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00:20 ♪[Music]♪ 00:32 >>John Bradshaw: With the arrival of the Pilgrims here 00:34 on the shores of what would become known as 00:35 the United States of America, 00:37 the focus of the Protestant Reformation 00:39 and its call for a return to the Bible 00:42 as the Christian's supreme authority 00:44 began to shift from the Old World to the New. 00:47 Thousands braved the often treacherous journey 00:50 across the Atlantic Ocean during the 17th 00:52 and 18th centuries in search of a refuge for freedom. 00:57 In Europe, even in England, 00:59 the pendulum of power swung back and forth for decades 01:02 between those who wanted to protect religious freedom 01:06 and those who wanted to curtail it. 01:08 More and more, it was recognized that a new country 01:13 with a new philosophy of government would be needed 01:16 as a haven for those wishing to hold and share their faith 01:20 in accord with the dictates of conscience. 01:23 ♪[Music]♪ 01:24 [Horses galloping, men fighting in battle] 01:28 With America's achievement of independence from Great Britain 01:30 in 1783, a series of events opened the way 01:34 for an even clearer understanding of the Bible, 01:37 and in particular, Bible prophecy. 01:41 The French Revolution, which began in 1789, 01:45 saw the people of France rise up against not only the monarchy 01:49 but also the church. 01:52 There was an attempt to overthrow the Bible 01:55 and Christianity altogether. 01:57 The cry of the revolutionaries was "Crush the wretch." 02:02 And the wretch that they were referring to was Jesus. 02:08 The Bible had been rejected, neglected, ignored so long. 02:12 The principles of the Protestant Reformation 02:14 had been rejected by a church 02:17 that was unwilling to be reformed. 02:20 France's brief experiment with atheism, 02:24 instead of getting rid of the Bible 02:27 or the message of Christianity, 02:28 led more people than ever before to be interested in God's Word. 02:33 In the early years of the 19th century, 02:35 Bible societies sprang up around the world. 02:38 Interest spread in the prophecies 02:40 of Daniel and Revelation. 02:42 The way would be open for yet another reformer, 02:44 this one from the United States, 02:47 to call the attention of the world to the Word of God. 02:50 That man was William Miller. 02:53 He was born in 1782, 02:56 the same year as Martin Van Buren, 02:58 who would become the eighth president of the United States. 03:02 When Miller was born in Pittsfield 03:03 in western Massachusetts, 03:05 the Revolutionary War was in full swing. 03:08 George Washington became the nation's first president, 03:11 just days before William Miller's seventh birthday. 03:15 Like so many other reformers, 03:17 poverty and hardship shaped his character. 03:20 His father had served as a captain in the Continental Army 03:23 during the American Revolution. 03:25 Many of his father's struggles and trials 03:28 made a big impression on young William. 03:30 His mother was a woman of integrity 03:32 with deep religious convictions. 03:35 Miller was a strong young man, and he was intelligent. 03:39 He wasn't able to attend college-- 03:41 pretty typical for people of his era-- 03:43 but he did enjoy books, 03:44 and he learned a lot from his own studies. 03:46 He was raised a Baptist, 03:48 but in his early 20s he began to read the writings 03:51 of Thomas Paine and Voltaire and Ethan Allen, 03:55 and he became a deist. 03:58 He believed in God, 04:00 but he didn't believe that God intervened directly 04:03 in the lives of human beings. 04:06 But that view would be challenged. 04:08 While serving in the military, 04:09 a bomb exploded just two feet from where he was standing. 04:13 Three of his men were injured. 04:16 One was killed. 04:17 But Miller miraculously escaped unscathed. 04:21 Add to that the improbable victory over the British, 04:24 and Miller began to wonder whether or not 04:26 God had something to do with that. 04:29 After his time in the military, 04:31 William Miller moved here to this farm 04:33 near the Adirondack Mountains, 04:35 just outside of Whitehall in eastern New York, 04:38 close to the border with Vermont. 04:41 Farm life wasn't easy in the early 1800s. 04:44 There was no mechanized farm equipment, 04:46 no central heat in the home. 04:49 William and his wife Lucy and their five children 04:52 would have to survive off what the farm produced. 