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00:05 No volume ever written has been more loved and quoted 00:09 and it's words, sometimes simple and sometimes mysterious 00:13 should always be studied carefully. 00:16 It is the Bible, the Word of God. 00:19 "Welcome to Bible Answers Live," providing accurate 00:23 and practical answers to all your Bible questions. 00:28 This broadcast is a previously recorded episode. 00:31 To receive any of the Bible resources mentioned 00:34 in this broadcast, call 800-835-6747. 00:38 Once again, that's 800-835-6747. 00:44 Now, here's your host from Amazing Facts International 00:48 Pastor Doug Batchelor. 00:49 Doug Batchelor: Hello, listening friends, 00:51 would you like to hear an amazing fact? 00:54 James Michael Grimes, 28 says, "He's lucky to be alive 00:58 after more than 20 hours treading water in the open sea. 01:03 On November 23rd, 2020, during a family Thanksgiving vacation, 01:08 he fell from a cruise ship 01:10 in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. 01:12 Cruise ships are very tall, so it's amazing 01:15 the fall itself did not kill him. 01:17 He does not remember how he fell, just that he woke up 01:20 in the ocean and there was no boat anywhere in sight." 01:24 Grimes says, "The Lord was with me while I was out there because 01:27 something was holding me up the whole time I was passed out." 01:31 My worst fear is drowning, so I was dead set 01:34 on making it out of there." 01:36 Grimes says, God gave him the strength to stay afloat, and 01:39 thinking about his nine year old daughter gave him determination. 01:43 His family reported him missing the next morning, 01:45 but it took hours for the cruise line to search the ship 01:48 and confirm he was not on board. 01:51 That's when they contacted the Coast Guard, 01:53 who began searching over a 700-square-mile grid. 01:57 Now, finding a lone man without a life jacket in the ocean 02:01 is like looking for a needle in a haystack. 02:03 Grimes fought hard to survive swimming through 02:06 two schools of jellyfish, and somehow evaded sharks 02:09 that normally infest those waters. 02:12 Eventually Grimes plucked off all his clothing 02:15 to make swimming less strenuous. 02:17 When the sun began to set the next day having no food 02:20 or water in 20 hours, he was totally fatigued. 02:23 When he saw the lights of a container ship approaching, 02:26 he used his last remaining strength 02:28 to swim towards the giant vessel. 02:30 Miraculously, someone on the container ship spotted him, 02:35 and a message was sent to the nearby 02:37 Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter. 02:39 Grimes told the Coast Guard, "You're like a guardian angel 02:42 coming down for me." 02:44 Other than dehydration, losing 20 pounds and spending four days 02:48 in ICU, he received no wounds. 02:51 He said, "The Lord was with me all the way." 02:54 He told reporters, "In a way, it was like a 20 hour baptism 02:57 that drew me closer to God." 02:59 I know that God saved me for a reason, 03:01 and now I have to abide by His plan. 03:04 You know, I'll tell you Pastor Carlos, that it's 03:07 really something to think about spending that much time 03:10 out there in the water, treading water, 03:13 and the water was 70 degrees, which it's cool, 03:16 it kinda saps your heat after a while. 03:18 Carlos Munoz: No, it's amazing and then to think 03:21 that he would be in the sun, no clothes, anything, 03:25 it's beyond anything I've ever heard before. 03:27 Doug: It helped probably that, you know, 28, you're sort 03:30 of in your prime and he just used, when the Coast Guard 03:34 picked him up, they said he probably 03:35 wouldn't have lasted another 10 minutes. 03:37 I mean, they got him, he was starting to go under and come up 03:39 and go under and come up and so everyone says it really is 03:43 a miracle that they even spotted him, that the fall did not kill 03:47 him, that the sharks did not eat him, and that they were able to 03:50 rescue him and he knows that God saved him for a reason. 03:56 So I thought it was interesting he said that it was sort like 03:59 a 20 hour baptism. 04:01 Carlos: Yeah, definitely a divine intervention with 04:03 everything that was going on. 04:04 Doug: Yeah. 04:06 Makes me think of that verse in the Bible in John chapter 3 04:08 verse 5, where Jesus said, "Most assuredly I say to you, 04:11 unless one is born of the water and the Spirit, 04:15 they cannot enter the kingdom of heaven." 04:17 And so it kinda describes, sometimes you go through 04:20 a real trial but it's like a new birth, it's like when God 04:24 brought the children of Israel through the Red Sea, 04:27 they were, you might say, baptized in the water, 04:29 and then they're later baptized by a pillar of fire, 04:32 they needed both baptisms as they were born as a nation. 04:35 Carlos: Yeah. 04:36 Doug: And maybe our folks listening have thought about, 04:40 "What is this baptism word I hear Christians talking about 04:43 baptism and baptism in the Spirit and baptism in the water, 04:46 what's that all about?" 04:48 I think we got a free offer to about that. 04:50 Carlos: If you're interested in having the one of the Amazing 04:52 Facts, lessons called "Power and Purity," "Power and Purity," 04:57 you can call 1-800-835-6747 and ask for offer number 121 and 05:05 you can also dial the # 250 on your mobile, dial it do not text 05:13 it and say, "Bible Answers Live" or "Amazing facts" and you 05:16 can ask for this free gift that is called "Power and Purity" 05:20 and it's very about the very topic that we're talking about. 05:23 Doug: Yeah, we hope that all our listening friends 05:24 will request that and don't forget we have lines open. 05:28 If you want to call in with a Bible question, simply 05:31 1-800-GOD-SAYS, that's 800-463-7297, 05:35 we are streaming on the "Amazing Facts" Facebook page, 05:38 we're streaming on the "Doug Bachelor" Facebook page, 05:41 we want to thank our friends on "Better Life Television" 05:44 and "Good News Network" that are broadcasting this, 05:47 we are on pray.com during the week, 05:50 I think they have reruns of the program on pray.com. 05:52 And as well as Hope Channel and Amazing Facts TV. 05:56 Carlos: Amen. 05:58 Doug: So the Lord is blessing, it's becoming 05:59 as much a TV program as a radio program 06:02 but we're going to go to the phones. 06:04 Before we do, we always start with prayer Pastor Carlos. 06:06 Carlos: Let's have a word of prayer. 06:07 Father, thank you again for this privilege and this honor that 06:10 you give us to come and open your word and share with those 06:12 that are listening and watching and we just ask that 06:14 it may be a blessing for them as it may be a blessing for us 06:16 and we ask this in Jesus's name, amen. 06:19 Doug: Amen. 06:20 Carlos: All right, our first caller, Carlton from Oklahoma. 06:23 Welcome Carlton to "Bible Answers Live" you're on the air. 06:28 Carlton: Hi, how are you doing today? 06:29 Doug: Good appreciate your calling. 06:31 Carlton: I am actually--now this is going to sound very strange 06:35 to you, but I'm actually the stone from Flint that 06:38 is mentioned in Scripture and I have been anointing 06:45 for five years now. 06:48 And when you anoint you learn, you learn through the process. 06:56 Doug: You gotta turn this into a question. 