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Series Code: TDYQA
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00:02 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for today's special program. 00:08 Music... 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:17 mending broken people 00:22 I want to spend my life 00:28 removing pain 00:33 Lord, let my words 00:39 heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:49 mending broken people 00:54 I want to spend my life 01:00 mending broken people 01:05 Music... 01:14 Ryan: Hello, my Friends 01:15 and welcome to another exciting hour 01:17 of 3ABN Today Bible Q and A. 01:20 That's right... this is an exciting time for me... 01:23 I love Bible Q and A because I love the Word of God 01:26 and we know that you do too 01:27 and we thank you for taking out the time 01:29 to be with us during this time. 01:31 Get your friends... your family 01:33 your co-workers... 01:34 your enemies... 01:35 anybody you have in and around you, 01:37 gather them at this time 01:38 because we're going to take on some questions 01:41 that have been submitted already in to us. 01:43 We were going to take many different questions today, 01:45 we're going to find a Bible answer for those, 01:47 we have a wonderful panel of people who'll be expressing 01:51 and sharing and declaring the truth from God's Word 01:54 pertaining to these particular questions 01:55 that have been submitted. 01:56 My name is Ryan Day and it's just a privilege to be here 02:00 to be alive another day, amen. 02:02 And during this time, we're going to study... 02:03 we're going to worship Him in spirit and in truth 02:05 and dive deep into the Word of God. 02:07 I want to tell you how you can get your questions answered. 02:10 You want to submit those questions 02:12 and we're going to tell you 02:13 three different ways you can do that. 02:15 The first way is, of course, by e-mail 02:17 and that e-mail, of course, is BibleQA@3abn. org 02:23 again that's: BibleQA@3abn. tv 02:29 or you can also text in your questions. 02:32 We live in a day of... 02:33 we live in a day of cell phones, right, 02:35 so, you can now text in your questions 02:37 and that's at: 618-228-3975 02:41 again, that number is right there on the screen: 02:43 618-228-3975 02:47 and we also live in the age of Social Media 02:51 and so, through Instagram, if you have an Instagram account 02:54 and if you don't... get one... 02:56 because you could submit your questions that way 02:58 @3ABN_official 03:02 make sure you get that underscore in there 03:04 @3ABN_official 03:07 and you can direct message us 03:09 and send us your questions that way as well. 03:11 Well, I know that our Panel Members are excited, 03:13 I'm excited... 03:15 I know you guys are locked and loaded and ready to go 03:17 to share the Bible truth. 03:18 I'm going to introduce our Panel Ms. Shelley Quinn, 03:20 always a blessing to have you, 03:21 thank you for being here with us. 03:23 Shelley: It's always a blessing to be here 03:24 and I need some of your energy so I can talk faster. 03:27 Ryan: Amen, praise the Lord and Pastor John Dinzey, 03:29 loving that jacket and that tie, Brother, 03:32 we love your spirit 03:33 and we love your heart for the Lord 03:35 and we thank you so much for being here with us today. 03:36 Dinzey: It's a blessing for me to be here as well. 03:38 Ryan: Amen, praise the Lord 03:40 and all the way at the end of the table, Pastor John Lomacang. 03:42 Brother, we love your wisdom, 03:44 we love the answers you always give... are so precise 03:46 and we thank you so much for being with us today. 03:49 Lomacang: It's still a learning curve, you know, 03:51 every time we open the Bible, 03:52 we find out how deep the ocean of God's Word is. 03:55 and it's a privilege 03:57 and I'm still trying to figure out 03:59 what kind of tank I could purchase 04:01 to go to the depth of God's Word 04:03 and I don't think there's any in this life, 04:05 we're going to be learning throughout eternity. 04:07 So, praise God for what we've learned thus far. 04:09 Ryan: Amen, amen, well said, 04:10 well, we dare not go any further 04:13 without first asking for the leadership and guidance 04:16 of God's Holy Spirit 04:18 and so, if you don't mind, Pastor John Dinzey, 04:20 would you have the prayer for us Brother. 04:21 Dinzey: Sure, let's pray together. 04:22 "Our loving heavenly Father, 04:24 we thank You so much, Lord, for the Holy Scriptures. 04:27 and You have invited us to search the Scriptures. 04:31 You have invited us to also be learners at Jesus' feet. 04:37 We pray, Lord, that You will bless us with Your Holy Spirit, 04:40 that we may understand your Scriptures 04:42 and speak the words that You have for Your children 04:45 and the answers they need 04:47 to understand better the Scriptures. 04:50 We pray that You will use us to be light unto others 04:52 and we pray for Your name to be honored and glorified 04:55 in all things. 04:56 We ask this in Jesus' holy and blessed name, amen. " 04:59 All: Amen... amen. 05:01 Ryan: All right, drum roll, question number one: 05:05 Now, I have to come to you Pastor John Dinzey, 05:08 I thought this would be a great attention getter to start... 05:10 just got to break the ice and start with this one 05:12 because you don't get many questions like this 05:14 but it's an important one. 05:16 This is coming from Merryl 05:18 and Merryl says, "Should Christians be involved 05:22 in secret organizations like the Masons?" 05:26 Dinzey: You know, the short answer is: No. 05:29 There are many Secret Organizations 05:32 but one of the most well-known is the Masons 05:35 as far as... that they are a Secret Organization. 05:38 They are so secret that they are sworn to secrecy. 05:42 The text I want to share with you is Matthew chapter 5 05:46 verses 14, 15 and 16. 05:48 "You are the light of the world. 05:49 A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 05:52 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, 05:55 but on a lampstand, 05:57 and it gives light to all who are in the house. 05:59 Let your light so shine before men, 06:01 that they may see your good works 06:03 and glorify your Father in heaven. " 06:05 So, the Masons are a Secret Society 06:09 and there seems to be some religious elements to them 06:14 but only in the sense that it favors them 06:16 and this is why... 06:18 you can look at some books written about Masonry 06:21 and one of them says, 06:23 "There's an official Masonic lore 06:26 clearly traces Masonry to Hinduism, 06:30 Buddhism, Zoroastrianism and other eastern religions. 06:34 Albert G. Mackey, co-author of an Encyclopedia of Masonry 06:39 is also one of the Masonry's highest authority 06:41 and in his Manual of the Lodge, 06:44 he traces Masonic teaching back to the ancient rites 06:47 and mysteries practiced in the very bosom of pagan darkness. 