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03 30 2025 Whoever Reads, Let Him Understand · Your Daily Portion with L. David Harris

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  Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too much,
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  Speaker 1: because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy for
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  Speaker 1: today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect yesterday's
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  Speaker 1: portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep
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  Speaker 1: us through today's challenges. On this program, we are going
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  Speaker 1: to change all of that. Let's experience God's words today
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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,
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  Speaker 1: Elle David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Sunday, March thirty,
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. Hello, my name is El David Harris.
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  Speaker 2: I am your host, and this is your Daily Portion
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  Speaker 2: where we give you God's word every single day, and
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  Speaker 2: today is no exception. We are continuing in our new
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  Speaker 2: lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy, and our
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  Speaker 2: caption for today is whoever reads, let him understand, whoever reads,
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  Speaker 2: let him understand. We'll get into that in just a moment,
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  Speaker 2: but first I'd like to say welcome to you and
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  Speaker 2: then we will get underway. Father and Heaven, thank you
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  Speaker 2: for giving us the privilege of being called by your name,
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  Speaker 2: and for giving us the ability to enter into your
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  Speaker 2: mindset with you. You reveal these truths that you have
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  Speaker 2: In Jesus name, I pray, Amen, and a man again,
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  Speaker 2: whoever reads let him understand listen. There have been so
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  Speaker 2: many cryptic books on the market that supposedly teach us
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  Speaker 2: about Bible prophecy. And I remember before I got baptized.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, I grew up in a church going home.
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  Speaker 2: My dad was a pastor, my grandfather on my mother's
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  Speaker 2: side was a pastor, an evangelist, etc. And I had uncles, pastors,
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  Speaker 2: Bible teachers. But I was lost, like I wasn't connected
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  Speaker 2: to God full stop. Right, Okay, but before, right before,
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  Speaker 2: God awakened my mind to what relationship with him would
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  Speaker 2: look like. And then I gave myself to him, Thank God.
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  Speaker 2: I was listening to a guy on the television. I
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  Speaker 2: want to say who it was, but maybe it's not productive.
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  Speaker 2: And this dude could actually quote five hundred Bible verses
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  Speaker 2: in ten minutes verbatim. So I was enamored, like wow, right,
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  Speaker 2: But when he would teach on Bible prophecy, I thought
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  Speaker 2: it was amazing because I didn't pray, I didn't go
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  Speaker 2: to church like I did, I did not read or
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  Speaker 2: study my Bible like I was just living a worldly life.
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  Speaker 2: But blown away at his skill and what he was
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  Speaker 2: teaching was rubbish? Can I just say that? And then
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  Speaker 2: there were so many books out there on cryptic books
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  Speaker 2: and teachings out there about Bible prophecy, and it's like, ah,
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  Speaker 2: but doesn't God teach us that the revelation is of
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  Speaker 2: Jesus Christ. Doesn't it teach us that he wants us
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  Speaker 2: to know him. And so it was in that vein
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  Speaker 2: that I started as I became a believer, now studying
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  Speaker 2: the scriptures and the prophecies in particular, looking for the
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  Speaker 2: relationship that God had promised. And he promised here that
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  Speaker 2: when we read and listen to his words, we can
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  Speaker 2: understand and we will receive a threefold blessing. One day
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  Speaker 2: we'll unpack the specifics, but today today we begin by
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  Speaker 2: learning a few things. The lesson writer asks the question,
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  Speaker 2: what do the following text suggest about God's intention to
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  Speaker 2: make himself understood? Okay, so we're going to answer that
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  Speaker 2: question and not interpret the particular scriptures. We're going to
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  Speaker 2: answer the question first from Matthew chapter twenty four in
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  Speaker 2: verse fifteen, and the Bible reads, when ye therefore shall
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  Speaker 2: see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel, the
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  Speaker 2: prophet stand in the Holy place, whoso readeth, let him understand.
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  Speaker 2: And then of course God gives the marching orders in
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  Speaker 2: the next passage. So the principle is that God expects
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  Speaker 2: us to understand. It says here, whoso readeth, let him understand.
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  Speaker 2: And then prophecy is meant to be understood. It's not
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  Speaker 2: meant to confuse us. It's not meant for super intelligent
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  Speaker 2: theologians and prognosticators to somehow have the cheat code and
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  Speaker 2: we don't understand what they're talking about. No, prophecy is
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  Speaker 2: meant to be understood. Readers should seek. When we're reading,
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  Speaker 2: we should be seeking understanding. And then finally, understanding requires effort.
