "Because I was married before 13:06 that I was never to get married again 13:09 that that was biblical." 13:10 And so I'm kind of at a loss. 13:13 So I just can never marry again? 13:16 - Well, let's find out what the Bible says. 13:19 And before I even get to the scriptures here in front of me, 13:23 we have a book, this is "Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage" 13:27 is a book I wrote because, well, for one thing, 13:30 I lived through it in that my mother and father 13:33 were both married. 13:35 My mom four times, my dad five times. 13:37 And I grew up 13:39 with a lot of the baggage surrounding that. 13:41 And I just see in pastoring, 13:44 a lot of people struggle with these issues. 13:47 And sometimes, the answers are not cut and dry, 13:51 but let's find out what does Jesus say? 13:53 If you look in Matthew 5:31, 13:56 He says, "Furthermore, it has been said, 13:58 whoever divorces his wife, 14:00 let him give her a certificate of divorce. 14:02 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife 14:05 for any reason, except sexual immorality 14:09 causes her to commit adultery. 14:10 And whoever marries a woman 14:12 whose divorced commits adultery." 14:14 Now what Jesus is saying there, 14:16 Paul also addresses this in 1 Corinthians 7. 14:20 What Jesus is saying here is that 14:23 a person who has been divorced with biblical grounds, 14:27 they can remarry. 14:29 But if you marry someone who is divorced 14:31 without biblical grounds, you're encouraging adultery. 14:35 So from your scenario that you shared, 14:38 it sounds like your husband was unfaithful. 14:40 He violated the marriage vows. 14:42 Then you are free to remarry. 14:45 There's one other example 14:46 where Paul talks about marriage and divorce. 14:48 And that's in the event that there's two pagans out there. 14:51 They don't believe in God. 14:52 They don't know about Jesus. 14:53 One of 'em converts and becomes a Christian. 14:56 The unbeliever says, I'm leaving you. 14:59 Maybe she's a young mother, 15:00 does that mean she can never marry again? 15:02 Paul said, no, in such cases, she's free. 15:04 Do all you can to save your marriage. 15:07 But if it can't be saved, 15:09 if they're bound and determined to leave you 15:12 because of your faith, well, then you're free. 15:14 Meaning free to remarry. 15:16 Uh, so..... 15:18 Marriage and divorce, it's not the unpardonable sin. 15:20 You look at Abraham, God, actually at one point said, 15:23 you need to put away Hagar. 15:25 He said, oh, you need to divorce her. 15:26 Now God hates it 'cause it causes all kinds of heartache, 15:29 but God doesn't hate people. 15:31 He hates sin and He hates the consequences of sin. 15:35 So you should talk to a pastor, 15:38 if a pastor is saying that if you were divorced 15:42 and you have biblical grounds, you can't remarry, 15:44 I'd get another pastor's opinion. 15:46 They say sometimes get another doctor's opinion. 15:49 I think it might be good to take your Bible 15:52 and show these verses to the pastor and say, 15:54 now how do I understand this? 15:56 - Terry, I think you'd really enjoy their book. 15:57 It's called "Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage." 16:00 And it's got all the scriptures in there 16:01 and explains the teachings from the Bible on that. 16:05 We'll be happy to send that to you or anyone 16:07 who calls and asks the number is 800-835-6747. 16:11 And again, you can ask for the book, 16:12 it's called Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage." 16:14 If you're outside of North America, 16:16 you can go to the Amazing Facts website and read the book. 16:19 I think you can just type it in the search bar there 16:21 and it should come up. 16:23 Thank you for your call. 16:24 We've got Anthony listening in New York. 16:25 Anthony, welcome to the program. 16:27 - [Anthony] My question, as I read through the Bible 16:32 from the Old Testament to the New Testament, 16:33 I noticed that whenever Jesus and whatever, 16:37 even in His pre-incarnate form, when He was here on earth, 16:43 He was accompanied by two angels, 16:46 it seems like almost every time. 16:48 So when He visited Abraham, there were two angels with Him. 16:52 At the resurrection, 16:54 there were two angels sitting on His grave 16:58 besides the one that was outside, 16:59 but there were two angels, 17:01 one at the foot and one at the head. 17:03 And then at His Ascension, 17:04 there were two angels there as well. 17:06 So I just wanted to know, 17:08 do you think there's any biblical 17:10 or spiritual significance to that? 17:11 Just like how there's the cherubim 17:13 on either side of the ark, on the mercy seat of the ark. 17:18 Do you think that's maybe that 17:19 could represent something like that or do you see 17:21 any significance - Yeah, I think you're 17:23 always there? - onto something. 17:25 - Yeah, in the Bible it tells us 17:27 in the mouth of two or three witnesses, 17:29 let everything be established. 17:31 And when Jesus ascended to heaven, 17:33 those two angels were there 17:34 to testify of not only His ascension, 17:38 but that He would come again. 17:39 And they said this same Jesus will come again. 17:41 At the resurrection, there were two angels there 17:43 to testify to the women that He was alive. 17:46 Don't look for the living among the dead, He's alive. 17:49 And as you said, there were two angels that went into Sodom 17:51 to testify that they had gone too far in their wickedness. 17:55 They had firsthand experience. 17:57 And so sometimes the Lord sent the disciples out two by two 18:01 because they could support each other. 