 this is my favorite type of video this is what I asked these this is the video that or these are the lessons that I like the most the Bible studies won't get hundred thousand views won't get fifty thousand views but it's not blasphemy music this is just it's not the remix music you all have only heard the the short version I think it's only I've only played 12 seconds of the of the music but the music I think the actual song is probably I don't know a minute 30 seconds minute 40 seconds maybe two minutes I'm not sure so yeah that's not the that it's not you all have only heard the the 12 second version but I decided to go with that so anyway but this is my favorite this is my favorite video to make these here and so I want to do something a little different today as a matter of fact let me fix up let me fix something on the fly because you know what never mind never mind I won't do that I won't fix on the fly I'll just I'll just click this instead that way it'll be easier for me so I said that we're gonna kind of fix a little bit of a step back today because we have gone over so much stuff and if we're not careful it can begin to look like a whole lot of stuff coming at you and I want to stop and make sure that everyone knows where we are because sometimes it can be overwhelming sometimes just reading the Bible can be a bit daunting it's almost like that is just too much information so now what I want to do is take this time now and step back and I wanted to see if I can present this in a way that I think we all can relate to so let's look at like this have you ever given or been given even better directions have any you've ever been given directions I don't mean like directions to go you know down the street I mean directions to go a good ways away a good distance well the directions will give you the most important details the most important landmarks the most important road markers to look for it's not gonna give you all the details you with me so you know say something like this go X amount of miles or yards turn right once you get to the XYZ turn left you'll go a mile down or you go 500 miles or however long you'll pass XYZ on the right you'll see XYZ you'll then turn right or you'll head west head west for however many feet yards miles what have you then get on XYZ street XYZ interstate XYZ highway what have you get on this toll bridge whatever go for another mile and then turn right or head east and then in one mile on the right you will reach your what your destination notice though the directions don't tell you about every car that you're gonna pass that and tell you about every house that you're going to see no it's not important that and tell you about who you're gonna pass all the different scenery that you are going to see along the way you might not as a matter of fact especially if you're looking at a map you will not even see what the road conditions will look like as you go as a matter of fact starting off starting off you won't even know what the road conditions are you just know I'm here and I'm going there that's it so won't tell you about what the road conditions will look like as you go will there be traffic accidents possibly will there be bad drivers yes possibly will there be oncoming traffic in other words traffic that's going the other way sure you're gonna have those things will there be a lot of different scenery sure will there be some new construction might you see some new buildings sure will you see some people that you've never seen before sure but is that what the map is gonna tell you no the directions that you're given will the directions that you've been given will they say that as well no they will not why because it's not important what you will be given will be the most pertinent details so more importantly the directions are for more than just you so the directions that I give you or that you've been given won't be the directions just for you they will be the directions for other people as well these directions are truthful okay so it's true whether it's you receiving them or someone else the conditions will change but the location will not are you guys with me the conditions on your route might change but the location will not even if you happen to suffer a detour if you drive off or go a different route well then we'll just simply reroute you or put you on a detour but the location of where you're going will not change are with me so what I want to do is I want to step back and look at a bird's eye view of things biblically speaking so the question is what is the destination of the Bible now we know because we've seen more of the Bible other than what we've just covered we know what the destination is now here's my question guys and this will be a little bit interactive because we're gonna do a lot a lot of going back and reviewing some of the things but here's a question guys we're not going to for this for this question I'm asking you you can use the entire Bible what is the destination that we're heading to does anybody know what destination does God want us to go where where where is our final destination this should be pretty easy our final destination is going to be with him our final destination is going to be with the father reconcile with the father well where is the father well the father's in heaven but if the father was over there that's our our final destination is with him oh I'm sorry yeah I you know what I'm sorry Rebecca I need to go back and read the the episode number I'm sorry I'll go back to that thank you for reminding me to do so but our final destination is with him can I ask you guys a question does is the destination different if we were looking in the Gospels are those destinations starting in the Gospels different than the destination starting in Genesis the same destination isn't I don't care if I'm reading Genesis if I'm reading Exodus Leviticus if I'm reading Jeremiah if I'm reading Obadiah or Nahum if I'm reading John if I'm reading Acts or Romans the destination is still the same now we may be further along so imagine this big roadmap imagine this map hopefully this help y'all a little bit imagine this roadmap this big map let's step back and look at the map now some of you guys might not need to hold the map some people you just don't want them holding the map you want a truck you want a person that can read the map you don't want someone as you're asking for directions you're going on let's say I'm in Texas we are on 35 headed north I don't need you looking at and telling me where I 10 is taking us hey did you know did you know I 10 runs through Arizona what I don't know I 30 we're on I 35 not 10 yeah but did you know if you go this way no that's not what some people just don't need to hold the map because they're focusing on all the other things I need someone to tell me where we're going and to even see the lay of the land yes sure if you go this way you run all types of other things but this is what the map is telling us and so we're looking at the map now if the destination let's just say the destination is I don't know let's say the destination is Indianapolis wonderful we are going from we are going to Indianapolis I'm starting off in Dallas somebody else might be starting off in California someone else is starting off in let's say Seattle someone starting off in Montana someone starting off in Louisiana now the destination is the same and the map is the same but let's just make it even easier let's just say we're starting from Dallas headed to Indianapolis on the way and we've decided we're going to take 35 north to get on to 40 and then end on end up getting on 44 headed to Indianapolis eventually we'll end up on I 70 headed into Indianapolis are you with me well what if someone is already in let's say Oklahoma City or no you know what Tulsa same map same map same direction now if a person happens to get a little bit off a little bit well then fine well we will reroute them to get to where we're going we end up in St. Louis now we're on 70 headed west the map is still the same we're just we're stepping back looking at it and we're seeing this is the right that we're going why is that important because we want to look at the same thing we'll take a Bible or biblical birds eye view of what's happening that way we could all see the same thing if we're all looking at the same map then we'll see where we are and where we're headed all right again there's gonna be some oncoming traffic there'll be some people getting pulled over for traffic stops of accidents and so forth there'll be some crazy drivers there'll be some new landmarks and so forth all these different things there'll be a McDonald's along the route there'll be a white castle along the route there'll be a steak and shake there'll be a whatever Burger King what have you we'll see some hotels some super-aid and some holidays was a lot of all those different things but those aren't the more important things unless we're told about those things so now why is that important we're gonna look at the things that we know for sure so in Genesis 1 if we go to Genesis 1 what do we know happens we know that and these are things that we can all agree on in the beginning in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth we know that Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 are not two different creation accounts but they are the same creation accounts they're just giving us a little bit extra detail in Genesis 2 as a matter of fact let's go to Genesis 2 in Genesis 2 if we pick it up verse 4 this is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens so when we get to Genesis 2 4 it's not starting a new account it's just giving a recount of the previous account are you with me so that way that way we can look and see as a matter of fact he's going to give more detail we know that on this date he said let there be light on this day he brought the seas together and brought about dry land on this day here comes vegetation on this day here comes animals on this day here comes man are with me and so he gives this account and then he goes and gives even more detail that was not given in the first chapter account now I want you to notice something though if we read this it says in the day verse first four in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven well in the day that