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Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.68,0:00:21.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sitting beside the Sabbath\NTrail, which is this really cool trail,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.33,0:00:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that starts and ends at the Washington\NSeventh Day Adventist Church,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.39,0:00:27.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Washington, New Hampshire.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.79,0:00:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is the first\NSeventh Day Adventist church,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.94,0:00:31.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the oldest Seventh Day Adventist church.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.52,0:00:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is a trail that\Nwinds through the woods
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.45,0:00:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for about a mile, it's got\Ntwenty-two separate stops on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.94,0:00:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,each of which has a part in tracing the\NSabbath through the Bible, through the ages.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.57,0:00:46.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ever get a chance to\Nvisit, I highly recommend it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.48,0:00:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For our purposes, this trail \Nis an ideal spot to continue
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.06,0:00:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our look at the selfishness paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.05,0:00:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have to wait to see a pure expression of\Nthe loving-kindness paradigm, God's paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.47,0:00:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We won't see that until heaven.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.06,0:01:02.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But today, even though Satan\Nhas twisted things around severely,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.32,0:01:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God, as master designer of\Nthe earth, can still be seen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.73,0:01:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The author Ellen White, in\Nthe book Desire of Ages,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.15,0:01:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talks about how there's\Nboth good and evil in the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.11,0:01:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can see God in nature still.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.29,0:01:18.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where the only thing that is,\Nor can completely be evil,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.30,0:01:22.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the hearts of those humans\Nwho decide to be wholly evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.35,0:01:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here is what she says\Non page twenty of her book.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.26,0:01:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She says, "Now sin has\Nmarred God's perfect work,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.26,0:01:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yet that handwriting remains.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.18,0:01:34.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even now, all created things\Ndeclare the glory of His excellence.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.32,0:01:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing, save the selfish\Nheart of man, that lives unto itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.38,0:01:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No bird that cleaves the air, nor\Nanimal that moves upon the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.06,0:01:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but ministers to some other life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.13,0:01:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no leaf of the forest, or lowly\Nblade of grass but has its ministry.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.18,0:01:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every tree and shrub and leaf\Npours forth that element of life
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.08,0:01:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without which neither\Nman nor animal could live.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.22,0:02:03.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And man and animal, in turn, minister to\Nthe life of the tree and shrub and leaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.04,0:02:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The flowers breathe fragrance and unfold\Ntheir beauty in blessing to the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.60,0:02:11.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sun sheds its light to\Ngladden a thousand worlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.17,0:02:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The ocean, itself the source of\Nall of our springs and fountains,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.14,0:02:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,receives the streams from\Nevery land, but takes to give.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.06,0:02:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mists ascending from its bosom\Nfall in showers to water the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.06,0:02:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that it may bring forth and bud."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.81,0:02:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, we can even still see God in His earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.28,0:02:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we can see Him, even in the soil,\Nif you'll remember video number one.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.81,0:02:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The soil is full of micro-organisms, there\Nare probably literally billions of them
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.32,0:02:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a handful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.53,0:02:44.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And while there is war\Ngoing on in our soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.61,0:02:46.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and war going on at\Nevery level all around us,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.71,0:02:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so also is there a little cooperation, a\Nlittle sharing, a little passing of blessings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.44,0:02:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see a little bit of that\Nparadigm -- God's paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.83,0:02:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can see bacteria capturing nitrogen from\Nthe air to make it available to plants,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.67,0:03:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who then provide the bacteria with\Nnutrients, and fungus in the soil,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.28,0:03:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the filaments of fungus cycle\Nnutrients and enhance plant life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.88,0:03:10.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plants provide food to the\Nfungus; symbiotic relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.20,0:03:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So even though the tapestry of\Ncreation is tattered and faded,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.68,0:03:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we can still catch a glimpse\Nof God's paradigm in it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.64,0:03:20.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in catching this glimpse, we can better\Nunderstand that he wants us to return
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.90,0:03:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a much, much better world\Nthan the one that we now live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.96,0:03:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, for now we're here, in the midst\Nof this war between Christ and Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.36,0:03:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this pitched battle, which started in\Nheaven and will soon end, praise the Lord,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.45,0:03:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.60,0:03:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this war has been\Nraging without pause.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.79,0:03:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we're going to look at\Na couple of the skirmishes
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.05,0:03:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between these paradigms we've been\Ntalking about, as recorded in the Bible.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.34,0:03:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We'll start with the temptation of\NAdam and Eve, in the garden of Eden,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.36,0:03:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Genesis 3:3 and 4.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.38,0:03:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan cleverly offered to Adam\Nand Eve an alternate paradigm,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.77,0:03:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disguised though it was.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.66,0:03:57.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To this first couple, who had\Neverything, he offered more.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.48,0:04:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told them that God was a liar.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.07,0:04:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he told them that by disobeying Him,\Nthey would receive the amazing thing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.99,0:04:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was keeping from them, and\Nthat they would become like gods,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.21,0:04:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing good and evil.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.65,0:04:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, they fell for it. And they were\Nashamed, they were appalled,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.81,0:04:15.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were incredibly\Nsorrowful as a result.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.11,0:04:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God then pronounced a broad ranging\Ncurse in Genesis 3:14 through 19.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.54,0:04:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But within that curse, is\Nsomething very, very interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.96,0:04:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He put enmity between us and Satan.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.40,0:04:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I read this to say in part, that God\Ngave us the ability to resist Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.74,0:04:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who had just conquered us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.53,0:04:37.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our friend in Maine, Arnet Mathers,\Nwho has studied this deeply,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.03,0:04:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he concludes that\NSatan didn't see that coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.18,0:04:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That are ability to resist him after he\Nconquered us, was a surprise to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.90,0:04:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That perspective gives us a sense\Nof just how dynamic this war was,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.52,0:04:51.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.16,0:04:55.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next, going to the book of Job, we\Nsee Satan claiming that Job serves God
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.94,0:04:59.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only through selfishness, and\Nasserting that Job follows God
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.84,0:05:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only because God has\Nblessed him, and protected him.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.42,0:05:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Note that Satan is accusing God of employing\Nthe selfishness paradigm to get followers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.17,0:05:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.56,0:05:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God responds by saying that He\Nwill remove His protection from Job.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.32,0:05:19.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And eventually, Satan takes\Neverything from Job except his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.95,0:05:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even though Job regrets his\Nbeing born, he does not curse God.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.74,0:05:28.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Satan and his paradigm\Nwere defeated, soundly,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.44,0:05:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and God restored to Job what he had lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.16,0:05:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the Bible's ultimate hand to hand\Ncombat between Christ and Satan,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.47,0:05:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the ultimate clash of paradigms?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.95,0:05:42.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we're going to look at in\Nthe next and last video in this series.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.49,0:05:44.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's fascinating.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.22,0:05:46.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Join me.