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00:01 I want to spend my life
00:07 Mending broken people 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:19 Removing pain 00:24 Lord, let my words 00:30 Heal a heart that hurts 00:34 I want to spend my life 00:40 Mending broken people 00:46 I want to spend my life 00:51 Mending broken people 01:09 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Today. 01:12 We are so thankful that you took the time out 01:14 to spend with us today 01:16 because we have an exciting program for you. 01:19 I am so excited like I get excited 01:21 when we have great guests on these programs 01:23 because we know that we're sharing information 01:26 that is transformational. 01:28 So, stay tuned to this program, 01:32 tell your friends, your enemies, as Danny says, 01:35 everybody to tune into this program 01:37 because there's some really great information here. 01:39 We have wonderful guests today. 01:42 We have Don Frost, who is the President 01:44 of Heal Their Land Incorporated. 01:47 We have Dr. Leon Brown, who's the President 01:50 of the Nevada-Utah Conference of Seventh-Day Adventist, 01:54 we have Pastor Peter Neri, 01:56 who is the pastor of the Paradise Church 01:58 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 02:00 Yay! 02:02 Welcome, welcome to 3ABN Today. 02:04 Thank you. Thank you. 02:06 You have an amazing project. 02:08 And we're gonna talk about that, 02:10 we have some music first. 02:11 And then we're gonna talk about this project 02:14 that you're involved in. 02:16 Our music today is Jamie Jorge. 02:19 Jamie Jorge is one of my favorite musicians. 02:22 He's going to be playing 02:24 "All Hail the Power and Praise the Lord Medley." 06:21 That just makes me want to shout, 06:23 I'm just, it's so beautiful. 06:25 And when you think about the words, 06:27 just praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice 06:30 and that's what you guys are actually about, 06:33 praising God and bringing people to Him 06:37 through this project that we're gonna talk about. 06:40 I'd like to read some scripture first before we start, 06:43 because it's really relevant to what we're talking about. 06:46 It's in Daniel 2. 06:48 And it's about the image in Daniel 2, 06:52 we start with verse 31. 06:54 It says, "You, O king, were watching 06:57 and behold, a great image! 06:59 This great image, whose splendor was excellent, 07:02 stood before you, and its form was awesome. 07:06 This image's head was of fine gold, 07:08 its chest and arms of silver, 07:10 its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, 07:14 its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 07:17 You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, 07:21 which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, 07:24 and broke them in pieces. 07:26 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, 07:28 the silver, and the gold were crushed together, 07:30 and became like chaff 07:32 from the summer threshing floors. 07:34 The wind carried them away 07:36 so that no trace of them was found. 07:38 And the stone that struck the image 07:41 became a great mountain and filled the whole earth." 07:45 Amen. 07:46 You're gonna find out 07:48 how this relates to our guests project right now. 07:53 Brother Don, tell us about Heal Their Land 07:56 and this whole project that you're doing. 08:00 Well, Yvonne, Heal Their Land 08:01 is a ministry made up of ministries. 08:04 In fact, anybody can be a part of Heal Their Land. 08:06 Ah. 08:07 Our goal is to turn away 08:10 from the controverded issues of life 08:12 and focus solely on the second coming of Jesus Christ. 08:16 Nice. 08:18 And the story of Daniel 2 is an amazing story. 08:20 It's a 2500 year old prophecy 08:24 that hasn't failed in the least. 08:26 And it gives people confidence 08:27 that the scriptures can be trusted. 08:29 And so this is an amazing thing 08:31 that we're doing building the statue 08:33 to represent this story that you've talked about. 08:38 But the real story is about the rock in the story. 08:41 The rock that comes 08:42 and it smites this image on the feet, 08:45 and it fills the whole earth. 08:46 And so that's what we're looking forward to, 08:49 that what we're trying to teach people 08:50 about is this rock that's coming 08:52 and so that this is what Heal Their Land is about. 08:55 We're just trying to help the ministry 08:58 and the mission of the Seventh-Day 09:00 Adventist Church 09:01 by coming up with attention arresting devices, 09:05 and props, hooks as it were to assist these men 09:10 and their God given work 09:11 to reach the people of the world. 09:15 Yes, yes. That's amazing. 09:17 Dr. Brown, how did you get involved with this? 09:19 You know, a few weeks, a few months ago, 09:21 Peter Neri called me and he said, 09:23 Dr. Brown we need, we've got the statue. 09:27 So I said, "Let me hear a little more about it." 09:29 So he started sharing the ideas of the statue 09:33 that will be traveling across country 09:35 and would come to Las Vegas. 