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00:03 - [Announcer] 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 mentioned 00:34 in this broadcast, call 800-835-6747, 00:39 once again, that's 800-835-6747. 00:45 Now, here's your host from Amazing Facts International, 00:48 Pastor Doug Batchelor. 00:50 - Hello, friends. 00:51 Would you like to hear an amazing fact? 00:54 A 22-year-old Kenyan man was found alive in the wheel well 00:58 of a Dutch cargo plane that had traveled 01:00 from Johannesburg, South Africa to the Netherlands. 01:04 Police say, on January 22nd, 2022 01:07 the stowaway whose identity was not released, 01:10 was discovered hiding after the plane touched down 01:12 at the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. 01:15 The plane made a stop in Nairobi, 01:17 which is where it's believed the man climbed 01:18 into the front wheel well. 01:20 Officials say it is miraculous that he's alive. 01:23 Records indicate the Boeing 747 cargo jet flew 01:27 above 30,000 feet for most of the 11-hour leg of the flight 01:31 where the air temperature can drop 01:32 to more than 40 degrees below zero. 01:35 The wheel wells in these aircraft have no heat 01:38 and they're unpressurized, 01:40 oxygen levels would be thinner than the summit 01:42 of Mount Everest. 01:44 Police said the man who has applied 01:45 for asylum is doing well considering the circumstances 01:49 and he was taken to a hospital. 01:51 You know, friends, it's amazing the risks 01:53 that people will take looking for a better country. 01:57 - Absolutely, Pastor Doug. 01:58 It's an amazing fact, amazing story this, 02:00 that this young man, 22, was able to spend that much time 02:04 that high, that cold in the plane, 02:07 in the wheel well of the plane and still survive. 02:09 Unfortunately, there are a number of stories of people 02:11 that tried the same thing and did not survive. 02:13 That seems to be the more common outcome, 02:16 so really, it almost seems like a miracle is involved 02:18 in preserving this man's life. 02:19 - Yeah, it's incredible. 02:20 And they're still doing some research, you know, 02:22 into exactly what happened. 02:24 But I'm a pilot, 02:25 and I know once you get to 14,000 feet, 02:27 you're supposed to have supplemental oxygen. 02:29 Here he was at 30,000 feet for 11 hours, 02:33 and you know, even the folks that climb Mount Everest, 02:37 they need oxygen at 28,000 feet, 02:40 and the temperature, just at least 40 degrees below zero. 02:45 And so, it's just incredible 02:47 and I'm looking forward to hearing more about that story 02:50 and how it ends, but it tells you about 02:53 how they were seeking a better country 02:56 and the risks that a person would take. 02:58 Makes me think of that verse in the Bible 03:00 you find in Hebrews 11 talking about the faithful 03:04 and it says, "For those who say such things," 03:06 and this is verse 14 of Hebrews 11, 03:08 "Those who say such things declare plainly 03:11 that they seek a homeland. 03:12 And truly if they had called to mind 03:14 the country from which they had come out, 03:16 they would have had an opportunity to return. 03:18 But now they desire a better, that is a heavenly country. 03:22 Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, 03:26 for He's prepared a city for them." 03:29 And the Bible tells us that, 03:31 the story of Scripture is really people trying to get 03:33 from the slavery of Egypt to the Promised Land, 03:37 or the captivity of Babylon to the Promised Land, 03:40 they're looking for that better country. 03:42 And this is the story of salvation. 03:43 God is trying to save us from the captivity 03:46 and slavery of the devil and take us to the New Jerusalem. 03:51 - You know, Pastor Doug, 03:52 you're looking at examples of folks 03:54 who have gone through incredible ordeals 03:56 to try and find freedom, to get to a better land. 03:59 Of course, this is one story you mentioned, 04:00 but I'm sure there are many stories 04:02 of what people have risked. 04:03 Shouldn't we be that determined 04:05 and that committed to seek that heavenly country 04:08 that the Bible speaks of 04:09 so much better than any earthly country 04:11 than anyone can have? 04:13 Well, we do have a study guide 04:14 that talks about this heavenly country, 04:15 it's called a "Colossal City in Space," 04:17 and this is our free offer this evening. 04:19 If you'd like to receive this, 04:20 all you'll need to do is call, 04:21 our resource phone number is 800-835-6747 04:25 and you can ask for Offer 115. 04:28 That is a "Colossal City in Space." 04:30 It's all about Heaven, it's the home of the Redeemed, 04:33 it's that better country that we read about 04:35 in the Book of Hebrews, 04:37 so we wanna encourage you to take advantage of that. 04:38 If you're outside of North America, 04:40 you can go to the Amazing Facts website, 04:42 just Amazingfacts.org and you'll be able 04:45 to read that study guide. 04:46 You can actually enroll in our free online Bible school, 04:50 and you can, not only see that lesson, 04:51 but all of the lessons that we have 04:53 in our Amazing Facts series. 04:55 Well, Pastor Doug, before we get to the phone lines, 04:57 let's start with the word of prayer. 04:59 Dear Father, we thank you once again 05:00 that we have this opportunity 05:01 to open up your Word and study, 05:04 and Lord, we always want to make sure 05:05 that we're seeking the Holy Spirit to guide us 05:08 in our study of your Word. 05:10 It's your book and we want to rightfully understand it. 05:12 Be with those who are listening wherever they might be. 05:14 And we ask this in Jesus' name. 05:16 Amen. 05:16 - Amen. 05:18 - Alright well, we've got a number of folks 05:19 who are waiting online. 05:20 And again, good evening, friends 05:22 and welcome to "Bible Answers Live." 05:24 Now, of course, there's people, Pastor Doug, 05:25 listening to us on the radio, 05:26 but we're also live streaming this on Facebook, 05:29 on your Facebook channel, Doug Batchelor Facebook, 05:31 as well as Amazing Facts, 05:33 we're also on YouTube, 05:35 and we are on Amazing Facts TV and Good News TV. 05:38 - That's right. 05:40 And if people wanna call in, we still have lines open. 05:42 If you're calling, the number is 800-GOD-SAYS, 05:45 800-463-7297 with your Bible questions, 05:49 and there's still plenty of time to get your question 05:51 on tonight's program. 05:53 - Alright, our first caller tonight 05:54 is Lawrence listening from Oregon. 05:56 Lawrence, welcome to the program. 05:59 - [Lawrence] My question is, 06:00 I have really lots of health problem 06:04 and I'm going through some really bad financial crisis. 06:08 I just wanna know from the Bible 06:11 what will be the best way to look into it 06:15 and how to solve this financial problem I'm going through? 06:19 Probably, it's not just me, 06:21 around the the world, you know, there are situations, 06:24 but I don't have enough knowledge, you know, 06:27 of how to find guidance 06:30 and to achieve this financial crisis 06:34 that I'm going through right now. 06:38 - Yeah, well there are a lot of principles in the Bible 06:41 that talk about finances. 06:43 In fact, I think somebody said that 20% of the parables 06:48 and the teachings of Jesus are related to finances. 06:52 And several of His parables where the landowner gives out 06:56 the different talents to the different servants 06:58 and He talks about, you know, faithfully investing 07:01 those things. 