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Speaker 1: Most of us eat every day, some of us too

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much because yesterday's food is not enough to supply energy

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for today's needs. Why then, do some of us expect

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yesterday's portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to

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keep us through today's challenges. On this program, we are

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going to change all of that. Let's experience God's words

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today and receive the power we need to live healthy,

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vibrant lives. Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host,

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author speaker, Elle David Harris.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, good morning. It is Sabbath, August

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thirty one, twenty twenty four. Hello, my name is El

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David Harris. I am your host, and this is your

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Daily Portion where we give you God's word every single day,

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and today is no exception. We are continuing in our

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lesson study series through the Book of Mark, and our

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caption for today is the Last Days. We're in lesson

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number ten already just three more lessons to go. But

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we are grateful. We are grateful, and we'll get into

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it in just a moment. But first I'd like to

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say welcome to everyone joining us, especially those joining us

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for the very first time. Please go over to your

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the Lesson study in particular there. Because when we're here

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in this place, you're on the radio, you are watching

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online somehow, listening to a podcast or on television. We're

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not having a real discussion, even though on social media

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you're typing and on YouTube you're typing. But we can

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have actual interaction on that platform at your daily portion

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closer to one another in that space. Okay, please do

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so as soon as you can. Let's go ahead and pray,

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and then we will get underway. Father and Heaven. Thank

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you for giving us the privilege to come into your

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presence today. Thank you for the fact that we are

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living in the last days in Jesus name, am I pray?

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Amen and amen again. Yeah, so here is a great

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big question, right, what do you think about the last days?

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How do you feel about the last days? And I

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want you to be honest, and if you're in social

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media or on YouTube, I want you to go ahead

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and type it in the chat, like, how do you

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feel about the Last Days? Are you fearful because of

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the last days? Are you concerned because we are living

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in the last days? What are your thoughts your feelings

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related to the last days? And then we need to

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be asking and answering the question by ourselves, like do

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we have the same perspective that Jesus has regarding the

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last days? Because sometimes sometimes religious people and I know

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the word I just used, I used it advisedly. Sometimes

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religious people are confused concerning the last days because we

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don't have God's perspective. And when I say that, like

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God never intended to frighten people concerning the last days.

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That was never his intention. Like God never used the

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last day's concept as a bludgeoning tool. He never used

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it as a way to just use it as a

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whipping stick in order to get people into shape. No,

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because really and truly, whether it's the Last days or

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the First Days or some other days like that doesn't

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work to transform people's lives. We may have information, we

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may even have for a moment inspiration, but in order

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to be transformed by the renewing of our minds, there

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is no independent teaching like just to say that from

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this date to this date, we now understand based on

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these events that we are living in the Last days,

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and then these are the things that will happen in succession.

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And the longest time prophecy is this, and this is

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what happened within this part of the prophecy for seventy

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weeks of years, and then the other part of the

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prophecy for the remaining part of the twenty three hundred

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days or ye years. In that prophecy, that is not

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going to transform anybody. And I know there are some

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people who who are confused right now, because what are

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you saying? Are we watering down the message? Absolutely not.

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We will teach this message according to what God has

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given us in these quote last days. We will see

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the revelation of Jesus Christ in the way that Jesus

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has presented this to us. And we will look forward

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to the blessings, the threefold blessing of those who hear

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and receive and do the things concerning or contained in

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the prophecy of this book. Why because the time, what time,

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the Last Days is at hand? And so okay, so

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what are you saying, Dave, You're starting to confuse me.

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I don't know what you're actually getting at what are

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you saying. I'm saying we need to have the perspective

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Jesus had. This is the perspective that Jesus had. And

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I know somebody's expecting me to go right to Matthew

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twenty four, but I'm going to pause first and go

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into John chapter fourteen. First, Jesus said, let not your

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heart be troubled. He said, let not your heart be troubled.

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Why not, Jesus, because ye believe in God, believe also

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in me. In my father's house are many mansions. If

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it were not so, I would have told you I

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go to prepare a place for you. And if I

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go and prepare a place for you, I will come again.

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Jesus said, I will come again and receive you unto myself.

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That where you are, where I am, there ye may

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be also. And so the days just prior to him

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coming again are the last days. He's looking forward to

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the day when he will come. He's looking forward to

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the day that we will be finally transformed in a moment,

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in a twinkling of an eye. He's looking forward to

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the day that the last trump of God, the shout

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from the archangel will happen, and the dead in Christ

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will rise first. He's looking forward to the day. He's

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looking forward to the day whenevery me shall bow and

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every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to

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the glory of God the Father. But he would like

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for us to do it now and not be bound

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by circumstance, because we have made for our final decision

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to go against God. And then that reality of bowing

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and confessing only comes because we can't help but to

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see the truth. But we God forbid, have chosen to

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go down to destruction. No, so the moments before Jesus

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comes back the last days, Jesus wants us to have

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an expectant faith. He wants us to be submissive to

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his will and to lead others into a right relationship

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with him. And incidentally, now he is recorded in the

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Book of Matthew chapter twenty four, says, don't be deceived.

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There will be false prophets and false Christs who will

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deceive many. But and there will be some things that

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happen in government. There will be some things that happen

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in the natural environment. But these are not the focus.

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These are the beginnings of sorrows. But one day we

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will finally fulfill the mission that he also said that

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this gospel of the Kingdom will be preached into the

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entire world for a witness. And then and only then

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shall the income when those who hear his voice, his sheep,

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hear his voice, those who are his sheep that are

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not of this fold, them also will he bring during

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the last moments of the last days, so that the

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family of God can continue to grow just before Jesus comes. Finally, finally, finally,

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we can see that Jesus is on his way. That

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is his perspective, and so if we don't have his perspective,

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we're going to be doom and gloom. We're going to

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be fearful. And don't get me wrong, the last of

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the Last Days are no joke. There're gonna be some

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complicated things going on. But guess what, in the same

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way that He taught his people or his children during

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the time that they were in captivity in Egypt, that

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he is able even during those plagues, those ten plgues

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that fell in their captivity, he protected his people. And

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when the seven last plags fall on the people who

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have ultimately chosen to go against God in the last

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of the Last days when there will be trouble. There

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will be a time of trouble unlike anything we've ever

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seen before. God is going to protect his people. He's

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going to protect his people. Every earthly support will be

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cut off, but God's people, if we continue to lay

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our hands in the hands of the one of the

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man who stilled the waters, we will be just fine.

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It will be painful, but we will have to learn

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from the experience of brother Jakob, Jacob whose name now Israel.

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The sons of Israel, the daughters of Israel, we need

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to learn as those children of the promise. We need

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to recognize that if we lay hold upon God and

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do not let him go until he blesses us, that

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we will get through the last days in bright, shining colors.

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And finally, the reward that He has promised will be

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with us to give every person according as our work

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shall be. And then the Bible says here in March

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chapter thirteen, then will we see the Son of Man

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coming in the clouds with great power and glory. And

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then he will send his angels and gather his elect

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from the four winds of the farthest part of the

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earth to the farthest part of heaven. We look forward

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to Jesus coming, but in the meantime we are sitting

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in the last days. But we need to have God's

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perspective until he comes. Peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening. Friends. Always remember we cannot

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live by bread alone, but by every word that comes

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from the mouth of God. This has been your daily

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portion with el David Harris. Make it a great day. Yeah.