1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,300 As you've discovered by now, the book of 2 00:00:03,300 --> 00:00:06,160 Deuteronomy is sort of a review of the 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:06,560 law. 4 00:00:08,260 --> 00:00:11,440 The word itself indicates the second law. 5 00:00:14,770 --> 00:00:18,130 It is a review by Moses for the 6 00:00:18,130 --> 00:00:25,250 people, really a final review because Moses will 7 00:00:25,250 --> 00:00:30,410 be dying in just a few days and 8 00:00:30,410 --> 00:00:33,750 Joshua will be taking over and leading the 9 00:00:33,750 --> 00:00:37,110 children of Israel into the promised land. 10 00:00:38,230 --> 00:00:45,700 So, he is continuing his instructions, his final 11 00:00:45,700 --> 00:00:47,300 instructions to them. 12 00:00:48,260 --> 00:00:50,960 And in the 17th chapter, again at the 13 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:53,700 beginning, he lets them know that what they 14 00:00:53,700 --> 00:01:00,360 give to God should never be castoffs, never 15 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,000 give a sacrifice that has blemishes. 16 00:01:04,660 --> 00:01:08,560 God really isn't honored when we give to 17 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,760 Him the castoffs, that which has no value 18 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:13,560 to us. 19 00:01:14,260 --> 00:01:16,420 The Lord is really honored when we give 20 00:01:16,420 --> 00:01:21,400 to Him a sacrifice that really costs something. 21 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:26,440 When David wanted to buy the threshing floor 22 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:31,900 of Ornan in order that he might offer 23 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:34,280 to God a sacrifice there because it was 24 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,480 at that point that the angel was stayed 25 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,320 and the plague that was upon Israel was 26 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:44,740 stopped, Ornan says, I'll give it to you 27 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,880 and here you can have the cattle to 28 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,120 offer as a sacrifice. 29 00:01:49,820 --> 00:01:51,880 And David said, no, I'll not give unto 30 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:53,860 God that which cost me nothing. 31 00:01:56,580 --> 00:01:58,760 Now, David was called a man after God's 32 00:01:58,760 --> 00:01:59,300 own heart. 33 00:02:00,660 --> 00:02:02,840 And I think that God is honored when 34 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,540 we do give to Him, we give that 35 00:02:06,540 --> 00:02:08,320 which cost us something. 36 00:02:08,380 --> 00:02:10,080 Otherwise, it really isn't a gift. 37 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:13,380 Jesus, watching the people putting their money into 38 00:02:13,380 --> 00:02:16,260 the treasury, when He saw the widow woman 39 00:02:16,260 --> 00:02:18,160 throw in her mite, He said, she's given 40 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:18,580 now. 41 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:20,320 That's true giving. 42 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:23,020 The rest of them were all giving out 43 00:02:23,020 --> 00:02:23,920 of their abundance. 44 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,060 She was giving out of her sustenance, out 45 00:02:28,060 --> 00:02:29,020 of her livelihood. 46 00:02:30,380 --> 00:02:33,640 And so, when we give unto God, not 47 00:02:33,640 --> 00:02:34,600 the castoff. 48 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:38,260 And so, you're not to sacrifice unto the 49 00:02:38,260 --> 00:02:42,260 Lord any bullock or sheep with blemishes or 50 00:02:42,260 --> 00:02:43,900 evil favoredness. 51 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:46,000 That's an abomination unto the Lord. 52 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:52,480 Then, they were very strict within the law. 53 00:02:53,540 --> 00:02:56,800 God was seeking to preserve the nation. 54 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:03,480 He knew that by allowing certain things within 55 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:05,940 the land that they would have within them 56 00:03:05,940 --> 00:03:09,660 incumbent seeds of destruction. 57 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,700 As you look at history, you'll find that 58 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:19,300 the majority of the nations that were once 59 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:25,620 great were not really conquered by outside forces, 60 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:31,280 but deteriorated by the rotten politics within the 61 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:32,300 nation itself. 62 00:03:34,490 --> 00:03:36,710 Nations, after a period of time, have a 63 00:03:36,710 --> 00:03:38,590 tendency to become corrupted. 64 00:03:40,050 --> 00:03:45,050 Nations are built upon certain pillars of righteousness, 65 00:03:45,810 --> 00:03:50,170 justice, equity, solid pillars upon which a nation 66 00:03:50,170 --> 00:03:50,710 is built. 67 00:03:51,010 --> 00:03:56,800 But when these pillars begin to rot, then 68 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:01,220 the nation is in a dangerous condition and 69 00:04:01,220 --> 00:04:02,220 will soon fall. 70 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,280 One of the rotten planks that God was 71 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,180 seeking to guard against was that of idolatrous 72 00:04:09,180 --> 00:04:09,780 worship. 73 00:04:10,700 --> 00:04:13,680 And therefore, the penalty that God ordered for 74 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,560 anyone who would enter into idolatrous worship, the 75 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,980 worship of other gods, the worshiping of God 76 00:04:20,980 --> 00:04:24,120 in unprescribed ways, the penalty was to be 77 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,420 that of stoning. 78 00:04:28,780 --> 00:04:31,560 He's wrought wickedness within Israel. 79 00:04:32,700 --> 00:04:35,840 And he's served other gods, worshiped them, the 80 00:04:35,840 --> 00:04:37,640 sun, the moon, the host of heaven, which 81 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:40,020 I have not commanded, God said. 82 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,600 Now, you are to inquire diligently to see 83 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:45,900 if the story is true. 84 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:51,540 And if two or three people will witness 85 00:04:51,540 --> 00:04:53,940 against that person of the truth of the 86 00:04:53,940 --> 00:04:56,700 charges, then he is to be stoned by 87 00:04:56,700 --> 00:04:58,340 the congregation of Israel. 88 00:04:59,180 --> 00:05:01,720 However, the death penalty was not to be 89 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:06,060 invoked if there were only one witness against 90 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:07,200 the person. 91 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:16,240 Now, if the matters were brought to the 92 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:20,580 judges, and it was really too hard for 93 00:05:20,580 --> 00:05:25,760 them to determine just how to rule in 94 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:28,140 the case, then they were to bring those 95 00:05:28,140 --> 00:05:29,940 matters before the priest. 96 00:05:30,740 --> 00:05:34,380 And the Levites shall inquire of the Lord 97 00:05:34,380 --> 00:05:37,540 and give the sentence of judgment. 98 00:05:43,020 --> 00:05:45,040 And again, God speaks of the place that 99 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:46,780 he will choose in the land, which will 100 00:05:46,780 --> 00:05:48,920 be the place where men will meet God 101 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,120 and worship God. 102 00:05:53,020 --> 00:05:57,780 Now, in the 14th verse, it is interesting 103 00:05:57,780 --> 00:06:03,620 as God now anticipates a future deterioration of 104 00:06:03,620 --> 00:06:04,120 the land. 105 00:06:05,020 --> 00:06:08,980 You see, God intended that the nation Israel 106 00:06:08,980 --> 00:06:14,740 be a theocracy, that it be a nation 107 00:06:14,740 --> 00:06:16,800 that was governed by God. 108 00:06:18,020 --> 00:06:21,760 They were to have the most unusual form 109 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:24,480 of government of any nation of the world, 110 00:06:26,430 --> 00:06:31,010 where other nations may have had monarchies or 111 00:06:31,010 --> 00:06:37,670 dictatorships or democracies or other forms of government. 112 00:06:38,070 --> 00:06:40,870 Theirs was to be unique because they were 113 00:06:40,870 --> 00:06:44,290 to be a theocracy, a nation that was 114 00:06:44,290 --> 00:06:45,890 ruled over by God. 115 00:06:49,150 --> 00:06:52,310 Not as Iran is today. 