18:03 And also there was the testimony 18:05 of at least two or three witnesses. 18:08 There are times where there may have been one angel. 18:10 I think it says one angel came to Him 18:12 in the Garden of Gethsemane. 18:15 I wouldn't build a doctrine over 18:17 there was always two angels that were with Jesus. 18:20 But yeah, I think that there's something to be said 18:23 for the number two representing a stronger testimony. 18:27 - And of course in the Book of Revelation, 18:28 we have a passage in Revelation 11 18:31 that talks about the two witnesses, 18:33 and we understand that to be the law and the prophets, 18:35 all of the Word of God. 18:36 And that's also referred to as the two witnesses. 18:38 - And that's the two angels 18:40 are right above the two tables of the testimony 18:42 - Yeah, that's right. in heaven. 18:44 So you got there's another example. 18:45 - It's parallel. 18:47 Good question, thanks. - Thanks, Anthony. 18:48 - We've got Grace calling from Texas. 18:50 Grace, welcome to the program. 18:52 - [Grace] Hi, how are you? 18:55 - Doing good. 18:56 Thank you, and your called in, your question tonight. 19:00 - [Grace] Yes, my question is 19:03 could there be another prophet, 19:07 prophetess like Ellen White that would write books 19:13 and be utilized by God, 19:16 even though they're weak and ill like Ellen White was? 19:22 - Yeah, the Bible tells us in the last days 19:25 that in the Book of Joel 2, 19:28 it says, "I'll pour out My Spirit on all flesh, 19:30 and your sons and your daughters will prophesy." 19:32 Prophecy is one of the gifts of the church. 19:34 And now I don't think anything should be added to scripture, 19:38 but the gifts of the Spirit have not stopped 19:41 with the death of the Apostle John. 19:44 God still has the gifts of the Spirit, 19:45 you find in first Corinthians 12, 13 and 14, 19:51 and prophecy is one of those gifts. 19:54 And it tells us that I'll pour out My Spirit 19:56 on your sons and your daughter. 19:57 So you have in the Bible, both men and women 20:00 that have the gift of prophecy. 20:02 - And Pastor Doug, it's interesting. 20:04 If you look in scripture, we find different types, 20:07 you might say of prophets, 20:08 they're all inspired and they have a message from God, 20:11 but you have some prophets 20:13 who you might consider almost career prophets 20:15 like Isaiah, Jeremaiah, Daniel and others, 20:18 Moses that God's used or spoke through 20:20 over the length of their life for a very long time. 20:24 But then we also have examples 20:25 where the Spirit of the Lord will come upon an individual 20:27 and they will give a specific message 20:29 for a situation at a specific time. 20:32 And that's the last to hear of them 20:33 as being doing the work of a prophet, 20:35 even in the New Testament, 20:36 we have examples of people 20:38 who were prophesying for specific situations, 20:40 but you wouldn't consider them as sort of a career prophet. 20:44 So as we near the end of time, 20:46 it's quite possible based on verse 20:48 that there will be the manifestation 20:49 of the gift of professor to help guide the church 20:52 and individuals in different situations. 20:55 But I don't know if we have enough time 20:56 left here on the earth 20:58 for a so-called career prophet, you might say. 21:01 Somebody like of the caliber that is being used as a prophet 21:05 over many, many years. 21:07 - Well, and I've wondered this myself, 21:09 there's that verse there that says, 21:12 "Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet 21:14 before the great and terrible day of the Lord." 21:17 Now Jesus tells us John the Baptist came in the spirit 21:19 and the power of Elijah, 21:20 but He said, John, Elijah has come and Elijah will come. 21:24 And so we wonder if near the end of time 21:27 that someone will come with the spirit and power of Elijah 21:30 to try to get the world ready again 21:32 for the second coming like John the Baptist 21:35 got the world ready for the first coming. 21:36 So they may. 21:38 Elijah appears out of nowhere. 21:39 You can't really call... 21:40 I guess you could call Elijah career prophet. 21:42 But from the time his first prophecy, 21:44 till he goes to heaven, 21:45 it's not the same amount of time 21:46 as Elisha or Jeremiah - Right, that's true. 21:48 is a short time. 21:51 - Interesting. - Yeah, don't know. 21:52 - And of course in Revelation 7 you have a whole army, 21:55 you might say of people who are doing 21:57 the work of proclaiming. - 144,000. 21:59 - Yeah, proclaiming God's last message 22:01 in the spirit and the power of Elijah. 22:02 So some interesting parallels. 22:04 Great, great question there, Grace. 22:06 We've got Kevin listening from California. 22:08 Kevin, welcome to the program. 22:10 - [Kevin] Good evening, pastors. 22:11 So very good to talk to you. 22:12 I wish you both well. 22:13 - Thank you, thanks for calling. 22:16 - [Kevin] I see you growing trend with many pastors 22:19 in many different churches, 22:22 teaching that the term sons of God in the Bible 22:26 refers to angels. 22:29 We know that is not true. 22:34 I am just astounded how rapidly this teaching is growing. 22:40 We know that sons of God are the line of Seth, 22:42 daughters of men are the line of Cain. 22:45 We know in Hebrews 1:5, 22:47 God says, "To which of the angels did I ever call son, 22:50 to which of the angels did I ever say, I am your Father." 22:54 And then they argue with the verse, 22:57 how the sons of God shouted with joy and the stars sang. 23:02 - In Job, yeah. 23:03 - [Kevin] Well, yeah, we know that the stars are the angels 23:06 because Lucifer drew a third of the stars with him. 23:10 Sons of God are still not angels. 