WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.680 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun, in 3 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:13.679 practical ways. Hey everybody, good morning, and welcome to the 4 00:00:13.679 --> 00:00:14.320 Bible Guys. 5 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:15.199 It's good to be here. 6 00:00:15.480 --> 00:00:15.839 It is. 7 00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:18.440 This has been a great week. 8 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:19.359 It has. 9 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:22.039 It started off front of podcast, it has gotten better 10 00:00:22.079 --> 00:00:22.960 and better every day. 11 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:25.600 Well that's our that's our goal is to set the 12 00:00:25.640 --> 00:00:28.719 bar low and then under promise and over deliver. 13 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:30.760 That's right. So this is gonna be the best one 14 00:00:30.760 --> 00:00:31.160 all week. 15 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:35.200 Yes, Well you know why because well because the Bible, 16 00:00:36.560 --> 00:00:37.119 that's a big part. 17 00:00:37.399 --> 00:00:40.479 Yeah, but also because of Dad Joe competition. 18 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.039 Yeah. Well, so I do have to say for the 19 00:00:43.079 --> 00:00:46.479 people who were hoping for what made Chris mad this week? Yeah, 20 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:48.759 which is which you know, what could make you mad 21 00:00:48.759 --> 00:00:51.280 this week? But the fact that your segment got replaced 22 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:52.399 and now we're doing dad jokes. 23 00:00:52.399 --> 00:00:53.000 But it doesn't. 24 00:00:53.119 --> 00:00:55.280 It doesn't because I I like to make the rest 25 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:56.280 of us mad, Chris. 26 00:00:56.399 --> 00:00:59.679 I like to think that people appreciate the break and 27 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:01.200 and and want something new. 28 00:01:01.240 --> 00:01:04.079 Okay, you know if yeah, if you give them the 29 00:01:04.200 --> 00:01:05.920 same thing all the time, it gets old. They get 30 00:01:05.959 --> 00:01:09.239 used to it. They're not thankful, even Fila mignon unthankful people. 31 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:11.120 Even Fila mignon could be too much if you have 32 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:11.879 it every day. 33 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:14.359 I'd like to try. Yeah, I'd like to try to 34 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:14.920 make it too much. 35 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:16.799 Well, your heart may your heart may not like. 36 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:18.799 But there we go. 37 00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:21.840 Here is Dad Joe competition. This is my daughter Tory's 38 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:22.280 favorite thing. 39 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:24.319 Right, are you going to go first? No, but you 40 00:01:24.359 --> 00:01:24.879 go first me. 41 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:25.480 Yes. 42 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:28.599 A mummy covered in chocolate and nuts has been discovered 43 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:34.920 in Egypt. Archaeologists believe it may be Pharaoh. Rochet is 44 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:39.760 a rough one. I knew it was coming. 45 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:40.040 As soon as you said covered in chocolate, nuts and 46 00:01:40.120 --> 00:01:42.400 like Egypt. 47 00:01:42.879 --> 00:01:45.439 Which, by the way, those are are my favorite candies. 48 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:50.760 So my favorite can't Ferraro rochets, Reese's peanutury cups, especially 49 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:54.239 Riese's eggs, the eggs at Eastern those are my two fags. 50 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:56.079 And then hersh she's with amens. 51 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.040 I'm gonna do something. I'm going to do something that 52 00:01:58.079 --> 00:02:00.000 we don't ever do. Right, you didn't ask for it, 53 00:02:00.040 --> 00:02:03.239 I'm gonna do it. If you are a faithful listener 54 00:02:03.239 --> 00:02:08.319 at Heritage Church, and you you attend Heritage Church, I 55 00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:10.879 want you to flood Jeff this week. No, no, no, 56 00:02:11.240 --> 00:02:15.159 with those candies that I can't pronounce, okay, and just 57 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:16.840 come up to them, give them to them. 58 00:02:17.439 --> 00:02:18.639 I'm gonna see if anybody does it. 59 00:02:18.680 --> 00:02:19.919 Okay, will you do it? 60 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:20.479 Will you? 61 00:02:20.520 --> 00:02:21.120 Will you do it? 62 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:21.520 Listener? 63 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:22.719 Will you be the one? 64 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:25.039 Will you be the one that'd be great? 65 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:27.240 Is this like a This is like a telethon? Now 66 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:28.080 on our on our. 67 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:33.439 Right right, they're calling in candy candython. Okay, here we go. 68 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:34.159 I got my first one. 69 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:34.840 Okay, go ahead. 70 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.280 And by the way, I haven't even read these, so 71 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:38.479 I'm hoping I'm going to read them. 72 00:02:38.520 --> 00:02:38.919 Okay. 73 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:42.159 My wife asked me to take her to one of 74 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:44.520 those restaurants where they prepare the food right in front 75 00:02:44.560 --> 00:02:48.280 of you, So I took her to Subway. 76 00:02:49.639 --> 00:02:52.159 Okay, that's fu yeah, yeah, all right, here we go. 77 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:57.280 In the span of seventeen years, one hundred and fourteen 78 00:02:57.319 --> 00:03:00.439 people died in accidents while at the gym. In the 79 00:03:00.520 --> 00:03:04.759 same seventeen years, only one man died while eating a donut. 