04:57 And back at home, 04:58 Miller opened the Bible for the first time in his life 05:02 to learn for himself what the Scriptures actually taught. 05:06 It wasn't long before he met Jesus. 05:09 Later, he wrote of this experience: 05:12 "I saw that the Bible did bring to view 05:14 such a Savior as I needed; 05:17 and I was perplexed to find how an uninspired book 05:21 should develop principles so perfectly adapted 05:25 to the wants of a fallen world. 05:28 I was constrained to admit that the...Scriptures 05:31 must be a revelation from God. 05:34 They became my delight, and in Jesus I found a friend. 05:40 I lost all taste for other reading 05:42 and applied my heart to get wisdom from God." 05:46 The more he read and studied the Bible, 05:49 the more fascinating it became to him. 05:51 Now, he was an independent thinker, William Miller, 05:54 and he rejected a number of the commonly-held beliefs 05:57 of his day. 05:58 He didn't believe that the whole world 06:01 would be converted to Christ, 06:02 nor did he believe there'd be 1,000 years of peace on earth. 06:05 Miller believed that the return of Jesus 06:08 would be personal and literal, 06:10 and that God would not set up His kingdom on earth 06:13 until after Christ's return. 06:16 He came to the conclusion that all of Scripture 06:18 should be considered before reaching a conclusion 06:21 about any Bible teaching. 06:23 As the Apostle Paul wrote, 06:25 "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, 06:28 and is profitable for doctrine, 06:30 for reproof, for correction, 06:32 for instruction in righteousness" 06:34 (2 Timothy 3:16). 06:37 He believed the Bible to be truly the Word of God, 06:40 not just a collection of personal religious opinions. 06:43 "Knowing this first, 06:45 that no prophecy of the Scripture 06:47 is of any private interpretation, 06:50 for prophecy never came by the will of man, 06:54 but holy men of God spoke as they were moved 06:57 by the Holy Spirit." 06:59 Miller believed that the Bible was inspired by the Holy Spirit, 07:03 and therefore comparing one passage of the Bible 07:05 with another would lead you to a correct understanding. 07:10 It was these principles for interpreting the Bible 07:12 that led William Miller to shake up the world, 07:15 especially when it came to Bible prophecy. 07:18 Miller believed that by carefully studying 07:20 the prophetic symbols in the Bible, 07:22 he could arrive at a correct understanding 07:25 of what those symbols represented. 07:27 I'll be right back with more. 07:29 ♪[Music]♪ 07:35 >>John: It's undoubtedly the world's great superpower: 07:37 the United States of America. 07:39 But what of its role in earth's last days? 07:42 Does Bible prophecy speak of the United States of America? 07:47 Find out by receiving our free gift, 07:49 "The United States in Bible Prophecy." 07:51 Call us on 800-253-3000, 07:54 or visit us online at itiswritten.com. 07:58 Or you can write to the address on your screen. 08:00 I'd like you to receive our free offer, 08:02 "The United States in Bible Prophecy." 08:06 >>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joining me on It Is Written. 08:08 William Miller was a Baptist farmer who studied his Bible, 08:12 and he arrived at conclusions that shook up 08:15 the United States of America. 08:17 As he read the Bible, 08:19 he was tempted to ignore the time periods 08:22 found in Bible prophecy. 08:23 But the more he read, the more convicted he became 08:27 that these were periods that he really needed to understand. 08:30 And the one to which his mind kept returning 08:33 was Daniel 8, verse 14, which says, 08:36 "Unto two thousand three hundred days; 08:38 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." 08:41 As he tried to understand this verse, 08:43 Miller followed the principle that the Bible 08:46 is to be its own interpreter. 08:48 He'd discovered from a reading elsewhere in the Bible 08:51 that a day in Bible prophecy represents a year. 08:56 He found that in Numbers 14, verse 34, Ezekiel 4:6, 08:59 and other places. 09:01 And when he went over to Daniel chapter 9, 09:04 and he read the 70 weeks prophecy 09:06 that references Jesus' first coming, 09:09 Miller was amazed by what he found. 