09:37 So we started making calls, 09:39 because that first thing I do is always vet, 09:41 you know, as a person you always want to vet 09:42 to make sure that things would come out right. 09:44 And so I made some calls, and I started vetting it. 09:47 And I said, you know, go ahead. 09:49 And the reason why we wanted to do that 09:50 is because our strategic and part of our strategic model 09:53 for Nevada-Utah Conference 09:55 is we're trying to find 09:56 creative ways of doing ministry. 09:58 We've got three major centers, 10:01 we've got Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, and Reno. 10:03 And we've got some churches 10:05 along the Sierra Nevada and California, 10:07 and we've got a church out in the reservation. 10:10 So we're trying to a find way, unique ways, 10:12 creative ways of doing evangelism in those regions. 10:14 We can't do the same thing as Las Vegas, 10:16 that to a Salt Lake City. 10:18 We got to do different ways of reaching, 10:20 so this was ideal to our strategic model. 10:23 Nice, nice. 10:25 And, Pastor Neri, how did you get involved? 10:28 By the grace of God, 10:30 I had a church member 10:32 who's a member of the ASI board, 10:35 and is involved with Don, who I hadn't met. 10:39 And she called me on the phone and her name is Sophia. 10:43 And she said, told me about this image 10:46 that they're creating that it's coming to Las Vegas, 10:50 and that there's going to be a symposium. 10:53 And then showed me some pictures. 10:57 And after I saw that, I thought, 11:00 I've got to have this image at my church 11:04 to do a Daniel series. 11:07 It'll catch attention, you know, 11:09 Las Vegas is a place very visual. 11:13 Yes. 11:14 And they do things in such a way 11:16 that it attracts your attention. 11:18 So why not for Jesus? Yes. 11:21 And when I heard about this, I got so excited. 11:23 I can't wait for Don to explain it some more 11:26 because I know our viewers will just, they'll get excited. 11:31 Yes. And we have a video of the cutting down the tree. 11:36 Let's talk a little bit about the process 11:39 in making this image. 11:40 First of all, what is this image? 11:42 Like, what is it? 11:44 Well, the first thing that we had to do 11:46 was find a tree because we wanted to carve it. 11:50 I was traveling across the country with my wife. 11:53 My wife is actually the one that came up with the idea. 11:55 But she was saying, 11:57 well, maybe we could have like a 10 foot statue 11:59 to help an evangelist to do evangelism. 12:03 And as we drove across the country, 12:05 it just kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger. 12:07 And I went to meet with the church group. 12:09 And as I was talking to people, I said, you know what, 12:14 does this sound crazy to build a statue 12:17 and make it, you know, big and everything. 12:20 But I don't know how to do any carving. 12:22 And does anybody know a carver? 12:25 And so the people started pointing at this guy. 12:28 And I said, "Do you know how to do carving?" 12:30 And the amazing part of the story is he said, 12:32 you know, I'm not a Bible preacher. 12:36 You know, I don't really know 12:38 how to do a lot of different things in evangelism. 12:40 Of course he hands out material 12:41 and talks to people on a one on one basis. 12:44 He said, but the only thing I know how to do is carve. 12:47 And he said two weeks ago, I was praying to the Lord. 12:51 And I asked him, 12:53 "Can you give me a way to use the gift 12:56 that you've given me to reach people?" 12:58 Wow. 12:59 And so when he said that, I said, 13:00 "Well, this has to be providential." 13:02 Wow, look at God. 13:04 And so that started the process, 13:05 but it took us two years to find a tree 13:10 that was harvestable 13:12 to be able to carve into the statue. 13:15 And so this process, 13:18 we got the tree in Eureka, California, 13:21 and then we brought it up to Idaho to carve. 13:24 Well, let's take a look at that video. 14:40 That's not good. 15:49 Wow. 15:50 That is fascinating. Yes. 15:52 How tall is that as a tree? 15:53 Well, the tree that we were able to harvest 15:56 was 120 feet tall. 15:58 And we counted the rings, they were about, 16:00 that came in at 127 years old. 16:03 And what we did is we took 16:06 the largest 43 foot section of it. 16:09 And so that's what we took there to Idaho, 16:11 and then we put it in the ground 16:13 13 feet into the ground upside down 16:15 so that the widest part would be at the top 16:17 where the shoulders of the image would be 16:19 and then we started carving. 16:21 This is fascinating. 16:23 You know, it's amazing to me 16:25 is how God will implant these ideas. 16:28 Yes. 16:29 And then He orchestrates the whole thing. 16:32 He sets you up with the carver. 16:35 I mean, how God is just incredible. 16:38 So when you went out there, and you met this carver, 16:41 you knew that, 16:43 that was kind of like just God's confirmation... 16:48 Yes. 16:49 That this is what He wanted you to do. 16:51 In addition to that, in the history of our church, 16:55 our church has a history 16:57 of these kind of representations. 