80 00:03:05.439 --> 00:03:06.960 Life is about the choices you make. 81 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:10.599 There you go, there you go. 82 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:12.360 Okay. I don't know if that's true, but it sounds 83 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:16.120 it sounds believable to me. That's right, that's great. Sounds 84 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:16.759 reasonable to me. 85 00:03:16.840 --> 00:03:20.800 Okay, hell go, I needed something therapeutic to do, so 86 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:24.400 I took up gardening. After six months, forty two trips 87 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:27.879 to home depot, thirty eight blisters and throwing out my back, 88 00:03:28.240 --> 00:03:30.879 I was able to eat my six hundred and thirty 89 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:31.960 two dollars salad. 90 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:37.919 That's the truth. That is the truth. 91 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:40.240 Oh my gosh, that is so funny. 92 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:43.319 So do you plant like a table garden like a bite. 93 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:47.479 No, my wife does all of that, and she has 94 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:50.599 pots and some of them have grown into big pots, right, 95 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:52.800 so she has big, big pots. But she does like 96 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:57.599 herbs and basil and thyme, and and she's growing strawberries 97 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:00.919 and tomatoes. So she does some of that. But they're 98 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.719 not like it's not like in the garden, you know 99 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:04.120 what I mean. 100 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:05.400 They're just in the little possible. 101 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:07.560 Well. I was so excited because this year was my year. 102 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:10.759 I started all of my plants indoors early. I planned 103 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:14.280 months in advance, I've worked out my my planting schedule, 104 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:16.360 all this kind of stuff. I got my gardens, I 105 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:19.720 got the soil just right. I finally, when my plants 106 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:22.000 all got big enough, I took them outside I planted them, 107 00:04:22.240 --> 00:04:26.079 and then I had to go away. Yeah, and the 108 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:28.680 person that I asked to water my plants did not, 109 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:35.480 and almost everything died. So now I have one massive 110 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:42.600 tomato plant, I have two massive pepper plants. And then 111 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:46.519 these peas just won't quit growing, right, we're growing. And 112 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:49.800 then I have I don't know why, but like nine 113 00:04:49.920 --> 00:04:53.560 basil plants. So I think we're going to be making 114 00:04:53.600 --> 00:04:58.319 a bunch of pesto this summer. Yeah, tomatoes and pesto. Yeah, 115 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:00.120 you go, yeah, but it's going to be the same thing. 116 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:01.879 Is gonna be like a four hundred and fifty dollars 117 00:05:02.279 --> 00:05:02.959 Jara pesto. 118 00:05:03.199 --> 00:05:04.519 Right right, that's so good. 119 00:05:04.639 --> 00:05:09.800 Okay, here's mine. My son asked me what procrastinate means, 120 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:11.360 and I said, I'll tell you later. 121 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:14.120 That was it. 122 00:05:14.360 --> 00:05:14.839 That was it? 123 00:05:15.199 --> 00:05:17.040 Oh was it? That was one of the worst. 124 00:05:17.079 --> 00:05:18.720 Hey, I didn't write them. I'm just reading them. 125 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:19.279 That was terrible. 126 00:05:19.319 --> 00:05:20.199 I'm just reading them. 127 00:05:20.319 --> 00:05:21.600 Oh awful. 128 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.160 Let's let's hope this next one is better than that. 129 00:05:25.079 --> 00:05:27.079 I went for a run but came back after two 130 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:28.600 minutes because I forgot something. 131 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:30.319 I forgot that. I'm out of shape. 132 00:05:30.399 --> 00:05:33.600 I can't run for more than two minutes. 133 00:05:39.480 --> 00:05:41.839 That's really good. Well, that is a good one. That 134 00:05:41.920 --> 00:05:44.120 was really good. Not that of shape, but I can't 135 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:45.279 run for more than two minutes. 136 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:47.040 That's really good. 137 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:53.839 It's good. Okay. I'm terrified of elevators, so I'm taking 138 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:55.240 steps to avoid them. 139 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:59.160 Okay, wow, you you really get the bad ones. 140 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:00.199 I didn't write them all. 141 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:00.839 Right, here we go. 142 00:06:02.079 --> 00:06:06.720 Police have arrested the world tongue twister champion. They said 143 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:08.680 he'll be given a tough sentence. 144 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:14.720 Nope, okay. Parallel lines have so much in common, it's 145 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:20.120 a it's a shame they'll never meet. I'm O for today, buddy. 146 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:21.199 Yeah. 147 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:25.879 Yeah, my friends bakery burned down last night and now his. 148 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:26.879 Business is toasted. 