the Lord God made heaven well what we see here the Lord God is not like the word that was introduced to us previously previously it said in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth it's a different word well we started off by by asking the question what does this word mean in the beginning God this word God Elohim well we know the word means God and because of how Hebrew is written there are three ways to number there's a singular there's the dual and then there is the plural the plural which has a yacht mean the eam sound can convey either three or more it can be four it can be fifty it can be a million it can be a billion it can do it just simply means three or more that being the case all we know is that this was the first name that was given or the first title whatever you want to say the first name given to us about or given to us describing or naming God Elohim however if we were to go and look we see that there are other names we have Elohim we have L which is God also but it's a singular version of the name we have the name Lord God which is what we saw in 2 4 Genesis 2 4 the Lord God which is Yahweh Elohim then we also have the Lord sing just a Lord without God Yahweh or we'll see him called my Lord out of my we will see the spirit of God which we saw in Genesis 1 verse 2 the spirit of God hovering over the deep so we see the spirit of God we see the angel of the Lord we see the angel of God we see a hei and we see Yahweh a hei and Yahweh both mean I am so we see these terms that are given and I'll put the spirit of God to the side for a second but we see these terms given these names given or these title wherever you want to put them just just for right now we see those given ascribed to God we know they've been ascribed to God because we've seen obviously Elohim being called God we've seen L being called God we have seen Yahweh being called God we've seen the angel of the Lord being called God we saw obviously we saw that with someone like Hagar as well as Abraham we've seen the Lord being called God Yahweh we've seen Adonai being called God we've seen Adonai El the Lord my God we have seen or the God of the Most High we have seen the angel of the Lord being called God we've seen the angel of God being called God and we obviously when asked what is a name to give when they say who shall I say sent me we've seen a hei a shei a hei which is I am I am and then Yahweh which is also I am so we've seen both of those names ascribed to who he is or with me why is that important because the person that's giving us the directions and the person who's taking us to our destination that's who I just named who is giving us the directions and who was taking us whether it be in Genesis whether it be Exodus Leviticus whether we get the Malachi when we get to Obadiah when we get to 1st and 2nd Chronicles when we get to the Gospels when we get to the Pauling Epistles those very same person that's taking us on this trip who also is waiting at that final destination is Elohim El Yahweh Yahweh Elohim Adonai Malek Adonai I'm sorry Malek Yahweh which is the angel of the Lord the angel of God we see a hei and Yahweh so the very same person that's at the destination is the very same person that's taking us that's important now before I continue is there anyone that disagrees with anything that I've said thus far and there's a reason why I'm asking that question because I want to make sure that we all agree or as much as possible there's always going to be if we if you open the floor up and ask everybody everybody what they what they think then there's going to be somebody that's going to say something silly there's going to be somebody that's going to say something weird or ignorant that that's the case but for you all you smart Christians do you all agree with everything that I've said thus far okay so far and I haven't said anything really controversial I've just simply named off the names now people might have a problem with the conclusion but again I didn't set the destination and I'm not driving I'm just looking at the map together are with so we're at a bird's-eye view remember I told you before that this study is part systematic theology which will deal with a little bit more later we haven't really gotten to the systematic theology portion of this this is Bible survey this what we're doing right now this is also dealing with hermeneutics so we've been using our hermeneutics since the beginning but now the the the Bible survey is taking a bird's-eye view we'll do even more so Bible survey as we go because we're gonna step back in a few weeks and look at even though we've passed it we're gonna step back and look at the book of Genesis then we're gonna step back and look at the book of Exodus and then Leviticus great with me so and then just see what's happening in there okay because as we stop and try to make make sense of what we've seen we'll go a little further and make be even more confused as a matter of fact some more folks are going to jump on and they might be confused so we'll stop and do that again to kind of take a little break take a little restroom break so to speak so is this the same God or do we make something out of the poor word Elohim the Lord well we see the Lord breathing in the Lord God breathing in the nostrils of man who was also stated to be the one who created everything remember Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 Genesis 1 it's Elohim Genesis 2 it's the Lord God who breathe air or oxygen or breath into the life of man but we also see this Lord God also interacting with man as we go and we know that these this Lord God and God are the same and we know that the Lord is God as well how do we know that the Lord is God well let's go to Deuteronomy 4 and let's go to 35 I'm sorry not Deuteronomy Leviticus 4 oh yeah wait a second no no I'm sorry I'm right I'm right Deuteronomy Deuteronomy 4 Deuteronomy 4 and what does it say it says to you it was shown that you might know the Lord he is God there is no other beside him out of the heavens he let you hear his voice so we hear his voice now we've heard his voice before in the voice of him has been called the Lord God the Lord God so the Lord is God there is no other verse 37 because he loved your fathers therefore he chose that is in his after them and he personally brought you from Egypt by his great power driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you to bring you in and to give you their land for an inheritance as it is today he says it again 39 he says no therefore today and take it to your heart in other words make sure you get this guard this commit this to your heart take it into your heart that the Lord he is in heaven the Lord is God he is God in heaven above and on the earth so he's got in heaven and he's got on the earth there is no other nor the what nor the Lord exactly and no other God so this part should not be too difficult guys this part should be fairly easy to understand and to agree with this is the same Lord God who after man failed was walking in the garden and Adam need hid from this is the same Lord God who is giving out or meeting out punishment for Adam and his wife let's go back to Genesis and let's go to Genesis 3 and let's scroll down to verse 15 and 16 now what we know so far guys we know what is the definite the destination we all agree with what the destination is the destination is what being with God being with God even if you've been put on a detour the destination is still with God so 315 the destination is put before them we don't know what everything means we're not totally sure what he's saying sometimes by the way by the way let's say this way if I give you definitions of where to go and I tell you once you get to this street I might give you a street name that you've never heard of does it matter that you've never heard of that street that I tell you to turn right on no it doesn't that matters you've never seen of it or heard of it before you'll see it and you'll understand it when when you get to it are you with me that happens a lot in the Bible there gonna be a lot of times where God tells us something or tells them something and they don't understand it at the moment but when you get there when you see it you'll know it why because I gave you the directions you've got the words you've got the map or in this case you've got the word of God that makes sense so in Genesis 315 he gives us a mile marker he gives us a place that we're going however they don't know we don't know if all we had as we were saying back in Genesis 315 if that's all we had to read even the Jews as Moses saying this there's no way to know but when we get there we'll know it look what he says he says I will put enmity between you and the woman speaking to the serpent and between your seed and her seed you show he shall bruise you on the head and you shall bruise him on the hill does anybody in the garden know what in the world our navigator our driver our ultimate destination is talking about no one knows there's no way they could know however when it happens oh that's the street that he was talking about that we're going to that we're gonna turn on are you with me he didn't tell you everything matter of fact if could you imagine could you man and I know some of you all done this I've done this to my detriment have you been given directions matter of fact the other day I was using and I'm not the best with technology even and his was crazy I've got it on the phone this this computer lady is on the phone telling me go this direction turn that way what am I doing I'm not listening to her nope I know another way I know a different route I'll go this way and so if you're like me from time to time you might say you know what if you give me all the details upfront I might try to take a different a quicker route I might try to take a route that's a little bit different and what happened now for unfortunately for me my wife was with me and so as I kept missing the turns she would just kind of look at me and she would say you want me to drive no I don't want you to drive I'm no I don't want you to drive and I missed I missed the turn that the at the nice lady is saying so pleasantly to me she's telling me where to go and I keep missing it I don't care what she says I got an idea after the fourth time you know what fine where