Hello, David Diger Hernandez here, and you're watching Spirit Church here on the Encounter TV Network.  There is a place beyond this life, and after we have lived this life to the glory of God, we move into a whole different realm, into a new world, the dwelling place of God. I want to talk to you about heaven. This is the destination of every believer, and I know that as you hear this message, there will be joy overflowing. And you will see what God has promised to those who love him, what God has promised to those who receive Christ as Savior. I also want to share with you about a dream that I had about heaven. That's what we're going to be talking about here on this edition of Spirit Church. But first, Stephen Moctezuma is here with me. He's going to lead you in some anointed worship that we're going to get right into this message here. It's Stephen Moctezuma. I can only imagine when that day comes, when I find myself standing in the sun, I can only imagine when all I will do is forever, forever worship you.  Will I stand in your presence, or to my knees, or will I fall? Will I sing? Will I be able to speak at all?  Will I stand in your presence, or to my knees, or will I fall? Will I sing? Will I be able to speak at all? I can only imagine. Surrounded by you, will I dance for you, Jesus, or in all of you, be still. Will I stand in your presence, or to my knees, or will I fall? Will I sing? Will I be able to speak at all? I can only imagine. I can only imagine. I can only imagine. I can only imagine. Well, I want to begin my lesson by sharing with you my dream of heaven. I want to be very clear on this. I'm not saying that I visited heaven. I'm just giving you an experience that I had when I had this dream. Now, this dream was unlike any I had ever dreamt before. I remember it. It was so vivid. It was so real and unlike any other dream I've ever had. Now, I'm not saying that my dream is necessarily even accurately descriptive of heaven. I'm just saying that if heaven is anything like what I was shown, then it's a wonderful, wonderful place. I believe God communicated heaven to me in a way that I was able to understand it. So again, this is just something that I believe is an experience that I've had while dreaming, and it's a way that God communicated this to me. But I'm not saying it has authority like the Scripture does, nor am I saying that you can expect exactly what was in my dream to be experienced when you go into the afterlife. So I just want to share this with you to encourage you to give you an idea of what the beauty and the joy of heaven is like. So my dream begins, I'm standing on this shore, this beach, and I remember looking at the sand. The sand was fine and it was light colored. It was almost like a powder in my hand that I could feel. And looking out over the ocean, I could see that the water was crystal blue and clear. It was so clear in fact that I was able to look and see the coral reefs that were along the beach. The coral reefs were made of different colors. There was yellow, there was red, there was blue, there was green. And also in the water, I was able to see these fish swimming around. They were also about the same colors. And the fish had these lights on them. It looked like little LED lights on their scales. And they glowed and the waters were teeming with life. They were filled with lights and color and movement. Then I moved my eyes upwards and when I looked at the sky, it was different. And when I say that I mean that the sky was just larger, much larger than the sky that you and I look up and see today. It was blue with white billowy clouds that filled it. Now even though the sky was blue, I was able to see faintly through the sky into the cosmos. And I saw spirals of galaxies and colors and it was all very vivid and very awe inspiring. And as I'm staring out into all of this, taking in the sights, I'm breathing. And with every breath, I felt like life had filled me. It was like a cold, refreshing glass of water every time I took a breath. And I felt it bring my whole body to life. And so as I'm staring at all of this and taking all of this in, I look over and I see often the distance on this peninsula, this large house, just sitting there on the peninsula. Now the peninsula was covered with green grass and smooth, large black stones. And when I looked at the house, I remember that I didn't have to walk to it. I just wheeled myself there. I just thought to myself, I want to be there. And in an instant I was in the house. And I remember this house was three stories. It was just how I would have designed my house here in the earth if I had unlimited resources. And I remember going in under into the third floor, on the third floor, the bottom floor. And this actually had a glass that gave me a view into the ocean, where I was able to get an even better look at all of the life that was moving around. And while I'm in that house, I remember feeling just this immense joy, this immense love. There was a warmth about the place that I can't even begin to describe to you. Even right now, as I'm trying to convey this message and I'm trying to convey the details, I can remember what it felt like, but words fail to adequately describe that sense that I was sensing. I just remember there was love all around me. There was life all around me. There was joy and there was peace and it was just this beautiful experience. And then I remember all of a sudden I'm taken to another place and there was this city and there were cobblestone roads that led throughout this city. And I remember looking at all of the stores and the shops. It looked like something from like an old Italian village or something like that. And for me personally, I like places like that. So I think that was what the Lord was communicating to me. And as I'm walking through, I saw this restaurant. I went in and I sat down and this waiter comes out to me. I remember the waiter was dressed to perfection. The bow tie was on perfectly straight. The shirt was clean and the restaurant was pristine. I remember looking at the menu and on the menu, I noticed there were no prices anywhere. And so I asked the waiter. I said, so how much typically is a meal in this place? And I remember what he said. He said, you don't have to worry about paying for anything here because everything has already been paid for. And then I woke up and I'll never forget that dream. And again, I want to emphasize I'm not saying that I'm telling you that I went to heaven. Nor am I saying that this dream is a final authority or that you should take it and say, ah, that's what heaven is like. I'm simply saying that God communicated to me in a way that I was able to understand the joy of heaven. And so I want to show you now from Scripture what the Bible says heaven is like. Number one, it's a place where we belong. Philippians chapter 3 verse 20 says, But we are citizens of heaven where the Lord Jesus Christ lives and we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. I love this because this is descriptive of our identity. We don't belong here in this earth. We belong in heaven. That is where our citizenship is. When you finally make it to heaven, you're going to find rest and you're going to find a place where you belong. This is the place where the presence of God dwells. I love that the Scripture says where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. That's why heaven is so heavenly. The presence of Jesus is what makes heaven heaven. So it's a place where we belong. Number two, it's a place prepared by the Lord for us. John chapter 14 verses 1 through 3 say, Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God and trust also in me. There is more than enough room in my father's home.  When everything is ready, I will come and get you so that you will always be with me where I am. This is a place that was prepared by Jesus for you.   He endured the pain of the cross for you. He endured the grief and the sorrow and the burden of sin for you. He endured the grave for you. He resurrected to new life for you. He set a new cosmos in order for you. And he sits at the right hand of the Father interceding for you.  Not only that, I want you to think of the fact that the Bible says that God has numbered the hairs on our head and that he delights in every detail of our lives. In other words, he knows what it is that brings you joy. He knows what it is that puts a smile on your face.    Now if you look at the beauty in the earth, you look at the large mountain ranges, you look at the depths of the ocean, you look at the greenery in the forest and the beauty of the plant life, you look at the mystery of animal life and all of the things that make up creation. And when you do that, you realize that there is a mind behind it all. Now God created everything that we see here in a matter of six days.  Imagine what heaven is like. He keeps your likes and your dislikes in mind. He keeps what brings you joy in mind. He keeps what brings you pleasure in mind. And he creates this place for you to belong where his presence dwells.  It is a place prepared by the Lord for us. Now in Revelation chapter 21, we see many descriptions of heaven, but I want to show you verse 1 of chapter 21 where the Scripture says, Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared and the sea was also gone. Now that verse is going to be very key in the coming weeks as I go over with you the timeline of it all because many people have questions like, Well, when did the dead in Christ arise? And when does the resurrection take place? And why does the Scripture talk about two resurrections? And where does the believer go now in the meantime after they die? All of these questions we're going to get into and remember that verse is going to be very key as we dig into that. But I want you now to go to verse number 2 and 3 where I'm going to make my third point. Verses 2 and 3 say, And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven like a bride beautifully dressed for her husband. I heard a loud shout from the throne saying, Look, God's home is now among his people. He will live with them and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. So first we see that it's a place like a city. You can also see that in Hebrews chapter 11 verse 10 and Hebrews chapter 12 verse 22. You can reference those two verses later. They describe this city. So this is a place where there is function, where there is order, where there are different things going on. So heaven is like a city. In fact, heaven is described as a city. It literally like a city. So I imagine that in heaven that there are different places that serve different purposes. We don't lose purpose once we go to heaven. We don't become aimless once we go to heaven. In fact, on my final point, I'll tell you what we're going to be doing in heaven other than worshiping. But this is a very clear description of what to expect. It's not going to be some foggy, hazy existence where you're disconnected from reality and you don't know what's really going on. This is going to be a very vivid existence. This is going to be an existence where there is order and structure and purpose and identifiable markers all throughout the place. This is an actual place where you and I will go. I want you to really think about that. This is an actual place where you and I will dwell. It's the kingdom of heaven. Number four, also looking at verse number three, you see that it is a place filled with people. It's as I heard a loud shout from the throne saying, look, God's home is now among his people. This is a multitude. Who are God's people? It's a multitude of people. There will be many people who are in heaven. So it's not just going to be this big, empty, open space.  