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  Speaker 2: It's not something that we just hang out and you know,
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  Speaker 2: maybe we go to sleep at night and hope by
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  Speaker 2: osmosis if we put our Bible under our pillows that
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  Speaker 2: somehow we'll get that. No. No, it is meant to
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  Speaker 2: be understood, yes, but it also requires some effort and
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  Speaker 2: of course submission to God on our part. Now we
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  Speaker 2: go to Revelation chapter one and verse three. I made
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  Speaker 2: allusion to it a second ago. Blessed is he or
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  Speaker 2: she in that case that readeth, and they that hear
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  Speaker 2: the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which
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  Speaker 2: are written therein for the time is at hand. And
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  Speaker 2: so the principle that I want you to get here
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  Speaker 2: is that understanding of these prophecies brings blessing. Reading is important,
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  Speaker 2: or listening. Hearing leads to blessing, and then of course
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  Speaker 2: obedience follows understanding. When we say that we understand God's word,
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  Speaker 2: we're seeking his face in his word. Then there is
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  Speaker 2: some responsibility that is incumbent upon us. We are responsible
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  Speaker 2: to God to do what He is empowering us to
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  Speaker 2: do through the exact same word. Okay. Number three from Matthew,
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  Speaker 2: chapter eleven and verse twenty nine. The Bible reads, take
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  Speaker 2: my yoke upon you, and learn of me. So God
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  Speaker 2: wants a companionship. He wants us to pull in the
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  Speaker 2: same direction. He wants us to be in cooperation with him.
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  Speaker 2: Take my yoke Jesus set upon you, and learn of me.
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  Speaker 2: For I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye
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  Speaker 2: shall find rest unto your souls. Here's the principle. God
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  Speaker 2: invites learning. He said learn of me. He also has
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  Speaker 2: given us a personal invitation to learning. It's not some
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  Speaker 2: academic approach. He's saying, come on, please come close to me,
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  Speaker 2: learn of me. Christ is the one who is the teacher.
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  Speaker 2: And guess what the learning brings rest. Learning of Him
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  Speaker 2: brings rest. You know how many people teach the Bible
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  Speaker 2: and the prophecies in particular, and the learning brings strife.
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  Speaker 2: The learning brings confusion. The learning brings like an intense
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  Speaker 2: feeling of four boding like the learning in this text.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus speaking, he said, you will learn of me and
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  Speaker 2: find rest unto your souls. So that is the perspective
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  Speaker 2: that I would like for you to embrace. Number four
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  Speaker 2: is from Jeremiah chapter nine, verses twenty three to twenty
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  Speaker 2: four and twenty four. Thus seth the Lord. Let not
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  Speaker 2: the wise man glory in his wisdom. Neither let the
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  Speaker 2: mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich
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  Speaker 2: man glory in his riches. But let him that glorieth,
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  Speaker 2: glorieth in this glory, in this part of me, that
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  Speaker 2: he understandeth and knoweth me, that I and the Lord,
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  Speaker 2: which exercise loving kindness and judgment and righteousness in the earth.
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  Speaker 2: For in these things I delight. Seth the Lord. Now
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  Speaker 2: we know the heart of God. So the principle is
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  Speaker 2: knowing the knowing God or the knowledge of God is supreme.
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  Speaker 2: Knowledge of God is supreme. Understanding God is our primary goal,
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  Speaker 2: or having the connection with God so that we can
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  Speaker 2: understand him. Knowing God personally matters. And then finally God
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  Speaker 2: reveals his character. He is not playing peek a boo,
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  Speaker 2: He is not playing hide and seek. He is not
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  Speaker 2: saying that only superintelligent theologians and prognosticators can somehow track
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  Speaker 2: him down and find him. And so the overall principles
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  Speaker 2: are these. God wants to be understood. Understanding requires effort,
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  Speaker 2: Understanding brings blessing. Learning is rational, and God reveals himself clearly,
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  Speaker 2: and then of course there is action when he reveals himself. Peace.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot
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  Speaker 1: live by bread alone, but by every word that comes
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  Speaker 1: from the mouth of God. This has been your daily
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  Speaker 1: portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah,