1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: Hi, Faith for listeners, Good morning, and welcome to the 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: Bible Explain podcast on this absolutely lovely morning, and I 3 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: am so thankful that you are here to discuss the 4 00:00:07,760 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 1: Bible with me. We're going to be talking about the 5 00:00:10,840 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 1: rapture today. Finally, we're actually going to discuss the rapture. 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:17,880 Speaker 1: I've been telling you guys about this for days, and 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 1: now the passage is here. We're gonna get into what 8 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:25,320 Speaker 1: the rapture is and whether the rapture already took place 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:28,600 Speaker 1: or is going to take place. Stay tuned for a 10 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: great discussion. Okay, even though we're reading only five verses today, 11 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 1: I know this is going to be a really long 12 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:44,560 Speaker 1: episode just based upon how much I want to talk about. 13 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: So let's read first Thessalonians four and jump right in, 14 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: starting in verse thirteen and finishing in verse eighteen. As usual, 15 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 1: I'll be reading today from the web. But we don't 16 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have 17 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest 18 00:01:02,800 --> 00:01:05,559 Speaker 1: who have no hope. For we believe that Jesus died 19 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: and rose again, even so God will bring with him 20 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: those who have fallen asleep. In Jesus. For this we 21 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: tell you by the word of the Lord, that we 22 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 1: who are alive, who are left until the coming of 23 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: the Lord, will in no way proceed those who have 24 00:01:18,160 --> 00:01:21,480 Speaker 1: fallen asleep, For the Lord himself will descend from heaven 25 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,120 Speaker 1: with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and 26 00:01:24,160 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 1: with God's trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first. 27 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 1: Then we who are alive who are left, will be 28 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: caught up together with them in the clouds to meet 29 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:34,760 Speaker 1: the Lord in the air. So we will be with 30 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,920 Speaker 1: the Lord forever. Therefore, comfort one another with these words. 31 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: All right, So this right here, this is the portion 32 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: that we've all been waiting for. This is the one 33 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: that talks about the rapture. The word rapture comes from 34 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 1: the word raptus, which means to be caught up. And 35 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: that is what Paul says right here. He says, we 36 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: are going to be caught up to meet God in 37 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: the air. And what's really interesting, this is the only 38 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 1: verse in the Bible actually that talks about the rapture. Now, 39 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 1: there are other passages of scripture that we'll talk about 40 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: today that allude to the rapture. But first, Thessalonians chapter 41 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: four thirteen through eighteen is really the only place that 42 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: the rapture is stated specifically, meaning that Christians are going 43 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,640 Speaker 1: to be caught up to meet God in the air. 44 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: So that is what the rapture is. For those of 45 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 1: you who have been living under a rock and have 46 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: not heard the rapture craze that has been going on 47 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 1: for the past several decades, this is what the rapture is, 48 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:41,640 Speaker 1: you know. The rapture craze I feel like got pretty 49 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:46,160 Speaker 1: mainstream after the Left Behind series came out. Man, I 50 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 1: should not have read those books. I read those books 51 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: at too young of an age, and they really messed 52 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,960 Speaker 1: me up. I'm not gonna lie. I was pretty freaked 53 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 1: out after reading those books. And I'm actually not the 54 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: only person I know who was like deeply scarred from 55 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: the Left Behind series. I know a handful of other 56 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: people that said the same thing, that they were like 57 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: horrified after reading those books. But I'm not fully blaming 58 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,960 Speaker 1: the Left Behind series, but I think too many people 59 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: made it out to be as if it was like 60 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 1: gospel truth when it certainly was not. There could be 61 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,160 Speaker 1: some truth in them, I don't know, but for the 62 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: most part, it is a work of fiction. So let's 63 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: get into what the rapture actually is. Starting in verse thirteen, 64 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: Paul says, we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers 65 00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't 66 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:38,800 Speaker 1: grieve like the rest who have no hope. So first 67 00:03:38,840 --> 00:03:42,520 Speaker 1: and foremost, Paul says that those who have died who 68 00:03:42,520 --> 00:03:47,400 Speaker 1: are Christians have actually just fallen asleep. And he specifically 69 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: uses that verbiage because think about sleeping. You know, it's 70 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 1: a temporary state. It is something that you do for 71 00:03:55,440 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: several hours every night and then you wake up in 72 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,720 Speaker 1: the morning. It is temporary. And I think that's why 73 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 1: Paul uses the verbiage here that they have fallen asleep, 74 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 1: not that they have died, because death is so final. 