149 00:06:27.240 --> 00:06:30.399 Oh no, okay, that's what you had one I had? 150 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:31.079 We were one. 151 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:31.600 Well. 152 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:32.600 I liked the subway. 153 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:35.079 I like the subway one, and I thought the salad 154 00:06:35.079 --> 00:06:35.759 one was okay. 155 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:37.759 Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, you got three. 156 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:41.120 I got three, so you're three for the running was 157 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:41.680 really good. 158 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.519 Yeah, yeah, that was it was really good. Yeah, that's 159 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:45.560 a good one. Save that one for. 160 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:48.680 I'm tempted to call Tory, but we're sort of we're 161 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:49.399 sort of at a time. 162 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:51.199 Okay, yeah, I don't know. How we made that into 163 00:06:51.199 --> 00:06:55.879 six and a half minutes, but we did. Speaking of 164 00:06:56.240 --> 00:06:59.639 taking a long time, you know who else took a 165 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:00.519 long time. 166 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:00.399 The. 167 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:05.759 People, the version of the bridegroom, The bridegroom took a 168 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:07.839 long time, took a long time. Yeah, the bridegroom was 169 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:11.040 a long time in coming on purpose, on purpose. Yes. 170 00:07:11.480 --> 00:07:17.199 So in Matthew chapter twenty five, in verses one through thirteen, 171 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:19.959 Jesus tells, I think a very interesting parable. 172 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:23.560 Yes, it's titled in mind the parable of the ten virgins. 173 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:24.800 What is yours? 174 00:07:25.600 --> 00:07:29.439 The parable of the ten bridesmaids? Yeah, right, same thing, 175 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:36.040 same thing. Yeah. And then in that culture, then this 176 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:39.639 is in like a whole sequence of Jesus telling parables 177 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:45.600 and particularly talking about the end of time. Right, So 178 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:48.720 he starts off he's talking about the future, then he's 179 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:52.600 talking about his return and of time. Then he talks 180 00:07:52.639 --> 00:07:56.160 about remaining watchful. That's all of chapter twenty four. And 181 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:01.480 in the context of remaining watchful, he comes into the 182 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:03.680 beginning here of chapter twenty five, and it says, then 183 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:05.680 the kingdom of having to be like ten bridesmaids who 184 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:08.079 took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom, five 185 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:10.480 of them were foolish and five were wise. The five 186 00:08:10.480 --> 00:08:12.480 who were foolish didn't take enough oil for the lamps, 187 00:08:12.480 --> 00:08:14.480 but the other five were wise enough to take along 188 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:18.600 extra oil. When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became 189 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:22.199 drowsy and fell asleep. At midnight, they were roused by 190 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:24.600 the shout look the bridegroom was coming. Come out and 191 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:27.839 meet him. All the bride'smaids got up and prepared their lamps. 192 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.240 Then the five foolish ones asked the others, please give 193 00:08:30.279 --> 00:08:32.000 us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out. 194 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:34.159 But the others replied, we don't have enough for all 195 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:36.279 of us. Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves. 196 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:39.200 But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. 197 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:42.600 Then those who were ready went in with him to 198 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:45.159 the marriage feast, and the door was locked. Later, when 199 00:08:45.159 --> 00:08:48.919 the other five bridemaids returned, they stood outside, calling Lord Lord, 200 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:51.120 open the door for us, but he called back, believe me, 201 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:54.039 I don't know you, so you too must keep watch, 202 00:08:54.120 --> 00:08:55.840 for you do not know the day or the hour 203 00:08:55.960 --> 00:09:00.879 of my return. Wow, yeah, there you go. Yeah, so 204 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:02.320 go for it, Chris. 