and now stay tuned for the program that has rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history the signal oil program the whistler signal the famous go farther gasoline invite you to sit back and enjoy another strange story by the whistler I am the whistler and I know many things for I walked by night I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows yes I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak and now for the signal oil company the whistler strange story fateful reminder Phil Alexander slammed the phone receiver down angrily ignored the puzzled look on Elaine Clyde's face and slowly studied the room in which the two of them sat it was Phil's own office his reward for 15 years of service in the interest of Minnick's distinguished jewelers and now he was proprietary James Minnick's right-hand man he was also the favorite of wealthy women women like Elaine Clyde seated across the desk from him but that wasn't all about Phil Alexander no the phone call he just completed was a far more accurate yard stick of what he was really like down inside that call from Alferino reminding Phil of a $10,000 gambling debt oh nothing Elaine really another client as demanding as iron no no nothing like about the ring mounting do you like it I do very much your designer does such distinguished work aren't you going to talk me into buying it you know and I never want you to buy anything that doesn't please you of course you don't hear I'm afraid you're not in a joking mood tonight that phone call really distressed you didn't now please don't you worry about it I shat and I'm going to get your mind off it too I'm having a little party tomorrow night suppose you come and make it a success tomorrow night sounds fine I'll be there at eight Phil dear until tomorrow night then tomorrow night Mr. Alexander what that's a nice doll she looked expansive who are you relax Mr. Alexander for we know something over look you can't come in here my place of business but I did come in you see for we know don't like phones banged up in his ears and he wants his dog what does he think I'm going to get it well that's not his problem tell you what though I'll give you a lady why don't you bring the dollar just left down to the tables tonight we can fix it so she'll drop at least 10 G's and you'll be square you get out of here okay it's all right buster till Friday night anyway Friday night yeah 11 sharp Farino's place number three I'm telling you what Farino said Friday night at 11 you pay up the pay off Mr. Alexander you stand there watching saunter off and yet this anonymous little man has served you with what might be a death warrant you try to imagine what Elaine Clyde's reaction would be if you suddenly asked her for a loan of ten thousand dollars and your employer James Minnick you know what he'd do if he had any idea that his trusted assistant even knew anyone involved with gambling oh Phil will you come into the office a minute oh yes mr. Minnick right away odd chap you were just talking with a possible new client oh no I don't think so I'm afraid our prices are too high for him frankly I hope they are well come on in a moment all right sir Elizabeth hold the phone calls will you sit down Phil sit down thank you sir I wanted to talk with you before the annual employees dinner tonight something rather startling has come up Phil startling sir yes that's a small word for it I suppose there's no easy way to say this you know what a sticker I am for personal honesty integrity I yes of course I do mr. Minnick I can't afford to have people working for me whose integrity I no longer respect what are you trying to say mr. Minnick what you say Phil if you thought one of your most trusted employees was no longer worthy of your trust I I don't know I guess there isn't much to say if you don't have a new car then like most of us you no doubt wish you did well here's a tip the next best thing to a spank a new car is a car of any age powered with signal ethyl gasoline yes the premium grade of signals famous go farther gasoline is a true super fuel scientifically engineered to bring out the best in any car of any age and when I say best I mean the kind of performance many drivers never thought their cars capable of I mean pick up the thrilling kind that makes the back of the seat come up and nudge you forward and I mean power the kind that hoists you smoothly easily overhills that used to call for shifting and don't get the idea of course that signal ethyl is going to let you step away from all new cars after all smart new car drivers use signal ethyl to bring out all the exciting performance that's built into today's power packed high compression motors but of this you can be sure the next best thing to a new car is your car powered with signal ethyl gasoline it's difficult to believe isn't it Phil but apparently James Minnick has discovered your association with Al Farino you stand there stunned unable to speak your mind spinning wondering if your employer also knows of the $10,000 you must pay Farino and soon and as he speaks you realize mr. Minnick is looking at you and watching your face I don't blame you for looking so surprised Phil I found the knowledge that one of my trusted employees was stealing almost incredible myself what are you going to do nothing immediately in matters of this kind it's important to be absolutely certain of the facts I want to be very sure excuse me mr. Minnick yes a little bit sorry to disturb you sir but there's a man outside about the employees banquet tonight he said you wanted to go over the final arrangement oh that's right I do all right in just a moment yes sir I appreciate it if you wait for me Phil I think it might be a good idea if you and I went to the employees dinner together if I don't get a chance to see you before then we can finish our talk afterwards certainly mr. Minnick I'll wait for you you can't run can you feel you know if mr. Minnick has found you out no amount of running away can save you because if mr. Minnick doesn't find you Farina will mr. Minnick is unable to see you again before the annual employees dinner and as it progresses you toy with your food half listen as mr. Minnick delivers the familiar speech he makes every year about the rewards of honest endeavor the value of personal integrity but then something he says pulls you up short now this is more than just our annual dinner tonight it's a well it's an occasion I've been advised by my position to take a few months off Mrs. Minnick and I are saving to Hawaii and while I'm gone I'm placing the full responsibility of the store in the capable hands of Phil Alexander how about a word Phil why I don't know what to say I except well thanks mr.  Alexander knows fine with me Elizabeth oh excuse me Elizabeth I'll send Phil back to the party in a moment I want to give him some fatherly advice right now we won't be long well Phil surprised I certainly was I I hope you enjoy your trip mr. Minnick you've earned a rest all right yeah that's what Mrs. Minnick says we'll see you this Saturday and now Phil that dishonesty matter I brought up late this afternoon oh yes my timing was none too good but I had to share it with someone I knew I could trust I hope I didn't concern you too much well I I found it hard to believe sir I know I know ordinarily I wouldn't burden you with it but since you'll be in charge I want you to keep a very close eye on Elizabeth Elizabeth yes it's shocking shocking isn't it she's been with me so long almost as long as you feel and yet she's the only one besides myself who has the combination to the vault oh you've missed some jewelry is that it yes small things nothing really expensive yet I somehow fight it impossible to confront her with it oh perhaps she isn't guilty at all but if she is I want her caught of course caught in the act you may yes now I hate to burden you with this Phil I probably won't be in the store before I leave and after all who else can I trust your mind spins again Phil because even as James Minnick hands you the combination to the jewelry store vault and tells you to keep a close watch on his secretary Elizabeth he's handing you a solution to your own problem isn't it yes if he suspects Elizabeth and trusts you it will be a simple matter of your word against hers James Minnick has played right into your hands hasn't he Phil and as you return to the company party you've already a half-formed plan in your mind concerning Elizabeth there you are Phil don't you think you should at least say the last words for your new secretary I was thinking about that too but oh you promised the dance to mr. minnick no not for it when swimming in the punch balls as I saw you last time I was going to but they tricked us the punch has no punch pure fruit juice oh I'm nourishing well I miss Elizabeth I believe they're playing our song I bribed the leaders shall we of course Elizabeth I know a place with a far more interesting punch you do they fill the punch ball with popcorn and serve you rare old native drinks like scotch and water sounds great oh it is and rare old native musicians play rare old native tunes like ragma Minnick's shadow with a sense of humor I don't believe let's go I'll prove it to you if you're native Phil very authentic you know you really had me fooled oh I didn't know you were human I don't believe I knew you could talk either except to say yes sir mr. Minnick and yes ma'am Mrs. Clark oh now look okay I've gone too far I'm sorry Mrs. Clark is a good client of Minnick's it's my job to keep her that way that's all she's just a client just a client Elizabeth I'd like to be able to count on that I'd like you to it's going well isn't it Phil you're certain now you'll have no trouble with Elizabeth her interest in you is obvious and for the first time in weeks you feel sure of yourself don't you late that night as you return to your apartment your confidence is soaring Farino fast I heard about mr. Minnick leaving you in charge of the store while he's away that's fine Phil fine look Farino now that you know you'll get the 10,000 can you give me till Monday mr. Minnick sailing Saturday I wouldn't want to do anything before he left town you wouldn't know I'll tell you something Phil the Friday night figure is 10 grand by Monday it's 20 oh look you can't do that no try me but it isn't going to be simple to get the 10 and it could get a lot more complicated if I saw mr. Minnick before he left couldn't it do you wouldn't do that I would have get you off the hook for parks like you who got no business playing the wheel I want my door Friday night Phil no later he means it doesn't be Phil Friday night is your absolute deadline and Farino isn't letting you forget it for a moment it's very little time the next morning is Thursday and after a sleepless