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00:02 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for Today special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:14 Hello and welcome to another 3ABN Today 01:17 Bible Q and A. 01:18 I'm Jason Bradley, and I'm so excited 01:20 that you've decided to study the Word of God with us today. 01:24 And we've been receiving questions 01:26 from all around the world. 01:28 And we're so thankful for that Bible questions. 01:32 And we're going to the Bible for the answers. 01:35 If you would like to send in some questions 01:38 to be answered in future programs, 01:41 you may text them to (618) 228-3975 01:46 or you can email your questions 01:48 to BibleQA@3abn.tv 01:53 You know, going through life we all need guidance, 01:56 and there's no better place to find guidance 01:58 than the Word of God. 02:00 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 02:05 "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God 02:08 and is profitable for doctrine, 02:09 for reproof, for correction, 02:11 for instruction in righteousness, 02:13 that the man of God may be complete, 02:16 thoroughly equipped for every good work." 02:21 We have a wonderful panel here 02:23 ready to answer the Bible questions 02:25 that have been submitted. 02:27 And we have Pastor John Dinzey, it's great to have you here. 02:31 It's a blessing to be here and we're depending on the Lord 02:33 to give us the answers. 02:35 Amen. Amen. 02:36 Pastor Ryan Day? 02:37 Amen. It's good to be here. 02:39 Always excited to be a part of Bible Q and A. 02:41 Let's do it. All right. 02:42 And Pastor James Rafferty, 02:44 we've sat together for quite a while. 02:46 Yes, we have over 100 programs 02:49 on Salvation in Symbols and Signs. 02:51 Good to be here, Jason. Good to have you here. 02:52 You know, Pastor Rafferty, 02:54 I'm going to ask that you pray for us 02:55 before we dive into the Word of God. 02:57 Amen. Let's pray. 02:58 Father in heaven, thank You again 02:59 for this opportunity to answer questions, 03:02 sincere, honest questions, difficult questions 03:05 and sometimes very simple questions 03:07 that are answered from Your Word. 03:09 We want to lift up Your Word right now. 03:11 We want to ask that the Holy Spirit 03:12 will be the instructor, 03:14 the guide and we want to ask 03:15 that those who are listening will receive the answers 03:18 that they need to direct their lives, 03:19 to change their lives, 03:21 to impact their lives for heaven. 03:23 We ask and pray these things in Jesus' name. 03:25 Amen. Amen. 03:27 Amen. 03:28 You know, it can be very difficult 03:30 to answer some of these questions 03:31 in two minutes 03:32 or the one question you get that is three minutes. 03:35 That's a challenge. 03:37 Oh, wow, three minutes. 03:38 For sure, yes. 03:40 Pastor Dinzey, we're going start with you. 03:43 "Please shed light on this one. 03:45 I thought that wine is a mocker 03:47 and yet people in the Bible were drinking it." 03:49 This is from Chandler. 03:51 Well, that's a good question. 03:52 Proverbs 20:1 is the scripture you are referring to. 03:56 And it says, "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, 03:59 and whoever is led astray by it is not wise." 04:04 New King James, that's what it says. 04:06 In the King James Version, 04:08 it says, whoever is deceived by it is not wise. 04:10 So why are some people drinking wine 04:13 in the Bible? 04:14 You have to look at the context 04:16 because the word wine in the Bible, 04:18 in both the Old and New Testament, 04:21 is used to refer both to fermented wine 04:24 and pure grape juice. 04:28 So you have to look at the context. 04:30 And we're going to look at a few of those if we can. 04:32 The Greek word is oinos, the Hebrew word is yayin. 04:37 These are the words that have been translated, 04:40 depending on the context you have to look. 04:42 Now let me give you one example. 04:43 Noah, Chapter 9, in Genesis 9:20 04:47 and onward it talks about Noah, 04:49 it says that "Noah became a farmer 04:51 and he planted a vineyard. 04:53 Then he drank of the wine and was drunk." 04:54 And what happened? 04:56 "He became uncovered in his tent. 04:57 And Ham, the father of Canaan, 04:59 saw the nakedness of his father, 05:01 and told his two brothers outside. 05:03 But Shem and Japheth took a garment 05:05 and laid it on both their shoulders 05:07 and went backward and covered the nakedness 05:09 of their father. 05:10 Their faces were turned away 05:11 and they did not see their father's nakedness." 05:14 This is obviously that he drank the wine 05:16 that was intoxicating 05:17 and he did something foolish. 05:19 Now, Lot's daughters, 05:21 you look at the story of Lot's daughters, 05:23 they made their father drunk. 05:25 And then they went to bed with him 05:26 so that to preserve the race or his name. 05:30 They got him drunk so that he didn't know 05:32 what he was doing 05:33 and two children were born. 05:34 And there's great trouble because of that. 05:37 So perhaps you're thinking of the story of Jesus. 05:40 He converted wine. 05:41 He converted water into wine. 05:43 Would Jesus convert water into wine 05:48 that was intoxicating 05:49 and people would get drunk 05:50 and wouldn't know what they were doing? 05:52 No, Jesus was faithful to God's word. 05:55 He knew that wine is a mocker and strong drink is raging. 05:59 What He made was the pure grape juice. 06:02 And as a matter of fact, 06:04 it is interesting that some commentators 06:06 have commented about this 06:08 and they said, "It was new wine freshly created. 06:12 It was not old decayed wine as it would have to be 06:16 if they were intoxicating. 06:19 There was no time for the fermentation process 06:21 to break down the structure 06:22 of its energy giving sugars 06:23 and into these integrative alcohols. 06:26 Jesus made pure grape juice. 06:29 Imagine what weapons 06:32 the scribes and the Pharisee would have 06:34 if they say Jesus made fermented wine. 06:38 It would have destroyed His ministry, 06:40 Jesus created the fresh, pure grape juice 06:44 and time does not permit us to go further. 06:47 And I hope this is of help to you. 06:48 Amen. 06:50 I can only imagine how wonderful 06:52 that grape juice must have been. 06:53 My goodness. 06:55 Welch's isn't got nothing on it. 06:56 Exactly. 06:57 I was thinking the same exact thing. 06:59 Absolutely incredible. 07:00 Pastor Ryan, we're going to go to you on this question. 07:03 "Ryan, can you please explain what spirits in prison mean 07:06 in 1 Peter 3:18-20?" 07:10 This is from Luanne. Yeah, absolutely. 07:11 So I've heard actually a few answers 07:13 on this over the years. 07:14 But I believe we should always allow the Bible 07:16 to interpret itself 07:18 and try to take the weight of evidence 07:19 as far as what the spirits is referring to. 07:21 So let's look at the text, 1 Peter 3:18-19. 07:25 The Bible says here, 07:26 "For Christ also suffered once for sins, 07:28 the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, 07:31 being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the Spirit." 07:35 And here's the verse, 07:36 "By whom He also went and preached 07:38 to the spirits in prison." 07:39 Now many people take this text 07:41 and they automatically assume that Jesus, 07:43 I've heard people say all the time, people, 07:44 you know, Jesus He died and He went to hell 07:47 and He went down there 07:48 and preach to dead people in hell 07:50 or, you know, they've got all these convoluted ideas 07:52 and interpretations that they come up with. 07:54 But we must allow the Bible to interpret itself. 