116 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:01,800 Comene sort of tries to give an aura 117 00:07:01,800 --> 00:07:09,060 of divine approval or, you know, God's government, 118 00:07:09,380 --> 00:07:12,680 but surely what he has installed is far 119 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:14,320 from God's government. 120 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:27,800 But God knew that one day these people 121 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:30,880 would insist upon a king. 122 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:36,760 And therefore, even though at this point there 123 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:39,000 was not to be any king ruling over 124 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:45,620 them by God's divine ideal, yet knowing that 125 00:07:45,620 --> 00:07:47,720 the day would come when they would no 126 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,300 longer adhere to God's ideal plan for them 127 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:55,060 as a nation and would insist upon a 128 00:07:55,060 --> 00:07:55,440 king. 129 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:00,840 God, therefore, in the law gave certain rules 130 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,200 when a king would rise to rule over 131 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:08,020 them, then he gave rules for the kings 132 00:08:08,020 --> 00:08:09,300 here in the laws. 133 00:08:09,780 --> 00:08:14,580 Though it was to be 400 years or 134 00:08:14,580 --> 00:08:17,640 so before they would have a king, yet 135 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:21,760 God already anticipating the demand for a king 136 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,740 is now giving the rules when a king 137 00:08:24,740 --> 00:08:27,620 does rise to rule over them. 138 00:08:28,580 --> 00:08:31,260 And so, to me it is interesting that 139 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:35,080 God in anticipation of their future demand for 140 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,580 a king throws in here, even in the 141 00:08:37,580 --> 00:08:41,659 law, certain rules to govern the king when 142 00:08:41,659 --> 00:08:44,480 they ultimately have a king. 143 00:08:44,980 --> 00:08:49,180 And the very reason that they would give 144 00:08:49,180 --> 00:08:52,760 for having a king is anticipated by God. 145 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:54,680 When you want to have a king like 146 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:55,520 the other nations. 147 00:08:56,200 --> 00:08:58,620 When the people came to Samuel, they said, 148 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,100 set up a king over us like the 149 00:09:01,100 --> 00:09:01,820 other nations. 150 00:09:04,270 --> 00:09:06,810 And they demanded that they have a king. 151 00:09:07,470 --> 00:09:10,470 And so, God anticipating this demand of the 152 00:09:10,470 --> 00:09:10,970 people. 153 00:09:11,830 --> 00:09:13,630 When it comes to pass, you're in the 154 00:09:13,630 --> 00:09:14,870 land which the Lord gives you. 155 00:09:14,970 --> 00:09:15,970 You're dwelling there. 156 00:09:16,030 --> 00:09:17,970 And you shall say, I will set a 157 00:09:17,970 --> 00:09:20,210 king over me like all the nations that 158 00:09:20,210 --> 00:09:20,970 are about me. 159 00:09:22,110 --> 00:09:26,270 Thou shalt in any wise set him king 160 00:09:26,270 --> 00:09:28,410 over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall 161 00:09:28,410 --> 00:09:29,130 choose. 162 00:09:29,570 --> 00:09:31,850 One from among your brothers shalt thou set 163 00:09:31,850 --> 00:09:32,690 king over thee. 164 00:09:33,050 --> 00:09:35,690 Thou mayest not set a stranger over you, 165 00:09:35,750 --> 00:09:36,810 which is not your brother. 166 00:09:37,790 --> 00:09:39,990 Now, here are the rules for the king. 167 00:09:40,130 --> 00:09:42,270 First of all, he's not to multiply horses 168 00:09:42,270 --> 00:09:44,370 to himself or to go down to Egypt 169 00:09:44,370 --> 00:09:46,790 in order to trade for horses. 170 00:09:47,910 --> 00:09:50,070 The second was that he was not to 171 00:09:50,070 --> 00:09:52,710 multiply wives unto himself. 172 00:09:53,510 --> 00:09:55,810 And the reason for this was given, lest 173 00:09:55,810 --> 00:09:58,970 his wives turn his heart away from God. 174 00:09:59,950 --> 00:10:03,730 Now, it is interesting when Solomon became king, 175 00:10:05,050 --> 00:10:08,670 he failed on all three counts. 176 00:10:09,410 --> 00:10:12,810 First of all, Solomon began to multiply horses 177 00:10:12,810 --> 00:10:13,870 unto himself. 178 00:10:15,590 --> 00:10:19,390 And the stables of Solomon are still to 179 00:10:19,390 --> 00:10:20,890 be found throughout Israel. 180 00:10:23,380 --> 00:10:25,560 Not only did he multiply horses, but he 181 00:10:25,560 --> 00:10:27,460 went down to Egypt in order to do 182 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:28,280 horse trading. 183 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:32,620 The second, disobedience. 184 00:10:33,620 --> 00:10:37,760 And finally, he multiplied wives unto himself. 185 00:10:39,260 --> 00:10:42,320 Now, it is interesting that God said, you're 186 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,400 not to multiply wives, lest their hearts, lest 187 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:47,180 they turn your heart away from me. 188 00:10:47,620 --> 00:10:52,800 And Solomon's wives turned his heart away from 189 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:56,000 the Lord and brought the failure to Solomon. 190 00:10:56,420 --> 00:11:00,280 So God anticipated the evil. 191 00:11:00,700 --> 00:11:03,760 He anticipated the results of the evil. 192 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:05,480 He warned about it. 193 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:09,400 And yet Solomon disregarded the warnings of God, 194 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,280 did exactly what God said he should not 195 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:15,420 do and exactly what God said would happen, 196 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:16,380 did happen. 197 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:21,320 In other words, God knows what he's talking 198 00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:21,760 about. 199 00:11:22,820 --> 00:11:25,680 We so often feel that we know better. 200 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:27,360 Well, that doesn't apply to me. 201 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,540 Well, I can do it and get by 202 00:11:30,540 --> 00:11:31,140 with it. 203 00:11:31,820 --> 00:11:33,780 Oh, that'll never change me. 204 00:11:34,740 --> 00:11:38,020 Wives could never change my attitude towards God. 205 00:11:38,460 --> 00:11:40,880 And that may apply to some others, but 206 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:42,400 that really doesn't apply to me. 207 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,660 And we think that somehow we have some 208 00:11:45,660 --> 00:11:49,500 private exclusion from the rules or the laws 209 00:11:49,500 --> 00:11:50,720 that God establishes. 210 00:11:50,780 --> 00:11:51,460 Not so. 211 00:11:53,220 --> 00:11:54,900 God has set the rules. 212 00:11:55,060 --> 00:12:00,400 He has set the punishment or the things 213 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,340 that would transpire if the rules are violated. 214 00:12:03,660 --> 00:12:05,340 You think you can get by with it? 215 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:06,300 You can't. 216 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,960 You can be sure that even as God 217 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:11,780 has stated, so shall it be. 218 00:12:11,980 --> 00:12:14,340 And you can be sure that God doesn't 219 00:12:14,340 --> 00:12:17,300 warn you about anything needlessly. 220 00:12:18,060 --> 00:12:20,600 Whatever God warned you about is the thing 221 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:24,420 that you're in danger of violating or doing. 222 00:12:25,020 --> 00:12:27,700 So God was warning concerning the king. 223 00:12:28,380 --> 00:12:30,100 Solomon disregarded the warning. 224 00:12:30,560 --> 00:12:33,360 And even as God declared, so did it 225 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,640 take place in Solomon's life. 226 00:12:39,560 --> 00:12:43,060 Now the king actually was to make his 227 00:12:43,060 --> 00:12:47,080 own copy of the law and he was 228 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:48,200 to read it daily. 229 00:12:51,910 --> 00:12:54,050 Now, how marvelous that would be if you 230 00:12:54,050 --> 00:12:56,490 had a president who would have to write 231 00:12:56,490 --> 00:12:58,690 his own copy of the word of God, 232 00:12:59,130 --> 00:13:02,890 because in writing it, you're reading into it 233 00:13:02,890 --> 00:13:04,890 all the time and then have to read 234 00:13:04,890 --> 00:13:05,550 it daily. 