she say to go okay good the true story true story this was Friday Thursday or Friday went Thursday or yeah and so finally once I just listen to the directions same thing with us possibly if God tells us ahead of time where we're going and all the details I know a shortcut I know matter of fact matter of fact we actually see this in the Bible we have times in the Bible we actually see where they know that God has taken them and they try their own way they try a shortcut and the lesson for us to learn is quit doing the thinking just follow instructions something we all can we all can relate to right so Genesis 3 15 we don't know what he's talking about but we're getting some extra directions are you with me here we get to Genesis 7 8 and 9 God has stated he is going to destroy the world with water okay destroyed the story the world with water however what did the map say earlier the map said you're going from here to here we we still know what the final destination is remember 315 says I will put in between your seed and her seed has that been accomplished yet in Genesis 7 8 9 when the world is getting ready to be flooded and destroyed no don't worry though because we're still on our way sometimes we get too worried about what is happening on the way well wait a second the map didn't tell us about this the world's largest McDonald's here the the map didn't tell us about this petrified oak tree the world didn't the map didn't tell us about hey six flags on the left you won't stop that's not the point you're gonna see some things as you go but don't forget that we're taking a bird's-eye view I'm going from here to here now he's just telling us how to get there now so and so when he says the world is going to be destroyed that does not nullify what he said in Genesis 315 I with now but now point of saying this guys is just so that you don't as you read further as we get further along in the Bible we don't begin to nullify what he stated previously and what he stated the the death the destination is going to be okay our problem is we come in and we start figuring things out we start thinking where we weren't told to think okay so Genesis 9 there's a flood but he's still gonna he is still going to fix things he's still gonna cause things to be the way they are to be now I want you to notice something and I want to put a few passages so that you guys can see this in Genesis 1 22 I want you to notice something 1 22 God says God blessed him saying be fruitful and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let the birds multiply on the earth left there and there was evening and there was morning a fifth day he said let them have dough meant I'm not dominion he said let them be fruitful and multiply if I go to verse 28 what's he say then verse 28 God blessing to speak to the men and the men and women bless them and God said of them be fruitful and multiply and feel the earth notice what else he says if we go to Genesis 9 God said after the flood God bless Noah and said and his sons and said to them be fruitful and multiply and feel the earth so far he seems to be saying what he says is what he meant he's he's conveying that over and over it seems like it then we go to Genesis 35 11 God said to him I am God Almighty be fruitful and multiply a nation and a company of nations shall come from you so be fruitful and multiply he said this to uh in the beginning to Abraham Adam and Eve he said to Noah he said to Abraham he said to Isaac and he said it to Jake as a matter of fact if we were gonna Jeremiah now this is where matter of fact let's go to Jeremiah really really quickly put this on the screen Jeremiah even though we hadn't gotten there yet what is that 23 yeah Jeremiah 23 duh I'm typing over here 23 look what he says when he speaks of what's going to happen to Israel and his people after it's all said done then I myself will gather the remit of my flock out of the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pastor and they will what be fruitful and multiply so the point is God has stated now along the route I want you to do one thing be fruitful and multiply can you do that well what does he mean by being fruitful multiply by the way he also reiterates this again in Ezekiel 36 as well what does that mean to be fruitful and multiply well his point is his meaning is to glorify him along the way and do so faithfully and obediently God wants mankind to be faithful and obedient so far is anywhere is anyone disagreeing so far does anyone see one the direction that God has taken us and then what to do along the way he says to be fruitful and multiply spread his glory to be faithful and obedient now the problem is what what is the big problem with us following God in this map this bird's eye view we can see we're going from here to here and he tells us along the way to what be fruitful and multiply what do we do instead and I say we all of mankind what is our problem well our problem amen CG our problem is what we've seen in Genesis that you mean tell me that early on in the road map because if you're like me I really don't mind taking road trips I actually like taking roads but like driving I really do I like driving to you know to this city or that city because it's just it's just fun I think it provides good memories in the cars and so forth we've had times where one kid had have you ever had one of those moments though where you're driving you especially if you're like me or we plan on stopping right here and then we're gonna go here and stop and they were you know you gotta you gotta figure it out how long it's gonna take how many how many gas stops where we're gonna stop and get food and one kid decides to throw a monkey wrench in it I gotta use the bathroom we literally just pulled off I asked everybody go use the bathroom why didn't you go I did I just didn't have to well I'm not stopping I'm not stopping you better hold it you better hold it my wife says you know good and well she can't hold it she's four years old she's not gonna be able to hold it well whose fault is that they my fault they my fault so what do we do we have to do one two things pull over or if you're like me here get your little sisters pull up get your little sisters pull up and go and go to work in that good we ain't stopping we got we got a tight schedule to keep and you ain't gonna mess this up right when we start the trip off the trip goes haywire at the very beginning Adam and Eve decided to do their own thing in the very beginning now we done we've thrown a monkey wrench sin however we've just read passages after their sin and what does God say be fruitful and multiply let's stop for a second because absolute truth has a question what is it my brother go ahead go ahead and ask away by the way I'm sorry I should have said this earlier ask your questions as we go so I do like road trips though yeah yeah go ahead and ask your question guys but along the way he still has the same plan be fruitful and multiply on our way from here to here on our and we're looking at the birds eye view it's just problem is we get on the we go from the birds eye view to get on the ground level and we start looking at everything thinking that things have changed nothing's changed nothing's changed all right so as always guys and I should have said this before I should have reminded you guys but every time we do a Bible study Saturday morning Bible study it's gonna be interactive ask away I'll try to answer as many of the questions but make sure the questions are pertinent or germane I like using that word to the text to what we're talking about all right so they mess up but he keeps going sorry at the drive-thru oh you're literally at the drive-thru okay oh so sin is the issue sin is the great problem matter of fact it gets to be so bad that he destroys the earth with water but it would keep on moving the destination has not changed okay so what is he going to do about sin guys what did God say he's going to do about sin well before we get there before we get there God makes a statement to this guy this fella named Abram and he tells Abram he makes a statement he says to get out of the land that he's already getting out we've already found out that Abram is actually leaving the land anyway and so guys is hey get out the land as you get out of land I'm what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna make you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great and you shall be a blessing and I will bless those who bless you and the one who curses you I will curse and and all and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed now let's stop God is not changing his plan here's a starting point here's a destination be fruitful multiply and then he throws us in there to Abram do you think that what he's doing with Abram is going to deviate from the trip from the directions no this is part of it I read in a in a book that Elohim another word for spiritual beings to include God but not limited correct how you use Elohim determines who you're talking about in general the just just the term generically Elohim refers to God or something can be the God or a God it can be some ruler some judge so it can vary context will always tell us as a matter of fact let me see let me let me do something real quick let's see oh wait a second I was just saying something now but context is going to determine what we're talking about who we're talking about every time that the word Elohim is used in the Bible to describe someone other than God it's clear who he's speaking of that he's not speaking of God as a matter of fact oftentimes he sees I can think I can't think of one time where he's using them where he's not condemning them where he's not being he's not getting on them for them something that they've done wrong kneeling I can't answer that question now because we hadn't gotten there we didn't know about the Holy Spirit yet should Genesis 9 for be noted well let's go to Genesis 9 for and let's see it should but just not yet CG but this says only you should not eat flesh with this life that is his blood it should be noted we just haven't gotten there yet so yeah eventually it will be it will be so let's go back to Genesis 12 and he's saying what he's gonna do so along the way along the way he gives us something else along the way he tells us about Abram that he will