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J.B. Hixson: Faith, Perspective, And Preparedness For Major Crises · Worldview Matters With David Fiorazo

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  Welcome to World View Matters, discussing controversial issues, discerning current events,
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  defending biblical Christianity.
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  No topic, off limits.
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  And now, here's your host, David Fierazzo.
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  Hey, friends.
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  Thanks for watching.
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  Thanks for tuning in and for sharing the podcast again today.
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  We've got Dr. J.B. Hicks and back with us.
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  We're going to be talking about his book, Spirit of the False Profit, Rise of the Global
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  Technocracy.
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  And we're also going to be talking about a balanced approach to preparing for the future,
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  preparing for the unknown as Christians.
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  What does that look like?
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  So I want to bring in J.B. Hicks and pastor of Plum Creek Chapel in Sidelia, Colorado.
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  And you can get his books at notbyworks.org.
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  J.B., good to see you again.
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  Welcome back.
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  Hey, David.
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  How you been, man?
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  This is this is always a highlight of my month when I get to talk with you.
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  Oh, come on.
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  Stop.
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  Don't.
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  All right.
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  So I really appreciate your writing.
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  I don't know how you do it, especially with this three volume set, the series, Spirit of
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  the Antichrist, and now Spirit of the False Profit.
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  There's so much in there, J.B., but I have to be honest with you.
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  When I got to the chapter, I believe it was what chapter is this, chapter nine, on escaping
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  the prison planet, it is potentially overwhelming because you have such wonderful and thorough information
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  on what Christians can prepare for and what we might be able to do and get, you know,
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  purchase things we can have at our home for crises, natural disasters, things like that.
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  But with all that's going on, there's a lot to think about.
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  And I had to step back and go, okay, I ultimately trust the Lord.
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  And that's where we have to fight any fear of the unknown, fear of the future.
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  And I would love, before we get into that chapter in some of the practical steps and
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  practical things that you laid out and listed, could you please speak to that as Christians,
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  how we trust a known God with an unknown future.
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  And he's sovereign over all things, so please share and edify our audience, please.
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  Yeah, absolutely.
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  You said it exactly right.
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  Fear is not of the Lord.
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  We're never to be scared, but we are to be prepared.
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  But it's a matter of walking by faith.
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  So above all else, we walk by faith.
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  We walk by faith, not by sight.
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  We trust the Lord.
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  We know that whatever happens, even if humanly speaking, it seems discouraging.
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  God can bring beautiful things out of the broken things.
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  And he is never forsaken the righteous.
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  And over and over again, we see the call and scripture for believers to trust the Lord.
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  Psalms is a great place to go.
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  So we don't look at our circumstances, which may seem difficult.
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  We look at the Lord and we know that he's got a plan that he's working out in the big
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  picture.
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  And we also need to be reminded that our life on Earth is just a speck on the timeline
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  of eternity.
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  So sometimes we become consumed with and overwhelmed by and anxious by day to day affairs.
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  We need to step back and remember God's got this, God's in control.
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  Now having said that, the point that we make in the book is that faith in God and preparedness
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  are not mutually exclusive.
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  In fact, they're both taught in scripture.
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  The Christian is commanded, Proverbs 22, 3, to if he sees trouble coming, prepare for
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  it.
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  The wise man sees trouble coming and prepares for it.
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  So we don't want to presume upon our faith and just say, well, you know, I don't have
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  to do anything.
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  God's going to take care of it.
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  You know, I don't have to brush my teeth every morning.
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  If God wants me to have a cavity, I'll have a cavity.
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  And I don't have to wear my seat belt.
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  If God wants me to die, I'm going to die.
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  I mean, that's a, you know, that's sort of a wrong fatalistic attitude.
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  So the Bible teaches both trust in God, prevailing over everything.
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  And yet taking a practical steps to do what make wise decisions.
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  And now more than ever, and that's the reason we put that at the end of this last book,
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  believers need to recognize that we are entering uncharted territory on earth.
