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 --> 00:00:07.519 practical ways. 4 00:00:11.919 --> 00:00:14.400 Hey, everybody, welcome to The Bible Guys. I'm Chris and 5 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:15.119 this is Wesley. 6 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:15.800 We are back. 7 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:19.280 We are back. But and we what do we called? 8 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:20.320 What do we call ourselves? 9 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:22.679 Oh? The Bible Guys, Platinum Edition. 10 00:00:22.679 --> 00:00:23.519 Platinum Edition. 11 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:27.480 We are one level above, which, by the way, is 12 00:00:27.480 --> 00:00:30.320 not only a disc on Jeff but also on Kyle. 13 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.799 H Yeah, yeah, So what what metal could we give them? 14 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:37.079 The Titanium Edition? 15 00:00:37.159 --> 00:00:37.640 I don't know. 16 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:40.000 Diamond is above platinum. 17 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:41.520 Okay, so yeah they can be Diamond edition. 18 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:42.640 Okay, how about that? 19 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:44.520 All right, so it's not a diss Okay, very good. 20 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:47.399 So we are the Platinum Edition, and we want to 21 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:50.560 welcome you. We are on Heritage Church stage because there's 22 00:00:50.600 --> 00:00:53.880 been a podcast studio issue. For those of you who 23 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:56.840 are watching, you've probably already figured that out. And Jeff's 24 00:00:56.840 --> 00:01:00.960 out of pocket as well because he's actually sick, which 25 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:03.840 is uh, you know. We'll just make sure to pray 26 00:01:03.880 --> 00:01:07.480 for him and make sure it gets better for Sunday especially, So, hey, 27 00:01:07.799 --> 00:01:11.640 we are going to be wrapping up Malachi today, isn't 28 00:01:11.719 --> 00:01:12.680 isn't today the last day? 29 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:14.400 Yeah, says Maliki four. 30 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:17.400 Malki four. But before we dive into that, we are 31 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:18.879 going to have a segment. 32 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:22.879 It is the segment that everyone waits for. Yeah, well, 33 00:01:23.599 --> 00:01:26.000 all segments is though. 34 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:29.680 I sometimes wonder if that's true. Do people really like 35 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:30.599 it better than the other side. 36 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.879 I think some people wish we could do this five 37 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:33.920 days a week right here. 38 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:37.079 That's not true, that's not true. But what is the segment? 39 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:40.799 You can tell people it is what made Chris made? 40 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:42.640 What made Chris mad this week? 41 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:43.079 Yes? 42 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:46.040 Yeah, So I'm going to choose something. 43 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:49.400 And by the way, I just thought about it, but 44 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:53.200 what less than two minutes ago? And I've I've mentioned 45 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:57.239 driving things before because driving things can make anybody mad. 46 00:01:57.799 --> 00:02:00.840 But I'm going to mention something about that I've not 47 00:02:01.079 --> 00:02:06.040 mentioned before, and that is this. If there are two 48 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:11.280 people at a red light, now is this is common 49 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:14.599 in Michigan. But Michigan we have what's known as Michigan 50 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:17.080 lefts right. But there's a lot of people that have 51 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:19.759 like medians where they have turnarounds, and even though it's 52 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:22.520 not necessarily Michigan left, everybody has median turnarounds. 53 00:02:22.919 --> 00:02:23.159 Right. 54 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:26.879 So sometimes there's a median turnaround where you are sort 55 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:30.599 of like crossing over, and then there's a red light 56 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:33.039 at that turnaround, and you have the choice either to 57 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:37.039 go straight and cross the opposing line of traffic or 58 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:39.719 you can go left right and you can go left. 59 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:41.639 So you can be at a turnaround and go left. 60 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:45.319 Now there are people on the other side of that 61 00:02:45.360 --> 00:02:48.520 traffic light of that turnaround that can either take a right. 62 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:52.120 Well, actually that's it. It's just they take a right. Yea. 63 00:02:52.199 --> 00:02:55.560 Normally it's not two way right there, so normally, yeah, 64 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:56.520 you're just making it right. 65 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:03.159 So here's the question who has the right away, the 66 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:06.240 people who are taking the left or the people who 67 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:07.039 are taking the right. 68 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:09.479 Do you know I think it's the people taking the 69 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:11.120 right out of the parking lot. 70 00:03:10.960 --> 00:03:14.520 That is correct. And so here's what made Chris mad today. 71 00:03:14.599 --> 00:03:15.120 Ready for this. 72 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:20.680 Everybody learn how to drive. Here's another commandment. 