07:02 And, you know, of course these lessons are all compared 07:05 with the kingdom of God. 07:06 So the first thing Jesus tells us is 07:08 to seek first His kingdom, make His kingdom a priority, 07:13 and then it says all the other things you need, 07:15 what shall I eat, what shall I drink, what shall I wear? 07:18 The Lord tells us, "Don't worry." 07:20 God doesn't want us to live at the state of worry. 07:23 And if we're faithful in following the principles, 07:26 He promises to take care of us. 07:28 And there's that verse that says in Psalms, 07:32 "I was once young and I'm now old 07:33 and I've not seen God's people forsaken 07:36 or His seed begging bread." 07:38 So as far as specific financial advice, 07:41 there are a lot of parables or Proverbs 07:43 that give some advice on faithfulness and diligence 07:47 in investing and even generosity. 07:52 You know, we have a lesson that talks about Bible principles 07:55 and finances that will direct you to those many Scriptures, 07:58 'cause we can't share all of them right here. 08:00 - Yeah, the lesson is called "In God We Trust." 08:02 and it lays out a number of biblical principles dealing 08:05 with stewardship and finance 08:07 and what are the principles that we find 08:09 in the Bible about managing our money. 08:11 So we'll be happy to send this to anyone who calls and asks. 08:14 The number for that is 800-835-6747 08:18 and you can ask the study guide, 08:20 it's called, "In God We Trust." 08:22 And you'll be blessed by reading that, Lawrence, 08:24 or anybody who's out there. 08:26 If you're outside of North America, 08:27 you can also read it by just going 08:29 to our Amazing Facts website, just amazingfacts.org or .com. 08:35 Next caller that we have is Sharonne, I guess, 08:38 or Sharon listening from Texas. 08:40 - [Sharyn] Thank you, thank you for having me. 08:43 My question today is, I'm reading in the Book of Acts, 08:47 Acts 9 where Saul who later became Paul, 08:53 the story's being described, what happened to him, 08:55 how he fell and Jesus was talking to him, 09:02 you know, asking him why are you persecuting me and that? 09:03 When it gets to verse 7, it says, 09:07 "And the men who journeyed with Him stood speechless, 09:13 hearing a voice, but seeing no one." 09:17 Well, that's just part of it. 09:18 But then I went on, I was continuing reading in Acts, 09:21 and when I got to chapter 22, 09:24 and now it was Saul himself who was describing 09:29 his experience that day and all. 09:31 And when I got down to verse 9, it says, 09:38 "And those who were," 09:39 this is him speaking. 09:41 "And those who were with me indeed saw a light 09:47 and were afraid but they did not hear the voice 09:50 of Him who spoke to me." 09:52 So what I'm wanting to know is, in Acts 9:7, 09:56 they heard but saw nothing, 09:58 and then in chapter 22:9, then it says, 10:03 "They saw, but they did not hear." 10:05 It's just total, 10:07 like it's contradicting. - Seems like contradict. 10:08 Yeah well, keep in mind, the good news is 10:10 the Book of Acts was written by the same man. 10:12 So it's not like two different authors disagreeing, 10:14 Luke wrote both accounts. 10:17 And in the Greek, when you get to Acts 22, 10:20 the word, here, is also similar to the word, understand. 10:25 So the way that I think you could look at 10:28 these two verses where it seems 10:29 like there's an apparent conflict, 10:30 one time it says they heard a voice 10:32 then it says they didn't hear a voice. 10:34 In Acts 22, it's really saying, 10:37 they didn't understand the voice, but it's something like, 10:41 in John, the Bible says that there was a voice 10:43 that says, "This in my beloved Son," 10:45 and some people heard the voice, 10:46 but they thought it was thunder, they didn't understand it. 10:49 So, evidently they heard a noise, they heard a voice, 10:51 but they didn't know what it was saying. 10:54 And that's why Paul, when sharing this account, 10:56 or Luke I should say, sharing this account, 10:57 in one place he says, "Yeah, they heard a voice, 11:00 they know that somebody spoke to 'em," 11:01 but when you get to Acts 22, it says 11:04 they don't know what the voice was saying to Paul, 11:06 only Paul understood the voice of Jesus. 11:09 Does that make sense? 11:11 - [Sharyn] It does make sense in that point, 11:13 the way you described it, 11:14 but then it also talks about 11:16 how the first one didn't see anything, 11:19 and the second one, they did see it. 11:22 You know, is that the same thing? 11:24 - Well, I think they saw the light, 11:25 they saw the glory, but I think Paul saw Jesus, 11:28 and they didn't. 11:29 He was struck blind by what he saw, 11:31 they obviously didn't see the same thing, 11:33 the light did not blind them, 11:34 but I think they saw some glory appeared. 11:37 So it's almost like they got a vision secondhand, 11:40 you know, they heard a noise and they saw a light, 11:42 Paul's the one who really understood the words 11:44 and saw the face. 11:46 - [Sharyn] Okay. 11:47 - But yeah, good questions. 11:49 Yeah, thanks so much, Sharyn, appreciate your question. 11:51 - Alright, we've got Diana listening from Washington. 11:54 Dianna, welcome to the program. 11:57 - [Dianna] Hi, Pastor. 11:57 Thank you for having me. 11:59 My question is if my family does not believe 12:02 in the 10 commandments, 12:03 or they believe in them, believed in them, 12:08 but they don't believe that we are to honor them today, 12:11 say that the law died with Jesus. 12:14 And how would I witness to them over something 12:17 that was so drilled into all of our heads for so long? 12:23 - Yeah, that's a challenge, you know, 12:24 and I'm understanding you're saying 12:26 that they're Christians, is that right? 12:29 - [Dianna] Yes, yes, uh-huh. 12:31 - Yeah, so it's phenomenal to me 12:33 that Christians would be saying, 12:37 "Yeah, we believe in Jesus, 12:38 but we don't need to keep the 10 commandments." 12:41 Because in reality, I'll tell you what the issue is. 12:44 You could go to 90% of the churches in North America 12:48 and you could preach on commandments 1 through 3, 12:52 and 5 through 10 and they would say, "Amen." 12:56 But when you preach on commandment 4, 12:59 which is about the Sabbath, then they say, 13:00 "Oh, we're no longer under the law." 13:02 Now, there is one church, 13:04 they don't like when you talk about idolatry, 13:06 a couple of churches maybe that don't like that, 13:08 but otherwise most Christians have no problems 13:10 with the law. 13:12 They all believe, don't commit adultery, don't steal, 13:13 don't kill, don't dishonor God's name. 13:16 I know 'cause I've preached in many of these churches, 13:19 but when they hear the Sabbath truth 13:21 and then they realize 13:22 that the seventh day is Saturday, not Sunday, 13:24 a lot of folks start to get nervous and they say, 13:26 "How do we deal with this? 13:27 It's obviously part of the 10 commandments." 13:29 And so they say, "Well, we're not under the law." 13:33 And you say, "Well, what about the other commandments?" 13:34 "Well, they've been reattached." 13:37 And it's kinda like a person that has one finger 13:38 that's bothering 'em so they cut off all ten 13:41 and then sew nine of 'em back on to try to get rid of one. 13:45 It just doesn't make sense. 13:47 And the solution of course is keep all 10. 