We are going to see other people there.  Number five, when we look at verse four, the scripture says, he will wipe every tear from their eyes and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. So this is a place of joy and peace. I want you to think about the fact that there will be no more sorrow. There will be no more death. Number six, it's a place where there is no death. Life is eternal in this dwelling place of God. Never again will you have to lose a loved one to death. Never again will you have to face sickness. Never again will you have to face heartache. Never again will your mind be tormented. Never again will you struggle with the crippling effects of doubt. Your mind will be free. Your body will be new and resurrected. Your spirit will be in its proper place, united with God. And you will live in perfect peace and perfect joy and perfect harmony with all creation. So first, let's review and then we'll continue. Number one, it's a place where we belong. Number two, it's a place prepared by the Lord for us. Number three, it's a place like a city. Number four, it's a place filled with people. Number five, it's a place of joy and peace. Number six, we saw in verse four. It's a place where there is no death. Now go down to verse number 21. This is powerful as well. The scripture says the twelve gates were made of pearls. Each gate from a single pearl. And the main street was pure gold as clear as glass. Number seven, it's a place of prosperity. This is why we had to be very careful when criticizing people who preach prosperity. Now you know I'm not a proponent of the prosperity gospel. Nor do I believe that we serve God for what we can get out of him. Our prayer life should not be about rubbing a magic lamp and making the genie give us our wishes. That's not at all what the Christian life is about. The Christian life is about sacrifice. The Christian life is about death to self. The Christian life is about surrender to the Holy Spirit and to the will of God. I believe all that. But at the same time, we can't go to the other extreme and therefore rebuke everybody who believes that we should be prosperous. In fact, the Bible teaches about the prosperity of the saints. Not everyone's going to be a millionaire. And no, you're not going to get a 30-day breakthrough after sowing that $1,200 seed. I'm not talking about those gimmicks. I'm talking about actual biblical prosperity. Let me put it to you this way. If poverty was the will of God, then why is heaven so rich? Why is heaven so wealthy? Poverty brings sickness. When you look at the places of the world where there is poverty, you see that there is sickness. Poverty brings pressure and it takes away your peace of mind. Poverty brings about lack. Poverty brings about the inability to advance the gospel. None of those things are the will of God. And so we see heaven is prosperous. Therefore prosperity is reflective of the culture of heaven. So number seven, we see it is a place of prosperity. Verse 23 says, And the city has no need of sun or moon, For the glory of God illuminates the city, And the lamb is its light. Number eight, it's a place of light. The very presence of God illuminates everything. In fact, I believe that heaven has no shadows. Light so fills that place, Causing colors to become more vivid. Causing life to become more vivid. Causing what we see to become more intense. You see, heaven is not some fuzzy reality. I know I made this point, but I want to hone in on the point here when it comes to vision. I believe it's going to be more detailed, more real than what we're experiencing now. A lot of people imagine that going to heaven is like falling asleep and living in a foggy dream. But going to heaven is more like waking up than falling asleep. When you find yourself in the presence of God, when you finally reach that destination, you're going to feel like you're in reality then, and all of this was some foggy reality that you don't remember. That is the true vivid reality. Number nine, it's a place where we're like him. First John chapter 3 verse 2 says, Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. First Corinthians chapter 15 verse 6 says, After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. First Corinthians 15 20, but in fact Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died. So we see that Christ, after he resurrected, was recognizable, and that's important for a point I'm going to make in just a moment. But we also see that we are going to be like him in that we're going to resurrect as well. In fact, Philippians chapter 3 verse 21 says, He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own. Using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control. But the key point there, and change them into glorious bodies like his own. We will be like Jesus when we finally reach that destination. That's ultimately glorification. You see the moment you were saved, you were justified. That's justification.  That's sanctification. And one day you will be like him. That's glorification. Justification, sanctification, glorification is the final destination. Now, the Bible tells us also, and this is one of the most beautiful points I believe in this message, the Bible tells us also that it is a place of reunion with other believers. 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verses 13 through 18 say this, And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died. So you will not grieve like people who have no hope. Verse 14, For since we believe that Jesus died and was raised to life again, we also believe that when Jesus returns, God will bring back with him the believers who have died. We tell you this directly from the Lord. We who are still living when the Lord returns will not meet him ahead of those who have died. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, the believers who have died will rise from their graves. Then together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Then we will be with the Lord forever. So encourage each other with these words.  In other words, they're with him upon his entry. They just receive new resurrected bodies at the rapture. So that will help clarify some of the timeline as we get into that in the next few weeks. So they're the first to the resurrection, but that doesn't mean that they're not with the Lord already. But still, this was written so that we might be encouraged to know that those who have died are not gone forever. So we will see our loved ones again if you ever lose a loved one, someone who you care about.  This is that great hope. You will see them again. And you will know them. Remember, I told you I was going to bring out this point when I read 1 Corinthians 15-6 and 1 Corinthians 15-20. You saw that Jesus walked around and he was recognized by his disciples. And then the Bible says that we will be like him. In other words, we will be recognizable. In fact, Matthew chapter 17 verse 3 says, Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus. Now two things there. I want you to notice that Moses and Elijah weren't in the grave. They were alive and well. They were in the dwelling place of God. So people who have died, they go to the dwelling place of God. But also notice, my main point, they were recognizable. Matthew chapter 8 verse 11 says, I tell you this, that many Gentiles will come from all over the world, from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the feast in the kingdom of heaven. What is this talking about? This is talking about later on when we are all united as one, we will recognize Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 2 Samuel chapter 12 verse 23, when King David had lost his son, the Scripture says, But why should I fast when he is dead? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him one day, but he cannot return to me. Many of you watching have lost children who were not even born. Some of you maybe have had abortions, and that guilt is with you, but let me tell you something. If any man be in Christ, he is a new creation, and I want to give those mothers who are living with that guilt hope, you will see that unborn child in heaven.  So I'm not advocating for abortion obviously, but I want to talk to those of you who have crossed that line and can't go back. Know that your child is with the Lord in heaven even now. And we will see our loved ones again. Luke chapter 10 verse 20 says, But don't rejoice because evil spirits obey you. Rejoice because your names are registered in heaven. We have names in heaven. We are known like we are known here on earth. You can see also 2 Corinthians 1.14, Hebrews 12, 23 and 1 Thessalonians 2.19. Now, final point, number 11, heaven is a place where we reign. Revelation chapter 2 verses 26 to 28, And he that over cometh, And keepeth my works unto the end, To him will I give power over the nations, And he shall rule them with the rod of iron, As the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers, Even as I have received it my father, And I will give him the morning star. 1 Corinthians chapter 6 verses 2 through 3 say, Or do you not know that the saints will judge Or in the original language of the Greek, It says to rule or to govern. We will rule and we will govern the world. Do you not know that we are to judge, Rule or govern angels? How much more then matters pertaining to this life? You see, heaven is the restoration of the earth, The cosmos, and heaven. In our connection with God, We are firmly established again In our authority, joy, peace, love, unity, and dignity. When we go to heaven, And when heaven comes to us, It will be the reunion Of the dwelling place of God And the dwelling place of man. And it will be as God had intended In the garden Adam and Eve. And there will be The authority of man restored. And I believe we will rule and reign. Even things we can't even understand