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  And we need to be prepared to fulfill our duty as believers, which means providing for
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  our family, providing for our spouse, making a difference in this world, sharing the gospel,
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  fighting the fight, if you will, until either the rapture happens or the Lord calls us home.
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  There are so many things in there, and what you just said, and thank you for just really
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  encouraging people to maintain a proper balance.
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  But this is also an opportunity with what we've seen, especially since 2020 with COVID
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  and the government power grabs and the global, a push for globalism and all that.
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  We've seen, we've seen opportunities for people, Christians to really go back to their
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  foundation of faith, make sure you're built on the rock and not shifting sand.
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  And just say, all right, this is happening, God's not surprised.
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  And I think the church, JB, I think the church needs to respond in ways that people outside
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  of church walls Monday through Saturday can see that we are not shaken by world events,
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  by demonic agendas and by all the things that could happen to us here in America.
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  So your thoughts on that?
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  Yeah, I mean, I think that idea of steadfast faith, even in the midst of preparing for
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  what may come, is very important.
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  We want to do it with a confidence, not nervous, not overwhelmed, and I'll speak to that
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  here in a moment.
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  But just with our heads held high, saying, you know what, God's got this.
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  But I'm going to take the practical steps that are necessary to prepare for whatever
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  may happen, whether that's financially, whether that's in terms of food, protection, shelter,
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  those types of things.
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  And so, yeah, the church has really fallen down on the job there.
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  And especially pastors, I mean, it's like the 1930s all over again, the world is really
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  falling apart.
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  And what better place than the pulpits across America for God's pastors and Bible believing
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  pastors to be proclaiming the truth and helping the body of Christ walk through these uncharted
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  territories.
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  And sadly, many pastors are not doing that, but they're mocking those who are, which is
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  a sign of the times in and of itself.
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  Yes.
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  And we've talked about this so much on previous shows with you how the saints are not being
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  equipped.
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  But this is a little different.
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  This is not just the spiritual battle.
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  And now we're talking about what might happen with our own government, with the power,
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  with electricity, with attacks from within.
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  And we're not even talking about the globalists, we look at the southern border and look
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  at what the government is allowing to happen.
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  So JB, I want to jump right ahead to something in the chapter that you have called three responses
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  to major crises and building a preparedness stockpile.
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  So we're talking about chapter nine friends in JB's book, Spirit of the False Prophet.
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  And if you go to the list of items that you could purchase and you could have at home
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  and you could start gathering, it can be somewhat daunting.
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  But these things need to be talked about and then do what you can afford, do what is
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  in your control.
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  There's no reason to worry or to freak out about any of this, but let's keep a balanced
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  approach.
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  My heart for this is for JB to communicate this approach and for to help equip you and
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  encourage you what you need to do, what you need to be watching for.
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  And always with that faith in God.
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  So JB, the three responses, hunker down, head out or hole up.
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  Could you take us into detail on those?
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  Yeah, you bet.
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  So first of all, let me say, you know, we encourage folks to get the book if they can,
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  obviously, but this particular chapter comes from a free NBW Preparedness Guide that's
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  available free on our website.
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  It's 12 pages.
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  That's incorporated into this chapter.
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  So, you know, at the very least, even if you can't buy the book, pick up that free guide.
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  Just go to notbyworks.org on the online store in the free section.
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  There's a bunch of free stuff, one of the things, one of those is the NBW Preparedness
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  Guide.
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  But yeah, there are three primary responses and we go through in the chapter, you know,
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  the different scenarios to consider what might happen.
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  And you know, to begin with, as you mentioned, it can be daunting, but don't be overwhelmed.
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  Do what you can.
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  And when it comes to preparedness, one size doesn't fit all.
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  I mean, the person living in a major metropolitan area and a traditional suburb or even downtown
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  is going to have different needs than someone that lives out in the country or in a rural
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  area.
