 Good morning everyone welcome to our course where we are learning about you know the book of Hebrews right now Let's pray and we will continue with chapter 10 Let me just begin with the word of prayer Heavenly Father we thank you once again Lord for giving us this opportunity to Spend time in your word of God and father we know that Lord even as we engage with your word that Lord we will be changed by it or God we will be blessed by it and this morning Lord we pray that you will give us that revelation And and the depth of the understanding Father God so that Lord our lives Will be touched that our lives will be transformed we commit all things into your hands in Jesus name. We pray amen Let's go to Hebrews chapter 10 Maybe we left a few verses in Hebrews 9. I think last few verses We can quickly read it and then we can continue in Hebrews 9 the focus was on The blood of Jesus so we talked about the power of the blood of Jesus and how Though the earthly vessels of worship needed to be purified by the blood of animals and quite specifically here, you know, there is a mention of The the blood of bulls right bulls and there is that was I'm not able to find it Okay, anyway, the the blood of animals the blood of Jesus is what purifies The blood of once again verse 19 Where it says the blood of carbs and goats Right carbs and goats. So in this way the Objects of worship were purified, but the blood of Jesus is what purifies us and he has entered the heaven with his own blood So this much we've understood. Let's now read from verse 23 To 28 that would be the end of Hebrews 9 and then we can continue into Hebrews 10 So one of the quest one of us to please go ahead and read aloud Yeah Can read from verse 23 to 28 For Christ has not entered holy places made with hands which are copies of the truth But into heaven itself now to appear in the presence of God for us Know that he should offer himself often as the high priest enters the most holy place every year with a lot of unadorned He then would have had to suffer often see the foundation of the world But now once at the end of the ages he has appeared to put away seen by the sacrifice of himself and As it is appointed for men to die once but after this the judgment So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of mainly to those who Girlie wait for him. He will appear a second time apart from the force of ration Thank You, Zellie Here there is a repetition of the same thought of the purification that took place through the blood of Jesus and verse 23 says that The heavenly tabernacle is purified by something better Which is the blood of Jesus and then we saw how? Jesus died for our sins once and this is not something that he needs to repeat again and again And we've been saying we've been talking about Jesus as the high priest eight nine that he entered into heaven and you know, he makes He is there for us as a high priest. He represents us well and as a high priest He has entered in once, you know, if we don't need for him to keep doing this again and again So we looked at Jesus as the high priest mostly, but notice now There is an emphasis on him suffering and dying so verse 26 It says he has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself so We we're observing that he is the high priest. He shed his blood And he is the sacrifice himself. So that's something amazing because so far we've not seen any of the priests being able to sacrifice themselves and pay for the sins of Forget about anyone else's they had to cleanse themselves before entering into the presence of God So it's only the Lord Jesus who could become a perfect sacrifice for us. So From verse 26 to verse 28 It shows us how God planned the redemption of the world So it says he then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world But now once at the end of the ages. So that is talking about The birth of our Lord Jesus here on the earth, you know, we talk about the at the fullness of time God Sent his son the Lord Jesus. So Jesus coming here for his earthly ministry is being spoken of And the plan of redemption where he became the sacrifice himself Okay, so that we understand the plan of redemption and notice Verse 27 here, uh, it says and it is appointed for men to die once but after this is judgment So generally this scripture is is um in the context here It is talking about the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, right? Uh that he sacrificed himself So it's in that context. However, uh, it very clearly States that when people die We die once so there's no question of uh, a reincarnation because in some philosophies people have that concept Where they believe that uh, you know in one life someone is Uh, a certain person and then they have another life and another life and many chances But the bible is quite categorical as far as Uh, uh, you know life and death is concerned and it says it is appointed for men to die once So that is the general rule or the general law where People are born and they die once Okay, so after this is judgment it says so, uh, when there are concepts of Being born once again in the world, uh Uh Sometimes people make that an excuse for living this life carelessly because you will get another chance as per those philosophies But that's not how it is. We know that there is judgment to follow after this one life that you and I live so, um We we can get this very clear understanding from verse 27 that ultimately people, uh men or human Beings mankind die once after that straight away, you know, um judgment is what we can foresee Then verse 28 talks about the return of jesus christ So it it shares that