07:57 In this case, there's a lot that can be said 07:58 about this particular verse. 08:00 And I'll give the general meaning 08:01 in just a moment of the overall verse 08:03 and what it's saying. 08:04 But we're dealing with the spirits. 08:05 What is the spirits? 08:07 I believe if we allow other texts 08:08 in Scripture to tell us what these spirits are, 08:10 it becomes clear. 08:11 If we go to Luke 10:18-20, 08:14 we get an idea 08:15 of what the spirits in the plural, 08:16 lowercase s, in the plural means. 08:19 And then we have to read it within the context. 08:21 So Luke 10:18-20. 08:23 Jesus is talking. 08:24 He says, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 08:27 Behold, I give you the authority to trample 08:29 on serpents and scorpions 08:30 and over all the powers of the enemy 08:32 and nothing shall by any means hurt you." 08:35 But then verse 20 says, "Nevertheless, 08:36 do not rejoice in this that the spirits," 08:40 there it is, "that the spirits are subject to you, 08:42 but rather rejoice because your names 08:45 are written in heaven." 08:47 Now take that and tie it to Luke 11 next chapter 08:50 and notice what he says, 08:51 "When an unclean spirit goes out of the man, 08:53 he goes through the dry places, 08:55 seeking rest, and finding none." 08:57 He says, "I will return to my house 08:59 from which I came and he," 09:01 notice it, "when he comes, 09:02 he finds it swept and put in order." 09:04 And then verse 26, 09:06 "Then he goes and takes with him seven other spirits, 09:09 more wicked than himself 09:11 and they enter and dwell there, 09:13 and the last state of the man, 09:14 the last state of the man is worse than the first." 09:16 Now also Mark 1:27, 09:17 just to provide some foundation here. 09:19 "Then they all were amazed, it says, 09:22 so that they all questioned among themselves saying, 09:24 'What is this? 09:25 What new doctrine is this? 09:27 For with authority He commands 09:28 even the unclean spirits and they obey Him.'" 09:32 Now all of these particular texts 09:34 referring to spirits as evil fallen angels. 09:37 I believe that's exactly what's happening here 09:39 in this text based on the context 09:40 as you keep reading through, 09:42 Jesus died on the cross. 09:43 So here's the overall meaning of this text. 09:44 Jesus died on the cross 09:46 and was resurrected by the Holy Spirit. 09:48 He was made alive by the Spirit and in His resurrected state, 09:52 He proclaimed victory 09:54 over Satan and the fallen angels. 09:56 Now, tie that to the next few verses down 09:59 in 1 Peter 3, 10:00 when you get to verse 22, 10:02 it kind of gives and provides some support to this 10:04 because when you get to verse 22, it says, 10:05 "Who has gone into heaven 10:07 and is at the right hand of God, 10:08 angels and authorities and powers 10:11 having been made subject to Him." 10:14 So yes, there are, you know, spirits. 10:15 This is the word pneuma. 10:17 And we have to understand it 10:18 within the context that it's given. 10:20 But spirits in this context, I believe, 10:21 is talking about how Christ gained victory over sin. 10:24 He gained victory over death, 10:25 over the wiles and the temptations 10:27 and the evil plans of the enemy and He preached, 10:29 He proclaimed, He declared that victory 10:32 when He was made alive and resurrected 10:34 by the Spirit immediately 10:35 when He got the first chance to. 10:36 And you know what? 10:38 And also I can add to this really quickly, 10:39 I believe, He also preached 10:41 and became a witness unto the spirits 10:43 even come to us, 10:44 we are spirits to a certain extent, 10:46 in the sense that we are imprisoned by sin, 10:49 but Christ overcame that. 10:51 So, but in this context, 10:52 I believe those spirits is referencing 10:54 the evil fallen spirits, 10:55 the evil angels that Christ overcame 10:58 and gained the victory over the plans of the enemy. 11:01 Thank you for that explanation, Pastor Day. 11:03 "Pastor Rafferty, how do I answer someone 11:06 who says to me that Pharaoh will be forgiven 11:08 because it is God who hardened his heart? 11:10 This doesn't sit well with me." 11:12 This is from Nam out of South Africa. 11:14 Nam out of South Africa, that's a really good question. 11:16 Let's look at a couple of the verses here. 11:17 Exodus 7:3-4, they read, 11:20 "And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, 11:22 and multiply my signs and my wonders 11:25 in the land of Egypt. 11:27 But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, 11:29 that I may lay my hand upon Egypt 11:31 and bring forth mine armies, 11:33 and my people the children of Israel, 11:35 out of the land of Egypt by great judgment." 11:38 So the context of these verses, 11:40 especially verse 4 really help us to understand 11:42 what God is doing and how God's foreknowledge 11:45 of how Pharaoh will respond is going to impact all of the, 11:50 all that God is going to do to deliver his people. 11:52 See, God is basically saying, I'm going to perform signs, 11:56 I'm going to perform wonders in Egypt. 11:58 But Pharaoh is not going to pay attention 12:01 and obey me in relationship to these signs, 12:04 in relationship to these wonders. 12:06 And it's going to make his heart hard. 12:08 Why is it going to make his heart hard? 12:10 Well, because Pharaoh responds to the emergency by repenting, 12:15 but it's a false repentance. 12:17 As soon as the plague is gone, 12:20 Pharaoh turns back to his old ways. 12:23 This is an illustration of false repentance as seen 12:26 in other places of the Bible. 12:27 You see, God encourages human beings to respond. 12:31 But many times we have a false positive. 12:34 And that is not real or lasting. 12:36 Let's look at a couple of examples. 12:38 For example, Judas, his heart was hardened. 12:41 When he saw all of the miracles that Christ performed, 12:44 he listened to all of the sermons, 12:46 the gospel truths that Christ preached, 12:48 but he did not respond to Jesus with true repentance. 12:52 And therefore he became harder and harder 12:55 through the process 12:56 of God's goodness being revealed. 12:58 And in sense, in a sense, Jesus was hardening his heart. 13:01 Why? 13:02 Because Judas was choosing to reject 13:04 what Jesus was saying. 13:06 Same with the Jewish leaders. 13:07 They were hardened by seeing and hearing Jesus, 13:09 and yet they weren't responding to His signs and His miracles 13:12 and His wonders with genuine repentance. 13:13 In fact, the word in the Hebrew for hardened 13:16 in Exodus 9:12, 10:20, 27, 11:10 13:20 and Exodus 14:8 13:22 means to be strong to restrain and a conquered. 13:25 Jesus, God is trying to restrain 13:27 trying to conquer our hearts, 13:30 but if we respond to the negative, 13:32 our hearts are hardened. 13:33 Amen. Deep explanation. 13:35 Thank you. Thank you. 13:36 Pastor Dinzey, could you please explain 13:38 what Genesis 9:4 means when it says, 13:41 "You shall not eat flesh with lifeblood in it?" 13:45 Very good. 13:46 Your question based on the reading of it 13:48 comes from the NIV. 13:50 And it says, "But you must not eat meat 13:52 that has its lifeblood still in it." 13:56 This is a prohibition that came after the flood 13:58 because prior to the flood, 14:00 there was no meat eating by God's people, 14:03 except for the ones that were the wicked people 14:05 that their hearts were only evil continually. 