235 00:13:11,820 --> 00:13:16,220 When Moses turned the charge over to Joshua, 236 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,220 he gave to him the law and he 237 00:13:18,220 --> 00:13:22,180 says, now thou shalt diligently consider the law. 238 00:13:22,660 --> 00:13:25,160 Thou shalt meditate in it and thus shalt 239 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:27,960 thou make thy way prosperous and thus shalt 240 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,320 thou have good success. 241 00:13:32,020 --> 00:13:34,640 David spoke of his own delight in the 242 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:36,660 law of the Lord, which he meditated in 243 00:13:36,660 --> 00:13:37,280 day and night. 244 00:13:37,540 --> 00:13:40,260 He was a man after God's own heart 245 00:13:42,020 --> 00:13:45,060 because of the respect that he gave to 246 00:13:45,060 --> 00:13:46,980 God's word as a king. 247 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:49,480 David was the kind of king that God 248 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:49,800 wanted. 249 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,140 God wanted a shepherd king. 250 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,380 God always wants shepherds to rule. 251 00:13:57,520 --> 00:13:59,560 He wants all of the rulers to have 252 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:01,420 the hearts of a shepherd. 253 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,000 And David had the heart of the shepherd 254 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:11,640 for God's people, nurturing them, caring for them, 255 00:14:11,780 --> 00:14:14,260 loving them, concerned with their needs. 256 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:20,840 And so the requirement that the king write 257 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:22,860 his own copy of the scriptures and read 258 00:14:22,860 --> 00:14:23,080 it. 259 00:14:26,550 --> 00:14:28,470 Now, again, he repeats how the tribe of 260 00:14:28,470 --> 00:14:30,590 Levi is not to be given any portion 261 00:14:30,590 --> 00:14:35,310 of the land, but they will eat the 262 00:14:35,310 --> 00:14:37,910 offerings that were given unto the Lord made 263 00:14:37,910 --> 00:14:41,570 by fire as their inheritance for the Lord 264 00:14:41,570 --> 00:14:43,310 is their inheritance. 265 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,040 And thus the priest, when he offered a 266 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,580 sacrifice, they were to give the priest the 267 00:14:50,580 --> 00:14:53,980 shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw. 268 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:57,000 Also, they were to give to the priest, 269 00:14:57,060 --> 00:14:59,680 the first fruit of their corn and of 270 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:02,500 their wine and of their oil and the 271 00:15:02,500 --> 00:15:06,260 first of the fleece of thy sheep shalt 272 00:15:06,260 --> 00:15:07,400 thou give to him. 273 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:12,640 Now God required really a tent. 274 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,940 He considered that as his. 275 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:18,780 And the tent was always to be the 276 00:15:18,780 --> 00:15:22,100 first tent was to go unto God. 277 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,060 Now, when you would bring an offering that 278 00:15:25,060 --> 00:15:27,320 the priest would sacrifice the offering for you, 279 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:31,140 the priest always got the shoulder and the 280 00:15:31,140 --> 00:15:32,040 cheeks and the maw. 281 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:34,980 That was his that was his sort of 282 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,780 fee or not really a fee, but that 283 00:15:38,780 --> 00:15:41,620 was just his his allotted share from the 284 00:15:41,620 --> 00:15:42,180 sacrifice. 285 00:15:42,180 --> 00:15:45,640 Now, later on in their history, when Eli 286 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:46,940 was the priest. 287 00:15:48,460 --> 00:15:52,440 He had some greedy sons and the people 288 00:15:52,440 --> 00:15:55,720 would come to offer sacrifices and hey, these 289 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,740 greedy sons, they would put their hooks in 290 00:15:57,740 --> 00:16:02,120 and grab the tenderloins, the sirloins and the 291 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:04,420 and the finest of the steaks and everything 292 00:16:04,420 --> 00:16:04,760 else. 293 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:06,400 And and if the people would go to 294 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,240 object, you know, then they'd order them out 295 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,620 of the place so that they actually, by 296 00:16:11,620 --> 00:16:12,720 their greed. 297 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,020 Caused people to begin to resent. 298 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,100 Sacrificing unto God. 299 00:16:21,380 --> 00:16:25,360 And Eli would not actually correct his sons 300 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,120 and thus God dealt very harshly with Eli 301 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:33,020 and his sons because of their greediness in 302 00:16:33,020 --> 00:16:37,680 the ministry caused people really to resent God, 303 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,320 seeking the best for themselves. 304 00:16:41,980 --> 00:16:46,000 Looking out for themselves and more concerned with 305 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,000 their own wants and selves than they were 306 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,140 really the people. 307 00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:54,200 And thus God dealt very severely with Eli 308 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:54,920 and his sons. 309 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:57,320 But there was a portion that was to 310 00:16:57,320 --> 00:16:58,440 be given to the priest. 311 00:16:59,420 --> 00:17:03,960 And then the first fruits of their fields, 312 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,640 the first fruits of their grapes and so 313 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:12,500 forth, there were to be given unto the 314 00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:12,900 priest. 315 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,339 For the Lord thy God hath chosen men 316 00:17:15,339 --> 00:17:17,220 out of the tribes to minister in the 317 00:17:17,220 --> 00:17:23,760 name of the Lord and thus they shall 318 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:25,740 have like portions to eat. 319 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:32,680 Now again, God forbids that the people follow 320 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,320 after the abominations and the practices of those 321 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,860 people that were already living in the land 322 00:17:38,860 --> 00:17:40,180 that they were to drive out. 323 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:46,480 The practices were using divination or an observer 324 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:47,560 of times. 325 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:52,520 The observer of times is actually the practice 326 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:57,800 of astrology, the use of horoscopes or an 327 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:03,500 enchanter or a witch or a charmer or 328 00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,960 a consulter with familiar spirits. 329 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:10,540 So spiritism or a wizard or a necromancer 330 00:18:10,540 --> 00:18:14,060 or all that do these things are an 331 00:18:14,060 --> 00:18:16,280 abomination unto the Lord. 332 00:18:16,700 --> 00:18:19,060 And it's because of these abominations that God 333 00:18:19,060 --> 00:18:21,900 is driving the people out of the land. 334 00:18:21,980 --> 00:18:24,360 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy 335 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:24,580 God. 336 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,960 The word perfect there is thou shalt be 337 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:29,340 completely towards the Lord. 338 00:18:31,660 --> 00:18:37,060 You're not to have other gods in your 339 00:18:37,060 --> 00:18:38,400 life, so to speak. 340 00:18:39,100 --> 00:18:42,140 Your heart is to be completely towards God, 341 00:18:43,020 --> 00:18:46,680 not to be divided with these other interests 342 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,460 and issues, but just a heart that is 343 00:18:49,460 --> 00:18:51,540 completely towards God. 344 00:18:54,140 --> 00:18:56,560 For the nations which you are going to 345 00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:02,240 possess, they hearkened unto these observers of times, 346 00:19:02,380 --> 00:19:03,580 to the diviners. 