jesus died. He became the sacrifice So we know about him coming to the earth his earthly ministry and then it says he will appear a second time So that is about the second coming of our lord jesus christ when we say second coming You know you We may have this question like what are we? Addressing is it the secret coming of christ? Is it the second coming of christ? Well, all of that all of that we know that that is towards the end and that is the culmination of Of our life here on earth but surely he will come and He his authority and his power will be seen Like never before and that is something we can expect as believers and it gives us great Assurance and confidence that this is the god we serve That he demonstrated his love through his sacrifice Um and the perfection of his work as we've seen he did it once and that was good enough Right. So the perfection of his work and his his glory And his majesty as he comes back. So this Jesus is whom we have put our faith in now a little bit more about the sacrificial Um work of jesus continues in hebrews chapter 10 Let's read from verse one to verse three Please pick up sections and go ahead and read please. I I want to request everyone to be ready The things can never be these same sacrifices Which they offer continually year by year Like those who across Perfect for them would they not have these to be offered? For for the worship was first verified would have had no more consciousness of sins But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year Yeah, thank you. Zalee. I'll also read verse four And it says for it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins um, so the concept that we have here is about the Sacrifice of jesus being perfect or Jesus being the perfect sacrifice When we consider other sacrifices that uh the police made They had to repeat it often because it could not Perfect them forever Maybe for that one Entrance into the the presence of god into the temple It gave them that cleansing that they were able to go in but uh, they had to keep doing it over and over again Because there was no perfection in the sacrifice But now we are talking about perfection in the sacrifice of our lord jesus christ See verse three it says but in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year So even if they did it they have to keep repeating it every year uh, and We all so the the first point is that The sacrifice of jesus is perfect That's the first Point for us here. The second point is The sacrifice of jesus um Is associated with the shedding of the blood of jesus okay, and when it comes to The blood of animals that was shared It could Power sins. Okay, so there is a term In atonement. They use that term cofer That means that The sins would be covered by the blood and then you know god would view us through the blood of those animals uh, representing An accepted sacrifice for god But in the case of our lord jesus What is the difference first? We said jesus is the perfect sacrifice That's what is coming out in these four verses Here's a second thought that's coming out in these four verses that second thought is the blood of jesus takes away sin Which the other blood could not do What could the blood of atonement of animals do? Cofer he brewed Power sin. There's a big difference Covering sin means sin is it's still there. It's not fully dealt with Okay, so you have to constantly keep covering In order to approach god but Now what has happened jesus became the perfect sacrifice and his blood Takes away sin Okay, big difference big difference. It's not uh Something temporary and god has done a permanent work Of removing sin, you know when we reach out to him. So that is what the writer is talking about So for a hebrew believer What they Should the kind of response they should have had to what is being spoken to them is like They must have been in amazement because a lifetime of practicing these rituals and All the you know temple worship Worship activities Now suddenly because of jesus coming in everything Had attained perfection and so they really did not need to go back to those things and they were just a shadow as we've been saying often and the hebrew believer Would have had to take notice that hey something greater is with with us now something more wonderful something more real something more perfect and Hopefully, you know that should have brought encouragement for the believer So that is something that the writer is doing Encouraging the discouraged hebrew believer. Let's keep reading. Let's go to versus five to eight here Could somebody please read this portion versus five to eight hebrew stem Therefore When he came into the world he said Sacrifice and offering you did not desire but a body you have prepared for me In burnt Offerings and sacrifices for sin you had no pleasure Then I said behold I have come in the volume of the book. It is written of me To do your will oh god previously saying sacrifice and offerings Burnt offerings and offerings for sin. You did not desire no hard pleasure in them Which are offered according to the law amen Amen. Amen. Thank you lubeka. So as it is reiterated once again The offerings that were made the sacrifices for sin that were made. They were not perfect Okay, but what god did is god was bringing in perfection through jesus And god gave him it says but a body you have prepared for me So we understand right that The sacrifice must be Uh a sinless lamb Isn't it that that's what was happening? But now comes a perfect sinless lamb of god And all that needed to be fulfilled. That is where jesus had to come in that physical body And uh, he had to make the