06:51 This is what he does... one of their own. 06:53 So, I also want to read this to you 06:56 because I found it on the internet 06:58 because it also reveals something about the Masons, 07:00 it's in the final analysis, 07:02 "Masons do not adjust their beliefs to fit the Bible. 07:05 The Bible is adjusted to fit their beliefs 07:08 and Mason's loyalty is never to God but to the Lodge. " 07:12 And another individual has concluded that 07:15 the prevailing Masonic opinion 07:18 is that the Bible is only a symbol 07:20 of divine will, law or revelation 07:22 and not that its contents are divine law 07:24 inspired or revealed. 07:26 So far, no responsible authority has held that a Freemason 07:30 must believe the Bible or any part of it. 07:33 Masonry's only concern is that each person 07:36 must swear by the most holy book he knows 07:38 so, that he will then keep the oaths of Freemasonry. 07:42 All: Hmmm... hmmm... 07:44 Dinzey: That's all the time I have. 07:45 Ryan: That's a lot to... lot to talk about... 07:47 deep... deep subject... thank you for that, Brother. 07:49 All right, Pastor John Lomacang, 07:50 we're going to come to you with this next question. 07:53 This is coming from Elaine in Clinton, Maryland 07:56 and she says, "Please explain Ecclesiastes chapter 12 verse 7 08:02 especially address how the spirit returns to God 08:06 without going to heaven. 08:08 Lomacang: Sure, not a problem at all. 08:10 Thank you for the question, 08:11 I'll read the verse first and answer the question. 08:13 Ecclesiastes 12 verse 7... 08:15 reversing the process of creation. 08:18 Ryan: Hmmm... hmmm... 08:20 Lomacang: "Then the dust will return to the earth as it was: 08:24 and the spirit will return to God who gave it. " 08:28 I want to begin with the very first thing 08:31 that happened in Scripture that the Lord Himself addressed 08:34 pertaining to death. 08:35 Now, the word "return" is the key in the entire passage 08:40 because if you go to heaven and you're returning there, 08:44 that's where you came from. 08:46 I want you to grab that. 08:48 The word "return" means, "I went to Australia... 08:50 I returned back to America... " 08:51 because that's where I came from. 08:53 So, for the spirit to return to heaven... 08:58 that's what you said... 08:59 that means, the spirit came from heaven. 09:02 But the Bible passage says, "the spirit returns to God... " 09:05 it doesn't say, "returns to heaven. " 09:07 We tend to think, "Well, how could it return to God 09:10 if it doesn't return to heaven?" 09:11 Now, prime example: 09:13 How can money return to me and not return to my house? 09:16 My house didn't give you the money... I did. 09:17 My house has nothing to do with the money I loaned you. 09:20 You don't put money on my couch and say, "I paid you back. " 09:22 You can say, "I returned my money to you... " 09:24 my house has nothing to do with that, 09:26 in the very same way, heaven has nothing to do 09:28 with the spirit that God gave. 09:29 God gave it... it goes back to God... 09:31 that's the key. Ryan: Right. 09:32 Lomacang: Now, let's first find out what that is, 09:34 Job 27 verse 3, the King James Version. 09:37 "All the while my breath is in me, 09:41 and the Spirit of God is in my nostrils. " 09:44 How did the Spirit of God get in the nostrils? 09:47 That's the creation process, Genesis 2 verse 7, 09:49 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, 09:52 and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; 09:55 and man became a living being. 09:57 That breath that returns to God 09:58 is simply the breath of life. 10:00 The Spirit there is not a disembodied being 10:03 that has dimensions that goes and hangs out in heaven 10:05 waiting to go ahead and praise God, 10:07 and clearly, Psalm 146 verse 4, "His breath goes forth, 10:11 he returns to his earth; 10:13 in that very day his thoughts perish. " 10:14 And lastly, Psalm 115 verse 17, The dead do not praise the Lord, 10:19 neither do any who go down into silence. " 10:21 So, to make it very, very clear, 10:23 when we die, we don't go up into praise... 10:25 we go down into silence 10:27 and the spirit that returns to God is the breath of life 10:29 that the Lord gave to Adam in his nostrils 10:32 at the time of creation. 10:34 Ryan: Amen... amen. 10:35 Praise the Lord for Bible truth on that subject. 10:37 Shelley: Amen. 10:39 Ryan: All right, Ms. Shelley Quinn, 10:40 this comes from Mike in Toronto, Canada, 10:43 he says, "Are there people who die, 10:46 who will not resurrect from the ground?" 10:49 And then he says, 10:50 "When I said 'not coming from the ground' 10:53 I am referring to those that die in Christ 10:56 and to those that die without Christ. 10:58 Please give me an answer. Thank you for your help. " 11:00 Shelley: All right, this is Mike in Toronto, 11:03 well, Mike, Jesus gives us the answer in John 5:28 and 29, 11:07 He says, "Do not marvel at this; 11:10 the time is coming when all who are in their grave 11:15 will hear His voice... " 11:16 so, as you said, we're in the grave... 11:18 and then he says, 11:20 "they will come forth... those who have done good, 11:22 to the resurrection of life... " 11:24 that's the first resurrection... 11:26 and those who have done evil, 11:28 to the resurrection of condemnation. " 11:30 So, there are two resurrections... 11:32 the resurrection of life 11:34 we see depicted in 1st Corinthians 15:51 11:38 through 53, when he says, 11:40 "in a moment, we'll all be changed... 11:42 in the twinkling of an eye... 11:43 at the sound of the trumpet... " 11:45 it says, "the dead will be raised incorruptible... " 11:48 we will be changed... we'll put on incorruption 11:51 and this mortal will put on immortality 11:53 and Jesus says in Revelation 20:4 through 6, 11:58 "They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. 12:01 But the rest of the dead did not live again 12:05 until the thousand years were finished. " 12:09 He's talking about the first resurrection and he says, 12:13 "Blessed and holy is he 12:14 who has part in the first resurrection. 12:17 Over such the second death has no power, 12:19 but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, 12:22 and shall reign with Him a thousand years. " 12:25 Okay, that's those who've heard His voice... 12:27 come forward at the first resurrection 12:30 but a thousand years later, 12:32 second resurrection. 12:33 Revelation 20:11 through 15, 12:35 "Then I saw a great white throne 12:38 and Him who sat on it, 12:39 from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. 12:42 And there was found no place for them. 12:44 And I saw the dead, small and great, 12:46 standing before God, and books were opened. 12:49 And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. 12:51 And the dead were judged according to their works, 12:53 by the things written in the books. 12:55 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, 12:58 and Death and Hades... " that's the grave... 13:00 delivered up the dead who were in them. 13:03 And they were judged, each one according to his works. 