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00:01 As you're well aware,
00:02 we're living in unprecedented times. 00:05 Join us now for today's special program. 00:12 I want to spend my life 00:18 Mending broken people 00:23 I want to spend my life 00:29 Removing pain 00:34 Lord, let my words 00:39 Heal a heart that hurts 00:44 I want to spend my life 00:50 Mending broken people 00:55 I want to spend my life 01:00 Mending broken people 01:14 Hello, and welcome to a special 3ABN Today program. 01:17 We are so grateful that you have joined us today. 01:20 You know, you're a part of our family. 01:22 And again, it's so wonderful to meet with you. 01:24 Thank you for joining 3ABN as you do each and every day, 01:27 it's a nice family atmosphere, isn't it? 01:29 It is. 01:30 A lot of times when we meet you 01:32 maybe we're at a rally or at a church 01:33 we get to meet you face-to-face, 01:34 many of you who may not here on this earth, 01:36 but we look forward to heaven. 01:37 So we say thank you for your prayers 01:38 and financial support of 3ABN. 01:40 Now today's topic is one 01:42 that is difficult to talk about at times, 01:46 but because of what happened to George Floyd, 01:49 it has once again been brought to the forefront 01:52 and that is racism and injustice. 01:55 You know, I think about this world. 01:57 It wasn't God's intent, right? 01:59 For sin, and suffering, and sickness, 02:01 and all this injustice and racism to take place. 02:04 No, not at all. 02:05 So today we wanna have an open conversation. 02:07 We have some of our 3ABN family 02:09 with us today, don't we joining us. 02:11 And we have also special guests 02:12 that we're gonna be playing a special role from. 02:14 We are. 02:15 We will introduce the family here. 02:17 You know, I just think starting off, 02:20 God does not condone racism, 02:23 He does not tolerate abuse, 02:26 and He does not approve of discrimination. 02:29 I think about Philippians 2 02:31 how we are to have the mind of Christ 02:34 esteeming others as better than ourselves. 02:39 That is the biblical model 02:41 and today we're gonna have an honest dialogue about race. 02:44 I wanna introduce our family here, my sis, Yvonne Shelton. 02:49 Dr. Yvonne Shelton, you are a Co-Founder 02:53 of Dare to Dream and Consultant and so glad you're here. 02:55 Oh, thank you. I'm so glad to be here. 02:57 Thank you for having me. Amen. 03:00 And on this side, our brother, your son, Jason Bradley, 03:04 General Manager of 3ABN's Dare to Dream Network 03:06 or Urban Network. 03:07 I'm glad you're here, Jay. Glad to be here. 03:09 Glad to be here. 03:10 This is a very important topic that we'll be discussing. 03:12 Yeah. 03:15 Yeah, absolutely, you know, as we were talking about, 03:16 you know, was not God's initial plan 03:19 for injustice and racism. 03:21 Talk to us a little bit about that, 03:22 as we set up also this role 03:24 that we're getting ready to go to Dr. Yvonne. 03:25 You know, this subject is very sensitive 03:29 because everybody sees it through their own lens. 03:34 Everybody sees race through their own lens. 03:38 And so and that lens is made up of your values and experiences. 03:42 And so, it's really important 03:45 that we not only have our own lens, 03:49 but that that lens as 03:51 you just brought up that verse in Philippians, 03:53 Jilly, that we have to have the mind of Christ Jesus, 03:57 and that in this day and time it's really hard to see 04:03 outside of that, but I think what we have to do is step back 04:06 and look at everything from a spiritual perspective, 04:09 which is not to negate what's going on by any means, 04:12 but we also have to also make sure that 04:15 we never forget the Christian lens. 04:20 We have to always try to see things 04:22 through the Christian lens, and it's not always easy to do. 04:26 So I think it's really an important thing. 04:29 Yeah. What about you, Jason? 04:30 Absolutely. I agree wholeheartedly. 04:33 I mean, we do have to see things 04:34 through the Christian lens. 04:36 And I think that 04:38 we can't turn a blind eye to things, 04:39 you know, we really need to recognize what's going on 04:42 because as the church, 04:44 we have a role to play in society, you know, 04:47 we follow Christ, 04:48 we should emulate Christ's example. 04:51 And, you know, that should speak 04:53 volumes to the world. 04:56 I'm gonna say a quick statement that, 04:58 you know, people are probably gonna be like, 05:00 "Whoa, didn't say that." 05:02 I have met some atheists 05:05 that are more Christian than Christians. 05:09 Oh, wow. So clarify that. 05:11 So what I mean by that is, 05:14 while they may not believe in God, 05:18 they take on more of the character, 05:20 they show more empathy than some Christians show. 05:24 They show more compassion for their brothers 05:27 than some Christians show. 05:29 You know, and I think that that is a problem, 05:32 I think that we need to really get in the Word. 05:35 And this needs to be like our mirror so to speak. 05:39 This is where our focus needs to lie. 05:41 And I love the message that we're getting ready 05:44 to see in a little bit because it's powerful. 05:48 It is so powerful. 05:49 And it really displays the practicality of the gospel 05:53 in a way that 05:55 I've never even seen this perspective before. 05:59 So, Dr. Yvonne, when you said step back 06:03 and look through Christian lens, 06:05 what do you mean by that? 06:07 I mean, that many times the way 06:11 we see things might clash with the way 06:14 the Bible teaches us. 06:15 Yeah. 06:17 You have to really step back 06:19 and ask the Lord to help you to see things the way 06:22 He would have you to see it. 06:25 And I think in so doing, you know, 06:26 we can grow and also think that 06:29 we have to have more honest, open discussions about race. 06:33 And many times, people don't have anybody 06:36 in their circle that's outside of their culture. 06:39 So if you don't have anybody outside of your culture, 06:42 and you're only dealing within your culture, 06:44 then you don't have 06:46 any other kind of perspective on things. 06:48 I think it's important for people to hear 06:51 how other people are thinking and if you're able to do that, 06:54 then you can empathize more, you know, 06:57 and that needs to be on both sides. 06:59 We need to do just come and sit together 07:01 and have some solutions to the situation. 07:05 Absolutely. I like the solutions part. 07:07 Yeah. 07:08 You know, so, Jason, we're getting ready to 07:10 look at a fantastic sermon 07:12 that Pastor Ivor Myers presented. 07:15 And we know that racism unfortunately is alive. 07:18 I mean, it's in this world. 07:20 We also know that injustice, hatred is alive. 07:24 It's very unfortunate, but tell us, 07:25 set up the sermon that 07:26 we're getting ready to hear from Pastor Ivor Myers. 07:28 So this sermon is absolutely incredible 07:32 because it's basically on racial unity. 07:35 And the title of it is 07:38 "The Hidden Agenda Behind Racism." 07:40 That's a great title. It really, it really is. 07:43 And I wanna read this verse, real quick. 07:46 Malachi 2:10. 07:47 It says, "Have we not all one Father? 07:50 Has not one God created us? 07:52 Why do we deal treacherously with one another 07:55 by profaning the covenant of the fathers?" 07:59 This message really paints the picture 08:01 of having one father being a part 08:04 of one human race in many colors. 08:07 And so I urge you, if, you know, 08:09 those of you that are at home and watching this message, 08:12 make it past the first part, there's gonna be, you know, 08:15 you're gonna see something that said in the first part, 08:18 some of you will be like, "Yeah, I feel that. 08:20 I'm with that." 08:21 And some of you will be like, 08:22 "Well, I think I'm gonna change." 08:24 No, get this message in its entirety. 08:27 This is of the utmost importance. 08:31 It was an amazing message. 08:32 I know Greg and I watched it as well. 08:34 And let's go to that right now with Pastor Ivor Myers. 08:38 I believe that God has something very special for us, 08:42 especially in this time. 08:46 So I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna 08:48 kind of come out and say this 08:50 and I hope I don't turn anyone off 08:54 the title of the message, 08:56 The Hidden Agenda Behind Racism. 08:59 I'm gonna be dealing with the issue of racism. 09:03 And I'm gonna say this, I wanna say this upfront, 09:06 I am tired of my brothers 09:12 being enslaved and abused. 