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We will start in Greensboro, Texas, Bellini, welcome to the line of fire.
Yes, thank you, Brown calling information about government on people and that coming.
What do you know about it and relate to Revelation 13 yeah I've I've heard these kinds of things for some years where people said, you know, the mark of the beast. You can't buy or sell without having the market. It's going to be a mark in the hand and the four head and I first let's recognize that the book of Revelation is filled with symbolism. You know it depicts various monsters and beasts and things like that and it shows things and types and signs. So in the first chapter of Revelation is Jesus appears in the midst of the candlesticks.
The candlesticks represent different churches, so it's filled with with symbolism. Satan appearances as a seven headed beast with with 1010 horns so you you've got all of these different images and the question is what what will they actually mean when played out another which will there be some type of marketing and a hander for head identifiable or could be some type of government ship or just refer to something in the past where allegiance had to be sworn there so much debate about these things that that honestly we don't know exactly what this will mean until it plays out. Assuming this is still for the future. What is clear is that the question is are we devoted to Jesus or do we bow down to the world are we following Jesus alone is our Lord or are we compromising our convictions and in hiding our life under table and denying skews me denying the Lord in our practice because we want to be accepted by the world to try to save our lives, and thereby losing our lives that that would be the, the great great danger, and in the case of of of a chip that would be put in in the, the government try to track all of us. That's not the kind of thing I would want anyway. In other words, forget about the book of Revelation. In terms of what it applies that not forget about the book of Revelation is forced to find truth but put that aside, I would not want that kind of thing where the government would have access to know exactly where I am 24 seven or the government perhaps related inability to have other data or information on the now there's some that are talked about, hey, let's get it for a kids this way.
If your child is subducted. It is a problem you'll know exactly where the child is that's that's good reason to do it but who else could have access to that with the government in general have access to that that becomes the challenge that becomes the problem so I would separate this question from the book of Revelation. Personally, I would separated from the book of Revelation and simply say that I would not be in favor of the government having that kind of access to any of our personal lives, but there are people that won't give their kids Social Security numbers. They won't report their birth. Given Social Security numbers because they think that's the mark of the beast, and there can be a government power so people got all types of extremes, which are certainly unnecessary and unfruitful. But aside from that, the larger spiritual question when the pressures put on us. Will we obey Jesus or will we go the way of the world we obey Jesus. Even if the cost or laws, or it will be compromised to save our lives. That's the deeper spiritual question.
We each need to ask 866-34-TRUTH so I did.
I say Greensboro, Texas that I say Greensboro Texas instead of Greensboro North Carolina. Yep, what's because our next caller is in Houston, Texas Torrey, welcome to the line of fire. I should've seduced in North Carolina to fix it make up for it, but welcome to the broadcast and honored our Christian theology ever individual. I don't know anything about him I would never let our new church that we really love, the people I've heard mention hand and then one of them posted to get some kind of book that he died like the Hebrew calendar and it sounds like Christianized horse Coke but I don't want I don't want to be to you know he liked Nick picky about everything that I don't know my faith in red flag so could you let me know like what you know about handler sure thing and you know we have to be careful on the broadcast year of giving opinions about different leaders and ministries only only because everybody's going to disagree with somebody somewhere you know and and I am not the world authority on everything.
Obviously, no one is.
But here's the first thing I say is if this is a major major focus of the church. In other words, this is now kind of the gospel and were going to learn insights from the Hebrew calendar the Hebrew alphabet or Jewish mysticism and working to, order our lives. By that, then yes, that would be kind of like a Christian horoscope thing and something to be avoided. A check pierces a respected charismatic leader of every so often we we cross past ministry in the same settings is respected charismatic a prophetic leader and in more recent years. I love it's less 10 years or maybe longer than that he's really been delving into Jewish symbolism and Jewish mysticism in the meaning of the calendar the holy days and things like that and and if in a secondary way. He is finding some spiritual insights hidden there because after all, God's done much in the Jewish people through the centuries and hid much of his wisdom among our people through the centuries.
If he's learning things, introducing things in a secondary way that was not his gospel, not as authoritative but is fascinating insights that can be learned from the Hebrew calendar the Hebrew alphabet or Jewish mysticism will then that's fine. That's kind of secondary and oh, isn't that interesting. If it becomes something like wow this is this is the thing. Or, these are the insights of this is the Revelation then you really have to step back for it because it can go to unintended extremes. So what I would notorious is see if this is just a number people in the church really like Chuck's teaching and get a lot out of it versus this is something mainstream from the pulpit. This is something mainstream that influences the mindset of the church and how they how they live in this world if if it's mainstream then you really have to step back and say okay do I agree with this or not, or is it peripheral or fringe if it's just that another people really like his teaching, and the pastor thinks is a good guy will and that's that's nothing to to to make a big issue out of either way call. It is also about what I would without really look at then let's see standard church and and you find that you like some of check pierces teaching, but you see people are living by this like a Christian horoscope kind of thing that's that's the time when you and friendly way. Try to have some conversations and go a little deeper and point out potential danger with doing that kind of thing because ultimately it takes our focus away from the cross and away from the Scriptures and puts it on secondary things her.
Thank you. I really appreciate what you are. You are very welcome and and the blood is not the here's the funny thing okay so the first caller is a Greensboro Texas I messed that up right center, Greensboro, North Carolina obviously conflated that with with Tori our second caller in Houston Texas. So, since it used to North Carolina while okay where's where's the next column going California, Maryland now not making that up that's accurate yes biscuits California Marilyn art hat hat on Dylan. It is there a place called California and Maryland. There is a problem yeah I tell people I live in California got a lot cooler now. All right yes surfer dude okay I lived.
I lived in Maryland for for nine years and I know I mean, of course, I did know every part of Maryland state but somewhere where is California Maryland, without without getting right next to another area of Hollywood Maryland. I'm not counting serious.
The lit which which came first. Evan Maryland is an old estate in California.
Marilyn swing out early so do they have these names before the state did the California Hollywood steel these names I would yeah I was in her fascinating, a fascinating discussion before you get to the question. All right, how can we help you are better talking about the market to be and speculation of what it might be and I guess I just wanted I had� We'll go ahead we get a break coming up to get started and then you can finish on the inside of the break it it very widely thought that the interim Revelation.
The right of the antichrist and the mark of the beast there's a lot of people who think that type to Islam and I actually think that there's something I think that smokescreen. I think that's where everyone's going to be looking landmark to be therapist and the writer and it will be something that is discussed out stuff like this. You got our attention. The trans-humanist movement as it relates to the antichrist.