night you arrive at the store early before anyone else in James Minnick's private office you go immediately to the vault quickly work the combination there's cash on hand yes but not nearly 10,000 dollars and the jewelry is all marked for delivery to clients that day you don't dare disturb it by mid-morning immersed in store problems you find yourself trembling looking up nervously constantly fearful that Farino or another of his men will walk in on you it's while you're making a quick tour of the display rooms that you finally do notice a strange man loitering about and it takes all the nerve you can summon to approach him yes oh Mr. Alexander that's right I have a message for you can we talk in private see here I've had enough of these messages as you describe them oh yeah yeah and my private office is not provided for such negotiations now if you'll kind of minutes I don't think you understand I understand that I want you to get out of here look the boss I know what your boss tell him I'll have the money for him Friday somehow some way okay Mr. Alexander oh one other thing you sure you know what I'm certainly I know tomorrow night 11 sharp at Farino's place I'll have the 10,000 now get out of here you watch him go Phil curse Farino for hounding you as you start back towards your office go inside you're vaguely aware that Elizabeth is speaking to you Mrs. Clyde is on the phone oh okay if you take it on my phone I'll hear just your end of the conversation if you take it in minutes all this I'll I'll take it here hello Mrs. Clyde hello Mr. Alexander my way so formal today aren't we why no I'm kidding you tonight tonight oh my you have forgotten my party this evening 8 o'clock I asked you when I was in the store yesterday oh yes of course I'll send Charles around for you about a quarter off that all right with you yes yes fine wonderful dear I'll see you tonight I look forward to goodbye you know I think I like your other side better the one I saw last night oh sure we'll have to do it often Elizabeth you're not having any fun of course I am Elaine everyone enjoys your party just the same I'm afraid you're taking your new responsibilities at the store too seriously perhaps that's it I know something that'll put that old gleam back in your eye come on in the library all right sit down at the desk I want you to see these in a proper setting the lights better there you're being pretty mysterious I mean to be and I trust you not to watch the combination to my wall by yes I think so believe me I'm not worried now then what do you think of these good heavens nice aren't they they're unbelievable diamonds sapphires emerald not many of each of course but I did think they might make a nice bracelet oh I'm sure they were now I want you to take them take them to Jack at the store darling let him study them work out the bracelet design when it's ready I'll stop by and see it but about the gems can't you keep them in the vault at the store for me certainly I'll be glad to why not have Charles deliver them to Miss Patton in the morning Mr. Minnick secretary Elizabeth Patton checking things in and out of the vault is her job even if you sent them to me I'd have to turn them over to her all if that's the procedure I'll send them in tomorrow good now let's get back to your party shall we I promise you I'll be a model guest the rest of the evening it's a break isn't it Phil you know enough about gems to estimate the value of Elaine Clyde's collection you'll have no trouble fencing you're certain of that and the amount you can raise from one or two will more than cover your gambling debt to Al Farino you're pleased aren't you Phil because your plan is so simple so easy the Clyde gems will be delivered to Elizabeth in the morning she'll put them in the vault and once any of them are missing you're certain all the evidence of theft will point to her you're at the office Friday morning confident that you'll be able to keep your 11 p.m. appointment with Farino and keep on living in the bargain good morning Elizabeth morning Phil your party last night must have agreed with you feel fine so fine in fact I'd like to have dinner with you this evening you know that's nice because I'd like to have dinner with you too good I'm afraid I'll have to run out on your afterward have to have a business upon me see but at least we'll have fun at dinner I'm sure we will we can go from work if that's okay with you fine see how agreeable I am oh I almost forgot Mrs. Clyde chauffeur is bringing some stones in this morning it wants us to keep them in the vault for her until our designer makes them into a bracelet you'll check them into the vault won't you why yes of course have you any idea of their value no we'll have to have them appraised in the next day or so well I'll take care of them I've got to keep some appointments for mr. Minnick today so I probably won't be around until dinner time if anything comes up oh my goodness something did come up I guess it isn't too important but that man was around here when I came to work this morning man well you know the fellow you were talking with yesterday on a personal matter you said oh did you talk to him no if he should come back so I tell him anything for you yes tell him hello you spend a profitable day away from the store don't you feel yes you make contact with an established fence in the city describe the stones you'll deliver to him later that evening and get his assurance that if they are as you say you'll easily get the ten thousand dollars you require early that evening you have dinner with Elizabeth send her home see your home afterwards and then set your final plan into motion you go directly to the store let yourself into the darkened building and make straight for the vault in mr. Minnick's office really expected get away with that bill Elizabeth honest I followed that kid as they say only I know a short cut get away from that ball film you surely don't expect to use that gun if I have to and I may you made two mistakes Phil first in thinking I'd go for your sudden interest in me after all these years and second when you spent most of the day away from the office you see your mr. Ferrino called to remind you of your appointment tonight look Elizabeth I'll take that box of Mrs. Clyde's Phil I have use for what's inside Minnick Sunday you Elizabeth you're under me let's make a deal the box fell handed over Minnick will be no concern and you little use where I'm going okay I'll hand it over he only made one mistake Elizabeth but that one's gonna prove fatal Lieutenant sure adds up just as you tell it mr. Alexander funny you say the girl worked for Minnick's a long time too it's almost as long as I have it's terrible mr. Minnick was suspicious of her before he left I tried my best to watch her that's why I had the gun ready well you did your best you couldn't know she had an accomplice didn't get a good look at him no no he managed to leap out past me not the gun from my hand but not before I know those are jewels her partner made off with you said they were uncut Jim yes yes that's the trouble it'll be very difficult to trace that possible probably but don't feel badly mr. Minnick's insurance will cover the stones wouldn't have covered your life though yes you're right I could have been much worse off if it had happened differently much worse off how long will your car last well this much is certain if you could reduce engine wear 50% your car should last a lot longer shouldn't it and now you can do just that reduce engine wear due to lubrication 50% with wonderful new signal premium motor oil think what this can mean to you in extra savings extra driving pleasure thanks to new signal premium your car should now run twice as many miles before needing an overhaul due to engine wear if your car is not already an oil eater new signal premium should help you enjoy low oil consumption twice as long and speaking of price although most things have gone up up up this superior heavy-duty type oil that gives you all these extra benefits has not been increased in price at signal stations so if you want to keep expenses down and your car's performance up for a long time to come you know the oil to change to new signal premium you know where to get it at signal service stations it went very well didn't it fill with James Minnick having warned you of his suspicions of Elizabeth it seemed to the police as if you had caught her in the act of theft there is no suspicion that it was the other way around that Elizabeth interrupted you and that you killed her you've convinced the police Elizabeth had an accomplice and that he managed to escape with the uncut gems belonging to Elaine Clyde you feel certain of success now particularly after having disposed of the jewels to a local fence the money is nestled in your inside coat pocket ready for payment of your gambling debt and it's shortly before 11 p.m. you're right on schedule as you enter Al Farino's gambling establishment I like this time excuse me please right on time Farino yeah I see and here's your money now see you're lucky is unhand accounted for you you're so right Mr. Alexander I'll say something for this boy Farino he was more polite than that first one you sent yeah actually seem concerned about my being upset worried I was worried Mr. Alexander worried and very puzzled I got nose for you Phil this is not my boy what are you talking about he's a cop your boss was worried about you because of that Elizabeth they thought she might give you some trouble and Mr. Minnick called headquarters asked us to look in on you from time to time and you weren't sent by Ali I put you on the track myself you sure did have had you tailed since that day in the store I don't believe it you wouldn't have let me kill her we were too late to stop you that song didn't know she'd walk in on you too bad but now we've got all the answers and they add up to murder the signal oil program the Whistler each Sunday night at this same time before you start your vacation trip be sure to ask your signal dealer for a free copy of Lane's guide a booklet prepared by an independent travel organization to help you find good eating and lodging places while no pocket-sized booklet can include all the good hotels motels and dining places Lane's guide covers a representative selection in hundreds of cities and towns and a copy of this handy publication is yours free at signal stations featured in tonight's story where Bill Foreman John Stevenson Betty Lou Gerson Virginia Greg Ed McDonald Ted Von Els and Sydney Miller the Whistler was produced and directed by George W. 