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

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

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

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portion of heavenly manna, the word of God to keep

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

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

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and receive the power we need to live healthy, vibrant lives.

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Welcome to your Daily Portion with your host, author speaker,

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Elle David Harris.

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

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is May thirty one, twenty twenty five. Hello, my name

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

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is your Daily Portion where we give you God's word

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every single day, and today is no exception. We are

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continuing in our lesson study series how to study Bible Prophecy.

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We're coming in at lesson number ten of thirteen under

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the caption upon whom the ends have come? Upon whom

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the ends have come. We'll get into that in just

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a moment, but first i'd like to say welcome to

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you and ask you to go over to your Daily

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Portion dot com. Please join our online community, and also

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let us know where you are in the world at

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your Daily Portion dot com. This is one of the

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ways that we continue to build faith and fellowship. Let's

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go ahead and pray, and then we will get underway. Father,

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we thank you for this Sabbath morning and for giving

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us so many great and precious promises, even in these

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last days. I'm asking you to please open up our understanding,

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teach us to serve you with all that we have

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and all that we are. In Jesus' name, I pray,

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Amen and Amen again upon whom the ends have come.

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All right, So here's the thing. There are many times

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that God's people see the warnings. I didn't say heed.

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I wish we always did heed. But there are times

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that we see the warnings and maybe even hyper focus

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on the warnings of God, but do not see the promises.

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Let me say it another way. There are people who

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recognize and identify the warnings and completely miss the promises

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of God. Let me read from the Bible Book of

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First Corinthians. First Corinthians, and actually we're going to illustrate that.

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Beginning at verse eleven of chapter ten, the Bible reads,

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now all these things happened. Of course, these are the

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experiences of the people of God as he delivered them

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from captivity, and then there were times that they turned

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their backs on him, and then there were consequences. Right,

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So all of these things happened to them as examples

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that they are written for our admonition, upon whom the

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ends of the ages or the world or the times

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have come. Therefore, let him who thinks he stands take

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heed lest he falls. So, of course this is giving

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us the warning, like, look at your history. Look at

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the history of God's people throughout the ages, and see

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in particular where they turned their backs on God, even

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though he gave them all of the grace, all of

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the power, all of the protection that they needed. And

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yet many times they turned away from God. And there

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were indeed consequences. So if you're living in the last days,

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you need to see that and know that this is

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the reality even for you. But guess what, if we

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stop there, we will not see the promise. You see,

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we see what went wrong, but we don't see the promise.

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Let me start again at verse eleven. But this time

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I won't stop, Okay, And so it reads now all

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these things happened unto them for end samples, and they

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are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of

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the world are come. Wherefore, let him that thinketh that

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he standeth take heed less to fall. Wait a minute,

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there's a promise in verse thirteen. There hath no temptation.

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How many temptations, no temptation taken you, but such as

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is common to man. But God is faithful. Who is faithful?

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God is faithful, who will, with the temptation also make

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a way to escape, that you may be able to

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bear it. You see, the promise is that when temptations come,

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whatever it was that led God's people astray, whatever it

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was that the devil cooked up for them, whatever it

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was that caused them to be prideful and think that

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they did not need God, even though every single thing

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that they got they got from him. The deliverance that

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they received they got from him. The fact that they

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didn't need new slippers for sandals forever, like while they

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were going through the wilderness experience, because those didn't wear

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out miraculously. They got that from him. The food from

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hand from heaven, almost said Hannah, the manna from heaven

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that God gave them, it came from him. The water

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from the rock came from him, and yet they started

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to become self sufficient in their own mindset. They relied

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upon themselves and turned many of them away from God.

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In fact, the entire first generation of freed people except

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four two Joshua and Caleb, and of course those who

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were twenty years and younger. But the adults above that age,

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every single one of them except two, they died in

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the wilderness because of their unbelief, because of their turning

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away from God in one way or the other. You see,

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but God said, don't you worry about that. I'm giving

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you it as an example. I don't want you to

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trust in yourself, and I'm giving you the promise that

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every temptation that comes to you people have gone through before,

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and the ones who were successful were trusting Me, meaning God.

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And God is faithful, who will with the temptation provide

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a way of escape so you can bear it. And

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so all of the Bible's stories, including this one, are

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for our understanding in our time, the stories of the flood,

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the exodus that I just described, the time that God's

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people were in Babylon and needed to be removed from Babylon,

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and really Babylon needed to be removed from them too.

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I wish I had the time. The experience of God's

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people on Mount Carmel and Elijah and the prophets of

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bay Allen Asta, those were not just historical models, but

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they were also prophetic models. If you look at the

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mindset of the people, the commitment levels of the people

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during those days, we can see what not to do

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and what to do. So all of those things are

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for our learning, and we can learn to do what

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accept the great and precious promises that come from God

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that he's able, because He's faithful, to deliver us from

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every single besetting sin, every single temptation, every trial, everything

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that the devil cooks up on planet Earth. God is

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able to deliver us from. And so here is an action.

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And we have to be encouraged to read these stories,

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but read them not just historically, but with our last

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day's lenses on. We should see it for our times.

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What does this tell me about God's justice, about his mercy,

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about his deliverance even in the last days, And of

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course God respects free will but still fulfills prophecy. We

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can we can make our decision whatever way we're gonna go.

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If God, be God, serve him. If you want to

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go another way, you can, but I don't recommend it.

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So God respects our free will, but he also will

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fulfill the things that He has already shared. God can

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perfectly steer the events that will happen in the Last days,

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events that he revealed to the prophets. But guess what,

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He's not going to force you. He's not going to

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force me to love him or to serve him. There

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are stories that warn, but there are also promises. Yes,

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the stories warn us, but they also point to the

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faithful God. I said, the faithful God who divides strength

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and escape. So many stories through the Exodus, through Joseph

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in Egypt, Elijah on Mount Carmel, and so forth. Ask

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what does this teach me? Ask God, what does this

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teach me about the times that I live? Where do

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I see your faithfulness, the faithfulness of Christ in this story?

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But really in my story? So when we see the

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warnings of all of the events in history, we see

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the warnings and prophetic teaching, we must also see the promises,

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the promises that God is faithful and he will get

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us through all that we need. 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,