07:01 Carlton: Yes, absolutely and I was wondering why the churches 07:06 of today do not believe that you are supposed to anoint 07:14 to remove Satan's reign? 07:17 Doug: All right, I think I understand where 07:19 you're coming from. 07:20 I believe the Bible does teach that there still is of course, 07:25 anointing with the Holy Spirit, we just talked about being 07:27 baptized in the Holy Spirit and I think not only does James talk 07:31 about anointing, but I believe in the Gospel of Mark, it says 07:34 the disciples they anointed many with oil, they healed the sick 07:38 and they cast out devils and so we still believe, I mean, 07:43 you know, some pastors may not, but I still believe the Bible 07:45 tells us Jesus heals physical sickness and He can heal 07:49 spiritual sickness and spiritual harassment, 07:52 possession of the devil and so yeah, 07:56 I think it's a shame if people don't believe the devil. 07:58 Now, when you say that you are the stone from Flint, this is 08:02 stuff I don't quite understand and I'm not sure that I would 08:07 support you in that, but we do believe what the Bible says 08:11 in that the anointing of the Holy Spirit and casting out 08:14 devils and breaking the power of the devil in a person 08:19 through the power of Christ. 08:20 Hey, thank you for calling Carlton, we appreciate it. 08:22 Carlos: Next is Gary from Illinois. 08:25 Gary, you are live on the air. 08:27 Welcome, Gary. 08:28 Gary: 2 Thessalonians 2 says that, "An angel of light 08:32 will perform signs, powers, and miracles and will deceive 08:36 all those who love not the truth." 08:39 And then 2 Corinthians 11 says, 08:41 "Satan will appear as an angel of light." 08:44 That sounds like the anti-Christ to me yet some people say that 08:49 it's a human from Middle East or the Pope, I mean, 08:53 could you clarify that for me? 08:55 Doug: Yeah, well, when in 2 Corinthians 11, Paul is saying 08:59 that there are false shepherds out there and he says, 09:02 don't be surprised that there are false shepherds because 09:06 Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 09:09 So the devil can come across and he can create the illusion 09:13 and appear as an angel of light. 09:16 Now, not only do I think Satan will impersonate Christ in 09:19 the last days, because Jesus said there'll be false Christ 09:21 and false prophets. 09:23 But beyond that, when the devil came 09:25 to tempt Jesus in the wilderness, 09:27 I don't think that he showed up there in the desert 09:30 and appeared to Jesus as some goblin with red leotards and 09:36 bat wings and goat hooves and a goatee, you know, he didn't look 09:41 like the modern medieval concept of a devil, he looked like an 09:46 angel of light, and he pretended he had come from the Father and 09:49 so he has done that in the past, and he's certainly going 09:54 to do it again in the future. 09:55 So hopefully Gary, is that answering what you're asking? 10:00 Gary: Well, no, Satan deceiving, you know, with signs, 10:04 powers and miracles. 10:06 So if Satan is deceiving people because of signs, 10:10 powers and miracles, that should be the antichrist. 10:14 Yet, some people say it's the Pope or somebody 10:16 from the Middle East or some human? 10:20 Doug: Yeah, well, you can read in Revelation that tells us 10:23 that in chapter 16, "That out of the mouth of the beast, dragon, 10:28 false prophet come these three unclean spirits that go forth to 10:31 the kings of the earth they are demons working miracles and 10:36 so certainly Satan and his forces are going to be 10:40 doing miracles to deceive in the last days." 10:43 Carlos: Yeah, in 2 Thessalonians it says that 10:45 talking about the man of sin, "He sits on the throne of God, 10:48 making himself to be God," so that's definitely an allusion to 10:51 the to the anti-Christ power in the one in place of Christ 10:54 and so, yes, we do believe that Satan is going to be using 10:57 this power in the End to deceive. 11:00 We have a lesson on that, "Who is the anti-Christ?" 11:04 Doug: But we ought to send that to you. 11:06 Just call the number Carlos is going to give you Gary, 11:08 ask for the lesson on "Who is The Anti-Christ?" 11:12 And I think you and anyone listening, if you want to know, 11:14 you'll be blessed by that. 11:15 Carlos: Yeah, the number is 1-800-835-6747. 11:18 Ask for the study lesson, "Who is The Anti-Christ?" 11:22 Or dial #250 and "Bible Answers Live" or "Amazing Facts." 11:26 Yes very good--next we have Junith from Nevada. 11:33 Sister Junith, you are live on the air. 11:36 Yes, welcome. 11:37 Junith: Hello hello, good evening. 11:39 Doug: Evening. Carlos: Evening. 11:40 Junith: Hi, this is Junith can you hear me? 11:42 Carlos: Yes. 11:43 Junith: Yes, okay I hear you loud and clear. 11:46 Thank you pastor Doug you are calm right there 11:50 for taking my call. 11:52 I'll just say in Hebrew, [speaking Hebrew] 11:56 which is God bless you both. 11:58 Doug: And happy Hanukkah to you. 11:59 Today's the first day of Hanukkah. 12:01 Junith: Oh, and happy Hanukkah yeah, I'm from 12:03 the Philippines with the Jewish ancestry and the Lord gave me 12:10 a chance to socialize with Jews for Jesus way back in 1988. 12:16 Doug: Wonderful. Junith: So I know Hebrew. 12:18 Okay, well, my question is this: 12:21 What could have happened in your biblical opinion, 12:25 when Adam Eve were not tempted into sin by the devil? 12:31 Doug: What would've happened if Adam and Eve 12:34 had never sinned with the devil? 12:36 Well, what God is doing, God had an original plan when He made 12:39 our world and He is going to fulfill that plan. 12:43 The whole purpose of the plan is salvation, man was evicted from 12:46 the Garden because of sin. 12:48 God is going to restore the Garden, he's going to make 12:50 the Earth new again and so God is going to accomplish, 12:54 you know, the Lord's prayer, "Thy will be done on earth." 12:57 God's going to complete His will. 12:58 If Adam and Eve had never sinned, then He wouldn't have 13:02 had to, you know die on the cross and redeem the world, it 13:07 would've remained a paradise as with the other unfallen worlds. 13:11 So, yeah, that would've been nice 13:16 Carlos: But I think it would've been beautiful but we're here. 13:20 Doug: Yeah, and you know, in a sense, when we get to glory, 13:24 we're going to know more about the love of God having been 13:26 redeemed than maybe had ever been known otherwise. 13:30 But thank you Junith we appreciate your question 13:32 and who do we have next? 13:34 Carlos: Next we have Colton from Ohio. 13:37 Brother Colton, you are on the air. 13:39 Colton: Hi. 13:41 Doug: Hi, thanks for calling. 13:43 Colton: Where was Satan during the flood? 13:46 Doug: He was in the same place that Mr. Grimes 13:49 was when he fell off the cruise ship, 13:52 he was probably out swimming in the-- 13:54 Carlos: Yeah. 13:55 Doug: You know, the Bible tells us Satan is a spirit and 13:58 so, you know, I don't know if he gets wet when it rains, but he 14:01 was in the world and I'm certain he feared for his existence 14:06 because he considered himself, you know, sort of the master of 14:09 this world when he kidnapped it from, or he hijacked the planet 14:12 from Adam and Eve, dominion was originally given to Adam and Eve 14:15 were to be like the leaders of this world and when they obeyed 14:20 the devil, it says in Roman 6, "Whoever you obey, 14:22 that's who slave you are." 14:24 Adam and Eve kind of handed the keys of the world to the devil. 