23:14 We probably can assume safely 23:18 that sons of God were the "Adams" of the other worlds 23:21 that we can no longer see, 23:23 just like we can no longer. - Kevin, you're gonna put it 23:25 into a question. 23:27 - [Kevin] Well, my question is, 23:31 how do we combat this false teaching? 23:34 - Well, you're doing it. 23:35 You combat the falsehood with the truth 23:38 and you're absolutely correct. 23:40 The people read in Genesis 6 23:42 and some listeners might wonder 23:44 what is Kevin referring to. 23:46 In Genesis 6, where it says, 23:48 "The sons of God saw the daughters of men 23:50 that they were fair and took them wives of all they chose." 23:53 Some think that they're angels, some think they're aliens. 23:56 Some think they're fallen angels. 23:57 And then that you get these giant like creatures from that. 24:01 There have been movies to that effect, 24:03 but they're making something outta nothing. 24:05 It's talking about the descendants of Seth, 24:08 the children of God intermarrying 24:11 with the descendants of Cain. 24:12 And then you've got that verse in 1 John 3, 24:16 where it says, "Behold, what manner of love 24:18 the Father's bestowed on us, 24:20 that we should be called sons of God." 24:22 So you're on the right track, Kevin that, 24:24 and the way you deal with it 24:25 is just get the truth out there. 24:26 - Well, I think part of the reason 24:28 for why there's so much confusion is 24:30 there are a few paraphrases of the Bible 24:33 that actually use the phrase - That's right. 24:35 instead of translating sons of God, 24:37 I'm thinking of the Living Bible for one that actually says 24:40 "Angels sold the daughters of men and took into them wives 24:43 and giants were born into the earth." 24:45 So I think that's maybe where some of this comes from 24:48 where this false idea of these sons of God being angels. 24:52 - All right, we've got some more Bible questions coming 24:54 and you'd like to still call in, there's time. 24:56 We'll be back. 24:57 (upbeat music) 25:01 - [Narrator] Stay tuned. 25:02 Bible Answers Live will return shortly. 25:04 (upbeat music) 25:08 Do you feel as though your world is spiraling out of control? 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30:13 - Doing good! 30:14 How are you doin? 30:16 - [Tayvion] I'm doing alright. 30:18 But um, my question is 30:20 is that I've been watching a lot of... 30:23 I've been basically following 30:24 the health industry a lot lately. 30:27 And essentially this is in regards to basically 30:30 what it's free to eat. 30:31 I know like clean and unclean meat, but umm.... 30:36 I'm not saying I have an eating 30:37 problem but I, you know, 30:39 like to eat. 30:41 But my questions is 30:43 is that, is it okay for us to eat fast food 30:46 even if it's being clean? 30:50 - Yeah, well, you're not gonna find... 30:52 there's probably no scripture 30:54 that's gonna forbid eating at a fast food restaurant. 30:57 I guess you could call subway fast food 31:00 because you can get it pretty fast. 31:03 I eat there quite a bit, 31:04 but you can eat a pretty healthy meal there. 31:06 So I used to travel with a singing group 31:10 and they sometimes were on the road. 31:12 And the only thing they could do 31:13 is stop at fast food to keep on going down the road. 31:16 But I was pretty health conscious 31:18 and I'd have to really scramble, 31:19 I'd order a veggie Whopper or get a McDonald's salad. 31:23 You have to struggle a little more to get stuff 31:25 that's not gonna kill you off, 31:27 but so there's no sin to eating fast food. 31:30 Just wherever you go, you wanna try and eat 31:34 what's good for you. - Do the best you can, yeah. 31:35 I went to Kentucky Fried Chicken 31:36 and ate some mashed potatoes. 31:38 I think saved me once. 31:39 (both laughs) 31:41 But no, we don't encourage, 31:42 if you do a lot of that, that typically fast food, 31:45 I guess someone did a special called "Supersize me" 31:49 where they just ate at McDonald's for I forget a month 31:52 or something nearly killed them. 31:55 Anyway, so yeah, you don't wanna do that very often 31:58 'cause it's usually got a lot of calories 32:00 and a lot of salt and not the best. 32:02 - Again, we have this study guide 32:04 talking about "God's Free Health Plan." 32:06 What does the Bible say about our bodies 32:07 and how we can take care of them? 32:09 We'll be happy to send this to anyone who calls and asks. 32:11 The number for that is just 800-835-6747. 32:15 And you can ask for the study guide, 32:17 it's called "God's Free Health Plan" 32:19 and again, Bible principles for living a longer, 32:21 healthier, happier life. 32:23 Be blessed. - Thank you 32:24 for your question, Tayvion. 32:26 - We've got Randy listening in Indiana. 32:27 Randy, welcome to the program. 32:30 - [Randy] Thank you, I appreciate it, pastors. 32:34 My question centers around the 10 commandments 32:37 and Moses on Mount Sinai. 32:40 And the reason I'm asking this question is 32:42 we know in Colossians 1:16, 32:45 that all things invisible and visible 32:47 were created through Jesus Christ. 32:50 So my question is, was it God the Father 32:53 or God the Son who wrote the 10 commandments on Mount Sinai? 32:57 - Well, you're giving the answer, not only in Colossians, 33:00 but in the gospel of John 1, 33:02 it says, "All things that were made were made by Him 33:05 and without Him was not anything made that was made." 33:08 And Jesus says in Matthew 5, 33:11 "Do not think I've come to destroy the law and the prophets. 33:13 I did not come to destroy, but fulfill." 