WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.411 --> 00:00:02.893 Hey everybody, it's R-F-T time. 2 00:00:03.054 --> 00:00:04.795 Rapid fire time. 3 00:00:04.935 --> 00:00:05.436 Rapid fire. 4 00:00:05.456 --> 00:00:06.817 You guys love rapid fire. 5 00:00:07.738 --> 00:00:13.623 I do too, to a point, as long as I can answer the questions, because I do not know what the questions are going to be. 6 00:00:14.163 --> 00:00:22.550 It's kind of like this crazy suicidal moment where I sacrifice my supposed intellect on the altar of your questions. 7 00:00:23.111 --> 00:00:24.572 Kind of terrifying, kind of fun. 8 00:00:24.732 --> 00:00:27.635 I'm not afraid of it, because if I don't have the answers, 9 00:00:28.395 --> 00:00:30.115 go to the Bible because God does. 10 00:00:30.175 --> 00:00:38.077 And so I have one minute and it's timed and the crew here, they're going to hold me to 60 seconds to answer a question. 11 00:00:38.197 --> 00:00:42.758 So again, zero rehearsal, jumping right in. 12 00:00:43.538 --> 00:00:51.759 And here goes, Jack, your willing sacrificial lamb to your questions that you have submitted. 13 00:00:52.419 --> 00:00:54.320 So team, are we ready to do this? 14 00:00:55.260 --> 00:00:55.920 So here we go. 15 00:00:56.613 --> 00:01:01.875 First question, do you have an opinion of why the United States isn't referenced in the Bible? 16 00:01:02.355 --> 00:01:03.095 Do I have an opinion? 17 00:01:04.356 --> 00:01:10.998 My opinion is that it's not referenced in the Bible, and so it's best for us not to talk about it. 18 00:01:11.558 --> 00:01:25.303 It doesn't mean that we cannot carefully speculate, but it is amazing that the most powerful, most wealthy, most free, most Christian, most everything nation that has ever existed ever, 19 00:01:26.343 --> 00:01:35.330 is not in the Bible, both its inception or its demise or its removal from the world scene. 20 00:01:35.690 --> 00:01:36.350 It doesn't say. 21 00:01:36.451 --> 00:01:37.411 The Bible doesn't say. 22 00:01:37.531 --> 00:01:43.816 I know people will try to say, well, it's the young lions thereof in Ezekiel 38, or it's the eagle reference. 23 00:01:44.056 --> 00:01:47.598 Nope, that's all made up jumbo stuff, not going to work. 24 00:01:48.019 --> 00:01:54.023 There is no reference of the United States in the Bible, just like there's no reference of Canada in the Bible. 25 00:01:54.243 --> 00:01:55.104 Quite interesting, right? 26 00:01:55.405 --> 00:01:56.506 So that's my opinion. 27 00:01:57.668 --> 00:02:04.898 But we'll leave it as an opinion because the fact of the matter is the Bible... out of time. 28 00:02:05.227 --> 00:02:10.989 What does it mean when John ate the little book that the angel gave him in Revelation 10, 9? 29 00:02:11.509 --> 00:02:11.810 Wow. 30 00:02:11.930 --> 00:02:20.933 So John eats the little book that was given to him in the book of Revelation, just like Ezekiel was told to eat a book, the Word of God. 31 00:02:21.393 --> 00:02:23.434 And so John takes in the Word of God. 32 00:02:23.474 --> 00:02:29.977 He assimilates the Word of God for this main reason, to proclaim it. 33 00:02:30.037 --> 00:02:32.838 He's told to take it up and to take it in. 34 00:02:33.659 --> 00:02:35.881 And the same thing is true. 35 00:02:36.902 --> 00:02:41.046 As Ezekiel, the word of God goes in for the word of God to come out. 36 00:02:41.346 --> 00:02:42.287 So think of it this way. 37 00:02:42.667 --> 00:02:44.529 We are to eat the word of God. 38 00:02:44.569 --> 00:02:53.918 The Bible says in Jeremiah that God is going to give us shepherds who will teach us the word of God so that we might eat or consume the word of God. 39 00:02:53.979 --> 00:02:54.259 Why? 40 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:56.921 What you consume comes out. 41 00:02:57.662 --> 00:03:06.526 So John is playing out a role in the book of Revelation that is very, very indicative to the challenge of Revelation chapter 1. 42 00:03:07.387 --> 00:03:09.107 Tell everybody about this. 43 00:03:09.708 --> 00:03:12.489 The things that were, are, and shall be. 44 00:03:13.369 --> 00:03:14.770 The revelation of Jesus Christ. 45 00:03:15.871 --> 00:03:20.893 Does having a statue of Jesus in the church constitute a graven image? 46 00:03:22.084 --> 00:03:24.866 I don't like statues of Jesus in a church. 47 00:03:25.046 --> 00:03:26.267 I don't know what it's there for. 48 00:03:26.847 --> 00:03:30.350 I've never heard a good argument as to why it justifies anything. 49 00:03:30.911 --> 00:03:35.214 Because if there's ever going to be a graven image, think about it. 50 00:03:35.254 --> 00:03:40.239 A graven image is something that you focus on instead of the reality. 51 00:03:40.959 --> 00:03:44.902 So icons, images, rocks, crosses, 52 00:03:46.175 --> 00:03:46.835 statues. 53 00:03:47.135 --> 00:03:47.936 What's the point? 54 00:03:48.536 --> 00:03:57.458 Now, I know in Catholicism, it's a big deal, but I'm going to go with Paul the Apostle who said, just stay away from statues altogether. 55 00:03:57.958 --> 00:04:02.120 It's just not good because they can become very, very dark things. 56 00:04:02.320 --> 00:04:05.341 Read 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians for that matter. 57 00:04:05.801 --> 00:04:06.441 Statues, 58 00:04:07.367 --> 00:04:07.687 Why? 59 00:04:07.988 --> 00:04:09.809 Jesus on a cross? 60 00:04:09.829 --> 00:04:09.909 Why? 61 00:04:10.290 --> 00:04:11.230 He's not on a cross. 62 00:04:11.651 --> 00:04:17.756 Jesus was on a cross only for a few hours on his resurrection day. 63 00:04:18.517 --> 00:04:23.401 I don't like seeing Jesus on a cross because it speaks of his sacrifice and his defeat. 64 00:04:23.862 --> 00:04:25.923 It doesn't remind us of the empty tomb. 65 00:04:26.044 --> 00:04:26.864 Don't like statues. 66 00:04:26.924 --> 00:04:27.385 I don't like them. 67 00:04:28.983 --> 00:04:47.528 If the prophetic time clock started May 14th, 1948, and this is the generation that does not pass away, and Psalm says a generation is 70 to 80 years, wouldn't the rapture have to happen by May 14th, 2028 for it to be this generation? 68 00:04:48.048 --> 00:04:51.469 We still wouldn't know the day or the hour within that 80 years, though. 69 00:04:51.975 --> 00:04:54.197 Yeah, this is why your question is flawed. 