17:00 And the Bible does too, you know, God used figures. 17:05 Now He told us in the commandments 17:06 not to make images and bow down to them. 17:08 Right. 17:09 But He then told Moses and Aaron 17:12 to make images like the Ark of the Covenant, 17:14 the brazen serpent, and you can read in Ezekiel, 17:17 some of the other things 17:18 that were gonna be put in Ezekiel's temple. 17:21 And so this is an education tool. 17:23 It's not an image that we would worship. 17:25 Well, and I'm really glad that you made that distinction, 17:28 because some people watching might say, 17:30 Well, what are we doing making images? 17:31 No, this isn't an image for worship. 17:34 This is actually an image 17:35 that illustrates some biblical principles. 17:39 Yeah. Yes, an education tool. 17:41 Yes. 17:42 You know, we can show that if you say something, 17:45 people will remember what you say in part, 17:48 but if they can hear and you say something, 17:51 it'll stick better. 17:53 Yeah. And you see it. Yes. 17:55 When you see it, 17:56 that visual imprint is also really important. 18:00 So what you did was the Lord implanted this idea in you 18:05 and then you met the carver, and then you ended up. 18:08 Did you call Pastor Neri 18:10 or did the president here called Pastor Neri? 18:13 Well, I believe that Kim Kare, one of my associates, 18:19 who's doing missionary work overseas right now, 18:23 he called you, right? 18:24 He called Peter. He called me, yeah. 18:26 Yeah. 18:27 And everybody here is just really vested 18:31 into this process. 18:33 See, here's the thing why we chose Las Vegas. 18:36 Las Vegas is a city on the move. 18:41 It's a place that needs to be focused on 18:43 because if you reach Las Vegas, 18:46 you're gonna touch the whole United States. 18:49 What, Dr. Brown, what did we find at 42? 18:51 Yep. 18:53 So as I was looking at this, 18:54 we, Las Vegas has estimated last year 18:56 about 42 million people visit Las Vegas last year. 19:00 It's a large number of people. 19:02 And, you know, from all over the world. 19:04 Yeah. 19:05 And so, and not just in Las Vegas, 19:08 across Nevada-Utah Conference, 19:09 we've got Tahoe, we've got Salt Lake City, 19:14 we've got Zion Park, 19:16 probably over 50 million people come to our region each year. 19:20 And so we've got to find unique ways 19:22 of being able to treat, preach the gospel. 19:24 And what we're talking about, Dan and I were talking about 19:26 is how Ellen White writes about these models. 19:31 Like Capernaum Sea, 19:33 we're told that Jesus used Capernaum 19:37 as the centerpiece of His work, because He would go and share, 19:41 you know, in the streets with people 19:43 and Capernaum was a pleasure resort. 19:46 It was a crossroad center. 19:47 And so people would come, 19:49 they would hear the message that Jesus would share 19:51 and then they would take that message 19:53 to foreign distant lands. 19:55 And so by going to a place like Las Vegas 19:58 and we're encouraged, we're counseled 20:00 to go to these pleasure resort places. 20:03 People are seeking things. Yes. 20:05 They go to Las Vegas. Yeah. 20:06 Sure, they're looking for, you know, get rich quick, 20:08 and all these things, 20:10 but they're looking for, to fill a hole, 20:12 a void in their life. 20:15 And so if we can be there and we can share the gospel 20:20 with these people that are coming 20:22 and, you know, this technique is amazing 20:27 because what happens is, they see this image, 20:29 it looks totally pagan 20:31 and they say, you know, what is this thing, 20:33 and we can hand them a little booklet, 20:35 it has a picture of Daniel on it. 20:37 And when they find out that this is in the Bible, 20:39 but what else is in the Bible? 20:41 They'd check this thing out. 20:42 And so this is what's exciting about, 20:45 and by the way, 20:46 you can't over saturate Las Vegas, 20:48 because if you go to a little town, 20:51 well, how many times can you go around 20:53 before the people, well, thank you. 20:55 I already got one of those. Right. 20:56 But If you go to Las Vegas, 20:59 well, there's a, you know, 100,000 people that day, 21:02 and tomorrow it's another 100,000. 21:04 And you see, you can't say. 21:05 People are coming in and out. 21:07 Absolutely. Yeah. 21:08 And that's why work in cities like Las Vegas, in New York, 21:12 and other cities that are pleasure destinations 21:15 have to be focused. 21:17 So if we live say in Montana, 21:19 don't think that by supporting the work in Las Vegas 21:23 that you're not supporting the work in Montana, you are. 21:27 That's a great point. 21:28 The whole idea of people coming there, 21:31 they're coming there, 21:32 but they're in and out, they're moving. 21:35 So you're gonna have a constant flow of new people 21:39 who are going back to where they live. 21:42 And if they catch the bug, so to speak, 21:45 then they can find a church in their local area 21:48 and go, so this is tremendous. 