13:49 That was God's plan. 13:50 Especially the one commandment that begins 13:52 with the word, "Remember," 13:53 would not be the commandment you'd get rid of. 13:56 So now we have a book that talks about this, 13:58 "Does God's Grace Blot out the Law?" 14:01 - And we'll be happy to send that 14:02 to anyone who calls and asks. 14:03 The number to call is 800-835-6747 14:07 and you can ask for the book, it's called, 14:08 "Does God's Grace Blot out the Law?" 14:10 And it answers that question of, 14:12 you know, under the new covenant, 14:13 do we still need to keep the 10 commandments? 14:15 It'll look at a number of Scriptures. 14:17 Again, the book is called, 14:18 "Does God's Grace Blot out the Law?" 14:20 And the number for that is 800-835-6747, 14:24 and you just let the operator know 14:26 that you'd like that book. 14:27 Thanks for your call, Diane. 14:29 We've got Doug listening in Arizona. 14:31 Doug, welcome to the program. 14:33 - [Doug] I have a question from Colossians. 14:37 I was talking to somebody about the Sabbath 14:39 and they referred to Paul basically saying 14:44 that it didn't matter. 14:48 Where it says, "Therefore, do not let anyone judge you 14:51 by what you eat or drink 14:52 or with regard to the religious festival, 14:56 a new moon celebration or a Sabbath day." 14:59 'Cause they think I'm crazy for honoring the Sabbath, 15:04 and these are Christian people as well. 15:06 - Yeah, well if you read the way it reads 15:09 in the King James or the New King James version, it says, 15:12 "so let no one judge you in food or in drink, 15:14 or regarding a festival or a new moon or Sabbaths." 15:17 And its plural and it's small "S" not capital "S". 15:20 The Jews had several annual Sabbaths 15:23 that were part of their ceremonial law. 15:25 These things along with the sacrificing of lambs 15:28 and circumcision were all nailed to the cross. 15:30 And it talks about bloting out, 15:32 it's in the earlier part of Colossians 2, 15:35 it says in verse 14, 15:36 "Having wiped out or abolished the handwriting 15:40 of requirements that was against us." 15:42 The Bible says Moses wrote with his hand 15:45 the ceremonial laws that would be a witness against them. 15:49 The ceremonial laws is the law that was a witness 15:52 against them written by the hand of Moses. 15:55 The 10 commandments were written by the finger of God 15:58 in stone, not parchment or paper or leather, 16:01 you don't nail that to a cross. 16:03 So, they're just totally misapplying. 16:06 See, the ceremonial Sabbath came after sin, 16:11 the Sabbath that's in the 10 commandments came before sin, 16:13 it was in the Garden of Eden on the seventh day of creation. 16:16 And so, the idea that believers no longer need 16:19 that day of rest is really absurd 16:20 when you think about it. 16:22 Now I've had two questions back to back on this subject. 16:23 - Yeah. - We ought to offer 16:25 a lesson on the Sabbath. 16:27 - You know, just to add to that, Pastor Doug, 16:28 verse 17, I think is the key here where it says, 16:31 "Which are a shadow of the things to come, 16:33 but the substance is Christ." 16:35 So when you're looking at the ceremonial Sabbath, 16:37 they are a type of Christ. 16:39 And if we look at the context of the Book of Colossians, 16:42 Paul is dealing with an issue 16:43 where there were Jewish Christians 16:46 who were telling the Gentile believers 16:48 or the Gentile Christians that they had 16:49 to keep the ceremonial law. 16:51 And yet Paul is saying, 16:53 "No, you don't have to keep those ceremonial laws 16:55 that were a shadow, but the substance is Christ," 16:57 he's not talking about the 10 commandments. 16:59 - That's right. 17:00 - Alright, you know, the book 17:01 that we offered a little earlier called, 17:02 "Does God's Grace Blot out the Law?" 17:04 actually covers this as well, 17:06 so that's a great offer for anyone wanting 17:08 to learn more about that. 17:09 The number to call is 800-835-6747. 17:13 And you can also ask for our study guide, 17:14 it's called "Written in Stone." 17:15 It's about the 10 commandments. 17:17 And again, "Written in Stone," 17:19 the number is 800-835-6747. 17:22 We've got Robert listening in New Jersey. 17:24 Robert, welcome to the program. 17:26 - [Robert] Good evening, Pastors. 17:28 - Good evening. 17:29 - [Robert] My question's concerning if Christ, 17:33 and going to the cross. 17:34 Now, I think it might have been indicated, 17:36 somebody was telling me in the Gospel of Matthew that, 17:40 had everybody accepted Him and all His people, everybody, 17:44 and not fought against Him, 17:45 if everybody accepted that He was the Messiah 17:48 that He would not have to go through the cross. 17:50 I mean, that that was more like a backup plan. 17:53 This I had to find out about. 17:55 I know the Book of Hebrews says He despised the cross, 17:58 but I mean, others say that He had to go, 18:02 others say that if everybody accepted Him, 18:04 He might not have had. 18:05 So I wanna find out exactly, 18:08 you know, what's the truth on that? 18:11 - Alright. 18:13 Well, that's a good question, but keep in mind, 18:14 whenever we ask a hypothetical question, 18:16 it's hard to prove because all you can do is, 18:20 you know, theorize. 18:22 People say, "Well, if Eve ate the forbidden fruit 18:25 but Adam didn't, 18:26 what would've happened then? 18:28 Would God have just gotten rid of Eve 18:31 and get Adam a new wife, 18:32 or would He just have forgiven Eve?" 18:35 So, if everybody had accepted Jesus, 18:37 would Jesus have to die on the cross? 18:39 Well, Jesus would have to die, 18:40 of course the Scriptures would be fulfilled no matter what, 18:43 but Jesus would need to die because we've all sinned, 18:46 and the penalty for sin is death 18:47 and He took the penalty of the saved. 18:50 So just like God asked Abraham to bring his son 18:54 and offer him and Abraham and Isaac went willingly 18:57 to the place of sacrifice, 18:58 I'm guessing, it's just a theory again, 19:01 Christ would have died, 19:03 it just would've been a willing sacrifice 19:05 as opposed to something closer to a murder. 19:09 So again, when you start doing hypotheticals, 19:13 all you can do is kind of surmise. 19:15 Does that make sense, Robert? 19:18 - [Robert] It makes sense. 19:20 I just thought it was, 19:21 somebody said it was kind of indicated in the Gospel, 19:23 not really hypothetical, 19:24 but it doesn't make sense though 19:26 because it was a blood sacrifice 19:29 that needed to be answered if I'm correct. 19:32 Correct? - You're right. 19:33 Yeah, it's the only thing that covers our sin, 19:36 it says, "Without the shedding of blood, 19:38 there is no forgiveness." 19:39 That's in the Scriptures. 19:40 So Jesus would've had to shed His blood for us 19:43 to be forgiven. 19:45 Hey, thank you so much. 19:47 - [Robert] Thank you, Pastors. 19:48 - Yeah, and thank you, Robert. 19:51 - Next caller that we have is Charles listening in Virginia. 19:53 Charles, welcome to the program. 19:55 - [Charles] Alright. 19:57 I have a big question about the 10 commandments, 19:59 two whys and a how. 20:02 The Exodus 20 account of the 10 commandments 20:04 is what we usually go with, 20:05 but those stone tablets were destroyed 20:08 and Moses had to go back up. 20:10 In Exodus 34:10 to the end of the chapter, 20:13 we can see a drastically different content 20:17 in those stone tablets of what the commandments are. 20:19 So why do we go with the Exodus 20 commandments 20:23 and why are they drastically different in Exodus 34, 20:27 the new ones? 20:29 And how does the Exodus 34 ones relate to us today, 20:31 if at all? 20:34 - Well, Exodus 34 is not a list of the 10 commandments. 