75 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: So Paul says, they're not dead in the way that 76 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,080 Speaker 1: we think of death. They have fallen asleep. This is 77 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,479 Speaker 1: a temporary status for them. And the reason Paul says 78 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: all that to the Thessalonians is because it seems like 79 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,920 Speaker 1: the Thessalonians were concerned that they're loved ones who are 80 00:04:27,040 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: Christians who died before them weren't going to experience the 81 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 1: glory and majesty of Jesus's return and they were sad 82 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:38,719 Speaker 1: over that fact. They said, yeah, you know, my mom 83 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 1: or my dad died before me. They were Christians, They're 84 00:04:41,920 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 1: not going to experience the Messiah returning. So Paul says, no, 85 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: don't think that they are going to experience Jesus's second 86 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: coming as much as anybody who is alive when it happens. 87 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: And Paul says, the reason he tells the Thessalonians these 88 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 1: things is because he doesn't want them to grieve like 89 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 1: the rest who have no hope. You know, death, like 90 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:08,800 Speaker 1: I said, is such a final thing. It is such 91 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: a discouraging thing. You know, for anybody who is not 92 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:16,719 Speaker 1: a Christian, death is absolutely terrible because they have no 93 00:05:16,880 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 1: hope that they're ever going to see their loved one again. 94 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:25,400 Speaker 1: And that's a very sad thing. But Christians don't have 95 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: that same concern because we know that our loved ones 96 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 1: who accepted Jesus as their savior, their death is a 97 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:38,120 Speaker 1: temporary thing. It is not going to last forever. They 98 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:41,840 Speaker 1: are in a sleep state, is what Paul says. And 99 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: this certainly gives us hope. You know, I don't want 100 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,599 Speaker 1: my loved ones to die, but I have hope that 101 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 1: I'm going to see them again. You know, my grandma 102 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 1: who died, I know she was saved. I know that 103 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:57,360 Speaker 1: she believed in Jesus. I know I'm going to see 104 00:05:57,400 --> 00:06:00,040 Speaker 1: her again someday. My friend Jeff, who is on the 105 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: podcast last year in January, he died in February. I 106 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 1: know that I'm going to see him again someday. And 107 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:10,919 Speaker 1: everybody else that I know we're Christians who died before me, 108 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: I'm going to see them again because we have a 109 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:16,599 Speaker 1: hope and an understanding that death is not the end, 110 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: but it's actually, in a sense the beginning, especially when 111 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 1: Jesus comes again, it's the beginning of a brand new 112 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: life verse fourteen. For if we believe that Jesus died 113 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: and rose again, even so God will bring with him 114 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:37,479 Speaker 1: those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. So if we 115 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: believe in Jesus's death and resurrection, that Jesus was powerful 116 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:46,039 Speaker 1: enough to defeat death and rise again on the third day, 117 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: then we have to also believe that God can do 118 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: the same thing for our loved ones who believed in 119 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: Jesus who died before us. God is that powerful, and 120 00:06:57,960 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: if he can raise Jesus from the dead, then he 121 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,159 Speaker 1: can certainly raise our loved ones as well. But notice 122 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:08,839 Speaker 1: here that Paul does not call Jesus's death sleep as 123 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 1: he did in verse thirteen, And that's because Jesus did 124 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 1: not experience the temporary state of death. He fully died. 125 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: He experienced death, and he did that specifically so that 126 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,840 Speaker 1: he could defeat and conquer death, so that for all 127 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:30,920 Speaker 1: of us we don't have to experience the finality of death. 128 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:35,280 Speaker 1: And that's Jesus showing his power as God that he 129 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:39,560 Speaker 1: can fully die, that he can experience the finality of death, 130 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: but then conquer it and raise himself three days later. 