21:50 This is economical because we can give out the, 21:53 you know, distribute materials in places like Las Vegas, 21:58 and then they pay for all the shipping, you see... 22:01 Yeah, that's true. Yeah. 22:04 That's also a good point. 22:06 So the way this is going to be used then, 22:09 it's going to be placed 22:10 in a very prominent area in the city. 22:13 Explain how you're gonna do that? 22:15 Well, we're in the process right now of getting, 22:18 you know, the venue and the permits together. 22:20 We already are having another series of meetings there. 22:24 And this is what's interesting, 22:26 because we're taking something that people are unified on, 22:29 which is Daniel 2 22:31 and we're having a meeting, a three day meeting 22:34 on a subject that the church is not unified on. 22:38 That's called Daniel 11. Eleven, yes. 22:40 And so what we're trying to do is set up this Daniel 11. 22:45 So there is a steering committee set up 22:48 through the church called the Daniel 11 steering committee, 22:51 and its design is to bring Adventist pastors, evangelists, 22:56 theologians, and Bible enthusiasts together 22:59 and prayerfully come to some kind of a consensus 23:03 on Daniel Chapter 11. 23:05 This has been going on for many years, 23:06 but it's changed. 23:08 And it's changed in a way for the better 23:10 in that everybody wants to press together, 23:13 they want to be unified. 23:16 And so people are coming, 23:18 ministers and others from around the country, 23:22 and even the world are coming together 23:24 to study Daniel 11 prayerfully 23:28 but then, Yvonne, here's the exciting part. 23:32 We're going to take individuals 23:34 that don't agree with each other on this topic 23:38 and we're gonna put them two by two 23:40 and send them out on to the streets of Las Vegas 23:43 with material where they can labor together for souls, 23:47 and we believe, Yvonne, that this is key. 23:50 If we can press together on the central themes 23:52 that we agree on, 23:54 and we agree on much more than we don't agree on. 23:55 Right. 23:57 Once we co-labor together, 23:58 we're in the trenches together as it were. 24:01 You build a camaraderie, and a love for each other, 24:04 and a passion for reaching souls. 24:06 And so even if we leave Las Vegas, 24:09 and we're not unified on Daniel 11, 24:12 we can be unified in reaching for souls with Daniel 2 24:17 and we can have unity and diversity. 24:23 So that was a linchpin that actually caught me. 24:27 Because when I heard they were gonna do Daniel 11 symposium, 24:30 my concern was, well, you know, 24:31 there's a lot of disagreement about Daniel 11. 24:34 But then as we talked to Pastor Kerry, he was saying, 24:37 "Well, you know, we're gonna do Daniel 2 as well," 24:39 and see that the key here is, I've been married for 31 years, 24:43 and I know that there gonna be for the rest of eternity, 24:48 my wife is gonna have an opinion, 24:50 I'm gonna have an opinion about something, right? 24:51 And then the church is gonna be the same way 24:53 about a particular theological frame. 24:55 But the key is, 24:57 I'm still married after 31 years, 24:58 I'm still in love with my wife. 25:00 Ah, it's beautiful. 25:01 I think the church has to feel that we can have areas 25:03 where we may not necessarily have total, complete, 25:06 you know, one on one agreement on every issue. 25:09 But at the end of the day, 25:10 when we can find oneness and unity, 25:13 because we have more that we believe in common 25:16 than we do in disagreement. 25:17 And so, that was the thing that hooked me. 25:20 And when they say they were gonna do Daniel 2 25:21 and go on, oh, that was just awesome for me 25:23 because that excited me. 25:24 Yeah. 25:26 That then gives us the evangelism tool 25:28 to reach into the city of Las Vegas 25:30 and around my conference, 25:32 and be able to say, we've got something here. 25:35 Yes. That's incredible. 25:36 You know, when I'm a convert from Catholicism, 25:40 I attended meetings. 25:42 At the age of 26 years old, I heard this message. 25:47 It captivated me. 25:49 I thought I'm in the largest Christian church in the world 25:54 and never heard the second coming of Jesus Christ. 25:58 And then the prophecies, 26:01 they are so powerful and pertinent for today. 26:05 And we need to be preaching those 26:07 in whatever way we can get the attention of the people 26:10 within the bounds of our beliefs. 26:14 We've got to do this, 26:15 and this image gives us an impetus to this thinking, 26:20 and it'll excite our people when they walk into the church 26:25 and there's this huge image 26:27 standing outside for a period of time. 26:32 They're gonna get excited too. 26:36 It's such an exciting hook. Yes. 26:38 You know, it's a way just as you mentioned 26:41 to have people look at this 26:43 and then say, what is this about it? 26:45 'Cause it does look pagan. 26:47 What is this about? 26:48 And then you have literature to give them... 26:51 Yes. Yes. 26:52 To explain what it's about. 26:54 That's great. 