13:07 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. 13:11 This is the second death. 13:13 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life 13:17 was cast into the lake of fire. " 13:19 Let me read one last Scripture, Revelation 21:7 through 8, 13:24 "He who overcomes shall inherit all things, 13:28 and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 13:31 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, 13:34 sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, 13:37 and all liars 13:39 shall have their part in the lake 13:41 which burns with fire and brimstone, 13:43 which is the second death. " 13:45 So, all are going to hear His voice in the grave... 13:50 He will call forth the righteous for the first resurrection... 13:54 He will call for the wicked for the 2nd resurrection 13:58 which ends in a second death. 14:00 Ryan: Amen, very nice... 14:03 the truth of the resurrections in three minutes 14:05 there you have it, praise the Lord. 14:07 All right, Pastor John Dinzey, 14:08 coming back to you for this next question, 14:10 this is coming from Kenny in Nigeria and Kenny says, 14:14 "I have the question and pondering on it for a long time, 14:18 what kind of 'speaking in tongues' 14:20 was referred to in 1st Corinthians 14? 14:23 Is it the same as the one that happened in Acts 2 14:27 during Pentecost?" 14:28 Dinzey: Thank you, it's interesting when you look at 14:32 1st Corinthians chapter 2... chapter 14 14:35 and you're looking at the description there 14:38 where it's talking about the Gift of Tongues. 14:41 Now, when you look at 1st Corinthians chapter 12-14, 14:45 the gifts of the Spirit are being discussed 14:48 and your question is: What is happening there? 14:51 Is it the same thing? 14:53 It's talking about the gift of speaking in tongues 14:56 in another language. 14:58 You have to look at the context when the word "tongues" is used 15:01 to see if it's talking about a language or the tongue itself 15:03 and here it's talking about a a language... 15:06 in 1st Corinthians 14, 15:08 the same as it is talking about it in Acts chapter 2... 15:11 the difference is that in 1st Corinthians chapter 14, 15:15 there is no interpreter 15:18 and Paul exhorts the people to keep quiet 15:21 if there is no interpreter. 15:23 In Acts chapter 2... as the disciples were... 15:26 received the gift of speaking in another language, 15:30 the people heard them speak in their own language 15:35 and praised the Lord. 15:37 So, in Acts chapter 2 verse 11, it says, 15:40 "We hear them speaking in our own tongues... 15:42 in our own language 15:44 the wonderful works of God. " 15:46 In other words, they were understanding 15:47 what they were saying. 15:48 So, there seems to be an abuse of this gift in 1st Corinthians 15:52 chapter 14 in which apparently they wanted to have predominance 15:56 "I have this gift and I want to speak right now... " 16:00 but there was no one that could understand them 16:02 so, Paul says, "Let him keep silent... " 16:05 and I want to say this to you because 16:09 when you have some difficult Scriptures, 16:12 they are better understood by the 16:14 "easier-to-understand Scriptures... " 16:17 and first in Acts chapter 2 helps us understand 16:20 what is happening in 1st Corinthians chapter 14. 16:22 Now, it is interesting what you find in 1st Corinthians 16:26 chapter 14, verse 21, 16:27 notice, "In the law it is written: 16:31 'With men of other tongues and other lips 16:34 I will speak to this people; 16:36 and yet, for all that, they will not hear Me,' 16:39 says the Lord. " 16:40 So, here Paul is quoting a... 16:45 a text in Isaiah chapter 28 verse 11, 16:48 and he is quoting this text talking about the Assyrians 16:51 that came in with the people of Israel 16:55 and God told them, 16:56 "With men of other tongues, I will speak to you. " 16:58 In other words, another language... 16:59 "I want to speak to you. " 17:01 And so, here... it's interesting that the Septuagint 17:04 uses the word: language here 17:07 and in reference to this... to this Scripture 17:10 and when you look at the two, Paul quoting Isaiah chapter 28, 17:15 he is... like providing a definition. 17:18 It's talking about people speaking another language 17:21 or a language they do not know. 17:23 And so, the things to keep in mind here 17:27 that when you are in church, 17:29 you're supposed to speak 17:31 words that are easy to be understood. 17:34 Ryan: Amen. Dinzey: Time is up. 17:36 Ryan: That's okay, that's very well put, 17:38 thank you, Brother. 17:39 All right, Pastor Lomacang, coming back to you... 17:41 for your second question 17:43 and this is coming from Sharlene in Ontario, Canada. 17:47 So, maybe Sharlene and Berry from Ontario, Canada. 17:51 They say, "I'm confused... 17:53 North America had people living there when it was colonized. 17:57 How is this 'water' in the prophecies?" 18:01 Lomacang: Okay, I love that. 18:03 You know, couple of things that we here in America... 18:06 you know, when we celebrate Christopher Columbus, 18:10 we say, "How could you discover my backyard 18:13 when I'm already in the house?" 18:15 So, this has some... the focal point of this prophecy 18:20 that are opened here 18:21 was the focus that Daniel and Revelation gave... 18:26 those two sister books. 18:27 when Daniel talked about the four beasts that were 18:30 described in Daniel chapter 7, 18:32 he talked about the water there 18:35 and I'll read the verse to you, Daniel 7 verse 2, 18:38 Daniel spoke saying, "I saw in my night vision, 18:40 and behold, the four winds of heaven 18:42 were stirring up the Great Sea. " 18:45 So, the "stirring up" that is talked about there is, 18:47 agitation. 18:49 Daniel was talking about the rise of one kingdom... 18:51 the fall of that kingdom... 18:52 the rise of another... the fall of that one 18:54 and kingdom one rising after the other. 18:56 The purpose of the stirring up of the great sea 18:58 which meant water 19:00 was... this was happening in a place where 19:03 it was a time of war... a time of commotion... 19:05 a time of agitation... 19:06 it doesn't just mean people... 19:08 in this context, it means a time of agitation... 19:11 a time of war... 19:12 because each nation rose and fell 19:14 in the context of one being overcome by the other 19:18 in a battle. 19:19 Revelation 17:15 says, 19:22 "The waters that you saw, 19:24 are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues. " 19:26 However, Revelation 13:11 refers to America 19:30 as coming up at a time... coming up out of the earth 19:33 and the picture of a lamb is used, 19:35 meaning... this is a young country. 19:38 This was a very infant nation. 19:41 So, it's not so much the timing and the people 19:43 that were living there, 19:45 it's the conditions that were talked about... 19:47 these four kingdoms coming up at a time of agitation and war 19:50 but America coming up at a time of peace 19:53 as an infant nation... so, that's the focal point... 