In Dylan's view from California, Maryland will find that hey this is a good California called rightness more than Marilyn call with employees is relentless like that. It's the light a fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown to the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown got answers any any kind you'd like to ask any area of expertise. I have be in a biblical issue moral cultural issue theological issue even political insights these days or my opinion on something that's come up on the air. Glad to do my best to help. Again, I always want to give an open invitation to those that bless me in social media and that attack me in various ways. Maybe in Twitter you'll have 140 characters to call me every name under the sun; talk to me. Why not do that. It might actually be constructive. 866-34-TRUTH 87884 rightness we go back to Dylan in California, Maryland, and you mentioned trans-humanism in the antichrist.
Let me just backup for a moment and say that one leader in particular has put forward the idea that what several of put for the idea to be Islamic antichrist. Joel Richardson is written about that and let's say that in past generations. If there is speculation about antichrist.
He was European maybe look at your looking in from the cup to come from the European Union.
In more recent years, whatever.
And then it shifted people is said some of said maybe you could be Islamic in their arguments for that I'm I'm pretty agnostic on it. Meaning I really don't know and don't have a strong opinion. Maybe the Scriptures give us more data and I'm missing it. The idea that the the number 666 relates to an Islamic slogan that's really been debunked of the Greek just doesn't fit that when you look at it rightly, but Dylan's point right before the break was that many will be looking to Islam for this world ruler that's going to be a demonic antichrist figure that's gonna promise peace and then bring terrible destruction and ultimately be destroyed by the Lord Dylan's view.
That's a smokescreen that antichrist figure is going to come from somewhere else and you mentioned trans-humanism. So go ahead and explain what you mean by that, and then give us your theory here.
Well, I think that your mislead everyone it it got to be something that is well constructed, mislead modern, educated, emancipated man and you know anyone in the first world country. People are like looking to Islam brother answers unless they're kind of like your people from broken nation people war-torn looking for answers, but like people from fertile country. They are, they are all going to Islam. They would need something that is a progressive message. Something much more progressive than archaic religion. Your Christian art clearly from a reduction of the a lot of modern people hereby understand but soon I was the idea that there could be an Islamic world ruler here that he would have to be strongly conservative Islamic in order for the large number of religious Muslims to follow him another as if he was a purely secular leader that he wouldn't be followed so you have to be a religious leader but if he is a religious leader that could gather as a people from a lot of people from Saudi Arabia.
Then he would he would have to be somewhat fundamentalist and how how is say secular Europe were secular Americans.
Red is going to follow a fundamentalist Muslim theology. Could you make those arguments immediately.
Whoever it where it is.
If we understand to be literally one figures the rule role within the agency and be something pretty wild about this for you to gather everybody together with the hope of world peace. Someone asked me the other day do I think it's Donald Trump. No, it's not Donald Trump, settle that okay so so now to your theory so most most or all art.
I know the people who have even made very convincing argument that Islam will be are not familiar with trans-humanism and because it's not not super new, but it it's only it. It hasn't been popularized yet and it's based and are they know that the transit movement is being privately funded by Russian billionaire and that he is funding a team of scientists to basically figure out a way to extract human consciousness which their date on their status old, but the doing. Take human consciousness out of the body and then build you a a mechanical body that is exactly like your body and its physical prime and then re-downloaded so that when you get old and instead of having a plastic surgery and going to vegan diet, etc. etc. you just get your upgraded body and when you're there and whenever you need, making you go to them in the picture but it is essentially a mortality and you can see the trans-humanist are not not shy about what their agenda is one of their one of their main points in their agenda is to bring humans to a state of androgyny to to eliminate all disease, all sickness and greed to basically achieve immortality via technology which is exactly I mean, especially the promise of the Revelation for people we want me to reproduce and evidence that will be androgynous. We will not be strictly will not be scared and will be alive forever. That exactly that's that's what God is promising enough weight.
Satan works to that he gives you something that God said he would.
I give you in a different way to look to lead a way that the spiritual yearnings that you're programmed with but enter enter in a different way. In a material way, and I mean it doesn't get any more textbook than that II see that is exactly the antichrist message.
I will let's let's note that down is another possibility. Submitted by Dylan hey I appreciate the phone call me up obvious question because to me is how would that then tell one person to be the Superman world leader if others are becoming supermen as well, but listen, there's enough crazy stuff going on these days and things you never would've expected would be dealing with that markdown, trans-humanism and let's see where this goes.
Thank you sir for the call.
I think immediately of second Thessalonians chapter 2, second Thessalonians chapter 2 when Paul addresses this issue and he says there let's see all read from the new English translation. He says that now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ are being gathered to be with him, we ask you, brothers and sisters not to be easily shaken for your composure. Disturbed by any kind of spirit or message a letter allegedly from us to the effective date of the Lord is ready here that no one deceive you in any way for that they will not arrive until the rebellion comes the man of lawlessness is revealed, the sum of destruction.
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship. As a result, he takes his seat in God's temple, displaying himself as God truly recall that I used to tell you these things while still with you the many he describes him and says the arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders, and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved.
So you're talking about miracle working deceiver who by his miraculous powers, and by his playing at human rebellion turns people away from God to follow him this much we know the testimony of God is sure in every generation.
There are many antichrists those who oppose God oppose the gospel oppose us in every generation. We have the opportunity to stand fast to honor the Lord. One of the best ways to do that is to be grounded in the word effect if not grounded in the word when the test and trials come to be easily shaken when I grounded my get grounded in a wonderful new Bible translation, the tree of life version of the Bible got beautiful beautiful slimline leather like edition you ordered from our ministry to get a free DVD with it as well. This is just produced by Baker books and its blessed will pay the post to door to go to asked Dr. Brown asking around the Lord asked around the Expo line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 6643 here again is Dr. Michael Brown welcome welcome to the line of fire. You got messages we've got answers. Answer a couple of email questions back the phones right here on the line of fire Dena. I never went to the Brown's revival, but the message repents and holiness impacted me.
I listen to a lot of Steve Hill sermons online will I was in college since 1995. The world is changed significantly. Strange teachings of crept into the church such as hyper grace. The church is lukewarm and many Christians living in spiritual compromise roles going crazy freedom of speech is being silenced on college campuses and safe zones are being created speak out against men walking to his bathroom. She can lose your job you lose your business or be thrown in jail. If you hold to religious convictions of the Brown's revival would happen today in the message of salvation repents and holiness screech. Would that be viewed as hate speech today. No, I don't believe it would because the main thrust of the preaching was calling on individuals to get sent out of their lives and it was not the other was dealing with social issues, but there was his constant call for individuals to turn to God and turn away from sin and to come and get cleansed by the blood of Jesus that sense the message could be preached today just as it was, 15, 20 years ago now here's were I think you might have more stirring and shaking and is is an eyewitness is one he served in the leadership of the Brown's revival from 96 to 2000 and the race of the school of ministry beginning in 97 that continues to this day. By God's grace bearing fruit around the world and now with new schools, fire, school of ministry being planted around the world is ongoing fruit from Brownsville suit, much lasting fruit. 20 years after it began more than 20 years after it began, but that being said, without question, what happened was people who were dramatically touched in the revival students in their schools.