70 00:04:54.737 --> 00:05:01.641 The Bible references several generations being at several epochs of time. 71 00:05:02.182 --> 00:05:03.463 It's not just 70. 72 00:05:04.263 --> 00:05:05.164 It can be 100. 73 00:05:05.384 --> 00:05:07.826 It can be 40 years a generation. 74 00:05:08.186 --> 00:05:13.329 For example, a generation who was led out of Egypt, that was a 40-year generation. 75 00:05:14.190 --> 00:05:16.371 So you can't pinpoint what a generation is. 76 00:05:16.451 --> 00:05:18.153 Second thing is this, that... 77 00:05:19.053 --> 00:05:33.161 I believe it means this, that Israel being born a second time, Isaiah 63, on May 14, 1948, that generation, meaning Israel, the Jew, will never cease to exist until Christ returns. 78 00:05:33.341 --> 00:05:34.021 That's what it means. 79 00:05:34.582 --> 00:05:35.462 You can't pick a date. 80 00:05:35.522 --> 00:05:36.563 You can't even pick a year. 81 00:05:37.303 --> 00:05:41.266 Now, I do believe that we'll know the times and the seasons, but even that's generic. 82 00:05:41.566 --> 00:05:43.107 We will never know the day or the hour. 83 00:05:43.428 --> 00:05:46.510 We'll sense the nearness, but we won't know when. 84 00:05:46.810 --> 00:05:48.472 I don't believe that we'll even know the year. 85 00:05:49.672 --> 00:05:51.454 But listen, don't make a mistake. 86 00:05:52.034 --> 00:05:55.657 The Jews will never cease to exist from May 14, 1948. 87 00:05:56.017 --> 00:05:56.838 They're not going anywhere. 88 00:05:58.085 --> 00:06:02.846 Pastor Jack, my grandson is being raised by his father and stepmom. 89 00:06:03.366 --> 00:06:06.947 My daughter died of colon cancer in December of 21. 90 00:06:07.607 --> 00:06:10.868 There does not appear to be any spiritual guidance in that house. 91 00:06:11.348 --> 00:06:15.329 As his grandmother, can I retroactively dedicate him to the Lord? 92 00:06:15.549 --> 00:06:16.289 Absolutely. 93 00:06:17.029 --> 00:06:17.670 Absolutely. 94 00:06:17.770 --> 00:06:20.750 In fact, I'll answer your question, what I believe is very personal. 95 00:06:21.510 --> 00:06:23.951 As far as I know, I've never said this publicly, but... 96 00:06:24.568 --> 00:06:33.834 But I think I'm the byproduct of my grandmother on my dad's side, my grandmother who was a Christian. 97 00:06:33.914 --> 00:06:35.235 She was known to be a Christian. 98 00:06:35.275 --> 00:06:36.636 She was known to pray. 99 00:06:37.896 --> 00:06:41.439 She was the only Christian that I've heard of in my family along that line. 100 00:06:43.060 --> 00:06:45.061 By all means, you take up that mantle. 101 00:06:45.641 --> 00:06:47.803 You pray for these grandkids. 102 00:06:47.883 --> 00:06:49.063 You intercede. 103 00:06:49.584 --> 00:06:50.885 You dedicate them— 104 00:06:51.645 --> 00:06:56.189 God has put you there for that very specific task, that very mission. 105 00:06:56.970 --> 00:06:58.871 And I would celebrate that with boldness. 106 00:06:59.131 --> 00:07:00.913 Lord, I'm bringing my grandkids to you. 107 00:07:01.353 --> 00:07:02.975 Jesus, I'm presenting them to you. 108 00:07:03.275 --> 00:07:06.257 Do that every day because I'm a firm believer. 109 00:07:06.498 --> 00:07:11.542 I am where I'm at right now because of my grandmother praying for her family. 110 00:07:12.082 --> 00:07:15.565 And I met her one time as a little kid. 111 00:07:16.386 --> 00:07:19.949 We never knew each other, but I believe I benefit from her prayer. 112 00:07:21.153 --> 00:07:24.196 What do you say to someone who says, I am saved. 113 00:07:24.636 --> 00:07:30.201 I know I don't live the life of a Christian, but at least I have fire insurance. 114 00:07:30.241 --> 00:07:30.922 You're not saved. 115 00:07:32.203 --> 00:07:33.004 I'm going to be honest with you. 116 00:07:33.064 --> 00:07:34.605 You are absolutely not saved. 117 00:07:34.625 --> 00:07:37.448 You are committing what is known as antinomianism. 118 00:07:38.349 --> 00:07:42.512 Antinomianism means that I'm going to do what I want to do. 119 00:07:44.034 --> 00:07:46.216 I'm not going to do what God wants me to do. 120 00:07:47.387 --> 00:07:52.989 But I'm going to say to my own conscience, I believe in Jesus so I can have some fire insurance. 121 00:07:53.089 --> 00:07:58.132 Listen, you're not only, you not only do not have fire insurance, you're lost. 122 00:07:58.852 --> 00:08:02.013 You're not going to heaven because you said it yourself. 123 00:08:02.073 --> 00:08:04.995 Jesus said out of your own mouth and you said it. 124 00:08:05.175 --> 00:08:07.175 You don't follow Jesus. 125 00:08:07.336 --> 00:08:10.357 You don't walk the Christian life, but you believe. 126 00:08:11.150 --> 00:08:19.695 Listen, you may believe that Jesus existed just like you believe George Washington existed, but you're not trusting George Washington just like you're not trusting Jesus Christ because why? 127 00:08:20.075 --> 00:08:21.736 Your belief never took you to faith. 128 00:08:22.356 --> 00:08:23.457 A lot of people believe. 129 00:08:23.737 --> 00:08:27.579 Jesus says these are they who believe for a while, but they wind up in hell. 130 00:08:28.580 --> 00:08:29.620 Read Matthew 13. 131 00:08:30.361 --> 00:08:32.062 No, see, listen, you don't have any faith. 132 00:08:32.442 --> 00:08:34.023 That's why there's been no change in your life. 133 00:08:35.680 --> 00:08:36.340 This is a fun one. 134 00:08:36.541 --> 00:08:43.905 If you donate organs or body parts when you die and the rapture happens, does that body part come out of that person? 135 00:08:44.566 --> 00:08:45.646 I have no idea. 136 00:08:45.827 --> 00:08:47.688 I don't know how God's going to work that out. 137 00:08:47.888 --> 00:08:55.833 I'm so glad that that's God's problem because, wow, I know. 138 00:08:56.033 --> 00:09:00.136 Like, so, you know, a lot of you guys know Bethany Hamilton, right, the surfer? 139 00:09:00.996 --> 00:09:05.279 So that shark, that tiger shark bit her arm off at the shoulder, right? 140 00:09:06.410 --> 00:09:07.290 While she was surfing. 141 00:09:08.611 --> 00:09:14.254 And in the rapture, is Bethany going to be raptured with one arm? 142 00:09:15.094 --> 00:09:15.475 Missing? 143 00:09:15.755 --> 00:09:16.535 I don't think so. 144 00:09:17.456 --> 00:09:18.516 So how's that going to happen? 145 00:09:19.257 --> 00:09:20.217 Or transplants? 