14:27 Jesus even calls the devil "The Prince of this World." 14:30 When the flood happened and the whole world was convulsed with 14:34 water and earthquakes and volcanoes and I mean, it was the 14:38 whole planet was going through a great disruption during that 14:41 time, I think Satan feared for his existence, not to mention 14:45 that his kingdom among men had come to an end. 14:48 So yeah, he was here and his angels. 14:51 Carlos: He maybe thought that it was the end of his end. 14:53 Doug: Yeah 14:54 Colton: Okay, thank you for all you do. 14:56 Doug: Yeah, well, thanks so much and thank you for calling. 14:58 You, take care. 15:00 Carlos: Next we have Joel from North Carolina. 15:03 I'm assuming Joel, welcome to "Bible Answers Live," 15:05 you're on the air. 15:07 Joel: Hi, pastor Doug. Hey, Carlos. 15:10 Carlos: Hey. Doug: Hi, Joel. 15:12 Joel: I have a question. 15:16 I have some friends that are trying to get me to understand 15:20 about the feast days but they can't answer just one simple 15:25 question and that would be, when did it go from Feast of the Lord 15:32 in the Old Testament to Feast of the Jews in the New Testament? 15:39 Doug: Yeah, that's a good question. 15:41 I think that you'll find, yeah, in the Old Testament says, these 15:43 are the Feasts of the Lord where is at Leviticus 23 and then you 15:47 go to the New Testament like the Gospel of John, several places. 15:51 He says, "The Feast of the Jews." 15:53 Part of the reason for the change is when Jesus died 15:55 on the cross several things came to an end. 15:59 First of all, you notice the high priest tore his garments 16:04 because now we have a new priesthood. 16:06 You and I are a nation of kings and priests. 16:08 Something else happened is that the veil in the temple 16:12 was torn because now we have a new temple. 16:15 The Bible says we are living stones in that temple, 16:17 and the attention now goes to the temple of God in heaven 16:21 and the work that Jesus is doing as our High Priest there. 16:24 And so the purpose for the sacrificial system, met a very 16:29 dramatic completion there when Jesus died on the cross. 16:33 Even some graves were torn open and some of the saints around 16:38 Jerusalem rose simplifying that the of death now was assured 16:44 or rather that the liberation from death would be assured. 16:46 So the main reason John refers to it as the Feast of the Jews 16:51 is most of John's readers, he wrote about 100AD, 16:55 most of John's readers were not Jews. 16:59 He was writing to the church in Antioch and the churches of 17:01 Asia, and he was just explaining this was a feast for the Jews. 17:05 When God is speaking in the Old Testament, he's talking 17:07 to the Jewish nation, he doesn't need to say, 17:10 "This is the Feast of the Jews" because he's talking to Jews. 17:12 He says, "These are the feasts of the Lord." 17:14 So-- 17:16 Joel: Oh, okay, so this is not, this doesn't mean that 17:19 because I mean, I think it's an Isaiah where God was saying, 17:22 your feasts are an abomination to me? 17:25 Doug: Yeah, well, you know, even the Sabbath day 17:28 is an abomination to the Lord if a person is trying 17:31 to keep it you know, as a means of salvation 17:34 or if they're keeping it without a converted heart. 17:36 Any of the ceremonies in the Bible eating--Paul says, "If you 17:39 have the Lord's Supper," now obviously God still wants us 17:42 to do this, but Paul says, "If you eat the Lord's Supper 17:45 with the wrong attitude, you're eating 17:46 and drinking damnation to yourself." 17:49 So any of the spiritual ceremonies if we're doing it 17:53 with the wrong attitude, God says it's not just the outward 17:57 ceremony, it's the change of heart that he's interested in. 18:00 Carlos: Yeah, and from what I think Joel is saying also is 18:02 that, they're trying to convince him to keep the Feast days. 18:05 It's good to know, Joel, that the Feast Days were part of 18:08 the figure and shadows and they were pointing to the ministry 18:10 of Christ, it's like a prophetic calendar. 18:12 So when you read through the seven feast days, you're looking 18:15 at the Ministry of Christ as a lamb in the tomb, resurrection, 18:20 the first fruits and everything for more so I think that's 18:24 what probably he's also worth looking at. 18:27 Doug: Yeah, and you know, we, Joel, we have a book that 18:29 talks about the feast days, that Christians 18:31 need to keep the feasts. 18:32 And if you just call "Amazing Facts" or do #250 18:35 and tell them you're interested in the book on "Feast Days," 18:38 they'll send that to you free of charge. 18:40 Carlos: Yeah, 1-800-835-6747 18:43 and ask for that book, definitely, very good. 18:47 Jimmy from Texas, welcome Jimmy to "Bible Answers Live." 18:50 Jimmy: Yes, sir thank you. 18:52 How are you pastors? Doug: Good evening. 18:55 Jimmy: Yes, I have a question. 18:56 It's kinda, I guess it's kinda in reference to Philippians 4 19:01 chapter 4 verse 8, and I've read that verse many times before but 19:06 my question is, like I like to write things about supernatural 19:11 things, and I also like to write supernatural 19:14 on the romance novel. 19:16 I'm not--I have no intention of publishing, just write it out, 19:19 because I've always been fascinated in the things like 19:21 supernatural because in the Bible it does say that God 19:23 did create other worlds. 19:25 So I'm pretty sure the possibility of other life forms 19:28 must exist. 19:30 Doug: Yeah, I believe that that's true. 19:33 Jimmy: But what I do is just to pass the time writing out 19:38 such books, is that considered sinful? 19:41 Doug: Well, you might ask yourself, the use of your time 19:45 and your imagination, if you were to direct that, you said, 19:49 these are things you'll never publish and you know, 19:51 they're not true, they're fictitious. 19:54 Why don't you take your creative energy, you've got some creative 19:57 energy, and ask the Lord to help you direct that to something 20:00 you could write and publish that will, you can release 20:02 that might be redemptive and someone would read it and say, 20:06 "Wow, I've learned about the Lord." 20:08 Jimmy: Well, I've tried about them I try to publish one about. 20:12 the "War in Heaven between Lucifer and God." 20:15 And I couldn't write out two paragraphs because there's 20:19 no way I can describe what Heaven really looks like 20:22 or what actually took place on that day. 20:25 Doug: Yeah, well, that may not be the particular subject, 20:27 but if you've got you know, God's given you a gift of 20:31 creative writing, why don't you use it in a way that 20:35 where you'll actually get some fruit out of it? 20:37 Carlos: Amen. 20:39 Doug: So that would be my thought. 20:40 Hey, thank you Jimmy, hope that helps a little bit, 20:43 and appreciate your call. 20:45 Carlos: Next we have Don from Oregon. 20:47 Don, you are on the, the air. 20:48 Welcome to "Bible Answers Live," Don. 20:50 Don: Good evening, pastor Doug. 20:52 Doug: Evening. And your question. 20:55 Don: My question is in Malachi 4:6, 20:59 which if I remember correctly-- 21:04 Doug: Yeah, well, let me read that for our friends listening, 21:06 it says, speaking of when Elijah returns, it says, 21:09 "He'll turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, 21:11 and the hearts of the children to their fathers, 21:14 lest I come and strike the earth with a curse." 