09:15 Yes. 09:18 I am tired of my brothers being enslaved and abused. 09:21 I'm tired of my people 09:25 getting treated like slaves. 09:29 And I hope that by the end of this message, 09:32 you will share the very same sentiment. 09:37 I'm tired of the racism 09:41 that my people face. 09:46 Yes, I pray it is my prayer 09:53 that you will be tired of this too, 09:54 that you are tired of it, that you are fed up. 10:00 I don't care what color you are right now. 10:04 I need you to hear what I am saying. 10:08 Come on, we're gonna go to the Bible. 10:12 And I want to invite you 10:14 to Genesis 1:26 and... 10:19 In Genesis 1:26 the Bible here is describing 10:22 the creation of Adam and Eve, and the Bible says, 10:27 "And God said, 10:30 'Let us make man in our image, 10:35 after our likeness. 10:40 And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, 10:42 and over the fowl of the air, 10:44 and over the cattle, and over all the earth, 10:46 and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.'" 10:50 I want you to notice here that, 10:52 that God made 10:56 man in His image, okay? 11:01 I need you to understand that when God created man, 11:04 He created man in His image 11:08 and in His likeness. 11:11 Now, my question for you is that God mean, 11:16 let us make a man 11:19 or did He mean let us make mankind. 11:23 So I want you to think about that for a moment 11:25 when God said, "Let us make man in our image 11:28 and in our likeness." 11:30 Did He mean a single man? 11:31 Did He mean let us make Adam 11:33 in our image and in our likeness? 11:34 Or did He, did that statement apply 11:37 to all humanity that would be made afterward, right? 11:42 Everyone coming out of the loins of Adam. 11:47 I believe that you understand that 11:50 when God said let us make man 11:52 in our image and in our likeness. 11:54 He wasn't talking about one individual, 11:56 but He was talking about mankind. 12:00 Mankind was made in His image. 12:04 So that's the first thing 12:05 I want you to remember very simply, 12:07 mankind was made in the image of God. 12:12 Now come with me to Genesis 1:28. 12:15 And the Bible says, "And God bless them, 12:17 and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, 12:20 and replenish the earth, and subdue it, 12:25 and have dominion over the fish of the sea, 12:27 and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing 12:28 that moveth up on the face of the earth." 12:33 There we go. 12:37 So the Bible tells us that 12:39 God gave man dominion over the earth. 12:44 In other words, God said God made the earth 12:47 and then gave it to man who He had made in His image 12:51 said here, the earth is yours, subdue it. 12:58 When God made man in His image, 13:00 He was talking about the human race. 13:04 Now, I just wanna make sure that 13:05 you get what I just said. 13:09 When God said let us make man in His image, 13:11 He was talking about the human race, okay? 13:16 So amen at home if you're following me so far, 13:19 yes, God made the human race. 13:22 God made man in His image which means 13:24 God made the human race in His image. 13:27 Now I got another question for you and it is this. 13:31 Did God create the human race 13:36 or the human races? 13:41 Okay, I need you to think 13:42 very carefully about that question. 13:44 Did God create the human race 13:48 or did He create the human races? 13:52 All right. 13:54 So I'm gonna suggest to you that 13:58 God created the human race. 14:01 Why do I say that, beloved, 14:02 because there is only one human race. 14:08 All right, so if you're with me so far, 14:10 Pastor, we got you. 14:11 Yes. God created one human race. 14:15 There is only one human race. 14:20 Okay, so one race guys. 14:25 I need you to follow this one race 14:29 and the race was to reflect 14:32 the image of God. 14:36 So now I know a question you're asking. 14:38 Well, there's so many colors in our race. 14:45 Right? 14:47 Think, just think about this for a second, one race. 14:49 Yes, one race, but many colors. 14:55 All right. 14:58 So God made one race. 15:00 And that race is the human race, 15:02 but within the human race were many colors, right? 15:05 Obviously, Adam himself was not many colors. 15:08 Eve himself was not many, but throughout the human race, 15:12 they would produce 15:15 many colors. 15:18 One race, many colors. 15:20 One race, many colors. 15:24 One race, many colors. 15:26 So the question now becomes, what color is God? 15:30 Have you ever asked yourself that question? 15:32 What color is God? 15:36 If mankind is in the image of God, 15:40 what color is God? 15:43 And I'm gonna tell you, I know what color is God. 15:46 I know what color God is. 15:47 I want to see... 15:51 Yeah, yeah, yeah, come on. 15:53 Let's study, let's find out what... 15:55 You know, the Bible tells us what color God is. 15:58 So there's a big debate is God black? 16:00 Is God white? What color is God? 16:01 Come on, guys. 16:03 Let me share with you what color God is? 16:07 In the Book of Ezekiel 1:27 the Bible says here 16:11 and this is Ezekiel speaking, he says, 16:13 "And I saw the color of amber, 16:15 as the appearance of fire round about within it, 16:19 from the appearance of his loins." 16:21 That is talking about God. 16:25 Ezekiel is envisioned 16:26 and he catches a vision of divinity of God 16:30 and the Bible says, "That the appearance 16:33 of his loins even upward, 16:35 and from the appearance of his loins, 16:37 even downward, 16:38 I saw as it were the appearance of fire, 16:42 and it had brightness round about it." 16:44 Now notice verse 28. 16:46 "As the appearance of the bow 16:51 that is in the cloud in the day of the rain, 16:53 so was the appearance of the brightness round about. 16:57 This was the appearance 16:59 of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. 17:03 And when I saw it, I fell on my face." 17:05 Okay, Ezekiel is telling us that 17:09 the glory of the Lord looked like a bow, 17:12 like a rainbow, like a rainbow. 17:16 So the glory of the Lord 17:18 was a combination of colors. 17:30 What color is God? 17:34 What color is God? 17:37 God is multicolored. 17:40 The glory of the Lord is a rainbow. 17:44 That's what shines out of God. 17:47 He's not one color. 17:48 He is many colors. 17:52 So when we understand this concept of one race 17:57 but many colors 17:59 what we're beginning to understand 18:01 is that the entire human race 18:05 was supposed to be a reflection 18:08 of the glory of God, 18:11 which is multicolored. 18:18 Oh, man. 18:21 Are you guys following me so far? 18:24 Each color, listen carefully, 18:26 together reflected the glory of God. 18:30 Not one color, not one color here 18:33 and the other color low. 18:34 No, no, no, every color, 18:35 all the colors combined reflected 18:41 the glory of God. 18:49 If you're with me so far, 18:52 I can't hear you, but just say, amen. 18:56 All right. Let's keep moving. 19:00 The question now is this. 19:02 How did Satan feel about 19:05 the human race especially since that race 19:09 was to reflect the image of God? 19:13 What do you think, guys? 19:15 How did Satan feel about the human race 19:18 especially since the human race was to reflect the image, 19:22 the glory of God? 19:25 One race was to be many colors. 19:27 How do you think Satan felt about the human race? 19:33 What do you say? 19:35 Did you say he hated the human race? 19:40 Notice with me Genesis Chapter 3. 19:43 Genesis 3:1, "Now the serpent was more subtil 19:46 than any beast of the field which Lord God had made. 19:49 And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, 19:51 Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 19:53 And the woman said unto the serpent, 19:54 We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, 19:56 but of the fruit of the tree 19:58 which is in the midst of the garden, 19:59 God hath said, You shall not eat of it, 20:00 neither shall you touch it, lest you die. 20:02 And the serpent said unto the woman, 20:04 You shall not surely die." 20:06 Now, did Satan know that the woman would surely die? 20:12 Yes, he did, but he lies to her. 20:14 Why? 20:15 Because he wants the race to die. 20:19 He hates the human race, 20:22 meaning, listen carefully, beloved, 20:25 racism is when you hate a race. 20:30 Therefore, the first racist... 20:35 Man, 20:38 the first racist to ever exist 20:47 was Satan himself. 