09:12 Here's that prophecy: 09:13 "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people 09:16 and upon thy holy city, 09:18 to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, 09:21 and to make reconciliation for iniquity, 09:24 and to bring in everlasting righteousness, 09:26 and to seal up the vision and prophecy, 09:29 and to anoint the Most Holy. 09:31 Know therefore and understand, 09:32 that from the going forth of the commandment to restore 09:35 and to build Jerusalem unto Messiah the Prince 09:39 shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: 09:43 the street shall be built again, and the wall, 09:45 even in troublous times. 09:47 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, 09:53 but not for Himself: 09:55 and the people of the prince that shall come 09:57 shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; 09:59 and the end thereof shall be with a flood, 10:03 and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. 10:06 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: 10:10 and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice 10:13 and the oblation to cease, 10:15 and for the overspreading of abominations 10:17 he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, 10:20 and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate." 10:25 Now, that's quite a passage, 10:27 and Miller was determined to get to the bottom of it. 10:31 Consider what the passage contains: 10:32 a time period allotted to Israel--70 weeks-- 10:36 a commandment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, 10:40 the coming of Messiah the Prince-- 10:42 that's Jesus, His first coming-- 10:45 Messiah being "cut off," or executed, 10:49 a covenant being confirmed for a week, 10:52 the end of sacrifice and offering, and more. 10:56 The popular theory in Miller's day 10:58 was that the sanctuary referenced in Daniel 8:14 11:02 represented the earth, 11:04 so Miller decided that the cleansing of the sanctuary 11:08 would be when the earth was cleansed by fire 11:11 when Jesus returned. 11:13 And then there was this time period: 2,300 days. 11:18 Using the principle of prophetic interpretation 11:20 that taught that a day represents a year in prophecy, 11:24 Miller considered these 2,300 days to be 2,300 years. 11:31 The decree that provided the starting point for this prophecy 11:35 Miller found in Ezra chapter 7, 11:38 the decree issued by the Medo-Persian king Artaxerxes, 11:42 permitting Israel to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem 11:45 and reorder society there. 11:48 Knowing this, 11:50 it wouldn't be hard for Miller to work out the particulars 11:52 of this prophecy. 11:54 So here's what Miller discovered. 11:57 The decree was issued in the year 457 BC. 12:01 Add 2,300 years to that, and you get to the year 1843. 12:07 Miller was thrilled. 12:10 He'd figured out that Jesus was going to return to the earth 12:14 in just 25 years. 12:16 Miller wrote, 12:17 "I was thus brought... to the solemn conclusion, 12:21 that in about twenty-five years from that time (1818) 12:25 all the affairs of our present state would be wound up." 12:29 The farmer, the former military man, 12:32 had made an astonishing discovery: 12:35 Jesus was coming back to the earth, and he knew when. 12:39 He described the experience in these words: 12:42 "I need not speak of the joy that filled my heart 12:45 in view of the delightful prospect, 12:48 nor of the ardent longings of my soul 12:51 for a participation in the joys of the redeemed. 12:55 The Bible was now to me a new book... 12:57 It was indeed a feast of reason; 13:01 all that was dark, mystical, or obscure to me in its teachings, 13:06 had been dissipated in my mind before the clear light 13:10 that now dawned from its sacred pages, 13:13 and oh, how bright and glorious the truth appeared!" 13:17 And then came the conviction that he should tell others 13:20 what he'd learned. 13:22 An inner voice seemed to drive him 13:24 to "go and tell it to the world." 13:27 He shared his views in private studies 13:29 and in conversations with others, 13:31 but he wasn't in any hurry at all to make them known publicly. 13:35 After all, he was no public speaker. 13:38 He was 50 years old and had no formal theological training. 13:42 For nine years, he resisted the commission 13:45 that God was pressing upon his heart. 13:48 Finally, he put God to the test. 13:51 He told God in prayer that if he received an invitation to speak, 13:56 he would take this as heaven's sign 13:59 that he was to share his findings. 14:02 As it happened, 14:04 an invitation was on its way to him at that very moment. 