14:09 And notice in Genesis 9:3, it says, 14:14 "Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. 14:16 I have given you all things even as the green herbs 14:19 but you shall not eat flesh 14:21 with its life that is its blood." 14:23 This is the, what God has said. 14:26 Now, why would God say that? 14:28 God is all knowing. 14:30 He knows how He created the animals. 14:32 And obviously, it was not something 14:35 that would be good for you to do. 14:37 As a matter of fact, 14:38 scientists can tell you that we are not created, 14:42 they don't use the word created by the way, 14:45 to digest blood. 14:47 And if you consider the fact 14:49 that the animals that carry diseases, 14:52 that disease would be in the blood. 14:54 Now there are some people that eat live animals, 14:57 they are taking a great risk 14:59 because if there's a disease in that animal 15:02 and they eat the blood they are, 15:04 they could be facing serious, serious problem. 15:07 Now, I give you an example. 15:09 The H5N1 avian influenza virus, 15:12 according to the World Health Organization 15:15 in an outbreak in some areas, 15:18 the avian influenza virus reports of a few human cases 15:22 potentially linked to avian flu 15:23 to the consumption of raw pork, poultry, 15:26 including raw blood based dishes. 15:29 That's right, there are dishes based on blood. 15:33 And some of them you might be surprised, 15:35 pig's blood cake, blood sausage, 15:38 blood pancakes in Sweden, blood soup in Poland, 15:40 deep fried blood pudding on a stick. 15:43 So these things use blood, 15:45 and we encourage you to keep away from those things. 15:49 And there's more about this, 15:51 and I'm sure that God has a spiritual application 15:53 to this as well. 15:55 I love to eat, 15:56 but I'm not touching any of that. 15:57 I can't, I can't do that. 15:59 Pastor Day, we're going to come to you on this one, 16:02 moving along on that. 16:04 "Ryan, the time of tribulation is the seventh, 16:07 seven last plagues, 16:09 are the saved of God going to be affected by these? 16:13 If so, why? 16:14 If not, where will they be to escape them? 16:17 Thank you for answering my previous question. 16:19 It spawned another one." 16:21 This is from Carol out of London. 16:22 All right. Well, thank you so much. 16:24 That was a great question. 16:26 And the simple answer is no, 16:27 God's people will not be affected 16:30 by these plagues. 16:31 And where we get this answer from I believe very clearly, 16:34 if we go to Psalm Chapter 91, 16:36 it tells us very clearly speaking of the righteous, 16:38 those who are full of the Spirit of the Lord, 16:40 those who have adopted and taken on the character, 16:42 the righteous character of God. 16:44 Psalm 91:8-11. 16:46 Notice what the Bible says here. 16:47 It says, "Only with your eyes, shall you behold, 16:50 excuse me, shall you look 16:51 and see the reward of the wicked, 16:54 because you have made the Lord who is my refuge, 16:57 even the Most High, your dwelling place. 17:00 No evil shall befall you, 17:02 nor shall, get this, nor shall any plague, 17:06 come near your dwelling, 17:08 for He shall give His angels charge over you, 17:11 to keep you in all your ways." 17:14 And so in this case my friends, 17:15 the Psalm 91 is testifying to the fact 17:18 that that's a promise from God. 17:19 And we can believe in that promise of God, 17:21 that when these plagues are poured out, 17:23 they are poured out not only on righteous, 17:26 excuse me, not on the righteous, 17:27 but on the unrighteous. 17:28 And where we also clearly get this from 17:30 is if you go study Revelation Chapter 15 and 16, 17:33 and you look into the seven angels, 17:35 who had the seven bowls of the wrath of God, 17:38 and tie that also to Revelation Chapter 14, 14, 15, 16, 17:42 within the context of the third angel's message, 17:44 and with these angels coming 17:46 with these bowls full of the wrath of God 17:47 to pour out on those who, 17:49 who have been worshiping the beast, 17:52 who have worshiped the image 17:53 and who have received the mark of the beast. 17:56 Again, by the time this tribulation 17:57 time period comes, 17:59 probation has closed. 18:00 God's people are sealed with the seal of God. 18:02 And then, of course, the unrighteous are sealed 18:05 with basically the mark of the beast. 18:07 God knows who His genuine believers are 18:09 and who the non-genuine people are. 18:10 And that is why that seven last plagues 18:12 is poured out upon the wicked. 18:14 And you ask, where will the righteous be 18:16 if they're not affected by these? 18:17 I think Isaiah 33:16, gives us a little bit of an indication 18:21 because we know we're going to have 18:22 to flee to the mountains, right? 18:23 Notice what Isaiah 33:16 says, 18:25 "He will dwell on high his place," 18:27 speaking of the righteous by the way, 18:29 "his place of defense will be the fortress of rocks, 18:33 bread will be given him, 18:34 his waters will be sure." 18:36 God is going to protect His people. 18:38 No plague will touch them. 18:40 Amen. 18:41 Amen. Amen. 18:43 "Pastor Rafferty, 18:44 I am really hoping you all can give me some advice. 18:47 I was witnessing to a Muslim brother I know, 18:51 and he was saying that based on Luke 1:17 18:55 and Malachi 4:5-6, 18:57 Christians believe in reincarnation. 19:00 Can you help me to give him a clear interpretation 19:03 of just what these scriptures are saying?" 19:05 This is from Sheldon. 19:07 Well, Sheldon, that was a great question. 19:10 Malachi 4:5 is basically saying, 19:12 "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet 19:14 before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." 19:18 Jesus applies this to John the Baptist in Luke 1:17. 19:23 And that's why your Muslim friend 19:24 is thinking that Christians believe 19:26 in reoccurring, in incarnation, 19:29 but incarnation is the belief that 19:31 a person comes back to this earth 19:33 after death in a different form, 19:35 either higher or lower, 19:36 depending on how they lived in their previous life. 19:39 Now, neither the Bible nor Christians 19:41 in general believe this, 19:42 it is a strongly held belief of the Hindu religion, 19:45 not Christians. 19:47 So the Bible teaches that every human being is unique, 19:51 an individual that is unique, 19:52 who is not duplicated in any other form. 19:56 We live by the breath and the life of God. 19:59 We die and the life force returns to God. 20:03 We resurrect at the voice of Jesus 20:06 in one of two resurrections, 20:07 the resurrection of the righteous 20:08 or the resurrection of the unrighteous 20:11 depending on whether we chose 20:12 to trust in Jesus Christ 20:14 as our Lord and Savior. 20:15 So the truth contained in this text, 20:18 in Malachi Chapter 4 and Luke Chapter 1, 20:21 is that the same spirit that rested upon Elijah, 20:24 which was the Spirit of God, 20:26 also rested upon John the Baptist. 20:28 It was God's Spirit, 20:30 and that is the same spirit 20:31 that John the Baptist had 20:33 when he came to prepare the way of the Lord. 20:35 He did a similar work to the work of Elijah. 20:38 And so it was not man 20:40 but God and His Spirit that was manifest to Malachi, 20:46 or excuse me, yes, and foretold in Malachi, 20:49 manifest through Elijah, 20:50 that was also be manifest through John the Baptist. 