33:15 Well, He wouldn't destroy him because He wrote 'em. 33:19 That finger that wrote in the temple dust 33:22 when that woman was caught in adultery 33:24 is the same finger I believe that wrote the 10 commandments. 33:27 I believe God the Father was there 33:29 with the son declaring His law. 33:31 That's why no man could even go up into the glory 33:33 and see what was happening. 33:35 - Yeah, and throughout scripture, even in the Old Testament, 33:37 we find God being the go between 33:39 between the Father and Israel. 33:41 And it was Christ that would've to appear sometimes 33:44 as the Angel of the Lord or the Messenger of the Lord. 33:48 The Angel that appeared actually was Christ 33:50 who appeared to Joshua 33:51 called the Angel of the Lord, the Messenger. 33:53 So yes, Jesus is the one that's communicating 33:56 with God's people revealing the Father. 33:59 Jesus said, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father." 34:01 So we find that principle throughout the Bible. 34:05 - So you're on the right track, Randy. 34:06 I think that was God the Son, Jesus, 34:08 who was primarily involved 34:11 in delivering the law to His people. 34:13 - All right, we've got Sarah listening from Arizona, 34:16 Sarah welcome to the program. 34:19 - [Sarah] Oh, thank you! 34:21 I've been listening for a little so I was surprised to, to 34:26 be on the air. 34:28 We're glad you made it. 34:30 - Anyways, so my question is 34:34 Is there anywhere in the Bible 34:35 where it forbids wearing of jewelry, 34:38 like necklaces, wedding rings and things like that? 34:41 Like I grew up not wearing that stuff, 34:44 but I'm having problems like showing 34:48 where it says not to wear that stuff. 34:50 - All right, good question. 34:52 Some of our listeners might be surprised 34:53 to know that early Protestants, 34:58 whether our church, Baptist, Methodist, Pentecostal, 35:00 they frowned on wearing any jewelry, 35:04 they felt that it was based on the scriptures. 35:07 Well, a few scriptures I'll give you. 35:09 One is where Peter says that the godly women of old 35:14 adorned the inside, let it not be the outward adorning 35:17 of the plating of the hair, wearing of gold, 35:19 putting on of apparel. 35:20 And Paul says that the women adorned themselves 35:23 in modest apparel, not with gold and pearls and costly array. 35:27 And when the children of Israel made the golden calf. 35:29 Now I'm just giving you off the top of my head 35:31 some of these verses that you're asking about, Sarah. 35:34 When the children of Israel made the golden calf, 35:37 it was made outta their jewelry 35:39 and they made a god out of it. 35:41 And then when Jacob came to meet with the Lord, 35:46 it says that they buried their jewelry 35:48 and they went to renew their covenant to the Lord. 35:51 When God met with the children of Israel 35:53 after the golden calf, He said, 35:54 "Break off your ornaments, 35:55 that I can know what to do with you." 35:57 Now I wanna make it clear. 35:58 There's gonna be a lot of people 35:59 in heaven that wear jewelry. 36:01 But if you look at the Bible, 36:03 I think that God is telling His people 36:06 that He's not calling us to be investing in wearing money 36:13 to being ostentatious. 36:14 A few years ago, a lot of televangelist got into trouble, 36:17 them and their wives, 36:19 and someone even wrote a song and said, 36:20 "Would Jesus wear a Rolex?" 36:22 And a lot of these evangelists, 36:25 they were just be decked with jewelry 36:27 and they were asking everyone to send their money. 36:30 And it just didn't send the right message. 36:33 - I think the verse you're referring to 36:34 at least the ones New Testament there, 36:36 1 Peter 3:3-6, you have Peter talking about it. 36:42 And then you have Paul in 1 Timothy 2:9, 36:45 and he's also referring to that. 36:47 You see the Bible principle 36:49 when it comes to dress for the Christian is neat simplicity. 36:53 We don't want to draw attention to ourselves 36:56 - Modesty. by wearing something 36:58 old fashioned or something brand new in fashion, 37:02 we don't wanna be in the foreground 37:03 or in the back when it comes to fashion, 37:05 but we wanna be modest 37:06 and allow the character to shine through. 37:10 - And we've actually had a book 37:11 that talks about what the Bible says about a modesty 37:15 and I think there's one called 37:17 "Jewelry: How Much Is Too Much?" 37:19 That's got all these verses in there. 37:20 - That's right. 37:21 If you'd like to get that book, 37:22 anyone who would like it, 37:23 Sarah and others just call, 800-463-7297. 37:29 Actually that's the number if you have a Bible question, 37:31 the one you wanna call for the free offer, 37:33 800-835-6747, that's the number. 37:36 Ask for the book, 37:37 it's called "Jewelry: How Much Is Too Much?" 37:39 We're happy to send that to anyone in North America. 37:42 You can also read that online at the Amazing Facts website. 37:45 We've got Robert listening in North Carolina. 37:47 Robert, welcome to the program. 37:50 - [Robert] Hey, thanks for taking my call. 37:53 - Absolutely. 37:55 How can we help you tonight? 37:57 - [Robert] Okay, so I got like a mark of the beast 38:01 related question, I guess like, okay. 38:05 So like long while back when I was younger, 38:08 I'm in my 40s now, but when I was younger, 38:10 youth pastor said something 38:12 like the Hebrew word for hand meant the whole arm, 38:17 like from fingertip to shoulder, 38:19 I thought that was the strangest thing I ever heard. 38:22 And that stuck with me all this time. 38:23 And my question is, was he right? 38:28 - Oh, well, yes and no. 38:29 The Hebrew word for hand 38:31 does include the wrists and the forearm. 