now. I don't want to get too deep into that Because I don't want to step out on ledges Where the scripture is not detailed. It is clear that we will rule and reign. How that looks, I'll leave that up to speculation. But it is definitely a place where we have authority. And of course there was worship in heaven. I know most people know that. That's primarily what we're going to be doing. But I wanted to address the points that maybe you didn't know. So also you can throw in number 12. We'll also worship in heaven. You can find many references to that In the book of Revelation. Well anyway, I pray that that lesson blessed you. Now in the coming weeks I'm going to address More of these questions concerning the afterlife. Another one I think we need to answer Is if we're in heaven and we still have free will Is it possible that we sin again? I'm going to address that in the coming weeks. But first I want to pray with you. And if you don't know Jesus And you don't know for sure that heaven is your home Let's make sure. Because you know we have loved ones who are waiting for us. And I'm sure there are people that we're praying for you possibly. And I'll find themselves in the dwelling place of God. Let's believe God. And I want you now to surrender your life to him. You know, the only regret that you'll have When you finally receive Jesus Is that you didn't receive him sooner. And when you receive him and you give your heart to him You'll say I'm so glad I'm clean. I'm so glad my conscience is clear. I'm so glad the burden of sin has been lifted from me. Father in Jesus' name I pray for each one watching. Touch that one who does not know you. And draw them to you. If you're watching this right now And you want to come to Jesus Just tell him.   Tell him that you believe in who he is And what he accomplished on the cross for your salvation. And surrender your life to him. Now Father I pray Each one receiving this prayer now Comfort them Lord Those who have lost loved ones Comfort them With the knowledge and the joy of heaven And give us the zeal and the fire To preach your gospel Others might Also sharing that joy In the name of Jesus I want you to say because you believe it Say amen you know When you get saved You get to go to heaven When you become surrendered Others get to go too And that is it for this lesson I want to welcome now the new members of Spirit Church There you are up on the screen We love you, we are praying for you I always say that because I always mean it. 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determination Absolutely When you understand the reality of hell And the way to the consequence of eternity It will inspire you to preach the gospel with more urgency Lozola Sakyaka writes Amen I believe that many have been touched God bless you, your family And your ministry in the mighty name Of Jesus Christ Vetri Salvon writes Glory to God, awesome anointed worship Stephen absolutely, Stephen Mock to Zuma Is my absolute favorite worship leader And if you haven't done so already Be sure to go check out his playlist On the EncounterTV channel EncounterTV network features his music So make sure you go and also subscribe To his emailing list, you can do that StephenMocktoZuma.com He'll send you a worship video every single week The next commenter Writes powerful sound doctrine From scripture, thank you for uploading the message God bless you, we surely Need to preach the gospel urgently And Cecil Abbey writes God bless you David, you always strike A nerve with God's messages We are so 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All right, before we start anything, I recommend that you open up your entire tonneau cover before putting any parts on it because when you completely open it up, number one, you want to check to make sure that there's no damage to the tonneau cover before you install it.  But the other thing that you're going to get when you open it up and make sure it's not damaged is you're going to find not only the instruction manual, but you're going to find the foam piece that goes at the top of the bed. There's also a light in here that you can attach anywhere. If your truck doesn't have LED bed lighting like this one does, you can attach this light in here to make it brighter inside. So that's the first thing, open this up, check it for damage, make sure there's nothing damaged on it. And then number two, you can get your instruction manual and your foam piece here. And I'll show you how this foam piece goes on first because that, okay. So the first thing you're going to want to do is grab all your parts here. And a lot of this stuff is just spare parts. Like these pieces right here are spare parts for your sliders on these things in case they break. You get two of those. You also get a spare snap like so. And then you get a spare piece right here for putting those snaps in in case one of those breaks. So the first thing you're going to want to grab, and this goes on the piece closest to the cab are these two wing nuts and then the metal clamp downs. That's the first thing you're going to want to do. And you're going to be putting these clamps so that they are going to be securing underneath the bed rail.  I'll put the other one on and we'll get it going right away.  Make sure this area is clean so you want to get a wet rag, wipe this off, make sure it's clean and then you're going to want to take the adhesive piece off and you're going to want to just make sure that it lines up evenly. Go from bed rail to bed rail and then you're going to want to cut it with a razor or a scissors or something and then just stick it down and make sure that it's nice and sealed and then it's not going to go anywhere and then you can get to putting your tonneau cover on. For this demonstration, I'm not going to actually install this so but that's the first step. Onto the next. Okay, so remember the clamps got to go basically the clamp side faces the top of the tonneau cover, put that on there, get your wing nut, just kind of loosely put it on there like so and then we're going to put the tonneau cover and place it onto the front of the truck here. Keep in mind these are, this is a fairly heavy tonneau cover. The whole thing is pretty heavy and we're going to put it on here. We want to make sure that it's even on both sides before you put it down. You're going to want to line it up with your seal that you put on. So the other thing when you're getting this, let me lower the camera here, these seals right here, just line those up with the bed rails so that it's even on both sides. And then what you're going to want to do before we tighten this down is we're going to want to close the entire tonneau cover and make sure that it's fitted properly lengthwise and then we'll clamp everything down and we'll be all set to go. All right, once you get under here, this is pretty easy. All you have to do is make sure your clamp is underneath your bed rail. Now there's instructions in case you have a drop in bed liner.  And then you're going to want to do the other side. Once again, just put it up there. Just make sure it's nice and snug and that's as easy as that. Now we can put our other clamps on and be all set to go. So you're just going to want to grab one of your clamps out of the parts foam and you're going to want to get the clamp through the screw here and then there's a nut. I don't know if you can see it but there's a hole right there and we'll get it on there and you're going to want to get it into that nut and then just turn it on like so. And that's what it should look like when you have it on there and then that can tighten it down for you. These are safety clips so once you get it in place you're going to want to put that clip in there so stuff in the back doesn't knock it open. Make your ton of cover go flying on the highway. Once again, you just want to get that bolt through the hole like that, get it right into the nut and turn it on. All right. Now we can close the next section of the ton of cover and bolt those down. So now that we have these all set to go, you're just going to want to turn it until it's up underneath the lip of the bed rail. So I'm going to have to tighten it just a little bit more. It's kind of a trial and error. So when you get it under there and you push it down like that, that's what tightens it so we're close. So it should be nice and snug. You want to make sure that that's not going to go anywhere. And then you can put your safety pin in so that it doesn't open up accidentally. What that does is it just protects it, prevents it from opening up in case luggage back here hits it.  So there you go. So now the clip's in and now it won't release on accident. Now it's the same thing for the driver's side. Just going to want to turn this until it's close. So you know, that's probably too tight. You don't want to make it too tight either otherwise you might break that plastic piece there. There you go. Now put your safety pin in and we're set for the final piece. So now that we have our clamps on our last piece right here, just going to want to put it down. Once again, make sure your fitment's all nice and snug here. Looks pretty nice and even everywhere. Just going to want to grab that clamp, turn it, get it up enough so it stays nice and tight. All right. Now it's nice and secure. We'll do the other side and we'll do some final shots with the tonneau cover on so you can see how nice it looks and we'll be all set to go. Basically want to just turn it all the way up to the threads. I think that's a pretty good start. Now it's all secure. Once again, verify. Oh, and you can put your sticky on. So you take that out, it's got adhesive on it, just peel it and put it wherever you need a light and then it's a press button. You're going to need batteries with that but let's close its tailgate and shut it nice and solidly. It's right even and flush with that tonneau cover and you can see just how nice that looks. Really a good looking fold up tonneau cover. Yeah, I think it looks really good. Get a side view here. So there you go. So I hope the video was helpful to you to get your Allegro hard fold tonneau cover put on your F-150 and if it was, give me a like, subscribe and share on the YouTube channel. I really appreciate it. And if you want to get one of these tonneau covers in the link below is a link to my Amazon affiliates page. You can get this very tonneau cover off of there and really a nice tonneau cover. It's got a nice texture to it, looks really clean and I think for the price that you'd pay for some of the other brands out there, this Allegro piece is a really, really nice tonneau cover. Thank you so much for checking out the video. Remember to like, subscribe and share and until our next product review and installation, have a great day.