In particular, they would go back on fire in a blaze and begin sharing their faith openly and in people would go back to the workplace to begin to share their faith openly. I think that's where you have more conflict today that there is so much anti-God. Pressure in the schools just posted an article on our Facebook page last night and asked her to Brown on Facebook Todd Starnes reporting about students that were banned in their school from saying the Lord's prayer graduation band by an atheist group they decide we can say it anyway. And of course every constitutional right to say it without question, and if the Pledge of Allegiance were Pledge of Allegiance, one nation under God, then of course you can pray the Lord's prayer, and I could go on with it hundred reasons for that, but you would have more conflicts in the schools. We had some in the Brownsville days at an end when when faculty said okay this is outside of school time.
This is within my personal time. Some of the students are coming over to the house doing a Bible study. They want to be baptized or things like that were doing that it's perfectly five conflicts would arise and I remember one youth leader telling me some little I do these parents. They said my kids does know the Lord is not walking with Jesus is doing drugs is sleeping around.
You gotta reach and you gotta reach him and this guy also been touched in Brownsville and and he would go in and reach out get to know these kids go to local high school, befriend them, have lunch with them, leading to the Lord and they begin to disciple them and they get on fire.
The parents of what you my kid so I reached out from 11 to Jesus always like fanatical now with one like this is what I do is tell them if you want me to reach your kid to reach their your kid to be a disciple of Jesus. And that's going to mean a serious commitment to Jesus, they just one of them stop doing drugs of your churchgoing kid said he got generally safe so I believe there would be a lot more walking of the boat in that respect and yes some people living out the gospel in the workplace and in the schools. The students and faculty and employees and employers that they would then be accused of hate speech because they stood up for what was right or they preach Jesus boldly and clearly so in that sense there would deftly be greater, right right back with your calls 866-34-TRUTH file line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown get into the minor fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown. Thanks for him to get back to this topic of the mark of the beast in one moment, but there's a second question Dena had one answer that briefly she writes it appears that one of the core teachings of Jesus is the kingdom of God.
He speaks about many parables. Maybe it's how it's phrase but seems confusing.
What is the kingdom of God. What was Jesus referring to the present or future.
The kingdom of God is the rule of God is the reign of God that the kingdom of God is God ruling and reigning over people ruling and reigning over other powers. The kingdom of God is present, the kingdom of God is expanding the kingdom of God's future as well. What is that mean when Jesus came and said the kingdom of heaven which is a synonym the kingdom of heaven or the kingdom of God is near what he was saying is God's rule is coming here just look at that light is shining and the darkness is being pushed back in River. Jesus would go he would assert the authority of the kingdom demons would leave people sicknesses would leave people, the loss would be saved hard hearts would be softened servants of Satan would become servants of God.
That's the kingdom of God advancing and then he taught us to pray that the kingdom would come, so what were praying for is the ongoing advance of the kingdom has that happened we tell the people about Jesus. They now surrender to the rule of God. They come from being in King the kingdom of Satan kingdom of darkness/disobedience, rebellion sent and now they come under the authority of the Lord under the kingly rule of the Lord.
So you might have a nation that that is a kingdom and here's their territory. They rule over their territory and their sovereign there is one has to obey their rules, etc. God's kingdom is not territorial in that respect it's spiritual is over individual lives. It is over. People who submit to him and under his rule. Under his reign again. Just look at it as pockets of light shining out and pushing the darkness back. We pray your kingdom come, were praying for is the advancing of the kingdom, but ultimately the full manifestation of it when Jesus returns and sets up his kingdom on the earth and destroys the wicked from the earth at that point he will rule and reign over the whole world and the whole world will be then dominated by the kingdom of God that makes sense. The kingdom of God is here among us is growing. It will then come in fullness. When Jesus returns.
It is God's rule. God's reign of human beings over other powers were we are submitted to him alright let's go to Baltimore, Maryland Mike, welcome to the line of fire. Technical sure thing article, on the market would be on liquor, note before area allocated when all the Bible among our newspaper and the other mark to be little more work in a confined, the right-handed identification how one clerk in the market oriented as the thought Dr. other being with) might be a little easier than you basically down there who are you bowing down to your work should provide that I deposit yeah Mike when when folks call in and ask about you, what about the chips being put in and you have in your right hand or things like that. I want to disparage those questions because the book of Revelation is filled with mysticism because the or or mystical imagery, and because the government can often be guilty of overreach. Sometimes we cut a mingle.
The two things. That's why so let's separate that and let's just say having a chip in your body where the government knows were your 24 seven. The Navy has more data on you. I don't like that idea. Let's separate that from the book of Revelation, but could it be that simple. A. Could it be just like when Jesus says if your right hand causes you to sin, cut off throat lately right hand. This actually cause you to sin, but it's talking about the things that you do and touch and interact with.
If your foot causes you to simmer your foot doesn't cause you to sense about the places that you go and if your eye causes you to some of your items and call for some it's the things you see. So could it simply be that kind of imagery.
What you do what you think where your allegiance is and that's what it's talking about in them. The more to be seen.
There it could well be in. In other words, though the language of Revelation, which certainly allow for that of the other question is for a a prejudiced reading of Revelation to say that that much of it has already come to pass, or that much of it was speaking about issues that the early church was dealing with it with the Nero's of their day and the seasons of their day and that the the persecution from Rome and that's what it's dealing with the obvious it was to talk about some kind of microchip or even an Islamic leader because they didn't exist so there's a lot of it. That raises questions and I think I really like that Mike is is perfectly appropriate and and you know we know, for example in Ezekiel 9 that the Angels come in.
They put a mark that would be the Hebrew letter to Utah.
They put a mark on the foreheads of those who mourn and grieve and when of the destroying angel comes by and sees those it it it doesn't touch them.
So here you have a literal market to symbolize something spiritually taking place, but that's certainly potential interpretation and again we will see how these things unfold. Thanks for the call and look, here's here's a simple bottom-line simple bottom line is if I put it's theirs that was posted note well. Much of Revelation is so symbolic and when you're reading about the you know that the vials of wrath and the trumpets and okay.
How does that apply to me today hasn't applied to a believer 100 years ago hasn't applied to you reading the Bible 20 years ago.
