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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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Speaker 2: Vibrant lives.

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Speaker 1: 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 Tuesday. It's

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the twenty fourth day of June in twenty twenty five. Hello,

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my name is El David Harris. I am your host,

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and this is your Daily Portion where we give you

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God's word every single day, and today is no exception.

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We are continuing in our lesson study series how to

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study Bible Prophecy, and our caption for today is bel

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Shazar's Feast Bells Feast. 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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Portion dot com. Please join our online community. Please pick

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that even the new one is ready, so that you

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are ready to go when we get to Sabbath. And

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thankful for that. And please let us know where you

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This is one of the ways that we continue to

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build faith and fellowship. Let's go ahead and pray, and

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then we will get underway. Father, We thank you for

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this day and the opportunity to come together and not

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just look at history, which is important, but to see

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where do we fall in this situation? How do we

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learn from the mistakes of the past and the triumphs

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in history. Please help us to be faithful in Jesus' name,

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I pray Amen men again. So I remember a quote

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that said something like this, we have no fear for

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the future except we forget how God has brought us

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or led us in the past. We have no fear

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for the future except we forget how God has led

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us in the past. Now, the beauty about that one

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is in the story of Bell Shazar. I always get

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it mixed up. I don't want to use Daniel's Babylonian

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name bel To Shazar. But in the story of Bell Shazar,

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really he could have learned from history. He could have

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learned from history what it is like to serve God

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versus what it's like not to serve God. And it's

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simple because I'm talking about in his own bloodline. He

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could have seen what the difference was. Okay, and so

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let me go into into the lesson study, and it

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reads perhaps the saddest, most tragic part of the account

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found in Daniel chapter five. No, the most tragic part

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of this account in Daniel chapter five is in verse

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twenty two. After recounting to the king the downfall and

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restoration of Nebukad Nezzer, Daniel says to Belle Shazar, but you,

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his son bel Shazar, have not humbled your heart although

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you knew all of this. Let me continue. That is,

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though he had the opportunity to know the truth. This

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is the question. This is the million dollar question. Do

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you have the opportunity to know the truth? I did

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not ask you if you know the truth? You know,

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sometimes people say we're not responsible. So let me say

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it this way. Sometimes people say that we're responsible for

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what we know. That is not true. We are, but

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that's not what you really think. It means we are

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responsible for what we have. The opportunity to know. You know,

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there are some people who close their ears and are

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willingly ignorant when the truth is right there. They will

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not investigate, they will not explore, they will not humble

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themselves and say, God, what is in this for me?

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And so they figure that ignorance is bliss. Spiritually speaking too, no, no, no, no,

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here what the Bible writer says, the prophet says, But you,

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his son, Belshazar, have not humbled your heart, although you

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knew all of this. That is, though he had the

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opportunity to know the truth, though he might have even

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witnessed first hand what happened to Nebuchadnezzer, he chose to

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ignore these events and instead embark on the same course

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that brought his predecessor so much trouble. As Nebuchadnezzar had done.

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By erecting the Golden statue, Belshazzar was openly defying what

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Daniel's God predicted. By using the temple vessels to profane

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in a profane manner, he was likely underscoring the fact

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that Babylon had conquered the people of God and now

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possessed their God's religious articles. In other words, they still

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had supremacy over this God who had predicted their demise. Well, yeah,

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when you have an opportunity, I want you to read

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through Daniel chapter five, the entire chapter and see how

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that went. Okay, and so let's get some lessons. We

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started with some lessons, but let's continue in Daniel chapter

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five and verse twenty two. Let me read it again,

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and thou his son all Belshazar has not humbled thine heart.

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Now that's the big one. See, when God gives us

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the opportunity to see what happened in the past, he

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gives us the opportunity to see what our future would

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be like if we serve him versus if we turn

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away from him, if we choose to be good stewards

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over the resources that He has given us, or not.

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If we see in our bloodline three generations of people

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who broke covenant with God in this way. When we

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have children, we have to say, God, how in the

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world are you going to preserve my children? Because you

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said that if we are faithful, if we keep covenant

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with you, then you'll show mercy to thousands who love

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you and keep your commandments. So please, would you do

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that for me? Would you protect my daughters. Would you

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protect my sons, Would you protect the people that I

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am taking into my care in my home, because the

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generations before me made so many errors, and it's in

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my blood protect these children from those errors. Okay, And

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so like Belshazar, many at the end will reject truth

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not because of ignorance, meaning not because they didn't know,

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not because they did not have access to the truth

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and history and know exactly how this thing panned out,

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but because of WillFull rebellion. That must not be you.

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If you're listening to me right now, if you're listening

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almost eight minutes into our broadcast, that must not be you.

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You must not rebel hel you must not act like

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whatever happened in the past does not apply to you, unless,

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of course, you choose another pathway, a pathway to spiritual

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success listening to what God has said. And so the

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action for me and for you is to respond humbly

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to every conviction that God sends, every message that God

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sends your way. Ask him, God, what do you want

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me to do? How would you have me to live?

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Because really, delayed obedience is disobedience. Delay increases danger, danger, danger. Yes,

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and I know it sounds foreboding. Well, that's because it

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is okay. So let's not become comfortable. Brothers and sisters,

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especially those who speak Christianese language, those who are likely

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going to church on Sabbath. Yes, m M, this is

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what I want you to do, not just observe history

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and say, yep, I see what happened. I'm gonna avoid

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that and then move on with your life. The Bible

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says in James chapter four and verse seventeen, Therefore to

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him that knoweth to do good and do with it,

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not to him it is sin okay, And so information

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is not transformation. Knowing it is not enough. I think

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when I was young, there was a like a I

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don't know how you say it, but it was like

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it was a cartoon, and I remember, knowing is half

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the battle, and then they would run the song Gi

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Joe the greatest American hero. Remember that Gi Joe was there.

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So knowing is half the battle. I agree, half the battle.

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But surrender is the complete battle. And to continue to

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surrender is victory for people who hear what God is saying.

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Like Belshazzar, many know the truth, but resist surrender. Don't

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resist surrender, actually surrender, So apply everything that God has

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revealed to you, ask him how to use whatever He

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gives you the opportunity to know, and you will have

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the entire battle. Surrender to God, peace.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us listening.

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Speaker 2: Friends.

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Speaker 1: Always remember we cannot live by bread alone, but by

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every word that comes from the mouth of God. This

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has been your daily portion with El David Harris. Make

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it a great day. Yeah,