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  A number of kids that you have in your family, your own age, how mobile you are, all of
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  these factors weigh in.
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  So we're trying here, at least for today's show, to try to keep it in terms of the principles
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  or the conceptual idea.
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  So hunker down is the first of three kind of categories to consider or responses to consider.
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  And this is what happens when something happens that basically causes you to stay at home
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  for a while.
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  Maybe there's been a natural disaster.
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  Maybe there's been a terrorist attack.
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  There's some type of crisis where maybe there's power outages.
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  It disrupts the normal routine.
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  Stores and roads might be closed.
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  There could be civil unrest in certain regions that make it dangerous to leave your home.
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  So in this case, it's assumed that there's no imminent threat of danger to your life
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  in your home right where you are.
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  Like for example, if there was a forest fire, we have to deal with those in Colorado.
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  I mean, you might have to leave.
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  But in this first scenario or assuming you can stay put, so you need to ask yourself,
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  if I had to stay at home for six months, only maybe stepping outside a few times today
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  to get some sun or just you had to stay on your property for six months, could you survive?
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  If you couldn't go to the store, you couldn't go to Walmart, you couldn't get Amazon deliveries,
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  what would you do?
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  So you need to think through food, water source, protection, just in case some mean-spirited
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  person comes with bad intentions to your door and shelter.
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  That means heat source if you're in a cold climate, air conditioning and fans and stuff
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  if you're in a hot climate.
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  So you need to think through those things and we give you a list of suggested supplies.
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  Again, don't be overwhelmed.
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  We trust the Lord.
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  But if you do, if you start taking the first steps in your hearts right before the Lord,
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  he'll honor that.
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  So maybe every time you go to the store, nick up an extra thing of peanut butter or five
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  pound bag of beans or rice or those types of things, just start checking stuff off your
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  list.
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  You can't do everything, but you can do something.
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  Yeah, things that have a long shelf life, so to speak, or that have long expiration.
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  Good points, JB.
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  So that's if you can hunker down, but what about heading out?
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  Now heading out, this is where if staying puts not safe for whatever reason your life or
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  home might be in danger.
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  So you have to have a well-equipped and carefully thought out a bug out bag, meaning if you had
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  to leave, could you gather the things that you need that are crucial and be on the road
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  in 30 minutes?
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  So you need to maybe have two sets of supplies, one that's in your main supplier, if you
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  had to hunker down, but another one that's already pre-stocked that you could grab on
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  your way out in a crisis where you have to flee.
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  Maybe it's a hurricane or a fire or some other danger could be, I mean, it's not beyond
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  the wrong possibility.
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  We could have some kind of a nuclear attack, and depending on which way the wind is blowing,
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  you might have to deal with the fallout.
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  But whatever the cause, if you're caught off guard, you're not getting out because you're
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  going to be stuck in traffic, everybody's going to be panicked.
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  It's the people that are prepared and are ready ahead of time and can get on the road ahead
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  of everybody else that are going to be well-suited.
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  So think through a rendezvous point if you've got a big family like we do, we would talk
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  through these plans with our kids.
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  By the way, this whole preparedness guide in this chapter emanated from our own family
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  plans over the last 20 years.
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  So we would have movies with our kids and talk about this, hey, if something happens
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  and you get a code word from us on your text, you know where to meet.
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  Just go straight there, don't come home, we'll meet you there.
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  So we talk about all this in the chapter, but think through what you need to do if you
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  have to head out.
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  Man, you've been on top of this for years, JB, you're ahead of the curve.
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  You've got to take a brief break.
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  I also saw earlier this month you did a show with Curtis Chamberlain on fear, food, firearms
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  and freedom.
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  And I'm sure part of the conversation was what we're talking about, but we'll be right
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  So JB Hickson is our guest today.
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  Now we're talking about preparedness and keeping the faith regardless of the level of crisis.
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  Again, on their website, not by works.org, there's a free preparedness guide.
