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Pastor Tommy from The Spirit of Prophecy
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Because, of course, it's supposed to be the Feast of
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Trumpets today at sundown on the Temple Mount. And I
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see some very humorous videos from Pastor Tommy. And we're
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going to let him introduce himself and give whatever background.
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Because a lot of people don't like to share their
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location and those kinds of things. So I'll just be
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polite and we'll just let Tommy introduce himself.
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Yeah, I'm Pastor Tommy McMurtry.
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I pastor the Liberty Baptist Church in Rock Falls, Illinois.
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Today is actually the 15th anniversary of our church, too.
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We're going to be celebrating it this Sunday. But yeah,
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so special day today. I did not know today was
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the Feast of Trumpets. Now I've got to go make
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fun of the... I got to make some AI videos
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about that.
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Well, that's why I thought you were doing some of
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your videos, because... It's a little bit more than that,
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Pastor Tommy. You have to understand what's going on with
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the dynamics. They hold to a seven-year pre-tribulation rapture. So
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history and astronomy, because you can prove with the astronomical
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records that Passover could have only occurred twice during the
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reign of Pontius Pilate. That was in 30 AD or
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33 AD. So when you couple that with the Bible
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promises of Hosea 6, verse 2, that basically says after 2,000 years,
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he would raise us up. They have come to this
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crisis of facts because it couldn't have been 30 AD
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because that means the pre-tribulation rapture would have had to
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happen in 2023, right? So they're desperate. Because they hold
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to not only a seven-year tribulation, they also hold to
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it must happen on the Feast of Trumpets. It has
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to happen this year in order for there to be
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a seven tribulation between this Feast of Trumpets and 2033. Now,
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compound on top of that, especially American dispensationalists are having
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trouble with this because this is the 250-year anniversary of
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the United States of America. compounded with the fact today
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is the 25th anniversary, which is one-tenth of that, of
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the 9-11 attacks on their capital city. So it's creating
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a certain anxiety for them, and they're really lashing out
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and attacking people that, don't hold to a seven-year tribulation,
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don't hold to a pre-tribulation rapture. So I didn't realize
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this was also an important date for your church. So
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that's very exciting. I'm glad I was able to bless
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you in this way. So, you know, as I stated
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in my original reach out, you didn't make yourself clear
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what your eschatological model was. So can you please clarify
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that for us?
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Yeah.
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So I come from a pre-tribulational dispensational world.
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That's what I used to be.
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15 years ago when I started the church, I was
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rolling out our doctrinal statement for our charter service we
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were going to have. And I had a couple of
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people challenge me on the end times, not in any
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kind of provocative way. They just weren't sure and they
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wanted to know more. And I was very disappointed in
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the answers I was giving people. And so that got
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me studying three-year process. I kind of had to start
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from scratch. And so, you know, when it comes to prophecy,
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I don't really know how to explain in few words
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where I'm at. I have my areas where I'm very dogmatic.
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I have my areas where I'm not dogmatic at all.
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I'm a historic premillennialist, but at the same time too,
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When it comes to the rapture itself, I still separate
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the event of 1 Thessalonians 4, the catching away from
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the event of Revelation 19. I think I have a
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unique way of explaining that that I think is consistent. But,
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you know, I believe in fulfillment theology. I believe that
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we have been— I don't believe the church in Israel is separate.
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I believe the covenant that God made with Israel, it
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was— Um, people never had claim on it because of
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their biology, but you know, they had claim on it
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because they were part of a kingdom, a system, a nation.
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And I believe that nation, that people followed Jesus Christ
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and the ones who didn't were cut off. And I
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believe we are a part of that covenant of that people.
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We don't have a continuing city anymore. We used to,
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and it was Jerusalem, but we don't anymore. We've been
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called away from there. to go into all the world
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to preach the gospel to every creature. And so people say,
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are you covenant theology? I don't really know because the
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problem with all these labels, they all have things I
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disagree with. But I guess at the end of the day,
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I do believe that we are a continuation of Israel.
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I think the biblical word that we see in Hebrews says,
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is there were certain carnal ordinances imposed on them until
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the time of Reformation.
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So I think we're Israel reformed, would be the biblical
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way to put it.