21:17 Is that the one you're wondering about? 21:19 Don: That's the one I'm wondering about. 21:21 What I'm wondering is, can I take that as a--I'm estranged 21:25 from my daughters right now, and I'm wondering 21:28 if I can claim that as a Bible promise? 21:31 Doug: Yeah, there's several Bible promises I think, that you 21:33 can claim and it you've got the Bible promises in Isaiah that 21:38 says, "Your children that have been carried off will return to 21:42 their land and train up a child in the way he is to go 21:48 and when he is old, he will not depart from it." 21:50 So three things you can do if you're trying to reach 21:53 your loved ones, one is be a good example, 21:56 pray for them is number two. 22:00 I always say three things is really four. 22:02 Pray for them, share information if they're open, 22:06 and the fourth thing is, do the first three continually. 22:09 In other words, be persistent, don't give up. 22:12 If you continue to be a good example, to pray for them 22:15 and to share information, if they're interested. 22:18 You can't force information on someone if they don't want it, 22:20 then God can win their hearts. 22:24 So if you're estranged, sometimes they won't pick up 22:26 the phone call, write a letter, and they, you know, 22:30 they'll read the letter. 22:31 Maybe they'll throw it away, but write another one. 22:32 Say, "I love you, sorry, if I've done anything to offend you, 22:35 I want to have a relationship with you." 22:37 And it'll wear them down eventually. 22:39 Carlos: Yeah. 22:41 Don: Okay, thank You. 22:43 Doug: All right, thanks Don. 22:45 Carlos: Next we have Larry from Iowa. 22:48 Larry, welcome to "Bible Answers Live." 22:50 Larry: Yeah, thank you for taking my call, I appreciate it. 22:54 I just recently was able to watch this "Bible Answers Live" 23:01 through the Dish satellite program and through ABN 23:06 and so I'm kind of new at this, but it's very interesting 23:10 and I thought that this is the first time I've ever done this, 23:13 so I hope I don't screw it up. 23:15 My question is referring to End Times. 23:19 I don't, and if I'm wrong about this you can correct me, 23:24 but in my years of listening to evangelists and ministers 23:29 throughout the years and stuff, I know that we have to be 23:33 prepared, we study the Bible, but what my concern is, 23:37 and I'm talking about right now in the days that we live, 23:40 what are some points? 23:43 What are some events? 23:45 What are things that we need to be prepared for or watching for, 23:50 or listening for? 23:52 For example, like if we're listening to the news or 23:55 a report or something, what are things that we need to know? 23:58 Because I'm confused on what's going to be happening so that if 24:03 I hear something or see something, it would be time to 24:08 leave the cities and I don't know if anybody's actually gave 24:12 very specific information on what we need to be watching for, 24:17 what we need to be listening for? 24:19 Doug: Okay, let me jump in here. 24:21 Larry: Okay. 24:22 Doug: I wrote a book on that that just came out 24:25 and it's called "A Beginner's Guide to Country Living." 24:28 And in the book, I talk specifically about 24:30 when should you go to the cities? 24:34 And, you know, what are some of the things that would be signed? 24:37 When should you go to the country rather, if you're living 24:39 in the city and who should go? 24:41 I mean, you know, if a person is handicapped and they're 24:44 in a nursing home, they need to try and buy a place in 24:47 the country and head for the hills in a robotic wheelchair? 24:51 You know, obviously that's not a good idea. 24:53 So not everybody, but there's a time when Jesus says, "When you 24:58 see these things come to pass, let those that are in the field 25:01 not even turn back and let those that are in Judea 25:03 flee into the mountains." 25:04 What is He talking about when He says that? 25:07 So rather than give you a lengthy answer, I'd say, 25:11 take a look at the book, and it's called "A Beginner's Guide 25:15 to Country Living," it's carried by amazing facts. 25:17 We talk about that there, and I think you can actually 25:21 see a video I did on "When to Leave the Cities." 25:24 It's a YouTube video you can watch for free. 25:26 Doug Bachelor, "When to Leave the Cities," I think it's got 25:29 like a hundred thousand views because a lot of people 25:31 are interested in that subject right now. 25:33 Carlos: Yeah, that is it. Doug: Hey, thank you so much. 25:36 We got what, two minutes left, pastor, 25:37 can we get one more call in? 25:39 Carlos: We can get one more in Anthony from Michigan, 25:41 you're on the air and you have a minute and a half Anthony. 25:45 Anthony: Yeah, hi, how's your night? 25:47 Doug: Doing good. How are you? 25:49 Anthony: All right, do you think that we will see Cain 25:53 in the New Jerusalem, brother of Abel? 25:56 Doug: Okay, I don't think you'll see him in the 25:59 New Jerusalem, I think you'll see him from the New Jerusalem. 26:02 What I mean is, there's going to be a time it says in Matthew 25, 26:07 where Jesus, the Great Shepherd is going to separate the sheep 26:10 from the goats and all the saved will be gathered in the city, 26:13 all the lost are outside the city. 26:15 It even says, Jesus and John the Baptist said to the Jews, 26:21 said, you know, "You'll see some of the Gentiles sitting down 26:25 in the kingdom with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 26:27 and you yourselves on the outside." 26:29 So there'll be a time where the saved and lost will see 26:32 who made it and who didn't. 26:34 So we will see Cain, I don't think Cain, there's anything 26:38 in the Bible that tells us he was redeemed. 26:40 He rebelled against God, his offspring rebelled against God, 26:43 they were called the Sons of Men and they turned away. 26:47 So unfortunately Cain I believe, is going to be on the outside 26:53 and God placed a mark upon him. 26:55 He became a symbol for all those who are marked in the last days, 26:57 with the mark of the beast. 27:00 Listening friends, we're going to take a brief break, 27:02 we want to remind you that we have a lot of resources 27:04 at AmazingFacts.org. 27:08 You can look at the Facebook, YouTube page, 27:10 but don't go away, coming back for more 27:12 of the best Bible answers in just a few moments. 27:18 announcer: Stay tuned, 27:20 "Bible Answers Live" will return shortly. 27:23 ♪♪ 27:26 announcer: Would you like to know God's plan for our troubled 27:28 world and solutions for your life's challenges? 27:31 Beautifully redesigned and updated, "Amazing Facts 27:34 27 Bible Study Guides," provides straightforward Bible-based 27:37 answers that are enlightening, encouraging, 27:39 and easy to understand, giving you real relevant Bible answers 27:43 to questions like: How can I have healthier relationships? 27:46 When will Jesus come? 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Doug: 3ABN, pray.com. 30:38 So back to the phones, my name's Doug Batchelor, 30:41 what's your name? 30:43 Carlos: My name is Carlos Munoz. 30:46 Doug: Filling in and, he's doing his John Ross 30:48 impersonation tonight, Carlos has been with us before, 30:50 who's next? 30:52 Carlos: We have Anna from Oregon. 