sacrifice without that body. He could not have done it. Okay. So again christology substitution He substituted for those lambs and he became our perfect lamb and whatever was read right now versus five to eight It is it is quoted from sam 40 sam 40 versus six to eight Where prophetically jesus is proclaiming the insufficiency of earthly Sacrifices and offerings and then he recognizes that god has given him a body So that he can become that one time perfect sacrifice Okay, so quite understandable in itself. So we will move on Uh two versus nine and ten, but before we can get there. Uh, I see here on the chat A comment uh, jeffina says for when moses Had spoken sorry Oh, it's from hebrus nine. So we'll come back to this later Okay, then we'll come back to it. Let's proceed with hebrus 10 then We'll read verse nine and 10 I'll read it and the next section another person can become Then he said behold. I have come to do your will Oh god, he takes away the first that he may establish the second By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of jesus christ once for all so Same thing in continuation to it where jesus says, okay god, I am in obedience I am willing and see how Earlier it said sacrifice and offering you did not desire you remember the context of that That was more about obedience, but god desires obedience and now jesus is coming with obedience to make the sacrifice And that is so pleasing to the lord And in verse 10 He says that uh, you know the sacrifice that he makes the offering that jesus Makes through his own body that Is what sanctifies us and uh, he did it once for all for all of us now Let's go on to verses 11 to 14 Who would like to pick up and read please? This is 11 to 14 and every priest stands ministering daily and offering the bitterly the same Sacrifices which can never take away since but this man after he had offered one sacrifice persons forever sat down at the right hand of god From the time waiting till his enemies or made his food still for by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified Amen, praise god. So uh, this again is telling us about the perfection in the sacrifice of jesus Because his sacrifice his blood can take away the sins Okay, now just cover the sins so that we've understood and it talks about jesus as someone who completed That's the beauty jesus came imagine if he hadn't completed Right, but he completed the work so verse 12 says but this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever Sat down at the right hand of god So this whole thing of sitting down at the right hand of god can only happen if he has Done the work that god sent him to do here. So he did it and In doing that we know verse 14 is saying that through one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified So the statement is quite mysterious Because it says that he has already perfected But at the same time it says those who are being sanctified. So there is a uh, you know, like a continuous Tense in those who are being sanctified, but at the same time it says they have already been perfected So, how do we understand this when we study about who we are in christ? We know that Spiritually are standing with god is now different. We are In christ, we are redeemed. We are blessed. We are You know children of god, there are many things that we can talk about when it comes to holiness and sanctification We are made holy in christ jesus, okay So we've put that on in our spiritual being But there is also the living out of who we are in christ in our everyday lives So uh, spiritually there are these realities, but we have to also walk in it. So that's the way we understand it So it says he has already perfected forever Those who are being sanctified so living out that that holiness that has already been accomplished in the spirit Is what he is referring to here. So this is the work of jesus that one perfect sacrifice Has taken away our sins has completely Plensed us and he has completed his work and he's at the right hand of god right now And it states in verse 13 here that He's there waiting till his enemies are made his footstool. I think we discussed this earlier, isn't it? So he's already victorious jesus is already victorious But what is this waiting till his enemies are made his footstool? We understand that satan has some time on the earth Before he is completely bound and cast into the lake of fire. So that is what we are referring to So it doesn't mean that he's not defeated. It doesn't mean that he has power It just means that the binding You know like the complete Eviction of of the enemy will come later on but he's already defeated. He's already rendered powerless Okay, so that is our uh understanding from these scriptures. So we've seen Jesus as the Priest we've seen that the blood of jesus is mighty to take away sins We see that his sacrifice was so powerful that one time sacrifice was good enough There's no requirement for repetition of sacrifices So we'll move on to the next section here versus 15 to 18 Uh, I want to request someone else from the batch, please to kindly read I think zelly is red jeffina is red. Would someone else be able to read it? I'm not able to read Uh, sorry brother Not able to okay. I'm not able to read You're not okay. Okay. Okay. That's fine We'll be able to pick it up Okay, sure zelly. Please go ahead Was 15 to 18 But the holy spirit also witnessed to ask for after the after he had said before This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days says the lord I will put my laws into their hearts And in their minds, I will write them then he ends their sins and their lawless Did I