146 00:09:20.237 --> 00:09:20.717 You're right. 147 00:09:21.037 --> 00:09:24.159 If you donate a liver, how's that work? 148 00:09:24.939 --> 00:09:25.880 Hey, you know what? 149 00:09:26.921 --> 00:09:27.361 I don't know. 150 00:09:28.781 --> 00:09:30.062 I don't think anybody knows that one. 151 00:09:30.682 --> 00:09:32.784 So thank God that that's his realm. 152 00:09:36.018 --> 00:09:37.499 I finished that before the clock went off. 153 00:09:38.739 --> 00:09:42.540 Do you believe the gift of tongues is still in operation today? 154 00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:49.603 If so, do you believe it is biblical for it to be practiced publicly during a church gathering without an interpreter? 155 00:09:50.044 --> 00:09:52.726 First of all, read 1 Corinthians chapter 12. 156 00:09:53.066 --> 00:09:54.627 Read Romans 8. 157 00:09:54.968 --> 00:09:56.789 Read Ephesians chapter 4. 158 00:09:57.510 --> 00:09:58.570 The gift of tongues. 159 00:09:59.011 --> 00:10:03.594 All the gifts of God are given without him taking them back. 160 00:10:04.495 --> 00:10:05.375 That is a statement. 161 00:10:05.415 --> 00:10:07.077 God's scripture is very clear on that. 162 00:10:08.017 --> 00:10:12.361 But the use of the gifts, they are sovereignly up to the Holy Spirit. 163 00:10:13.001 --> 00:10:16.444 God gives at least one gift to every believer. 164 00:10:16.464 --> 00:10:16.904 Right? 165 00:10:17.084 --> 00:10:18.666 Some believers have more than one gift. 166 00:10:19.266 --> 00:10:24.591 The gift of tongues is an interesting thing because it is for the edification of the entire body. 167 00:10:25.432 --> 00:10:35.341 The gift of tongues cannot be operated without someone or that individual having also a secondary gift known as the gift of interpretation. 168 00:10:35.361 --> 00:10:35.982 Now, 169 00:10:36.302 --> 00:10:41.446 So it's public, but the time is made for that to take place. 170 00:10:42.167 --> 00:10:44.109 It's got to be done decently in an order. 171 00:10:45.650 --> 00:10:50.454 Corinthians tells us, chapters 12, 13, 14. 172 00:10:51.014 --> 00:10:51.675 Oh, I have to go. 173 00:10:51.875 --> 00:10:53.596 I'm going to borrow from my previous question. 174 00:10:53.756 --> 00:10:55.118 I'm borrowing from my previous question. 175 00:10:56.110 --> 00:11:01.634 That, it must be interpreted or the tongue cannot happen. 176 00:11:01.714 --> 00:11:02.675 Go ahead and read it. 177 00:11:03.075 --> 00:11:07.639 And in a gathering, it can only be up to three times and no more, never a fourth time. 178 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:08.980 Extremely ordered. 179 00:11:09.801 --> 00:11:11.942 Okay, that's where it is in operation. 180 00:11:12.183 --> 00:11:13.764 But make sure you understand this. 181 00:11:14.444 --> 00:11:17.367 There's the gift of tongues and then there's praying in the Spirit. 182 00:11:17.387 --> 00:11:17.967 Okay. 183 00:11:18.187 --> 00:11:18.847 One's a gift. 184 00:11:19.368 --> 00:11:23.090 The other one is available to all Christians, and it's not a gift. 185 00:11:23.570 --> 00:11:24.430 It's a type of prayer. 186 00:11:24.450 --> 00:11:26.631 I had to throw that in because I had the time to. 187 00:11:27.992 --> 00:11:32.795 Is there such a thing as standing in the gap for loved ones that don't practice? 188 00:11:33.535 --> 00:11:35.116 That don't practice their faith? 189 00:11:36.156 --> 00:11:37.317 Yeah, I will say it this way. 190 00:11:38.337 --> 00:11:40.839 God says, I'm looking for a man to stand in the gap. 191 00:11:41.638 --> 00:11:44.963 Okay, we know this, that we are to intercede. 192 00:11:44.983 --> 00:11:55.977 That is, we are to get in between God and our lost loved ones or the sick ones in our life or the ones that are hurting, and we are to pray for them continually. 193 00:11:56.878 --> 00:11:57.879 Before the Lord like that. 194 00:11:57.959 --> 00:11:59.280 Okay, that's called intercession. 195 00:12:00.520 --> 00:12:02.982 By all means, we can do that. 196 00:12:03.042 --> 00:12:04.823 But listen, we cannot save them. 197 00:12:05.344 --> 00:12:07.325 If they're lost, we can intercede for them. 198 00:12:08.285 --> 00:12:09.766 I believe that we're commanded to do that. 199 00:12:09.846 --> 00:12:10.807 And we should do that. 200 00:12:11.628 --> 00:12:18.092 Just understanding that what you're doing is you are crying out for them because they're either not crying out for themselves. 201 00:12:18.552 --> 00:12:22.294 They're either sick, wounded, lost, whatever the situation is. 202 00:12:22.694 --> 00:12:29.117 If you're burdened for them, you're carrying their load before the Lord and you are interceding. 203 00:12:29.277 --> 00:12:32.278 Again, like my grandmother, I believe, did for our family. 204 00:12:32.298 --> 00:12:33.919 Hope that answers your question. 205 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:41.022 Are sins, iniquities, and transgressions the same or is there a distinction? 206 00:12:41.562 --> 00:12:43.843 Psalm 103 mentions all three of these. 207 00:12:44.163 --> 00:12:47.545 Yeah, all three are mentioned because all three are different, but keep this in mind. 208 00:12:48.403 --> 00:12:49.384 Let's do this. 209 00:12:49.544 --> 00:12:50.864 So see this umbrella? 210 00:12:51.345 --> 00:12:53.145 Okay, the umbrella, this is sin. 211 00:12:53.486 --> 00:12:56.187 From here to here is sin. 212 00:12:57.368 --> 00:12:59.909 Sin means to miss the mark of perfection. 213 00:13:00.369 --> 00:13:00.969 That's sin. 214 00:13:01.990 --> 00:13:07.173 Under the umbrella of sin are things like transgressions. 215 00:13:08.189 --> 00:13:09.610 or what was the other word, I'm sorry? 216 00:13:10.471 --> 00:13:11.131 Iniquities. 217 00:13:11.311 --> 00:13:11.911 Iniquities. 218 00:13:13.192 --> 00:13:15.113 Iniquities also could be wickedness. 219 00:13:16.374 --> 00:13:28.542 All of that is under the canopy of sin, but transgression, for example, transgression is willful sinning, where sin means I missed the mark, transgression, 220 00:13:29.462 --> 00:13:34.666 That means I know what I'm supposed to do, and I am not going to do it. 221 00:13:34.906 --> 00:13:36.027 I'm going to do the opposite. 222 00:13:36.848 --> 00:13:47.255 Transgression, if you can put it this way, if you want to divide this up, transgression is a worse sin than just sin because it's deliberate. 