SCRIPTURE TALKS ABOUT GOG ATTACKING ISRAEL AND THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON. ARE THESE THE SAME BATTLE? AS CHRISTIANS SHOULD WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CHARACTER OF OUR LEADERS. SHOULD THE PERSON'S CHARACTER MATCH THE PLATFORM?
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- Got some questions for ya.- Okay, let's go for it.
- Okay, this is Dyanne, whosays "Scripture talks about Gog
"attacking Israel andthe Battle of Armageddon.
"Are these the same battle?
"Where does the Battle of Armageddon fit
"into your prophecy timeline?"
- [Pat] Well, I, I thinkthat what you mentioned
the Gog and Magog thing.
Look, this,
the word Har means mountain
and Megiddo is the place whereso many battles took place
in the Old Testament,
and Armageddon is the battle of,
from the mount of,
of Megiddo, but thebattle is in Jerusalem.
It is not the Battle of Jerusalem,
so we talk about the Battle of Armageddon
and the, that's, it, you know,
incorrect, I mean, it's,they go into Jerusalem
and the Lord will fight for Jerusalem,
and that, that's whatthe Bible talks about.
So that's where, Armageddonmeans Har, Mount of Megiddo.
No, there's, there's no,there's, we keep talkin' about
the Battle of Armageddon.
It's not Ruhr; there's no such thing.
It's the Battle of Jerusalemand it fits right into
that attack when theforces of evil are coming,
I guess, in, in, wetalked about Ezekiel 38,
and I think that's,that's where it fits in
very nicely, all right?- This is Jesse who says,
"Due to the COVID-19pandemic, I've been working
"from my house since March.
"It was fine at the beginning,but now my wife and I
"cannot stop fighting.
"I think we've neededto have our own space
"for our 11 years of marriage.
"Do you have any ideas or words of wisdom
that might make our situationeasier or more bearable?
- [Pat] Yeah, every night don'tgo to bed mad at each other.
You know, never let thesun go down on your wrath.
And do, do me a favorwhile you're praying.
Think about all the wonderful things
that your wife is or your husband is,
recite in your mind,"Well this guy, is, is,
"he's really honest and he doesn't drink,
"and he doesn't beat me (laughs) and,
"and he's a good provider, and,and he's a good family man,
"and he's good for the children."
Think about the wife, "She's so lovely,
"and she's so sweet,and she cooks good food,
"and she keeps the house well,
"and she, she, she buysgood clothes for the kids."
Whatever you think about,and, and recite that
over and over again.
And in the meantime, thereare places you can go.
You don't have to stay in the house.
I mean, go walk on thebeach or go in the woods
or go someplace and get away.
- A little fresh air.- Yeah, ride a bicycle.
You know, do something, all right?
- Yeah, this is Chip, whosays, "Pat, is there anywhere
"in the Bible that says, ordo you have any knowledge
"or believe that there ishuman life on other planets?"
- [Pat] None whatsoever;you know, Hugh Ross
is such a brilliant guy,and he wrote a book called
"This Amazing Planet."
The, the earth is extraordinary.
Out of all the planets on, that are there,
I mean, this one is,was, the, the universe
is tuned for life,
tuned for life,
and the life is on this one planet
and, and the planet welive on is so wonderful.
And Hugh Ross said a, from time to time,
people in the occult start seeing all
these outer space creaturesor stuff like that,
and they aren't reallyspaceships or any of this.
But they, it, it, it isthe rather the occult
where you find people being transported
and all that stuff.
But just to figure,
the nearest star,
it would take 10,000
light years, 10,000 yearstraveling at the speed of light,
to go from the nearest solar system planet
into our planet and, you know,there's just no life on Mars.
There are a bunch of lifeless rocks.
And so, you know, all thisbusiness of "We're gonna put
"a man on Mars," well big deal.
Who needs it? (laughs)(Terry laughs)
It's a waste of money, but the moon is a,
is a great, big empty rock, and you think,
"Well, there's some water onMars; maybe there's life."
No, there's not; there'snot any life anywhere
except right here.
God made this planet for His children,
and this is the centerof redemption right here
on earth, all right?- This is Claudine who says,
"My daughter wants to have atattoo and pierce her nose.
"She says women in the Bible did it.
"How would you respond to that?"
- [Pat] Well, women in theBible had, had nose rings,
so they weren't tattooed.
The Bible says you're notsupposed to tattoo yourself.
It's an evil thing, andyou're forbidden to do it.
They had nose rings,
but if you wanna go aroundwith a ring in your nose,
I mean, come on, nobodywants to do that today,
but that, that, they, they had gold stuff,
and that, there's one instance--
- [Terry] Was consideredbeautiful, wasn't it?
- [Pat] You know, yeah,it was a sign of beauty.
Well, I, I think it's ugly.(Terry laughs)
I mean, what can you dowith a ring in your nose,
but no, don't get- Well, today, I think
they do get a ring.- a tattoo, okay? (laughs)
- They get a little diamondor something. (laughs)
Okay, this is a viewer who says,
"As Christians, should wetake into consideration
"the character of our leaders?
"Should the person'scharacter match the platform?"
- [Pat] Well, of course it should.
I, I don't know what,what, what you would say.
You know, I think you have every right
to ask a person if he's aliar, a cheat, or immoral.
But, you know, I thinkwhat they do perhaps
is what they are judged about.
One last question real quick.- This is Harland who says
"I'd like an answer to my sincere question
"about sin and forgiveness.
"Can a person who has rapedand committed sexual sin
"be forgiven by God,if they truly repent?"
- [Pat] Of course, allsins and, and, and offenses
will be forgiven the sons of men.
(gentle uplifting music)And, and what He wants
you to do is be freefrom a guilty conscience
that you might serve the living God.
God wants your service,not your condemnation.
But if you need, really need to repent,
you've gotta say, "I'm,I'm giving that up.
"I'm not gonna do it again."