131 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: That was Jesus showing his power as God that death 132 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: is no longer final. And First Corinthians, chapter fifteen goes 133 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 1: a lot more into depth with that, and we'll get 134 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: into some of those verses in just a moment here, 135 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: but continue in verse fourteen. If we believe that Jesus 136 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,240 Speaker 1: died and rose again, even so God will bring with 137 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. For this 138 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 1: we tell you by the word of the Lord, that 139 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 1: we who are alive, who are left until the coming 140 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,000 Speaker 1: of the Lord, will in no way precede those who've 141 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: fallen asleep. That's another comfort for the Thessalonian Church and 142 00:08:23,520 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: also for all of us reading this who has had 143 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 1: a loved one die. They're actually going to experience all 144 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: of this first before anybody who is alive does. They're 145 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: going to experience it first, and that is a comfort 146 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:41,520 Speaker 1: to all of us that death is not final, and 147 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 1: that it also means we're not going to miss out 148 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:48,320 Speaker 1: on something so amazing like Jesus's second coming. We're going 149 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,559 Speaker 1: to experience it whether we are alive or dead. Here's 150 00:08:52,559 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: what it says in verse sixteen. For the Lord himself 151 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice 152 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 1: of the archangel and with God's trumpet. The dead in 153 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 1: Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive who 154 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 1: are left will be caught up together with them in 155 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 1: the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So 156 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore, comfort one 157 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: another with these words, and this really is a comfort. 158 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: This is such a comfort because we know that our 159 00:09:20,200 --> 00:09:23,560 Speaker 1: brothers and sisters in Christ who have died and we 160 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,319 Speaker 1: miss them so much, we're going to see them again. 161 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: We're going to experience life with them once again. And 162 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:36,840 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter whether we die or whether we're alive. 163 00:09:36,880 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 1: When Jesus comes back, all of us will see and 164 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: experience the exact same thing. And this brings me to 165 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: First Corinthians chapter fifteen fifty one through fifty eight, which 166 00:09:50,360 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: ties perfectly into for Thessalonians four. This is Paul speaking, 167 00:09:55,679 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 1: starting in verse fifty one. But hold, I tell you 168 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 1: a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will 169 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:04,880 Speaker 1: all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of 170 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,520 Speaker 1: an eye at the last trumpet, For the trumpet will sound, 171 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: and the dead will be raised, incorruptible, and we will 172 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: be changed. For this perishable body must become imperishable, and 173 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:19,880 Speaker 1: this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable 174 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have 175 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: put on immortality, then what is written will happen. Death 176 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: is swallowed up in victory. Death. Where is your sting, Hades, 177 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: where is your victory? The sting of death is sin, 178 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 1: and the power of sin is the law. But thanks 179 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: be to God who gives us victory through our Lord 180 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast immovable, always 181 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your 182 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:51,840 Speaker 1: labor is not in vain in the Lord. Now, this 183 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: passage I just read did not specifically say the rapture, 184 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: did not specifically say that Christians will be caught up, 185 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,199 Speaker 1: but it's certainly to talking about the same thing. You can 186 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: tell it's talking about the exact same thing. This is 187 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: discussing Jesus's second coming and the rapture Christians being caught 188 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:12,960 Speaker 1: up to Jesus. Now, this brings me to the three 189 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: most common beliefs among Christians about when the rapture is 190 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,559 Speaker 1: going to take place. The first belief is called preterism. 191 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,559 Speaker 1: That means that the rapture already happened. The second belief 192 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 1: is that the rapture is going to happen. And the 193 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: third belief is that the rapture is all gobbledegook and 194 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: it's not going to happen. Ever, Jesus is going to 195 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: come back, but the rapture is fake, that is not 196 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:44,560 Speaker 1: going to happen. I will address that belief first. It 197 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 1: is very clear in scripture that a rapture of some 198 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,960 Speaker 1: sort is going to happen. It says right here in 199 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:55,520 Speaker 1: first Thessalonians that we will be caught up to meet Jesus. 200 00:11:56,400 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 1: I doubt it will be depicted the way mainstream Christian 201 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: media has depicted it, the way rapture predictors depict it, 202 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: the way the Left Behind series have depicted it. I 203 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 1: really highly doubt it's going to be like that. But 204 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: you can't deny that a rapture of some sort is 205 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:20,360 Speaker 1: going to take place, that we will meet Jesus in 206 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: the air. And it's not just people who are alive 207 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: who will experience the rapture, but everybody, every single Christian, 208 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: whether they are alive or dead, at the time of 209 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:35,040 Speaker 1: Jesus is coming, they will experience a rapture of some 210 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: sort that is laid out in scripture. So I can't 211 00:12:38,760 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: get behind the belief that the rapture is fake because 212 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: I think there's too much biblical evidence for it. But 213 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: I can definitely get behind the idea that the rapture 214 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 1: as it's depicted in Christian media is certainly fake. It's 215 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: very clear in scripture that we are not going to 216 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 1: know the day or the time. It's all so very 217 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 1: clear in scripture that much of the prophecies will not 218 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: be known until they happen. That's why Jesus in Matthew 219 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 1: twenty four says that you have to discern the times, 220 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: not look at the future prophecies, but discern the times 221 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 1: that you are in right now. Are the prophecies that 222 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:25,400 Speaker 1: are discussed in Revelations starting to make sense? If so, 223 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 1: you're probably getting closer and closer to Jesus's return. So 224 00:13:30,200 --> 00:13:32,880 Speaker 1: that's my belief. On all of that. I do believe 225 00:13:32,920 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: that the rapture is biblical. I don't believe that really 226 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: anybody truly knows what it's going to look like now. 227 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 1: The second belief is that the rapture already happened. And 228 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 1: this belief is called pratorism or preterism. I'm not really 229 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: sure how to say it, but the word pratism comes 230 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:56,120 Speaker 1: from the Latin word pratur, which I believe means history. 231 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 1: So in other words, this belief is that the rapture 232 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:02,040 Speaker 1: is history. It all already happened, it's not going to 233 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: happen again. And all end times prophecies talked about in 234 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:10,080 Speaker 1: Daniel and Revelation in Matthew twenty four, all of those 235 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,199 Speaker 1: already happened and they're not going to happen again. So 236 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 1: let's delve into that viewpoint a little bit more. Pratorists 237 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 1: believe that the rapture happened during the Fall of Jerusalem 238 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,720 Speaker 1: in eighty seventy. You know, when Rome went into Jerusalem 239 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 1: and completely ransacked it and destroyed the temple and killed 240 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of people, and there was a really 241 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: nasty famine that happened in the city that also killed 242 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: a bunch of people. Well, pratorists think that the rapture 243 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: happened then that all of the End Times prophecies is 244 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: referring to that exact moment in history when the Temple 245 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: was destroyed. They also believed that the only people raptured 246 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 1: were the one hundred and forty four thousand Jews talked 247 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: about in the Book of Revelation. If you go to 248 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,360 Speaker 1: Revelation seven, verse one, here's what it says. After this, 249 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 1: I saw four angels standing on the four corners of 250 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 1: the earth, holding the four winds, so that no wind 251 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: would blow on the earth, on the sea, or on 252 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,000 Speaker 1: any tree. I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, 253 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: having the seal of the Living God. He cried with 254 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 1: a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it 255 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:14,400 Speaker 1: was given to him the earth and the sea, saying, 256 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,880 Speaker 1: don't harm the earth, sea, or trees until we have 257 00:15:16,920 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: sealed the bond servants of our God on their foreheads. 