205 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:04.639 So five of them were foolish and five were wise. 206 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:07.000 The foolish one took their lamps but did not take 207 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:09.720 any oil with them. The wives, whoever, took oil in 208 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:13.080 their jars along with their lamps. So really that's the key, 209 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:16.440 isn't it. So the key is to be prepared, to 210 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:21.200 be anticipating, to be ready. Right, So what they were 211 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:24.480 doing is And by the way, this payple doesn't make 212 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:27.120 a lot of sense, because no, I shouldn't say that. 213 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:30.480 I should say it doesn't relate very well because the 214 00:09:30.559 --> 00:09:31.399 situation they. 215 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:32.159 Find themselves in. 216 00:09:32.840 --> 00:09:36.440 We don't do that today, right, So so what would 217 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:37.039 would have what. 218 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:40.000 Would have been the tradition at that time? 219 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:43.639 Yeah, so you have to remember the weddings used to 220 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:45.879 last a week at a time, which, by. 221 00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:48.480 The way, weddings in India, my brother says, because he 222 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:50.639 goes to India all the time, it's the same thing. 223 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:52.879 So it still lasts of some. 224 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:53.840 Of them last a long time. 225 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:54.120 Yeah. 226 00:09:54.240 --> 00:09:57.360 Yeah, so it would last a long time. The groom 227 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:05.639 would come to the ride's families home and when he arrived, 228 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:07.759 the wedding began. That was kind of thing, you know, 229 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:11.600 for us, the wedding really begins when the bride walks 230 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:14.799 down the aisle rights, that's a highlight. But and when 231 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:17.000 she's ready, yes, when she's I just did it. 232 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:19.960 Wedding on Saturday, and the wedding was supposed start at three. 233 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:23.600 It started at three thirty. And the bride always approaches 234 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:26.240 me as the minister, as if it's a brand new 235 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:29.840 idea and says, hey, listen, is it okay if we 236 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:31.240 start a little bit late. I just want to give 237 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:33.720 people time to get here because of whatever reason. 238 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:35.600 And I said, I have a. 239 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:38.919 Little foul on my computer. It's a little foulfolder and 240 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:40.360 you right click on it. It tells you how many 241 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:41.159 documents are inside. 242 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:42.200 So I have a file. 243 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:45.279 The fault folder says weddings. I have three hundred and 244 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:49.039 twelve documents. Oh and there's probably something I didn't forget 245 00:10:49.120 --> 00:10:51.279 right or I've forgotten to put in there. So over 246 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:55.720 three hundred weddings, I said, I have literally done every 247 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:57.840 single wedding. And guess how many have started on time? 248 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:00.759 One sell always start on time. 249 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:03.679 No you don't, no, you don't. 250 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:06.679 I have never started a single wedding on time. But 251 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:08.960 it's always when the bride dictates, and they always think 252 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:10.879 it's a brand new idea, and I always say I 253 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:12.559 always assumed that it was going to start late. 254 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:14.039 I just assume it right. 255 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:16.799 Because that's whenever the bride wants to to be honest. 256 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:19.000 But in this case, it was the group because he 257 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:21.840 was traveling right right, he was doing the work of traveling. 258 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:27.279 So the I have told people as we were prepping 259 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:29.519 for weddings, Hey, just make sure you let all of 260 00:11:29.519 --> 00:11:31.320 you guests know we're gonna have to start on time. 261 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:34.919 So make sure they're time. Yeah, I have to. I've 262 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:38.559 rarely ever started a wedding late. I promise you. How 263 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:40.840 many weddings have you done. I don't know, not three hundred, 264 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:45.559 but probably one hundred. Dude, I've rarely started a wedding late. 265 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:50.399 Every single It's usually part of my wedding conversation, wedding 266 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:51.120 planning conversation. 267 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:52.759 I understand understand that. 268 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:55.399 But the day of the wedding, there's a traffic problem, 269 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.279 there's people coming late, there's it's the one time event 270 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:00.440 of my lifetime. Could you please get than ten more 271 00:12:00.440 --> 00:12:01.159 minutes of travel? 272 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:05.600 I mean, I've started some weddings late, but I would 273 00:12:05.600 --> 00:12:08.399 say the majority I've started on time that late. Yeah, 274 00:12:08.519 --> 00:12:11.519 I do not care when it starts yeah, I. 275 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:12.600 Just let the bride doer thing. 