20:50 All right, are you guys following this? 20:55 Why is Satan a racist? Why? 20:57 Because he hates the human race. 21:08 He hates the fact that 21:09 the human race reflects or at least was supposed 21:14 to reflect the glory of God. 21:17 So he hates the race, meaning he hates the colors. 21:22 Are you catching this, guys? 21:25 He hates the colors 21:27 because the colors especially, not especially, the colors, 21:32 yeah, let me say, the colors especially 21:34 together combined 21:36 reflect the glory of God. 21:41 So Satan hates all the colors, not just one. 21:52 All right. 21:54 If you follow me so far, just give me an amen, okay? 21:59 All right. Good. Let's keep going. 22:01 So Adam and Eve end up sinning, right? 22:05 And when they sin, 22:07 according to the Book of Romans 5:12, 22:09 the Bible says, "Wherefore, as by one man sin 22:14 entered into the world, and death by sin, 22:18 so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." 22:22 So when Adam and Eve, when Adam sinned, 22:27 sin and death entered the world. 22:31 And what ends up happening is that Adam and Eve 22:36 gave up the deed of the earth, 22:39 they gave it over to Satan, Okay? 22:43 So this is why the Bible says for example, in John 14:30, 22:47 Jesus speaking, He says, 22:49 "Here after I will not talk much with you, 22:51 for the prince of this world cometh." 22:55 Okay, what does it mean the prince of the world? 22:59 The prince of this world, what does that mean? 23:01 Prince of this world, that simply means Satan 23:05 was given the deed of this earth 23:08 when Adam handed it over to him. 23:13 All right, so let's recap. Let's recap. 23:16 Number one, Satan was the first racist. 23:20 Number two, when Adam and Eve sinned, 23:23 they handed over the land to Satan. 23:29 So listen carefully now, guys, listen carefully. 23:32 This earth became Satan's plantation. 23:40 Oh, boy, 23:42 oh, oh. 23:47 Let me let that sink in for a moment. 23:51 This earth became 23:54 Satan's plantation. 23:59 Now, when you have a plantation, 24:02 what do you need? 24:06 Come on, guys. What do you need? 24:08 If you're a slave master, 24:11 if you have a plantation, you need slaves. 24:17 You need slaves to work your business 24:20 because that's how you make your livelihood. 24:22 So let's imagine it like this, okay? 24:24 This earth became Satan's plantation. 24:32 Satan has a job, his livelihood, 24:36 he has a crop that he produces. 24:39 Listen carefully, beloved, 24:41 his livelihood, his livelihood is racism, 24:46 which means the destruction of the human race. 24:52 Satan's work is to destroy the human race. 24:56 So listen carefully, beloved, 24:58 God's definition of racism 25:02 is a lot different than the definition 25:05 we have come to accept as racism. 25:10 God's definition of racism 25:12 is anything that harms the human race. 25:19 Whoa! 25:23 You see, beloved, Satan is the ultimate racist, 25:26 and his racism simply means, 25:29 I will do everything I can to cause chaos 25:33 within the human race. 25:36 To keep them that from understanding that together, 25:41 we reflect the glory of God. 25:51 Are you catching what I'm saying? 25:55 Are you understanding this? 25:56 Satan's racism 26:02 is not to destroy 26:04 one particular color of people, 26:07 it is to destroy every color of people. 26:12 And he will use the colors against one another, 26:19 because how better to destroy 26:21 the image of God than to turn the rainbow 26:24 to turn the colors against 26:26 one another instead of together reflecting the glory of God. 26:33 So Satan has slave, 26:37 the slave master has slaves on his plantation. 26:43 And what is their work? Well, let's see. 26:45 Galatians 5:19 tells us what their work is. 26:48 The work is to mean hurt and destroy the human race, 26:52 is to cause pain and suffering. 26:54 So Galatians 5:19 says this, "Now the works of the flesh," 26:58 right? 27:00 The works that are done on the plantation of Satan 27:03 the slave master are these adultery, 27:08 fornication, uncleanness, 27:11 lasciviousness, idolatry, 27:14 witchcraft, hatred, hatred, 27:20 hatred, 27:24 variance, emulations, 27:28 wrath, strife, 27:31 seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, 27:36 drunkenness, revelling, all these are the work 27:41 that Satan has his slaves doing. 27:48 And the whole purpose of the slaves doing this work 27:52 is to produce the crop of racism, 27:56 which is the destruction of the human race. 28:02 The more chaos, the more rioting, 28:05 you can't, come on. 28:13 Yeah, guys. 28:17 The more chaos he can get into 28:22 the human race, one race. 28:26 The more chaos he can have happening 28:28 within the human race, 28:29 the more separation, the more division, 28:32 the more anger, the more hatred, 28:35 he's actually doing, he's actually completing 28:38 his very mission 28:39 of destroying the human race. 28:45 So that's what he does. 28:47 This is how He builds His kingdoms 28:50 after all slaves were used to build the kingdoms 28:54 of their slave masters. 29:01 This is why Romans 6:16 says this, it says, 29:04 "Know ye not, that to whom you yield 29:06 yourselves servants to obey, 29:08 his servants you are 29:11 to whom you obey." 29:19 So, beloved, what I want you to understand here is that 29:22 Satan is a slave master 29:24 seeking to fill his field with slaves, 29:29 regardless of color. 29:37 So in planting the crop of strife, 29:43 you just produce more strife. 29:46 So if I can get one of my slaves 29:49 to kneel on the neck, 29:54 then I can get other people on my field burning stuff down. 30:07 See, we need to understand 30:09 this beloved from a biblical aspect. 30:13 True racism is anything 30:17 that wars against God's will 30:19 for the human race. 30:22 That includes what we understand as racism. 30:25 It includes mass genocide, 30:28 all these different things 30:29 that we would not naturally think that's racism. 30:32 That's racism. That's racism. 30:33 People think, oh, racism does exist. 30:35 Racism does exist. 30:36 The thing is, we don't even understand that we, 30:39 that, that listen, humanity. 30:46 The slaves are being used by the slave master 30:50 to destroy the human race, 30:52 which is Satan's version of racism. 30:57 Let me put it plainly. 30:59 When we talk about the slave trade 31:00 400 years of slavery 31:02 and that black people were slaves, 31:03 listen guys, black people weren't the only slaves. 31:12 I don't know if you caught that just now. 31:16 The black people were not the only slaves. 31:23 The slave masters were slaves. 31:28 They just didn't know they were slaves. 31:36 Are you catching what I'm saying? 31:44 Listen, there were many blacks 31:47 who were free though they were slaves, 31:50 and many whites who were slaves, 31:53 though they were free. 31:55 You need to think about that for a moment. 32:00 You need to just think that through for a moment. 32:04 You see, when you have Christ, you're free. 32:09 You catch what I'm saying? 32:12 We look at racism through human eyes 32:15 and we say all racism is the hatred of one race 32:19 towards another over color. 32:21 And yes, that is racism. 32:22 But you got to understand 32:24 there is a hidden agenda behind the true, 32:27 the truth of racist or racism. 32:30 And the truth of racism is that Satan is a racist. 32:38 And he's trying to destroy the human race. 32:42 And one of the most effective ways that he's doing that 32:45 is through the color scheme. 32:50 If I can turn the colors to war with one another, 32:57 not realizing that together 33:01 they reflect the glory of God. 33:03 If I can just get this war going, 33:06 if I can just get a color war going, 33:09 I have destroyed the rainbow. 33:11 I have destroyed the glory. 33:13 I have shattered the glory. 33:18 Catch this. I need you to catch this. 33:25 During the slave trade in America, 33:31 the slave master had to work very hard 33:35 to keep the slaves from uniting. 33:45 I need you to catch this, guys, see, 33:48 the slave masters were typically outnumbered 33:52 by their slaves. 33:53 So they lived in a very dangerous setting. 33:56 You know if the slaves like decided 33:59 they could just all band together 34:01 and overthrow their slave master. 34:03 So in order for this not to happen, 34:05 the slave master had to be very, you know, 34:08 exacting and cruel and punish the smallest infraction. 34:13 So, basically, one of the things 34:15 that the slave masters would do 34:16 was they would implement this atmosphere 34:20 of distrust amongst the slaves. 