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We're sitting here at Cobblestone Farms. We are a non-profit hunger relief organization. We operate on 25 acres in West Fayetteville. We grow organic-style produce and raise pastured livestock. We like to say we want to do what we do best and we want to outsource the rest. So we want to grow the food. We don't have the capacity or know-how or anything else we would need to actually distribute it. So we grow the food and NW Food Bank, Seeds at Fee or sometimes some other partners, they come out and they pick it up and then they're the ones that get it to the folks that need it. Our partners are incredibly important to what we do. We literally could not do what we do without our partners. 90% of our funding is through charitable donations. We have families and individuals who invest local companies, national companies, foundations, who have invested in us for years. But those dollars, it's not just about the dollars. I want to get people's dollars invested in our community to lead their hearts, to be more invested in our community. We could produce a million pounds a year and while yes, that would make a lot of people's lives different. We're not going to change our community by ourselves. We want the young family, the retired couple, the college student to realize the reality of hunger that, you know, one in five kiddos in northwest Arkansas have a lot of anxiety about what their next meal is going to come from. If everybody viewed their house in their own space, like most of us view our community, it would be pretty terrible. That tree fell in my heart but that's not my responsibility. That's how we treat our community. Oh well, you know, they're underserved kids in our community. That's not my responsibility. But in reality, our community is your front yard and it's only going to get better if we get involved. We want to have members of our community out here because we're not just working for today. We're working for a hope for tomorrow. I believe that we, when I say we, I don't mean cobblestone or our board members or our volunteers, I believe we as a community have a great opportunity to change what our food system looks like. Both from how food is produced and what access to that food is like. I would love to see other communities replicate this. I, I'm a big, big fan of collaboration. I would, there's a proverb I like, you know, if you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together, I would be happy to, if there was a Jonesboro, a little rock. So that gives me a lot of hope. If we were up here trying to do this by ourselves and if there were, if there was no one else doing this, I would be terrified. But the fact that there are so many hearts and minds pushing towards a day where all community members that have access to fresh nutrient-dense foods produced through sustainable methods gives me the energy I need to keep going forward.


Okay, we were looking at a few scriptures before the break regarding the second coming. Let's get into this whole concept of rapture. There are different people who have different views regarding this issue. So we'll just look at what the scriptures have to say and then it's left to people how they wish to interpret that for themselves. So just to state some facts regarding what is mentioned in scripture regarding this. So maybe we could begin by looking at Acts chapter 1 verses 11 to 12 because it talks about Jesus ascending into heaven at that point of time and the angels talk about how he will come back one day and this is basically what the angels say about how he will come back. So Acts chapter 1 verses 11 to 12 if somebody could read out for us please. Who also said men of Galilee why you stand gazing up into heaven the same Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven will so come in like manner as you saw him go into heaven then they return to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet which is near Okay so here the angels they say he will come back in the same way you have seen him go. So which is why many believers hold the view that he went from the Mount of Olives because we see that in the next verse right? Ma verse 12 where it says then the apostles return to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives. So the belief that is held by most of the believers is that Jesus went up from the Mount of Olives ascended back into heaven to his father. So in the same way that he went up he will also come down because that's what the angels said that he would return in the same way. So the belief is that he will once again descend onto the Mount of Olives. So that is the idea that is held by most believers regarding the second coming in the same way that Jesus went up from the Mount of Olives he will once again descend down upon the Mount of Olives and we see Zechariah 14.4 kind of confirming this. So if someone could read out Zechariah 14.4 maybe 3 and 4 then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations as he fights in a day of battle and in that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which faces Jerusalem on the east and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west making a very large valley. Half of the mountain shall move toward the north and half of it toward the south. Alright so here in Zechariah 14.4 it talks about how when the Lord comes he's going to come to fight against the nations and when he comes to fight against the nations it says his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives and when he comes and stands on the Mount of Olives it says that there would be a great earthquake and the mountain would literally be split into two portions and then at that time you know God will go out and fight against the nations and he will defeat the enemies. This is the picture that we get from these scriptures about the second coming. Now let's look at another passage and you know see how we can compare contrast 1 Thessalonians 4 16 to 17. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of God and a dead in Christ who will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the Lord. Now over here when we look at this passage we see Jesus coming of course it says over here with the voice of an archangel under the trumpet call of God he will come and then it says the dead in Christ will rise first after that we who are still alive will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord where in the air you know it says to meet the Lord in the air and so we will be with the Lord forever. It does not talk about him descending down upon to Mount Olives okay so which is why people say that oh there must be something like a rapture where Jesus comes but he doesn't actually come down and descend upon to upon the Mount of Olives because over here in 1 Thessalonians 4 16 to 17 it just seems to be saying that where he will come to collect his people it looks like when he comes the dead who are in Christ you know all the believers who have passed away and who have been buried they will rise up when he comes they will rise up they will rise up with glorified resurrected bodies and they will join with him in the air and those who are still alive the believers who are still alive at that point of time they too will will rise up into the air to meet him and and then it just says you know so we will be with the Lord forever so they say it's not talking about here about him actually descending upon the Mount of Olives so this probably is not the second coming this must be the rapture that is how this whole idea of rapture came in so some will you know speak against it some will say no no this is you know true because this is what the scriptures say now when it's up to you what you wish to you know believe in at APC we officially do believe that you know that rapture is a fact that will take place so there are two you know belief systems regarding this so this is basically how this whole idea of rapture developed because 1 Thessalonians 4 16 to 17 is saying something slightly different from what we see in Zechariah 14 4 okay so that's the basis on which this whole you know belief is built so also we see that in the Zechariah event I know it we get the idea that everyone will witness his second coming Matthew 24 30 to 31 if someone could read out Matthew 24 30 to 31 then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven and then all the tribes of the earth who mourn and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory and he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet and they will gather together his elect from the four from one end of heaven to the other yeah so over here it talks about how all the peoples of the world of the earth will actually be able to visibly physically see him when he comes in the second coming so they say that you know in 1 Thessalonians 4 16 to 17 that is not the impression that we get because over here he does not really come down it's the believers who go up into the air to meet him so these are just some of the you know arguments that are presented so we'll just leave it at that and we'll move into the idea of the whole concept of resurrection what what does the Bible have to say regarding the resurrection so we look at a few scriptures we see actually many different stages of resurrection being mentioned in the Bible generally when we think of resurrection we just think of Jesus Christ being resurrected you know on Easter Sunday and we think about the believers being resurrected you know at some point in the end but in the scriptures we see many many different stages of resurrection maybe you could say being mentioned we'll just look at those scriptures so of course we'll begin with you know Jesus Christ who was the first human to be resurrected because he chose to be our representative and as our human representative he chose to defeat death on our behalf and be resurrected so we will look at a couple of scriptures regarding that 1 Corinthians 15 20 and 23 two separate verses okay 1 Corinthians 15 20 and then 23 but now Christ has risen from the dead and has become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep but each one in his own order cries the first fruits afterward those who are Christ at his coming okay so the word first fruits it's an Old Testament word and all the Jewish people would be very familiar with that word when they would have when they would grow their crops and they harvest the crops they want to bring the thanksgiving to the Lord so they would bring the first fruits to the Lord you know the the the first harvest which they picked up they bring those fruits to the Lord and they make a presentation of the of it in the temple those are the first fruits as an indication Lord in the same way you have given us these first fruits the rest of the crop also will follow and we thank you for all that you're going to be giving to us and our family so in that sense the first fruits are representative of the