26:56 You know, one of the things we're talking about is, in 1844 26:59 and I want to just kind of share that a little bit, 1844 27:03 as a way to do evangelism. 27:05 The church used, the founders used images, 27:08 not the same kind of statue. 27:09 In fact, one piece was used 27:12 where as this presenter covered it, 27:15 the head was removed, the chest was removed 27:17 and what's left was the foot so they could actually see 27:21 that the important piece of this 27:23 is that stone that's gonna come, 27:25 the establishment of the kingdom of God for eternity. 27:27 Man, that's some amazing stuff. 27:29 It is. It is. 27:30 Tell us some more about that? 27:32 Well, that was Charles Fitch and he was a firebrand preacher 27:36 that believed in the soon coming of Jesus, 27:39 and he was looking for Jesus to come in 1844. 27:43 And the Lord laid him to sleep 27:46 just a short time before the disappointment 27:50 to save him from that disappointment. 27:53 But Brother Pastor Fitch, 27:56 he traveled around, and he had this giant, 28:01 we don't know exactly how big it was, 28:03 but it was a large Daniel 2 statue 28:06 and in our writings or pioneer writings 28:10 that we have from 1844, 28:12 it says that at each of his meetings, 28:15 there was no less than 5000 people 28:17 came to the meeting. 28:18 Wow. And so... 28:20 That would be nice. 28:21 Yes. That would be awesome. 28:23 And Ellen White tells us and you can read about this 28:26 in the little book called Evangelism. 28:29 She has a whole section in there. 28:31 And she references another man, 28:34 his name was WW Simpson. 28:37 And WW Simpson was another 28:39 very successful Adventist evangelist. 28:43 And in the 1900 to 1906 time period, 28:47 he also used these attention grabbing devices 28:51 where he had, 28:53 he was doing evangelistic work in Los Angeles. 28:57 And back in 1906, Hollywood was in its infancy 29:02 but he went to Hollywood prop designers 29:06 and had them build 29:07 these large representations of Daniel and Revelation. 29:11 When he was having his meetings, 29:13 they would have cords or ropes or whatever. 29:16 And as he would be talking about one particular thing, 29:19 they would bring these things out on the stage. 29:21 And so, again, attention arresting devices 29:25 and Ellen White says that the work 29:27 that he was doing in 1906 29:29 reminded her of the work that was being done in 1844. 29:32 Wow. 29:34 And, of course, it worked in 1844. 29:37 It worked in 1906. 29:38 It's very simple. 29:40 Yes. 29:41 And so this is what's exciting. 29:43 We don't have to guess whether these things will work. 29:47 They will work and we're trying to encourage 29:49 through building this statue 29:52 for people to use other means. 29:56 Maybe their banners or some kind of charts, 29:59 or maybe there are others statues. 30:00 And there are other statues that people have. 30:03 And they work, they get people's attention. 30:06 We live in a busy world. Yes. 30:08 And we have to be able to give a quick message. 30:10 And sometimes, and we give out a lot of Great Controversies. 30:13 And I highly encourage that. 30:15 But sometimes when you hand a big book like that, 30:17 people are intimidated. 30:19 I'm not gonna read something like that. 30:20 And in other places, 30:22 we've been doing some evangelism 30:23 recently in Nashville. 30:27 And a lot of people have, people that are religious, 30:31 family members, and they hear these things 30:34 and if you come and say, 30:36 "Well, would you like a book on Bible prophecy?" 30:38 Well, I've heard all that, 30:40 my uncle is a preacher or whatever. 30:41 Right. 30:42 But if you show something like this, 30:45 and they say, "Well, what is that?" 30:47 And you say, well, would you like a little booklet on that? 30:50 Well, it's thin and it doesn't seem religious. 30:54 Right. You know what I am saying? 30:55 So the Lord has different ways of getting people. 30:58 Yes, He does. 31:00 In fact, we have another video that kind of addresses 31:04 the first carving of this image. 31:07 Let's take a look at that. Yes. 31:10 We're hitting some. 31:15 I hope they come out. 31:17 I hope it is metal. 31:25 Looks like little marbles. 31:28 Wow, not much. 31:30 Some kind of metal that was drove in there. 31:33 Is that what is? Yep. 31:35 Right there. Looks like a spike. 31:36 Looks like a spike drove in there. 31:39 Not that big around. 31:41 Right in the middle. 31:43 You need to work around that thing, will you? 31:45 Well, we'll do it. 31:47 We'll do it. 33:54 Wow, that is incredible. 33:57 I mean, really, to look at that, to see, 33:59 you know, it started out as a tree 34:01 and then to see it carved into that image 34:04 is just incredible. 34:07 Where did this happen? Where was this being done? 34:09 Right outside of Sandpoint, Idaho. 34:13 Sandpoint has a little sister town called Pend Oreille. 34:16 It was done there in Pend Oreille. 34:18 In fact, there's a highway right there called 95. 34:21 And that's the main thoroughfare in North Idaho. 