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Series Code: BT
Program Code: BT170004A
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00:02 It's time to go on a journey,
00:05 a search for treasure. 00:08 This is no ordinary treasure though, 00:11 this priceless discovery contains God's Word, 00:16 including secrets from the past and future 00:20 that will change your life. 00:23 Welcome to Bible Treasures. 00:31 Why it looks so old? 00:32 Oh, yeah. 00:34 Hi, guys. Hello, Sam. 00:35 Okay, I have a joke. 00:37 Why are bread jokes so funny? 00:40 I don't know, why? 00:42 Because they never get mould. 00:48 Hey, guys, how is it going? Come on in. 00:50 I'm so happy to see you guys, today. 00:52 So happy to see you, too. 00:53 Man, welcome to Bible Treasures. 00:55 My name is Rich Aguilera 00:57 and we got a super cool crew assembled today. 00:59 Let's let them introduce themselves. 01:01 Hi, I'm Steven and I'm a computer ops. 01:04 Cool. 01:05 And I'm Sam, 01:07 and I love historical documents. 01:08 Awesome. 01:09 Hi, I'm Nori and I'm the girl 01:11 who likes to handle all the interesting artifacts. 01:13 Very cool. 01:14 Well, you know what, guys? 01:16 Before we get started, I say we sharpen our brains. 01:18 Oh, good idea. Oh, yeah. 01:19 You guys up for a brainteaser? 01:20 Oh, yeah. All right. 01:22 Let's see how you guys can do on this one. 01:24 All right, listen closely. 01:26 Okay. 01:27 What gets wet when drying? 01:32 I don't know. 01:33 I can't think of it right now. 01:35 Oh, that's a good one. 01:36 Oh, is there a notification? 01:37 Oh, yeah. 01:39 There might be a message from headquarters coming in. 01:40 Let's see it. Oh, yeah. 01:44 I have family members and friends, 01:45 who are not Christian and, 01:47 well, I'm trying to find ways to tell them about God. 01:50 Because, well, I'm worried they won't be in heaven. 01:54 I would be so sad if my family and friends aren't in heaven. 01:57 Is there anything I can do? 01:59 Wow. 02:00 That's such a serious question. 02:02 It's sure though, 02:03 I can't imagine being super sad 02:05 and super happy at the same time. 02:07 It's true, when we think of heaven 02:08 we just think it will be just all happy. 02:11 Joyful, yeah. 02:12 How we do respond? 02:14 Well, you know what, first things first, 02:16 why don't we write this in our journal, her question. 02:19 Right. 02:21 Will I really be happy in heaven? 02:25 That's a good question. 02:27 Well, how do we answer that though? 02:29 You know what? Actually I have an idea. 02:30 What is it? 02:31 We need an artifact. Oh. 02:33 Can you look up, I think it's 77D. 02:35 70... D, okay. It's gonna help us a lot. 02:37 I love bringing my little artifacts around, 02:39 I know it's not part of this dig 02:40 but these little things 02:41 kinda help us answer question sometimes. 02:43 Important questions. Here we go. 02:44 Awesome, thank you so much. 02:46 You're welcome. 02:47 I got something pretty cool in here. 02:48 Oh. 02:50 I have a piece of the Berlin Wall. 02:51 Oh! The Berlin wall? 02:53 Where's that at? The Berlin Wall. 02:54 Actually, Sam, why don't you tell us 02:56 where the Berlin Wall is on the map, 02:58 it's in the country called Germany. 02:59 Oh, yeah. Oh, Germany. 03:00 It's... Germany is right here. 03:02 That's it, that's where it is. 03:03 Germany and the Berlin Wall, 03:05 lot of co-history there but you know what? 03:07 Steven, why don't we look up a location brief, 03:10 and that will help us learn a little bit more. 03:11 Yeah. That's a great idea. 03:15 Looks like that's it. 03:16 Oh, yeah that one. 03:18 Location brief, Berlin. 03:21 Berlin is the capital and largest city in Germany. 03:25 A modern city with amazing parks, forests, 03:30 gardens, lakes and canals. 03:33 It's also a home to a world famous zoo, 03:37 and museums, and universities. 03:40 Berlin today 03:42 is an amazing city and home 03:44 to almost 4 million people, 03:47 making it the second largest city in Europe 03:51 after London. 