38:34 It doesn't go to the shoulder. 38:36 And typically, I think people use that argument to say, 38:39 when Jesus' hands were pierced, 38:41 a number of Christian scholars 38:43 believe that means that He actually, 38:45 He could have got the nails in His wrists. 38:48 It definitely doesn't include your shoulder 38:51 that you're not dealing with your hands. 38:52 So the hand was often thought of in the Hebrew mind 38:55 of the forearm and the hands. 38:57 But typically, it's talking about the hand part 38:59 where your fingers are, but it might include your forearm. 39:03 And there's some examples where it's translated that way. 39:06 So that's why I said you're partly right and partly wrong. 39:09 - Although they are two different words, Pastor Doug. 39:11 If you look in the Hebrew 39:12 or in the Greek for hand and arm, 39:15 we have reference to the Old Testament 39:16 where talks about saved by God's righteous right arm. 39:20 And it's talking about the arm, 39:21 - The whole arm. is talking about the hand. 39:22 Yes, and then there's other verses 39:23 that clearly refer to the hand. 39:25 - That's right. So there is a different word 39:28 used there in the original languages. 39:30 - Yeah, and then Greek is a whole different story. 39:32 It's a different language. 39:34 So we think that Jesus got pierced in His hands. 39:39 I did a whole study on this 39:41 because we did a video where Jesus was showing His hands 39:43 to someone after the crucifixion, 39:45 we had to figure out where do you put the nails? 39:47 And it's definite that in Roman history 39:52 that they did have the nails actually go in the hands 39:55 or the wrists. 39:56 So it could be both. 39:58 - All right, well, thanks for your call, Robert. 39:59 We've got Terence listening also in North Carolina. 40:02 Terence, you're on the air. 40:05 - [Terence] Yeah, hey Jean, how are you? 40:07 - Good, good. 40:09 - [Terence] Good, I got a question for you. 40:11 I was listening to you the other night, 40:13 and somebody did ask the same question I'm asking now 40:15 is if we can pray directly to Jesus, I do quite frequently. 40:21 And your answer the other night was 40:24 I believe correct me if I'm wrong. 40:26 You said me on a couple of different verses in the Bible. 40:31 You could pray directly to Jesus. 40:32 But I asked for Jesus blessings all the time. 40:36 I prayed to Jesus and God both. 40:38 So I was looking for a little more clarity on that. 40:42 - All right, great question. 40:44 Pastor Doug. 40:45 - Yeah, there's nothing wrong 40:47 with praying directly to Jesus. 40:49 There are a couple of verses 40:50 that you find that the last prayer in the Bible 40:53 says "Even so come Lord Jesus." 40:57 That's a prayer directed to Jesus. 40:58 When Stephen was being stoned, 41:00 he said, "Lord, Jesus received my spirit." 41:03 Typically Jesus encourages us 41:04 to pray to the Father through Him. 41:08 But if you're praying to Jesus, He's called our advocate. 41:11 He's called our intercessor. 41:12 And so nothing wrong with talking to your defense attorney 41:16 to direct a message to the judge, so to speak. 41:21 So most of the time in the Bible, 41:24 Christ said, pray to the Father, 41:27 pray in this manner, our Father, 41:28 and we do it in the name of His Son. 41:30 - And it's not uncommon even with children 41:32 when we teach our kids to pray and they little, 41:34 usually we'll begin with the phrase, dear Jesus, 41:37 as part of the prayer. 41:38 And again, there's nothing 41:40 wrong with that. - Makes it personal, yeah. 41:41 - It does, it makes it personal. 41:42 Although as Pastor Doug mentioned 41:44 the example that we find in scripture 41:46 for the most part is 41:47 you praying to God, the Father in the name of Jesus, 41:50 asking for the intercession of the Holy Spirit 41:52 to help guide your mind. 41:53 You're usually asking for the Holy Spirit. 41:56 And then we have no example that I know of, Pastor Doug 41:58 where somebody who's praying specifically 42:00 to the Holy Spirit. 42:01 But we do have an example of people praying 42:03 as mentioned Stephen to Christ or to Jesus, 42:07 and then many examples 42:08 of people praying to God, to the Father. 42:10 - Yeah, that's right, amen. 42:12 - Oh, you know we do have book, 42:13 it's called "Teach Us to Pray" 42:14 and it deals with the subject of prayer. 42:17 And we'll be happy to send that 42:18 to anyone who calls and asks. 42:19 The number for that is 800-835-6747. 42:24 And again, just call and ask. 42:25 The book is called, "Teach Us to Pray." 42:27 And if you would like to have a deeper prayer life, 42:29 you will be blessed by reading that book. 42:32 Next call that we have is Walter listening in Alaska. 42:35 Walter, welcome to the program. 42:38 - [Walter] Hi pastors, blessings to you. 42:40 - Thank you. 42:41 - [Walter] Hey, my question is about Galatians 5:19-21. 42:47 And I know in the Greek 42:49 it uses the word pharmacia linked in there. 42:52 And how does that involve our big pharma of today 42:56 in some of these medicines, such as the vaccine? 42:58 - Well, let me read this for our friends 43:01 that are listening Galatians 5, 43:02 I'll read oh, verse 19. 43:06 "Now the works of the flesh are evident, 43:08 which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, 43:12 ludeness, idolatry, sorcery." 43:15 And I think that word sorcery is pharmacia. 