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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sitting beside the Sabbath\NTrail, which is this really cool trail,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that starts and ends at the Washington\NSeventh Day Adventist Church,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Washington, New Hampshire.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is the first\NSeventh Day Adventist church,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the oldest Seventh Day Adventist church.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a trail that\Nwinds through the woods
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for about a mile, it's got\Ntwenty-two separate stops on it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each of which has a part in tracing the\NSabbath through the Bible, through the ages.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ever get a chance to\Nvisit, I highly recommend it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For our purposes, this trail \Nis an ideal spot to continue
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our look at the selfishness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to wait to see a pure expression of\Nthe loving-kindness paradigm, God's paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We won't see that until heaven.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today, even though Satan\Nhas twisted things around severely,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, as master designer of\Nthe earth, can still be seen.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The author Ellen White, in\Nthe book Desire of Ages,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talks about how there's\Nboth good and evil in the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can see God in nature still.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the only thing that is,\Nor can completely be evil,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the hearts of those humans\Nwho decide to be wholly evil.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is what she says\Non page twenty of her book.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says, "Now sin has\Nmarred God's perfect work,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet that handwriting remains.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even now, all created things\Ndeclare the glory of His excellence.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing, save the selfish\Nheart of man, that lives unto itself.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No bird that cleaves the air, nor\Nanimal that moves upon the ground,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ministers to some other life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no leaf of the forest, or lowly\Nblade of grass but has its ministry.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every tree and shrub and leaf\Npours forth that element of life
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without which neither\Nman nor animal could live.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And man and animal, in turn, minister to\Nthe life of the tree and shrub and leaf.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The flowers breathe fragrance and unfold\Ntheir beauty in blessing to the world,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sun sheds its light to\Ngladden a thousand worlds.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ocean, itself the source of\Nall of our springs and fountains,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,receives the streams from\Nevery land, but takes to give.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mists ascending from its bosom\Nfall in showers to water the earth,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it may bring forth and bud."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we can even still see God in His earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can see Him, even in the soil,\Nif you'll remember video number one.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The soil is full of micro-organisms, there\Nare probably literally billions of them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a handful.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while there is war\Ngoing on in our soil,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and war going on at\Nevery level all around us,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so also is there a little cooperation, a\Nlittle sharing, a little passing of blessings.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see a little bit of that\Nparadigm -- God's paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see bacteria capturing nitrogen from\Nthe air to make it available to plants,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who then provide the bacteria with\Nnutrients, and fungus in the soil,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the filaments of fungus cycle\Nnutrients and enhance plant life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plants provide food to the\Nfungus; symbiotic relationships.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even though the tapestry of\Ncreation is tattered and faded,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can still catch a glimpse\Nof God's paradigm in it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in catching this glimpse, we can better\Nunderstand that he wants us to return
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a much, much better world\Nthan the one that we now live in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, for now we're here, in the midst\Nof this war between Christ and Satan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this pitched battle, which started in\Nheaven and will soon end, praise the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this war has been\Nraging without pause.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're going to look at\Na couple of the skirmishes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between these paradigms we've been\Ntalking about, as recorded in the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll start with the temptation of\NAdam and Eve, in the garden of Eden,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Genesis 3:3 and 4.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan cleverly offered to Adam\Nand Eve an alternate paradigm,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disguised though it was.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To this first couple, who had\Neverything, he offered more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told them that God was a liar.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he told them that by disobeying Him,\Nthey would receive the amazing thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was keeping from them, and\Nthat they would become like gods,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing good and evil.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they fell for it. And they were\Nashamed, they were appalled,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were incredibly\Nsorrowful as a result.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God then pronounced a broad ranging\Ncurse in Genesis 3:14 through 19.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But within that curse, is\Nsomething very, very interesting.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He put enmity between us and Satan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read this to say in part, that God\Ngave us the ability to resist Satan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had just conquered us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our friend in Maine, Arnet Mathers,\Nwho has studied this deeply,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he concludes that\NSatan didn't see that coming.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That are ability to resist him after he\Nconquered us, was a surprise to him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That perspective gives us a sense\Nof just how dynamic this war was,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next, going to the book of Job, we\Nsee Satan claiming that Job serves God
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only through selfishness, and\Nasserting that Job follows God
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only because God has\Nblessed him, and protected him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Note that Satan is accusing God of employing\Nthe selfishness paradigm to get followers.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God responds by saying that He\Nwill remove His protection from Job.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually, Satan takes\Neverything from Job except his life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even though Job regrets his\Nbeing born, he does not curse God.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan and his paradigm\Nwere defeated, soundly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God restored to Job what he had lost.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Bible's ultimate hand to hand\Ncombat between Christ and Satan,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ultimate clash of paradigms?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we're going to look at in\Nthe next an last video in this series.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's fascinating.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Join me.