03:52 Historians calculate that the earliest settlements 03:56 are from the late 12th century, 03:59 and soon after that it became a prominent city 04:03 along two important trade groups. 04:07 Unfortunately, 04:09 Berlin has had a very complicated history, 04:12 especially in the last 100 years. 04:16 During World War II 04:18 large parts of the city were destroyed. 04:22 And after the war, 04:23 the city was divided into four sections 04:26 by the victors. 04:28 It was their job to manage what was left of Berlin. 04:33 By 1961, more problems arose 04:37 when Germany and Berlin were divided into two countries 04:42 and two cities, East Germany and West Germany, 04:46 and East Berlin and West Berlin. 04:49 Things got so bad 04:51 that East Berlin built a wall around West Berlin 04:56 to separate themselves from the west side of the city. 05:00 A long 96 miles wall was built 05:05 and became known as the Berlin Wall. 05:09 Sadly, the wall separated family and friends for years, 05:15 until finally in 1989 the wall opened up again 05:20 and East and West Germany 05:23 became one country again. 05:27 This concludes this location brief. 05:32 Wow. Cool. 05:33 Man. That's cool. 05:35 There's a lot of cool things about Berlin 05:37 and its history is very complex. 05:39 How? 05:41 Well, it turn out that when we look back at history, 05:43 Berlin for a period of time was actually divided in two. 05:46 Wow. Two? 05:48 And you know what they did? 05:49 They built a wall right down in the middle. 05:50 Really? Why would they do that? 05:52 Well, they were separating it, 05:53 because they had two completely different ideals 05:55 and philosophies 05:56 of how they should run their country. 05:57 Okay. 05:59 But it was sad because it was like 06:00 from one day to the next, 06:02 they just came and built this wall 06:03 separating the city in two, 06:05 and it's sad because sometimes families 06:07 were like living practically 06:08 across the street from each other. 06:09 Oh, no, why? 06:11 And all of sudden they weren't able 06:12 to see each other, 06:13 they weren't able to talk to each other, 06:15 they weren't even allowed to telephone call each other 06:16 For how long? 06:17 Well, that wall stood there for about 25 years. 06:19 Twenty five years? Wow. 06:21 And they actually even had different names 06:22 for the city. 06:23 One side was called West Berlin, 06:25 the other side was called East Berlin. 06:27 That's horrible. 06:29 And it was divided by this wall, 06:30 and time just kinda went by 06:32 until I was travelling through Europe in 1989. 06:36 You went to Europe? Yeah. 06:37 Really? 06:38 And it was interesting because I said 06:40 man, it would be so cool to see the Berlin Wall. 06:42 Not because... You went to see it? 06:43 Yeah, 06:44 I didn't wanna see it just because it was a cool thing, 06:46 but it was an important part of history. 06:48 Oh, yeah. 06:49 And a sad part of history, too, 06:50 'cause it was dividing these people. 06:52 Oh, yeah. 06:53 So I made my plans and we made our efforts 06:54 and we actually made it to the border. 06:56 Oh, cool. 06:57 And there were no trains to get in, 06:58 so we actually had to ask somebody for a ride. 07:00 Really? 07:01 But they took us all the way in to West Berlin. 07:04 Now, West Berlin was the side of the city 07:07 that kinda have the same philosophy of the life 07:09 that we had in the west. 07:10 Oh, so we are similar to them. 07:12 Exactly, so we are similar 07:13 but nobody would ever really travel to the east side, 07:16 they have this big wall separating us, 07:19 it was really sad. 07:20 But this one day that I arrived there 07:22 an interesting thing happened. 07:24 What happened? What? 07:25 Well, we were staying at this church 07:27 and somebody ran and they said, 07:28 hey, there's something going on at the wall. 07:30 The wall? What's going on? 07:31 The Berlin Wall was... 07:33 We were gonna go to the wall anyways 07:34 'cause that's what we came to see. 07:36 Yeah. 07:37 So he said, "Let's go down there 07:38 and see what's happening." 