20:53 The same spirit rest upon John the Baptist, 20:55 calling people to repentance, 20:56 calling people to understand God and follow God 20:59 during a time of apostasy. 21:01 And this is what's meant by the spirit 21:04 and power of Elijah resting on John the Baptist. 21:08 Wow. 21:09 Thank you for that answer. 21:10 That was a great breakdown there. 21:12 "Pastor Dinzey, did Jesus really go down into hell 21:16 after the cross and free people?" 21:19 Well, that's a very interesting question 21:20 as well. 21:22 And some do think that because of a scripture 21:25 that I will not have time to deal with, 21:26 because I'm dealing with your question here. 21:29 Did Jesus really go down into hell, to preach to people? 21:33 Well, the Bible says in Matthew 16:27, 21:37 "For the Son of man 21:38 will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, 21:42 and then," notice how it says, 21:43 "and then He will reward each according to his works." 21:48 So the people that are in the grave 21:50 now are neither in heaven nor in hell suffering in fire 21:56 because Jesus has not come. 21:58 It's when He comes 21:59 that He gives His reward to people. 22:03 So this is why now I go to John 5:28-29. 22:08 "Do not marvel," said Jesus, "Do not marvel at this, 22:10 for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves 22:14 will hear His voice, 22:16 and come forth, 22:17 those who have done good to the resurrection of life, 22:21 and those who have done evil 22:23 to the resurrection of condemnation." 22:26 So you see, condemnation comes 22:28 after Jesus returns. 22:30 In Ecclesiastes 9:4, we have the following words, 22:34 "But for him, 22:35 who is joined to all the living, 22:37 there's hope." 22:38 While we are alive, there is hope. 22:40 You can repent. 22:42 But notice how it says, 22:43 "For a living dog is better than a dead lion. 22:45 For the living know that they will die, 22:48 but the dead know nothing, 22:50 and they have no more reward." 22:52 They cannot have the reward of salvation 22:54 because they are dead. 22:55 "For the memory of them is forgotten. 22:57 Also, their love their hatred, 22:59 and their envy have now perished. 23:01 Never more will they have a share 23:04 in anything done under the sun." 23:05 The opportunity for salvation is now 23:08 while we are alive. 23:10 Jesus did not go down to the, 23:12 to hell because hell was not activated. 23:15 Please read Revelation Chapter 21, 23:17 to get a picture of when people are cast 23:19 into the lake of fire, 23:20 and they are, and the wicked perish. 23:23 Revelation 20. 23:24 Revelation 20, thank you very much. 23:25 Yes, Revelation 20. 23:27 Amen. I meant to say that. 23:28 I know what you meant. 23:29 That speaks to the sense of urgency. 23:31 Yes. Praise God. 23:32 Praise God. Amen. 23:34 "Pastor Day, I heard a priest say 23:35 that the Sabbath was changed 23:37 when Jesus entered and said "Peace on Sunday." 23:40 But I see in Luke and John, 23:42 it was night, the day had passed. 23:44 Is that right?" 23:45 This is from Karl out of California. 23:47 Not entirely Karl. 23:49 Let's look back at the Scripture, 23:50 John 20:19-20. 23:52 And when I say not entirely, 23:54 I mean, not at all in one aspect 23:56 and not entirely in another. 23:57 So let's look at John 20:19-20. Let's read that. 24:01 This is the instance 24:02 in which this priest is referring to, 24:04 and it says there, "Then the same day at evening," 24:06 this is Resurrection Sunday, 24:07 "the same day at evening 24:08 being the first day of the week." 24:10 So even though it was still evening, 24:12 and some people consider evening night, 24:14 the first day of the week, 24:15 of course, a biblical day in the Bible 24:17 is from sundown to sundown, 24:18 this was, would have still been on the first day, 24:21 because the Scripture indicates 24:23 that it's on the first day. 24:24 It goes on to say, "When the doors were shut, 24:26 where the disciples were assembled." 24:28 Notice, why were they assembled though? 24:29 For fear of the Jews, it's what it says. 24:32 "For fear of the Jews, 24:33 Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them, 24:36 'Peace be with you.' 24:37 When He had said this, 24:39 He showed them His hands and His side. 24:40 Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord." 24:43 Now let's get to the Sabbath issue. 24:45 Okay, first of all, to answer your first question. 24:47 It was on Sunday, but nowhere in this text does it say, 24:51 does it show Jesus showing up, 24:52 you know, high five and the disciples say. 24:54 Hey, guys, look, we got a new Sabbath day today, 24:56 because you know, I've resurrected on this day 24:58 and nowhere in here even though He says peace be with you, 25:01 does He indicate that there is a transference 25:04 of solemnity or importance of the Sabbath 25:06 from one day to another. 25:08 In this case, the reason why 25:09 He's saying peace be with you 25:10 is what it says in that previous part of the verse. 25:12 For fear of the Jews, they were gathered together. 25:14 These brothers and sisters were gathered together, 25:16 scared for their life. 25:18 They were thinking that the same Jews 25:19 that murdered Jesus on the cross 25:21 were going to be after them. 25:23 And so Jesus enters 25:24 because there's a bunch of shaking terrified Jews 25:26 in this room. 25:27 And so Jesus shows up and says, "Hey, look, peace be with you." 25:30 And in fact, in another part of the verse or the passage, 25:33 it says that He actually breathed on them. 25:35 And they received the Holy Spirit, 25:37 they were comforted by Jesus. 25:38 So we have to allow the Bible, 25:41 we take the Bible for what it says. 25:43 In this case for any priest or any minister, 25:45 and I've heard many people do this, 25:47 they take passages, 25:48 they twist them and manipulate the text to say 25:50 what they want it to say. 25:52 They're practicing an I, you know, what's called I say 25:55 Jesus adding to the text what's not there. 25:57 We won't allow the text to say what it says. 25:59 And in this case, there's no mention 26:00 of the transferring or changing of God's Holy Day. 26:03 Sunday, Sunday, it's a work day. 26:05 The Sabbath is the seventh day of the week, Saturday. 26:08 Amen. 26:09 There is a lot of misinformation out there. 26:11 Thank you for clarifying that. 26:12 Pastor Rafferty, I think your faith 26:14 is going to light up on this one. 26:18 "Kindly explain Revelation Chapter 4?" 26:20 Revelation, Revelation, Revelation. 26:22 Revelation Chapter 4 is the second of four cycles, 26:27 prophetic cycles in the Book of Revelation. 26:28 There is the seven churches, the seven seals, 26:30 the seven trumpets and the seven last plagues. 26:32 And each one of these 26:34 begins with a setting of the apostolic age. 26:37 This one begins with the throne of God 26:39 being established in Revelation 4:2, 26:42 "Immediately I was in the spirit, 26:44 and behold, a throne was set in heaven, 26:46 and One who sat on the throne. 26:47 And he was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone, 26:50 and there was a rainbow around his throne, 26:52 in sight like us to unto an emerald." 26:54 So God's throne is established. 26:55 We know this, because Jesus is resurrected. 26:58 He's accomplished our salvation, 27:00 the great controversy in a sense 27:02 has been ended by the life and death of Jesus Christ. 