19:56 not so much... people were living there... 19:58 people were living in all parts of the world 20:00 but simply, God was focusing on the timing 20:02 of the rise and fall of these nations. 20:04 Ryan: Amen, thank you, Pastor for that answer. 20:07 All right, Ms. Shelley, this is coming from Michellete 20:10 from Fridley Minnesota. 20:13 Hope I'm saying that right, Michellete... 20:15 they say, "What if you taste and see the Lord is good 20:20 and still not satisfied... is that bad?" 20:24 Shelley: Michellete, I so appreciate the transparency 20:28 of your question. 20:29 Psalm 34 verse 8 says, 20:32 "Taste and see that the LORD is good; 20:34 blessed is the man who trusts in Him!" 20:37 The Psalmist is inviting us into this experience 20:41 to taste the goodness of God's perfect love. 20:45 His... there's no other experience that surpasses it 20:49 and we see the beauty of His character... 20:51 how merciful... how patient... how loving He is... 20:55 how personal He is that God is inviting us 21:00 into this intimate personal relationship as our daddy... 21:05 as our Abba... 21:07 and it's something that as we're seeking His face, 21:11 we're supposed to... 21:13 instead of seeking His hand just to... 21:15 what He's going to do, 21:17 we seek His face... we remember all of His benefits 21:21 and we're mindful of His constant presence with us, 21:25 it's a beautiful thing. 21:27 When you've spent time with the Lord like that, 21:30 there's nothing else... 21:32 I mean, there's a soul satisfaction... 21:35 nothing else will satisfy you. 21:37 But let me say this, 21:38 I have tasted... I have seen... I have been satisfied. 21:43 But Michellete, 21:44 if I have my favorite meal on Sunday night 21:48 and it satisfies me, 21:50 am I still satisfied on Monday? 21:53 or by Tuesday or Wednesday? 21:55 You see, it is not a once-in-a-lifetime event, 22:01 we've got to taste and see every day. 22:04 Any time I realize that I'm not satisfied... 22:07 I know I'm not surrendered... 22:09 I invite you right now... 22:11 know God... stop resisting His love... 22:16 submit to His plan... 22:17 yield through the leading of the Holy Spirit... 22:20 surrender totally 22:21 and you will find that that satisfaction 22:24 is beyond any other. 22:27 Ryan: Hmmm... amen... amen... one of my favorite texts... 22:30 "O taste and see that the Lord is good. " Psalm 34. 22:34 Praise the Lord... 22:35 All right my Friends, you may be tuning in 22:36 for the very first time right now and may be wondering, 22:39 "What in the world am I watching?" 22:41 you're watching the 3ABN Today Bible Q and A 22:43 and this is a question-and-answers program 22:46 in which you can submit your questions 22:48 and down the road in a future Program 22:50 we take all of those questions... 22:52 we put it in a big database 22:54 and we begin to work through those 22:55 Program by Program each and every week 22:57 with our Panelists 22:59 and we dive deep into the Word of God 23:00 and we answer those questions. 23:02 So, if you want to know how you can submit those questions, 23:04 there are three different ways you can do that. 23:06 The first way is by e-mail. 23:08 It's right there on your screen, BibleQA@3abn. tv 23:12 again, that's BibleQA@3abn. tv 23:16 or you can text in your answers. 23:19 That number is also there: 618-228-3975 23:24 that's: 618-228-3975 23:28 or if you have an Instagram account... 23:30 Social Media... obviously you can submit your question 23:33 through a direct message to: @3abn_official 23:38 @3abn_official 23:42 send us those questions. 23:44 We love your questions 23:45 and we appreciate each and every one of you 23:46 who are continuing to submit those questions 23:48 every single week 23:50 because we love answering them... 23:51 we love to dig deep in the Bible 23:52 and provide answers for those. 23:54 So, that being said, Pastor Dinzey, 23:56 we are going to continue with this train... 23:58 keep this train going 24:00 and we're number... we'll go for it... 24:02 your third question at this point 24:03 and this is coming from Kim out of Washington State 24:06 and Kim says, 24:08 "The fourth commandment is to rest on the Sabbath, 24:11 I see how it's a worship issue as obedience is worship. 24:15 Would it not be honored by truly resting on God's Sabbath day 24:21 then attending and/or conducting church gatherings 24:25 to celebrate the good news and resurrection on the first day?" 24:30 Dinzey: That's very interesting. 24:32 You know, I have to say that you can go to church 24:37 any day of the week and worship God... 24:39 praise His holy name. 24:41 You can do it any day 24:42 but there's something particular and special and important 24:46 about the seventh day. 24:47 I'm referring to the fourth commandment. 24:49 In Exodus chapter 20 verses 8 through 11, 24:52 we are told to: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 24:55 Six days you shall labour, and do all your work: 24:58 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God: 25:01 in it you shall do no work, 25:02 you nor your son, nor your daughter, 25:04 nor your male servant, nor your female servant, 25:07 nor your cattle, nor your stranger 25:08 who is within your gates... " 25:10 why? "For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, 25:14 the sea, and all that is in them, 25:16 and rested the seventh day: 25:18 therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, 25:20 and hallowed it. " 25:21 Now, not only did He do this, 25:24 but He also... 25:25 in the Scriptures we are told in Leviticus 23 verse 3, 25:29 "Six days shall work be done: 25:32 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, 25:34 an holy convocation; 25:37 ye shall do no work therein: 25:38 it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. " 25:40 In other words, there was supposed to be 25:42 a holy convocation. 25:43 That is a gathering together of the people in God's temple 25:48 to worship and praise Him. 25:50 To rest the whole day as you are speaking 25:54 is not in keeping with the seventh-day Sabbath... 25:57 the commandment to keep the Sabbath day holy. 26:01 Now, if you're just resting the whole day, 26:04 you're missing the purpose of the Sabbath day. 26:08 God wants us to spend time with Him... 26:11 quality time with Him studying His Word... 26:14 praising His name... 26:15 worshipping together 26:16 and leave all of the secular things aside. 26:20 Can you go to church the next day and Monday and Tuesday 26:23 and Wednesday? Yes, of course you can 26:24 but to keep the Sabbath day holy 26:27 involves a holy convocation... a gathering together... 26:31 we all praise God and honor His name. 26:34 Ryan: Amen, thank you Brother Dinzey, 26:37 appreciate that. 26:38 All right, Pastor Lomacang, 26:40 this next question is a loaded one. 26:42 This is coming from Rob from Quebec, Canada 26:45 and he says, 26:46 "What are your views on us possibly being on the cusp 26:50 of tribulation but not the great tribulation 26:54 which involves the Third Temple and the Mark of the Beast 26:57 possibly heading our way via 2025?" 