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But yeah, I definitely don't have a real good label
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to make it clear where I am on everything.
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No, you don't. And just your comments, it's very hard
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for people to decipher that. And let me explain to
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you why. Because you're saying that that you're still a dispensationalist,
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but you don't adhere to the Israelis being God's chosen people.
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So that's a mingling of two different sides of the aisle.
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One side of the aisle is dispensationalism. The other side
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of that aisle is preterism. And you're taking elements for both.
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Yeah, so I reject the dispensational label. I absolutely reject that.
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But at the same time, I say this all the
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time in my program, there are certain things that people
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teach in the name of dispensationalism or that they credit
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to dispensationalism that clearly was being taught before dispensationalism was around.
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Whenever people hear me say I reject dispensationalism, they often
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think I reject a rapture or a literal thousand-year reign
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of Christ on earth.
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I don't reject those things. I just reject.
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many of the teachings of dispensationalism, especially the separating of
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the church from Israel. I reject the pre-tribulation rapture. Uh,
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you know, so, um, there's so many things I disagree with.
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I just, if I tell somebody I'm dispensational, they're going
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to get the wrong idea in their mind. But if
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I tell somebody too, that I'm like a covenant guy,
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they might think I'm a Calvinist or something. And I'm not,
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I completely reject those, uh, both of those extremes.
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I guess you could say.
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Well, let me make this simple for the listener. There
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are topics according to the end times that really reveal
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what you're trying to say. So do you believe in
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a literal millennial reign of Christ?
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I do. Okay.
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So you actually believe that he will physically return to
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this planet.
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Yes.
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Okay. So that, clears up a lot of things so
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let me go the next step so you actually believe
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that the rapture the catching away it is actually going
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to occur that that isn't an event on a timeline yes.
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I don't yes i don't believe in the tim la
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hay version of it i don't believe we disappear i
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don't believe in a secret rapture i believe in a
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i believe when jesus returns every eye will see him
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I believe that we will be changed in a moment
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of twinkling of an eye. We won't disappear in a
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moment of twinkling of an eye. We'll change. We'll become
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like him. Those, the dead in Christ will arise and
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they will be changed. And then we will be caught
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up to meet the Lord and to be protected from
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his wrath that he will pour out. Now, I do
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not believe, I don't believe the tribulation is God's wrath.
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I believe there is a clear distinction in the scriptures
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between between what is tribulation and what is God's wrath. Tribulation,
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we've been going through it for the last 2,000 years.
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I believe there will be a heightened time of tribulation
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that is going to come, but tribulation is not God's wrath.
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God's wrath does not come until the day of the Lord.
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And the Bible teaches that the sun will be dark
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and the moon turn of blood before that great notable
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day of the Lord comes. So I believe that the...
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what people refer to as the seal judgments. I believe
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that we're here for all of those. I believe we're
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here for the mark of the beast. God's wrath though,
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that is distinct. That is something that comes at the
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day of the Lord. I believe will be taken out
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before he pours out his wrath.
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Okay.
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So I'll make this very succinct for the people. What
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he is saying is, is Revelation chapter 19, verse 15.
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Okay.
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There Jesus Christ plainly states that what he does at Armageddon,
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that's the wrath of God. So Pastor Tommy is saying
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that's before that event. I'll go ahead and read it.
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to you. Now this is from the New King James Version.
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Revelation chapter 19. Now out of his mouth goes a
Revelation 19 chapter mention
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sharp sword. That with it he should strike the nations.
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And he himself will rule them. With a rod of iron.
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He treads the winepress. Of the fierceness. And the wrath.
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God Almighty so so pastor Tommy is saying that that
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the rapture happens before this stampede across this planet of
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the Lord Jesus Christ so that's what you're saying pastor
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Tom yes okay okay very good now we have to
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I also have to ask the other questions people also
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get emotionally charged about because you're not very clear we
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have to be very clear in order to relay the gospel. So,
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I know this is a pointed question, and I'm sorry,
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but I must ask it. Dispensationalists believe that at this event,
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all of the unsaved Jews will automatically be saved, having
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not accepted Jesus Christ. Do you believe those Israelis that
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are unrepentant in Christ will automatically be raptured.
