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S7 279. Its about Time, Part 3 - A Good Word Spoken at the Perfect Time · Millennial Mustard Seed

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Welcome back to Millennial Mustard Seed and Days of Noah
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teaming up once again for a micro mini, and I'm here with
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Pete. How's it going, Pete?
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It's going well, Rod. Good to be back for another
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mini. And we're going to continue this
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series on time. We don't know how much we're
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going to get through with the time we have and how many parts
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there's going to be to this series, but on this one, I know
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we wanted to talk about time from the biblical perspective,
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from God's perspective, and then the Hebrew mindset of prophecy
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cycles and patterns. So that might be more than a
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mini can handle, but I know we wanted to start with
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Ecclesiastes and kind of that that classic section of
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Scripture on a time for everything.
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Do you have that pulled up? Yeah, I have it right here.
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Ecclesiastes 3 Starting verse one There is a time for
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everything and a season for every activity under the
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heavens. A time to be born and a time to
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die. A time to plant and a time to
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uproot. A time to kill and a time to
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heal. A time to tear down and a time
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to build. There's a time to weep and
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there's a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.
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A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them.
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A time to embrace, and there's a time to refrain from embracing.
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A time to search and a time to give up.
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A time to keep and a time to throw away.
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A time to tear and a time to mend.
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A time to be silent and a time to speak up.
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There's a time to love and a time to hate, and there's a time
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for war and a time for peace. Ecclesiastes 3.
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One through 8. It's very poetic, isn't it?
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It's when you actually read it, it's it's very poetic.
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It's poetic and it's powerful and it's it's just timeless
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words of wisdom. And it made me think of a
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similar concept, I think. And this has to do with having
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the right thing to say at the right moment at the right time.
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Proverbs, 2511. Like apples of gold in settings
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of silver is a word aptly spoken.
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Just saying the right word at the right moment.
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You know how how refreshing is that right?
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You you say that encouraging thing to your child when they're
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struggling with their homework. You have the right word of
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wisdom for a friend at the right moment and and they treasure
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that and they remember that for years.
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But there, yeah, there's just so much biblical wisdom for how God
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views time versus how we view it.
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You know, of course, to to God, he's not to God.
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He's not bound by the concept of time.
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It's something he created. He's outside of it.
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And so to him, 1000 years on earth is like a day to him.
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He can go back and forth and see the beginning from the end, the
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end from the beginning and declaring the end from the
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beginning. Isaiah 4610 says it's, it's hard
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to put into words the way he sees it because we're kind of
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locked in. We've talked about that linear
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concept of of time, but maybe let's shift to kind of the
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prophetic, right? Because we tend to think,
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especially with the Western mindset that the prophetic
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prophecy is something yet to be fulfilled in time that is
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predicted. But there is kind of a cyclical
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and pattern thought of prophecy that's more the Hebrew mindset.
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You want to unpack that a little bit.
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Yeah, I mean, just and real quick to tie a knot on the
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Ecclesiastes, like to drop it into four sections which
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encompass what you just brought up, A time for everything,
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showing these various seasons from beginning to end, life and
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death, planting, harvesting, the seasons of life.
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I mean it, it's highlighting the importance of recognizing the
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different stages and activities that happen throughout one's
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life. And then the cyclical nature.
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It's suggesting that life itself is a series of events that are
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that you're experiencing that are expressing a greater plan.
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It feeds into so much more than what we can wrap our heads
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around. And then contrasting the
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experiences, how passage it the passage contrast moments of joy
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and sorrow, highlighting the balance of life's experience and
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the cyclical nature is really what I mean how much of the
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Bible's prophecy it's it's circumvented right.
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It's over and over again and for God's timing and salvation.
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Well, second Corinthians 62 says for he is in time of my favor.
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I heard you and in the day of salvation I helped you.
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I tell you, now is the time of God's favor.
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Now is the day of salvation. And this is like referencing
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when you hear the living words of truth that are that are
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eternally settled in the heaven and us making, aligning
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ourselves to be a conduit for God to use his will and purpose
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through broken vessels like ourselves.
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That's some of the best time that you can spend Psalms 3115
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says my times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hands of my
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enemies from those who pursue me and you touched on the timely
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word and so this that that's mentioned in Proverbs.
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You know a person finds joy in giving an apartment reply.
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So Pete that circles back to what I talked about on the last
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micro does our emotion right. So when we align ourselves with
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God's will, when we're in his lane, right, we're we're aligned
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with him, he's able to work in and throw us.
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Does that change how we perceive time?
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I absolutely believe so. I'm being coming more and more
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convinced. But the Hebrew thoughts on time,
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they're both cyclical and linear.
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It's a synthesis that shapes the ancient Jewish life and
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spirituality. We pretty much as a Western
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culture view things linear and it seems pretty straightforward
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undirectional line, right? History this, stamp this many
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years later this happened. But the poetic or prophetic,
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which are one in the same, they're inseparable.