43:17 "Hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wraths, 43:20 selfish ambition, dissensions, heresis, 43:22 envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings and the like 43:25 of which I tell you beforehand, 43:26 just as I've told you in time passed 43:28 that those who practice such things 43:30 will not inherit the kingdom of God." 43:32 Right so Paul is saying everything in that list is not good. 43:36 And the word sorcery, pharmacia, 43:39 they used to make potions and drugs 43:42 that would cause hallucinations. 43:44 And supposedly, when I was a teenager, 43:47 a lot of the young people back then during the Beatles era, 43:50 we were taking LSD and mushrooms and hallucinogenics, 43:54 we called them to give us a spiritual experience. 43:58 It was our argument anyway. 43:59 Well, that's not new. 44:01 That was happening all the way back 44:02 in the time of Paul in witchcraft, 44:04 they often resorted to drugs 44:06 that would put them in a trance. 44:08 And when I lived on the Navajo Reservation, 44:10 they would go and have a, we called them pow-wow, 44:13 but they'd get together and they'd have a spiritual ceremony 44:16 and they'd take peyote and they'd go into trance 44:19 and hope that God would give them messages. 44:21 But we know now this is just 44:23 they are hallucinations and delusions. 44:27 I don't think this is talking 44:28 where it's pharmacia there, 44:29 I don't think it's talking 44:31 about using justified pharmaceuticals for some condition. 44:36 And it's certainly hard to make an argument 44:38 that this is talking about one particular vaccine. 44:45 I think Paul is talking about just the way that sorcery 44:46 was being used and they used drugs in their sorcery. 44:50 Now there may be problems. 44:52 It's not really a Bible question. 44:53 There may be problems in our culture 44:55 with the power of big pharmaceutical companies. 44:59 I think everyone knows that there are lobbyists paid 45:03 in Washington and there's a lot of money 45:04 that's connected with those industries. 45:06 I'm thankful for a lot of the good cures 45:07 that have been developed. 45:09 I'm sure there's probably where there's a lot of money, 45:11 there's a little bit of intrigue involved, 45:13 but it's not really a Bible issue there. 45:17 - Pastor Doug, I'm just thinking 45:18 some of these pagan countries 45:20 or pagan traditions and tribes, 45:23 they would have the witch doctor 45:25 who would serve both as the doctor, 45:27 as well as the one who was to communicate with the gods. 45:31 So there's always been some kind of connection 45:33 between healing, - And medicine, men. 45:35 and sort of the priest or that type of thing. 45:37 And of course that was way back, 45:38 even in Greek culture and Greek mythology. 45:41 And that's really what Paul is addressing here 45:43 is those who claim to communicate with the God, so to speak 45:46 and cast vows and give potions and those type of things. 45:50 - Yep, hope that helps a little bit. 45:51 We thank you, Walter, for your call. 45:53 - We've got Muriel in Florida. 45:56 Muriel, welcome to the program. 45:58 - [Muriel] Hello, Pastor Ross and Pastor Batchelor, 46:01 it's my first time calling in, 46:03 getting on let me be quick. 46:06 I was reading Exodus 9:1 about Moses going to Pharaoh 46:14 and asking him to let my people go 46:16 so that they may worship Me. 46:18 I've been just trying to understand 46:21 what is the difference, 46:22 and then different versions say serve Me. 46:26 And I'm just boggled by the difference 46:29 between worship and praise. 46:32 - Okay, that's good. 46:35 You could certainly do both at the same time, 46:38 but there is probably a distinction you can make 46:40 between worship and praise. 46:42 Worship is something that can also be done very quietly, 46:47 but praise it's hard to do praise quietly. 46:49 Praise means you are articulating your appreciation 46:53 for the virtues of a person or God. 46:59 We're talking about praising God in this context. 47:02 They say that the way that you teach children is sometimes 47:06 through it can be praise or punishment. 47:09 You discourage the bad behavior, 47:11 you encourage by praise the good behavior. 47:14 You say that was really good. 47:15 I'm so proud of you. 47:17 You did a wonderful job, and they just brighten up 47:18 when they hear those words of encouragement and praise, 47:20 but that must be articulated, 47:22 whereas worship, you can get on your knees quietly 47:24 and just adore God and talk to the Lord 47:28 and you'd be worshiping Him. 47:31 So what do you think, Pastor Ross? 47:32 - Yeah, I agree. 47:34 I think worship also carries with the idea of obedience 47:35 when the first angel's message says, 47:37 fear God, give glory to Him, worship Him 47:39 that made the heavens, the earth and the sea. 47:41 It's not just praise and adoration. 47:43 That's definitely part of it. 47:44 But if worship is to be genuine, 47:47 it needs to be accompanied with obedience. 47:49 And so we worship God by obeying Him, 47:52 by doing those things that are pleasing in His sight. 47:54 That is an aspect of worship. 47:56 Praise is, as you said, it's vocalizing. 47:59 Usually we praise, we can praise individually, 48:01 but usually in a group setting. 48:03 A church we'll sing praises to the Lord. 48:05 We'll sing hymns. 48:07 So that would be part of worship for sure. 48:09 But a little bit of a different emphasis. 48:11 - It says to obey is better than sacrifice. 48:13 - That's right. So yeah. 48:14 So worship involves obedience. 48:15 - Thank you, Muriel. 48:16 We're glad you got through 48:17 and we hope it's not the last time you call. 48:19 - We've got Venice listening. 48:22 Denise, welcome to the program. 48:24 - [Denise] Yes, it is Denise, 48:25 thank you, 48:26 and good evening. 