34:22 So, you know, you had the field slave 34:26 and the house slave. 34:31 And the house slave something he had, you know, or she had, 34:35 you know, more than the field slaves. 34:37 So the how slave, you know, maybe was, 34:41 in a sense more economically, 34:46 you know, favored. 34:51 You catch what I'm saying. 34:54 Beloved, regardless of where they were economically, 34:57 regardless of the status 35:01 of the house slave over the field slave, 35:05 they were still slaves. 35:09 But the slave master would work this principle of distrust 35:15 and so that the slaves did not trust each other 35:17 and they tattled on each other 35:19 and they had laws where the slaves 35:23 could not commune or gather, 35:25 it was unlawful assembly for slaves, 35:28 more than four or five slaves to gather together at one time. 35:31 So the whole purpose was keep the slaves divided. 35:35 Do not let them ever come together 35:39 and get on the same page and thus catch on to 35:43 what the slave master was doing. 35:51 Oh, man. 35:55 Yes, yes, yes. Are you seeing this, guys? 35:59 So keep the slaves on his plantation at war 36:03 with one another. 36:06 Never trusting one another, 36:08 always suspicious of one another, 36:11 keep that going so that they never put 36:15 two and two together and say, hey, wait a minute. 36:19 So what does Satan do? He does just that. 36:21 And Jesus tells us in Matthew 24:6, 36:24 notice what it says here, 36:25 "You shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: 36:27 see that ye be not troubled: 36:29 for all these things must come to pass, 36:30 but the end is not yet." 36:32 Now watch this, for nation and the Greek word is ethnos. 36:41 For nation, for ethnos shall rise against ethnos. 36:47 Ethnicity, look it up in a Strong's Concordance. 36:50 It actually means race. 36:51 Race shall rise against race. 36:57 That's what Satan would do. 36:59 He would cause race wars, 37:04 color wars, nation against nation. 37:13 Just a few verses down, it says, 37:15 "And because iniquity shall abound, 37:17 the love of many shall wax cold." 37:21 So basically, listen carefully, beloved. 37:26 Racism is prophesied here. 37:32 Race will rise against race. 37:35 They will not have love for one another. 37:37 They will hate one another. 37:39 There will be wars, 37:41 ethnos against ethnos. 37:46 This is Satan's plan. 37:50 This is what Satan wants to accomplish. 37:52 So not only did, 37:55 is Satan the slave master saying, 37:56 "Okay, we need to keep them 37:59 separated so that they don't trust each other. 38:02 We need to keep humanity in it." 38:04 And by the way, let me say this and, 38:07 you know, I'm saying this with all the love that I can. 38:12 There is a reason 38:13 why conspiracy theories are so popular today. 38:19 See conspiracy theories lead you 38:22 not to trust who? 38:26 Not to trust who? Them. 38:30 Them. Who is them? 38:34 We don't know. But it's just them. 38:38 And sometimes we will just, we hear stuff about them. 38:41 Whoever the them is and what happens is we're like, 38:45 yeah, don't trust, don't you. 38:47 And we begin to put to portray to, 38:50 to cast on to groups of people, 38:54 or we begin to cast on to them this insidious like, 38:58 yeah, they are really, really just. 39:02 Satan has made a plot with them 39:04 and they're in on the plot with Satan 39:06 and thereabouts. 39:07 And what happens is that we get this idea 39:10 or this pattern of us against them, 39:16 don't trust, don't trust, don't trust, 39:19 and you got to listen carefully to me beloved. 39:22 When we feed into these narratives, listen, 39:25 there is one conspiracy, 39:27 and that is a conspiracy of Satan. 39:31 And Satan typically doesn't 39:33 let his slaves in on his conspiracy. 39:37 That's why the Bible says he deceives the whole world. 39:44 Please catch what I'm saying. 39:46 I know there, there are people out there 39:48 who are straight up evil, that, that's it, 39:50 they have chosen I am going to be evil. 39:52 I'm not saying that 39:53 there are not evil people out there. 39:55 But what I'm saying is when we begin to feed 39:58 into a narrative where everyone is the enemy. 40:01 We are feeding into the very thing, 40:05 the very crop of Satan's plantation. 40:14 There is one conspiracy theory that I'm focused on, guys, 40:17 it is not a conspiracy theory regarding COVID, 40:21 or conspiracy theory regarding Bill Gates 40:23 or conspiracy theory, but there is one conspiracy 40:26 and it's not a theory, there is one conspiracy 40:29 that I'm concerned about 40:31 and that is a conspiracy found in Revelation Chapter 13, 40:35 where you have a beast from the earth, 40:37 a beast from the sea, 40:38 and a dragon who will combine to bring persecution 40:43 upon God's end time people. 40:44 That's the only conspiracy. I need you to understand this. 40:50 Still be my friend, please. 40:54 I love you. I hope you still love me. 40:57 But, guys, our focus needs to be 40:59 on what the Scripture says. 41:01 So when we go off we're starting to, yeah, 41:04 and you know, the black people, they're all trying to do, 41:07 or the white people, all of them are trying to, 41:09 or this people or that, 41:12 whatever it is, that party this party, 41:15 we are being trained 41:17 in a mentality of don't trust, 41:22 they are out for evil. 41:26 And, beloved, this is exactly what Satan is doing. 41:31 Number one, keep them at odds. 41:34 Number two, keep the slaves ignorant. 41:37 Slaves were not allowed to read or write, 41:40 so they were illiterate. 41:41 Why? 41:43 Because if they could read and write, 41:44 they would begin to be liberated. 41:50 So not only keep them at odds, but keep them illiterates. 41:56 Keep the slaves illiterates. 42:07 Don't let them read. 42:12 Don't let them understand. 42:18 Keep them away from the correct understanding 42:22 of the Word of God and so when they read 42:25 the Word of God, all they see is, 42:27 oh, uh-uh, if that's what God is like, 42:30 I don't want anything to do with God. 42:32 And when you don't have anything to do with God, 42:34 you end up living the life, the plantation life, 42:39 the only crop you produce is Satan's crop. 42:46 So keep the slaves illiterate, so that they cannot read, 42:51 they cannot understand. 42:53 So not only did they do that, 42:55 not only did they cause them to be separated, 42:57 they cause, they said you cannot gather together 43:00 unlawful assembly and all these things together, 43:03 beloved, leads us to understand something very, very important 43:09 and it is this, guys, 43:10 here's what I'm trying to say to you. 43:11 The Bible tells in Ephesians 6:10, 43:14 "Finally my brethren, be strong in the Lord, 43:16 and in the power of his might. 43:18 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand 43:20 against the wiles of the devil. 43:22 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood." 43:31 Listen to me. 43:34 Our wrestle is not against another color. 43:40 Whatever color you are, 43:42 I need you to understand this right now. 43:44 Your struggle, your wrestle is not against another color. 43:49 We're not supposed to be fighting against colors, 43:52 we're supposed to be fighting 43:54 against the slave master, but if the slave master 43:57 can have us going after colors, 44:03 if the slave master can have us concerned about colors, 44:09 then we never turn the attention 44:12 to who the real enemy is. 44:26 Come with me, Exodus 3:7, 44:29 "The Lord said to Moses: 44:31 'I have surely seen the affliction of My people 44:33 which are in Egypt, 44:34 and have heard their cries by reason of their taskmasters, 44:38 for I know their sorrows. 44:39 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand 44:42 of the Egyptians and to bring them up 44:44 out of that land unto a good land, 44:47 and a large unto a land flowing with milk and honey." 44:51 Listen carefully, beloved, 44:53 God sent Moses to deliver a people out of slavery. 44:58 A people that had forgotten about God, 45:01 a people that had become hardened by years of servitude. 45:05 Maybe they acted like brute beasts. 45:08 Maybe they got used 45:09 to putting knees in the necks of people. 45:11 I don't know, but they were slaves. 45:13 You're not catching me. They were slaves. 45:18 God sent Moses to deliver slaves. 45:26 And the Bible tells us that every person, 45:30 any person that is not submitted 45:32 to Christ is a slave of Satan. 