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Absolutely not. In fact, I believe they will be destroyed.
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I believe God's coming to bring judgment upon them. There
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is nothing in the scripture to indicate or to prove
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a massive Jewish revival at Christ's return.
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That's read into the text.
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And as far as my not being clear, if you
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want clarity on what I believe, That's where you need
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to go to the podcast. The Facebook page is mostly
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me having fun. And sometimes I make fun of our
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own side and I challenge our own side. I regularly
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make my side very upset because I challenge our own
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positions in areas where I think we're weak. There are
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certain things where I have strong beliefs and convictions. There's
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other things where I have opinions. And what you just
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asked about I do not believe the scriptures indicate a
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future Jewish revival. All the scriptures that people use, because
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every dispensationalist that hears this will say, well, they're going
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to go to a bunch of Old Testament scriptures and say,
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I reject those. Those found their fulfillment in the first
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century at things like Pentecost and the work that God
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did then.
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Those things are not talking about something, you know, in
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our future. That's, I believe that's ridiculous.
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So, This is a very important question as well. And people,
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I'm glad that you put it that way so I
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can ask this so people can know. So that is
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to say, dispensationalists believe that there's going to be 144,000
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Jews during the tribulation that does this great revival. You're
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saying yes or no to that?
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I say absolutely not. First off, I always ask those people,
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where does it call them Jews? For one, in Revelation
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7 and chapter 14, where does it call them evangelists?
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Where does it show them evangelizing? That is something they
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are reading into the text because, again, when they go
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to Old Testament passages that were fulfilled in the first century,
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they read that into the future. So when they see
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in Revelation 7 and 14, those 144,000, They're like, well,
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this must be that Jewish revival. But that's absolutely ridiculous.
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In chapter 14, they are with the lamb on Mount Zion.
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So do all 144,000 get killed during the tribulation? But
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there are also people who follow the lamb with us
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wherever you go. They seem to be people who have
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been around. And the reality is, well, in my belief,
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what Revelation 7 is clearly showing us is after we
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see the seals, which some people believe the seals are
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representative of church history. I'm open to that position, but
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it's not my official position. But either way, I believe
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what we're seeing in Revelation chapter 6 is we have
Revelation 6 chapter mention
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a part of that chapter where you have the martyrs
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wanting to know, how long, O Lord, dost thou not
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judge and avenge our blood? And I believe we don't
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see God judging and avenging their blood until the book
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is open. The book cannot be open until the seals
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are broken. The seals are not going to be broken
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and God is not going to judge the world until
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God has fulfilled his promise to Abraham. And that is
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that through his seed, all the nations of the world
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are going to be blessed. And so I believe the 144,000
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that we see are a reference to more than likely
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Old Testament saints, in the resurrection, the multitude that no
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man could number of every nation and kindred and tongue,
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that's people that have been being saved for the last 2,000 years.
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So I think Revelation 7 is just showing that before
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God fulfills his promise to judge the world and avenge
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the blood of the martyrs, God is going to save
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a people from all over the world like he promised Abraham.
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And so I believe the 144,000 are a reference to.
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Show God kept his promise to the fathers about, um,
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you know, that remnant, but also that they, he would
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have a people from all nations. And so that's what
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we're seeing. There's nothing in there indicating a future revival
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or this secret group of 144,000 that they don't know
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what tribe they are, but God does, you know, that
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God's just going to pick some people because their genetics
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that's ridiculous.
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Um, So you bring up a very good point, and
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this is another good way you can present exactly your point.
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So many people have this question, and it really makes
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a lot of people get stumped. So do you believe
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that the two groups mentioned in Revelation chapter 7, then
Revelation 7 chapter mention
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there's another 144,000 mentioned in Revelation chapter 14, you believe
Revelation 14 chapter mention
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they're the same group?
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Yes.
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Okay, very good.
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All right.
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So what you're saying is basically concerning these 144,000 is this.
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Irregardless of whether they're a part of the regular church
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or not, that's beside the point. What you're saying is
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that all the disciples were actually Jews. The problem with
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that is only 11 of them were saved. What you're
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saying is that the modern Judaist that currently occupy the
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modern state of Israel, they are at current point, they're
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Judas Iscariots. They have rejected Christ. So that's what you're
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succinctly saying.