223 00:13:47.355 --> 00:13:49.917 It's what the Old Testament calls sins of the high hand. 224 00:13:50.478 --> 00:13:51.538 It's I'm going to do it anyway. 225 00:13:52.239 --> 00:13:53.380 Yikes, that's bad news. 226 00:13:54.160 --> 00:13:55.061 Adam did that, by the way. 227 00:13:55.201 --> 00:13:56.182 Adam transgressed. 228 00:13:57.341 --> 00:14:02.624 This may be a crazy question, but I'm seeing this over and over on social media posts. 229 00:14:03.164 --> 00:14:11.488 People asking, how did Jesus find guys in the Middle East by the names of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? 230 00:14:14.749 --> 00:14:16.470 Okay, I'm trying to compose myself right now. 231 00:14:18.431 --> 00:14:20.572 Jesus didn't go around looking for John. 232 00:14:21.553 --> 00:14:24.134 Jesus didn't say, anybody out there by the name of John? 233 00:14:25.775 --> 00:14:27.336 John's name wasn't John. 234 00:14:28.697 --> 00:14:30.398 John's name was Yohannin. 235 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:32.780 Well, how do I know? 236 00:14:33.441 --> 00:14:36.163 Jesus didn't walk around Galilee speaking English. 237 00:14:37.284 --> 00:14:38.544 That's in the English Bible. 238 00:14:39.605 --> 00:14:42.968 If you have a Hebrew Bible, it's Yohannin. 239 00:14:45.462 --> 00:14:50.728 the names that you and I read, they are the English translations of Hebrew or Greek names. 240 00:14:51.389 --> 00:14:52.230 It's very important. 241 00:14:52.270 --> 00:14:54.893 So for example, Mary wasn't Mary. 242 00:14:55.714 --> 00:14:56.695 Her name wasn't Mary. 243 00:14:57.476 --> 00:14:58.257 Mary! 244 00:14:59.118 --> 00:15:00.139 Her name's not Mary. 245 00:15:02.381 --> 00:15:02.782 I'm sorry. 246 00:15:02.802 --> 00:15:04.584 I just want to let this kind of let that out a little bit. 247 00:15:05.212 --> 00:15:06.513 Oh my gosh, I can't believe he said that. 248 00:15:06.533 --> 00:15:07.274 Mary's not Mary. 249 00:15:07.814 --> 00:15:14.219 No, the English Mary that we talk about Mary, or any Mary for that matter, in the Bible is Miriam. 250 00:15:14.999 --> 00:15:15.560 Miriam. 251 00:15:16.180 --> 00:15:18.882 Don't think that God wrote and spoke in English. 252 00:15:19.222 --> 00:15:20.303 That's... God's... 253 00:15:21.364 --> 00:15:22.365 Okay, okay. 254 00:15:24.246 --> 00:15:26.347 How do you know what your spiritual gift is? 255 00:15:27.028 --> 00:15:33.633 I can't seem to figure mine out, and when I ask others what they think it might be, there's a struggle with them being able to answer. 256 00:15:33.653 --> 00:15:33.813 Okay. 257 00:15:34.018 --> 00:15:36.399 Don't ask others what you think it is. 258 00:15:37.200 --> 00:15:41.522 They will have their opinion, and you're going to build your service to Jesus on an opinion? 259 00:15:41.882 --> 00:15:42.222 Never. 260 00:15:42.683 --> 00:15:47.545 You're going to build your service to Jesus on the reality that you know what you're supposed to do. 261 00:15:47.565 --> 00:15:48.826 And you say, well, Jack, that's the problem. 262 00:15:49.206 --> 00:15:49.986 It's not a problem. 263 00:15:50.147 --> 00:15:50.747 It's a journey. 264 00:15:51.327 --> 00:15:52.388 So watch this real quick. 265 00:15:53.088 --> 00:15:58.413 the fellowship, the church that you attend, for example, look around, ask God to show you what needs to be done. 266 00:15:58.954 --> 00:16:00.135 He's going to show you something. 267 00:16:00.335 --> 00:16:02.678 If I ask the same thing, I'm going to see something different. 268 00:16:03.058 --> 00:16:06.401 When you see something that needs to be done, step up and go do it. 269 00:16:06.942 --> 00:16:13.028 And if you excel at it, God has given that gift for you to perform for that, for the church. 270 00:16:13.708 --> 00:16:15.871 And if it doesn't work, no worries. 271 00:16:16.491 --> 00:16:16.932 No worries. 272 00:16:17.212 --> 00:16:17.933 Go look around. 273 00:16:18.073 --> 00:16:20.536 Ask God, Lord, show me where my gift is. 274 00:16:20.916 --> 00:16:22.658 And he's going to show you something of interest. 275 00:16:22.698 --> 00:16:26.182 You're going to be gravitated toward it and you're going to do it under his power. 276 00:16:26.242 --> 00:16:29.686 He gets the glory and you get all the thrill and you're going to love it. 277 00:16:29.826 --> 00:16:31.728 That's one of the great things about the gifts of God. 278 00:16:32.069 --> 00:16:34.712 You will love doing your gift. 279 00:16:37.268 --> 00:16:40.531 What did Jesus do while his body was in the tomb? 280 00:16:41.372 --> 00:16:59.669 Jesus' body was in the tomb, and the scripture says in the book of Ephesians chapter 4, as well as the book of Psalms, as well as Peter's epistle, that Jesus descended into what is known as paradise, also referred to as Abraham's bosom. 281 00:17:00.521 --> 00:17:04.304 Jesus preached to the captivity, those that were there. 282 00:17:04.784 --> 00:17:17.374 And by the way, many scholars believe that when you read about Abraham's bosom in Luke chapter 15 and 16, that when Jesus made that announcement, he announced both to Abraham and all those godly who died. 283 00:17:18.114 --> 00:17:23.437 before the resurrection of Christ, and all those that were in Hades, across the way in torment. 284 00:17:23.877 --> 00:17:29.440 He announced to the entire area of the dead who he was, that he came and arrived. 285 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:32.341 And then it says that he led captivity captive. 286 00:17:32.802 --> 00:17:37.164 That is, he scooped up those that were in Abraham's bosom, or what is known as paradise. 287 00:17:37.184 --> 00:17:40.125 Remember the thief on the cross, you'll be with me today in paradise. 288 00:17:40.946 --> 00:17:42.967 In other words, Jesus is saying, come with me, thief. 289 00:17:42.987 --> 00:17:43.427 Come with me, thief. 290 00:17:43.727 --> 00:17:44.508 We're going to go down. 291 00:17:44.548 --> 00:17:53.113 We're going to rescue all those who trusted and believed in me because I am going to be on the first fruits of the dead, which means nobody can go to heaven, but me first. 292 00:17:53.173 --> 00:17:54.174 And I'm going to lead the way. 293 00:17:54.214 --> 00:17:56.295 I'm going to empty out Abraham's bosom. 