45:38 I don't want to go 45:40 preach the gospel to those racists. 45:45 Yes, God sends you, God sends me, 45:51 God sends us to go deliver the racist. 45:56 Whoa. Whoa. 46:00 Do I have to go? Do I have to go? 46:04 Yes, you have to go. Yes, you have to go. 46:09 Why? Because Satan is infusing 46:12 his slaves with the spirit of hate, 46:15 with the spirit of racism, with the spirit of anger, 46:18 with the spirit of strife. 46:19 And those, listen to me, those were My people. 46:25 I created them to be in My image, 46:27 but Satan has hijacked them 46:30 and he has them working on his plantation. 46:34 And listen carefully, because I set you free... 46:43 No, no, no, come, come, watch this, guys, Roman 6:16, 46:47 "No ye not, that to whom you 46:48 yield yourself servants to obey, 46:50 his servants you are to whom you obey, 46:52 whether of sin unto death, 46:53 or of obedience unto righteousness?" 46:55 Watch this. 46:56 "But God be thanked that you were servants of sin, 47:00 you were servants on the plantation. 47:04 But you have obeyed 47:06 from the heart the form of doctrine 47:07 which was delivered to you. 47:09 Being then made free from sin, 47:12 you became the servants of righteousness." 47:14 So watch this, guys. 47:15 By the grace of God, 47:17 you were delivered from the plantation of Satan. 47:23 Somebody needs to say amen to that. 47:25 Just give me an amen 47:27 if you are one that was delivered 47:29 from the plantation of the enemy? 47:33 Christ came into your life and delivered you from bondage. 47:42 Yes, is that you? Is that you? 47:48 All right. Very good, guys. 47:50 We were set free. So here, watch. 47:53 How were we set free? That's the question. 47:57 What is it that delivered us? 48:00 Or who is it that delivered us? Come with me. 48:03 I want you to notice this, Philippians 2:5. 48:05 The Bible says, "Let this mind be in you, 48:07 which is also in Christ Jesus, 48:09 who, being in the form of God, 48:13 thought it not robbery to be equal with God, 48:15 but made himself of no reputation, 48:18 and took upon him the form of a servant, 48:20 and was made in the likeness of men." 48:22 Now, you got to pause and see this. 48:23 Are you guys sitting down? I hope you are sitting down. 48:26 I hope you are sitting down. 48:28 You need to be sitting for this. 48:30 Come, let's look at this again. 48:32 The Bible says Christ who being in the form of God, 48:37 so what does that mean being in the form of God? 48:41 Okay, so He was God. 48:44 He was in the form of God. 48:47 All right. What is the form of God? 48:49 What does the form of God look like? 48:54 I'm just going to wait here, guys. 48:55 You know this answer already. 48:59 What does the form of God look? 49:07 What did Ezekiel see? 49:10 When he was looking at the glory of God, 49:12 what did he see? 49:17 Come on, guys. 49:18 What did he see when he was looking 49:20 at the glory of God in Ezekiel Chapter 1? 49:25 He saw a... 49:30 Come on, guys. He saw a rainbow. 49:35 He saw a rainbow. Listen. 49:37 the glory of God 49:39 was surrounded with many colors. 49:41 He had many colors on Him, many colors. 49:44 Watch this, but the Bible says, He gave up that glory. 49:49 So He gave up His many colors. 49:57 His many colors were taken off of Him 50:00 and He became a servant, meaning a slave. 50:03 Watch this, guys. 50:08 We might say that Jesus wore many colors. 50:12 That was His glory, He wore many colors. 50:17 But He gave up those many, He was, 50:21 He took off those many colors and became a slave. 50:28 Verse 8, "And being found in fashion as a man, 50:31 he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, 50:34 even the death of the cross. 50:36 Wherefore God also has highly exalted him, 50:38 and given him a name 50:39 which is above every other name." 50:41 So Jesus was wearing. 50:43 He was covered 50:47 in many colors, 50:50 but those colors were removed 50:53 and He became a slave, 50:56 and He became obedient unto death. 51:01 But after that, He was exalted into the highest place. 51:13 Genesis 37:3. 51:18 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children. 51:34 "Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, 51:37 because he was a son of his old age, 51:40 and he made him." 51:41 What did he make him, everyone? 51:44 Come on, guys. What did he make him? 51:49 What did the father make Joseph? 51:57 He made him a coat. 51:59 A coat of what? 52:03 A coat of many colors, guys. 52:07 Now very interesting, the Bible says, 52:09 "It came to pass, when Joseph was come 52:11 unto his brethren, 52:12 that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, 52:15 his coat of many colors that was on him." 52:18 Joseph lost his coat, his glory, 52:20 his coat of many colors. 52:22 It was taken off of him. 52:27 Wait, verse 24, "And they took him," Joseph, 52:30 "and cast him into a pit." 52:31 Oh, man. 52:34 Oh boy. 52:37 Oh, man. 52:39 Verse 27, it says, they said, "Come and let us sell him." 52:43 So he became a servant. 52:45 His coat of many colors was taken off of him, 52:48 he becomes a servant. 52:54 Please note what they did 52:56 to his coat of many colors. 53:01 "They took Joseph's coat and killed a kid of the goats, 53:05 and dipped the coat in blood." 53:14 You guys, listen carefully to me, right. 53:18 Jesus' blood covers every color. 53:26 Jesus died for the white man, 53:30 the black man, the yellow man, 53:33 you fill in the blank, all the shades, Jesus died. 53:39 That coat of many colors, man, ya'll not feeling. 53:50 That coat of many colors and watch what it says next. 53:54 Look at verse 32, 53:55 "And they sent the coat of many colors, 53:57 and they brought it to their father." 54:00 You see, beloved. 54:01 When we take Jesus' righteousness, 54:04 the righteousness, 54:05 when we take that glory and present it 54:07 before our Heavenly Father, look, the blood. 54:14 We come to the conclusion that 54:17 Jesus died for the rainbow. 54:21 He died to redeem all the colors. 54:24 Meaning, beloved, 54:25 if I have an issue with a color, 54:27 I have an issue with God. 54:30 Oh, no. 54:36 If I have an issue with colors, 54:40 I have an issue with the very glory of God. 54:51 I hope you're catching this, guys. 54:55 So watch this now, 54:57 I'm no longer on the plantation. 54:59 I've been delivered. 55:00 I was set free from hate, from pride, from racism, 55:04 from hating your own race. 55:10 You know, that's what racism is, right? 55:12 Racism is hating your own race. 55:18 Because there's only one race, guys, and it's the human race. 55:23 So to hate black people 55:26 or white people or Asian people or Indian people, 55:30 whatever it is to hate, to hate anybody. 55:35 Oh, wait a minute, to hate someone that 55:41 Jesus shed His blood for, 55:45 means you are against the race He created. 55:50 Because pretty simply put, guys, 55:53 hate in God's eyes is racism. 55:59 Done deal. Done deal. 56:12 What's God trying to tell me? 56:15 You guys are all part of the same rainbow. 56:20 You are all brothers. 56:27 You're one race. You're one family. 56:30 So to hate your brother is to hate your own race. 56:36 I hope this term is not offensive. 56:38 I don't mean it to be, but I actually, 56:40 look, I was thinking myself. 56:42 When I found this together, man, that's kind of like, 56:45 you know, when they say your home 56:47 or listen carefully. 56:49 Please, please. 56:50 I don't mean this offensive in any way. 56:52 But actually look the term up, check out homo racist. 56:57 Again, I don't use that term offensively. 57:00 But I was like, wait a minute to 57:01 hate your own race is to hate your own. 57:05 And the word homo means of the same. 57:07 And I was like wait a minute, looked it up homo racist. 57:10 Whoa, I didn't knew that term existed. 57:14 To hate your own race. 57:18 Please don't anybody email me, don't write me, don't whatever. 57:22 I'm just telling you that to hate another human being 57:28 is to hate your own race. 57:32 One race, guys, many colors, 57:36 but one race. 57:39 So now those are my brethren. 57:41 Those are my brethren, every race, every person, 57:44 every color is my brother. 57:48 So God has set me free from the plantation. 57:50 Does He say, "Hey, go long run now, 57:52 you've been set free." 57:53 No, no, no, no. 57:55 He says, "Hey, I need you to get on 57:56 the underground railroad. 57:59 I need you to go back." 58:06 Listen guys, Romans 10:13, 58:08 "For whosoever shall call in the name of the Lord 58:11 shall be saved." 