258 00:15:19,800 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 1: I heard the number of those who are sealed. One 259 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: hundred and forty four thousand sealed out of every tribe 260 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: of the children of Israel, of the tribe of Judah 261 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:32,120 Speaker 1: twelve thousand, Reuben twelve thousand, God twelve thousand, Asher twelve thousand, 262 00:15:32,400 --> 00:15:36,440 Speaker 1: and so on. So the pratorist believes that those one 263 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: hundred and forty four thousand were the ones who are 264 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: raptured up out of Jerusalem and were taken to be 265 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,720 Speaker 1: with God in the air, and that Jesus did come 266 00:15:45,760 --> 00:15:47,440 Speaker 1: back during that time, but it was kind of a 267 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: spiritual comeback. Now, this is just kind of like the 268 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: broad pratorist viewpoint. I do know that Pratorism kind of 269 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:59,320 Speaker 1: goes into like one hundred different like subsections, and there's 270 00:15:59,360 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: a lot of view about it, but I'm just talking 271 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:04,160 Speaker 1: about one of the most common ones right now. That 272 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: Jesus did come back, some people were raptured at the 273 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: fall of Jerusalem, but that Jesus's comeback was more of 274 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: a spiritual one rather than a physical one, and they 275 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 1: take a lot of these viewpoints. From Matthew chapter twenty four, 276 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 1: this is the sermon that Jesus is speaking to his 277 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:27,760 Speaker 1: disciples about the end times prophecies. And here's what Jesus 278 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: says in Matthew twenty four thirty four. Most certainly, I 279 00:16:31,920 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: tell you, this generation will not pass away until all 280 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: these things are accomplished. So the praterarist will say. Jesus 281 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 1: from his own mouth said that his generation will be 282 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: alive when all of these things take place. So it 283 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: makes sense that all of these things took place during 284 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,240 Speaker 1: the fall of Jerusalem in eighty seventy. And I'm not 285 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: gonna lie. When I first heard about praatism, I opened 286 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,560 Speaker 1: my brain to it, I did my research, I thought 287 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:06,320 Speaker 1: about it, and then I closed my brain to it 288 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: pretty hard right after that. And here's why, because most 289 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:14,640 Speaker 1: of these things have not happened. Even in Matthew twenty four, 290 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 1: when Jesus talks about the end of days, he discusses 291 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:22,640 Speaker 1: events that certainly did not happen during the Fall of Jerusalem. 292 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: For example, Matthew twenty four, verse twenty nine, immediately after 293 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,640 Speaker 1: the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, 294 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 1: the moon will not give its light, the stars will 295 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens 296 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: will be shaken. Then the sign of the Sun of 297 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: Man will appear in the sky. Then all the tribes 298 00:17:40,760 --> 00:17:42,520 Speaker 1: of the earth will mourn. They will see the Sun 299 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 1: of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with 300 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,560 Speaker 1: power and great glory. But the problem is, if Jesus 301 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 1: came back in seventy a d. None of those things happen. 302 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: These things are not documented in our history books. We 303 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 1: don't have any evidence of these crazy events happening in space. 304 00:18:01,240 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 1: And don't you think that the Romans would have written 305 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 1: all this down if they saw like the sign of 306 00:18:06,680 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ in the air, would they have not have 307 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,240 Speaker 1: written all of this down? But it's not written down. 308 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 1: So that's my first concern with all of this. The 309 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: second concern is that when Jesus talks about this generation 310 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: will not pass away until all these things are accomplished. 311 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: The Greek word for generation, which is genea, can also 312 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 1: be translated as race, and that would mean that humanity 313 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:36,320 Speaker 1: as a race is not going to pass away until 314 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: these things take place. You know, there's so many beliefs 315 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: swirling around that. You know, the end is going to come. 316 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:47,080 Speaker 1: All of humanity is going to be destroyed from you know, 317 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 1: the sun flares and from pollution and all these other problems. 318 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,360 Speaker 1: You know, people are just going to die. We hear 319 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 1: that all the time. It's fear mongering. But Jesus says, no, 320 00:18:57,280 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: people are not going to die until all of these 321 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,280 Speaker 1: things take place. The Earth is going to continue on 322 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 1: its natural orbit. Everything is going to primarily stay the same. 323 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 1: The seasons will come, the seasons will go until Jesus returns. 324 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: So the word jenea is not always translated as this generation, 325 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: as the pratorist likes to say, but rather it can 326 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:27,199 Speaker 1: be translated as broadly, humanity as a whole will not 327 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:31,160 Speaker 1: pass away until Jesus comes again. So if that's the case, 328 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: Jesus was not saying that the rapture was going to 329 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: take place in his generation for them to see, but 330 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:43,399 Speaker 1: someday in the future. So that's the second problem with praderism. 