make him a great nation he will bless him and make his name great and you shall be a blessing he also says that I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you and in you all the families of the earth should be blessed you know what he tells him even in there we can kind of glean from what he's saying from that is that Abram a couple things from this promise I'm giving you one you are going to have people there's gonna be a you're gonna be a great nation that necessarily mean people was only one person that's gonna be born to Abraham that he's speaking of which is gonna be Isaac so there's one person but through this one person is going to be a great nation to he's telling him where the land that he's gonna go so we know that there's two elements so far in this in this Abrahamic covenant that he's making there's gonna be people there's going to be land and there's going to be a kingdom we don't fully flesh that out yet but we'll know we've gotten that part in the study so far we'll flesh out even later that there's going to be this kingdom there's going to be this rule we know so because in Genesis 49 10 after Jacob is pronouncing blessings on his children he says that the in Genesis 49 10 you want to make another that that the scepter shall not depart from Judah there's going to be this ruling of these people we'll find out more as we go remember we're told that once you get in the future there's going to be this street or this highway this mile marker turn right or go east I've never heard of this street I've ever been there don't know what it looked like that matter you'll know it once you get there and so when he makes this point the scepter shall not depart from Judah what do you mean I have no idea we will we get there though amen what'd you ask did Abraham did Abraham believe God or did God make it possible for Abraham to believe him well I think it's I think it's both I think it's both why well one when God speaks out of heaven and tells you to go and do something what are you gonna do you're gonna do it kind of it's cut we even you know we even see people in the Bible who hear from God and obey him at that moment they see a miracle they see this they see a sign and they obey for the moment well God is walking with Abraham God is with him and we see them reacting responsibly we see them acting in the affirmative are with me so that being the case he did but then also now if you're asking is God causing him to further continually believe we don't know that's a that is a great debate do you know that that's a great debate we don't know in other words is there some sort of regeneration or regenerative power of God in Abraham working and causing him we don't know the Bible just simply doesn't say that's a good question now possibly we'll learn some more that will need let's say possibly we'll learn some more and then we will see we'll be able to answer that question so yeah what is the function of the scepter well the scepter is for a king the functions for a king is there going to be a king we don't know yet again all we know is he tells us this we haven't gotten to that street yet we got hadn't done that mile marker but when we get there we'll know it because the map the book has told us are you all with me the reason why I'm saying it this way is because if I'm sitting here reading this map I don't expect the map to be lying I'm taking the map literally if it says in 30 miles then I'll come to this then in 30 miles I expect to come to that I don't expect in 30 miles to come to a billboard I expect if it says a street then I expect to see the street are you with me so what am I getting at well so far guys so far everything that he has stated he stated literally and there was a little expectation of what he literally said when God says something he's not trying to be too deep he's just trying this is what it's gonna be so what does that mean this scepter don't they don't know they don't know however they just know we know when the supper shows up then it will be there Jones says I will put anything between your seed and her seed does that mean hostility between no no no no no no it's not how some between men and women because the seed in this case her seed is referring to Jesus do they know this they do not know this yet no one knows this and his seed is not that's those who follow Satan it's not males and females now if we go to 16 there's going to be an issue between men and women where she is going to strive after what he has and there's gonna be this is struggling but that's not in verse 15 that's in verse 16 and how's that gonna play out well I tell you what how that's gonna play out for you for us in terms of this striving between men and women you may not have caught it in Genesis 3 16 but I bet you know it now when you see it I bet you know it now I bet you see women him ruling over her and her not liking it I bet you see that now amen so Genesis 12 we're not sure of what he's saying we don't get all of that they didn't give us everything but we just know that there is going to be whatever he's stating here happening and then verse 3 he says and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed what that tells us is that as we go further this promise won't be nullified either so far all the promises all the things that we know for sure have not nor will they be nullified there is no expectation of what he stated to be nullified and when we go to Genesis 3 5th I mean Genesis 15 we read now he's going to give us a little bit more detail of this covenant that he's making with Abraham he says after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision saying do not fear Abram I am yours I am a shield to you your reward shall be very great Abram said oh Lord God what will you give me since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eleazar of Damascus and Abram said since you have given no offering to me one born in my house is my heir then behold the word of the Lord came to him saying this man will not be your heir but one who will come forth from your own body now stop for a second God told him what's going to happen God made it clear to him what's going to happen problem is Abraham just doesn't know this is one of those expectations we should say I'll know it when I see it when when the time comes if I stay true to his word because he'll be true to his word then guess what I'll know it when I see it yeah right now all you see is Eleazar all you see is an old woman even though she looks good 75 year old uh uh uh of Sarah and even though I see old old Abraham it's going to happen it's going to literally happen hey man so he says keep continuing he says and he took him outside and said look toward the heavens and count the stars if you are able to count them and he said so shall your descendants be then he believed in the Lord and he reckoned it to him as then so answering the question then he believed what God said then he believed and God reckoned that belief to him as righteousness and he said to him I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess it so he went to the land he said oh Lord God there's that word again oh Lord God this is my God this is not Yahweh out of nine I mean Yahweh Elohim this is out of need or out of nine uh Yahweh so oh Lord Jehovah my Lord Jehovah how well I know that I may possess it so he said to him bring me a three-year-old this way he's gonna actually make the actual covenant and in this covenant what does he tell him he tells him the song goes down he says Abraham I'll tell you what get over there put you asleep and then God ratifies a covenant by walking through it so he makes this covenant he didn't ask Abraham what do you think about he says I'm gonna make this covenant with you I'm gonna bless you and oh by the way through you all the nations or all the people of the world shall be blessed and so he says in verse 13 know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in the land that that is not theirs where they will be enslaved and oppressed for 400 years but I will judge them and after they come out of that they'll come out with what with great possessions so now so far we've told what's gonna happen but does Abraham or Abraham matter of fact does his sons does his son know this Isaac who hadn't been born yet does Isaac know what's gonna happen does Isaac understand this no he does not does Jacob understand this does Jacob know what's gonna happen no he does not they don't know however when you get there you'll see it you'll get it doubtful though they still don't get it even once they once they are even enslaved these 400 years passes it'd be amazing it's amazing if we just actually read the book if we actually read the word of the Lord we'll know what has happened now we don't know if the Jews had this this writing if they if they knew of this before we don't know if the Jews enslaved actually that's something we just don't know we don't know if they knew of what God had told Abraham I'm sure though that he has at least told Isaac and told Jacob someone I'm pretty sure will have known because when they get this writing given to them by Moses the the writing comes after after they have come out but wouldn't it be interesting wouldn't it be nice if we actually just read the book and then when things show oh this is what he meant Jesus when he's talking to to his disciples he tells them these are going to be the signs of me coming this this this this this this and this and what do they do are you gonna restore the kingdom now are you going to restore the kingdom at this moment I just told you I literally just told you these are going to be the signs and none of these signs have happened and you're asking me it's like again we're driving the car what do the kids say are we there yet are we there yet how much longer are we there yet I just told you it happens all the time but we're gonna see later on when someone knows the word and comes to God hey God now is the time now what so he's telling them what he's gonna what's gonna happen so when we get to the Jews being enslaved and then coming out it happens just like God said Alpha X says uh my question is why do we suffer the consequences for Adam and Eve saw this question while I was reading a book well if the question is why does God cause us to suffer the same consequence well a couple