will remember no no more now where there is remission of this there is no longer an offering for sin Okay, thank you. So, uh, this is just an extension of that perfect work perfect sacrifice that we are talking about we said the Work of jesus the blood of jesus took away our sins. So it's so perfect his work that Uh In verse 17 it says their sins and their lawless deeds. I will remember no more god has taken it away in such a way Okay, this is very powerful very powerful for us as believers. Uh, you know, we experienced this in our lives Uh, and imagine if we didn't experience this imagine if we had to live with the guilt of our sinfulness But thank god the way jesus has Granted us forgiveness is perfect perfect that god says It's not like he keeps us. He hides our sins and he brings it out each time. No, it's been removed I will Not remember god will not even remember our sins and our lawless deeds So in that manner god has taken away the the sins by the shedding of his blood And this perfect work of sacrifice verse 18 says, um because This the blood has been shed. There's a complete remission. There's a complete remission of our sins And therefore there is no need to make another offering Now this can also be looked at in this way, you know, there are philosophies in the world where where It It is believed that one person can make a little bit of remission And then another person has to come and make a little bit of remission. So that way what happens is Ultimately when you kind of consolidate all the work, then The complete remission happens and you know, man can experience salvation But jesus did not need any other person to come and add to his work The way his Sacrifice Cleansed us for gave us in the sight of god bought us back Right There was no need for a third person or a fourth person or a fifth person to come back in To make it better because what jesus did once for all it was perfect Right what he did was perfect and Let's also quickly look here at verse 16 This is something that we've already spoken about in hebrus 8 about the new covenant Which the lord jesus himself is a mediator of he's the co-signer of the covenant. He backs up his covenant So, uh, we know that when jesus paid the price for for our sins on the cross We now have a new life But we are walking with a new covenant With christ and what covenant is this? See in the book of jeremiah The prophet spoke in those days, you know, god will establish a new covenant. What are those days? Those days the prophet was referring to the time when jesus will redeem us jesus will You know pay in full for our sins at that time when the new covenant is established The law of god will be written in our hearts Okay, so in this way not not on tablets of stone, but on our very hearts the word of god is Written so this is part of our new covenant privilege and that is the manner in which christ jesus has Redeemed us now. Let's now move on to the next section here from verses 19 to 25. Maybe jeffina Would you please believe it Hebrew chapter 10 verse 19 to 25 Therefore brethren having boldness to enter the holiest by the blood of jesus By a new and living way which he consecrated for us through the way that is his flesh And having a high priest over the house of god that is drawn near with a true heart in full assurance of faith Having our hearts Sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering for he he who promised us faithful And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together as is the manner of some but Exorting one another and so much the more as you see the day approaching Yes, thank you. So, um, then the author kind of brings it to a conclusion And he says look now that I'm telling you all these things about christ and his blood and his sacrifice Um, you can have boldness Okay, now we are people of the new covenant. It's not like how it used to be under the law We are now in the period of grace So life is different now Okay times have changed uh as far as uh, uh, the calendar of god is concerned jesus has come and done the Work and so he's encouraging the believers and he's saying come on now that we're in a new period Post the sacrifice of jesus you and I can be so bold to enter the holiest by the blood of jesus Now to hear something like this for a hebrew believer who understood temple practices and their entire life and for generations They would have thought oh only the lewites can go and even among the lewites only the high priest can go once in a year You know on on the day of atonement into the holy of holies now when the author is saying forget about all that You can go boldly into the holy of holies by the blood of blood of jesus, you know, it's mind blowing to say the least okay, so uh Literally the the kind of life that the hebrew believers were in earlier before knowing christ and the life that they've come into now They're being reminded everything has changed okay You are in the reality Earlier you were in the shadow But now you are in the reality come on wake up You don't have to hold on to the shadow anymore You have a new way of living you're part of the new covenant and bold look at boldly and enter the holiest is in itself that phrase itself is mind blowing that without Fear now we all understand that whenever the high priest would go into the holy holy of holies Apparently they would tie a rope to the leg Of the high priest. I don't know if you all know that the reason is that if the offerings for sin sins were Inadequate there would be a possibility For the high priest to actually die In the holy holy of holies because god's presence was so mighty that anything any sin