331 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:49,400 Speaker 1: But the third problem you'll find in First Corinthians, chapter eleven, 332 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 1: twenty three through twenty six. For I received from the 333 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 1: Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the 334 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed, 335 00:19:59,480 --> 00:20:02,439 Speaker 1: took bread. When he had given thanks, he broke it 336 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 1: and said, take and eat. This is my body which 337 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 1: is broken. For you do this in memory of me. 338 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:10,320 Speaker 1: In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, 339 00:20:10,359 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: this cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do 340 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,199 Speaker 1: this as often as you drink in memory of me. 341 00:20:15,920 --> 00:20:17,920 Speaker 1: For as often as you eat this bread and drink 342 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,720 Speaker 1: this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 343 00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: So my question is, if Jesus already came back, why 344 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 1: are we still doing communion at church? Why is it 345 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: this big secret thing. It does not seem secret to me, 346 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: you know, when Paul talks about it in First Thessalonians 347 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 1: and First Corinthians, it does not seem like it's going 348 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 1: to be secret. It seems like it's going to be 349 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:47,719 Speaker 1: a intense event. It's clearly going to be a public 350 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:51,200 Speaker 1: thing that everybody knows about. In fact, Jesus himself says, 351 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: you're going to see me, You're going to see my 352 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:59,240 Speaker 1: sign in the sky. We didn't see any of that happen, 353 00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 1: So I don't think it's going to be just this, 354 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,879 Speaker 1: you know, secret event that took place that none of 355 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: us really know about, and so the Church just continues 356 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:12,000 Speaker 1: doing all this, you know, needless stuff like taking communion 357 00:21:12,560 --> 00:21:15,920 Speaker 1: or for that matter, waiting for Jesus like a scripture 358 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: tells us to. But the last couple concerns I have 359 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: about praatism is that when Paul wrote about the Rapture 360 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,000 Speaker 1: in the passages we read today, in one Sessonians four 361 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 1: and one Corinthians fifteen, both those letters were to non Jews. 362 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 1: If the rapture was only for Jews, why would Paul 363 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: write about the Rapture to non Jews two gentile converts 364 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 1: of Christianity. If they weren't included in it, they would 365 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: have no reason to know or care about the Rapture. 366 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:51,959 Speaker 1: So that's another concern I have with praiorism. And then 367 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 1: the final concern that I have is that the Book 368 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:59,280 Speaker 1: of Revelation was likely written after the fall of Jerusalem, 369 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:03,000 Speaker 1: and if it was is that would obviously destroy the 370 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:08,480 Speaker 1: pratorist viewpoint. So the pratorist also has to say that 371 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:12,560 Speaker 1: the Book of Revelation was written before the Fall of Jerusalem, 372 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:15,760 Speaker 1: And to their credit, we don't really know when the 373 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,520 Speaker 1: Book of Revelation was written. You know, when John was 374 00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 1: writing Revelation, he was addressing all of these different churches, 375 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:26,560 Speaker 1: like the Church of Smyrna, the Church of Philadelphia, all 376 00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: of these churches. Many of those churches weren't really around 377 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:36,040 Speaker 1: until after sixty five eighty. Now, granted, yes, John could 378 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: have written the Book of Revelation like in that five 379 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,840 Speaker 1: year time period right before the fall of Jerusalem in 380 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 1: seventy eight, but when John talks to these churches, it 381 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: seems he is talking to well established churches, not brand 382 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,639 Speaker 1: new churches that literally got their feet off the ground 383 00:22:53,880 --> 00:22:57,719 Speaker 1: a month prior. It seems he's discussing these events with 384 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 1: well established churches. So most scholars do believe that the 385 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: Book of Revelation was written after the Fall of Jerusalem, 386 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:11,360 Speaker 1: most likely around ninety to ninety five eighty. So those 387 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 1: are my primary concerns about praterism. However, like I said before, 388 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,960 Speaker 1: I really don't know when the rapture is going to 389 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:24,240 Speaker 1: take place. But I feel confident in my own study 390 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: that the rapture is yet to come, because there's so 391 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,439 Speaker 1: much talked about in Matthew twenty four that has not 392 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,919 Speaker 1: happened yet in Revelation that doesn't seem to have happened 393 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,720 Speaker 1: yet in Daniel that also does not seem to have 394 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: happened yet. And plus on