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  But JB, now we're on number three and that is whole up.
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  Explain to us what that's all about.
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  Yeah, so we said, hunker down, you know, there's something that's going on and you just need
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  to kind of be at home for a while and make sure you've got supplies for that.
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  We've got the head out option.
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  But the third option is the most severe and clearly the most unlikely, but it's worth
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  at least thinking through.
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  Because if something sort of an end of the world as we know it, scenario, were to happen,
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  there is going to be a group of people that are at ground zero, so to speak.
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  And so if that ends up being you, you want to think about the whole up scenario and what
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  that means is not only is the area around your home not safe, but you're, you're being
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  pursued in a sense, maybe there's bad guys out there rounding you up, maybe, you know,
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  and this has happened.
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  This has happened in Nazi Germany, this happened in other places throughout the world.
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  If you had to flee to a secure place and lay low for a while, could you do it?
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  So this is the time now when everything is not falling apart.
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  We're not in the midst of a crisis to think through this area.
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  Are there remote wooded areas where you can camp?
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  We've got, we're not campers, but we've got a nice intent and all the requisite supplies,
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  the little propane things.
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  We've got all of that in our preparedness stash.
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  And if we had to go somewhere where we could be safe for a while until we figured out
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  the dust settles and what's going on, we could do it.
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  Now we happen to live in Colorado.
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  So we've got unlimited mountains and forests and things around us.
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  But is there a private land somewhere, maybe friends relatives that have a bug out place
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  that you could go and, and of course, in a scenario where you're having to hold up,
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  you're going to want to think through all of the ways, you know, to stay off the grid.
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  So you're going to want to leave your phones behind.
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  You're going to, or put them in a, you know, some type of a protective case where they
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  can't be seen or accessed from remotely.
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  But you're going to want to think through all these scenarios.
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  But again, it's about survival.
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  And we've become very accustomed and spoiled in America to not be to deal with these things.
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  But if you look back through 6,000 years of human history, people have often had to
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  live off the land, provide for their family.
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  And this is something that most people are ill-equipped to do.
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  Can you, can you skin a deer?
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  Can you run a trot line?
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  Can you, do you know what flowers and vegetation you can eat and which one's not to eat?
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  Do you know how to filter water, you know, those types of things?
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  So yeah, the third scenario, I clearly the least likely, but you know, it is possible.
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  So the next section in your book in this chapter, chapter 9 is building a preparedness stock
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  pile.
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  And that's what, I mean, you are so extensive in detail that kind of went, oh, my goodness,
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  is there anything he did not think of?
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  One thing my wife would object to and that would be raisins.
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  But other than that, JB, I mean, I mean, just just basically what we talked about earlier,
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  oats and wheat and peanuts and honey, salt, sugar, dried fruits, jerky, comfort foods.
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  And then you've got, we need big containers.
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  And so very practical.
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  And if we just, like you said, if we just do this every time you're at the grocery store
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  or order something, if you just get something extra, whether that be bottled water or
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  other products, just go ahead and share whatever you'd like on this.
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  Yeah, you bet.
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  So water and food are most important.
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  Obviously, if you have the means, the simplest solution is to go online and purchase long-term
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  storeable food from one of the reputable companies.
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  It usually is a 25 to 30 year shelf life.
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  It's expensive, but it would solve the problem and you could get, depending on the number
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  of people in your family, enough to last six months or a year and just tuck it away and
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  you're keeping it in a cool, dry place and you're good, that can check that off your list.
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  But for most people, that's, you know, that's a lot of money and you don't have the means.
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  And so there are much more affordable ways to take care of the food aspect.
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  And that's, you know, looking through our list and picking out some of the things that
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  you can add to your shopping cart or go to Sam's or Costco.
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  They often have bigger bulk items and a lower cost, you know, per unit.
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  So that's, you know, that's one option on the food.
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  For the water, now there's some great filters out there.