In other words, there must be some level of universal applicability. Some level of universal interpretation some level where we can actually all be edified by the book of Revelation the matter when we live.
My personal view is that it has relevance for all believers in all generations, just like all of Scripture that has relevance for all believers in all generations and special relevance to the generation to whom John wrote it, so the immediate recipients of the book of Revelation and to the final generation that will be here when Jesus returns, and my own view I was just thinking about this a moment ago, when I read from second Thessalonians. The second chapter about the rebellion that Paul says is going to come before that great day of the Lord, and many would say will Mabel in that rebellion.
Now it's the part of the apostasy. Jesus spoke about Matthew 24 the love of many NIV's is most assist us translate many the love of many will wax cold and people similar in that. Now, where were in that. And it's it's a time of apostasy and everyone can see that I I believe that the final rebellion that spoken of is going to be something way beyond anything we sing.
I believe it's going to be so overwhelmingly clear that it's can be way beyond anything we've seen so far and will know it is that final rebellion, and there have been periods of apostasy through church history, there have been periods of falling away through church history, there have been times in American church history going back to the 1700s were church leaders thought the backsliding is too great. The church will never recover where it was before.
So we've seen these things through history. I see a lot of apostasy taking place in the church of America today, but I personally don't think is that great apostasy or great rebellion that spoken of. To me it is going to be so glaringly clear so shakily clear, along with many other world signs that that the really be no denying that reality. That's just my own view my own understanding and and that's why when there's a lot of excitement know this is it.
This assignment Jesus is coming in a minute. Oh okay no it's here the prophecies aligning up why believe God's word is absolutely relevant and I believe God's word does lay out the major strokes of world history and some key ways. In particular, with Israel. I do believe that. But no, I don't read the Bible with one eye in the Bible and the other Iowa newspaper headlines for the latest prophetic revelation. I remember that was dumb.
I was first saved. Go back on was 45 years now and the timing was way off and speculation was way off so I'm I'm looking at God's word is a long-term roadmap for life and where there is something of end time prophetic significance that is now unfolding in front of her eyes.
If we love the Lord and our hearts are open, I believe. I believe that we will have eyes to see and what is Paul right think of this remote and in first in first Thessalonians the fifth chapter was Paul right there. He says when it comes to times and seasons, is that I know I don't need to write to the incident because this this is what you know on the topic of times and season brothers and sisters. You have no need for anything to be written to you know quite well at the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night knowing they mean the world when they are saying there is peace and security, then sudden destruction comes on them like labor pains on a pregnant women and they will surely not escape. But you, brothers and sisters are not in the darkness for the data overtake you like a thief would.
You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor the darkness of them and must not sleep as the rest must stay alert and sober sleep, sleep at night does get drunk drunk at night. Since your of the day we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love as a helmet.
Our hope for salvation right back with your calls for plan by the Expo line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown of your voice and more cultural and spiritual revolution. Here again is Dr. Michael Brown looking let's go back to the phones Brian in Boston, Massachusetts. Thanks for calling the line of fire� I just wanted to immigrate. I will question 111. How could the antichrist will be in Jamaica before, but how could he not be anything but a Jewish prayer of when when know when the Magi came you read in the Bible.Eric Herod out okay yeah you where the flag of the monomeric part right to be born in Bethlehem wouldn't have to meet depth and criteria for the Orthodox Jew, no not write as if they were thinking that he's the Messiah that they they were deep into believing that he was the false Messiah. Whitney have to be Jewish.now, obviously, that not write the other problem would be then why would the Muslim world follow him, how, how would they follow him. It's it's a totally fair question, Brian. And the Scripture gives us precious little information to be honest I know I know people feel is a certain amount of information. If you look at the book of Daniel.
He seems to be a pagan king fighting against the Jewish people, so it could it could well be that it's not so much that they recognize him as the Messiah, but really believe that he is the world leader that could bring peace. So, for example, Joel Richardson and his Islamic antichrist book posits that the only way the third Temple could be built is that you have to get rid of the dome of the rock in the Al-Aqsa Mosque which would be a complete impossibility means there will not be in an absolute to that to the death world war of hundreds of millions of Muslims against Israel that would happen.
He suggested was guns just human speculation. He suggests that the, the answer would be that he is able to broker a peace deal with Israel and the the Muslim world by saying we will surrender those sacred sites so you could build the third Temple will surrender.
Specifically, the dome of the rock so Israel can build 1/3 Temple and Israel would then fall into this lie that while he's the one who's going to bring world peace.
So ill-equipped. We've seen how, when, when Pres. Obama came to power or or when he was in in this rising up as the next president. He was hailed around the world and many spoke of these massive gatherings in and out of course, no one young people said you think is the antichrist. No known oath of course not, of course not.
But you could see how someone with a certain charisma or leadership quality people flock around Niobe, Donald Trump and unexpectedly people are rallying behind him.
Let's just say that you had an economic crisis and a plague worldwide and somebody rose up and solve the crisis and stop the plague and and and down the bad guys. It wouldn't take much dislike Germans rallied around Hitler. It wouldn't take much for that to have to also.
My thought would be that the Jews wouldn't be recognizing him as the Messiah as much as the world leader that can bring peace maybe still pray for the Messiah to come.
But however however works out. Sir, there can be a bunch of questions that we have answers for this point that will become clear at that point make one drink your glia grant, I'll look to be about and write up of the page George sorrow on the billionaire only study the Messiah or Israel been five years old believe that I have your bird will III haven't. He is a Hungarian Jew. He and his family escaped the Holocaust or Hungarian Christians that I know are terribly ashamed of what he's doing now is an ultraliberal leader, but he's a very secular Julie Sada that a religious man and I have to ask my Hungarian friends. In fact, I have a book written by the father that that they recommended that that I get that would give me more insight into who he was a he may have looked there a lot of these leaders, political leaders, financial leaders of military leaders that have delusions of grandeur, but I've never I've never heard that it could be true. Obviously they got take Wikipedia the grain of salt, but if the references are yet he may have had these delusions that he's given me some type of a savior figure could be today but.thank you, thank you for the call bright lightless criminal to call. We have time Miami, Florida Josh, welcome to light a fire.
Josh you there hello Josh, we don't have Josh Wright will go to Jersey City, New Jersey Vesper, welcome to light a fire around hello I cherish mild go to a Christian school and `celebrate both the Jewish and Christian holiday which is great but on our great high telegram that more and birthday of the church." You the infilling of the Holy Spirit and like in my understanding really feel kind of against what I would understand Sugarloaf to be aware on it feel kind of westernized and like revenge and talking about the concept of a network after church. Yeah, what the first thing is if you realize that it's the continuation of this, the people of God through the centuries that God had a people from the Old Testament into the New Testament that continues in that sense it's a misnomer, but in the sense that there is this new thing that God is doing were Jew and Gentile become equal citizens in God's house and that Yeshua says in Matthew 16 that all billed by messianic community.