things one we should know by now that even if it's unfair to penalize us for Adam and Eve sin we know for a fact that we if we were in Adam and Eve sin I mean the Adam and Eve's position we would do the exact same thing so it's not like God didn't know what we would do we now we have the benefit of also being redeemed now we don't know what happened to Adam and Eve we don't but just like sin was imputed to us so too can righteousness be imputed we can't say that's not fair because the likelihood is that we probably exceeded Adam and Eve in sin probably by a factor of 10 I'm pretty sure we've probably done more sin in our life than Adam and Eve I just I don't know that to be the case I can't point to a passage but just considering our lives yeah yeah and and even after having the Holy Spirit we still sin so but it's one of those questions that we don't know God why did you why did you decide to do it this way now interestingly enough interestingly enough though sin as a matter of fact let's back up let's back up and make that question related to what we're talking about even more so here we are here here's the destination we're going we are going to this particular destination right now think about this and think about the question that you asked our sin being imputed to I mean being I mean Adam and Eve and I'm saying being imputed us the consequences of those sins being imputed to us what does that do does that do you all think that it takes us to our destination or takes us away from our destination God is going to use that to take us still on that destination to get to our ultimate destination big picture look at where we are look at the road map looking down at it even though we sin even though this happened even though there's this action even though there's cops on the highway pulling the flow for speeding even though this road rage even though the kids got to stop and use the bathroom even though there's some sin along the way we are still getting to the destination amen Joshua wrote part of the plan part of the plan we know so because even in this plant is built in devices or things to deal with that sin how do I know well when they come out of by the way by the way even at that point when Adam and Eve sin we see him in Genesis 5 saying that it was the custom now for them to bring offerings to the Lord now Cain disobeyed but God still made provision for them to bring an offer to the Lord why that there can be reconciliation because the destination is still to be with him that's still the destination so that being the case even once they come out of Egypt they come out with great possessions there are at least a million and a half people matter of fact not just because it's over 600,000 men we've got women we've got children the children aren't the only people i mean the women children go along with the men we've got also a crowd of other people that are coming along with them we also have we also have oxen we also have goats we've got sheep we also have yes we also have guys we also have dog on it oh there it is it's back there we also you see the cup we also have colts coming out yes think about that we've got oxen we've got sheep we've got goats and we've got the Indianapolis colts coming out you don't believe me check the bike it's in the bible isn't that amazing isn't that amazing how no matter where we go Old Testament or New Testament we've got colts yes i know i know i know it was hard being a cowboy's fan in New Testament how hard being a cowboy's fan in the Old Testament just what it is what it is sometimes the truth hurts but it's true so when they come out God has this law established for them what does now when we look at the law when we go to exodus and deal with the law something that you're going to notice by the way by the way do you all think before we get to this law do you all think that this mosaic law that's going to be given do you all think that is going to violate or nullify the covenant that he made with Abraham okay thank you so much Corinthians is it going to violate the the covenant that he made with Abraham no it's not it's not matter of fact it's not not only is that going to violate that covenant it won't violate the previous covenant that he made with Noah i really do recommend you if you got some time to go back and look at the video we did on the covenants understanding or misunderstanding the covenants i can remember what it's called but you'll see in that that no covenant nullifies the previous covenant now you could operate only if you want to only in the old covenant in the mosaic covenant well then that's your detriment the problem with that covenant because once that covenant ended there was no more place for the sacrifices that are required for that covenant but that covenant does not um nullify what the Abrahamic covenant is matter of fact it's almost like the Abrahamic covenant is part of a bigger covenant which is the no way a covenant than the Abrahamic covenant uh inside the Abrahamic covenant we're going to see this old or the mosaic covenant part and parcel of that is going to be the Davidic covenant then we have the new covenant now you all know my stance that the new covenant is for Israel well what about us Gentiles or some you don't know our stance well the Abrahamic covenant covers us we didn't sin we didn't mess up the law because the law wasn't given to us and so we didn't we didn't need a new covenant for us we have a covenant so he brings us in and oh by the old by the way he's going to bring us Gentiles in to make these Jews jealous why because of their sin he's going to take a nation of people who are not a people and cause his own people to be jealous and then we're going to find out that we'll all become one big flock of this one great shepherd again big picture we see the starting point but we see the destination where he's going to take us to and even though the Jews mess up and even though Gentiles miss along the way we still get this all according to again it's like it's like the 18 and Hannibal Hannibal would always say at the very end I love it when a plan comes together and God's plans always come together was the atonement altar mobile yes it was after a while it does become yes it does after a while but when we see it we I don't want to get ahead of myself but when we're looking at it in Leviticus while they're in the land it's in a specific spot now they're going to take they're going to take the altar of the altar the Ark of the Covenant with them later on and they're going to still offer sacrifices and so forth later on and so yet it does move the dimensions and so forth and everything surrounding it that doesn't change okay good question so now before we before we get to to the law and before we get to the atonement in Exodus just to make sure that we are still tracking because every now and then we need to check with the driver me this is this is it's just me it's it's a man thing I think it's a man thing I think it's a male thing a man thing a x a x y chromosome thing I think it's in our makeup I think it's I think it's the case see if you guys track with me on this when we're when I'm driving I don't care from driving 5 000 miles I don't want anybody else driving nope nope wife nope unless I'm just matter of fact there's been times where I'm just I'm falling asleep I'm falling asleep my wife let me drive nope I got it if we crash it needs to be me that crashes this car we ain't crashing uh under you lady crashing because of me that way I'll get credit for us getting to heaven I was the one that got us to heaven with this crash it's a it's a stubborn male thing I guess but I just I just have to drive but Tyra says beautiful man it's the truth it's a it's a male thing you don't have a white chromosome so you don't understand Tyra the men the men get it am I right Jeff it's a it's a man thing it just hey Karen it's a man thing and so what's good though it's every now and then wife has to say you okay honey oh sure sure you're tired nope nope nope I'm dog tired I'm dog time but every now and then we need to check on the driver so every now and then we need to check and see make sure who's driving this vehicle who is who is driving this vehicle well when we get to Exodus chapter 3 who is driving this vehicle Moses finds out that it is chapter 2 chapter 3 verse 2 the angel of the Lord he appears the Lord the angel of the Lord God and then we find out some more information about who our driver is excuse me we find out in verse 14 of chapter 3 that when asking who his name is his name is matter let me fix this over here so it can show there we go his name is ecce ashir ecce or I am ecce or Yahweh when they say who is who is or who shall I say sent me ecce but I can't say ecce because ecce means I'm saying it personally so I have to say Yahweh Yahweh sent me I am is the one who is sending me so let me just stop for a moment let me just stop for a moment excel you don't have to be afraid you don't have to feel you're we're all battling something whether it be pride whether it be lust whether it be anger whether it be whatever forgive there's a lot of things that we all are battling can I give you this even along with this that's part of the big picture and so he means to scoop up you along the way to this destination all of those folks who are going we're all on the same on the same direction by the same driver going to the same destination and so though you've got some things that you're battling guess what you're not the only one the issue is this don't look at those things all those are a part of the scenery on your way to the destination your sin your mistakes your hiccups your failures your failed dreams your desire all those are are just scenery along the way that building that building that river that creek that mountain those sets of trees they're just mile markers just landmarks along the way but as long as you are in him and you've placed your faith in him excel you're fine so that's going to always be the question and you don't have to be afraid the reason why you don't have to be afraid because look at the results of what God has always said he's always kept his word and so there's no longer anything to be fearful of because if he's kept his word then you place your faith in him then guess what you are guaranteed to get to the destination amen