30:54 Anna, welcome to "Bible Answers Live." 30:56 Anna: Good evening pastors. How are you? 30:59 Doug: Good evening, doing great. 31:01 Anna: My question is 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 verses 9 31:05 through 11, and how it applies to the age we live in today? 31:11 Doug: All right, let's read that for our friends. 31:14 "The Coming of the lawless one is according to the working of 31:18 Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all 31:21 unrighteous deception among those who perish because they 31:25 did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved. 31:28 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that 31:32 they should believe a lie, that they might all be condemned 31:35 who did not believe the Truth but had pleasure 31:37 in unrighteousness." 31:39 So what specifically, it's a lot of material there. 31:41 What did you want to know about that verse? 31:45 Anna: Particularly about God will send them a strong 31:48 delusion that they should believe the lie. 31:52 Doug: Yes, you know, there's a story that I think Paul is 31:55 alluding to here in the Old Testament where King Ahab 31:58 and King Jehoshaphat were going to go to battle, and King 32:04 Jehoshaphat he believed in the Lord, Ahab kinda had these 32:07 prophets of Baal and Jehoshaphat said, "We should ask the Lord." 32:11 So Ahab had all of his prophets say, "Yeah, go to battle, you'll 32:14 win and Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there a prophet of God here? 32:18 These are all prophets of Baal." 32:20 He said, "Oh yeah, there's one guy, his name Micah but he never 32:23 says anything nice about me." 32:24 And Jehoshaphat said, "Well, let's hear what he has to say." 32:27 So they bring Micah and Micah says, "I saw a vision, and God 32:32 was saying, who will persuade Ahab to go to battle 32:37 against Caesarians that he might be destroyed?" 32:40 And one gave this idea and another gave that idea and 32:42 finally his spirit said, "I know if you're a lying spirit 32:46 in the mouth of his prophets, you will persuade him." 32:49 God said, "You will be successful." 32:50 And someone was thinking, "Well, does God send lying spirits? 32:55 I mean, isn't God about the truth?" 32:56 The Bible says, "God cannot be tempted with evil, 32:59 God is just and good and true." 33:00 Basically what Paul is saying here, it says, 33:03 "Because they do not receive a love of the truth, 33:05 God will send them strong delusion." 33:07 It's simply meaning that when God withdraws His light, because 33:11 they're rejecting the light, then darkness automatically 33:14 rushes in, and God allows it sometimes. 33:17 God has angels holding back the winds of strife right now, 33:20 but He'll give them the word and they will, they're going 33:23 to release those winds. 33:24 Satan's going to just have full sway. 33:26 And even when the devil came to tempt Job, God had to basically 33:29 loosen the leash of the devil to do that. 33:32 So that's all He's saying here. 33:34 It's the devil that does the tempting in the lying. 33:37 God sometimes needs to just back up and stop preventing it. 33:40 Carlos: Yep, and that's 1Kings Chapter 22. 33:42 Doug: Thank you, yes. Carlos: All right, very Good. 33:45 Doug: Good question, Anna. 33:47 Carlos: Next we have Eric from New Mexico. 33:49 Eric, welcome to '"Bible Answers Live," you're on the air. 33:52 Eric: Hi pastors. 33:54 My question is, what does the Bible say on how to deal 33:57 with evil spirits, and what I should do when they try to have 34:00 conversations with me? 34:03 Doug: Yeah, if the devil's trying to tempt you, the Bible 34:05 says, "Resist the devil and he will flee from you." 34:09 And I think everybody's heard the devil try to whisper to them 34:13 suggestions and temptations and you know, I found when I was 34:18 a baby Christian, the harder I tried not to think about the 34:21 devil, the more I thought about it and it just got to where 34:24 I thought, "Oh' he's putting these thoughts in my mind, 34:25 I don't want to think." 34:27 And finally, I found great peace in just saying, well, admit 34:31 that, you know, the devil's going to keep tempting you 34:33 ignore it and it's the kind of thing where you get good 34:38 at doing it just by practice. 34:41 When the devil comes, if you just ignore his suggestions 34:44 and say through the Holy Spirit, say, "You know, I rebuke that, 34:47 I don't want to think about that." 34:48 Carlos: Yeah. 34:50 Doug: Then you know, you'll find peace. 34:52 One way to get a bad song out of your heads, you know, sometimes 34:55 I know all the old songs of the world from when I was in 34:58 the world, and you know, all you gotta do is walk in the market 35:01 today or go get a burrito at Chipotle and you're going to 35:03 hear these old songs and they don't always have the best 35:06 message and some of them, it's like a worm you get in your head 35:09 and you just keep, you know, I'll get in the car and Karen 35:11 hears me humming this song, I'm going to "Ah, I'm sorry." 35:14 And the way you overcome it is you start singing a good song. 35:18 And it's hard to do two songs at one time. 35:20 Have you ever tried and sing two songs at once? 35:22 Carlos: Nope. 35:23 Doug: Yeah, so same thing when the devil's putting 35:25 temptation in your mind Eric, pray, talk to the Lord, 35:30 sing a positive song and you know, even Paul says, "Making 35:34 melody in your heart, you can drive away those spirits." 35:37 Carlos: You know, when the devil was harassing Jesus-- 35:39 What did He do? He quoted scripture. 35:41 Doug: Yeah. Carlos: So memorize passages. 35:43 That's one of the things that I do. 35:45 I memorize some chapters and when I have a evil thought 35:47 or something weird, I just start reciting it in my brain. 35:50 Doug: Quote back the scripture to the devil. 35:51 Carlos: Yeah, amen. 35:52 Doug: The Promises of God. Good suggestion. 35:54 Carlos: Amen. Doug: Thank you, Eric. 35:56 Carlos: All right, next we have Molina from Canada. 35:58 Welcome Molina-- Doug: Pardon me one second. 36:01 Eric, if you're still listening, there's a book called 36:02 "How to Resist" or "Tips for Resisting Temptation," 36:05 and we'll send that to you for free. 36:08 Carlos: 1-800-835-6747. 36:12 All right, next we have Molina from Canada. 36:15 Welcome, Molina, you're on the air. 36:18 Doug: You there Molina? Molina: Hello? 36:20 Doug: Hi. Molina: Yes, I'm here. 36:22 Thank you to receive my call and thank you Pastor Doug Batchelor. 36:26 Well, my question is, according to the Bible in 1 John chapter 4 36:33 and verse 8, we know that God is love, right? 36:37 Doug: Yes. 36:39 Molina: So, "From him doesn't come nothing bad, 36:41 only good things." 36:42 And according to Bible too, the murderer 36:45 since the beginning has been Satan. 36:47 So my question is: Can God destroy His own creation 36:52 and finish with the life of His creation? 36:57 Or only is Satan who can kill the creation of God? 37:04 Doug: Well, everything God does is love and even that way 37:07 that God deals with the wicked, he calls it, "His strange act." 37:11 And God says, "Turn ye. 37:13 Why will you die?" 37:15 in Ezekiel, I think its Ezekiel 18, "'For I have no pleasure 37:18 in the death of the wicked,' says the Lord." 37:21 And so the Lord wants to save everyone, but it's not the devil 37:25 that's, you know, in the flood, it wasn't the devil that caused 37:28 the flood and destroyed all those people, 37:30 God sent a judgment. 