rest of the fruits which will be you know which will follow in the same manner so over here Jesus Christ our human representative he becomes the first fruits of the resurrection so in the same way he got resurrected all the other humans who place their faith in him they also will undergo the same experience so he is the first fruits and because he indeed got resurrected it is guaranteed that we also will experience that one day without fail you know up to now we know we have not yet had that experience because the second coming has not yet taken place but like we saw in the in the Thessalonians scripture when he comes in the air the dead the believers who are dead their bodies will rise up whether those bodies were buried or whether they were you know they were drowned in the sea or that they were blown to bits by a bomb it really doesn't matter that physical body will actually be resurrected and meet with him in the air and then it says the believers who are still alive they also will rise up to meet him so that is basically when the resurrection of the believers will happen and that we look that is referred to in your 1st Corinthians 15 51 and 52 someone could read out 1st Corinthians 15 51 and 52 behold I tell you a mystery we shall not all sleep but we shall all be changed in a moment in a twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet for the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible and we shall be changed yeah so in the it says in the twinkling of an eye in a microsecond people whose bodies were completely dead and people also who are still believers were still alive in the twinkling of an eye we will be transformed and have the same kind of resurrection body which Jesus Christ had you know because after his resurrection he just walks into the room without even bothering to knock on the door he just comes in right through the wall and then he eats he actually eats which means you know he was in a resurrected body you are able to chew and eat food so we will have a resurrected body like that something exciting to look forward to now another scripture regarding resurrection Daniel chapter 12 versus one to two 12 one to two at the time Michael the great prince who protects your people will arise there will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of the nation until then but at that time your people everyone whose name is found written in the book will be delivered multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will be awake will awake some to everlasting life and other to share shame and everlasting contempt over here we see Daniel being spoken to by you know by the angel and this is what the angel reveals to him he says you know at the end time your people you know will rise up from the dust so over here it's talking about the resurrection so some people this is what they say that the Old Testament believers the ones who you know placed their faith in Yahweh even though they did not at that at that point of time fully understand about the role of the Messiah and how the Messiah would save them they did not know the details but they had placed their faith in Yahweh and stayed true and faithful to him all of those Old Testament believers they say that these people will be resurrected you know at the time of the second coming so others there are other people who will say no no no or the Old Testament believers also will get resurrected during the time of the rapture when the dead in Christ will rise up so they say the term dead in Christ does not refer just to the New Testament believers the dead in the term dead in Christ also refers to the Old Testament believers there are other people with the other viewpoint where they say no the Old Testament believers they will receive their resurrected bodies only in the end time when the second coming happens so you have basically have two points of view regarding that then what about the people who actually you know died during the tribulation period the that is talked about in Revelation 20 4 to 5 Revelation 20 4 to 5 and I saw thrones and they sat on them and judgment was committed to them then I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their witness to Jesus and for the word of God who had not worshiped the beast or his image and had not received this mark on their foreheads or on their hands and they lived and waning with Christ for a thousand years but the rest of the dead did not live again until the thousand years were finished this is the first resurrection it talks about something called the first resurrection over here so over here it's referring to people you know who were killed and who died during the tribulation period just before the second coming so there's a time of great trial and suffering and difficulty and then after that you know the second coming happens so it looks like these people so we don't know about the Old Testament believers whether they'll get resurrected over here at this point of time at the second coming or that they will rise up you know when Christ comes in the air that we do not know but one thing is sure about these believers who have been who have died during the tribulation period they will be resurrected definitely at the second coming only not before that for the simple reason that they were not even alive before that they were born during the tribulation time they lived during the tribulation time and so when they get killed such people it says they will rise up and reign with Christ during the millennium which will come immediately after the you know second coming so that their resurrection will happen at that time and it will be called the first resurrection why because there are some believers who will be there afterwards and their resurrection will only happen later whom are we talking about we're talking about people who will be born during the millennium period because people who were caught up in the air with Jesus will have resurrected bodies Old Testament believers they'll either get the resurrected bodies at that point of time or at least at the second coming so we have a whole bunch of people entering into the millennium thousand-year rule of Jesus with resurrected bodies but there will still be some believers who are still alive and they will still have their physical bodies so they will continue to get married they will continue to have children and now those people will have a resurrection later so which is why over here it's referring to people of the first resurrection so so we're basically when we see we observe that you know there are different stages of this resurrection process taking place you know depending on which era the particular believers are you know born into of course the final resurrection will be even the resurrection of the of the evil wicked people and they will be resurrected basically for to be sent into the lake of fire and so maybe we can look at John chapter 5 28 and 29 John 5 28 and 29 28 to 29 do not marvel at this for the harbor is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear his voice and come forth those who have done good to the resurrection of life and those who have done able to the resurrection of condemnation it says very clearly that both categories of people will rise you know so it says those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned because it's very very clearly told by Jesus that even the evil people also will be will receive resurrected bodies but their resurrection is basically for condemnation not for eternal life which is why the same thing is repeated even in your revelation 20 verse 13 what does revelation 2013 say 2013 yeah uh the sea gave up the deed who were innate and death and it's delivered up the date who were in them and they were judged each one according to his works so over here it's talking about the resurrection of the evil the people who are you know drowned in the sea they will rise up the ones who are being held in heads they also will rise up with their with resurrected bodies so all of these people will be judged in the very end times so these are the different levels and stages of resurrection that are talked about in the scriptures and we just kind of briefly covered all of those verses just so that we'll have a general idea coming to the judgment the final judgment now this we are more familiar with judgment happens at two levels first you have the judgment of the believers which is done separately so we will look at that the judgment of the believers second Corinthians 5 verse 7 and also verse 10 second Corinthians 5 verse 7 and then verse 10 for we walk why faith not by sight for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive the things done in the body according to what he has done with the with a good orbit here it's talking about believers very very clearly it is not talking about unbelievers because it's talking about people who live by faith not by sight so these believers it says will appear before the judgment seat of Christ and then what will happen they will receive what is due for the things done while in the body so we believers when we are living in the body how are we living are we living by faith or by sight believers who are living by sight they'll discover very sadly that there's really no reward at all you know because they were too busy living by sight only what was pleasing to them in in their physical eyes they did those things whatever they felt was too threatening and scary they didn't bother doing they were not living by faith they were not living for unseen things in the spiritual realm they were not placing their faith in this invisible god so whenever things look safe and good then fine they obeyed but when god was asking something which is so impossible which looked like as if you know they will literally die if they do that they would hesitate to do why because they can't even see this invisible god how to place their faith in someone who's invisible and so they would hold back so all of these things will actually have consequences today if I'm living by faith I cannot even see you know like it says in the scripture you have not even seen Jesus Christ but you trust him you believe in him and you love him so you know so those of us who even though we have not even seen Jesus with our physical eyes we are choosing to trust him and live for him by faith our reward will be very great and there are those who will just simply be living by sight if everything looks safe and fine they will follow if things look dangerous they will not because who knows you know they don't want to trust something which is invisible we should not be like that so if we choose to live by faith and not by sight when we stand over there in front of the judgment seat of Christ we will receive what is due us for the