34:25 And as we're carving the statue, 34:28 people just pull in 34:29 and some people would even just take chairs 34:33 and sit out there and watch the carving. 34:35 And we were able to give literature 34:37 and Great Controversies as people come in. 34:40 And so just carving it, thousands of people, 34:43 maybe even over 10,000 people in the area 34:46 know now the story 34:48 of not only Nebuchadnezzar in this image, 34:51 but the story of the rock, Jesus Christ. 34:54 And what has happened is the local newspaper, 34:57 they did an article on the carving of the statue 35:00 because it really got attention. 35:01 Yeah. 35:03 And they did a superb job 35:04 talking about what the statue means 35:06 and about the coming Kingdom of Christ. 35:08 So look at that. 35:10 Look at, even the newspaper is an evangelistic tool. 35:12 Yes, absolutely. 35:13 Right, that's incredible. 35:15 And I wanna say one thing. 35:17 This was all volunteer driven. 35:20 And so we have two carvers, 35:25 Eugene and Jason did a terrific job with the carving. 35:29 But then there's tons of support staff, I say tons. 35:32 There's a few only really, 35:34 but everybody did a fantastic job 35:37 and this project wouldn't be possible at all 35:41 without these amazing volunteers. 35:42 Amen. 35:44 Again, God knew how to put everybody together. 35:47 who's playing a role in getting this done 35:51 because it has a greater purpose. 35:53 It is gonna be used to draw people 35:56 to find out what is this like what's going on here? 36:01 And then once they have that curiosity, 36:04 give them that literature 36:05 and Holy Spirit takes it from there. 36:08 Amen. But what a tremendous project. 36:10 Yeah. 36:11 So the next step, now it's already built, 36:14 we're going to show another video in a few minutes, 36:16 but it's already built. 36:18 What's the next step now with using this, 36:21 you're going to use it in Las Vegas? 36:23 What else are you gonna do? 36:25 Well, the next thing that we had to figure out 36:27 is how we're gonna transport this around. 36:30 And so... That's a good answer. 36:33 Because it's big, it weighs a lot, you know. 36:35 Right. 36:37 And we weren't really 100% sure. 36:41 But one of my associates, his name is Brian, 36:44 he came up with an idea 36:46 that we should have a custom trailer built 36:49 and the way that it would work is that the statue 36:52 would sort of lay at a slight angle 36:54 on this trailer 36:56 and it would be pulled around by a diesel truck. 37:00 And while it was being pulled to each venue 37:02 that it would go to and be used, 37:04 can you imagine going down the highway, 37:07 and you see this four story statue of Daniel 2 37:11 and it's got its arm crossed 37:12 and you're able to look at it, right? 37:14 Yes. 37:15 But the way that it would work 37:16 is that there would be a series of hydraulic pistons, 37:19 that after it got to where it was going, 37:22 that the pistons would lift it up vertically 37:25 and then what we decided was, 37:27 well, we didn't want to have the trailer there. 37:30 So in the base of the statue, 37:33 four giant hydraulic legs would come down, 37:37 level up the statue, brace it in place, 37:41 and then we would be able to decouple the trailer 37:44 from the base of the statue 37:45 and the statue would be free standing. 37:48 And so well, we never built a statue like this before. 37:52 I'm not sure anybody has. Right. 37:54 And then we want to make it mobile. 37:57 So we had to find a company 37:59 that would be willing to do this. 38:01 And they had to have an engineer on staff 38:04 because we didn't want this thing to fall over 38:06 or anything like that. 38:07 And so we contracted with a company 38:10 out of Quebec, Canada. 38:12 In fact, Pastor, they have an office in Reno, Nevada too. 38:17 Yeah, so there's a connection. Yeah. 38:18 And what happened was we told the owner, 38:23 who is also the engineer about what we wanted to do. 38:27 And he was excited about the project. 38:29 He even flew from Quebec 38:31 down to where we're building the statue, 38:33 he looked at it, he surveyed it. 38:35 And as we speak, right now, 38:37 the finishing touches are being put 38:39 on this amazing trailer. 38:44 That's just as much as a feat of engineering 38:47 as the statue itself. 38:49 And we're going to couple the two together. 38:51 And we're going to be able to make this massive statue 38:55 mobile and take it around. 38:57 So other cities might want you to bring 39:01 this statue to their city, and put it up and use it 39:06 during evangelistic campaigns and things like that. 39:08 Yes, we've created this statue not for our own use 39:12 or for any glory or anything like that. 39:15 What the intent is for God's people, 39:18 for different conferences, 39:20 different churches around the country 39:23 to take it all over the place, 39:26 use it for their evangelistic meetings, 39:28 camp meetings, you know, different things like that, 39:31 and have a team of people that is set up 39:34 to transport it from place to place erected, 39:37 and use it for service. 