294 00:17:57.096 --> 00:18:00.198 And the thief on the cross had a whirlwind tour. 295 00:18:01.158 --> 00:18:01.438 Wow. 296 00:18:02.479 --> 00:18:04.620 Where did baptism come from? 297 00:18:05.081 --> 00:18:08.403 It starts with John the Baptist, but I don't see it in the Old Testament. 298 00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:10.781 Yeah, it doesn't start with John the Baptist. 299 00:18:11.021 --> 00:18:14.122 It only starts with John the Baptist in the biblical record. 300 00:18:14.622 --> 00:18:17.263 Baptism is an ancient practice. 301 00:18:17.624 --> 00:18:25.187 The Jews practiced baptism, Syrophoenicians, Babylonians, Zoroasterists. 302 00:18:25.947 --> 00:18:26.727 practiced it. 303 00:18:26.867 --> 00:18:38.732 Baptism is simply you presenting yourself to that which you're dedicated to, and you are so dedicated to it that you're giving your life for it to live for it. 304 00:18:39.172 --> 00:18:46.435 So what they would do is baptize you, and you would come up, and you are now devoted to that belief system. 305 00:18:46.915 --> 00:18:49.556 So don't think that John the Baptist invented baptism. 306 00:18:50.036 --> 00:18:51.997 John the Baptist was the one who was 307 00:18:54.458 --> 00:19:08.747 Of the first one to baptize Jesus, we follow in the same footsteps as Jesus because Jesus was fully immersed in the plan of God, and we are living out the full immersion of us being sold out to Jesus Christ. 308 00:19:09.007 --> 00:19:09.727 Final word. 309 00:19:10.748 --> 00:19:13.009 Baptism is reserved for those who are saved. 310 00:19:13.229 --> 00:19:15.529 You do not get saved when you're baptized. 311 00:19:15.809 --> 00:19:18.970 Because you're born again, then you go get baptized. 312 00:19:19.410 --> 00:19:26.351 Announcing to the world, the internal commitment I made, I just made a public display that I'm fully committed to Christ Jesus. 313 00:19:28.352 --> 00:19:34.493 Do you think that we will see the 10 kings ruling over the 10 regions before we are delivered by the rapture? 314 00:19:35.730 --> 00:19:36.591 It's possible. 315 00:19:36.951 --> 00:19:37.591 It's possible. 316 00:19:38.412 --> 00:19:43.635 If I had to guess, like a hard guess, I would say no. 317 00:19:43.655 --> 00:19:47.178 But I have to tell you, I'm not going to freak out if I do. 318 00:19:47.278 --> 00:19:55.283 In other words, he's referring to 10 key leaders will arise after some sort of a collapse of global powers. 319 00:19:55.323 --> 00:19:57.164 Like, let's say America collapses soon. 320 00:19:57.824 --> 00:19:58.484 Looks like it is. 321 00:19:59.205 --> 00:20:03.386 Let's say America collapses soon and the world sets up 10 key leaders. 322 00:20:03.766 --> 00:20:04.527 Could we see that? 323 00:20:05.067 --> 00:20:05.687 Sure we could. 324 00:20:06.227 --> 00:20:18.371 If we do, I'm going to walk around with one eye up and one eye straight ahead like that funny lizard, you know, because that means, man, we are so close to the end because the Bible says during those 10 kings, the Antichrist is going to arise. 325 00:20:18.692 --> 00:20:19.172 He's the 11th. 326 00:20:20.173 --> 00:20:27.958 So, wow, if you see 10 rulers replace the world governments, and think about it, you guys, if you like Trump or not, it's irrelevant. 327 00:20:27.978 --> 00:20:30.020 If you like Netanyahu or not, it's irrelevant. 328 00:20:31.100 --> 00:20:34.943 There are very few leaders left in the world right now, very few. 329 00:20:37.345 --> 00:20:46.491 How do you guide an 18-year-old child heading to college who is ungrateful and defensive about everything after being raised in a Christian home? 330 00:20:47.817 --> 00:20:51.899 you're not going to like my answer, but we all have to do this who have lived through this. 331 00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:54.740 You have to turn them over to the Lord. 332 00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:57.001 You need to take them. 333 00:20:57.081 --> 00:20:58.421 Let's say it's little Billy here. 334 00:20:59.642 --> 00:21:00.802 And Billy's the little brat. 335 00:21:01.082 --> 00:21:01.742 Billy the brat. 336 00:21:02.863 --> 00:21:07.305 And he's ungrateful, unthankful, because he's a spoiled, entitled little turd. 337 00:21:09.125 --> 00:21:15.988 You place him to the Lord, and you say, Lord, 1 Peter 5, verse 7, I cast Billy the turd 338 00:21:17.191 --> 00:21:20.637 my ungrateful son or grandson into your hands, Jesus. 339 00:21:21.038 --> 00:21:22.420 He thinks he knows it all. 340 00:21:23.995 --> 00:21:26.136 I can't convince him he's in your hands. 341 00:21:26.256 --> 00:21:27.576 I turn him over to you, Lord. 342 00:21:28.016 --> 00:21:30.817 I will pray for him every day, but I leave him into your hands. 343 00:21:31.358 --> 00:21:35.079 Billy's got a rough road ahead of him because Billy is his own authority. 344 00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.119 But you know what? 345 00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:38.220 God's got a wonderful way of humbling us. 346 00:21:38.520 --> 00:21:39.640 He's done it to all of us. 347 00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:43.502 He's taken us out at the knees, has he not, to bring us to him? 348 00:21:44.162 --> 00:21:45.542 And so don't lose hope on Billy. 349 00:21:46.043 --> 00:21:48.323 But listen, don't enable Billy either. 350 00:21:48.523 --> 00:21:49.464 Do not enable him. 351 00:21:49.944 --> 00:21:53.025 When he blows it like the prodigal son, don't give him any more money. 352 00:21:54.467 --> 00:21:56.128 Let him learn how to suffer. 353 00:21:58.108 --> 00:22:02.330 Jesus, in his human state, said he didn't know when the rapture would happen. 354 00:22:02.850 --> 00:22:03.930 Does he still not know? 355 00:22:04.150 --> 00:22:07.732 Or does he know now since he is no longer in his human state? 356 00:22:07.912 --> 00:22:09.572 Yeah, he didn't say rapture, by the way. 357 00:22:09.752 --> 00:22:19.636 He referred to his second coming, if you read that portion of scripture carefully, because he talks about when he returns and when he sets up his kingdom, when he sets up his rule and reign. 358 00:22:20.236 --> 00:22:22.677 He said, only the angels know of my return. 