things done while in the body so what we are doing now in the body is so important it will bear eternal rewards for us so this is talking about the judgment of the believers so when the believers stand in front of the judgment seat of Christ he does not say okay you are saved you can go to heaven and you are the other person no no you know you're not saved you will go to hell no we all first of all got saved simply by placing our faith in him in Jesus not because of any great thing that we did so over here the judgment is not judgment for salvation salvation has been guaranteed in Christ already what is being judged over here is how much reward each person gets so there'll be some people who will not even have any reward quite a shameful thing right I mean you're standing over there all of us in front of the judgment seat of Christ and there are unknown people you know from some remote village who really have this huge reward in their hands which the you know Jesus Christ has given them and then you have this big preacher who was appearing on the stage everywhere and he's got nothing in his hands empty-handed because he you know maybe he was was good at talking but he was not good at anything else he never really lived out his life by faith you know so his faith was weak he didn't fight and overcome and have victory in his personal life what a sad thing that will be so it is quite a dangerous thing in fact you know we should be very careful that we are actually working towards the heavenly reward you know that God has awaiting us because otherwise what reward you know what it says in 1 Corinthians chapter 3 that will happen to us 1 Corinthians 3 13 to 15 1 Corinthians 3 13 to 15 1 Corinthians 3 13 to 15 each once work will become manifest for the day will declare it because it will be revealed by fire and the fire will lay will taste each one's work of what sort it is 14 if anyone's work which he has built on it endures he will receive a reward if anyone's work is earned he will suffer suffer loss but he himself will be saved so as throw fire yeah so it says what we have done that their work will be shown for what it is because the day will bring it to light the day of course over here is talking about you know the judgment day and over here is talking about the judgment day for the believers when they will stand before the judgment seat of Christ so on at that time their work will be shown for what it actually is you know it's a person just opening their mouth and talking and is that all they can do or is their lifestyle showing that they really are followers of Christ because it's always very easy to talk and it's so difficult to actually put those things into practice so the the the work will be exposed for what it actually is was it all just outward show or this was they really a genuine sacrificing and living as a living sacrifice for God on a daily basis did that personal sacrifice happen in private every day you know because that's it happens in private right not in front of people people only see the nice side the painful side where you're shedding tears and you're submitting him to him and you're saying okay Lord even though this hurts so much I will follow you I will honor you all that happens in secret nobody ever gets to see that but on that day your work will be exposed for what it is and then you know the fire will bring up will test the quality of each person's work what exactly does this fire test it basically sees you know with what motivation did this person do the things that they did did they do it by faith in Christ and did they do it to honor Christ or did they do it just to get fame and glory did they do it to get the praise of their pastor did they do it for some kind of financial gain why did they do this so two main things will basically come out when the fire tests did the person live by faith or was it just by sight and what are the motives of that person's heart when they did those things you know so every little thing that we do why are we doing it are we doing it because you know the church leaders asked us to do it but are we doing it because we have this passion for God in our hearts to do something for him because we love him the fire in seconds you know it just goes through your entire life's work I mean all that you all the all that you did in your entire lifetime in a matter of seconds the fire just goes through all of that and tests it and it'll be frankly revealed the things which you did because you love him and things which you just did because you know the leaders told you to do it so it is so important how we are living am I living as a living sacrifice each day am I renewing my mind each day so when my mind is getting renewed I'll do things for him not for people because you see when my mind is getting renewed every day I will realize that oh my I'm doing this for my lord and savior I'm doing it out of gratitude for him and because I care about his kingdom not because some people told me to do it so the fire in a matter of seconds will burn through your entire life's work so what kind of work are you producing what kind of work am I producing in my life that becomes so important for us you know so it says over here what has been built if it survives the builder will receive a reward if it is burned up the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved so salvation is not lost but there's nothing for you to hold in your hands no reward no crown nothing and it'll be quite shameful at that point of time because you know you're looking into the eyes of your lord and savior ouch I really hope I don't have to ever go through that experience you see you're standing in front of the one who gave up everything for you and if you have nothing over there to offer him how shameful that will be I mean forget about other people you know I don't think it will be very bothered about status in heaven so what other people think will not really matter that much but you have to look at you a lot and savior you know look at him and if you're standing over there empty-handed and he just looks sadly at you most shameful moment of your entire existence so let that not happen to us let us be people who are really living out romans 12 one to two you know it's a maybe maybe you should get up in the morning and look at romans 12 12 one to two and say am I doing it today am I living as a living sacrifice am I offering myself to him second am I renewing my you know my mind and am I you know if I am renewing my mind I will be doing his will and I will be discovering on a daily basis how perfect and good and pleasing his will is so romans 12 one to two can help us really in getting our reward that day because it just takes a few seconds for that fire to burn through everything that you have done and the real motives of why you did what you did will be exposed you know for everyone to see so this judgment is going to be something I know important for our eternal future of course there's also a judgment for unbelievers now that is talked about in your revelation 20 11 to 13 we did read one of those verses but then if you can just read that entire you know portion revelation 20 11 to 13 the judgment of the unbelievers then I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away and there was found no place for them and I saw the dead small and great standing before God and books were opened and another book was opened which is the book of life and a dead were judged according to their works by the things which were written in the books the sea gave up the dead who were in it and death and hates delivered up the dead who were in them and they were judged each one according to his works yeah each person was judged according to what they had done so over here obviously the judgment is not for salvation because salvation is not based on works salvation is based on the faith that we place in Christ and we submit our lives to him so salvation is based on that here the judgment is basically for what level of punishment are you going to face in your future so over here it is purely for determining the level of punishment that the person would endure in hell and you know we see a confirmation of that in Luke 10 10 to 12 if someone could read out for us Luke 10 10 to 12 but whatever city you enter and they do not receive you go out into the streets and say the very dust of your city which clings to us we wipe off against you nevertheless know this that the kingdom of God has come near you but I say to you that it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city yeah it will be more bearable and tolerable on that day for Sodom than for that particular town which rejected Jesus Christ so which means there are degrees and levels of punishment people who have you know done more against Christ their punishment will be greater those who have sinned less their punishment will be more bearable so there are different levels of punishment in hell and on the judgment day you know at the great white throne judgment it will be determined how much punishment each person will be given and there's another scripture actually which refers to this maybe it would be good for us to look at that as well Luke 12 47 to 48 Luke 12 47 to 48 and that servant who knew his master's will and did not prepare himself or do according to his will shall be beaten with many stripes but he who did not know yet committed things deserving of stripes shall be beaten with few for everyone to whom much is given from him much will be required and to whom much has been committed of him they will ask the more. So there are people who are very aware of what God's standards are and they have a greater awareness of what is good and what is bad and they still choose to live in sin for such people the punishment will be far greater there will be some people who are not really very aware of you know godly things simply because they were they grew up in such a terrible background where you know they were not been very aware of godly things for them the punishment will be lesser so those who no more have understood more and yet rejected it for such people the punishment will be higher okay so there will be different levels of punishment in hell for the unbeliever and then we of course have the scriptures which talk about how the angels will be judged and maybe we can look at that scripture which talks about the demons which are held in bondage so Jude verse 6 Jude verse 6 and the angels who did not keep their proper domain but left their own abode he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day. Yeah so when the angels fell I mean this is something we talked about last class when the angels fell there were some which who were immediately chained and tied up and they were placed in the abyss so they never even got to roam around on the earth other fallen angels were allowed to continue to operate you know up to the time when god will you know stop their work so there are some demons which are already being held in bondage and they are being held for what for the judgment on the great day when actually believers also will participate in judging these fallen angels. So yeah first Peter 1.17 says since you call on a father who judges each person's work impartially live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear so god will not show any partiality when the time for judgment comes he will be he will treat everyone equally so at that time if we have done a good work we will receive a good reward so over here it's established it says the father who judges each person's work impartially so therefore it says live in reverent fear live in the fear not not in a not in a negative kind of fear but in a reverent fear knowing that you are serving a very very holy god and if you serve him with the with the right motives then one day you know you will be receiving a great reward from him. Another verse which can you know bring us assurance with this regarding judgment Colossians 3.25 but he who does wrong will be repaid for what he has done and there is no partiality.  