347 00:19:04,140 --> 00:19:06,440 But as for thee, the Lord thy God 348 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,100 has not allowed thee to do it. 349 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,480 Now here we find a great prophecy concerning 350 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:15,220 the coming of Jesus Christ. 351 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,700 The Lord thy God will raise up unto 352 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:21,120 thee a prophet from the midst of thee 353 00:19:21,120 --> 00:19:23,240 of your brothers like unto me. 354 00:19:23,780 --> 00:19:27,600 Unto him shall ye hearken according to all 355 00:19:27,600 --> 00:19:29,240 that you desire of the Lord thy God 356 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:30,700 in Horeb in the day of the assembly, 357 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:32,900 saying, Let me not hear again the voice 358 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:34,480 of the Lord my God, neither let me 359 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,540 see this great fire anymore that I die 360 00:19:36,540 --> 00:19:36,880 not. 361 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:39,620 And the Lord said unto me, They have 362 00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:41,460 well spoken that which they have spoken. 363 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:44,080 I will raise them up a prophet from 364 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,200 among their brethren. 365 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,560 And I will like unto thee and will 366 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,200 put my words in his mouth and he 367 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,620 shall speak unto them all that I shall 368 00:19:52,620 --> 00:19:53,480 command him. 369 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,100 And it shall come to pass that whosoever 370 00:19:56,100 --> 00:19:58,860 will not hearken unto my words, which he 371 00:19:58,860 --> 00:20:02,220 shall speak in my name, I will require 372 00:20:02,220 --> 00:20:04,300 it of him." 373 00:20:04,300 --> 00:20:06,600 Peter in his message in the third chapter 374 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,240 of the book of Acts declares that this 375 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:12,220 was a prophecy concerning Jesus Christ. 376 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:16,140 Now the Jews knew the prophecy of Moses 377 00:20:16,140 --> 00:20:19,340 and thus they were looking for their Messiah. 378 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:24,140 They believe that this is a prophecy of 379 00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:25,320 the coming Messiah. 380 00:20:30,260 --> 00:20:32,260 That God is going to raise up another 381 00:20:32,260 --> 00:20:35,900 spokesman to speak God's word to them. 382 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:40,080 I'll raise up another prophet like unto myself 383 00:20:40,080 --> 00:20:42,640 so that when they came to John the 384 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,220 Baptist saying, Who art thou? 385 00:20:47,530 --> 00:20:49,730 They said, Art thou that prophet? 386 00:20:51,190 --> 00:20:54,430 And they were referring to this particular prophecy. 387 00:20:55,070 --> 00:20:56,930 Are you that prophet? 388 00:20:57,510 --> 00:20:59,530 The prophet that we are to look for 389 00:20:59,530 --> 00:21:01,990 like unto Moses through whom God will speak 390 00:21:01,990 --> 00:21:02,970 his word to the people. 391 00:21:03,350 --> 00:21:04,430 John said, I am not. 392 00:21:07,490 --> 00:21:08,530 Are you the Messiah? 393 00:21:08,690 --> 00:21:09,030 No. 394 00:21:09,390 --> 00:21:10,170 Who are you? 395 00:21:11,250 --> 00:21:13,370 I'm just the voice of one in crying 396 00:21:13,370 --> 00:21:14,030 in the wilderness. 397 00:21:14,230 --> 00:21:15,310 Prepare you the way of the Lord. 398 00:21:15,410 --> 00:21:16,450 Make straight his path. 399 00:21:19,370 --> 00:21:25,830 Now the Jews today are still looking for 400 00:21:25,830 --> 00:21:28,810 their Messiah and they're anticipating that he is 401 00:21:28,810 --> 00:21:29,990 coming very soon. 402 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,860 But they told me we believe that the 403 00:21:39,860 --> 00:21:43,540 Messiah will be just like Moses. 404 00:21:44,700 --> 00:21:47,580 That's this prophecy they're referring to. 405 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,360 That he will not be the son of 406 00:21:51,360 --> 00:21:51,800 God. 407 00:21:53,220 --> 00:21:56,360 They say now you say the Messiah or 408 00:21:56,360 --> 00:21:58,140 that Jesus was the son of God. 409 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:00,960 We do not believe that the Messiah will 410 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:01,860 be the son of God. 411 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,080 We believe that the Messiah will be a 412 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,640 man just like Moses was a man. 413 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:12,200 A man from amongst us that God will 414 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,680 raise up to speak God's word to us. 415 00:22:16,980 --> 00:22:20,940 And so the Jews today are looking for 416 00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:27,530 a man, a Jew, who will be able 417 00:22:27,530 --> 00:22:30,750 to come and to help them to rebuild 418 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:33,470 their temple and to bring them peace. 419 00:22:35,970 --> 00:22:38,750 And the minute that man arises on the 420 00:22:38,750 --> 00:22:42,050 scene and brings them peace and helps them 421 00:22:42,050 --> 00:22:44,730 build their temple, they are all of them 422 00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:48,310 ready to acclaim him as their Messiah. 423 00:22:52,570 --> 00:22:55,070 Now of course there are other scriptures that 424 00:22:55,070 --> 00:22:59,550 refer to the Messiah being God with us. 425 00:22:59,670 --> 00:23:05,250 Thou shalt call his name Emmanuel, which being 426 00:23:05,250 --> 00:23:07,810 interpreted as God with us. 427 00:23:07,970 --> 00:23:09,530 Behold I'll give you a sign. 428 00:23:09,650 --> 00:23:11,650 A virgin shall conceive and bear a son 429 00:23:11,650 --> 00:23:17,250 and call his name Emmanuel, God with us. 430 00:23:18,190 --> 00:23:22,490 But the Jews are not looking for the 431 00:23:22,490 --> 00:23:24,930 son of God, they are looking for a 432 00:23:24,930 --> 00:23:25,330 man. 433 00:23:26,350 --> 00:23:32,420 Now that man is coming and he is 434 00:23:32,420 --> 00:23:39,920 coming very soon and he will arise out 435 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,340 of western Europe. 436 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:45,200 He will make a covenant with the nation 437 00:23:45,200 --> 00:23:49,660 Israel whereby he will help them to rebuild 438 00:23:49,660 --> 00:23:55,040 their temple and they will acclaim him as 439 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:55,840 their Messiah. 440 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:02,060 We're right on the borders of these events. 441 00:24:04,590 --> 00:24:13,450 It's tragic but Israel will acknowledge this false 442 00:24:13,450 --> 00:24:16,890 leader as their Messiah. 443 00:24:17,010 --> 00:24:19,030 Jesus said I've come in my own name, 444 00:24:19,170 --> 00:24:20,370 you did not receive me. 445 00:24:20,930 --> 00:24:22,270 I mean he said I have come in 446 00:24:22,270 --> 00:24:24,250 my father's name, you did not receive me. 447 00:24:24,290 --> 00:24:25,790 There's another one who's going to be coming 448 00:24:25,790 --> 00:24:29,010 in his own name and him you will 449 00:24:29,010 --> 00:24:29,450 receive. 450 00:24:31,090 --> 00:24:33,410 They're going to be deceived for three and 451 00:24:33,410 --> 00:24:37,390 a half years but after three and a 452 00:24:37,390 --> 00:24:39,390 half years when they have rebuilt their temple, 453 00:24:39,510 --> 00:24:43,410 started again their daily prayers and sacrifices, he 454 00:24:43,410 --> 00:24:45,010 is going to come to Jerusalem. 455 00:24:45,510 --> 00:24:48,310 He's going to stand in that rebuilt temple 456 00:24:48,310 --> 00:24:50,730 in the Holy of Holies and he's going 457 00:24:50,730 --> 00:24:52,830 to proclaim to them that he is God. 458 00:24:52,950 --> 00:24:56,590 He's going to stop their daily sacrifices, their 459 00:24:56,590 --> 00:24:57,270 daily prayers. 460 00:24:57,490 --> 00:24:59,610 He's going to claim that he himself is 461 00:24:59,610 --> 00:25:02,270 God and demand that they worship him as 462 00:25:02,270 --> 00:25:02,590 God. 463 00:25:03,010 --> 00:25:06,170 At that point the Jews will realize that 464 00:25:06,170 --> 00:25:08,710 they have been deceived by this man, that 465 00:25:08,710 --> 00:25:15,000 he is not the Messiah and those who 466 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:20,940 are sharp in the scriptures will flee to 467 00:25:20,940 --> 00:25:24,860 Jordan to the rock city of Petra where 468 00:25:24,860 --> 00:25:27,200 God will preserve them for three and a 469 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:28,120 half years. 