359 00:22:23.677 --> 00:22:24.660 That's exactly true. 360 00:22:24.740 --> 00:22:25.361 Write this down. 361 00:22:25.401 --> 00:22:26.243 Please don't forget it. 362 00:22:26.403 --> 00:22:27.546 K-E-N-E-S-I-S. 363 00:22:31.573 --> 00:22:34.474 K-E-N-O-S-I-S, kenosis. 364 00:22:35.094 --> 00:22:43.257 Jesus willingly, when he was born into the world, willingly laid aside his ability to know everything. 365 00:22:43.717 --> 00:22:44.718 It's called kenosis. 366 00:22:44.798 --> 00:22:50.140 He could have reached for it at any moment, but he chose not to do that, to show you and I how to walk the walk of faith. 367 00:22:50.820 --> 00:22:52.601 He said, I don't even know when. 368 00:22:53.121 --> 00:22:54.141 Only my father knows. 369 00:22:54.822 --> 00:22:56.002 Translation, the... 370 00:22:56.122 --> 00:22:59.044 I could know anytime I want to know, but none of you know. 371 00:22:59.385 --> 00:23:00.606 So I'm just like you. 372 00:23:00.786 --> 00:23:03.648 I'm showing you to follow the Father like I'm following the Father. 373 00:23:04.449 --> 00:23:06.070 Just to know the fine print. 374 00:23:06.550 --> 00:23:09.933 This is kenosis, meaning I choose not to know. 375 00:23:10.133 --> 00:23:12.695 I could know anytime I want, but I choose not to know. 376 00:23:13.016 --> 00:23:16.378 Now that Christ is resurrected and ascended back to heaven, he knows. 377 00:23:17.059 --> 00:23:17.819 I believe he knows. 378 00:23:18.700 --> 00:23:20.461 But it doesn't matter if he doesn't know. 379 00:23:20.621 --> 00:23:26.023 That would be some very sweet choice thing where he anticipates our gathering together. 380 00:23:26.323 --> 00:23:34.126 It certainly could apply to the rapture, but the context prevails that it would be his kingdom age, his kingdom return. 381 00:23:35.946 --> 00:23:40.528 Do we hold our healing back by lack of faith or belief? 382 00:23:41.168 --> 00:23:45.590 Or is it God's will that some people stay sick for God's glory to be revealed? 383 00:23:46.450 --> 00:23:56.358 I do not believe at all that if we are willingly open to God healing, but we have little faith. 384 00:23:57.058 --> 00:24:00.421 Scripture is pretty clear about this, that our faith doesn't hinder him. 385 00:24:01.145 --> 00:24:01.806 From healing. 386 00:24:02.426 --> 00:24:08.031 When he was in the Galilee, the people did not want him in their village. 387 00:24:08.472 --> 00:24:11.214 And it says he could not do many miracles there because of unbelief. 388 00:24:11.234 --> 00:24:12.055 They didn't want him. 389 00:24:12.615 --> 00:24:15.278 That's probably different than what we're talking about. 390 00:24:16.298 --> 00:24:19.541 God will heal you no matter how little your faith is. 391 00:24:20.543 --> 00:24:25.290 That's a very damning doctrine that, oh, sorry, buddy, you're still sick because you don't have enough faith. 392 00:24:25.610 --> 00:24:28.074 That puts the power of healing upon you and not God. 393 00:24:28.334 --> 00:24:31.399 To you be the glory, my friend, because you've got such great faith. 394 00:24:31.759 --> 00:24:33.602 That is an abomination. 395 00:24:34.163 --> 00:24:36.326 Now, the second part of that question is, what? 396 00:24:39.289 --> 00:24:43.553 Or is it God's will that some people stay sick for God's glory to be revealed? 397 00:24:43.573 --> 00:24:44.814 Paul the Apostle stayed sick. 398 00:24:44.874 --> 00:24:47.456 No matter how you want to argue that, Paul the Apostle stayed sick. 399 00:24:47.796 --> 00:24:53.381 Three times he petitioned God for healing and God said, nope, my strength will be made perfected in you. 400 00:24:54.022 --> 00:24:56.704 My grace will be sufficient for you. 401 00:24:57.324 --> 00:24:58.846 And sometimes God doesn't heal. 402 00:24:58.866 --> 00:24:59.646 Yeah. 403 00:25:00.627 --> 00:25:11.000 You need to make sure you understand that because if you get caught up into this bizarre wealth, health, and prosperity doctrine, you're going to lose your faith because someday you're going to get sick. 404 00:25:11.020 --> 00:25:14.705 You're going to get hit by a truck or get cancer, and you're going to think God left you. 405 00:25:15.366 --> 00:25:16.347 How tragic is that? 406 00:25:16.848 --> 00:25:18.550 No, he'll never leave you or forsake you. 407 00:25:20.333 --> 00:25:22.254 Pastor Jack, am I missing something? 408 00:25:22.875 --> 00:25:32.042 When Jesus cast out the legion of demons into the herd of swine and they ran off the cliff and drowned, didn't that free up the demons to go possess other humans? 409 00:25:33.023 --> 00:25:34.023 Absolutely, yes, it did. 410 00:25:34.904 --> 00:25:37.386 Yeah, you're not missing anything. 411 00:25:37.646 --> 00:25:39.087 This is a great thing you raised. 412 00:25:39.287 --> 00:25:42.230 Demons, not fallen angels, there's a difference. 413 00:25:42.890 --> 00:25:43.611 Fallen angels. 414 00:25:43.691 --> 00:25:44.731 Satan is a fallen angel. 415 00:25:45.472 --> 00:25:47.694 Demons must inhabit something. 416 00:25:48.517 --> 00:25:50.359 Statue, Paul says in Corinthians. 417 00:25:52.020 --> 00:25:55.142 Animals, objects, people. 418 00:25:56.263 --> 00:25:58.685 Watch the movie Nefarious by Steve Deese. 419 00:26:00.446 --> 00:26:05.670 They must possess something or someone because they're looking for body, a body. 420 00:26:06.631 --> 00:26:13.736 And a demon, when those pigs drowned, they had to go look for something else to inhabit. 421 00:26:13.957 --> 00:26:14.537 No doubt about it. 422 00:26:14.657 --> 00:26:15.718 Great question, by the way. 423 00:26:17.664 --> 00:26:19.345 My daughter-in-law is Jewish. 424 00:26:20.086 --> 00:26:28.513 Are there special, specific scriptures that I can share with her to help her see Jesus in the Old Testament? 425 00:26:29.854 --> 00:26:32.276 I have a verse that is the Jew glue. 426 00:26:33.517 --> 00:26:39.461 I have a verse that every Jew I've shared with said, Yeah, I don't know what I'm going to do with that verse. 427 00:26:39.721 --> 00:26:40.102 You ready? 428 00:26:40.882 --> 00:26:41.783 Proverbs 30, verse 4. 429 00:26:43.533 --> 00:26:44.313 That's where you start. 430 00:26:45.094 --> 00:26:47.375 Proverbs 30, verse 4. 431 00:26:47.876 --> 00:26:51.317 Read it. 432 00:26:51.498 --> 00:26:53.339 It's the everlasting Jew stopper. 