So this whole idea of final judgment it motivates us to live with reverent fear it also gives us this assurance that the people who are oppressing us and ill-treating us and working against our families today even if nothing happens to them today because they are too powerful a day will come when every wrong will be repaid in full by the Lord you know who does not show favoritism. A third thing that actually judgment you know final judgment helps us with is in our attitude towards other people Romans 12 17 to 19 Romans 12 17 to 19. Repay no one evil for evil have regard for good things in the sight of all men if it is possible as much as depends on you live peaceably with all men 19. Beloved do not avenge yourselves but rather give place to wrath for it is written vengeance is mine I will repay sees the Lord says vengeance is mine I will repay and so it says to the extent possible live at peace with other people forgive them yes it is true what they did to you was bad what they did to you was painful but to the extent possible from your side continue to live at peace with them you know forgive them choose to you know treat them in a nice way in spite of what they have done to you because God says vengeance is mine when the time comes I will repay I will take care of it so the idea of final judgment also enables us to forgive people and you know continue to be good to them because we are leaving it in the Lord's hands the Lord will work out the details the Lord will give us what is our due when the time comes so we don't have to pay we become vengeful and attack them and try to hurt them and pull them down that is not the attitude which believers should have okay so that's another thing that we can draw from this whole idea of final judgment and then one more maybe one more maybe a couple of scriptures more maybe we can look at Galatians 6 9 to 10 yeah Galatians 6 9 to 10 and let us not grow weary while doing good for in due season we shall weep if we do not lose heart therefore as we have opportunity let us do good to all especially to those who are off the household of faith it says here as we have opportunity let us do good to all people especially to those who belong to the family of believers why are we and it says in the previous verse let us not become weary in doing good because doing good takes a lot of effort I mean we all know that right I mean you have to make sacrifices to be good to people you have to invest time in them all that takes effort but don't grow weary in doing that in being good to people why because at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up so do not give up being good to people even though that may be a very difficult thing even though it may require a lot of sacrifice go ahead and do that why because when the proper time comes you will reap a rich harvest okay is what the Lord says okay last verse with regard to this whole final judgment thing concept James 5 19 to 20 James 5 19 to 20 brethren if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover multitude of sins yeah it says here that if you turn someone away from their sins you know it says whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins an entire lifetime of sins will be covered and forgiven because you took the effort to bring that person to God now over here actually it's talking to believers you know it's referring to however person backslides you know you should be concerned enough to reach out to them and help them to return to God but the scripture can also be applied to unbelievers so if you take the effort to know to turn a sinner from their ways and if you bring them to God imagine not only are you going to save them from eternal death in fact you will you know it will lead to the covering over of a multitude of sins so what we are actually doing is we are saving that person from the final judgment it's going to be a very very scary and frightening thing for all these people who are going to be standing in front of the great white throne and if you can spare a few people from the terrible experience by bringing them you know to Jesus Christ imagine all their sins will be covered forgiven and they don't even have to go and stand over there in front of that great white throne so what a great thing you're doing for that person and God we know in fact will recognize that and reward you for that so this whole idea of final judgment should also be a motivating factor for us to really make an effort to share the gospel with people because even if we are able to turn away a few people from their sins a multitude of their sins will just be covered and forgiven and they'll not have to go and stand in front of that you know judgment throne of God so this is our you know responsibility we have maybe about nine minutes left maybe we can look at a few scriptures about heaven and hell we can start off with hell because people somehow seem to be more interested in hell than in heaven um let's look at Luke chapter 16 22 to 24 Luke 16 22 to 24 Luke 16 24 22 22 so he uh so it was that the bigger died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom the rich man also died and was worried and being in torments in heads he lifted up his eyes and so Abraham up uh afar off and Lazarus in his bosom then he cried and said father Abraham have mercy on me and sent Lazarus that he may give the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue for I am tormented in this flame uh yeah so it here it's talking about something called heads and we have a person who is not a believer you see who seems to be unrighteous so he has been thrown into heads and it says that he's in torment in that place okay that would be verse 22 in heads where he was in torment he looked up and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus by his side and then this is what he says he says you know send Lazarus to at least give me one drop of water why he says because I'm in agony in this fire so we get the impression that heads is a place where there's going to be some kind of fire and where there's going to be a lot of torment and where you'll basically have people who are unrighteous being held over there and these people in heads are looking far away on the other side and on the other side they see Abraham with Lazarus now Abraham as we know is one of the good guys he's a he's a person who placed his faith in the Lord and it was credited to him as righteousness so Abraham is one of the righteous and it looks like even Lazarus was one of the righteous because he's along with Abraham so we get the impression that his heads is some place which is divided into two compartments in one compartment you have righteous people being held in the other compartment you have the ungodly unrighteous people being held and the ones who are in the in the in the bad part of heads the hell part of heads if maybe maybe is how we can call it they are actually suffering in something called the flame or the fire okay so there is agony going on over there but the people who are on the other side where Abraham and Lazarus are staying in the other compartment of heads they seem to be doing fine you know things are going well for them so when we think about Jesus speaking to the thief you know just before he died at that point of time Jesus says to the thief you know because you have trusted in me and placed your faith in me and you're saying to me when you come into your kingdom remember me which means that you believe that I am lord because you have chosen to place your faith in me he says you will be with me in paradise today and so we kind of maybe can give the label to the you know the other compartment where you have Abraham and Lazarus and all of them staying maybe that can be called paradise so heads has basically got two compartments on one side you had the unrighteous people who are suffering I suppose you can call that hell the other compartment was paradise but Jesus says that he will go over there to paradise and he will collect his people and take them to heaven because now the crucifixion process is done the resurrection would have happened and once the resurrection has happened death and sin are defeated and so now he's you know he's fully justified in taking his people right into God's presence you know into the throne room of God so that's basically what happens so I'm assuming the paradise compartment is now empty and you basically only have hell where people are continuing to burn in agony in the flames okay so then you have something called the lake of fire now that would be mark chapter nine verse 43 so someone can read out mark 943 if your hand causes you to sin cut it off it is better for you to enter into life maimed rather than having two hands to go to hell into the fire that shall never be quenched the word used over here is that word uh gehenna okay so heads was the other word over here this word is gehenna and this seems to be some kind of permanent destination so heads was like a temporary place heads is not your permanent hell okay uh the hell that we keep talking about today is actually a temporary hell there's a permanent hell waiting and that basically would be your gehenna where you would have that the fire which never goes out and in some places it's called the lake of fire and in this lake of fire there's supposed to be one deepest compartment which is called the abyss so over there the some of these fallen angels are being right now chained and held over there in the abyss which is like the lowest deepest