which was not covered Right could expose them to the wrath of god So it was quite dangerous that way and so if a high priest went in and never came out What the people would do is using that rope they would pull the body out You got it. So it was really scary to enter into the presence of god and be sinful Because it would mean death. It would mean, you know dire consequences But at this point the author is saying Enter boldly you don't have to worry about all that because a perfect sacrifice has been made for us We have now entered into a new way of living. He says verse 20 Of which he consecrated for us or which jesus dedicated for us Through the veil that is his flesh. So we talk about the the veil being toned. Isn't it when jesus In the gospels the veil was stoned. What is the concept or what what is the understanding when the veil was stoned See the temple the veil is separating Uh separating man from the presence of god But when we say the veil was stoned and when did that happen when jesus was crucified on the cross The veil being torn is opening up of the The presence of god or the holiest place for mankind or for people And how could that happen through the sacrifice of jesus? So the veil as the scripture itself clarifies for us here It says that is his flesh. So what was the veil which was torn? It was the flesh of jesus we say right the body was broken for us So jesus's body was his flesh was torn for us And he paid the price for us and that's how Uh this new way Was consecrated for us as believers verse 21 and having a high priest over the house of god That obviously is a lot jesus remember. Why is it uh encouraging or why can the believer be bold Knowing that jesus is a high priest because he's a sinless high priest. He's a compassionate high priest He's a high priest forever who understands our weaknesses, right? So while we know all of this Him being the perfect high priest our best representative in the true tabernacle It brings a lot of assurance. So with all that in mind, he says come on Having boldness to enter The holiest even earlier. He said we can enter boldly, you know into the presence of god to receive Grace right from throne of grace. So Our life now as believers is so different Because of what jesus has done and we must recognize that as a privilege Okay, instead of having an entitled mentality before jesus did all this We wouldn't receive the blessings the way we have it now. And so uh, we need revelation of that We need understanding of that and be so grateful for what jesus has done for us We can enter into god's presence boldly as children of god and verse 22 It says let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil Conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. So what is that once again? It's the assurance right that of faith that we have because of what jesus has done and our hearts are sprinkled Remember earlier also when we talked about the power of the blood of jesus We said our conscience is cleansed our conscience is purged of all sins And that is possible because the the blood of jesus has power So our hearts Can be clean in god's presence through the work of his blood and it says bodies washed with pure water Bodies washed is You know more of something to do with the outer man so to speak So sometimes, you know people refer to it as Maybe the the word of god the word of god It purifies us right the word of god cleanses us but also There's a there can be a comment about baptism because we are we are baptized to recognize our salvation in god But obviously we know that being baptized is not that the The activity that is going to wash away our sins. It's just a proclamation of our Faith that we already possess in god. Okay, so the bodies Washed with pure water References are made to both of these things at times So based on this new life the author now says Verse 23 let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering for he who promised is faithful So reminding us that look when god has done so much for us Why did why did he do so much for us to give us a hope in this life? And hope in eternity Then why should we be discouraged always hold fast to the confession of our hope So we speak aligned to the promises of god. We speak aligned to The blessings of god that have come upon us in christ jesus. Okay hold fast to it hold fast Means to not give up right don't let go Why is he saying don't let go? He's saying so because there could be a possibility of us letting it go Especially in seasons of discouragement. And so he's saying no matter what happens You know, there can be some stormy weather, but don't let go hold fast To the confession of our hope. So what is the confession of our hope? We've been doing the series about speaking the word Right, so we believe the word that's wonderful But we also must speak the word believe in your heart and confess with your mouth the lord jesus And you will be saved the confession of our faith the confession of our hope Is also something that is so powerful that we must practice and he says keep doing it Don't let go Confessing or speaking about the hope that you have And on the basis of what? Do we, you know have this strong faith On the basis of everything that jesus has done and additionally As he's stating in the same verse 23 he says he who has promised is faithful And that just sheds light on the reliability of god on the trustworthiness of god where You know man can lie But scriptures tell us that God is not a man that he should lie and our god never lies, right the book of titus. We see that and therefore From every side we can be so strong as far as What the