58:12 Listen carefully, 58:13 "How then shall they call on Him 58:15 in whom they have not believed? 58:17 And how shall they believe in him 58:19 of whom they have not heard? 58:22 And how shall they hear without a preacher? 58:27 And how shall they preach except they be sent? 58:31 As it is written, 58:33 how beautiful are the feet of them 58:34 that preach the gospel of peace, 58:36 and bring glad tidings of good things!" 58:38 Beloved, God is calling us 58:39 to go into back to the plantation 58:44 and to start ministering to our brothers 58:47 who are still suffering racism. 58:51 You understand what I mean when I say that now, right? 58:55 Because those who have, those who are practicing racism 58:59 are slaves on the slave master's plantation. 59:09 Yep. 59:11 And the slave master 59:12 is instilling his spirit in them, 59:15 said, I need you to be like me. 59:16 I need you to hate others. I need you to hate others. 59:18 I need you to hate, I need you to hate 59:19 the human race. 59:21 I need you to hate this color people 59:22 and that color people. 59:24 So it is our mission to go save our brothers. 59:30 If someone had gotten to this police officer 59:33 and saved him off the plantation, 59:36 he would not be in the trouble that he is in now. 59:39 He would not have taken a life. 59:51 How many more of our brothers, 59:55 so you heard me say earlier, 59:57 you heard me say at the beginning 59:58 of this presentation. 01:00:00 I'm tired of my people being treated as slaves. 01:00:02 Yes, I'm tired of my people. 01:00:05 And who are my people? 01:00:07 The human race. 01:00:12 The human race, guys. 01:00:13 That's my people. That's my brothers. 01:00:19 And I'm tired of my brothers being played by Satan. 01:00:26 I'm tired of my brothers being played by Satan 01:00:28 to think that color is the enemy. 01:00:34 We cannot continue, beloved, 01:00:36 to let our brothers suffer this delusion. 01:00:44 They are on the path, and now listen, 01:00:46 it's going to be hard to try to get on the plantation 01:00:48 and convince them that 01:00:49 the master doesn't mean them any good, 01:00:51 but we've got to do it and we got to at least attempt. 01:00:59 Watch this guys, come on. Come on. 01:01:01 Ezekiel, Exodus 12:37, the Bible says, 01:01:05 "And the children of Israel 01:01:06 journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, 01:01:08 about 600,000 of on foot 01:01:11 that were men, beside children." 01:01:12 God delivered the children of Israel 01:01:14 out of Egypt but watch this. 01:01:16 "And a mixed multitude went up with them, 01:01:20 and flocks, and herds and even much cattle." 01:01:22 It was not just Israelites that left Egypt, beloved, 01:01:25 it was a mixed multitude. 01:01:34 People of different backgrounds went with the Israelites. 01:01:39 God was not just concerned with delivering Israelites, 01:01:43 he was concerned with delivering 01:01:45 whoever would come. 01:01:53 Yes, Egyptians went with them. 01:01:59 Now, you can imagine, right? 01:02:01 You've been slaves to these Egyptians 01:02:03 for hundreds of years, and now they're in your camp 01:02:06 and you're in control. 01:02:10 Like now, you have the upper hand. 01:02:14 And what do you do? Let's see what God says. 01:02:17 Here's how I want you to treat them. 01:02:18 All right. 01:02:20 Exodus 22:21, watch this, 01:02:21 "Thou shalt vex a stranger and oppress him, 01:02:26 for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." 01:02:37 Did I get that right? 01:02:39 Oh, I'm sorry. 01:02:42 "Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, 01:02:45 nor oppress him, 01:02:47 for you were strangers in the land of Egypt." 01:02:49 In other words, God is saying here, 01:02:50 beloved, listen, don't treat them 01:02:53 the way they treated you. 01:02:56 Wow. 01:02:58 Don't treat them the way they treated you. 01:03:03 Why? 01:03:04 Because you know 01:03:06 what it's like to be treated like that. 01:03:07 So I'm commanding you, I'm commanding you. 01:03:14 I'm commanding you. 01:03:17 This is how you treat the stranger. 01:03:20 Come on, let's go further. 01:03:21 Leviticus 19:33. 01:03:23 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, 01:03:25 you shall not vex him. 01:03:26 But the stranger that dwells with you, 01:03:28 shall be unto you, as one born among you, 01:03:34 and you shall love him as thyself, 01:03:38 for you were strangers in the land of Egypt, 01:03:40 I am the Lord your God." 01:03:42 I'm God, and I'm telling you, that the stranger shall be 01:03:46 like one born among you. 01:03:49 That means, beloved, 01:03:50 the stranger becomes my brother. 01:03:56 My own flesh and blood, one born among me, 01:04:00 my ethnos, my neighbor. 01:04:06 This is why the Bible tells us in James 2:8, 01:04:08 "If you fulfill the royal law according to Scripture, 01:04:10 you will love your neighbor as yourself." 01:04:14 That's how you fulfill the law, beloved. 01:04:18 You love your neighbor as yourself. 01:04:23 You love that ethnos as yours. 01:04:26 You love that person of that 01:04:28 other color as yourself. 01:04:33 Our brothers are in captivity 01:04:36 to hatred, and anger, and racism. 01:04:41 They are being held captive. 01:04:43 And some of them, yes, at their will. 01:04:49 And God says, 01:04:52 "I need you to go in there 01:04:55 and I need you to get my people out of there." 01:05:02 Wow. 01:05:05 That's a serious mission, guys. 01:05:08 That's a serious mission. 01:05:10 You want to go to the people that treated me this way, 01:05:12 the people that are still treating 01:05:14 my people this way 01:05:15 and you want me to go rescue them? 01:05:17 Yes, I need you to go rescue them. 01:05:21 Jesus came to rescue you 01:05:22 while we were yet enemies. 01:05:28 You see, beloved, I am my brother's keeper. 01:05:31 I am my brother's keeper, my brother's guardian. 01:05:34 So no Satan, I'm not going to allow you 01:05:38 to treat my white brothers 01:05:40 the way you've been treating them. 01:05:46 I'm not going to allow you to continue to deceive them 01:05:51 with this idea that they are better. 01:05:54 This idea that the house slave 01:05:58 is better than the field slave. 01:06:01 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 01:06:03 We're going to do everything in our power to go 01:06:06 rescue our brethren from the plantation. 01:06:09 We're going to get that hate out of their heart 01:06:11 by the grace of God. 01:06:12 We're going to get that anger. We're going to get that out. 01:06:14 And, beloved, listen to me. 01:06:16 There are all colors of people on the plantation. 01:06:22 Catch what I'm saying, guys. 01:06:24 It's not one color of people on the plantation, 01:06:26 it is all colors of people on the plantation. 01:06:30 Not everyone, but on that plantation, 01:06:34 you have representations of every nation, 01:06:37 kindred, tongue, and people, 01:06:38 which is why the Bible says that 01:06:41 the final message to go into the world is a message 01:06:44 that is to go to the rainbow. 01:06:48 I saw another angel, Revelation 14:6, 01:06:50 "I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, 01:06:52 having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them 01:06:55 that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, 01:06:58 kindred, tongue, and people." 01:07:00 In other words, to every color, saying what? 01:07:04 Fear God and give glory to Him. 01:07:06 Watch this, guys. How do you give God? 01:07:09 Watch, God's glory, 01:07:12 rainbow colors together, 01:07:18 all loving each other. 01:07:21 No disruption in the rainbow. 01:07:25 How do you give glory to God? 01:07:29 It's simply by reflecting that glory. 01:07:32 So watch this, the everlasting gospel 01:07:34 is designed to bring the colors together. 01:07:47 That's why there's a rainbow around His throne, guys. 01:07:57 It's to bring all people together. 01:08:00 Every nation, kindred, tongue and people 01:08:02 so that together we reflect the glory of God 01:08:05 because we can only reflect the glory of God together. 01:08:11 That's what heaven is about. 01:08:12 Everyone living in peace and harmony, 01:08:15 no war, no conflict. 01:08:20 So that's why the second angel's message, 01:08:22 Revelation 14:8, the Bible says, 01:08:24 "And there followed another angel, 01:08:26 saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, 01:08:28 because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath, 01:08:31 wrath of her fornication." 