As-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. I wanted to talk, inshallah, today about a topic that hopefully we all know about, and we're all very, that we all are interested in. I mean, I think this event has the title of the slides that you'll see. It's on the, celebrating the beloved of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the Prophets of Islam, of course. But this topic that I wanted to talk about specifically is on love, because this is really ultimately a gathering of love, where we're coming here to celebrate the birth month of the Prophets of Islam. We're coming here as a testimony of our love for him, as well as for our community, for one another. So I think this topic of love is something that we should explore together. So, Bismillah. So, what is love? Anybody want to shout out some answers? This word that we throw around a lot, that we hear a lot? And I know there's a lot of people who have opinions about it, but what is it? Yes? Respect, masha'Allah. That's beautiful. Anyone else? What does love mean to you? Yes? Care, devotion, beautiful. I love these terms, worth, worthy? Oh, mercy, I'm sorry, mercy, mercy, masha'Allah. What else? Yes? Attachment, very nice, masha'Allah. Beautiful. Yes? Deep reverence? Deep reverence. Beautiful answers. I hope everybody's paying attention. These are beautiful. Yes? Affection, yes. Alhamdulillah, all of them, I think, are correct answers. Yes? Surrendering, masha'Allah, surrendering. Amazing. Yes? Obedience, wow. Have you looked at my slides? Because you're going to see stuff then, masha'Allah. So, if you look up the word love, the dictionary definition actually has it divided into both a noun and a verb, which I think is important. Because as some of your answers, some of the ways that we define love reflect our emotions, right? They're things that we feel. But then there's other things that are more actionable. So here are the ones that I just pulled from the internet. But an intense feeling of deep affection, which was said, a great interest and pleasure in something. That's how many people use this term love, right? And then actionable love is where you feel a deep affection for someone and express it, right? And then, or just to enjoy something very much. So this is different ways that we experience love. As I said, many people throughout the course of history have, of course, given their interpretations of this word or this concept. One, I thought that was really interesting were the Greeks, the ancient Greeks. They actually divided love into eight different types of love. So I thought it was good to explore this a little bit. Because, of course, in the course of our lives, we're going to experience different forms of love. In fact, just recently with some of my students, I was going over the beautiful hadith that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala's mercy is divided, which is a form of love, right, is divided into 100 parts, one part, which is in this earthly realm, right? Insha'Allah, this is a beautiful hadith. You should know this hadith. But I was going over it with my students and explaining to them that that one part of Allah's love, this one part that he's distributed in this world, is responsible for, or the source of, I should say, every form of love that we experience. So all the different love that you have for your family members, your friends, your community members, every person who you feel an attachment to, a strong bond to, is sourced from this one part of mercy that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala has distributed in the world. And then where are the remaining 99? Who knows? Where are they? With Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala. And when are we going to experience or see that? Yes. On the Day of Judgment, in the Hereafter. Inshallah, all of these are correct, right? The remaining 99 parts of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala has reserved for the believers on the Day of Judgment. So this should give us immense hope and, of course, should increase our love for Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala, because if all of the love that we experience in this earthly realm, not just between human beings, by the way, even between animals, amounts to only one part. And 99 are remaining for us. Inshallah, we're accounted amongst the believers. Wow, right? Just sit with that for a moment. Wow. But here are different experiences of love that we may have felt before, right? And you can look at the terms, and then they show the sources of them. So I thought it was interesting because, again, we sometimes have very shallow understanding of these terms that we hear a lot. We'll say I love you without really thinking about the depth of what we're saying. Or maybe we do feel deeply, but we don't know how to express it. So it's good to understand the potentiality of the feelings that we have. But also to try to figure out what is the purest form of it? Because there's so many forms, but what is ultimately the purest form of love, right? And that's really, I think, the question at the heart of what we as believers should hope to answer or get at least an answer to at some point in our lives. What is that, and can we feel that? Can we experience true, pure, unadulterated love? Because there's so many different experiences of love. Now, you may have seen this picture before, but I love this picture. It's one of my favorite pictures to use in my slides, because it's conveys so much or so much power in this picture. What is this? What are these? Anybody know? Good, so you've seen this picture before. A lot of people are surprised to learn these are actually all different forms of water. So they're not different liquids, right? If you look at it on first glance, you might think, OK, there are different drinks here. There's juice here. There's tea here, coffee. But it's actually water. And as you can tell, to think that some of this is water is pretty, I think, revolting. We would not want to drink every cup here. We would want to drink only the purest cup, because that's what water means to us. So in the same way, when we think of love, we should want to remove and filter through all the things that we attach our hearts to that are not deserving, because there's a lot of things that people become attached to, even people. People become attached to other people. People become attached to material things. And all that does is take away and distract you from the highest form of love, what we should really attach our hearts to, of course, which is Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la. And so we need to look no further than to look at what does Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la think of love, right? How does he define love? What does he tell us about love? What is this word according to him, since he is the source of love? We don't even know, I mean, if you really think about it, how do we even know what love is? It's because it's part of his attribute, right? He's Al-Wadud. So without, you know, the only way that we even feel this emotion is through him. Therefore, we should look to him to at least try to understand how does he want us to love, right? And this is where you will see in chapter 3 verse 31 to 32. This is the answer. Say, if you love God, follow me, and God will love you, and forgive you your sins. And God is forgiving, merciful. And say, obey God and obey the messenger. If they turn away, then truly, God does not love the disbelievers. This is the formula. This is the highest form of love. And in this verse is everything we need to know about how we should love and what type of love we should be preoccupied with. Because, you know, worldly love will come and go. And I'm sure many people in this room have experienced heartbreak before because of worldly love. But when you love Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, your heart will never be broken. In fact, the opposite will happen. When you put your efforts into loving Allah and his messenger, your heart will become stronger and more fortified, and nothing can break it. No one can break it. You can receive the most devastating news ever. But because your heart is entrenched and drowning in the love of Allah and the provasai sadam, you will stay afloat. So this is really the purest, the highest form. And this is the way that we can navigate this dunya. Without the love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, people drown. Dunya is a place of tribulation, of pain. And it's because people either have insufficient, deficient, or absent love in their heart for Allah that they have a difficult time here. But when we can really focus on developing this, inculcating this, and learning how to get rid of all those other attachments, that's when you start to see this strength that comes and this ability to just endure, inshallah. So I wanted to share one of the most powerful stories of love that we're describing, because I'm describing this amazing love. Well, one of the great stories from the Seerah that I think really conveys this, is the story of one of the companions of the provasai sadam named Jule Bib. If you don't know this story, I really hope that you'll read into it more, but I'm gonna share it with you here. Jule Bib was one of the companions who took, who became Muslim with the Ansar of Medina. And his name actually conveys a lot about him. His name means literally small grown or even deformed. That's the way that it was, he was named. And why? Because he was actually quite small in stature, very frail, very thin, and