word of god is saying? Okay, because it is unshakable and our faith also must be unshakable So he is literally calling them out of discouragement and verse 24 He says and let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works So he is encouraging the believers, but at the same time he's asking the believers to encourage One another so he says consider One another stir up love and good works meaning Okay, sorry take notice of others and help them to Be strong in their faith. So what are some ways in which we can encourage others to be strong? Okay But there any comments on how we can encourage one another. Sorry. I missed that for a moment He doesn't seem like there are any here in the chat So I suppose, you know praying for one another sharing the word speaking the word and maybe even acts of service Right that we could do for each other good works will strengthen others in the lord and Sometimes discouragement has this ability to Keep us out of fellowship. I don't know if you have ever noticed Uh people who become very discouraged with the church or discouraged with believing Fell fellowships or communities they may they may suddenly say I don't want to go there You know, I'll believe in God, but I don't want to go and be with believers because God is better, you know, so, uh That could happen when someone is so discouraged, but we see the Words of the Hebrew writer in verse 25 He says not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together meaning Even when we may feel discouraged Don't stop coming together because there is there is something about the body getting together There's something about The people of God worshiping together or you know celebrating the word together Celebrating the power of God together which can encourage us and so this thing of okay, I won't go to church You know and I I'll be a believer by myself We don't see that in scripture because the church the local church Is an expression of the body of Christ on the earth and for every believer It's so important to be a part of a believing community and we can't just you know Like in the body, we don't see parts floating around. I'm a hand. I'll be a hand. I'm happy as a hand Right, you've got to be part of the body. You need to be working with the brain and the heart and other parts So in that way Do not forsake Being in the fellowship of believers That is something very important and it says here um As the day approach as a day approaching. Okay, it's very important to not forsake assembling together As you see the day approaching meaning before the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ It may so happen that a lot of people Will tend to do this Okay, because of different things that Uh happen and the discouragement that they carry But that's not healthy and as believers we should encourage one another Right, so I'll just quickly come to our uh comments here I'll pick up uh zele's comment first. She says I was thinking why was God Why was God so strict in all testament? with the children of israel regarding sin And to follow all the rules and tradition So zele God has not changed he's holy And the requirements to have a relationship with God have not changed earlier Through the rules the traditions the sacrifices the offerings They were able to pay Right for the for the Punishment temporarily and then they were able to approach God and continue the relationship with God, you know the children of israel but now Even now requirement is there. However, Jesus has done The work once for all and because of that we are able to approach God So in that sense the strictness of God Or the requirements of God have has not changed What has changed earlier? Man was trying to uh, you know like pay for it But now Jesus has already done it In completion in perfection. So we're enjoying the fruit of that Okay, so that's how it is. Uh, but of course what you're sharing is Something related to what we read in romans that we are no longer under the law But we are under grace, but but we are under grace and uh, we are receiving from the work of jesus Okay, uh, but God's holiness remains And uh, we we cannot violate it So that that is also something to keep in mind now going to jeffina's question She says for when moses had spoken every precept to all All the people according to the law he took the blood of calves and goats with water scarlet wool and his sob and sprinkled both The book itself and all the people why moses sprinkled the book as well It makes sense to sprinkle it on the people. But why the book? So as we've read jeffina i'm thinking i am not like 100 sure about this But based on what we learned All the objects of worship were also sprinkled right For the for the sake of cleansing So I think even the book or the law What they're referring to Was part of their worship. So maybe that's why they cleansed it with the sprinkling of blood I don't know whether you're satisfied with that, but we can look it up further Right sure All right, we'll pray and close and I just want our batch to please stay online at least for a minute Post the ending of this call Could someone please pray and then we can Yeah, uh, uh, would you like to pray please? I just want to thank you for for my my grief Okay, sure Thank you so much I'm glad I'm glad. Yeah, thank you Thank you for this class Thank you for the peace of one of one audience today Thank you for the parking lot this morning See you guys What are we for me our safe? Sure. Yeah, we are going on Give it to us Give it to us and guide us and pick up some people who are alive Amen. Thank you. Um, thank you so much and I'll just end the call now