so that being stated i may have to see jr so we see who the driver is he's given us more detail but we're still going to the same we are still going in the same direction again guys all we're doing is thank you dear i appreciate that from the from the from the thousand feet or three thousand or thirty thousand feet up looking down it should be clear yeah there's some stuff that they're going to deal with but add to no big deal just like looking at the map i don't care that there are amalakites there i don't care that there are jebysites there i don't care that there's a police officer pulling people over this is still the direction and we're going to get there hey man let's continue so now we're at Exodus three we see who god is and god is going to do something interesting he's going to bring about a covenant with the people why why is he going to bring about a cutter with people because the people are hardheaded and they have sin in their life and he wants to deal with it so what does he say in chapter 19 verse 7 he called the elders of the people together and set them before them and gave all the words wish the lord had commanded and what do they say everything that god says we are cool with that amen what does god say no you're not matter of fact by the time i go up to this mountain and come back down you all will have sinned you all will because we do that's what we do again what's the issue sin and disobedience sin and so what does god do along the way i want to get you there safely so i've got to feed you along the way you got to stop use the bathroom you got to take a break set stretch your feet out stretch your legs out and i'm gonna feed you so along the way god is going to feed mankind and what is he going to do to make sure that they stay along the route stay with us at this point in time i'm going to give you some offerings to give which is going to bring us to do the random now by the way this covenant that we do have oh by the way is a different covenant than the previous covenant the previous covenant was an unconditional covenant this covenant is a conditional if then if you do this then i will do that now notice what he says if you do this then i will bless you and keep you in the land now stop and think about that for a second if the jews do right if they're faithful if they're obedient then god will bless them bless the land and keep them in the land if they don't if they disobey god will scatter them take them out of the land and even put them under the bondage of other people what do they do they disobey god takes them out of the land but wait a minute god you say it going back to the map looking at it from the bird's eye view you say it god that you are going to bless abram or abraham give them this land make his descendants prosperous numerous and you're going to keep that land i did what happens is if we get caught up in the scenery that these people have seen and been taken out of land that mean that it doesn't nullify what god originally stated that he's going to do so part of the destination also is that land as well that land is also part of the destination and so he states in deuteronomy chapter 10 to get your heart right and he he keeps reiterating this get your heart right don't sin if you sin then i'm gonna deal with you but he makes a promise in deuteronomy 30 that i'm gonna fix your heart later on after i'm gonna bring you back into the land and after that i'm gonna fix your heart no i have no idea what the mosaic blade is i have no i have no idea what the mosaic blade is so i knew someone's gonna ask that ask me that question later in the week uh see if it's about about those and i will i'll i'll answer that i'll answer that so amen john john a says god cannot lie uh and he is faithful what he says he will do according to his word he will do no need to sweat it trust that should be the beginning and the end of it that should really be the beginning and the end of it the problem is sometimes we get caught up in what's happening around us we get caught up in what's happening around us i think that 1948 really should be an impactful event because it's so recent enough that enough people can even if you weren't born it still is me it's still close enough to where you can feel the the effects israel was not a nation for so long after almost 2000 years not 2000 years but over a thousand plus years they're not in the land we don't think there is a nation of israel and then they come back just like what god said there will always be a nation before the lord forever god means what he says he will bring it about you don't have to worry about it i go to order some food i can't cook i can't cook i can't bake i can turn the fossil and pour some water i can do that do i have to worry about the food being prepared no someone else is doing it i don't know anything about computers i know how to type my name in my password and so forth and click along on this thing i can do that i don't have to worry about this chip this computer chip is in there i don't have to worry about that i don't have to worry about how these screens work why is it as believers i can trust in these monitors i can trust i don't even know how the string deck work i love this thing though i don't have this microphone works don't know how this computer works or that computer work or the i don't know how any of this stuff works do not know but i trust it i should not trust it these things more than i trust him i know for fact if i turn this thing on it's gonna if i push on it's gonna come on i know for fact that god is going to be god whether i believe it or not without trust or not now all i got to do is just trust it that's kind of the lesson that we're trying to learn here that's kind birds eye view i see what god is doing what he said so do i believe it or not do i believe what god has stated is is god trying to confuse me he lord knows i'm not that bright he knows i'm not that smart even though this name is channel smart christians channel but we're smart because we don't we know how unintelligent we are and so we lean on him and his word let's just follow his word let's just let's just follow the map what's the map say what's next well we go here and go all right good what's gonna happen next don't know don't know i just know eventually i'll get there and so as he's doing this he's saying if you don't keep my statue i'm gonna put you out well then i don't keep the statues why because of this issue of sin so what does he do he gives us this atonement for them at the time gives them the atonement now this is how everything's working together we don't know anything we don't know what he means by this scepter have no idea the scepter doesn't really apply to us but it does but this scepter is going to relate to israel having a king where is this king going to come from this king is going to come out of this line of juda after israel rebels and says that i don't want uh i don't want a prophet leading us and i don't i don't we want a king like every other nation that's what we want that's what we want a king like every other nation okay fine uh don't worry about that don't worry listen samuel don't trip they're not rejecting you they're rejecting me but it's it's fine it's fine looks like chaos looks like everything is thrown into but so what is he going to do even we haven't gotten there yet he's going to take their desire for a king give them two good kings or two kings that he chooses and then promises to the first king that there will always be a king on his throne forever speaking of Jesus who is from this line how is that fulfilling how's that fulfilling the destination well first of all one the person that's going to be on that throne is the destination he's also the very one who's driving us to our destination but even more than that he won't be just their king he won't be just their lord back up to where we are now they're told to in leviticus 16 to adhere to this day of atonement where they can be reconciled and be in relationship and the very same elements for their atonement for for israel's atonement individually and nationally is also going to be used for our atonement are you with me so he's going to fulfill his destination getting us to the destination he's going to take us on the right route again this is why he shows up and says i am the way the truth in life nobody and i do mean nobody can come to the father except through me uh michelle k says i have heard that jesus didn't fulfill the whole law jesus fulfilled only the parts pertaining to him well that would be a lie jesus came to fulfill the law now what does it mean about to fulfill the law specifically when we even read in romans 10 4 he says that he is the in the law what does the law require atonement in this atonement you are now put in right standing the law is to bring you to him and keep you in right standing well what does he just do he fulfills that ends that and brings about this one so now by your faith in what his atoning work is now you don't have to adhere to the tenets of the law that's what i mean he fulfilled it fulfilled doesn't mean that he had it he had to make sure they did this this this this this this no the point of is that he didn't violate anything are you with me he says uh brooklyn lou says there are literally no biblical facts that everyone agrees on well obviously which will be stated in the beginning everyone's not going to believe every biblical fact but the question is do you that's more to the point there are people who are muslims there are jews who have not accepted crisis messiah there are atheists there are hindus there are buddhists there are folks that call themselves christians the question is going to be though brooklyn lou and everyone else individually do you accept the fact so far is there anything and let me just stop and ask is there anything so far that i've stated that you disagree with oh the law versus the ten commandments the ten commandments are just part of the law that's all the ten commandments are just part of the law there are more to there's more to the law than just the ten commandments without question so the question is going to be do you or does anyone else disagree thus far is there anything so let's just stop and pause for a second is there anything that's just been stated and i haven't said anything i don't