01:08:33 Beloved, the world is getting angry 01:08:35 because they're drinking the wine. 01:08:38 And God says, "I want my people 01:08:40 to come out of Babylon to stop drinking that wine, 01:08:44 to stop producing that wrath." 01:08:46 And look at what's going on today, beloved. 01:08:47 Look at the news. 01:08:49 What do you see? 01:08:54 You see the human race going crazy. 01:08:59 Exactly as Satan would have it. 01:09:02 Listen to me, don't get me wrong. 01:09:04 I'm not saying don't protest wrongs. 01:09:07 I'm not saying. 01:09:08 What I'm saying is 01:09:09 when we do it with hate in our heart, 01:09:11 when we do it with anger, when we do it in a way, 01:09:14 when we do it in that way, 01:09:15 we are simply demonstrating that 01:09:17 we are still on Satan's plantation. 01:09:26 Yeah. 01:09:29 Catch this, guys, we need to teach 01:09:32 these slaves how to read. 01:09:43 We need to teach these slaves biblical literacy. 01:09:55 I don't even know where... 01:09:57 Listen, guys, it's hard here in America. 01:10:02 It is hard. It's hard. 01:10:05 Let me share with you. 01:10:07 Give me 10 more minutes 01:10:09 and then I'm going to wrap this up, okay? 01:10:10 I promise you, I promise you. 01:10:14 Revelation 13:11, the Bible says this, 01:10:16 "And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth, 01:10:18 and he had two horns like a lamb, 01:10:20 and he spake as a dragon." 01:10:22 I get it, America that we are 01:10:25 in this part of the plantation, 01:10:27 America, it's still a, it's a plantation. 01:10:31 And in this part of the plantation, 01:10:34 don't get me wrong, right? 01:10:36 The whole earth is the devil's plantation. 01:10:38 So that's why the Bible says, "Be in the world, 01:10:40 but not of the world." 01:10:42 But here in America, it's a big issue. 01:10:44 And the Bible actually describes it 01:10:46 in Revelation 13:11. 01:10:48 This beast, this nation, 01:10:49 which is described in Revelation 13:11 01:10:52 has the horns of a lamb, 01:10:53 meaning it's a Christian nation. 01:10:54 A beast represents a nation in Bible prophecy. 01:10:57 This is an allegedly Christian nation 01:11:00 that speaks like a dragon. 01:11:02 In other words, 01:11:03 it is the very opposite of what it professes to be. 01:11:07 And I need you to see this because our founders 01:11:10 notice what they said about this beast, 01:11:12 Revelation 13:11. I'm going to read to you. 01:11:15 Let me just put it up on the screen. 01:11:17 This is from Uriah Smith, 1864. 01:11:20 Notice what he says here, "Its character. 01:11:22 It has two horns like a lamb. 01:11:24 The lamb feature is a fit emblem 01:11:27 of the profession 01:11:28 and the early acts of this government. 01:11:30 But it speaks like a dragon, 01:11:32 a fit emblem of the practice of this hypocritical nation. 01:11:37 Look at the Declaration of Independence, 01:11:41 and the Constitution, then look at slavery, 01:11:45 look at the religious intolerance, 01:11:47 the corruption and oppression existing through the land. 01:11:50 A further development may be expected in the future." 01:11:54 He goes on to say, June 10, 1858, 01:11:56 "Next he sees a beast with two horns like a lamb, 01:11:59 but he speaks as a dragon. 01:12:00 This we believe means the United States. 01:12:02 This government is lamb-like in appearance, 01:12:05 but dragon like in action. 01:12:07 In profession it is the land of liberty, 01:12:10 but in action, it is the land of slavery and oppression." 01:12:15 This was written in 1864, guys. 01:12:16 Now listen, I know slavery has been abolished. 01:12:19 I get that. 01:12:21 But I need you to understand that the Bible does not say 01:12:24 that this beast with the horns of a lamb 01:12:25 that speaks like a dragon eventually stopped speaking 01:12:29 that way and gets better. 01:12:30 No, no, no, no, no, it continues to speak that way. 01:12:36 So in reality, beloved, 01:12:37 the same satanic spirit that 01:12:40 we were dealing with in the 1860s 01:12:42 in this country is still here. 01:12:45 Praise God. 01:12:47 I believe that we can say, 01:12:49 many people have gotten off the plantation 01:12:52 and are no longer slaves to the spirit, 01:12:57 but it still exists. 01:13:01 And despite that, God says, "I need you. 01:13:03 I need you to go and rescue your brethren." 01:13:09 That's not my brother. It is your brother. 01:13:12 Who is my neighbor? Yes, it is your neighbor. 01:13:18 Don't do good just to those that do good to you. 01:13:21 If you want to be your father, 01:13:23 if you want to be like your father in heaven, 01:13:25 pray for them that despitefully use you. 01:13:27 Which brings me to my closing thought, guys, 01:13:29 because listen carefully, 01:13:32 I'm calling for a slave rebellion. 01:13:41 I am calling for an uprising. 01:13:47 God's people who have been delivered from such things, 01:13:51 who have been delivered from the spirit of hate 01:13:54 and from the spirit of racism and from all those things, 01:13:56 a black, white, whatever color you are, 01:13:59 God is calling you to go back to those slaves 01:14:04 who are still on that plantation 01:14:06 and encourage an uprising. 01:14:09 Not an uprising against some individual, 01:14:12 not an uprising against flesh and blood, 01:14:14 but an uprising against the slave master. 01:14:20 It's time to turn the attention 01:14:23 on the slave master, guys. 01:14:26 He exists, he is real, 01:14:29 and he is the root behind all of this. 01:14:31 We wrestle not against flesh and blood. 01:14:33 Let's go say, let's go deliver our brothers 01:14:36 before they do something else stupid. 01:14:42 Do you understand what I'm saying? 01:14:45 The hidden agenda behind racism is to destroy the human race, 01:14:51 not a race, the human race. 01:14:54 And Satan will use colors to accomplish that. 01:15:02 So how do we encourage 01:15:04 the slaves to leave the plantation? 01:15:07 There's got to be a way. 01:15:10 There's got to be a map. 01:15:14 There's got to be a blueprint. 01:15:31 I'm closing. 01:15:33 There is a blueprint. 01:15:36 God's way is in the sanctuary. 01:15:40 When the underground railroad was running was, 01:15:42 when the people were leading slaves out of captivity, 01:15:47 they had to go station by station, 01:15:49 house by house until they made it 01:15:51 into the North. 01:15:52 Beloved, God has a divine railroad 01:15:57 and it's called the sanctuary. 01:16:00 I need you to see this. 01:16:01 We're closing, guys, I promise you. 01:16:05 Listen to me. 01:16:07 We need to present the path away from this hatred, 01:16:12 away from this plantation. 01:16:14 It begins at the cross of Calvary, 01:16:16 which was symbolized by the altar of sacrifice 01:16:20 in the Old Testament sanctuary. 01:16:22 We need to show the world that Christ's blood 01:16:26 covers all colors. 01:16:29 Christ died for everyone. 01:16:32 And if we can get the slave mentality, 01:16:34 if we can get the slaves on the plantation, 01:16:37 to realize that Christ died for every color, 01:16:41 they are on their way to freedom, guys. 01:16:45 But it has to start at the cross. 01:16:48 We have to take them to the laver 01:16:49 where they must experience 01:16:52 a washing away of that kind of mentality, 01:16:55 a washing away of that kind of thinking 01:16:58 where I am better than you because of my color 01:17:01 or because of my nationality, we've got a watch. 01:17:04 So we take them through the laver 01:17:05 and watch them to, wash them to deliver. 01:17:08 You know, very often when slaves were escaping, 01:17:10 they have to cross through rivers. 01:17:13 They had to wade through the waters. 01:17:17 That's what God is calling us to do. 01:17:18 Listen, I need you. 01:17:20 I need my underground railroad, folks, 01:17:22 to go back and to start witnessing to these people 01:17:26 who are still in captivity of the hatred 01:17:28 and tell them listen, Christ died for all colors. 01:17:31 Secondly, lead them through the rivers 01:17:33 where this mentality will be washed away. 01:17:37 And not only that, beloved, 01:17:38 but we got to educate them with the Word of God. 01:17:41 We got to teach them how to read. 01:17:45 How do I spell that D-A-N-I-E-L? 01:17:48 What does that mean? Daniel, what is that? 01:17:51 He was a prophet. What did he do? 01:17:53 He prophesied of things to come in the end. 01:17:59 We got to teach them 01:18:01 how to understand the prophecies, 01:18:02 how to understand the gospel, 01:18:05 that Christ is not, that God is not a tyrant, 01:18:07 that God does not condone this kind of behavior. 