27:00 Lomacang: Okay, great question... 27:02 you know, a lot of people misunderstand 27:03 Daniel 9 verses 24 to 27... 27:05 and the last week in the prophecy 27:08 is what this whole focal point is. 27:09 You know, when under President Trump 27:13 when the Embassy was moved to Jerusalem, 27:14 President Benjamin Netanyahu looked at that as a sign 27:19 to start rebuilding the Third Temple 27:21 and they started making plans in 2020 27:23 to start building the foundation for the new temple. 27:25 So, they are thinking that when this temple is built 27:28 and then the Antichrist comes and violates the sacrifices, 27:34 then, the abomination of desolation just occurred 27:37 and they believe at that point, 27:39 the tribulation is going to begin... 27:40 the Jews are going to be converted 27:42 and the Antichrist is going to make a covenant with them 27:44 for this one week... 27:45 in the middle of that week, the "Rapture" is going to happen 27:47 and so much... it's going to get so much more confusing, 27:50 here's the problem here... 27:51 this 70th week of the Daniel 9... 27:54 and I'll read it very carefully for you, Daniel 9 verse 24, 27:57 I'll start with verse 25... 27:59 oh, verse 24, very quickly, 28:01 "Seventy weeks are determined for your people 28:04 and for your holy city... " 28:05 he's speaking directly to Daniel. 28:06 "To finish the transgression, to make an end of sins, 28:09 to make reconciliation for iniquity, 28:10 to bring in everlasting righteousness, 28:12 to seal up the vision and prophecy, 28:13 and to anoint the Most Holy. " 28:16 Now, when this happened, verse 25 says, 28:19 "When the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem... " 28:22 now, here's the problem... 28:23 when the command to give and restore 28:27 original Jerusalem was given, 457 B.C., 28:30 he says... when you follow 483 years later, 28:34 it will take you to the time where the Messiah is anointed. 28:37 Jesus was anointed in 27 A.D. 28:40 exactly as the prophecy fulfilled. 28:42 Here's the problem... 28:43 this is huge problem... 28:45 either this prophecy refers to the Messiah Jesus 28:49 who was anointed in 27 A.D. 28:51 3 and a 1/2 years later in 31 A.D. He was crucified... 28:55 3 and a 1/2 years later, He was crucified. 28:56 3 and a 1/2 years later, the gospel went to the Gentiles. 28:59 That seven-year period... already been fulfilled. 29:03 But why do they miss that? 29:04 It's because there were two other decrees 29:06 given by Cyrus and Darius. 29:07 When you begin with the decree of Cyrus and Darius, 29:10 you never... the prophecy is never fulfilled 29:12 and the Catholic Church... during the Dark Ages 29:14 sent Francisco Ribera and Luis de Alcazar 29:17 to re-interpret the prophecies 29:18 to specifically point the Reformers away from the fact 29:23 that Rome was the System of the Antichrist 29:25 and to push it way into the future 29:27 so, now, the Jews are saying, "Wait... we don't... " 29:29 they don't accept the coming of the first Messiah, 29:32 so, they are looking for the coming of the Messiah 29:34 in the future. 29:35 And so, this prophecy has already been fulfilled. 29:37 Ryan: Right. 29:38 Lomacang: There's going to be no rebuilding... 29:40 they may rebuild a temple 29:41 but the Messiah is not coming when that temple is rebuilt. 29:43 So, they're looking for physical evidences 29:45 of the coming of the Messiah 29:47 and when that temple... 29:48 when the embassy was transferred to Jerusalem, 29:50 they thought boom... 29:52 and world leaders came together to celebrate that... 29:54 I have an entire sermon called: The Appearing... 29:56 you can get that if you call us here at our church, 29:58 and it describes in detail how that happened 30:01 and what they're looking for. 30:02 But the fact of the matter is, 30:03 this prophecy has already been fulfilled. 30:06 Ryan: Wow! 70 weeks in two minutes, 30:08 my goodness! Praise the Lord Brother, 30:10 praise the Lord for that truth. 30:12 We certainly need to be in the word of God. 30:13 All right, Ms. Shelley Quinn, 30:16 this is coming to you from Eugene in Ghana 30:19 and Eugene says, 30:20 "Will we see the face of God the Father and the Holy Spirit 30:25 since He is also a person. " 30:27 Shelley: Ah Eugene, Matthew 5:8 gives you an answer, 30:31 it says, "Blessed are the pure in heart, 30:33 for they shall see the face of God. " 30:35 But even more importantly, Revelation 22:4 says, 30:38 "They shall see His face, 30:40 and His name shall be on their foreheads. " 30:43 Adam and Eve saw God face to face 30:46 but the curse of sin... 30:48 God put them out of the Garden 30:52 and then, no one could see Him face to face again. 30:55 Remember when Moses said, "O... let me see your glory... " 30:58 God put him in the cleft... the rock... 31:00 God walked by... 31:02 he only saw the back of God. 31:03 No man can look on the face of God right now 31:06 because we're not righteous enough. 31:09 God is... when you think of God is love... 31:12 that means... God is sinless... love cannot sin 31:15 and so, man... 31:17 no mortal man can look upon the face of God right now and live. 31:21 We need that robe of righteousness... 31:24 the immortality and that's what happened. 31:27 But when John 14:9... 31:29 the only person that's ever really looked on the face of God 31:32 lived during the time... since Adam and Eve 31:35 lived during the time of Jesus. 31:38 John 14:9... Jesus said to him, 31:39 "Have I been with you so long, 31:41 and you don't know me, Philip? 31:44 He who has seen Me has seen the Father; 31:47 so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?" 31:50 But what's going to happen at the resurrection 31:53 of the righteous in 1st Corinthians 15:53? 31:57 That curse of sin is going to be removed... 32:00 we put on immortality... 32:02 we're clothed in Christ's righteousness... 32:05 we can now look upon God's face 32:08 and our joy will be in perfect relationship with Him. 32:14 You know, this I believe, Numbers 6:25 and 26, 32:21 love is a beautiful blessing 32:22 but I believe it's going to be fulfilled in a new way. 32:26 It says, "The LORD will make His face shine upon you, 32:29 and be gracious to you; 32:30 the LORD lift up His countenance upon you, 32:32 and give you peace. " 32:34 That's going to happen 32:35 when we get to see our Lord face to face. 32:37 Ryan: Amen, thank you Shelley for that. 32:40 Pastor John Dinzey, 32:42 this is coming from Pinky in the Philippines 32:45 and Pinky says, 32:47 "Were there other created humans during Adam and Eve's time 32:53 for in Genesis chapter 4 verses 15 to 17... " 32:57 she quotes the verse here... 32:58 "But the Lord said unto him, 33:00 'Not so, anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance 33:03 seven times over. ' 33:04 Then the Lord put a mark on Cain, 33:05 so that no one who found him would kill him. 33:08 So Cain went out from the Lord's presence 33:11 and lived in the land of Nod east of Eden. " 33:13 And so, her follow-up portion of this question says, 33:16 "Cain made love to his wife and she became pregnant 33:20 and gave birth to Enoch. 