73 00:03:21.159 --> 00:03:25.360 Learn the rules of driving. Learn learn what to do 74 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:28.560 at a yield sign if there's no cars coming, Guess what. 75 00:03:29.240 --> 00:03:33.080 You don't have to yield right, that's just you should 76 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:34.879 have learned that when you were sixteen, when you took 77 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:36.039 a driving class. 78 00:03:36.360 --> 00:03:39.599 So stop stop putting on. 79 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:41.560 The brakes to a full stop at a yield sign 80 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:44.879 where there's no oncoming traffic on a turnaround. 81 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:46.680 Stop it stop it. 82 00:03:47.199 --> 00:03:50.680 Just learn the rules. Okay, learn the rules. When you're 83 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:53.159 at a median and you're going to turn left and 84 00:03:53.199 --> 00:03:56.039 there's people before you're turning right, guess what they have 85 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.560 the right way, which means when it turns green, you 86 00:03:58.639 --> 00:03:59.240 have to wait. 87 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:01.680 And so I when we're pulling out a hair to church. 88 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:03.719 Oh so yeah, we have this right outside of the 89 00:04:04.120 --> 00:04:06.599 that's right, well, not outside of our church, but the 90 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:08.680 complex adjacent to the churches. 91 00:04:08.680 --> 00:04:09.599 It's the exact same. 92 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:11.840 And so we take a right and people are lining 93 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:14.120 up to take a left, and so when it. 94 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:16.759 Turns green, they just hit the gas. 95 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:18.959 I just hit the gas. And so many people are 96 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:21.120 like hitting the gas. And guess what I do? 97 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:22.399 I bluff them. 98 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.319 Ladies and gentlemen, We are not recommending that you bluff. 99 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:29.600 I just go. I just go. 100 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:32.759 You know why, because I'm in a truck and trucks win, right. 101 00:04:32.759 --> 00:04:36.319 I'm in a big old Silverado, which means which means 102 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:40.000 I'm gonna win. If you hit me, you're gonna lose. 103 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:42.959 And so I just I just go and so people 104 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:44.319 start to go and I just go. 105 00:04:44.480 --> 00:04:47.560 And then they're like and they trip the rakes and. 106 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:49.560 It's like and I just think to myself, go look 107 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:52.839 at a rule book, Go look at a driving test, right, like. 108 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:53.959 Just go learn something. 109 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:55.040 It's funny. 110 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:56.480 And so listen, listen. 111 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:59.279 I know that sounds harsh, but after all, the segment 112 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:03.519 is called what made Chris Mad this Week? And what 113 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:07.839 made me mad is just learn the rules of driving. 114 00:05:07.839 --> 00:05:12.439 When you drive, you know why, because it's your responsibility 115 00:05:12.480 --> 00:05:15.800 to why. Because driving is not an individual sport. I'll 116 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:20.360 say it once again. Driving is a community event. You 117 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:25.319 are responsible for paying attention. Here's another thing, Okay, listen, 118 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:27.639 if a guy is going to try to get over 119 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:30.360 into the turning lane and you're at an intersection and 120 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.199 he barely has enough room to get by, and yet 121 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:38.000 somehow you choose to stop like two car lengths back, 122 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:41.399 and all he wants to do is bless his heart, 123 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:43.839 get around you so he could take a right intern, 124 00:05:43.879 --> 00:05:45.920 which he's entitled to or she's entitled to. 125 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:49.399 But yet you are just oblivious to the world. 126 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:53.240 And you don't think they're oblivious. I think some people 127 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:55.879 are just I'm not letting you in like. 128 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:58.399 It's like it's my right. It's my right to do 129 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:03.000 whatever I want to do. Listen, it is your responsibility 130 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:05.759 to pay attention to the guy behind you, around you, 131 00:06:06.199 --> 00:06:08.680 next to you, in front of you. It is not 132 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:12.120 about you, buddy, It is not about you. I'm getting 133 00:06:12.160 --> 00:06:14.480 mad as I'm saying it. 134 00:06:14.480 --> 00:06:16.600 It's a community event. 135 00:06:17.240 --> 00:06:20.439 Everybody has to be responsible for everybody else. You have 136 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:23.480 to be courteous and kind and follow the rules and 137 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:26.360 let people go scoot up and let him pass you. 138 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:29.040 Why because it's a community. 139 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:33.720 Eventious, We've made Chris mad for the whole week. 140 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:38.639 I'm sweating because guess what. I get mad for the world? 