14:07 A young man had traveled 16 miles to the Miller farm 14:11 with a message from his father in Dresden, New York. 14:15 There wouldn't be any preaching in their church the next day. 14:17 Instead, they wanted William Miller to talk to the people 14:22 on the subject of the Second Coming of Jesus. 14:25 Miller was shocked and angry 14:28 that he'd made that promise to God, 14:31 but he didn't give the boy an answer. 14:33 Instead, he left his house, and he came here 14:36 to this very grove of trees, 14:38 where he spent about an hour talking with God, 14:41 trying to get out of the commitment that he just made. 14:44 But Miller couldn't break his covenant. 14:46 Instead, he went back to the house, 14:49 where the boy was still waiting, 14:51 and they later journeyed together to Dresden, 14:53 a journey which took them about an hour, 14:56 which means the boy had left his home 15:00 to come and invite Miller to speak 15:02 before Miller had made his pledge to God. 15:07 It was later said that Miller came into the woods a farmer, 15:10 and he went out a preacher. 15:13 That presentation was so well-received, 15:15 he was asked to stay in Dresden and preach throughout the week. 15:20 When he returned home, 15:21 there was a letter inviting him to speak in Poultney, Vermont. 15:25 And so it went. 15:26 Over the next 13 years, William Miller would average 15:30 almost 270 speaking appointments a year. 15:34 While the common people received Miller's message 15:37 enthusiastically, 15:38 the popular religious leaders weren't impressed at all. 15:42 Most of what they wrote, preached, 15:44 or published about Miller's message was negative. 15:48 In fact, the time came when many who accepted 15:51 the teachings of Miller and his associates 15:53 would be thrown out of many of the mainline churches. 15:58 But like Martin Luther and other reformers, 16:00 William Miller simply challenged his critics 16:02 to show him his error from the Bible. 16:05 The thing was, when people listened to what Miller said 16:08 and then looked into the Bible, everything seemed to add up. 16:11 It appeared that Miller was right. 16:13 The 2,300 days were definitely 2,300 years. 16:17 Miller had made that clear. 16:20 The decree? Ezra chapter 7 made that clear: 457 BC. 16:25 After that, simply a question of math. 16:28 Daniel 8:14 had said, 16:30 "Unto 2,300 days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." 16:35 What else could it mean? 16:36 Jesus was coming back, and He was coming back in 1843. 16:43 Except for one small thing. 16:46 I'll be right back with more. 16:47 ♪[Music]♪ 16:53 ♪[Music]♪ 16:55 >>Announcer: In Matthew 4:4, the Word of God says, 16:58 "It is written, 16:59 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 17:01 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 17:05 "Every Word" is a one-minute Bible-based daily devotional 17:08 presented by Pastor John Bradshaw 17:10 and designed especially for busy people like you. 17:13 Look for "Every Word" on selected networks, 17:16 or watch it online every day on our website: 17:18 itiswritten.com. 17:21 Receive a daily spiritual boost. 17:23 Watch "Every Word." 17:24 You'll be glad you did. 17:29 ♪["Every Word" theme music]♪ 17:34 >>John Bradshaw: Abbott and Costello, 17:36 Jordan and Pippen, 17:38 Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright, 17:39 Simon and Garfunkel. 17:41 Now, pardon my somewhat trivial examples here, 17:43 but the point is one that you know well. 17:45 Often, someone is prominent or achieves in large part 17:48 because of the help of another person. 17:50 The Protestant Reformation was the most significant religious, 17:53 and you could say political, 17:54 event of the last thousand years. 17:56 And while we think of Martin Luther 17:57 as the architect of the Reformation, 17:59 Luther likely wouldn't have been Luther 18:01 without Philipp Melanchthon. 18:03 Melanchthon was a giant intellect, a theologian, 18:05 and he collaborated with Luther. 18:07 He made Luther better, 18:09 like Aaron and Hur holding up Moses' hands. 18:11 Exodus 17, verse 12 says, 18:13 "And Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, 18:16 the one on the one side, the other on the other side." 18:18 Whose hands can you hold up today? 18:20 God might be looking to you to bring out the best 18:23 in someone else. 18:24 I'm John Bradshaw for It Is Written. 18:26 Let's live today by every word. 18:29 >>John Bradshaw: Thanks for joining me on It Is Written. 