33:21 The above implies that there were other people 33:24 who might find Cain and Cain had a wife. " 33:27 Pause... 33:29 Dinzey: Thank you Pinky for the question 33:30 and some of the answer as well. 33:32 This is a very interesting question. 33:34 Many people have this question 33:36 and I like to use the word "procreated" not "created" 33:40 procreated because they were sons and daughters 33:42 of Adam and Eve. 33:44 Now, it's interesting when you go to Genesis chapter 4, 33:47 it is giving us a description of what happened 33:50 with the first and second son of Adam and Eve 33:53 and it was something so shocking that the Bible brings it out 33:57 not necessarily in chronological order 34:00 and we're going to get to that in a moment. 34:02 Now, what's happening in Genesis chapter 4... 34:04 it is helping us to understand what happened... 34:06 the people of God had a departure... 34:09 Cain and his... Cain that killed his brother Abel 34:12 became those that departed from the Lord... 34:14 he says, "I'm going away from the presence of the Lord... " 34:17 worshipping according to the way he wanted to. 34:21 While Adam and his posterity... his children 34:24 continued serving the Lord 34:26 and this is why I point you to the genealogy of Cain 34:31 in Genesis chapter 4 verses 16 to 24 34:34 which I'm not going to read. 34:35 Now, when you get to the end of Genesis chapter 4, 34:40 verses 25 and 26 it says this, 34:43 "And Adam knew his wife again, 34:45 and she bore a son, and named him Seth: 34:47 'For God hath appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, 34:52 whom Cain killed. ' 34:53 And as for Seth, to him also a son was born; 34:57 and he named him Enoch. 34:58 Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord. " 35:00 So, that's the way Genesis 4 ends. 35:03 Everything is clarified in Genesis chapter 5. 35:06 Notice Genesis chapter 5 verse 3, 35:08 "And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years... " 35:11 I'm making emphasis on that for a reason... 35:15 and begat a son in his own likeness, after his own image, 35:18 and named him Seth. " 35:20 Wow! that's a 130 years... 35:22 would you not accept that Adam and Eve had plenty of time 35:25 to have sons and daughters... many sons and daughters... 35:29 and yes... one of those daughters Cain married 35:33 and had children by her. 35:35 So, there were many sons and daughters of Adam and Eve 35:37 because there was 130 years of time 35:40 for them to have many children 35:41 and so, you can continue reading this in Genesis chapter 5. 35:46 Shelley: Amen. 35:47 Ryan: Thank you Pastor Dinzey for that... appreciate it. 35:49 All right Pastor John Lomacang, 35:51 we're coming to you with the fourth... 35:53 your fourth question here 35:55 and this is coming from a Viewer in California 35:58 and this person says, "Hello, I'm a new listener, 36:00 God bless you all. 36:02 Why is half of the Christian Community 36:05 waiting on a "Rapture"? 36:07 Lomacang: Okay, thank you, that gives me an opportunity 36:10 to continue the answer to the last question. 36:13 Perfectly timed... 36:14 because they are accepting something 36:17 that the Bible doesn't teach. 36:18 That's the bottom line. 36:19 Let me just give you a very short timeline 36:21 and I... I talked about this on my last question. 36:25 During the Dark Ages 36:27 the Bible clearly defined Rome, the System of Rome... 36:29 Pagan Rome... 36:31 and then later on Papal Rome... a religious-political System 36:34 as the System of Antichrist. 36:36 But Rome sought to push the people's eyes away from them 36:40 to some future time that this lone individual 36:44 comes some place out of the earth 36:46 and becomes the Antichrist 36:47 and as I said in the last question, 36:49 make a covenant... 36:50 confirm this covenant... 36:52 making a treaty with the Jews... 36:54 have them rebuild the temple... 36:55 and when the temple is rebuilt, then, all of a sudden, 36:58 before the tribulation begins, 37:00 the church will just disappear... 37:01 the pilots out of their controls sees people disappear 37:04 from their cars... 37:05 people missing from the dinner table... 37:07 and they believe the "Secret Rapture" now 37:09 is a beginning of the last tribulation time-frame 37:13 out of which then when this happens, 37:15 this is seven years from now... 37:17 the Lord will come back visibly. 37:19 The Bible doesn't teach an invisible return of Christ. 37:21 The Bible says... Revelation 1 verse 7, 37:23 "Every eye will see Him. " 37:25 But how did this take root in the Christian world? 37:27 A nutshell... are you ready for it? 37:29 Francisco Ribera was the Jesuit commissioned by Rome. 37:33 Then, later in Europe a man by the name of John N. Darby 37:36 advanced something called "Dispensational Theology. " 37:39 Then Cyrus I. Scofield 37:41 from which we get the Scofield Reference Bible, 37:43 began to include all the "Rapture" theories 37:46 in his Bible Notes 37:47 which began to cause people to think that somehow 37:49 since it's in the Notes, it's in the Bible... no... 37:52 then Hal Lindsey in the '70s, "The Late Great Planet Earth" 37:55 continued to compound that. 37:57 Then, Tim La Haye and Jerry Jenkins 37:59 in this entire Rapture Series... the "Left Behind" Series 38:03 compounded that in the Christian world 38:05 so, today, millions are looking for something 38:07 that is not supported by the Bible. 38:10 If you support the Bible and believe the Bible, 38:12 "Behold, He cometh with clouds... 38:14 and every eye will see Him. " 38:16 There is no secret. 38:17 Psalm 25 verse 9, 38:19 "Our Lord shall come and shall not keep silent. " 38:22 It's going to be a visible... an audible earth-shaking event. 38:26 Shelley: Amen. Ryan: Praise God... 38:28 if Danny was here, he'd say, 38:29 "that's a two-hander" right there. 38:30 Praise the Lord. 38:32 Great answer Pastor, thank you. 38:34 Ah... Sister Shelley Quinn, 38:35 this is coming from Richard and he says, 38:39 "God's second commandment says, 38:40 "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, 38:42 or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, 38:45 or that is in the earth beneath, 38:47 or that is in the water under the earth. 38:51 Is it wrong to have wooden models of animals 38:55 or metal object like a horse with a cowboy on it 38:58 or ceramic objects of animals 39:00 or even of people that we love on tables or ledges 39:04 in our houses? 39:05 I would never bow down to them or worship them 39:07 but there are many things that are images 39:10 in people's houses. 