37:32 And it isn't the devil that jumps into the Lake of Fire, 37:36 it says, "He is cast and his angels into the Lake of Fire. 37:39 So God is actively doing something to destroy the devil 37:44 out of love and I know this might be hard to imagine. 37:47 Not only is it outta love for the universe to save them from 37:50 the wickedness and temptation, it's even outta love 37:52 for the devil because sinners are not happy and 37:56 he's basically putting them out of their ultimate misery. 37:59 So everything God does is love. 38:02 There's no debate about that, but does God ever do 38:04 anything proactively to destroy His own creation? 38:08 Yeah, it says in Genesis, God said, "It repents Me 38:11 that I have made man, I will destroy man 38:13 that I have made from the earth." 38:15 Carlos: And it's an act of love because for those that are 38:18 saved, it would be to continue to have sin and pain and 38:21 suffering, so it's out of love that God even puts them 38:23 out of their misery too, because they're miserable. 38:25 Doug: Yeah, exactly for the loss as well. 38:28 Hey, thank you I appreciate your question, Molina. 38:31 Carlos: All right, next we have, we have Tayvion from Illinois. 38:37 Doug: Tayvion. 38:38 Carlos: Oh, Tayvion. 38:40 Tayvion: Yep, there, it's. 38:42 My question is, when it comes to homosexuality, 38:45 I understand that the Bible calls it an abomination, 38:49 but my question is like, why? 38:51 Because I've had people-- because I've had people more 38:54 specifically homosexuals, they'll ask me you know, like 38:58 that you know like if God loves them, like why would He hate it? 39:02 And I even lost a friendship over that. 39:05 So I was just curious because that's something that even 39:07 I truly don't understand. 39:09 Doug: Yeah, that's a good question. 39:10 Well, but God hates sin and whenever we do anything 39:15 to corrupt or pervert God's original plan, He calls it sin. 39:22 Now, I know that some people will be outraged, but I think 39:26 it is a fair analogy to your question to say, "Why does God 39:30 also say it's wrong for people to have sex with animals?" 39:33 It's called bestiality. 39:35 He says that's a sin and a person might say, "Why?" 39:38 Well, because it's a perversion from what His plan is 39:42 and homosexuality is clearly a perversion. 39:47 I mean, there's no question when you read the Bible, and there's 39:49 really no question in science that men and women 39:53 are designed to pair up together. 39:56 It's not men and men or women and women, that's not 39:59 the natural order of creation and so you know, there's 40:04 nothing wrong with two men or two women loving each other. 40:08 David and Jonathan loved each other, but loving people 40:11 and having sex with them are two different things. 40:13 And so yeah, one of them is being controlled 40:16 by the lower nature to do something that is wrong. 40:20 So, and I know this is very out of order with the, 40:26 what's politically correct to say today, but it's very clear 40:29 if you go by the Bible and folks are troubled by that, they're 40:32 going to have to take that up with God and Jesus. 40:35 So I hope that makes some sense. 40:39 Carlos: Yeah, I think anything that is, that we do 40:42 contrary to the will of God, whether it be sexual, whether it 40:44 be socially, whatever it be, is going to bring some type of pain 40:47 and suffering and so God is avoiding that or trying to 40:50 protect us from those things and I think this 40:52 falls into that category also. 40:54 Doug: Yep, thank you for your question. 40:57 Carlos: Thank you, Tayvion. 40:59 Next, we have Starr from Michigan. 41:02 Welcome Starr, you're on the air. 41:04 Starr: Hi, thank you for all you do. 41:07 Doug: Thanks so much. 41:09 Starr: You're welcome. 41:11 I have a question about angels. 41:16 What does the Bible say about guardian angels among us? 41:22 Doug: Yeah, they're there. 41:23 You can read in Psalm 91, it says, "He'll give His angels 41:27 charge over them to keep them in all their ways." 41:31 And then you can also read where the Bible tells us, 41:33 "The Angel of the Lord encamped," 41:35 and I forget that verse again. 41:36 "The Angel of the Lord encamps, roundabout those that fear Him 41:39 and delivers them." 41:41 Carlos: Psalms 91. 41:42 Doug: Is that also Psalm 91? 41:43 Then you can read where Jesus said, "There angels 41:46 do always behold the face of My Father, which is in heaven. 41:49 Beware that you do not offend one of these little ones." 41:52 So there's several references in the Bible that God has angels 41:56 even the devil said to God, "You have set a hedge about Job." 42:02 Well, that hedge is a hedge of angels that were protecting him. 42:05 So yeah, God I believe has one or multiple angels that watch 42:11 over His children and I think God will send--you know, 42:15 Jesus said at one point when Peter thought, "I'm going 42:17 to save Jesus with my sword from the Romans." 42:20 Jesus said, "Don't you know that I could call the Father 42:22 and He'd send 12 legions of angels?" 42:25 That's like 72,000 angels. Carlos: Amen. 42:28 Doug: For one person. Carlos: Amen. 42:30 Doug: So God will send angels to guard us. 42:31 Carlos: Yeah and Psalms 91 talking about the plagues, it 42:33 says, "The angels will protect you and be around you." 42:35 Doug: Yeah, and I love that story where Elisha tells 42:37 his servant, he prays and says, "Lord, open his eyes." 42:39 And they see that Elisha and his servant in the town 42:42 is protected by chariots and horses of fire. 42:45 Carlos: Amen, beautiful. 42:47 Doug: Thanks so much, 42:48 I appreciate your questions, Starr. 42:50 Starr: Thank you. Doug: Uh-huh, God bless. 42:52 Carlos: Next we have Luke from Minnesota. 42:53 Welcome Luke to "Bible Answers Live" 42:56 Luke: Good evening, gentlemen, how are you? 42:58 Doug: Doing good, thanks for calling. 43:01 Luke: Good, hey just a quick question. 43:04 I believe in post tribulation rapture, I also believe 43:09 that Revelation was written in chiastic structure. 43:14 Doug: Yes. 43:15 Luke: But Revelations 15 verse 2, it seems to talk about 43:22 those who have victory over the beast, over his image, and over 43:26 his mark, and over the number of his name standing in heaven 43:30 having harps of God, but then in verse--or the same chapter, 43:36 verse 8, it says, "The temple is filled with smoke from his power 43:40 and no one's able to enter the temple of seven plagues and 43:44 seven angels were completed," so therefore, that kind of to me 43:48 seems like probation is closed. 43:50 So, I'm trying to understand how that works. 43:54 Doug: Yeah, well the Book of Revelation--and Carlos feel 43:58 free to jump in at any time, but the Book of Revelation is 44:02 written where these different chapters and visions overlap. 44:05 Where it says, "No man can enter the temple." 44:09 The temple is a symbol for where redemption is taking place, 44:13 sacrifices and forgiveness are being obtained. 