some of the descriptions say that he was very unattractive as well. He actually looked just not very appealing. And because of that, he was ostracized, he was teased a lot, he was also an orphan. So he had no lineage, no support, no family backing. And this was a time and a place where those things mattered. If you had at least family and lineage, you could be protected. So he had nothing. He had no money, no wealth, no features, no traits about him that anybody deemed worthy, except for, of course, the best of creation, salallahu alaihi wasalam. In fact, he was, and this was prior to Islam, but he was bullied so often that he actually was ostracized from the men of Medina, and he would take refuge and comfort with the women because they were actually compassionate towards him. That's how he was mistreated so poorly. So when he accepted Islam, the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam, of course, saw in him qualities that were beautiful because he didn't look to the outward, right? This is the difference between having the proper sight because we can see, for example, we see things, but if you don't have the discernment to know what's truly of value and what's not, then you're not gonna see things according to their true value. So the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam saw people not for their outward appearance. He didn't judge people based on the way that they were dressed or their status or their names. He looked at character and he looked at, he could penetrate from all of that and see into their soul. And so he saw Jule Biba as being very special and someone of immense worth to the point that he actually went to a very prominent family of Medina who had a daughter who she's not known, we don't know her name, but this woman, this young girl was very sought after. A lot of the Sahaba, she had many suitors. And so the family was a wealthy family and she was quite stunningly beautiful. And the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam imagined. Here's a man who everybody looks at as being worthless, as nothing. And the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam chose to be his representative, his advocate to this family. And he went up to the father of this family and he said, I'm asking for your daughter's hand in marriage. And so he of course was so overjoyed because he thought it was the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam asking for himself. And who better than the best of creation to hand his daughter over to? So he was like, he was so happy. And the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam told him, I'm actually not asking on my behalf. And as soon as he asked him then who, assuming that it must be another companion like Abu Bakr, Sayyidin Abu Bakr or Sayyidin Omar or one of the other great companions. And he was told, it was Jalebi, he was shocked, but he didn't want to have bad other but the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam. So he said, I need to ask her mother. Let me consult with her. And he immediately went to her and he conveyed that this proposal had come and she had the same initial reaction. The Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam was asking for our daughter, how amazing. And he had to tell her, no, no, no, no, no, he's not asking for himself, he's asking for someone else. Who? Jalebi. And she began to scream hysterically. She was like, absolutely not. No way, no way. And al-Duballah, she made some very egregious statements that were, what she said was inappropriate, swearing by Allah that she would never, ever, ever marry her daughter to Jalebi because he was seen as so low and beneath her. Now, I want you to imagine this scene unfolding.  She hears her mother screaming, comes and says, what's going on? And they tell her that the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam has asked for your hand for Jalebi. And this girl, masha'Allah, again, we don't know her name, subhanAllah, what a demonstration of love for the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam and trust in the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam. This is true love. She immediately turned to her parents who were like, there's no way we're marrying you to him. Don't worry. And she said, how could you go against the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam? He would never wish anything wrong for me. He would never want anything but my khayr for me. I will accept this proposal. Shocked, right? Everybody's, I mean, this is like a huge shock to everyone that here is this girl who everybody's vying for and she's gonna marry Jalebi, but why did she do it? Because she had that love for the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam. She didn't question him. She didn't question that he really wanted her khayr, even if the optics didn't look like something that was good or favorable to other people. She knew in her heart of hearts that because it came from the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam it was worthy. SubhanAllah they were married and they lived peacefully together until Jalebi was one of the companions in a battle again. It's not mentioned which one, but he was martyred. Now this is where SubhanAllah we see the story, I mean, just again, trying to imagine this scene unfolding because here's a man orphaned and we've described how people perceived him but to the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam clearly he was of great importance to the point that during the battle or after the battle the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam turned to his companions asking each one of them if they have found anyone missing from their family, from their people, from their tribe. Did you find anyone missing? Is anyone missing amongst you? And they said so and so and so and so. He again asked, is there anyone missing amongst you? And they said so and so. He then again is asking them, again eagerly trying to locate someone of importance to him and now he reveals it and he says after they've repeatedly said no, there isn't anybody, he says what, but I am missing Jalebi. In other words, he's important to me. You may have found all these other people who are your family members, your people but I'm missing someone very special to me. That's who this man, his rank was with the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam. And so the companions began to search for him and they found that he had been martyred. There were seven bodies laying around him and the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam came heartbroken to see that he had been martyred but of course, he conveyed that what had happened he said that he had been martyred, that he had killed these seven and then one of them must have finally killed him. And then he said this beautifully two to three times, it's reported in the hadith. He said haathaminni wa anaminhu haathaminni wa anaminhu repeating this so that every single person there saw what the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam was conveying that you all, all of you at some point thought of this man as nothing but he is from me and I am from him, right? We are the same in other words, we're the same and he made sure to repeat it two to three times and then because he was so small and so frail, jadebib as a person the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam picked him up by his own arms, he didn't need anybody else and if you've ever been around a funeral procession or anything like that, you know, it's not actually very it's not easy to pick up someone but that's how small he was that he was able to lift him and he placed him in the ground, he dug his grave, he buried him himself and that was the story that I think to me anyway, one of many that conveys really love in so many different ways so many forms of love, right? Because again, if you look at this beautiful sister we don't know again her name who is demonstrating to all of us that when you truly love and understand who the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam is then you don't question his guidance for you and we live in an age where a lot of people, you know think that their own interpretation of something or they start to question things and they don't sit and think, wait a second who am I ultimately questioning, right? Because the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam first and foremost didn't convey anything from his own self everything that he taught us, everything that he taught us to do or told us not to do is directly revealed to him from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so this is something that we can at least learn from her example that as soon as she came to understand that something was from the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam that was enough for her so now all of us have to ask ourselves this question when I read something, when I read a hadith or when I read a ruling that applies to me maybe as a woman or just in general my role, you know, in this faith do I question, you know, where it comes from? Do I sit and have this internal debate thinking is it really good for me or am I truly a lover of the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam am I truly a believer that when if he said something it is Haq, it is true and he completed his mission, right? This is one of the qualities of the prophets is they don't lie and they complete their mission everything that the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam was taught to convey to us has been conveyed the Dean is