My church the gates of hell will not prevail against it. In that sense something new does begin thin Jesus is left the earth.
He set the spirit and this is something new.
So on the one hand, it's the simple continuation of what God was doing in the Old Testament. Now it's continuing the Messiah has come and is is now expanding the boundaries of God's people on the earth, so it's no Israel saved Israel and the saved nations making of the messianic community. On the other hand, you can say that there's something brand-new that's being done.
I don't have a problem with it when they speak of is that the birthday of the church because of that the explosive beginning of the apostles now proclaiming the message of the death and Russian resurrection of the Messiah for the first time and thousands of Jews being added to the kingdom as long as people realize it's a continuation in a new way from what God was doing in Old Testament times into the new. If the if they twice separated. It's an error if they recognize it as a a brand-new brand-new extension or or brand-new aspect, a major new chapter in God's plan of redemption then that would be accurate. Hate I've got a run though, but it's a good question and the question is, is a continuity or is it discontinuity discontinuity that the key things like friends my bottom line today we say God is doing a new thing in the earth, always on the foundations of what is done in the past we've been waiting all week and that moment has come you get to call him with your toughest, most pressing, most urgent questions you've got questions, we've got answers. Let's do it is time for the line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown your voice of moral cultural and spiritual revolution Michael Brown is the director of the coalition of conscience and president of fire school of ministry get into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH. That's 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown welcome welcome to the line of fire Michael Brown delighted to be with you energized by being on the air with you 866-34-TRUTH you got questions. We got answers any area of expertise. I have anything you want to ask me about in any area of expertise. I have viewed Bible Bible translation. Hebrew Greek issues via theology. Spiritual application be it moral, cultural issues, or if you want talk about something we've talked about on the air with one of my guess or if you want to take issue with me your probe for clarity, the same number to call 866-34-TRUTH 87884 and under go right to the phones of got some email questions on answers. Well got some important announcement some exciting announcements I want to share with you momentarily, but let us go to Miami, Florida try to connect last hour.
Let's try once again Josh in Miami. Welcome to the line of fire doing well thank you out your character. The dark rock medicament made one comment dog law regarding aboriginal dominant, short man, I don't know him all with a lot of the media but getting into the media like out of it go. Didn't the thing to make to make the comment that is not all you know it is not there can be another good I have my elective than everybody know I look like the same thing that actions the rate different dam and Oglala Imperial action click audit MI like epidemic under the subject company fire Lake� Gillette is not big on aggression are know what we are told ultimately to judge a tree by its fruit. Josh and what I think Sid was trying to say is I understand it was okay.
We don't have any evidence of his salvation, but we don't know for sure he's not saved only meaningless that sometimes God is at work in someone's heart and it's in the very early stages and outwardly you don't see the results. But God's work in their hearts and then you see over period of weeks and months that they truly have been born again.
I see absolutely no evidence whatsoever that Donald Trump is born again that he knows the Lord. The fact that he to this day still does not understand his need for forgiveness. I know the gospel is been plainly preached to him by Christian leaders. I know some of them a couple of them personally that I know have really share the gospel with him. I was told that that in one case he really gave a listening ear and was very thankful and appreciative and receptive, but from everything I can tell, the light has not gone on yet. From everything I can tell, his eyes have not been open and he is not yet bow the knee to the Lord and asked for forgiveness of sins. Now maybe God's working in his life to draw them to himself and days will see that he has been born again, will be more. It could be that he is a brand-new babe and that those really close to him or seen the changes but he still has all of his old public baggage and that in the coming weeks will be soon changed, but James and Lenore said something very helpful. One time he said the only proof of the new birth is the new life and ultimately if someone is truly born again we will see a difference. We will see a difference in who they are and how they live and how they walk. We will definitely see a difference and if we don't see a difference, then you really have to question whether that person truly has been born again so I believe that if the acid draw you believe from what you see that Donald Trump knows the Lord is a Christian would say no thanks is a Christian that I see no evidence that he say look. People pray for me, sir.
The gospel maybe something's happening behind the scenes, but as far as I know there's no evidence that they hope it will. Thank you, dear, again, is Dr. Michael Brown serves only to develop difficult things I've done in the last 10 years, was translating the book of Job from a Job commentary and for decades of work with various translations I've done whole articles and even my doctoral dissertation on on single words in Hebrew and Greek and Hebrew particular of done word studies in an use different translations and critiques sought to improve. But when it comes to the most difficult Hebrew in the Bible and it comes to translating that into English and you happen to be the type that you're trying to check the accuracy of every single word.
It's challenging when you talk about a whole new viable project that's very very challenging Old Testament and New Testament put together by a team, but that is what has happened with the tree of life version of the Bible and we been celebrating all this week. The exciting news that Baker books, one of the world's largest Christian publishers that Baker books is now taking over the distribution of the tree of life version of the Bible and that means new additions being put out an on Monday in Jerusalem. There's going to be a special celebratory meeting with with Baker with messianic Jewish leaders and others of announcing the release of these first editions from Baker books so all this week we've had special guests joining us talk about the tree of life version and I'm thrilled to be joined by Dr. Boyd Lewter Dr. leader is on the faculty of biblical studies at the Kings University, Southlake, Texas is also assistant professor of biblical studies at Libby University Divinity school in Lynchburg Virginia and he is also one of those involved in the tree of life viable project so Dr. Lewter welcomes the line far thanks for joining us today Walker, Michael collaborator. So what what role did you play on the tree of life team.
I was not really actually on. I just was for some of the material to the Lord to look at and to review but I did not do any actual translation work.
I was involved in a portion of the New Testament translation for the open Christian standard Bible over a decade ago, so I am I'm aware of how translation committees work, but in this particular case I was not directly involved in Jeff's life and I are saloons and you know we talked about sermon know I'm very impressed with what you have done yet in this part of the meeting that he knows that right. Even those who reviewed the translation with on that's that's part of the larger team SYS that the specific roles so we are we are both faculty at Kings University in in Texas and you've done studies in terms of Jewish roots and background so let's look at this that the Holman Bible. This is a great translation. It's a fine translation. You know what goes into right modern translations in their lodge conference is sometimes for me just the simple little sentences like how I want to say this, what's the best way did you sit there for hours and wrestle with these things so I got even more appreciation for those that work on these larger projects and when I was reviewing parts of of the New Testament letters you know you appreciate the work that's been done and just try to sharpen it. So what what struck. He was this distinctives that will really neat about the tree of life when compared to great translation like like that the Holman Bible what you were the distinctives of the tree of life. Well, from a rock standpoint, and in some ways I think this is probably the most significant aspect to me is that a lot of Bible translation 12 years better in a lot of ways, excellent translation of that sort of squeezer, probably without even intending to do so minimize the Jewishness of the text very you know what when you got in the field of of of meaning it with different words and is wiser to be transported in everything. Their outcomes are looking for a way to accurately communicate in a to worry when it was 1/20 century or 21st century audience are not thinking about the year of the background angle of the of the original readers and and via the Jewishness it was.