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  We use the burky filter and they have different levels and different kinds.
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  We use it every day routinely to filter our water.
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  You ought not be drinking municipal water.
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  Hopefully everybody knows that.
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  If you are, you're putting all kinds of poisons into your body.
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  And even, even bottled water is suspect in some cases.
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  So best thing to do is get a burky or something like that.
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  But you know, let's say you live somewhere and you don't, you're on the city water.
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  How are you going to provide water?
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  Well, as long as the city water is still on, you can filter it and you're good.
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  But whatever the crisis is, causes the source of the water in the town to not be turned
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  on.
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  Well, then you want to look up and see where's a water source near your house.
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  And that's where having some five gallon buckets or even smaller, because the five gallon
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  would be about eight pound, sorry, would be about 80, let's see, 40 pounds.
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  I'll get there eventually 40 pounds.
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  That might be heavy to carry two 40 pound buckets.
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  But is there a pond?
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  Is there a creek?
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  Is there a lake?
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  You could go out under cover of night, fill those up, bring them back and that'll get
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  you through the day.
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  You need the average person needs one gallon of water a day to survive.
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  So there's also things like water generators, which a lot of people don't know about.
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  But echolablu is the brand that we have, they're kind of expensive.
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  We can't use it since we moved to Colorado eight years ago, because it requires a certain
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  level of humidity and Colorado doesn't have that.
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  But if you live somewhere that's got 40% humility or greater, these echolablu water generators
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  are phenomenal.
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  All you need is power.
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  So if you've got a generator, which we do, you can plug it in and it takes the water
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  right out of the air, filters it through reverse osmosis, another means.
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  And then you've got drinkable water.
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  So that's if you have no water source near you, but you have high humidity, I would look
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  at it getting an echolablu.
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  But there's lots of things to think through all the while trusting the Lord, not out of
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  fear, but out of, you know, Lord, you gave me a brain, you gave me a command and scripture
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  to be prepared.
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  I've got responsibilities.
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  And I don't want to just wave the white flag of surrender.
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  I want to, you know, fight till my dying day and make sure that I can provide for my
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  family.
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  Yeah.
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  There's so much and we could do two shows on this easily fighting for your family when
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  I think about that.
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  I think about a quote that you put in your book from Thomas Jefferson when tyranny becomes
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  law, rebellion becomes duty.
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  That might be a little out of context in what we're talking about here, but there is the
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  very real possibility that the government would unleash its minions or somehow control
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  the National Guard or others that come after people.
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  There's that possibility.
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  But JB, before we run out of time, and I do want to talk about your epilogue to the book
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  briefly at the end.
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  But what about our churches?
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  What's the role you said a lot of pastors are not talking about some of these issues.
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  And let's talk about that.
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  I mean, the church might not be a safe place as far as a building to go in some of these
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  emergency situations or crises.
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  What about the church's role in these crises?
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  Yeah, that's a great question because having like-minded people to help you in a crisis
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  can be crucial.
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  You don't want to isolate yourself unless you have to.
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  And so knowing who's on your team and who's there with you can be crucial.
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  So at Plum Creek, we've been thinking through this for years and we've got a list of names
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  of people and certain skill sets that they have, firemen, policemen, EMT, nurse, doctor,
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  engineer, mechanic, those types of things so that we know who can provide what services.
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  We've thought through some of this.
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  We have different communication techniques.
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  We purchased I think eight or 12 walkie talkies that have a 40 mile radius so that if normal
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  comms go down, we ought to be able to communicate.
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  It can also be a resource for food.
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  If you have a food pantry for the community, which is a great idea, maybe have a food pantry
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  for your church that in the event of a crisis, you can divvy up to people who maybe never
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  got to the idea of preparing for themselves.
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  So yeah, I think the church needs to recognize that these types of things could happen, especially
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  and I know you've talked about this on your show, especially with all the open borders
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  and all these really evil people coming across the border.