perfect so there's nobody that's gonna come and suddenly they're gonna have these realizations that haven't been worked out before we have to have the humility to know this so this is how we demonstrate true love if a love is on the tongue but it's not in the heart then there's something missing, right? And that's where again we need to question how can we truly love and also how can we be beloved, right? And this is it the love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam is initiated in the heart this is where it comes it starts here we should truly feel immense love for our creator who gave us existence who gave us all of the blessings that we have and then of course our beloved Prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam for conveying the truth to us we could have been drowning in darkness just like so many people but here we are we have alhamdulillah the gift of Islam because he fulfilled his mission so it should initiate in the heart and then we express it on the tongue we say alhamdulillah wa shukrillah and we mean it we literally mean it alhamdulillah ala ni'mat al-Islam these are words that should like surge through us like alhamdulillah thank you God thank you Allah for making me Muslim I could have been anything thank you and really feel it and then it comes out through the limbs through action it comes out in what sincere submission, gratitude and obedience and so this is a beautiful little excerpt that was in the study of Quran on the tafsir of this verse that I thought was really worth mentioning it says that the Quran mentions God's love for human beings much more often than their love for God that right away should make us all feel really small right that we that Allah is so worthy of our love but subhan Allah we don't show that we don't reflect as much as we should and then it goes on to say in Islamic spirituality it is more important to be considered beloved than a lover of God as reflected in one of the names of the Prophet S.A.W. Habib Allah whose primary meaning is the beloved of God though it can also mean the lover of God the Sufi say that we cannot be the beloved of God without loving him and we cannot love him unless he loves us so this is how again obedience to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is how we earn the love of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and then it's like a beautiful you know a cycle that just continues but it starts with our obedience and so quickly again I might be over time I apologize but the obstacles to our obedience is what we also need to examine because if we're not being obedient if we're in any way having checked out or sometimes you know people fall into ruts and that's normal spiritually you're not always gonna be you know inclining you're gonna have those moments of stagnation that's normal as long as we don't regress or go down but we should always assess what's going on and so the four obstacles is ignorance so if you feel like you're in a rut you need to learn and this is where Alhamdulillah organizations like the Rahmah Foundation and other wonderful initiatives where especially that are in support of women learning from other women we need to support but seek out knowledge don't be the type of person that just is like well I don't feel as motivated as I did last year or last month or in Ramadan what's going on do something about it take action so learn the next is weakness and this is where if you have questions about certain things ask questions it's a very important thing to convey because sometimes again people feel shy but remember what the Prophet's system said about the women of Medina he praised them and said that they did not let their shyness prevent them from asking questions so if you have a check or doubt about something and you want certainty ask questions don't stand in your own way and not to say that anyone is an expert on everything but inshallah we'll be able to get the answers to you through all of the wonderful teachers that we have access to but ask and then long hopes if you are stuck thinking about or if you are if you have what we call tul al amal where it's a disease of the heart you keep putting things off right procrastination this is a disease of the heart you have to stop nobody has promised anything we're not promised tonight let alone tomorrow let alone the next day or the day after so be a person of action be a person who really understands that life is temporal and also unpredictable and that you can't do that if you're gonna run away from death you cannot be realistic about life and have proper goals and really organize your time well if you don't reflect on death enough it's the way to actually get your heart in the right order because again dunya is a place of distraction death is the way to wake up it's like a splash of cold water when you're in a somber state that's how you're gonna wake up is remember death can come and seize you or your loved ones at any minute are you prepared if you're not what are you doing and then the last thing to look at as well is if your risk is not halal if you are consuming anything that's haram and this doesn't I mean most of us inshallah are following the dietary rules but what about the income that we're taking in what are we actually mindful of that are we giving our sadaqah are we giving our zakat are we distributing our wealth as we should to purify it if we're not doing these things and likely we're going to not be able to be on task be on top of our prayers be on top of our other things these are all hindrances these are all obstacles so this is how we again check ourselves for obedience in terms of figuring out what's going on and then the four paths to actually making sure that we're doing things as we should sadaqah we can't say this enough prayers prayers prayers it's the very first thing that we're going to be called on on the day of judgment the very the most important thing that we do if you're not praying your five days but you're going to moled and you're singing the sheets wake up you get that's a problem there's a disconnect there you've got to be praying your five days five prayers and then Quran again Quran is the greatest they care the greatest thing that we can be occupying ourselves with outside of our prayers it's the book of Allah there's no greater speech there's nothing more valuable to listen to to read to engage with you can have a books library full of books but if you don't engage with the Quran again there's a disconnect and if you don't know how to read the Quran this is a problem seek ask email can I get a teacher and I'm not sure I get sisters all the time asking I need to get my just yesterday's parlay I was at an event and a sister who's a mother working very eager to learn Quran because she sees this as a priority that she's neglected this is the kind of discipline we need so reading the book of Allah is found out beautifully with joy and devotion seeking forgiveness and guidance dua we have to continuously make dua always asking dua for ourselves forgiveness for our sins as well as those we love and in the absence of others we shouldn't you know just you don't have to share your dua make them private and they could being in the remembrance of Allah swt doing salawat often and contemplating this is how we get our self back on the path of obedience and again when we come in celebrations like this we're celebrating the the life of the beloved sallallahu sallam the point of this is to bond our hearts but also to check ourselves to check our claims that we make because it's very easy to claim that you love the Prophet sallallahu sallam but if it's not showing in your actions again there's a disconnect so this is where inshallah we can again hold ourselves accountable and truly present with real love and inshallah have the Prophet sallallahu sallam be pleased with us in this life and in the next inshallah Peace be upon you Peace be upon you and peace be upon you


Balash, got a draw today, which I believe clinches your second Grandmaster norm, is that correct? Yes, that's correct. For this reason that I only needed a draw today, I tried to play safe variation and indeed I got a risk-free endgame where I tried to push but maybe I missed some chances, although it's possible that she made some inaccurate moves that at least I could get these chances. Of course it's also important for the men's team result, you wanted to play solidly to try and make sure of the four points you need to clinch the £75,000 prize. Yes, well during the game I didn't think about that, the latter only about the points we need and I was like even though I only need a draw, if it's free-free then I of course I will push as long as I can because we don't know how many points we need for sure. Okay, let's get straight to the game. Yes. Okay Balash, Tarash defence today, Queens gambit, what happened next? I played probably the most side line with G3, I remember one of my, one of the Hungarian youth captains said that if you don't know what to do, just play G3, Bishop G2 because you played those positions well, so I was like, okay, let's go for that. It is probably not the most challenging because if Black knows his stuff then CD4 is like immediate equalizer because if Qd4 then Nx6 comes with tempo, so I need to take first Qd5, Qxd4 and if Black takes Qd4, Bishop G2, some pressure along diagonal, so first Black plays Qd5 which looks a bit strange, but actually my Queen doesn't sell too well on d4 because Nx6 is coming, so let's say e4, Queen b4 check, Bd2, I had the game six years ago here in Gibraltar against the Grandmaster who he