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Yes, they are a fulfillment of the prophecy of an
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Antichrist that would come, that was spoken of in 1 John.
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That just as the Messiah was prophesied that he would come,
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and he came, we see that the reality is if
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you are a Jew, a true Jew in that covenant
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with God, there is all kinds of Old Testament scriptures
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showing them you are to follow the Messiah. Jesus is Shiloh.
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Jesus is the prophet like unto Moses. Why is it
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that all the Jews who obeyed the commands of the law,
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they became the new group?
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That doesn't make any sense at all.
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No, they were the real Jews, the original Jews, the
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obedient Jews. And then we see in the book of Acts,
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God revealed, hey, I want people from all nations here. Jesus,
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in fact, Jesus was upset at his triumphal entry when
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it was just Jews and they weren't ready.
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Jesus said, my house should be called a house of
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prayer for all nations.
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And it's a good study to go back and look
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at the passage he was referring to there in Isaiah.
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But without going into all that, we see that it
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was prophesied that after Christ, there was going to be
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an antichrist figure that would come. And so the reality
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is those people of Israel who were considered Jews, who
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rejected Christ, they started another religion. They started another movement.
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And their belief was that Jesus was not the Christ.
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Jesus said upon this rock, I will build my church,
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which I believe is Peter's confession that Jesus is the Christ.
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But what is Satan? Satan has come along and said,
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this is not the Christ. Somebody else is the Christ.
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And so the thing is, who is the original?
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What's the original religion?
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It's not the people who rejected the Messiah or the
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people who accepted the Messiah. It's the people who rejected
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him and believed in another person. And so I do
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believe in a future antichrist that's, that's going to come.
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And I believe modern day Judaism, it is basically the,
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you know, it's a fulfillment of that prophecy of antichrist
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that shall come.
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This started in the first century.
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I mean, John said, even now are there many antichrists
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whereby we know it is the last time. So I,
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think Judas Iscariot is the perfect, and this is kind
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of just how I explain it. I think he's a
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good way to explain the start of the Antichrist religion
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because of the fact he was a disciple of Christ.
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He was somebody who ultimately rejected him. did not have
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faith in him, was never saved, and was instrumental in
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crucifying him, turning him over to the authorities. And he's
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also explained in the same way as the Antichrist, the
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son of perdition, and many of those titles they share.
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So I think Judas represents the starting of this Antichrist movement.
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I think Judaism for the last 2,000 years has been
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kind of the embodiment of that. But the fulfillment of
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that will ultimately be when another figure comes along that
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they accept as the Messiah. And I do believe that's
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still to come. And so I refuse to support anything
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that denies Jesus as the Messiah and that's looking for another.
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It makes no sense for any Christian to support Judaism.
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The only area where we should support Jews is is
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like in the way we support everyone else, and that's
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by preaching the truth and getting the gospel to them.
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Boy, that's a mouthful. That's going to upset a lot
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of people, but let me try to explain in my
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way what you said. Literally, ladies and gentlemen, no one
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understands this. He mentioned that Judas was really the first anti-Christ,
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and this is correct. It was a follower of Christ...
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that joined with the Judaists in their rejection of Jesus Christ.
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Now this also can double back into a way how
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we Gentiles who were saved are grafted back in that tree.
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Take note, Judas hung himself on a tree. But Matthias,
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he was grafted back into that tree. So Matthias is
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our great hope. Anybody who believes in Jesus are grafted
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back into that tree Revelation chapter 9, 10, and 11 there,
Revelation 9 chapter mention
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especially the Greek word plorema. We fulfill the olive tree.
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So that's what Pastor Tommy is trying to say, that
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Jews now, or Judaists, those who practice Judaism, they still
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have the opportunity to accept Christ and be saved in
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Christ and be re-grafted back into the real tree. Jesus Christ,
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the real tree, Well, the Judaist, they've rejected that. So
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that's what Tommy is trying to say. So it's very
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important that we get these things out in the open.
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And now I'm going to cross over to the next one.