470 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:31,680 Those that do not flee will be put 471 00:25:31,680 --> 00:25:38,100 under terrible persecution by this leader who comes 472 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:40,260 to Jerusalem at this point. 473 00:25:41,420 --> 00:25:48,970 So it is interesting that if you talk 474 00:25:48,970 --> 00:25:51,450 to an Orthodox Jew today about his Messiah, 475 00:25:51,590 --> 00:25:55,050 he'll tell you that the Messiah is not 476 00:25:55,050 --> 00:25:56,810 the Son of God, he is a man. 477 00:25:57,150 --> 00:26:00,210 He'll be like Moses that God will raise 478 00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:02,170 up from among the people, but not the 479 00:26:02,170 --> 00:26:04,710 Son of God, just a man like Moses. 480 00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:07,370 And that's who they are looking for today 481 00:26:07,370 --> 00:26:10,470 to come and to lead them out of 482 00:26:10,470 --> 00:26:12,330 this current dilemma. 483 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,620 Now God declares if a prophet presumes to 484 00:26:19,620 --> 00:26:21,840 speak a word in my name which I 485 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:26,120 have not commanded or that shall speak in 486 00:26:26,120 --> 00:26:28,340 the name of other gods, that prophet shall 487 00:26:28,340 --> 00:26:28,900 die. 488 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,780 And if you say in your heart, how 489 00:26:32,780 --> 00:26:34,540 shall we know the word which the Lord 490 00:26:34,540 --> 00:26:35,460 has not spoken? 491 00:26:36,980 --> 00:26:37,880 Very easy. 492 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,300 If a prophet prophesies something in the name 493 00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:41,480 of the Lord and it doesn't come to 494 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:43,040 pass, he's a false prophet. 495 00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:45,960 It's very easy to point out a false 496 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:46,300 prophet. 497 00:26:46,660 --> 00:26:48,620 The simple rule, just see if what he 498 00:26:48,620 --> 00:26:49,720 says come to pass. 499 00:26:50,820 --> 00:26:53,040 If it doesn't come to pass, then just 500 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,540 mark him as a false prophet. 501 00:26:57,060 --> 00:26:58,840 Now there are some people that are so 502 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:03,300 gullible that even though the Jehovah Witnesses have 503 00:27:03,300 --> 00:27:06,460 prophesied about three or four different times when 504 00:27:06,460 --> 00:27:07,760 the Lord was going to come, and he 505 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,680 hasn't come on any of those prophesied dates, 506 00:27:12,100 --> 00:27:15,440 yet they still don't have enough sense to 507 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,520 realize that these leaders in New York are 508 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:19,920 false prophets. 509 00:27:23,340 --> 00:27:25,280 Now my heart goes out to these people 510 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:26,600 that come around door to door. 511 00:27:29,010 --> 00:27:31,050 These people are very sincere. 512 00:27:31,350 --> 00:27:35,790 I wish that many times Christians were as 513 00:27:35,790 --> 00:27:37,650 dedicated as they are. 514 00:27:40,010 --> 00:27:43,190 They are sincere in their dedication to God, 515 00:27:44,030 --> 00:27:49,710 but they have been deceived by their leaders 516 00:27:49,710 --> 00:27:51,050 in New York. 517 00:27:54,100 --> 00:27:56,380 And I cannot help but believe that it 518 00:27:56,380 --> 00:27:59,740 is deliberate deception by their leaders in New 519 00:27:59,740 --> 00:28:09,590 York because the mistranslations of the scriptures could 520 00:28:09,590 --> 00:28:11,030 not just be accidental. 521 00:28:11,510 --> 00:28:16,190 They are deliberate mistranslations of the scriptures by 522 00:28:16,190 --> 00:28:18,230 which they are deceiving these people. 523 00:28:22,740 --> 00:28:24,940 And thus my heart goes out to the 524 00:28:24,940 --> 00:28:26,980 people who come door to door because of 525 00:28:26,980 --> 00:28:28,540 the fact that they've been deceived. 526 00:28:29,180 --> 00:28:31,340 Oh that they would see the truth that 527 00:28:31,340 --> 00:28:34,280 is in Christ Jesus and they would come 528 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,100 to know the grace of God and the 529 00:28:37,100 --> 00:28:39,680 love of God through Jesus Christ our Lord 530 00:28:39,680 --> 00:28:42,180 and would come to trust in Jesus for 531 00:28:42,180 --> 00:28:45,220 their salvation rather than their works for Jehovah. 532 00:28:51,310 --> 00:28:54,730 Now Peter gives us another sign of the 533 00:28:54,730 --> 00:28:55,550 false prophet. 534 00:28:57,070 --> 00:29:01,710 In 2nd Peter chapter 2, warning there of 535 00:29:01,710 --> 00:29:06,510 false prophets said, who through feigned words will 536 00:29:06,510 --> 00:29:09,230 seek to make merchandise of you. 537 00:29:11,010 --> 00:29:15,070 So whenever any man seeks to make merchandise 538 00:29:15,070 --> 00:29:25,000 of you, seeks through gimmicks 539 00:29:28,940 --> 00:29:37,450 to encourage you to give, through pressure, through 540 00:29:37,450 --> 00:29:43,470 various antics, gets on big money kicks, he's 541 00:29:43,470 --> 00:29:52,440 a false prophet who uses computerized typewriters for 542 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,280 their mailing lists so that it appears like 543 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,100 the letter has been written personally to you 544 00:30:01,890 --> 00:30:05,170 with statements such as, I have been thinking 545 00:30:05,170 --> 00:30:10,040 about you lately, wondering how you are. 546 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:16,350 Those are feigned words and the purpose is 547 00:30:16,350 --> 00:30:19,410 to make merchandise of you and I have 548 00:30:19,410 --> 00:30:24,290 no hesitation declaring they are false prophets according 549 00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:25,530 to the word of God. 550 00:30:27,930 --> 00:30:29,670 You say, oh but they've done so much 551 00:30:29,670 --> 00:30:30,070 good. 552 00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:40,880 I may have a counterfeit $20 bill and 553 00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:42,640 someone may come to me and say, Chuck 554 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:46,930 my family needs help. 555 00:30:49,500 --> 00:30:50,740 I lost my job. 556 00:30:50,820 --> 00:30:53,000 We don't have any money and my children 557 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:53,560 are hungry. 558 00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:56,940 So I give him this counterfeit $20 bill 559 00:30:56,940 --> 00:30:58,960 not knowing that it's counterfeit. 560 00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,360 So he goes down to the store and 561 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,180 he uses the $20 bill to buy some 562 00:31:06,180 --> 00:31:09,380 hamburger and some bread and some milk and 563 00:31:09,380 --> 00:31:11,060 he feeds his hungry children. 564 00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:21,020 And the merchant, the store who takes his 565 00:31:21,020 --> 00:31:24,800 $20 bill for the merchandise, goes down to 566 00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:28,200 the electric company and he pays his electric 567 00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,280 bill with the $20 bill. 568 00:31:35,150 --> 00:31:38,750 And the electric company gives that $20 bill 569 00:31:38,750 --> 00:31:41,690 in change to you when you pay your 570 00:31:41,690 --> 00:31:42,610 electric bill. 571 00:31:44,090 --> 00:31:47,090 And you in turn use that $20 bill 572 00:31:47,090 --> 00:31:49,650 to go down and buy yourself a new 573 00:31:49,650 --> 00:31:50,130 sweater. 574 00:31:52,330 --> 00:31:55,090 And that merchant gives the $20 bill to 575 00:31:55,090 --> 00:31:59,090 the gas company to pay his gas bill. 576 00:32:00,010 --> 00:32:02,270 And the gas bill, I mean the gas 577 00:32:02,270 --> 00:32:04,550 company goes to the bank to deposit the 578 00:32:04,550 --> 00:32:07,190 $20 bill and the teller says, I'm sorry 579 00:32:07,190 --> 00:32:10,130 I can't take this $20 bill, it's counterfeit. 580 00:32:11,370 --> 00:32:15,310 Wait a minute, that bill has done a 581 00:32:15,310 --> 00:32:16,030 lot of good. 582 00:32:17,270 --> 00:32:20,530 It's fed the poor, it's paid the light 583 00:32:20,530 --> 00:32:22,610 and gas bill and it's bought a new 584 00:32:22,610 --> 00:32:23,030 sweater. 585 00:32:23,690 --> 00:32:25,270 Look how much good it's done. 586 00:32:25,350 --> 00:32:27,070 What do you mean you can't take it, 587 00:32:27,110 --> 00:32:27,910 it's counterfeit? 588 00:32:29,290 --> 00:32:31,610 Well, it's counterfeit. 589 00:32:33,090 --> 00:32:35,490 The argument that it has done so much 590 00:32:35,490 --> 00:32:38,330 good is not a valid argument. 