They are always touring because I mean we don't know you wrote Psalm of the books or portions books of the Tanakh but you know with the exception of Hebrews. Most people think I have a pretty good grip on who wrote most of the of the New Testament books, and even though Luke was was Gentile. He certainly hung around and understood the art and of the Jewishness of what he was was dealing with putting together the third gospel in the book of acts from five I just think that that what what the tree of life. Version 9 is to reincorporate. Note in a way that is it is both on the one and respectful of the cultural background factors.
On the one hand, and respectful of what's involved in doing our quality translation of the others I have reincorporated a considerable amount of that Jewish flavor and that is something that I think it's really been not been missing and I am also particularly appreciate the fact that the most would Gentile Christians call the Old Testament for the books are written in the order of the year of the Hebrew Bible, which serves so many Christians are unaware of it all and it just changes the way Victor that you look at things tremendously.
When you when you see it you know through that. Instead of the way it that was set up in the Septuagint forward vector that we use and in virtually every Christian translation that I can think of you and the IRS. These are major, and again, though it's is it's the same Bible selected to read it and they want to talk about yet there are a number of of key phrases that are used words and terms that are used and then there's La Crosse and Nevada have a glossary in the back to work to help you with right exactly and but it's the kind of thing that anyone can preach from the pulpit and and it's a lively, powerful translation, but it's rightly connecting to Jewish roots. Dr. Lewter. We just got a couple more minutes is a big question, but there is a right way to recover Jewish roots to connect to things that were reading the Bible in a context in which it was given so the first believers with Gentile believers would have had certain interaction with Jewish believers or recognizes the Jewish Messiah is a right connection Jewish roots.
And then there's this thing where Gentiles think they have to become Jews to be accepted by God. In short, we could do this in two minutes or less.
What's a right way for a Gentile believer to be reconnecting with the Jewish roots of the faith.
Well, it is X history reversal Council settles the question as to whether or not Gentile to become Jews in order to say they absolutely do not.
But in reconnecting with the Jewish roots and I would suggest even going beyond universe. This translation but but get a good and out background commentaries that that can help give you the information you need in learning those things what you're doing is your understanding what God was the people God was communicating to its can help you understand the message and then once you get the in that context where I usually say it is God gave Scripture into historical time that we might draw timeless principles for timely application and so once we understand what he was saying to them that we can draw the principles and bring them across to apply into our own lives, but it doesn't help at all to not understand the people that that he was speaking to in the first place and they are still his chosen people and so you know, just to rings things you know all the way through his far as I am concerned the covenant promises are still there and so this is just a tremendous failure to have all of that all of that background, instead of sorting without necessarily intending to do so, just what you might call Gentile are using what is very heavily Jewish text is the entirety of the of the Bible you and when people read it and even just reading Yeshua instead of Jesus when it when they read that there there reminded immediately retied about the Jewish Messiah missing Messiah instead of Christ there reminded his head once again in this these things leave through the entire translation trust accidents in the faith. Dr. Lewter thanks for all that you do at Kings University in liberty, and thanks for your help with this translation. Great talking to God's blessing to join Dr. Michael Brown, along with messianic Jewish pastor Scott developing unique behind the scenes tour of Israel. February 25 through March 6, 2017. Space is limited so accepting applications on a first-come first-served basis.
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Or for example someone doomed to destruction.
The Hebrew idiom would be a son of perdition, and that's how some translate that say about Jesus in the New Testament that many others will translate is the one doomed to destruction because that's what it means. So each mill, man-of-war or warrior.
That's just a good way of expressing it.
Other translations would say it like that as well. I John 313 because that person. No one has gone up into heaven except the one who came down from heaven, and then additional be the son of man being in heaven, and according to Metzger that addition� Long reading was exclusive what was in all the readings except for I made the short reading was only in the Egyptian witness and so my question is yeah and you have it redacted in the TLB and so my question is, you know why why are there like geological reductions in the text if if like to say if if you if your theology your theological land is eight you can explain it to say that if you believe in the Trinity. It is your theological land and you're making a redaction that have to do with the deity of Yeshua.
How can you make those reductions with you. Not clear on your own theology. And like I just I'm baffled by the translators and scholars involved 100% clear in their theology 100% clear and firm in the deity of Yeshua and in God's triune nature of there's nothing unclear. This is simply a question of Greek textual evidence.
And if you'll see for example the HCS B the ESV the NIV the NET the NLT and the the CJB the complete Jewish Bible. None of them have the additional line, the Son of Man, who is in heaven. So this is simply what you're stacking. They're not rejecting the other. The other is in addition that the the redaction is the addition, the redaction is adding it on. That's why we don't have it. That's why the vast majority of modern translations do not recognize that text that was an early edition that someone added to the text. So we got recognize that you make that determination that addition with the critical logical development of the of the pack and that and then� It is not it's not it's not a judgment is its manuscript evidence, it simply manuscript evidence.
This is called lower criticism is science. You look at the manuscript evidence and you do your best to see which worthy the most accurate texts is not it's not theological it's textual and it's a science to an end. You might come to a conclusion. Contrary to your theology but but but but but I feel that's troubling me as your your your making leaps of of assumption here that it has to do with theology when the only issue is textual and in other words, for example, I just see my note to you in reference Genesis 1924 that Adonai sends down as fire and sulfur from heaven from other lien heaven does that say that is Adonai on the earth and Adonai in heaven, so the father on the earth and the sun sees me. The father in heaven the sun on the earth could be that TLB is no problem with that because that's what the Hebrew says and there's no debate about what the Hebrew says there is debate about the Greek here so those who follow the so-called Texas receptors so that would be the King James and the new King James of the modern English version.
They will have the additional phrase, the Son of Man, who is in heaven and all the ones who don't follow it, would say that they do not find that in the earliest or most authoritative manuscripts.