07:40 Okay. 07:41 So we got on the train and we went down 07:42 and there was a bunch of people gathering there. 07:44 Oh. Really? 07:45 Yeah. 07:46 And we didn't understand what was happening 07:48 and so we pressed and pushed and got our way 07:49 as far as we could close to the wall. 07:51 We were there for a little while 07:52 but to make a long story short, 07:54 the wall came down. 07:56 No. Really? 07:57 How? 07:59 Yeah, they made this announcement 08:00 and then everybody just kinda went crazy. 08:01 They started climbing up on the wall, 08:03 people from the other side 08:04 started to climbing up on the wall, it was crazy. 08:06 You saw everything? 08:08 We were there, 08:09 I was there and I actually got to climb on the wall, too. 08:11 Wow. That's awesome. 08:12 Now the interesting thing about that, 08:14 little time period that we sat on the wall 08:17 the German people were so happy 08:19 because it was the first time in 25 years, 08:22 that people from the east and people from the west 08:25 got to celebrate together. 08:26 They could see their family. 08:27 And finally see their families and be together 08:29 and it was a very happy moment. 08:31 People were hugging and kissing and singing. 08:34 Oh, wow, that was amazing. 08:35 Wow. I bet. 08:37 You know what? 08:38 Even though I wasn't German, 08:39 I just felt pure joy and happiness. 08:42 I would too. I would have, too. 08:43 Yeah. You know what? 08:44 It's almost like I totally forgot 08:46 that there was anything sad in the world. 08:47 Yeah. 08:48 'Cause that moment was pure, pure joy. 08:50 Oh. Really? 08:51 That's great. It was so cool. 08:53 I even got to cross over to the east side. 08:56 How was it there? 08:57 It was kinda very different because there's nothing like 08:59 stores and shops and stuff like that. 09:00 Really? 09:02 But I only walked around for a couple of minutes 09:03 because technically I wasn't supposed to be 09:04 on that side of road. 09:06 Oh, yeah. 09:07 So we'll keep it a secret, right? 09:09 Yeah, good idea. 09:10 But you know what the cool thing happened, 09:11 since the wall was now officially coming down. 09:13 Yeah. 09:14 Guess what I did? 09:15 What did you do? What? 09:17 Before I cross back over to the west side of the wall, 09:18 I got myself a piece of little east side of the wall. 09:22 Oh, that makes sense, that's what they came for. 09:23 So it's different on its both sides. 09:25 It's different on both sides, yeah. 09:27 That's so cool. 09:28 This is the piece from the east side of the wall. 09:31 And that's a piece from the west. 09:32 And from the west side of the wall. 09:34 That's really awesome. Isn't that cool? 09:35 But you know what standing on that wall 09:37 and having this big huge celebration 09:39 was such a joyful and happy moment. 09:41 Like I said, I forgot about everything else 09:44 and it was just pure joy and happiness. 09:45 That's amazing. And you know what? 09:46 I think that's kinda like 09:48 what God has planned for us when we get to heaven. 09:49 That's true. Yeah. 09:51 Pure joy and happiness. In heaven. 09:52 And actually I think there's a Bible verse 09:54 that we can probably look at to help us know this. 09:56 Oh, you want me to look that up for you? 09:58 That will be great, Sam, if you can look it up, 09:59 Which one is it? 10:00 Check out Revelation 21:4. 10:03 Revelation 21:4? 10:04 21:4, I think there is a verse that's gonna be right on. 10:07 I think this is it. 10:08 "A God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, 10:12 there shall be no more death nor sorrow nor crying, 10:15 there shall be no more pain, 10:17 for the former things have passed away." 10:20 Ah, it's a beautiful thing. That's awesome. 