18:32 William Miller, 18:33 a Baptist farmer from a small town in New York state, 18:36 had discovered an amazing message in the Bible. 18:40 His careful study of God's Word had proven 18:44 that Jesus was coming back to the earth in 1843. 18:49 But as you know, 18:50 Jesus didn't come back in 1843. 18:54 Well, after that massive disappointment, 18:57 somebody figured out why. 18:59 You see, they'd forgotten that there was no year zero. 19:03 If you start at minus five and you count to plus five, 19:06 that's a difference of 10. 19:09 But if you start at 5 BC and you go to 5 AD, 19:13 that's a difference of nine because there's no year zero. 19:18 You go from 1 BC to 1 AD. 19:22 Of course, Jesus wasn't coming back in 1843. 19:27 He was coming back in 1844. 19:30 Miller's followers were called Millerites and Adventists 19:35 because of their belief in the imminent advent of Jesus. 19:38 By the summer of 1844, 19:40 this Advent movement built to its climax. 19:43 In August, a man by the name of Samuel Snow 19:47 addressed a Millerite gathering and showed from his study 19:50 of Scripture and the ancient Jewish Day of Atonement 19:54 that the tenth day of the seventh month, 19:56 the annual Day of Atonement, 19:58 would fall in 1844 on the 22nd of October. 20:04 This prediction gave even stronger momentum 20:07 to the movement. 20:08 The preachers continued to preach, 20:10 and literature explaining the prophecies of the Bible 20:13 and the time periods in question were circulated far and wide. 20:17 One of the prominent leaders of the movement, 20:19 Charles Fitch, died of pneumonia 20:22 after baptizing believers in the Ohio River. 20:25 Even though the weather was severely cold, 20:27 he refused to turn anyone away. 20:30 He died just 10 days before Jesus was expected to return, 20:33 but his family didn't mourn. 20:36 They believed that they'd be seeing him again, 20:38 that his body would come up out of the grave 20:41 in just a few more days. 20:43 At last, the appointed day arrived. 20:46 Some believers left their crops unharvested. 20:50 One shop owner in Philadelphia 20:51 left a sign in his window that said, 20:54 "This shop is closed in honor of the King of Kings, 20:57 who will appear the 22nd of October. 21:00 Get ready, friends, to crown Him Lord of all." 21:05 But as the day got longer, 21:07 these faithful believers realized that 21:09 Jesus might not return. 21:11 When midnight arrived, 21:13 the disappointment of the Millerites was intense. 21:17 The prophecy found in Revelation chapter 10 was fulfilled. 21:21 "And I went to the angel and said to him, 21:24 'Give me the little book.' 21:26 And he said to me, 'Take and eat it; 21:29 and it will make your stomach bitter, 21:31 but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.' 21:34 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it, 21:38 and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. 21:41 But when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter." 21:45 Revelation 10:9 and 10. 21:49 Descendants of people who lived here at the time 21:51 say that some Millerite believers gathered right here, 21:55 on what today is known as Ascension Rock, 21:58 and waited here for Jesus to come. 22:01 If that's true, their journey home that night 22:04 would have been very difficult. 22:08 Imagine believing that you were going 22:09 to farewell your friends and neighbors. 22:11 You'd never see them again, many of whom had ridiculed you 22:14 for believing that Jesus was gonna come back. 22:17 Now you'd have to face them. 22:19 They'd mock you again 22:20 because you are here on this earth at all. 22:23 Imagine believing that you are going to go to heaven, 22:26 and then discovering that heaven would have to wait. 22:30 And of course, all of this begs some difficult questions. 22:33 ♪[Music]♪ 22:36 So how could William Miller, a faithful Baptist preacher, 22:39 possibly get it so wrong? 22:41 After all, the Bible says that no one knows 22:43 the day or the hour of Jesus' return. 22:46 Well, it's good to remember that William Miller himself 22:48 never set a date, 22:49 but one of his followers did circle a day on the calendar. 22:54 Well, keep this in mind. 22:56 Even Jesus' followers sometimes made mistakes. 23:00 Jesus told them as plainly as He could that He was going to die, 23:03 and they just couldn't understand what He was saying. 