20:42 In other words, Exodus 34 is not telling you 20:44 what was written on the stones. 20:46 'Cause God told Moses in the beginning, 20:48 He said to write the words that were on the first table. 20:55 So it's not a different set of commandments, 20:58 the Lord is continuing in Exodus. 21:00 In Exodus, even after the first 10 commandments 21:03 are given in Exodus 20, 21:04 then God goes on after Exodus 20, 21:06 He gives him other laws, 21:07 ceremonial laws, civil laws, health laws, 21:10 and He continues to do this here again after Exodus 34 21:14 when He says, "You're not to make molded gods for yourself." 21:17 That's not reiterating the second commandment, 21:20 He's expanding on the 10 commandments. 21:23 See, then He talks about the firstborn son 21:26 and, you know, He mentions the Sabbath again, 21:31 He talks about the annual feast, 21:32 but this is not what was written 21:34 on the second table of stone. 21:36 They wrote the same thing that was on the first set. 21:38 - [Charles] Wow, I'm just amazed. 21:41 Do you have the verse where it says that? 21:45 - Yeah, it's Exodus 34:1. 21:46 "And the Lord said to Moses, 21:48 'Cut two tables of stone like the first ones 21:51 and I will write on these tables the words 21:54 that were on the first tables you broke.'" 21:56 God is saying it's gonna be the same words 21:58 that were on the first tables. 21:59 - [Charles] Wow, okay. 22:01 - And then proof of that, 22:02 now, if you go to Deuteronomy 5, 22:05 you'll see the list here again. 22:10 And Deuteronomy 5 has the 10 commandments again. 22:15 - [Charles] Alright, that's awesome. 22:16 - Alright. 22:18 And that lesson we offered earlier about "Written in Stone." 22:20 Did we offer that one or not yet? 22:22 - Just briefly. 22:23 Yeah, but definitely... it's a good lesson. 22:24 - That would also answer this more for Charles. 22:25 - Yeah! Again, the study guide is called "Written in Stone," 22:28 and the number to call for that is 800-835-6747. 22:31 And you can ask for that study guide 22:33 talking about the 10 commandments, 22:34 and we'll be happy to send that out 22:35 to anyone who calls and asks. 22:37 If you have a Bible question, 22:38 our phone line here to the studio is 800-463-7297. 22:44 Next we have Carlos listening in California. 22:45 Carlos, welcome to the program. 22:48 - [Carlos] Well, hello, Pastors, God bless you 22:50 and thank you for taking my call. 22:52 - Yes. - My question is, 22:55 I heard a rabbi on the phone the other day stating 22:57 that Isaac was about 37 years old 23:02 when he was being offered to God. 23:04 Is that true? 23:07 - No, I don't think so. 23:09 Because it tells us that his mother died. 23:13 First of all, if I'm not mistaken, 23:15 Sarah bore Isaac when she was 90. 23:18 Is that right, Pastor Ross? - Mm-hm. 23:20 Abraham 100. 23:20 - And she dies at 120. 23:24 And so, if Isaac was 37, that would've been after she died. 23:30 But it has Isaac being offered before she dies. 23:34 I think it's more likely that Isaac was about 17. 23:38 So when you look at the story before the offering of Isaac, 23:42 and I think that's Genesis 22 and afterward, 23:48 yeah, I don't know why he said that. 23:52 - [Carlos] This is a guy that comes online every day 23:55 and he claims to be a rabbi. 23:57 I needed to ask and thank you very much for your answer. 24:01 - Yeah, and let me tell you, Carlos, 24:04 there's a website Amazing Facts has, 24:06 we haven't mentioned lately, 24:07 but I tried it again this week, it's working great. 24:09 It's called Bible Timeline or Biblehistory.com. 24:12 If you type in Biblehistory.com, 24:15 you can look at the Bible ages and dates 24:17 of all these main characters 24:19 and you just slide the little slider across 24:21 it'll tell you how long Isaac lived, 24:23 it'll tell you when the main events happened in his life, 24:25 and I think it even talks about the sacrifice of Isaac 24:28 or the offering of Isaac in that timeline, 24:30 it'll tell you how old he was there. 24:32 Thank you for your question. 24:34 - Alright, we've got Zaq listening from North Carolina. 24:38 Zaq, welcome to the program. 24:41 - [Zaq] It's an honor for me for having 24:43 to speak with you guys. 24:46 - Thank you. - I have a question 24:47 also related to the Sabbath. 24:51 I'm a member of a church. 24:56 A lot of the members there ask me about 24:59 why I don't come in every Sabbath. 25:03 My main answer is the pandemic. 25:06 So my main question is, what does the Bible have 25:08 to say about worshiping at a physical church every Sabbath? 25:15 - Okay. 25:17 And so the idea here of course is 25:21 the importance of gathering together 25:23 to worship on the Sabbath day. 25:26 I think we need to be practical, 25:27 you know, if there's a pandemic rampaging 25:29 through the country and we know that we can be safer 25:32 and it's temporary by staying home, 25:34 there's no sin in staying home because of sickness. 25:37 It's always true that if you're sick, 25:39 it's a good idea to stay home, 25:40 whether there's a pandemic or not. 25:41 And so, you know, for a time to preserve health, 25:48 but I think as a principle, you know, 25:49 once the major risk is gone, in Hebrews 10, it says, 25:55 "Let us not forsake the assembling 25:57 of ourselves together as the manner of some is." 26:00 So it's very important for us not to forsake, 26:03 and certainly not permanently. 26:05 And then you can also read the part of keeping the Sabbath, 26:08 you read there in Leviticus 23, 26:09 it calls the Sabbath the holy convocation. 26:12 That means a convening, a time for us to come together. 26:15 And then the example you have in the New Testament 26:17 with the apostles and Jesus. 26:19 His custom was, He went into the temple or synagogue 26:22 on the Sabbath day, 26:24 the apostles went from church to church on the Sabbath day, 26:28 so, it's important for us to get together and gain strength. 26:33 Now, like I said, that doesn't mean that it's a sin 26:37 if during a time a pandemic people are, 26:39 you know, going through some temporary health crisis, 26:42 but there's always gonna be risk 26:44 for God's people coming together. 26:46 We're not done, friends, 26:47 we'll be back with more Bible questions 26:48 right after this important break. 26:51 (bright/ grand music) 26:54 - [Announcer] Stay tuned, 26:55 "Bible Answers Live" will return shortly. 26:58 (bright music) 27:02 - [Announcer] Do you feel as though your world is spiraling 27:04 out of control? 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30:57 My wife and I, we were doing our devotion tonight 30:58 and we were reading and I was like, "Whoa, what is that?" 31:00 - Yeah, this would be the same as the two witnesses 31:04 that you find in Revelation 11. 31:06 You'll find it says, they're the two olive branches 31:11 that are before the throne of God. 31:13 We believe that this represents the Word of God. 31:17 Because the Word of God, 31:18 of course is enhanced by the Holy Spirit, 31:21 that's talking about the olive oil. 31:23 And when you think about, 31:27 when it talks about two anointed ones, 31:30 the Bible says "In the mouth of two or three witnesses, 31:33 let everything be established." 