39:38 Right, right. 39:40 So the team obviously travels with the statue 39:44 and make sure that it's in place in. 39:46 Yes. 39:47 Because my concern with that is, 39:48 you know, automatically you think, 39:50 oh, my goodness, this thing could fall over 39:53 or, you know. 39:54 It vandalized. 39:56 Yes. Yes, absolutely. 39:57 So you thinking, how is it stabilized 40:01 so that there's no problem, 40:03 there's no concern with it toppling over? 40:07 Well, the engineer what he couldn't find a tree 40:10 big enough to replicate this one, 40:12 'cause they wanna test it with another device 40:15 before we put the statue in. 40:17 So what they did was they took, 40:19 I think it was, he told me 12 other trees, 40:22 and they're gonna bind them together 40:23 into a large, you know, single unit 40:26 and when the trailer is complete, 40:28 they're going to test it with that 40:30 to make sure that you know that everything's working well. 40:34 And that the trailer itself, as the statue is raising up, 40:39 there's a counterbalance system, 40:41 there's a 5000 pound weight, 40:43 and it will slide up the trailer, 40:45 as the statue is lifting, 40:47 counterbalancing the weight of the trailer 40:49 and it'll all be controlled. 40:52 Art of engineering. 40:53 It is. It's amazing. 40:55 It's amazing. 40:57 We have another video I'd like for us to get to... 40:58 Yes, let's watch that. 41:00 Check out then you can tell us about it. 41:01 Yeah. 43:24 This is incredible. Amen. 43:26 Yvonne, in that picture, you saw the steel beam, 43:29 we were concerned 43:31 that when we got down to the ankles, 43:33 and the tree is very heavy that it would weaken it. 43:36 So we inserted a steel beam into the tree 43:41 to give it like a strength and spine. 43:43 And so and then we took six foot long bolts 43:46 and drilled all the way through the tree 43:48 and compressed the steel into the tree 43:50 to make it one piece. 43:52 Wow. 43:53 It's phenomenal. 43:54 I mean, really, that's, it's so interesting, 43:56 the whole process. 43:58 It's such an interesting process, 44:00 and we know that God is behind it. 44:03 This is amazing. 44:04 So for those who don't really understand 44:08 the whole image of Daniel 2, 44:11 can you just either one of the pastors, 44:13 can you give us a general synopsis of what that is? 44:17 Because some of the viewers might not know 44:20 what that image is about. 44:21 Yeah. Pastor Peter. 44:23 You know, first of all, 44:25 we were talking about disagreements, 44:31 as you look at the commentaries on the Book of Daniel, 44:34 you get these, all these viewpoints, 44:36 not from all the other churches, not just Adventism. 44:41 Almost everyone agrees on Daniel 2, 44:45 I mean, almost every single one, 44:48 that the head represents Babylon, 44:51 that the breast and arms represents Medo-Persia 44:55 which overthrew Babylon. 44:58 And that the bronze thighs 45:02 represent Greece 45:05 which overthrew Medo-Persia, 45:08 and then the legs of iron which is Rome. 45:13 And they overthrew Greece. 45:17 And what's the most amazing... 45:19 When Don mentioned this, 45:22 what's so amazing about it is 45:25 there's no fifth kingdom. 45:29 And that's exactly what happened in history. 45:32 The Roman Empire was divided into various other countries 45:38 and that's where the stone strikes the image, our day 45:43 and when you explain this simply 45:45 and you've got that beautiful graphic 45:47 standing before their eyes, they'll see this. 45:51 Jesus is coming now. Yes. 45:54 It's our day. Yes. 45:56 It's not somewhere down the road. 45:59 Absolutely right. 46:00 Oh, go ahead. 46:01 Here's the part that always thrills me about this image 46:05 is the fact that thousands of years ago, 46:08 God gave Daniel a vision 46:10 of the historical record of humanity, 46:13 all the way through the end of time. 46:14 Yes. That is the powerful story. 46:16 So those who say, well, there is no God or there's no... 46:19 God knew and the details of those records 46:21 have come through accurately throughout history 46:23 and there has been no miss, no accident, 46:26 nothing has gone out of wire, haywire. 46:28 But it's been perfectly represented, 46:30 just the way that God told Daniel 46:33 and that's why this is so exciting 46:35 that we can tell the world today in 2019, 46:38 we can tell the world right now, 46:39 that the God of heaven, earth, 46:40 the God that we believe is a God that is accurate, 46:44 even till right now. 46:45 And if He said that 46:47 this kingdom is gonna be established, 46:49 just as sure as all the other parts 46:50 of this image came through, 46:52 going forward, Jesus will come again 46:54 and that's the end of the story that Jesus is coming again, 46:58 He's coming soon. 46:59 Yes. And fill the whole earth. 47:01 Yes, sir. Amen. 47:02 And fill the whole earth. 47:03 If I could add one thing, Yvonne? 47:05 Please. 47:06 It says in the prophecy that at a point in time, 47:10 after like Pastor Neri said that this fourth empire 47:14 would be broken up into different countries 47:17 that they would try and put it back together. 