141 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:41.279 Liston, Yeah, I do you carry the burden. 142 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:44.680 I carry the burden for the world. I don't get 143 00:06:44.720 --> 00:06:45.240 mad for me. 144 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:46.759 It's for everybody. 145 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:51.120 It's for everybody, right there. Hey, listen, let's make them 146 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:53.040 to say, but I do get mad for me. But 147 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:54.920 to be honest, I, by the way, I think this 148 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:57.639 is true. I joke about it, but I really, honest 149 00:06:57.639 --> 00:07:00.839 to God, think this is true when like that happen. 150 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:03.639 I do get mad for me, but I actually and 151 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:06.680 my family can attest to this, I actually get more 152 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:10.720 angry for everybody else, I'm like, I'm like, that guy 153 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:14.360 is gonna is gonna it's gonna be a horrible guy 154 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:17.959 in traffic for the world. And I just think to myself, like, 155 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:20.319 guys like that shouldn't be allowed on the road for 156 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:23.519 the world, right. And I get mad when when there's 157 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.160 a bad waiter. I get mad for the restaurant. I 158 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:28.399 get mad for future customers. I ask my family, I 159 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:28.720 really do. 160 00:07:29.079 --> 00:07:31.120 Yeah, yeah, it's not about me. 161 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:34.319 So you heard it, ladies and gentlemen. That's it. What's 162 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:36.319 made Chris Matt this week. 163 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:37.360 Learn how to drive? 164 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:41.600 Yeah, Mike drop. 165 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:47.000 That's so so harsh. Yeah, So anyway, all right, Malachi. 166 00:07:47.319 --> 00:07:50.680 Malachi chapter four and how many chapters are in Malachi? 167 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:52.439 That's it. 168 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:54.639 I know. I was I was looking. 169 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:56.120 For you to affirm Yeah, I was waiting a minute, 170 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:56.839 like what do you mean. 171 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:00.000 I was just looking for you to affirm that today 172 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:02.680 the last day and so, and by the way, that 173 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:06.360 means this ends our series. Today ends our series. When 174 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:08.759 you show up on Monday, we will have a brand 175 00:08:08.839 --> 00:08:11.920 new series into play. And this whole series that we've 176 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:15.480 done is our goal is to walk through the Old Testament, 177 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:17.240 not the entire Old Testament. 178 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:18.800 We didn't go verse by verse. 179 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:20.680 So we may go back and do certain books verse 180 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:23.959 by verse, but we went through the highlights or the 181 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:27.959 milestones of the entire Old Testament. And I've heard great 182 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:28.720 feedback from this. 183 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:29.199 By the way. 184 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:31.839 I've heard lots of people saying they've loved this. 185 00:08:32.039 --> 00:08:34.960 Yes, yes, And a lot of times we hit obscure 186 00:08:34.960 --> 00:08:37.279 books that people are like, hey, I never knew that 187 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:40.559 about this story. I never knew that about this book. 188 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:44.679 I never understood that how those books came together. And 189 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:48.360 of course, as we all know, Jeff is an encyclopedia, right, 190 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:52.879 Jeff is more knowledge. Jeff has forgotten more about history 191 00:08:52.919 --> 00:08:57.200 than I have ever learned. So he'll throw in history 192 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:01.559 references and city names and and things that happen ye 193 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:06.600 that coincide, and a lot of Bible kings and history 194 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:09.279 in the Bible that I don't necessarily understand or know. 195 00:09:10.600 --> 00:09:11.120 He is an. 196 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:16.240 Encyclopedia, and so he certainly has been a great addition 197 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:18.799 to this series, an enhancer of this series. 198 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:22.360 Yeah, So we're going to Malachi four one through six. 199 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:26.120 The Lord of Heaven's army says, the day of Judgment 200 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:30.240 is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day, that arrogant, 201 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:33.240 and the wicket will be burned up like straw. They 202 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:38.080 will be consumed roots, branches and all. So that's like everything. 203 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:41.399 Yeah verse two. But for you who fear my name, 204 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:45.159 the Son of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings, 205 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:48.960 and you will go free, leaping with joy like calves, 206 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:51.960 let out to pasture. On the day when I act, 207 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.639 you will tread upon the wicket as if they were 208 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:57.840 dust under your feet, says the Lord of Heaven's armies. 