433 00:26:54.759 --> 00:27:02.124 It will cause the Jew to just absolutely freeze in their steps and just say, Oh my gosh, I didn't know that. 434 00:27:02.384 --> 00:27:05.886 Every Jew I know told me, My rabbi never told me this. 435 00:27:08.127 --> 00:27:09.328 Proverbs 30, verse 4. 436 00:27:09.628 --> 00:27:10.428 It has saved your life. 437 00:27:10.929 --> 00:27:11.429 It's amazing. 438 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:18.962 During the millennium, there will be many nations bowing to King Jesus as he will be governing all of the earth. 439 00:27:19.703 --> 00:27:24.105 Will everyone speak one language or will there be many languages as there is now? 440 00:27:24.125 --> 00:27:31.729 I don't know if during the millennium that we all speak the same language. 441 00:27:31.750 --> 00:27:33.390 I think that's true, by the way, about eternity. 442 00:27:33.510 --> 00:27:36.332 I think in eternity we'll all speak the same language, God's language. 443 00:27:37.112 --> 00:27:37.413 But... 444 00:27:38.451 --> 00:27:47.221 It may be that in the millennium, we, because we'll be glorified, remember that, it may be that people will understand others in their languages. 445 00:27:48.302 --> 00:27:49.183 So it can go either way. 446 00:27:49.684 --> 00:27:50.605 I simply don't know. 447 00:27:51.245 --> 00:27:54.048 But one thing is certain, everybody's going to understand. 448 00:27:54.689 --> 00:27:55.350 That's for sure. 449 00:27:56.602 --> 00:28:02.664 We do know that people will be mortals who are living during the millennium, those who were born in the millennium. 450 00:28:03.365 --> 00:28:04.705 They're going to hear the gospel. 451 00:28:05.025 --> 00:28:09.227 They're going to hear the call to come and worship Jesus in Jerusalem. 452 00:28:10.027 --> 00:28:14.529 Every nation of the earth will have the opportunity to come and make a pilgrimage to see Jesus. 453 00:28:15.049 --> 00:28:20.871 And if they refuse, if that nation refuses to worship the Lord, the Bible says, God will withhold rain from their land. 454 00:28:21.271 --> 00:28:21.751 Wow. 455 00:28:22.452 --> 00:28:25.573 So it's going to be, no one's going to be walking around saying, I don't get it. 456 00:28:27.068 --> 00:28:27.609 they'll get it. 457 00:28:29.450 --> 00:28:38.217 What I don't understand is, if you're a Christian but you backslide and ask for repentance, are you subject to wrath and or lose your Christianity? 458 00:28:38.758 --> 00:28:43.261 Basically, does Christ expect Christians to be sinless once you're saved? 459 00:28:43.441 --> 00:28:45.323 I never really understood how this works. 460 00:28:45.703 --> 00:28:47.645 Thank you in advance for your consideration. 461 00:28:47.925 --> 00:28:49.425 Listen, you are not sinless. 462 00:28:49.585 --> 00:28:50.466 I'm not sinless. 463 00:28:50.546 --> 00:28:53.986 You will never be sinless until you die in Christ Jesus. 464 00:28:54.046 --> 00:28:54.366 Okay? 465 00:28:54.947 --> 00:28:59.128 Listen, backsliders, you cannot backslide, right? 466 00:28:59.148 --> 00:29:02.448 You can't backslide unless you've slidden forward. 467 00:29:03.769 --> 00:29:05.409 Only a believer can backslide. 468 00:29:06.249 --> 00:29:09.430 And if you're a believer, then you're going to go to heaven. 469 00:29:10.390 --> 00:29:11.971 That doesn't mean I'm condoning sin. 470 00:29:12.711 --> 00:29:14.072 The Bible makes it very clear. 471 00:29:14.452 --> 00:29:31.341 And again, the book of Corinthians where Paul says, there's a man in the church who's having relationships with his stepmother, cast that guy out of the church so that he's outside the fellowship, let Satan kill him so that his spirit and soul are saved in the day of the Lord Jesus Christ. 472 00:29:31.581 --> 00:29:31.962 Wow. 473 00:29:33.543 --> 00:29:36.845 Listen, if you're truly born again, you can never be unborn again. 474 00:29:37.126 --> 00:29:42.910 The problem today in America and in the world is there's a lot of people who think they're born again, and they're not. 475 00:29:44.011 --> 00:29:47.594 If you're born again, you're not going to lose your salvation, even if you backslide. 476 00:29:48.415 --> 00:29:54.480 God, listen, God could take you home prematurely as a believer, but you don't lose your salvation. 477 00:29:55.301 --> 00:29:58.864 And you can only be a believer, you have to be a believer to backslide. 478 00:29:58.884 --> 00:29:59.704 It's interesting. 479 00:29:59.724 --> 00:30:00.285 It's interesting. 480 00:30:02.338 --> 00:30:07.840 Why is the pre-mid-trib so debated amongst so many pastors? 481 00:30:08.341 --> 00:30:09.221 Because it's lame. 482 00:30:10.261 --> 00:30:11.322 No, it's really lame. 483 00:30:11.682 --> 00:30:12.302 Think about it. 484 00:30:13.183 --> 00:30:20.846 It's the ultimate declaration of not knowing exactly what the scriptures say, but I don't know where to put myself, so I'll just stand in the middle. 485 00:30:22.085 --> 00:30:22.325 Right? 486 00:30:23.046 --> 00:30:25.328 There's like Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. 487 00:30:25.348 --> 00:30:26.429 That's the same kind of thinking. 488 00:30:26.929 --> 00:30:31.113 Well, I'm not sure about this, and I'm not sure about that, so I'm just going to land right here. 489 00:30:31.813 --> 00:30:32.654 It's an invention. 490 00:30:34.496 --> 00:30:35.517 It doesn't hold any water. 491 00:30:35.557 --> 00:30:41.382 By the way, I encourage all of you to read the book by Dr. John Wolvard titled The Rapture Question. 492 00:30:41.962 --> 00:30:44.624 The mid-trib or pre-wrath 493 00:30:45.763 --> 00:30:51.147 rapture view fails to recognize that the seven year tribulation period is Jewish. 494 00:30:51.947 --> 00:30:54.569 It's regarding God's focus upon the nation of Israel. 495 00:30:55.209 --> 00:31:06.577 And the first three years, first three and a half years, Satan during those seven years, the first three and a half years, the antichrist being manipulated by Satan deceives the world by peace and prosperity. 496 00:31:07.077 --> 00:31:08.418 The first three years of, 497 00:31:09.659 --> 00:31:13.280 three and a half years are very bad, but they're very wealthy and very peaceful. 498 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:21.821 The last half is very, very bloody, very, very horrific, and it's also the wrath of God. 499 00:31:21.921 --> 00:31:23.462 Both sections are the wrath of God. 500 00:31:23.522 --> 00:31:26.102 The church will not experience the wrath of God. 501 00:31:26.142 --> 00:31:26.842 It's impossible. 