think that's too out of the way that anyone could disagree with but is there anything if you if you say hey court no i think i disagree with this then let's let's deal with that right now i want to make sure because i want to see because it could be maybe i didn't say it the right way or i did say it the wrong way or what have you or i said something in error or a person is not understanding it so that's true that is so true by the way thank you for your super chat as well uh if you have the same hermit if you read things the right the same way then you're gonna almost always come to the same conclusion there are times where there might be of some differences there are there are but for the most part most part um you're going to get there we're in the same place because again guys not expecting us to read things to read the map differently and i'm using a map because how do you read the map do you guess that when it says 30 miles it really yeah 30 40 miles give or take no the map says it exactly how it is literally and you take it that way god the same way me and my goofiness listening to the lady on the map the lady that was giving me directions two days ago she literally meant what she said she literally meant turn right at and i think it was st francis turn right what did i do now i thought to myself this is what i thought that street does not look like st francis so what did i do keep i didn't ask you what i think the lady did not say driver quarry turn right on st francis if it looks like st francis just turn right and what's funny is it's telling me in 500 feet in 200 feet in 50 feet turn right and i just zoom i just i zoomed by it i i go to thinking there is a way that seems right to man but in the end what and then so what i do rerouted me and said turn and i didn't turn there either so that's what we do didn't look like it did not look like it i didn't ask you what it looked like got an ass you would i don't care what it looks like so so before we continue is there anything that anyone say you know i'm not quite following you on this is i'm i'm not quite sure about that i disagree uh if not let's continue so we have this law that's given and part of the law is the atonement the atonement is going to be now guess what they don't understand how this is going to work out they don't understand how this is going to work out but what they're doing is this is what i need for so for now on after this bible study we will start looking at everything on what boots on the ground and from a bird's eye view anybody been in the military anybody especially anyone been in army anybody i just need to see is is is anyone out there who has been in the army see if i can remember this joshua you were in army were you in army who who else besides joshua has been in the army can anyone tell me what carol you have what is 13 my m.o.s if i say my m.o.s is 13 romeo you might know what what m.o.s that is does anybody know what what m.o.s well first you know what m.o.s is but what 13 romeo is does anybody know i want to see and i'm trying to i'm trying to uh i'm trying to bond with somebody by the way uh yeah there are a lot a lot of vets over here a lot of let me go to this for this screen is faster so you are going to know is it feel artillery so part of this if i'm correct if i remember by the way i told you guys i told you guys that i was in the i'll tell you all my story one day how i was in the army uh for a hot second and when i say a hot second you're gonna think how in the world did this guy get out of uh matter of fact let me just have for a second let's say does the army that does the army know where every uh piece of artillery is we're we're in a matter we're in a battle will the army know or the neighbor they will they know where every piece of machinery is they'll know they'll know do they know where every missile is do they know where every silo is do the satellites have every coordinate that they need to know somebody say yes because they do they do so i hope so if they are getting ready to drop a bomb at these exact coordinates they better know like josh said they better know and you better be out of that area matter of fact they can put they they can you can it if our army is so precise our military is so precise now i don't think that right now that there's anybody on the planet matter of fact there aren't any two countries combined that can equal our military might which is why we're safe for a military standpoint they think about it we've got what is it 11 or 12 um aircraft carrier what does Russia have one China has one building another thing of the 20 or 21 or 22 we have 11 or 12 of not only that can we deliver our um soldiers and marines marines had to be called soldiers can we deliver our aircraft we've got bases everywhere we can be everywhere and we are everywhere we are literally in every place we're in every time zone north and south and we can deliver deadly accuracy or we can also do what we typically do also deliver humanitarian aid at the drop of a dime think about something for a second guys who's better at that than us who's who is everywhere all the time who is more precise than the military who knows the exact coordinates of everything that that will be god he's everywhere all everywhere that he needs to be now what's that mean when we say that that the lord god is omniscient omnipotent and omnipresent that means he's everywhere at the same time but he's also everywhere at the same time in every place at every time so he's everywhere at the same time a thousand years ago five hundred years ago right now and a hundred years from now he's everywhere he needs to be so now as we're coming to a close when we look to figure out when we look to figure out where we are and god makes a statement as to where we are and where we're going he's not only everywhere right now he's everywhere back then he's everywhere in the future he has literally been to all the spots right now in the past and in the future so in five years when you get to certain wherever you are in your life in five years wherever you're going to be in your life he's there wherever you are in 47 minutes he's there wherever you were 15 years ago he was there when you were at your lowest he was there when you're on top of the mountain and what do you think about he was there when you were forgotten about and everybody turned your back on turned their back on you he didn't you know why he was there when you're doing bad and you need someone to lift your head up that's him he's there will always be there when god when god wants to see you it's not that he has to come to you it's that he's bringing he's bringing you to him god always is and god always will be there's nothing that escapes his attention there's nothing that he has forgotten about there's nothing that he has misremembered nothing whatsoever god is that's why when abraham says when isaac when moses asks him who are you he says i am who i am and you can tell other folks that he will be always he is he is he is when right now in the future yes then too that's the god and so when he makes a statement guys looking down on the big picture when i'm looking down at what god is doing it's because he knows as we say he knows the end from the beginning how does it say and i always butcher this that i'm gonna run on and see what the end's gonna be did i did i did i but even though it's a church of god and christ mainstay i i never get that but that's what he is that's the truth he knows my beginning and my end he was there in the beginning he was there before i began and he will be there when i'm gone away so when i read his word it's the same mindset when i'm reading his word so as i'm reading if he said it's going to be well dog gone it gosh dog it is a matter of fact that's what it is i don't care that this person sin i don't care that this nation crumbled i don't care what happened over here i don't care what happened over there i know the destination and i know how i'm getting there matter of fact you know what makes me even relax because i'm not the one that's doing i'm sitting in the chair relaxing because guess who's driving he is who's driving i i thought i covered this before i thought i covered before who's driving let me just read it again god Elohim el that god the lord god Yahweh the lord god Yahweh Elohim the lord my god Adonai Yahweh or Adonai Yahweh the spirit of god the holy spirit the angel of the lord the angel of god i am jesus he's been there always will be always always will be not just for me but for you everybody in the chat even for those folks who want to turn their back he'll always be there and so even for my brother who had the the the the feeling of guilt that's fine that's fine that just means you're sorrowful about something that's bothersome that's what that's what the spirit of god does to you makes you feel sorrowful makes you want to just get on and just let him do the do the trek let him do the carry question why doesn't he for question for god why doesn't he persuade me to believe in him all he would have to do is know what would persuade me and do it if he really spoke to me for example here's your answer are you ready for the answer i doubt that anyone would ever ask that question and mean it i doubt that anyone would ever ask the question why won't god speak to me directly and mean it because it would presuppose that you believe there is a god yeah it would presuppose that if he did show you something that you would actually even believe it because the question is to you my friend not that you would ask me that question or why not go to him and ask if you go to him and ask that very same question see if you get a response now how you do so i was i've told you guys before i told you guys before when i was a skeptic as a matter of fact when i was talking trash to all the people who are christian i had a buddy of mine he played basketball played football we were roommates i'm gonna ask him these questions all the time no no no we weren't roommates we actually just a room came open so he had his own room so i had my own room the second semester as a freshman he had his own worked out like that but we were going and i'm gonna ask a question i said his name is cattrell cattrell what if all of this stuff is just one big live it's just a collection of good writings and you you