27:05 Now it continues because we need, 27:07 human beings need to respond 27:08 to what Christ has accomplished for us. 27:10 But in heaven, 27:11 it's over according to Revelation Chapter 12. 27:13 Satan no longer has access to heaven, 27:15 he can no longer deceive, or falsify God, 27:19 misrepresent God in the heavenly realms, 27:20 in the heavenly universe. 27:22 So God's throne is established, 27:23 is established on justice and mercy, 27:25 is established by the Lamb 27:27 that is revealed in Revelation Chapter 5. 27:29 But it goes on to describe these 24 elders 27:31 that are around the throne on these seats. 27:33 And it says that they're clothed 27:35 with white raiment 27:36 and they have crowns of gold on their head. 27:37 These are all the things that have been promised 27:41 to the overcomers in the seven churches. 27:43 So the overcomers have been given the promise 27:45 of sitting on a throne with Christ, 27:46 they've been given a promise of having white robes, 27:49 they've been given a promise of having crowns 27:51 of victory on their heads. 27:53 And all of these promises are given to the 24 elders, 27:57 I believe these 24 elders 27:59 who have never been seen before, 28:00 they haven't been seen 28:02 in the throne scene in Revelation 28:03 or in Isaiah Chapter 6 and Daniel Chapter 7 28:05 and Ezekiel Chapter 1 or 10. 28:07 All of these throne scenes are minus the elders, 28:10 we see them now. 28:12 Because with the promise is given to the seven churches, 28:15 because these elders represent those who are redeemed, 28:18 and we see a small group of people 28:20 that Christ brought with Him 28:21 from the grave when He went to heaven, 28:22 I believe these are the 24 elders, 28:24 that are here depicted for the first time 28:27 in the throne scene in Revelation Chapter 6. 28:29 And then it goes on to describe the four living creatures. 28:32 These four living creatures are the same 28:34 as we see in Ezekiel Chapter 1, 28:37 in Isaiah Chapter 6. 28:38 They are angel seraphim, cherubim. 28:41 They have these characteristics of an eagle and a man etc, 28:46 because an ox, 28:47 because these are the characteristics 28:48 of the angels that serve us, 28:50 that fly swiftly, 28:51 that come sometimes as men or human beings on earth. 28:55 And these angels along with the 24 elders 28:57 who represent all the redeemed are praising God. 28:59 They're saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, 29:02 Father, Son, Holy Spirit, Holy, Holy, Holy 29:04 is the Lord God of heaven and earth. 29:07 They're praising God and they're giving Him glory, 29:09 because He's the creator, 29:10 and He is the sustainer of all things. 29:12 So this is a beautiful introduction 29:15 to the seven seals. 29:17 It prepares us for the Lamb that is slain 29:19 from the foundation of the earth 29:20 that is going to be revealed to us 29:22 in Revelation Chapter 5, 29:24 confirming God's throne being established, 29:26 confirming the 24 elders. 29:28 And then, of course, we go to the rest. 29:29 Salvation in Symbols and Signs, 29:30 we have a whole series on Revelation 29:32 and you can get a lot more details 29:34 if you want to know more about Revelation Chapter 4. 29:36 Amen. 29:37 You got bonus points for that by the way. 29:40 Absolutely. 29:41 "Pastor Dinzey, 29:43 I've been watching today Bible Q and A, 29:46 and have decided to start reading the Bible 29:48 starting from the Book of John, 29:50 as Pastor Dinzey had suggested 29:52 from the previous program. 29:53 I am confused already from the very first chapter. 29:57 What does it mean when it says, 29:58 "The Word was God?" 29:59 This is in verse 1. 30:01 "And the Word became a human being." 30:04 Does that mean that Jesus was like letters? 30:07 It's a foolish question, I know, but I don't care. 30:09 I'm still going to ask it anyway, 30:11 because I want to know the truth. 30:13 Amen. 30:15 Rosa, I want to commend you for studying the Bible. 30:18 Great blessings are in store as you read God's Word. 30:21 In John 1:1-2, "In the beginning was the Word 30:25 and the Word was with God, 30:26 and the Word was God." 30:28 He was in the beginning with God. 30:30 It's talking about Jesus. 30:32 This is the Greek word logos. 30:34 And it means, the word it means a declaration. 30:37 It means a message, the saying, even the very thoughts. 30:40 So what does this mean? 30:41 And it says in John 1:14, 30:43 "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us 30:46 and we beheld His glory, the glory 30:48 as of the only begotten of the Father, 30:50 full of grace and truth." 30:53 Jesus is the manifestation in the flesh. 30:58 He became flesh. 30:59 He was God, became flesh and He wanted to show us 31:05 what God is like. 31:07 He was a declaration. 31:09 He was the word living among us. 31:14 Jesus has been given many titles, 31:16 and not one single title 31:19 or description really can give us 31:22 the all marvelous beauty for character of the Lord. 31:26 He's called the bread of life, in John Chapter 6, 31:29 the light of the world in John Chapter 8, 31:31 the gate for the sheep in John Chapter 10, 31:33 the Good Shepherd, John Chapter 10, 31:35 the resurrection and the life, John Chapter 11, 31:38 the way, the truth and the life, 31:39 John Chapter 14, the true vine, John Chapter 15, 31:42 the Lamb of God, in John Chapter 1, 31:45 and the true light that lights every man, 31:48 and every person, 31:49 and many other titles given to Jesus, 31:51 but what about this word. 31:53 It's the Greek word logos, and like I said, 31:55 it means something said, 31:56 a communication and including thought. 31:59 Jesus is God's thought made audible. 32:02 And notice how it says in John 1:18, 32:05 "No one has seen God at any time, 32:07 the only begotten Son, 32:09 who's in the bosom of the Father, 32:11 He has declared him." 32:13 So in Jesus, we see what God is like. 32:16 God is love, 32:18 and He came to reveal that love to humanity. 32:21 And He is not letters. 32:22 He is the message of salvation for humanity. 32:26 Amen. Amen. 32:27 I'm thankful He is who He is. 32:29 Amen. 32:30 "Pastor Day, can you please explain 32:31 the parables in Luke 5:36-39?" 32:35 This is from Diane out of Pennsylvania. 32:36 Absolutely. 32:37 Let's go ahead and read through these really quickly. 32:39 And then we'll provide some answers behind this. 32:41 I'm going to start reading actually in verse 33. 32:43 Because in order to understand verses 36 to 39, 32:45 you got to back up and get context. 32:47 So verse 33, it says, "Then they said to Him," 32:49 this is the Pharisee, speaking to Christ. 32:51 "Then they said to Him, 32:52 'Why do the disciples of John fast often to make prayers, 32:55 and likewise those of the Pharisees, 32:57 but Yours eat and drink?' 32:59 And He said to them, 33:00 'Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast 33:02 while the bridegroom is with them? 33:04 But the days will come when the bridegroom 33:06 will be taken away from them, 33:07 then they will fast in those days.'" 33:10 And then He brings about these parables. 33:11 "Then He spoke a parable to them saying, 33:13 'No one puts a piece 33:14 from a new garment on an old one, 33:16 otherwise the new makes a tear, 33:18 and also the piece that was taken out of the new 33:20 does not match the old. 33:22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins, 33:25 or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, 33:28 and the wineskins will be ruined. 