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  It's not necessarily just our government that we need to fear and I have chapter on that
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  in the book.
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  It could be just regular, bad, depraved people who could be coming and if so, that's when
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  Rebellion becomes duty as Jefferson said and when they're telling you you can't do this
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  or you can't do that and it materially affects your ability to live and survive because
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  you remember Satan wants to kill, steal, and destroy.
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  Then I think that's where you have a duty to stand up, stand firm and protect yourself
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  and your family.
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  Yeah, we've seen just in stores and cities across the country, they're going in and looting
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  and what do they call it, smash and grab.
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  I mean, this is when there is law, when there is, there's not order, but there is law.
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  There's police and our country is not under attack and this is happening and so we wouldn't
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  put it past certain people with that criminal element and that mentality to go from house
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  to house and do what they can.
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  But anyways, go to the NJB where you wrote in the epilogue, the importance of the gospel
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  and let's bring it back to that perspective and just keeping that faith in God during
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  any time where we're preparing where there may be something coming up that the unknown.
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  Let's go back to the epilogue, go back to the basics of the gospel.
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  Yeah, you bet.
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  We've only got a couple of minutes, so I'll make it quick, but you know, burying the
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  lead in Bible prophecy, so many of us in the Bible prophecy realm that love to talk
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  about, you know, end times prophecy, we spend hours and hours studying, researching and
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  giving messages on the timing of the rapture, God, may God, this, that, all these different
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  things.
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  But we often forget what matters most, which is Jesus.
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  First of all, Jesus Christ, God's Son and our Savior is the hero of all Bible prophecy.
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  It ends with him coming back triumphant to make all things new, so never forget that.
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  But on a more personal level, the most important thing you can do for, to prepare is to make
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  sure you have a relationship with him by faith.
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  The Bible says that we're all sinners, we need a Savior.
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  The only hope for mankind is to place their faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God who
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  died and rose again for our sins and is offering freely to all the gift of eternal life.
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  So before you run to Sam's or Costco, before you start, you know, buying ammo and long-term
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  storeable food, make sure there's been a time in your life when you've placed your faith
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  in Jesus Christ.
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  That's priority number one.
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  Are you born again?
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  And I love that you practice what you preached, JB, because in every copy of your book that
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  goes out, there's a little good news, gospel track.
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  So I thank you just for your voice, for your teaching, for the sound doctrine that you
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  share your church and on these podcasts.
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  I'm just thankful for just our friendship.
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  And I know our audience is really blessed and edified and encouraged by you and your ministry.
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  So not by works.org, I didn't get a chance to ask you, let's look at early March or
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  March or April.
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  What do you have coming up where you're speaking in March or April?
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  Yeah, we are headed out.
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  So we leave, well, we're airing this or recording this, of course, in advance, but we'll be
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  on the road.
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  Most of the rest of February at all through March, I'll be in Orlando at the Orlando
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  Prophecy Summit February 29th through March 3rd, before that, I'll be at North Star Family
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  Church in Atlanta, Georgia, then we'll be in Claremont, Florida at Liberty Baptist.
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  I'll be speaking seven times that weekend.
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  And then we're up in Sanford, Florida at Sanford Bible.
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  Folks can find out our schedule at notbyworks.org on the events tab.
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  But if you're in any of those areas, we would love to have you come by and say hello and
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  meet you.
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  Man, did you say seven times in a weekend?
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  Yeah, I'm doing seven sessions at Liberty Baptist, white tune at Orlando, three at Atlanta,
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  and then one in Sanford.
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  Man, I'm tired just thinking about it, just hearing that.
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  Anyway, well, God keep you safe and bless your travels and enlarge your territory, brother.
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  Thank you for your ministry.
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  Amen.
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  My pleasure.
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  Always a pleasure, David.
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  Yeah, always.
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  All right, guys, thanks again for sharing the podcast and God bless you.
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  Keep speaking the truth about things that matter.