31:35 The Bible is compared to a sword with two edges. 31:39 It talks about the law and the prophets, 31:42 two characteristics of God's Church. 31:44 In Revelation 12, it says, 31:46 "She keeps the commandments of God 31:48 and has the testimony of Jesus, the spirit of prophecy." 31:52 And so, you've got the law and the prophets. 31:54 It's like Moses and Elijah. 31:56 Moses was the law, Elijah was the prophets, 31:59 and Moses and Elijah appear 32:01 to endorse the ministry of Jesus in Mark 9 32:05 and I think also in Luke 9 and in Matthew, 32:08 you find that story all three places. 32:09 So, it's talking about the Word of God going 32:12 through all of the earth. 32:14 And you find more about this again in Revelation 11 32:18 and I think, Pastor Ross, 32:19 we've got a book on the two witnesses. 32:21 - That's right. 32:22 I was just looking the book up, yes. 32:24 And again, if you'd like to learn more about that, 32:27 just call 800-385-6747, 32:30 and you can ask for the book on "The Two Witnesses" 32:32 and we'll be happy to send that out to anyone 32:34 who is in North America. 32:35 Outside of North America, you can still read the book, 32:37 but you need to go to the Amazing Facts website, 32:40 just amazingfacts.com. 32:42 Thanks for your call, Ron. 32:44 We've got Elvis listening in New York. 32:45 Elvis, welcome to the program. 32:47 - [Elvis] I'm glad to be here, this is my first time. 32:50 I'm a fairly new Christian here, 23 years old 32:52 so I get confused a lot and I've never been to church. 32:55 But anyways, I was debating with some friends 32:59 about the topic of hell and they were telling me, 33:02 and I've learned through you guys 33:04 that hell is not eternal, conscious torment 33:07 and also that nobody is in hell right now. 33:10 So I was debating and they pointed me 33:13 to Revelation 20:13,14. 33:18 - [Pasto Doug] Should I go ahead and read that? 33:20 - [Elvis] Yeah, go ahead, sir. 33:22 - Alright, it says, 33:23 "The sea gave up the dead that were in it, 33:25 and death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them, 33:28 and they were judged each one according to his works. 33:31 Then death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. 33:34 This is the second death. 33:36 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life 33:38 was cast into the lake of fire." 33:40 So yeah, we have no contest 33:42 or disagreement with any Scripture. 33:44 And this is very clear that there is a judgment at the end. 33:48 Nobody's burning in hell now 33:50 because the judgment hasn't happened yet. 33:51 Jesus said the judgment is the last day. 33:54 And so, there's going to be a time 33:58 when the wicked are cast into the lake of fire. 34:00 And it says, "Death and hell," 34:02 even the grave is gonna be burnt up. 34:04 - You know, Pastor Doug, just to add to that, 34:06 I think some confusion is, 34:07 it talks about death and Hades in the King James. 34:10 Another word for that word in the original Greek 34:12 just simply means the grave. 34:14 So, death and the grave. 34:16 It's not a place of torment, 34:17 it just means the grave in the Greek. 34:19 - Yeah, so God is going to, He's gonna abolish, 34:22 anything going in the lake of fire is abolished. 34:25 And God is gonna abolish death, 34:27 there'll be no more death, no more weeping, 34:28 no more funerals and nothing here that says 34:33 that there is a lake of fire burning now, 34:36 or that it burns eternally. 34:39 - [Elvis] Yeah, that's what they were telling me, 34:41 I don't know. 34:42 But yeah, thank you. 34:42 That's it. 34:43 Thank you, sir. 34:45 - Yeah, now we have a good study guide on that. 34:46 We'll send you if you would like a free copy 34:49 or anyone out there. 34:50 And it's not what Pastor Ross and I teach, 34:51 these are just Scriptures, 34:53 and we'll be happy to share that with you and it's called, 34:55 "Is the Devil in Charge of Hell?" 34:57 - And the number to call for that is 800-835-6747. 35:01 It's one of our Amazing Facts study guides. 35:03 It's called, "Is the Devil in Charge of Hell?" 35:05 And of course we'll send that to anyone who calls and asks, 35:08 or as mentioned earlier, 35:09 you can read it online at the Amazing Facts website. 35:12 Thanks for your call, Elvis. 35:13 We have Janice listening in Tennessee. 35:15 Janice, welcome to the program. 35:17 - [Janice] Thank you very much. 35:18 I really enjoy your program, it's very wonderful. 35:21 - Thank you. - And thank you 35:22 for taking my call. 35:23 - Appreciate it, thanks for calling. 35:26 - [Janice] Okay. 35:27 I was wondering about Genesis 3:16. 35:30 It's talking about when Eve ate the fruit 35:32 and disobeyed God and it's saying how, 35:39 the negative part, you know, the sad part of sin 35:40 for a woman where it says, 35:44 "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception, 35:47 and in pain you shall bring forth children. 35:49 Your desire shall be for your husband 35:51 and he shall rule over you." 35:53 Does that mean your desire can be, 35:55 since it's negative things here, 35:57 does that mean you could have too much desire 35:59 for your husband? 36:00 - You know, this is an interesting, 36:02 I don't think it means that, 36:04 I think that this is a place where, 36:08 it's hinting in the Hebrew that your desire would be 36:12 to have dominion over your husband. 36:14 And then God is answering that, He's saying, 36:16 "But he shall rule over you," 36:17 meaning that the leadership in the family 36:20 should be coming from the man. 36:23 And so the last statement there in verse 16 36:26 is actually dealing with the verse immediately before 36:30 that you may have a desire to dominate, 36:34 but you should be submissive. 36:36 I don't know what your take is on that, Pastor Ross. 36:38 - Mm-hmm, yeah. - That's the way 36:40 I've understood it as, 36:41 and I'm not a Hebrew scholar, 36:43 but when I read the commentaries, 36:44 that's what they seem to indicate. 36:47 So yeah, I don't think it's saying 36:49 that there would be an over-desire for your husband 36:55 that needs to be mitigated. 36:56 - [Janice] Okay, okay, that helps. 36:59 Thank you very much. 36:59 - Alright, thank you so much. 37:02 - Alright, we've got Robert listening from North Carolina. 37:04 Robert, welcome to the program. 37:07 - [Robert] Good evening, Doug and Jean, Pastor, both of you. 37:12 This is my first time. 37:14 But I have a question as how I would answer verse 19 37:19 of Matthew 16. 37:23 Matthew 16:18,19 is talking about, 37:28 Jesus is talking to Peter 37:30 about building His Church on the rock. 37:32 Of course, I believe all that, 37:34 but I'd like to know if someone questioned me 37:37 how would I answer the follow up in 19? 37:41 - Alright, let me read this 37:42 for our friends that are listening, Robert. 37:44 We're always mindful that a lot of people are listening 37:46 on a radio and they're driving, they can't look it up. 37:49 "And Jesus says, 'I say to you that Peter, you are,'" 37:52 well, let me back up, 37:53 you almost need to read the previous verse where Jesus says, 37:57 you know, "Who do you say that I am?" 37:59 And Peter is the one in verse 16 who declares, 38:01 "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God," 38:04 Jesus said, "'Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, 38:06 for flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, 38:08 but my Father who is in Heaven.'" 