top of that, here's what 395 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:50,119 Speaker 1: Paul says in two Timothy sixteen through eighteen. Shun empty chatter, 396 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,840 Speaker 1: for it will go further in ungodliness, and those words 397 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: will consume like gang green, of whom Hymenus and Philatus, 398 00:23:58,560 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: men who have aired concern the truth, saying that the 399 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:06,360 Speaker 1: resurrection is already passed, and overthrowing the faith of some. However, 400 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: God's firm foundation stands having this seal. The Lord knows 401 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,440 Speaker 1: who are his, and let everyone who names the name 402 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,960 Speaker 1: of the Lord depart from unrighteousness. And here's what two 403 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:25,040 Speaker 1: Peter three eight through ten says. Don't forget this thing, beloved, 404 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, 405 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,920 Speaker 1: and a thousand years is as one day. The Lord 406 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness, 407 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 1: but he is patient with us, not wishing that anyone 408 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:42,359 Speaker 1: should perish, but that all should come to repentance. But 409 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 1: the day of the Lord will come as a thief 410 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 1: in the night, in which the heavens will pass away 411 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: with a great noise, and the elements will be dissolved 412 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 1: with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that 413 00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: are in it will be burned up. I think those 414 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,160 Speaker 1: two verses are very clear that we do not know 415 00:24:58,320 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: when the rapture is going to take place, that even 416 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,600 Speaker 1: though it seems like God is acting very slowly, he 417 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,720 Speaker 1: is doing things in his time period, and that a 418 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:11,240 Speaker 1: thousand years to him seems like a day and a 419 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:13,639 Speaker 1: day also seems like a thousand years to him, like 420 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:16,959 Speaker 1: he is outside of time the way we understand it. 421 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,239 Speaker 1: He is doing things outside of his time in his 422 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: time the way that is best. And let's just say 423 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:28,240 Speaker 1: the rapture already took place, that the pratorists are all correct, 424 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 1: that Jesus has already come again in seventy a d. 425 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 1: I still think that we need to be watching and 426 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,159 Speaker 1: waiting for Jesus even if we believe that he has 427 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:43,000 Speaker 1: already come back, because that is what is worn to 428 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 1: us over and over and over again in the New Testament, 429 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 1: that we need to be watching and waiting for Jesus's return. 430 00:25:52,160 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 1: If Jesus already came back, then that means we wouldn't 431 00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 1: have to watch and wait any longer, and that could 432 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:02,280 Speaker 1: cause some people to get come to not wait on Jesus. 433 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 1: I personally would rather be safe than sorry and live 434 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: in a way that scripture tells us to live where 435 00:26:09,520 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: we are waiting for Jesus every single day because we 436 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,200 Speaker 1: don't know when we're going to see him. We don't 437 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 1: know when he's going to return, and we need to 438 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: be ready to meet his face, whether it's through the 439 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:29,440 Speaker 1: temporary state of death or the second coming of the Messiah, 440 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: we need to be ready. But, faithful listeners, we are 441 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,760 Speaker 1: not done talking about the Rapture. We still have another 442 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,119 Speaker 1: chapter to go in for Thessalonians, and Paul's going to 443 00:26:41,119 --> 00:26:44,280 Speaker 1: get a little bit more into when Jesus is going 444 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:46,960 Speaker 1: to come back and what we should do while we're 445 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,840 Speaker 1: waiting on Jesus. So, faithful listeners, I hope you enjoyed 446 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:51,800 Speaker 1: today's episode, and if you did, share it on your 447 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: social media platforms and tell people that the Bible Explain 448 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,679 Speaker 1: podcast exists. But, faithful listeners, I am sorry that the 449 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 1: podcast episodes are all messed up as of right now. 450 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 1: I am really really hoping that they get this problem 451 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:09,640 Speaker 1: fixed soon. While you're waiting. If you wanted to listen 452 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 1: to the old episodes, make sure to go to my 453 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: YouTube channel or to my Rumble channel. Both of those 454 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:18,640 Speaker 1: are linked in the description. And YouTube specifically has all 455 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 1: of my episodes organized by books and by seasons, so 456 00:27:23,880 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: you can find any episode that you want over on 457 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:29,440 Speaker 1: the YouTube channel. Faithful listeners, have a fantastic and wonderful 458 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,320 Speaker 1: rest of your day. Happy listening, and God bless