209 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:01.000 Remember to obey the law of mo Is my servant, 210 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:03.960 all the decrees and regulations that I give him on 211 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:08.320 Mount Sinai for all Israel. Look, I am sending you 212 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:12.120 the prophet Elijah before the before the great and dreadful 213 00:10:12.200 --> 00:10:15.000 day of the Lord arrives. His preaching will turn the 214 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.200 hearts of fathers and their children, and the hearts of 215 00:10:18.320 --> 00:10:21.960 children to their fathers. Otherwise I will come and strike 216 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:23.600 the land with a curse. 217 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:26.519 Yeah, that's it. Malach four. 218 00:10:26.679 --> 00:10:30.440 Well, Elijah, of course is you know, that's one of 219 00:10:30.480 --> 00:10:34.720 the reasons why I remember when they say people believe 220 00:10:34.799 --> 00:10:38.679 that John the Baptist came in the spirit of Elijah. Yes, yeah, yeah, 221 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:42.120 that's that's really cool. There's actually a note here that 222 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:46.440 talks excuse me, that talks about that. In Malachi chapter four, 223 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:49.399 verses five and six. This note says Elijah is one 224 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:53.159 of the greatest prophets who ever lived. His story is 225 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:56.600 recorded in Onet King seventeen through tewod Kings chapter two. 226 00:10:57.200 --> 00:11:00.399 With Malachi's death, the voice of God's prophet would be 227 00:11:00.440 --> 00:11:03.279 silent for four hundred years. That a prophet would come 228 00:11:03.919 --> 00:11:08.679 like Elijah to herald the Messiah's coming Matthew chapter seventeen, 229 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:13.519 ten through thirteen. Luke chapter one. This prophet was John 230 00:11:13.519 --> 00:11:17.600 the Baptist. John prepared people's hearts for Jesus by urging 231 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:22.200 people to repent and their sins. Christ coming would bring 232 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:24.720 not only unity and peace, but also a judgment of 233 00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:29.000 those who refused to return from their sins. So that's 234 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:31.759 the reason why they said that John the Baptist came 235 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.799 in the spirit of Elijah. And here's the prophet four 236 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:40.200 hundred years earlier saying he will send somebody before before 237 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:43.200 the day that the Lord arrives. 238 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:44.480 Yeah, yeah, pretty neat. 239 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:47.799 Now, what would you say, Chris, to the person who 240 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:55.720 is or has let's say rejected In reference to this rejected, 241 00:11:55.799 --> 00:11:58.039 what they've heard, so maybe they went to a church 242 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.519 service and they're thinking, well, I don't necessarily believe that, 243 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:05.039 because not everyone who listens to the Bible, guys, is 244 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:08.159 a Christian. Sure, we have lots of people that listen 245 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:11.240 from around the world. So they're listening and they see 246 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:14.399 this in verse one about judgment and they're saying, well, 247 00:12:14.519 --> 00:12:16.799 I don't necessarily believe that. What would you say to 248 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:18.360 them to that person. 249 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:22.480 Well, it's pretty clear that there's a lot of steaks. 250 00:12:22.960 --> 00:12:24.080 There's a whole lot of stakes. 251 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:24.879 That's what I would say. 252 00:12:24.960 --> 00:12:27.200 Yes, I would say, I would say, you know, the 253 00:12:27.240 --> 00:12:30.279 Bible warns us of heaven and hell. The Bible warns 254 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:35.519 us of eternal separation from us and God. You know, misery, torment, 255 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:38.960 you know, all these different sorts of things. I mean, 256 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:40.639 these are pretty strong warnings. 257 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:42.000 I mean, even in the word. 258 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:44.879 Pictures that they use here, on that day, the arrogant 259 00:12:44.919 --> 00:12:48.159 and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They 260 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.919 will be consumed roots, branches and all. 261 00:12:51.279 --> 00:12:52.279 That's very specific. 