48:27 - Hi! 48:28 - [Denise] Hi, my question is 48:30 I received the Holy Spirit and I'm walking with God. 48:35 Why do I need to ask for a refilling 48:39 of the Holy Spirit every day? 48:43 I thought He'd be 48:44 walking with me all the time. 48:47 - That's a good question. 48:50 I remember hearing about a man 48:51 who was married to his wife for 35 years. 48:53 And she said, "You never tell me that you love me anymore." 48:58 And he said, "Well, I told you when I married you, 49:00 if I changed my mind, I'll let you know." 49:03 But she wanted to hear it more often. 49:05 You know Jesus said, when you say the Lord's Prayer, 49:07 in the Lord's Prayer, 49:09 it says, "Give us this day, our daily bread." 49:10 Well, that sounds like you're not asking for monthly bread. 49:13 So walking with the Lord is denying yourself. 49:16 Jesus said, "Whoever would come after Me, 49:19 let him deny himself daily, 49:21 take up his cross and follow Me." 49:23 And then the Lord tells us 49:25 "If you being evil give good gifts to your children, 49:28 how much more will your Father in heaven 49:29 give the Holy Spirit to those that ask Him?" 49:33 The word there ask is an ongoing verb, 49:35 we're to continue asking Him. 49:37 So as we need food every day, 49:39 as we need fellowship with God every day, 49:41 we are inviting for God, the Spirit 49:43 to be in us all the time. 49:46 And you see in the disciples experience, 49:48 they prayed in Acts 2 49:49 and they were filled with the Holy Spirit. 49:51 But then you, you go to Acts 4. 49:53 It says the place where they were assembled, 49:54 they prayed and it was shaken 49:56 and they were filled with the Holy Spirit again. 49:59 And look at all the times it says 50:00 the spirit of the Lord came upon Samson. 50:03 The spirit of the Lord came upon David. 50:05 There's waves of the Holy Spirit 50:07 that come into people's lives so I'd say keep praying. 50:11 - We have a book, it's called "Life in the Spirit," 50:13 talks about the Holy Spirit, the need of the Holy Spirit. 50:15 We'll be happy to send this to anyone who calls and asks. 50:18 The number again is 800-835-6747. 50:22 And again, the book is called "Life in the Spirit" 50:24 talking about the Holy Spirit. 50:26 And we'll be happy to send it to anyone who calls and asks. 50:28 We've got Anthony listening in Pennsylvania, 50:30 Anthony, welcome to the program, you're on the air. 50:34 - [Anthony] Thank you very much, pastors. 50:36 Good evening, God bless you guys. 50:38 - Evening, thank you for calling. 50:41 - Okay, Revelation 21:1. 50:45 It says, "Now I saw a new heaven and a new earth, 50:49 but the first heaven and the first earth has passed away. 50:53 Also, there was no more sea." 50:57 My question is what does it mean 50:59 when it says there's no more sea? 51:01 Does that mean there's no water in heaven? 51:03 - Okay, great question. 51:05 Of course, it's not telling us there's no water 51:07 because you read a little later that the river of God, 51:10 this river of life flows from the throne of God. 51:13 You also read about that. 51:14 And Ezekiel talks about the river proceeds from the temple. 51:18 And so wherever you got water running, 51:20 it's gonna run to something. 51:22 And we just believe that in the new earth, 51:25 you're not gonna have the salt water that you have now. 51:28 Before the flood in the days of Noah, 51:30 I believe that the earth was covered with water 51:32 that you could drink, and the flood broke up the earth 51:36 and these great salt deposits in the earth 51:39 were mixed with the water making it briny. 51:41 It's interesting in the Peru, Pastor Ross, 51:44 they've got in Lake Titicaca, which is, I forget, 51:46 it's gotta be like 14,000 feet high, 51:49 they got sharks and they're fresh water sharks. 51:53 And they think that when there's this great upheaval 51:55 in the world that a lot of these sharks 51:57 that were in this inland area got pushed up 52:00 and they survived. 52:02 I mean, they certainly didn't swim 14,000 feet up a creek. 52:06 And the whole world at one time 52:09 was covered with fresh water. 52:10 So when it says there's no more sea in Revelation, 52:12 there's no more of the brownie salty ocean 52:15 that you cannot drink that burns your eyes, 52:17 but there will be lakes 52:19 and it's gonna be a great lake probably out there, 52:21 somewhere in the new earth. 52:23 - And of course, back in Bible times, 52:24 sea was a terrible separation. 52:26 So yeah, you have John, he's on the Island of Patmos. 52:29 The ones that he love he's in Ephesus. 52:31 Well, there's a sea separating him 52:32 - Good point. from the ones he loved. 52:34 And of course, when somebody would bought a ship 52:36 and head out to sea, well, you might not see them again. 52:39 But in the earth made new, 52:41 there's gonna be no separation 52:42 between friends and loved ones. 52:44 We're not gonna be separated by oceans or seas, 52:47 but there's definitely gonna be bodies of water 52:49 as you mentioned, Pastor Doug. 52:50 And I think it's gonna be just, 52:51 oh, well, we know it's gonna be 52:53 so much better than anything we have here on this earth. 52:55 The Bible says "Eyes has not seen, no ear heard, 52:58 no entity to the heart of man 53:00 the things that God is preparing for those that love Him." 53:03 So beautiful, beautiful, - Absolutely 53:04 place that God's preparing. 53:05 Thanks for your call. 53:06 We've got, let's see Colin in, 53:10 is it New Mexico or Maine? - Maine. 53:11 I think it's Maine. 53:12 Colin, Maine welcome. 53:15 - [Colin] Yes, good evening, gentlemen. 53:17 - Hi, we got about two minutes. 53:18 Can we do it? 53:20 - [Colin] Yes, we can, absolutely. 