23:06 When Jesus died, their hopes died with Him. 23:10 But out of that brutal disappointment, 23:11 Jesus brought great things, 23:13 and He brought good things 23:15 out of the Millerite disappointment, too. 23:17 If Miller could be so wrong about something so basic, 23:21 didn't that make him a deceiver, a false messiah? 23:25 Well, no. 23:27 No more than the followers of Jesus were false prophets. 23:31 Miller was just wrong about a key point. 23:35 Could Miller's error have jeopardized 23:37 the faith of his followers? 23:39 Well, that's possible, but this is a reminder to us, 23:42 that a person's faith must be individual, personal, 23:46 based on the Bible, 23:48 and not on the say-so of another human being. 23:51 God achieved some great things through William Miller. 23:54 Thousands of people were directed to the study 23:57 of the Bible, in particular the Bible's teaching 24:00 about the Second Coming of Jesus. 24:02 The Second Coming was a neglected teaching 24:04 in Christianity, 24:06 and Miller shone a spotlight on the Bible's teaching 24:08 that Jesus was indeed soon to return to this earth. 24:12 Today, that teaching is widely believed. 24:15 Few in Christianity are not Adventists. 24:18 Most Christians today believe in the Advent of Jesus, 24:21 and many believe it will happen soon. 24:24 For that, William Miller is largely to credit. 24:28 Revelation 10, which speaks of the bitter disappointment, 24:31 goes on to say, 24:33 "Thou must prophesy again before many peoples 24:37 and nations and tongues and kings." 24:40 Revelation 10, verse 11. 24:42 And since Miller's time, 24:45 the church has been prophesying again. 24:48 The news has gone to the world that Jesus is coming back soon, 24:52 that everybody can be ready for that day 24:54 through faith in Jesus Christ, 24:56 and that the Bible is the rule of faith and practice 25:00 for all believers. 25:02 William Miller continued to preach, 25:05 he continued to believe, 25:06 and he continued to trust in God. 25:08 He died in 1849 at the age of 67, 25:13 and he's buried right here. 25:17 Soon the Protestant Reformation will be completed. 25:20 Soon the words of Jesus will be fulfilled, 25:22 those words spoken in Matthew 24, verse 14, when Jesus said, 25:26 "This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 25:28 in all the world for a witness to all nations. 25:32 And then shall the end come." 25:34 ♪[Music]♪ 25:41 >>John: I'm John Bradshaw from It Is Written, 25:43 inviting you to join me for "500," 25:47 nine programs produced by It Is Written, 25:49 taking you deep into the Reformation. 25:52 This is the 500th anniversary 25:55 of the beginning of the Reformation, 25:56 when Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses 25:59 to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. 26:02 We'll take you to Wittenberg, 26:03 and to Belgium, to England, to Ireland, 26:07 to Rome, to the Vatican City, 26:09 and introduce you to the people who created the Reformation, 26:12 who pushed the Reformation forward. 26:14 We'll take you to sites all throughout Europe 26:16 where the Reformers lived and, in some cases, died. 26:18 We'll bring you back to the United States 26:20 and take you to a little farm in upstate New York, 26:23 and show you how God spread the Reformation here. 26:26 Don't miss "500." 26:28 You can own the "500" series on DVD. 26:31 Call us on 888-664-5573, 26:36 or visit us online at itiswritten.shop. 26:41 >>John Bradshaw: Let's pray together. 26:43 Our Father in heaven, 26:44 we thank You in the name of Jesus 26:47 that You've raised up men and women of faith 26:48 to inspire us, to guide us, 26:51 to urge us forward. 26:53 We thank You that in spite of the failings of some, 26:56 in spite of their foibles or mistakes, 26:58 You still work. 27:00 We thank You that You raised up William Miller 27:02 to call us to the great truth that Jesus is coming again soon. 27:08 Grant that we'd be ready for that day through faith in Jesus. 27:12 Live Your life in us, fill us with Your Holy Spirit, 27:16 and let our lives be filled with the joy of knowing 27:19 that, one day soon, 27:21 we will be with You forever. 27:23 We pray with John, who wrote Revelation, 27:25 when he said, "Even so, come, Lord Jesus." 27:30 And we pray in Jesus' name. 27:33 Amen. 27:35 Thanks so much for joining me. 27:36 I'm looking forward to seeing you again next time. 27:38 Until then, remember: 27:40 "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, 27:45 but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.'" 27:49 ♪[Theme music]♪ |
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