39:12 Is this a sin? Should I get rid of them? 39:14 Shelley: Richard, I appreciate your heart... 39:16 let's look to the Scripture for the answer. 39:19 The first four commandments of God's Ten Commandments 39:23 are all about worship. 39:24 Let's look at the second commandment, 39:26 Exodus 20:4 through 5, 39:28 now, first I want you to notice 39:30 there are three prohibitions that are written out in this. 39:34 "You shall not make for yourself... " 39:37 that's number one... "a carved image 39:39 or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, 39:42 or that is in the earth beneath, 39:44 or in the water underneath the earth; 39:46 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. " 39:52 So, God is prohibiting... forbidding 39:56 that we make any image for the religious purpose of worshiping, 40:02 of bowing down... of serving it... 40:04 it is improper to bow down or worship before a carved image. 40:08 It's sinful to have these sacred images that we worship 40:13 in Christian worship. 40:15 Now, I can't find anything in all of the Bible 40:19 that specifically forbids photography... 40:22 western art or any of this that it guards 40:25 that are not made as religious images. 40:29 So, when we think of objects that we use for art... 40:35 that we use for... 40:36 if they're not being used for worship and adoration 40:39 like having a picture of Jesus 40:42 or a picture of loved ones, 40:45 this is not equal to idolatry. 40:48 What we have to remember 40:49 is that we're not worshiping it 40:52 but we need to keep in our mind's eye 40:54 it is an artist's conception 40:58 because nothing can capture the true likeness of God. 41:01 Ryan: Amen, thank you so much Shelley. 41:03 Lomacang: And Ryan, very quickly 41:05 I just want to make one quick correction... 41:07 I said Psalm 25:9... I meant Isaiah 25:9 41:09 but the actual reference is Psalm 50 verse 3. 41:12 "Our God shall come, and shall not keep silent. " 41:16 I want to make sure that was clear there. 41:17 Ryan: Yeah, I appreciate that, thank you. 41:18 All right, Pastor John Dinzey, 41:20 this is your last question 41:21 before we go to the extra questions, 41:23 but this is coming from Chantel from Jamaica 41:27 and they say, "Can you please expound 41:30 on the Special Resurrection mentioned in Daniel 12 41:34 verse 2 specifically 41:36 and spoken of by our Sister E.G. White 41:39 in the Great Controversy page 637. 41:42 There has not been much teaching of this in our church. 41:46 I do believe that it is an important truth, much love. " 41:49 Dinzey: Okay, thank you very much... 41:52 this question is very interesting. 41:54 I like to say this, you know, 41:57 God's ministers are praying 42:00 asking for God to give them a message 42:01 to present to His children when they have to preach 42:05 and the Lord will impress them to preach on this message 42:10 when the time is necessary. 42:11 Could it be that this is being preached in other places? 42:15 It's possible... maybe not in your area 42:16 but it could be. 42:18 I like to read from Great Controversy page 637 42:20 which you made reference to, it says: Graves are opened, 42:23 and "many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth awake, 42:25 some to everlasting life, 42:27 and some to shame and everlasting contempt. " 42:29 Daniel chapter 12 verse 2. 42:31 All who have died in the faith of the third angel's message 42:35 come forth from the tomb glorified, 42:37 to hear God's covenant of peace 42:39 with those who have kept His law. 42:41 "They also which pierced Him" Revelation 1:7, 42:45 Those that mocked and derided Christ's dying agonies, 42:49 and the most violent opposers of His truth and His people, 42:53 are raised to behold Him in His glory 42:56 and to see the honor placed upon the loyal and obedient. 43:00 Great Controversy page 637. 43:03 In Revelation chapter 1 verse 7 it does say that 43:08 "He is coming with clouds, 43:11 and every eye will see Him, 43:13 even they who pierced Him. " 43:14 So, appears to be a Special Resurrection 43:18 for those particular people, 43:20 just as it is written The Great Controversy... 43:22 the quote that I just mentioned 43:24 and there's also another one that I'd like to point to you 43:27 in Matthew 26 verses 63 and 64 43:31 where Jesus is being questioned there, 43:33 and it says: But Jesus held His peace, 43:35 and the high priest answered and said unto Him, 43:38 "I adjure thee by the living God, 43:39 that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. " 43:42 Jesus said unto him, 43:44 "Thou has said: nevertheless I say unto you, 43:47 'Hereafter you shall see the Son of man 43:49 sitting on the right hand of power, 43:51 and coming in the clouds of heaven. '" 43:53 There is evidence in Scripture 43:55 for this type of resurrection of these people 43:57 so they can see God's glory 43:59 of the Son that He's been glorified 44:02 so, yes, why has it not been expounded? 44:05 I do not know for sure 44:07 but God in His timing will bring the message 44:09 that God's people need. 44:10 Shelley: Amen. 44:11 Ryan: Very nice, thank you Pastor. 44:13 All right, Pastor John Lomacang, 44:15 this is coming from Linda in Redding, California. 44:18 "Are the Climate changes we are experiencing 44:21 only due to gasses 44:23 or is it due to the angels loosening the four winds 44:27 or both?" 44:28 Lomacang: Wow! That's how I love that question because 44:31 the Bible doesn't give an answer one way or the other 44:34 but I do have a particular Scripture 44:36 about how God feels about how we are stewards of the climate. 44:39 Ryan: Hmmm... hmmm... 44:40 Lomacang: First of all, the answer is purely speculative 44:43 to some degree 44:44 but the Bible indicates that there is a judgment 44:47 that God will usher upon those who violate 44:51 their stewardship of the planet. 44:53 I'll read Revelation chapter 11 verse 18... the Bible says, 44:56 "The nations were angry, 44:58 Your wrath has come, 45:00 and the time of the dead, 45:02 that they should be judged, 45:04 and that You should reward Your servants the prophets 45:07 and the saints, 45:08 and those who fear Your name, small and great, 45:12 and should destroy those who destroy the earth. " 45:15 Now, the effects that we're experiencing today 45:19 depending on your political party 45:21 you could argue one way or the other. 45:23 I don't want to support one camp or the other 45:26 but I do support the fact that we are stewards 45:28 of what God has given to us. 45:30 You find that the Lord made it clear to Adam in Genesis 1:28, 45:34 "Be fruitful and multiply; 45:36 and fill the earth and subdue it; 45:38 have dominion over the fish of the sea, 45:40 over the birds of the air, 45:41 and over every living thing that moves on the earth. " 45:43 And so, you see clearly that God gave Adam dominion. 45:46 He says, "I want you to care for the planet 45:49 that I'm giving to you... " 45:50 and I think we have a great responsibility. 