38:10 And Christ is continuing, 38:12 "'And I say to you, you are Peter.'" 38:14 Now that word there, Peter, is Petros in the Greek. 38:19 Petros is a stone that might roll around 38:21 in a creek or on the beach, 38:23 you could pick it up and skip it and throw it. 38:25 And He says, "You are Petros and on this rock..." 38:29 And the word, rock, there is Petra, 38:31 "... I will build my Church." 38:33 Now people think, "Well, does that mean 38:34 that Jesus built the Church on Peter?" 38:38 Well, that'd be kind of frightening 38:39 because if you look down just a few verses, 38:43 Jesus turns to Peter in verse 23 and says, 38:45 "Get behind me, Satan." 38:47 So you hear Peter said something 38:48 that is Spirit-led in one verse, 38:50 and then he says something that is demon-led 38:52 a few verses later. 38:54 And so, the Church is not built on Peter, 38:56 Peter was very unstable. 38:58 Jesus is saying the Church is being built 39:01 on the rock that Peter had declared 39:05 that Christ is the Messiah. 39:06 That's the rock of truth, 39:08 that is the cornerstone of the Gospel. 39:11 The word, petra, is talking about a rock 39:13 of immense proportions. 39:15 "On this rock, I will build my Church." 39:19 It says, "You are Peter, you're a rolling stone." 39:21 That's Petros. 39:22 "But on this petra of what you've declared 39:25 that I am the Messiah, 39:26 I will build my Church on that truth." 39:29 So hopefully that helps a little bit, Robert. 39:31 We do appreciate your question, 39:33 a lot of people wonder about that verse. 39:35 - You know, it's also interesting, Pastor Doug, 39:36 If you look at some of the other writings of Peter, 39:38 for example, in 1 Peter 2:4, 39:41 Peter says clearly that Jesus is that living Rock 39:45 upon which the Church is based and He's the cornerstone, 39:48 the foundation of the Church. 39:49 So there was no confusion in Peter's mind 39:51 as to who the foundation of the Church is. 39:54 - Good point. - It's clearly Christ 39:55 and he brings that up. 39:56 Thank you for your call, Robert. 39:57 We've got Colleen listening in Florida. 39:59 Colleen, welcome to the program. 40:01 - [Colleen] Hi, good evening, Pastors. 40:02 Thank you so much for taking my call. 40:05 My question is in reference to 2 Samuel 24 40:10 and 1 Chronicles 21:13-14. 40:15 In the first one when God listed David's options 40:18 for his disobedience, 40:19 in 2 Samuel, it says seven years of this famine, 40:24 however in 1 Chronicles, it says three years of this famine. 40:28 And also, it says, 40:30 "The threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite" 40:33 in 2 Samuel, but in 1 Chronicles it says, 40:36 "The threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite." 40:39 - Alright, on the second question, 40:41 those names are the same. 40:44 Keep in mind, they didn't have the same spelling, 40:47 alphabet that we use. 40:49 And when you translate from Hebrew and Aramaic to Greek, 40:56 and then now to English, 40:58 folks are sometimes wondering what letters to use 41:00 for people to articulate pronunciation, 41:03 but it's the same person. 41:05 This is the Jebusite who owned the property on Mount Moriah. 41:08 He had the threshing floor there 41:10 and David wanted to buy that to offer to the Lord. 41:12 That later became the place 41:13 where the temple was built on Mount Moriah 41:15 and it's still there today where the Dome of the Rock is, 41:18 that was the threshing floor of Ornan according to 2 Samuel. 41:22 The better question you're asking is, 41:24 why does it say that Nathan the prophet offered seven years 41:26 of famine in one place and three years of famine 41:30 in another? 41:31 You know, the best answer I think I can give you is, 41:34 the Bible's inspired, 41:35 but sometimes the copyists and the translations are not. 41:39 And as you go from one copy to another, 41:42 sometimes there may have been a number that was missed, 41:46 they look at it and there's very little difference. 41:49 I'll give you a quick example. 41:51 I was a hooligan when I was a kid, 41:54 and so I wanted to buy alcohol though I was too young. 41:57 I was born in 1957, 41:59 I took my driver's permit when I was, 42:03 oh, I think it was only 14. 42:04 And I took the seven and turned it into a two. 42:08 It was very easy to do, small little line, 42:11 and it worked for years. 42:13 And sometimes one little tittle changes the number 42:16 and it's probably that the manuscript 42:18 that they were reading, 42:19 the seven and the two was hard to determine, 42:22 so those who translated from 2 Chronicles, 42:27 they saw that as a two and another one saw it as a seven 42:31 or three, rather. 42:32 So yeah, there are some minor things like that in the Bible 42:35 that are conundrums. 42:37 - You know, it is interesting in the Septuagint, 42:39 which is the Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament 42:42 which was in existence at the time of Christ, 42:44 they translate the seven years 42:46 as three years here in 2 Samuel. 42:50 - Oh, so they do the same? 42:50 - So there's no conflict. 42:51 - No conflict in the Septuagint. 42:52 - In the Septuagint. 42:53 - Well, that's a good point. 42:54 Oh, there you go. 42:55 - It's both three months, so. 42:56 - 3 years. - Or rather 3 years. 42:58 Alright, thanks for your call. 42:59 Our next caller that we have 43:00 is Melissa listening from California. 43:02 Melissa, welcome to the program. 43:04 - [Melissa] So I'm a little stumped on Luke 5. 43:09 Jesus is demonstrating to His disciples the ministry 43:13 and the path of it, 43:14 but before the parable is introduced from verse 6 to 39, 43:19 He refers to fasting with them 43:23 and then He says that then they will fast 43:27 in those days when they're taken away. 43:30 And then the parable goes on 43:31 if you wanna read it for the callers. 43:33 I'm assuming, and I don't wanna assume, 43:36 that's why I'm calling, 43:37 that it's referring to sin itself. 43:41 - Well, let me read this. 43:42 It says, Jesus said in verse 36, 43:46 and this is a Luke 5. 43:49 He said, "No one puts a piece of new garment on an old one, 43:52 otherwise the new makes a tear, 43:54 and also the piece that was taken out 43:56 of the new garment does not match the old. 43:58 And no one puts new wine in old wineskins 44:02 or else a new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, 44:05 and the wineskins will be ruined. 44:07 But new wine must be put into new wineskins 44:09 and both are preserved. 44:11 And no one having drunk old wine immediately desires new, 44:14 for he says, 'The old is better.'" 44:16 Christ is talking about 44:17 that people were gonna struggle with change. 44:21 He had come to bring the new wine, 44:23 by the way, which is unfermented, of the Gospel, 44:26 but a lot of the religious leaders had become intoxicated 44:30 by their traditions. 44:31 And He said, you know, 44:33 "I'm gonna have to put the new wine in new wineskins." 44:35 Meaning the apostles. 44:36 He didn't go to the scribes and the Pharisees 44:39 and the priests, they were settled in their ways, 44:41 they would not listen, 44:42 He went to shepherds and fishermen and tax collectors 44:47 and He put the new truth, the fresh truth in them 44:51 and they were ready to receive it. 44:55 - You know, it's also interesting, you've got the, 44:57 in the first part of the parable, new garment, 44:59 nobody puts a new piece of cloth on an old garment. 