276 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:16.720 Man. So that's really funny, isn't that funny? I don't 277 00:12:16.720 --> 00:12:19.679 tell them no. I think that's what you're thinking, is that, 278 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:21.639 in the moment they come to me and say, hey, 279 00:12:21.679 --> 00:12:24.480 we have to do this, I've already preemptively said we're 280 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:26.440 starting on time, so make sure everybody's there on time. 281 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:30.240 So I've preemptively said it. If they come and ask me, 282 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:32.679 I go, yeah, sure, no problem. How long do you 283 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:36.039 think I'm not waiting three hours? Right, I'll sign you 284 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:39.840 a document that your dad do the bo Okay, I'm choking. 285 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:43.360 Since since we're spending minutes on this, the only person 286 00:12:43.519 --> 00:12:46.720 in my entire career that has started on time? 287 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:47.200 Do you know it? 288 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:51.559 Was Dave Vaneps Well, I'm married, that makes sense. 289 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:52.639 Yeah, well Dave. 290 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:55.279 Actually, Dave's one of our elders at here AT's Church, 291 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:57.720 right right. I married him and Charlotte like ten years ago, 292 00:12:57.759 --> 00:13:01.320 whatever it was. And I actually had told him the 293 00:13:01.399 --> 00:13:04.120 day of his wedding. I said, I've done two hundred weddings, Dave, 294 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:05.639 and none of them started on time. 295 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:06.679 And he goes none. 296 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:08.840 I said what And he goes, Okay, just because you 297 00:13:08.919 --> 00:13:11.240 said that I'm gonna I'm gonna ruin it. 298 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.320 Well he's an achiever, right, yeah, yeah, he. 299 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:16.360 Says I'm gonna ruin it. So literally he said three 300 00:13:16.600 --> 00:13:18.240 two one, walk out. 301 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:20.080 And he walked out, and I was like, dang it. 302 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:21.840 So he ruined it. 303 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:25.799 Yeah, that's great. I just did a funeral recently, and 304 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:28.200 same thing in the conversation. Yes, hey, you know we're 305 00:13:28.200 --> 00:13:29.759 gonna have to because it was at a funeral home. 306 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:31.720 We'll need to start pretty close to on time. Yeah, 307 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:36.480 and so it was t t tick. Funeral director pointed 308 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:38.080 at me. I stepped up. Good morning, Thank you for 309 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:40.159 joining us today. He comes, he says, dude, that was 310 00:13:40.200 --> 00:13:41.919 the first one we got started on time this week. 311 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:45.960 You count on me starting on time, buddy. Anyways, for them, 312 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:53.240 it was different because the travel was so difficult. Right, 313 00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:55.159 you're not flying on a plane, you're not waiting for 314 00:13:55.200 --> 00:13:57.320 a bus schedule or a train schedule, you don't have 315 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:59.679 a car that you can just plan out. You didn't 316 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:02.480 have you're telling you where to turn right, and so 317 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:04.879 travel could be very difficult. The further it is, the 318 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:06.919 more difficult be and so a lot of times, you know, 319 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:11.519 even now in the developing world, in the Middle East, 320 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:15.960 in Africa, in India, time is way more relative than 321 00:14:15.960 --> 00:14:18.080 it is for us. If I say, oh, let's meet 322 00:14:18.080 --> 00:14:19.960 at two fifteen, I mean let's meet at two fifteen. 323 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.360 I really meant I want you there at two ten, Right, 324 00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:24.960 That's what I meant. We just went to a ball 325 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:27.279 game the other day, told my friend, hey, let's meet 326 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:29.399 at five point thirty. We'll drive down to the stadium. 327 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:31.240 And he pulls in at five point twenty. I'm like, 328 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.799 this is why he's my friend. Right, So it was perfect. 329 00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:40.399 But in Africa, if somebody says. 330 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:42.320 I, I'm your friend in spite of this. 331 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:45.720 Yeah, in Africa, if somebody says, hey, we're going to 332 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:49.360 leave it too, anything from two zero zero to two 333 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:53.840 five nine, it's two right, So this groom. So time 334 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:56.679 is way more relative. The journey is important, The people 335 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:59.399 are more important than time in the Middle Eastern culture. 