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God will literally use different faces, different names with very
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similar outcomes, right, Because there's one spirit, 1 truth, one
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baptism. The Bible says that the Lord
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Jesus Christ is the spirit of prophecy, and prophecy and
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poetry are inseparable. I highly recommend you guys go
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to YouTube after this recording and dig into the late Doctor
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Chuck Missler speaking on behalf of prophecy and poetry.
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It'll blow your mind because what the writers of the Bible
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intended for us to understand is exactly what is written, and
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that it's not meant to be poetic and rhythmic by pronunciation,
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but rhythmic by experience, chapter by chapter, line upon
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line. That means God has the same
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spirit that He used in David and in Joshua and in Caleb and in
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Moses, that same Spirit. It is Him.
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He is the Spirit of prophecy. He is a spirit.
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And if His Spirit is working in and through you, is He preparing
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in the time slot of our experience vessels to do some
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reoccurrences, to set some captives free, to bring some
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healing to the broken hearted? I think yes, absolutely yes.
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I am more and more convinced that time is a slot for us to
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experience. God is seeing all of time
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simultaneously. There's no separation or
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partiality for Him. We are just experiencing our
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slot of existence. But the same Spirit is active
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today and now that was then. So is He speaking for courage to
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rise up in the Caleb's and the Joshua's?
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I would agree and say yes, we are in a time slot.
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That is very important to understand how God works, what
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He says about time, and how He wants to use it to His
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advantage. I'm reminded of Esther for such
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a time as this. I mean everyone listening and
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Rod and myself included speaking.
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Were we were born into this time for a purpose.
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God chose that we would be here for what is taking place on the
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earth. And so being prayerful and
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mindful of God, what do you have for me?
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How do I fulfill what you have for me in this time and in this
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season that that should be near on our hearts?
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I'm challenged by that. I think about God's concept of
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the fullness of time, right? Whether it was the sin of the
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Amorites not yet being full or until the time of the Gentiles
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is fulfilled, right until the fullness of time in Galatians,
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it says there's just so many aspects to it.
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Yeah, Galatians 44. That's the one I was
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referencing. But when the fullness of the
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time had come, God sent forth his son, born of a woman, born
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under the law. Galatians 4/4 So God has a
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concept of time that is outside our perspective, but it's also
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in cycles and patterns, as we said, right, kind of that Hebrew
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mindset and Rod, I think the more that we dig into creation
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and I'm going to be talking with with with some guests coming up
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on creation and how God breathe, breathe things into existence
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and used this ancient Hebrew culture, right?
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Even the very language as Doctor Monzo describes being tied to
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points in our body. You know, the the wisdom of the
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software of our body is tied to the language that God perhaps
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used to speak creation into existence.
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Like how how mind blowing is that?
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So I think there's actually like an ancient Hebrew Jewish,
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however you want to put put it way that God created things and
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he he wired that into time as well.
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So we, we, we see that in, in the repetition of, of feasts in
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the 24 hour day in the week, in the month, all of these things
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going through cycles. And then prophetically, we have
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that Mike Heiser concept. And I think he even got the term
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from another scholar, if I remember correctly, the already
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and not yet right, where you have a partial fulfillment of
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prophecy and then later on a more full fulfillment or you
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have multiple fulfillments, right?
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And you see that with, with archetypes of, of Christ, like
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Noah was a type of Christ and Moses was, and David was, and,
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and then you have the actual Christ, you know, and, and you
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see these things played out. And so I think that speaks into,
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as we're interpreting the Bible, trying to understand what's
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already been fulfilled and what hasn't.
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You know, this is the question of preterism and partial
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preterism and futurism. You know, if I'm going to have a
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show called the Days of Noah, Well, I, I guess I'm kind of
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saying that I'm a futurist. I'm saying what Jesus said is,
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hey, these times are coming back.
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And the preterist says, no, a lot of these things have already
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been fulfilled. Well, what if it's cyclical?
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What if there's a partial fulfillment and we haven't seen
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the full fulfillment? And so we're not understanding
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that Hebrew mindset. And so we think these things
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have already happened. It's more than likely to be
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honest with you. Think about even creation alone
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in seven days, right? There's a God's motive is to
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create something. He, his activity, his spirits
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moving, hovering above the waters.
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It goes through the whole entire day by day creation scenario.
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Each one has a climax of purpose.
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And at the end of it, he says it's good.
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So we know that there's going to be, in my opinion, a actual
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millennial reign of Christ, 1000 year reign.
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It says in Revelation, do not remove or add to these words.
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And I will dare to do no such thing other than speak on behalf
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as to what is written. It says there will be 1000 year
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reign and the Christ will do exactly what he has prophesied
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to do. Let me run through just a couple
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key Hebrew words for time here with a brief description.
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I think I'll hit like maybe 3 or 4 of them.
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See if this helps connect some dots to everything we're talking
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about. Zamam, this is the general
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Hebrew word for time, often referring to a specific,
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measurable period of time. ET meaning a man.
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You're going to have to do a little cut there for me.
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ET meaning a specific opportune moment or the right time.