They find it is a later addition so it's it's simply a matter of textual science. That's all I don't. I mean, I appreciate the TLB. I love it I love the Jewish roots of it yet, but I don't see how these new version are not to be accepted by the conservative wing of Christianity. If there is there editing the Byzantine text is a lot that Michael, the vast majority of conservatives are not reading the King James and the new King James, the modern, the other translations are that the ESV with the NASB or the NIV as far as I know these outsell of the other translations, so no problem. Some of the first contains new King James or or modern English version no problem with that whatsoever. Go forth, but the other question is what about the tens of millions of Christians who don't accept the Texas receptors and and the version that the King James new condenser based on if you add these and hate how you gonna win them over. So it's simply a matter is, no one is making changes is simply a matter of textual scholarship.
I suggest you read more at this a reason that Metzger does not recommend the addition Son of Man who is in heaven is a reason Metzger who is the foremost textual scholars. His generation does not recommend it. He goes with the shorter I thank you sir for the fall Expo line of fire with your host activist, author, international speaker and theologian Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution get into the line of fire now by calling 66343 here again is Dr. Michael Brown welcome welcome to the line of fire delighted to be on this Friday.
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Maybe even during the battle in captivity and the time of Jesus because we know by the time of Jesus. These are well-established, so I'll tell you what we know about the origins of the synagogue got a break and will answer this in the inside of the place where Expo line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown voice of more cultural and spiritual revolution.
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Listen, here's what we know an answer to the question about synagogue summer. Call 8664 truth so Frank back your question, we know that the Cheraw only allowed for one place of sacrifice and corporate gathering. The temple where all Israel would come. All males three times a year to the Temple in Jerusalem. The place that God established for the tabernacle and then ultimately the temple built in Jerusalem. This would be the one place they would all gather all and beyond that we don't have evidence that say, in the days of David wanted to resolve them when the temple was built in the subsequent generations we don't have any evidence that you had something like a synagogue where in each village or town of people would would gather and pray together and study the Scriptures together and things like that.
So from the time of the Babylonian captivity. When the temple was destroyed in Jewish people were scattered in exile. What were they to do.
Did they have placers where they would meet and gather the places they would pray and study the Scriptures.
It seems that at some point these things begin to rise up week. We can't pinpoint when, but certainly a couple hundred years before the time of Jesus. These synagogues were now in operation and it seems that the Pharisees were the ones that really push these forward so that okay you're not in Jerusalem. You can't get to the temple or your you're not there on a regular basis. How can you participate in the spiritual life of Israel when you can go to the synagogue go to the synagogue on the Sabbath you go to the synagogue for morning prayer go to the synagogue and hear the Scriptures read so it was innovation that did not violate the law, but it was a new saying and now this became part of Jewish tradition. So when the Temple was destroyed. The Sadducees were primarily temple based on the temple was destroyed. They were the ones who for the most part, based everything on the temple worship and temple service and they were part of the priestly hierarchy and things like that when the temple was destroyed that destroyed their home base of operation, but the Pharisees had something in place which was the synagogues that they had.
And in many different parts of the Jewish world. So even though the destruction of the temple was a terrible loss. They could now continue on with their practice. So again, we don't know exactly when this go back as far as the Babylonian captivity or is it in the generation. Subsequent to that, we don't know for sure, but certainly by a couple hundred years or so before the time of Jesus synagogues were now something that synagogues were growing throughout the Jewish world and that's why, again, the pharisaical expression of Julius was able to continue with the destruction of the temple where is it was much more traumatic for the Sadducees and others. They lost their whole base so that's the answer to your questions are great. Thank you very much. You are very welcome 86634 back to the phones, Petersburg, Virginia. A welcome to the line of fire are hired on Dr. Brown very well, thank you there, 34-year-old Obama not bothering your damn yet normally we don't allow folks to call back with a couple of weeks, but your call and story is unique enough go forward against her. I just want to remind all homosexuals that they have to make a choice. God's way there, right in the one way to solve this BAP issue spends the money and make them all single occupancy. However, they can only be done but try to divert the mind out of the country on such an issue should be very clear that destroyed out of the doctrine of demons, so I just want to exhort homosexuals to know there is one will not try to be God's way. They will have to make a choice that I made a choice in life.
Knowing and understanding the issue not God is always fair and we can be sure that is way will always have the Holy Spirit to discern all the and you have to go.
Avoid huge amount in prayer and in talking to God.
But it's going to be God's way. I hope they will get on that track and it just just ask this because you you spoken candidly about struggle since you were young man and then ultimately saying that you needed you had to follow Jesus. Do you think that there many who say llama homosexual Christian I'm in a gay relationship in following Jesus that the tremendous power of these desires and there lies the romantic attraction, the sexual desire the union with another person that that causes them now to read the Bible through the lens of their own experience rather than submitting their experience to the Bible must submit their experience to the Bible because it either in sync with it on your campus very you are a non-smoker.
If you smoke a little bit a lot wanting to have to make a choice non-smoker don't stay non-smoker because I chose to smoke again and that makes them smoker you you cannot be a Christian as the Lord is shown me live a homosexual life, you cannot do homosexual things you might have those proclivities but you have to decide what they're going to take up your cross and that crosses whatever sin you have that definitely homosexuality is one of the things that came into the world why we need that great salvation nest began to have it both ways God homosexuality a you again can speak this with authority at the age of 84 and having battle, temptation, desire and sand and honor God and say no to the flesh in God's grace, God really does give grace thank you for calling if if I spoke the waves focus. I could say because it's biblically true, but he can speak in a way beyond what I can or you can thank you sir for calling 866-34-TRUTH.
Let's go to Midlothian, Virginia, Jim.
Welcome to the line of fire. Dr. Brown are you doing well. Thanks I really enjoy your program of everyday thank you. I have a pilot questionnaire pickup look at their election before John 313 about no one is offended Kevin but he who dissented from the map yes I'm baffled. Kind of like just under I can understand some of this you know very famous TV preachers that are promoting the heaven and people are gonna come back and and then I read the Scripture. And I'm wondering if this really true scandal. Father has been bothering me for a while I check that I wanted to present that to you all is 12 124 so what your portraits that yeah it it it it's it's an obvious question is pieces. No one has ascended into heaven certainly knows Elijah was was taken up into heaven and yes Paul this talk about being taken up in the third heaven and having this encounter with the Lord. So in sin things and that is not permissible to speak. So Jesus must be speaking of this in some kind of of different way. In other words there there's a way that he experienced heaven. There's a way that he went to heaven in a way that he came back down that is unique that no one else has ever done and in what way that is is hard to define. So I I believe that people can have visions of heaven.
We certainly know that Paul did.
We certainly know that Jesus speaks with Elijah and Moses on the Mount of Transfiguration in the Gospels, so they they are not in a dead sleeping state that in the living state.