took on d4 and after Nd4 I'm slightly better but in Nx6 is the precise move and after takes Bb4, Bb5, simplifications come and draw is most likely, but instead she played Nx6 sorry, first Nx3, but let's say she plays Nx6 instead, here, Bxg2, we got transposition to, okay, it can arise from Sumitara from Symmetrical English and here if she wants to go for what she got in the game she should take CD9d, Nxcbc and Nxd4 and then I have to take with Queen because if CD4 then Bb4 check and it's already bad for me because Bd2 can be met by Qxd4, so in the game what happened, she took first Bc9c6 and this is probably an inaccurate move order because it gives me an extra option to play CD4 and okay, I next move a castle and let's say Bb4 check, Bd2, there is no Qxd4, so it's a better version for me which I hesitated for like two minutes, but I was like this Queen last middle end game is risk free with queens on the board, everything could happen, so okay, Nxd4, I did some preparation here, okay, Qd4 as mentioned and there used to be a line with Bb4, but it's really dubious, so Bb6 is probably better now, I just want to show the line really quickly without too much explanation, Rc8, c1, the other rook can come, Black needs to do some precise moves to untangle, other than that there is huge pressure, Rd8, Rc1, Black cannot take because Rc7 is very strong, so Kd8 takes, King has to take back and there is a very strong idea to play g4, trying to fix the kingside structure, so let's say 8x6, h4, Black still needs some time to untangle, f4, it's important not to close the bishop first and then there is Bc6 check and let's say Kd7 or Kd6, I push e45 and only question is, is it a forced win for White or not? Gf1 won a game against Lake White in 2014 and after that everyone stopped this line with Bb4 check, so she played Bb6, which is probably a better way because she wants to play Rb8 and then Bb6, Bb7 and she couldn't do it before because Rb8, Bf4, but I want to stop this plan with a4, Rb8, a5 because here let's say Black plays, I don't play a5, Black plays B6 and then I play a5, she plays b5 and my pawn looks really funny on a5, but here what happened in the game? B5 on Poisson, only one pawn remains on the ab5s and it's easy to attack or block, so Bishop a3, I just want to show one more idea which I remembered not in exactly in this position but from my preparation, I wasn't sure if it's good for her to take and then cast, can we go back one more move instead of taking? Let's say she plays Kg7, yeah that's fine, I thought Kg7, I need to take because if she plays Rb8 and takes back with the rook that's really fine for her, so I take, I don't know if this works, we should be 7 and if she gets Rx8, she's fine, so just for showing the idea, we should be 7 is a motive here, stopping Rfc8 all together and if I get one more move, let's say Kd2, I'm really fine, but the problem I thought in the game is that she can just play Kc7, I need to go back and maybe it's a repetition, which I wouldn't have been so dissatisfied but this bishop b7 is an idea to keep in mind and I think she made some inaccuracies and we got a move around 29 h5, yeah, so we got everything I wanted, previous move I think she could have stopped this h5 with herself playing h5 because once I managed to stop her playing h5 then all pawn and games are quite dangerous and what happened in the game? Rd6, Rk3, yeah, it was important for me to play Rk3 now because if I give her one more move, let's say she brings the Kc7, Kg7, Rd8 and she's completely safe but now if I try to with Rx7 check, so she either plays Kc7 and then Rb7 or while she played in the game is probably stronger, Rc8 because here the king is closer so like let's say I want to play Kg5, it doesn't hit the rook, with the king on b7 I gain one crucial tempo and f4 I played, I think she mentioned that computer shows Rb3 is somewhat better but my idea was that let's say she plays g6 trying to simplify then h6 and if I don't have pawn on f4 then she can play g5 and collect my pawn so then basically I'm forced to exchange and then obviously that's nothing but here she cannot really simplify with g5 because let's say she tries Rg6 and there is no threat because Rg5 is met by d6 so I can just bring my king closer so okay this action backfires I would like to show one more line after f4, yes so instead I thought maybe she tries to force a draw but that was really okay double edge decision so let's say okay still no threat with rook h5 because of d6 but let's say next move she just plays Kb7 getting out of check so I need to play g4 at some point, g6 looking suicide but if black can manage to trade one pair of pawns, a gag brings the rook back and maybe I take on Kg5 I missed but what I want to show is that I wanted to play d6 here and if she takes then this is already getting really dangerous for her but I think the problem was that she could play Kc6 here and okay Rb6 doesn't mean because king gets back in time and if d7 happens take Rb6 and basically black is a tempo because it's her move my king is not on e5 and I think she can try to simplify with f5 into a pawn down like basically one against zero and game which should be draw this is what I thought I think yeah how is it ag Rg6 I'm not sure no I'm not sure after all this seeing it on the board so maybe it was nonsense Rg6 Rb7 maybe maybe this one yeah because if Rb7 king is 6 but that's still g5 okay let's let's go to critical position what we have discussed so move after king d7 35 probably one move before so here okay Rc6 basically I don't see a silent draw for because still I had some some ideas but here I calculated for a long time to play h6 because my problem in the game was that after Rc6 she had this f6 check and she gets to my pawn so if I start with this one let's say I take king e5 and I don't know why I was afraid to be honest because I so maybe I so started seeing some ghosts after all these long tournaments her b pawn starts running and I wasn't sure how quickly can I call like my pawns because let's say b5 king f6 b4 Rb3 Rb8 and she starts coming with the king also well actually the it was important that I put my rook on this third rank because it defends the g3 pawn which is the weakest so it would have been probably a way to to play on well I wasn't sure because if anything goes wrong and I lose then it's really heartbreaking so Rc6 still some some tricks in sleeve because okay for king e5 and yeah if I have one more move okay okay then always one more move then I would have been worthy ground master so Rd4 I need to take and I don't know it was move 40 but I had plenty of time maybe king g4 would have been worthy because here if she has king on e7 it's a draw because she's just plays 8-6 but here okay I try to with Rb7 and king probably to to e7 because if Rb7 this is nothing take take and 8-6 g6 and this is the other way around 8-6 has to be met by g6 other than that probably I really win so I can start the other move order with king e7 yes this one thank you 8-6 some I think I underestimated this one it should be a draw like even g6 should make a draw and the only thing not to blunder with black is to play Rh5 here Rh7 yeah because Rb7 now with a trick wins the pawn so she should just stay on the on the back rank and copy my moves so should be a draw and one more thing king e4 yeah or even she could go for in this line even if she takes on 8-6 instead two against one should be a relatively easy draw but okay there is no need for that what I played in the game king e4 Rh5 I had one trick in mind that if she plays king e6 okay if I take f5 it's obvious draw what just like in the game I wanted to try f5 check because she cannot take because Rb6 wins the rook it's important that my rook is far away from the king so there is no Rc6 king e7 everything should make a draw here but I had one trick that if she wants to force it with Rg5 I'm not sure but maybe it's losing because I play g4 okay somehow we get this opposition and the thing is that she cannot sacrifice h5 because I take and somehow I will be quicker I think just line one line I calculated that we promote same time but actually I will I will deliver mate with queen h7 and maybe the same that with she plays king f8 first and then king f5 and then get this opposition and I win with Tsutswang but okay she's 24 I don't know 30 something for a reason so of course she didn't fail and okay king d6 once again if Rg7 f5 and bring the king closer I tried g4 and okay f5 makes a draw everything makes a draw and okay final position I could maybe play on with Rg6 get some one against zero but okay it's filly the opposition is quite well known yeah okay thanks very much thank you