262 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:54.799 Yeah, it's it's a it's a it's not a great 263 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:59.159 word picture for those who are clearly defined as those 264 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:04.240 who reject God. And so the question is this, you know, 265 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:07.080 and I've heard preachers say this before, they say, listen, 266 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:08.960 if I'm wrong, If I die and I'm wrong and 267 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:09.440 there is no. 268 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.559 God, what have I lost? I've lived a good life. 269 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:17.039 I have lived a good life, you know, a moral life, 270 00:13:17.440 --> 00:13:19.879 life of helping others, a selfless life, a life filled 271 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:22.919 with blessing, a life of goodness, a life that has 272 00:13:23.039 --> 00:13:26.000 good karma. If there's no God, then sure, let's go 273 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:28.360 ahead and call it karma. Right. If there's no God, 274 00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:29.840 which there is a God, but you know, you know 275 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:32.159 what I'm saying, right, So, if there's no God, then 276 00:13:32.240 --> 00:13:33.519 I then I've already won. 277 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:38.519 Right. But if there is no God and you. 278 00:13:38.399 --> 00:13:42.159 Die rejecting Christ, refusing to believe, and and you know, 279 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:46.720 as an atheist or somebody who rejects Christ, then then 280 00:13:46.840 --> 00:13:49.519 then what's what's what's the worst case scenario for you? 281 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:51.240 It's a lot worse, isn't it. 282 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:52.000 Right? 283 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:55.039 So, so so there's a lot of stake, And I 284 00:13:55.039 --> 00:13:58.600 would say that you know, you better be sure, you 285 00:13:58.720 --> 00:13:59.720 better do your homework. 286 00:13:59.759 --> 00:14:00.679 That's I would say. 287 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:03.759 I would say, look into it with every fiber of 288 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.279 your being, because if you're going to reject or choose 289 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:09.879 not to believe, do not believe it's casual. Do not 290 00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:14.120 believe that it's a flippant decision. And some people, in fact, 291 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:16.919 many people will say, well, I guess we're gonna see 292 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:19.320 what happens, you know, and they treat it as a 293 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:22.960 casual decision, to which I would say, the warnings of Bible. 294 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:25.799 Painted not casual. 295 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:30.039 So what you would say is, this isn't just symbolism, 296 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:32.919 because some people would read that and well, he's just 297 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:36.360 talking about, you know, just a rough day, and this 298 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:41.120 isn't a really a real scenario. This is just well symbolism, 299 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:41.919 and you know. 300 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:45.080 On to be honest, a lot of the references of 301 00:14:45.159 --> 00:14:49.960 Hell are symbolic, right, So Gehenna, right was a place 302 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.799 you know that was referenced used to describe Hell. And 303 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:57.120 it was a literal place, right, I think in the 304 00:14:57.159 --> 00:15:02.759 city of Colossia Colossa or something. So so it's like, uh 305 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:04.720 or hades. 306 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:05.200 Did I get that wrong? 307 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:05.840 Uh? 308 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:08.240 But but but there was a literal place with a cave, 309 00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:10.759 there was a literal lake right there. 310 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:10.960 There. 311 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:16.080 There's all these different references, uh that are symbolic, and 312 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:20.000 and I think that, uh, you know that that there 313 00:15:20.039 --> 00:15:24.919 are definite warnings as well that are literal, right, and 314 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:27.679 so so there are references of symbolism, but there are 315 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:31.159 literal references, and I think that both are just as strong, 316 00:15:31.759 --> 00:15:33.840 and I think that both carry just as much warning. 317 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:37.000 So I definitely think that we don't want to be 318 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:39.240 on the on the bad side of judgment. And I 319 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:42.159 definitely believe that there is a hell. I believe that 320 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:45.399 there's uh, you know, going to be pain there. And 321 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:48.559 I believe it in the same way that God describes 322 00:15:48.600 --> 00:15:52.360 heaven as a place of no pain and no sorrow 323 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:56.720 and you know, no more tears, no more night, you know, 324 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:00.120 no more struggle. And I believe that there is you know, 325 00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:03.320 uh heaven where we're going to be restored. 326 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:06.600 Holy our bodies are going to be made whole. 327 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:11.000 And by the way, that reminds me of them. Have 328 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:16.919 you ever heard baby Shark that baby you. 329 00:16:16.879 --> 00:16:17.559 Know all that stuff? 330 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:21.120 Uh that that that song if you played out to fruition, Uh, 331 00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:24.559 it says shark attack and then it says, uh lost 332 00:16:24.639 --> 00:16:30.080 a leg? Did you know that shark attack that? And 333 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:33.639 then it goes lost leg and then and then eventually 334 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:36.639 it says uh c p R and. 335 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:38.840 Then it says it says did it work? 336 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:43.080 And then it says go to heaven and then yeah, 337 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:45.240 and then and then and then it says were not 338 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:49.720 the kids version does, but but but the adult version 339 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.320 and then and then there's a verse that goes, uh, 340 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:55.919 got leg back? That da dad, that got leg back? 341 00:16:56.000 --> 00:17:00.399 That did I got leg back? That is hilarious. Yeah, 342 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:02.879 and so it's like it's like, yeah, the bodies will 343 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:06.440 be restored and we'll be made whole. And so yeah, 344 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:10.000 the opposite you know, pictures of heaven and Hell, Yeah, 345 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:11.279 could not be any more different. 