45:52 I've traveled around the world extensively 45:54 and I've seen some countries... I won't mention it 45:56 but some of the waters are so filthy... 45:58 the people bathe and drink from the very same waters 46:01 and they go through diseases that are unnumbered 46:03 because they have refused to be honest stewards 46:06 of what God has given to us. 46:08 I think in America sometimes money drives a larger agenda 46:11 than responsibility. 46:13 Many things are sold 46:14 for which if we look at the stewardship of it 46:17 destroying our body and destroying the earth. 46:20 So, I think in a nutshell, 46:21 we can see the impact of what's happening in our world 46:23 based on a lot of things that are money driven 46:26 and not driven by our honest stewardship 46:29 and responsibility to God. 46:31 So, in a nutshell, 46:34 are the angels releasing the winds 46:36 and is the climate change due to that? 46:38 I can't answer that 46:39 because the Bible doesn't give me any evidence for that 46:41 but the climate is definitely changing. 46:43 Ryan: That's for sure... absolutely. 46:45 Thank you Pastor. 46:46 All right, Ms. Shelley Quinn, this is your last question 46:49 and this is coming from Daniel in Uganda 46:52 and Daniel says, "Can you please explain 46:55 Colossians 2 verse 16... what was Paul meaning here?" 47:00 Shelley: Oh, absolutely Daniel, 47:02 first let me back up to Colossians 2:14 47:06 so that we can see this in context. 47:09 Colossians 2:14 says... 47:11 talking about Christ having wiped out the handwriting 47:14 of requirements that was against us, 47:17 which was contrary to us. 47:18 He has taken it out of the way, 47:20 having nailed it to the cross. 47:22 Undoubtedly, the handwriting of requirements... 47:25 this handwriting of decrees... this dogmas 47:29 with the old covenant. 47:31 In Exodus 24, we find that the book of the covenant... 47:35 the words that God gave to Moses 47:38 he wrote out in the book of the covenant... 47:40 the civil laws... the ceremonial laws 47:42 and this was then repeated... enlarged 47:47 in the book of Deuteronomy 47:49 which is known as: The Book of the Law 47:52 or the Book of the Covenant 47:54 and it had the curses... 47:57 we find in Deuteronomy 27:14 to 26 48:00 the curses for not obeying that law. 48:04 So, Deuteronomy 31:26 says, 48:07 "Take this Book of the Law, 48:08 put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, 48:12 that it may be there as a witness against you... " 48:16 same thing that Colossians 2:14 is talking about... 48:20 so, when we look at that, 48:23 remember in Ephesians 2:15... 2:14 and 15 Paul writes 48:29 that Jesus Himself is our peace... 48:32 that He has broken down... 48:34 He has made the two one... the Gentiles and the Jews... 48:37 He's broken down the middle wall of separation, 48:40 having abolished in His flesh the enmity, 48:44 that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, 48:49 so as to create Himself one new man from the two. 48:53 So, now we get to your verse, Colossians 2:16, 48:57 "So let no one judge you in food or drink... " 49:01 if the Book of the Law... 49:02 the Book of the Covenant that had all these ceremonial laws, 49:07 these drink offerings and food offerings 49:09 and grain offerings 49:11 and all of this... the annual sabbaths... 49:14 the feast days... 49:15 he said, "Let no one judge you in food or in drink, 49:19 or regarding a festival or a new moon or 'sabbaths' 49:23 the old covenant Ceremonial System... 49:27 all the drink offerings... the food offerings... 49:29 the annual sabbaths... 49:31 the feast days of unleavened bread 49:33 and Pentecost and trumpets 49:35 and the Feast of Atonement... 49:37 they all pointed to Christ and verse 17 says, 49:40 "they're just a shadow of things to come, 49:44 but the substance is of Christ. " 49:48 Ryan: Amen, thank you for that, concise answer. 49:52 All right, we have made it to our extras round. 49:54 This is where we toss out some extra questions 49:57 and let you guys respond... 49:58 this first question is coming from Isabel 50:00 and she says, "When the Lord God almighty 50:03 sent the great flood 50:04 and everything and everyone perished 50:05 except Noah and his family were saved, 50:07 where did Satan and his workforce... the demons go?" 50:10 Lomacang: Well, because they didn't have physical dimensions 50:14 in a spirit realm... 50:15 there's no particular place that they had to hide from the flood 50:20 I think that they maintained some of the attributes of angels 50:24 but now they were fallen angels. 50:26 The only evidence we have in the Bible is 50:28 where in 1st Peter it talks about... 50:30 they were delivered in chains of darkness... 50:31 the word "Tartarus" there... spirit world 50:33 that is beyond our ability to see... 50:36 so, to me... they're not like animals 50:39 that they seek for a higher plane... 50:40 the Lord allowed them to continue to see the results 50:44 of their influence on humanity 50:46 but their day is coming. 50:47 Ryan: That's right... that's right... 50:49 Dinzey: Yes, you know, 50:51 it's interesting that this question has been asked... 50:53 I've never heard somebody ask that question, 50:55 I'm not interested where they are... 50:56 we have enough trouble seeing them... 50:58 that they are around today... 51:00 so, wherever they are, they apparently survived, 51:03 so, by God's grace, we need to depend on the Lord 51:07 so that we can be victorious 51:08 from all those things that they're throwing at us. 51:11 Ryan: Amen... no comment, okay... 51:13 Lomacang: The reason why they survived... 51:15 because the Bible says, 51:16 "They are reserved unto the day of judgment. " 51:19 Their time was not to be destroyed in the flood, 51:21 they are reserved until the day of judgment 51:23 to be punished... so they got their day coming. 51:25 Ryan: Amen... praise the Lord, praise the Lord. 51:27 Well, we don't have enough time for another extra question 51:31 but we are going to take a break just for a moment... 51:33 we're going to go to an address roll 51:35 where you can actually find out again 51:37 how you can submit your questions. 51:39 Maybe you watched this for the first time today 51:40 and you are excited about it like we are... 51:42 you have some questions, 51:44 well, this is how you can submit your questions. 51:46 If you are enjoying our 3ABN Bible Q and A, 51:51 then tell your friends. 51:52 Each Monday, we'll bring you a fresh Program 51:55 answering the Bible questions you send us 51:58 using God's holy Word to shed light on those texts 52:01 that seem difficult to understand. 52:03 To have your questions answered on a future Program, 52:06 just e-mail them to us at: BibleQA@3abn. tv 52:11 that's: BibleQA@3abn. tv 52:15 You may also text your questions to: 618-228-3975 52:20 that's: 618-228-3975. 52:24 Be sure to include your name and where you live 52:27 and then watch 3ABN Bible Q and A for answers |
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