45:03 Well, in the Bible, garments often have to do- 45:05 or a symbol of righteousness. 45:07 And you have the Pharisees who prided themselves 45:09 in their own righteousness 45:11 and they rejected the righteousness that Jesus came to give 45:14 and they of course claimed their own doctrine 45:16 and they didn't wanna receive the new wine 45:17 or the doctrine or the teaching of Christ. 45:19 So really Jesus is addressing something that, 45:23 well, the disciples were aware of. 45:24 Why didn't the Pharisees accept Jesus? 45:26 Why didn't they accept His teaching? 45:28 Well, because they were clinging to their old ways 45:29 and they didn't wanna receive the new, 45:32 the Gospel that Jesus came to give. 45:34 - Thank you, Melissa. 45:35 Good question, hope that helps a little. 45:37 - [Melissa] Yes, it does. 45:38 Just one more comment... that kind of explains for, 45:42 I guess, the Church itself, 45:44 it's, they kind of implement things 45:46 in various churches maybe because of their ideas. 45:52 - Yeah, sometimes it's tradition 45:54 and they're not going by the Scriptures, yeah. 45:56 - Yeah, okay. - Absolutely. 45:57 - Amen. - Thank you. 45:58 - [Melissa] Thank you. 46:00 - Next caller that we have is Adley listening from Canada. 46:03 Adley, welcome to the program. 46:06 - [Adley] Thank you. 46:07 This is my first time. 46:10 So my question is why did God choose Mary 46:15 to be Jesus' mommy? 46:18 - Okay, thank you, Adley. 46:19 And it says in our notes here, Adley's five years old. 46:22 Love to hear the young people calling in 46:25 with their Bible questions. 46:27 Well, we believe that the Lord chose Mary because 46:29 He knew in her heart that she was sincere, 46:32 that she wanted to serve God 46:34 and that she had faith 46:38 and she had lived a life where she was dedicated to God. 46:41 And so the Lord was looking for a young lady 46:44 who could be the mother, 46:45 who would raise Jesus with devotion, with love, 46:49 that would teach Him the Bible, 46:50 that would be a good example, that would be a good mother, 46:53 watch over Him and protect Him. 46:55 And Mary had those characteristics 46:57 and God chose her for that. 46:59 And so, wonderful opportunity and great responsibility. 47:05 Thank you for your call, Adley. 47:06 - Next caller that we have is Tayvion 47:09 listening from Illinois. 47:10 Tayvion, welcome to the program. 47:12 - [Tayvion] Hey, you got it right this time! 47:14 - Alright! We're learning. 47:17 - [Tayvion] (laughter) No, but my question is that, 47:22 so like for the promises of God 47:24 and essentially for what I'm understanding by faith 47:27 after years of being a Christian, 47:30 is it okay for me to claim something 47:32 even though I haven't received it yet 47:34 or I don't feel it? 47:38 - Well, yeah. 47:39 In some cases if you've met the criteria of a Bible promise, 47:42 then believe. 47:43 You know, for example, just start with salvation 47:48 When if you repent of your sins and you confess your sins, 47:52 the Bible says, "If we confess our sins He is faithful." 47:55 This is 1 John 1:9, 47:58 "He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 48:01 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 48:04 Don't wait until you feel like you're cleansed, 48:07 believe it, thank Him for forgiving you 48:09 and you will feel better because of your faith. 48:12 So there are cases where God makes a promise and He says, 48:16 you know, for instance, God says, you know, 48:18 "Fear not, I'm with you." 48:19 Well, you may not feel like He's with you, 48:21 you may not see Him with you, 48:23 but you can claim the promise that He said He's with you, 48:25 believe it by faith and you'll feel better! 48:29 - You know, the Bible says that the righteous walk by faith, 48:31 not by sight. 48:32 So it's just claiming the promises of God 48:33 and just holding onto them, 48:35 and like you said, the feelings come later, 48:37 but they don't always come first, faith comes first. 48:39 - Yeah, now just let me add to this 48:41 because some people will misunderstand the faith and action, 48:45 and you know, I've heard preachers say, 48:48 "Just claim God that you're gonna have the money 48:50 to pay for that new house you're buying." 48:52 And so a person says, 48:53 "I just believe that God wants to bless me 48:55 and He's gonna help me buy that new house 48:57 and I'm gonna put down the down payment. 48:58 Even though I don't have a job yet, 49:00 I'm gonna trust that ..." 49:02 And they get into debt, 49:03 they're kind of being presumptuous, 49:04 that's called tempting the Lord. 49:05 So, there's a delicate balance between claiming 49:10 the promises of God and having faith 49:11 and stepping out in faith. 49:13 And you wanna be careful not to abuse the promises of God 49:16 and be presumptuous or tempt the Lord. 49:18 So I don't know if that helps answer 49:21 what you're saying, Tayvion. 49:23 - [Tayvion] Oh, no, it does, thank you. 49:24 - Yeah. 49:25 Alrighty, thank you so much. 49:26 Appreciate your call. 49:27 - We've got Lance listening in Texas. 49:29 Lance, welcome to the program. 49:32 - [Lance] Hi. 49:34 Nice to meet you guys. 49:36 - Thanks for calling. 49:37 - [Lance] So if a married couple divorced 49:44 with no biblical reason and they marry again, 49:49 are they gonna be living in a constant,eternal state of sin? 49:55 And then, my second question related to that, 49:59 I mean, if that's the case, 50:03 should they divorce and remain single forever? 50:07 - Yeah, it's a good and it's a practical question. 50:09 Sometimes people have what you would call 50:11 irreconcilable differences. 50:14 Nobody has committed adultery, 50:16 you know, the biblical grounds for divorce 50:18 is if there's fornication or unfaithfulness. 50:21 And there may be a couple and they just say, 50:23 "Oh man, we just can't handle this anymore," 50:25 and they separate, 50:26 they don't have biblical grounds, 50:28 then are they free to remarry? 50:29 According to the Bible, they're not free to remarry. 50:32 Paul even says you might be better to remain single. 50:35 Now if one partner, and this is often, 50:38 to be honest, sometimes they play the waiting game 50:41 and they wait for the other one to get married again 50:44 and they say, 50:46 "Well, now they've broken the wedding vow, 50:46 now I can get married." 50:48 And that's not the right attitude. 50:49 So then you have a third question embedded in your question 50:53 and that is, are they living in perpetual sin? 50:56 Well, I know a lot of people 50:57 that maybe have gotten divorced and remarried 50:59 and they do not have biblical grounds, 51:01 but then they later go through a real conversion. 51:03 An example would be King David. 51:05 King David definitely did not have biblical grounds 51:08 for taking Bathsheba and killing her husband, 51:11 but after David thoroughly repented and they actually, 51:13 I mean, they suffered, he lost the baby 51:15 and a son and lost actual several sons because of his sin, 51:20 the Bible says, David comforted his wife. 51:22 God refers to Bathsheba as David's wife. 51:25 Solomon then later comes through Bathsheba 51:28 and so does Jesus. 