44:15 There comes a time, and you read about this also 44:18 in Revelation 22, 44:19 when Michael stands up, that there is Daniel chapter 12, 44:24 but in Revelation 22, Michael stands up and he basically says, 44:27 "Let him that his just be just still, let him that his holy be 44:30 holy still, let him that his filthy be filthy still," meaning 44:34 there's nobody else changing sides from that point on. 44:38 So that passage there in Revelation 15 at the end 44:41 is referring to that. 44:43 So you had a question about the earlier verses 44:46 and so I don't know, I didn't see a conflict between the two. 44:50 Carlos: Yeah. 44:51 Luke: How could someone have victory over the image over his 44:54 mark and be in heaven with a harp of God previous 45:00 to the Rapture in verse 2? 45:04 Doug: Oh, okay, I see what you're saying. 45:06 Well, I think it's telling us that, those that are, 45:08 they're in heaven, are there because they had that victory. 45:12 In other words, it's looking back on the trials 45:17 that they went through. 45:19 There's a lot of fast forward and fast reverse happening 45:23 all through Revelation, it's not written in chronological order. 45:26 Carlos: Yeah, and also in 15 and 16 is talking about the 45:30 seven plagues and what it does in a number of the visions when 45:34 it's talking about the Judgment of the Wicked God gives a little 45:36 glimpse or a parenthesis verses 2 through 4, about those 45:40 that will not have to suffer because they have had victory. 45:44 So it's making a--it's pointing to the victorious life of those 45:48 that did remain faithful to God and they will not go, they will 45:52 not suffer the plagues, they'll be protected and so it's making 45:55 an allusion to them and their destiny at the end 45:58 after all this is over. 46:00 Doug: Hey Luke, are you listening just on the radio or 46:02 are you watching on television? 46:04 Luke: I'm just on the phone. 46:06 Doug: Okay, go back and watch the Facebook broadcast later. 46:10 I want Carlos to hold up his Bible. 46:12 Hold up your Bible, show them Book of Revelation. 46:15 See what Carlos has done with his Bible 46:17 in the Book of Revelation? 46:19 He's underlining it. 46:22 You'll have to take a look at that, it's something to behold. 46:25 I don't know how you can still read it 46:27 with all the notes in there. 46:28 Luke: No, I appreciate it, thank you. 46:32 Doug: All right, hey, thanks so much, Luke. 46:33 Carlos: Thank you Luke. Doug: God bless. 46:35 Carlos: All right, next we have Kim from Michigan. 46:39 Welcome, Kim, you're on the air. 46:41 Kim: Hi. 46:42 Doug: Hey, thank you for calling. 46:44 Kim: Oh, thank you. 46:46 I'm so glad I got through. 46:47 So I have a question. 46:49 I was reading in Matthew 27 and the resurrection when Jesus had 46:55 given up, had cried out and 52 and 53 it says, "And the graves 47:02 were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep 47:06 were raised and coming out of the graves after His 47:10 Resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many." 47:14 Doug: Yes. 47:16 Kim: So, and so, you know, in Revelation it talks about 47:20 when the dead in Christ shall rise, so if this is a prelude, 47:25 obviously to the dead in Christ rising in Revelations? 47:29 Doug: Yeah, you notice it doesn't say everybody or all 47:33 the righteous rise, because that happens 1 Thessalonians 47:38 chapter 4 when the Lord descends. 47:40 Yeah, so there was a trophy Jesus led captivity captive 47:44 and gave some demand. 47:47 He took a trophy with Him to heaven and they didn't come out 47:50 of their graves, there was an earthquake that opened 47:52 the graves at His death, but they didn't come out of this 47:54 grave until after He rose victorious and He led-- 47:59 Kim: Right, because it says after His Resurrection. 48:01 Doug: Correct, so, you know, maybe some of the prophets like 48:03 Isaiah, some of the others that died in and around Jerusalem 48:06 wasn't all of them because in Acts chapter 2, Peter says, 48:10 "David is dead and buried, 48:11 his tomb is still with us to this day." 48:14 So David hadn't raised yet, but some of them a small group. 48:16 One reason we think it was also a small group, is because 48:21 none of the other gospel writers mentioned this. 48:23 Kim: Right. 48:24 Doug: You know, I think if 10,000 people came out of their 48:26 graves around Jerusalem, it would've been mentioned 48:29 by every gospel writer. 48:31 But just Matthew mentions it because there was a testimony 48:33 of some people that saw many of the ancient saints 48:36 that had appeared. 48:38 They probably only appeared to believers just like Jesus 48:41 after His Resurrection. 48:42 Kim: Were they resurrected like, with Jesus like 48:45 meaning were like, were they resurrected to heaven? 48:49 Doug: Yeah, He took them to heaven with Him, 48:51 they didn't have to die again. 48:53 So they ascended when Christ ascended. 48:56 Carlos: Yeah, that's why they're in the feast days, 48:58 the third feast was the feast of the first fruits. 49:01 Yeah, and that is the first fruits that Christ, when he 49:04 ascended to heaven, showed to, brought with them to heaven and 49:06 said, "Look, these, they're the shape and type and shadows 49:10 of those that will be resurrected all at the end." 49:12 Doug: Yep, thank you, Kim, good question. 49:15 Kim: Okay, all right. 49:16 Doug: You have a good evening. 49:18 Carlos: Next we have Mike from Illinois. 49:19 Welcome, Mike, you're on the air. 49:21 Mike: Yes, hi. 49:22 Doug: Hi. Mike: Good evening, pastors. 49:25 Carlos: Hello. Doug: Yes, you're there? 49:27 Mike: Yeah, can you hear me? 49:29 Doug: Yes. 49:31 Mike: I have a question. 49:33 I'm a disabled person and I'm a sinner. 49:37 I can't go to church, get baptized. 49:41 How can I be saved? 49:43 Doug: Well, you can be saved without being baptized. 49:47 You've got the thief on the cross who turned to Jesus in 49:50 the last hours of his life, and Jesus promised he would be 49:53 with Him in paradise. 49:54 Well, that man could not be baptized because of 49:56 a handicap you might say. 49:59 He was nailed to a cross and pastor Carlos and myself, 50:03 we visit people in the hospital sometimes during their final 50:05 illness, and they'll say, I want to go to heaven, I want to 50:08 be saved but they're there hooked up to a lot of hospital 50:11 apparatus and you can't facilitate a baptism. 50:15 It's just not practical and I believe Jesus then gives them 50:18 credit for His baptism. 50:20 They're willing to be baptized, so it's not like they don't 50:22 believe the Bible, they just practically can't do it. 50:25 So I don't think baptism in cases like that is an obstacle 50:28 for their being saved. 50:30 You know, salvation is by faith alone, it's not by works 50:35 including the works of baptism. 50:37 If we are saved and we believe in Jesus, we'll want to 50:40 be baptized and following His Word if we can be, but if a 50:44 person, you know, sometimes a person is in the prison, they're 50:47 on death row, they come to the Lord, they won't accommodate 50:50 a baptism; can they still be saved? 50:52 Yes, God is a merciful God and He understands those 50:55 circumstances, so-- 50:57 Mike: I have another quick question. 51:00 Doug: Yes. 51:01 Mike: I asked for forgiveness from Jesus Christ, 51:04 and I keep getting sinful thoughts. 51:08 Is there something I can say, I can take it away? 51:13 Doug: Yeah, well, you say that you still struggle sometimes 51:17 with old thoughts, even though you've asked for forgiveness? 51:20 Mike: Yes. 51:21 Doug: Well, join the club. 51:24 Mike: And I cry for forgiveness, but I can't, 51:26 I still get sinful thoughts. 