all just follow for what if it's not the truth he looked at me and said he didn't mean to be profound but it was he said what if it's not what if it is the truth my thought was okay well if it is the truth then i'm in trouble i'm going to hell now if it's not the truth no harm no foul but if it is the truth it would behoove me to find out i said what what cattrell how do i know how how am i gonna find out he said i don't know the best way to tell you but the bible says if any man lacks wisdom let him ask he says so core won't won't you just go ask just go sincerely ask i said you know what i'll do that i want to know so i went and i prayed this prayer my prayer was lord god if you're there i don't know that you're there i feel strange and this is what i said i said i i really feel strange even asking this because i'm not sure you're there i don't know if you are real but if you are real i really want to know i really want and i was i was sincere lord would you speak to me however you desire to speak to me i will not question it i will not say well i need more i wouldn't care if it's the if it's the most basic way if you just speak to me in any sort of way let me know you exist and that i need to know you i kid you not within 10 minutes maybe 30 maybe i'm exaggerate maybe an hour no look no more than an hour though knock on the door someone wants to invite me to church someone's passing out tracks i'm watching esp and there's commercials about g even seen this commercial about jesus not not not the Mormon commercials i'm seeing all these commercials about jesus i'm hearing people start talking about jesus it's in my in my ears like wow what's what is going on folks who i didn't know we're christian or think we're christian are just talking about god for hey you want to go to church with me you don't even go to church you haven't gone this weekend though i could have done one one two things i could have said you know and went back god are you gonna are you gonna speak to me are you gonna let me know or am i gonna tell him you gotta you gotta you gotta speak to me the way i want you to and then i'll probably disregard it at that okay something's happening something is happening and at that moment i'll never forget it was 601 p.m um my friend's mother came into town she hadn't asked me before she had never asked me before she said well if you died today where would do you know where'd you spend eternity would you go and be with the lord and i said no i don't i don't i don't think so i don't know she said well all you have to do is open up your mouth and confess that jesus is lord she said do you believe that he died on the cross after reading it that's what the book says if you believe that jesus died on the cross for your sin do you believe that you sin i said well yeah i know i know i sin she said you know what a sin is yeah i know what a sin is um what is a sin is when you just mess up when you do the wrong stuff the stuff that you know that you're not supposed to do that you do it that's okay fine so why do you do that i don't know i just keep doing she said that's your that's because you were center you can't stop saying that's because you're a sinner and she said that but you know the book says that he died so that even though that you keep messing up he's going to take your mess ups and cover him up if you place faith in him that his death was the penalty that god required for me and you to pay he paid it for you if you believe that and you like that you trust that you're happy with that the bible all you have to do now she did say invite him to his into your heart was she the most theologically perfectly sound no but the point was was was taken and so i said lord would you please forgive me i believe you exist i don't need and i didn't say that at the time i didn't need any angel to come down i didn't need anything i just did just regular folks in lubbock texas walking around talking to me about jesus and so i placed my faith in him i trusted what he did was enough for me at 601 p.m on that august 12th day i became part of the kingdom little did i know that i was already assigned for that i was already destined for that i was always part of the destination he just stopped off and made a pickup because i did that now i don't know if you're gonna do that or not i don't know if you are going to place your faith in him i don't know if you need more signs if you need more signs well then guess what there will be no more signs except that of the son of man that he died on the cross was buried for three days and rose so other than that i can give no more to get now if you're looking for some if we want to be apologetics if we want to do if we want to do apologetics here if we want to be if we want to defend how we know that the word is true because maybe you don't believe the word is true how you not believe the word is true is beyond me because if nothing else just look at the prophecy there's no other book on the planet with predictive prophecies that have come true none and even if you want to say well the Quran has some no they don't no they don't they're vague and unfulfilled Notre Dame has no he has not you gotta squint your eyes turn your head and stand on your and stand on your head and with one arm in the air to to see it no but his are specific and the sheer number of his prophecies that have come true you know the mathematical probability of these prophecies coming true let me say this now in just to give you this i heard a man put it this way this man was one of the top lawyers i'm sorry on the top mathematicians uh in the world this was a hundred or so years ago one of his students asked him a question who was also an atheist says well could you give a mathematical equation to disprove the likelihood of the probability of god as well as jesus in the bible here's what he said as a matter of fact i'll do that he said now the first thing i have to do is to disprove the mathematical probability of god is i've got to kind of work some things out because he also his because they were talking about evolution as well he says i have to disprove the mathematical probability of this spontaneous creation now before i do that i have to i have to disprove i have to give the mathematical improbability of a human being forming not over the course of time through evolution but immediately now before that though i have to give the mathematical not not not just the mathematical equation of this one human being being formed but i've got to give the mathematical equation the possibility of not just one human let's say a male but a counterpart that this male can have a relationship with to produce another human being i've got to give the mathematical equation a probability for a male and a female but i also have to give the mathematical equation a probability of a male and female coming together and producing the exact same thing but even before that because because they're not the only ones at this point in time this was early 2000 there have been 16 billion or 15 billion people on the planet so i've got to give the mathematical probability of the 7 billion on the planet now plus the 7 billion on the planet before what is the mathematical probability that this man and this one can get together and reproduce and it do the exact same thing every time not just in them but the mathematical probability for it to happen in other people what is the mathematical probability for this one man to be created this one woman to be created and then to come together and create the exact same thing and then it can recreate itself times 14 15 16 billion times perfectly but even before i get to that though i've got to have the mathematical probability of them to be in a suitable environment to sustain them their local ecosystem so what's the mathematical probability that would they would be in an environment that will contain what they need oxygen food energy warmth water protection what's the mathematical probability of them having a local ecosystem that can sustain them but then even more than that so before i get to that though i have to have the mathematical probability of this local ecosystem being contained in a larger ecosystem you know like instead of being born in the Garden of Eden or being born in california or new mexico you know being on the earth what's the mathematical probability of the greater ecosystem that being the earth being able to contain and to house and to provide for these people that will show up but not just them also the other creatures and animals that are on the earth in other words that they've got the right temperature even though the seasons change got the right amount of food the right gravitational force now to go from there i've got to have the right mathematical i've got to figure out the right mathematical probability of this even greater ecosystem this containment that we call the earth to be in its own ecosystem its own place that is our solar system what is the mathematical probability of our solar system existing in perfect harmony the earth is in perfect rotation to where it doesn't burn up it doesn't freeze it doesn't fly off into an unnormal rotation or circulation what is the mathematical probability of all of that as well as the other planets that are in perfect harmony where they do not interfere with the earth what is the mathematical probability of that as well as this galaxy being inside a greater ecosystem that is the universe what's the mathematical probability of all of these things happening the student came back to him knowing what his job was and asked wanted to know the professor how far had he gotten the professor when he came back was reading the bible the student was flabbergasted floor why are you reading the bible he says well i couldn't get past the mathematical probability of a human being even living or existing just the one before i had to realize that someone had to create it you can do all that you want to look for answers and excuses but if you've got in your mind that i'm not going to trust what what is evident the skies the stars or just these prophecies in the book then nothing else can be done as a matter of fact as jesus said as best no sign will be given to you except the son of man his death burial and resurrection if that's not enough my friend that's all you're going to get amen