346 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:14.359 And I think the one thing about Hell that and 347 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:17.279 I know we're not talking exclusively about that here, but 348 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:22.000 the part that people don't understand is it's not intermittent 349 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:29.279 weeping and gnashing of teeth. It's not intermittent pain. It's continuous. 350 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.119 I mean, this is what you're experiencing. So, yeah, you 351 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:35.720 don't want to take this lightly. You definitely want to 352 00:17:36.319 --> 00:17:41.319 be on the right side of salvation, so to speak. 353 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.799 You definitely want to accept Christ into your life. But 354 00:17:44.880 --> 00:17:48.799 I want to go to a verse four. It says, remember, 355 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:52.000 because this is the important part here, remember to obey 356 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:55.119 the law of Moses, my servant, all the decrees and 357 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:58.279 regulations that I gave him on Mount Sinai for all 358 00:17:58.319 --> 00:18:01.920 of Israel. Basically, it's what is being said here is 359 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:04.920 to remember God's word. Yes, that's the thing that you 360 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:08.160 got to remember. You got to remember God. Remember God's word. 361 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:12.599 And it's not just remember God's word for knowledge, it's 362 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:16.000 remember God's word for action. You need to put God's 363 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:19.279 word into action. You need to do actually what God's 364 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:21.920 word says if you want to get the results that 365 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:24.519 God said you would get from doing what he told 366 00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:27.359 you to do. So I think that's a very important 367 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:30.880 that we obey and do what God's word says. 368 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:34.240 Yeah, and by the way, it bothered me, so I 369 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:38.200 had to look it up and yeah, so I knew 370 00:18:38.200 --> 00:18:39.400 that Gahanna was symbolic. 371 00:18:39.960 --> 00:18:41.039 I was getting the words wrong. 372 00:18:41.039 --> 00:18:43.640 There is a place in Colossia as well, So those 373 00:18:43.640 --> 00:18:48.519 are definitely two places. Geh Hannah was a place of sacrifice, 374 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:51.960 of child sacrifice, so they would. 375 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:53.079 They would literally burn bodies. 376 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:55.400 Yeah, and it was just outside of the South wall 377 00:18:55.440 --> 00:19:00.000 of Jerusalem, right. And then and in Colossa there's there's 378 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:03.519 a place that had held like imagery and. 379 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.599 There was a cave to it. 380 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:10.319 And so then they actually talked about that as well. 381 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:14.160 So yeah, so yeah, there it is. Yeah, so I 382 00:19:14.200 --> 00:19:16.839 was mixing up references, but that is exactly true. 383 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:21.720 So then anyway, verse five, it goes on where it says, look, 384 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:25.039 I'm sending you the prophet Elijah before the Great and 385 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:28.240 Dreadful Day of the Lord arrives his preaching Laturn hearts. 386 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:33.440 It's almost very similar to what we covered on previous 387 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:37.640 days about God sending a messenger. We see that same 388 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:41.200 theme coming here where God is again sending a messenger 389 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:43.799 to warn people, Hey, you might want to get your 390 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:47.480 act together. You might want to obey the commandments the law. Hey, 391 00:19:47.880 --> 00:19:50.720 you want to get right. And I love the fact 392 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:53.400 that God does that. So God gives us his word 393 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:57.559 to obey, tells us to obey it, and then we'll 394 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:00.440 send a messenger on top of that to make sure 395 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:02.640 that we obey it. So no one will be able 396 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:05.119 to say in the end that they didn't know. 397 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.759 Well, I mean case in point. 398 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:10.079 I mean the three previous chapters were all about God's warnings. 399 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:12.880 So God's warnings and you know, and then he even 400 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:17.240 gave promises. So last week we talked well, last week 401 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:20.720