33:30 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, 33:32 and both are preserved." 33:33 What Christ is actually doing, 33:34 this is based on the context of this exchange 33:37 that He's having between Himself and the Pharisees. 33:39 And the Pharisees show up and they're like, hey, 33:41 look, we're over here. 33:42 We're fasting, you know, once, twice a week, 33:45 every single day and Your disciples over here 33:47 just eating and drinking. 33:48 And Jesus said, "Look, I'm the bridegroom." 33:50 He identifies Himself as the Messiah, 33:52 as the bridegroom and the Savior of the world. 33:54 But here's where the exchange comes 33:57 that helps to clarify these parables. 33:59 Jesus basically is describing 34:01 the difference between the way of the Pharisees 34:04 and His fresh new perspective on the gospel 34:08 that He is bringing for salvation. 34:10 Notice, it's about fasting. 34:11 Moses had given instruction back in the Old Testament, 34:14 that encouraging the people to fast at least once a year, 34:17 but by the time we get to Jesus' time, the Pharisees, 34:20 which is where we get the idea of you know, 34:22 don't be pharisaical, don't be, 34:23 don't have a works approach to salvation. 34:25 These brothers and sisters were fasting twice a week 34:27 and the motivation behind that fasting wasn't, 34:29 you know, necessarily for health or for spirituality. 34:32 It was basically a works approach to salvation, 34:34 the idea that somehow they can appease God, 34:37 make God think that they're holier 34:39 and that they're more pious 34:40 and they're more zealous for the good holy things of God 34:43 that we'll just make God happy if we fast more. 34:45 It was a works approach to salvation. 34:47 Jesus by saying, "Look, no one takes 34:49 an old garment a new one and puts it together. 34:51 It don't work." 34:52 Because, you know, these, if especially 34:54 if it's not preshrunk, 34:55 and you put these things together, 34:56 they're going to tear 34:58 and it's going to be worse off before it was, 34:59 you know, worse off afterwards before it was before. 35:01 And also with the new wines, 35:02 no one puts the new wine into old wineskins 35:05 because the old wineskins have already been stretched, 35:08 they've become brittle, 35:09 they've been worn down in the hot heat of the sun. 35:12 And so now you put the new wine in the new wineskins 35:15 and the old wine in the old wineskins. 35:17 What Christ is saying 35:18 is the new and the old can't be mixed. 35:20 What Christ is bringing is a fresh, 35:23 new, beautiful approach to the gospel. 35:25 Not that He's recreating, but He's saying the old, 35:28 the way of the Pharisees that's like an old, 35:29 brittle, stretched, you know, non, 35:33 can't be used old wineskin. 35:35 Get that out of the way, 35:36 because that way that old way 35:38 of the Old Covenant doesn't work. 35:39 Christ is bringing the new perspective, 35:40 the New Covenant, 35:42 salvation through Christ and Christ alone. 35:44 Amen. 35:45 That almost reminds me of baptism, 35:46 leaving the old man behind. 35:48 That's right. That's right. 35:49 And entering into the newness through Christ Jesus. 35:51 "Pastor Rafferty, 35:52 I was studying in a Sabbath School 35:54 lesson recently and became confused. 35:56 It states that a man had to sacrifice 35:59 an animal for his sins. 36:01 Every time I study this, I'm baffled. 36:04 Is this on a daily basis, or is it a once a year thing? 36:08 It makes me... 36:09 It makes one wonder how often this was done, 36:11 because we sinned more often than we would like. 36:14 If I were a farmer, I'd soon be out of livestock. 36:17 The priest would also be exhausted. 36:20 I'm so glad Jesus put an end to it. 36:22 Can you please shine some light on this?" 36:25 Well, absolutely. 36:26 The texts that I want us to look at for this question 36:29 are found in Isaiah 1:10-11. 36:33 I just want to say that God feels 36:35 exactly the same way you feel. 36:36 You're actually eliciting or sharing God's thoughts, 36:41 as they're revealed here in Isaiah 1:10-11. 36:44 "Hear, the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom, 36:48 and hear and give ear unto the Lord, 36:51 our God, you people of Gomorrah, 36:53 the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah. 36:55 To what purpose is the multitude 36:57 of your sacrifices unto me? 36:58 Saith the Lord, 37:00 I am full of burnt offerings of rams, 37:02 and the fat of fed beasts, 37:04 and delight not in the blood of bullocks, 37:06 or of lambs, or if he goats." 37:08 And you can read the rest of this section here. 37:11 It's just bringing the same point 37:12 that God is making here. 37:14 And that is, these sacrifices were supposed to lead people 37:17 away from sin. 37:18 They weren't supposed to have people, 37:20 you know, use them as a means of sinning. 37:23 And that's exactly what happened 37:24 with the Jewish nation. 37:25 You know, you can imagine what it would be like 37:27 if you have a pet animal of some kind, a dog or a cat. 37:31 If you sinned, and the consequences of that 37:34 sin was that you had to take that animal, 37:36 put your hand on the head, 37:37 confess your sins on animals and cut its throat. 37:40 And you would think that's terrible. 37:42 That was the point. 37:44 And it wasn't God that was instigating this, 37:47 it was sin that brought this calamity, 37:49 because sin results in death 37:51 and God was showing this is what sin does. 37:53 Sin destroys. Sin kills. 37:55 And so it was never God's purpose, 37:57 that they would make some kind of business 37:59 out of sacrificing animals like 38:01 we've made a business 38:02 out of sacrifice animals for our food, for eating. 38:05 God, the animal sacrifices pointed to Jesus 38:09 and they revealed the consequences 38:11 of our sin on God Himself. 38:14 And the sacrifice therefore, 38:15 these animals was to touch our hearts, 38:19 to help us to realize the pain and the suffering, 38:22 that sin brings upon the heart of God by experiencing the pain 38:25 and suffering that sin brings to these animals 38:28 because in Hebrew times in Israel, 38:30 in the Old Testament times, 38:32 a lot of their livestock were like pets to them. 38:34 They were very close and connected to these pets. 38:36 So definitely, God does empathize 38:40 and sympathize with your feelings on this. 38:42 He definitely wants the end of all this, 38:45 the sacrifice of animals 38:46 when you come into the New Testament times 38:48 and Jesus fulfills that. 38:50 But He also wants to end our sin 38:51 which hurts Christ's heart again and again. 38:55 That was an excellent question and an excellent answer, 38:57 Pastor Rafferty. 38:59 Pastor Dinzey, I want to go to you now. 39:01 This is actually from our 3ABN+ chat, 39:06 3ABN+ for those of you that don't know. 39:08 You can go to 3abnplus.tv 39:11 And you can have access to previous programs, 39:14 you can pause, you can rewind, 39:16 you can stop and take notes, all of those things. 39:19 So make sure you visit 3abnplus.tv 39:22 to watch more today Bible Q and A's and take notes 39:26 because I know that this is moving 39:27 by very, very fast, 39:29 and they're trying to answer questions 39:31 in two minutes or three minutes, 39:33 and you might miss something. 39:34 So go to 3abnplus.tv 39:36 shameless plug there. 39:38 Pastor Dinzey, we will go to this question here. 39:41 "In a previous program, someone asked 39:43 if you can be baptized without joining a church. 