part because that word abyss basically means a very very deep pit so at the lowest part of hell there's something called the abyss and that's basically where some of the demons are right now being chained and kept you know for for the day of judgment and so this is basically hell so not exactly sure how this works out whether hell itself will get transformed into the lake of fire in that final day or that that's a separate place we don't know the details but anyway this is basically what we have in the scriptures regarding you know hell and then regarding heaven okay how we have three minutes for heaven isn't that bad okay revelation chapter 21 verse 23 this is one very lovely verse which you know we need to look at regarding heaven revelation 21 verse 23 the city had no heat of the sun or of the moon to shine in it for the glory of god illuminated it the lamb is its light okay so okay maybe we should read another verse so that we can get this whole idea of this new city into our heads maybe we can you know if someone could read out revelation 21 verses 1 and 2 yeah revelation 21 1 and 2 and I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away also there was no more sea than I jone so the holy city knew Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from god prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and I hear a loud voice so um oh you don't believe in full stop okay um so you see it says over here that the the first heaven and the first earth which we have now you know they'll pass away and then a new heaven and a new earth will be established so uh this new heaven and this new earth this is how it is described it says I saw the holy city the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from god so it looks like the new heaven descends upon upon the new earth and this new city of Jerusalem will be somewhere located in this new earth and of course I think people will be living all over the new earth and then they would visit the new Jerusalem whenever they feel like it so this is an entirely a new setup that we see over here being described and so we will basically be living in this new earth as citizens of the new Jerusalem okay so um that is basically maybe what we can grasp from the scriptures regarding this and so going back to the verse that we were looking at earlier it talks about how in this new place you won't be needing any sun or moon because the glory of god gives it light and it says the lamp will be its lamp so the lamp of god himself will be the light for the entire city you know so we will be part of this um you know of this new earth and we will also be citizens of the new Jerusalem um this is a question post here so the question here you know is does haids still you know exist is it still in operation today so I'm just assuming that you know if haids is divided into paradise and the place where this person was getting burnt you know in the flames so I'm assuming maybe that would be hell so in that sense paradise has been emptied out because Jesus collected his people and took them into God's presence but as for those who are in the place of torment where there are flames and there is torment going on if we call that hell I assume that the hell part of it is still operational and so maybe hell is a separate place and the lake of fire is a separate place so after the great white throne judgment you know because it says those who are in haids the dead in haids will give up the dead to be you know to be judged by God so maybe after everyone gets judged everyone gets moved out of this hell into the permanent lake of fire the Gehenna so maybe there they are two separate places that God has created for judgment and this is all you know assumption just based on the few verses that we have we kind of try to understand what is being said but I mean no one is actually hundred percent correct regarding these things so whatever I'm saying take it with a pinch of salt yeah we should really stop because we are over time let's just close with the word of prayer Lord we just thank you so much for all the things that we could just reflect upon today this is our future this is what we are looking forward to there are going to be very very frightening things happening oh Lord in the end times because you will reveal yourself in all of your glory and might on that day today people may be pretending that you don't exist today people may be you know mocking you and taking a stand against you but on that day Lord nobody can even dare to say anything because they will see you and they will know who you are and it's such a assurance to know that on that day you will be at peace with us I think on that day Lord we will really appreciate what Jesus Christ has done for us because of His atoning sacrifice you now look upon us with peace you don't look upon us with condemnation at all and your love is for us Lord on that day on that final day when you really appear in your frightening and awesome glory we will really appreciate that we because of Jesus just because of Jesus we are on your side so Lord I pray that every day we will live with deep gratitude honoring our Lord and Savior that Lord we will be a living sacrifice because He chose to become a sacrifice for us I pray oh Lord that you would really help each of us in our walk with you so that on that day you can actually look at us and say well done good and faithful servant thank you oh Lord that you are working in our lives and you know how to cause us to stand and you know how to sanctify us and you know how to present us blameless before the Father so we just look to you oh Lord to continue doing your work of sanctification in our lives so that we will be prepared and ready for whatever awaits us when we stand before the judgment seat of Jesus Christ thank you oh Lord in Jesus name amen amen yeah thank you so much


Hey guys and welcome back to my YouTube channel, Dapo Willis here once again. Now guys in this video, I want to talk to you guys about how to build a fantastic trading career. Yes, how do you go from being an absolute newbie to becoming that trader who drives the Lamborghini and drives the Ferrari and those amazing things. All the steps you would have to go through because guys think about it, for those of you guys who are new or are struggling with the market, I want to tell you guys what you're most likely going to face in the future. Because if you know exactly what you're going to face in the future right now, you know how exactly to prepare your mind and you know, knowledge at hand is always the fastest track to success. If you know what exactly is gonna happen in the future right now, you can always fast track your success. So guys, like I said in this video, I want to speak to you guys as to how you can go about building a fantastic trading career. If indeed you want to have an amazing life from trading forex, I suggest you stick around to the very end of this video. And at the end of this video, I'm going to obviously be giving out some free tips and some amazing goodies as well. So stick around and I'll see you guys that. All right guys, so the very first stage which a lot of you guys are currently on right now is known as the what, the newbie stage. This is exactly where you guys are obviously testing out a lot of strategies. You're testing moving average strategies. You're buying different courses. You're pretty much soaking in all the information as much information as you can get. Okay, so this is usually the first stage for the newbie stage. And trust me, I was in the newbie stage as well for a while. I was testing different strategies, jumping from this indicator to that indicator. By the way, indicators don't work. For those of you guys who are wondering are probably using one indicator strategy or the other. Eventually, once you start to progress from the newbie stage into the next stage which I'm going to be speaking about shortly, you start to realize that, listen, all this, first of all guys, there's so many freaking indicators out there. Like, I have literally, when I was learning how to trade the very first time, like when I eventually like started trading the forest market. Guys, I used to use this HP at the time. And on my HP, literally I had a desktop folder that had 750 different indicators. Guys, I had 750 indicators and guess what, none of those indicators ever made me a profit. Why don't indicators work, okay? Indicators don't work because they're lagging, they lag behind the market. They don't tell you what's gonna happen. They only tell you what has already happened. Now, as a trader, you want to know what is about to happen. Not what just happened, not what just happened. You get what I mean? So, guys, that's exactly why as a newbie, you have to go through this phase because a lot of people who are just coming into the market, especially people who have been taught by all these network marketing companies, you probably went for an event and you probably had this guru on stage talking about how they can obviously change your life and all that. Most of those seminars, they have in their package indicators, okay? So, obviously, you are introduced to the market by these people and whatever thing it is they tell you, you tend to believe. So, it will probably take you about six, four months of trial and error with your indicators before you realize that, hey, come on, these indicators don't work and then you start to search for other things and then you obviously start to search on YouTube.  So, guys, the very first stage is usually the newbie stage, like I said. This is exactly what you test everything. You're trying everything.  You're just testing everything. You're trying to learn as much as what possible. All right, guys, so that takes me over to the second stage, the second phase of becoming a fantastic forex trader, okay? The second step to your journey is known as the mastery stage. Now I know from newbie to mastery is a huge leap, but that's usually the case. So the mastery stage is pretty much where you have tested a lot of stuff. You've tested all the indicators. You've tested all the strategies. You've listened to all these gurus and then you've pretty much found your own path. You found your own strategy. You found what you feel works for you and you now have the ability to stick to it because now you realize that less is more. Less indicators is better. No indicators is even great. You found out that trading less than more is better. So this is usually the mastery stage, but at the mastery stage, one thing I realized because guys, trust me, I went from the newbie to the mastery stage. Okay, I went through all these steps and that's exactly what I'm going to explain to you guys. So you realize that at the mastery stage you seem to be getting consistent results. Your confidence starts to build. It's usually at the second phase of your trading career that your confidence really starts to grow. You really start to see the decent results.  