Are they living in God's presence in heaven. You could make that that argument Craig Keener is I IVP Bible background commentary says only an eyewitness of heaven to fully testify about heaven. Jewish literature provides other parallels to John 11 through 311 through 13, but the closest to Jewish text that speak of divine wisdom coming down from God seeking to reveal the ways of heaven to people, Jesus may imply contrast with the Jewish tradition that Moses ascended not only Mount Sinai benefit to heaven to receive God's law of the new wisdom where law has come down from heaven in the flesh.
So again, that could be the point that he's contrasting it with Jewish views that that said some tradition that said Moses went up to heaven to receive the law and they say no to know that the real one who's lived in heaven and is come down from heaven. I am the living bread.
I'm different, so again it's to me it seems to be a matter of of quality of experience in reality that his ascension to heaven.
His coming down from heaven is different than that of any other person who saw glimpses of things are received visions. Where is he in that sense lived there and comes down bringing the glory of heaven with him.
So it has to be a matter of degrees. Your question is, is totally totally fair, but it has to be a matter of degrees as is.
I would understand it, so hopefully that's sought, that's helpful.
And beyond that, that's that that's where you dig into the commentary some more and see if they got other insights for a bit against to me it's a matter of degrees.
This way Jesus ascended and descended.
No one else, no one else in any way, shape, size, form to compare that reality. Thank you for the Expo line of fire with your host Dr. Michael Brown into the line of fire now by calling 866-34-TRUTH here again is Dr. Michael Brown got answers and I was just in Midlothian, Midlothian, Virginia. Let stand, Midlothian, Virginia John walking to the line of fire. Dr. Brown want to make a comment about the grand gender battle going on for 56 feet under water, at Roe versus Wade simply encapsulated cultural beliefs. In 1973 when a unborn child was declared to have no schematic that was either a blob of tissue or figure sent back institutionalized now. A child can become whatever they want become human identity was destroyed, which allowed anyone can now redefine human identity of man can be a woman, a woman, a man like a black or whatever. So I think the church needs to wake up to the fact we've already lost the battle and we need to humble ourselves get on our knees and pray that God would turn things back rather than public fighting bathroom more today, yes. First, that the final point about we lost the battle you I mean it's when God called me to get involved with these issues, homosexual issues, etc. beginning 2004, and to reach out to the people with compassion while resisting the agenda. I surveyed the landscape then and thought we lost its it's over by divine intervention. So from day one. I've known we've needed something miraculous to have the know.
It doesn't mean that we don't stand day by day on other issues because otherwise you keep writing further and further further so we stand for those. But let's not deceive ourselves, we can draw a line in the sand that lines on skin stand so long without awakening in the church that spreads over to the larger culture that's just that's just a given. We need miraculous intervention and that will happen as we humble ourselves and pray II would look at things from a slightly different angle and say beginning in 48 with the publication of of Alfred Kinsey's sexuality of the human male. Became this an amazing book and he's time magazine man of the year was this really is and even some of them material and gathered from pedophiles and just all kinds of things it seven Americans are being exposed to think about that starts to open the door for the sexual revolution.
Playboy magazine starts photographing nudes in 1953 that goes further, but then that the counterculture revolution of the 60s we have this massive upheaval and that's really what we have fundamental attacks on the on on the meaning of marriage on sexuality sex now is a form of recreation, rather than for the purpose of procreation means to separate the two. Birth control pill become available.
1960 that you just got a wider sexual countercultural revolution that challenges the status quo and that out of that comes radical feminism out of that comes the gay activist movement and then on the heels of all that once there is now been the downgrading of the importance of of sexuality, the downgrading of coupling together as married couples and having children, raising families, now it's very easy to have that next step. So I see them as all related. I think you're right in that regards her symptoms related that now you have this larger attack on personhood and once you do now with with the legalizing of abortion on demand through pregnancy in all 50 states Roe V Wade, you now have destroyed a culture of life and of open the door to a culture of death in the dehumanizing of human beings.
So one thing and that sense flows out of another and the only solution is on our faces before the Lord know no doubt about that. Thank you for the call. Much appreciated 866-34-TRUTH a CJ in Columbus Ohio. Thanks for calling the line of fire. Hello Dr. Brown hello the question about the healing negative sort of a two-part question over a year struggling with the health challenge, but I just wanted to know it will get your get your perspective you take on receiving healing where where I get it. It is biblical or ideological to to expect God to heal instantly, immediately, like he does in his word and likely see gospel today. CJ is certainly not on biblical or illogical to ask for that effect.
It's very biblical and very logical that Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever, that Jesus says whoever believes in him do the work she's been doing it, not only those with greater works because goes to the father that if the New Testament tells us of her sick. I was a serious illness because the elves of the congregation, the coming progress in North Nashville. The name of the Lord.
The prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well if those within the body with gifts of healing, if David was able to testify that God forgive all his sins and heal those diseases that certainly it makes sense for us to go to the Lord and cry out for healing and asking to make us whole. Believing that these are good gifts from our father that these are good things that her father does in his love for us and that it's in keeping with the character of God to do this now we can be sick sometimes thrown wrong choices know someone has cirrhosis of the liver. Three years of alcoholism they repent.
God might feel them.
You can do that but certainly we know that we've we've made our own bed. The same five lung cancer through decades of cigarette smoking. I can ask for healing guy can have mercy but obviously that's the result of a simple many times were sick and it's it's unrelated to personal senates even when it is James five says the person. Faith makes a person about his committed sins, Lord will forgive him, so I would come to God like an expectant child asking and believing.
I also would believe that because healing is a good thing that doctors are doing a good thing that if there was a simple pill that could be taken that that relieve the symptoms and allergy or a doctor's visit and you get the bone set in a cast put on and and you're as good as new. I would thank God for medical science. I would thank God for the work of doctors.
Many times it's frustrating because we pray and we don't see answers in that case, I praise God because he's good. I thank God that he's the healer. Whether I feel anything or not and I recognize that in this world. Even though we have these wonderful divine promises. We don't always receive the fullness of what is promised. But I'd like to do this because these are serious issues, sickness, healing, very, very serious issues, sometimes debilitating, terribly painful life sapping. I did an extensive teaching on God, the healer and receiving healing from God. It's it's I think, oh, probably 24 hours or so, but it's all to listen to on your on your MP3 player.
It's one CD that you can then download onto your MP3 player on your computer I want to send it you as a gift. My MP3 series on divine healing. So Betsy if you can get CJ's address I were to send to my MP3 series on divine healing and it's the best thing I can do to answer your questions and to minister to you in a way that will help you set your heart on God, the healer Lord touch CJ and others right now in pain and sickness, and mercy be known to them Jesus thing is remember to check out our special resource offer tree of life with free DVD and will pay the postage*around along the bottom line today, who is central to central better be Jesus and