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It is often used to describe God's divinely fixed and
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orchestrated moments throughout history, such as the promised
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birth of the Messiah or a season of rain withheld or rain to
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come. Olam referring to a long
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duration of time, whether in the past or the future.
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It is often translated as forever, everlasting, or
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eternal, but its roots mean concealed or beyond the horizon.
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This implies a vast, unknowable time frame that stretches beyond
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human perception, and its meaning is always dependent on
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the context. Then we have the word yam, the
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word for day, but its meaning can vary greatly depending on
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its context. Typically it leans into a 24
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hour, you know, general understanding in my
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grandfather's day, a long period, days of our lives or
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even a year. So Yom can be used differently,
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but it's mainly a 24 hour period.
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And then we have Shabbat. This is the last one I'll, I'll
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bring up the Hebrew word to rest.
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It's the Sabbath. It's a weekly day of rest that
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sanctifies time and teaches that time is sacred.
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It's a sacred dimensional experience.
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It's a cathedral in time. And so God obviously commands a
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day of rest and for the Sabbath not to be forgotten.
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So how we treat time, what our motive is for time, I think God
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is trying to show us is very important.
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Like, hey, I got, you know, sometimes we'll text Pete and
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it's like, hey, I got a few minutes.
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You want to catch up? You know, the the way the
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Hebrews understood the way that they were using the word time is
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not terribly different than us in English because we'll say
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forever or eternity. But how does God view it?
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And are we in alignment with the original intention?
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I think is where we're lacking a bit in Western culture.
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Yeah. And a thought came to mind as
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well as time is a currency, right?
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It's one of our resources. We have money, we have our
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health, most of us to some degree to be able to make an
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income. It is a resource like our money,
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like our talents and gifts that we've been given.
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And not in a legalistic sense, but let's all be thinking and
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praying about how to please God with that time use as a
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resource. And with that thought in mind,
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Rod, maybe let's finish reading some of the the verses that you
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have on the last page of the notes here.
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James 44. James 414.
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Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring.
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What is your life? For you are a mist that appears
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for a little time, and then vanishes.
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Jeremiah 2911 For I know the plans I have for you, declares
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the Lord, plans for welfare, and not for evil, to give you a
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future in a hope. And what is future but time yet
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fulfilled? Psalm 3115.
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My times are in your hand. Rescue me from the hand of my
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enemies and from my persecutors. Colossians 4-5 walk in wisdom
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towards outsiders, making the best use of the time.
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Those are a few of them. Roddy, do you want to read a
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couple more or just maybe just wrap up on this series?
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We may or may not do another episode on this, but at least
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for now, we will leave off with some of these concepts.
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Yeah, I think I'll just read Ecclesiastes 311.
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He has made everything beautiful in its time.
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Also, he has put eternity into man's heart yet so that he
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cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the
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end. Yeah, I mean, I guess you guys
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dig into this a little bit more if this is important to you as
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it is to me and Pete, dig into it and spend some time with the
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Lord for that deeper understanding.
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Because the seasons that are coming and going, the new things
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that are being birthed, 2026 is not going to look like anything
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that we may have previously thought.
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God is always up to his business and that is the cosmic chess
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match of all of existence. He's doing his biddings and he
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will have it just his way. Just as mentioned in Esther, if
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certain people that are called for such a time as this do not
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rise up, their household will die and he will find another.
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Let's be the ones who rise up. I think an opportune time is at
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hand, you guys. And yeah Pete, maybe we will do
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another mini on time in the future.
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It is possible. I don't.
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I think we've. Brought enough intrigue and, you
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know, we've planted some seeds of deeper understanding, which
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is necessary in the days that we live in.
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So let's just see where it goes from there.
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But it's always an honor to be with you on these episodes,
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people. Yeah, I appreciate it, Rod.
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Thanks for being here. Thanks for listening, guys.
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And do let us know if you want us to explore any of the
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concepts of time that we've touched on or some aspects that
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we haven't really dug into yet. Feel free to send Roger myself
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an e-mail and let us know. Thanks so much guys.
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Until next time. God bless.
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Try and trust no more. Stay bright you stay.
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Light. Stay light you stay.
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Bright stay. Light you stay.
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Light you stay. Light you stay.
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Light. You daylight stay bright is
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better with you. Daylight you Stay bright.
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Stay bright is better with you. You.
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On the shoe. It's better with you.
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You. If I showed you the scars, would
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you turn away? If I lowered the wall, would you
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come and stay? If I open my heart, would you
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shine your light if I let this thing stop?
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Pull me. Through the night, Cancel it and
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Brave Come take a ride with me. Let's take a look at all the
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things that life was supposed to be.
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Look me in the eyes. I want to see you light, shine,
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beauty and passion. Just like it's the first time.
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Oh my baby, I'm a gentleman at heart.
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Unless you win the service of my enemy or worker.
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Rather dark. I speak light words and happy
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moments. Lighting my eyes, staring back
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your dark opponent. Lord help me now.
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You. And you?
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And stay right is better with you than I ain't you.
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Hell ain't you then, right. Stay right is better with you.
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You all. And you?
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It's better with you. You all and you.