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Pastor Tommy has started making videos about Calvinism, which even
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throws personal friends of mine into confusion. Wait a minute.
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I thought he made fun of dispensationalists. How is he then, therefore,
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making fun of Calvinists? So can you explain that, why
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it is you're going to poke fun at the Calvinists,
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and how, if you are different from them, how does
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your beliefs differentiate from the Calvinists?
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Yeah, so my eschatology is probably closer to a lot
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of Calvinists, with the exception of the premillennialism. And I
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don't usually have a whole lot of conflict.
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With Calvinists on eschatology. It's just on the soteriology.
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Dispensationalists, I typically am more with them on salvation, unless
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they're dispensational salvation people. And in the independent fundamental Baptist world,
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most of them are dispensational, but they reject dispensational salvation. So,
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you know, and don't get me wrong, I am friends
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with dispensationalists.
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I have dispensationalists preaching.
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My church, but you know, if you know me, I'm
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the kind of person that, you know, I, I like
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to have fun with people and not everybody has fun
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with that, but I can also take it. And, and
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so I don't want people to think I'm like super
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hostile towards dispensationalists. I understand why I can come across
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that way. But, um, but with the Calvinist too, um,
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I just, I absolutely reject the tulip. I absolutely, um,
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think that that is false. And I just, I can't
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get on board with them there at all. And, you know, I, again,
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even my videos, making fun of Calvinists, they're not meant
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to be hostile. Um, I do have Calvinist friends as well, but, uh, uh,
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these are, these are my ways of challenging people, but
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also to kind of having some fun with it.
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And, um, but yeah, and, and not everybody takes it
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the right way. And, and I, I, I.
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Try to do these things in a good spirit, but
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it doesn't always come across that way, and I understand why.
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Boy, that puts you in a landmine, doesn't it?
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Absolutely.
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So, TULIP is T-U-L-I-P of capitalism. It means total depravity,
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unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints.
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I am sorry that we lost Tommy. I'm not sure why.
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I assure you that I did not kick him off
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the broadcast. It is possible that he got a phone
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call because I know that I have had my own
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broadcast interrupted. So I'm not sure what that is about.
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But so far, so good. So Tommy says he's still
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there on his end, but I don't have his video.
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So Pastor Tommy, if you can still hear me, I
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just relayed to the people who are different from Calvinists.
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They normally won't know what tulip means. So I explained
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to them that mode of salvation. So if you're still
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with us, I'm not sure why I don't have your video,
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but I appreciate your comments and your responses. So what
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part of Tulip don't you exactly agree with Tommy?
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So I would reject all five points. Totally.
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I think when it comes to Tulip, if you go
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back to like the Westminster confession, um, it's a lot
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more vague than many Calvinists are now. I think you
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can spin some of the, those things into truth. So
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for example, when it comes to total depravity, um, I
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believe we're completely incapable of saving ourselves. I mean, obviously
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without the work of God, none of us would come
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to a place of salvation or a realization of a
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need of salvation. So my problem with total depravity is
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when they make it out, like we're not even capable
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of rejecting or accepting the gospel. I do think people
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have a choice. I think God does give us free
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will in those things. the unconditional election. I think there's
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ways you can spin that into truth. But to me,
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it's the limited atonement one and irresistible grace. Limited atonement,
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I do believe that the death of Christ was sufficient
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for the entire world. But at the same time, the
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only ones who will partake in the benefits of that
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are going to be the ones who actually believe. And
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so the irresistible grace, is another one too. I can't
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find a way to spin that into truth. I do
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believe people can resist. Obviously, um, you know, the, the
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work of the Holy spirit is a necessity. Nobody is
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going to come except the father drum, but I believe
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he draws everybody. I believe he's that light that light
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at every man that comes in the world. Jesus said,
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and I, if I be lifted from the earth, we'll
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draw all men unto me. And so then the perseverance
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of the saints, um, I absolutely believe in once saved,
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always saved.
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But my problem with the Calvinist version.
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Of that is they put the focus on the believer
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in his works, that if you truly are elect, you
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will persevere to the end.
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In other words, you will keep being a good Christian.
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You'll maintain your faith.