Don't let him get away. Oh Triple month. Yo, good job Simon. That's exactly what we taught. We taught that guy well in Simon school, dude How's it going everybody? Dato do it here with another round of Dragon Ball fighters ranked matches and today We're actually playing a Napa team. We got Vegeta Super Saiyan and TN I believe this is what most Napa players choose to run if I'm not wrong I think Vegeta still is very good with him, but it is a lot worse after patch Of course, I remember that was the big talk of the town back in the day when Vegeta first got his assists nerfed I was that Napa players, you know such a shame. They really needed that But you know that was at that was before Napa got his decent buffs Oh, let's go. Oh, I didn't expect that the combo Napa players. I see why you're out here Damn, I could have done so much with that. All right. All right, you know just the sad fact of life You know, oh wow, we're getting extended out here all the all time.  Look at those big meaty claws, bro. Oh, I did not never my day We're just getting 16 right now. We're just getting pummeled To put it lightly. I think this might be where we spark up because to be honest.  This can't be how it ends. Oh We're out of sparking already not good not good for us. All right Napa's back in boys Okay, don't give me any space because you already know I'm dp-ing. I should have kept walking What could I say dude, I saw a chance I thought I might as well let it let it fly I guess it really wasn't a chance though. Oh, yeah, I'm getting vegetated right now pretty hard That's been the line of the day for every character on the screen. Oh No, okay, so we're gonna lose Super Saiyan Vegeta here. I don't think he's gonna let this character slip away Not like this Android 16 with beam assist is just So good up. Nope. Just normal. Okay, so we're left with Napa and TN and we're down sparking I popped it pretty early because the momentum I was just getting a little ahead of me Hmm crush him Napa. Yes. Oh bad bad timing on that move Oh, no, I forgot that move doesn't have a it isn't as fast as I would like it. They've run up just clap them Okay, we're gonna see if we can survive this. We probably should be able to yeah. Yeah, we're gonna live We're gonna be just fine here And then we're just gonna do some very cheesy Very cheesy switch-out strats Mm-hmm.  Please hit Nice, okay, so TN picks up a little cheesy knockout on Vegeta can't say it was too well-earned But it's still gonna be very tough to get out of this one. Oh 16 assists it's a lot longer than it looks.  He gets to move so fast after that I should know that I play Goku. Haha. All right, so Napa's all alone here, but is he really?  I can appreciate it But if you could drop this Big mistake Simon get out here. Let's do this thing Get him boy Okay, Simon's down Simon down Mission filed we'll get him next time. I try to go behind him. Wow the endgame jitters Big yikes guys big yikes first game big throw away We started coming back at the end there when we got a little more focused But overall big wash from our opponent here Okay, we started strong with a Napa combo. Let's see if we can't read the room again here Call that a little Vegeta assist. Oh nice deflect. Oh And he just gets us to that's really killing me. I just got to play some more standard defense Look at this damage by the way Half my health bar is this how we play in the game in this year bait that out easy-peasy. Oh God why'd I do that? Oh god, why'd I do that? Okay? Oh big mistake big drop. Ah Sweep the leg Nice one Napa. Okay, we got to get Napa out of here though He my boy. My boy ain't gonna be out here for long block Vegeta assist tagging.  We vanished that though. Ah, I thought that'd be worth. I thought I thought we might be able to get away, but not All right, so now we know not to use that. We're gonna down tech here. Don't think we've done that in a while No, no, don't do it.  I can't deflect him forever So you'll get your man, Simon man. What are you doing?  What happened there? Okay, down tech. Oh never mind. We're just getting hard knocked down here But this is a fine situation you sparking in. I really don't mind too too much Yo, Goku is the fastest man in the West. Oh Bad bad All right, we got to use these bars quick All right, Tien won't take any damage here There we go.  Okay, so we will have to work through his sparking, but I'm not too afraid You know, I think we very much could do that whether or not we'll be able to though Yeah, being too patient on defense got us got us start getting my name out there All right, so we're gonna oh never mind. We're eating another one, but we're out of the corner though That's one thing we got going for us. We need to make him pop this sparking Sooner rather than later, please. Oh No, he hits me with the overhead. I was a lot closer than expected Vegeta versus Goku. Can you name more? It happens a lot Okay.   No, we're actually dead Top 10 saddest. What wait, what happened that got me angry? live What happened what happened to me Did I miss a light? I think I missed the light and then try to shove in another one and then it was just too late That was sad, dude That was sad. Okay, we got to go back in and I started so strong that game too Running theme of the day is starting strong and finishing finishing. Oh so weak Come on Napa. Bring me home boy Get me out of here man. Get me out. There we go. Let's go There we go. I like what I'm seeing there.  Mmm.  Whoo Napa when you get going with these assist you can just make some place happen I'll wait for you in the corner side mid get there if you can. Oh Why am I trying to shove these armor moves in his face? Big mistake big mistake. Okay.  Oh the beam assist didn't catch that would have been so worth Oh Goku, you're really locking me down here Oh misjudged the distance on that Oh Chucking out random key blast It always just it was works so what it always works wonders for me Extending this extending this Level one level three. Yep. Yep. I agree. I agree. I will not be using sparking here though We're just gonna rely on old all reliable here If old reliable it was the most unreliable man of the game. I saw that coming Okay, all right Vegeta's going to go ahead and take a nice long dirt nap But we do get another bar out of it. So Uh, you got to take the wins with the losses and there's a lot of losses So at this point, I'll just take the fact that I'm still breathing as I win Catch this Just punch him Napa Don't let him get away Trip him up. Yo, see got the leg. Good job, Simon. That's exactly what we taught We taught that guy well in Simon school, dude Simon help Help me boy Don't switch me out. Come on. You only did that because you saw I had a little Simon Uh crushing with the knee Wait for the super dash and punish. Just like they taught us at dragon ball school Let's go back dash. Wait for the super dash And punish just like they taught me in dragon ball school Oh, don't get that out of here.  No my little baby No my baby Or Simon, but I'll come back for you, dude But the sad part is Napa never healed that day He died to this very final flag. He's gonna run up in the Well, he read the he read the sparking so I was correct, but he also just He just backed that started firing real quick He's running away. He knows I want to finish this. He knows I want to wrap this game up in a nice bow Oh, and he extends into the perfect final flash At this point he he won't be able to punish me with anything too crazy. So Hit him with the rapid fire fist Good stuff that game I like what I'm seeing from pretty much every one of my teammates Other than Vegeta, you know, he could step it up a little bit now, but you did perfect that game, buddy Let's go That's what I like to see when the backs against the wall Napa knows who to call. It's your boy Oh, he got away from me on that one Oh, Vegeta assist that sets the pace of the game Oh, wow, we both we've both been using Vegeta assist. It's just like a pacemaker Like if we don't get our respect of Vegeta assist off, it's just Oh That's that's positive I didn't think there could be any way that's a kill on Napa by the way Just for those of you not keeping up on home. Napa's actually dead right now I can't believe that's positive. I tried to stick in a little button Oh, he still has three bars Yikes Okay, come on But you know in these situations you want to look for the person smiling, bro And that's sure as shitting on me, so I've been playing so rusty against these Vegeta assist man Big yikes, our opponent's taking full advantage though. Uh, grab him.  I probably should have thrown in the dragon rush that goes for this entire game I don't know why but in tense sets I always forget about dragon rush. I just I feel like I just want to open them up manually But that's what the dragon rush is there for baby. You got to put the fear in their eyes Okay, right out into tn not for too many reasons just for Uh, oh, we missed the connection on 16. So he gets out scott free Vegeta's coming back into Wait a minute What was my vegeta- oh Ha ha victory is mine Kakarou Come on, okay I've never made a tn comeback before so that could be quite something That could be an interesting avenue for us He tech that wow that was my first one of the game too First one of the game and he techs it That's just good reaction time Nothing there to hit on please don't get that beam assays the beam is the back On the back ain't nothing to it like literally it's two buttons There we go There we go. Now we're starting to mix them in I'm a man with very low health But I'm also a man with a big dream big aspirations Why did I try to super dash? Damn guys Well, I put up my best dukes and I feel like this there was enough moments in this rank session to avoid uploading to not avoid To warrant uploading like we did some napa stuff. We got some cool combos proof of concept now Now's the time where you go back You refine in practice mode. You got the base plan down But now we could definitely use some refining So if you have any favorite moments from this rank session, let me know down below in the comments I try I literally try to read most of them if not all of them other than that while you're down there If you like these videos and want to help other people see and make sure to like button and subscribe to the channel It really does help me out a ton other than that I got a few videos on your screen right now if any of them interest you make sure to go ahead and click on them And give them a watch other than that though. I'm datadoya. I'll see you in the next video