47:20 And so the scripture says that when they try to do that, 47:25 then that's when the rock comes 47:28 and that's the exciting part about it is 47:30 because they came up with an idea. 47:32 You've ever heard the old, the children's nursery rhyme 47:36 about Humpty Dumpty? 47:37 All the king's horses and all the king's men 47:39 couldn't put him back together again. 47:41 Well, they can't put Europe back together again. 47:43 And the European Union has fallen apart with Brexit 47:47 and all these things that are going on over there. 47:49 And so in the days of those kings, 47:51 they've tried to put it together. 47:53 It's not working. 47:55 Jesus is coming. That's right. 47:57 That's why this image is so important 47:59 for the world to know 48:00 that the God we believe in is the God that's real, 48:03 He's available. 48:05 And He knows the beginning from the end. 48:08 And If He knows the beginning from the end, 48:09 He knows your life and my life. 48:11 He knows your personal circumstance, 48:13 whatever you're going through right now. 48:14 And that's why this is so important for us 48:16 to tell the world. 48:18 I'd like to add one little thing. 48:21 A testimony from me about Don and Tim and the others. 48:26 There's no ownership here. Yeah. 48:29 These guys are willing to give it to whoever calls. 48:32 I hope any of our viewers who have been touched, 48:35 wouldn't say, "Well, I wish he could come to my church." 48:39 Call them and they'll find out if it's not booked, it's yours. 48:43 Wow. 48:45 And there's no selfishness here. 48:47 Yes. 48:48 And so that really touched me. Yes. 48:51 Beautiful spirits. 48:52 In fact, I think we have some pictures 48:54 of the final image. 48:56 This is one of our volunteers. His name is Bill. 48:59 He's over 6 feet tall. 49:01 And this gives a good perspective 49:03 of how big the head is 49:05 and it shows the head they're finished in gold. 49:08 Wow, look at that. 49:10 Look at the comparison. What's this? 49:11 There's Bill again, he's up on the shoulder, 49:14 just standing behind the shoulder, 49:16 in the structure there that we have around it. 49:18 And that just shows you this, you know the arms of... 49:21 The folded arms. Yes. Yeah. 49:22 How big it actually is. 49:25 There's another one there. 49:26 Recently, we had some visitors come and walk in the building. 49:29 They were really amazed at how big it actually is. 49:32 Yes. Oh, that is incredible. 49:35 I know when people see it, they're probably like, 49:37 almost overwhelmed because it's so huge. 49:40 It's so huge. 49:41 And the story behind it is so important. 49:43 It's so important. 49:45 So what happens next, 49:48 like after we do Las Vegas? 49:52 What are you guys gonna do? 49:54 Well, it's going over to Pastor Neri's church 49:56 for evangelistic series. 49:57 Ah. 49:59 First things first. 50:00 Yes, sir. 50:01 Good, very good. 50:03 And I think they're gonna run two meetings 50:04 that you're gonna have. 50:05 The Spanish church uses our church for evangelism 50:08 and it will be out front for that. 50:10 And then we're gonna do our evangelism 50:13 following the Spanish church. 50:15 That's incredible. 50:17 So this is, the whole idea 50:19 is to get this statue going. 50:24 Yes. 50:25 So that people can be drawn 50:27 into the whole evangelistic thrust 50:30 that you're doing. 50:32 What's your vision for this? 50:35 Where do you see this going? 50:38 Well, my vision is to inspire our people 50:41 to come up with ideas of their own 50:44 and let's press together, 50:46 unify on those points like Daniel 2, 50:49 and get the message out there. 50:51 Time is fleeting away, 50:53 and we don't have time to get caught off 50:55 and go off into the weeds on different issues. 50:58 And we need to really focus and know 51:01 that Jesus is coming and this prophecy right here 51:04 and the events that are going on in the world 51:06 are sufficient enough evidence 51:08 to show us that that is happening. 51:10 Yes, for sure. 51:11 I know that you want to get in touch with them. 51:15 And to find out how you can get involved, 51:18 find out what you can do to support this effort. 51:22 We're going to put an address up in just a minute 51:25 so that you will be able to contact these gentlemen 51:29 and perhaps even get the statue to come to your church. 51:33 So let's take a look and see how we can reach them. 51:40 If you're interested in getting involved 51:42 in presenting prophecy through the most creative ways, 51:45 you can support this effort and be part of this initiative 51:48 by contacting them at Heal Their Land Inc., 51:52 PO Box 97, Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805. 51:57 That's Heal Their Land Inc., 52:00 PO Box 97, Bonners Ferry, Idaho 83805, 52:06 or you can check out their website 52:08 at HealTheirLand.org. 52:11 Again, HealTheirLand.org. 52:15 Contact them today. 52:17 They'd love to hear from you. |
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