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You're not going to fall away, all those things. I
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believe in the perseverance of the Holy Spirit. I believe
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that the proof of of once saved, always saved, is
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not in my works.
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It's in the work of Jesus Christ. He said it
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is finished. He rose again from the dead.
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And therefore, since my salvation is not based on my works,
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but his works, well, proof of my salvation is based
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on his works and not my works. And so I
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think Calvinism, ultimately that limited atonement, that is the one
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of the biggest problems that if you believe limited atonement,
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you have to have the total depravity, the unconditional election.
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But I think irresistible grace is also a super easy
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thing to disprove. So I just think it's a terrible
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way to explain salvation. And I think it takes away
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a lot of people's joy. I don't think you're going
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to enjoy your salvation. I don't think you're going to
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have the security to, and peace that God wants you
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to have if you're constantly looking at yourself for evidence
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of salvation. No, Jesus Christ, he's the author and finisher
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of our faith.
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And so, yeah, I.
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Think it, you know, when it comes, people, they get
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real upset too because it was the big historical position
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for a long time. But, you know, I'm willing to
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give some grace to people who came out of a
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time of when the Catholics had a stranglehold on Europe,
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when access to the scriptures was very limited. I do
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think there's a lot of good, sincere men during those
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times that had Calvinistic beliefs, but good night. You know,
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we've got the word of God easily available to us.
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We have religious freedom.
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How are we still, you know, looking at the scriptures
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and salvation in such a archaic way that I think
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we should be past this by now.
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I think we should be getting better in these areas.
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And so I think people's desire to connect themselves to
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historical Christians, they've tried to be as much like them
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as possible instead of building on what they gave us.
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That's what we should be doing. We should be getting better.
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And so bless their hearts. Some of our Christian forefathers
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that believe the tulip, but we don't have any excuse
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to teach things in that way anymore.
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Well, I appreciate your response. You were very clear and
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to the point. I very appreciate your clear, direct response, Tommy.
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So in finishing up here, where are you planning on
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going next with your ministry? What are you, like I
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already said, you already do dispensationalist, you do Calvinist. What's
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on your horizon? What are you looking for here in
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the near future that you can expand your ministry into?
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Well, I mean, obviously, my main focal point is our
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local church. You know, that takes up a majority of
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my time. Obviously, that's not what people see. People, most
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of the people out there, they know me from the
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online ministry. That's something that I do on the side.
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And, and, and don't get me wrong.
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It's been a big blessing to the ministry of our church.
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It's helped a lot of people find out about us. Um, but, um,
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I'm more focused on our church right now. Uh, right
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now I'm trying to get involved in the prison ministry,
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jail ministries, things like that.
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Um, but as far as.
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My online goals, um, I'm really trying to, um, expand
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more in just as far as, uh, having conversations with different,
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different people. As an independent fundamental Baptist, we are known
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for isolating ourselves, going into our echo chambers, locking ourselves
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into a position, and never changing. And I don't think
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we should change if we're right, but I think if
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we're wrong, we should change. And I think that the IFB,
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they're very bad at allowing themselves any kind of legitimate challenge.
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And the problem with that is if you have an
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error and you never allow yourself to be challenged, and
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then you isolate yourself, you're just going to radicalize yourself
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in that error. And that's why we see so much
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weird stuff in the IFB world and just a lot
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of crazies in it.
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And I don't want to be that way.
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So right now, what I'm trying to do as far
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as in expanding on what I'm doing, I have been
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trying to have some conversations I've been reaching out to
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some pretty big names, and I haven't been able to
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get any of them to agree to come on the
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program yet or even respond to me yet. But I
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wanted to talk a lot about this Christian nationalism, kind
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of start talking a lot more about how to apply
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our Christian beliefs in the political realm.
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And I am very interested in politics.
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I did an interview recently with somebody. One of the
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questions he was going to ask me, and he never
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got to it, Sorry about that. It was, but it
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was basically about politics. He notices I don't talk about
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that very much. And he was wondering about some of
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my political beliefs. And I don't talk about politics a
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whole lot, even though I am very interested in it.
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Just because for one, when it comes to mainstream politics,
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I don't see anybody out there representing my beliefs.