51:29 Doug: Yeah, don't--it's okay, don't get discouraged 51:33 because as long as you're a Christian in this world, 51:35 the devil is going to try to put unholy thoughts in your mind; 51:40 reject them when they come. 51:42 If you find yourself dwelling on something you shouldn't, having 51:45 a thought go through your mind doesn't make it a sin, 51:48 but dwelling on it makes it a sin. 51:52 It's like someone said, "Having the birds fly over your head, 51:55 you can't prevent that, but you can prevent them 51:58 from making a nest in your hair." 52:00 So don't let those thoughts dwell. 52:03 The Bible does say, "Blessed are the pure in heart, 52:05 they will see God." 52:06 Ask God to give you that purity of heart and you know, David 52:10 says, "Cleanse me from sin and I'll be whiter than snow." 52:17 Thank you so much, Mike. 52:19 Carlos: All right, next we have Donna from Florida. 52:22 Donna, welcome to "Bible Answers Live." 52:25 Donna: Good evening, I have two questions. 52:30 Doug: I'll take them one at a time. 52:32 Donna: The first question is: What happens to those who are 52:36 left behind when Jesus carries up, when Jesus carries up 52:45 some of us and for the 10 years? 52:49 Doug: Okay, so for those who are left behind, when we are caught 52:52 up to heaven, you know it's not going to be good at all. 52:57 You read in 2 Peter chapter 3, the Day of the Lord. 53:01 I think this starts at verse 10, "Will come as a thief in the 53:03 night in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise 53:06 and the elements will melt with fervent heat, and the earth and 53:11 the works that are in it will be burned up." 53:14 And Peter goes on to say, "Seeing then that all these 53:18 things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be 53:20 in all holy conversation and godliness looking forward to 53:25 the coming of the Day of God in which the heavens 53:27 being on fire will be dissolved and the elements 53:30 will melt with fervent heat." 53:31 So when God's people are caught up to meet the Lord in the air, 53:34 Bible tells us that one of the part of the last plague is a 53:38 great hailstones, an earthquake such as there never has been 53:41 before, and there's going to be fire and smoke. 53:45 It's going to--the earth is going to be consumed. 53:48 So life does not go on, on earth when Jesus comes 53:52 to catch up the saints. 53:54 So I hope that helps a little bit. 53:57 Donna, I don't think we can take your second question, 54:00 we've got about a minute and half left. 54:03 It probably would have to cut you off. 54:05 I want to remind our listening friends that we sort of phase 54:10 off of "Bible Answers Live" in two stages. 54:13 We have satellite listeners and viewers that are around the 54:16 country and they're on one time schedule and then we've got our 54:19 land-based radio stations. 54:21 They're on another schedule and so when we do sign off, 54:24 we sign off, we'll say goodbye to those listening on satellite, 54:27 but the rest of you, when you think you're hearing 54:31 the closing music, hang in there. 54:34 We come back and we're going to be doing some rapid 54:36 fire Bible answers. 54:38 Now, if you have Internet questions, some people say, 54:41 "I don't want to call in, I'm afraid, I get nervous. 54:43 Can I email my question?" 54:45 What's the address Pastor Carlos 54:46 if someone wants to email a question? 54:49 Carlos: BALquestions@amazingfacts.org. 54:52 It's the acronym for "Bible Answers Live" 54:55 BALquestions@amazingfacts.org. 54:58 Doug: Yeah, and so we invite you to send in your Bible 55:01 questions, gives you a little more time to think about it, 55:04 and we'll do our best to answer them in the rapid fire Bible 55:08 questions that we do at the very end of the broadcast. 55:11 For the rest of you, God bless, we'll study His word together 55:13 again with you next week. 55:17 announcer: Thank you for listening to today's broadcast. 55:20 We hope you understand your Bible even better than before. 55:24 "Bible Answers Live" is produced by Amazing Facts International, 55:28 a faith-based ministry located in Granite Bay, California. 55:34 Carlos: All right, we want to welcome everybody back 55:35 to our special segment, that our questions that come 55:38 from the email and so we have three questions. 55:41 First one for you, Pastor Doug, is Charlene is asking: 55:44 "Hypnotherapy, is it biblically, is it a biblically allowed 55:48 method to help with traumas or psychological problems?" 55:52 Doug: Yeah, no, that term Biblical, not biblical. 55:56 Carlos: Hypnotherapy. 55:59 Doug: Hypnotherapy, sorry, I got my Bible in my hypno mixed up. 56:02 You know, I'm not a doctor, I need to make that clear, 56:05 but I am suspicious of therapy where a person delves into your 56:11 subconscious and they start to rearrange the furniture without 56:14 you being supposedly conscious of what's happening. 56:18 And so that to me is I think a science that I would be 56:21 very dubious about getting involved in. 56:24 If you're asking for a Bible answer on it, I don't see a case 56:27 of where that happens in the Bible other than 56:29 the devil possessing people and manipulating 56:33 their thoughts and actions. 56:35 Carlos: Yeah, exactly. 56:36 Doug: So, you know, you look at what happens at a magician 56:38 show, when someone puts a person in a trance and they start 56:40 to make them do things that they would never normally do, 56:42 it's almost like surrendering your wealth to someone else. 56:45 So even though they're saying, "Oh, I'm going to help you 56:48 lose weight or quit smoking." 56:49 That sounds good, but I'd be very apprehensive about that. 56:52 Carlos: Amen, next we have Nelly from Kenya, ask: 56:55 Why did God send Ishmael away? 56:57 Does this mean that God does not accept or love stepchildren? 57:00 Doug: Well, we know that God loved Ishmael and Hagar because 57:04 when Ishmael was crying and dying of thirst, the Lord heard 57:08 his crying answered his prayer. 57:11 God told both Abraham and later Hagar, 57:14 that Ishmael would become a great nation. 57:17 It's kind of interesting that you know most of the Muslims 57:20 descend from Ishmael and the Arabs, that Jacob had 12 sons 57:24 and Ishmael had 12 sons and he became a whole nation 57:29 and there's still millions of them around the world today. 57:32 So it wasn't a question of God not loving stepchildren, it was 57:36 a question really of Abraham was out of God's will when he took 57:40 a second wife, a surrogate wife. 57:42 It was just going to bring division into the family, 57:44 and it would frustrate God's plan 57:45 for the Messiah to come through Jacob. 57:48 Carlos: Amen, last, if our prayers will still be heard 57:51 once the Holy Spirit begins to withdraw from the Earth. 57:54 Doug: Well, there's never a time when God doesn't 57:56 hear prayer because God knows all things. 57:59 The Bible says "He knows what we need before we even pray." 58:02 So of course, God will always hear prayers and 58:04 the Holy Spirit, I believe is always interceding, He's always 58:08 watching over, even when Jacob was wrestling with the Angel 58:11 during that time of darkness and God was silent, God was there. 58:15 God bless friends, out of time, support the ministry. 58:18 We thank you, we'll be studying again together next week. 58:23 announcer: "Bible Answers Live" 58:25 honest and accurate answers to your Bible questions. |
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