39:46 The answer was not clear to me. 39:48 According to Acts 8:35-39, 39:52 the eunuch was baptized by Philip 39:54 and I didn't see in the Bible that he joined the church. 39:57 Please explain. Thank you." 39:59 Well, people can have that type of view 40:02 and hurt themselves spiritually, 40:04 because when God's people come together, 40:07 God does wonderful things. 40:09 They're singing and praising God together. 40:11 And God's people are edified as they hear 40:14 how the Lord has worked in the lives of others. 40:17 I believe that what you're looking at is that 40:20 the Bible doesn't tell us 40:22 everything that happened afterward. 40:24 What did the eunuch do? 40:25 Did he just go about his business, 40:27 did he just forget about what he learned and he, 40:30 that his life was transformed? 40:33 The Bible does not follow him 40:35 completely to tell us what he did. 40:37 But surely, he did what Jesus said 40:40 in Matthew 28:19-20. 40:43 Jesus said, "Go therefore, 40:45 and make disciples of all the nations, 40:47 baptizing them in the name of the Father, 40:49 and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, 40:50 and the Holy Spirit, 40:52 teaching them to observe all things 40:53 that I have commanded you. 40:55 And lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. 40:57 Amen." 40:59 Someone that is baptized, 41:00 someone that has learned that you can be forgiven, 41:03 and that you can be a candidate for heaven, 41:06 you can have eternal life. 41:08 You want to share the good news with others 41:10 so that they can too experience the joy of salvation. 41:13 This man could not be quiet. 41:16 I'm sure he shared the Gospel 41:18 of Jesus Christ with other people, 41:20 and perhaps started forming small groups 41:22 and probably became a church. 41:23 Now this is just me, considering what one would do 41:27 because this is what God's people should do, 41:29 spread the good news of salvation. 41:31 And notice in 1 Corinthians 12:13, 41:34 "For by one Spirit, 41:35 we were all baptized into one body. 41:38 If you're baptized, you're baptized into one body, 41:40 whether Jews or Greeks, 41:41 whether slaves or free, 41:43 and have all been made to drink into one Spirit." 41:45 I continue in 1 Corinthians 12:11, 41:49 and it says, "And He Himself gave some to be apostles, 41:52 some prophets, and some evangelists 41:54 and some pastors and teachers," why? 41:56 "For the equipping of the saints, 41:58 for the work of ministry, 42:00 for the edifying of the body of Christ, 42:02 till we all come to the unity of the faith 42:05 and the knowledge of the Son of God, 42:08 to be a perfect man to the measure of the stature 42:11 and fullness of Christ." 42:13 One who is baptized 42:14 will want to share the good news 42:16 and be a part of God's family 42:19 and spread the good news 42:20 as far and wide as he can or she can. 42:22 Amen. You can't help it. 42:24 You can't help just get motivated to go. 42:27 That's right. Blessing is on the go. 42:29 Let's ask Pastor Ryan Day. 42:31 "Please clarify why Daniel Chapter 9 42:34 talks about 62 weeks 42:35 until the Messiah's work began, 42:37 the Anointed One. 42:39 Yet we know that took place at 69 weeks in 27 AD, 42:44 the beginning of Jesus' 42:45 three and a half years of ministry, 42:47 which ended in 31 AD. 42:50 Why does it say 62 weeks in the Bible 42:53 when we know it was 69 weeks 42:55 by the time Jesus was baptized?" 42:57 This is from Meyer Marilla. 43:00 All right, that's a great question. 43:02 I once had that question. 43:03 And I know many people have asked that question. 43:06 So let's go to Daniel 9, we start reading in verse 25. 43:09 The answer is actually implied in the text 43:11 if you understand the history behind it. 43:13 But Daniel 9:25, says, 43:16 "Know therefore and understand 43:17 that from the going forth of the command 43:19 to restore and build Jerusalem 43:21 until Messiah the Prince, 43:23 there shall be," 43:24 and here's the reference you're referencing to, 43:26 "seven weeks and sixty-two weeks, 43:28 the street shall be built again, 43:29 and the wall, even in trouble sometimes." 43:31 Now many people stop right there 43:33 but there's a continuance in the next verse. 43:35 "And after the sixty-two weeks," 43:37 and this is where the confusion comes in. 43:38 "After the sixty-two weeks, Messiah shall be cut off, 43:41 but not for Himself." 43:42 And so to understand this, 43:44 we know that Christ did come 69 weeks, 43:47 or the end of 69 weeks 43:49 into this 70 weeks prophecy of Daniel Chapter 9. 43:52 So why does it seem to imply in verse 26, 43:54 that He comes after the 62 weeks? 43:57 Because if you do the math correctly, 43:59 you have to include the seven weeks 44:00 before the 62 weeks, 44:02 which is how you get the 69. 44:04 But here's why it's said that way, 44:06 the seven weeks it's mentioned here, 44:07 there's a reason why it says seven weeks 44:09 and 62 weeks. 44:10 And I always wonder like why did they just say 69 weeks? 44:13 Because the seven weeks, 44:15 which is if you apply appropriately 44:17 the year-day principle here, 44:18 seven times seven is 49. 44:20 It actually took 49 years approximately for Jerusalem, 44:25 for the people of Jerusalem 44:26 to complete the building of the wall, 44:29 as it stated here, notice, to restore and build Jerusalem. 44:32 And then if you go down there it says 44:33 the streets shall be built again 44:34 and the wall even in troublesome times. 44:36 So they had to reestablish government. 44:38 They had to rebuild Jerusalem from the ground up. 44:41 They had to rebuild the temple, as Cyrus would give the decree 44:45 and, of course, Artaxerxes would give the official decree 44:48 to restore and build a government 44:50 and reestablish the statehood of Jerusalem in 457 BC. 44:55 And so if you count 49 years from 457 BC onward, 44:59 it took them about 49 years 45:01 to reestablish the completeness of Jerusalem as a state. 45:04 Now, there's a reference in John 2:20, 45:07 where the Pharisees confirmed that 45:09 it took about 46 years for them to build the temple. 45:12 So this is actually some support for this, 45:14 because 46 years it took them to build the temple, 45:16 but you have, give or take there, 45:18 three, three and a half years, 45:19 where they're still trying to restore government, 45:21 restore the statehood of Jerusalem. 45:23 So the seven weeks comes first, 45:25 there's restoration of Jerusalem 49 years. 45:28 And then now comes the 62 weeks tacked on behind that, 45:32 which is why verse 26 says, after the 62 weeks, 45:35 because if you have seven weeks restoration of Jerusalem, 45:38 now the 62 weeks to follow, 45:40 at the end of that 62 weeks, you've now come 69, 45:44 four weeks, or in this case, 483 years, 45:47 all the way to 27 AD 45:48 where Jesus Christ is now being baptized 45:51 and beginning His ministry. 45:52 So I hope that makes sense. 45:53 That was a quick timeline. 45:55 That's very good. 45:56 It's a lot there. 45:58 "Pastor Rafferty, can you please explain 46:00 Revelation 20:13-14?" 46:04 Revelation again, 46:05 this is a little bit more challenging, 46:07 Revelation Chapter 20:13-14, 46:09 "And the sea gave up the dead 46:11 which were in them and death and hell delivered up the dead 46:15 which were in them. 46:16 And they were judged every man according to their works, 46:20 and death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. 