591 00:32:39,410 --> 00:32:41,830 Now this is the argument that a lot 592 00:32:41,830 --> 00:32:44,910 of people use for false prophets or even 593 00:32:44,910 --> 00:32:46,350 false religious systems. 594 00:32:46,550 --> 00:32:48,590 But look how much good they've done, they're 595 00:32:48,590 --> 00:32:49,410 counterfeit. 596 00:32:51,490 --> 00:33:01,730 When it comes to the final deposit, not 597 00:33:01,730 --> 00:33:02,550 going to make it. 598 00:33:04,620 --> 00:33:10,860 So God is warning against the false prophets. 599 00:33:11,620 --> 00:33:14,140 God had very little, well really God doesn't 600 00:33:14,140 --> 00:33:16,200 appreciate it when a person comes along and 601 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,240 says, thus saith the Lord and he speaks 602 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,280 out of his own heart and really isn't 603 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:21,320 saying God's Word. 604 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:26,860 I don't know. 605 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:30,300 You know, I think that the days of 606 00:33:30,300 --> 00:33:32,940 computerized typewriters were a great curse to the 607 00:33:32,940 --> 00:33:33,200 church. 608 00:33:33,660 --> 00:33:37,700 I've gotten more computerized letters from these, someone's 609 00:33:37,700 --> 00:33:38,600 put me on a mailing list. 610 00:33:38,660 --> 00:33:40,800 I don't know who it was, but you 611 00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,880 got my name in the pot. 612 00:33:42,940 --> 00:33:44,880 And these guys buy mailing lists from each 613 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:45,180 other. 614 00:33:50,220 --> 00:33:51,920 And if they have a mailing list that 615 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,440 they get a certain amount of percentage of 616 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,360 returns, then they sell your name at a, 617 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,480 if you write in a check, then your 618 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,380 name is sold at a premium price to 619 00:33:59,380 --> 00:33:59,840 the others. 620 00:34:07,310 --> 00:34:09,230 And I got this letter the other day, 621 00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:18,360 some guy named Popoff and hear a personal 622 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,179 prophecy in the thing, thus saith the Lord, 623 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,860 I am pleased with thee and I am 624 00:34:25,860 --> 00:34:29,340 going to bless thee, you know, and just 625 00:34:29,340 --> 00:34:31,320 share the blessing kind of a thing, you 626 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:34,480 know, and all of this stuff. 627 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,600 Well, I wrote him back a letter and 628 00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:44,250 I said, thus saith the Lord, I am 629 00:34:44,250 --> 00:34:47,290 against the false prophets that prophesy in my 630 00:34:47,290 --> 00:34:49,350 name saying, thus saith the Lord, when I 631 00:34:49,350 --> 00:34:50,310 have not spoken. 632 00:34:52,540 --> 00:34:54,440 And I knew that the Lord was saying 633 00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:56,260 it because I was just quoting him right 634 00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:57,040 out of the word. 635 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:02,560 But then I added my own little appendage. 636 00:35:02,620 --> 00:35:04,220 I didn't put this under the thus saith 637 00:35:04,220 --> 00:35:08,940 the Lord, but I put under my own 638 00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:09,860 little appendage. 639 00:35:11,420 --> 00:35:16,040 Thy name has been Popoff, but even as 640 00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,720 the name of Saul was changed to Paul, 641 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:20,960 so your name is to be changed from 642 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:22,340 Popoff to Ripoff. 643 00:35:41,650 --> 00:35:44,250 No doubt my name will be deleted from 644 00:35:44,250 --> 00:35:45,610 his mailing list shortly. 645 00:35:49,470 --> 00:35:53,210 But there are a lot of ripoff artists 646 00:35:55,360 --> 00:36:00,480 who are going around disguising themselves as prophets 647 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:01,180 of God. 648 00:36:07,750 --> 00:36:10,090 And as I said, God doesn't appreciate a 649 00:36:10,090 --> 00:36:13,490 person speaking for him when he hasn't spoken. 650 00:36:16,940 --> 00:36:19,740 And thus the false prophets in those days 651 00:36:19,740 --> 00:36:21,800 were to be put to death. 652 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:29,200 Now in the 19th chapter, again, they are 653 00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,520 told to establish the cities of refuge. 654 00:36:31,660 --> 00:36:33,140 Three of them, when they come into the 655 00:36:33,140 --> 00:36:35,780 land, three had already been established on the 656 00:36:35,780 --> 00:36:36,720 other side of Jordan. 657 00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,160 But when you come into the land, God 658 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:40,380 would appoint three cities as cities of refuge. 659 00:36:41,020 --> 00:36:43,420 Again, the idea being that if you killed 660 00:36:43,420 --> 00:36:46,020 someone accidentally, if you and your friend were 661 00:36:46,020 --> 00:36:50,220 out chopping wood and your axe head should 662 00:36:50,220 --> 00:36:52,180 fly off of the handle and hit him 663 00:36:52,180 --> 00:36:54,980 in the head and kill him, and as 664 00:36:54,980 --> 00:37:00,400 the avenger of blood would be angry because 665 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:02,480 you killed his brother and he's chasing you, 666 00:37:02,580 --> 00:37:04,340 you could flee to the city of refuge 667 00:37:04,340 --> 00:37:06,960 and there you could be saved from the 668 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:07,820 avenger of blood. 669 00:37:07,940 --> 00:37:10,300 He could not come into the city to 670 00:37:10,300 --> 00:37:12,060 take you or to kill you. 671 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:15,620 However, the cities of refuge were never to 672 00:37:15,620 --> 00:37:20,440 be a refuge for those who were guilty 673 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,700 of first-degree murder. 674 00:37:25,140 --> 00:37:28,020 Now again, in verse 9, God just gives 675 00:37:28,020 --> 00:37:30,680 chapter 19 some commandments. 676 00:37:31,240 --> 00:37:33,740 If thou shalt keep all these commandments to 677 00:37:33,740 --> 00:37:36,960 do them, which I command thee this day, 678 00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:41,900 to love the Lord thy God and to 679 00:37:41,900 --> 00:37:46,100 walk ever in His ways, then thou shalt 680 00:37:46,100 --> 00:37:49,000 add three cities more for thee beside these 681 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:49,340 three. 682 00:37:49,420 --> 00:37:51,900 In other words, three more cities when you 683 00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:52,820 get into the land. 684 00:37:53,940 --> 00:37:57,840 Now, the commandment is to love the Lord 685 00:37:57,840 --> 00:38:03,060 and to walk ever in His ways. 686 00:38:06,790 --> 00:38:08,830 They were not to touch the landmark of 687 00:38:08,830 --> 00:38:09,410 their neighbors. 688 00:38:09,570 --> 00:38:11,530 Now, in those days, they would set up 689 00:38:11,530 --> 00:38:13,050 little piles of stones. 690 00:38:13,210 --> 00:38:14,910 These stones would be landmarks. 691 00:38:14,970 --> 00:38:16,530 When you go through the land of Israel 692 00:38:16,530 --> 00:38:18,850 today, you can still see out in the 693 00:38:18,850 --> 00:38:21,390 fields these little piles of stones, which are 694 00:38:21,390 --> 00:38:24,010 landmarks, which they have set up in the 695 00:38:24,010 --> 00:38:24,730 Arab territory. 696 00:38:24,790 --> 00:38:26,770 In the Jewish territory, they don't practice this, 697 00:38:26,830 --> 00:38:28,890 but in the Arab territory, in the land 698 00:38:28,890 --> 00:38:30,410 of Israel, there on the West Bank, you'll 699 00:38:30,410 --> 00:38:32,330 see all these little piles of stones out 700 00:38:32,330 --> 00:38:34,010 in the fields, which are the landmarks. 701 00:38:34,030 --> 00:38:35,210 Now, you're not to go out at night 702 00:38:35,210 --> 00:38:37,630 and move those stones over 10 feet or 703 00:38:37,630 --> 00:38:37,950 so. 704 00:38:38,950 --> 00:38:41,690 You're not to remove your neighbor's landmark. 705 00:38:41,930 --> 00:38:47,450 That was a crime that was looked on 706 00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:49,110 with great disfavor. 707 00:38:53,670 --> 00:38:57,870 Now, if a man would rise up and 708 00:38:57,870 --> 00:39:03,780 bear false witness against his neighbor, and it 709 00:39:03,780 --> 00:39:07,340 was proved that he had perjured himself in 710 00:39:07,340 --> 00:39:11,760 his false witness, his sentence would be whatever 711 00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:13,940 kind of a crime he is trying to 712 00:39:13,940 --> 00:39:15,620 get pinned on his neighbor. 