336 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:01.440 And so this this is why it's not a surprise 337 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:04.480 that the bridegroom, or that the bridegroom shows up late. 338 00:15:04.679 --> 00:15:06.440 The party's not going to start till he shows up. 339 00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:09.320 The bride'smaid's jobs were to welcome him, it'd be like 340 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:11.600 the welcoming party. It'd be the cheerleaders yay. 341 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:11.960 You know. 342 00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:14.120 Well, the football players are running into the stadium. It 343 00:15:14.159 --> 00:15:16.960 was kind of that idea. So they're waiting outside with 344 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:20.519 their candles, their lamps. They're ready to celebrate him coming, 345 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:23.360 and he just is late, that's all. And it's okay. 346 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.200 This isn't a bad part of the story. That's a 347 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:28.399 normal part of the story. The problem was five of 348 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:31.840 them were prepared and five were not. Right, they were 349 00:15:31.919 --> 00:15:35.519 waiting and they were prepared. They had everything in order 350 00:15:35.679 --> 00:15:39.559 necessary for when the bridegroom arrives, they'd be able to 351 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:42.639 join the celebration with him. And five were not prepared. 352 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:44.799 They were distracted. They had to go out and get 353 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:47.799 some more stuff they had to. They did not make 354 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:51.360 the right plans, and then they were caught in doing 355 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:54.200 the business of life rather than being able to celebrate. 356 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:56.759 So when the gate gets shut, they don't get into 357 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:59.080 the party. They miss out on it. And Jesus said, listen, 358 00:15:59.320 --> 00:16:01.639 you need to be You won't. You don't know when 359 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:04.080 I'm gonna arrive, but you need to be ready. That's 360 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:06.360 the whole point of the story. It's a really narrow 361 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:09.399 meaning to the story. Yeah, right, it's not sophisticated. He's 362 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:11.960 just saying, you don't know when I'm gonna arrive, and 363 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:13.080 you have to be ready. 364 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:17.639 Yeah, and another lesson we could learn is it's pretty 365 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:21.039 obvious the reason why the other five weren't prepared is 366 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:23.679 because it wasn't a priority. Right, So the rea the 367 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:27.000 only way that the other five were prepared is because 368 00:16:27.039 --> 00:16:30.159 they thought about it. Well, what happens if you know 369 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:31.919 what happens if he comes and we. 370 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.559 Don't have oil? 371 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:36.240 Right, So that's priority. That's concern, isn't it. So what 372 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:38.519 we're doing is it's so important to us that we 373 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:41.000 actually think in advance and we're like, Okay, I'm gonna 374 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.559 do whatever I can to not miss this moment, right, 375 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:47.799 And so when we plan, that's really just another way 376 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:50.399 of saying priority. And so there are some people who 377 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:52.720 don't plan for things, some people who do. And the 378 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:54.799 only reason why some people plan is because it's an 379 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:57.759 important thing. And so you know, these other ladies. It 380 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:00.919 doesn't say why they didn't come with oil, but one 381 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:03.360 thing is clear. It certainly wasn't a priority, or else 382 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:05.839 they would have thought about it. So so yeah, I 383 00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:08.480 think that I think that one of the things that 384 00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:11.759 we need to remind ourselves is that you know, when 385 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:14.920 we don't make God a priority, we miss out on 386 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:17.880 God's blessings. So yeah, I mean this is this is 387 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:20.400 certainly the case when you think about the Second Coming, 388 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:23.920 right when you think about preparing and always being prepared 389 00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:26.519 for and look for Jesus coming in his glory. 390 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:28.640 But it could also be applied to life. 391 00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:32.279 I think you know, when you make God a priority, 392 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:36.359 then you are prepared for when an opportunity comes, when 393 00:17:36.480 --> 00:17:39.680 a blessing comes your way, when God speaks and says, 394 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:41.720 do this, and then you do it. In the moment, 395 00:17:41.880 --> 00:17:44.400 you realize that God had this great thing prepared. 396 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:46.319 So even in the moment. 397 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:50.480 When we're when we're actively waiting and listening and anticipating 398 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:53.039 God's voice. I mean, how many times have you been 399 00:17:53.079 --> 00:17:55.599 with your wife or with a really good friend and 400 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:59.440 and they'll say, like, in the moment, I stop, I 401 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.799