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The Republicans certainly don't. And the Democrats definitely don't.
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Um, and when it comes to a lot of my
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personal beliefs, as far as like even how to implement
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those things in government, we're Baptist, we're big separation of
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church and state people, but that doesn't mean we can't
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have a political opinion or even be involved in politics.
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And so there's just a lot of stuff I don't know.
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And frankly, what I'm hearing from Baptist is typically really
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dumb and unproductive and they're always just wanting to support
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Israel and everything. I don't think that's right. And I've
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talked to people like Doug Wilson. I had him on
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the program once. I want to have him back on.
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But the post-millennial crowd, what they typically say about politics,
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I find intriguing. And I agree with a lot of
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stuff they say. There's a bunch of other things they
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talk about where I have questions. And so I'm looking
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for some people that I can talk to about that.
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And I would like to start kind of discussing more
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political things on the program, but I'm still trying to
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figure out where I am on some of that stuff.
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All right. You bring up a very important point. So
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you've by yourself admission, you are an independent fundamental Baptist.
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So I've had people question me. They've heard of the
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new independent fundamental Baptist. Are those two different things?
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Yes, yes.
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So they're similar in some areas, but I'm an independent
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fundamental Baptist. I used to fellowship with a new independent
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fundamental Baptist, but basically, while the new independent fundamental Baptist,
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they have certain things right, like eschatology. When it comes
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to a lot of the flaws of the IFB, they
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have all those flaws and then some.
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You know, they're even more isolated.
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They're just even more radical on certain things. And I just,
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you know, couldn't really handle the crazy in that crowd.
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But they would definitely align more with me on end
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times and things like that. But I guess this is
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the way I explain it. I'm like the new independent
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fundamental Baptist when it comes to eschatology. I'm more like
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the independent fundamental Baptist when it comes to living life.
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And so.
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When it comes to end times, we might not even
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be around when the tribulation comes. Jesus might not return
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until long after I'm gone. So in reality, my beliefs
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on those things don't really affect my day-to-day life. But
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teaching on being a husband, father, neighbor, Christian, That's everyday life.
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And I'm IFB when it comes to those things. And
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I'm very different from the new IFB who they just
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kind of, you know, they take a position, you know,
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and just try to go to extremes with it.
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And they're just very ungodly. So that's kind of, but.
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As far as the differences though, they're definitely in a
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different camp.
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Okay.
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All right. Thank you. You made that very clear because,
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you know, that's one of the things that those of
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us that are outside those camps, we really have a
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hard time navigating those types of things, the different denominations
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that we're not familiar with. For example, let's say that
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I'm Orthodox. You saying you're independent fundamental Baptist, that requires
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a big definition. And I I want to thank you
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so much for clarifying that for the people in the
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other nations that still hold to Jesus Christ. So this
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has been a very good, insightful, informative interview, and I
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really do appreciate you coming on, Pastor Tommy. So how
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can people get a hold of you? I'm sure you've
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got a web address and all that good stuff. Give
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out any information you would like to give out.
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Yeah, so my YouTube channel is The Spirit of Prophecy Podcast.
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I'm on Facebook, just as Tommy McMurtry, or The Spirit
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of Prophecy Podcast is where I share the funny stuff.
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My email's lbcofrockfalls at gmail.com.
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That's the best place to get a hold of me.
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I also have a preaching YouTube channel where we do
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all the church stuff. That's Liberty Baptist Church of Rock Falls, Illinois.
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And I'm on Instagram and Twitter and things like that.
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I don't really do much on those platforms. Facebook and
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YouTube is where I'm most active. If you reach out
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to me on those other platforms, you might not hear anything.
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All right. Well, thank you, Pastor Tommy, and God bless.
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You have been fantastic. Quite a blessing to us today
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and very informative for all those people who just didn't
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understand where you were coming from. And I appreciate and
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I support your performance and your desire to get the
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gospel out there. We fully support your mission and what
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we're doing and especially your lightheartedness in doing so. So
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thank you so much for being on the program. Till
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next time, ladies and gentlemen. You're welcome. Until next time,
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ladies and gentlemen, God bless.
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Godspeed.