53:22 Thanks for taking my call. 53:24 My question is in regards to the small, 53:27 but interesting Book of 2 John, 53:30 right in the beginning, 2 John verse one 53:33 it says, "To the chosen lady and her children, 53:37 whom I love in truth," 53:40 which is strong language right off the bat there. 53:42 I'm wondering if that's a specific individual 53:45 that John is referring to 53:47 or is that to be interpreted symbolically 53:50 for that Book of 2 John. 53:51 - Okay, hey, thank you so much. 53:54 Good question, Colin. 53:55 I do believe that he's talking about 53:57 when he says, "To the elect lady and her children," 54:00 that's talking about the church. 54:01 Church is called the bride of Christ. 54:03 And you can read about the woman in Revelation. 54:07 John wrote Revelation 12, 54:09 that woman in chapter 12 54:11 is clothed with the sun, the moon and the stars 54:14 is the bride of Christ. 54:15 And so he's addressing this letter 54:17 to the church in this district. 54:21 And he goes on to say, 54:23 "Your elect sister greets you," 54:25 when he closes the letter. 54:27 And so let me see here, 54:28 "The children of your elect sister," 54:30 and that's verse 13, "greet you." 54:31 So he is writing from one church and its children 54:35 to another church and its children. 54:37 And he's using this symbolic language. 54:38 - Absolutely, the church is described as being 54:41 the bride of Christ. 54:42 - Yep, we're gonna be going off the air 54:44 with our satellite friends 54:45 that are listening to a Bible Answers Live. 54:48 We have a few more moments 54:49 with everyone else will stay tuned because we come back. 54:52 And what we do is we take Bible questions 54:54 that have come in via the internet, 54:56 and we do it as rapid fire as we can 54:58 to cover as many as we can. 55:00 And so God bless those who are listening on satellite. 55:05 God willing we'll be back with you again next week. 55:07 (upbeat music) 55:10 - [Narrator] Thank you for listening to today's broadcast. 55:12 We hope you understand your Bible even better than before. 55:16 Bible Answers Live 55:17 is produced by Amazing Facts International, 55:20 a faith based ministry located in Granite Bay, California. 55:26 - Okay, we're back. 55:27 We've got a few Bible questions, 55:28 Pastor Ross that came in online 55:30 and let's see how many of them we can carry. 55:32 - Okay, here we go, question one, 55:33 why do some people call Jesus Joshua? 55:38 - Well, the way you would say 55:39 Jesus' name in Hebrew is Yeshuah. 55:42 And so some people think, 55:43 well, it's important to try and pronounce it 55:45 in its original accent. 55:50 There's certainly nothing wrong 55:51 with speaking a name in your own language. 55:54 It's always fun for me when I travel to other countries 55:56 and they try to say Douglas, 55:58 which is a pretty English or Scottish name. 56:00 And they call me everything from duck to dog, 56:03 to some people can't wrap their tongue around it. 56:07 And so, if you say Jesus in Spanish, it's Jesús, 56:10 when you say it in Greek, it's gonna be Iesous, 56:14 and English, it's Jesus. 56:18 Some people feel like, well, but I wanna say it the way 56:20 that Mary said it to Jesus when He was in His manger. 56:23 So they say Yeshuah. 56:25 - Okay, all right, next question that we have, it says, 56:27 since we're judged by based upon what we know, 56:32 wouldn't it be better for people 56:33 just not to know anything about the Bible? 56:37 - That's right. 56:38 Someone said, ignorance is bliss. 56:40 Ignorance is bliss, but it's not very smart. 56:45 You're not only responsible for what you know, 56:47 you're responsible for what you have an opportunity to know. 56:50 I believe it says in the Book of Hosea 4, 56:53 and if you read verse six, he says, 56:54 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." 56:58 Well, that doesn't sound fair to destroy him 56:59 for lack of knowledge. 57:01 But he goes on and says, "Because you've rejected knowledge, 57:04 I will reject you." 57:05 So friends, if you have an opportunity to know truth, 57:07 God wants us to learn. 57:09 He doesn't want us to live in darkness. 57:10 And yes, when you do know you're more accountable, 57:13 but don't stay in the darkness. 57:14 - Jesus said, "If you know the truth, 57:16 the truth will set you free." 57:17 - That's right. 57:18 - Another question it says, 57:20 what do we know about Enoch 57:21 apart from him being taken to heaven and not seeing death? 57:25 - Well, it tells us Enoch walked with God. 57:28 A matter of fact, after he had his son Methuselah, 57:30 it tells us he walked with God 57:32 because he understood the love of the Father and the Son. 57:35 The Book of Jude tells us Enoch 57:37 was a preacher of righteousness 57:39 who said the Lord is coming with 10,000 of His saints 57:43 to execute judgment on the ungodly. 57:45 And so, yeah, I think he was a preacher of righteousness 57:49 that help Noah in preparing 57:51 for warning people about the coming flood. 57:53 - Absolutely, so he serves as the type of those 57:55 who will be translated to heaven 57:57 when Jesus comes the second time. 57:59 - That's right. 57:59 It's interesting. 58:01 It says that Enoch was the seventh from Adam. 58:02 - And he went up. - And he went up. 58:04 - Yeah, His gonna get the rest. 58:06 Hey friends, we are out of time. 58:07 We appreciate your questions. 58:08 Don't forget go to amazingfacts.org. 58:11 You can find out so much more about the ministry. 58:14 We'll be back and study next week. 58:17 - [Narrator] Bible Answers Live, 58:19 honest and accurate answers to your Bible questions. |
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