01:18:10 Beloved, we've got to make them biblically literates. 01:18:17 We got to pray for the slaves. 01:18:21 Are you catching me? 01:18:23 We have to pray for the slaves. 01:18:25 We can't just go into enemy territory without prayer. 01:18:28 We got to pray for them. 01:18:29 We got to understand that 01:18:30 prayer is going to help lead them out. 01:18:33 Yes, pray for your 01:18:34 what you might think your enemies. 01:18:36 God says, I want you to pray for your brothers. 01:18:39 I don't want you to teach them to start praying for others. 01:18:43 Pray for the ones that they once hated. 01:18:47 God says, you got to go in and deliver. 01:18:49 You got to let your light shine. 01:18:52 That's the candlestick. Let your light shine. 01:18:54 Don't just speak the truth, live it. 01:18:59 Show them I am your brother. 01:19:03 Show them that you care about their plight, 01:19:06 whether it's white to black or black to white, 01:19:08 or yellow or whatever it is, show them listen, 01:19:11 I am here to demonstrate to you that 01:19:13 I am your brother, I'm not your enemy. 01:19:15 We don't wrestle against flesh and blood. 01:19:17 Let's turn our attention on the true enemy, 01:19:20 which is Satan, the slave master. 01:19:24 And finally, beloved, 01:19:27 that Ark of the Covenant, the law of God. 01:19:31 What is the law fulfilled in? 01:19:33 These words, love, this word, love. 01:19:39 Love God with all your heart. 01:19:41 Love your neighbor as yourself. 01:19:46 Beloved, this is the pathway to freedom. 01:19:48 This is the map that shows slaves 01:19:54 how to move from being slaves to hate, 01:19:58 slaves to anger, 01:20:03 slaves to murder, 01:20:08 and leads them station by station 01:20:12 until they find rest in Jesus Christ. 01:20:18 I'm tired of my people 01:20:21 being treated as slaves. 01:20:25 I'm tired of my people, 01:20:29 my people being taken advantage 01:20:34 of by that slave master. 01:20:39 It is time for an uprising. 01:20:44 It is time for a slave revolt, for a slave rebellion. 01:20:48 And, beloved, if you want to protest, 01:20:52 if you want to protest, if you want to do something, 01:20:56 go snatch some souls 01:21:00 from Satan's plantation. 01:21:03 Snatch them. 01:21:07 That's how you fight the battle. 01:21:14 You fight with love. 01:21:18 Heavenly Father, 01:21:22 You spoken to us, 01:21:26 You've helped us to see today, 01:21:28 Lord, that in Your eyes, 01:21:30 racism is hatred 01:21:34 for the human race. 01:21:37 There is only one race, Lord, but many colors. 01:21:41 There is only one race and that is the human race. 01:21:45 Satan was the first racist and to this day 01:21:48 he hates the human race 01:21:49 and so he place us one against another. 01:21:53 Lord, help us to understand this. 01:21:56 The hidden agenda has been exposed and now, 01:22:00 Lord, may we work towards uniting the rainbow, 01:22:03 that we might reflect Your glory 01:22:05 and the only way we can do that is by taking that 01:22:08 everlasting gospel into all the world, 01:22:11 into Satan's plantation, 01:22:13 and to snatch souls from his plantation, 01:22:17 snatch them from the spirit of hate, 01:22:19 and anger, and racism. 01:22:21 And all those things, Lord, 01:22:23 that all those crops that grow out of his plantation, 01:22:27 Lord, may we be diligent in the work 01:22:30 you have called us to do. 01:22:35 And, Lord, if we ourselves are still on that plane 01:22:37 to plantation, forgive us. 01:22:42 Forgive us, Lord, deliver us. 01:22:47 Deliver us from the hand of the enemy, 01:22:50 that we might be used to deliver others 01:22:53 from the hand of the enemy. 01:22:57 Lord, if I've said anything or missed in this message, 01:23:00 Lord, You know my heart, You know my intention. 01:23:04 But, Lord, bless Your people now. 01:23:06 We need the peace that passes understanding. 01:23:08 We don't need to get caught up in the spirit of the world. 01:23:11 Lord, the world is angry and rightly so, but for many, 01:23:15 they're expressing it in the wrong way, Lord. 01:23:17 Teach us to do this in Your way, Lord, 01:23:21 because Your way is the way 01:23:23 and Your way is the only path to freedom. 01:23:29 Put that love within our hearts, Lord, 01:23:31 that will help us to see 01:23:33 our brother in the colors. 01:23:38 Not seeing enemy, no matter how much Satan 01:23:41 tries to convince us that flesh and blood is the enemy, 01:23:44 may we look past it and fight for our own. 01:23:51 Thank you, Lord, for hearing and answering this prayer. 01:23:54 Thank you for speaking to us today, Lord. 01:23:58 In Jesus' precious and holy name, we pray, amen. 01:24:01 Amen. Thank you, Pastor Myers, 01:24:03 of course, a great friend of 3ABN 01:24:05 and he gave us permission to air this message. 01:24:07 Because of COVID, 01:24:09 he recorded it in his home studio. 01:24:11 So what a blessing, you know, 01:24:13 he is an incredible student of the Word. 01:24:16 And again, if you're just joining us, 01:24:17 this is a special 3ABN Today program. 01:24:19 Of course, Jill's here with me. 01:24:21 We have Dr. Yvonne Shelton with us 01:24:22 and, of course, Jason Bradley. 01:24:24 And we're talking about the topic 01:24:26 that at times can be sensitive, 01:24:27 and that's racism and injustice. 01:24:30 What did you take from 01:24:31 this powerful message, Dr. Yvonne? 01:24:33 I love the idea of one race, many colors, 01:24:38 because that's really the bottom line. 01:24:40 We are all part of the human race. 01:24:43 And yet Satan does all this race baiting, 01:24:48 and this is not to negate the presence of racism, 01:24:52 but he is behind all of this. 01:24:56 And so once you recognize that, 01:24:58 then you can respond to it in a certain way. 01:25:01 So I just think 01:25:03 this is a very powerful message. 01:25:04 Amen. Yeah, Jason? 01:25:06 I agree. I think it was very powerful. 01:25:08 And I love the fact that it really paints the picture, 01:25:11 you know, one race many colors. 01:25:14 The goal is not to be colorblind. 01:25:17 The goal is to see the colors for the beautiful, you know, 01:25:21 the colors are beautiful with culture. 01:25:25 So whether it's white, black, yellow, red, 01:25:28 whatever the color, it's beautiful, 01:25:30 and we got to embrace that and treat mankind 01:25:34 as God sees us, you know. 01:25:37 It's interesting the comment that he made about Satan 01:25:39 being the ultimate racist, 01:25:42 wasn't it slave master we're all in bondage, 01:25:44 you know, here in this earth with sin 01:25:46 and all that we're talking about today. 01:25:49 I like the one coming, I think I can see that 01:25:50 running through your head right now 01:25:52 about snatching a soul. 01:25:53 You liked that, didn't you? Yes. 01:25:55 We may come in to that. He knows so well. 01:25:58 Snatch souls from Satan's plantation. 01:26:00 You know, we're all in bondage and addiction. 01:26:03 We are. And Jesus came to set us free. 01:26:05 It just reminds me of Luke Chapter 4. 01:26:08 This is Jesus, when He stood up there in Nazareth, 01:26:12 and He gave that first, 01:26:13 you could say inaugural sermon there 01:26:16 and He quoted from Isaiah, of course, but He said, 01:26:19 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me 01:26:20 because He's anointed me 01:26:22 to preach the gospel to the poor, 01:26:24 He sent me to heal the brokenhearted, 01:26:28 to proclaim liberty to the captives, 01:26:30 recovery of sight to the blind, 01:26:31 to set at liberty those who are oppressed." 01:26:34 And you know, in this world, 01:26:36 there is oppression, and that is not biblical. 01:26:40 There is bondage and God does not want that. 01:26:43 But He came to set us free 01:26:46 and we as Christians 01:26:48 are called to lift up those who are oppressed. 01:26:52 We are called to work to set them free 01:26:54 and to bring deliverance 01:26:56 and that is the mission of Jesus. 01:26:57 So thank you, Jay and Yvonne, for being here. 01:27:02 Special thanks to Pastor Ivor Myers. 01:27:05 We're so grateful for his ministry 01:27:07 and for this message that 01:27:09 we had the privilege of bringing to you at home. 01:27:12 So I want to encourage you to get out 01:27:14 and to share the deliverance of Jesus. |
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