713 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:18,520 In other words, if you got up and 714 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,980 lied and said, well, I saw this man 715 00:39:20,980 --> 00:39:25,630 steal that cow, and it was proved that 716 00:39:25,630 --> 00:39:27,350 you were lying, you didn't see him, you 717 00:39:27,350 --> 00:39:28,690 were just trying to get him in trouble, 718 00:39:28,930 --> 00:39:31,170 then you would get the sentence of a 719 00:39:31,170 --> 00:39:31,710 cow thief. 720 00:39:33,830 --> 00:39:36,550 Whatever sentence would have been meted out against 721 00:39:36,550 --> 00:39:39,850 the fellow whom you were trying to incriminate, 722 00:39:40,110 --> 00:39:42,130 that sentence would be yours. 723 00:39:43,610 --> 00:39:47,290 And if you're trying to incriminate him in 724 00:39:47,290 --> 00:39:50,870 a capital offense, then you would be put 725 00:39:50,870 --> 00:39:51,430 to death. 726 00:39:52,030 --> 00:39:54,650 So, whatever you were seeking to have done 727 00:39:54,650 --> 00:39:57,950 unto him shall be put onto you. 728 00:40:01,170 --> 00:40:03,030 And thus, God wanted them to have a 729 00:40:03,030 --> 00:40:09,690 healthy fear of lying as a witness, the 730 00:40:09,690 --> 00:40:10,190 perjury. 731 00:40:12,470 --> 00:40:14,730 Now, when they went to war, chapter 20, 732 00:40:14,810 --> 00:40:17,910 against your enemies, and you see the horses 733 00:40:17,910 --> 00:40:22,370 and chariots, don't be afraid, for the Lord 734 00:40:22,370 --> 00:40:24,150 is with you who brought you out of 735 00:40:24,150 --> 00:40:24,410 Egypt. 736 00:40:24,590 --> 00:40:27,930 Now, there was among these people, they were, 737 00:40:28,390 --> 00:40:34,070 remember, just slaves, and they did have fears, 738 00:40:34,330 --> 00:40:35,850 fears of battle. 739 00:40:36,010 --> 00:40:37,710 They weren't trained fighting men. 740 00:40:39,150 --> 00:40:41,910 And in those days, the children of Israel 741 00:40:41,910 --> 00:40:44,530 did not have any horses for battle, neither 742 00:40:44,530 --> 00:40:45,890 did they have chariots. 743 00:40:47,670 --> 00:40:50,650 And having a chariot was like having a 744 00:40:50,650 --> 00:40:53,310 tank against infantry in modern warfare. 745 00:40:56,730 --> 00:40:59,330 And thus, when they'd see these chariots and 746 00:40:59,330 --> 00:41:02,290 these horses and prancing horses and all pulling 747 00:41:02,290 --> 00:41:04,610 these chariots towards them, it would strike fear 748 00:41:04,610 --> 00:41:04,990 into the heart. 749 00:41:05,110 --> 00:41:06,330 And the Lord said, don't be afraid when 750 00:41:06,330 --> 00:41:10,680 you see those, because I'm going to be 751 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:11,220 with you. 752 00:41:13,150 --> 00:41:15,950 David said, yea, though I walk through the 753 00:41:15,950 --> 00:41:17,630 valley of the shadow of death, I will 754 00:41:17,630 --> 00:41:21,770 fear no evil, for thou art with me. 755 00:41:22,030 --> 00:41:24,430 You know, the consciousness of the presence of 756 00:41:24,430 --> 00:41:27,970 God is one of the most fear-dispensing 757 00:41:27,970 --> 00:41:29,330 things in the world. 758 00:41:31,860 --> 00:41:34,380 It's so glorious to realize God is with 759 00:41:34,380 --> 00:41:40,010 me when there are frightening situations that I'm 760 00:41:40,010 --> 00:41:40,430 facing. 761 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:46,000 I oftentimes forget that God is with me, 762 00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:49,020 and that's when I really get scared. 763 00:41:49,900 --> 00:41:53,760 But it's always a comfort when you're faced 764 00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:57,720 with some difficult situation to remember, oh well, 765 00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:02,320 God is with us, because if God before 766 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:05,600 us, who can be against us? 767 00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,600 Now they're to go out to the men 768 00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:13,670 as they're getting ready to fight, and you're 769 00:42:13,670 --> 00:42:17,170 to say unto the troops, don't let your 770 00:42:17,170 --> 00:42:20,130 hearts faint, don't fear, do not tremble, don't 771 00:42:20,130 --> 00:42:23,530 be terrified, for the Lord your God is 772 00:42:23,530 --> 00:42:27,130 going before you to fight for you against 773 00:42:27,130 --> 00:42:28,970 your enemies and to save you. 774 00:42:29,030 --> 00:42:30,590 And the officers are to speak to the 775 00:42:30,590 --> 00:42:32,670 people and say, has any man built a 776 00:42:32,670 --> 00:42:34,690 new house yet and hasn't had a chance 777 00:42:34,690 --> 00:42:35,370 to live in it? 778 00:42:36,250 --> 00:42:38,150 Then that fellow could go home. 779 00:42:39,150 --> 00:42:41,150 He wouldn't have to fight, because if he 780 00:42:41,150 --> 00:42:42,790 were killed in battle, then it would mean 781 00:42:42,790 --> 00:42:45,630 he built a house and someone else lived 782 00:42:45,630 --> 00:42:47,290 in it, and he never got a chance 783 00:42:47,290 --> 00:42:47,710 to live in it. 784 00:42:47,710 --> 00:42:49,230 So he would be excused from battle. 785 00:42:49,690 --> 00:42:51,670 How many of you have planted vineyards and 786 00:42:51,670 --> 00:42:53,170 you haven't picked the grape shed? 787 00:42:53,270 --> 00:42:55,970 You can all go home, because it wouldn't 788 00:42:55,970 --> 00:42:57,730 be fair for you to do all the 789 00:42:57,730 --> 00:43:00,110 work of planting a vineyard and perhaps be 790 00:43:00,110 --> 00:43:02,210 killed in battle and never be able to 791 00:43:02,210 --> 00:43:03,370 eat of your vineyard. 792 00:43:04,310 --> 00:43:06,710 So those that had built new houses and 793 00:43:06,710 --> 00:43:09,410 not lived, how many have been engaged to 794 00:43:09,410 --> 00:43:14,630 a wife, betrothed, and you haven't yet fulfilled 795 00:43:14,630 --> 00:43:17,570 that time of betrothal, and the marriage hasn't 796 00:43:17,570 --> 00:43:18,390 yet taken place? 797 00:43:18,590 --> 00:43:20,510 Those that were engaged to be married were 798 00:43:20,510 --> 00:43:23,050 dismissed from battle and were able to go 799 00:43:23,050 --> 00:43:23,290 home. 800 00:43:23,350 --> 00:43:25,250 And finally, how many of you are afraid 801 00:43:25,250 --> 00:43:25,770 to fight? 802 00:43:26,350 --> 00:43:27,630 You can go on home too. 803 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:32,640 So by the time you were left in 804 00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:34,740 your army, you had a pretty good group 805 00:43:34,740 --> 00:43:36,560 of really fighting men, you know. 806 00:43:36,620 --> 00:43:38,940 They weren't afraid, and they were ready to 807 00:43:38,940 --> 00:43:41,820 go, and they didn't have any, you know, 808 00:43:41,900 --> 00:43:45,920 distractions like some girlfriend that they're engaged to, 809 00:43:46,140 --> 00:43:48,120 and looking forward to the wedding, or these 810 00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:48,820 kind of things. 811 00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:51,740 The fellows that remained to fight were those 812 00:43:51,740 --> 00:43:53,380 that were really ready to go. 813 00:43:53,480 --> 00:43:55,780 Now the idea, and it was a very 814 00:43:55,780 --> 00:43:57,920 good idea, of sending home those that were 815 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:00,820 fearful is that in the midst of the 816 00:44:00,820 --> 00:44:03,740 battle, because they're afraid they might panic and 817 00:44:03,740 --> 00:44:07,100 start to run, and that has a kind 818 00:44:07,100 --> 00:44:10,920 of a infecting effect upon the other troops. 819 00:44:12,100 --> 00:44:15,280 And so those that were fearful were sent 820 00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:15,640 home. 821 00:44:15,740 --> 00:44:18,360 They didn't want fellows there who were apt 822 00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,960 to panic in the midst of the battle, 823 00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:24,720 and thus create a panic among the troops. 824 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:27,620 So it was a very wise kind of 825 00:44:27,620 --> 00:44:28,400 a move indeed. 826 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:31,640 It left you with just really quality fighting 827 00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:32,140 men. 828 00:44:33,420 --> 00:44:35,120 Now when you come to a city to 829 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:37,260 take it, first of all, proclaim peace upon 830 00:44:37,260 --> 00:44:37,800 the city. 831 00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:41,420 And if they open their gates and surrender, 832 00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,460 then fine, take over the city. 833 00:44:44,260 --> 00:44:46,600 But if they fight against you, then go 834 00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:49,300 in, kill all the men, and leave the 835 00:44:49,300 --> 00:44:51,520 women and children alive, and then you can 836 00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:54,860 use the women and children as servants. 