Okay, this trade is a market manipulation trade. If you come on my webinars, if you watch some of my technical analysis, I literally know when a trade is going to be a losing trade. I can literally tell when the market is about to manipulate a key level. Why? Because I've mastered the market to a certain extent. I have been able to experience a certain amount of market movement that I actually now know, I can tell a trap. You get what I mean? If you do something long enough, you would be able to identify good and the bad.  You're not looking elsewhere, you're just focusing on yourself. However, during the mastery stage, there's usually a little issue. The issue is you're a bit low on funds, okay? Because your confidence might be high up there, but you're only trading your own capital. You haven't really tried to trade other people's capital.  So usually the mastery stage is you're pretty decent at your trading. However, you're not making that much money from trading yet. All right guys, so that takes me to the third step of your trading career, the third step on your way to becoming a freaking amazing forex trader. And it's known as scaling up.  Obviously, you must have most likely taken my forex mastery course, which is absolutely amazing. The fastest way to actually fast track for trading success, I advise you guys to hop on the forex mastery program. But anyways, that's by the way. So guys, that takes me to my third stage, which is known as scaling up. You now have a clear path. You now understand how to do top-down analysis like it's taught on the forex mastery course. You now understand that indicators don't work. You have a clear, caught mindset.  And you're obviously making quite a bit of profit. You're making consistent returns. You're not in a hurry to take a $1,000 account or $10,000 account. You know that 30%, 40% every month is good. You know that consistency is the very key. At the scaling up stage, this is exactly where you can now speak to people about your trading. You can now start to what? Speak to investors. The scaling up stage is where you realize that you don't have enough money and you need to speak to people to obviously invest in the trading. So this is exactly where you're, this is exactly where your trading really starts to take off. This is exactly where your lifestyle starts to change, okay? This is exactly where, you know, you can actually tell your family, your parents, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, whatever the case, maybe your spouse that yes, indeed, becoming a full-time trader. Because at the scaling up stage you, because at the mastery stage, you understand how to trade the market profitably, you're consistent with your returns. So now you can speak to investors and you can show them your track record and they'll be more than glad to give you funds for them, for you to manage for them. So that's exactly what happens at the scaling up stage, guys. This is exactly where you take on some funds. But the problem is a lot of people want to jump from newbie. They make a couple of winning trades and then they want to jump from newbie, skip mastery and then go all the way down to scaling up. What's gonna happen? You're gonna lose all the money, okay? So these are the steps you need to go through before you obviously start to scale up and then start asking investors for money. So guys, on the Forex Millionaires program, which is obviously attached to the Forex Mastery course, I speak about how to go about sourcing for funds from investors is an absolutely amazing program. All the links to the Forex Mastery and the Forex Millionaires program are gonna be in the description below. All right, guys. All right, guys. So that takes me to the fourth stage of becoming a professional forex trader. And this stage is known as a diversification stage. And I would like to say somewhere around this region. So that diversification stage is when you have scaled up, you're making a crazy amount of money from your trading. You're probably returning about 15% a month, which is absolutely fine if you have a lot of money. Think about it, guys. If you're trading the $100,000 account and you're making 15% every month, that's $15,000 is a lot of money, right? As opposed to you having 1K, 15%, that's $150. That's not a lot of money. So once you've scaled up, you start to realize that, listen, less is more. 10% to 20% every month is absolutely great. 15% to 20% every month is absolutely great. So at this point, you're like, okay, I'm making money from trading. Now you want to, this is exactly where you want to go and start diversifying. Like me personally, I trade maybe four or five times in a whole month because I place my trades and I go and do other things. I'm into e-commerce as well. We have several online businesses and massively into agro services as well. Like I love agriculture, I love that shit, right? So at the fourth stage is exactly where you actually have really mastered the whole game. Like you've mastered the whole game, okay? And then you start to take money from your trading process and then you start to invest in other aspects of things. So you now have money coming in from Forex. You're doubling in a little bit of stocks because everybody knows that the American stock market tends to trend upwards forever. Like it's been trending upwards since 1984, right? Obviously, there are always gonna be recessions where it has a massive correction, but hey, we just came out of COVID. COVID obviously brought the market down for a massive correction. People who bought at the bottom have now read the market all the way to the upside. So the S&P 500 always has an upward trajectory. So what I do personally, and guys, I'll call this the diversification slash, diversification forward slash ultimate diversification, right? Okay, so you have, this is exactly what I do, right? I trade the market four or five times in a month.  It affects my health. And the most profitable traders are not always trading in front of the computer. That's the truth and that's a fact, guys. You can ask around, they'll tell you for free, right? So I have proceeds coming in from Forex trading a lot, okay? We manage millions, millions of dollars in funds. I don't stress about it because I predict the market. I'm right nine out of 10 times. So how about this money coming in from Forex and then I take the money and then I invest it in my online businesses like my e-commerce store and stuff like that. And those stores are now paying me as well. My online businesses are doing fantastic as well. And I've also invested into Agro and a couple of other things as well. So the fourth stage is actually known as the ultimate diversification stage. This is exactly where you should be. Where you aim to be. Because it's at this point where you actually start making a lot of money. When I made a lot of money, I'm talking about $500,000 a month kind of money because you have all this money coming in from Forex. You have all this money coming in from your online businesses. You have obviously even invested in some local businesses as well. And this is exactly where you actually start to live the Lamborghini lifestyle, right? So guys, I urge you guys to, first of all, get yourself educated. It's very important to get yourself educated because I tell you what, all of this will not be possible if you do not get educated. All right guys, so speaking about education, how exactly? Because I spoke about the new B stage and I spoke about the Jonah Pickley recap. So we spoke about the new B stage. We spoke about the, what's the second one? The new B stage, the mastery stage, and then the third one was scaling up. So the scaling up way actually starts to take on funds and it actually has to make a lot of money from trading. So guys, all of this will not be possible, like I said, without proper education. Guys, you can watch all the videos you wanna watch if you don't understand technical analysis properly. Forget about everything I'm speaking about.  You need to get yourself. So guys, what I've done is, permit me to do this, but what I've done is I have, give me a sec, I have, if indeed you want to go from new B to scaling up, okay? So that's new B mastery scaling up in the shortest time possible, you're gonna need two things. First of all, you need to be technically skilled and you need to have funds. So what I've done is I put together an amazing course called the Forex Mastery and the Forex Millionaires Program, which is obviously gonna appear in the screen right about now. Now guys, I have made this course extremely affordable. Extremely affordable at just $99. Why is this so affordable? Because I remember when I came to the market, people were charging me 1K, 2K, 5K, 10K for information that wasn't really helping me. What I've done is I've put together nine years worth of information. All the information that I know have put it together in a course so that you don't spend five years trying to become a profitable trader. I have compressed all these years. What will take you three to five years to learn? I've compressed it into a simple nine module course. You take that course, you'll be three years ahead. Think about it guys, time is money. You don't want, because what's gonna happen is a lot of people will rather do this on their own.  The same thing happened to me as well. So like I said once again, guys, I've put together an amazing program called the Forex Mastery Program that will literally, it will shorten the amount of time you spend trying to become a Forex Pro, okay? So the Forex Mastery course is right about here. The links are gonna be all the way back down below. All right guys, so thank you very much for sticking out, sticking, oh my goodness. Thank you guys for staying till the very end of this video. I love you guys very much. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much. I hope this video has been very valuable to you guys. If it has, drop me a comment below, smash the like button and do me a little favor. Tell me out of all these steps, which one are you guys at? Are you at newbie stage? I want you guys to tell me, are you at the newbie stage? Are you at the mastery stage? Are you at the scaling up stage? Are you at the diversification stage? The first key stage, right? Tell me, drop me a comment below which stage you are on and tell me if this video absolutely met your will and if you found this video very helpful. All right guys, that's my time. My name is Dapo Willis. Don't forget to like and subscribe below. Take it easy and I love you guys as always. Take it easy and peace out.