502 00:31:28.103 --> 00:31:34.264 How long should young people slash young adults date before marriage, especially if one is a new Christian? 503 00:31:35.201 --> 00:31:35.841 I have no idea. 504 00:31:35.901 --> 00:31:39.162 You can't set a date just like I don't know when the rapture is going to happen. 505 00:31:41.443 --> 00:31:56.367 But listen, if I were dating a new believer, I would try to fight my emotions and have it extend out to see if this commitment's real to some degree. 506 00:31:56.847 --> 00:31:58.247 You got to be careful and prayerful. 507 00:31:58.267 --> 00:32:01.308 You know, a big thing that we're talking about here is letting go. 508 00:32:01.728 --> 00:32:02.949 You got to let go of your kids. 509 00:32:03.709 --> 00:32:04.410 You've got to let go. 510 00:32:04.450 --> 00:32:10.016 And the day that you brought little junior home from the hospital was the first day that you started to prepare your kid to let them go. 511 00:32:10.176 --> 00:32:10.736 Remember that. 512 00:32:11.357 --> 00:32:18.124 But if that's you and you're now engaged to this unbeliever and they become a Christian, praise the Lord. 513 00:32:18.144 --> 00:32:18.244 Um... 514 00:32:20.449 --> 00:32:24.070 Encourage them, disciple them, pour yourself into them. 515 00:32:25.210 --> 00:32:26.411 But you can't set a date. 516 00:32:26.731 --> 00:32:32.193 I mean, my goodness, I knew my wife for several months before I asked her to marry me. 517 00:32:32.673 --> 00:32:35.294 But our situation was opposite. 518 00:32:35.734 --> 00:32:38.074 She was the awesome Bible stud. 519 00:32:38.635 --> 00:32:40.375 And I was a relatively new believer. 520 00:32:41.095 --> 00:32:43.316 And so I was impressed by her walk with God. 521 00:32:43.416 --> 00:32:45.817 So I just thought, man, I'm not going to let this get away. 522 00:32:47.017 --> 00:32:49.838 So one size does not fit all. 523 00:32:51.523 --> 00:32:51.963 Two more. 524 00:32:52.724 --> 00:32:56.506 Jesus says he is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. 525 00:32:57.226 --> 00:33:00.247 I don't understand because there is no beginning and end to God. 526 00:33:00.668 --> 00:33:03.489 I'm sure it's some figure of speech that I just don't understand. 527 00:33:05.310 --> 00:33:08.111 You could say it's a figure of speech, but you can't leave it there. 528 00:33:08.151 --> 00:33:09.732 It's much greater than that. 529 00:33:10.253 --> 00:33:14.435 When Jesus says he's the alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end, and the technical... 530 00:33:15.928 --> 00:33:25.254 The technical term next is the beginning and the end, the first and the last, the alpha and the omega in that Trinity statement. 531 00:33:25.634 --> 00:33:27.835 I think it's found in Revelation 22, 13. 532 00:33:28.496 --> 00:33:43.685 It means that Jesus Christ is the totality of all things and by him all things have been created and exist and he is outside of all ability to mark, measure, limit, observe. 533 00:33:43.785 --> 00:33:45.086 He's beyond all things. 534 00:33:46.567 --> 00:33:49.773 So he's the engineer of the start of the physical universe. 535 00:33:49.833 --> 00:33:56.163 He's the end of the physical universe, but he's also the one who existed in eternity. 536 00:33:56.764 --> 00:33:58.286 Eternity is not created. 537 00:33:59.427 --> 00:34:02.009 Eternity is the existence of God. 538 00:34:02.089 --> 00:34:03.370 We can't even fathom that. 539 00:34:03.891 --> 00:34:06.493 Eternity is where he's at. 540 00:34:06.753 --> 00:34:10.416 So he's trying to communicate to us in our, what's the word? 541 00:34:10.456 --> 00:34:11.597 I always mess this word up. 542 00:34:11.857 --> 00:34:12.838 Anthropomorphic? 543 00:34:12.858 --> 00:34:14.379 I don't know if I said that right. 544 00:34:14.879 --> 00:34:20.904 He's trying to tell us divine realities in human terms so that we'll begin to get our mind around it, if that helps. 545 00:34:22.165 --> 00:34:22.865 Last question. 546 00:34:23.746 --> 00:34:25.508 Are Adam and Eve in heaven? 547 00:34:26.208 --> 00:34:28.350 I believe Adam and Eve are in heaven. 548 00:34:28.370 --> 00:34:28.450 Yes. 549 00:34:29.872 --> 00:34:30.693 I just believe that. 550 00:34:31.694 --> 00:34:32.455 I can't prove it. 551 00:34:35.118 --> 00:34:47.009 When you read Genesis, you assume that they trusted in the Lord to save them, which I'm going to throw this question in. 552 00:34:47.530 --> 00:34:50.192 On what basis then would he save them? 553 00:34:50.553 --> 00:34:51.734 They fell, they ruined everything. 554 00:34:51.754 --> 00:34:52.935 So what do you mean save them? 555 00:34:52.995 --> 00:34:53.475 On what basis? 556 00:34:53.495 --> 00:34:53.776 On what basis? 557 00:34:54.886 --> 00:35:04.512 On the basis of him doing ultimately what he did in the garden, he shed innocent blood and provided for them clothing, sheepskin, or I mean animal skin. 558 00:35:06.474 --> 00:35:09.556 If they're saved, they're saved like Abraham is saved. 559 00:35:09.696 --> 00:35:11.177 They had to look ahead to the promise. 560 00:35:12.177 --> 00:35:19.062 And you look at their longevity, and you look at those great descendants of the faith that lived parallel with Adam and Eve, 561 00:35:20.016 --> 00:35:24.679 And I want to believe that they believed what the great founders of the faith believed. 562 00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:26.100 I hope they're in heaven. 563 00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:30.383 If they are, it's because of the same Jesus Christ you're trusting in right now. 564 00:35:30.803 --> 00:35:31.724 There's no other answer. 565 00:35:33.025 --> 00:35:37.648 Adam and Eve are in heaven only if they look forward to the coming of the Messiah. 566 00:35:38.309 --> 00:35:43.412 The only way that you're going to get to heaven is if you look back to the coming of the Messiah. 567 00:35:43.472 --> 00:35:47.455 The cross is the very image that links God. 568 00:35:48.545 --> 00:35:52.428 the past to the future together, salvation in Christ alone? 569 00:35:53.589 --> 00:35:54.709 That was the last question, right? 570 00:35:55.530 --> 00:35:56.330 God bless you guys. 571 00:35:57.651 --> 00:35:58.392 Thanks for joining us.