46:23 This is the second death." 46:26 So these verses basically 46:27 are referring to the second death. 46:29 The second death is the ultimate destruction 46:31 of the wicked. 46:32 The sea would represent those who died in the sea. 46:36 The death would represent those who simply died. 46:38 And hell represents Hades in the Greek or the grave. 46:42 And so basically, these verses are saying 46:45 that all who died the first death 46:47 will be resurrected from wherever they died, 46:49 whether they're buried in the sea, 46:51 whether they're buried in graves, 46:52 or wherever they are, 46:53 they're going to be resurrected, 46:55 and they're going to face a judgment 46:56 according to the context of Revelation Chapter 20. 47:00 This judgment is going to be according to their works. 47:02 The books are going to be open. 47:04 We might say today, the video is going to play. 47:07 And they're going to see the history of the world 47:09 and their place in that history, 47:10 and every wicked deed, 47:12 every immoral act that they committed 47:14 because they didn't put their trust in Christ, 47:15 and they didn't let Him take those sins away, 47:18 cast them into the depths of the sea. 47:20 And so they have to face the record of that sin, 47:22 and that is going to be a part of their punishment. 47:25 So they face this judgment according to their works. 47:27 And then they experience 47:29 what is called the second death. 47:30 Now the second death 47:32 is also known as the lake of fire. 47:34 And this second death is a phrase 47:38 that is used only four times in the Bible, 47:39 and every time it is used is used 47:41 in the Book of Revelation, 47:42 Revelation 2:11, Revelation 20:6, 47:45 Revelation 20:14, and Revelation 21:8. 47:48 It refers to the finality, 47:50 that complete perishing of all of those 47:54 who have rejected the love of God, 47:55 and chosen to live a selfish, deceptive and immoral life. 47:59 God so loved the world 48:01 that He gave His only begotten Son that 48:02 whosoever believes in Him 48:04 should not perish in the lake of fire, 48:05 should not perish with the second death, 48:08 should not be hurt by the second death, 48:09 but have eternal life. 48:10 Amen. Amen. 48:12 Well, that concludes our normal question round. 48:16 We're entering into the bonus round. 48:19 This is what we like to call it, 48:20 what I like to call it the bonus round. 48:23 And so I'm going to throw out some questions. 48:25 And whoever wants to answer may do so. 48:28 What does the Bible say about this quote, 48:31 "If you're absent during my struggle, 48:33 don't expect to be present during my success?" 48:37 Well, I'll take a stab at this 48:40 and somebody can add to it if they want. 48:42 I can tell you the Bible says absolutely nothing 48:46 about that particular statement. 48:47 But I will state, you know, I understand 48:50 where the statement is coming from, 48:52 from kind of a worldly perspective. 48:54 But, you know, when I heard this statement, 48:56 when I read the statement, my mind immediately went to, 48:58 you know, what would Jesus do? 49:00 What if Jesus held that attitude, 49:02 you know, what He was successful over death, 49:05 He was successful over sin 49:07 and He invites us into that success. 49:09 And I understand 49:11 where this person is coming from, 49:12 where this quote is trying to say that, 49:13 you know, we have people in our lives, 49:15 they're not there for us when we need them, 49:16 and then once we become successful, 49:17 now they want to come into our lives. 49:19 I get it completely. 49:20 But the Bible does not specifically address this 49:23 in text that I'm aware of. 49:25 But we also have to keep ourselves in check 49:27 to make sure that we don't become too prideful 49:29 and selfish to realize, 49:31 you know, in the realization that, 49:32 you know, Jesus Christ is here. 49:34 You know, He was abandoned, people weren't there for Him 49:37 when He needed them, especially His disciples, 49:39 what if His disciples all scattered, right? 49:41 They weren't there for Him when He needed them, 49:43 but yet He still invited them into that communion 49:45 in His success in victory over sin. 49:48 So keep ourselves in check. 49:49 Remain humble, and have the mind of Christ 49:52 when we're pertaining to certain comments like this. 49:55 Absolutely. 49:56 Yeah. Good. 49:58 Anybody, you want to add anything? 50:00 Maybe this scripture might help. 50:04 In the Book of Matthew says, 50:05 "You have heard that it was said, 50:06 you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. 50:08 But I say to you, love your enemies, 50:11 bless those who curse you, 50:12 do good to those who hate you 50:13 and pray for those who spitefully use you 50:17 and persecute you, 50:18 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven, 50:21 for He makes His sun rise on the evil 50:23 and on the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 50:27 Kindness shown to others at all times 50:29 is what Jesus would do. 50:31 Amen. 50:32 Well said, "I am a Seventh-day Adventist 50:35 and go to a church that allows its members 50:37 to get up and take part in the service 50:39 with anything on like going up on stage 50:41 with all kinds of jewelry, 50:43 how can we be God's last day people 50:45 and still not have self-denial? 50:47 What would you tell me to do?" 50:48 We have a few seconds to answer this. 50:51 Well, I always tell people and I'm just getting into, 50:54 you know, the Spirit of Prophecy here. 50:55 But I always tell people to read prayerfully Evangelism, 50:58 page 272. 51:00 This is an ongoing issue. 51:02 We struggle with this as a church not knowing, 51:04 you know, what the balance is. 51:06 Evangelism, 272, 51:07 just from a biblical perspective tells us 51:09 we need to lay the axe at the root of the tree. 51:11 You can't pick off the leaves whatever seems offensive, 51:14 the ornaments, the outward things, 51:16 we need to talk about Jesus, 51:17 we need to reveal the Spirit of Christ, 51:19 we need to reveal the love of Christ. 51:20 And then the axe is laid at the root of the tree 51:22 and all these outward things fall off. 51:24 So when I see people with the outward adorning, 51:26 etc, they need more of Jesus, they need Christ, 51:28 more than anything else they need Jesus Christ. 51:31 Amen. 51:32 Absolutely. That's beautiful. 51:33 And, you know, when people 51:35 enter into a church for the first time, 51:37 you know, we need to be introducing them to Christ. 51:40 I love that. I love that. 51:42 We hope that you've been enjoying the program thus far. 51:44 We're going to take a brief break 51:46 and we will be right back with some final thoughts. 51:51 If you're enjoying our 3ABN Bible Q and A, 51:54 then tell your friends, 51:56 each Monday we'll bring you a fresh program, 51:58 answering the Bible questions you send us, 52:01 using God's Holy Word to shed light on those texts 52:04 that seem difficult to understand. 52:06 To have your questions answered on a future program, 52:09 just email them to us at BibleQA@3abn.tv 52:14 That's BibleQA@3abn.tv 52:18 You may also text your questions 52:20 to (618) 228-3975. 52:24 That's (618) 228-3975. 52:27 Be sure to include your name and where you live, 52:30 and then watch 3ABN Bible Q and A 52:32 for answers from God's Word. |
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