837 00:45:00,270 --> 00:45:04,250 And this cattle and the spoil you may 838 00:45:04,250 --> 00:45:07,510 take for your own to eat of it. 839 00:45:08,250 --> 00:45:09,830 And thus you shall do to all the 840 00:45:09,830 --> 00:45:12,030 cities that are far off, but those cities 841 00:45:12,030 --> 00:45:16,150 that are in the land where the Hittites, 842 00:45:16,290 --> 00:45:18,310 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, and the 843 00:45:19,110 --> 00:45:25,010 Jebusites are dwelling, then these nations you're to 844 00:45:25,010 --> 00:45:27,670 utterly destroy, not to make any peace treaties. 845 00:45:28,650 --> 00:45:31,670 You're to wipe these people out completely. 846 00:45:32,170 --> 00:45:35,170 That they teach you not to do after 847 00:45:35,170 --> 00:45:37,930 their abominations which they have done unto their 848 00:45:37,930 --> 00:45:40,930 gods, so should ye sin against Jehovah your 849 00:45:40,930 --> 00:45:41,310 God. 850 00:45:41,670 --> 00:45:43,510 When thou shalt besiege a city a long 851 00:45:43,510 --> 00:45:45,410 time, and making war against it to take 852 00:45:45,410 --> 00:45:48,370 it, thou shalt not destroy the trees of 853 00:45:48,370 --> 00:45:48,610 it. 854 00:45:49,990 --> 00:45:52,750 Now the purpose of the total eradication of 855 00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:58,490 these nations was the horrible lascivious practices that 856 00:45:58,490 --> 00:46:01,510 were going on in these nations, lest they 857 00:46:01,510 --> 00:46:02,410 would pollute you. 858 00:46:02,790 --> 00:46:04,490 Now the people did not obey the Lord 859 00:46:04,490 --> 00:46:05,050 in this. 860 00:46:05,490 --> 00:46:07,450 They did save some of the cities, and 861 00:46:07,450 --> 00:46:11,370 thus became polluted, and ultimately were driven out 862 00:46:11,370 --> 00:46:13,750 of the land themselves because of the pollutions 863 00:46:13,750 --> 00:46:17,110 that they practiced after the manner of the 864 00:46:17,110 --> 00:46:19,650 nations that they were to have destroyed. 865 00:46:20,250 --> 00:46:24,430 Again, you must see it from God's standpoint 866 00:46:24,430 --> 00:46:27,690 to understand it, because people always have difficulty 867 00:46:27,690 --> 00:46:31,850 when God has ordered the total eradication of 868 00:46:31,850 --> 00:46:32,970 a city, of a people. 869 00:46:33,970 --> 00:46:37,430 People have a difficulty understanding God's command of 870 00:46:37,430 --> 00:46:41,630 the total eradication, wiping out everything, everybody. 871 00:46:44,520 --> 00:46:53,420 The reason why God commanded this is the 872 00:46:53,420 --> 00:46:58,500 vile, horrible practices of these people. 873 00:47:02,700 --> 00:47:05,620 It would not be proper in mixed company 874 00:47:05,620 --> 00:47:08,960 to tell you of some of the normal 875 00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:12,700 practices of these people, especially in their worship. 876 00:47:13,940 --> 00:47:30,040 They were beyond help, so 877 00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:33,400 vile, so low, there was no recovering. 878 00:47:36,230 --> 00:47:41,550 By their very practices, they would be in 879 00:47:41,550 --> 00:47:44,150 time eradicating themselves. 880 00:47:46,470 --> 00:47:50,970 By the incestuous practices, by the bestiality, and 881 00:47:50,970 --> 00:47:52,790 all of these things that they were practicing, 882 00:47:54,030 --> 00:47:58,910 they would have soon become just a group 883 00:47:58,910 --> 00:48:04,110 of idiotic kind of people, and would have 884 00:48:04,110 --> 00:48:05,550 destroyed themselves. 885 00:48:07,870 --> 00:48:13,790 Thus, God ordered their destruction, lest by their 886 00:48:13,790 --> 00:48:19,310 being alive, they would pollute His people, and 887 00:48:19,310 --> 00:48:23,690 thus bring these polluting, destructive practices among His 888 00:48:23,690 --> 00:48:24,210 own people. 889 00:48:24,530 --> 00:48:27,570 It would be much like you being a 890 00:48:27,570 --> 00:48:32,690 guard at a school, watching over the kindergartners, 891 00:48:35,500 --> 00:48:38,120 and seeing them out there in the playground, 892 00:48:40,530 --> 00:48:44,650 and observing a little dog running up the 893 00:48:44,650 --> 00:48:47,250 street with foam coming out of its mouth, 894 00:48:48,070 --> 00:48:50,910 yipping and nipping at everything. 895 00:48:52,800 --> 00:48:56,060 And you immediately recognize the symptoms of this 896 00:48:56,060 --> 00:48:57,260 dog, its actions. 897 00:48:57,500 --> 00:49:04,060 You know that it has hydrophobia, rabies. 898 00:49:05,540 --> 00:49:08,860 Now, would you be justified in killing that 899 00:49:08,860 --> 00:49:11,500 little rabid dog before it could get on 900 00:49:11,500 --> 00:49:12,540 the school grounds? 901 00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:18,960 Or should you just sit there and say, 902 00:49:18,960 --> 00:49:20,380 oh, look at that dog. 903 00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:21,560 I think it has rabies. 904 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:23,280 Look at it biting all of the children. 905 00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:27,110 My, that isn't nice. 906 00:49:27,230 --> 00:49:29,270 Little dogs shouldn't bite children like that. 907 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:34,380 Man, I'd fire you so fast. 908 00:49:39,200 --> 00:49:40,780 The dog is rabid. 909 00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:41,840 It's going to die. 910 00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:42,800 It can't live. 911 00:49:42,860 --> 00:49:45,360 If it's got rabies, it's doomed to die. 912 00:49:48,070 --> 00:49:52,430 But if you don't protect those children, many 913 00:49:52,430 --> 00:49:55,530 of those innocent little children will also die 914 00:49:55,530 --> 00:49:58,430 because they'll be infected by that rabid dog. 915 00:49:59,890 --> 00:50:05,670 Therefore, you would be totally justified in killing 916 00:50:05,670 --> 00:50:06,970 that rabid dog. 917 00:50:10,470 --> 00:50:13,170 In fact, you would be at fault if 918 00:50:13,170 --> 00:50:15,290 you didn't kill that rabid dog. 919 00:50:16,350 --> 00:50:19,730 You would be responsible if you allowed that 920 00:50:19,730 --> 00:50:21,310 dog to bite the children. 921 00:50:21,650 --> 00:50:24,690 You would be responsible for the children's death. 922 00:50:26,230 --> 00:50:29,090 Therefore, for the sake of the innocent children, 923 00:50:29,350 --> 00:50:32,430 your obligation is to kill the rabid dog, 924 00:50:33,430 --> 00:50:35,730 lest it infect the children. 925 00:50:36,850 --> 00:50:41,630 Now, these people were like rabid dogs in 926 00:50:41,630 --> 00:50:45,550 that their practices were self-destructive. 927 00:50:45,930 --> 00:50:48,670 They were destroying themselves and would have destroyed 928 00:50:48,670 --> 00:50:49,210 themselves. 929 00:50:50,250 --> 00:50:53,290 Yet the practices, because of their nature, were 930 00:50:53,290 --> 00:50:54,090 infectious. 931 00:50:54,570 --> 00:50:56,950 And there was a danger if God's people 932 00:50:56,950 --> 00:51:00,150 would come in and see these vile, abominable 933 00:51:00,150 --> 00:51:03,970 practices, that they too might enter into some 934 00:51:03,970 --> 00:51:07,350 of these practices and thus become infected with 935 00:51:07,350 --> 00:51:10,650 this deadly sin by which God would have 936 00:51:10,650 --> 00:51:13,490 to then judge and eradicate His own children. 937 00:51:14,230 --> 00:51:16,790 So, God was seeking to protect His innocent 938 00:51:16,790 --> 00:51:21,450 children from these destructive practices of these people, 939 00:51:21,670 --> 00:51:24,410 and thus He ordered their eradication. 940 00:51:25,610 --> 00:51:28,430 Where the nations weren't involved so deeply, God 941 00:51:28,430 --> 00:51:31,530 didn't order that kind of eradication. 942 00:51:31,850 --> 00:51:34,830 It was only among these people where these 943 00:51:34,830 --> 00:51:38,150 vile, horrible practices were going on. 944 00:51:40,740 --> 00:51:44,560 Thus, God was protecting His innocent children, trying 945 00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:47,760 to keep them from being infected by these 946 00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:52,000 deadly practices of the nations that inhabited this 947 00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:52,420 land. 948 00:51:56,340 --> 00:52:02,940 So, God tells them when they are besieging 949 00:52:02,940 --> 00:52:04,640 a city, they are not to cut down 950 00:52:04,640 --> 00:52:08,640 any fruit trees to use as a bulwark 951 00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:09,580 against the city. 952 00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:11,640 Just cut down the trees that don't bear 953 00:52:11,640 --> 00:52:14,840 fruit to use, you know, to build your 954 00:52:14,840 --> 00:52:16,580 bulwarks and so forth. 955 00:52:17,260 --> 00:52:19,780 Cut down the eucalyptus and the oak and 956 00:52:19,780 --> 00:52:22,320 trees like that, but don't cut down the 957 00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:25,960 olive trees or the apricot trees or those 958 00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:28,780 that bear fruit, because they will be food 959 00:52:28,780 --> 00:52:30,220 for you in time to come.