51:28 So He ultimately forgave her. 51:31 He forgave the woman who was at the well 51:35 who had had five husbands, 51:36 and when Abraham had an affair with Hagar 51:39 or you know, had a concubine, 51:41 she was sent away and Sarah was his wife. 51:45 And so, you know, sometimes we scramble the eggs 51:49 and you can't unscramble 'em, 51:50 but it doesn't mean that this is the unpardonable sin. 51:53 But I don't wanna leave people with the impression 51:55 that they can just get married and divorced 51:56 and married and divorced. 51:58 The Bible is clear that that is a sin 52:00 and it hurts families, it hurts people, it hurts society. 52:04 - You know, we do have a book, 52:05 Pastor Doug, dealing with the subject. 52:06 It's called "Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage." 52:08 And we'll be happy to send this to anyone who wants 52:10 to learn more about what does the Bible say 52:11 on the subject of marriage? 52:13 The number for that is 800-835-6747, 52:16 that is our resource phone line 52:18 and you can ask for the book, it's called, 52:20 "Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage." 52:21 We'll be happy to send it to anyone in North America. 52:24 Thanks for your call, Lance. 52:25 We got Claudette listening from New Jersey. 52:28 Claudette, welcome to the program. 52:31 - [Claudette] Hello, good evening. 52:33 - Evening. 52:34 - [Claudette] Thank you for taking my call! 52:37 - Yeah and your question tonight? 52:39 - [Claudette] Yes, this is my first time calling. 52:41 I would like you to explain for me 52:44 why the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13 is different 52:54 from the one in Luke 11:2-4? 53:00 And the second part of my question is, 53:03 in verse 4 it ends, "But deliver us from evil," 53:07 while in Matthew it ends with (verse 13) 53:13 "For Thine is the kingdom 53:15 and the power and the glory forever, amen." 53:18 - Alright, Claudette, good question. 53:20 Let's talk about that. 53:21 When the Lord gives the, 53:23 what we call the Lord's Prayer, 53:24 it's actually not the Lord's Prayer. 53:26 If you wanna know the Lord's Prayer, 53:27 that's probably John 17. 53:29 It's actually a prayer for the disciples. 53:32 And He says, "When you pray, pray in this manner." 53:35 Now when you read it in Matthew, 53:37 and that would be in Matthew 6:9, 53:40 it says "When you pray, pray in this manner." 53:42 Jesus probably repeated this more than one time 53:45 and told them that this is a pattern for prayer, 53:49 meaning you don't have to say it exactly the same way, 53:52 they're points and they're principles. 53:54 And what I love about the Lord's Prayer 53:57 is you've actually got seven petitions 54:00 that you find there in the Lord's Prayer. 54:02 And it's kind of divided up like the 10 commandments, 54:05 where you've got the first 40% deals 54:07 with our relationship with God, 54:09 the last 60% deals with our relationship with each other, 54:12 talks about.. it says, "Thy name, Thy kingdom, Thy will," 54:17 are the first three petitions. 54:18 And then you've got, you know, 54:20 "Give us, forgive us, lead us, deliver us" 54:25 in the later petitions. 54:28 And so it's divided up by, you know, 54:32 same way as the 10 commandments. 54:33 So same principles. 54:34 So, Claudette, I think that Jesus said the Lord's Prayer 54:37 to the disciples more than one time. 54:39 As He went from town to town 54:40 and He would teach people how to pray, 54:42 sometimes He tells His parables 54:43 with a little different spin, you'll see that. 54:46 Hey, listening friends, thank you. 54:47 I don't think we have time to take another call, 54:50 but we do wanna remind you that Amazing Facts is something 54:53 you can listen to all week long by going to the website, 54:57 or you can go to the Amazing Facts TV channel. 54:59 That's aftv.org. 55:03 Thank you for keeping the program on the air, 55:05 you can go to the website and donate, 55:06 and we'll be back in a moment 55:08 with some rapid fire questions. 55:10 (bright/ grand music) 55:12 - [Announcer] Thank you for listening to today's broadcast. 55:15 We hope you understand your Bible even better than before. 55:19 "Bible Answers Live" is produced 55:21 by Amazing Facts International, 55:23 a faith-based ministry located in Granite Bay, California. 55:28 - Hello, friends. 55:29 Welcome back to "Bible Answers Live." 55:31 For those of you who stayed by, 55:32 we took a little break because 55:34 of our friend on satellite radio, 55:35 they had to close the program just a little earlier. 55:38 We wanna thank you for your many questions 55:39 that you've emailed to us, 55:40 and Pastor Doug, we are gonna try 55:42 and answer as many of these questions 55:43 as we can in the next two minutes or so. 55:46 So here's the first one. 55:47 The question is "When will Armageddon occur?" 55:51 - Well, Armageddon, of course, it's in the future. 55:53 It's not a battle between China and Russia, 55:56 and people are paying a lot of attention to Russia right now 55:59 and Israel or anything like that. 56:01 Now, Armageddon, it says is 56:02 when the dragon makes war against the woman 56:05 and you see Jesus coming in Revelation 19 56:08 conquering to deliver His bride. 56:11 The ultimate part of Armageddon is at the end 56:13 of the 1000 years when God totally defeats the enemies 56:18 of His people. 56:19 - Okay, another question that we have, 56:20 "How long was the timeframe of the 10 plagues of Egypt?" 56:25 - The Bible doesn't tell us specifically 56:26 the dates or months or weeks or days, 56:30 but based on the context, 56:32 it seems like the plagues come back to back rather quickly, 56:35 something like the trials that came to Job, 56:38 it seems like they came one right after another. 56:40 And so we think it was probably a matter of months, 56:43 probably all of it happened somewhere 56:46 in the span of about 45 days or so. 56:51 - Okay, another question is, 56:53 "In Hebrews 1:4, speaking of Jesus, it says, 56:55 'Having been made better than angels.' 56:57 Can you explain?" 56:59 - Yeah, well, Christ of course is, 57:02 He is the angel-maker because, you know, 57:05 He made all things that have been made, 57:07 but He also became a man. 57:11 But after His resurrection, He is higher than the angels 57:14 'cause the angels worship Him. 57:15 And so the only one we're supposed to worship is God. 57:18 So that's why it's saying Jesus is not just a man, 57:21 He's better than the angels 'cause the angels worship Him. 57:24 - Okay, next question is, 57:26 "Is the Elijah message the same 57:28 as the three angels messages of Revelation 14?" 57:33 - Well, the final Elijah message, 57:34 it's talking about a message 57:36 that brings the Church to revival is gonna 57:38 be done during the same time as the three angels message, 57:41 but it's more of a message of calling people 57:44 to return to God, 57:45 whereas the three angels message is more specifically 57:48 warning people about the coming judgment, 57:51 coming out of Babylon, 57:52 the mark of the beast and the coming of Christ. 57:54 - Okay, well, Pastor Doug, 57:55 that's probably it for all of our questions 57:57 for this evening. 57:58 Just a reminder, friends, if you have a question, 58:00 you can email it to us at BALquestions@amazingfacts.org. 58:06 - Thank you, listening friends. 58:08 As I mentioned before, if you wanna support the program, 58:10 just simply go to amazingfacts.org 58:13 and click the "Donate" button 58:15 and help us share the truth with others. 58:18 - 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