10:21 Yeah. You know what? 10:23 We may not completely fully understand 10:24 how that's gonna happen, 10:25 but there's a promise right there in the Bible 10:27 that says all those sad things will be behind us. 10:29 Yay, I'm excited about that. 10:31 It's so cool. You know what? 10:33 That verse is awesome, you got to write that down 10:35 in our journal here. 10:37 That was Revelation.. 10:39 I think 21:4 10:41 That's it. 10:42 Now that's a good verse to remember. 10:44 That's awesome. I love that verse. 10:45 So do you have any pictures from that day? 10:47 Actually, I think we have a file on that. 10:49 Oh, cool. Oh yeah, Berlin file. 10:51 That's right, let's check it out, guys. 10:53 Cool. 10:57 That, there it is. 10:58 Yeah. 10:59 Yeah, I think there's a few more in there. 11:02 Oh! Look at that. 11:04 You could see the difference on the walls. 11:05 Wow. 11:07 And that's me climbing the wall. 11:09 Wow. 11:10 Part of committing our life to God, 11:12 is in having faith that the one who made us 11:14 must know what is best for us, 11:17 even when we don't fully understand. 11:20 Do many of you remember when you were very little 11:23 if your house is on a busy street, 11:24 I'm pretty sure your parents would be very careful 11:27 that you never want to play near the street 11:29 where you can get hurt. 11:31 As a little kid you probably couldn't fully understand, 11:34 why you couldn't play near the street. 11:36 But now we can look back and understand 11:38 that our parent simply knew more about 11:40 what would keep us safe and what would keep us happy. 11:44 We simply have to trust them, 11:46 even though we didn't understand. 11:48 Yeah. 11:49 I don't know how God will do it exactly. 11:52 But as our creator I trust that when He says 11:55 that some day He will wipe away our tears 11:58 and that there will be no more pain. 12:01 Boy, I'm just really looking forward to that. 12:03 Me, too. Me, too. 12:05 At the same time, 12:06 I'm gonna accept what the Bible says 12:09 that God is completely all powerful 12:12 and that He is a perfect judge. 12:15 You know, what we can do though, 12:16 if we are worried about people not being saved, 12:19 then we have reminded that God has actually asked us 12:22 to share the good news of Jesus with everyone we can. 12:26 Other than that I choose to trust God 12:30 and knowing that He has a plan 12:31 to take away all pain and suffering 12:34 and fill our hearts with never ending joy. 12:37 Like the joy I felt on the Berlin Wall, 12:40 when we were celebrating that wonderful reunion. 12:43 After all that's what it says 12:46 right there in today's Bible treasure. 12:50 Why don't we have prayer together, guys? 12:51 Oh, sure. Yes. 12:53 That's sound like a good idea. 12:54 Crew, why don't you come on in, we can all pray together. 12:55 Come on crew. 12:57 Would anybody like to have prayer for us? 12:58 Ooh, can I pray? 13:00 Awesome that be great, Nori. 13:01 Let's bow our heads. 13:03 Dear Jesus, 13:05 thank You for this a beautiful day today 13:07 and just thank You for letting us know 13:09 that we'll one day have complete joy in heaven. 13:11 Amen. Amen. 13:14 Hey, do you guys wanna hear 13:15 the answer to the brainteaser today? 13:16 Oh, yeah. Please. 13:18 I'm waiting. 13:19 All right, I can bet you guys have been probably 13:20 scratching your heads trying to figure that one out. 13:22 Yeah, all day. 13:23 All right. So here's a question. 13:24 What gets wet when drying? 13:27 I don't know. 13:29 Water? No. 13:30 I think I know. What? 13:32 A towel. A towel. 13:33 A towel, that makes sense. Isn't that pretty cool? 13:35 Yeah, that's a good one. 13:37 You know, I'm so glad that you've joined us today 13:39 for Bible Treasures. 13:40 Don't forget to search for treasure every day. 13:44 We'll see you next time. 13:45 Come on guys, let's head out to the dig site. 13:47 Yeah. 13:48 I think we gonna find some pretty cool stuff today. 13:50 Oh, I can't wait to go looking today. 13:51 Awesome day, that was fun, I'm so glad you guys are here. |
Revised 2019-10-07